Dark Souls 3, But I Can Only Level ONE STAT PER CYCLE!!!

Ever wondered what it would be like to go into new game plus plus in Dark Souls 3 with unupgraded health and stamina? ....no?...Just me? Alright then!
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[@JKLeeds]

Check out my wife Babs' DS1 One Shot challenge run! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnPcq2WnYqyjfaMfeature=shared

[@Invader-vx2rb]

im excited to watch this, just started my first ds3 run!

[@leoneyamada5408]

You should have did the first run with luck and killed anri for the sword, than end on strength or sorcery because those are probably the strongest and best to end on... Especially strength because you would already have max faith and max int meaning you could use the ringed knight great swords and just spin to poise through everything. You play luck first so you get the maximum drops possible and you can sell them for that tiny extra bit of souls

[@wexdust]

@jkleeds There is another crawling mimic in the Profaned Capital, at the end of the tunnel before the 2 giant rats and a gate to jailers

[@prosyndication21]

Jim Carrey starring as Slim Shady.

[@Sayucchin]

I feel like willem dafoe has the range and the incredibly expressive face needed to play all of jk's player characters

[@TheIrishBub]

Jim Carrey could also fill that role, I feel like

[@murilobigmac]

Ha I thought of Dafoe too

[@ThommyofThenn]

This is one of those comments where you're skimming, read something weirdly insightful or observant ,then assume you misread it because people almost never get something so right and funny.

[@osurpless]

“Isn’t that right, Patrick…”

[@moemouse]

my first thought. love that this is too comment

[@PressContinue]

Even when you're strong, dexterous and lucky... a tricycle run is no child's play. Nevertheless, you managed to collect enough toys to arsenihilate everything in the game. Well except for that stupid strike damage dealing Executioner's Greatsword. That sword is pointless if you ask me... but since it eventually turns into Gael's ultimate weapon, it's merely the tip of the ashberg

[@JKLeeds]

Even by your standards, this is a goated comment! Who needs weapons like in this video when you've got language?

[@JasonRock-ll7rv]

Hes a bard. He's trained in limericks and has a silver tongue. All I have is unga bunga hammer

[@nomu3540]

She gargoyle on my hammer until I great flame

[@angrycat6954]

*loud incorrect buzzer*

[@Blootoid]

She garg on my goyle till I hammer

[@davidpotts7116]

16:55 As far as I remember, there's two crawling mimics in this game. One is in Lothric Castle that you encountered, the other is in Irithyll Dungeon at the end of the rat and basilisk filled hallway past the path that leads to the large room with 12 or so jailors.

[@jackletree4300]

Yep, it contains the dark clutch ring I believe?

[@RaiRaiRaiiiiiii]

felt that part where you mentioned how difficult Friede used to be for you. i remember losing my mind while streaming it to friends for days on end but in a recent run it took less than 30mins of attempts while doing it early-ish. feeling yourself grow better at the games as a whole is such a magical feeling

[@gozmen5]

no lie I lost to friede 8 hours straight fun part is I wasnt underleveled or anything I was just bad hahaha man I love souls games

[@that_one_kitsune9365]

Me with Lady Maria in BB DLC... Took me five days straight to beat her the first time, though using the Chikage likely didn't help my situation much. XD Second time fighting her I think I won first or second try.

[@HJ-ek6hn]

When the world needed him most, Mr Leeds returned

[@VoltaicNebulae]

The PUNisher hath SOULS'd us on yet another video of chaos.

[@yikes6969]

Disliked

[@Hinaatje]

Crap comment blegh

[@moonlightwarriorgaming743]

Bloodborne. Strength. Bloodtinge. Arcane?

[@AccainGaming]

I was hoping for a bit of caveman love in the strength only part and I was not disappointed! Got to love bonking some witches 😉

[@kungaentertainment]

Beautifully done, sir! You've shown a STRiking DEXtermination, and proved once again, luck it or not, that skill-alone can achieve all... :)

[@xapasti]

big fan of the longer video like these! great editing btw

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks dude! This was a marathon 😂

[@xapasti]

i don't know how you do it!! 😭

[@SamuelMcdonald-u8i]

There is a second mimic dog in DS3. You'll find it in Irithyll Dungeon. It drops the dark clutch ring.

[@lightgem12]

I found out about breaking the stray demon's leg fairly quickly on my first playthrough. My brother was like WHAT?! when I did it and I was like .. what? He also played a lot of hours and did not know this could happen lol.

[@Doctour]

Almost same thing on my first play when I was going through part of it coop with my sibling cx

[@Babza_Jr]

You took your aggression out on a poor rock lizard I’m going to take my aggression out on you! 🤨

[@JKLeeds]

Uh oh...er....it was an accident? 😅😬

[@PressContinue]

@@JKLeeds To the balcony with you JK 👉

[@jkingsoul5115]

The Press Continue, ready to defenestrate JK Leeds?

[@zoeshepherd4451]

​@@jkingsoul5115 That's out the window, not off a balcony

[@jonburkitt3729]

I'm glad this was noticed!

[@puff336]

"sir vilhelm dies and lets out a wilhelm scream" doesn't put in the wilhelm scream. i'm not mad leeds just disappointed.

[@cinderbruh4232]

First cycle - Bonk Second cycle - Slash Third cycle - Spin the roulette wheel of RNG

[@zanelamb6326]

Onikiri is a C/C weapon once upgraded. You can see it in the inventory just before the Nameless King on the DEX cycle.

[@JKLeeds]

Damn, I knew one was gonna slip through the cracks. This run made me realise how many weapons have illogical scaling in this game

[@zanelamb6326]

@@JKLeeds Tis true, the worst offenders are the ones that only do physical damage, but arbitrarily have Faith or Int scalings and requirements to them. "If it's a magic sword, make it do magic damage dammit!"

[@saket9083]

I think Nicholas cage would be a good actor for derplexed, as he also doesn't look like he knows where he is

[@grfrjiglstan]

Shackling yourself by not using Gundyr’s shackle to boost your vigor and endurance is quite a challenge runner choice.

[@mauvepikmin2006]

57:51 the poke is also the charged heavy on the Mirrah Greatsword, the rolling heavy is the upward slash

[@puglordabove3070]

Ds3 is the only game I've gone into ng++ on and i remember crying at points, the fact you did this with base health and fp is mind boggling for me.

[@ToonGamer1337]

I remember my first playthrough of ds3 was with Vordt's great hammer and everyone told me to change weapon so much. Love the vids Mr. Leeds

[@magmatic0v3rl0rd2]

Vordt's Hammer is the best though! Why would anyone tell you to switch?

[@s0LLagal]

​@@magmatic0v3rl0rd2 Because the Souls community is 80% Redditors

[@ToonGamer1337]

@@magmatic0v3rl0rd2 Mainly people who played casters and dex builds in my friend group.

[@ToonGamer1337]

​@@magmatic0v3rl0rd2 My friend group of dex builds and casters mainly. Was my first blind play though and liked the frost bonk stick.

[@ainulvr9808]

16:56 There is actually one more I remember, another crawling Mimic in the sewer-section of the Irithyll Dungeon, past the giant, before you turn into the room with the 2 giant rats and the room with the 50 million jailers. If you go up instead of turning right, you find 2 chests, one is the chest with the key to Siegward's prison cell (makes a bunch of basilisks drop from the ceiling) and the other is a Mimic that crawls.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I did see the stray demon leg when doing a clubs-only playthrough. There is just something about pummling ancient, incredibly powerful nightmares into submission by bashing on them with a variety of big sticks

[@nishihii]

16:58 there's one other crawling mimic; in irithyll dungeon where the basilisks drop!

[@riorihakui037]

"Let's go gambling! Oh dang it" -Jk probably in the last run

[@vittoriozicolella3217]

Welcome to 90% of Souls like games! A boss use a sword = 99999999 dmg. You drop the sword. You use the sword = 10 dmg... Hurray! Great video bro! Love your work !

[@dustyroads20]

I love the amount of word play casually thrown in to your videos that makes me feel like I just had a stroke. It's just so smoothly done.

[@Boredom_Incarnate]

9:00 or so, I decided a year ago to start playing through all my old Steam games I hadn't touched and it turned into 100%-ing the achievements. Naturally I've done this with the entire Dark Souls series now. I found that leg-smashing thing on my faith run when I had lightning-resin'd my Broadsword and spammed out attacks. I think it has to do with amount of damage within a timeframe but it's a very neat way to handle the demon being mostly ash at this point.

[@TREVORVADER]

Man this was fun. I like these videos a lot because I like seeing all the different weapons get some use. It’s nice. Also wasn’t expecting that Snake Eater to start up in the background.

[@The_shadowhuntr]

Fun fact about the claws. If u infuse them with a blood gem and max them out u can stagger the first demon as the second one switches to fire pretty consistently. It also does really good damage vs prince and I did this with about 25 dex

[@MFD00MTR33]

I remember when DS3 first came out, my build was a quality/luck build. 35 STR/Dex and 40 Luck (after ng2 i think i got all to 40). Certain weapons got amazing damage with a hollow infusion. Dark sword had GS and halberd level damage, carthus CS and Lothric SS (before they became meta) at +10 has AR of weaker +9 GS. And bleed weapons (CS, katanas and scythes) were really strong too. I love me some DS3.

[@lozangekitten-gamer7626]

I can't help but appreciate all of the punalicious ways you've lifted the triple threat challenge. I still can't ashimilate the very fact that there are varied weapon arts and I should use my elemental coats to shock the darkness out of the bonfires... Playing as a sorcerer was more enchanting, but seeing how you've hammered, clawed, and jackpoted those bosses down, it might be more interesting to lift weapons rather than sticks... Having found a smart blade does help my battles

[@86fifty]

Loved the dramatic slow-mo for the Ancient Wyvern drop attack. Unironically makes me smile. Reminded me of this one American Football clip of a squirrel running out onto the field between scrimmages (or whatever they're called). The cameras spotted it and zoomed in, and the squirrel started sprinting the entire length of the field, and the commentators were going wild cheering for it and it even passed the touchdown line, and the whole stadium roared with glee! Genuinely wholesome moment in an otherwise very serious and numbers-focused entertainment show. But of course Babs is not a squirrel. She is a fierce, fierce lion XD

[@febzy2349]

26:17 who knew nameless king real name was diddy

[@Aerowarrier]

The Twin Prince’s sword is so underwhelming, especially when Lothric’s sword is just such a better choice. Greatswords in general in DS3 aren’t fantastic cuz they’re not fast enough but don’t stagger enough. Moonlight Greatsword is a notable exception, it’s damage is just crazy good. For pvp they do have one of the best roll catches in the game in their jump attack, and they’re decent for anti-ganking, but they’re still just not your best option most of the time

[@SaganTheKhajiit]

I am nearly an hour into this video, by watching in bed until I'm relaxed enough to sleep and then pausing and saving the rest for the next day. Right now it's my afternoon nap, a personal treat for a project well done.

[@Noobie_xD_99]

12:05 to answer your question, because knights in armor tend to be more vulnerable to blunt damage, than npcs

[@KlintKaras]

Beat me to it haha

[@ainsel98]

1:09:00 EPIC WIFE MOMENT !!! jkleeds my guy you're really lucky Babs never turns her blade at you, or you entire house would fall! remember to treat each other well ❤🎉

[@yamiryushi]

Could have called him Robin so he would be brave sir Robin running away from danger in the strength run.

[@andrewc0976]

Bit of a risqué moment with two Ian painting guards at halflights death at end of the luck cycle 🙈

[@patrycel]

The other crawling mimic can be in the prison area where there is the giant, deep in the tunnel where you found a pickaxe. Mimic chest there is guard by rats. Once you defeated them you can have fun with this mimic

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

53:54 agreed, we *must* have a backstab for reapers look like fride,s grab attack (neck slit)

[@VisserusBlake666]

I allways watch some chellange runs to sleep i startet strugling to find new, and now here he comes !

[@queenofcookie3299]

I do the same thing! 😅

[@VisserusBlake666]

@queenofcookie3299 we can watch together then

[@Tater_chip_00]

👀👀 is that a "Zombies Ate My Neighborhood" music reference I'm hearing Mr Leeds???

[@JKLeeds]

I don't think so 😅 what time stamp?

[@jimbones5621]

Always love your music choices. It's like listening to the rpg mix i already listen to constantly.

[@xSimone92x]

I love this idea for a challenge run! You're so epic, JK Leeds!

[@elemental-zweihander]

Guess who's back, back again? Leed's back, tell a friend.

[@luketerimz3117]

I have no idea why the xenoblade 1 music fits so well with your narration of a dark souls run so well, but it does :D

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

Really love the Blitzball theme playing over the luck cycle. It's beautiful. Thank you JK

[@rouinz]

my guy upped his thumbnail game 👅

[@thecuza9716]

I have 1000 hours in DS3 and wasn't aware it was possible to kill the Stray Demon _without_ breaking his legs.

[@Taumiel3585]

39:25 "Snake, what you doin with these balls? Sn-Snake? Get away from these balls snake! Snake? SNAAAAAAKE!"

[@zacharywinn8360]

For the past week the phase hey hey it jk has regularly been popping into my head thank you for the video

[@MacDonellCashRicher]

Considering you would have level 1 health and stamina all the way through, I assumed you would use the Gundyr soul in the first cycle for the Prisoner's Chain, since it is often used in SL1 runs.

[@thecuza9716]

Saying the Prisoner's Chain is "often used in SL1 runs" is a bit like saying the Grass Crest Shield is "often used in SL1 runs" of the first game. Like yeah, you're technically correct, I guess.

[@NonNoname]

The last Halflight fight was personal 😂

[@TREVORVADER]

Yo first Star0Chris posts then I remember I have a JK Leeds video. It’s a good day today.

[@Stereolizardo]

Someone needs to make a list of everytime JK's inner dad comes out and puts a dad joke in his sentences

[@SparkSovereign]

I'm glad someone else enioys claw weapons! I did a dex playthrough awhile back using the Wolf knight greatsword and Crow Talons as my primary weapons, the weapon art is extremely fun. I didn't have as much luck with the princes, though 😅

[@samanthawycoff855]

I actually broke the Stray Demon's legs on my first playthrough! A friend was coaching me through the game, and he said, "We're gonna go over and say hi. Just watch out. He can be tough." I proceeded to break the Demon's legs and kill them in six hits. Overleveled strength main and heavy greatclub go brrrrr. 😂

[@droid3456]

The endless puns hurt my soul. But I HAVE to appreciate the thought put into THIS MANY puns in a row.

[@deamon203]

Anytime I find Leeds posting a video I must wonder in awe the majesty of yours truly being a Poe(t) with words such an Edgar it’s adorable 🤣❤️👁️👄👁️

[@MRSupernova100]

Yeah, I've seen that leg-shattering thing before. It can only happen if you attack his left leg (The leg on the right in our perspective, just for clarification). You also have to deal a bunch of damage per hit, I'm pretty sure, for it to work. It then cracks and starts breaking, leading him to trying to stand on his right leg (left from our perspective) which results in too much weight on the limb, leading to it snapping like a twig. Also, even though the video footage requires no embellishment - Babs is the greatest Dark Souls 3 player of all time :>

[@Hopeless_Husker]

Babs was absolutely deserving of the epic music with that broken straight sword oneshot. Over 8k damage!

[@jaimer0514]

1:32 Jack Black, it's a no brainer

[@jonathynmurray4890]

Im so happy to say thanks to you and lemon i got into more souls games and now have the trilogy with all dlc and i cant put down 3 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SilverX66]

Bro, the stray demon legs was a real discovery. Had no idea you can do that either

[@samael978]

Dark souls (any) but invert the controls Basically, right stick moves you, left stick moves the camera, trigger and bumper are for attacks, right side is block/parry/weapon art, even switch the square, triangle, circle, x/the a,b,y,x controls to the equipment thingy and the dpad does everything those buttons would do All bosses, no glitches

[@RodrigoRHM1]

the metal gear song gives another vibe for this video, amazing!!

[@jchart]

Yes I knew about the stone stray demon's legs breaking. Happened the first time I fought him actually so it's always been my strategy to attack his legs aggressively with charged R2's until they break then finish him off.

[@Ub3rnoodlesTG]

9:06 it seems like I learn something new about these games with every challenge run I watch lmao

[@elemental-zweihander]

1:09:06 I know how you motivated her "Hey, Babza, did you know this dragon was rude to a little mushroom?"

[@bofaybaykweh]

That godlike ad timing during the plunge attack 😂

[@nagsorinaste5658]

Hell yeah more of my fav game :D Btw tip for sage on low level if you donb't ban parrying, it doesn't teleport if you only parry + riposte in the second phase gets rid of the clone bullethell

[@420.Outcast]

Throwing knives for 2nd phase are goated too

[@Augystys]

Dude that Sonic adventure 2 battle music took me right back.

[@glaucosimoes9450]

Babs should take over the channel 🗿

[@MrBratello07]

Wow, what a run! :D May you consider Artorias challenge some time? Using shields only for right hand, and weapons/swords (depends of how true this run is) in left hand? It's very fun indeed to get sudden bashes w/shields before attacking enemies, and upgrading shield begins to matter! :D

[@AaronCorr]

I always thought mimics crawling was a moveset they all do if you start your attack from behind. Today I learned, I guess

[@pugloveryar6020]

This looks so good, looking forward to all the puns

[@ikedogman1]

Crawling mimic holds the dark clutch ring near profaned capital.

[@BandFairy]

Awesome job, Babs! It's so cool you share your gamer girl strats with your husband.

[@aVeryFatRat]

The walk at the end of the vid is hilarious with Mr.Derp

[@sycamore1982]

Babs is the greatest Dark Souls 3 player of all time.

[@frosty3139]

i really enjoy your video dude, what you are doing is great !

[@AMDGBananaBen]

JK is leading the way in fine Dark Souls content!

[@Kanteike]

I love how JK is slowly using more Xenoblade music. I absolutely love that series, so for me his videos are getting way better every upload (mostly because he is making better content each time)

[@nolongeraperson]

I'd love to start that series but I refuse to pay $60 for a decade old game with sequels. F Nintendo

[@Kanteike]

@nolongeraperson i get that 50€ is a bit expensive for a remake, but whats the problem with having sequels? I dont understand that part, specially since every game has its self contained and self conclusive story

[@nolongeraperson]

@@Kanteike because that just shows how old the games are. You can't convince me to pay new game prices for games that are intros into a franchise. The whole thing about bringing in new players to get hooked on a franchise and play the later games is to discount the originals to bring people in. More new players = more excitement and revenue for the newer games. You can't expect anyone to be excited about a franchise, especially when their games become outdated, that refuses to lower it's prices. It's just poor business to alienate an entire playerbase.

[@Kanteike]

@@nolongeraperson wtf are you on about? I dont understand that coinspiranoic stuff, just lemme tell you that no, Xenoblade 1 its not a game made to get you into a franchise, its just a good ass game. Like, the game was not supposed to have a sequel, but we as players ended up bullying the company so much we got it anyways

[@nolongeraperson]

@Kanteike ...... it's not conspiracy, it's literal business. There are plenty of people who can tell you that they ended up getting into a franchise and their future games became day 1 purchases because they got one of the earlier games on sale or via natural price drops. (Like the Playstation Hits collections) For your own example, there are also plenty of games that got sequels because an entire player base got the game at low price and said "Hey, actually this is way more fun than we expected it to be. Cult classic, give us more please." It's not just my own opinion, you can easily find videos and memes about Nintendo not dropping prices, if that's the only way you absorb information. 🤷‍♂️

[@Marcos-nm9gs]

The "Peter Parkour" joke might be one of my favorites of all this video

[@kirbodin]

Smashing the stray demon's legs is the highlight of many of the runs i have done in this game. i love the feel of it.

[@Grayy711]

Great vid JK have you gotten all achievements in the ds games if you haven’t it would be fun to watch you get them!

[@jordans6022]

For frost it needs time to ‘reset’. You can make it reset with firebombs, pryomancy and fire things. You can then get frost procs again

[@oarquivista3881]

The Sun Will Praise this Man (Thank You for the video!)

[@BlauerJohann1]

I have never seen the broken legs of the stray demon before either. That's cool

[@elnombre91]

I only found out about the stray demon leg break recently while watching a stream. I was pretty surprised.

[@HeyAddieImTojo]

Aa yes when i see the Murakumo i smile. My favorite faith build with lightning infused Murakumo for dat sweet S scaling.

[@miasma82]

Another great run from jk leeds, the legend!

[@alfaromeoquadrifoglio]

Well, i'll save this video for when I wake up, so good night everyone.

[@lucaknapper5218]

There's another crawling Mimic in Irythil dungeon, right where the keys to free Siegward are. It drops the Darkness boosting or Darkness defense ring I think

[@viterio5410]

No Crow Quills during the dex run hurt my soul. It’s my favorite weapon in the game

[@KindredDoomBot]

I wanted to say Jack Black would play him in a movie but that seemed too easy. I therefore cast my vote upon John Leguizamo. May we see him soon at a bonfire near you!

[@kyouma0519]

ah yes 1 and a half hours of never ending puns, perfect way to start my Saturday morning