Beating ELDEN RING With Items NOBODY Uses

Video was inspired by ‪@wildlmao‬
As you can see, I beat Hollow Knight
be sure to criticize me in the comments on what items you would've used or what items I used that shouldn't've been used.
lmk if you prefer the montage style boss fights or just commentary over them.
I accidentally made the background thumbnail for this video the same as the last. lol.

[@tannerf4682]

“All of these are used… except bandit. Who in their right mind would pick that” Me picking bandit my first time playing cause I thought Arcane was the magic stat

[@RemingtonSteel]

Omg.... it DOES sound like it is a magic stat😂😂

[@Monkeylighthouse]

Yea that’s pretty much a fromsoft right of passage, everyone gets confused unless they did research beforehand

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

My first game was DS3, and I still remember my version of stupid confusion: I didn't realize Estus recovered at bonfires until after the first boss, so I refused to heal even once against him. Which when you consider that the DS3 tutorial boss is the hardest in the franchise... Well, wasn't the most fun part of the game.

[@paulkahlke2291]

Me too!

[@MsMoonDragoon]

But my young warrior, the wise know that it IS a magic stat!

[@Hitman-1343]

Bros running the Capra demon build.

[@Vikey36]

fr I swear those dudes are literally capra demon with some extra moves

[@skylarneal5844]

He just used everything I used in my first playthrough

[@07kilswitch]

Same for me except the candle stick. I beat the elden beast with omen cleavers. The skeletons are some of my favorite summons and my current build is a flamberge one...

[@HillbillyGamer7]

??? Nah bruh I didn't even know the noble wanderes dropped gear until 100 hours in on ng+

[@RemingtonSteel]

Those skeleton summons are actually really goos since when they lose their health they keep respawning unless killed by Holy or hit while on the ground which isnt that often

[@boundedscythe7726]

That's why I use the skeleton bandit for most enemies early game.

[@thomashooper2451]

Are we playing different games? I gave up on the skeletons after so many enemies killed them with their big, sweeping, ground-scraping attacks when they were trying to regenerate. Their revival gimmick doesn't hold up its end of the bargain.

[@zanemob1429]

@@thomashooper2451Its not consistent unless you are aggressive constantly pulling agro from the boss then healing while the skeletons are attacking.

[@michaelboyle7281]

I feel like I got very unlikely every time I tried using them. The boss would just kill them the purposely hit them while on the ground so they wouldn't respawn lol

[@thomashooper2451]

@@michaelboyle7281 That was my experience, too.

[@Dracoboss98]

It’s crazy how the dismounter is such a middle of the road weapon in PvE, but an absolute beast in PvP. The running attacks have some of the best phantom range in the game.

[@jeremyroy95]

I have the tornado ash of war and make it do bleed damage with my blood build and its awesome.

[@shokboy69]

I actually use the soap, it cleans your armor when you roll on poison or scarlet rot swamps. So the status of poison stops rising.

[@Loctorak]

Yesss fellow soap associate! As-soap-ciate, if you will. 🧼😎🧼

[@FoxinYT-qr5lz]

So I did the math, there are around 20,5 million copies of elden ring sold, divided by the number of weapons, equals to a 1% chance that these weapons haven’t been used

[@yackouille5287]

bro your math are TRASH because thats the dumbest way to do it nobody is going to equally play for example river of blood and one of these random shitty weapon + it also depends on the build and everything you cant just "divide" the number of weapon by the number of player also because 1 player can use multiple weapons

[@swagspiritagony6489]

@@yackouille5287hey man be kind

[@yackouille5287]

@@swagspiritagony6489 ?

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

You did NOT do the math lil bro

[@FoxinYT-qr5lz]

yeah so i redid it and it turns out to be about 0.00125 percent 😅 sry if i triggered anyone

[@zeldamaster52]

I actually did use the Dismounter for a bit on my first run before getting the Knight's Greatsword from a Godrick soldier at some point. It's decent for early game, but Bloodhound's Fang exists, so it has no purpose in most runs.

[@RemingtonSteel]

Bloodhounds Fang is just nasty. Shouldn't be able to get it so early

[@ConnerOnega]

Similar instance here except I power stanced it with the bloodhounds fang

[@jajasking9652]

Me power stancing two of those for my whole first playthrough: yes, but actually, no

[@dondon9807]

LM​@@ConnerOnega

[@alta1r141]

dismounter was my first max level weapon 😅

[@pointofthestag5369]

Something i realised playing elden ring is that weapons dont matter, you can beat the game with any weapon thats been leveld even a bit as long as u can dodge.

[@backslash4141]

Well, that and weapons arts (ashes of war) are so strong in this game that the weapon itself often literally doesn't matter the AoW does instead.

[@Monkeylighthouse]

@@backslash4141eh not really, unless your entire build is based around an ash of war that’s not really a defining characteristic that determines if a weapon is good or not. Well in pvp at least, in pve there’s a lot more room for ashes to be op but from soft has nerfed most of the big ones so it’s still not really an issue, plus it’s pve and nobody should care what you use

[@pointofthestag5369]

@backslash4141 true, my first ppay through I used the lordsworn great sword with bloody slash. Very mid weapon but good Aow and it slapped

[@backslash4141]

@pointofthestag5369 Yeah, that was basically what I used, eventually changing to the zweihander since it also had innate bleed all the way to then end of the game

[@Loctorak]

Pretty much. But when you think about it, that's a smart development decision on fromsofts part to de-emphasise significance of weapon type and to make sure any and all of them are theoretically viable. How many games do you know that have a library of like, 50+ weapons but realistically the meta is maybe 4 or 5 of them are considered viable and the rest are actually useless? Heaps. But fromsoft games usually you can actually legitimately run any weapon and still stand a chance, and I think that helps them greatly in terms of replayability.

[@vhwilde4951]

I was using the dismounter since it dropped day 1. Not only is it good raw physically but when paired with a Omen curved greatsword the Style Souls is peak *chef kiss*

[@atlantic_love]

Drugs are bad for you.

[@loveless666snow]

The skeletons summon is the best in the game. It's very rare that a boss hits them while they're dead, so they always come back

[@LobsterForDinner]

agreed

[@ANHR1]

best summon in the game is crazy 💀

[@RetroDotTube]

Technically 🤓 the mimic tear is the best but this is still a very good option I used it to kill Godfrey first Elden lord Revised: black knife tiche is better

[@thearcane414]

They are like William Afton

[@awsmeanthony]

Run invalid you used electricity to run elden ring.

[@SawyerWest-ur5cv]

Run invalid you used air to live during this play through

[@JustACat0007]

Run invalid, you were alive while playing

[@douglh1073]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carian_moon]

Btw if people wanna know what music is in the video, here you go: Hornet / Daughter of Hallownest Mantis Lords Greenpath Sealed Vessel Radiance

[@jackofnotrades4350]

you are a god i can not believe as i was dying to know the song u popped up.

[@gabrielvictor9015]

What a beautiful person! thank you for this.

[@JustMe-rd1fz]

I want to underline the fact that for margitt he used the first version of the hornet fight and for morgott the second one

[@creeperYT9824]

@@JustMe-rd1fz yeah that suits really well

[@kevincomplex]

hollow knight and elden ring are my favourite games, this video really made me smile

[@acetrainer5564]

Heressy, Dismounter is litearlly my favorite non-unique weapon in this game, its so good and underrated!

[@ppman698]

That and the partisan are so cool

[@SoldierOfGodwyn]

I love the dismounter, probably in my top 5 favorite weapons ngl

[@denniscowe3289]

@@ppman698I did a partisan only run a bit ago. It’s shockingly good until I encountered Mohg lmao

[@draconesetmagicae9]

Executioner's Greataxe, mathematically, has the highest crit attacks in the game, due to it's very high base damage, the great axe crit multiplier, and it's 115 crit bonus

[@SatchFan1000]

Doesn't the misericord have a crit of 140 at base?

[@draconesetmagicae9]

@@SatchFan1000 Yes, and it's the best dagger for crits, but due to it's low base damage the Executioner's Greataxe tends to out-damage it

[@SatchFan1000]

@@draconesetmagicae9 ah fair enough

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

Incorrect, it's the second best. Misericord still does more damage in most builds thanks to daggers having a much better motion value for them. Executioner's Greataxe DOES out damage it on strength builds though, but it's not by much.

[@paradoxer212]

@@urtoryu_dy_althraidnSyrobe made a mathematickly correct crit build and there he explains Why the executioneers greataxe is better.

[@AstroRL_54]

9:12 radagons sorseal is like one of the most used talismans I think

[@BeardieBroadcast]

Facepalm

[@remn8636]

This man used some of my favorite music from one of the best games I've ever played Good taste

[@nikolaspfeiffer1661]

Fr

[@spacedoohicky]

Dismounter is an s-tier weapon used by tons of people.

[@iainkilcar7463]

Soap is actually really useful for going through poison and rot areas where you have to fight enemies. Just roll to your heart's content and then soap up after. Also great for cosplay builds.

[@MRtetri5]

weird guy's clown armour set is my go-to armour set every time I do a re-play of elden ring, lol

[@gabrielg2395]

The HK music during bossfights did not go unnoticed.

[@Loctorak]

Contrary to reality, I actually do use soap a fair bit in ER - for anyone that hasnt worked out what it does, it just cleans you (shocker, I know) but I've found it's come in handy many times to help me conserve boluses. Sometimes you'll be poisoned or afflicted with rot, for example, and you use a bolus but after if clears the bar the build-up is so significant that you end up needing to use a second bolus because you either get re poisoned or it's so close that you may as well. But if you have soap handy and use it after you exit the suspicious liquid, it halts any further build-up meaning you only ever need at most 1 bolus to clear your affliction. Plus it's so cheap and easy to make, I always make sure I have some on hand.

[@clearlypellucid]

"I'm gonna use things almost nobody uses!" >Picks one of the most popular starting classes. >Farms for one of the strongest straight swords (at least it's rare?). >Uses one of the best and most common curved greatswords to beat Margit. >Uses one of the best and most common early game spirit ashes. >Switches to one of the strongest and most used greatswords. ...at least you finally got to using things nobody uses when you got the Executioner's Axe.

[@josss-mu6co]

and got Furled Fingers help XD

[@DarkmoonSolaire]

Chocolate chocolate chip

[@goobernator50k21]

Ok I agree with everything but the spirit ash, most people don’t use them and (I may be wrong) but you can get marionette archer pretty early right?

[@bradkierstein2490]

BRUH 0:19 I AM DYING 😂😂😂

[@kavanaughamyx9113]

Bro played the entire hollowknight score 😂

[@slimecore3920]

The undead soldiers summon is one of my faves, actually, because when they hit 0 HP, they can rise again full life.

[@WhiteBanan-g2d]

That you use hollow knight sounds makes it so good

[@sean_twizz]

the skeleton ashes carried my first playthrough they're so good because they can just keep reviving

[@scrichear8657]

you know .. your video remember me of my first play through it was exactly like that

[@turtlesnacks7458]

Funnily enough for the pickaxe, the only run I've been able to beat Malenia was while duel wielding pickaxes lmao

[@themagikarp9676]

The only weapon almost no one used on the game is the stone cat boss sword (forgot the name). Its the hardest weapon to get and its kinda average so no one uses it. I've never seen a single person using it.

[@HZPPY]

It's not hard to get😭

[@themagikarp9676]

@@HZPPY I farmed every weapons and it's the hardest. You can be sure that nobody in their first playthrough got this weapon.

[@HZPPY]

@@themagikarp9676 I have it rn though😭

[@HZPPY]

@@themagikarp9676 first kill drop for me

[@51gn4l50ul]

Came for elden ring, stayed for hollowknight musics

[@felixfletcher8070]

pretty sure alot of people use those talismans. flamedrake is often one of the first people find. should have went with Companion Jar, Host's Mirror, Daedicar's Woe & Shabriri's Woe as the talismans

[@victormulby2406]

Not me running dual blood dismounters all ng+

[@mycocal3033]

im on my first run through and have been using the flamberge the whole run. This thing is actually really good with high dex bc it gets an A scaling with keen affinity and works great with status effects like bloodflame blade

[@grayestrat]

I was gonna say, lots of people use the flamberge, it's not niche or underused at all 😅

[@Raccoon-man2253]

I love your music choice for when you fight bosses hollow knight is amazing

[@genarohuerta5927]

This guy never misses with a elden ring video,keep it up man

[@droooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

My second playthrough I used two Dismounters for most of it, until I eventually switched to two Omen Cleavers. Anyways, great video. Take care.

[@nooxygen7149]

I use the skeletons every play through they are unironically amazing

[@Jiyoon02]

Ackshually, the dismounter has the greatest reach amongst curved great swords, not to mention the decent frostbite scaling. So yes, people do use it. It has its niche. 🤓🤓🤓 No, but really, aren't you using mostly too decent weapons? Like, mid tier weapons that are not picked only because there are better alternatives, not because they are weird, bad, niche, or anything.

[@CNSninja]

Obligatory "Siofre is pronounced like 'SHE-freh' " comment. It's an Irish feminine name meaning "elf" or "changeling."

[@mkv2718]

fyi, “Siofra” is actually pronounced “sheefra.”. it’s irish🤷‍♂️… i mean the name “Siobhan”is anglicized as “Chevon.” i.e. their use of the Latin alphabet makes less sense than english

[@frankzhang1246]

The sealed vessel theme actually goes crazy with the Radagon fight

[@ieatcaribou7852]

??? The dismounted is my favorite weapon. Curved great swords are awesome.

[@SGT_Squid_Dog]

so for my first elden ring run, I picked Wretch for the funny (this was day 1 release of elden ring) and bonked the shit out of Margit and Godrick before finally switching weapons to something else. I did end up retiring that save file because I allocated 49 level ups in the wrong place, did not have a larval tear, nor renalla rebirths unlocked. My other save is currently on NG+4

[@craignaylor2648]

Didn’t watch yet but I just know the crystal knife has got to be on here my second run I went for the second one because I was there and my first thought was “does anyone actually use this piece of crap” lmao

[@A_Hint_Of_Frank]

So what I do is begin new journey and start with the first weapon of the game, and every boss I kill, I switch to the next weapon, and then next weapon

[@Jhonblume]

Fun fact my first Elden ring run was with a bandit…

[@lighthamza6228]

I use bandit for every blood build it meets the stat req for the best bleed weapon hands down reduvia the best but under rated

[@draw2death421]

I used dismounter a lot on my first playthrow and so have many apearently in these comments so... you might wanna redo this video lol. Same with skeleton ashes.

[@subject7287]

This is how Elon Musk plays this game

[@dfensless]

I didnt realise this was uploaded an hour ago! This is some really entertaining content! Really enjoyed it!

[@luuqes7716]

I do believe the roar medallion is widely used bc dragon communist builds exist

[@riclee7217]

what’s the bg music on Rahdan fight? it’s fire

[@jrg14961]

09:15 after 3 months and not seeing a "chocolate chocolate chip" response. it kind of made me sad.

[@lukeblanchard8435]

Viridian Amber +1 is a great talisman to use a filler. I've done a couple of runs recently and that extra stamina is pretty sweet.

[@MCMoody_]

Im 30 hours in and I use the dismounter... i feel kinda offended

[@nikolehackney2792]

the music you used on godrick had 0 buisness going that hard

[@mmssel3559]

I dunno, i like dismounter, i sometimes even use it as dual wield with bloodhound fang, pretty fun, not gonna lie

[@festeringfingerprintvicodin]

i’ve been having such a shitty day and this is making me laugh so hard 😂❤ thank you lol

[@abdaabda]

“I killed every minor in this cave”

[@lilbaxi5709]

I was looking for this comment, guess he doesn’t like minors

[@icebox1954]

I like that you put Noble's Slender Sword in here. I use that on half my builds. Why? Because it looks absolutely stunning and yes I powerstance two of them on most builds so I farm for hours to get them. Pair these with Sentinel armour (altered), greaves and gloves (helm looks wack so no that) and you've got yourself a golden knight build. Fashionborne is the biggest buff in the game. What's the point in being the best if I don't look the part?

[@nvclear.]

As someone who does the exact same thing on half my builds, phenomenally said.

[@creeperYT9824]

Flamedrake talisman is frequently used because its sometimes the first talisman people find so they auromatically equip it

[@JamieVardy77]

2:50 I always use that summon it's so goated

[@faris-ss]

oh hollow night song please hollow night video pls

[@anonymousyoutubeuser7013]

Hollow knight music goes so hard

[@wildlmao]

amazing videoooooo

[@Nilso2]

How did u get the second Omen leaver?

[@Headtalk]

Never realized how awesome the bow spells look from a distance

[@alexxxroro135]

0:52 HELL YEAH BORTHER KILL THE HORSE

[@HeWhoSoars.]

Hey, i love the nobles slender sword. That slight bit of extra range over any other longword is a huge plus imo

[@Tschoii90]

Wait... you can use the fucking horse in the Radhan fight!?

[@ScholarsCompass]

💀

[@Daniel25288]

0:58. The houses did nothing to u

[@PickledSquirrel]

Fighting Morgott as Omen Killer is just too good

[@Mikamaru]

Pretty much half of he stuff you used is commonly used by a big portion of the players... but the idea was nice and the vid turned out nice to watch anyway :)

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

The music editing on this video is excellent

[@tetsuojack8666]

Today I came across your faith run while looking for faith builds and I must say I’m now binding all your videos. You’ve become one of my favorite creators! The witty editing, voiceovers, narration. It’s so well done. I hope you find success and don’t lose motivation or give up on your channel! You rock brother keep slaying

[@bplatinumpaladin]

Recently used all of these, except the Cranialvessel. Gold Slender Sword for a Zelda Build, Dismounter for a Father Owl Build, Flamberge for a Kain (Legacy of Kain) build, and Omen Cleavers for a Rollo build. And I was planning on getting a Pick for a "Hugo the Adventuerer" cosplay build.

[@Doops1369]

Those video cuts in time with the music in the Godrick fight were sick

[@lochlanmcmullen1772]

I use the militiamen ashes lol

[@fishium]

Skeletal summons are great. Theyll take off agro just long enough for you to recover then once they are downed the enemy agros you giving them time to get up

[@joeschmo2693]

I did this very thing. Whole playthrough with Bloodhound's Fang.

[@zfrsunrise5758]

The hollow knight song 😃

[@morkomori9617]

I picked bandit on my first play through to be a quirky little fuck, not knowing how broken status builds are.

[@FoxySpartan117]

I use skeletons....

[@RemingtonSteel]

Love how they keep getting up after being killed

[@boundedscythe7726]

I heard the lower your level the higher chance the skulls around the map will have 200 ruins so I chose not to level up until after godrick but I ended up getting like 50 before then so I then decided to see how far I could get because everyone seemed kinda easy at that point, currently I'm about to fight radahn still without any levels but I'm expecting either the scarlet rot or the volcano to Force me into leveling up as I don't see any summoning signs lol.

[@boah1899]

They are frequently used (talismans)

[@alexx8169]

W hollow knight ost

[@twixmaestr7605]

Just fyi, the bandit class starts with the highest arcane stat, making it good for a bleed build

[@RemingtonSteel]

It's like it's secretly telling you to try the Curved bandit sword on a bleed build

[@slycwby2478]

2:54 You FOOL that’s quite literally my favorite summon in the whole game, it’s literally become the only one I use on any given playthrough

[@canada8574]

Him saying who in their right mind would pick bandit stung me to my core

[@Loctorak]

Curious, though, what made you pick it? When faced with stuff like samurai, confessor, warrior etc... what made bandit the most appealing?

[@garrick3727]

No joke: All these items, except the candlestick thing at the end, I used in my playthrough. I even wore the big horns. I would hardly call Dismounter, Flamberge, Executioner's Axe and Noble's Slender Sword items no-one uses. The Jawbone Axe was a suitable choice. Other early game weapons I don't see used often: the Flail, the Hatchet, the Dagger, the Shamshir.

[@Jow-zx8nu]

I have a challenge!: Drakness - The masochistic knight (Konosuba) Weapons: 1 straight sword only - no level cap Level Up: Only Stamina and Vigor are allowed, no others Items: no items allowed, no estus Objective: Beat all bosses, taking as much damage as possible

[@cjlcorndog7271]

I second that comment about the soap. Totally used tbat to clean rot off i rolled in 😂

[@dapperdanman878]

It’s crazy he said that about the dismounter I had a person invade me yesterday with it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carminescurse]

The slender sword takes infusions really well. The only other weapon that does that well with infusions is the star mace.

[@blankenstein1649]

friendly tip - "siofra" is an irish name and is pronounced more like "shehfra". it's like the name "siobhan", it's not pronounced "seeobahn", it's pronounced "shehvahn".

[@willingbob]

mmmmm fried frog

[@thedeadcannotdie]

My 1st playthrough was powerstancing bloodhound fang+dismounter

[@FoxySpartan117]

Okay the ost was the "Cherry" on top.