Can You Beat Elden Ring While Over the MAX Equip Load?

[@TheTobyOMG]

Imagine throwing this huge festival to give your lord an honorable death then watching as a tarnished pushes him in the deep side of the pool like an unwanted Sim.

[@evinbraley]

No ladder can save Radhan now

[@forcerot5253]

Imaging falling into the deep even when you are able to use gravity magic 😂

[@ROR5CH4CH]

I didn't know about this killing your Sim thing and just asked my GF about it. She replied: "well when playing the game you try all the ways of killing the Sims" like it was the most normal thing in the world. I'm dead xD

[@aidanyoung9133]

@@ROR5CH4CH So are the Sims

[@ROR5CH4CH]

@@aidanyoung9133 stop it I'm already dead xD

[@snazzyfeathers]

Imagine how Torrent must feel being summoned for the first time in the entire playthrough just to ferry the heaviest tarnished alive over a single gap, and then be banished away. Poor Torrent.

[@diocalante1341]

radhans horse be like, "first time?"

[@snazzyfeathers]

@@diocalante1341 radahn's horse is a chad

[@DJTrulin]

dude he carried the entire playthrough of avg weight in that one jump, torrent can nap

[@evilguy909]

Torrent: my master is so heavy Leonard: First time?

[@gollder_54]

@@diocalante1341 Radahn's horse doesnt carry anything really, Radahn uses gravity magic

[@way_2_saucy848]

“His attack only took half of my health”, spoken like a true dark souls player

[@MinniMaster]

"Yeah this attack's hard to dodge but it doesn't do too much damage, I still have 5% of my health left."

[@GumshoeClassic]

Lines like that always give me flashbacks to fighting EX deviants in Monster Hunter GU, with people stuffing their pockets with any type of full heal (or materials for them) that they could get simply because when you get hit you're either dead or hanging on by a thread anyways.

[@dustnoiseplays]

If its not a hitkill, then its all good.

[@charlesahweyevu]

@@GumshoeClassic Omfg I remember that. That shit was awesome!

[@sheepp2982]

"Ok he can't one shot me....alright I can beat this guy"

[@navi5661]

I love the refusal to use Torrent from an in-game perspective. Cursed with such tremendous weight he lacks the ability to even jump, this Tarished refuses to allow his noble steed to bear the painful brunt of his weight, marching stoicly across the land instead. Truly a hero. Truly an Elden Lord. Truly, our seed will look back upon us, and recall, An Age of Kindness.

[@caav56]

>Cursed with such tremendous weight he lacks the ability to even jump, this Tarished refuses to allow his noble steed to bear the painful brunt of his weight, marching stoicly across the land instead Radahn approves!

[@Gentapi5]

​@@caav56The messages above are sponsored by Conquering the Stars... _Renna would like her Spirit Calling Bell Back_

[@frostyelwood9898]

Just like my boi Radahn

[@edgaralonso8088]

Radhan without the gravity magic

[@gregmorrell2792]

Radahn before he went mad

[@Okoii]

The evil version of this: "So i went and got Bloodhound step, negated carry weight and beat the game in 30 minutes"

[@gabrielmelnik6796]

you cant cheese the knight cav with this build tho

[@sabata2]

How do you negate carry weight? Or do you just mean Bloodhound Step completely negates (most of) the movement penalties?

[@DakkaBert]

@@sabata2 Bloodhound step is super quick, moves a huge distance, makes you invisible for part of it, and has s the entire time. He could have just bloodhound stepped through the whole game and it would have been faster than running at a normal speed (without the horse)

[@huttyblue]

@@sabata2 Its basically an upgraded quickstep, but its so fast that it outpaces normal running when spammed.

[@Genderless_Soviet]

@@gabrielmelnik6796 using a horse is technically not against the rules as he said but he just decided not to use a horse to make it more interesting

[@CommentPositionInformer]

Honestly, I love the idea of this run conceptually. Imagine this guy, walking around with hulking armor and a huge shield, so heavy that he shakes the ground with his steps, just casually blocking blows from house sized enemies as he goes on a stroll. It would be a magnificent sight.

[@leesasuki]

search "End Like this - Arknights", the animation isn't top notch but the boss there is pretty close to "a moving mountain"

[@Crimsonlee2XX]

This guy is legend like I’ll solo her 😏

[@Oliver-Thyella]

THE WALL.

[@Nebafyer_DandD]

Return of the Wall!

[@BragoTHEgraviyKING]

Lunk

[@azimnazlen8564]

If your character is a real person, imagine the core strength he has developed

[@SSWisdom-a]

laughs in rock lee

[@mitchellw7118]

And legs like Tom Platz

[@mihainiculae7433]

Or the backbone issues

[@coneman844]

He requires protein

[@33GLOCK]

@@mihainiculae7433 lol

[@xDoMeRaSx]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1375">22:55</a> I actually expected Morgott to fall down after he tried to lift up the heaviest player in elden ring, that would be hilarious

[@pp..........]

bro played dark souls without rolling, that's like eating toast without bread

[@sethescope]

why is that the absolutely most perfect comparison omg

[@Cvntslapper]

I did my first ever playthrough of dark souls completely without rolling cause I couldn't get the timing right after trying for barely 5 minutes. I had a shield that absorbed all physical damage anyway so i just played it while blocking everything. Only way later I realised how much EASIER dark souls got by just rolling Can confirm that i can now eat toast without bread

[@NexusKin]

I rolled in Dark Souls until I could use Havel's Greatshield. Then I just stood there and tanked everything with it.

[@KarmaSangheili]

@@Cvntslapper Similar story, did the first two games that way. This clunky roll attack doesn't move me out of the way, how does it protect me? Oh... i-frames are a thing, learned way later. Artorias first time around on NG+ was interesting.

[@coffeecrispy2673]

Well, he did still roll, just less than the average player

[@joonas888]

"Put these foolish ambitions to rest", just Margit trying to GENUINELY HELP YOU

[@randorookie8587]

When Margit’s advice is actually helpful

[@andrewhilbert4790]

Im dying 😂

[@FreedomIII]

Margit senpai giving life advice to someone he's seeing wreck his knees 😂

[@soulofavagabond6919]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1745">29:05</a> Chest high wall: There's no way! Knee high wall: You might stand a chance. Toe high wall: You're getting over that bad boy.

[@jackwilson5050]

Good ole Joel

[@GuyFromJupiter]

Glad I'm not the only one lol

[@Ulvorskets]

"there's no way anyone gonna get through the chest high wall"

[@NathanCassidy721]

"HE IS SUICIDAL! No one can get over the chest high wall!"

[@tk_the_onion]

now that's just golden

[@keithkent366]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1788">29:48</a> that boy hittin tha Supa Mario

[@enochchen7656]

Iron Pineapple during level-1 challenge: "Believe it or not, I'm not a masochist" Iron Pineapple for equip load challenge: "It would make me suffer more, and that's kinda funny"

[@zaishijunior9455]

He is not a masochist ba- baka He is just a comedian, and It's not like I find him fu- funny or anything...!

[@HAZYPANCAKES]

He is definitely a masochist. Anyone who plays soulsborne is.

[@3Dyler]

This is what we made him.

[@colrez47]

@@zaishijunior9455 bruh

[@youshouldgrillyourselfnow]

@@zaishijunior9455 i just want you to remember this even if you were joking

[@romilrh]

Fun fact: Torrent is 100% not necessary to complete the game, because you can't use him while you're invaded. So From had to design every area to be reachable on foot as well as on horseback. This is why there are long ladders right next to spiritsprings in Mt. Gelmir that lead to the same spots.

[@NathanCassidy721]

FromSoft has always been good with level design and what we’re seeing in Elden Ring is a holdover from their other games. I’ve been going through Dark Souls 3 after beating ER and if you can see it in the level, you can get there. The problem is is usually figuring out where you need to go.

[@andsegcar]

So they failed? considering a lot of host just sit in unreachable places and farm runes.

[@kenpachi1989]

@@andsegcar what does it have to do with being able to finish the game without using Torrent?

[@shamfyre]

Maybe it is true that you don't need to USE Torrent to finish the game, but acquiring him IS 100% necessary to complete the game without glitching/zipping. You need to visit the roundtable at least once to enter Leyndell and you can't do that without receiving Torrent first.

[@romilrh]

​@@shamfyre Well yeah but that has nothing to do with Torrent himself lol. I'm talking about how good the level design is here

[@MM-sx7zs]

Walks only Doesn't use horse Takes all hits Pokes his enemies to death Refuses to elaborate *Becomes Elden Lord*

[@artusart]

The true Elden Lord. What a legend !

[@Hello-bz3xl]

Haha

[@snowycat6099]

giga chad

[@BassTrooper]

he doesnt walk only, he rolls at 11:06

[@diyma3462]

"After walking past a few dogs." The dogs in question: 🐢

[@samueldismukes1265]

Yes yes

[@mythuu]

Behold, dog.

[@horseradish4046]

This is so much more than just a meme run, it perfectly demonstrates the best part of the game. It's a series of seemingly impossible obstacles that you need to adapt to by exploring and experimenting. You can choose to beat your head against a boss with your current setup for hours or adapt your gear and strategy, the difficulty is truly optional.

[@Guardian_Arias]

this is overwhelming for most amd the achievements stats of how many have obtained each achievement does support this.

[@uhohitsatrap9989]

@@Guardian_Arias If they can't do it then the game isn't a right fit for them tbh.

[@benshepherd2419]

Me still beating my head against bosses with the same set up after finding ways to beat them way easier because "I got this far":

[@uhohitsatrap9989]

@@benshepherd2419 I did that until I realized I could interact with Rennala and Respec. Took 100+ hours to realize that but after respecing to magic it helped me a lot. Now with like 200 hours on my first playthrough I still have maxed magic along with Dex and vitality with most other stats 30+.

[@uhohitsatrap9989]

@@benshepherd2419 Well, maxed as in hard capped stats. So noth over 80

[@BoundaryBreak]

Dude ive been absolutely loving all your challenge content

[@naherathe]

love your content dude!!!

[@That0n3Guy710]

I feel like we all have

[@CamSump47]

Two great content creators right here!

[@WiresDawson]

hey, didn't expect to see Shesez here!

[@BiboDL]

Can't believe what you did to TLOU with that one guy

[@wapowman]

Somehow turned a painful challenge into a badass OP build. Walking at your enemies not even registering their attacks is just insane

[@vwts]

To be fair, shield tank build is how a lot of people played DS1 originally

[@shantichopsup7639]

@@vwts true

[@briarconner5765]

@@vwts got me through several of the harder boss fights in ds1. Having too much trouble? Slap on Gavel’s and stone knight great shield with a black knight sword and you can walk through that game no problemo

[@darkwhispersstories47]

​@@vwts the first time I ever used a shield in the souls franchise was in my SL1 runs xD

[@ACRocker]

Straight up became both the immovable object and the unstoppable force

[@manyullyn17]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1512">25:12</a> "As I continued across the bridge, the giant began shitting at me" Am I the only one that hears this?

[@PronteCo]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="170">2:50</a> soldier: "aha let's kill the tarnished together" giant: "how about no"

[@33GLOCK]

😭😭😭

[@tylershelton9334]

“We will devour the tarnished, togethaa!”

[@francobriones98]

😂😂😂😂

[@jimmy22334]

Lol he got deleted

[@alpharoo2581]

"Ya crazy Dutch bastard"

[@Gunstling]

I love how Iron says he's not great at these games, and then does things like Pacifist or MAX Equip load runs lol Absolute legend

[@BigPapaMitchell]

Being clever and being able to problem solve are different than tackling the architypical souls challenges. Like he showed you don't need much skill to easily kill Malenia, just careful planning. Trying to do this fight with like a typical medium load weapon based dex character for instance is a much different challenge and is much more of the typical souls expected challenge.

[@Quack-hh1fj]

@@lunarmoony3278 Well of course not, this is a souls game. The only skill is pressing the b button when the bad man tries to hit you.

[@bzopz3166]

@@mitsuri3096 is this a guide? lmfao

[@TuxedoKamina]

@@mitsuri3096 You know this isn't a guide video right?

[@windowsdefender7685]

i love how he says hes not great at soccer, and then plays things like basketball and volleyball lol absolute legend

[@awd3n]

"Lay these foolish ambitions to rest," takes on a whole new meaning with this run.

[@BK.338]

666 likes and only 2 comments???? 🤨

[@irwan86]

I wonder how he light up braziers in sellia? This need to do in order to reach millicent. This run was fake

[@MrBandaforce]

@@irwan86 you don't need to be in sellia to get to millicent like he showed in the video he teleported to caelid to bestial sanctum walked to dragon barrow to fort faroth simply dropping down near fort faroth grace you can get to church where millicent is located, and also you can easily get to gowry from church

[@hellothere-dw3sf]

@@irwan86 i like whenever people just accuse runs and other stuff of being fake while not knowing enough about the game to say something's fake

[@Kyrill-Franco-]

Watching this was waaaay more interesting than I thought it would be! The new tactics forced by this restriction were super fun to watch and even teached me a thing or two of the game :D

[@zulium]

Giant: "Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of riding your horse, you're walking right towards me?" Pineapple: "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer."

[@purplehaze2358]

Underrated comment.

[@belcarra]

That- Uh That doesn't work here buddy

[@gala_vs]

Is that a Jojo reference?

[@mellody.s]

Giant: "Ho Ho! Come as close as you like"

[@Mars-eu8dz]

@@purplehaze2358 724 likes moment

[@kuronekokukan]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="868">14:28</a> "After walking past a few dogs,-" That one was delivered so dryly, I burst out laughing.

[@somedood07]

I love the visuals of this. Just a man walking through this beautiful world. He’s not in a rush, he’s taking his time. I know the pain is felt hard but it just looks neat.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

I'd love to see this for the DLC. Not just for the challenge itself, but also because there's a talisman that incentives this style of play.

[@anbu55]

Using the butt stomp was such a smart idea to platform, and actually being able to platform under the sewers using it is genuinely one of the most impressive things I've seen done in this game, ggs

[@absilint1318]

SUPER MARIO

[@El_Ratones]

He also could have used this at around 25:10 to climb the ledge

[@absilint1318]

no need to mention he already says it later on

[@yezzir8929]

He should have used the sonic spin roll ash of war to get around as well!

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Speaking of butt stomp, can you do it in air like in those 3d mario games to avoid fall damage?

[@LegendaryBrah]

“After walking past a few dogs” *shows tortoises just chilling* God I love this community

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The early game looked like hell, but it's crazy how more and more effective it actually became later on, you absolutely rekt Malenia at the end

[@m.pensive]

This really proves how customizable of an experience FromSoft provides! Their games are insanely well thought out.

[@zel9061]

I didn't even think of the freezing pot thing for waterfowl. I just learned how to perfectly dodge it every time through helping people.

[@johnnykasao242]

Yeah insane

[@thepuffinman1055]

Please no more! You comment everywhere!

[@arcanefire7511]

No likes?

[@mattersofdarkness2674]

Thanks for making this video! Not only is it fucking phenomenal, but it's really elevated my opinion of greatshields and thrusting weapons in Elden Ring, which ended up being the strat that carried me through the final boss of the DLC. Couldn't have done it without you!

[@LivanderGamedev]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="135">2:15</a> when he pointed this out, I feel "yo this run is no joke", GG man

[@aidanyoung9133]

I took a long time to get past that area before remembering the horse existed

[@DryTEKGI]

Run? More like a walkthrough.

[@hemaskitchen319]

Noob KZbinr

[@brod7173]

@@DryTEKGI you’re a genius

[@bayabooz4855]

@FireFaxs woy

[@StuffyMc]

Such a nice touch that Alexander is immune to fire in this fight. Makes sense, he's seen just before it standing in lava willingly, and he is a fire hardened jar, after all.

[@renef.8468]

The thing I regret the most, is that I killed him in the beginning not knowing what use he would have for me and what a nice jar he actually was...

[@IronDJW]

​@@renef.8468YOU MONSTER

[@acastusofastora8641]

@@renef.8468 randomly killing NPCs in a souls game is such a wild thing to do lol

[@renef.8468]

@@acastusofastora8641 true but it's my first souls game so how should I know lol

[@justarandomguy983]

@renef.8468 he wasnt attacking and was talking to you tho..

[@LazyEyeMan]

There's two reasons that the release of elden ring has made my life happier. The first reason is the game itself, and the second reason is the abundance of iron pineapple videos

[@devinscott8680]

To bad the PvP sucks right now so he's probably just going to stick to PvE videos.

[@strav8337]

@Jesus has given you all. Repent or die. it sure makes people want to believe in god when you threaten them with death lmao.

[@TheBfutgreg]

And the assured slow trickle of creative Ymfah vids months/years from now

[@Zebo12345678]

Watching your character stroll leisurely through Caelid was a treat. That land is designed to make you always stay on your guard. It's a ruthless land, covered in threats, and you just walked casually through it to Redmane Castle.

[@MiserableLunacy]

Is there a vod of him just walking through the game while overloaded? It'd probably be good to fall asleep to

[@justinthawsetmyo4173]

"Elden Ring overloaded footsteps ASMR"

[@genodedemon5109]

Honestly I kinda want to try this myself. A real hero

[@alechi7051]

I doubt he actually did it. would make more sense to cheat and just give the illusion he did in order to put content out faster

[@ryukandapples3506]

​@@alechi7051 it's most likely real, other Elden ring streamers have done a challenge very similar, check out Can I beat Elden Ring without dodging a single attack or getting hit by everything something like that

[@AdmiralJ77]

​@@alechi7051spoken like a True idiot that couldn't beat Margit

[@Greenmick6982]

"Victory is won not in miles but in inches." Incredible patience and willpower. Wow.

[@wolfrainexxx]

When you're training to become Batman.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

It’s about drive. It’s about power. We stay hungry. We devour.

[@TheSMEAC]

I’m new to your content, but really appreciate your pragmatism, patience, and delivery. I’m a ER noob with only 150hrs and benefit by many in the community, but your’s and FightinCowboy videos are both the most accessible and entertaining to me. I really think these minimum/restricted runs of your’s really help break my brain faster with ER regarding build, gear, leveling, and strategic approaches in the game. I hope that made sense😂-It’s just really easy as a new player in this game to become to myopic as you progress; watching your content like I said, allows me to ‘break my brain’ in such a way that I work in a more pliable mindset. I know it’s semantics to some for me to say pliable instead of flexible, but I’m sticking to the pliable route so that two things happen 1: I still stick to a play/interaction style that’s consistent with my current playthrough and 2: That little amount of adherence to that character without completely refitting for every obstacle will get my own problem solving skills/innovation going quicker for me. Much appreciated brother and you’ve genuinely earned a subscriber. I’m working though your catalog of content and look forward to what you do next. PS: Great editing and audio/music balancing in my opinion.

[@TheSMEAC]

Annnnnnd yes, I’m aware this is 2 years old, but hey; I’m just now seeing this one and after watching as many as I have of yours these past few weeks, I figured I should drop you some feedback you can actually use 🫡

[@Idle_isAFK]

imagine dying and have to "walk" all the way to the boss room everytime. this guy's patience is out of this world

[@devingreenup5869]

I think you forgot about statues of Marika

[@duckchen2676]

@@devingreenup5869 most main boss fights dont have them

[@quintindanzi2631]

“and i just threw a freezing pot at her” my jaw just hit the floor

[@muhammadscott571]

Same

[@TheSnowbollfull]

seeing that after struggle so much to kill her was hearthbreaking

[@jwanikpo]

how do people even realize that, just throwing random pots at every enemy to see what works?

[@aligmal5031]

@@jwanikpo i think it's because you can do the same thing against lady butterfly in sekiro with your shuriken so it make sense that we use something similar against melania in elden ring

[@cotymedeiros2153]

I said the same thing lol. Freezing pot is the true hero of the game

[@PopularNobody]

How the hell do you always manage to come up with these fun, whimsical challenges while giving us long entertaining videos? Thank you man. I think i was here around 300k and You deserve your channel growth.

[@WhiteArrowVR]

“It would make me suffer more, and that’s kind of funny”. Somebody hug this man. 😢

[@revshad4226]

I love how the gimmicks you pull are extremely useful to me who is seriously struggling though the game. Giving me ideas and strategies that I wouldn't have thought of on my own.

[@friendlyneighborhooddg]

*cough* *cough* @malenia *cough*

[@shadowrosegaming3566]

Same

[@justinp.7943]

That part where he's trying to give Alexander the kill and then getting owned by the fire giant had me rolling, that sums up how almost every fight goes when you assume you or a npc has the fight in a bag, the boss just says nope your going to try again lol

[@dangelnut]

my whole experience with elden ring I'm still running from the big magical red foxes

[@BlueSkyBirdies]

​@NimbusTM Hello I'm from the future may I introduce you to Igon from the DLC

[@crusadershark7770]

"If you're an impatient person, then attempting this run will be a nightmare." Man, you don't have to be impatient for this to be a nightmare. I wouldnt even be able to do fucking Soldier of Godrick without giving up on this challenge.

[@FockeWulfFW200]

I was literally laughing my ass off during the entire duration of the video. Thanks man. Just subscribed. Cant wrap my head around the idea of how pain this run must have been. You deserve way more subs

[@luklass8999]

Insane people : I will finish the game without upgrading my weapon Masochist people : I will no hit Malenia with my bare fist Iron Pineapple : i will finish the game at 2 km/h

[@ZachWackAttack]

guess I’m in an insane person cuz I did that on my first run without ever playing dark souls before

[@Its-Kurb]

@@ZachWackAttack like, intentionally?

[@ZachWackAttack]

@@Its-Kurb no lmao I didn't even know you could upgrade your weapon

[@ZachWackAttack]

@Gabriele Tozzi not at home atm (on a half vacation) but I’ll see

[@bignig7223]

@@ZachWackAttack wtf lmaoo

[@Nukesnipe]

I wish there was exactly one mimic in the game, somewhere really late like Leyndell or the Haligtree. You've gone dozens of hours without mimic chests and the only traps being transporters you can roll away from. You go to open a chest and BAM you got vored.

[@Chaosrain112]

That mimic would achieve rockstar status immediately and forever be enshrined as a meme.

[@kill0cam0teabagger]

150hrs in and I had no idea you could roll away from those traps lmao

[@onleynin]

I have 302~ hours and I had no idea you could roll away from those traps lmao

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

They must be saving it for DLC. Even better, if it doesn't chomp you it becomes you then fights, to catch out all the dinguses who insist on making it fight nude.

[@kirbyfan3000]

Wait you're telling me I could've rolled away from them?? Bruh 105 hours in and I didn't even know lol... Now that I think about it I was able to roll away from a teleporter chest one time. It was cuz some dude followed me tried backstabbing me. I didn't even notice it until now huh..

[@FatalKitsune]

Me: Struggling to beat the game with spirit summons and being able to move normally and do whatever I want. Iron Pineapple: Beating the game while cosplaying as a very stabby turtle.

[@fummy33hotmail]

*dog

[@denos1699]

Stabby dog

[@Yougotcaged102]

I love when challenge runs add completely ridiculous additional restrictions that only make the challenge more tedious and take longer than it should. "Yes, I am going to beat the entire game while walking at a snail's pace. Also, I can't ride the horse even though nothing about this challenge would incline me to give myself such a restriction" always fun

[@aligmal5031]

this run actually made me appreciate the game design even more it's like they knew some ppl would do some wacky stuff like that

[@ryanrong495]

butt slam is my fav

[@evanjrowley]

The speed that your character traversed the lands between in the context of a mission to save the world is a mood and I feel it

[@TE72GOD]

No, what this truly showcases, is how effective anything you could want to do in this game truly can be. It feels like nothing is a wrong choice in this game and it is truly a thing of beauty.

[@Edamori]

It honestly reminds me of RuneScape in a way. People lock themselves to regions or to ridiculous restrictions on what they can do and still attempt to complete some of the toughest content in the game. Watching videos like this reminds me of Settled and his Morytania locked account, or Verf and his Karamja locked account, where they use obscure and ancient content to attempt to break boundaries and complete objectives. Elden Ring gives me the same vibe, and it's incredible

[@Chaosrain112]

Elden Ring managed to achieve this for its PvE content. PvP is another story of course but I've never been into it very much, so it's not a concern for me. But still, not to undermine what they achieved for the (main) game, it's incredible. There feel like so many games where players are just shoehorned into using specific things and the experience feels very manufactured. Elden Ring has so many facets for story telling, all the way down to how your character overcomes adversity. In this case, you stare straight at them, walk forward at them intimidatingly, and then beat the shit out of them.

[@TE72GOD]

@@Chaosrain112 I feel like a large part of the PvP feeling is FromSoft's underwhelming servers. I have always despised Dark Souls PvP in general. But in this game, I actually enjoy when it happens. I get to just hurl a lightning bolt and one shot all the Katana folk and its so fulfilling.

[@Febreeze419]

With Radahn, if you walk backwards until he disappears then walk back, he won’t fire any projectiles and will just rush towards you (this includes spears).

[@Lakanus]

This is how we'd always walk around if our character didn't own a mysterious dimensional pocket where they store all those swords and armors we collect.

[@AGKyran]

Well... to be fair, the tarnished would need to be hella strong, and would probably make holes in the ground while walking.

[@LainWithSweetTea]

I believe the technical term is "hammer space"

[@zaishijunior9455]

meat pocket ©

[@auto144p6]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="94">1:34</a> i like how you rephrased "ive lost my shit long ago" to "it was easy to reach a zen state when doing this"

[@SonicHaXD]

Some parts of this challenge really does feel like a Metal Gear game XD

[@Kakuruma]

It truly is the Metal Gear of the souls like.

[@isack_4239]

It’s so funny you say that considering I just beat MGS3 lol

[@romilrh]

Metal Gear fans when literally any game has stealth

[@meddle333]

@@isack_4239 That's awesome! I finally got into (and through) the whole series in 2019, I think.

[@valguthcsongor5263]

Xddddd omg

[@totalchaos7251]

Watching this, and many of your other videos reinspired me to attempt to finally beat Elden Ring, well, I'm at Malekith at the time of writing this. Here's to pushing through the last few main fights. Keep up the great vids!

[@irithylloldman6526]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1508">25:08</a> probably this has already been mentioned but the butt slam ash of war gets you quite high and is relatively easy to obtain. It would have surely worked here, as well as for the Farum Azula ledge. Edit : yeah alright I should keep watching the video before commenting

[@BigVorst]

Happens to me too, haha.

[@swallie7419]

Remember all the items that he had to jump for to obtain them? Will the buttslam destroy them or was this more of a "dayuyyyuyoum i cant get these usefull items it gon be haaaard" just to flex with that jump later on?

[@ezekielbaskerville2710]

That was probably more like "do I need to use this, or do I just want to use it to get this item right now?" Note that he didn't go get the madness shield until he actually needed to use Ground Slam.

[@deldarel]

I love the great shield stab combination. It's so vile and effective. Historically correct too. This is the medieval 'can't go wrong' build

[@jamescole7787]

I just have to say what a great video. So committed. Also. THE FREEZING POT ON MALENIA?!?! I died to her 75 times. First time I used summons in the game was to beat her. Admittedly the second I used mimic tear, it became a trivial fight and didn’t feel very good to beat her with. I’m using freezing pot on this play through!!!!

[@KKLKRUIZER]

your good, first I used 2 other people and 2nd i used redmane knight ogha

[@Brother_O4TS]

Yeah, no it won't work that effectively now unfortunately. It looks like they actually made the windup faster. I'm saying this because I compared the windup speed from my recorded gameplay of Malenia to the one one in this video and the one in the video is definitely a lot slower

[@malexthegreat]

*Admittedly the second I used mimic tear, it became a trivial fight * the fuck i died 90 times on my first kill WITH MAX LVL WEAPONS AND MAX LVL MIMICK TEAR

[@vertical_parallel]

how did it go

[@josephmurphy417]

@@Brother_O4TS but it still works extremely well

[@the_luminous_raven]

This would honestly be the must horrorfying thing to see just a "normal" guy lore walking over to you

[@Gammaburst1298]

“I was defying Miyazaki” is my favorite line

[@thebigwagyu]

“This encounter is a whole ass boss fight” yeah as someone who is playing ER as their first true fromsoftware game, I really did think that giant was a boss and was so disappointed when I got to the grace point and he just respawned backed in.

[@RusCoon]

God yes lol. I spent like 1 hour trying to beat him, because it didn't even occured to me to rest at nearby grace, because why would i need it? I just keep dying and respawning here!

[@farianandadiratama]

haha i know what u feel, event as an experience soulslike player, that first giant after the gate is pretty hard for me, because it's been a long time for me not playing dark souls lol

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Same here although I wasn't disappointed at all. Quite the opposite. I thought "if that is just a normal enemy then what the hell else could they have in store for me,"

[@theomegajuice8660]

I've played all the FromSoft games and I was pretty surprised he was just a regular enemy as well. I had assumed he was at least a miniboss who wouldn't come back. Very eye-opening for what Elden Ring considered a "standard" obstacle

[@nintoforgi]

I've been a compulsive consumer of challenge run videos for years now and it's always a delight to see a truly special one out of nowhere all over again. Watching the creator pull out every little bizarre and forgotten element of the game to surmount huge obstacles that are a blink in a traditional run. Very fun!

[@JuanGomez-mz5rc]

the fire giant deadass just dropped his whole body on alexander 💀💀💀

[@moka8601]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1160">19:20</a> radahn may have mastered gravity magic , but he hasn't mastered the ability to swim

[@EldenStarsofRuin]

99% of people on yt: "here's how to become godlike and op to beat elden ring!" Iron Pineapple: "here's how to abso-fucking-lutely fuck yourself over to beat elden ring." LOVING these videos. They're instant dopamine.

[@d2.2n44]

I wanted to put like but the comment have 69 likes u can't ruin the holy number

[@d2.2n44]

Nvm someone else did ruin it

[@Hestaka]

Keep in mind this map is 90 square miles... And he walked it... he was walking 2 to 3 a marathon's to get places... the distance from Limgrave to the Capital is nearly the same distance as Solitude to Riverrun in Elder Scroll's Skyrim... But your walking it, with all the enemies that can beat the shit out of you in like 2-3 hit's and your not walking it once no no no your going back and forth back and forth and then your going even farther... What a fucking madman

[@jonblanchard5453]

While most of your points are valid, and this feat is insane, once he had grace points, he could fast travel, reducing the "back and forth" but not entirely eliminating it. Still, crazy.

[@Hestaka]

@@jonblanchard5453 Oh shit I didn't even think about that, it's still pretty fucking crazy though. I hate going through Caelid still and I got Torrent to this is pretty fucking impressive.

[@GoonShredder9000]

Wtf is is Riverrun?

[@RAMN8R2011]

@@GoonShredder9000 riverwood??? Still though that’s pretty long, Solitude to Riverwood just slow walking. I might try that just put on the slow walk hotkey from Solitude gate and walk all the way to riverwood.

[@HazhMcMoor]

Finlay run. Overloaded walk from Caelid to Haligtree fighting all enemies and overloaded the entire time.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

Honestly, that was the best unique and creative playthough of ER ever done. Turns the game into something completely different, more of a walking sim and a puzzle game. And it makes you appreciate the vastness of this world. Like you yourself were there, carrying your weapons and armor. Thats exactly how the walking animation looks. Maybe that way of playing was intended after all. That's just how a normal human would fare with such weight. No rolls, no running, like hiking with a massive backpack. Truly a marvelous experience, sir.

[@allicuddles]

But imagine how intimidated the enemies were watching you calmly stroll up to them.

[@sangerzonnvolt6712]

Queue Jojo music

[@NoOne-hl2eo]

I too would shit my pants if a guy edgewalking towards me

[@NoConsequenc3]

JOHN SOULS

[@tandemdwarf745]

The Wall music starts playing

[@BlountForce]

This video just goes to show how amazing this game is. You can literally come up with different solutions to almost every scenario, requiring that you think outside the box, often. Great job with this man, I enjoyed watching every second of this

[@wolfrainexxx]

Kind of ironic, since the Tarnished lives life with one foot in a box.

[@Rasea611]

Too bad the combat design is awful.

[@rockadio_9369]

"He is suicidal! He's heading right for the chest high wall!" If you know, you know.

[@Vasharan]

There's no getting over a chest high wall.

[@djrocksgaming6255]

@@Vasharan If it's hip-height, you might stand a chance, though.

[@hankhohn5017]

@@djrocksgaming6255 toe height? you're getting over that bad boy

[@Narcian150]

"Chest high wall, there is noway!" Iron Pineapple: I squat 100 times every day....while wearing an ironworks factory,

[@rockadio_9369]

@@hankhohn5017 lmao

[@odis12356]

The ability of humans to adapt to any situation is truly terrifying

[@archlorddestin]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1505">25:05</a> - There are several incantations which might have been usable here. Dragon's claw/maw are ones which come to mind as one of the patches made you mobile during the wind up.

[@bobjohnson2775]

I was wondering why he never used the buttsmash jump aow

[@ohthatsabaseball5824]

You know you played a lot of Elden Ring, when calling the turtles dogs is the most normal thing in the world

[@DeoksOn]

😂

[@LemoneMan]

I must admit I attacked a dog. I thought it would fight back and give me some good runes.

[@SubspaceTripmine66.6]

tortoises* 🤓

[@walkingtree2486]

I don't play elden ring infact I haven't played any single fromsoft game ever but why did he call the turtles, dog?

[@ohthatsabaseball5824]

@@walkingtree2486 It came from the message system in the game, that only works is pre-made building blocks. Something like "Beware of Dog", "Hole Ahead", "Sun ahead, but fire", as examples. But the blocks are somewhat limited on the different kinds of creatures, so in most cases we use Dog for any creature. Because of that, we even call them dogs, much to the confusion of others. I'm terrible at explaining, but I hope it somewhat makes sense

[@BarokaiRein]

Honestly the simple thought of not using the horse to travel sounds like an absolute nightmare,doing so while overloaded walking is just...why?

[@NathanCassidy721]

So what you're saying is you've never played any of the Dark Souls games. Those have big areas in which you do a lot of walking.

[@sendlove]

@@NathanCassidy721 obviously Elden ring’s open world makes that a little different. Lol what a douche way to write that comment.

[@nate7418]

@@NathanCassidy721 nah bruh literally elden ring is designed to be traversed with the horse so this is such an invalid argument.

[@PyrotechnicMooseIV]

@@NathanCassidy721 Going through the bigger areas in Dark Souls are not comparable to walking the entire open world of Elden Ring.

[@user-yz9xr6sc3o]

@@NathanCassidy721 goofy comment

[@ErnestDrake-s4l]

Dude ive been absolutely loving all your challenge content. “I was defying Miyazaki” is my favorite line.

[@angelmarques3124]

It’s super cool how you can jump over gaps with Lion’s claw, and I cheered out loud when you managed to jump up with the butt slam. Good job getting me invested!

[@nickamodio721]

I love the problem solving required to make it through this type of run. It's like you're playing completely different game. I also appreciate your commitment to limitation, like not using torrent or quickstep unless you absolutely have to. Overall awesome run.

[@irwan86]

How he light up the braziers in sellia? This need to do to reach millicent. Looks like this run was fake afterall.

[@fatseip9562]

@@irwan86 You replied this on several other comments you troll. He can Ironclaw it use the ass jump or simply quickstep it. "HoW hE lIgHT cAnDlEs!" Stfu

[@reyne2077]

@@irwan86 Well, first of all - he did say he would use his horse if absolutely needed to. So even if he did - that part would not ruin the run. And second - I'm 99% sure there are just other ways to get there and probably even more than one

[@LixiumXaef]

@@irwan86 my first playthrough i made it to millicent before ever going to sellia. definitely possible.

[@MagmaKronYT]

@@irwan86 I just headed north westish from fort faroth which brought me to there

[@mikehawke2374]

I'd genuinely choose to do a "Can you beat Elden Ring while wearing electrified testicle clamps?" run over this. Props for the run, man.

[@Guardian_Arias]

why are u shaming? there is nothing wrong with what u said

[@Kostadin_Arolski]

Somebody in Japan probably did that

[@kingzecromatic]

I'm not gonna kink shame man, you do you...

[@TK-7193]

@Deadpoppin soul's players are cruel jack. and i love minors! -moonupper

[@vheataylorsyorkies7215]

Absolutely amazing my friend! I cheesed the hell outta the game, mimic, insane bleed, glitches for more money etc and it was still hard for me lol mad respect on your skill level! Thats the thing I love about Elden ring, it's very much as hard as you want it to be.

[@VirtuousWanderer]

Imagine being a boss and someone just starts Chad walking at you

[@Shoord]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1347">22:27</a> "It felt like FromSoft developed this level with my pointless run in mind" Makes me wonder if the most of the level design was intended to also work without jumping, as in other souls games. And at what point they doubled down on adding the jump button.

[@juanignaciososaaise1347]

The late game areas seem more focused on jumping,like Faram Azula,Miquella’s tree and the capital (including the sewers).It’s also worth nothing that in all of those areas torrent is not available.If I had to guess they designed the open world and kinda got tired of just jumping using torrent and made those areas whit that in mind

[@NathanCassidy721]

I said it in another comment, but I think it's a holdover from their other games. General rule of thumb is if you can see it, you can go there. The trick is usually finding the path to get to it. While it's at a bare minimum, any platforming in their games is for optional content.

[@nothing4youhere540]

I love how challenge runs really make you re-think how you play the game. Things you might never otherwise consider suddenly become viable options.

[@thetruetojo5416]

Honestly I wonder what would be going through the enemies' mind if they could think. Just seeing this one guy, walk, not run, but slowly walk toward them, and then equally slowly but incredibly brutally kill them one by one without so much as going a step faster.

[@gulliblepiggy4346]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="868">14:28</a> "after walking past a few dogs" this made my day lmao

[@HapHazardNS]

Agreed

[@BDChupacabra]

Lmaooo that Radahn kill was unexpected 😂😂

[@MageMinionsOP]

As soon as I saw the ledge in the water I was like "no....."

[@primal_aspid]

Fun fact: you don’t actually need to climb the tree and use a bow to kill commander O’Neil. Instead, you can sneak up behind him and use poison mist, as it won’t aggro them when cast. In fact, any enemy you can sneak behind, you can use this strategy on. (i.e. draconic tree sentinel or one of the two tree sentinels in Altus plateau)

[@rash500m]

I have a feeling he probably didnt do it has he used this against the draconic sentinel in his lvl 1 challenge run and he doesnt like spamming the same strats

[@judesolo8393]

I'm amazed. Both at your skill and knowledge, but especially the patience! Well done

[@evangibbs7467]

New challenge: Weapon Nuzlocke! Every time you die your current equipped weapon is discarded and you can’t reuse the same specific weapon. Magic and Sunmons are optional, working the same way. Gonna give this one a shot myself

[@adridoesthings]

i would love to see this, please!

[@BeesQuestionMarkk]

No, no. This is circumvented by just, not dying. Maybe force yourself to use the first weapon you see in any Named area, where the title shows up on the screen. If there are multiple weapons, just grab whichever is closest.

[@cheesy6122]

@@BeesQuestionMarkk well this is elden ring so your gonna die unless your at the top 1% of gamers

[@rockycuro7737]

@@BeesQuestionMarkk do you seriously expect someone to not die in Elden ring?

[@NeinKyori]

What about grindable weapon? Can you use a new copy of the same weapon you lost? Of course you'd have to re-upgrade it back from +0

[@santiagosanchez4836]

The great shield and thrusting weapon combo has highlighted exactly how Lance plays in Monster Hunter.

[@Leo-kc2kp]

But lance has quickstep inside it's moveset

[@yinfy9t134]

Boy, never though about that

[@07jackg]

There’s something so relaxing about this run concept, the way walking everywhere turns the whole journey into a kind of lazy stroll through Elden Ring’s beautiful scenery.

[@MMA-Mishap]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1546">25:46</a> You rolled to get up quicker, Run Canceled

[@stefanoscesa95]

I loved seeing your character walking to the enemies, looking fearless and full of pride...and than immediately hide behind the nearest bush

[@crusader5256]

Alternate title: My Six Hundred Pound Life: Tarnished Edition

[@Envioxity]

Underrated comment

[@slv6470]

😂

[@albinoskittle8569]

Quick tip: you can also use freezing pots to cancel Malenia’s second phase where she jumps up in the air

[@aadifrlm]

Ain't no way, That's crazy dude

[@557deadpool]

so basically Madam Butterfly tactics work

[@wolfrainexxx]

Run & jump-attack, then run away; then repeat as she comes to you. Works for any slow moving creature in the game.

[@Metildaable]

I am already baffled by the fact those pots can be used for the waterflow dance and now this. Who will win? Swordsmanship and magic of a literal Goddess? or One cold potty boi.

[@557deadpool]

@@Metildaable .....so i guess throwing oil at Madam Butterfly just doesnt exist? like every DS boss has some cheese. Like people bitch about the Orphan of Kos but you can Gwyn him easily

[@spox1s]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="868">14:28</a>- Ah, yes dogs. 🤣

[@StarstruckAries]

The literal god's who have incredible power: "look at this dude just casually walking towards us, he can't even lift his armour properly!" The dude: °simply walks over them crushing them to death°

[@mushnoodle]

gods: *try to grab and suplex but they hurt themselves in confusion*

[@ЕвгенийЕфимов-й7н]

ゴゴゴゴ

[@TK-7193]

horah loux: *grabs player to suplex* also horah loux: *does the young link pulling on a rock without the power bracelet animation*

[@WizelBalan]

Rumbling...rumbling...it's coming...