Can I Beat Dark Souls 3 Using Only AOE Attacks?

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Took an AOWee bit longer than expected to get this video out, which is ironic since I pretty much had to be in the zone for this one... or something to that effect... but there you go :) 0:00 Intro 2:38 Stand My Ground 3:14 Early Game 17:24 Mid-Game 35:01 Late-Game Original Intro Song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKG6dYdpn9CEgbs Outro song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGeklmlnbLprjsk If you would like to support the channel, you can become a channel member and gain access to perks like early access: kzbin.info/door/TXq-6py1mnaAmVadMeY_Cgjoin Discord: discord.com/invite/9wmc2AV6fJ

[@tjgifford4174]

Hehehe

[@taguri04]

Peak song at 02:38

[@handwerkergermany8587]

Dragonslayer Armor Revenge

[@F3M-B0Y]

For the shortcut I am just gonna say wellcome (or welcome?)to dark souls 2+1 m'y friend

[@lobstrosity7163]

penis

[@PressContinue]

Woops. I just noticed I said "isolation" in the princes fight where I should have said "insulation" (the Dutch word for insulation is "isolatie" so that's where the confusion came from)

[@champiggyfrm_pig5271]

In french it's quite literally "isolation"

[@mortisCZ]

Similar to Czech. You can be both isolated and insulated if you're izolovaný. 😀

[@serpentsembrace782]

Your mastery of English is better than most native speakers with all the puns you come up with! I think we'll forgive a simple mistake every now and then.

[@NAWWMANNN]

Perhaps one day, with a lot of work and patience, we will be able to forgive you

[@zhmyh6599]

It's also the same in both Russian and Romanian

[@BaronsCastle]

At first I was all like, AYO???, but then I was like WHEEEEEE!

[@MazeMaker4Life]

My bro got hit with ADHD hard with this one 😂

[@PressContinue]

I was expecting Babza to comment that. Because I would assume that's how Italians pronounce it. EY OH WEE!

[@Babza_Jr]

@@PressContinue I’ve been staring at the description for 5 minutes now and still can’t work out AOE pronounce it…

[@PaulRoche-iv4oh]

Pretty normal

[@JKLeeds]

I went from laughing at the AoWii joke to crying when you reminded me of the Wii's release 😢 That was areal downer...more like an Area Old Effect for me...

[@mr_flolp6605]

yeah i felt that too

[@azmakikian5400]

Really Leed us up to that Wii joke there didn't you?

[@ElectricBookWorm]

I told my wife about the release date and wii both felt super old.

[@RevyngeV2]

@@ElectricBookWormrewiiease date..

[@Phantom_of_Black]

So for some clarification for the storyteller staff poison - for some reason its dot calculation is completely different from all other poison sources available to the player. Both poison's and toxic's damage is a combination of flat damage and % max hp damage and the Storyteller staff's poison has very low flat damage but much higher % max hp damage - so on high HP targets like bosses it outdamages toxic but on players it might actually end up weaker than regular poison.

[@PressContinue]

It's the kind of poison that tells its own story I suppose...

[@Phantom_of_Black]

@@PressContinue it spins a Scarlet tale of Rot and Decay.

[@TheTamally]

The reference to Chaos Storm one-shotting Manus was a very slick callback to the one-shot challenge The Backlogs did. That comment does not even begin to explain how much luck went into actually getting that one-shot lmao

[@PressContinue]

Actually none of us used chaos storm to one-shot manus (some of us tried, including myself) but we succeeded with fire tempest. However Manus can in fact be one-shot with chaos storm as well. That has been done. But the thing is that with the lava pools and the lower damage of the fire pillars themselves, that's even MORE RNG heavy than with fire tempest

[@connorburris4846]

@@PressContinue You remember that by heart now, don't you? The ~*Trauma*~

[@hawksweldon3493]

Ok so here is the thing the weapon art of the Morne's great hammer is an AOE and does ridiculous damage for even higher NG cycles. Waiting to see it in action.

[@davidteachout1888]

I've gotten almost 3k damage in one use with 60 STR 60 FTH. That thing is cracked.

[@noble3696]

Its just not the same as using Grant though blessed rock on a stick

[@AlejandroMartinez-fw3gt]

Yes, you indeed got hit by a shortcut

[@scottt7309]

Always a sign of a good video when that's first scene

[@alextapia8798]

10 seconds in and i felt that shortcut hitting back

[@PressContinue]

Shortcut instantly cut it short and cut me no break...

[@Meatman-1527]

33:21 HE SAID THE THING! HE SAID THE THING!

[@rodefshalom]

“… can is half a dance already.” This is one of the best bits of wordplay I’ve heard. Chef’s kiss!

[@GeeMachine]

33:21 fighter pl and lost made me have memories

[@andyjpower1]

Your commentary and script are spot on press! Good job

[@dudarewsky]

To make "Pilgrim Pupa" even funnier, "Pupa" means "Butt" in Polish. You're welcome.

[@ohrpggaming]

Thank you for the humor and wisdom in your content. Very much appreciated and needed. Especially after a shitastic few days of work.

[@bingusbongus9807]

its the cirlce man with his little controller, what will he do next!!!!!!!!

[@battlemole8233]

19:14 this is the only situation that i find that man even slightly funny

[@kvahlman]

Great run and even greater editing I must say, good job!

[@hellspawn22001]

Who ever had “presscontinue would mention Gene Kelly in a Dark souls 3 video” on your bingo card it’s your lucky day.

[@gb9884]

Your puns are always next level 😂 When shit hits the Suly-fan got a good laugh out of me.

[@grfrjiglstan]

I love that you killed the Crystal Sage with a mix of poise & poison. Gavlaan would be wheely proud.

[@ShikiRen]

2:50 class choice of music! 24:06 that pun physically hurt 32:28 YOU!

[@jeremyparsons2944]

The giant doesn't ignore Hodrick, but it does stop attacking when you pick up all the white branches by the white tree (and the giant dies when you get the branches from every tree)

[@PressContinue]

Oh... woops...

[@Arden747]

Cool video idea again PressContinue. I love your Runs and especially that you are still giving Bloodborne lots of love which still is my favorite From Soft game. I wish you have a nice day

[@kulrigalestout]

I think if "Quelana" wasn't in the title and he wasn't such a huge fan of her, he probably would have been fine with teaching out of that tome. The only other tome he won't read is the Grave Warden one, and that's because the magic itself disturbs him. Every other book he's like "hell yeah, let's learn this bish".

[@christianstachl]

Wolnir Automata...you deserve the Like for this pun alone 😂

[@themangoninja8]

Loved that edit at the end. Sick vid!

[@nonibologna9819]

something i dont see people talk about is the weapon art of the talisman, its what people use perserverance for but just on an L2

[@OzzyBlazeGaming]

I watched the "Stand My Ground" part way too many times. Just perfection. Incredible work on the thumbnail as well and thanks for putting it in the video. I don't know if I've seen that before

[@HUNTERxROY]

im just 7 seconds in and already crying laughing because you got hit by a shortcut XD

[@Drakkanoth]

Press, this is a great video so far, and I’m sure it’s going to be great by the time I finish it. But, I had to pause at 23:04, because I explicitly remembered the spell being called “Pestilent Mercury” and have been corrected by numerous people, claiming it was always “Pestilent Mist.” I feel so vindicated for all those times they gave me shit for referring to it as “Pestilent Mercury.” I have no idea why they renamed it. “Pestilent Mercury” sounds so dangerous and volatile. “Pestilent Mist” sounds so boring in comparison. Truly a mist-ake on From’s part. Edit: At 32:04, regarding the fat rolling: If I recall correctly, those little lizard things that roll at you like boulders have a spit attack. Getting hit by it causes you to fat roll temporarily. There’s one right next to the ladder you have to climb up to get to the slab and the npc. Edit Edit: I have falsely accused the rock lizards of crimes they did not commit. I am truly sorry to all parties who have suffered as a result of my claim.

[@PressContinue]

They do? I don't recall that ever happening. I think I was simply holding too much weight when switching gear around

[@Drakkanoth]

@@PressContinue Okay, I had to double check: they don’t have a spitting attack at all. I don’t know what enemy I am thinking of, or if said enemy even exists. I would like to think I am confusing the rock lizards with a different FromSoft enemy that does have a similar attack, but honestly I can’t be sure. The rock lizards are innocent. I concede.

[@PressContinue]

@@Drakkanoth Don't the crabs have a spit attack like that?

[@Drakkanoth]

@@PressContinue They do! That could have been what I was thinking of. Similar color palette, I guess. Could have sworn there was an enemy that slowed you down with spit in one of the games, but I don’t think it was this one.

[@MazeMaker4Life]

@@Drakkanoth rock lizard lives matter!!!

[@Evarakeus]

The difference between Crystal Hail and Founding Rain of Stars is that FRoS doesn't track. Magic Downpour is actually a better comparison, being that it's functionally identical

[@PressContinue]

Yeah, fair enough

[@BenjaminGaming87]

ive never seen this done before but ive always wanted to see elden ring with only the crag blade ashe of war: specifically the hitbox of putting your weapon in the ground

[@Ace-yo3vm]

Great gameplay and challenge as always Oh and 16:15 Well bless you Press LoL

[@bhopr3800]

Really loved how unique this one felt, lots of old favorite attacks (hello again Storyteller's Staff). I don't anticipate you'll see this, but I'd been watching a lot of your DS2 and DS1 challenge videos which have always been some of my favorites, and I was thinking about some of the specific methods the challenges revolved around. A lot of them used one single R2 attack or single weapon ability, and I feel like Elden Ring has sort of been lacking in the department of weird-ass unique weapon attacks. However, with the new DLC, we got a couple of options- one of them is the Smithscript Greathammer. I had a concept for a challenge run using only it's unique R2 throwing attack fully charged, but without leveling endurance, so it drains your entire stamina bar every time you use it. One other idea was the new Repeating Crossbow weapon art (basically Gael's machine gun move), with a resource conservation based challenge of using only certain kinds of bolts or something along those lines, since it takes ~20 bolts every time you fire it and does below-average damage with a long animation. Love your stuff as always and I would freak out if ever you saw this and took inspiration from it! Thanks again for the content.

[@SwolbiWanKenobi]

I cast AoE attack: Fist! used to be a joke, but thanks to the dryleaf arts even your local meathead can join in on the AoE fun! Another fantastic run!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks Swolbi! 👊

[@xxtoxicbanditxx9930]

16:18 bless you

[@monoturiim1992]

I really like u coz u even take the effort to explain those aoe terms and meanings Even though most gamers know of like dps,burst,passive etc…. But u give effort to educate those who don’t know about gaming terms ❤ Really makes me appreciate u more P.s ur funny Mr pupa 😂 Btw engrish is not my first language sorry to all the English teachers 😅

[@DoomWolfOfficial]

Imagine if you had to 6033 curse rotted greatwood... lol great video!

[@nakishodoglitterfox]

Got to say I really appreciate the musical intro. Also good video!

[@kita7823]

Which ost is this

[@willowy_wisp]

great vid as always!

[@ВладиславКовальков-с4и]

Andre on dums had me fricking rolling

[@IDamiico]

the level and rate at which you produce consistent high level puns, every video, is seriously impressive

[@MaxiefromMarz]

another great video ang run! good job

[@Lodestone8]

44:30 it might be a preventative measure so that you won't get hit by something you had no chance of seeing to get the timing of the roll right.

[@PressContinue]

Perhaps

[@limenade5941]

26:15 “Grabalicious”

[@Soapy-chan]

the puns are molnir perfect in this run aoegain

[@Notintheface0]

I enjoy seeing more DS3 challenge runs

[@TheMoogleKing93]

You managed to integrate a lot of cool options into one run, I was surprised a few of them surfaced.

[@goldsomeone]

the ritual spear fragment looks really fun to use on pve ngl

[@no1normal750]

33:19 haven't heard that name in years

[@noble3696]

Since you mentioned Mornes Hammer being similar to Grant Fun Fact: the motion value of Grants jumping attack combined with its weird scaling means the jumping attack nearly always did the EXACT same damage as its proto weapon art

[@irregulore]

Less than 5 seconds into the video and I learned something new. Didn’t know about that tree shortcut.

[@axlmarr8878]

Leaving the sneeze in and animating it was definitely the right choice

[@xsxoxo]

LMAO the Crystal Sage part was so awesome with the jokes 😂

[@Eric-gd6fr]

Woohoo dark souls 3 content love to see it

[@NestoriWasTaken]

13:52 Cornyx is so real for that

[@satosato4169]

This intro!!! I fucking love it

[@massaosaito4084]

BROTHER!!! (in Space Marine's voice), I watch your channel for YEARS now, but I'm still impressed, how the feck you can do so many puns???

[@NoForksGiven]

If you want to get pedantic then the basic fireball IS an AOE. It can hit multiple enemies if they're close enough, it just has a very small radius. If you want to get REALLY pedantic then The Soul Spear spell is an AOE. It's area is in a straight line but it can hit multiple enemies along that line. Also every melee attack is an AOE since every weapon can hit multiple targets in one swing. Then there's Lightning spells that cause a small AOE if the enemy is standing in water. I could go on but I think you get the point

[@MicroMidas]

Fun run! :)

[@pkmnherofan22]

Compared to most challenge runs this just looks like a lot of fun

[@thetrueking9053]

little lesser known fact is that the sleeping wolnir is a different wolnir with a different hitbox and whatnot, if you hit him while he's close to death you basically get to restart the fight you just sat around on XD

[@bloomsux69]

Thanks for the existential crisis in the beginning, I still can’t believe the Wii came out 18 years ago

[@retroshark8]

November rain. Wasn't expecting that reference... But it was a pleasant surprise

[@Edrogrimshell]

Within Temptation, Stand My Ground, good song choice.

[@adamyohan]

45:05 this exact thing happened to me a few weeks ago trying to no hit him LMAO

[@PressContinue]

Well, nameless king is quite the chad

[@420quickscoper5]

is it just me or was this by far the most pun filled video yet?

[@PressContinue]

I honestly thought this was a very timid video as far as wordplay was concerned, but maybe it's become so natural that I don't even notice it anymore XD

[@GameBuff2305]

Yes, a Press video to watch ❤ Great video @Press Continue 👍 👍 Really fun 😂

[@toastybacon5392]

I love those Family Guy jokes

[@joshuathompson2404]

Andre's an animal on those drums, man.

[@Stephetheon]

"Dark Souls 3 but I have to play it like it's Elden Ring"

[@nahuelkid]

There is a much better hiding spot for the Sage. Go up the little hill behind his starting spot and maybe use a gesture that lowers your hit box

[@nagsorinaste5658]

Yay ds3 challenge run :D

[@lordblobfish1411]

love those multi attempt first tries

[@draconesetmagicae9]

16:19 bless you

[@PressContinue]

Thank you 🤧

[@miasma82]

I have an aoe myself. It's called fart cloud and it's very deadly. But it comes with some serious debuffs and lowers all your stats by 50% when used. Still a useful skill to have

[@amberhernandez]

Getting the DS3 cravings again now... blaaaaah

[@patheticthyme2783]

22:22 It's hard to use the candle in that rain.

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

It does drive me up a wall when the games give you a multi-hit aoe spell like Gravesword Dance but it can only affect a target once per cast.

[@PressContinue]

It does very much appear that that's exactly how divine pillars of light work. Multiple pillars, yet one hit per enemy

[@imfikoou]

The shortcut did an AoE attack on you

[@DritzD27a]

I have actually died by getting hit by that shortcut. Dark times.

[@Furiora]

Less then 3 minutes in anx I'm commenting to say "Firekeeper is SLAYING that Alexi Ripped!"

[@raining_buud]

Don’t let dsp see this you will be considered a detractor lol. Love your vids

[@gregorylerch1440]

Isn't it great when a random youtuber you watch mocks dsp out of nowhere? He truly is a joke to everyone

[@raining_buud]

@@gregorylerch1440 ack ack ack

[@raijin118]

The Deacons of the Deep can inflict Curse!? I guess you do learn something every day.

[@teamfossil6312]

13:27 Just as an aside, there’s a whip that does fire damage in this game. The description says its made from the hair of a witch...

[@teamfossil6312]

14:12 If I remember correctly the izalith tome also has spells Engi taught you, and there’s definitely a society that existed before the death of the fair lady, so presumably the Izalith tome was written by disciples of the servants of chaos, whereas the quellana tome was written by her alone. That or you just tell cornax you found the quellana tome on a dead womens body and he’s the one who makes the connection by himself that it’s a witches tome, something he doesn’t do for the Izalith tome

[@axlmarr8878]

I waited in line for midnight release for the Wii as a kid thanks for the reminding me long ago that was

[@sasuke8811]

Now I ask myself why I don't associate trees with balls cause of nuts... That joke was epic 😂😂

[@BTLYR]

Getting respeced is a 2 way street! Gold

[@JoeBerg38]

So, Press, what takes longer... the actual run or the sheer amount of comedic genius that goes into writing these puns 🤣

[@PressContinue]

LOL, well production takes vastly more time than recording gameplay, that's for sure

[@JoeBerg38]

@@PressContinue and each damn upload you'll have me screeching with laughter 😂 keep it up my fellow cheesehead.

[@barneybetsington7501]

Bearded Dutch guy in a band that hides his KZbin from bandmates, that drinks too much soda and has a love of black women in particular

[@PressContinue]

Establishing a psychological profile?

[@barneybetsington7501]

@@PressContinue yes. You're also 38. I've come to the conclusion that you drink too much soda. It's not good for your health.

[@ruileite2634]

I think i have a bottle of that "teleport" at home somewhere 😅

[@elitereptilian200]

imo you could have poked gundyr to death with some starting poking weapon, the pointy end, you see, has an area of effect right where it pokes the enemy at lol.. also I´m gonna steal the "first try victory on our second attempt" thanks!!

[@tizza963]

The world play is S tier as always 👍🏿

[@siubijeni206]

Given how you defined it, this is less "AoE attacks" as a general run... and more specifically radial attacks. AOE attacks as a category would be much more generous.

[@titonumet]

Amazing run, your patience is enviable. But i need to know, would you have summon Anri if necessary?

[@naii_]

King's Field 4 soundtrack

[@kita7823]

Love the intro fr, which OST is this

[@PressContinue]

Kings field IV - Dark reality

[@heideknight7782]

It is a pity that Wrath of the Gods can be obtained only at NG+2 in DS2 (from Wellager), best miracle of all Dark Souls games.

[@alliebones]

To further add to the confusion of what qualifies as AoE, technically ALL non-grab attacks would be AoE, as even a basic sword swing covers an area and can affect multiple enemies lol

[@PressContinue]

It is a rather vague term. Yes indeed...