Can you beat the Elden Ring DLC using ONLY parries and deflects?

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[@LilAggy]

also yes i rolled/jumped a few times on earlier rellana attempts, wasn't sure exactly how i wanted to do the challenge at first but i settled on no rolls/jumps by the time i won that fight and kept it that way for the rest of the run

[@Larry_the_Bean_Soldier]

Nevermind, my aoplogies 😅 Still nice vid thanks for the entertainment at this damn Tempeture

[@killjoy1564]

You rolled a couple times during the hippo boss fight, i do think its weird how you used cheats but thanks for showing us at least, Nice thumbnail, great editing :)

[@M3_Pri1mate]

could do a run where u only use burning u self with the flame spelll to deal damge?

[@codenamepariah]

​i watched this live, he didn't roll during successful hippo once@@killjoy1564

[@Blooky-yl7bo]

Run invalid. Do it again blindfolded

[@MidhunMKM]

When the deflecting hardtear dropped, I knew this was imminent.

[@JonathonMarston]

Yeah me too. Though I didn’t understand what ‘spontaneous guard’ was until it was explained to me.

[@elijahpelito4722]

@@JonathonMarston fextralife explanation didnt help too lol. Maybe its because spontaneous guard doesnt do stance/poise damage like defelcting does in sekiro so they made a new term for it.

[@JonathonMarston]

@@elijahpelito4722 yeah that would make sense. Still a neat feature tho

[@vishnugopakumar8807]

22:31 when i'm at a funeral 18 years from now and the announcer is talking about the 65 year old person who died an unfair death

[@karthiktadepalli7560]

How tf you think of this

[@vishnugopakumar8807]

@@karthiktadepalli7560 i'm high as balls bro

[@padddyfi]

gorgeous

[@padddyfi]

absolutely hilarious

[@Cuix]

this could have 2.5 million likes and I would still say it's underrated

[@the_prado]

Bro released a whole movie

[@Congo_Citizen]

I am NOT watching allat lil bro 🙏😭

[@sp4rklsz]

​@@Congo_Citizen nuh uh, I'm watching allat. Better than a movie tbf

[@AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken777]

@@Congo_CitizenI am, in one sitting 😼

[@John_videogames]

Directed by Michael-zaki

[@Lank1ster]

shut uncultured mr. ​@@Congo_Citizen

[@sciencepluspotato1294]

Time on each boss (approximate): Rellana: 5 hours 17 minutes Golden Hippo: 19 minutes Jori: 45 minutes Midra: 2 hours 15 minutes Gaius: 24 minutes Divine Lion: 1 hour 10 minutes Romina: 15 minutes Putrescent knight: 17 minutes Scadurtree Avatar: 58 minutes Metyr: 48 minutes Messmer: 6 hour 11 minutes Leda and Dane: 1 hour VILE BAYLE: 8 hours 3 minutes Radahn: 1 hour 41 minutes

[@The.Host_XO]

@@sciencepluspotato1294 God Tier work you accomplished there, my fella. 🫡

[@EGeorgev]

Wow, Ancient Dragon Man deletion. I will not stand for this slander!

[@WaffleyTime]

W comment

[@emperorkraglint9792]

*pushes up glasses.* Excuse me, but this is a two hour video.

[@sciencepluspotato1294]

@@emperorkraglint9792 I used the "speedrun" time stamp he had on to approximate the time he spent on each boss. Once again this is an approximation, and not an exact value.

[@eldonhill4840]

No wonder he was struggling during some of those bosses. All the people in chat are saying Golden Parry is the best parry in the game or tied for the best with Carian Retaliation when the DLC patch completely changed parry frames. It’s tied for the WORST parry in the game now, has the exact same frames as a bunch of the awful weapon parries like curved sword. Carian has 50% more active frames than current Golden, it’s literally 50% easier to land. And lol a couple chatters got like, really mad at one person for suggesting Buckler Parry when that’s the second best parry now behind Carian Retaliation, and it has the shortest recovery. People really need to stop speaking confidently about things they’re completely wrong about and assuming this game that is actively being patched and rebalanced is the same as it was two years ago

[@TKRaii]

Damn, thanks for the info, wasn't aware of that!

[@tranngockha6562]

@@eldonhill4840 I also didn't know that. Thank you

[@madmankey7346]

@eldonhill4840 Golden parry got silently nerfed without mention in the patch notes that's why people were just saying to use it. No one really knew until someone actually checked the frame data. This run was before that.

[@quint2568]

it was a silent nerf, I don't blame them at all for being wrong. I've been in tournies and learn mid match that the devs changed one tiny interaction with my character without disclosing it in patch notes and that cost me a round.

[@SaberKami]

I love how the run starts off with the Wolverine npc somehow dying right after the Marvel Snap sponsor lmao

[@Kanerz420]

Died of cringe 🤣

[@sirbill_greebi3811]

Hacks the game to one-shot the furnace golem. Some guy in chat: "Nice crit."

[@cyrusthegreat3299]

That guy was being sarcastic. The joke's on you fun police. He went in the DLC with a lvl 1 character. How about you shutting the F up?

[@technewb8241]

It only took Aggy 2 years to learn that the AoW Buckler Parry is what gives the buckler a more forgiving parry, not the shield itself. Once you switch to Golden Parry or Carian Retaliation, it behaves like a normal shield.

[@mustakroRat]

Tahnk you so much Aggy for letting me do the thumbnail for this INSANE video!!!

[@kitty1931]

@@mustakroRat that artwork is insanely good!

[@ChaCha-zy4mo]

Cool if true

[@xixphartheeternal]

@@ChaCha-zy4mo It is him! He is credited in the description of this video by "Thumbnail" I also want to add that the art is very well done, great job Mustakro!

[@specterr3177]

Dang ur art is insane, love the style

[@alexandrefernandes6084]

@@mustakroRat hope he paid you for that...

[@noob_playz5460]

Finally, the true sekiro run

[@habulous5880]

you made this so much harder than it needed to be lmao why didn't you just use armor and greatshields

[@Ragnell123]

I think he was trying to emulate Sekiro as much as possible. That was the idea anyway

[@purplewastaken]

@@Ragnell123 dude...

[@abhayprabhu8951]

Beat me to it!

[@TrisSkull]

@@Ragnell123 bro do you not get the joke?

[@Ragnell123]

@@TrisSkull Lol my bad. I'm just an idiot

[@Holynoelle]

"how do I guard counter a scarab?" Is one of the greatest questions humanity has asked

[@SuraLdin]

deflecting meteor radhan would be crazy

[@stimmythekid]

Lobos has a yt short of himself doing just that (base Radahn not dlc Radahn)

[@QuitterKiller]

Bosses when using grabs: “parry this you filthy casual”

[@xiGoinHam]

No, I'm pretty sure that meme is too old and dead even for bosses from medieval times.

[@thebestcerealbrand7345]

@@xiGoinHam🤓

[@TheRealFredbearPlush]

@@xiGoinHam”holy music stops”

[@itsSmiv]

42:55 at first I was like "wow someone is really trying to backseat aggy who do they think they are" And then I realized it was chris lmfaooo

[@JaymzShikari]

The intense Q-Tip discourse in your chat during the Divine Beast fight was hilarious

[@matthewduncan3285]

ZeroLenny did a run of just using the deflecting hardtear guard counter run of both the DLC and the Base Game. I highly recommend it for those who liked this run

[@fishnutz5196]

Yeah the deflect is busted. The parries and shields are way worse for this setup

[@badbeen5279]

Watching him deflect Commander Gaius' charge attack and immediately one shot him with a guard counter gave me immense pleasure.

[@samuelwilliams2266]

Tip for anyone who is interested in learning to parry: For many attacks, you have to look at the enemy's hand, not their weapon to get the timing right.

[@goingunleashed5826]

Huh, it still works like that? I thought that was only in ds1 for some reason.

[@twistedturnip8487]

Asking "what is your problem" to Messmer is gonna get you an answer long enough to fill a youtube essay, man got issues.

[@iamleonidus1742]

after deciding to play the DLC using as many parries as possible, I can confidently say that nothing feels quite as good as that first run when you finally learn the bosses patterns and parry them like 12 times in a row.

[@dragonlord4898]

Promotion Skip Button: 3:10

[@max_the_bacon_eater1131]

You know its good when the DLC version of the challenge is a LONGER video than the original

[@unoriginalname4426]

I love how casual Aggy’s gotten over the years. He went from goomba-stomping the Chained Ogre for half an hour to one-shotting the furnace golem so he wouldn’t bore the audience to death

[@yorak13]

Love seeing more Elden Ring DLC videos from Aggy. Can’t wait to see him fall into brainrot with multiple challenge runs like he did with the base game

[@Meeegl]

Broooo it’s 2 am and now your forcing me to watch this whole ass cinematic experience, I gotta wake up tomorrow 😭😭

[@exploertm8738]

And Rusty just dropped Tear tier list where he said that people absolutely would do challenges off of deflecting hard tear XD

[@SlinkySlonkyWaffle]

and ZeroLenny also did this challenge a few days ago xD

[@Daves-not-here]

No lie I just watched that video before watching this one lol

[@SunbleachedAngel]

What a wild guess

[@Kai-kr2xf]

@@SunbleachedAngel Hi converger

[@SunbleachedAngel]

@@Kai-kr2xf who dis

[@kebabruh]

i kinda wished that the deflect hardtear was an actual talisman, you can give it more dmg vulnerability or no rolling, i want to deflect. :C

[@GregoThe3rd]

No rolling is crazy maybe like less i frames

[@Mepharias]

Give it 999999 weight. Walk the walk.

[@digitalscott7732]

imo 5 minutes is about enough to beat a boss if you're playing normally.

[@ni9274]

@@kebabruh 5 minute is all you need for a boss fight, I struggle to see how you would need more than 5 minute unless you’re doing a rl1 no weapon upgrade run

[@bapob]

@@ni9274 yeah but having it in the open world and for dungeons would be fun

[@keeps3k]

Every time I look to the right, the timer is magically an hour ahead

[@BeverlyHillsCop2]

I wanna see rellana’s twin moons

[@SentinalSlice]

Ha

[@Null0ne-or8il]

Me too

[@leahthegeek9677]

Dont we all

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

Step one: Be a snake infested warlord with mommy issues

[@Hideyourtoes_miyazaki]

Sounds like my kinda Friday night

[@SeizedM0ney]

All the of the bosses: "this f*ing guy man" 😂

[@alpha00zero]

A trick I found out with Midra parrying: if you hit him with a fast enough R1, if he staggers, he resets to a normal swing combo for easy parry. If he doesn't stagger, it's either the grab or the fast frenzy burst. Obviously, Aggy would've not managed to use that tech in this but for those who want to parry this boss, it's consistent.

[@SentinalSlice]

Lenny and Aggy both doing this! Awesome.

[@jacobplayz3530]

"you made this so much harder than it needed to be lmao why didn't you just use armor and greatshields"

[@FlipFlob13]

Honestly the deflecting hardtear could do with an extension on its duration. Something like 7-8 minutes would make it a bit more flexible of a choice imo.

[@leonardo9259]

What boss fight takes longer than 5 minutes on a normal build

[@Aeoniik]

Would’ve been cool if they made it to be a talisman or even an effect off an armour set so it felt more legit / less like a gimmick, which is how I feel about any temporary ability I get in a game.

[@never-ending-space]

Maaaaaaaad props for the editing on these videos. Seriously just as good as the gameplay!

[@purplehaze2358]

The fact it took like, a 6th of the video's runtime to beat Rellana is pretty funny honestly.

[@kehnibobehni883]

I honestly feel so much more validated watching this. Been doing a parry only run for bosses to get good and it's been brutal.

[@K-Wiss]

40:54 was the craziest 1-2 punch I’ve ever seen in this game 💀💀

[@genericname108]

19:27 the salt is steadily building, and understandably so

[@CB-lh4ph]

When I saw the title I was just expecting this to be a no roll/jump challenge. I was NOT expecting him to only be allowed to damage the boss on ripostes/guard counters. that makes this way more difficult and impressive

[@ГеоргиХристов-я2л]

Hey mister Aggycus, I just wanted to say, thank you! I got the DLC when it released, made it to the final boss, gave it a few shots, and decided "NAAAHHHH, F*** THIS BULL****"! Didn't even know about the deflecting tear before watching this video. Parry wasn't really working out all that well for me, but I made a build around counters and grinded the boss for the last two days. I owe my victory to you! Ended up winning the final fight with only guard counters. Still used rolling though, I'm not a masochist :D

[@Krosstic]

I dont think anyone would’ve blamed you if you used the quick roll you get on your back

[@johnweaver311]

These challenge videos are always so funny to me. "Can you beat Elden Ring using ___?" Well, yes, you can, but why would you put yourself through that much mental anguish?

[@allidoiscook66]

I didn’t know the whole 2 hours would just be Rellana.

[@ETBrooD]

1:39:47 Just recently I told people on Gino's stream that Leda can be parried 100% consistently but they didn't want to believe me (just because I missed one parry out of a dozen). It's a very simple AI manipulation and I knew Aggy would discover it by himself. He's too goated to not figure it out.

[@LiliumCruorem]

I’m so grateful someone else has the time to do these goofy ahhh runs. Cool to see, but not something I would ever personally do lol.

[@EXQUIS1T3]

Yes. And honestly the parry build I finished a few days ago and the sekiro build I finished today might be the most fun I've had in Elden Ring, even after 700+ hours and 20+ different builds.

[@malikhittam1440]

Deflecting hardtear is definitely the most fun with thrusting shields, milady and the black steel greathammer. This tear is definitely my favorite addition in the dlc, I've been having so much fun experimenting with Deflect and guard counter builds

[@austinestep8461]

Try it with black steel greathammer, that unique guard counter shreds

[@WoahitsWilly]

@@austinestep8461 Did you not read the comment? lol

[@austinestep8461]

@@WoahitsWilly I completely missed where it said black steel greathammer, I read thrusting shields and milady and apparently went blind lol.

[@SaberKami]

We need more weapons with unique guard counters

[@austinestep8461]

@@SaberKami I would love to see some weapon with really weak but super fast guard counters, to give you more opportunities to get hits in mid combo

[@jsbmx2039]

This is the best elden ring player and it’s taking him 5 hrs on a boss. Man this challenge is brutal

[@edwardsalo3481]

5 hours of Rellana fight was such a pleasure to watch, thank you very much!

[@samhasnoplan7631]

25:08 GG, your patience with that boss bro. I changed strategy about 4 or 5 times to finally beat her

[@star0chris]

Aggy can have my "hardtear" any time 😍😍😍 Great stuff Aggy keep it up gamer :)

[@M.R.B.T_7890]

Did you lose another bet 💀

[@jacobplayz3530]

@@M.R.B.T_7890no i dont think he did, but i agree w him

[@ClownyGuyToo]

aggy did the hardest Elden ring challenge and then said “nah im not done yet”

[@Lkbmotion]

2:02:16 MaxisKay with the cinema quality cuts 👏🏻💯

[@Gaming_With_Sarcasm]

That art in the thumbnail is crazy

[@Keraph]

Obviously a whole different beast when you're doing it without dodge rolls, but parrying Rellana on my first SOTE playthrough was some of the most fun I've had in the entire game.

[@ST6_Ser]

"Hesitaion is defeat" - isshin, the sword saint.

[@metalurgent]

57:17 From my understanding, Divine Beast triggers the combo attacks after it's had a chance to cycle through all three stages. This makes the healing affect it gets after the grab much more punishing becuase it doesn't save you from the harder moveset

[@enfrax]

man aggy im so glad you blew up the way you did. love the content, thanks for always delivering!

[@RanDoomPuff]

I like how he was doing everything for bayle to maximize the damage except just putting the weapon on keen which would have given him atleast 500 damage

[@tmbfreak_16]

One shot a furnace golem with a +0 Misericorde? Aggy is him

[@sinwalker_gaming]

I feel like jumping and recovery rolls should have been allowed, since Wolf can jump and recover as well. But u still did it man.👍 I am convinced Miyazaki just doesn’t give a shit about fleshing out the parry mechanism in this goddamn game.

[@temxasremd]

The only part of this challenge I saw live was the 8 hours of Bayle. Afterwards I watched PCR attempts for nearly two hours and went to bed. In the morning I found out he beat Radahn right after I stopped watching.

[@goldchris1111]

deflecting the multi hit element attacks from divne beast and lord of chaos was like watching that one 2004 street fighter video of the guy perfect blocking that chun li kick move

[@WymondTheWerewolf]

Your custom battles are the highlight of my KZbin feed. Always thrilled to see a new upload!

[@rinrinrinrinrinrinrinrinrin]

the deflecting hardtear is by far the most fun thing they added to the game imo. honestly hope they tune it down a bit and just make it a base mechanic next game

[@braderbell6814]

This is the perfect example of why I never parry anything except for Rakshasa

[@austinchamlee8555]

You, Chris & Gino make me want to be better at Souls-Like games :)

[@Aahir.]

Maxiskay is back, bless🙏🏾

[@afjer]

Lore reasons aside, humanoid bosses are tall so that you can see them when your character is in front of them.

[@ETBrooD]

So I guess Aggy just recently learned for the first time how the parry timing generally works in this game? Seems like even the best players don't know all the game mechanics, that makes me feel a lot better about my own mistakes xD

[@xHufflepuffle]

A 2 hour Aggy vid, my Thursday night is saved

[@stavik96]

Gotta wonder, where would the tarnished be in the meat sandwich with Radahn and Miquella after the heart stolen ending.

[@floriuszz]

yeah the timing window for parry seems wrong in elden ring, but if you look at arms movement instead of the weapon itself it’s easier to time it right idk how but it works

[@jashin3195]

The fact I can barely do these bosses even just without a summon and you’re doing this is crazy lmao

[@sothissleepydeity]

I loved parrying most of the bosses in the dlc, but arguably the most satisfying ones were Midra and Rellana. The final boss was fun as well, but it was so stress inducing, it was crazy. Messmer parries have some strange timing to them that I can't really figure out either, but I might just have to git gud at it

[@tradeka4206]

When I saw how tough rellana was I knew this was gonna be a crazy run. Good shit aggy

[@rokudodamaza]

My man made it out on the trending page with this one

[@DreamNezumi]

First time I'm seeing a youtube sponsor of a game that's actually fun

[@Xavier_btw]

Did Aggy do this entire run without knowing Carian Retaliation is better? Goated.

[@_ikako_]

apparently golden parry has 3 active parry frames which is LESS THAN A DAGGER and only 1 more than curved swords, fists etc. Daggers have 4 and carian retaliation has 6. I swear it used to be higher and apparently it got nerfed at one point which makes sense. The only reason to use it now is the range.

[@Legendary_Honey]

If it was ever nerfed, it was many patches ago. The range, however, was never nerfed. Aggy was just missing the timing. Also, to anyone who isn't visiting the wiki, keep in mind that the numbers listed here are all at 30fps.

[@austinestep8461]

@@Legendary_Honeythe wiki is likely outdated as I believe it was 3 frames at 30 fps last time I looked at the animation data

[@amiransari9371]

Aggy: Messmer time! This will probably go well Me who watched him live during Messmer tries: 💀

[@jameech9380]

I remember I saw his stream and he had just gotten to Mesmer and then I woke up the next morning and he was still there

[@draconesetmagicae9]

you nearly win the first, then everything after is a learning process until you finally win

[@stevengomez6251]

50:33 sick timing with the kill and music

[@michaelboyle7281]

On my second playthrough I decided to try and parry Rellana with a +5 Starlined Katana just to see what it was like. By insane accidental luck on my third attempt, I somehow parried her 10 times in a row to get 5 crits back-to-back and put her well into phase 2. It was honestly kinda annoying because I wasn't too serious about beating the fight with parries, but after that I knew I had to stick with it and eventually beat her that way. Came back later with +20 blood smithscript backhand blades and got it that way pretty quick lol

[@ArzeEhtKwah]

Bro I still can’t get over how good this DLC is

[@kylec9017]

Whenever designed that thumbnail for you, give them a raise lol 10/10

[@aethous9163]

I think it would be fair to say that it's easier to beat Sekiro without parries, rather than trying Elden Ring with shit parry mechanics

[@Darch502]

Bro's thumbnail is magnificent

[@mustakroRat]

thank youu! I'm the artist!😄

[@latom3413]

I didnt even finish de dlc cause is so hard and this guy already doing things like this

[@smilingbanditfaf8734]

Between Aggy, Domo, Star0rochi and ZeroLeny we have so much good contents on elden ring, it’s great ❤

[@adawg3032]

not sure if every1 is aware, but if you get 4 deflects in a row without attacking it gives you 20% per deflect that stacks up to 80% and then caps, basically making the tear act as both royal knights resolve and sekiro block at the same time.

[@J4rring]

I wish they made that tear a talisman :( i'd love to just run around with the big bonk stick and not take damage

[@Utub9604]

First Lenny, now Aggy!! The deflect tear is such good content!!

[@foxyinspace1471]

dropping everything just to watch this.

[@shreshthatf]

The get up animation was the real mvp here

[@blazedtd856]

i spend 48 hours on radahn to learn how to parry him, and i did manage to kill him for the 3rd time parrys only. props on you aggy you are defenitly better.