Dark Souls 3 PvP - Quality History, Boomer Meta

[@bigbyrd7755]

*Cracks open a crystal estus* They don't make quality builds like that anymore.

[@agoodone6446]

honestly, i dropped off a while ago and this was nostalgic AF, beware of straight sword and casuals

[@Dunkaloo_]

Yep, quake was a good game

[@Hextin]

You mean ashen estus idiot?

[@ImminentExpiry]

Crystal Pepsus..

[@lt_johnmcclane]

@@Hextin hopefully you’re a less angry person all these years later

[@fodens3678]

And here I was thinking you forgot about your KZbin audience.

[@DemPop]

You've no idea how much I've missed this bullshit. Thank.

[@chronicdelight879]

I always hate losing because the weapon I consciously chose is a piece of trash. Losing is -always- never my fault... *NeVEr*

[@RuneKatashima]

I play with Scythes only. Tell me about trash weapons.

[@cheyhey2170]

@@RuneKatashima wasnt one scythe meta? o.o didmt play in a bit

[@RuneKatashima]

@@cheyhey2170 Freyja's scythe was and it's not like any of the other scythes at all.

[@cheyhey2170]

@@RuneKatashima oh well, my bad! tanks for clarifying tho ♥

[@chadking8767]

RuneKatashima Corvian scythe is actually really good tho.

[@LautrecOfCarim]

Ahh..., 2016. Back when I was still stuck inside one of Sulyvahn's beasts... I mean, I haven't escaped or anything, but it's still nice to reminisce about the old days. Heh.

[@draelos8570]

I can't wait to see you in Elden Ring, and there sure as hell better be motherfucking multiplayer

[@sambarham8887]

There is, they said they only got rid of multiplayer just for Sekiro.

[@alvarodiaz2221]

DAMN RIGHT SON

[@SH19922x]

I would beat the piss outta both of you little girls in PVP.

[@SH19922x]

I'd beat you in 1v1 using one of those weird controllers like a guitar or a flute im that far above all yas, probably win with nothing but a ladle but use a broken straight sword just to even things up ;)

[@draelos8570]

@@SH19922x fucking PvP god over here lol :)

[@thered1s276]

Why, When I was your age, we had all SORTS of weapons that could kill you off one true combo AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY

[@madscientistshusta]

In my day we could only scroll the game to the right, and it was up hill, in one direction because that was the only direction! You better bet your bottom we cherished that damn direction!

[@ShjadeNexayre]

I'm a little surprised he didn't whip out the Caestus to reminisce about its old L1 R2 L1 L1 true combo shenanigans.

[@iamamish]

YES - WHY FROM DID YOU NERF THE BLACK KNIGHT GLAIVE AND THEN MAKE SOMETHING ELSE EVEN MORE POWERFUL. Ahem. Thank you Saint.

[@junoglrr9119]

Honestly? I would love a series where you talk about the pvp history... what was good, what not, what has changed and so on...

[@SarahC-by4cs]

I'd also love this.

[@River_StGrey]

Same. Videos like this are a more informative breakdown of game mechanics and systems than most videos dedicated to trying to break them down.

[@Unorthodox2049]

Same man. I take long breaks from the game but I still keep coming back even after over 1200hours

[@Hextin]

Breaks? HA

[@corvus2288]

Do the boomer voice saint

[@dryxir3183]

Yeah, do the Boomer voice

[@bloopergman]

*¡¡¡LeT mE oUt!!!*

[@Mevestos]

Do the Dungeon Master voice, Saint.

[@agoodone6446]

a fully charged R2 to fulfill my father's blood oath against all blue spirits, a classic

[@adamiadamiadami]

please stop calling this game dead, it makes me a sad man.

[@draelos8570]

Game is far from dead, at least on PC. Should last another year or so, and Elden Ring will be out by then so no worries from me.

[@mynewchanel]

U play this shit errday

[@justanothercommentercarryo8367]

Still leaps and bounds more alive than every other game in the series, i have 1,2, and 3, and 3 is the only one ive had consistent action online. Though if anybody has the OG dark souls, take a nostalgia trip in darkroot, its the only place you can get action, and hardly anyone who plays there seems aggressive, lot of trading going on.

[@vaporwave4207]

@@justanothercommentercarryo8367 do you play on ps4 or xbox? Because DS2 is still poppin on PC, but whenever I play it on ps4 that shits dead

[@martinsegur7173]

@@justanothercommentercarryo8367 DS1 Was alive on PC until the remaster came out. Now both PtD and the remaster are dead. I am not bitter at all.

[@ineligible2267]

Absolute nostalgia trip of a video dude, loved it. Been watching both you and Rehvion since the early days and this really takes me back.

[@notproioxis9631]

*Stares at rope *new Saint, the Riot, video is out ''Not today, old friend. Not today.''

[@madscientistshusta]

Save that rope for basket ball players!

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Damn son you still alive or did the depression take you?

[@notproioxis9631]

​@@TheKing-qz9wdI've been living in stranger's attics without their consent and feeding off the moisture of saint's weekly videos since then. Sorry for the extremely late response, it took longer than it took FS to make Shadow of the Erdtree lol

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@notproioxis9631 Yeah and I've been so busy I hadn't even done ER's base game. Ugh...

[@notproioxis9631]

@@TheKing-qz9wd how have we all changed, man. I barely have time to even power up the playstation either. God bless you, brother.

[@TeuCat]

I literally checked your channel yesterday to see if you uploaded recently! This happens so many times for me, check a dead channel and it comes back within the week. Love your vids man, made me love PvP and get better at it!

[@saintriot]

Go check St1ckyband1t. I want a new video from him.

[@hardwatergaming7965]

saint_riot seconded.

[@TeuCat]

@@saintriot | I think you've recommended him in a video before and seen some stuff but I can't really remember anything about him so I'll totally check him out again! This is off topic but I wish you also played on PC so I could fight you sometime. I used to have a PS4 but I sold it because I wasn't playing it enough, that was a stupid decision because I never finished Bloodborne...

[@alexandermuller1649]

Go check tvfilthyfrank please I'm begging you

[@lucapoloni3650]

What did we learn? meta in duels in different for invasions carthus curved sword was op rehvion was awesome exile greatsword is trash

[@PorkpieJohnny]

Hey Saint just want to take this opportunity to say I like your videos and I really appreciate you making them Overall I would say you make my life better and I'm grateful

[@saintriot]

Thanks!

[@PorkpieJohnny]

@@saintriot someone had to say it

[@mouse_bone]

Hey saint, great video man! Good to see you come back to a classic :) I would just like to clarify something about the Onikiri & Ubidachi. Before the patch, onislayer would combo into TWO L1's. Post patch the onislayer now combos into only ONE L1. So it does still combo but with fewer hits. Just like how the black knight glaive got a patch from a 4 hit combo to a 3 hit combo. In summary the onislayer with carthus rougue still can bleed you out very effectively with the onislayer combo

[@theepicr406]

I'm so happy you're back Riot. It's been too long.

[@Zimzilla99]

I see saint I click THANKS AMERICA HAPPY FORUTH

[@pigskin94pvp82]

For someone who’s been an invader since the early days of dks1 I seriously hope they don’t take that away from us & replace it with something else. I’ll be a little ticked off because invasion pvp is what brought me back to video games in a sense

[@saintriot]

I can't see them getting rid of it. They're the only people that do it. I do hope they really mix it up and make cool covenants with different objectives that go beyond "kill host".

[@pigskin94pvp82]

saint_riot Yeah I mean common sense would be to keep such a unique pvp mechanic because it makes crazies like us play for thousands of hours on end. On the other hand we could be overestimating how important pvp is to From. Read a lot of interviews with Miyazaki & he doesn’t seem like the biggest fan of invasions

[@UncleButterworth]

Missed you so much dad. I'm glad you came back. Was every store out of cigarettes?

[@saintriot]

I vape now son. Don't tell your mom.

[@danielav6038]

I wish my dad would also come back from buying cigarettes 😿

[@midas8877]

@@saintriot *bruh*

[@moeperry5996]

Check your host privilege Also yay an upload. Miss your sense of humor, a pvp history brings back the feels

[@DASCSWEM]

Exile Greatsword strengths: It has a very good running R1 It does a lot of damage Good running R1 Weapon does a lot of damage Has a good running R1 and the weapon does a lot of damage.

[@alansquared]

I’m really really enjoying going through all these videos. They’re so entertaining!

[@alansquared]

A L D R I T C H ! ! !

[@zednikvit2356]

Holy shit a new video. Saint, you inspired me to make a lore character, invade and try all the wonky shit that you do so well. Thank you so much, cause I am having a blast.

[@saintriot]

Glad to hear it. Have fun!

[@sumwon1575]

I still play Souls games almost every day. How long have I been doing this? 2019-2012= 7 years, jesus...

[@binolombardi]

“I have to dry finger in a covenant area to get a fight in this dead game” “go to the dead arena if you want to duel”

[@TheSituationNormal]

I resonate a lot with some of your thoughts here, for 1, 2, and 3. Invasions are near non-existent in them all now in favor of dueling, and the feel just isn't as good to me. Some of the best times I've ever had with video games was invading and being invaded in Souls games around the times of their respective releases, before everyone knew everything about the games and all the best metas to use and tactics to employ. Was a really unique and very enjoyable, sometimes frustrating experience that no other games have been able to recreate.

[@CantankerousCon]

I can't believe I only just now found your channel, friggin hilarious

[@Felicificity]

I've missed the live commentary, excellent video

[@glabnarshartosis530]

You thought it would be an invader. But it was me, dio

[@whatislife1337]

I know i'm a year too late but those first 4 minutes are a comedic masterpiece :D most creators would cut that out, but it is so fitting hahah i love your channel

[@DarkBloodSouls]

For the true simulation you need to summon 3 phantoms :p good to see you again mate

[@fpessoa411]

I couldnt believe my eyes when i saw you uploaded a new video. And i was just binge watching all your old videos just yesterday. Welcome back Saint!

[@ItachiEspada]

I love how all the PVP youtubers (like prod, chase, saint ect) are still at best decent against the PVE :D

[@tragiceso5121]

Hey saint what’s that song in the background around 0:50

[@humpsterthedumpster3653]

17:06 Eric Andre: LET ME IN! LET ME IIIIINNN!!!! Saint_riot: Let me out! LET ME OUT! LET ME OOOOOUT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@timobruckmann351]

I'm glad to see you're uploading on YT again. Your vids are the best!

[@saintriot]

Thanks!

[@cgmach9395]

man hearing about damnnohtml brought me way back

[@saintriot]

I watched that rolling L1 Gotthard's light roll video again the other day. It'll never stop being funny.

[@thechosenflutterbox]

glad you mentioned scott jund, was thinking people were gonna forget about him

[@saintriot]

When I stream DS3 invasions on twitch there's always like 10 people who don't know who he is. That's crazy to me. It's weird that this game has been out so long (3 years!) that some people showed up well after he'd stopped playing.

[@thechosenflutterbox]

@@saintriot kinda makes me wish he would come back to it. He left just before poise was updated, I really wanted to hear his thoughts on it

[@theinvincibleone23]

THE RETURN.

[@thine-be-the-ghoul]

Hey Saint, there's going to be a Bloodborne community event this weekend, you might want to look into that. Vilebloods vs Executioners.

[@RucaBurankee]

That nice ds1 style bs on the red would have been worth enough for the whole video Luckily we're talking about you, so it was all worth it Especially the "I miss the ol' times in 'Nam with rehvion, it was all simpler back then" parts *Keepo*

[@chiefgreyskies537]

Do the Saint voice, Dungeon Master!

[@alexwoodruff7706]

Please never stop making vids, I need at least twice the amount of vids for elden ring as you did for ds3 when it comes out

[@tonisimola9805]

In Scott's defense, I'm pretty sure he was always more advocating towards buffing sharp/heavy when he was asking for infusion buffs.

[@semioticwish]

They've seen a lot of nerfs since then but at the time Scott was playing there really was no competing with a resin carthous or straightsword scaled off strength and or dex. You could out dps a greatsword then face trade if you had the first hit. Ds3 had kindergarden napkinmath levels of balence.

[@absoutezeo2126]

Lower level play is still quite active on this game, and that's pretty amazing to me. It's mostly the high level arena tryhards and min-maxed griefers that have moved on. Guess it really goes to show that playing the game as intended is more fun than playing it only to "win."

[@burtburtist]

man im glad to see youre still around

[@themain3524]

Saint you're keeping the names of your PVP music a secret, took 6/8ths of the video to be absolutely sure that it's Dead Cells introscreen OST! :D Great video.

[@orangutanexpert]

New favorite video since you educated us on verticality.

[@alexandersong5753]

7:13 saint riot not picking up the drops from the deacons triggers me

[@wrwinter]

10 unused estus shards and 7 undead bone shards at 15:47, what's up with that?

[@bearmanpig1568]

He's prob in like NG+3or4. At that point they just sit in your inventory if you pick them up

[@saintriot]

Back in my day you had to go into NG+2 for the good rings. (Sips Mountain Dew Baja Blast)

[@ZeroTheHeroGOAT]

I miss your DS3 uploads. SL40+6 is still extremely active in DS3. Extremely. The best part about that SL is that people really have to commit to a build. Strength build with all the strength weapons at in their arsenal, plus a few quality weapons with heavy infusions for example. It's really fun.

[@mrgongo4253]

It's nice to know that you are still alive

[@Por_QPine]

Thanks for uploading dad, great vid!

[@twomonitoraqua]

I binged a bunch of your Dark Souls 3 videos last year and I gotta say I've missed this shit. Your vids are always great

[@DTPandemonium]

I used to do this way back, if you wear way of blue you can get invaded by 1 more person but a blue can get summoned too

[@alicaido6616]

that Dead Cells music in the background? I can't quite tell

[@Mozgodrobil]

IT's ALIVE

[@saintriot]

Or Undead.

[@Mozgodrobil]

@@saintriot just making sure you're not going hollow

[@erikjohansson9850]

bro. PLEASE tell me what mic you use. I love it

[@dete31]

Saint mid level invasions are still quite active, meta level is quite dead outside of pontiff or ringed city. Btw are you gonna upload more? Please do.

[@oskarwasiuk1215]

The background music in the start of the video comes from "Salt and sanctuary".

[@memekip7499]

This video managed to make me nostalgic for the CCS Wtf

[@nickh7045]

is that some dead cells OST i hear? patrician

[@saintriot]

It is. Great game.

[@WahKnight]

DamnNoHTML oh man, he had a lot of interesting insights and topics but I honestly thought one thing he was wrong about were the caster builds. Turns out sorcery and pyromancy were still viable (this is even before first DLC). It's just that not many ppl knew how to use those builds

[@bophadesknutz7798]

Sorcery/Miracles is trash no matter what. Pyro is viable because of BF/Fire surge and the ability to use dark which is the best infusion ( does about the same as phys and does good chip to shields)

[@WahKnight]

@@bophadesknutz7798 Dude you sure? Sorcery is definitely viable in Duels. Like there are "top" tier sorcery users in the scene. Probably not in invasions. Miracles are probably only actually "viable" at max SL invasions or Spear of the Church.

[@aether3456]

He wasn't wrong about caster builds being bad because they genuinely were awful in 2016, which was the period in which he made his videos. It was only after new spells got added in the dlc such as Lightning Arrow, and the developers buffed spells significantly did they actually become good.

[@WahKnight]

@@aether3456 I literally did not mention faith, so the Lightning Arrow example isn't really applicable. Even before the buff it was still very usable in the right hands. Not top tier meta, but still good. khknight and revan619 were KZbinrs that used sorcery and pyro and were decent at them.

[@aether3456]

@@WahKnight I was only giving an example with lightning arrow. My point is that spells weren't that good when Scott Jund was still making Dark Souls videos, but they did improve rapidly with patches and the DLC.

[@dingowizard4139]

thanks for letting us know you're alive, i was starting to get worried

[@SirChubblesSteen]

Holy shit dude you're alive! Nice to see a video from you again :)

[@MaleWingDiver]

When I have 99 in all stats, why does two handing still give me a damage boost?

[@riskleaf6079]

No it doesn't. That's why you never level up STR beyond 66. Because with the 1.5 modifyer it's 66+33=99. Only works for STR.

[@MaleWingDiver]

@@riskleaf6079 it does buddy. When I'm at 99 strength two handing a physical damage weapon does give it 20 or so extra damage. It's extremely easy to test.

[@VinnyCarwash]

illegal backstap maneuvers...

[@aymeraldds9126]

the difference between Splitleaf and BK Glaive is that even though Splitleaf has a better combo its weapon art sucks outside of the combo whereas the spin sweep is way better from a neutral stance

[@BlueFalconCommander]

I found ENB and watched him run DS2. Didn’t take long & I was hooked. I love this community.

[@thepurpleshade486]

your mic quality, your attitude, your voice, all so xbox live. i approve

[@PunkZombie1300]

Saint: goddamn stream sniping cheaters! Also sant: hey guys come stream snipe me every Halloween

[@demonicdude1328]

My blood infused carthus curved sword is still really good on my 60 str 60 dex 60 hollow SL 419 build. I dont know what your talking about saint. But srsly why do so many people only have one character in a game that gives you like 10 game slots in a frikin RPG of all things. P.S. glad to see your still alive saint.

[@louplaysit3427]

We miss your videos dude, you are the best

[@elrandohorse]

"If you've ever done an invasion and gotten hit by a Crystal Soul Spear" sounds so cute in the context of 2024 Elden Ring invasions.

[@horphalamph]

God I miss my sl 125 miracle caster. That beast got more kills than all of my other builds combined

[@zumn12122]

Your channel is great

[@saintriot]

Thank you. I appreciate that, sincerely.

[@maxmazza2987]

Happy 4th, Saint! I'm sure you had fun blowing things up today, as well. Haha

[@Jeenine]

What if you're an athletic man who studies the Bibble?

[@citrusguava902]

As seen by all the bodies left in Saints path, his (and the boomer generation as a whole’s) refusal to recycle is what resulted in the death of Dks3 nice one damning the rest of us buddy to being stuck in a world where simply walking outside results in the loss of your humanity.

[@joyce_rx]

Is that Dead Cells in the background

[@sebastiandurando2493]

Maybe we'll get invasions in specific areas in Elden Ring since the game will be open world and likely bigger than other fromsoft games. Can't wait.

[@saintriot]

I really suspect multi player will be a big part of Elden Ring. Hopefully we find out more August 19th.

[@hugokp2845]

great to hear from you saint. you sound like a happy chappy :))

[@novellapermanent7081]

I do this with my SL132 throughout the entire game. I equip auto-summon covenent item, use Dried Finger & Red Eye Orb and run through the level killing every enemy before I either get summoned, invade or get invaded. I repeat the process until I kill every enemy in the level and reach the boss fog. I hope to eventually bring this Character to NG+7 through this method (currently at NG+4). I can only do this over the weekend when there's more activity but its hella fun way to spend some me-time with a can of beer when wife's not around.

[@pauloliver37]

damn first vid ive ever seen of you and did not disappoint. never even played this game and i didnt lose interest in what youre saying at all, hilarious cuts and nice gameplay dude.

[@chadking8767]

He’s back, HES FUCKIN BACK!

[@jalapenopoggers8310]

Saint do you always do all edits on the ps4?

[@afik13]

I missed your content! Please don't be dead more

[@Arlyon9999]

Wait you don’t make KZbin videos anymore...

[@saintriot]

No u

[@Arlyon9999]

@@saintriot Well said.

[@beternietman]

you the best papa saint

[@Vrael7777]

Oh Saint, I missed you.

[@akenzokuinthewild6396]

I'm catching that dead cells music

[@WASD_ii]

It's so nice

[@noctoloco4415]

the good old days

[@saintriot]

I would have made this video sooner but I was mowing the lawn.

[@HeartFeltPuma23]

Dude... This sure does bring back memories..

[@alejodavies]

Thank you

[@saintriot]

Thank you.

[@NobleKos_]

Let me out, let me out! LET ME OUUUUUUT!!!!!!