Dark Souls 2: All Sorceries Showcase

[@Grintka]

And that is how showcases are done.

[@millo7295]

(everyone else who's done this quits cause people are just mean about it)

[@77Fortran]

I admire magic users for being able to put up with that casting sound every single time!

[@Kelsper]

You drone it out eventually, haha.

[@LugeTuber1]

It's not that bad really

[@derekjohnson9891]

LugeTuber it also helps if you make your own sounds as well lol

[@collapsus8446]

+derek “mrdjohn0120” johnson ..Oh, you mean like "Chiyowng" or "chiyung"..LOL XD \[T]/ Praise the Sun!

[@derekjohnson9891]

Collapsus wow. This was commented about over a year ago. I still make sounds. This game is to fun. I try to make holy noises when i play a faith build.

[@MageKnight404]

Look at all of these different ways I can cast Magic Missile! Swinging a huge ethereal greatsword has my attention...

[@arbintor]

The soul great sword wrecks bosses. I can use it four times and it normally slices half their total health after using all castings. My staff of wisdom is +3 and I just finished NG.

[@guitarmasterme]

***** really, I didn't encounter any problems on my mage before ng +++ you just need to get the moonlight greatsword make it enchanted(not magic), and staff of wisdom max it out, and a 100% shield, then you are set! I wreck freaking havock on that char, I always 5-6 shot bosses even on ng+++

[@cerealofsoose3935]

*108 souls arrows*

[@apewithheadphonesKK]

man i love the concept of the magic greatsword and the moonlight greatsword i like to imagine the enemies see an old guy coming and are all relieved and shit and the man just goes like "i shall beat you with the power of intelligence" pulls out a giant sword and just massacres the enemies

[@JAILBREAKER259]

+apewithheadphonesKK This made me laugh harder than it should have.

[@danlorett2184]

MIND SWORDS

[@highlightermarca-texto3281]

There should be a version of the Moonlight Greatsword for Faith builds though...

[@zackbozz269]

@@highlightermarca-texto3281 elden ring has one now

[@Celestial93]

What i really like about dark souls 2 is that all the sorceries and hexes are released from the tip of the staff. Unlike in dark souls 1 and 3 where for some reason the spells are released from the center of the staff where your hands are holding it.

[@sage94]

I think this was done intentionally because of how wonky the projectiles can be when they originate from the top of the catalyst. In general, the taller the staff, the further away from the target you have to be to hit them with a basic projectile. There's also some weirdness where a tall staff can target enemies directly below you, but a short staff cannot. If you've played the Convergance mod for DS3, you'll know what I'm talking about. Yeah, it looks a lot better and its more satisfying for a spell to come from the staff, but it adds a lot of clunkiness because of how the lock-on targetting works. Having projectiles originate from the caster's hand eliminates these variables.

[@Ragitsu]

@@sage94 It still looks way better.

[@sage94]

@@Ragitsu yeah, I wasn't arguing that it doesn't

[@Ragitsu]

@@sage94 Basically, if you _can_ handle the difficulties of what you've described as a suboptimal game mechanic, then you're left with a more aesthetically pleasing display of power that doesn't require much of a sacrifice on the player's behalf.

[@CsrSnchz-wc5zo]

Man, i love the huge variety of spells in DS2, makes most of them play and feel very different and useful in many ways.

[@coleainslie5386]

I have to say, I love magic in dark souls 2 some of the spells look amazing

[@AdamBarkerThe]

Great video, havent played as a caster yet. Doing that next game I thinks.

[@SparklyTwo]

What are you doing here lol?

[@kylesunshine2731]

Lol

[@OXXOI77777]

Holy shit soul geyser

[@damienmichiels4119]

I couldn't choose between sorcerer or warior build. So I got a combination of both. Works better than expected exept for PVP. But the PVP part might be me.

[@trentcallahan8461]

Spellsword? I made the same it's fun, I have tanky armor and I rip enemies apart but I try to avoid ranged attacks because I don't want to be the sorcerer to stand a mile away and attack

[@damienmichiels4119]

@@trentcallahan8461 a faith/strenght build is also alot of fun, and very close and personal. Have played the shit out of this game the past 6 years lol

[@trentcallahan8461]

@@damienmichiels4119 All the fantasy or RPG games I played I start with a spellsword/battlemage build because first magic is fun and it has nice aesthetics but using swords or axes as well as being up close and personal is fun and actually having to put effort into dodging and getting good hits is fun to. My current build is a a spellsword wearing havel's armor, using the fire longsword and having a chime and staff in my off hand, I plan on changing out the fire longsword for the blue flame a sword that cast sorcereries, havel's great shield and pyromancy in the off hand with the shield so I can cast stronger shield to make the great shield even stronger, use crystal weapon and soul greatsword to support my sword attacks and finally using numb to take more hits aswell as pyromancy for some destructive close range spells if I'm grouped up on or I want to have some extra fun.

[@jefthereaper]

I like how there are a lot more spells for all types of magic, and they seem improved a lot, would be less of a bother to play full mage then in dark souls 1 (tried playing as a full mage, ended up playing as a greatsword wielder XD)

[@Sealonark]

Fantastic showcase.

[@lukegraf9365]

Thank you for putting so much time and effort into this video.

[@of-fx5ou]

Hidden weapon + washing pole, Hehehehe...

[@dannyg4835]

sir god bless you

[@Blazur]

Great video, thanks! You sold me on the sorc as my first class.

[@RafaelElectronic]

Would it have killed the creators of this game to vary the magic sound effects a little?

[@Battleguild]

The game was almost put into development hell. Halfway through, most of the assets were scrapped and had a change of directors. We're actually really lucky from what we got. I just wish DS3 carried more mechanics that DS2 brought forward.

[@RafaelElectronic]

@@Battleguild In 6 years, I never knew that, so thank u. I gotta give them a little more credit in that case

[@hippityhoppitygetoffmyprop1000]

@@RafaelElectronic who knows if there might be remake of dark souls 2 on the ps6?

[@sanspapyrus9564]

Hey all the soul arrow and soul spear sounds in ds1 are the same

[@JrKengu]

@@sanspapyrus9564 and in ds3 too, no? Also in Ds2 they actually dont all sound the same, there are subtle differences that only a sorcerer main will notice, and also the sounds change depending on distance travelled in DS2, which is not something thats in the first or 3rd game either,

[@chaoticnote]

"Fall Control: Reduces damage taken when falling from heights." Reduce? More like Negate! Someone explain please.

[@zortrixkarltrac98]

If you fall from a height that would normally kill you, you will still die (I think).

[@zincgoblin7538]

It removes fall damage completely, unless it is a fall considered 'lethal' to your character. So if you have 1500HP, you will take no damage unless the fall will do 1500+ damage to you.

[@starbucksgamingofficial]

Useless. Silvercat Ring wins

[@christophercollins3632]

Starbucks Coffee Gaming Channel Fall Control isn’t useless. It stops 15000 damage. Silvercat stops around a 1000. There are times it can be useful. Like wearing heavy armor and huge weapons makes you take substantially more damage, and they don’t like having to take everything off.

[@mlevis05]

Super helpful! Thanks for all the hard work man!

[@AkachiS]

yay description table of contents :)

[@MegaChaos91]

I needed this. Thanks.

[@Ragitsu]

Awesome Kelsper.

[@cand7e7ack]

thanks for putting a video just starting a mage build this is a very good reference vid.

[@tryxinos]

thanks so much for this vid! nice and hard work man! thumbs up :) HONESTLY

[@LiggyMustard]

I love combining soul vortex and soul shower. Throws everyone off and looks intense

[@Nocure92]

Fine work, sir.

[@IsraTheBlack]

Thanks for posting this video man. Can't wait for the hexes.

[@Emberrs]

Never knew strong magic shield would be that useful!

[@CorruptH3ro]

Great video! thanks!

[@jadedtrekkie]

4:45 Of note you can ascetic instead of ng+, I believe the old paledrake soul is from Freja

[@robynhighart2026]

Greater Heavy Homing Burning Candy Dispensing Soul Arrow . *Effect* - Similar to Greater Heavy Homing Burning Soul Arrow but with a slower cast time and more candy.

[@potatocity121]

Only valuable speel is Chameleon, rest is unworthy. Turning into a box, that's real deal.

[@hardcastlemccormick9279]

Awesome vid! The only thing that bugs me is that you used enemies with varying resistances, so at times it was hard to get an accurate picture of how much damage the spells do relative to one another. (like heavy soul arrow dealing way less dmg than soul arrow since you used it on old knights)

[@christainvital495]

Thank you I feel the location is most useful ( not that everything else wasn't the whole video is helpful) because now I may go and look specifically for the spells I would like thanks one again -like-

[@christainvital495]

Didn't mean to cross that out

[@Lemkinizer]

I never play as a magic user. I'm going to have to try my hand at it.

[@derpkerp6750]

I reskilled my character at SL 130. I put 20 in most things, 25 in attunement, 40 dex and 5 faith and 18 strength. then I put my Int to 15. At 15 you get pretty much everything you could possibly need. I uses pyromancy, Bow-arrows, magic, It's all very fun to use, it's good at everything but great at nothing i guess you could say lol.

[@intensepraisingofthesun14]

Soul arrow: small amount of damage Also soul arrow: 399 damage

[@martinhove]

thanks bro! verry helpfull.. subed ;)

[@morganpriest7726]

I find it odd that ds2 has the projectile come out of the end of the staff and not where your hand is. Strange.

[@GlawiousAldredMarci]

Heavy soul arrow is actually weaker than great soul arrow, but it has higher poise damage. :3

[@ThePunishersRevenge]

i like this class

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

VERY NICE

[@TheNenad4]

Ok thanks for answering...Im in that section in game when you find ring of king( ring that opening big gates) so Im not able to use some of those powers but for now Im usong dark orb for enemis and bosses lighting spear wich is miricale stuf. Is that winstom best staf you can get in Ds2?

[@rjasontwenty1099]

what's the best character build for mage warrior?...focuse on str end fth and int?

[@hugowalenkamp5235]

Sorcerer

[@budapesteBR2012]

my build is in the lvl 70 i am with 40 with int and i get 4 magics, 5 faith, 11 force, and 9 in dex. What kind of build i can create beyond sorcerer...for pvp what is the best decision, i using too a fire broadswor with fire.Hence forwar i should prioritize what status to go up???tks, sorry my bad english

[@nvastamaki]

How did you get so many of each sorcery? Also does (spoiler) freja drop the paledrake soul in each new game. So once in NG+ and again in NG++? (Or by using bonfire ascetics)

[@Kelsper]

Attuning multiple versions of same spells, hexer's hood increase casts, higher attunement increases casts. Freja will drop the Old Paledrake Soul on every fight from NG+ onwards.

[@therisenpride3976]

i really wish sorcerer had more basic spells than just soul arrow,it gets rather boring after a while. the higher spells are pretty god yea,but hex has ton more of basic powerful and creative spells,i get they was trying to give the hex spells a more dark theme but it kinda cut the sorcerer short

[@pedrobenetti5943]

4:14 the perfect timing dodge

[@UncleNavi]

Note: Chameleon does let you block while you are disguised as flower pots.

[@lotr16816828]

does unleash magic buffs weapons buffs too? like if i crystal magic weapon buff on my weapon, would the magic portion of the damage increased by 20%?

[@zuzz4able]

Straid of Olaphis also selling Cast Light

[@diamonddonut]

and extreme great vid... i wonder, i never used magic before even in DS1, which character to choose if i want both good weapons and a magic spells, i am into good weapons as a mjor and spells as minor.

[@lucapohler3377]

nice ty for Video :)

[@dalf_souls2199]

how about doing an updated version with all the nerfed spells like soul geyser or soul bolt, also soul spear feels slower to cast than crystal soul spear with high cast speed

[@codafett]

From really went all out with Magic this time.

[@lycanhide8405]

I forgot the most important one there’s focus souls

[@Themonoshadow]

How do you apply magic to the sword?

[@intermedianguitarsguild4482]

what are the overall best spells for pvp/pve?

[@FlawlessKratos]

How come I can only use the soul geyser only when I have the hexer's hood ;o

[@timcronin5107]

Amazing video, question tho, can Yearn be destroyed by the enemies? Can the orb that Yearn produces be destroyed once it lands on object?

[@Battleguild]

No, it lasts until its timer goes out.

[@potatocity121]

I love magic but magic in dark souls generally seems little poor. You need to cast same spell over and over again to kill an enemy which I can kill with 3-4 hit and even I am practically at the beginning of the game. It would run out of casts. There are people who does huge damages with spells, true but like in Ng++...+. It takes time, patience and a lot of work to make something out of magic, more than it deserves imo. Btw it could be very different for pvp, I am talking about pve. Maining magic seem like not worth it but using it definetly worthy and needed. Heals and buffs for exp. For damage magics, I do using them as spice, for difference. Specially pyromancy is not bad at all. Gotta put some spice :)

[@GiligamerMC]

the advantage is you can stay away form enemys, but you cant do that all the time, and even if some bosses are easier to attack that way, some are also harder, for examplo, the last giant, because for him, meele is better, of course if you take up some strength and dex, you can use magic weapons, like for example, you can dual wield blue flame, and use moonlight greatsword as a secondary weapon, and have a shield just in case, and use the dark witch staff so you can use magic, miracles, and dark magic (including the ones that use a sacred bell). also have a pyromancy flame, nd you got a multi-use mage, you can fight in many different ways.

[@braggdesollador7124]

Does unleash magic also buff hexes' damage?

[@ParanoiaGentlman]

Dark magician diffusion wave motion! 6:56

[@OnyxNobunaga]

How come repair didn't work

[@nyzellovret5836]

Did the range to lock target increased?

[@Adeon55]

Wait, so how did you cast Soul Geyser which req 64 Int, with only 53 base Int (+1 from Hexer gear)??

[@Kelsper]

I used spices to get the requirements down.

[@Adeon55]

***** Oooh the Simpleton's Spice, I see, thank you! I didn't know they could be stacked like that :-D

[@dlin223]

I respectfully request some advice from pros. Should I use Sorceries or Miracles, if I'm a guy that's all about "flashy attacks"?

[@gregphilippon3417]

What type of flashy are you looking for? A melee build with magic/faith integrated (buff build) or a full-on magic/faith build with fast cast speeds?

[@dlin223]

I'm thinking of having a holy knight build. So melee build with magic/faith integrated. Thanks for helping by the way.

[@Eric4bz]

I still say a magic buff, magic blue flame is the best catalyst.

[@violenceandforce1991]

how can you make additional casts of spells? I want also 50 casts :D

[@johnnyjoestar7105]

For one you can stack the spells, like having two attunement slots with soul arrow in both of them. Another option is one I'm not to sure on, but it seems that as I increase my attunement that every once in a awhile I'll get another use for any spell, rather it be sorcery, miracles or hexes.

[@timcronin5107]

@@johnnyjoestar7105 Imagine stacking Soul Geusyer or however u spell it. Im a knight main, never done spells, About to beat Dark Souls II, thinking about trying out magic in Dark Souls III

[@johnnyjoestar7105]

@@timcronin5107 man I've seen ppl do crazy glass cannon builds doing with stacks of soul geyser but you have to go into new game plus for that lmao. I cant believe I got notified from this comment 5 years ago tho that's wild. I think dark souls 3 magic is solid so I'd recommend it, the system feels sleek. Cheers man

[@tomasdelcampo2]

Im going to play dark souls 2 and have no previous experience(noob), should I go with sorcerer or knight or something else?

[@Kelsper]

Depends - if you know what you're doing, spells can make the PvE very easy - if you want my say, you should probably get used to melee combat in your first playthrough IMO.

[@tomasdelcampo2]

I want to play melee but I don't want to get stuck at some point and have to restart. Im not sure if that could happen but still This game seems ridiculous

[@zincgoblin7538]

Saif Alkuwari Reallocating souls has its disadvantages. You spent quite a bit upgrading the gear for one character, to have to restart with another.

[@ihopenicklives7678]

i watched ur playthrough of fire emblem shadow dragon english dub japanese version thing :D !

[@Walnutty]

so I only missing hidden weapon :o thanks alot! time to get platimun trophy ;)

[@MultiGeorge101]

You can have more than 99 spell casts for spells??

[@Kelsper]

Looks like it, though multiple copies of Soul ARrow are easy enough to get.

[@Arickdesu]

How do you increase the ammount of spells?

[@TheHaloViper]

Either finding/buying more "scrolls" and then attuning them or increasing attunement. Increasing attunement slightly increases casts at certain boundaries whereas attuning two of a spell doubles the casts

[@marcussmith7409]

Ariel Ezra You can also equip a ring and possibly other equipment that increases your amount of casts.

[@Kaozed]

Why 50 50 int/faith

[@alucardfu2]

14:13 Prop hunt Dark souls version.

[@zachking71]

Makes me sad I'll never got to use soul geyser at full power:(

[@TheNenad4]

Wich of them are most efective?

[@Requeium]

Pure damage dealing aspects from weakest to strongest (potentially): soul vortex, soul spear, soul greatsword, crystal soul spear, soul geyser. those can deal the heaviest damage from my experience, everything else is basically just to get attention or for awkward situations, shockwave is nice for stunning an opponent or two, soul spear barrage is pretty worthless, even with stacked skill points for damage you won't do enough to kill anything of worth, even hitting with all shots, nowhere near as powerful as soul geyser. crystal soul spear does some extremely hardcore damage and like the standard soul spear casts relatively quickly and pierces infinitely. in a hallway full of enemies, css can decimate pretty much any fodder enemy. soul geyser wrecks bosses, it's kinda ridiculous actually. also, with regards to why soul vortex is on that list: if you can use it correctly it can be very handy, and rather powerful, I am currently using it in NG+ on my mage at Heide's tower of flame and if you can get into a decent area, it can stun lock old knights and deal about half their health bar in one shot. only issue is that if it hits a wall, a pillar or the floor it dissipates and falls apart, barely doing anything damage wise. great for large enemies and bosses though

[@Lore9979]

***** nice bro

[@craiggillumjr5791]

Am I the only one who likes to make "Pew pew" noises while casting Soul Arrow?

[@niikojo8774]

So hush is only good for sneaky pvp?

[@octavioussage7284]

Probably but I think it's mane use would be to stop that annoying noise

[@zetareticuli3891]

Am I the only one disappointed with how non-threatening the enemies in DS2 were? The only ones were the Magnet Knights that had bs hit box that always hit 360 degree. That was forced difficulty on their behalf. The only really good thing IMO about DS2 was the PvP. That was superb. I loved Power Stancing.

[@n0bler624]

Zeta Reticuli non threatening? Man did you play the dlc's? Or some of the more "difficult" areas? Some if not most of the enemies were poise monsters with ridiculous hitboxes and stunlock combos

[@LightStorm.]

You missed one

[@red5robb1]

how the hell do you have so many casts? my couple friends are still trying to figure out how I got 3 in soul geyser

[@red5robb1]

nvm, read other comments lol

[@timcronin5107]

Ik im 6 years late, this more to answer other people who have this same question. You can stack the same spell in multiple spell slots. Thats why he has so much Soul Geyser cast

[@Integritys_Sum]

You are awesome

[@firehashira7997]

I like the final one

[@EdenianRoyalty]

Wish soul vortex was still in DS3

[@hitagisenjougahara3515]

So much nuke and laser.

[@TheWraithkiller]

What armour set is that?

[@Kelsper]

Hexer's Set.

[@TheWraithkiller]

It appears my terrible internet connection has made me a fool. For your compassion of not destroying me my friend, I thank you. May the sun forever praise you.

[@Kelsper]

TheWraithkiller No problem. \[T]/

[@xsorrowxkingx5051]

They misspelled something. It is not Soul Spear Barrage. It is Soul Spear Massage.

[@stetsonerickson9940]

How the hell does he have so many casts?!!!?!!? I had 85 attunement and 70 intelligence and only had like 15 extra casts on most spells

[@lucianburito9042]

he attuned more than one copy of that spell

[@stetsonerickson9940]

lucian burito oh I didn't know you could do that! Thanks so much!

[@lucianburito9042]

Stetson Erickson no prob

[@That_Reikigirl_Sims]

is soul spear barrage worth it?

[@Ben-od5kv]

No.

[@panospapavasiliou174]

Imagine to stuck unleash magic with sacred oath buffs together you can 1 shot bosses with soul gayzer 😂

[@mr.jabbywock1830]

I this before the soul guyser Nerf

[@MetalNick]

Anyone know how to use Great Magic Weapon? Naturally, there is no explanation in game. I tried using a chime in one hand to apply the spell to a weapon in the other but that doesn't work so..

[@gamemaster2638]

Duh, great magic weapon use staff as catalyst, not a chime. Some weapons cannot be enchanted with such spells.

[@danielmartinez3994]

Bro why do sorcery animations look so cool and badass in DS2 and are so derpy in DS1 and DS3?

[@FaizanShaikh02]

Missed focus souls.

[@jackholliday4494]

Spend souls on leveling up in attunment

[@fejkaTV]

hexes and pyromancy please :D

[@kittymcjesus149]

Very Nice and good profile pic lol

[@thebusinessgoat]

I'm a pussy to build a magic character, they look so vulnerable with their slow castings

[@GlowZoe]

I can cast heavy soul arrow in half a second just level up