Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice by LilAggy in

Runner introduction starts at 0:18
Run starts at 0:57
Prizes at 1:38:02
Couch commentary is provided by Regole, Tomatoangus and Teddyras
iggyzig is host
This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2020, find us at: gamesdonequick.com
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Runner introduction starts at 0:18 Run starts at 0:57 Prizes at 1:38:02 Couch commentary is provided by Regole, Tomatoangus and Teddyras iggyzig is host This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2020, find us at: gamesdonequick.com Looking for live updates? Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/GamesDoneQuick Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/gamesdonequick

[@thefridgefreezer]

the g is silent

[@TeddyBear1212121]

Tomatoangus' questions were really helpful and really added to the run

[@obscureskeleton]

yeah you could tell he knew what he was asking and it was purely to increase discussion and for viewer engagement.

[@cwjdog57]

Tomato knows how to play the run for entertainment.

[@Commonregular]

Absolutely his fallout anthology run is top 3 gdq due to his comentary and input alone.

[@Fant]

ngl, I really love when the run doesn't go as planned and the runner has to show his skills in the regular way of fighting. It makes for a surprising but very welcoming addition. I also like how most mistakes led to some comedic moments in this run. Really enjoyable.

[@vChilly]

I think it just does show that it’s a bit more tense when you’ve got an actual crowd behind you and not doing it on video but either way he’s incredible

[@ScootsMcPoot]

aggy is also the best sekiro runner. so he already had expectations

[@Jonny493]

I need an audience applauding me after every defeated boss

[@sawmebabe]

I agree. haha

[@rdoozy]

I don't need a crowd applauding me once every ten hours

[@Bluzlbee]

@@rdoozy it took me 3 days to kill horse spear dude, didn't know cliff gimmicks like that

[@hayeswiseman5951]

@@Bluzlbee GYOBU MASATAKI ONIWA

[@philidor9657]

@@Bluzlbee Not even worth doing gimmicks like that when you're just playing the game casually tbh. The absolute elated joy I felt the first time I killed Genichiro, after HOURS of white-knuckled attempts, with no funny business can not be understated. I literally jumped up, shit talked the TV, hip thrusted the air, and jumped around for a minute working off my excitement lol. Wouldn't have had that moment if I used a gimmick.

[@Fakie420]

*He's Owl and he has owl powers, we're Wolf and have one arm* Great commentary! The run got a little messy at times, but I still loved every minute.

[@draktak4390]

I enjoy how they glanced over the power of kinda immortality.

[@lagg1e]

The Hirata Estate fights are all memory fights, it's how Owl appears to Wolf. "My dad can vanish, turn into a ghost owl and stab you from behind."

[@ClimbinInYoWindows97]

@@lagg1e I dont know if thats true, because you take a physical item (aromatic flower) out of the memory with you

[@xNEWOx]

The clap after killing the “Mist Noble” mini boss well deserved.

[@gregoryent]

I love how the audience still claps even when the runner is saying "This boss is a joke, you just mash R1"

[@PurpleHaz3_]

Idk how he did it first try tbh

[@Kermie_Frogman]

Tomato is the best couch boy of all GDQ, great questions to explain runs, great fallout anthology run, very funny. My MVP of GDQ2020.

[@thuperkris]

KermieDraws unlike paddy who is just a couch

[@wowzerification]

Lmao “Jokes on her we die twice” 🤣🤣🤣 53:12

[@Amixan0402]

Dies immediately after coming back to life 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Juliett-A]

It's like they took every tutorial that they didn't put in the other 5 Soulsborne games and shoved them all into this game.

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

FeelsActivisionMan

[@28Pluto]

Awesome run. Even with some unfortunate deaths, it was a great display of skill.

[@dtanobo]

The fact that someone goes through the whole game that quickly and only dies that many times is unfathomable to me like I've died 15 times to one mini boss

[@poego6045]

lol "Where we droppin' boys" had me in stitches

[@Epsilonyx]

genichiro’s AI: _refuses to be cheesed_ runner: ok we’ll just do it for real then _proceeds to_ *perfectly deflect and counter all his attacks* my jaw honestly dropped, super impressive display of skill with this game!!!

[@emanuelc.8579]

Genichiro is a cakewalk though

[@intestinalclouds-kfpobitua5342]

@@emanuelc.8579 Honestly I found Genichiro to be one of the harder bosses in the game. I had an easier time with Isshin. Genichiro has a lot of attacks that look very similar to each other, which threw me off a lot.

[@avalarr1849]

Genichiro was hard the very first time you fight him. However, you fight harder bosses in the game after him, and then even him AGAIN where his moveset is almost entirely the same. By then, deflecting his attacks and knowing which ones to dodge (if you play on harder mode) is like riding a bike, you never forget.

[@lasseheller9863]

@@troy8420 i found the demon lf hatred way harder tbh

[@FlyingKikz]

Someone pls explain why he doesn't take any damage or posture after the lightning attacks?

[@haze_520]

This has to be one of the most unlucky runs I've seen at a GDQ, and Lilaggy just handles it like a beast every time!

[@amelzon1]

He’s absolutely correct when he stated it’s more of a rhythm game. Once I applied my guitar hero skills the bosses seemed to drop like flies. Great Ape was, casually, incredibly fun. I didn’t really find him to be difficult. The Snake women are much more difficult in my opinion. Fantastic run.

[@thuperkris]

Tomatoangus had been a pleasant surprise this whole agdq. Amazing personality and runner

[@jericho663]

Nothing feels better, when someone says that a boss got nerfed, but you manage to beat that boss before the patch. Feels good man. Damn bull.

[@evangrover8414]

Mr.Panda663 that was the only boss I first tried. It’s like ‘youre nerfing him? What about the rest?’

[@Deathslayer296]

That bull literally made me quit the game

[@Hevvvyyy]

A friend of mine and I both beat the bull pre-nerf and it was fucking annoying, he had more health I think or something like that

[@elementalprime3179]

“Jokes on her, we die twice!” ZAP

[@theikachi]

I Feel so bad for LilAggy, he its a god in Sekiro and in this SR just, everything go bad, I'm pretty sure he was really nerveous, but still, an Amazing run!

[@gibson953]

"there's only 3 combat arts worth your time, ichimonji and mortal draw" *they're really gonna disrespect senpou leaping kicks like that*

[@1337Question]

For those wondering, he's called Giraffe but the japanese is a hint towards the snake eyes he's become a follower with... but yeah in english it makes no sense. Thanks translators!

[@kurosaki541]

Always amazing watching these speed runs, true dedication to the game great job mate.

[@balloonxm]

amazing run! super entertaining and informative and really shows how relentless this game is

[@davidv6007]

This is a beautiful game to speed run because if the strat fails, you HAVE to be good at this very difficult game to save it, and this run showcases that several times.

[@MrErr86]

Just purchased this game and playing for two hours. This guy has made it farther then me in 8 min.

[@Aravaganthus]

Take your time to learn how to deflect. It took me until the Geniichiro fight to learn that lesson the hard way and the early game was a miserable experience as a result.

[@_Retkon]

tomato will forever be one of my favorite lil fellas on the internet, and i really like how despite all the mess ups they turn it into a way to tell the audience something about maybe why that happened or what is supposed to happen. neat lil guys

[@mysterymole2255]

absolutely awesome. nice one aggy, it was a brutal and entertaining run.

[@isprobablyjobhunting]

I liked the story in this game. So i appreciate the couches appreciation of it as well. Good stuff.

[@jcace13]

Some tough deaths but that's to be expected in this game, really good run.

[@ViridianEmpire]

Could tell aggy had some nerves, no worries it was a fantastic run! Good job man!

[@T0WhiteForYou]

Right?? Agdq is like if you took someone who only played guitar for a handful of friends then his next step was Woodstock or MTV or something

[@Dr_OneWing]

I was literally about to call shenanigans on the “can’t fight all bosses in one play through” comment until I remembered Emma and fire isshin

[@marioposada4978]

I've never heard of AGDQ until today, and here i am, hour 5 into these speed runs. Thanks youtube algorithm LOL

[@rainbowmagus2493]

I am seven minutes in and absolutely blown away, this is incredible. People really are gamers

[@drowsyspinna]

Oof I felt for him when he was doing the gun fort skip and his grab glitched, then he got sniped and fell

[@F66x]

I'm surprised they did a Spanish dub. Usually they just do English and Japanese nowadays. Also glad to see TA interested in this game. His Fallout runs are a joy to watch.

[@miguelgalindo849]

As a spanish I gotta add, it's a perfect dub and I love it

[@SnakeTyrant]

language doesnt matter in sekiro since you can skip all text so aggy just runs on the language he prefers which is spanish. also makes gyobu much funnier than japanese is lol

[@taylorwhite2751]

Best game ever created. Its going to be hard for any studio to top it

[@firefly5247]

Sure, there's the oof moment of getting beaten by Father Owl on Aggy's first attempt -- but then he comes back after a couple false starts and does it flawless, no damage, no buffs. Wild.

[@odds3091]

@23:32 "this runner is just sneaking past all the fights with no fundamentals" -> haaaaaaaaah he's actually godlike at the game-as-normally-played too

[@MartinRomero-ku5wv]

“VENID, SEKIRO”

[@isaiahchacon2878]

Haha his reaction when the ghost monkeys killed him. His shadow dies like 20 times haha

[@tacticalpotato7923]

Oh so that's what they did before planes were invented

[@chrismasseybjj]

Love sekiro and this was great to watch.

[@schupyding9163]

i feel bad. you can tell aggy is really nervous in this run and he messes up alot, but it also shows how skillful he is with his backups

[@bastienhouse5202]

Took me a week to get to the point he's at in 10min 😂 (Playing evenings mostly, but still 🙈)

[@Ironfist528]

I think it's my favorite action game that I've ever played.

[@spicksSC]

WOW you can pick up the bell charm even if the old lady dies at the end?! I did not know that! I actually missed the bell charm at the beginning during my first playthrough and ended up picking it up in my 2nd playthrough

[@eclecticspaghetti]

I actually had to do a double take when I saw this name and AGDQ in the same title. That's amazing.

[@GreatistheWorld]

Never played Sekiro but I’m betting it’s pretty great, because I’ve heard lots of people talk about it and none of them mentioned it’s...maybe the most beautiful game ever? Good lord what a thing

[@THamm-xt8jm]

It was the most beautiful until ghost of Tsushima came out

[@lordsiis8201]

And after

[@tpspeed]

1:26:12 when you realize the run has not gone as well as you expected (still great tho, honestly one of my favorite runs if the event)

[@fogtim]

i love how the time is the same forwards and backwards

[@MarceloVillarrealR]

Tamato reaching his inner Vaati with the lore... love it

[@tedhinklater3203]

Aggy's chill af

[@DarkPillWarrior]

42:34 There's the centipede! 52:34 Just how many are there?!

[@macos-brasil1814]

Castlevania Symphone of the night used to be my game to sit and play every year, now is Sekiro. Definitelly my favorite game of all time! I like Dark Souls and beat 1 and 3 but i think they improved so much the Dark Souls mechanic and made this awesome game with pure gameplay. Nice job From Software!

[@mr.voidroy6869]

That second owl fight was something. Just shows if stuff goes right you can slaughter him.

[@kevo_codes]

ME LLAMOOOOOOOOOOO GYOUBU MASATAKA ONIWAAAAAAAAA 7:14

[@xavier84623]

An all bosses and mini bosses run must be intense

[@eldonhill4840]

That's what this is basically. The only minibosses this doesn't include are the tutorial one, Headless, and Shichimen iirc, because those are the only ones that don't give prayer beads, and the only bosses it's missing are Emma and Isshin Ashina, and that's simply because fighting them requires going for another ending which would mean going all the way through the game again on NG+.

[@bobbyfrost7573]

damn aggy couldnt catch a break, he did really well sticking with it though

[@jack-rk7id]

Bravo !! Très impressionnant 😮

[@SirStoneyOfBow]

It’s always slightly relieving to see even Aggy still has issues with Owl Father. He must have took me 45-50 attempts on my first playthrough.

[@Rbrt92]

very clean (well, mostly haha!) and educational run.. thanks guys!

[@nguyen-vuluu3150]

i like how in this run Aggy just exclusive dies to monkeys and gravity

[@PunkZombie1300]

And Owls

[@WaveForceful]

I'm stuck on Genichiro and you make him look so easy..

[@jimmp6005]

the reason i watch this caused i've always lost and didnt know where should i go firts xD. Great Speedrun LilAggy

[@caminski4177]

I just beat this game for the first time and oh my god I missed so many prayer beads 😂 never even saw the second bull

[@Suckitbruh]

Are air jumps possible on current patch? I've been trying for a while, but it seems patched out. Are they on patch 1.02?

[@McDinkle69]

On the title screen at the beginning of the run, it says App Ver. 1.02, yeah

[@liamf2300]

the jump is still possible on current patch, i did it yesterday

[@icedphat]

Good run

[@bodega197]

Lil aggy is probably my most favourite sekiro KZbinr AND speed runner, that’s all I really came here for seeming he has become so popular amongst twitch and KZbin with his speed runs

[@that_capguy2493]

Kinda sad the first genichiro encounter isn't considered in the "as many bosses as possible". But then I guess he doesn't give any memory/prayer bead so it would make sense. It'd be awesome though and probably a heavy reset point

[@jjmrowdy]

Can you imagine saying, in front of a million people, "hi I'm tomato anus." Just. What an incredible time to be alive.

[@kafuchino4223]

This guy : clear Sekiro at 1:35:53 me at 1:35:53 : still struggle on Oniwa

[@seaneff28]

This game reminds me so much of tenchu. What happen to that game btw?

[@torvamessorem6686]

Did they patch that first bull skip? I was surprised to not see him use that.

[@TheDublord21]

no but he is doing all beads run and needs to get the one from the bull

[@DefinitelyNotRin]

Did he parry the bull?

[@alonetorch]

Damn this run had some bad rng.

[@HayabusaPaul]

That second boss "falling" off the cliff? Glitch or feature?

[@TheMarloupi]

Shadows die twice, but geese honk thrice!

[@philidor9657]

I'm surprised he said that Guardian ape is a nightmare casually but didn't say anything about Geni. I rammed my head into a figurative wall for hours trying to get Genichiro's moveset down and eventually did. Probably 40-50 deaths if not more. Guardian ape was kind of a breeze after that if you know what to deflect and to use the spear which, admittedly, I already knew. Otherwise, you just have to run around and get a cheeky slash in here and there and he doesn't hit you very much. After that Guardian Ape, I didn't even have any problems with Headless ape either. First try phase one, and took me only 2-3 tries to get through phase two. Firecrackers simply MELT his ape buddy so that was a non problem.

[@ekatrianza95]

SHADOWS MAY DIE TWICE, BUT AGGY WONT !

[@troyhelms386]

in Harata Estates, could you use the air swim to get all the way to the drunkard and cancel it in the pond before his fight?

[@ruashua]

I wonder if that is possible. My guess is no? You cancel air swimming by surfacing in a swimmable body of water, aka something that will transition you from swimming state to a ground/surface state. I do not believe you can swim in that pond, thats what makes me doubt that. But maybe all depths of water have that property if you go from underneath the world!

[@eldonhill4840]

You'd have to find a gap in the collision close enough to the beginning of Hirata to not lose time going out of your way, since the only way to get there is through a loading screen so you would need a way to reactivate airswim once you're there. I don't know if there are any spots like that there, the Ashina Castle one was pure dumb luck. You also need to fight the Shinobi Hunter miniboss about halfway through Hirata, so you'd have to deactivate airswim in the river there instead of at the drunkard, and then run to the drunkard anyway. At that point I'm not sure if it would save time if it is achievable.

[@Bundesverfassungsgehirn]

Can you swim in the pond? If you can't you can't cancel the air swim there if I understand correctly.

[@hoseinmehrzadfar2163]

So that was a little unfortunate!

[@jay-rweber4307]

Me: I wonder what he will do with the giant carp Speedrunner: Just swim Me: Oh.

[@JesusIsAMoose]

is there a "no OOB no cheese" category? This game is super fun to watch be broken but it's also equally fun to watch people fight bosses legitimately.

[@Edeinawc]

@@AMediumSizedKodiak Even in glitchless runs AI exploits (or cheesing) are allowed because it's still within the "game rules", so to speak. Sequence breaks like the swimming skips wouldn't be allowed, but trapping an enemy in a corner and wailing at them is perfectly legit. I guess the extra long jump on the horse guy and the demon would be in a bit of a gray area to be decided by the community, but those bosses can fall off that ledge normally without even using that exploit. So yeeeah, it'll be difficult to find a speedrun without cheesing, but there are plenty of legit boss fights floating around.

[@Wohodix]

there is no "divine" or "instutional" rules for speed run. Anyone creates the rules he wants.

[@lasertaco1452]

I have died to the noodle guy... feels bad :(

[@boneyeast1019]

took me two years of playing on and off to get to the village and this guy got to it in 16 minutes

[@tubular7752]

Wait but doesn’t shigenori yamauchi give you a prayer bead?

[@johnhuysentruyt8310]

No he literally gives you one medicinal pellet.

[@originoa]

as someone who just beat the game and got my ass whooped by owl for 3 days it was very satsfying seeing him not go down without a fight. hes too good to go out like that

[@LtKregorov]

It’s because he is a bad boss design, that’s all. Once you get the mechanic down, this game is all about aggression and relentless pressure. Owl is the most defensive boss of all the bosses and mini bosses combined, by far. He constantly jumps back to reduce pressure and is paired with a super fast posture recovery. You have to constantly chase him and it is just annoying. In any Souls game, bosses that constantly evade and need to be chased after are among the worst and most boring one. Why? Because at the end of the day it is a war of attrition. You have to get through the boss with the health you were given. The longer it takes, the higher the chance you will die. Bosses that evade drags the fight in length, so you have to dodge, deflect, jump more for a longer time, and any mistake is way more punishing for you than for him. It’s not hard, it’s boring, and boredom makes you make mistake.

[@Deathranger999]

@@LtKregorovDisagree. I’ve never found myself bored during either Owl fight.

[@LegacyK]

i love aggy

[@kjiklemmensen8306]

Who's easier? Most Noble or Pinwheel?

[@simon-patrickjohnson]

Mist Noble

[@suburiboy]

me... LLAMO!!!

[@Black_Sephiroth]

Wow

[@deedyago]

AHahahah, that moment on 31:10 is so fucking funnyXD

[@Not3xactly]

it took me 4 hours to beat genichiro....

[@kain1799]

If sekiro is a rhythm game owl is a mix up character in a fighting game.

[@dominikheinz2297]

A few mistakes, but still great run.

[@mark0183]

3:12 my strat while playing sekiro

[@LuisSoto-fw3if]

Vamos! I laughed at that localization lmao

[@markoneill9712]

I'm on ng+5 in this game and never knew the spear had that effect on the headless ape

[@mgska55]

"Phase 3 (of Genichiro) is really easy" Made me irrationally angry lol.

[@numbing6305]

It is when you learn how to reverse lightning attacks. That's why also Saint Sword phase 3 is easier than 2, because it isn't hat much different and you can destroy him with the lightning.

[@Gorgorgir]

Anyone know if they are playing pc with an xbox controller ? I don’t remember this game running so smoothly lol .. I feel like this would be a nightmare to run on ps4 or Xbox with the poor FPS

[@Trulleman1]

Check bottom right corner and it tells you the platform they're playing on.

[@pseudonymous6921]

nice (: