The Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Is Evil

[@ravynf9286]

53 deaths into the first major boss fight "I think I'm getting the hang of it"

[@AeroViro]

NOOOOOOOOOO

[@thedeadmemetrain8757]

I mean, is that not the Fromsoft experience?

[@Lonely_Moth]

​@@thedeadmemetrain8757 exactly. Tarnished, make thy choice: get good by leveling thy character, or get good by leveling thyself ☺️ Shen chose to consider the dancing lion a skill issue 😅

[@Psyg]

It's not true elden ring experiecnce if you don't walk back into the boss room after dying 300 times and still repeat the obviously not working tactic

[@baragouinify]

@@AeroViro This comment has a "translate to English" option but when I click it, it translates it as NOOO but with one less zero. Thanks Google?

[@freyastuchbery7130]

I'm sorry but the Curseblade spin-kick-flipping you off the cliff was cool as shit

[@JimmyWuffster]

Just imagining the RING OUT noise from Soul Calibur immediately playing as it happening XD

[@belliebun4529]

It decided if it was going to take her out anyway, it would take her out in style.

[@sirsmiteful6285]

That thing styled on Shen!

[@FrozenCampbellSoup]

“Get yeeted, idiot”

[@darienb1127]

​@@JimmyWuffster I was thinking the Guilty Gear "SLASH!" from her getting command grabbed, but that's so much better.

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

Myazaki comes in dripping with swamp "I have a little something for you to enjoy, it's the size of an atom but I hope you like it" it's a 3 course meal with desert, and it's the most delicious thing you ever tasted

[@charlesatanasio]

Under-promise over-deliver!

[@belliebun4529]

“It’s about the size of Limgrave” Horizontally, yeah. But then they started stacking everything vertically and it ended up feeling, like, three times that size.

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

@@belliebun4529 genuinely some of my favorite fromsoftware content came from this dlc, my biggest complaint is the lack of cutscenes for the big remembrance bosses like rellanna

[@charlesatanasio]

@@belliebun4529 Shadow keep is, like, the size of all of Lyndell if you count all of its basements.

[@arthurlopes2160]

Miyazaki COOKED

[@TenOfTwenty]

I swear that Demi-Human Master Yoda was the bane of my existence.

[@erdtroll7010]

Love those tiny swordmaster elders Gotta be one of my favorite genders

[@theengineer2650]

He isnt too bad, for the strongest of dex users holds not even a small fraction of the power of..B O N K

[@justinpedrazaful]

Really he was kinda disappointing only thing I liked was his weapon

[@theengineer2650]

@@justinpedrazaful yeah…however the ashes of the other swordmaster are amazing

[@EndanDrachon]

He really surprised me! Unfortunately, he was a human-sized enemy, and I use The Axe of Godfrey. I have yet to find one who can poise through its ash of war.

[@CGR0620]

GUYS SHEN REMEMBERED HER PASSWORD LETS GO!!!

[@ryanwight9116]

5:10 “I’m in danger” Pretty much sums up what Shen will experience in this DLC

[@waywardphoenix3188]

Can’t wait to see her reaction to Messmer and madness

[@ninjagod2077]

Y’all ever think that maybe we are just a plastic bag drifting through the wind in a Wendy’s parking lot?

[@EMan-xj5cz]

Yes

[@arceus1385]

sir, this is a youtube video !

[@shikitohno47]

How quirky & random LUL XDDDDDDDDDDD

[@ninjagod2077]

I am but a shrub with eyes, do not blame me for voicing the thoughts of the masses

[@bazelgeese1283]

If so, i am the pettiest rainbow trash bag in this parking lot

[@Drakuma35]

When the boss is kicking your teeth in repeatedly but you can’t be mad due to how incredible the fight is Dancing lion is peak

[@JohnBrown-tw2qi]

Then you realize it was literally just two dudes in a lion costume the entire time.

[@Cold-Well]

@@JohnBrown-tw2qi DOUBE PEAK

[@mlhx9181]

​@@JohnBrown-tw2qiHonestly made it even cooler for me. Considering how a performing art like lion dances turns into a martial art in times of war. You can even see the modification with the addition of the outer jaw and armour plates to what was once a purely ceremonial instrument

[@w4ywardlucky]

Bayle Mesmer even the final boss all had me feeling that as well also I thought dancing beast was three dudes cuz he uses frost lightning and wind I assumed one for each dude (kinda like the trio in enir elim have lightning frost and wind respectively)

[@umbra9472]

Honestly I beat him first try and was disappointed I couldn’t fight him again… *UNTIL-*

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

Shen getting motivated to beat the Dancing Lion through the power of Dr. Ratio brainrot is so real tbh

[@vanillaicecream2385]

i love how its a chinese lion puppet

[@spce4967]

Got so scared when Shen started hitting the shrimp! HE IS FRIEND!!

[@gabebaum6527]

Honestly I did the same thing when I was playing through, so used to those being enemies in base game

[@snowythompson2349]

The only reason I didn't accidentally kill the first one I saw was because I saw it from a distance, couldn't lock-on and so I realized something about it was weird. Glad I didn't. Could've been unfortunate.

[@TheTrains13]

People are unironically saying we should break Moore's quest line to get his gear and remove him from the future quest lines and I'm like "he just likes finding things :("

[@mediumvillain]

​@@TheTrains13theres a way to keep him alive if you dont care about his gear but its also breaking his questline basically

[@totalgarbage2053]

I hit the first one I found too many times and then I thought about it and I was like “why is there only one?” Literally the only time I’ve ever had to use a celestial dew

[@Chocolian]

Things I’m speculating about Shen with this DLC: - Bisexual thoughts about Rellana alongside salt - Fear of the forest (tm) - Horny over the armor and weapons - Relating to Thiollier (don’t we all) - Screaming, both normally and the gay kind In short, a Shenpai Souls stream. c:

[@Dracowinges]

R.I.P Tholier you tried you best pal. 😞

[@theenderdestruction2362]

If there isn't a VILE BAYLE

[@theguiinzkeg5200]

She better find igon

[@portalmanHUN]

I didn't understand half of what you posted.

[@tylermech66]

@@theenderdestruction2362 CURSE YOU BAYLE!!! FAUL DRAGON!!! YOU WILL FEEL FEAR!!!

[@HappyPotat]

There is a special place in hell for Miyazaki and George making flying spider scorpions a visual experience.

[@arceusdominus2612]

The crucible do some wild shit my dude

[@giantturtlecat2959]

@@arceusdominus2612It wasn’t even the crucible this time, it was Romina’s group and the Scarlet Rot

[@arceusdominus2612]

@@giantturtlecat2959 ahkay. Gotcha

[@Americanbadashh]

The pot people are so much worse

[@UnderworldArtist]

Remember that Yoshi P actively delayed Dawntrail just for this DLC He knew we couldn't handle the back to back emotional turmoil

[@dragonknight1k161]

To be fair, yoshi gave people that extra week because he too wanted to play it.

[@Dracobyte]

Wait, is that for real?

[@TheCalover]

i just saw the vid on my feed and the first thing i heard was "CURSEEEE YOUUUU BAYYLLLEEEEEE!!!"

[@DragonKnight90001]

I HEREBY VOW YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY!!!!! BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR AND I, IGON!!!

[@cklambo]

A HAIL OF HARPOONS!!!

[@alexsandroggfilho1697]

SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE FOUL CREATURE

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

@@TheCalover SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE FOUL DRAGON BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE

[@gavinzhu7146]

@@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084 WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS 🗣🗣 WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING 🔥🔥

[@TheClericYT]

"Divine Beast Dancing Lion"? more like "Holy Shit That Camera" _(please help me, I've been trying to kill it for 2 hours)_

[@Evolfurnace]

U gotta keep circling around him to keep the open arena space open to you, this will give you space to avoid him and prevent the camera from screwing you when he backs you into the walls and corners

[@Si13nc3]

What worked for me, was treating it like a dragon fight = fighting without locking on. Beat it first try, after trying it (after like 10-15 deaths with a lock-on).

[@Dracobyte]

Also, Nina from FMA became a giant!

[@mahtimonni97]

"Miyazaki hurts us because he loves us!" That was like a protective mantra for me, as Rellana kept stomping my underleveled skull into the floor...

[@waywardphoenix3188]

“The size of Limgrave.” Bullshit Miyazaki, this DLC might as well be another Lands Between!

[@gamera5160]

Rellana messed me up. Her second phase she became a glass cannon made out of diamond.

[@Breezy-wz8ji]

The editing opportunities the little tuber brings about are great

[@AeroViro]

Classy has been killing it

[@TheKarishi]

The part where you call him Yoda for his sword style and THEN he force-grabs you and slams you into the ground is outstanding.

[@princeofatheism9508]

"Save that for the afterlife....if we're not already there..." Fuckin NAILED IT

[@dunkmcsnicker8776]

There's so many vistas in this DLC just makes it feel like we're inside a painting, Elden Ring is simply beautiful

[@arceus1385]

i took so many screenshots and all of are worthy of being framed, it's amazing !

[@ryanwight9116]

DLC DLC DLC! Time to become a Masochist . . . again

[@theenderdestruction2362]

And to hate BAYLE VILE BAYLE

[@seretith3513]

Zann-Clan

[@reaper_3078]

"oh minic, become my blade once more." - said everyone

[@RenMomoDotPog]

SHEN YOU HAVE A KZbin CHANNEL! DON'T FORGET!

[@todo9633]

Other People: "I should look up a better build." Shen: Beats her head into a wall for hours instead like a boss.

[@MrPuddle01]

More perfectly cut screams! Yay!

[@EMan-xj5cz]

AAAAAAAA-

[@reagansido5823]

Fighting the horned dance guys gets me feeling like "Ok that's-that's good that's- it's- IT'S ENOUGH SLICES!"

[@fatcat1697]

It says a lot about the bosses when you remember that Dancing Lion is baby's first main boss in this DLC and its killed her more times than her initial exploration of the area.

[@michapiasta3072]

Her build also sucks or she is super underleveled, hitting for 500 per hit is like asking to get your ass kicked.

[@fatcat1697]

@@michapiasta3072 scadu levels low and possibly not super high level. She is primarily STR/FAITH so she's probably not going bleed so easily. Leveling up faster weapons will help a lot in the DLC. Also, she needs to use HOLY against undead. The difference is night and day. Will help a lot against ghostflame dragon and the birds.

[@michapiasta3072]

@@fatcat1697 old trusty blasphemous blade or darksteel hammer are such a great options, on mine 40 faith/35 strenght character I could hit for 1k basic atacks agaisnt base game enemies per atack with the hammer and 2k per guard counter. When first fighting the lion boss, mine 80 faith char could dish out 3-4k dmg blasphenous blades aow. Also the relic sword is such a op weapon, against putricend knight I could get him to 2nd phase amount of hp befofe it could get into atack range.

[@fatcat1697]

@@michapiasta3072 arcane blood bandit curved swords, claw+raptor, rot wing prosthesis, these were my combos for any larger opponents. Casually doing over 5k with one jump attack without bleed is nuts. When bleed procs, its gg.

[@michapiasta3072]

@@fatcat1697 I am currently using for mine 2nd dlc playthrough the blood fiend arm/moghwyn spear or that electric mace from that dragon lady npc, bloodfiend gets around 4-7k counting bleed, mogwhyns entire aow gets me from 7-12k dmg and that flower gets me from 2-3.5k per aow if I am in need of safe lighting dmg, I forgot to get shard of alexanzer in that playthrough, but that bonus dmg for bleed talisman carries me. Currently at 60 arc.

[@fabianp.2986]

Oh. She didn't forget

[@thedeadmemetrain8757]

Babe, wake up, new Shenpai Elden Ring upload-

[@Dracowinges]

🍿🍿🍿🍺

[@Xenmaru00]

"Enough with the fucking Jump Attacks!" - every boss to every heavy weapon player spamming jump R2. Also i LOVE the Angry Eyebrows.

[@StickMaster500]

If Orbulon was with you during your adventure, then this DLC would be a breeze

[@Arumia13]

lol, looking forward to Sunday for the next stream of that

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

BEHOLD THE POWER OF MY SORCERY

[@Mrhappyface52]

9:42 oh hey look it's Moore's kinship- NO NO NO STOP STOP STOP HES FRIENDLY STOPPP

[@aidanwalker8142]

I love the little edits you do to your stream avatar The “Woooooaug!” Combined with the 👀 when yoda used judgement cut was hilarious

[@themoonsevilsister1561]

imagine how good of a puppeteer you'd have to be to pick someone up with the jaws of the face you're puppeteering and throw their full body around like a chew toy

[@Stereolizardo]

babe wake up, new shenpai video just dropped

[@Dani751PL]

Blackgaol Knight is what we pros call: "The Casual Filter" or "YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT SKIBIDI TREE" It was agony to fight him only to later find out about whole Skibidi system

[@TehCakeIzALie1]

Even with skibidi his poise is nuts. It's training for the amount of hyperarmor enemies have later on I guess.

[@Dani751PL]

@@TehCakeIzALie1I might assume that everyone felt that since he was soo early on. Maybe he would be trivial with 4-5 Skibidi levels. just like How I found Death knight while LVL 12. (he was pain in the ass mind you.) bout I could poise him no problemo

[@belliebun4529]

My stubborn ass eventually got sick of flailing around and just started parrying hm to death.

[@Dani751PL]

@@belliebun4529 Thats the Agony part my boy

[@shutup1037]

Tbh you only want to trade with him when he is holding the greatsword with one hand and crossbow in the other. When he start two holding his greatsword he'll poise through lot of attacks

[@user-xd2py4pj5l]

dont worry shen, i use the hand pretzel to sprint too

[@giga_bungus]

Great gameplay Shen! You look strong enough to fight the boss located in the Jagged Peak! (think his name is Dale or sumthin)

[@Welkin1251]

Can't wait if it's going to be Sca-doo Tree, Shadow Tree or Skibidi Tree!

[@sentientmustache8360]

Skadoosh Tree

[@belliebun4529]

Skilletry

[@tycol322]

Fun fact: Scadu is old English and is pronounced....... Shadow

[@Angels-Haven]

@@tycol322 which youtuber did you hear that from?

[@AtelierMcMuttonArt]

Scooby Snack

[@SleepyKurisu]

It's been such a long time since I've watched a Shenpai video, my first few and last few were actually your dark souls trilogy vids idk why I never fully committed to watching your content before maybe because I just watched so many other peeps but I think I'm here to stay now The freaking leg lock kick off the the cliff and the Ratio in trouble moments had me dying of laughter after choosing to see what you were up to recently by randomly watching this vid

[@BendMax]

29:11 This enemy: "I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING!"

[@Mikael_Ore]

Loved when Rellana saw you pull out a flask and you are literally about to chug it, she just straight out says NO, and cuts the flask away from your mouth with a slash from other side of the room lmao! Edging at it's finest.

[@john_etc]

Really nice edits on the video man, my ahdh ass almost sit thru 5 minutes without getting distracted, that’s huge

[@traviswilliams2348]

Loving the edits for the expressions on the avatar. gets me good with the eyebrows.

[@skrilllfury2120]

25:20 I’ve gotta say it: extremely based use of the Vaal Hazak theme, holy shit.

[@tszhinma6384]

Watching her journey into Souls-games and seeing her actually gotten so much better somehow makes me so proud!

[@EricOrang]

I like the contrast between Elden Ring's, dark tragic world fallen into despair, and Shenpai's PNG tuber who is like "yay! this is fun!".

[@spiridiums]

I'm so sad I didn't get to see you play these live but hopefully I'm not too late to catch the end of your playthrough. You're literally the funniest person alive rn (and props to the editor for this one because I laughed hard enough to trigger an asthma attack LMAO)

[@grifmaximus]

Been binging your Elden Ring series for the past few days and it's so good to see you back!

[@rlantry3]

The little animated Shen reacting to everything turned this 10/10 video into an easy 12/10. So worth the wait

[@DrunkenEros]

Getting so far with no blessings is very impressive, I struggled with a few blessings collected

[@GavinLIVE715]

I’m really glad I’m not the only one out here doing the odd-claw. Once I learned what the claw actually was, I was surprised. I never take my thumb off the dodge/sprint bottom, hence why I play souls games this way.

[@Dracobyte]

Not as crazy as the Armored Core's reverse control grip.

[@xickin]

I just finished Shen's Soulsborne playlist in the last 24 hours, so this is a welcome treat!

[@Schwenne1994]

I love the way the editor played with shenpais vtuber avatar. Always made me smile when it happened

[@Unleasheddragon]

Crackhead Yoda was my nemesis turned greatest ally throughout this DLC

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

The Lion Dancer isn't even a lion. It's just two dudes in a lion costume kicking your ass.

[@nitro-cam4701]

Me walking up to a boss with the steel greathammer: “Yo! what’s bonkin’?”

[@Jesus-sf1un]

I remember those streams, were fun af + the edit its god tier. Ngl cant wait to see how the dlc adventures continue

[@DintavoPagal-ov4np]

I hope she continues shes been busy with ff lately but now saying it out loud ff sounds less painful than this dlc at least gameplay wise

[@sabrinakaze6480]

The amount of times Tweety Bird kills you will always be funnier than it should be. Beautiful editing! Thank you for the laughs

[@palehorse666]

and so, with a silly scuffle with actual Guts from Berserk, and a MOTHERFUCKER lion, Shen starts her DLC adventure. let the pain commence.

[@ckenshin3841]

The funniest part about Blackgaol Knight is that you can't even be mad, he just beats you with fundamentals.

[@SageSchispell]

It literally took me years to figure out how to tame the camera boss... but I've... somewhat overcome it, by controlling it myself half the time. Lock on is such a trap.

[@awesomezaucegames8826]

The fact that shen is power stancing but only swinging one of the swords irks me on a level I cant quite explain.

[@MrSpartan993]

Omg that image with the PvP between heavy weapons users is SOOOO accurate.

[@derekbateman7378]

Glad to see you back Shen! Edit: I wanted to say, having watched you go from your first Dark Souls game to Elden Ring, I am very proud of you.

[@FrozenCampbellSoup]

The editing is amazing lmao

[@ronin_nightblade9792]

This was honestly phenomenal, and I’m talking about both Shen’s game play and the editing and I can’t wait for part two

[@lurieelcari]

I am a father of two, ages 3 and 6. When mickey popped up with the surprise tool line, something I have heard maybe thousands of times now, I was not ready. Damn near choked to death on my drink laughing, on my lunch at work. Now my coworkers think I am insane. 10/10, would choke again. Also, I literally stopped watching the video to catch my breath and comment. Gonna finish it now. XD

[@voraito]

Yes! It's back! Some of the best from software content out there!

[@TheSsjJoker]

Ngl the Flip off the cliff was sick 🔥

[@iainkilcar7463]

It's nice to see someone else who basically saw the main path and immediately steered right and ran into logur. I feel like so many people just ignored that path when they first got into the dlc. Nice to see a fellow explorer. Edit: nevermind you got to divine beast and just decided to die more times to it than i did to all the dlc bosses combined 😂

[@yledoos]

The commentary. The editing. 10&10/10. Thank you Shenpai!!

[@twistedturnip8487]

Considering what happened at the start of the elden ring playthrough/series you did i'm so glad you get the chance to experience and have fun with something like this blind along with so many of us without anyone spoiling or backseating it for you...and of course, the fun of watching you suffer too >:3c

[@kyoshikikresnik6972]

1:57 This caught my by surprise. 😂

[@Americanbadashh]

Same

[@symbiotesoda1148]

“The DLC is about the size of Limgrave.” The DLC was NOT, in fact, the size of Limgrave.

[@danthefool21]

Lets go! Shenpai is back!!!

[@thomasdevlin5825]

I don't think my brain fully processed the fact that the DLC was real the first time I turned it on, I thought it was supposed to be coming out a day later and I checked the game because it had an update. When I saw Leda standing there I was like "Awesome, this is gonna be fun" but once I started running around I suddenly had this goofy smile on my face that came back every time I ran into something new

[@inupuppy22]

i fuckin love Classys editing its always so funny

[@rainydayz1632]

The editing, as always, is so top tier!!! Love the vid Shenpai!!!

[@jotatoon8656]

The evolution from "I wanna prove a point", to summoning mimic tear is so fucking real

[@Americanbadashh]

Progression is all that matters

[@Evanz111]

The chase grab and subsequent scream at 7:52 make me crack up every time I replay it 😂

[@Starkiller4724]

I love watching such a cute avatar start scream "OH MY FUCKING GOD."

[@moxieimp8776]

I can’t fucking wait to get it

[@KarasuInaiga]

Ghostflame Dragon: Undead, therefore try holy. Also, dragon, therefore try dragonwound grease.

[@Moheeheeko]

the editing in here is 10/10. SFX choices on point.

[@ASquared544]

I wish Shen knew that Lightning Fortification made you take more Lightning damage and only protects you from one handed weapons.

[@gabebaum6527]

8:32 To quote Milky "Fuck you mean most comfortable? Are you made out of Fruit Loops?"

[@S1eepy0w1]

Don’t look now shen A SOULS GAME

[@theguythatasked9423]

Some people complain about the dlc not having a cutscene when entering. I was kinda disappointed too, but every 5 steps I took it felt like a cutscene

[@mitnemalboviing9251]

DLC! DLC! DLC!

[@reizak8966]

I refused to use the mimic tear through the base game on my strength playthrough. I said, "No magic, no summons." Then I started the DLC. I got up to Messmer okay, beat Blackgaol knight on the second try which really irritated my husband (lol), but Rellana was a rough fight. Had to use the jellyfish to finally beat her. But the sunflower... I hate sunflowers in real life, so that one seemed personal. After a dozen tries, I did the walk of shame down to Nokron, got the mimic tear, levelled it up, and said, Ok. Let's do this. Still took me a few more tries. Screw that stupid sunflower. 😒

[@yoohoo236]

Someone make sure she summons Igon when the time comes

[@TheGrifter42]

Can’t wait to see the blue moon lady fight hehehe

[@VagueCastle649]

DLC DLC DLC! Lets goooooo

[@chaosxenkon]

what feels like years later. i'm still transfixed by the adorable reactive image. and you're doing very well at further animating it for emotive and reactionary purposes.

[@zalla00]

Eagerly awaiting the continuation of this!

[@Dracobyte]

I am glad you are back Shenpai!

[@jackharrington2752]

Was waiting for this video!!!

[@kendallalex123]

the edits are on point, especially at 20:20, loving it

[@Ablestron]

Tbh I'm sad so many streamers I like watching are missing out on the cool NPC summons and their mid battle dialogue to "prove a point" :C so even if you want that solo kill, I still highly recommend summoning the NPCs at least a few times so you can hear their dialogue! It's so good! :3