I beat Dark Souls but accidentally cheated

[@toozanny]

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[@SB_1627]

Hello there

[@CertMediocre]

Zanny is out here getting sponsors on his second channel. He's too powerful.

[@SB_1627]

@@CertMediocre ik right

[@mingo8229]

Zanny have you played the Arkham games? If not, please do a playthrough.

[@Firefight_]

Getting sponsorships on your second channel, naughty, naughty!

[@DovahkiinMaster172]

That’s what I love about Dark Souls. The final boss is just a sad old man who pathetically tries to guard his source of power even though he’s so clearly diminished beyond reasonable capability.

[@DevilSlayr]

Actually its even better Gwyn is a Hollow, the very plague he inflicted on man was also inflicted on him. It shows that Gwyn was no real god just a man with a powerful soul that was handed to him and his pantheon of false gods. Even the other gods met other pitiful fates Izaliths hubris lead her to try an mess with a power much greater than her and became transformed into a monster. Nitos kingdom was in shambles, overrun by necromancers and left to rot in the deepest pit of his kingdom.

[@collinlouks5518]

Souls games have the best lore

[@MrFallenone]

Its not his source of power. Its his creation.

[@colossusslayer1234]

And he still beats your ass for several lives straight-

[@Metalton95]

Even better is when “DARK SOULS” and the credits appear with the sombre ‘Nameless Song’ playing - especially if you pick the Age of Dark ending (well, it also really fits the solitude of guarding the First Flame alone in the Kiln).

[@theepheonix1700]

The man is very generous with the term “accidentally” as he yells “IM ABOUT TO CHEAT, DON’T MAKE ME CHEAT!!!” at the enemy

[@mokajones74]

Gough, the giant archer. He never takes off his armor, and one day a jealous soldier packed his helmet with tree resin while the giant slept. When he awoke, Gough believed he had gone blind. He still believes his sight is lost when he fires the arrow into Kalameet.

[@swimmingdrop9557]

Man has the daredevil energy lmao

[@tombprospectorvulcan6440]

Whaaat I thought he was actually blind

[@handleonafridge6828]

How do you not wake up to a guy putting tar on your helmet? Some of it had to have seeped through and burned his face, and I don’t care how deep a sleeper you are a burning sensation on your face is going to wake you up

[@raulguimaraesreis6640]

@@handleonafridge6828 i mean, it aint human, its a giant

[@gefehede7783]

@@handleonafridge6828 he's just built different

[@martinhall9497]

“He’s got Lions Claw!” My man, he invented lions claw.

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

My Artorias build has it and I love it

[@guts1859]

Nah Guts did

[@theengineer2650]

Nah bro the vergil build is where its at

[@xen0syde]

no man, elden ring invented it,elden ring best game!!!

[@pogethedoge]

​@@xen0sydewhat do you mean?! Elden ring came out 10 YEARS after dark souls 1! You need to learn your stuff bud

[@thething1110]

Small fun fact: the final boss's song is only played on white keys, because he was afraid of the darkness.

[@RayzeeBayzee]

He r4c1st

[@ivanbanuelos1387]

That's a certified plin plin plon moment

[@ivanbanuelos1387]

@@RayzeeBayzee yes he was, that's the funniest part

[@RayzeeBayzee]

@@ivanbanuelos1387 damn you serious?

[@ivanbanuelos1387]

@@RayzeeBayzee Yeah, he hated pigmeys (primordial humans) so much that he built a ringed city for them as a gift, but in reality it was just to keep them locked in so they wouldn't be on his cities. He also broke the natural cycle of the world because he didn't want his age of fire to end, because right after that, the age of humans would come, aka, the age of darkness.

[@staticplays1871]

Whenever he heals the boss thinks he is doing drugs so his response is NOOOOOOO MOREEEEEE

[@SB_1627]

Nothing like a little bacta-clone wick

[@isaacthomas1198]

I love how my main takeaway from this video is that Zanny’s read The Inheritance Cycle too A true man of culture

[@seclusivesnail5133]

I’ve never felt more related to in my entire life

[@jacks1083]

Yesssssss

[@carrionwithout_me]

I was the only kid in my classes who read them all!

[@ashandgold]

I swear to God I paused the video and sat there for a good two minutes wondering "didn't Galbatorix's dragon not have a name?" My childhood hit me like a truck.

[@austinelder3450]

The inheritance cycle is my favorite books of all time and I can’t even begin to explain how happy it made me to see that someone else knows it’s actual name 😊

[@rugbydrummer9053]

From enjoying Elden ring to intense and constant masochism

[@ratley3690]

All souls players are masochists

[@PackZTerrible]

He played For honor for years...where's the difference

[@darbyjordan2003]

The long run back

[@JoeyCentral]

@@PackZTerrible You have to hate yourself to play that game for soo long without getting paid to do it.

[@dragonslayer8476]

@@JoeyCentral I mean he is a youtuber and his job I guess

[@ريّان-ذ4ت]

I like how he calls the glaive cheating, it's just that good lmao

[@ЛёхаБодунов-б7ж]

Don't tell him about dark bead

[@thevoidhd1939]

On my first playthrough I got it and used it but I had no idea it was the strongest in the game so I was like huh this game isn’t that hard

[@OneNativeWolfe74]

@@thevoidhd1939 same i got it from one of the random black knights and i was like "why are these stat requirements so high" then i watch some random dark souls videos and one guy talked about it.

[@logeyperogi1805]

@@thevoidhd1939my first playthrough I got a Black Knight Sword That shit is INSANE

[@BloodyVoyager]

The damage it does makes no sense. Even compared to the other BK weapons and against no demons. To this day I still believe they programmed it wrong and never fixed it lol.

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Enemy: *lands a successful blow dealing 1 or more points of damage to Zanny* Zanny: "Clearly all other options are exhausted and I have no choice but to cheat."

[@azuresky3583]

He didn't cheat, he's just the best dark souls player of all time.

[@JoeyCentral]

BKH is kinda cheating tho

[@bluehammer1245]

@@JoeyCentral Oh look, someone calling people a cheater for using an in-game weapon. It's elitists like you that give REAL Fromsoft fans a bad name.

[@llab3903]

@@JoeyCentral why are you setting goalposts for other people?

[@JoeyCentral]

@@bluehammer1245 git gud

[@Soul-Hook]

@@JoeyCentral He got gud by getting smarter and used the better weapon.

[@MLGHazrad]

The most badass thing about Knight Artorias is that the dude has one broken left hand which is his dominant sword hand. Meaning that he has been fighting you this whole time on his off hand. Can you imagine the fight be like if he used his dominant hand?

[@LeftSinkHandle]

There would be no fight. Only a massacre

[@thegroooviest]

"Why are you smiling?" "Because I am not left-handed."

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

"That's not a trial, that's an execution!" (For Honor reference by the way)

[@heresjonny666]

Not to mention he doesn't have his shield, which he left to protect Sif when she was injured.

[@StudioMod]

I feel like this isn't much more than a myth. Artorias simply broke his arm because his shield arm broke. There's no real lore to state otherwise except for some rogue DS2 stuff which feels sorta off in general. But it's fine.

[@HimePenguin]

Fun fact. Dark Souls 1 doesn't actually have any heal punish. It's just the boss reacting to you backing away from him. If you stay close after a combo, they tend to not do much. Edit: Nevermind, I was wrong about that. Thank you @Samura1313 in the comments below for correcting me :)

[@_.shinchi._]

That actually makes a lot of sense for the bosses programming, easier to just base attacks on position and not check what exactly the player is doing

[@HimePenguin]

@@_.shinchi._ Yeah! I believe Dark Souls 3 was the first game where they introduced actual heal punish for some enemies. Though I can't speak for Bloodborne as I don't have a PS4 and thus haven't looked as much into that game.

[@_.shinchi._]

@@HimePenguin Bloodborne being exclusive brings me closer to hollowing. This look fact is actually makes me want to do some investigation into how different enemies tend to react in diferent situations

[@hb712]

@@HimePenguin There’s no heal react in bloodborne largely because the healing system is so quick and efficient

[@HimePenguin]

@@hb712 Thanks for the info!

[@mousedroid5553]

The joy I felt knowing zanny was into eragon cannot be put into words

[@kylemclachlan6963]

I came for this. one of the few books series I've read, I can't believe zanny has read it I've not known anyone irl who has

[@kelduarjudgester9083]

I was thinking he was referring to some movie when he was saying Eragon was the rider, but then he turns around and shows the first book with the same paper back cover as mine. What a day to watch the Zan man

[@yurinoworry]

#Galbatorixdidnothingwrong

[@monkyk1ng]

zanny being an eragon fan is the character development i needed

[@HannyaHalo]

Gwyn's music actually had me tearing up. Man that shit was beautiful.

[@firstorderblade4432]

Imagine if the fight was good too, it could have been such a good ending

[@JPHolt413]

@@firstorderblade4432have you done it without parrying?

[@firstorderblade4432]

@@JPHolt413 Every playthrough. Its worse without parrying

[@JPHolt413]

@@firstorderblade4432 explain “worse” you think the fight is poorly designed? Or hard? Cause it’s a solid high A tier for me

[@firstorderblade4432]

@@JPHolt413 Poorly designed, thus making it hard. Frustrating because of a 2-3 minute runback with platforming and dangerous enemies. Boss can easily 1-2 shot, has a fast slash combo that is impossible to predict, has glitchy ai and jump attacks that glitch around any obstacle like ornstein does, and so much more. Shit hitboxes too. Bottom of C tier for me easily, only not bottom tier because of music and lore. Lets be real, if he wasn't the final boss and people were biased towards ds1, like imagine him being a normal mid game boss in ds2, people would hate him.

[@X-SPONGED]

8:16 "YOU CAN'T JUST INVENT NEW ATTACKS !!!" Manus : "Oh, but YOU can cheese me using the best weapon in the game, Sir Zanny ?"

[@stephano9940]

Zanny: “IM ABOUT TO START CHEATING”. What I assume Caleb would say: “IM ABOUT TO SAY A SLUR”.

[@williambeck2372]

First of all IT'S NOT CHEATING IT'S CALLED SKILL. YOU GOT SKILLS Secondly Galbatorix's dragon was called Shruikan and yeah that fits Kalameet.

[@animeshgupta6200]

Was that his original dragon or the one he force-tamed?

[@megapwner1234]

@@animeshgupta6200 shruikan was the one he bent to his will, his first dragon was called jarnunvorsk.

[@megapwner1234]

jarnunvosk, even

[@williambeck2372]

@@animeshgupta6200 Force tamed.

[@masterbleach435]

Ah yes, a fellow Argetlam. Eka Fricai Un Shur’tugal.

[@kubglo7502]

“I didnt hear no bell” - accurate definition of fighting artorias. I think the devs wanted to push the limits of a fair but hard fight and well, artorias and magnus were what we got. Impressive af for the time

[@icantthinkofaname7815]

Man the Eragon/ Inheritance Cycle references make me so happy lmao

[@jacks1083]

Yes yessss

[@StudioMod]

7:37 watching you struggle with Manus reminds me of how much I dreaded him. His magic was so outrageous lmao, and it inspired the deadliest PVP builds in all of Dark Souls.

[@river7874]

Ahhhhh, so many memories of low level Rave-Lording with the Channeler's Trident and Dark Bead. Good times good times.

[@logeyperogi1805]

Manus is my favourite fight simply due to how powerful he is Like, holy shit was that fight amazing

[@leyrua]

I mean, his choice of ending was fair, since he wants other people to have to run to him to fight him now.

[@SteveBufz]

But that can't happen since he sacrificed himself to create a new age of life

[@TheDevilFox.]

3:20 at this moment I knew what move he was going to use... because he did that everytime he healed

[@robertpendli340]

Zanny disengaging to across the arena, waiting 3 seconds, and calling the boss attack that started a full second before he went for heal input reading is apparently a true combo. When healing in souls games, you need to dodge the end of the string, and go for it immediately, the only one of these games with input reading is Elden Ring (And that's technically just an instant reaction to the very first frame of your animation. Which functions as input reading)

[@LuciaLaVA]

Imagine getting your ass beat by a dude who's dominant arm is broken and he's not even fighting you how he's used to fighting

[@ulgrimthemad]

Watching Zanny do basically the same timing on the heal so many times and then being amazed that it got the same reaction so many times is hilarious X-D. That was not the time to heal! lol

[@wamas1234]

3:29 zanny my guy, you know the drill! This is like your 5 souls game, you shouldn't be falling for the ol "make the player overconfident and absolutely obliterate his/her self esteem. 😂😂😂

[@JoeyCentral]

How else are you supposed to be a mainstream youtuber if you dont act overconfident and die immediately after?

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

I've learned from, of all things, Fatalis, that a quadrapedal dragon with breath attacks is best countered by staying near its neck or beside its hindlegs. This allows you to be close enough to its breath attacks' source to dodge it.

[@darthplagueis13]

Out of all the people who have ever beaten Dark Souls, Zanny is one of them

[@EdenHolder]

I've been playing Dark Souls for the first time too, it's cool to see me and Zanny progress at a similar pace. I beat Artorias yesterday and I beat Manus today.

[@zachesguerra9060]

This man knows his Eragon lore, mad respect great series

[@TMF_Spidey]

The classic background music from like the early 2010’s with Dark Souls- pure nostalgia

[@tisidor2512]

I really like that all of the chat got disappointed by your choice of ending😂

[@RelativelyBest]

I actually beat Manus on the first try, after blundering into his arena by accident. Which is weird seeing as before that I spent like the whole day trying to beat Artorias.

[@ghostriposte2977]

Zanny playing DS1: pure gamer rage and using an op weapon Zanny playing DS2: fake rage and using fun weapons. Zanny playing DS3: never happening

[@jasyewe6360]

Zanny: I AM THE NEW KING!!! Chat: noooooooooooooooo/bad endiiiiiiing/ laaaame ending 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLashDog]

I just love that "AH f*ck here we go again" as Zanny realizes he's doomed at 1:42

[@bigmanal]

I know zanny said he didn’t want to upload a bunch of back to back souls videos, but I would love to see him do Darks Souls 3 or 2

[@ondra123lolcz]

it's adorable how he loves this game

[@teddylyon1189]

Dark souls is the best souls game, even if the others beat it out in combat, they didn’t make me feel like this game did. I still can’t describe how beating this game the first time made me feel

[@markballinger1303]

Was it your first souls game. It's was my first. Great game

[@Sytphc179]

@@markballinger1303 bloodborne was my first fromsoft game but I still like DS1 the most

[@ascended313]

Can’t say I agree but all of the souls games are great

[@kubglo7502]

@@markballinger1303 it was my third, and it still has a certain charm to it the others dont

[@lawmanlawman2210]

Probably due to the level design in the first half, that sh*t is so rewarding and has yet to be matched in any of their other games in my opinion

[@noahwhite2929]

Shruikan I think was galbatorix's stolen lad, I always would pronnounce it as Shuriken because Inheritance was my introduction to wack ass fantasy names. Zanny immediately shot up in my heart of favorite tubers--Inheritance was what got me into liking fantasy-medieval games and themes. This man has good taste

[@MortSalazar]

Gough shooting down Kalameet is my favourite cutscene in all the souls games When that massive giant grunts pulling that sumbitch bow you know that arrow is going places. Galbatorix' dragon is Shruiken I think

[@ryanwight9116]

Watching Zanny take on Artorius brings back ALOT of memories, most of it painful. To this day I believe he reads your inputs to attack when you heal

[@soupgirl1871]

He doesn't read your inputs. Dark Souls 1 bosses in particular have a gimmick of attacking you when you back off

[@bloodchron1880]

Good stuff man. I always though Kalameet was the hardest boss in DS1. He was so hard to kill.

[@alexanderrichards239]

The hardest "boss" is chopping of this bastard's tail before killing him.

[@bloodchron1880]

@@alexanderrichards239 Facts!

[@nicolasriveros943]

"I'am the new king! I'm the Boss now!" *Dark Souls 3 laughs maniacly in the corner*

[@s0LLagal]

I can't say how excited I was hearing Zanny know Eragon stuff. Love that series

[@biscuitsiren9276]

Holy shit, didn't know Zanny knew of the Inheritance cycle. Love those books

[@anonymousaj6418]

The music that started at 5:30 was the music I used in a video of photos of my dog that recently passed, honestly made me happy and reminded me of my best buddy.

[@jameswyattt1]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your dog, I've been there, I hope you're okay. Out of curiosity... what song is that? I was jammin' to it!

[@realkingofantarctica]

"I'm the new boss." Boy, get ready for Dark Souls III.

[@omallyanddoc7488]

1:30 zanny: I've got your timings down The boss: hmmm time this you filthy casual *proceeds to destroy zanny*

[@JoJoDude1997]

If miyazaki didnt want me to use the black Halberd he wouldnt put it in the Game now would

[@Kittyhalk]

Your "Eragon is the rider not the dragon" tangent awoke something deep within me. A good, cultured man I see.

[@bofurlong8944]

Zanny unlocking memories from the Inheritance series I didn’t know I remembered

[@CanvasOnXbox]

My Wi-Fi crapped out at 7:04 and the scene it paused on was nasty.

[@Ben24soccer]

Man the way you turned off the cheat code at the end of Kalameet was brilliant lol

[@zerominiatures4676]

Your eragon lore knowledge hit me with a nostalgia freight train.

[@The-Wolf-Knight]

God I love Artorias 🤣 I've seen so many people underestimate this fight and then just get their asses handed to them for hours 😂

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

9:35 You know the best part about that shot? He's Blind.

[@attakrus]

Wait, so the ending to Darks Souls is that you become the new Lord of Cinder? Shit, sign me up!

[@fjparasite1172]

No. You either become fuel for the Soul of Cinder or put it out.

[@alexanderrichards239]

Yeah, you become the second Lord of Cinder ever. The first one is of course Gwyn.

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

You can even fight yourself in ds3

[@protato8789]

Not that exciting when you just turn into a living fire wood

[@s4ty-s4t]

being the lord of cinder isnt really as glamorous as it sounds. You are literally just cinder for the First Flame, you are practically just forever burning in agony.

[@Jojo-nq3bp]

''am i going to get a bomnfire?'' literally me playing demons souls despite the remake,its still a 2009 fromsoft game coming from elden ring's stake of marika to king allant's run back is rough

[@fjparasite1172]

But Demon Souls has positives. Infinite heals and the bosses are not that tough

[@Jojo-nq3bp]

@@fjparasite1172 yeah but the runbacks are attrocious,but they arent as bad as jank souls 2 scholar of the terrible enemy placement

[@wamas1234]

Now it's time for Ds3 baby let's get it! Wooo

[@evaluation1169]

Sir zanny, THEIR WAS A BONFIRE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FINAL BOSS ARENA

[@naokazama4657]

13:35 - "That's a bit of a letdown" Gwyn's current state lorewise basically

[@dutchvanderlinde5218]

zanny after dying once to the boss: “TIME TO CHEAT!!!”

[@grim2331]

keep up the good work, and dark souls 2 starts rough just keep with it or skip to 3

[@melonlord6541]

he is already at the endgame of ds2,he liked it

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

DS2 is a great game; it just isn’t as good as 1 or 3. Best souls pvp hands down though.

[@grim2331]

@@melonlord6541 oh, I haven’t been keeping up my bad

[@emprahtherocket8175]

14:31-14:32 Pro tip: Follow the enemies arm and then parry. Knowing where their arm moves and how fast it goes in a certain direction when parrying results in a successful parry and reposte.

[@anthonyworstell3768]

As Master Oogway would say, “There are no accidents.”

[@PaşaSever06]

Just wanna say you can Block the artorias's all attacks with shield and if you hit 2 3 times while channeling you can break his buffing seq. Gj

[@MrDado937]

Give credits to the artist for that Ornstein dab image please. He is a very well known Italian videomaker called ThePruld. Thanks!

[@borisshnitkov7600]

Welp, at least he didn't use Havel armor - that shit is even more op that the glaive.

[@CertMediocre]

"My arm's broke as hell for some reason."

[@cheddarman1676]

Zanny and the Black knight Halberd is like British man and a knife, no matter how hard he tries to leave it, it always comes back.

[@JoeyCentral]

Calling Artorias' flip "Lion's Claw" is how you can tell someone's first game was Elden Ring.

[@grimmashley8422]

3:33 That last attack hit Zanny so hard, it sent him straight into his ad with no transition

[@demeryx7665]

After all the fromsoft games zanny still doesn't learn to dodge into attacks instead of away from them 😂

[@CPTW23]

I loved that you knew about the Eragon stuff, that's my favourite book series :)

[@ecfeclipse]

dark souls 1 is rough. the constant running back and getting lost is annoying, i prefer later entries that added fast travel or better HUBs

[@MrFallenone]

Disgusting casual.

[@jaykilla103]

I literally love how while fighting gwyn I never knew his moves bc even in my very first blind play through I just parried him the entire time and before I knew it he was dead lmao watching you struggle at the start of it made me so confused xd

[@traviswilliams2348]

Gonna keep it real. I'm planning on doing ds1 with the calamity ring on for my first playthrough, and that artorias damage is.....concerning.......

[@MrFallenone]

Just dont let him buff.

[@Viroh]

Havel armor set and greatsword +15 spam worked for me, Artorias can be hit out of the boost and stunlocked with 2 hits

[@gamblersluck]

Zanny talking about eragon while playing dark souls. I love it. Also the black dragon was something like shruiken

[@ayemate2945]

Now time for our beloved dark souls 2 😎

[@literally_leo]

0:15 Artorius: “i trained that boy. Was he a challenge for you?”

[@fluke7506]

beating dark souls using any weapon level up or literally any gameplay feature is cheating according to the community

[@JoeyCentral]

BKH is OP AF though, so you have to believe it is cheating for a reason.

[@markballinger1303]

The weapon is in the game. No glitch or hacks. Honestly it is a little on the holy shit side but it is not cheating. In my opinion.

[@ymotle]

I like how Zanny completly ignores every chat advise

[@Hepheat75]

Zanny is a Dark Souls legend.

[@schizosamurai8840]

the runback + my copy of DS1 having bugged rolls(sometimes you just woulndt roll) are the reasons why I never finished Gwyn, lmao

[@Akario3]

its funny to see someone who started with elden ring play the older titles and observing their reactions to them having very few QoL features but also at the same time, you will never understand the absolute joy it has been for long time fans when every new game just improved in polish more and more and i feel like its shame

[@alexbenton6306]

Nooooo Zan Man don’t light the flame Age of Dark. Lighting it doesn’t make you the new king it just restarts the gods reign, sacrifices you and the gods keep ruling as tyrants

[@MrFallenone]

Except the gods are dead. Unless you leave the Dark Sun alive and since DS3 has him eaten by a fat boi it means he does survive the 2nd lord of the flame.

[@thisisdavidvarela]

zanny: He's got Lion's Claw? Artorias: mf I invented it.

[@pepapoire._.2909]

About Artorias i wanted to say that when he is "charging" his buff just know that shooting is head with a bow will stop him

[@LilDaddySNK]

All these souls games makes me want to see a new Sekiro playthrough😁

[@leafyr0kr]

Random Eragon lore at 10:22 got me surprised. Galbatorix's dragon was Shruikan (105 years old black dragon that was forcefed magic to grow in size).

[@vilmerkjerstad5868]

Time for ds2 baby!

[@Firefight_]

9:25- I remember listening to this part live while I was working on my car. Still haven’t gotten it in a legally drivable state. What am I DOING with my life.

[@Firefight_]

Update: no news. I’m a shit human being.

[@alexbenton6306]

Finally someone else who recognizes that BOC is just a minor gimmick fight. Seriously if you had major problems with that boss fight idk what to tell you. Max it should take 2-3 runs.

[@Zenossma]

Zanny I think you would LOVE Zelda breath of the wild.It’s an experience like no other and I fell in love with the game you should give it a try

[@bernice9701ify]

I'm always surprised about how impatient Zanny is with Bosses.

[@nathan_something]

**on the way to Gwyn** ...there's no bonfire. Oh, but there is, Zanny. It's right next to the grandfather with the flaming sword that keeps trying to grab you in inappropriate places.