I BEAT ALL 165 BOSSES SHIELD ONLY!

[@GinoMachino]

Hope you all enjoyed the build as much as I did! I'm going to be doing my first KZbin live stream today at 12:30edt so come hang out. Also let me know if you think a no damage run with this build would be fun 🛡🛡

[@3wu65]

I think it will be very interesting on how it will work

[@asdergold1]

Just so you know, you can't be guard broken while shield bashing. Even with 0 stamina. As you might be able to tell, it even negated Rennala's summon knockback.

[@lauraneves6115]

Godskin apostle hits u because of its weapon, his weapon tip its like a shotel weapon 😊

[@efrenreyes739]

no

[@redditshorts4u679]

damn i missed it :(

[@SariYT4]

Whoever edits these videos is unbelievable. This isn't a 4.5+ hour upload of some uncut VOD, this entire thing is edited and not minimally either. I mean even individual fights are edited, and additional on-screen information like literally making that calculation at 40:08 and adding it on screen, many many people would not go through such effort on VODs this long.

[@Caminante-blanco]

I agree - hats off to the amazing editor!

[@Kinolazarus]

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[@mekmekoo1269]

Ikr! It's crazy. I wonder if he does it himself.

[@SariYT4]

@@mekmekoo1269 Nope, he has an editor named 'Hunter' who does this great work!

[@monhi64]

I was literally just thinking that myself right as I saw your comment. I only found him last week and ended up watching a video last night that was like hours long. Only to see this video now today and obviously notice it’s also ridiculously long to lead me to checking and realizing all of Gino’s vids are quite long. It really shouldn’t have confused me that much but I swear the length is notable

[@grfrjiglstan]

It hadn’t occurred to me how insane it is to have a flamethrower with guard frames active for 100% of the attack. I really have been sleeping on shields this whole time.

[@Seinglede]

To be fair, as someone who played a shield build on day 1, the damage of the flamethrower used to be absolutely terrible until it got buffed around the same time that a lot of the guard boost buffs got nerfed so I can see why people slept on it. But yeah, Big shields were and still are pretty broken in this game. RIP the old days when Fingerprint Stone Shield fully upgraded with the Greatshield Talisman would give you 100 guard boost, though. I remember them fondly.

[@andy4an]

shields, especially greatshields, are VERY good. most challenge runners don't use them since they cheese so much of the game, and arn't a great showcase of high ability like glass cannon builds are. they allow low skill players like me to get through very tricky parts of the game without too much trouble. honestly they are probably more newbie friendly than ash summons, since they are useful in far more situations. all that said, yeah, they are extremely powerful in the hands of strong players as well.

[@windows9764]

@@andy4an i am definitly gonna go for a shield run

[@chickenfriedrice8990]

@@Seingledeto be fair 89 ish is still pretty fuckin good

[@Amin-al-Husseini_1941picture]

@@Seinglede fingerprint stone shield when it has arcane scaling with bleed and its madness: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 95% block is still worth it tho

[@snottytoe6957]

"I'm gonna blast Kenith Haight for his golden seed" The words of a peasant who truly loves his king.

[@polnyjj]

his golden seed is very well known all around lands between

[@DoctorPiranhas]

This is a long compilation of Gino being like "You can block that?" and I'm all for it

[@i_can_c_u_2295]

Do not forget „This is awesome“ and „That’s great“

[@eragonbook4]

me the entire start: you have a shield. why do you play roly poly for basic swordstrikes

[@YangBalanceYin]

I love this game so much. 90% of this video can be summed up by "extremely good Elden Ring player says XYZ is probably going to be bad and gets completely blown away by how borderline broken it is". Every "souls" game has this "any weapon can be good in the right hands" approach but this game... This game lets you do almost anything you want and still have it obliterate even end game content.

[@monhi64]

You’re just missing the fact that it’s more like every class has at least a few OP items. But there are plenty of mediocre or otherwise not good potential builds. Ginos always putting so much effort into maximizing the builds despite the restrictions. That end game content keeps obliterating me despite my best efforts otherwise lol

[@Cadrieldur]

Imagine "Let Me Solo Her" and "The Wall" as Duo Bosses in a catacomb.

[@KLK01]

Rot dragon breathe with mimic.

[@nicholaspezzoli3252]

​@@KLK01good luck not getting cancelled on that shit spell

[@Jannfndnanakid]

the reddit boss

[@God-ch8lq]

still a better designed boss than godskin duo

[@beanbeater]

ds2 graverobbers

[@kingcookie9777]

Ive always loved the concept of a character who can only attack when attacked i even made one in dnd long ago so seeing this in elden ring makes me way happier than it probably should

[@kingcookie9777]

Oh yeah also dante from devil may cry says ROYAL GUARD-i mean hi

[@drdootphd]

When I first heard that Elden Ring was going to have powerstancing like Dark Souls 2, I immediately got so excited about the prospect of doing a shield-build. When it released I tried to figure out how to make it work but couldn't figure out the best way to optimize the build and kinda gave up. Seeing this makes me so insanely happy and makes me want to try doing this immediately.

[@phantom_isle]

Dr de!!! funny seeing you here

[@TheLordofSiIence]

Shame it's only a half-baked version of Ds2's mechanic. Otherwise, these builds could've had some even crazier combos.

[@funkymachine]

​@@TheLordofSiIencelol ds2 powerstance is the half baked one.

[@lourinaldoholanda585]

bro above me only HEARD about dark souls 2 instead of playing it lol

[@sanryzleck655]

Can't believe Gino went from making fun of an ALL HIT RUNNER to becoming one...

[@Ryukuss]

i did not know this lore

[@MadamApocolips]

Did not expect a 4hr 30min video dang.

[@DarkSouls498]

Bro probably makes bank or maybe not cause he could be screwed over by yt

[@joebidenissus1975]

Making long videos like this is not easy, you have to pay the editors more and you get less-rewarding compensation the longer the video is

[@BurgerBoy9001]

Should’ve made it 4 hours and 20 minutes

[@zordonelite]

​@@BurgerBoy9001 20 minutes of the video would be cut

[@statsq]

@@zordonelite he was saying so it would be 420

[@tarasouthwell6132]

Man, I've never felt more respect for another human being than I did for Gino when he killed a sword bird with a shield in midair 😂

[@watergood664]

Playing as a tank is so much fun. Normally games don't care so much about defensive playstyles so the best thing you can tank is a bunch of small mobs, which is fun in its own right, but it's even better when you can eat big boss damage like it's nothing.

[@rylenstuffsv2]

The devs did good with the shields and tank builds, respect. When they say you can progress with any build they mean it

[@penguinpaladin5617]

I was getting really hyped watching all the shorts of this run waiting for this video. I was really hoping it would be a feature length film and was not disappointed. Huge shout out to Gino’s editor for the 23 hours of footage he sifted through. I don’t know that I have ever watched a video this long without skipping through some of it. This is definitely my favorite video on YT rn.

[@bobbywalker2980]

Wait a damn minute. This video isnt 10 minutes. Its 4 hrs .... he loves us guys . Thank you gino and thank you for posting on a weekend where im off work and can watch it.

[@joshuapatrick682]

1:06:55 i noticed a lot of enemies in the game do this when I did a shield playthough. Their input reading script reacts to your block but if you don't stop blocking they just keep looping the script and the second you drop your guard it triggers a different move. I've seen BKA's, Margit/Morgott and in the later game the kindred of rot and cleanrot knights. I'm sure others have the issue but it is especially apparent with those enemies.

[@sandercottenier8124]

He just casually dodges waterfowl while fat rolling. Respect!

[@rylenstuffsv2]

To whoever still complains about Melania, just look at his build whilst fat-rolling lol

[@nissansucc5486]

@@rylenstuffsv2 me. I still complain about Malenia because I am ASS

[@hippofartamus]

if you wanted to make the elden beast fight even more of a joke, the haligtree crest greatshield, when made into a sacred shield, gives 98% holy negation while blocking. Downside is that it only drops from one specific haligtree knight with a 4% drop chance

[@Manigeitora]

Whoever decided item drop rates in this game is a fucking asshole. The absolute lowest drop rate for anything should be like 5%. Anything less is just unnecessarily punishing people who want specific gear. ESPECIALLY when the item drop chance talisman is that late in the game, in a . I did a run where I tried to collect every single weapon, shield, and spell, and some items have a drop rate of like 0.25%. It's fucking nuts. And they're !!!

[@pota7opotato573]

1:35 "I don't think blocking is gonna be a big deal" This aged well.

[@sambarney8244]

There's a golden order incantation that makes it so status effects don't go through blocking, I think Corhyn sells it after you solve the mystery of the statue

[@mrottenbeats3281]

the dlc drop time was planned around Feb 2024 , but Mizayaki watch this whole night after his work time , then next morning he said " lets make a shield weapon category" . Thats why the dlc delay untill June

[@xCobaltRainx]

This has got to be my favorite Gino Elden Ring run, not just because it’s super long and a bit of a meme, but because this run is the epitome of taking a “weapon” class and pushing the envelope on what it could be capable of. It inspired me to do my own shield only run in Elden Ring, but I added the twist that I would be encouraged to use ranged artillery like the One Eye shield or even the Jar Cannon so I could basically just cosplay as a TANK, I named the character M4 Sherman as well. I’ve already exterminated everything all the way from Caelid through Altus, and don’t plan on stopping now. Thank you Gino, Elden Ring is one of my favorite games of all time, got it day 1 and played through blind, and from being inspired by you I’m still playing through it using silly yet powerful builds like this. Can’t wait to see what you do next!

[@cat-thulhu6068]

I love how in the mountaintops Gino turned into an artillery cannon😂😂

[@tmy8711]

If you want a quick and dirty build like this that isn't region locked: 1. Get spiked great shield from caelid (need one stonesword key) 2. Get the medallion halves. One at fort height and one at the fort in east caelid 3. Go to Altus platua and get shield crash (north immediately after lift 4. Beat red wolf so you can get the magic whetstone for cold infusions. Now put the shield crash ash of war on the spiked greatshield and cold infuse. Use the ash of war on everything all the time and have a good time. The bleed and frost proc coupled with the milti-hits of the ash synergies soooooo well.

[@michaelheath4416]

There’s an incantation you get from gold masks quest that nullifies all elemental damage and stat procs that hit the shield

[@keegan8517]

I killed so many turtles thinking I would get a shield drop….

[@W1tchOfRebirth]

How dare you kill dogs

[@bloomsux69]

I love these all boss runs. i know they're long af but it's such a treat gino

[@SanataiKarashiromi]

Did some math and estimations based on the weight of weapons historically compared to the weight value in Elden Ring. This gear is ~85-90 lbs of gear ( 35.5-40.8 kg). For reference, a historically accurate full plate set up like a knight would wear is 45-55 lbs (20-25kg).

[@ErikTaylor]

My first playthrough (all 165 bosses) was a shield and spear "hoplite" style build, my second playthrough (all bosses) was double shields. Guard counters being added to the game is what got me to try Elden Ring as my first souls. Glad to see you had fun playing it!

[@TeamBbAze]

Now we need a "kill a remembrance boss shield only" square in bingo

[@luckybuizel15]

the niall fight perfectly encapsulates this run to me. the totally deserved gank after clearing the game on easy mode, the next run tanking enough damage within 10 seconds to kill a max health player 6 times over, the patient 1v1 eating all the big scary bosses biggest scariest moves while giggling and taking 1 damage per attack. chefs kiss. hilarious 5 minutes

[@whadamelon8887]

I fucking LOVE GINO these four hour super long videos are what I live on. I don't care for 10/20 minutes videos. I love Gino and all his long videos. The KZbin shorts have been hyping me up for this run. Thank you so much Gino, we all love you

[@robertbasleader9213]

Honestly one of the more fun runs to watch, the amount of joy you have is very nice to watch :D (the other runs are fun as well btw)

[@BloodyN1nja]

Only real downside to shield only is attack speed and range, but some of the shields are exceptions

[@sunbleachedangel]

Also a note: the bleed infusion is the exact same number regardless if the shield has inate bleed or not

[@LocoRoco2009]

I love how each video opens with Gino shitting on Deathbirds

[@xR1no]

If you like Golden Retaliation, you should try VaatiVidya's Retaliation Paladin build, which combines Triple Rings of Light with the the Erdtree Greatshield to parry your own returning rings, hitting the enemy up to three times. Pretty smart and fun.

[@coldspicy]

The amusement I got from watching a not hit runner realize that he, too, is allowed to have "no thoughts, head empty" runs, as a treat. Great video and as someone who just recently found your stuff, it was extremely fun to watch you have so much fun with stuff you don't normally do in the game!

[@BladeofTime4400]

Oh man, I generally just love the concept of shields. Seeing you show them off as a devastating weapon, makes me want to play the game.❤

[@johngibson7201]

I stubbled upon these unique build run videos recently, great content. Oddly, one of the things I've enjoyed is watching the seasons change through the windows behind you.

[@NaturalGarethFan]

Something is rising and it is most definitely the Shield Hero

[@tmy8711]

What an amazing, informative, and entertaining run. I love this game. The build diversity is so vast!

[@Telawin]

I feel like a no deaths run would make more sense for this challenge rather than a no hit run since blocking is such a big part of this build

[@Manigeitora]

You can do a "no damage" run rather than a "no hit" run, since No Hit doesn't allow for blocking, but No Damage does.

[@dedmo]

The legend of the shield hero

[@agamemnom]

guard countering has got me through 4 playthroughs of the game with my complete inability to pick up on the timing of parrying in soulsborne games

[@AllenAlchemyTTV]

Bits and pieces over 4 days but i watched the whole thing, great work

[@Akumara]

Damn 4 hours who on earth would watch 4 hours of this?! Well better cancel all my plans, I'm in

[@joe_ferreira]

youtube is also much better on mobile and has better bitrate and codecs.

[@Rawrmuffin0]

Hearing gino laugh for nearly 5 hours is really wholesome and then you see he’s holding a shield up to a a two headed dragon shooting plasma lasers and lightning bolt storms and kicking its ass 😅😂

[@Enigmatic_Soldier]

holy cutting a video this long must be so tiring but i really appreciate the funny cuts of parrying and hitting the tsmarget simultaneously (crucible knight ghost) it is so amazing what you can do in this game keep up the good work ❤

[@StrawbrryMilkBubbles]

Who would win? A crucible knight with years of combat experience and powers? Or a tarnished who just woke up and grabbed some shields?

[@BigBoyBuffles]

Dude gino I did this run maybe like a month ago, I was super surprised how potent you can get with the shields in this game too it was a lot of fun

[@cbplayz2374]

The most insane part of this run to me is the discovery that you can easily block waterfowl in it's entirety and the only consequence is regen (so it's not worth it if you can dodge, but it also means you won't get frame-trapped by the startup if you get greedy, or screwed over by a rock).

[@jakeuskun]

Elden Ring: The Rising of the Shield Hero

[@robertlancaster108]

Recently been getting back into elden ring after completing it once about a year ago cause I’ve been watching these super interesting challenge runs, right now I’m doing a”true vagabond” run where I can only use/upgrade the starting equipment I’m given

[@world_end3r]

Damn. The long awaited video is finally here.

[@jonmccarthy9196]

8:58 a fine addition to my collection - General Grievous

[@Luffytart1]

this was a great run i'd love to see the 0 damage run

[@Ja_Crispy69]

I work graveyard and this uploaded just as I get into bed, thanks for giving me something to pass out to for the next few days !

[@nikhilkunwar8035]

Pov- defence is the best offence

[@Jhames_1]

This dude making me feel bad for the NPCs

[@KoopaKrump]

Bit of a shame you didn't do the Corhyn questline to complete the shield build. I would've liked to see how the Immutable Shield buff would've performed on Moghy boy since it lets your shield block status buildup as well.

[@tric30]

I think this is about the tenth or so video I’ve binged watched of yours. I can’t seem to engage in literally any other of my normal content. Thanks for all your effort into this runs/videos and I always appreciate my ego death when watching you one tap everything.

[@ashleycook4516]

I love these multiple hours videos 😂

[@Sir_Chimp]

2:43:55 The whole reason I came and watched this whole video was to see the stuff you do with the Visage Shield that I was seeing in the shorts. I love this playthrough, I have never seen any of your long-form videos before but I got hooked once I saw what you were doing in this video. The shorts did their job and pulled me in to watching a 4 hour video hahaha.

[@xxxx1619]

Did me and whoever read this comment just spend a sixth of our day watching this? Yes, will I watch another one of Ginos videos right after this? Also yes.

[@datboijpeg]

the editing of things like parries and stance breaks in your videos are always so satisfying

[@itzpigeon]

Wake up babe. New GinoMachino video just dropped and it's over 4 and a half hours long of him not using real weapons.

[@ShimoShark]

4 months late but the glazing is unmatched

[@oldschoolrpg]

Guys like you keep this game fun for me, I love starting new runs with new rules. Thanks bro

[@MrFallenone]

You know I am kinda sad we dont get the Fire Giants bowl as a shield.

[@torindelmonte8952]

This man is out here editing 4hours worth of quality content, fully edited, fully paced. We're very fuckin lucky to have you.

[@evanmcdonald9134]

I’m so happy this is finally here! Can’t possibly be more excited than for 4:30 of this!

[@HeavenlyHavoc]

So the reason the misbegotten in the duo wasn't bouncing off your shield when Leonine did is because of the hidden hardness stat. Hardness doesn't just govern what you can block, but how enemies respond to blocking as well. Leonine is programmed to not be able to overcome hardness level 3 but the later misbegotten in the duo needs hardness level 4 to bounce. Barricade shield would've bounced him.

[@abovewater6918]

Cool information

[@priyanshumaurya007]

There is so much stuff in this game. I don't think a game outshining this will be released in this Decade unless its from FS themselves. Elden Ring is literally game of the Decade.

[@A_Wraith_Lives_In_White]

This guy's cracked

[@cdukette465]

26:20 greatshields and guard counters are actually how i managed to no-hit alecto during my rl1 playthrough. they're insane

[@blackjack1681]

Welp got some things I’m supposed to do today. Not anymore I guess

[@AverageBass1627]

This editor makes your content absolutely incredible

[@BloodyN1nja]

Also, I hope the DLC adds the Doors from DS3 or something similar. That was a fun shield weapon

[@braderbell6814]

"every single build to this point has focused primarily on offence" says the guy who beat fire giant to death with his bare fists

[@beanemperor4166]

Nearly 5 hours?! Gino has blessed our souls.

[@maxwellwilliams1802]

Love that 3% of the screen for hello fresh thanks to twitch

[@joshuapatrick682]

sick girlfriend brag....

[@Iamthebear3]

This was a fun run to watch, and the pvp at the end was suprising to watch how good the shields can be

[@miasma82]

This run was probably the most fun to watch of all your runs

[@bosh_3805]

10:07 Did u just drink out of a jar? Alexander would be proud 👏

[@jiff76]

Profile pic goated btw

[@greyspot00]

I had no idea how OP using guard counters was. ER was my first Souls game and the Dorito shield carried me through the whole game. IMO the brass (dorito) shield has the best defense for anything in the same weight range.

[@p1ngerss]

bleed infusion on fingerprint with high arcane is insane, the madness scales with arcane

[@sowhat1073]

I'm old, so the party has been over for several decades for me, but a really badass drinking game would be to watch this video and everyone has to drink a shot of whiskey every time @GinoMachino says Dude.

[@gwulfington]

without even watching this video, i liked it. best elden ring content.

[@daboomchakalaka7898]

Honestly surprised more people don’t know about guard countering. Having a shield and a great weapon in the off hand to counter with, along with the talisman that increases guard counters, can make the game so much easier.

[@Wonkess_Chonkess]

About an hour in I realized that I'm in fact not watching a quick 10 min video I'm actually watching the bibel adapted in to a screenplay.

[@WhiteBeebs]

Thank you Gino, this video cured my hangover.

[@alexandremoutet2978]

You teased me so much with all the KZbin short but the video is finally here and it’s 4h 🎉 Thanks for the content

[@lordradiance2530]

i love this, but also, i dont think a no hit shield run would be particularly interesting. The most interesting thing about shield runs is yknow, the fact you arent taking any real damage, and you can just block everything into poise shattering guard counters. But with a no hit run, you cant really abuse that. At that point, a shield only no hit run would just be like, using a slightly worse colossal weapon run

[@Amin_2k]

I love how Fromsoft took the time to actually progam in the option to do some peculiar things like dual handing a shield. So little people will actually do this but the fact that you can do it is great!

[@StrangerThing369]

Beating the grafted scion in the beginning was goated!

[@coopergriggs2771]

Without spoiling anything shields are really good in the DLC

[@joshuaramirez9088]

"You're up against the wall, and I, am the fcking wall!"

[@icetide9411]

Everyone thinks shields are horrible because they're slow and "not meant to be weapons." They may live ignorance, for the right shields are absolute powerhouses and shield crash turns any shield into a status proccing monstrosity

[@impishlyit9780]

That PvP sent me, The Wall is a god! Also, it's not that they don't know. The shield build is just so off-meta that their builds basically can't do anything against it: Enter melee? Infinite fire ticks. Blindside with a hit? It's a tank build with a shield up. Use magic? He parries it back at you. There's just some builds that automatically counter it, but other builds are just toast.

[@TarisRedwing]

Wreking all those PvP meta try hards at the end was too good 😂