I Overexplained My Skul Run To Guide New Players! | Skul The Hero Slayer

Links to Previous guide vids for a more in depth explanation of the first 3 boss fights, adventurers and some tips:
Act 1 & Adventurers:
• Skul The Hero Slayer G...
Act 2:
• Skul The Hero Slayer G...
Act 3:
• Skul The Hero Slayer G...
Tips & Tricks to help you:
• 10 Tips To Help Get Yo...
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Skul - The Last Hero

[@enormousiserratic8276]

I’m glad at least one KZbinr is as devoted to this game as me. Would you ever make a vid explaining what makes a Skul speedrun or ranking each inscription when maxed?

[@Beelz55]

Skul speedruns are VERY RNG heavy and rather difficult to pull off. I'm no longer much of an authority on it at all however. It's a miracle to get a run started let alone keep it together. I recommend checking out the Skul speedrun leaderboard and watch the runs of the top runners and their channels. Inscription ranking is something I might do, but it's very difficult to really put them together as a lot of inscriptions are situational.

[@teddypizzle6029]

beelz is cool. i finished my first run copying his pike dash build lol. but yo check out haxa too, he posts skul almost daily too

[@TheGr8KOZ]

Every room in each section that Beelz described as annoying was the first room i encountered the first time I hit each area, this game apparently LOVES me

[@Tenderofyggdrasil]

God damn the absolutely mastery of the gameplay is heavenly. You are absolutely amazing

[@PlaguedByEarth]

Man, you just did NOT want to let go of that Standard Issue Carleon Sword.

[@Beelz55]

Chasing 2 Courage. The 20% amp on top of the build I had would have added a LOT of damage.

[@ruin256]

This is gonna help a lot of people figure out how to get their first wins, really appreciate the extra effort in this one :)

[@perryorbit5304]

32:17 The maids have been responsible for dooming more runs than i would like to admit :(

[@BlizzardAcolyte]

Now that I've gotten to watch this in full...that may have been one of the most god-awful examples of demonstrating how tricky that 3rd Adventurer fight can be 🙃

[@TengwarTeacher]

I watched the entire video and you more than earned a follow from me. Amazing skill and I am now prepared to take this game on. Thank you kindly!

[@reboot3332]

Even though Beelz went a different route, I would've taken the legendary poison item at the end of act 2. Reason for it is that he was already critting really high with werewolf's passive, and had the syringe that was guaranteeing poison on crit, so he was essentially guaranteed a 30% AMPLIFIED damage bonus, which is insanely powerful. Plus that item is rarer to find than Thieves Black Steel Dagger. Either choice is very powerful, I've just had some of the strongest builds ever with the legendary poison item and syringe, including obliterating first hero in seconds each phase.

[@enakuen1]

Haven't made it that far in the video yet but I concur that Approaching Death is a clutch item on any poison focused run. I guess he didn't feel he was critting reliably enough, but generally I'd jump at AD as well I think. Edit: The exception being if I _really_ wanted that Rapidity inscription. I do find my Werewolf runs tend to skew heavily toward basic attack spam after all.

[@protojo1]

100% agree with werewolf passive, arms, and gunpowder already has enough to kill most enemies with consistent movement plus that 30% is like another hunt proc

[@notta2557]

I may already know most of this stuff but it's nice to have this playing while your doing something

[@oskargrankall4551]

been watching a lot of your vids and im really loving them!

[@BlizzardAcolyte]

While I have yet to start watching this run, I have no doubt that it will be a great help to everyone, much as your past walkthroughs have been to me. Thanks to your guidance and firm but hilarious teachings: - I GOT MY 1ST WIN! (like an hour ago) ALL HAIL THE UNBREAKABLE SHIELD - did it with full Fortress, but just as importantly, with FULL POISONING...I don't even need you to publish a Poisoning showcase vid anymore - have unlocked Defender Captain, Minotaurus III, and Demolitions Expert - have acquired my 1st Pocket Watch, Glowstone, Veiled Mask, and Pot of Greed And I've done it all in one day--while several different people have helped me to this point, you are the biggest contributor to this by a fair amount. Thank you for being the premier skeleton on YT!

[@vashok]

Absolutely great vid mate, thanks! I hadn't beaten the game once until now, your tips helped a lot for my 1st win!

[@alexspindler1]

Fantastic video and so helpful. I appreciate the effort to give each enemy a spotlight. Thank you!

[@SneakyTogedemaru]

Yep, Uumuu. And those arena not-sanctum floaty dudes. Very cool run!

[@net_spider]

Had a run where is kept giving me magic based items, but only physical based skulls... had amazing magic synergy that I couldn't use!

[@Kenjitsuka]

Truly awesome video! I just beat the Sisters for the first time, died at Chimera. This is going to help a LOT! :D

[@ForteZXA]

Heyo Beelz, thank u so much for this vid, it helped a lot. I've been playing the game for about a month or two now, and iirc I found u on day one of buying the game, and I've learned hella much from watching your runs & streams. However, one thing I struggle with, and I would think that other people struggle with as well, are what inscriptions work well on which skulls, like, not all physical skulls necessarily work the best with pure physical damage runs with courage or Arms, and so is the case for magic skulls, so, it would be really helpful if you made a video covering general playstyle, strats and skills of each skull line, followed by the best inscriptions/builds for them, I think that would greatly benefit new players

[@Moonlit_Melody]

Dude, maaaaan.... you are the most helpfull! Like how u actually overexplaining things it's soooo so great for novice players!

[@deliro8758]

I thought I'd look up a guide on how to properly build a run from the ground up, but it became clearer with every minute that the decision space is actually pretty narrow if you have experience with games like this and I did everything well after a few runs. It just really, really helps if you put so many hours into the game that you basically take no damage. Only mistake I made was that I thought that swapping is a game mechanic that is useful, and yes, saw 48:00, but it just seems way better to hyperfocus on one skull.

[@Beelz55]

Focusing 1 skull definitely has a good success rate due to fragment requirements. Your second skull only really needs to be complimentary. Something you can swap to once your main skull has exhausted their cooldowns.

[@terraria_ranger4887]

Even though this vid is a year old, many thanks for the First Hero guide and showing what I can do to practice him more. I'm having lots of trouble with him.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

Thanks, this will help me a lot as Just getting into the game now (despite having had owned it since the end of last year) I think I backed out during my first run, so still not even finished it yet.

[@renkuroex3548]

I dont need help, but i love listening to your longer videos while playing something

[@tulioconcolato3963]

There are two major things missing in this game, in my opinion: 1 - A buff explaining mechanism, like put your mouse on the buff and read what it's doing. 2 - Bleed/burn/poison damage explaining. I've been playing the game for a while and still don't know how these damages work exactly. These were the reasons that made me stop playing the game after some runs, your videos made me come back tho.

[@Cidia_v1]

Dude im watching this now as a ps player tryna learn and when you bought giants ax and swapped out master fighter vs swapping carleon sword i was so agitated 😂, amazing video tho!! Im learning a ton thank you tons, i would love an updated version tho in case any updates have happened since this video & coming to ps almost a year later Edit : LITERALLY THE MORNING AFTER NOT EVEN 12h LATER I GOT MY FIRST W ON SKUL !! Ended up with a magic build with i think archdemon skull? I cant remember the name but the one that uses chains, and gambler as my back up Funny enough it started with thief 🤣 thanks again for the awesome tips man 💪🏼

[@cordyceps182]

Thanks a ton! Your videos are how I got into Skul, and your knowledge of the game is quite admirable. I've gotten close to beating the Hero a few times, so that boss breakdown at the end should help a ton.

[@Pyoromo]

You kept that carlean sword for a moment.

[@uyeb5935]

Ah, this video remind me how I found beelz video. I think it was sword skul video(?). And then, when samurai skul video's up. I'm in love with skul and bought the game.

[@nv1573]

Allright thanks for this video. This game is amazing on the steam deck but progress is slow, this will definitely help me out!

[@xlittlecountryx1733]

This a great way to get a "Head" start! 🙃

[@reboot3332]

Tip for newer players: Swapping is very powerful! If you don't have a dominant skull, take advantage of swapping while you are building your main skull. I used to never do swap builds but with the new updates, swapping has become insanely good and REALLY fun. Just note that certain skulls don't do damage on swapping so keep that in mind when you select a 2nd skull. Speed and power skulls mostly do a LOT of damage when swapping, especially when upgraded, that can get you out of a jam if you are surrounded by a lot of enemies.

[@-GuessMyName]

Honestly, I got quite the chuckle out of this one. Like every other video where you try and get a normal, average run to teach people about things, you end up getting something on the very strong side, directly countering what you're going for. With Werewolf being the most common 'tutor' skull you use, I guess that's the "pack leader" mentality coming in? Papa Beelzebud teachin' the newbies how things work 'round these parts! (Did not expect your health to drop that hard on the Hero fight, though.. Almost made me get nervous there!) Y'ello, y'ello, person reading this! Wishing you the best out there, so be sure to stay as safe and prepared as you can on your journey through the remainder of the week! Do make sure you've got your things sorted, and prepare for the next challenge, even if you're unaware of what it might be. Keep your wits about you, kick ass, and keep that back straight! We'll meet again on the next episode of "Beelzebud Z"!

[@ericsoler4676]

ooh a full guide run with updated version of the game, pretty impressive :)

[@Kenjitsuka]

I rewatched the Hero fight portion, and with a restart I managed to beat the game for the first time!

[@Beelz55]

Hell yeah! Congrats

[@Vertigo97]

Beelz, if your reading this than you should do another one of these since skul is the ps+ game for this month so there will be a ton of new players

[@enakuen1]

29:47 I was disappointed to find that Cavalry Decoration doesn't make your dashes count as dash attacks. It would have been so killer if it allowed skulls like Werewolf to benefit from the dash attack synergy of items like the Thorny Pauldrons for example.

[@ichi7730]

I just play skull 2 days ago n still bad on it.... so your vidz make me happy cuz is for new player...❤️

[@earlybird3723]

I got my first clear just before you put out this video (Mummy Fairytale, super bizarre). Definitely need to work on boss pattern consistency, the sisters mess me up like 30% of the time. Anyway, thanks for tutoring us scrubs, it's definitely needed

[@notmichael2430]

Hope this video is usefull to new players, nice video as always beelz!!! A Quick tip for new players, if you want to beat te game easily, you only need common pike with Jenny's chain sickle and The run is over!!! Btw beelz, you should really do pike boy with Jenny's chain sickle run!!!!

[@tranliem5229]

Hey Beelz, please try mummy + Frost skull run, Mummy can shoot the Frost Pillar for the tons of damage, it will be a fun walkthrough

[@MetroBreezyy]

This game just got out in Ps plus monthly. Thank you Im learning so much

[@sidclauwers5945]

Coming here after the first succesful run to get better understanding before heading into thr mirror

[@bired_7864]

i like this video because i have played skul alot (100 hundred + hours) and i still got some pointers. Thank you Beelz

[@LilB0pete]

Damn I’m a whole year late? Us PlayStation scrubs are very thankful!

[@orfeas2335]

Small update, i did finally finish this game with a ghoul tank build, barely made it thought the last boss. Thanks for the vids and for the support

[@baconboy5255]

What a good idea for a video I wanted to get into the game and now I can

[@pierrelapierre7108]

Random fun build of the day, got a water skull basic attack build with 4 rapid 4 hidden blade 4 missfortune and 2 wisdom. Gotta say water boi is one big jojo reference after that. I'll comment some of my daily run when your vids are up, it'll help with yt algorithm and maybe ppl can try those build when they have a chance.

[@undulatingduck4549]

I'm not a new player but I love a 2 hour beelz video

[@FisKus2490]

Thanks for the Video, it had some realy helpfull Tips (like the Rookie-Mode Thing, I completly forgot about it). I actually got my first win with Pike just today thanks to Rookie-Mode since I got to the Hero a few times now but always died at Phase one or two. Funnily enough I did another run after that without Rookie-Mode - and got my second win with bleed Sword :P

[@Beelz55]

Well done!

[@tylerturner8070]

Thank you for this it's like an audio book b4 bed

[@NathanTruby]

I'm not new, but I'm gonna watch this anyways (so I can win with more than just Poseidon) because I like you and your videos that much.

[@Jojotefr]

I love this game. I love Hades but god damn skul is addicting

[@Roshanbo82]

I learned a lot from this. I got to beat this before it comes off of game pass.

[@gamingcactus4634]

went back and lost to dad need to polish the skills again

[@beowulfalex87]

All we need now is a corkboard with string and several pics for items

[@youngodonkor6595]

Bro I swear you should make this into a series for others rouge games like hades, blade assault and etc

[@youngodonkor6595]

Like I would love a guide to new players for dungeeed

[@quirkhopper404]

I remember watching your Skeleton King achievement video, I blinked, and suddenly I had the game with 90+ hours. Idk how that even happened, I should probably play it again when I'm not busy with 60 other roguelikes. I'm sure many people will appreciate this video nonetheless

[@Kenjitsuka]

Video suggestions: a quick recap of the worst items under the current patch, another one for bad skulls. A short video(s) on what to avoid, basically ;-)

[@artyologist4614]

So this is what you call an anti-speedrun

[@user-tn2de9hp6f]

amazing vid, after it could finish run with rookie mode and finish 0 mirror after it. Good explanations

[@samuelloveless4637]

The damage on this is out of control 😂😂😂

[@bananasplitzX]

beelz, i just want to say thanks. you are awesome.

[@richwar2417]

I have over 600 hours in the game and yet I'm still watching this. I may have a problem....

[@Anythingbutmyname6739]

My first time I encountered the Leiana Sisters, I got very lucky with my gear. I had like 4 legendary items, I had the raven quintessence, werewolf and frost skulls. I button mashed and somehow won

[@mikevos4460]

Me watching this full video with all the enjoyment with 200+ hours in skull be like xd

[@IRON-GROWL]

"And remenber: kill your enemies and don't die." (c)Starper

[@Justkidding277]

a 2h Skul video? Praise Beelz

[@HEVVI777]

2:20:27 bro said: Just makes you die slower 😂😂

[@hobbyist518]

Great video for beginners, and I'm only halfway through, so the second half is probably good for slightly more experienced players. Personally, I'd like to see a few more guide videos tailored towards intermediate players who are struggling at the end. You really only need one or two video guides for beginners; it's the players who are stuck on act four and five that get stuck the longest, since it takes about an hour each run to get to the point where you can even get the chance to practice the enemies, bosses, and adventurers of those acts.

[@Beelz55]

Hopefully the latter portion of the vid answers some of the more intermediate questions regarding the final act and their boss fights.

[@hobbyist518]

@@Beelz55 Oh, it did. I'm just talking in general. I don't need any tips on the first three acts, so I sat through an hour and a half of information I didn't need to get to stuff that started being helpful. Sure, I could skip, but I also like watching you build a run. On your end, I'm sure it gets draining to comment about every little detail for that long. It was draining on my end just listening for that long. What I was suggesting was another guide video, not for completely 'new' players but for 'slightly experienced' players. You can go through the first two or three acts at your normal speed, then slow down and explain the enemies and boss patterns of act four and beyond. That way you aren't burned out when you get there, and you cover the most difficult parts of the game exclusively. If you put it in the title or mention it at the start of the vid, people won't be caught off guard when you suddenly start over-explaining at the end. Then again, this is all coming from a single viewer. No idea how everyone else will react, I'm just describing the run I'd personally like to see.

[@slothbelly5332]

just get into the game, and will take what i learned to use them on my skul as i like to challenge myself complete my first game with only skul.

[@vtj2326]

Probably should mentioned that the theif skull is probably one of the best to use early on because he gets you more gold. So ppl who cant break items for money could use him till thy get that.

[@enakuen1]

Another reason I dislike the Act 4 healer dude is because, like many of the Act 4 elite enemies, he can't be flinched during an attack animation. So a lot of times I get hit by his quick homing pulse because I stopped for a second to attack him and pow, nails me right before he dies. Those cheeky little pot shots of damage really add up. I guess you could try to smack him once and keep moving, but if he's also got other enemies backing him up that can be risky too. So the best way to deal with that? Have hefty enough damage by Act 4 that you kill him really fast! No chance of him popping you while you're focused on attacking or dodging thrown spears or hopscotching over kamikaze clerics. A lot of Act 4 is a build check, with Joan being the epitome of that.

[@dragoyehh]

thanks to beelz (and insane rng) i finally completed the game for the first time (with rookie mode on but doesn't matter it's still an achievement) thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@antonmaul2702]

I still have a thought time in acts 3 and 4 since taking off training mode. Sisters are so tough though

[@cooperhansen9302]

Isn’t it funny I get good luck while watching your videos?! So here is just what happened. I got Minotaurs to legendary and I’m in act 3 and found slime. Then I got FULGENT DAWN FROM SLIME! 2 FULGENT DAWNS!!

[@stefanoimbimbo8424]

Higi beelz! Gratis video!, I'm new at skul and really love the game. You have any favorite build of items or inscriptions? Thanks 😊

[@sirhabanero1140]

Heart of the ascethic and berserker run I'm so tired of the heart of the ascetic getting disrespected berserker gauntlet to I guesss hand of glory maybe

[@happyjay9168]

43:08 I'm happy to say that I actually found out about this by myself. I feel like I have an IQ of 36378383 lmao.

[@NH901]

no matter to when I was skipping in the video you were explaining somthing. you should try doing some challange runs.

[@Enna6688]

Hi, tip for those who don't know yet... If you have two dark spirits and find Lou you get 2 shades if you get two solar swords you get dawn of the crimson sun... %100 physical and a solar beam every 50 sec + 2 arms inscriptions And... you can find solar sword again after getting dawn of crimson sun and get a fulgent dawn.... this has to be a glitch right?

[@izindi77]

No shop. Enter all item rooms. Take all items.

[@zackmione5524]

Thank you

[@samuelloveless4637]

Dam u killed three bosses in like 10 sec

[@PsychoFreedom]

i feel so dumb and smart at this same time when i watched this vid. XD

[@weregoat529]

The witch is giving me a chubby.

[@user-tm3df4zt3y]

interesting fact: if we have two solar swords or two lunar rings, it will be transformed into new legendary items, these items will increase phisical or magical attack by 100%. @Beelz sorry for my english😅. But can you show us these items pleeease?)

[@jerrelthepoet3311]

Hey beelz I hope all is well I was playing this new game called Voidigo and I think this is you should try it and I love it and I recommend it to you because it looks like something that you would play and it's sooo fun and different if u do end up playing it tell everyone that I recommend it to you so I hope you like and it's also in early access so I really hope you give it a try

[@jerrelthepoet3311]

No comment beelz?

[@deatheven13]

Do the mushrooms in act 1 not poison the baddies anymore? It used to be a nice source of damage on a few boards but I don't seem to notice it proccing anymore.

[@Beelz55]

It should, but not when they jump on them, they need to be beside the mushroom for the cloud to hit them

[@neroblack2704]

Can't find any info on when (or if) the new update is rolling out for ps4, does anyone know anything cause i really want to try out the new skulls

[@lordbones5433]

I just had a double blood of sorbero pike runned made it to chaper 4 adventurer fight and died to archer, the run had me laughing tho, I got my first blood of sorbero in the first chapter in a chest room on my first room and had it doubled in chapter 2 before the second adventurer fight, I had 5/4 in excessive bleeding from a blood drinking sword, vamp necklace, and one other item I cant remember, and I had the gold sword as well, elder ent died in a few seconds

[@thatoneguy9520]

hey beelz, I have a "QuIrKy AnD fUn RuN iDeA!" basically all that you do, is aim for speed. and I don't mean atc speed...…. i mean full fledged movement speed! I had a run similar to this concept like a month ago, then yesterday I grinded for bout 6 hours and finally got an amazing werewolf movement speed run. (p.s. good excuse to do another wolf-boi run!)

[@Blackhart-7]

Are these getting longer after every updated guide-

[@Fiakur]

20:20 couldn't you take the rider skull instead of your thief because you do not use your other skull anyways you could sell him instead if you'll find a common skull so you get 11 instead of 5 fragments

[@Beelz55]

Yes you can definitely do that. Problem for me was I wasn't sure whether I was going to stick with a physical or magical run. So I held onto thief as a magical backup potion just in case the games suddenly started throwing a bunch of magic items my way.

[@jakehaw6208]

i just beat skul for the first time on a really strong werewolf run.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Hey Beelz, I haven't had time to see all your runs, but I wanted to run by a few items I have right now that have... Kinda terrorized the adventurers. Acceleration Sword and Ring of Wind Rosary Kendo Stuck And Jenny's Chain Sickle I have been windmilling everything to death in record time, including Yggy and the adventurers, and I'm in level 2 so far. I fear what this could be with a Speed Skull, as I've been doing a plain Skul run

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Update: Added Gold Sword and Rapid Sword of Subconscious and took on the sword sisters. Propellered them to the Shadow Realm

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Second Update: I have now bested the Adventurers encounter in the Underground Laboratory. I definitely took more damage this time, but not much, and the best aspect of this build is how quickly it disrupts the Adventurers' special attacks. Just jump and spin until they're dead! Edit: Also, I should mention I have the Gryphon Quintessence, so I can airlift normal enemies for more windmill action!

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Third Update: WHY IS THIS SO EFFECTIVE?? I just took out the chimera boss faster than I've ever done before, just ripping it up quick. I literally only just finished my first full run a few hours ago, now I'm speedrunning this bitch with the power of BEYBLADES!!

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Fourth Update: Currently making my way through the fourth level, took a quick break to reconstitute my sanity. Here is the current build so far: Base Skul Quintessence: Griffon Items: Doomsday, Berserker's Gauntlet, Hand of Glory, Rapid Sword of the Subconscious, Acceleration Sword, Rosary, Kendo Stick, Jenny's Chain Sickle, Golden Sword Inscriptions: Arms (4), Duel (2), Soar (2), Rapidity (2) Edit: I'm coming up on the final Adventurer battle and my whole left arm is tired from mashing the Z and X keys, so I'm gonna take a longer break before I further test this ridiculous meme build.

[@nightwing-cw8hc]

One question in the inn the guy up who sells items for cuarz you buy it and unlock it for futures runs??? or they are only available to buy for cuarz every time.?? Also thx for the video.

[@Beelz55]

He sells permanent unlockables for future runs, including skulls and items. You also get whatever you buy right away so sometimes you might want to wait and buy a specific thing for a run you're currently doing.

[@nightwing-cw8hc]

@@Beelz55 thx for the tip 😊

[@chalupabatman4978]

"Pretending they are doing good work but they're not" -government 2024 😂

[@aegisofstorms8764]

So I recently got back into Skul for the update and you seem rather experienced. If you notice certain skulls are programmed where dashes counts as attacks. For example skele-pike has this text. So my question would be whether or not dash enhancements and basic attack enhancements stack for specific skulls like this. Or does one overide the other?

[@Beelz55]

Pike is a VERY unique and niche case when it comes to dashes. As he upgrades his basic attack is treated as a dash attack. Due to this items that are supposed to exclusively activate for dashes like the Thorny Pauldrons will work for his basic. When it comes to every other dash attacker (mostly power skulls) their dashes damage is enhanced by raw damage boosts the same as their basic. Some items like the Thorny Pauldrons will specify dashes to trigger an effect. Another example for Pike is Kirion which has both a dash and basic attack effect. Kirion will still selectively use the attack effect for Pikes basic even after he's become Legendary. So you can't trigger Kirions dash attack by basic attacking with Pike.

[@aegisofstorms8764]

@@Beelz55 So... In the end its based on the item itself and not the skull. Which means the item itself separates the stats based on "normal" skulls? Like if an item boosts basic attacks, it wouldn't say boost pike or grave digger dashes despite being attacks, and vice versa?

[@EruElpidus]

Are you going to do a new tier list?

[@Beelz55]

For the 2 new skulls? Eventually maybe

[@AwesoneTurtle0102]

I just beat my first skul run! I had demolitions expert and dark paladin at legendary (I cant remember what its called)!

[@ethan1441]

dark avenger. also good job!