Can You Beat DARK SOULS 1 With Only Indirect Damage?

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In other news, everyone knows you can beat Dark Souls with weapons that do damage. Duh. But what if we couldn't directly do said damage? What kind of shenanigans do you have to do in order to beat the game, let alone the individual bosses?
Can you beat Dark Souls 1 with only indirect damage?
Stick around and find out.
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[@TheBacklogs]

Heyo! Thanks again for watching - hopefully my suffering brings you joy. And if you're in need of something soft to squeeze, you can get your very own Firebomb Academy Headmaster plushie here : www.makeship.com/products/lemon-plushie Warning : Contrary to popular belief, the Firebomb Academy Headmaster is not, in fact, fireproof. Please do not attempt to set him on fire. It doesn't end well.

[@soulsearcher9620]

Guess what, we're gonna take your warnings as dares. :P

[@gamerman0252]

Absolutely great video amazing watch but I do just want to say one thing XD you just have to get grappled until you see your head flash which usually happens on the very first grapple and then you need to wait like 20 minutes or so. You don’t need to takeoff your helmet I know that because I’ve gotten that little bug guy several times A few on accident XD

[@ludovicranucci7721]

Soul of the plushie acquired ! :) Can't wait to level my hapiness stat with it !

[@Chairoou]

How about doing a run on the Daughter's of Ash mod? It's helluva funny, when you expect an enemy in a particular place and then you play the DoA mod and you realize you're f***ed. But srsly it would be amusing seeing you struggle with dark souls I and some interesting run rules

[@MasterMewtwo239]

He's adorable.

[@Paegis]

Milfeater Mandred is my new favourite Dark Souls NPC

[@Name-zd2nb]

Mmmmmmm miiiiiiiillf

[@Rachano]

Man, I love fishing

[@bigswordlittleman3770]

​@@Rachano nah it's man I love fe-.

[@just_TK]

Both

[@Jormyyy]

She's always been one of my favorites

[@delphy2478]

the fact that you slew Priscilla with dung pies shall remain your greatest crime

[@iamthehobo]

Those feet are bare for a reason. Miyazaki likes dirty floors and bare feets

[@enomisv9830]

He literally s**t on everyone's favorite waifu 😂

[@vIntothewild]

@@enomisv9830Anastacia Is better

[@VoxTek426]

@@vIntothewildnaw milfeater mildred is better she was the og

[@PressContinue]

Well, Lemon... perhaps if you had paid a little closer attention to your own one shot contest contenders, you would have known that the only requirement for the Tin Crystallization Catalyst is to kill Logan when he relocates after freeing him from his cell. Killing Seath, purchasing spells, him going mad... none of that is required at all. It's just one more of those things the wikis are wrong about (wikidot does state it correctly, although only on Logan's own page. On the catalyst page it just says "final appearance" which is rather vague)

[@hejenssvsg8468]

When is that video happening? I'm assuming never at this point.

[@galaxiedrache493]

@@hejenssvsg8468 As lemon suggested: I advise you to look through the ds3 immolation stream (I think it was around minute 17) and you will know why it is takingubg this long

[@JoshuaOdionson]

@@hejenssvsg8468 Lemon has said he still has a few terabyte of footage to go through and edit.

[@unbearable505]

Common Wikidot W

[@cephaleaorion4888]

​@@JoshuaOdionsonoh my fucking god

[@Gebohq]

I saw "all bonewheels" run in that list, and that sounds like a special circle of hell I'm not sure I'd want anyone subjected to in their life. Then again, I definitely WOULD watch that...

[@ritachikorita6916]

Somebody already did

[@Gebohq]

@@ritachikorita6916 I should rephrase -- I would watch *lemon* do that.

[@deusexps4619]

it would be wheely compelling i hope its well rounded hes normally well spoke-n ill let myself out

[@elemental-zweihander]

+ soul level 1 + no armor + no weapon upgrade

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

@@deusexps4619no you can stay

[@elemental-zweihander]

You should invited Baron to dub the ticking noise of toxic and poison unless is still locked in JK Leed's basement.

[@enomisv9830]

Or asked JK Leeds to do it himself so he could have a PTSD flashback

[@nathanmeredith]

By being your 999th like, I have bestowed the honor of being the 1,000th like to someone else

[@illusorywall]

I really enjoyed the video! I'll have to catch up on some more of your runs, I like seeing people play these games in weird ways. Something a bit obscure regarding the Parasite Egg Infection-- A lot of people think they have to be grabbed multiple times, but it's always guaranteed from a single grab attack (regardless if you're wearing a helmet or not). It's easy to think it requires multiple grabs or has some kind of randomization to it, because after a single grab people will wonder why it hasn't worked. But it's just on a time delay. After two minutes the head scratching begins, but even this isn't seen consistently by everyone. You only scratch your head if you're standing still, and it tries every 10 seconds on a timed loop, but if you're moving or doing something else it'll be skipped. So someone constantly running around could theoretically never see the scratching phase. Then at 5 minutes and 20 seconds after the grab attack, it hatches! Something funny with the Gaping Dragon is that it can technically be inflicted with toxic, but any resource that says he's immune is effectively correct and you were absolutely right to not bother. Both its poison and toxic immunity are set to 999, but poison is actually locked and can't be reduced, while toxic can (probably a mistake/ oversight). Still, being so high, I found that even with disabling its AI so it stood completely still and I could spam my attacks, it took 5 casts of toxic, or 22 Dung Pies thrown literally non-stop. I just don't think that's very realistic, especially with how relentless you have to be with dung pies. So the only option would be to somehow dupe casts of toxic to get at least 5 I guess (and even then you have to be very efficient with it, so realistically probably need a good amount more). edit: For the Taurus Demon, you can get him to jump out of the arena and fall to his death on his own. Only need him to backstep through one of the broken sections of the wall. Still neat to see him defeated completely with toxic/ poison though.

[@TheBacklogs]

Thanks, IllusoryWall! Always good to have someone who knows the ins-and-outs of the game confirm some of the things I was suspicious about. Love your work btw - that DS1 DLC launch video was really enlightening, considering I was one of the many players who missed the initial launch and was completely baffled when it was time to figure out how to access it haha

[@celestialcthulhu773]

Solaire, the ONLY person Lemon would even accept flirting from.

[@redrem1525]

Well presumably Kat too

[@BirnieMac1]

I don’t want to meet the person who would reject Solaire’s advances To reject such glorious incandescence feels wrong

[@redrem1525]

@@BirnieMac1 gives a new meaning to jolly cooperations, that's for sure

[@IanAnimatesBagels]

The sun is BASICALLY a firebomb, right?

[@everythingsalright1121]

@@BirnieMac1 solaire *s t i n k y*

[@thulsa_doom]

05:42 btw, you don't need to remove your helmet to get egg-infected at all. I've done that dozens of times, always with a helmet. :)

[@ProbablyEzra]

Scrolled down just to see if someone else mentioned this before I could

[@Ontarianmm]

You also only need to do it once.

[@ProbablyEzra]

@@Ontarianmm afaik it IS a chance to infect, but I'm gonna look into it before saying that with confidence Edit:The wikis at least don't suggest it's a chance to infect, but might mess around later to actually find out

[@Sekiro_lover]

Im pretty sure u are correct​@@ProbablyEzra

[@mr_inconspicuous]

I played one and a half playthroughs and I felt actually crazy so I imagine after so many hours you get old man brained and just do what feels right until it works

[@purplehaze2358]

"Stray demon, defeated by the very air it breathed." Lemon's writing goes so incredibly hard sometimes.

[@swampsauce]

Agreed

[@DracoRunz]

I don't think you understand, Lemon. If you prove a run is possible, people will do them. If you think a run is impossible, people will try to do them to prove you wrong. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Curse of the challenge run community.

[@JKLeeds]

Watching Stray Demon die from poison gave me hardcore PTSD 😭 Also you finally got to use Karmic Justice! Shame that it justice not possible to do a whole run with it...

[@toastle8005]

Keep making these jokes and I WILL FIND YOU funny green man

[@haydes1285]

9:49 I mean Taurus demon specifically can be baited off the edge for an indirect death

[@necromax13]

and it's an easy thing to do.

[@AccainGaming]

Sorry Lemon I can't make any promises 😬 Great video as usual man, I really enjoyed it!

[@jonathanclarkson7379]

Oh boy, its HIM

[@Madjas00]

I was binging all your videos just last night. They are very well done, I absolutely love the editing.

[@AccainGaming]

@@Madjas00 Thank you, I really appreciate it!

[@Madjas00]

@@AccainGaming You're very welcome. Keep up the great work!

[@AccainGaming]

@@Madjas00 will do!

[@theheck3479]

7:55 "but after a few hours of grinding and listening to hbomberguy talk about pathologic" im so glad im not the only one, i cant tell you how many times ive listened to that specific video while on long car rides or when grinding in a game

[@austinluther5825]

Oh yeah. For me, it's part of my regular lineup for when I'm analyzing specimens. I like to imagine that if I'm in a better mood then I won't find any cancer.

[@dylanh8163]

the jumpscare that that line gave me considering I watched that video for the first time right before watching this one!

[@ModernDTTD]

As someone who has seen Hbomb's video on Pathologic more times than I care to admit, it was cool to hear someone else reference it.

[@hark1007]

Same

[@Efreeti]

Same

[@carsonpotts7569]

I was thinking the same thing

[@0Winkleson0]

Same

[@Bluecho4]

Same

[@RakemGaming]

“Thanks for not skipping ahead!” I won’t lie I DID skip ahead, but when I heard that I felt like a jerk and rewound to watch the entire plush plug

[@dineshmahadeo5292]

SAMEEEEEE

[@atlod5284]

Nahh fuck that I skipped with pride

[@Red-Tower]

I rewatched it a couple times to enjoy the plushies' adventures!

[@Notashi0]

One thing that potentially could've been used was recommended by a friend of mine, the Tranquil Walk of Death. Apparently if you use a glitch called a "tumble buff" you can apply a weapon buff like Magic Weapon onto the Stone Greatsword, then you use its 2-hand heavy to activate that Tranquil Walk of Peace weapon art it has, and it will cause the buff's damage in the area around you for each tick of the weapon art's duration. I've never actually used it myself, but I've seen video of it being used to kill Artorias in less than a minute.

[@squibpib234]

This channel has helped me through my recent surgery recovery after getting my gallbladder removed, I am greatly appreciative for the content to watch during the long days behind me.

[@longevitee]

Hey! Hope you're doing better now. I had my gallbladder out a couple years back. It's definitely different from before but I promise it gets better!

[@squibpib234]

Oh yeah I'm mostly better now, lost a bit of weight during the sickness beforehand but gained it all back with the help of Kroger Sushi. Thanks for sharing your experience!!

[@fr3y438]

Lemon, I Headmaster of the Voidwalker Academy, offer you a challenge: Beat TUNIC with only fire attacks, so the fire wand and fire bombs only. Good Luck, and may your flames burn eternal, and may the Void grant you fuel unending!

[@insaneantisocial]

Lemon flirting with Solaire throughout the video is exactly what I needed to start out Pride Month.

[@Loretic42069]

I love how he referenced Accain doing the skull lantern run.

[@diggychase]

i think accain has a shit fetish

[@Tobi_Wan_Kenobi]

Hey Lemon I've been deeply depressed for a few months but looking forward to your videos each week has been such a big help I hope you understand, thank you

[@thegamingillustrator]

i have an interesting challenge run idea, if you'd be interested in it. darksouls with dropped weapons only. basically, you can only fight an enemy with a weapon dropped by the last enemy you fought. so your weapon upgrades entirely depend on enemy weapon drop rates, and luck. if an enemy drops a weapon, you must swap to that weapon, even if it's worse than your current weapon.

[@2shadesofgray752]

Evil

[@hugofontes5708]

I suppose you'd want a clause preventing just avoiding enemies altogether

[@thegamingillustrator]

@@hugofontes5708 it's a run that requires you to really learn how farming weapons, drop rates, and weapon move sets works, so i would think that avoiding enemies wouldn't be allowed all the way until you unlock the shortcut to the boss room.

[@jace5848]

Lemon: ".. Solair doesn't understand the concept of stay out of the danger circle." also Lemon: [proceeds into the danger circle]

[@JoshuaOdionson]

2:01 CHICIKENS! HE SAID HTERE WOULD BE CHICKENS AND THERE ARE CHICKIES!

[@SlimePunkGaming]

CHICKENS!!!

[@cow12344]

AN LOV CHlIMKNINSSS!1!!1!!11!1!1!

[@Izolus]

LOOK AT THE CHIIIIIICCCCCKKEEEEEEEEENNNNSS

[@inkycappy7499]

FUCK YEAH CHIMKENSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CertifiedNEETClassic]

Definitely using the name "Milfeater Mandred" in my next run. 😂

[@Dracophile7]

Accain has been doing some crazy stuff. Even beat the dlc with the sword hilt.

[@AccainGaming]

PTSD from the Kalameet fight still going strong lol

[@69mosshead]

His channel should be way bigger

[@elemental-zweihander]

Yes, in 12 hour streams... I hope he is not hollow now.

[@AccainGaming]

@@elemental-zweihander I believe in total the first stream was 16 hours for the curse no armor straight sword hilt run

[@diggychase]

i saw him kill artorias naked with bare fists

[@misfit119]

Gotta admit the idea of that All Bonewheels run is super intriguing. Giving off major All Spindlebeasts energy. I approve. The DnD party one souls goddamn hilarious though.

[@techtemplar42480]

"Milfeater Mandred" is diabolical😭

[@codymcginnis9990]

No it isn't. Pick a different Buzzword.

[@kimbrolyy]

​@@codymcginnis9990why? It's a fun word. Diabolical

[@thenumberseven959]

@@codymcginnis9990 Is diabolical really a buzzword?

[@codymcginnis9990]

@thenumberseven959 The way it's being thrown around lately almost strictly because of The Boys? Even though most people using it are either using it incorrectly or to describe the most basicly abnormal thing? Yes. Definitely a buzzword.

[@RoyalBack]

​@@codymcginnis9990Diabolical comment

[@timidphotos685]

I haven't heard "give him the stick- DON'T give him the stick!" since I was a wee lass

[@iamthehobo]

Oh it's so cute. Does the fire bomb like... velcro to the hand?

[@TheBacklogs]

Yes indeed!

[@MarcelOramas]

'Milf eater Mandred' 🤣 i died, pun of the year

[@bobathebrave3664]

Hey Lemon, awesome video. You could beat izalith with TWOP tumblebuffing. Might honestly make the rest of the run possible too. You need to get a stone knight greatsword to drop, then use the tumblebuff glitch to enchant the sword with any magic weapon variant of your choice. Then cast the weapon art, which makes the TWOP aura deal indirect damage over time, kinda like immolation, but bigger. Then simply walk toward your foes.

[@RandomProduct]

37:37 that's a neato souls count ya got going on there

[@finley123321]

Yeh i noticed that too pretty suss

[@WoolyGriffin]

I noticed that too, but if you look his health and stamina are different between clips. Probably just went to Solaire on a separate character to not have to do the warp again.

[@WoolyGriffin]

But IDK how that would work now that I think about it. Weird.

[@Someone_Existing_1]

Or ya could say it was “nito” (I am incredibly funny)

[@diggychase]

@@WoolyGriffin prolly used the soul duplication glitch, its a fun glitch so i dont blame him. you can pop millions of souls from one single soul item by manipulating the ui

[@6ftrash639]

11:12 Memories of ejmad's G.I. Joe PSAs have come flooding back. Thank you.

[@zackmash851]

give him the stick DONT GIVE HIM THE STICK

[@SleepyKurisu]

God bless you lemon for taking on this challenge so other players can watch this and know what they might be avoiding but we both know the portion of the souls community that will still attempt this anyway and at least on future runs there might be more options and poison/healing incants will be better

[@papajohns6970]

16:42 the father mask, the best looking mask in the game

[@grimroseslight635]

Hey backlogs, thanks to you and other KZbinrs. I did the challenge run of single character going to new game plus 2 times on the same character, but every new game I had to switch my uses of attack spells. First, it was sorcery, then pyro, then miracles. It was fun, but also hard, but you guys really inspired me to come back to the game which I love very much. Also I got your plushy.

[@MirroredIMG]

When lemon says it's one of his strangest runs you know you're in for a treat

[@ehabhashim3077]

loved all the Mitten Squad references

[@KainYusanagi]

21:01 WOAH-OH, LIVIN' ON A PRAYER~

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

You know, my first clear of Dark Souls I had actually saved Solaire and I brought him along to the final boss fight, not as a summon to help me win (goodness knows the difficulty of that fight was more *keeping him alive* for it than anything), but because he seemed so... Down and out that I felt like he really needed one last heroic adventure.

[@aaronmosebach5441]

1. Good video 2. Does Karmic Justice trigger through toxic? (I'm guessing no) 3. Channeler's Trident would've been another way to up summon damage 4. You could've had Lautrec for the Gaping Dragon fight had you not rung the gargoyles bell 5. Ymfah also has a "pacifist run". Just thought I'd mention that. 6. Most of the run concepts you had listed at the start seem like something I'd love to watch. Especially, as plain as they might be on paper, the 'weapontype x' only runs, or cosplays. Though those may be more interesting if starting with the equipement rather than aquiring it throughout the run. 7. On that note, how about a "cosplay gun game", one character per boss, maybe a wheelspin for which one you have to use next. Would be a chance to show off more than just one character, which would be interesting anyways, seeing how so many NPC even have rings etc.

[@mechaslayer6648]

I was today years old when knowledge struck me. Lautrec can be summoned.....

[@Detman101]

I mean no offense when I say this... But your kindness, warm concern, wise and patient conveyance of information, and the tone of your voice...you have the aura of "Jim Henson". And I mean that in the kindest, warmest, happiest way possible. I watch your videos not only because they are some of the kewlest challenge-run and videogame review videos on youtube....but also because your voice and personality are so very calming and peace-bringing. You have something special dude, I wish you nothing but all the best in everything you do. Sincerely, Dm

[@korador8251]

17:55 that arrow MUST HAVE HURT

[@jugomebu]

Pathologic dissertation as well as hours of damage over time grinding.. Omg 🍋, you beautifully mad human you.

[@Wesuwius]

That Mandredd sounds like a swing guy.

[@Numdenu]

7:54 oh man, you too lemon? i can't even count how many times i've listened to daniil dankovsky's fun steppe vacation. +1 algorithm, thanks for the run!

[@d0nt619]

This channel and your content was the reason I've got into souls games. Thank you good sir, and please consider paying half of my therapy bills. 🙃

[@novaplex3624]

1:55 Oh my god the plushie is such a cute lil guy! The depths of his trauma are unfathomable and he may be going on the verge of insanity, but he'll always be there for you

[@GameBuff2305]

Plushie ordered! I can't wait for it to arrive! ❤ Great vid as always! 👍

[@nolongeraperson]

One thing you could do for the gaping dragon is enter the boss fog before Solaire has spawned. That locks the boss health to single player mode.

[@snake4342001]

John Wick is a bit cliche..but there making another John Constantine haha

[@Stroimex]

Alternative title: Can you beat Dark Souls as Wonder of U?

[@dorongrossman-naples9207]

Nice run! I'm always happy to see new DS challenge runs on this channel. I wonder if there's any way to do Seath and BoC with indirect damage. At first I thought you could use Undead Rapport, but then I realized that only works on hollows. There are no hollows in Crystal Cave, so unless it's possible for them to travel from the Archives to the Seath boss fight, that's a no-go. And even if that is possible, you would only have one chance at it, since they can't pass the fog wall. At any rate, I doubt a Crystallized Hollow could do enough damage to significantly impact the fight in the amount of time you would have. Similar story for the Bed of Chaos: you can't lure in any enemies from outside because of the fog wall. If you were somehow able to get an enemy inside the Bed of Chaos arena, that would probably be sufficient to beat it. Even if you couldn't get Karmic Justice to proc, you could probably just lure the enemy over to the Chaos Bug and get it to do the work for you. Unfortunately, though, I can't think of any way to do that. The fog wall prevents you from luring enemies in from directly outside, there are no summons in the area, and Vagrants can't spawn in the arena. Unrelated question: why do you use they/them pronouns for Gwyndolin? I thought he was a femboy. I'm no lore expert, though, and there's certainly something non-binary to Gwyndolin's character. So that's cool.

[@JohnnySkrimblo]

gwyndolin was forced to present in a feminine way by his father because he was born with an association with moonlight

[@moraiel7925]

Personally I consider Armour of Thorns indirect damage if Karmic Justice is, so you could just run into Seath and BoC with that on to kill them.

[@undeadmercenary2080]

You need to kill Kirk in all 3 places to get it and one of them only works after Ceaseless is dead iinm.

[@moraiel7925]

@@undeadmercenary2080 Sure but the question was about BoC and Seath, Ceaseless is a whole different matter.

[@Zonic3451]

@@moraiel7925 .. What? He was saying that Ceaseless, an impossible boss for this challenge, is required to fight Kirk in order to get the last piece of the armor of thorns, which would directly affect what you said about using said armor of thorns to fight Seath and BoC.

[@haydes1285]

I’d still like to see the dlc bosses attempted even if you have to break the rules for a second to do some hydra control

[@mhmdstartgems9365]

Well I want more 0:08

[@kerbethegodkiller2914]

Never have I ever thought I would see such a demonstration of both masochism and patience at thw same time, impressive

[@ZynikerV]

NGL, the Hbomberguy mention made me chuckle, felt so called out by that XD

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Nice video as always. Didn't know that you can cross the lava without defeating that demon. Always something new to learn. Cheers from Germany

[@Hepheat75]

Bro's really trying everything till the Elden Ring DLC releases.

[@AGhostsGhost]

Lemon doesn't like Elden Ring or at least that's what he's said in the past idk if he still feels that way

[@Hepheat75]

@@AGhostsGhostah, I see

[@flamehad3630]

This run is even better when you compare it to the scythe only run where lemon killed every NPC in the game. Literally the exact opposite vibe. Relying on the NPC to help with dmg, protecting, and healing them. This feels like one of the few "good" ending for NPC in lemons challenge run videos. This video feels oddly soothing for that reason.

[@foolishtooth530]

Thanks lemon I needed a backlogs video for this terrible day Edit:Did not expect for people to try and comfort me thank you but I'll be okay 😁🫂

[@propheticrain-maker1486]

Same

[@kirbyisanalcoholic916]

What made it so terrible?

[@foolishtooth530]

@kirbyisanalcoholic916 many personal things but his video is a good distraction 👌

[@De_Selby]

​@@foolishtooth530 tell me all about your personal problems. I will not sell your info fellow human.

[@Ahhhhh638]

​@@foolishtooth530 same brother(if that's accurate. Hope it gets better

[@eldenbeast8901]

So I've heard you say it before that you don't like elden ring but why? It's a great game

[@emersonwright972]

I think he released a whole video talking about why. You'll probably get your answer faster that way

[@leonardo9259]

Faster? It's a 2 hour podcast​@@emersonwright972

[@themangoartificer882]

He released a podcast episode explaining such but i personally dont like it because the npc's (Other than patches) are boring, the story is practically non-existent if you dont work hard for it, a lot of the weapons are completely reliant on the weapon art to be any good, the bosses arent very memorable, recycling of bosses, three of the endings are practically the same and you are just kind of plopped into these beautiful open fields and are told to seek the elden ring when you dont know what the elden ring's importance is or how it would benefit you to seek it.

[@imalltheragex2000]

1:49 oh Lemon, none can escape marketable plushification! *Grabs Lemon by the neck* *insert a psychedelic flash of light* *places the now plushified Lemon on a table*

[@Hugo_Wallner]

Still don't get why you keep calling Gwyndolin "they/them". He's the youngest son of Lord Gwyn. The only reason one might confuse the two is that he was, because of his magic abilities and connection to the moon, raised as a girl. I mean, his sister Gwynevere even refers to him as brother.

[@pjfett44]

I mean, using gender neutral pronouns when unsure what the individual prefers is pretty much the standard thing to do, and since gwyndolin never actually says themselves, their gender is ambiguous.

[@Hugo_Wallner]

@@pjfett44 If that were actually the case, he'd apply it for every character in the game, but he doesn't so it isn't.

[@ribband]

@@pjfett44 The lack of Gwyndolin explicitly stating his gender is hardly sufficient to make such a radical assumption. Applying this logic to other characters in the game, most if not all of them would end up being ambiguous in gender. Comparatively, every single item description and piece of dialogue refers to Gwyndolin as male, even coming from the characters who would be closest to him such as the Darkmoon Knightess, Gwynevere and Yorshka. As for why the author of the video refers to Gwyndolin as "they", he mentions watching KZbin creator Hbomberguy in this very video, which should clue you in as to the reason why OP.

[@Hugo_Wallner]

@@ribband I don't get that reference unfortunately. Never seen 'im.

[@TheHalogen131]

​@@pjfett44 So wouldn't that make Gwyndolin a grooming victim?

[@stephanie_jjb]

So let me see if I got this straight, in the build where you literally do not attack anything you still need 50 strength, 99 intelligence, 50 faith, 60 vitality, 30 attunement and 40 endurance

[@minimoltieposmt215]

Not what I expected, but definitely got entertained. Also pre-ordered the plushie, now I must survive until College starts up again. 😅👌

[@stevenneiman1554]

24:30 fun fact: Sif's injury at low health mirrors Artorias' broken arm.

[@lucavillano7575]

You, Press, Baron and Ymfah are The Four Horsemen of Challengeruns, thank you for the ours of quality content you made

[@rickswordfire4774]

replace Baron with Challenger Andy

[@SlushieSnailman4]

You may also enjoy LobosJr. He's got quite the catalog by this point, but most of it's on twitch.

[@lucavillano7575]

​@@rickswordfire4774 TY for the suggestion, I'll see his vedeos, but baron is irreplaceble

[@anemptyspace]

JKLeeds is another good one

[@ryanhilliker375]

I feel like it wouldn't be different enough mechanically to warrent a video, but narratively I'd still love to see a "summons only" video. I feel like that fight with solaire at the end was so fun, and this video already did a ton of what I'd be looking for, but regardless I feel like a "can dark souls beat dark souls" video would be fun.

[@kerrybarneyiii1202]

It’s hilarious how Leeroy Jenkins either destroys Pinwheel in approximately 4.7 picoseconds, or takes 20 minutes to manage to hit it, nothing in between 😂

[@JulesNekro]

I had a "can't go outside, need to lay in bed all day and cry" day and your vids helped to distract me, thank you lemon

[@phillipcraig1120]

Between you and the plush. I guess you could say, *YOU'RE* *THE* *LEMON* I'll see myself out now.

[@fanservus]

Heyyyy, i once did a "bad breath" only run with poison mist when i used to play ds1 on the Nintendo switch. I stopped right after killing capra demon thinking i already did enough. Thanks for this vid, gave me hope, i'll continue my challenge.

[@austinluther5825]

Fighting Gwyn with Solaire by your side is the best. After all we've been through, I can't not bring him with me. Sunbros forever.

[@wrench982]

What a great gift for my birthday thanks Lemon!😎👍

[@Eureka60]

Glad to hear someone else watches HBomber videos as background noise while playing souls games lol

[@moonenvoy1174]

Backlogs: Do NOT attempt Me: instructions unclear, now im knee deep in broken controllers

[@andyghkfilm2287]

7:31 “well at least the grind is painless” yeah the whole run is painless remember

[@insertnamehere6659]

I have no context for much of anything here, seeing as I've only ever played a tiny bit of Dark Souls 3, but I am always pleased by Lemon killing tall tail lady. It makes my inner antagonistic self giddy.

[@bennydcreatives9369]

3:53 I laughed harder at this than im willing to admit XD That lesdyxia can be a sumbish sometimes

[@RudolphTheOG]

The first time I played dark souls I thought that you weren't able to kill ceaseless so I did that lava run. Thought it was just the dark souls experience

[@Koyu_Ruh]

The phrase "I have an announcement to make" is forever tainted for me by seeing Dr. Eggman in my head.

[@pskry]

That plushy is adorable. So adorable in fact that I was totally fine paying 9 USD for shipping.

[@profgrizwald4746]

Aww your lemon plushie real world ad felt sooooo mitten squad to me. One love, RIP.

[@ThomasMurphy-mx1lt]

You've inspired me to play dark souls and a couple of days ago I was able to beat it.

[@tl1692]

The skull lantern only run was so traumatic the guy doing it was yapping about mortal ethics with his chat

[@aizenimpirius818]

Lemon I skipped exactly to the spot where you said"thanks for not skipping ahead" so I felt bad and rewound to watch it

[@nemtudom5074]

16:52 I mean, to be fair, *she* did catch the boulder, she just failed to hold onto it

[@vincentlorenz2585]

That lemon for scale was actually perfectly executed. I can't think of a better way to do a scaling like that.

[@jeremyvan2136]

Lemon, I have never played any of the games I watch you play. I haven't played a game in a long time, actually, but watching your videos has become my favorite thing on KZbin. I also have never commented on any video on KZbin that I can remeber. So keep these awesome videos coming. The dark souls runs are my favorite however I have watched many other!

[@thedenseone6443]

I skipped the plushie announcement *right* to the spot where you said "thanks for not skipping ahead" and I felt so guilty I immediately rewinded so I could actually watch it lmao

[@ericb3157]

oh, one more funny trick i just remembered: in the old game Hexen, if you play as the Priest, you can use a poison gas bomb item. this is absurdly effective against the "Centaur" enemies, because they will stupidly try to BLOCK the gas with their shields instead of moving out of them! i once killed EIGHT of them with ONE gas bomb! oh, it's also possible to kill 2 of the three sub-bosses in the final "hub" area by using "disk of repulsion" items to send their attacks back at them. if you repel a Homing attack, it homes in on the enemy!

[@starkillerisbetterthanturt4191]

I don't if it's you or editor who's the fan but I noticed that tree has biollante's roar when it attacked you! From a major Godzilla fan, that was a great surprise :)

[@MasterOfKnowledge.]

Hearing the Super Mario Kart RR theme around the 15 minute mark was such a pleasant surprise

[@Efreeti]

Why do I after watching this have an urge to rewatch GI Joe parody cartoons followed by a certain Pathologic video?

[@DiggerPat]

Porkchop sandwiches!

[@thedarkgenious7967]

I do love Engi being a bit prejudiced and thinking you need some parasitic eggs to be a proper chaos servant only to see you with head-eggs and decide "ah, yes, your devotion is apparent but, ah, here. Take this furry acorn and get rid of those, please. They're.... unsightly."

[@traceham281]

wouldnt the rules also allow for lemon to use stuff like great chaos fireball? "it wasnt my fault they breathed in the toxic spores" "wasnt my fault they walked into boiling magma"