RETRY: Elden Ring | Ep.47: Ascending Mt. Gelmir

[@adamlynch1694]

Dread it, run from it, the smörgåsbuild arrives all the same.

[@LuigisHandsomeBrother]

only 49 minutes in and I think it's the most stressed i've ever been watching Rory in the years. Still in disbelief you made it out with those runes.

[@user-kl9om9bt4k]

Watching Rory intentionally remain slightly underpowered for no reason makes me feel insane

[@marcopivetta7796]

it's just constant coping and seething from me, brother. I literally have to stop myself from looking to the runes because they just lose them over and over again without using them lol

[@allang.galeano4843]

I literally have to take breaks from watching because it hurts my soul. Rory gets very close to the "it's not fun anymore" line for me. 😅

[@Graphaeli]

if it was any other game, it wouldn't be that bad. this is the one game where you wanna level and upgrade every chance you get at least on your first run to make it the most fun. that's also the best way to play for more casual players, which Rory is, and there's nothing wrong with that. there's a difference between being a lil overleveled by happenstance and intentionally farming/grinding to be overpowered. plus being a bit overleveled doesn't even make much of a difference if you don't even really have an optimal build and you're spreading your levels as evenly as they are. i don't understand why they don't check what levels/ upgrades they can do with the runes they have at the beginning of each recording session. it would cut the amount of struggling by half, and i'm not saying watching rory struggle a bit isn't fun, but it's too much and just getting old atp. sorry for the rant. still love the boys and the series. but yeah tldr; i agree fully.

[@burgundygoat8273]

FYI: You are prevented from warping out of all minor dungeons like caves hero's graves etc. until you defeat their respective boss. Once the boss is dead, you are free to warp out of them.

[@burgundygoat8273]

Also, to answer Gav's question at 1:20:47, that X status icon on Auntie Finchy denotes that you cannot warp to sites of grace (in this case since they are in a cave with an undefeated boss).

[@seanbrown6796]

My dad loved me is the best line Powers has ever had.

[@sambom7]

if rory remembered guard counters exist we'd be at the end of season 2 by now

[@kamuymamushi5877]

Honestly I only started paying attention to guard counter after starting the DLC 😅

[@jcace13]

Every time he runs at a boss and doesn't do a jump attack it feels wrong.

[@Lady_Vengeance]

50:30 Gav and Daniel’s reaction to Rory’s “joke” might be the hardest I’ve laughed this season. Gav’s head in hands, Daniel’s pause for just the right amount of time, and then, “You’ve upset Gavin.” It’s just so perfect.

[@KarzGuitar]

Me too! Flashbacks to the old high tension PTT episodes hahaha

[@usernameunavailable2256]

“Gavin’s not on board”

[@Trollkiller]

Finally get to be a patreon slug after watching since PTT end of dark souls one, I'm now 30 and goodness it's been a joy to have you lads to watch. Cheers lads and much love.

[@Cobweb404]

What I love about all their series is the personalities and motives they give NPCs 😂 The awkward reshuffling by everyone after Rory's "is it lunch?" joke when talking about dads 😭 1:17:40

[@TheMarkoSeke]

1:31:38 You can ABSOLUTELY have poison and rot at the same time Daniel

[@freigeistify]

Ooooh that moment about the dads and mums was so damn sweet.. you guys!! 🥹

[@PersianPersuasi0n]

Watching this on a plane with turbulence, and being a slightly anxious flyer watching this is helping no end ❤️

[@patricoda]

The large amounts of unspent runes give me far more anxiety than any horror film I've ever seen 😂

[@philippheuveling4130]

The most maddening thing about the boss fight is that nobody realized the Dagger Skill was doing more damage per hit than all the buffed fire or lightning 😂

[@dubeolgaming285]

Yeah, they paid so much attention to the damage of all the weapons and spells they used to try to optimize the best thing to take down the fallingstar beast, but not one of them mentioned how insanely better the 1000+ damage of the Black Knife ash of war was compared to anything else (especially for a measely 25 FP cost) 😂, but that's why we love 'em. At least Rory ended up using it quite a few times on the winning attempt, and the damage of the ash of war scales exclusively with faith, so it's good for their ""Build"".

[@Heelmatic]

Krupa hates the dagger 😂

[@supremebuffalo6322]

They 'put the horse before the cart' quite often in pursuit of min-max'ing in this series. It is what it is 🤷‍♂️ The one that gets me is the immunity stuff when they try to spec for Rot resist. They put on the multi-resist talisman because it says 'greatly'. But if you compare the numbers with one that just does Rot resist, it's higher resist (because its dedicated to a single resist type instead of spreading the stat around)

[@philippheuveling4130]

@@dubeolgaming285 I think Rory somehow thought it was only worth to do it as a first attack 😅 But yeah that’s classic prepare to try/retry stuff and also part of why I love them. You get really invested

[@philippheuveling4130]

@@supremebuffalo6322 actually I didn’t know that and made the same mistake 😂

[@jacforse7642]

I'm only in the start of the ep, but I really recommend to turn on the "New Items" setting so everything new you guys pick up has an exclamation point cause sometimes you pick something up and don't read it so this will let you know later that you haven't looked at it. The "recent items" tab is super useful too.

[@CybersteelEx]

isnt the update quite recemt? this couldve been recorded months ago

[@supremebuffalo6322]

@@CybersteelEx yea... I suspect eventually one episode it will get mentioned and then we know it was filmed around the time DLC came out. OR, they cleverly don't mention it as to not 'date' the episodes or recording schedule

[@henry-nj8zb]

this was recorded prior to/without that patch. you can tell because that patch also added a “map functions menu” prompt on the map screen which isn’t present in the episodes yet

[@Bones_]

I'm assuming they're going to remain on the unpatched version because the loading screens update to include DLC locations

[@samal-dabbagh4720]

Gav, that enemy with the sword and crossbow reminded you of Slave Knight Gael

[@landoncook1807]

Walking in a hero's grave with 80,000 runes and not leveling...sounds about right for Rory lol.

[@al29902]

Lol & then proceeding to fight the boss with an unupgraded weapon.

[@landoncook1807]

@@al29902 lots of fingering in this episode

[@muhammadsyukrihasni7086]

Makes me wanna impale rory with his own frost katana 😂

[@charlottesreadsthings211]

"I'll give you a parry as a treat" "NO" 😂😂

[@lc42]

Btw, something that might help with the shields debate. The parry shield had 100 percent damage block but the one you decided to use hoarfrost on is only 77, so you lose health even when blocking. if you put “no skill” on a 100% shield youll lose way less health. If not, you may end up missing the Ryan Gosling

[@benjaminklos9637]

Krupa's Gideon impression was spot on, great episode.

[@stefanhenrico]

The weekend begins now!

[@CactuarKing]

Aww shout out to the funnybones reference. I named my first cat finnie after their fish, it was entirely lost on me until moments ago that name was a fish joke

[@acg3934]

Maybe unintentional on From Soft's end but Gurranq reminds me of a tradition from rural Wales known as 'Sin Eating'. The night before a funeral, a 'Sin Eater', often a beggar, was given a meal by the bereaved. He would eat the meal alongside the deceased, and in doing so would consume his 'sins', allowing the deceased access to heaven.

[@supremebuffalo6322]

Can confirm, nothing put my welsh mum off a meal, ever ever. They'll dine next to a dead person no problem 😂

[@elwick_photo]

Watching this stresses me out so much. SO MUCH. How is Krupa not ordering you to spend those damned Runes EVERY SINGLE TIME you rest at a bonfire is beyond me.

[@Fujioh]

Okay I’m glad I wasn’t the only one. I’m like for the love of Christ just spend those souls!

[@muckaxe]

Shhh, everything’s gonna be ok honey. It’s just a silly show about having fun with friends. The let’s play series can’t hurt you😘

[@matthewstein5854]

Ugh same!! I love the lads and have been watching since PTT bloodborne. With Elden Ring though they are releasing their playthrough a year after the games release and the "Newest" episode is still only about only 3/4 through the base game while the DLC has been out for months. I truly love the lads and their content (I pay for the patreon) but at this point I feel sometimes the stupidity is forced. Like why is Rory fighting a boss with a unupgraded weapon. Why not level up with the 80k plus souls. I just find at times Rory is playing a bit silly for the content. At this point he has beaten multiple FS games and is a capable player. Just play the game to your potential and let the banter go with it. It just feels forced with ER. They are stretching their playthrough to over 2 years, and didnt even begin the playthrough until a year after release. If they ever play the DLC it wont release until 2026 at this rate. Just feels like they are missing so much other content and oppurtunity. They cld have played Lies of P, Armored Core, or Wukong but instead we are getting a Elden Ring Playthrough still 20+ episodes short of the conclusion in 2024 while the games main draw content wise is the DLC which if we do get wont be until prob 2026. I know sounds like I'm hating and to an extent I am. I do like their content and really like Gav, Krupa, and Rory. I just feel they arnt optimizing their channel fully. If they are working full time outside of this that's fine but the impression is very much the channel is their full time job and objective and if that's the case I think it's a bit underwhelming for what we are paying on Patreon.

[@ak-qs9ni]

@@matthewstein5854i second all of this! love the lads...love the content! but the strategic decision to hook in viewers to then drag this series out over 3 parts 1 ep per wk feels cheeky as fuck! they're milking the hell outta this!

[@thisispenguin1951]

@@matthewstein5854 I couldn’t agree more. This is the first series of theirs that I’m losing interest just because it feels forced. ER is hard enough for good players, so there’s no need to pretend you suck just to make content. It’s fun to watch them banter, and Rory will hit a wall at oh so many bosses even if he levels up and tries hard. If they want to make it artificially harder, then stop pretending they “need to get those souls” or just spend them on smithing stones or upgrade a bunch of weapons or something. It just feels forced and fake. Eh, maybe I’m wrong. But it really feels different from all their other series

[@cjgthebeast]

i've just realized, rory two hands the dagger but one handed the twinblade lol.

[@HighWolnir]

56:38 Rory has just got such an amazing weapon that I'm 100% sure he will never look at and that's why I love this show

[@nathannn77]

Hey, guys. In case you didn't know, Elden Ring had an update not long ago that made it so any new item you pick up goes to the first menu in your inventory. It's not necessary but it may help Rory get to the descriptions faster when he picks up a new item without having to dig around for it :) I think you turn it on in the game settings. Love the content!

[@lilypad585]

I think I'm developing a new kind of anxiety watching those unspent runes creep up only to be inevitably lost 😭

[@guesswho1573]

I have finally caught up with you guys! I found the retry channel only about a month ago after rewatching prepare to try for like the 8th time, so glad you guys are keeping it up!

[@KarzGuitar]

Great banter this episode boys! Classic as always :D One thing to note - you can actually stack poison and scarlet rot simultaneously for ridiculous damage. Although for our viewing pleasure, I'm glad that wasn't the strat 😆

[@abluecardigan]

Fallingstar Beast Jaw is my favorite weapon in both the base game and DLC. It's immaculate. Perfection. Beauty. The embodiment of a lord. In every way, unmatched. BONK

[@solabis]

I dont think they actually did the Rise that requires the combo of erudition AND a sorcery crown tbf lol hence why Powers brought it up lol (it’s the one by the frenzy sauron tower by the lift, pretty sure the boys just went straight to the frenzy flame village instead) that rise also has unique loot lol

[@Trollkiller]

Gav making a Vinland saga reference immediately brought a smile to my face. Great show.

[@Narakai_Geittz]

In relation to the caves, graves and catacombs: you cannot warp out until you kill the boss. Assumedly its so the player makes the decision that they will fight to the end rather than just get partway through and decide otherwise

[@h4rdboiled695]

The spiked club you got 2 of called Great Stars is sooo good. Strike damage, bleed, HP regen on hits, and stunslocks from being a massive donker.

[@explosean4058]

Best thing to see on a Sunday morning (NZ Based)! As a note - you can warp out of caves, catacombs, hero's graves etc. when you've beaten the boss

[@SawnOffCinema]

I live for Rory playing like a mad man and Krupa losing his mind so this episode was magical for me, boys. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Vacartu]

I used to be stressed and sometimes even annoyed by his play style. But now I’m embracing the chaos and it’s a lot more fun!

[@mikeyhavik815]

I have 300+ hours in this game, multiple play throughs and a pretty thorough completionist run using the big physical guide… somehow never got Lusat’s gear or knew it existed

[@andrew199271]

Can we do a Night Time episode where he goes around killing all the nighttime bosses

[@Darther659]

I dont even know why they bother trying to collect runes after dying, theyre not being used anyway haha. Level up fellas!

[@WINZ0W]

Waiting for the lads to discover dual wield daggers and left handing a talisman.

[@OutsidersLaptop]

"So we have 85,000 runes...let's go do something else!"

[@hawlkman]

I was thinking to my self "I don't think it can be poisoned its a rock... or meteor" then it got poisoned and I was like "Holy shit the rock got poisoned" I was proven wrong.

[@Cr0wsMurd3r]

Prediction... Rory will lose all those 85k runes he started the episode with. 😂 Guess I was wrong... so far 🤣. Well, there went 67k though. At Mt. Gelmir the game estimates one to be using a +6 Somber or around +15 normal weapon. Thereabouts... Rory is really trying to make it as hard as possible by using some of the worst weapons in the game, and frequently un-upgraded as well 🤣. Not to mention the lack of armor, which leads to more dmg taken. //That "build" still frustrates me... so scattered.

[@kungfustuey1]

I love how Powers still twohands the dagger after equipping the no skill shield... that muscle memory is ingrained for good

[@jomega_gaming]

1:05:50 I love that Powers still doesn't quite understand the ashes of war thing, Krupa has really tried to teach him. Also he sounds so scared asking where "hoar crost stomp" is 😅. Also, not back seat gaming just a discussion, but it's a shame Powers didn't like/use the Flame of Frenzy with the star beast thing (or most things tbh) I found it so useful in my play through I carried me the first half of the game. A good dodge into charge attack 2 or 3 times on these big bosses and they'd go down for a visso. 🔥 👁️

[@Fujioh]

Another episode, another wee dagger run. I’m gagging for anything else, magic, katana, the space flail. ANYTHING!

[@Adsgames85]

Krupas Bottom references are criminally under appreciated 😢

[@grenko3646]

15:11 The face of a man who just realized he made a huge mistake 😂😂

[@TheBlackDemon1996]

I think the chariot killed the shade at 43:44. You can see the item it dropped at 47:41.

[@Schizm1]

Ok - this will be weird comment. Last night I watched last episode of Grand Tour and I cried like a little girl. The Trio was a part of my life since I was a kid and I'll miss them so goddamn much. But... I find some comfort knowing that, through sheer cosmic luck, in gaming industry there's another Trio that was with me through good and bad. Since S1 of PTT I can't stop watching You guys so thank You sooooooo much for years of amazing content! To the fools!!

[@rossdoubleu4401]

37:45 “he’s f**king psycho!” I’m back in 😂😂

[@kamuymamushi5877]

59:37 The Volcano Manor sigil / Banner Really says a lot about their Lord Well, eventually it will all come, dare I say, together..

[@IanMcGarr]

Daniel has the patience of a saint.

[@Heelmatic]

Might be ok to start leveling Auntie Finchy up again lol

[@92eoincasey]

Love how long these episodes are now brilliant

[@katiejohansson5390]

It's dumb but I'm quite happy that one of my messages showed up in the show 😄

[@jonnymaddy]

Top Quality banter as always lads! though that Gelmir heroes grave stressed hell out of me with those runes 😂 Glad they didnt all go to waste. Look forward to the episodes every week and always learn something new thanks to the Loremaster. To Gluttoneous Depravity!

[@Kelnef]

I love the Fire of Love! the footage is genuinely insane it looks alien.

[@EdenHellCipher]

I’d been listening to this show on headphones forever, then I decide to watch it while I dye my hair, so I take the headphones off. Soon as the headphones are off? “Penis penis penis, vagina vagina!” You guys… I swear…

[@alexanderalfaro8314]

15:10 Daniel immediately regretting telling them about the Ringed Finger is amazing.

[@denisbarry4178]

Yall should add the fancy parries to your next shopping list, storm parry, carian retaliation and golden parry are all accessible to you now and are significantly better than the regular parry, also yall can use two sheilds if oh and that cemetery shade drops a unique weapon yall may have missed out on. But for real if powers wants to parry give em the good tools for it

[@jcace13]

Good work on that Fallingstar Beast, I went up Gelmir too early and he took me more attempts than several Demi Gods.

[@spooky_shran]

daniel: guys, kids watch this show, people watch this on saturday morning also daniel: [more overwatch grot jokes]

[@TheMarkoSeke]

1:10:10 The reason you could teleport out of the Hero's Grave is because you had defeated the boss at that point. Once a boss of a dungeon is defeated you can freely teleport out.

[@sevrinbrown3821]

I think as RKG has gone on, Rory’s actions have stressed Gav and Daniel so much it’s gonna end up hyper aging them like presidents

[@abookofmatches]

DANIEL the SELF-PROCLAIMED LORE MASTER keeps referring to ROSUS as ROSARIA when they are VERY DIFFERENT! ROSUS is the SHEPHERD of the DEAD and ROSARIA is the MOTHER of REBIRTH and such a mistake is INEXCUSABLE! Personally I always get Rosus Shepherd of the Dead and Jergal Scribe of the Dead mixed up and they’re not even in the same genre. Fantasy is silly fun.

[@mkeezy53]

Gotta good lol outta the idea that they'd cover left and right on Roundtable Hold

[@jwsmith32work]

55:06 Awww, missed talking to Patches sitting on the left. *You can warp in caves once you've killed the boss.

[@zemo2916]

Lightning can be cast repeatedly in quick succession by tapping R1 rapidly. You can also charge the first blast.

[@anthonyburgess9921]

Losing the runes is stressing me so much! love you guys but watching you slowly sidestep 60k runes is hard to watch!

[@Sasuke1x]

The ruuuuunes!

[@DOC_951]

Absolutely wild to me that so many adults have no idea what is left versus right hahah

[@allenwarcholak6728]

Do they discuss beforehand to not spend any runes to make the eps more exciting?!... Cuz it works!!

[@daedaluschimp4674]

FESTIVAL ROCKS

[@BoatSoccerPlayer]

31:00 Gav might be thinking about the fight with Gael, with his crazy machine gun crossbow

[@hikerchris7164]

I will come back and do the math, but i am fairly certain that over 200,000 souls have been lost over the past 3-4 episodes. Absolutely brilliant 😂

[@TeamEthicsDK]

Best not to think about it.

[@kd8835]

They’re genuinely not bothered, makes it harder = better content?

[@TeamEthicsDK]

@@kd8835 I think it’s partly that. It’s an easy way to keep it interesting. They’ve played the games long enough that if they used all their souls they could become OP too fast. Bloodborne is kinda an example of that happening. When they got to the end it wasn’t really challenging cause they did the DLC first and leveled up too fast.

[@Cr0wsMurd3r]

You are not wrong.

[@Cr0wsMurd3r]

@@TeamEthicsDK We'll see about that in a years time when Malenia makes an appearance... or after that when they enter the DLC 😂.

[@ArbiterHems]

This slash weapon isnt doing much damage, what other weapons have we got? Lets try this less upgraded slash weapon 😂. Thank god for Dan keeping the train moving forwards 😅.

[@3enCooper]

9:29 - To be fair to that commenter, Daniel, they were probably telling you that it's 'Jarwight' not 'Jarwright'.

[@downbad_comrade]

Thanks for having my back dawg 😂

[@zossua7375]

Theres so much I missed in this game. Like I would have never found Ringed Finger weapon. Mt Gelmir is probably one of my favourite areas in the game. Just because it looks so cool.

[@nheimi99]

You guys could just use the runes for upgrade materials for play/build variety instead of just ignoring them :,(

[@JacktheSadArmadillo]

The muck build: giant fingersword and a piss spell

[@youngrembrandt]

Best Pringles flavour is paprika and is mostly only found in corner shops/offies.

[@Qonda0T]

@1:02:40 Gav going, buy everything, then a couple seconds later going, sell it all back, just cracked me up 😂. So much for a good deed done wrong eh! 😂

[@Chefkess]

RKG Lore- That shirt gives Gavin a 20% buff to grott. ❤

[@oranjekenny]

Here's to the best intro on KZbin to date! ❤️

[@mkeezy53]

The hoody rules are in complete shambles this season. Not a complaint, but its for sure a fact

[@CD-or1eb]

When they’re looking through the spell menus and Dan essentially asks Rory, ‘Can you read?’ 😂

[@ToasterAssassin]

I appreciated Krupas "so i married an axe murderer" joke/reference

[@ThatGuyCalledSteeve]

This episode was the most anxiety inducing thing with the runes

[@Cheffy-B]

Starting the video and biting my nails as Rory runs around with 85k runes in his pocket. Will he remember to spend/level before he loses them?!

[@Stoicshoebill]

You may have tried it and someone else may have mentioned it but quick step is pretty great for getting backstabs.

[@cptkaboom]

Oh my god, watching this Hero's Grave run is about to put me in my own grave.

[@supremebuffalo6322]

thought they were gonna talk to Patches, to at least hear his apology. He's on screen at 55:06 but I don't think they noticed him

[@ПавелЛедовских]

Oh, right on time

[@davidpickavance1]

54:04 "You've got to have something for the birds!"

[@michailvolski5035]

in Vinland Saga Gav, they are trying to get to North America , Vineland, which the vikings did land in.

[@bridie10500]

34 minutes in and nearly broke my neck with that jump scare 😂

[@pmoneyelite4719]

Best intro yet lads!

[@dh18436]

Can't warp out of dungeons until you beat the boss, hero graves included