How to Be "OP" Using the Weakest Weapon in Dark Souls: The +0 Straight Sword Hilt

How to turn Dark Souls weakest weapon into a powerful one. I recommend firebombs until the first buff, however if you want to use the hilt exclusively, here's an alternate beginning for this run: • Straight Sword Hilt Ru...
The straight sword hilt itself does virtually no damage, but there are ways around that. And in this guide I will show you how to do it.
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[@PressContinue]

In case you prefer to start without firebombs & arrow, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaK3k5WIp9iYa5o It's pretty surprising how much damage you can get out of weapon that itself does practically nothing. However, if you're more interested in an actual low damage output type of run, then check out my SL1 NG+7 Dual Caestus Run: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnbUpmRnZ6d7rKc

[@matthewshafer9545]

Straight Sword hilt or either whip ? Straight Sword hilt .

[@CuddlyCactus911]

“So we’re gonna do this a little differently...” Me: Oh he’s probably gonna kill Pinwheel early to Chaos infuse his weapon.” “We’re gonna skip Quelaag and the Bell Gargoyles, move through all the traps in Sen’s Fortess and go to Anor Londo to get Magic Weapon at SL4.” *OH OKAY THEN*

[@PressContinue]

LOL, I admit that it's a little bit of an unusual detour

[@CuddlyCactus911]

@@PressContinue But jokes aside, amazing guide, I hadn’t even thought of use Magic Weapon and other buffs with this! I was gonna play through the game with this and I’m glad I now have a guide I can follow! P.S. 0/10 you kill Big Fat Logan

[@PressContinue]

@Cuddly Cactus "P.S. 0/10 you kill Big Fat Logan" *laughs maniacally with spongebob and strangler*

[@Pihsrosnec]

@@PressContinue yknow, you could've gotten regular magic weapon for 4000 and made the process of getting great magic weapon a little bit easier

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

I was expecting resin

[@smallkidneyjoe4046]

Power Within was grayed out because you still had the effect from the transient curse. They're both counted as "body buffs" so you can't have both at the same time.

[@PressContinue]

Yes I've heard by now. Kind of weird though that transcient curse counts as a body buff. Guess that you're never done learning things about this game.

[@thekaz5225]

@@PressContinue It applies a benign curse allowing your whole body to interact with the Ghosts. Because even if you have the ghost weapon or the Cursed Artorias GS, you cannot block the Ghosts with your shield, but u can while the transient curse is active. Only the cursed can actually interact with the Ghosts of New Londo ruins.

[@JrKengu]

@@thekaz5225 I'm pretty sure he knew that part....... The guy is literally making a video that involves breaking things in the game, and you just told him about one of the most basic things that EVERYONE will know if they completed the game at least once lol.

[@aclosh2983]

@@JrKengu so much hate for nothing lmao

[@oogabooga1228]

@@aclosh2983 where

[@mahirmihda1823]

Here's my tip to beating hilt only run in dark souls: Pick thief class and master key, somehow manage to kill queelag and gargoyles to spawn Domhnall of Zena to buy the third master key and now that you have the master hey trifecta, open the portal to the nether.

[@PressContinue]

Or maybe the true master keys were the ones we made along the way...

[@kharnyx8884]

@@PressContinue More like REmaster keys! *(wheeze)*

[@WoobertAIO]

"...buy the third master key, fuse them all together and open the Gates to Silvermoon, where you shall throw my urn into the Sunwell and I'll be revived!" -Kel'thuzad, Undead Campaign, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, circa~2003

[@dorianofdeath5470]

@@WoobertAIO I laughed way harder than I should have at this

[@HavocHounds1988]

@@WoobertAIO As a Warcraft fan, I absolutely love this.

[@Swuckzy]

i felt that when he said “well the straight sword hilt itself may do practically no damage whatsoever” and then “well the straight sword hilt itself may do practically no damage whatsoever” 12:40

[@PressContinue]

LOL, yeah... little audio editing mistake there

[@senseweaver01]

I wasn't sure at first, but then he made some good points in the second bit

[@pillpilferer]

well the straight sword hilt itself may do practically no damage whatsoever

[@Smell-sama]

@@pillpilferer well the straight sword hilt itself may do practically no damage whatsoever

[@heilmodrhinnheimski]

I don’t know, it’s still pretty confusing. Does the straight sword hilt itself really do practically no damage? Further clarification needed.

[@jacksonyan7346]

Bruh during my first play through I thought this is my actual weapon and I remember I had to riposte like 5 times to kill a hollow, and I was like “damn dark souls IS hard”

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Ha! I love it. :)

[@anthonydominguez6005]

I kept running towards the catacombs from firelink on my first playthrough, it was rough. I thought man it's living up to the hype. A fried told me to go the other way and it was great

[@sheppik4252]

​@@anthonydominguez6005 i did the same but with new londo

[@NevinWarrior-es6ds]

​@@sheppik4252I did the same but with valley of the Drakes 🥲

[@legionplayz9724]

I did the same damn thing, i was even getting ready to fight asylum demon with it 😂

[@austinknudsen2747]

I just started playing Dark Souls recently and I love all of the fairly recent content that’s being made on the game. The community puts so much work into videos like this and it’s truly commendable. My only hope is that you and channels like you get the recognition you guys deserve.

[@PressContinue]

Thank you :D

[@SoulmongerV2]

One of the few games that I'd still recommend to anyone even 10+ years after release. Welcome to the Souls community.

[@4SheR]

@@SoulmongerV2 "Welcome to the souls community" I feel proudness in these words

[@anarchistangel2314]

So what I'm hearing is that you turned the straight sword hilt into a hilariously short lightsaber. Nice.

[@PressContinue]

That's... actually a pretty accurate description. Yes indeed

[@eat00002]

he do be smacking them with da hilt 😳

[@dao_of_potato4957]

Listen, it's not the size of the lightsaber that matters, it's how many buffs you can apply to it at once

[@dq7860]

Ivory Straight Sword in DS2

[@Fanimati0n]

Light dagger

[@Dhalin]

27:30 "No idea why that is" ... simple: the blowdart enemies are considered bosses when it comes to loot drops, because a lot of them are on ledges you cannot reach physically, so the developers wanted you to be able to get their loot when you kill them, and they wanted the guys dropping moss clumps because they realized just how cheap those guys actually are, so if you kill one, they wanted a chance for you to remove any toxic they applied. Sometimes when they're trying to kill you, they will move and since a lot of them are on small ledges, they will oftentimes fall to their death and hence why you randomly get moss clumps sometimes.

[@thegreatpapyrus2306]

The more you know…

[@MisterTTG]

except they usually drop the moss that heals normal poison, useless for healing their toxic poison. devious

[@Dhalin]

@@MisterTTG They are just like the trees in the Garden; they _can_ drop the White Clump Moss, but not 100% of the time. Seems to be about 30-50% of the time they will drop one.

[@crestfallenwarrior5719]

Will they respawn, If theyre considered bosses?

[@Dhalin]

@@crestfallenwarrior5719 No. They do not respawn.

[@kol2456]

24:50 kills the wizard with 666 damage while laughing maniacally... Definitely not a red flag

[@killimo7990]

"Sif wont be a Problem" *I cannot fight my favourite Boss, with tears in my eyes*

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

Once, I was starting a Dexterity build in DSR. I went straight for the Tomb of Giants to get the Great Scythe, dropped too far down, and thought, 'hm, why not fight the boss?' And that's the story of how I died to Pinwheel.

[@ataberkdedemen9802]

Tomb of the giants is after the Pinwheel.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@ataberkdedemen9802 The crypt before it, I mean. With the necromancers and all.

[@nicocee2431]

@@ataberkdedemen9802 He obviously meant catacombs lol

[@thatlittlemonstrosity]

it’s not shameful if you fight literally seconds after the asylum

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@thatlittlemonstrosity But it FEELS that way.

[@KarhsXII]

"and immediately get up on the whatchamacallit leading to the broken window" its called a BUTTRESS thank you very much

[@amberhernandez]

Heh. Butt.

[@femthingevelyn]

I think a butt rest is just wherever you end up sitting

[@TheeNocturne]

@@femthingevelyn like a chair or couch or smthn?

[@BrutuxMusic]

If I ever did this challenge I'd want to get the straight sword to artorias sword. You know, peasant to knight path, for the poetry of it.

[@PressContinue]

You mean like Artorias sword broken where only the hilt remains? That would be quite fancy indeed

[@furtvvanglerr8296]

@@PressContinue no, if i recall correctly you can trade the sword hilt for artorias' sword at the blacksmith in anor londo

[@Tony-The-Motherfucking-Tiger]

Can we talk about the Iron Golem going down while doing a backflip?

[@ElGabroVero]

3:44 you dont need that specific hollow, you dont need the bow. You can aggro one of them just by running toward the columns

[@saltnoriyuzuriha4778]

as expected of my favorite masochist gamer

[@PressContinue]

It was actually much more doable than I initially expected it to be. Certain parts are tricky but I would recommend it

[@saltnoriyuzuriha4778]

Makes sense. Even I can do the skip to Sen's Fortress. The issue is making it all the way to Anor Londo for great magic weapon without dying I suckkkk

[@khajiitimanus7432]

@@PressContinue I have been in consideration of a Broken Straight Sword run, but a Straight Sword Hilt run has not been on my mind. I know I don't have the skill to be able to find a Hilt run enjoyable.

[@ninjahaz0180]

“We’re not gonna swing from the 🎵 chandelier 🎶” very well played good sir

[@PressContinue]

Good to see that someone actually caught that :)

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

What song/band is the lyric from?

[@ninjahaz0180]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Sia - Chandelier

[@psykisslove]

Did a Hilt run once because my friend said it couldn't be done. Used a Lightning upgrade for most of the game. Early game was hard but because there was no scaling I ended up dumping in Vit and End way past the softcap and became the tankiest build I ever made. Low stamina costs meant I would just sit there mashing R1 while taking every hit. A bit ridiculous but at least the seven kings could barely damage me. Never got past Gwyn though.

[@PressContinue]

LOL, love how you call it the seven kings.

[@funkymachine]

Gwyn is very resistant to lighting, you could have swapped to chaos or fire

[@darrylsmith5148]

Your awesome lol

[@Yhwach_Batch]

Press Continue: This weapon sucks ZeroLenny: First time eh?

[@blackmoon2128]

I suffer in this game constantly, despite replaying it time and again, and seeing you folks do this so elegantly, with such handicaps and making such weird runs is so amazingly interesting that I don't know if I prefer to really play something or watch this, very neat indeed.

[@KidNoraa]

Keep trying king! I believe in you!

[@evanator166]

I am sure you have already figured this out but for those who don't know. The developers absolutely intended for players to use the ledges to get to the Pinwheel boss fight. This is clearly seen but the fact there is a npc summon for Pinwheel located on one of the ledges.

[@AstoraKnight]

You're a madman, you know? I love it, keep it up

[@TrickyThe0ne]

This is a really good video I didn't realize it was so long but I ended up watching the whole thing. It really mesmerized me seeing you actually play the game and talk about what was going on.

[@jozenthejozarian2564]

It never ceases to amaze me. People will go on and on about the "difficulty" and then thousands of these. Though I seriously question the point. You are obviously so good at this game that you have to manufacture new reasons to play it.

[@_.Strawby._]

I mean, souls isn't even intended to be that difficult, the games difficulty is wholey overhyped, but I mean don't get me wrong these games are hard it took me months to beat my first ever souls game, bloodborne, but after that first run you can just apply that to every souls game with some minor differences, I mean like now I can run t ng6 from a new save file on bloodborne in a day if I wanted to but im not that great at the game im just experienced

[@jakawaldhutter3143]

I am very impressed, I have a very short attention span and yet I watched through your whole video! Impressive, fun and informative. You're awesome!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :D glad I could keep your attention throughout such a lengthy vid

[@beltionbambie1239]

I love watching your videos. I don’t even play this game so and yet you keep me so entertained. Thank you man

[@lezzolerciume6822]

Dude you are insane and I like it, more runs like this one!

[@LaxonPfc]

Great video! I remember doing Sword Hilt only run few years ago. I was blown away with how strong the magic buff actually is in DS 1. I like your Nito kill the most as you did it way cooler than me because i just went full Havel armor, using poise to tank both Nito and the skeletons =D

[@PressContinue]

Yeah it's pretty surprising how powerful you can make a weapon that by itself only does 2 damage.

[@mr.legobama6793]

I've been watching your videos all day and im loving them keep up the brilliant work

[@PressContinue]

Awesome :D and thanks for watching

[@phamcharlie7242]

Probably, I may never gonna try this but your effort put in this video is remarkable, It maybe more than a no damage run, keep up the good work, our community need people like you guys, respect !!

[@Liamper]

So I don't know how I managed this, but in Seath's jail, I managed to keep the alarm from activating without using a bone or darksign. This lead to alot of confusion in my first run as to what the purpose of the little record player thing and mindflayer-girls we're for

[@theprowlerking]

This is so so helpful for the build I have in mind, thank you for the Bed of Chaos and Nito advice

[@MidnaNightengale]

The safe approach to Quelaag has been something I've always remembered when playing after watching challenge runs like yours. I also find Super Ornstein easier for my usual playstyle as well, mostly because for whatever reason, I have an easier time reading which attack he's doing, and misreading Smough once is a death sentence for me. I've been watching challenge runs again. And I finally feel confident enough to try with zero poise, and no blocking. And if that goes well... The Holy Grail, SL 1. Wish me luck in the new year peeps!

[@kenshiroeltounsi9557]

LMAO "he went plungee without bungee" 😂😂 2:00

[@Cracks094]

For Power Within and anyone daring enough to try, instead of going up at the insect monster, you can actually just go straight ahead towards the spell and roll past it. Here's the catch: there's a 50:50 chance that you'll die before reaching the spell. The insect thing has two attacks it can do: either a triple stab downward, in which case you are safe and can pick up the spell - or a horizontal double sweep attack, which is not dodgeable with a roll and WILL kill you. Have fun! :D

[@NittaSayuriii]

Damn, i think it would be less difficult for me to just use the sword as it is than doing all these steps from the beginning. Good work

[@malditamente6713]

trust me, it's not

[@tb8952]

In my own my own run I tried the skip, kept failing it, and ended up just doing it without. Instead I just did a skip to free Griggs early and get the normal magic weapon sorcerery. It was actually really fun so I recommend playing it like that! If ya don't want to do the whole beginning part. I go stuck on Seath on my run and forgot about it for awhile but after coming across this video might pick it up again cause of how fun I remember it being. Oh I also recommend fighting the asylum demon without the bombs, it was a fun fight.

[@machineelf9459]

The chandelier joke was quite a laugh out loud moment. People gave me looks 😂 Btw I loved the rope firebomb addition in DS3 to hit thing right below. Pretty cool addition to address an obvious flaw in throwing weapons.

[@rubdulbah3201]

I like how this video's in the style of a guide; as if I'm someday gonna get the cajones to do this myself.

[@PressContinue]

It's not too bad. You should give it a try

[@rubdulbah3201]

@@PressContinue Maybe I'll work up the courage one day. Cool content by the way.

[@fabianbandaiii3304]

I like how informative this video is. You explain it as though we are all going to try this insanity. But actually you made it seem doable 😂

[@Blandy8521]

I remember my first playthrough. I selected the master key as it sounded useful. Went through the new londo entrance to blighttown and went to upper blighttown as I thought that was the way to go. Rested at that bonfire and had to fight my way back down blighttown after climbing it...

[@PressContinue]

Aaah that's painful

[@Blandy8521]

@@PressContinue yeah I looked up why there was a locked door at the top of blighttown and found out that I had gone in the wrong direction

[@kilometricasscrack4311]

I did the same thing but at least i did it after beating the gargoyles it was horrible

[@TheJoukai]

So, the reason you couldn't use Power Within when you entered the Four Kings is because you had a Transient Curse on. It counts as a body buff and therefore can't be stacked with Power Within or other buffs like it. I know this because one time the ghosts followed me through the fog wall, I put on a transient curse to deal with them, and then was confused as to why I couldn't apply power within before falling down into the fight...

[@hmq2007]

Love your guides! Always super informative and super entertaining!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks hmq :)

[@patrikrathousky5791]

Wow! The quality of your guides is extremly impressive! Too bad crown of dusk doesn't buff weapon buffs.

[@Mitsunee_]

was wondering why this video is so long, turns out it's because there's a ton of extra info in here and you didn't just cut from boss to boss like some other videos for dks challenge runs do. great work!

[@brampies]

didn't even realize it was one and a half hour long, informative & entertaining 😊

[@hughmungus3690]

Insane run. I always just stand right underneath smough and only runaway to avoid butt slam. He doesn't do the charging attack if your close to him.

[@PressContinue]

Yeah, I suppose that would work pretty well too

[@tommytigert5993]

Obligatory ZeroLenny reference> >Here

[@nathanielthomson6600]

The enemies that automatically hand you purple moss are the toxic dart blower enemies. Given that they apply very deadly poisons and can fall to where you can't reach their drops I guess fromsoft wasn't willing to be that brutal with them and just decided to throw you a bone.

[@ArcheoneGaming]

i have finished this game with a shield only build for damage (all bossess without skipping, just a regular playthrough except i can only use a shield). So i figured i knew everything about this game by now. But i learned a few new things, like that pinwheel can shoot fireballs. Thanks!

[@armandodias3532]

It’s also amazing how much Dark Soul content I still consume after 10 years of this game release! Hahahahaha

[@Eli787]

I watch an ungodly amount of dark souls content

[@o5-814]

Even if i don't watch this kind of content often. I'm still gonna sub for the effort put.

[@Senzuballs]

Whacky soulsborne play throughs are my life force Great vid man!

[@Dragomire]

I really enjoyed the structure of this video.

[@wanderingcalamity360]

Dude, you are wild. I have enough trouble with this game normally, never mind doing something like this.

[@Fedethedangerous95]

I appreciated the useful tip on evading four king's grab attack, although I will probably not remember it whenever I'm gonna play the game again. Personally, I backtrack a little, and then approach the grab with """approximately the same timing""" as the thrust attack from the darkwraiths. I understand that you're used to play the game in a "reliable" way, since bossfights in challenge runs can take a lot of time, but I was surprised by how much caution you took with super smough. Honestly, when the fight is not gonna last ten minutes and you're not super vulnerable, if you just stay close the only thing that can happen is being taken by surprise by his buttsmash (imo it can be reliably avoided if you just pay attention), or him randomly activating the sweeping run attack

[@giant-cosmic-fart7781]

Your vids are great man, keep it up!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks buddy :)

[@Lainlegend]

Ur videos are very very good man! would love to play with you some day! just got back into ds remastered! (I'm a dutchy too) cheers man! keep doing what you do!

[@YourFajah]

Great video, and I love your commentaries lol.

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :)

[@muffinman2546]

It's practically a butter knife that can't even cut butter.

[@PressContinue]

Not even undead butter

[@praisethesun5873]

Not even melted butter

[@larrytron1992]

That was a brilliant run

[@losertrap1031]

I am enjoying this video so far and it brings me memories from when I played dsr on switch was a great game with some amazing boss battles that I was able to conquer best one being knight aurtorias

[@syd1813]

Omg wow! I thought nobody else played on the switch! 😎

[@losertrap1031]

I still remember sitting on the bus back home from school shooting the dragons tail with a bow to get the drake sword 😂

[@syd1813]

@@losertrap1031 oh wow! Lol(?)

[@zachmercer1065]

DS +0 Straight Sword Hilt: “You’re never gonna get my power!” DS2 +0 Handmaid’s Ladle (broken): “Do I look like I need your power?”

[@VileLasagna]

I just finished a Velka-themed run of sorts a couple days ago. Was rushing to get the Rapier and whatnot, so went into Queelag super early. Thought I'd summon for the fight and.... Got a rando who derped and died almost immediately and Mildred who got stuck in a loop running into Lava until SHE died. That meant I had to down a three-player Queelag basically by myself using a Bandit's Dagger that was dealing something like 19 damage per hit (I had the estoc too but that wasn't working out so great either). I'm very envious of your Straight Sword Hilt DPS =P

[@PressContinue]

Lol, that indeed is a quite an experience

[@havel4385]

10:56 it sounds like you said paining guardians, and that is what they are.

[@PressContinue]

An accurate description by accident

[@blunderingfool]

Two years unhelpfully late but if anyone is wondering, the part of the Anor Londo church you walk up to get to the rafters is called a "Flying buttress" and they're used to help disperse the immense weight of the brickwork in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

[@primarchlogarius]

Gwen: Ah here comes the chosen undead with a WHAT? A broken sword? How dare you… dead 💀

[@Mcsteveberry]

i fucking love your videos just watched this from start to finish!

[@JEFF123__]

I love your vids they are so underrated

[@khajiitimanus7432]

I've done the sort of run through Anor Londo like that on a Havel build. Ran from Undead Parish to inner Anor Londo without any bonfire.

[@malditamente6713]

many years ago I did a deprived, no bonefire, no estus run, it was like a no hit run but worse, would not recommend, still managed to beat the game tho

[@user-cu5fj7is9j]

11:42 took me by surprise and had me rolling.☠

[@glynnmyers8156]

The random purple moss droops in blight town are given to you when the toxic dart shooters die. So if your running through the area past them there's a good chance they will fall off the platforms they are on similar to the painting guardians in the Anor Londo rafters.

[@armandodias3532]

Amazing how he dodges so well improvising.I almost always get caught on hitboxes, but I do use heavier armor than this guy.Still,amazing.

[@sv98753]

quite a impressive run

[@christophercollins3632]

In Dark Souls 2 (Vanilla version), I did a Ladle run in “Hardmode Covenant” (Covenant of Champions: +20% Defense, +33% Damage). It was hard as nails, for awhile. It’s well known that Infusing it with an Old Mundane stone, or Poison Stone, can turn it into a serviceable weapon, that with skill, can beat the game. The problem is getting the Dull Ember, which Steady Hand McDuff requires to become a blacksmith. In Scholar, it’s easily done by beating Pursuer, gaining access to A Tower Apart bonfire, where the chest with it is. However, in Vanilla, the Dull Ember resides in Iron Keep. This means , at minimum, you need to kill Dragonrider, Skeleton Lords, Covetous Demon and Mytha. But you’ll probably also need to kill Last Giant and Pursuer, (to get the Ring of Blades.) (I used Magic Weapon from Carhillion)( I used Old Sun Ring, Skeleton Lords and Mytha) The fights I listed mostly took forever. I was doing literally around 9-16 damage. The Ladle is broken the entire time, and the Hardmode Covenant damage resistance was rough. The biggest Hurdles were the 4 Pinwheel Skeletons in Skeleton Lords fight (only 2 in Scholar), and Mytha, mostly because she regens HP in the poison moat. I had to use a couple black firebombs to kill a couple Pinwheels. They are just too fast. I wore the Old Sun Ring, and was able to kill a couple of the other mobs. Mytha was the last boss, and toughest, because I couldn’t out damage her hp regen. So I did what I had to do. I used up all the consumables like black firebombs , throwing knives, etc. that I had found. I didn’t want to buy any bombs. It felt like it would be against the challenge. But I knew Mytha was almost impossible in Hardmode. So I focused, and carefully killed Mytha with the consumables I had found, first try. It means the run isn’t pure Ladle. But the run wasn’t going anywhere without beating her, and I just found her almost impossible in Hardmode with a broken ladle, magic weapon sorcery, and Old Sun ring. So I but the bullet, and bombed her. After the giant pain in the ass it was to get the Dull Ember and infuse the Ladle with Mundane, it almost feels like cheating to hit for around 90-100 damage. Once infused, the game is pretty much in the bag. It’s all skill from that point, because you still need to survive long fights. But at least the 10+ minute fights are over. A really fun run, but very tough start. I’m sure there’s a souls savant who can beat Hardmode Covenant Mytha with just a broken ladle, on their way to the Dull Ember. But it ain’t me. At least not today.

[@maxwellwilliams1802]

Used firebombs on asylum demon, run invalid. Lol but seriously awesome vid, keep up the great work, incredible content as always

[@maxwellwilliams1802]

Side note, could someone tell me where he got the sorcerer's staff from? I seem to have missed it

[@PressContinue]

LOL thanks, actually because there were a couple of other people complaining about the firebombs, that's why in my no soul run I fought the asylum demon with the sword hilt even though there was absolutely no reason to do that in that run. And the sorceres staff I bought from Rickert in new londo

[@maxwellwilliams1802]

@@PressContinue wow really? I was just joking it didn't seem like that big a deal. Also thanks for the clarification, was not very awake while watching and must have just spaced out that part

[@yasintablet00]

This is criminally underrated

[@Cloudnab]

my guy just narrated a whole movie long video, what a legend praise the sun

[@BahamutEx]

And I had trouble beating the gargs with the drake sword lol xD nicely done

[@parceromaniaco9667]

Great video!~ Looks like you had the sentient curse at 4 kings, that's why you couldn't power within.

[@machineelf9459]

The parry animation causing Gwyn to miss might be in the other From games too. I can confirm it is in Sekiro as sometimes a deflection doesn’t connect but instead the enemy attack wiffs. It’s something I was starting to learn to duplicate and it’s a factor of position and timing. You have to be close and towards direction of hit box movement as well as super precise timing of perfect to just a hair after perfect (slightly late) for the deflection.

[@PressContinue]

It can even happen with blocking animations, like how certain blocking animations will make Nito's ground sword attack miss you even though it goes visually right through you

[@captainjellyfish1791]

super irrelevant a year later but this exists in elden ring too when using the buckler to parry the bell bearing hunter's forward lunge stab . Sword goes through my skull, no damage where id usually be wrecked

[@thedeadfool1]

1:20:50 It looks like you used the item that makes the ghosts hittable without being actually cursed. It counts as a body buff and since you cant stack buffs in this game no Power Within

[@PressContinue]

Wait... seriously? Transient curse prevents you from using power within? I honestly never noticed that or even heard of it before. Pretty weird that they would qualify it is a body buff. But yes you are correct, I just checked the wiki and it says: "Transient Curse is a Self Buff and interferes with other such buffs (i.e. Great Magic Barrier, Green Blossom, Power Within, etc.). As long as it's active it's not possible to cast other Self Buffs and vice versa." I guess you are never done learning things about this game.

[@thedeadfool1]

@@PressContinue yup I too learned it the hard way

[@tylercoffin2640]

I can't wait to see all the challenges people will do in Elden Ring.

[@agustindebortoli7686]

"consumables will only get you so far" the backlogs: (laughs in firebomb)

[@Muataran]

Watching that bolder take out the snake man by Onion Bro gets me every time, he just looks so excited to come and bite you and then BAM!! bolder. Classic.

[@alexandrapaiva3700]

Great Viceos, great sense of humour!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :)

[@YourLocalRaider]

41:42 WOW, that could've been an actual play on Smough's part. If Ornstein used a move that couldn't be rolled into, you would've been dead there.

[@josephpurdy8390]

In dark souls vanilla without any patches. A +5 enchanted club was insanely powerful. It use to grant intelligence scaling and not grant any magic damage. Thus, you could cast magic weapon on an enchanted infused weapon. The club also has reduced scaling past +10. In essence they implemented two nerfs to prevent players from a super powered weapon. A +5 enchanted club use to grant an S rating for intelligence.

[@baronvonwolfin4215]

13:40 you dont have to ring the bells you can just talk to Kaathe in the abyss and he will take you to place the lord vessel.

[@B_u_L_i]

24:41 bro Coffee came out of my nose because I had to laugh so hard while watching it😂😂

[@waelmagdy7757]

Great run man! Was your Hornet Ring equipped for the Gwyn fight?

[@PressContinue]

yes

[@fuckeverybodycom]

I don’t even have this game and I’ve been watching you’re play throughs man you nice real real nice frfr gg’s

[@executorarktanis2323]

Same but now I am thinking of buying this game

[@burnttoast5118]

You guys should. It’s a must-play. I’d go as far to say it’s a generation defining game

[@fuckeverybodycom]

I think I am ASAP when I can

[@TheDarkanianRebellion]

Totally worth a play through

[@jjba3553]

Now this is a run I can beat

[@homefront1999]

An easier way I've found to get past the border in Sens Fortress. Is to start running but pull up the exit menu. Once you see or hear the border coming, then save and quit. When you load back in the Border will be reset.

[@hernana5700]

42:15 that level of synchronization 👏

[@vl4d1rdk3]

1:20:40 the reason bc you can't cast power within there is because you had transient curse active, which counts as a body buff, and you can't stack two body buffs

[@EsCa-gs6xt]

I just noticed how the Pisaca's death sound is the same one as the carrion crows from bloodborne, Pretty cool.

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

If you want to do the lower undead burg part early and not have it be a suicide run you can use the gold pine resin to buff your weapon for that part.

[@oscarm7689]

Pretty much used the same setup using the ladle in DS2 for pvp back in the day myself. Eventually dual welded, one with crystal magic and the other with poison.

[@h3069]

I want the story behind this poor sword, like it's so chipped and crappy. It's definitely served well and must be excited at this chance to be a weapon yet again