Elden Ring's DLC But I'm STRANDED (and can't leave)

[@LochNessyMonster]

Midra : "I ask you forgive me, dearest Nanaya" Tarnished: "who's Nanaya?" Midra: "Na-na-ya business"

[@lordofshades9852]

*MADNESS*

[@berkebus]

The depths of your foolishness!

[@arthas236]

lmao

[@Nml23286]

I've done some research (One search on google) and what I could find is that Nanaya is the girl in the painting in that one loading screen, and that she can be found dead in Midra's Manse having Nanaya's torch on her corpse. A lot of people probably know this already lol

[@lanceocana9059]

-17 pieces-

[@schleel7703]

It’s impossible to summon Igon and not crack a smile at his dialogue for the Bale fight. Just so epic

[@mozalucas]

He is the embodiment of 3am motivation lol, felt like I could beat everything listening to him

[@papadoug4681]

He really is just Captain Ahab but instead of a whale it's a dragon. Honestly fantasy Moby Dick feels like a missed oppurtunity.

[@ST4LK1INGFENIX]

honestly. it feels wrong to fight Bayle without him lmaooo

[@loud_shitting]

stopped summoning him after like the 3rd time. hes so annoying

[@tarasouthwell6132]

i reached bayle very early in my first playthrough of the dlc, got stubborn, and killed him without advancing igon's quest beyond the first time you see him near the ancient dragon man invasion. after i killed bayle, i went back and he was gone, and i found his stuff in the shadow keep lol. i had no idea what was up with him until my second go around

[@bigjimbo8250]

I don’t really know why but I love how Mesmer says “Mongrel Intruder”

[@shafayatchowdhury7008]

Thou’rt Tarnished, it seemeth

[@Shmethan]

​@@shafayatchowdhury7008racism is funny only when it's against tarnished

[@Gojira_uz]

The cadence of it reminds me of Margit's first "Foul Tarnished" especially with the echo haha.

[@SirBucelotte]

Bro thinks he Gilgamesh, man

[@Guerbleperpin]

I like that he sounds a little bored while saying it probably because he's used to it

[@DasDud]

Hunter, are you ok? You just put out a video a few weeks ago… RKR glitch, summon a mimic tear, and drink a bottle of AG1 3 times if you’re being held hostage in Gino’s house.

[@thinkagainplease]

hello alt acc hunter here, gino‘s basement kinda cozy ngl

[@nothing11558]

​@@thinkagainplease Praying for you my brother 🙏 .Great editing by the way.

[@MrGropos]

P0

[@thinkagainplease]

@@nothing11558 bro got a ranni doll i can borrow pog

[@ruvkyu]

Oh god, stockholm syndrome is crazy. ​@@thinkagainplease

[@TheSurgePhoenix]

Those curved sword horned knights are literally open world bosses. Some of them killed me more times than actual bosses did

[@Cman04092]

The bird warriors are worse and the beast warriors are the worst, but they're fun to fight once you get it down.

[@aayushdasgupta9754]

Their attacks are slow, so it's fun to guard counter them

[@artemsheen8064]

They have more complex attacks than malenia and rellana lol. Plus hyperarmor and being always near edges of the buildings to knock you down

[@knatspray]

Infinite poise

[@AM_61102]

The dual wielding ones are a great fight tho. And the swords they drop are really dope, it’s like a holy version of rykard’s greatsword

[@StanleyG23]

A run like this is really fun because, besides the obvious "Maternal Staff + Impenetrable Thorns go brrr" strat, the DLC alone provides a ton of really useful and strong weapons and strategies like the Falx you can really easily get from killing Hornsent, the Backhand Blades, Milady, Bloodfiend's Arm, Hand-to-hand weapons, Ashes of War like Carian Sovereignty, Flame Spear, and The Poison Flower Blooms Twice, and items like the Priestess Heart that gives a pretty considerable boost to an already really solid build. The DLC even gives us a bunch of items for meme runs like the Mantle of Thorns spell or the Lamenter's Mask.

[@malikhittam1440]

Rellana's twin moon spell is prime meme run material: "can I beat elden ring with my ballsack?"

[@StanleyG23]

​​​@@malikhittam1440Yes, the Blue Balls run lol. However, I don't think it would be THAT difficult if you used the Endure Ash of War every time before casting the actual spell since the damage of the spell itself is honestly not that bad.

[@malikhittam1440]

@@StanleyG23 I'm fine with it being easy. Skumnut usually does these types of degenerate runs. He makes them hilarious even if they're not challenging lol

[@Enigmatic_Soldier]

hates the impenetrable thorns spell but starts counting all of the literal op pvp weapons that can also trivialize most pve fights in the dlc

[@dylans1523]

@@malikhittam1440have you seen Skum rolling through the DLC with the briar set and thorn body spell?

[@EvalithFoG]

The gank fight near the end is so good when youve done all the npc quests but so miserable when you're alone 😂

[@m.ubaidaadam]

Yeah it was hype with everyone introducing themselves it’s probably the best npc fight if you do the quests

[@AiresOne]

Finally, the host gets ganked for once 👇👇👇👇👇

[@bootstrap925]

its a fun fight if you followed everyones quests, but its a bit of a slog if you dont

[@YokeTB]

When i did it it was 1v5. I wanted no help during my first playthrough. And man.,...... 1v5 was not easy. But I realized the best strat was to run and chip of small damage until everyone had used their heals and all the rot pots were used up. The fight took about 10 minutes

[@tehmastawow]

For real, that was one of my favourite fights. Ansbach the goat

[@jackthorndyke3390]

It's so funny and awesome to me that the VA for Igon pretty much single-handedly has made that one of the most memorable NPCs in not only the FromSoft catalogue but any game really. I mean, he's so damn good that people actually enjoy summoning him for the boss. Obviously credit to the people that wrote the dialogue as well, but the delivery is just absolutely insane.

[@mozalucas]

We might see him as a VS in way more stuff now too,the would be perfect for an animated Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit series 😆

[@mustafa1790x]

and it's his first time voice acting as well apparently which is pretty insane as a first performance

[@90bubbel60]

@@mustafa1790x seriously? thats incredible

[@ETBrooD]

@@mustafa1790x He's an experienced theater actor. His performance is insane, but it's obvious how he pulled it off with so many years under his belt.

[@Artemis19925]

​@ETBrooD there's still a fair bit of difference and skill needed to do VA over theatre acting. There's a lot of the voice stuff you learn for theatre that isn't applicable in a recording booth. A really good sound tech is an absolute necessity to give you the feedback necessary for a good performance. But for a first time VA that is extraordinary. (Source: I am classically trained in theatre, have acted professionally, have taken a short course in Voice recording techniques)

[@falafelbil455]

13:40 “you would think i know this boss like decently well” Proceeds to almost no hit gaius

[@fishnutz5196]

Something i noticed so fast on my first run on a str faith lightning build was the amount of bosses in water. Rellana, the dragons leading to Bayle, 2 of the 3 ghostflame dragons, 1 of the bears, Inquistor, Pustrecent Knight, Sunflower, Metyr. Unrelated to the video but watching Gino fight the Ghostflame Dragon made me realise that.

[@Marx_D._Soul]

Overall, the bosses are generally *really* weak to elemental damage in some way or another. Magic is probably the "worst", but given how many buffs that shit has that's fine LOL

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

@@Marx_D._Soul Finally Holy is viable

[@ETBrooD]

@@30000beesinatrenchcoat Holy was always viable except for the final stretch of the game. It's the same in the DLC.

[@fishnutz5196]

​​​@@ETBrooD holy is still very viable in base game outside of Fortisaxx, Maliketh and Elden Beast. But if your using split damage its not even noticable. DLC nothing is that strong against holy besides the Dancing Lion, Avatar and both Bayle and Metyr are resistant to all elements. Putrescent, Gaius, Messmer (phase 2) and Radahn (phase 1) get nuked by holy and same goes with the Death Knights and Ghostflame Dragons. So holy is pretty "meta" in the dlc

[@risoullll]

Gotta give hunter props. This man has been putting out movies. Thank you hunter for being a great editor❤

[@GM-xk1nw]

*Watching on KZbin is way better than listening to chat crying and hating everything in the game on Twitch.*

[@malikhittam1440]

I thought I was the only one who found chat insufferable

[@nabhanshiham2032]

They don't stop whining bro

[@multifleks]

So true

[@waffle43-ic]

PREACH🙏🙏

[@BranchFam805]

How ironic

[@arhamsaa]

Curse You Bayle!

[@justsomeguywithhalfamousta2858]

I HEREBY VOW. YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR AND I IGON, YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH. SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE, FOUL DRAGON. BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE, WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!! WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING! NNNAAAAНННАА!!!!

[@thegoodone4104]

Igon is top 10 souls characters of all time. Everyone thinks Kendrick Lamar is the biggest hater but they have nothing on a cowardly scavenger who is so pissed at drakes he refused to die and found his calling

[@Mathster_live]

The nonstop elden ring content these past few days from all content creators have been immaculate, keep em coming!

[@silasstryder]

I do think it’d be wonderfully diabolical if an ascension mod for the DLC made it so once you enter you can’t leave until you beat Messmer. It could have a warning added before starting the DLC that hints you’ll be on a “long voyage”, but I feel like it would emulate the trapped in Caelid feeling on a much larger scale

[@Cman04092]

No, make it locked until radahn, but with an exception for visits to the RTH for upgrades, and shopping, and such.

[@silasstryder]

@@Cman04092 hmm, how about if you haven’t beat Godfrey when you enter the DLC you can’t leave till Messmer, but if you did beat Godfrey you can’t leave till you beat Radahn? Just for the sake of difficulty pacing, someone can access the DLC a little over halfway through their playthrough and if they couldn’t leave till they beat Radahn they’d either hit a wall and give up entirely or have to grind and level up so much they’ll be overpowered for most of the second half of the main game when they return. Messmer (with a few Scadutree blessings) is about as difficult as Mohg imho so it’d still require them to explore the DLC for the blessings before they’d typically be able to beat Messmer

[@Cman04092]

@silasstryder oh fair point, I was only thinking from a story point, lol. Maybe make the mod push the dlc even further back, like fire giant or maliketh. Your plan would also work just fine as well tbh.

[@_ikako_]

really sucks that you can't use whetblades because wing stance on the milady just elevates that weapon to a whole other level, both in visual elegance and power. the poise damage and chasing on the r2 is nuts, and the r1 combos into the r2 of the stance as long as you hold l2 the whole time. milady is easily my favourite weapon in the dlc, the moveset is so cool, the way r2s combo into r1s, with that being carried over to wing stance as well, plus how insane the scaling is on so many infusions, makes it one of the most versatile weapons in the game. i actually prefer the one handed moveset to the powerstanced one, the combos last longer and you get a cool jab on the running r2.

[@SGTPepper247]

That Messmer clutch was absolutely bonkers man you are incredible. Well done on the run and congrats on your success, well deserved.

[@itsarxxx]

I love that he's playing skyrim/oblivion music in the background on some parts of this video. Nostalgic 🥺🥺❤️

[@dawntaywill8384]

Brings me back man fr 🥹 maybe time for a new Skyrim play through

[@taryn1220]

After watching Gino I also now always turn off the in game music and just play oblivion music.

[@vc7493]

I like these runs a lot better than the “no hit” runs. These are more fun to watch…. The “no hit” runs are like watching a Superman movie, like you already know Superman is invincible so it takes the excitement out of it.

[@Warframeenjoyer]

Yeah! 100% agree. The no hit runs are cool if its your first time watching one or if you're a new player, but they lose their charm really fast

[@bronsoncarder2491]

Nobody: Gino: "I think they should give this boss more HP." LMFAO

[@Snowxiv_]

Hey Gino! Back when I completed the game, i didnt really get any motivation to play after getting all items in my first run. But you dropping so much content, I played more after that. This DLC series got me so crazy hyped ngl ❤

[@dalbertesch8535]

Hey just for the future or any other challenge runs with the dlc, the Scadutree avatar enters a stance broken state when you kill it, because getting the critical hit reduces the next ones health by 25%. The mercy dagger talisman is really good for this fight.

[@marshallbrooks2371]

Since this is the Realm of Shadow/Shadow Realm calling these “Banished” or “Banished to the Shadow Realm” would be pretty sick

[@AbstractFigures]

Messmer's eye thing is a seal on the Base Serpent within him placed by Marika because she was afraid of the danger it posed against the Erdtree. Thats why she abandoned him in the Shadow Realm as well.

[@Honzy87]

tbh, I think the group-npc fight is pretty cool considering you can change who you will encounter and who assists you depending on the quests and decisions you make.

[@blubberdust]

I wanted to beat the DLC myself, then watch though all of the "first playthrough" streams before i moved onto these condensed edits. Now that im FINALLY finished and caught up, these really feel like a treat. Great stuff, man.

[@starbomber]

55:54 The thing that Mesmer removes is not an eye, it's a Merica's Scarseal. She put it in place to contain the "based serpent" that dwells inside him.

[@AaronCorr]

Isn't it an Eye of Grace or sth? You can find two eyes that make certain npcs "see the light" (also two that do the opposite)

[@crimsonram6106]

amazing how many memories a few notes can bring in... 34:40 the music of Morrowind just made me smile like a baby holding a candy

[@filiplass7442]

This was super nice to watch live, I didn't expect this to be turned into a video, that's dope. Also, hunter is an editing beast, holy lol

[@Count.Saruman]

Where is Hunter? Is he safe? Is he alright?

[@vortiger5035]

It seems in your anger- you killed him

[@London3-fc6cf]

another amazing long gino video : D Love to see it

[@alexubel]

I have watched several of your videos so far and have greatly enjoyed your challenge runs. You have a new subscriber in me.

[@Ntwolf1220]

That Gaius fight was beautiful

[@jeffrando]

Bro you’re already so clean with the dlc bosses. Just strafing and jumping like a madman.

[@TacDonut]

Meteoric ore greatsword is the first weapon I completed the dlc with. Was very enjoyable and I love the aow on it. Learning the final boss fight with it was extremely challenging but rewarding and fun

[@devilmancries9617]

I think it's cool that the running R2 for the backhand weapons can go straight back into a sprint

[@mememuseum689]

*R1

[@snottytoe6957]

17:00 Glad I'm not the only person experiencing this. Seems to happen whenever you do certain button inputs at the same time I guess? I always fix it by unplugging my controller and plugging it back in though.

[@akathenugget]

Gino using the milady against the tree sentinel was so smooth it looked like a cinematic it was cool. Also Hunter you good?

[@reeklane9957]

Just wanna say I just go to sleep to vaati or smoughtown vids and I started wakin up to this on my tv so now I’m gonna subscribe 😂

[@azzamleg8561]

I could watch this man all day long and never get bored, Thank you Brandon for this content ❤❤

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

1:01:00 the thing is cuz it deals insane damage if the enemy is poisoned, that's why you use weapons like venomous fang which deals Lethal poison instead. which procs the poison blooms twice dmg to deal extra when enemies are poisoned.

[@JCrispG]

1:00:04 Bro rocking tears of denial

[@risoullll]

Been waiting on a dlc video from you😫🙏🏽

[@Flappr]

Gino sounds so energetic and cheery in this episode. It’s wholesome and appreciated

[@ryanmcconnell7410]

man, you make Radahn look so solved and simple. insane gameplay bro

[@Mlyodas]

i truly consider gino's content to be the peak of elden ring content. something about the pure mastery and cold percision he has makes you excited to go play the game again and again. i will have this on before going to sleep thank you very much gino and hunter.

[@sklcrusher72x77]

Gino you are one of my favorite KZbinrs and your videos are the only ones that I can sit down and watch the whole 2 hour+ video

[@shawnfausey]

Finally a full workout! Thank you Mike! More of this content!

[@05_07i]

I have been waiting for this video 😊 !!

[@ape9273]

looking good dude

[@ArkbladeIX]

1:07:00 so polite that he thanks the boss for letting him heal. a true canadian

[@Refrigerator44]

Igon really makes you feel like you are in a fable and are really felling a legendary beast.

[@eugennnnnnnn]

Messmer really said "Mom, f*ck you" as his dying breath lmao

[@natalironaldo]

I just love when you say *bonk* 😆 So satisfying, dude

[@ETBrooD]

So we finally see Gino experiencing the hard mode fight against Leda. And that's not even the 1v5 nightmare version lmao

[@Dinklebup0630]

I dont know if you know this but, the long range attack that the sunflower does where it shoots two lines of thorns at you. You can just jump over them when they activate. Love the content❤

[@eclypse_ooowff1142]

The poison flower blooms twice gives scarlet rot if you hit them with the ash of war, it can be detonated like poison or just applied for the DoT. It gives you poison on the weapon and scarlet on ash of war, good for affliction builds

[@edwardricks3133]

I love your vids gino, your vids helped me beat the base game for the first time and i dont really watch amyone else just because your way of explaining things

[@Heresy_Enjoyer]

I love how Igon spends an entire MINUTE yapping about Bayle when summoned, but it's so funny how every line of dialogue he has is specifically to curse out a dragon.

[@dwaynesundown2038]

Dragon close enough to whisper in his ear. Impales him on his horn. "I didn't think it'd reach that far"

[@WrathfulAsura]

These runs are awesome ngl

[@beatman2359]

I love flame spear so much it's my new fav AoW

[@jesuschrist861]

1:42:54 "Here comes the sun do do doo:🎵🎶

[@Deadgye]

1:01:22 Part of my first DLC playthrough used this ash of war and the poison infusion on the scorpion stinger rapier. Since the poison status was higher, I would often proc poison, skill burst, and then shortly after proc rot, and then do a second skill burst later.

[@connorclaxton3430]

Messmer literally saying he’s gonna kill him Gino: 😆

[@SilverBandeno]

Milady is my new favorite fromsoft weapon

[@ant_out]

I'm in love with Gino's chuckle. Video idea: "Elden Ring but it's only chuckles"? (no homo)

[@Simple_Jack5]

Just completed the dlc after killing all bosses. What an amazing experience. Can't wait to do new game plus base game with all the new items

[@PettyGamerBoy]

Do you have any idea how many people you’ve lulled to sleep using these runs? What a vibe. Thanks Gino.

[@joshualittle3945]

Try a no hit run except your goal is to beat the game alongside someone you know that hasn’t beaten Elden ring before (you need to be summoned into their game and help them complete their stages as well as your own)

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

that 1 hp Messmer kill was insane

[@TacDonut]

Frost Aoe beast warrior dude is the true final boss. That guy killed me so many times

[@Totomatchi]

The Skyrim Music behind your Voice is great 😊

[@dragonuv620]

17:17 why does Gino have a Ludwig like laugh😂

[@malikhittam1440]

@@dragonuv620 fr tho

[@thegrunch6448]

Let's goo it's here! Thanks for the hard work Hunter

[@LochlanHehr]

"How did that sword get in his head?" That's Nanaya business, dude

[@TabbyVee]

thought this was going to be the same as some of the other challenges like this ive seen, was absolutely shocked when you revealed that you have unupgraded flasks

[@evanmcdonald9134]

I can definitely see some of the reasons why people don’t like the mother of fingers boss but I liked it so much. I used a milady and didn’t have any problems with the fight. The adds even though vaguely annoying, die in one hit and are super slow and low damaging. I have no idea how you’re meant to dodge the quasar attack (black hole laser one) but it only hits once and then isn’t much of a threat. Rest of the attacks seems super easy to punish. Definitely lmk your thoughts if y’all care to, but using a no summons no buffs milady build with poison flower blooms twice found it super fun

[@szarekhthesilentking7043]

I quite liked it as well, but I agree, the quasar attack (first rotation) is BS

[@xSRxUnKn0wn]

Gold feet and Gold tenders do in fact stack. I know this was done on stream and bit late, but either way. Yes they do.

[@RF-xx8re]

editor needs a raise, soooooo much content to edit

[@georgespelletier906]

The poison ash of war‘s name reminds me of naruto‘s rock lee an guy when they say that the lotus blooms twice. Wonder if it is supposed to be a reference.

[@kaleehayness]

Best thing in my opinion about backhand blades is that for how good they are in PVE it’s even better in PVP

[@safetytheflamewolf]

1:55:28 ik when I was testing stuff out that Sword of Light/Sword of Darkness stacked with Sacred Order. I'm not sure about Golden Epitaph's Last Rite though

[@jeffbriant47]

just absolutely blasting

[@_ikako_]

fyi you can get the ice guy in enir ilim to walk off a cliff by aggroing him before you run into the room with the fragment, then hugging the left (left as you walk into the room, right side when you're in the room looking out) side of the room. he'll usually walk right off the ledge, then walk off another ledge that he falls to and dies. sometimes he'll slowly walk around the rooftops to you though so you probably want to memory of grace if he does.

[@pigro2]

Blind spot on backhand blade with cold infusion carried me through my first DLC playthrough.

[@alvinchung5916]

36:07 mount up and use flail to do charge attack, can break the Furnace Golem's stance very quickly

[@K-1.0.1.0]

Dude the elevator music when you’re falling down to the putrescent knight🤣🤣

[@MarceIIus]

I agree I thought it was weird to receive so many upgrade materials, but now it makes a little more sense. I want to play the dlc at level 1 as well.

[@imaflymydroneatit]

I have no idea who you are but you are crushing it.

[@CyberGhostArt]

Igon's Voice actor need a fuckin raise Bro i dont Care How much He is already making he needs a raise

[@Average_Joe273]

Hell yeah been waiting since the DLC dropped for this

[@MrSaltycrackers]

Everyone else doing challenge runs giving themselves full flasks meanwhile gino is just using heal from afar and a pocket full of dreams

[@sleepynex1710]

It was very clutch for me that they added the upgrade materials. I did mogh early and got into the dlc. I didn't have access to high level smithing or somber smithing stones. I wanted to do DLC before entering lyndell and locked myself to level100.

[@toastysoulmcgee]

Tip, you can avoid metyrs Lazer beam, you just stand close enough to not get hit by the dot area, right at its edge there's a gap between it and the spinning laze. Imagine two rings drawn one medium and one larger, the circle which makes up that gap is your safe sone.

[@Lord_O_Beans]

Bro you jsut made gaius look fun. Absolute miracle worker

[@kazual9206]

Even more proof the DLC is actually a new game added to the previous one. Glorious !

[@littleharker1920]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FORRRRRRRR

[@DeathDrager]

Igon didn't kill steal, it was his fight and you were just a witness

[@Abyssal-wbosd]

Thanks to the controller that it didn't want to work, so I would never have seen Voicemeeter on your desktop. I love this audio program, and you make really cool videos