Lords of the Fallen Beginner's Guide - Everything You Need to Know

[@mickeycee8559]

What a year for games. I’m hyped for this

[@fullmetalmidget]

2 more days

[@nomack23]

Like what games makes this year so extraordinary in your eyes?

[@windhikes]

Correction for ammo capacity scaling mentioned at 42:46 - It doesn't scale on Agility, but Endurance and Vitality. The formula is floor((End + Vit) / 2 ) - 2 = Ammo Slots. e.g. Yours is floor((16+26)/2) - 2 = 19 Ammo Slots. I would feel very sorry for non-Agi builds out there if it only scaled on Agi. :P

[@RyuChamploo]

Very good beginner's guide. Always enjoy your content!

[@DiscoFinalBoss]

This might be my favourite part about new releases. Your guides are pretty in depth and entertaining.

[@Tgoob]

This might be the BEST beginners guide I have ever come across. Very informative for a new player to this type of gameplay. Looking forward to Lords of Fallen.

[@sikevillain]

This game is gonna be awesome. 👍 I love soulslike games & this has the potential to be one of the best in the genre. Tryna not to get too hyped but damn 🔥 lol

[@GrZtv]

did you play Lies of P. Thats by far the best non fromsoft games so far

[@sikevillain]

@@GrZtv yeah I'm currently fighting laxasia getting my ass kicked right now lol I love lies of p!!

[@chrisbellville6957]

I beat lies of p last night so this is just in time

[@sikevillain]

@@chrisbellville6957 ikr! I'm almost done with lies of p! Can't wait for LOTF!

[@supremekizzle]

​@@GrZtvmeh, I beat it, but it has a lot of issues. Really high barrier of entry due to the difficulty of the game.

[@v4nqz908]

Best beginners guide Hands down

[@Tubbilove]

Dang. I played the first one, but this looks so much better I cant wait to get it. Thank you for all the information we all appreciate it.

[@mcdougal0]

BEST STARTERS GUIDE I'VE WATCHED A MUST WATCH FOR ALL NEW PLAYERS.

[@retro2485]

Thanks man one of the best guide I ever seen for a game I don’t have the game was using the guide as a review

[@espirite]

This is an amazing video. I really struggle with these souls like games and haven't played them much before. While this game seems to have mixed reviews on steam i'm absolutely in love with it. The visuals, the fluidity and variety of the combat and the overall balance of difficulty for me just hits a sweet spot. The astral plane is such an awesome mechanic and while not the first time we have seen this it's definitely the first time in a souls like. I love the way it adds a different way to explore or find shortcuts. I love the risk / reward almost extraction style pressure of trying to get out before the timer runs out and i love that when you die you get this second chance. Your guide is incredible for someone like me who is not just new to this game but pretty new to trying to get into the whole grenre.

[@TheMrrccava]

I the reason this appeals to me so much is it reminds me of 3d Salt and Sacrifice. The super gothic style, the thrown weapons etc. Real cool im excited

[@ataridc]

?? it's like a 3d Dark Souls, they did this style well over a decade ago at this point

[@joshw3880]

This will be my first souls-like. Pretty excited to try multiple classes. Usually go with a paladin, berserker, or ranger type of build for mmorpgs

[@fogstorm5531]

Me too. I’ve played Remnant 2 and loved it. Despite what some people say, Remnant 2 is a souls game and very difficult.

[@joshw3880]

​@@fogstorm5531do you think I should even try the preacher since it's an "advanced" class, as a newbie? Or possibly just do hallowed knight and add some radiant points?

[@fogstorm5531]

I heard the preacher is squishy to start, but once you get spells going you should have an easier time. I’m going Dark Knight (early unlock class or whatever it’s called) since it’s leveled from the start.

[@joshw3880]

@@fogstorm5531 nice. Yeah maybe I'll do preacher coop with my brother then to have some backup to help. Thought I saw somewhere that the advanced classes start at a higher level so as to have less skill points to disperse. Not sure if this is true as Ive only seen/heard it once. Yeah I only preordered the base edition

[@yoshighomi]

Thank you for this context... I think you explained a lot of things that most people missed like the health gain... Love this and really excited for this game... More than Elden ring to be in fact.

[@fogstorm5531]

I’ve only played Remnant 2 and loved it. I want to play Elden Ring but got this instead so I can get experience with Souls-like combat.

[@yoshighomi]

@@fogstorm5531 Sounds like we are in the same boat... Ill play Elden ring for sure.. but for now.. I'm all over This game.

[@DBGajzen]

Great vid Ruri, was looking for something completely spoiler free but still very informative!

[@TheVDaddyo]

Just want to say how much I enjoy your content/style. Only recently came across your channel re: LoP content, now LOTF. As a die-hard soulsborne fan (played/finished every game at lest once) who grew up playing video games in the 80s (in these buildings called “arcades” with their associated sensory overload 😅) with three grown children/young adults, I appreciate your POV. Great breakdown of these new LOTF mechanics in this video. I’ve really enjoyed & almost completed LoP. Really looking forward to LOTF 🔥 Subbed. Happy to support you & looking forward to more LOTF content! 🙏

[@shokid24]

Just started my first play through last night. So far it’s pretty good. I really like the health mechanic for blocking.

[@NstHarlequin]

The animations had me doubting but the mechanics for umbral sold me on this game

[@Darkholow]

Thanks for the video! I can't wait to dive in on Friday. I hope they can fix the stutter issues that I've been seeing people have with a day 1 patch.

[@july_inkz]

You provide solid guides man

[@jengaaaaa]

This game also have dodging while running. It's really useful in Umbral realm when you panic around hordes of enemies.

[@JoolsyB]

Really looking forward to Friday morning. Nice guide 'Khan 👏

[@rickyturley]

What a year for war I'm pumped for that

[@aner_bda]

The tinct system is a nice touch. Definitely something that is missing in other Soulslikes.

[@Dee-Gee13]

Thanks for the detailed breakdown really appreciated

[@jameskeller3425]

umbral reminds me of hex spells in DS2 where you needed both faith/int

[@martakarolinazmyslowska6903]

Oh man.. I played a lot of soulslike games and play a lot of huge rpgs, open worlds etc. Games with lot of complex features. started this one yesterday and it somehow was to much of all at once 😅 this thing with this umbrela world is confusing for me and there are so many mechanics at once somehow idk. But this video definitely helps thank U 🙏

[@Morbidfilthz]

Im so hyped for this game!

[@HaloinfiniteEternal]

🔥💯

[@Alex501X]

Thank you for this Guide 😊

[@number1enemyoftheuseless985]

Good explanation for souls players👍

[@HarryHaroldCruz]

Been with you since MHW. Just got back again to the gaming community, and I want to start over with a new game. This one. 😅

[@geminisundone]

Great video mate. Love my soulsborne games and im sorely tempted to buy this even though im against paying £70 on launch. This snd EA WRC out at the end of the month will be my games for this year.

[@HaloinfiniteEternal]

Just get it bro 💯

[@KiIgrave]

Thx awesome video!! I really must say i am palying "Souls-Like" Games always with Controller. Tried Lies of P with MK it was terrible.

[@kamalhasan7606]

Wow, thank you very much! That was great, a lot of information. Now if I could just get the game to preload on my Xbox..

[@kenji2582]

You forget one machanic posters an the walls to soulflay to get wither + to fill the bols aka orbs

[@destinsather9757]

Can you customize the button layout like in Elden Ring/Lies of P? I always like binding my light attack to square/x and heavy to triangle/y

[@dwirtz0116]

Had no idea you could replenish ammo with the pouch! 🙃😂🎉

[@TheTNPfan]

Good job thank you

[@brokesoul89]

Thank you! I'm new to souls like games, I usually avoid them on purpose after play dark souls 1 like if was like others rpg and choosed a mage... You can imagine my face when I went to the first boss and try to cheat hiddin in places to hit in the distance and it kills you in many ways and redo everything!. But I'm returning and try this one, I use a dark crusader and usually never play with melee clases so I'm having fun with Pieta ...xD. I made a preacher and I went much better but I can't be hit more than 2 times or I'm dead 😅

[@D4rkm00r]

RIP Bucket boi for the beginner's guide ;)

[@harutakagura4886]

LOTF was good at making the weapons feel weighty with momentum

[@Blindking84]

Great guide

[@kthup]

great guide thank you

[@GBujar]

Love this ❤

[@fogstorm5531]

Awesome guide, thanks! How difficult is the game?

[@richlacerra6668]

One thing I didn’t hear you touch base on that I’m curious about when it comes to two handing, I heard the developers speak about prior that you can switch between one handing and two handing during your combat swing animations and theoretically tying vastly different combos together. Is that still in the game?

[@rurikhan]

Yes

[@matthewchapman7301]

When you use one of the statues to Emerge from Umbral, does that give you your life back or no?

[@rurikhan]

Yes

[@potatoeOnRooftop]

Thanks for this :) really enjoyed the prep to get started even easier on every mechanic. Finishes lies of p yesterday after fighting nameless puppet like a million times and I'm so ready for this :) can't wait. It also kind of fit my Halloween itch somehow. People it's October the best time of the year imho I wish everyone so much fun with this ❤️

[@TheJML1975]

What time is the deep dive, going live? I can’t see the time!

[@novagaming4970]

everything except the last two points get explained to you in the tutorial of the game so no need to worry too much

[@thitawatkerdchua3341]

A content I'm waiting for is kick bosses till dead .

[@sanguiniusszuiriel4984]

2 days at time of writing until I play it. Still reserving judgement until I’ve gotten hands on.

[@dragomango992]

Do you get 50% STR for 2-handing a weapon, like in Elden Ring? I like 2-handing my spears rather than dual wielding them, so I'm wondering if I'm missing out on damage by choosing to 2-hand AGI-scaling weapons.

[@ArteausArtane]

Are y'all able to make multiple characters?

[@july_inkz]

Is it worth taking vigor from 60 to 80

[@Linarian]

Are there any weapon arts or skills? Seems like all characters would only use the same attacks over and over?

[@YureiOni]

The d-pad toggle could’ve been so much better. More like the way ER does it

[@dr_cojo5078]

But do we need a shield to parry? Does this mean a dual blade wielder like the stalker not have a parry?

[@joshw3880]

In coop, what can the host obtain compared to the guest. Is the guest limited at all to getting gear? I know their own personal story line doesn't progress but just looking for clarification on what else the guest cannot loot or obtain. Thanks

[@mbarkmkm6654]

can you kill the red thing that spawns when you stay too long in umbral realm ?

[@robinforslund2476]

Id love a diatance/close range class. Is there a good one for a noob like me?

[@mduckernz]

Blackfeather Ranger is probably best for that. Or a magic class, like the Orian Preacher, or Pyric Cultist

[@ettansgummi8410]

@@mduckernz thanks, yeah I really wanna try orian cause he looks awesome, but dont wanna die too easily =)

[@w7x509]

What happens when you die (in axiom and umbral) ? You begin again at the last bonfire without your souls and you can get the souls you lost at the same spot you died in axiom or in umbral ?

[@rurikhan]

Yep. Exactly that.

[@w7x509]

@@rurikhan Thank you !

[@rurikhan]

Endurance and vitality

[@SwangoZone]

How does the rune tablet work

[@Overonator]

All I want to know is does it have the typical Unreal Engine shader compilation stutter? Does it precompile shaders before gameplay? Also does it have traversal stutter that is also typical of Unreal Engine games where crossing over certain lines in the game results in stutter as new part of the level loads in?

[@mduckernz]

It should be much less with Unreal 5, because with Nanite object system, there is not really the concept of LODs. This comes at cost of higher memory use, but pop in shouldn’t happen and stutter should not either so long as you have the memory to support it.

[@Overonator]

@@mduckernz I have 32 GB of RAM and I want to see this magical Unreal 5 Engine game, that doesn't have pop-in and/or shader compilation stutter and/or traversal stutter. I have yet to see one. Even Lies of P which doesn't have shader compilation stutter nor traversal stutter, I can see pop-in at certain times.

[@Pipes61874]

What graphics card and cpu are you using ?

[@rurikhan]

Ryzen 9 5900X and AMD 6900XT

[@GamerGuysAndGals]

how u upgrade weapons?

[@YoungBoom3r]

Anyone know where the Photo mode saves pictures (on Steam)?

[@Dat_775]

Is this game better than Lies of P ?

[@definitelyadarkangel9225]

So if you parry and the wither damage takes you to zero do you die through it? Because that would be a good quality of life thing. It sucks being punished for good gameplay.

[@Jim77781]

No, it keeps you at 1 hp and it's the same with blocking as long as the parry or block is successful.

[@fgc_7433]

Does this have Duels like in Souls games?

[@Jim77781]

Yes

[@vincentdamico6266]

Is there anyway to remap the sprint button?

[@windhikes]

On PC with M&K yes, but I don't think so on controller unfortunately. I'm not sure what alternative layout schemes there are yet. I personally hate having to hold down a button on the left stick, that behavior just leads to stick drift.

[@czatarain809]

Can unwanted items be discarded?

[@rurikhan]

Or sold, yes

[@jmac1141]

Game is bugged for me. It won't go past the character name screen. I'm on PlayStation five. I've noticed a few people are having this problem. If someone finds a fix or finds out if they fix it please let me know

[@True_Draconian]

You didn't mention this but the le amp say 15%dread resistance what is that

[@rurikhan]

There’s sockets in the lamp, that’s from my socket.

[@mduckernz]

Dread is what causes the bar around the eye that shows up in Umbral to fill up. The more full it gets, the more dangerous enemies spawn. When totally full it turns red and you gonna die unless you escape really fast So, dread resistance makes that bar fill more slowly. That way you can spend longer in Umbral

[@Vicioussama]

I hate when it's run + jump to jump :\ at least it's not on the dodge button right? That's what I LOATHE in DkS1 and BB lol. Glad DkS2 had at least the L3 option to jump as did DkS3.

[@YureiOni]

I really hope this game doesn’t require multiplayer to have the best experience possible. Being mainly a solo player, that’s just gonna make me not want to play.

[@hasanbas4061]

why does it have screen tearing ?

[@Terron29]

the sprint is so fast! game looks solid

[@kingsaco]

How is it going?

[@soullesspancake7405]

Do the combat feel tight/responsive?

[@aintnoway3659]

Do you think I can run this on my Samsung fridge

[@anubrakahn2970]

Maybe the Xbox Series X fridge?

[@wicked-cheeseburger]

Lmao

[@CLARENCErr]

Gonna need a woodbox 5 at least to play this at acceptable frame rates.

[@soullesspancake7405]

Sorry only supports LG toasters 😂

[@mwfcod0932]

5:44 Damn .. I feel bad for them, running around whit blue balls. That hurts a LOT.. trust me 🤣

[@davidjoseph3188]

I was so excited for this game but now it dont look all that I tell you why way to hard only 2 life's 1 of them life's in a harder mode that gets harder hardly no health at all if you get hit once massive amount health is gone how is this fun this is not a fun game stupid I think this will flop fast many will quit just make it simple like a bloodborne or a ds3 its better

[@danielhogue4327]

Who is Bob? How do you know he is my uncle.

[@Nedk82]

i hate that a parry doesnt put the enemy into a repost state. choose one sekiro or darksouls but u cant use both. if your copying from the best then why change how the masters at fromsoft do it its silly. reminds me of calisto protocol , they tried sooooo hard to make it not dead space that it crash and burned so bad. if it’s not broke dont fix it. Lies of p stuck firmly to blood borne formula and stayed true to it.

[@KingDreadster]

shut up ……..

[@ldridgley]

Saw ruri's first impression video which had me quite excited for the game. I have an AMD system too with an rx 7800 xt. Anyone know what sort of settings ruri was running the game at? - im hoping for 1440p60 at high presets, bit obviously a bit concerned due to having AMD components

[@tordatfalviciprian5775]

hope i can play in 3440x1440 full amd build also :)

[@Gyuribacsik]

Auto aim off?

[@jaydeebow6431]

I am going skip on this one i just dont like the game design but every game isn't for everyone and this one isn't for me,but we have Lies of P that is just amazing. So im good 👍

[@smokingblaster1764]

so....... is it a buy for the souls fan?

[@antonybrisson4090]

Amazing video. God damn the sound effects in the game sucks thou. Makes the combat feel soooo off

[@COREcasual]

you take wither damage from perfect parry..... that's a terrible design decision

[@johnhuddleston1986]

As long as you attack afterwards you will gain the health back.

[@COREcasual]

@@johnhuddleston1986 I know, and I like the idea for blocking, but perfect parry should absolutely not cause wither damage

[@HaloinfiniteEternal]

Not necessarily because while it’s a souls like title I do feel the devs doing it a little differently helps to make it its own game and so the small tweaks or differences might sound bad now but once We play it I believe we’re gonna feel as though they actually made the right decisions and created an exceptional souls game

[@doubletripleog6419]

The more I play this game the less I like it. I am around 35 hrs in and lazy devs making you fight a boss and mobs at the same time is the worst mechanic ever.

[@ragnell2259]

The only thing that turns me off a bit is the attack animations. Sword swings lack style and flair and don't have much weight behind them. I'm still looking forward to this game, especially the no-nonsense coop.

[@jimsavior7]

lol blue balls

[@MikkiZHskDK]

A guide? The game isnt even out yet , let alone reviews 😂 no one can play it

[@Panthro-lo2lh]

this game went from "i want" to "we'll see" when i found out it had dlc classes on launch

[@ajaxwithbleach1726]

u can unlock the special class in game aswell , so really not a huge deal

[@ReversedCentaur]

The roll distance is so silly.

[@SpitSomeThinGood]

And you still gonna get hit by every thing. You should pick the healing class casual.

[@joewalsh886]

It's amazing how many people cry about every game made its always something

[@fogstorm5531]

What is the healing class?

[@DiabloQFDB]

Seriously? A loading bar for resting?

[@mduckernz]

That only happens when you rest from Umbral, because it’s got to load the normal world back

[@rickyversa7407]

Another rage game

[@undercover7923]

“Mechanic specific to lords of the fallen” immediately names another souls game with recoverable health. A different name doesn’t make the mechanic unique. The permanently retainable unless hit is new to my knowledge. But it’s still not exactly the brave new frontier of mechanics. The two worlds thing though…

[@rurikhan]

“Proceeds to instantly mention the difference that makes this mechanic specific to lotf” - also there’s more to it like how blocking causes it and certain enemies in umbral, etc.

[@roninshogun4eva]

The two worlds isnt new either. Soul reaver was known for this mechanic and it was fun switching realms to find secrets and hidden paths.

[@undercover7923]

Never heard of it honestly but that’s cool.

[@undercover7923]

@@rurikhan a duck is a duck is all I’m saying. LotF at least isn’t the shotgun blast of Souls-like mechanics from the last 10 years that Lies of P is.

[@roninshogun4eva]

@@undercover7923 yeah Soul reaver did it 20 years ago lol