Shadow of the Erdtree Full Playthrough ⚔️ #8: SCADUTREE AVATAR

[@DaveTheScwede]

"Why must I always end up in its mouth?" is a Soulslike quote with some range, I tell you that

[@ArDeeMee]

No kinkshaming.

[@Imperial_Squid]

"The vore-ing will continue until morale improves" - FromSoft, probably

[@thejason755]

@@Imperial_Squid*miyazaki drenched in horny sweat, absolutely glistening* “i assure you, the vore is absolutely critical to the lore.”

[@GatorDunnAZ]

At every. single. site of grace, I have the musical paraphrase pop into my head: "Reach out and touch grace" followed by that iconic Depeche Mode guitar intro.

[@vacuumdiagram]

And now I join you too! 🤣

[@Joe90h]

It's your own personal ear worm

[@MsKornkitty]

Same. 😂

[@springer1786]

This has been the bane of my life for over 100 hours of Elden Ring, I feel your pain.

[@professor_gunk]

This is an odd way for me to learn that "reach out and touch grace" aren't the actual lyrics

[@alexv1154]

Luke, the Giant Sunflower gives you its head as a weapon, I’m begging you, Ray Sunshine needs a giant Sunflower Hammer

[@normaladultluke]

On it. You'll have to wait a few eps (I record a bit in advance) but I'm on it 🌻

[@Nooberman]

Don't worry Luke! It's just an evil plant that cheeses us!

[@mar_speedman]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who could only autofill 'it's just an evil plant' like that lol

[@CatChaos369]

🧙‍♂️ ⚡️ ❄️ 🧊 🧙‍♀️ 🥶

[@hannarchy6554]

Good to see Flowey still getting work

[@katrichardsonwriter]

All that sad music at the end of Scadutree Avatar is for YOU. "I feel so bad having to pulp this valiant human. So sad... But, it's my job.Oh well."

[@mar_speedman]

"Oh poor boy, you really thought this was a two phase boss fight? Now you only have two heals left and I have unlocked my mega AoE"

[@SDinOZ85]

Luke: ooOoOh I'm a sad flower Vaatividya: Well, actually...

[@tomgymer7719]

Never underestimate a worm. Allow no crab to live. Lessons with Luke.

[@willhill5361]

Luke! Thank to your streams, I just beat the Blood-Starved Beast in Bloodborne! I bounced off the game so many times, but thanks to your chipper attitude, can do-edness and showcasing how fun these games can be, I finally get it! I’m having a blast and fully intend on tackling Elden Ring after I rinse Bloodborne! May the good blood guide your way!

[@Sirfinchyyy]

FromSoft make some of the most rewarding games when you start to understand what you should be doing.

[@normaladultluke]

BSB is no joke! Gratz

[@lisaghost91]

Congratulations 🎉🎉

[@tino9718]

When I fought that sunflower, I had the help of a multiplayer summon called "Let me solo plant". Loved it. Also it was my very last boss in the game, so it's almost funny that Luke is there before so many other big ones.

[@thejason755]

He completely by-passed the golden hippo, the legend he is

[@tino9718]

@@thejason755 And the direction from where he entered the Specimen Storehouse! All twisted! Unbelievable.

[@Artificer1911]

Me, sitting here: "don't forget the third charge, Luke!" Luke, forgetting the third charge: *splat!*

[@TheYorkRose]

Me watching Luke fight the same repeating pattern: Luke don't forget the third attack! 😂 Me fighting the same repeating pattern: Since when was there a third attack?! 😠

[@mar_speedman]

That's not the funny part, the funny part is Luke: "don't forget the third charge, Luke!" Luke, forgetting the third charge: "Oh, third charge, is it?"

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

As someone with a genuine phobia of crabs, this was an interesting episode to watch. Or more listen to, once I noticed a crab on screen. Still.

[@judahforshey1865]

Some tips for the dlc 1. Some NPC quests require you summon them for their respective boss fights to complete 2. If there is a summon sign inside a boss arena, it means the boss hp will not increase if you summon 3. There is a weapon found in a church south of the first area that is specifically designed for the build you are doing

[@thejoshuary]

Re: #3, I posted on his video two weeks ago that he should play around with the black steel great hammer (which he already picked up) since it complements the build he’s using. I know these are recorded weeks in advance, so hopefully he’s seen the messages and checked it out. (And *hopefully* he didn’t immediately call it “rubbish” and then move on, because it’s an awesome weapon!)

[@Sirfinchyyy]

Oooo so Ray can get even better at the parrying?

[@katbercar]

Can't wait to see what he thinks of the Angry Sunflower's Remembrance weapon 🌻

[@ApophisProminence]

Loved how Luke did not make the obvious connection that the sunflower was weak to fire.

[@TheYorkRose]

I think we know that Luke considers all fire to be poor form (and tbf poor quality) so might have decided against it anyway lol

[@blarg2429]

@@TheYorkRose What about the spell where he shoots fire out of his eyeball? Seems to make good use of that periodically.

[@TheYorkRose]

@blarg2429 obvs it's a big cyclops laser to him not fire

[@mar_speedman]

@@blarg2429 That's fire? I thought that was lightning

[@blarg2429]

@@mar_speedman It's an incantation called Frenzied Burst. It does look a lot like lightning, lasers etc, but the description explicitly describes it as fire. _Incantations originating from the maddening Three Fingers._ _Releases concentrated blasts of the yellow flame of frenzy from the caster's eyes._ _Charging enhances potency, enabling the blasts to penetrate the enemy's guard._ _In times past, every single person who attempted to control the flame of frenzy succumbed to madness after a desperate internal struggle. This incantation is testament to a meager victory._

[@daianabarlow1589]

it's been a very long day and i'm so glad i can look forward to new luke videos every monday, it really makes me feel better

[@TheYorkRose]

Getting Undertale Flowey flashbacks from that boss fight

[@zombieham904]

It's so interesting to see you doing things in a totally different order than when I played! Really enjoying this playthrough :)

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

When I was viewing the battle with the evil Death plant of Mega-Dooom, the words of the great Berk from the Trapdoor sprang to mind - "A jokes a joke, but this goes some ways beyound the bounds of light entertainment!"

[@ihcfn]

BEEEERRRRKKK! Feed me!

[@koatomasbezdek4860]

Watching this on my birthday

[@edwardling9614]

Happy birthday

[@NemoTheShark]

Happy birthday!

[@ottersintuxedos4981]

Happy Birthday!

[@BerberM]

Happy birthday!

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

Hope you're having a seriously good birthday

[@abydosianchulac2]

They really did some awesome things with light in these attack designs. The Avatar's third phase attack and most of the final boss's second phase attacks (before the graphics changes) are just beautiful.

[@recognizerarcade]

The exploration in these videos makes me want to play Elden Ring again. Then a multi phase boss battle happens and I remember why I don't waste my time with it. Fun to watch others enjoy it, though.

[@Twenty_Third_Nerd2347]

I literally just got the DLC thanks to your series, and after two long sessions I’ve beaten Lion, Rellana, two dragons, a couple of black knights and many, many soldiers. Nothing shall stand against my faith/int build

[@ladyicondraco]

As someone who plays these videos for background noise and isn't always looking at the screen. I find little things like the disappointed noise additions helpful and hilarious.

[@ka-mai]

Scadutree Avatar casts Spike Growth! It's very effective.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

Not so funny when you're the victim of Merilwens meat grinder😂.

[@langdon7x]

Reminds me of the Amygdala fight. Hit the big stupid head, watch out for the arms.

[@DanMarston117]

Luke bullying the crabs as they're the only enemy he can (mostly) fight with confidence.

[@TwoLeftThumbs]

Missed opportunity when the crab was killed not to say: “How shellfish of you”.

[@IvanMyr1]

One of the bosses I've been waiting for since the series started

[@AvidCat5000]

Most of my boss fights consist of me rolling around saying, "No. No. Leave me alone!" as my mimic tear attacks with spells and bravery. Then I rush in thinking, "Hey! Stop hitting my friend, you jerk!" Sometimes the mimic gets the final blow but I'm so far dead I have to restart the fight anyway. A stressful but fun game. ✌️

[@Ashley80005]

OMG! Did that huge mutant sunflower, just have a Guardian Ape death fake out?! I see you FromSoftware!

[@nutherefurlong]

Oh, no... I still can't look at wilted sunflowers without flinching

[@himbo_noa]

I love the absolute tone-shift in the game when you enter the Shadow Keep. Less wild, completely foreboding and definitely haunted lol. so good

[@HobbyHarri]

37:26 "Stand still and be owned by me" sounds like a hilarious marriage proposal

[@Dollightful]

13:22 the crab that got away

[@thelethian]

I love how Luke has Frenzied Burst equip but never once considers using the targeted flame spell on the hard to hit weak point on the Scadutree Avatar due to his preconceived notions regarding magic use.

[@crownedclown_x]

There's something quite nice about watching Luke play SOTE while I play less stressful games

[@sywrexile3078]

Kuje said "SHA-DOE" people! He did it! 😆 Thanks for another great Scaduuoo Twoee Episode ❤

[@doctorstrangepants6706]

The piranha plant was one of the hardest bosses for me. Took me about as many attempts. Also! Go talk to the maiden next to the two fingers to see what you can make with the sunflower remembrance! You'll get a laugh at least, but it's also a great option for your current build!

[@AttackMonkey908]

Woohoo new SOTE content!

[@NemoTheShark]

Loved Luke's bipolar attitude towards the crabs 🤣 Really enjoyed the boss fight; as Luke says, it's always interesting to see how a build can be adapted to the various scenarios. And I gave Queelign that lens, too, for the exact same reason.

[@coyoteartist]

Piranha plant? The dang thing looks like a monster sunflower. Don't let it off by making it sound like a cute Mario enemy.

[@JAEman02]

As a pedantic English grad student, I feel obligated to say that haircut's "sonnet" was actually a limerick. However, it was still quite lovely.

[@tzaandor]

Struggling to not yell "Luke! Mind the FP, man!" at my phone was not how I pictured my Monday night but excellent video as usual.

[@springer1786]

That damn sunflower was, by a long shot, my most hated boss in this DLC. The realisation that it has 3 phases almost broke me.

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Scadutree avatar, my nemesis. I always have a weirdly hard time with this one.

[@davidpicagli3235]

The final stage of the fight reminded me of Hellboy 2 that plant god.

[@Bl4kAce]

You're playing through the DLC much better than I did. I got all the way to the final boss because I couldn't find the path to these other bosses, like this one.

[@ottersintuxedos4981]

I’m glad this took you a similar number of tries as me, this was one of my favourite fights in the game

[@travisspaulding5835]

That evil sunflower was my first big wall of the DLC. Definitely in the top 3 most difficult of the new boss fights imo Also, you need to try wielding the weapon that you can get from the remembrance it dropped. It’s pretty funny 😅

[@Frothmeister]

Sad music Piranha Plant was the DLC boss that took me the most attempts, which is wild, but I'm glad Ray Sunshine had the same experience... so far..

[@TheMaidenlessOne]

I love seeing people fight the scadutree avatar for the first time. everyone thinks its going to be a cake walk........then surprise MF THREE PHASES.

[@thejason755]

I just drained there today, great job bypassing the golden hippo, if i’d have done that i would have spent less time being frustrated by shadow keep.

[@aliceclarke1448]

Monday Lukeday!

[@tino9718]

39:00 I also gave Haircut the bad contact lens - just because his red summon form had attacked me twice before. ^^ Luckily that meant I could give my favorite NPC the good one later.

[@williamjones5334]

To be fair to the music going all sad, have you seen the state of the sunflower's tree? I'd be sad too if I was directly connected to a tree which looked like that.

[@Mr_RichardH]

Screaming "LASER EYES" at the monitor...

[@erink6001]

This is why I love watching playthroughs... I've done this twice now and I didn't know you could find haircut guy???? There's a door back there?????

[@tonyb6555]

1:19 Note to self: I intend to come back to this statement later in the series.

[@AmandaBee]

you're much better with the fire knights than I was. with me every time I encountered one it was like 50/50 on whether I lived or died. MAYBE 60/40

[@JoePlinkelton]

Rays Look keeps reminding me of Ganondorf

[@handyglance4848]

Ah the Angy Sunflower. Took me far too long to beat. I can’t wait for the Abyssal Woods

[@raengraves5760]

Might be worth investing some int for that striking shield, it's good for deflecting and has better recover frames on power attack than your sword

[@adriankerrison]

🎶 Lemme get some action, Storeroom Back Section 🎶

[@edwardgurney1694]

OMG ITS NOT JUST ME THAT HEARS IT

[@anthonymiller5625]

1:54 looks like something between the run up to Margit and where you fight the chariot is DS2.

[@philipmoore9098]

Suffer not a crab to live among you. -Luke 35:02

[@remembertostayhydrated]

Will Luke learn his spells at some point? Probably never. A Lord's heal is a... heal, it doesn't buff you😂

[@phantomeyebrow]

Very fast moving sunflower that. Might also be a bit of a rush.

[@RainbowTheSnail]

You should play In Sound Mind🌸💗🌸

[@infernoblayze]

To my shame I assumed the tree would endlessly respawn unless I had a specific item for the finishing blow. Left it for hours before eventually coming back to realise I just had to commit to phase three!

[@sazthompson8398]

So… yes to the crabs? No to the crabs… Just tell me where we’re at with the crabs. 🦀

[@Sirfinchyyy]

2:00 Shadow of the Erd Trolley😂

[@Imperial_Squid]

"Welcome to the Crab Zone" love a bit of Shellden Ring: Shallows of the Erd Tree 🦀🦀 Joke shamelessly stolen from Another Crab's Treasure, which I'd highly recommend you try if you haven't Luke 😁

[@ka-mai]

Shallows of the Herd Krill!

[@SolaScientia]

I'll be honest, I haven't really been watching these ones, because I'm working my way through the DLC myself and I've been avoiding spoilers. However, I had to at least watch the Scadutree Avatar fight. I'm doing a big space, because of spoilers. I did not know it was a 3 phase fight. It's the only one like it in the entire game (none of the bosses get more than 2 health bars even if they technically have multiple phases based on moves alone). I about pissed my pants when it came back a third time. I hate Friede's fight, but I love this one so much even with 3 phases. I knew Friede had 3 phases before I fought her, so I got the true experience of being absolutely floored by a surprise 3rd phase. It's my favorite fight after the Midra boss fight. I defeated Midra last night and he's the only DLC boss I've soloed. I've been bad about bringing out the Mimic, but I get sick of the assorted bs the DLC bosses pull. That and my Mimic and I've been through everything together. I make sure to support her and I don't let her just play the game for me. There have been plenty of times when she's been killed early enough that I might as well have soloed the fight or whatever. I do have a faith-based second character (she's still in Liurnia) and I've made it a rule not to use spirit summons for any boss fights. I might bring out a summons to help clear an area of annoying enemies, but so far I've managed to properly solo all the boss fights. I love my precious giant sunflower with anger issues. Luke's reaction is a lot calmer than mine was. A lot calmer. I brought the Godskin Peeler back out for this fight. Black flame damage is noticeably reduced in the DLC compared with the main game, but the sunflower just really doesn't like fire (because plant), so I just spammed the black flame tornado in the 2nd and 3rd phases. The 3rd phase is showing its desperation to keep fighting. It reminds me of the very end of the Old Demon KIng fight in DS3. How he'll just flail around weakly at the very end. Given what the Scadutree Avatar drops, there is the theory of just how closely tied to Miquella the Avatar is. I love how they hid an item that is extremely helpful in the final boss fight of the game behind an optional boss in an area of Shadow Keep that is off the critical path. Like them hiding the crystal tear for Mohg's fight behind killing an NPC, but at least that NPC is connected with Mohg and all. Queelign is a pretty weak summon. He's very squishy and not much help. I should have given him the evil iris instead. Not that I was going to use the sword either. I did give the evil one to Jolan, but I wanted the sword she has. That said, apparently she and her sister are a very strong spirit summon pair.

[@willgaines8575]

34:57 Ray Sunshine: Crab R*cist

[@00blaat00]

I clearly should go back and watch the directors cut of Free Willy.

[@fixedG]

GIANT ENEMY CRAB!

[@tomgymer7719]

Would it be worth putting a point in intelligence for the shield you got? Don't know how it compares to your sword for this build.

[@jaxon_the_nerd]

This is great

[@orionshadow7]

Have you ever thought of sorting your inventory? It's like 2 button clicks to auto-sort your entire inventory. Just fyi :)

[@JamesF0790]

Lovely start to the morning. I'm wondering, this is probably more of a patreon question so I'm not expecting a whole big answer Luke but what would you recommend as a good Elden ring build for someone who isn't especially good at fromsoft games? I'm not looking for a whole list, I mean more a general thing like "Two handed strength" or "Magic" etc.

[@Joe90h]

A good beginner weapon is the Bloodhound's Fang. Just look up the Blaidd questline and you'll get it pretty early on, you just have to take out a miniboss to get it but if you follow the quest Blaidd will be there to assist and you can also summon. It's a strength/dex weapon so you need about 18 in each I believe, which isn't too tough for a Samurai which also starts out with the reed armour, and I think also a perfectly fine bow? That basic setup will likely carry you past the point where you can easily respec if you later decide that you've seen something you prefer, but that's the setup I'd recommend to get your foot in the door. I'd also recommend going to the peninsula to the south for some early levels early on, as it's a rather low level area.

[@JamesF0790]

@@Joe90h Awesome, I'll look into it. Thanks!

[@sa-to-ri]

I would suggest STR build + 2h colossal sword (my recommendation would be the sword simply named "Greatsword"). Pairs well with the Giant Hunt or Lion's Claw ashes of war. Early on, you'll probably pick up the Lordsworn's Greatsword which you can use until you find something bigger ("Greatsword", Zweihander, Grafted Blade Greatsword, Giant-Crusher). Bloodhounds Fang is pretty good as well, like the other person mentioned, but I think it's easier to play with the colossals because they stagger enemies so much. If you go for a mainly melee focused build, you can also pretty much ignore all stats except Vigor until you have like 40-50 Vigor which easily is the most beginner friendly way to play. The only reason to level damage stats (STR, DEX, etc. that scales weapon damage) early game is to meet the stat requirements for the weapon you want to use. The increased damage from raising stats scales extremely poorly until you have levelled up your weapon a lot with smithing stones. Levelling the weapon also increases damage significantly without any stat investment, so it's generally much better to look for smithing stones until you have like a +10-15 weapon (and at that point you probably have like 50 Vigor already anyway). Just never go over 60 vigor - it's a softcap, so you barely get any more health after that. But really, there is a reason that "level vigor" is basically a meme in the elden ring community.

[@JamesF0790]

@@sa-to-ri Right, a soft cap being being the point of diminishing returns?

[@sa-to-ri]

​@@JamesF0790 More that the returns start to drop off so much that you get a better RoI by investing in other stats. The returns from Vigor actually start to drop off already at 40, but it's not until 60 it gets really bad. I'd recommend any beginner to eventually end up with 60 Vigor, but if you have 40-50 it doesn't hurt to put some points in other stats you like before finishing Vigor. If you google Vigor + Fextralife you will find a fanwiki with a table showing how many points of HP you get for every level in Vigor (I tried to link it directly, but it seems like KZbin killed my comment for that). It's a very helpful wiki in general! It contains spoilers for the game though, so be aware if you prefer to play blind. It depends on the page though, a page about a basic stat naturally contains fewer spoilers than a page about a weapon, or a boss =)

[@iris4547]

i know nothing about elden ring other than what ive seen in these videos but did luke forget he has a horse? some of the platforming over the water and the flower boss battle surely would have been easier making use of the horse?

[@sa-to-ri]

The horse summon is not available inside areas that are not considered part of the open world. This includes for example legacy dungeons (the church area is part of a legacy dungeon called Shadow Keep) and most boss rooms (if there is a golden fog door, it's a boss room even if the fight takes place "outside"). There is a number of bosses that do not have their own boss room and just run around inside the open world (for example a lot of dragons), and those you can fight on horseback. There is also a much smaller number of bosses where the horse is enabled even inside their boss room but that is very rare (I can only think of two off the top of my head).

[@MichaelWarman]

Don't you just hate it when the music gets all musicy...?

[@Icam_here]

to quote something luke once said to Ellen you didn't think there were going to be just 2 phases did you

[@RekkaZaal]

The lack of summoning when he can’t utilize his counters anyway so having a distraction would help drives me nuts. I can only hope there’s a good reason for that but who knows.

[@Blue5wirl]

Bench had it coming.

[@recognizerarcade]

Can someone tell me what version or cover of that Castlevania music is being used? I need to hear the full thing!

[@normaladultluke]

Vampire Killer from Rondo of Blood for PC Engine kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ3Eqpx_d61qa9E

[@KaraDennison]

You and I remember Free Willy very differently.

[@Ryoshima42]

Nooooo! Playlist is out of order again!!! How am I supposed to binge watch a fully operational Battle Ray???

[@jamesmolloy6924]

I missed the erdtree avatar on my first playthrough. So I guess I'm going to have to play it again... Help...me...

[@RH1812]

What would Happen do?

[@edwardling9614]

Praise cadence

[@riveramnell143]

Luck pervert 🍀

[@Sirfinchyyy]

He would praise Cadence, mostly for bad luck.

[@alecmaxwell1682]

Luke seems to have an interesting relationship with crabs.. Is this true of all pescatarians?

[@SlaughterPG]

The *shellfish made me audibly boo

[@cerosis]

But I thought.... you loved the crabs!

[@phantomeyebrow]

He said he was a crabmaker too?

[@cerosis]

@phantomeyebrow what does that even mean?!

[@phantomeyebrow]

@@cerosis Oh... he said "prepare to meet your maker" before attacking the crabs. It was fresh in my mind as I typed that so, it... made sense to me at the time.

[@cerosis]

@phantomeyebrow nah, he is a crabmaker now

[@Joe90h]

Westerway, Crafter Of Crabs... or Westerway, Underestimater Of Worms.

[@laurenheimb6394]

I’m surprised more people haven’t clocked this but you can get your flask to +12 effectiveness so it looks like he is missing 2 Sacred Tears from the base game. Otherwise, you’re doing incredibly well.

[@DanMarston117]

"I haven't been using spirit summons" *Has used Tiche at every given opportunity*

[@billthebodyguy]

Attack its weak point for massive damage!

[@katfromthekong414]

Never watched Free Willy and never will! I always thought it exceptionally cruel to make a whale play Willy, the whale that gets heartwarmingly saved from his depressing existence in a tiny pool, only to then stick him right back into that same depressing existence in a tiny pool. 😒

[@Ashley80005]

Wow, why is this fight giving me Guardian Ape from Sekiro, vibes?! Is it just me? This is weird!

[@mononoke721]

I get the impression he knew about the third phase for the Scadutree Avatar given how nonplussed he was, which is a little disappointing, as this boss being rather crap and the fact you have to fight it trois fois was not an amusing state of affairs when I reached its third phase. Certain words were had with Miyazaki-san, and they were not complimentary, let me tell you!