Dark Souls II: SOTFS - 5 Cool Boss Secrets - Part 1

Again, the veterans out there know about most of these, but for a lot of a bunch of you, these will be very interesting. Time stamps below.
00:00 - Secret 1
04:34 - Secret 2
06:29 - Secret 3
11:18 - Secret 4
16:25 - Secret 5
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[@therandomartist3201]

I personally think Raim the Fume Knight sees you have his helm and is like “so you’re tough enough to beat the man I lost to? MAXIMUM POWER”

[@xan1455]

deepest lore

[@CaptainTitforce]

Don't know if this is just a joke but it's because Fume Knight is Velstadt's brother and they pretty much hate eachother or Fume Knight is mad that you killed his brother.

[@mutedknght]

No one gets to kill my brother EXCEPT ME

[@xan1455]

@@CaptainTitforce I don't think they are brother item description says they were like brothers or something like that but your point still holds

[@CaptainTitforce]

@@xan1455 Oh yeah you are probably right, my memory might be a bit rusty.

[@nertthefallen5830]

I had no idea that the ivory king cries out his queen’s name when he dies :’(

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

Nert The Fallen well he did love her. A lot. Poor couple...

[@alselein7155]

Fume Knight does the same with Nadalia. You can faintly hear him say hear name when he disappears

[@Juandigoff]

It’s his queen or his Oracle?

[@szarekhthesilentking7043]

@@Juandigoff his queen.

[@HaosOnline]

@@Juandigoff both. Oracle to the people queen to him.

[@pov-fn5tn]

how could you miss last words of burnt ivory king was "clear my browser history"

[@XavierZazi]

Then he reincarnated as liquid like entity

[@zalix5626]

Choosen Undead : *wear Veldstadt helmet* Fume Knight : *Flashback intensifies*

[@YasonYou]

Bearer of the Curse*

[@Scray101]

@@YasonYou they are both correct

[@lynackhilou4865]

@@Scray101 nah i'm pretty sure you're called the chosen undead in ds1 , bearer of the curse in ds2 and ashen one in ds3

[@Edgariki]

@@Steve-in1sb listen to Frampt

[@Sercroc]

@@Steve-in1sb neither is the one from ds1, they just tell you are one because you got there

[@therandomartist3201]

Vedrick rare opening attack Me: *has gotten attacked by that same one five times in a row each time I entered*

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

You know, you probably could habe won the lottery with that luck, but NOOOOOO! It had to be spend on something that useless!

[@therandomartist3201]

Ragner Schwarzmäne I do not control the luck, if I did I could go to Vegas and make a shit ton.

[@ss4clubdj]

I've never even seen it and I've played at least 4 playthroughs

[@jeanpaulgartier3404]

@@ss4clubdj pretty sure he did it to me halfway through the fight

[@semairusmojyo1080]

I personally find that the Fume Knight's phase 2 is easier to dodge, so I always fight him with Velstadt's helm equipped.

[@christophercollins3632]

I used to feel like that, and used the trick. But now that I’ve got his first phase patterns down, I like both phases. Plus, he can’t 1-shot you in phase 1.

[@mark0183]

He has like 3-5 attacks in first phase

[@Vonechua]

Haha imagine doing that without adp

[@jamesh2514]

I used to do the same, but I love the challenge now.

[@luciusireckon2469]

well I personally find it easier to dodge as I can't predict that little straight sword but I can roll through those design orbs in the giant sword so

[@nickperri6571]

That bit of the burnt ivory king’s words that you couldn’t make out is actually another secret bit of lore! He’s clearly saying “Took” confirming the identity of the burnt ivory king is actually Gandalf.

[@damiank5976]

I think the ivory king said "destroy the fire" also did you just deadass walk from the first encounter with freja to the second with no cuts lmao

[@Raigmund.A.Solvgrim]

It could mean that even now when Ivory King is the shadow of himself he still fights the cursed fire

[@christophercollins3632]

I imagine he wanted to prove indisputably that the trick was legit.

[@buttersverified6290]

lmao when he kept walking without a single cut in sight I was like "Ok, so we're really stretching for that ad revenue, huh." but I actually had no idea there was that path between the two areas at 2:30 so I did learn something new.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@buttersverified6290 How did you get out of that area then? Without the path you would need to have opened the door on the other side by doing a tricky jump, unlocking a bonfire, or homeward to the last one.

[@aguafria9003]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix i didn't know it existed either soo.

[@Yndratdnable]

Freja: Spiders Die Twice

[@redfield8764]

He was Prepared to Die the 1st time, lol

[@Yndratdnable]

@@redfield8764 I'm so confused by this reply

[@redfield8764]

@@Yndratdnable What I meant was He was prepared to die the first time he encountered the player. But the second time he wasn't prepared to die, so 2nd time he just died.

[@OrionTheHoonter]

@@redfield8764 and its a good dark souls pun "prepare to die" edition

[@Razielfever]

Oh god what an epic foreshadowing From put there in front of our eyes the whole time.

[@user-om3wn4yb8q]

About the talking Ivory King, it'd be kinda funny if his babbling was getting more clear as he received more hits. And at his very last breath he would say nice and clear: STAAAAARS!

[@Luki-1331]

Then suddenly he gets a flamethrower and you need to roll for your life

[@shmiksisrymtai]

I'm just thinking bout how many cigarettes this king is smoking jeez

[@worchestershiresauce8200]

@@shmiksisrymtai It would also appear that his vocal cords must've been the ones who took 100% DMG + Critical hit from the smoke XD

[@valentinlupu4597]

The Burn Ivory King saying "DIE" mostly when he does a lunge attack kinda reminds me of Vergil in DMC3 saying the same thing aftet a similar attack

[@lucasphilip4822]

Schum.

[@dylofthedead8106]

My power shall be absolute😂

[@everydayweeaboo7049]

I believe that the Ivory King in his Destroy line says "Destroy The Fire" in relation to the Old Chaos

[@TheTillinger123]

7:57 sounds like "torment" to me

[@Foundyoumylove]

To me is dovakin :)))

[@westleywill3877]

@@Foundyoumylove Hope that was a joke cause that makes no sense......

[@Foundyoumylove]

Westley Will it’s not a joke I definitely hear dovakin

[@xan1455]

yes it dose and it makes sense

[@westleywill3877]

@@Foundyoumylove I mean, ig everyone hears something different but I really dont understand how you get dovakin from that

[@johnny8363]

burnt Ivory king is an amazing boss, beautiful lore and an extremely fun fight, I love this guy

[@user-om3wn4yb8q]

11:07 Oh I see what Miyazaki's done with his "ROBERRRT"

[@breadstacka]

God i love this game. Something about the atmosphere it has

[@bengialpakseki1273]

Definitely agreed

[@tonyjames3541]

Ray is so op he's just using souls for ammo

[@yunmoonrouge767]

Lucifer Adeo That’s a really useful spell in ds2

[@MisterPuck]

“Traumatized” More like salty. >.>

[@user-om3wn4yb8q]

MisterPuck85 Maybe just he sees you as a real threat. Also, if a rematch happened after Raime became the Fume Knight the Royal Aegis risked getting his own "Ding-dong stick" up his ass.

[@user-om3wn4yb8q]

I can even depict it. Some time in some alternate reality Vendrick hears about the "Reality and space warping and stuff", so he sends a squad of Dragonriders to "investigate". Should I say that the "investigation" didn't happen as it was expected at all? All that returned was but one severely maimed Dragonrider, who was nothing, but on his death's door. He told the king about the monstrocities that the Abbyss has created (Lava-spitting giants and other stuff). He told Vendrick how they, essentially fought their way down this accursed tower. He then tells him about the monstrocity that awaited them down below. He tells the king how Raime tore through the ranks of Dragonriders as if they were made of paper. Then, with his dying breath, he passes the king the words of Fume Knight: "Bring. Me. Velstadt! I want a rematch!" So after some arguing Nashandra sends Velstadt to the tower, thinking that he was able to bring Raime to his knees once, thus he can do it again. Raime is already waiting for Velstadt behind the fume door. He points his charged sword at him, Darth Revan-style. Raime: "Round Two. Asshole!" He charges at Royal Aegis, makes a jump for several meters and then clashes his sword against the maul of Velstadt. His adversary blocks the attack with the handle, more acting on instinct, rather than seeing it. The greatsword, infused with dark fire starts melting through. Raime: "I. Am. Raime! Proud knight of Nadalia!" Velsadt (still blocking, somehow): "Don't you see through it? She is the spawn of Abyss! She's turned you into a monster!" Raime (seemingly gaining conciousness, replies with a mocking voice): "Oh. Really? Remember the time I told you the same about Nashandra? What did you all do? You laughed at me, - (he starts overpowering Vestadt, pushing him back) - frowned upon me, - (he launches a series of furious strikes) - and took everything from me!" Velstadt (almost bending his knees): "I am sorry Raime! But I don't see the Queen as a monster, you describe!" Raime (loosing his temper again): "Blind.- (he grabs Velstadt with his free hand by the neck) - ARROGANT FOOL! - (he roars, throwing him to the end of the room) - You will pay for your stupidity with your life and the lives of all the citizens, you vowed to protect!!" - (Fume knight strikes Velstadt a second after he got up from the floor with an estus-punishing thrust) Velstadt (feeling the power of the blow, he barely managed to block again): "Snap out of it! You were the Royal Aegis! All but equal to me! You still remember the old times! You can still be brought back!" Raime (his voice is now calm and even somewhat pitiful): "I am sorry, old friend, - (he seemingly ceases to attack Vestadt, even giving him some time to rise) - but... BUT THAT OLD RAIME IS DEAD! - (he gives Vestadt the three-hit combo, ending it with his sword sweep), - YOU KILLED HIM AT OUR LAST DUEL! (Velstadt is lying on the floor, covered with cinders, his golden armor tarnished and his maul broken in two) Velstadt (Raises his head to look at Raime) Raime (His voice roaring like the Fire itself): "There is only Fume Knight now. (He plunges his sword into lying Velstadt and releases his dark fireballs)."

[@jackle7896]

Last time I was this early, Oolacile hadn't dug up Manus yet

[@jackle7896]

@Rich Riascos 76 people would disagree

[@beepbopbeep5350]

2:30 OMG after 250+ hours of gameplay, I never knew there is a path between these two areas 😵

[@christophercollins3632]

The way he took , you just walk through the hole. But it’s possible to traverse the reverse way, by jumping through the hole. Slightly trick jump, but totally doable.

[@buttersverified6290]

Same, I had always thought that it was weird that the last bonfire in the area, and the one you need to use a Bonfire Ascetic on to respawn Freja, was a dead end. Turns out I was just blind.

[@maxmazza2987]

Big oof

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I see people pointing that out and I just wonder... HOW? You can see it from Orniphex's room! How did you guys even leave that place? Did you warp from there every damn time to the Cathedral's bonfire?

[@colonelchief395]

My life was a lie

[@gatete_sobre_una_sandia]

You forgot one, if you throw corrosive urnes or however you say it in english while he's walking around you can break Vendrik's armour and do way more damage to him

[@christophercollins3632]

Wuuuuut?!? I thought that urns in PvE only worked on npc invaders rings.

[@justadude3001]

Here's another secret that I found. If you can keep the loyce knight alive during the fight with ivory king he will hop down with you if you decide to go down a second time making grinding loyce souls much easier

[@CarajoAntonio]

But its limited

[@christophercollins3632]

Neat! My method is to not kill IK, just jump down w/full 4 Loyce squad and 2 summons, kill until IK appears. Then black crystal away the summons, and feather out. Rinse and repeat.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@christophercollins3632 Won't the knights die closing the portals? That means they won't help you from the 2nd time onwards, no?

[@christophercollins3632]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix they don’t die permanently, so my method is safe. And effective. In 2 1/2 hours, using all the item discovery gear, you’ll farm the 50 you need. Killing IK first will make farming much longer.

[@HaHaHa5002]

My point is you can hear the Ivory King clearly saying "FLY!" as he dashes to you and perform a upward strike that'll probably knock up the player if it lands successfully

[@ABVW92]

It's a horizontal strike, not vertical. He clearly slashes from right to left.

[@A_Potato_of_Infinite_Wisdom]

Fly also means "run away"

[@HaHaHa5002]

It's neither totally vertical nor horizontal, but it's certainly an attack that sends you flying, you can see on the 9:53 mark

[@HaHaHa5002]

I don't see how "run away" fits his dialogue (even as a meaning, not a said word) to me he'sdefinitely saying "fly"

[@ABVW92]

It makes so much more sense for him to be saying "die" though, as he is trying to kill you.

[@worsethanyouthink]

I tried the throne watcher cheese and I got extremely lucky in that she decided to do that one stack that she follows up with the backflip so I got to watcher just cartwheel herself into the void

[@ErolKonik]

Ivory King also says "Git Good" on PS4 every time he kills me.. maybe is just for my version?

[@gothphoebe]

Every copy of DS2 is personalized

[@xeresns4596]

Dark souls 2 good memories and stressful

[@metalmonster9536]

That's a pretty good description of the experience

[@AdmiralDragon]

Too Many Bosses

[@notturner8528]

What you guys mean fuckn easy easiest out of the dark souls franchise

[@yellowbelly7863]

So stressful. Especially if you only played vanilla for like 8 years and then pick up scholar for the first time...

[@metalmonster9536]

@@notturner8528 Well thank you for stomping someone else's opinion like a crap. Please enjoy your first feeling of superiority in life...

[@christophercollins3632]

The Climax Hex he used for Freja consumes all souls on hand, but needs at least 5k souls on hand to be at full power. Good ol’ Ray is so badass, he’s munching down Soul of a Great Hero, for a 20k refill to power his Climax. He only needs a Soul of a Brave Warrior, for the exact needed 5k refill. So kids; don’t try this at home...stick with Soul of a Brave Warrior. Only professionals can crush a Soul of a Great Hero.

[@arch9834]

I hear something like: "flight", "talk", or "took", "destroy you".

[@darkeatermidir6983]

I hear something like "destroy the old fire"

[@user-om3wn4yb8q]

Simone Camozzi Tears of denial miracle would like to present itself...

[@oliverdiop7530]

I thought he says "Fight!" Since I mostly heard the T at the end. But maybe it's just me and it was a different sound.

[@simonfuentes3819]

Fume knight: Ah! We meet agai- Wait you were a girl this whole time?

[@PoggoThomas]

She's finishing him so easilly... *Awkward laught in 50 deaths to Fume Knight*

[@jcdentongaming1304]

Welcome to ds2 where faith and int build are fucking broken.

[@tomgruppillo8269]

The ivory king says "destroy the fire"

[@bubbybubby1925]

You keep making videos ray!!

[@allenator7951]

Sounds like the burnt ivory king yells "Die!" "Torment!" "Destroy! You die!" "Fight!" And maybe "Fire!" At some points

[@crestfallenwarrior5719]

Its actually "The Fly", "The Age" and "Talk"

[@terrythompson7535]

7:57 Sounds like he says "Torment!"

[@ChristopherCubbage]

*Necromorph detected* 3:05 Burnt Ivory king, "die!", "fly", "destroy me/you", and "fight"

[@anshul1706]

man im happy u still post ds2 videos keep it up u have my best wishes

[@basketbomberslackingson4417]

When he runs at you, sword dragging on the ground, I think he’s saying “fly” since that attack would send you *flying* back from the momentum of the swing.

[@Aetius_of_Astora]

Fly can also mean to flee I believe the he is telling the player to flee and escape

[@Tlaloc_D1]

Burnt ivory king appears from either an oblivion gate or the eye of sauron and you can’t convince me otherwise.

[@taneltastan2127]

Damn didn't know Raime's death animation is different Edit: the animation, infact, does not change. (Are ya happy, son?)

[@fabi3790]

Reime?

[@jackle7896]

@@fabi3790 Fume Knight's real name

[@fabi3790]

@@jackle7896 ohh I need to replay the game. Or learn more about the lore

[@taneltastan2127]

@@fabi3790 sorry, Raime, not Reime lmao- Edited it

[@fabi3790]

@@taneltastan2127 dude i didn't know that you even got his name wrong I don't even knoe who he is ^^' So everything is fine. It is normal that someone spelled a word wrong

[@parsniphill444]

The big ivory dude, i think he says "die", "torment" and "destroy you with fire" or maybe he's just asking you to fry potatoes for him, idk

[@DragmaKerp]

I think is “destroy the fire” not sure tho

[@parsniphill444]

@@DragmaKerp yeah, it would make sense, i mean, he didn't wanted to become part of the chaos thingy after all

[@king_alonne3707]

I've always thought that the burnt ivory king says these lines: (fire) when he pushes forward.. (suffer in fire) when he buffs. (hell..) randomly. (destroy) as you just mentioned floor freeze. (Alessana..) once he pass away. I'm so mad about that angel boss, the theme and those words, all in one hell of a great boss, it is all a well done master piece.

[@Shinkiro47]

Raime's death cry actually sounds very haunting.. he must have been under a lot of torment :(

[@ithlian]

Daaamn, Alsanna + Ivory best couple forever T_T

[@EmberGyaru]

The biggest secret for me was that Hollow Skin mask!! I've played these games a zillion times, and when I saw it as you were putting on Velstadt's helm, I was like, "WTF?!" Had to look it up after. It HAS been awhile; I might have to start a new run ^_^

[@maxmazza2987]

Several hundred hours (maybe even 1k total across consoles) and have never ever seen Vendrick's curse attack. Wow

[@unbreakableonion1538]

ive had vendrick throw shit at me, and killed the spider twice so i guess ive played DS2 a bit

[@johantitulaer1052]

I've never seen Freya appear on that ledge before. I was kinda baffled when I saw that.

[@burzum2649]

@@johantitulaer1052 ng+

[@johantitulaer1052]

@@burzum2649 Ahh, that explains it. I never play NG+ because I prefer starting from scratch and going different builds.

[@vindieselcareca]

@@burzum2649 it happens in the old scholar?

[@dylanprice1978]

Good video.

[@michaelbarrett6310]

Awesome video

[@savagedregime8176]

Ivory King's voice is taken from some sample library. I've heard it used as vocal samples several times in music. You can hear it in Vincent de Moor - Worlds of Doubt, as well as Blood Falcon's theme in F-Zero GX.

[@kagero4130]

5:03 really,thats nothing in my mind I need 6 soul geyser and lightning rapier to beat the boss

[@JTguitarlessons]

Dude I absolutely love this game

[@thegreatqtip4516]

Fume Knight screaming as he dies always catches me off guard.

[@duh2369]

Other cool data: the bosses have soundtrack if you dont kill them in 5 seconds

[@johnpaulguevara3977]

When you take ( a lot) of time methodically killing the monsters and you see a player just run through them like just jogging...

[@pycoza9013]

The part where u said u didn't know what Ivory dude said he said : It's over..

[@Raigmund.A.Solvgrim]

Doesn't ring of whispers help to hear what Ivory King is saying? (I never tried it I'm just asking)

[@GamesDiddley]

All enemies have the same sound with that I think

[@christophercollins3632]

Ring of Whispers allows you to talk to Manscorpion Tark in Shaded Ruins. And hear if any enemies are within a certain radius.

[@Btron4ever]

Sort of sounds like the Ivory King is saying "torment" when he does that charging swipe

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

I think the Ivory king says sonething like "torment"

[@alessiowisdom]

Nice video.

[@Hassan-Soltan]

Nice vid

[@EtherealFissure]

Holy shit Vendrick shooting that cursed energy ball scared the heck out of me. Never seen that before.

[@luciusireckon2469]

well I think the ivory King is saying torment for one of the words you couldn't make out because that's what I kept hearing any time he muttered it

[@petergohan]

I hear the Ivory King say "Fly", maybe because of the movement he performs, kinda like a swing that sends the player up.

[@mateosoto7486]

Rayme knows that if you beat veldstad you must be strong

[@wendell8226]

I have good memories of Vendrick, the best is when I entered the arena and it turned out that I beat him without even seeing him.

[@duwanglover3424]

It sounds a lot like the Burnt Ivory King is saying "Torment" when he lunges at the player

[@grantharrison1715]

Kinda like all the attention ds2 is getting as of late

[@Morduk385]

Especially with the guy who beat the game with consumables only

[@grantharrison1715]

@@Morduk385 ymfah has been finding new dumb ways to beat dark souls weekly.

[@oliverdiop7530]

Same, I started playing it again yesterday and I'm enjoying a lot.

[@ithlian]

Reime's reaction to Vestaldt's helm... Lol :D

[@SaHaRaSquad]

To me the Ivory King's line sounds more like "fly". Which would fit as he always says it when he dashes at you, and says "destroy" whenever he starts the AoE attack.

[@xeresns4596]

The one you couldn't make out sounds like torment So it might be fire is torment destroy it and die and when he dies he cries for alsanna

[@brandito5480]

Ah yes let’s kick it off with a spider boss *cries in arachnophobia* Also I don’t remember that first encounter with her on the cliff???

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

It happens on NG+ onwards

[@gabrieltorresmanzo3003]

Could be that he says "Destroy the fire"? could be him still trying to stop the chaos

[@fabi3790]

Secret 1 and I already am confused You can encounter freya there?? How? What do you have to do?

[@ManEaterBrainBug]

NG+ if i remember correctly

[@zebra_son]

Only on NG+

[@fabi3790]

Ohh that explains a lot. I didn't play a NG+ yet Thanks to both of you

[@muhammadbilal5961]

I think it's only possible in Scholar of First sin edition and not in Vanilla version.

[@DarknessDestroyer864]

With Ivory King I’m hearing “Die” and “Destroy ??? fire” and I think in the hard to hear parts I’m hearing “Don’t” or “No” but I might not be hearing it right.

[@igorprata6433]

I dont know if is a secret, but i never seen someone speak this: In Dragon shine you cancel the agro on dragon knights after take the egg. So you can summon phantons without the gank running after you.

[@IvanovGeorgiy]

Quite a nice glass cannon build you have.

[@limoncuenes938]

Ivory king says "took" as he strengthens his sword and when steps forward he says "torment".

[@spectre-codm8490]

Just killed blue smelter at the cost of my soul, 6 hours and 7 human effigies now i feel like i am on cloud 9

[@poly_g6068]

Ivory King is saying "FIRE!... TORMENT!... DESTROY... IT..." and yeah... he's kind of suffering in it every day

[@guille_rpg4158]

8:55 LoL not even an inch away from death

[@araxyzmorningstar2854]

Also, with Velstadt's helmet, Raime's scream sounds with more rage.

[@joseless2771]

Ok that last one i did really not knew about

[@gustavo33413]

I think the Ivory King says "fly" instead of fry, like he's throwing you off

[@smallking7673]

I think he says fire because of the choas fire the was below his kingdom I think he thinks you want to release the choas flame and that is why he is saying that

[@d_disjointed_d]

Maybe should have turned off the ingame music for that Ivory King part.

[@Aetius_of_Astora]

I think the ivory king says "fly" not die He means flee, he's telling you to run away. He also says "Destroy the fire" referring to the flame that consumed him

[@Femboy_Grey]

For the ivory king I hear, die, destroy the chaos, too weak and fight and finally his queens name at the end

[@eliasagustinromero7929]

12:17 rare footage of Bleed being actually usefull

[@chrishenderson666]

I believe the Ivory King is telling you to "Die".

[@saint-boi6197]

He say "TORMENT" where you placed "?" ;) Cool vid btw.

[@mouhadmouhad783]

7:57 i think he said ( its over)

[@morganpriest7726]

“Straight to phase two it is.” Fume knight, probably

[@menaceiwill1]

Ivory King. "Destroy your fire"

[@0mattp0]

Vendrick first move is to curse you? Wow I fought him maybe 200+ times and never saw that attack.

[@petkofuchalski9809]

i think the quotes of the Ivory king are "fire"(instead of "die"), "Destroy the fire", "Torrment"(8:21) and "destroy".

[@nightshade180]

Omg I need to know what kind of combination of things you used to kill fume knight so easily. It took me 30 minutes of chipping his hp down, and after two years of trying. I finally killed him. (I'm not a good gamer 😅)

[@pycoza9013]

YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH HEE USSS BACKKK

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Ds2 appreciation month :D

[@MisterDragelof]

Pretty sure the second line from Ivory King was "Torment"

[@fabi3790]

what boots are this? (the heels) and is it a set or not?