Can You Beat Demon's Souls Using Throwing Knives Only?

[@JKLeeds]

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[@9024tobi]

*created with insane detail* It's community begs to differ, if the leaks are anything to go by😂

[@C_A_I_N_N]

i love how your interaction with true king allant just felt like the epitome of the last step before a true mental breakdown which im sure we'll see in the next knife only challenge run... i both pray for your sanity and also CANT WAIT to see that breaking point and the warcrimes your gonna haveta commit to restore your sanity XD

[@Dylan-ln6qt]

You have lured that knight off an edge so much you deserve an honorary Ph.D from the school of Patches

[@osurpless]

Someone should patch in “Ergh, that was uncharitably done!” for future recaps of this legendary run; just as the knight hits the ground?

[@luiChe]

This should be a trophy in a souls game

[@2manyprunes]

Knight to JK: I'm not falling for it this time for def! (knight charges off ledge to his death)

[@danieladamczyk4024]

A patch of honor.

[@alfonshasel1995]

Msc maybe, as he only lured it imstead of kicking.

[@cheeseyoger]

Thanks for sharing your actual irl strategy for collecting throwing knives. A lot of runners just say that something presumably will take ages to get through, and then smash cut to it being finished

[@SRFriso94]

I'm amazed that you didn't give in and dupe the throwing knives earlier, which would have been totally fair, if you ask me. Luckily, Elden Ring should be a lot easier, kukris actually do pretty good damage, they scale, and they cause bleed. It's one of the easiest ways I've found to fight Lansseax on all bosses runs.

[@DasMaggie]

that was a very knife run, good sir. loved it. as a student of the firebomb academy it fills me with joy to see the throwing knife academy stay strong.

[@ytsuxmuhd4998]

The poison only academy both recognizes and salutes your efforts and endeavors!

[@thekeeper1287]

Now I want a collab with JK and backlogs

[@PressContinue]

Fun fact: Bluepoint removed the duplication glitch just to make JK suffer doing knife farming Also I already couldn't believe that it was possible to turn Adjudicator into an obstacle, but here you demonstrate how you can even turn true king Allant into one.

[@JKLeeds]

That's the true goal of our challenge runs: to make normally easy bosses into traumatic experiences!

[@colonelquesadilla5080]

Have to admire the dedication, as always. This run took so long it could’ve started telling its own dad jokes

[@dariuspenner2528]

With stuff like that knife farm I think it’s completely reasonable to just dupe or cheat in max knives. I don’t think anyone wants you to farm for weeks and weeks on end for the sake of authenticity. Just proving that getting the knives legit is possible is enough.

[@Ak4ntor]

I think i would have quit this run 15 times over just from the starting area. I cant believe how much dedication you have for all of this. This vid deserves every view it gets and likely so much more for all the suffering that you went through for those damn knifes :v

[@LowProfile0247]

I feel like just the challenge itself is hard enough, so farming souls which is just an easily repeated tedious task could have been replaced with duping, modding, etc.

[@Mr.SpookMan]

Knife to meet you Looks like JK is going back to the classic of his throwing knife academy, and it means Firebomb academy is getting a worthy opponent.

[@Blandy8521]

They should do a pvp match to determine which is best

[@Mr.SpookMan]

@@Blandy8521 Agreed it would the battle of the century

[@cae2212]

a worthy partner more likely. Let's not divide over the choice of consumable

[@DoomWolfOfficial]

Finally, FINALLY I can watch this video! Great run! That grind at the beginning looked like absolute hell, also the sobbing 'I was free!' line, that's a big mood lol

[@JKLeeds]

Glad you finally got to see all this bullshit 🤣

[@blade6357]

The amount of work you put into this run is astounding. mad respect dude. i would have NEVER done this. i love the souls games to death but your a mad man ( in a good way ). incredible

[@DavidHermosillaInglés]

Well, correct me if I`m wrong but I think you can farm those stealth knives in a relatively easy manner. Kill those ninja guys that drop the daggers by luring them to the fire downstairs and make them commit suicide, you can actually grab the items they drop. I think I used that trick to farm some white herbs when I played the game. Although it was in the original demon souls not the remake so idk. Btw, congrats this is an amazing video.

[@JKLeeds]

Yeah it was more the time it would take, it's a bit of a run to even get to them and luring them down to that flaming ball is inconsistent at best. Farming 99 would have taken a really long time that to be honest I was not prepared to put into this given how long it had taken already. Glad you liked the video 🙂

[@TimedRevolver]

Mandatory actions should never count against challenge runs. The game forced your hand into using something other than throwing knives.

[@kaschey6145]

You have the patience of a monk. I would've started using cheats to spawn the daggers at the Phalanx fight XD

[@UncleBBQ]

Honestly, mad props for not just using the storage dupe. I don't actually know if it's possible for the remake, but in the original you can just duplicate 99 of any item you want with stockpile thomas and the blacksmith.

[@ZakisHereNow]

Dude… I would have absolutely accepted a start with 999 knives. After your explanation of where they could be bought I thought “Ok, he can just cheat some in to start” and then you kept talking… and kept going… and kept grinding… the dedication of this man!

[@gregorlangemeier4116]

I love how "proof of a hero" plays when you thank doomwolf, great choice!

[@lobech]

You determination is par to none. It is awful when gaming becomes a mindless job, so I hope you find joy in your following videos. You're a legend, man

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

My favorite Soulsbourne KZbinr uploading a video about my favorite Soulsbourne game on my birthday?! What a great day!😊

[@JKLeeds]

Happy birthday my dude!

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

@@JKLeeds Thanks man

[@jackusmaracus]

Fair play dude, that’s an incredible commitment to a run!

[@JKLeeds]

Thank you!

[@765craven4]

As someone who has done a consumable only run of DS2 I honestly can't imagine limiting myself to only Throwing Knives in any game where they're worse than they are in DS2. The animation speed combined with the low damage would be infuriating to deal with and I simply don't have the patience for something like that. Hats off to you for enduring challenge runs like this.

[@zacoliver5547]

Wow, what dedication. On the bright side, if you want to try such a run in the new lords of the fallen, you're in for a cake walk :)

[@miasma82]

I enjoy grinding but no chance in hell i would grind out that knight for months. I tip my hat to you sir. You deserve a medal 😊

[@BluePoo52]

I hear you low-key Banjo Tooie music ❤ Great puns too. You got yourself a sub

[@inciaradible7144]

‘...Hall & Oates are out of touch.’ Excellent. Just excellent.

[@NeoLotex]

Well done you crazy bastard. I would've probably thrown in the towel the moment I realized that I can't buy the knives right off the bat and had to farm them from the knight like a madman. Thank god for people like you so I don't have to do things like this challenge myself and no innocent controllers get hurt in the process.

[@felixbeth6340]

Your therapist will have to put in extra hours after this XD Anyway your magic video inspired me to make this challenge myself (on three characters cause i'm pretty bad)

[@PorridgeJohnny]

Absolutely respect the dedication to make this run as authentic as possible But for the future, I don’t think any of us would be less entertained with you not farming your sanity away in other runs

[@willieseybold3170]

Whats your favorite challenge run that you've did?

[@JKLeeds]

Not this one

[@shaynehughes6645]

@@JKLeeds Fr

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Probably claws lol

[@Chrisofthemount]

I can not believe your determination! Fantastic video.

[@Lake_Bass]

I can't believe you reminded me how great a song Riders on the Storm is with that joke. Good on ya

[@swensen42]

I just found your channel a little under a week ago. I after watching this video you convinced me. You're definitely one of the real ones.

[@shaylahunter1825]

You've already thrown your knife into my heart. And the friends we've made along the way...

[@alibaba-es9go]

You’re such a legend my guy, I’ve done many challenges in demons souls but oml that’s just too much for me lol

[@ThySoulessGamer]

You have so much more will than I ever could. Sir I accept your victory

[@crispypeepohole69]

I hear that Shadow Man theme during the Phalanx fight, incredible game if you can put up with the clunk.

[@JKLeeds]

Spent A LOT of time playing that game when I was younger. Some really dark imagery for an N64 game

[@WTFIWWML]

Oh boy, here come the next installation of JK Leeds grinding his own sanity to fine dust then blow it through the last Hell Gate into Oblivion. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@emperorkraglint9792]

Congrats on the journey lad. I look forward to more of your interesting challenge videos. I'm already doing one based on your Ng, ng+, ng++ runs with sorceries, but I did a random selection of weapons and got daggers, whips, then halberds. Good luck to you in the future.

[@RefiaKazus]

the gullwings theme for fools idol is perfext!

[@aardvarkartichokey467]

I just beat Demon’s souls for the first time so now I can watch this :)

[@cuddlequeen3225]

I dont often see Demon's Souls challenges. Awesome.

[@Soumein]

0:32 Talking about how long this run took, and I can't help but giggle at spending so long getting the right facial hair, only to immediately cover it up with a mask. Maybe there's some symbology there.

[@kylecox3478]

Your mental strength is amazing to survive this much farming

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

Wow, you didn't even mention it, but you had 2 knives remaining for Phalanx.

[@GreekGeography0]

23:20 Poison and death cloud+thief's ring: Think again

[@austinclements8010]

i mean the run is valid, phalanx couldve been free with just the starting dagger in my opinion due to the other games needing the starting bosses killed without throwing knives

[@scottt7309]

I salute you sir. No way I'd have the patience to try what you achieved. Well done.

[@DarkCT]

that was maddening, but im surprised it was more viable than in DS1. keep those knives sharpened!

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

The legendary knife master is back with another crazy run!😂

[@docmercy3660]

I love the support among challenge runners. Like one big family that mostly gets along.

[@writtenworlds]

This exact run might actually be fun in Elden Ring. It has so many different throwing knife items, and before anyone asks; yes bone darts count as throwing knives.

[@changliu7346]

Elden ring consumables are literally op compared to any other souls games, many different variations, scaling up with stats and there are millions of different buffs that work.

[@Ranemoraken]

It looks possible, albeit painful, if only someone can mathematically solve that first boss. Cool vid.

[@sutranitsua]

That dragon god kill looks like it could be a speed run strat

[@tat3r_k1ng25]

The Monster Hunter theme was a perfect choice for the "I may be able to do this" moment after the Stealth Knife revelation 😂

[@r863sa]

I wonder if that dragon god ballista skip could be useful in a speedrun... They'd have to be an INT build I guess for the ranged damage, but could work

[@ChibiBoxing]

You've got a horrible skill in making me cringe with the bad jokes. I love it. Keep it up.

[@kazutokirigaya4208]

There’s also were very helpful item glitch in demon souls that you could’ve used to bypass the farming

[@sunsage3754]

A good video (my sympathies for your self inflicted suffering) and another youtuber to check out. You sir, are a hero too.

[@coraline2770]

Ive never seen a souls created character look like hes filled with existential dread

[@forgot7en]

If you'd started this channel in the OG DeS, you could've easily dupe glitched the daggers and saved yourself all that wasted time farming for them.

[@EchoEkow]

I’ve beaten every boss first try so far on my Demons Souls play through including flame lurker

[@programmer437]

Poison is REALLY dumb OP in DeS. This is very similar to a poison cloud playthrough.

[@kri9are80]

Love the music! Soulslike with monster hunter music 😍

[@TasTheWatcher]

the PS3 version would have been much easier, with the Stockpile Thomas duplication glitch ;)

[@tims9243]

great video as always mr leeds, i truly appreciate and applaud your effort and dedication. bravo.

[@Kili7082]

Seriously I think you can hack the throwing knife need. We would like to watch the exciting part and you have a life to.

[@theomnitorium7476]

Amazing run! I honestly don't mind if you do workarounds like dagger stabbing the Phalanx. It's just as interesting to see what isn't possible as what is possible.

[@dylankilby6785]

Do you... do you need a hug? some snacks? therapeutic recommendations? Absolutely amazing run and I'm so impressed just by how you *start* shit like this. Fantastic work!

[@PrinceKheldar25]

25:22 my 10-month old daughter has that same controller toy in pink 😅😂 But damn, can’t wait for the next installment, hopefully it won’t be as crazy as this one was.

[@iamthehobo]

25:30 my kid also has that controller toy. It did not stop him from trying to grab mine :(

[@JKLeeds]

Same with mine 😂😂😂

[@leviosdraekion6993]

25:50 hold up. Is that Proof of a hero playing in the background or are my ears deceiving me?

[@cesarbernardi1646]

20:14 - in the PS3 version, you could kill the first Maneater shooting him with a bow and poisoned arrows before crossing the fog wall. I don't know if it's still possible in the remake, nor if it's possible with kunai, but that cheese immediatelly came to mind.

[@AutoZone0001]

you cant do it in the remake. at least not with a bow, ive never tried using throwing knives but its probably safe to assume it doesnt work either.

[@cesarbernardi1646]

@@AutoZone0001 yeah, most likely not. You had to use a bow with long range in the first place (can't remember if I used the White or the Spider bow when I did it), and throwing would be pretty much free-aiming...

[@David_4682]

Oh boy, i found you just two days ago and watched your challenge runs, hopping to get more. And here we go. ^^

[@slattyrain]

This man is my hero! Favorite KZbinr

[@rogofos]

storm king was always so weird to me its this giant flying monster that inexplicably has less hp than a random hobo we meet in a prison

[@JohannesBee]

Insane dedication. You're a legend!

[@tobigomez3069]

If he suffered a lot with DS1 i can't imagine how worse it was. Oh my god, it wasn't that bad as i expected, the worst part was the beggining.

[@2manyprunes]

Fetch the straitjacket Jeeves, I've gone stark mad.

[@kulrigalestout]

"Throwing Knife Academy" sounds a bit derivative, ya know? I motion that it be known as the "Ancient and Honorable Order of Chucksters".

[@dyedie1]

This video gives me the weirdest sense of deja vu and I don’t know why

[@tripps_on_knives]

outstanding skeleton! you are in another league! those stealth knives really tripped you up huh? XD

[@NokkOnWood]

Loser Challenge Runners: I spawned 1000 knives so this was possible! Chad JKLeeds: I spent 2 months getting the required knives by an insanely low drop rate

[@FangThang]

In the words of the backlogs: farming is lame, cheats are based

[@osurpless]

On this challenge run? “The real Demon’s Souls begins here.”

[@Zyraphina]

Yes Demon's Souls challange

[@leinad8766]

You really put great effort into this run!

[@psivampire13]

If it was me, I would skip any farming and just cheat stuff in, or ask other people to help. After all, it is possible to get 99 throwing knives by farming, so it is possible, even if you don’t do the farming yourself.

[@skylerbieber4698]

A Doors and cheech/Chong reference, you sir are truly a gentleman and scholar

[@x-rayvision3802]

Your dedication is unmatched my friend 👏👏

[@bigslappy823]

Technically you DID kill the Phalanx goons with a throwing knife, you just didn't throw it to kill them. It's all about finding the loopholes in a challenge.

[@jakubpuawski3875]

great job! now, try this without save states :D

[@marfur9]

This seems horrifying and traumatic, but god damn does it make me want a ps5 just for this one game

[@chrislevack405]

I'm picking up on the song title references... was "A Million Miles Away" an Offspring nod?

[@r.c.christian4633]

I swear From Software has some kind of anti-farming built into their games. While looking at peoples drop rates for Rune Arcs in ER dropped by rats there was a similar observation done, the first few drop according to the loot table and then the chances quickly fell of a cliff for some reason.

[@glogspeeb4168]

Do you know the definition of insanity

[@freekbertens4729]

you could have also emulated / used the old demon souls and uhm "talked to thomas" if you know what im referencing, would have made it very easy to get all knives needed

[@thnecromaniac]

I love demon souls too much to allow myself to go through this pain... I would've stopped quite early so I could continue enjoying my Favourite Soulsborne

[@JKLeeds]

Understandable

[@Eli-qb2nu]

Bro shadow man title soundtrack is so good.

[@JKLeeds]

A cherished childhood classic of mine!