Can You Beat DARK SOULS 2 With Only Whips?

[@AGoofyAhhDuck]

*me making pizzarolls* Lemon: "I wanna make sure you got something to eat before we get started." HE'S IN THE WALLS

[@locawave]

HE'S IN THE GODDAMN WALLS

[@furkankaracam678]

My Uber-Eats literally just arrived😅

[@familyof4what]

Was making Mac and cheese

[@legonwood]

Was actually eating when he said that

[@captainpringles1173]

I literally just finished making ramen 🍜😂

[@lolbuster01]

As someone who PvPed religiously with whips, their greatest strength is not just range, it's that it can attack through walls and objects.

[@ЕгорГорюшин-ж7в]

I remember making a friend ragequit with my powerstanced spotted whip build haha

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

Still true in elden ring!

[@lolbuster01]

@@ЕгорГорюшин-ж7в I ran dual old whips. I had 2 unupgraded, poison infused, spotted whips for people who annoyed me. I got 16-17 heals out of one guy once because he tried to be cute by running in a loop.

[@Mare_Man]

​@@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084 And DS3

[@axious9613]

You also can't parry a whip, sans bloodborne

[@Jonthekiller9]

“I also know from experience that weapon sucks @$$” has to be the most relatable statement I’ve ever heard you make lemon

[@whodatiscody]

Its pretty powerful against certain enemies since it does bonus damage against hollows but the low durability makes it harder to use

[@thehittite6982]

Actually a pretty good choice for Vendrick since you get the bonus hollow damage from it. Assuming of course that you bring a few dozen repair powder.

[@ClaimSuit]

only time I ever saw a good build for Whip's in any Dark Souls was using the spotted whip with bleed and notched whip with poison in power stance (Like what he was going for). Purely a PvP focused status build made to torment your opponent into panic rolling away, but it did that job a little too well. Old whip is something I have never seen used seriously thanks to the corpse durability bug and lacking large quantities of hollows in most areas.

[@lolbuster01]

I use them for PvP. Even with a suboptimal build, they're hilariously strong.

[@familyof4what]

Was making Mac and cheese

[@PoisonTree88]

Yo Lemon, for any future DS2 runs you do you should know that Large Titanite Shards are free once you reach the Huntsman's Copse. There's a Giant Basilisk at the bottom of the cave just after the first bonfire. It drops 3 Large Titanite Shards guaranteed and respawns so long as you're in the Covenant of Champions. Hope this helps! 🤓

[@TheBacklogs]

Had no idea!

[@MattJDylan]

Also, aldia's keep has infinite dragon bones, since you can bonfire ascetic those along with an hollow that drops 2 ascetics (and some other consumables)... double spotted wips (and double boss weapons in future runs) are doable easier than dual normal weapons to upgrade!

[@kahlzun]

​@@MattJDylanhow do you get a duplicate boss weapon? Or do you mean NG+?

[@MattJDylan]

@@kahlzun bonfire ascetic and get a second boss soul after beating the boss... technically it makes the zone ng+, but it's still on the same run

[@donkiwi4888]

it's interesting to see lemon ignore the old whip deliberately, when ji_mothy's whip only run was essentially relying on it for burst damage/boss killing.

[@Estus1999]

I was thinking the same thing

[@chaseong9560]

It's the legit anti vendrick weapon

[@kharnifex]

Whipping that poor old man to death

[@Lotuswalker]

6:12 Did... did he just make a Delicious in Dungeon reference ??? I am flabbergasted ! FLABBERGASTED !!!

[@dokkanwoken4732]

Fr I didn't expect that, truly outstanding 🔥

[@cas9656]

For real though the living armour episode was awesome, I'm honestly surprised I've never seen living armour done like that before 'cause it's a really cool idea.

[@Newwby]

Actually the best show airing right now, hype to hear Lemon reference it

[@oLTGo]

I immediately searched for this comment, absolutely beautiful stuff

[@salty5082]

SAMEE

[@MrBiochronic]

Thats right, I'm still a member :D Thanks again kind stranger from the streams. Partey!

[@fishebola]

How do you even tell you're a member

[@brandonheat8435]

​@@fishebola look at the knight helm beside his name :)

[@christianplacek5451]

Nice spawn icon

[@Tony-The-Motherfucking-Tiger]

It's crazy how likely you are to get memberships just by being in the streams and someone donating them, this community is something else.

[@primm_slimm]

based spawn pfp one of the best comic series ever

[@ZombMastr64]

"with a little more whip and zero nae naes" Lemon, you're a master of writing.

[@GabrielKnapp-xn3xe]

5:13 This phrase did NOT age well.

[@LucRio448]

Whoever was in charge of the animation for the notched whip definitely was on a quest to make whips feel as little impactful and satisfying to use as possible :D

[@Simply_better22343]

Look at bloodborne's whips. Way better. Cane whip for class whip, and the classic saw from the dlc I forgot the name tho

[@Jormyyy]

​@@Simply_better22343beast cleaver believe it is called

[@arcademelee6343]

​@Jormyyy It's called the Beast Cutter and it's awesome.

[@darrenthesleepybird3355]

Lemon: "I wanna make sure you get something to eat before we get started." Me, standing in front of my oven about to preheat it: "Ah shit he already knows."

[@personalminiatureequine9683]

i'm both surprised and not surprised at all that you ignored the bloodied whip, it has length and poise damage at the expense of being one of the most obnoxious farms in the game to get. looking forward to the dagger run, i believe everyone should start as explorer, and using two daggers without powerstance is a funny looking animation that reminds me of the sadcat dance meme

[@lechugaenlabiblioteca3298]

Hello horse enjoyer :3

[@snake4342001]

Coming this summer to a theater near you "Sexy Party Solaire in the dungeon of doom"

[@emarbaloush9189]

How are you 3 hours before the video released

[@Ssimpleperson]

Hell yeah

[@snake4342001]

@@emarbaloush9189 the Golden Helmet

[@emarbaloush9189]

@@snake4342001 make sense lol

[@madkoala2130]

5:19 yes about that jumping attack... (gets flashbacks of Ymfah's DS2 "Bow" only run)

[@ritachikorita6916]

Can we all team up to pressure Lemon to play King’s Field this Halloween?

[@DanielGafner]

I don't want like cause you on 69 likes😊

[@agustindebortoli7686]

yes, i think we will.

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

21:29 Vendrick _can_ definitely be bled, this is how you kill him without any Giant Souls.

[@Toadzx]

Came to say the same thing, except I could never beat him without the giant souls.

[@capperbuns]

My first playthough i had ice and normal rapiers, had 1 giant soul... It took me 30 minutes straight.

[@Markus-8Muireg]

Doesn't bleed just deal 60 damage in ds2?

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

@@Markus-8Muireg 200 flat damage and a reduction in stamina.

[@Markus-8Muireg]

@@EmissaryOfSmeagol Getting 50+ bleed procs sounds like more of a hastle than getting the giant's souls.

[@pockystyx4087]

Been waiting for the DkS2 whips~ with the proper et up of durability rings and powders, I found the Old Whip outperforms the Notched Whip by mid to late game. Its a deceptively "bad" weapon; because it can be given to you way earlier than you have any way to properly use it lol

[@hewhogames2660]

Man I just wanna say how amazing your content is after having an extremely rough week and the start of your video just made my day. Keep em coming our firebomb lord

[@IdToaster]

There's a gauntlet that boosts Bleed buildup the same way the Sanctum Soldier Gauntlets do for Poison: the Shadow Gauntlets from the beak-helmed ninja guys in No-Man's Wharf/Earthen Peak/Lost Bastille. More farming, but at least it's a base game enemy.

[@dantepizza6310]

Thank you for making so much content over the last three, feels like i spent about 4 years enjoying your videos, and each one makes me smile. Thank you, Lemon

[@julianmccann2934]

Always good to see Sexy Party Solaire back in action

[@xaroz904]

*opens video, pauses, goes to get snacks, realizes i already have snacks, unpauses* lemon: "...wait, did you even leave..." "i just wanted to make sure you had something to eat before we get started." HOW DOES HE KNOW-

[@lea-liz1878]

Wow didn't even realise I was a member. Thank you to whoever gifted it and sorry I didn't realise at the time.

[@thejudgeshot7407]

How do you even tell if you're a member?

[@lea-liz1878]

@@thejudgeshot7407 membership tab on the main channel page

[@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando]

​@@thejudgeshot7407there's usally a symbol next to your username when you comment something on their channel

[@ThatOneSquintingCat]

0:07 BRO I JUST WENT TO GET A SNACK WHAAAAAAT

[@Umustalldie2]

Doing my first dark souls 2 run through right now. Your videos show me just how much growth there is to have in the skill gap.

[@TheTaxSationalSir]

Hope you have fun and remember if lemon can beat games with bad weapons you got this

[@samdriever7668]

Just remember to level ADP

[@austin.luther]

I just did my first DS2 run about a month ago. I called it my "Oops, All Maces!" run.

[@Umustalldie2]

@@samdriever7668 yeah I rushed it to 100 agi. I am at frigid outskirts atm. This place sucks man

[@khiufu_666]

why spoil yourself the game?

[@sasha1mama]

Where there's a whip-- **wh-kash!** --there's a way. Where there's a whip-- **wh-kash!** --there's a way. Where there's a whip-- We don't wanna go to hell today, But the dork with the lash says, "Nay, nay, nayyy!" He's gonna grind all day, all day, all dayyyy... Where there's a whip, there's a way!

[@YGNX]

You know what Lemon? I didn't eat, I'm gonna go make that philly cheese steak then come back with it and eat it while I watch.

[@Raoul9753]

I dont know what it is with this guy, I dont even like Souls games, but Whenever this guy makes a new video, I watch it right away... Its that voice... its so calming and relaxing, that guy could read a phone book, I would still watch it...

[@griffinjohnson1761]

The delivery of "You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!" At 16:27 was incredible. Thanks for making videos Lemon, seeing a new video from you always makes my day.

[@curtisturpin9389]

A few years ago I decided to do a Whip only challenge run of Dark Souls one, which I had a great time with. I've since gone on to do whip only runs through the other fromsoft titles. Dark Souls 2 is by far the worst one for whip builds. But I'm so glad to see more whip challenge runs! Thank you so much!

[@Silverstar114]

This is legitimately the best I've ever seen whips perform in a souls game. Seeing you hit like 7 enemies at once during the skeleton lord fight was surprisingly satisfying. The sheer lack of range for pretty much all DS2 weapons made the whip range look absolutely absurd.

[@Illuyankas]

You'll enjoy them in Elden Ring then, especially the petal whips

[@Jormyyy]

​@@IlluyankasUrumi >>>

[@Illuyankas]

@Jormyyy it is very very good, personally I like the strike and bleed more than slashing but the unique moves are sick

[@ashleybull4450]

Absolutely loving the Dark Souls 2 content! I once ran through DS2 (pre Scholar) with whips, mainly the poison whip. It was a hell of a ride!

[@11shovel11]

Crack that whip Give the past a slip Step on a crack Break your mama's back When a problem comes along You must whip it Before the cream sits out too long You must whip it When something's going wrong You must whip it Whio it good!

[@hossdelgado626]

Remember The Whio it Good

[@Lunar_F_Blues]

Found your channel not too long ago as well as other Dark Souls challenge youtubers and I've been loving all these videos! I even got the DS trilogy as I haven't actually played, keep up the great videos Lemon!

[@AnAverageGoblin]

SPS is so shredded his abs are like +10 tower shields, each individual one infused with a different stone effect.

[@cermiosi]

i love your videos! and on of the things that really make them stand out against other challenge youtubers is the music! not only have you always a great and diverse selection of music, but you also document the tracks you are using in the description!

[@pedrobortoli6852]

Lemon has blessed my saturday evening once more. Thank you, bearer of the firebomb 🙏

[@GrimNoir1986]

I was making pizza for this video way before lemon said to have snacks before the run starts! lol Ive always been a fan of this channel watching it grow, I was one of the early subscribers and I'll always stay here, patiently waiting for new classic lemon content! keep up the great work lemon! you're the inspiration for me to play and record more souls games for my channel too!

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

Im literally playing a run-in elden ring where i got to octopus helms, in a row, thought it was fate and am now playing a duel whip build as OCTOMAN protector of the weak! This is well timed

[@blahmchlaben2909]

Nice, i was just running out of "backlogs" of videos of this channel, been binging it for a few days. Back to watchin'

[@kyragem9491]

"I'm basically playing keep away until I can do one hundred damage at a time." Look, it's Elden Ring!

[@DoomWolfOfficial]

okay i don't usually comment until the end of the video or so to make sure I don't miss anything, but the "god?" to talking to Shalquoir had me dying

[@13JackStorm]

Random Lemon Vid is my favourite kind of Lemon Vid

[@jasonstevens1404]

This was very entertaining to watch. Your commentary and the unique build you were using were absolutely worth it! Thank you for playing!

[@Soopyloopy]

5:12 ain’t no party like diddy party

[@holschermarc]

Thats some fine ass side content to watch while grinding. Seriously Lemon the way u speak is the exacte match between unique but not annyoing, good to hear but not bland. Some quality vocal cords u got there

[@Gebohq]

21:44 Where there's a whip, there is a way! Hooray reference!

[@rhyanwesthassel7980]

We don't wanna go to work today, but the Lord of the Lash says NAY NAY NAAAAYYYY

[@НиколайТрофимов-е9в]

Hyped for the daggers run, they're actually quite cool with RoB and Flynn's. Also powerstancing Mytha's daggers is very fun.

[@AceAviations2]

There are two other methods to obtain Poison Stones early: 1. Save scum the nest with Smooth and Silky Stones 2. The Basilisk in the building you find Rosabeth in, just outside of the Bonfire a. Note that Basilisks drop all of the infusion stones, so it won't be consistent*. However if you don't want to go through a lot of steps to get them it's a really easy farm that takes very little time. *However this makes it a great farming spot for any build that uses Infusions, you do have put up with getting stuff useless to you, however it's very early and a quick farm, though you WILL need to be in the Company of Champions to have the thing continue respawning. That spot however is great once you get there, plus it's also a great spot for farming Titanite Chunks. Either a Fire Infused Bow or Fire Arrows will deal with the enemies in the pools, and you just need a good weapon for the enemies that drop Poison Stones.

[@Primeval997]

Hm, another few things to just throw out there for no reason, ds1 Dragonbone fist, throwing knives, and my favorite not upgraded fist weapon for only pine resins. Ds3 also has Scythes and shield only runs are also there in all the games. Of course there is dark/Hex only, or you could put down darksouls for a bit to move over to Elden ring for some challenges there! Like dragon covenant abilities only, or only bubbles, or even back to the roots for just only fire, or lightning, etc. just throwing out ideas for ya Lemon! Keep up the fantastic work, the fire bomb academy is proud to have you as headmaster!!!😁

[@Encucumbered]

SPS is back babyy!

[@CRAgamer]

Damn, I remember watching you when you had like 10 vids on the channel and you're already at almost half a mil subs. Proud of you lemon. You do good work.

[@Ssimpleperson]

Petition for lemon to play dead cells

[@AnarchistKayle]

This intro straight out pointed me out. xD I've been watching your videos for more than 14h straight for now. Don't worry Lemon, I ate and drinked as much as I needed to, go on and make me dream with your challenge runs!

[@SlimePunkGaming]

SPS is back ma boi

[@SuhinaSeppo]

-Saw Lemon upload a video -Waited till sleepytime to watch it -Lemon's sweet voice lulled me to a deep slumber

[@plackt]

6:12 Surprise Dungeon Meshi reference!

[@vampire847]

"wait did you even leave?" No... No I have not... HELL I've watched this video like 4 or 5 times already... Lemon is my comfort tuber who gets put on in hte background to help me get through life.

[@EchoEkow]

DS2 as an 1800s white man.

[@ZX-Gear]

Was looking for this.

[@papasalvo]

If there is not a single joke about sticks and stones in this video im going to be HIGHLY disappointed

[@OperationOmegaOne]

I... don't get it.

[@Bowsarge]

​@@OperationOmegaOneI'm almost certain it is supposed to be a reference to a song I don't like enough to remember the name of. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me."

[@OperationOmegaOne]

@@Bowsarge Ah, duh. I'm dumb lol

[@Lost1ntheSauc3]

​@@OperationOmegaOne Not dumb, you've probably never heard that before.

[@gabrielleeeSK]

​@@Bowsargeit's S&M by Rihanna for anyone wondering

[@paydie1206]

You can get the old whip off the start with the petrified stone starting gift. Trade with the crow. It’s surprisingly common honestly. Damn you called me out while i was typing haha it totally takes more than two hits to break and repair powder exists!

[@snake4342001]

Praise the Se...Sun praise the SUN😂

[@markmawson3904]

Fun fact: Vendrick CAN in fact be bled. It took me about 20 straight minutes of fighting because I was in the end game and was too lazy to go farm giant souls, so I bought like 4 falchions and infused them with bleed and that was it. It takes a lot of hits to build up, and takes a second to ward off before you can reapply it, but I’ve done it myself and can confirm it’s true.

[@voidraker1736]

Dark Souls 2 will forever be the game on top of my pile of “games I want to enjoy but just can’t.” I’ve found the best way for me to appreciate the game is watching people like Lemon play it. Keep it up, funny challenge man.

[@awolkitty2486]

I become physically excited whenever I see a new video of yours comes out never stop and never change.

[@aidengsan]

ds3 daggers only when??

[@LeiraVeil-Challenge]

1:42 can confirm the old whip is aweful to deal with early game but i wouldnt say it breaks in 2-3 hits...it will however break at the worst possible times should you ever forget to use repair powders. but at the same time its a very interesting change in play style when you have to manage your durability mid fight....and then you remember that several dlc bosses drain durability....fun

[@Forgelock3d]

I just lost "the game" 😑 sorry

[@t20pIayer]

How dare u

[@itslax25]

Ohhh noooo 😭😭

[@juliansommer2754]

Duuuude its been since my Marriage...4 year streak Bro 😢😂

[@owensumner6996]

Love the challenge runs Lemon, the best to do it on YT

[@gwingcommander]

Fun fact- the duke's dear freya was originally going to split into two spiders midway through the fight. that's why when she jumps up you can see that kinda weird pinch in the middle. She's basically two giant spider models that have been stitched together, which gives her that really unsettling movement animation

[@LoFiAxolotl]

Ohhh Lemon you know me so well.... yes I've been on a Backlogs bender because i'm sick in bed with pneumonia and after falling asleep to the Dark Souls 1 Dagger only run for like the 10th time i just couldn't stop watching your vids

[@whodatiscody]

FINALLY I have been waiting for this since DS1 whips only. Whips are so fun in DS2

[@Lastofthesigilites]

9:31 i need this WHOO as a sound bite.

[@Pulsar9788]

I like your sense of humor, also a great run enjoyed it a lot

[@ZaynePittendreigh]

Why do you do this, you don't have to but you do and it makes so many people's lifes better (including mine) you are just a wonderful person and you only deserve the best of experiencees, you're the best Lemon.

[@pavelowpower]

I know a lot of people didn’t like DS2 but I loved it. The scythes had the best move set out of any souls game. You could press either L2 or R2 I can’t remember which one and it would hook the scythe behind the neck and drag the opponent closer to you. I paired with Ricards rapier and did the multi stab move and it was great. I had loads of fun in the belfry area pvping up there. Brings back some great memories.

[@josephmiller1083]

Been waiting for this video since the stream Love the ds2 content

[@Bunger-e4u]

Not only did I love this video but i was able to watch it in my new favorite hoodie. My fire bomb academy hoodie arrived today and I LOVE IT.

[@Azmod3us0841]

Lemon, I beg of you, please make a miracles only challenge for ds2 and 3! Your Dark Souls 1 miracles only challenge is how I found your wonderful channel and I'd love to see the same thing be done for the other 2 games.

[@Ricemang7]

One thing I loved about the whip is the running attack is really strong and quick, especally in pvp.

[@sorlakgear]

Dude your videos are sooo good, fun adventures everytime 😤👌

[@oscaleusacid9427]

Thanks for asking if I had anything to eat, reminded me about making tea. Can’t wait for the next video, good work dude👍

[@azeroth2994]

I just noticed that Dark Souls 2 walk animation with the whip look oddly familliar... and then it hit me: *IT'S THE GOD DAMN BELMONT STRUT*

[@darkshadow19]

Ahhh... it's been a while since i saw the first "try" stream of Lemon with the whips in DS2. Reminds me i should get back to my own whip playthrough and with some good info i might make it even better :3 Great job Lemon and see you next time!

[@robertferguson8876]

Wonderful video I have been watching since the salt and sanctuary videos and still love watching

[@boiboh2954]

I let out an audible yay when I saw this, I don’t know why but your videos feel so damn cozy

[@roboticgamer5029]

“Where there’s a whip, there’s a way” is such a good song from such an unlikely place

[@chasewedding9722]

dude, idky but just listing to lemons vids makes me feel at home, or conforted, your just so calm..."HE'S IN THE WALLS" but anyways your vids just make me feel at home yk

[@exlorvalor116]

I have never once followed a KZbin channel so religiously. Checking for new content every day.

[@Equitine]

Had to check your uploads cause I only ever get notifications when it's a dark souls vid. And I'm always like "didn't lemon say he was gonna work on other games this year?" Lmao

[@TheBacklogs]

Good old KZbin being KZbin, I guess haha

[@CheesyToastie]

I started giggling my ass off when you started grinding for the heide knight helm, i knew exactly what i was gonna see, ive used exactly your armor plenty of times and im so happy you picked amazing fashion

[@American_Heart]

There's something about whipping demons to death, shirtless, that's just absolutely hilarious

[@EasyE1118.]

Lemon: "Make sure you've got something to eat." Me, eating my lunch: "Good news!"

[@darkessinzero]

Thank you, because of your comment "where is a whip there is a way" I will likely have that supid song stuck in my head for weeks now :D Also I am the 1000 comment that I kind of cool ^^

[@Frog_Mimic]

Your videos are nowadays my go to videos to fall asleep to 🙂

[@blat2066]

Always happy to see another post man love your energy

[@TheWhiteDeath32]

god i love how ur voice is so soothing just wanna sit back and get a snack and relax

[@committingsudoku8547]

Oh man I’ve been doing a whole series of this I got done with this run just a month ago really fun tbh got done with dark souls 3 not too long ago too working on elden ring rn and I’ll be done with all the games thanks for doing these run it’s been the whole reason I wanted to do all the games with whips:)

[@squishybrick]

I have just enough experience with dark souls that I too could try torturing myself for content, but that is simply not a path I am destined to take. Thank you for the entertainment, I look forward to trying dark souls 2 for the first time, soon.

[@NOrArag]

God damn, your DS challenges are so entertaining to watch