Vagabond is right there with it for default gear. Better armor, a 100% physical block shield, longsword with square off which is better than unsheath for staggering, and a halberd as well. I've done playthroughs with both and the vagabond seems easier a lot of the time just because square off staggers a lot more frequently than unsheath and has a lower FP cost which makes up for the missing bleed.
Samurai definitely is the best if you are doing starter equipment only, but Wretch is unironically the best normally. Because you start at level 1 with 10 in every stat, this gives you 2 huge advantages: 1: If you reset your stats because you want to switch builds, you have an even 10 so you don't have to worry about wasting points in line dexterity if you're making a magic build (just an example) 2: Because you start at level 1, compared to classes who start at level 6 you can choose what you want to put those 6 levels into. This is easy because you have 6 nearly free levels, they are so cheap you'll have enough runes by the time you unlock Torrent. Lastly, it also has war cry, which is just a really damn good ash for melee builds. You deal good poise damage 2 handing the club and you are light rolling. Honestly, the only downsides are: No armor Club isn't as good as katana and bow (obviously) If you wanna use a dex build, samurai's the best but for anything else I think Wretch is by far the best choice.
"I have the balls of a lion and a lifetime ban from the Minnesota Zoo" is probably my favorite line you've said since "Today we're building Spyro the Dragon".
Since I have subscribed, I have found the location of the ritual sword talisman and the dagger talisman. I can confirm that my crits do deal more damage.
Doesn't make a lot of sense for Erdtree Avatars to be resistant to slash. If a tree is weak to fire, it should also be weak to getting chopped down, right?
IRL slashing blades are effective against skin and leather/cloth, but wood/bark is a lot tougher. Not on par with metal, but much harder than any animal hide. What trees are weak to is chopping, which is a different motion - slashing draws the blade along the cut, chopping drives a wedge directly inward. What Erdtree avatars should really take more damage from is axes.
well slashing isnt chopping, its slashing. if you took a knife and pressed the blade against… meat, and basically slid the edge of that blade along the meat youd be slashing, creating large open cuts on the surface. if you took a cleaver and just brought it down on the meat youd be chopping or cutting it, thats “standard” or “normal” damage in DS, just severing things by making straight deep cuts.
Uchi's Unsheathe was the only thing that made me able to beat Malenia with an RL1 character. So much stance damage, combined with occasional jumping R2s.
I'm really looking forward to the Prophet class run, personally. Catch Flame is incredible and it is a fast short ranged spell so Tulok'll probably have fun with it. The Heal spell the class starts with is also pretty good and the Short Spear as well will be quite helpful. And I guess you'll also be able to use the Rickety Shield for the memes. P.S. The Samurai was still amazing even if things like the Warrior Jar Shard for 10% extra Ash of War damage and the Millicent's Prosthesis (for the majority of the run) weren't even used.
oh, what you said about the blood dog doing 11,000 damage per second reminds me of an old video by "josh strife hayes", part of a series he did called something like "i played the craziest MMO to the end"... one enemy was supposed to do something like 100-150 damage per second, BUT, because of a glitch, it did 100-150 damage PER FRAME OF ANIMATION, which always killed his character before he even had a change to heal! he actually started ALL OVER with a different character that had more max health JUST to get past that ONE enemy!
I would like to make it known I LOVE the lefty asides and they are a huge reason I am now a huge fan of Tulok. I've liked and subscirbed to so many channels and had to unlike and subscribe bc they make a weird comments about marginalized people, so it's insanely refreshing to find someone who is so vocal about these things. Tulok's a real one.
Samurai gear is also easily purchasable from Caelid Merchant in far north who also sells infinite poison arrows for those that want different class but also the gear to buy.
Been doing the same challenge lately. I have Vagabond and Warrior finished. Used only their starting gear but allowed myself to use a different weapon of the same type. So for Vagabond I used the Dragon Halberd. And for Warrior I used dual curved swords blood build. No change in armor. It’s super fun.
The most impressive thing with your videos is the commentary ! Top tier commentary for over half an hour !! There is a lot of work in the making of your content ! 👏👏
I tried doing a run like this where I allowed myself to use other weapons within the same class as the starting gear. I immediately ran all the way to Volcano Manor to get the Serpentbone Blade. It’s a shame I never finished the run since trying to do the assassination quests that underleveled was rough
The camera quality. The voiceovers. The content. It’s so beautiful. I’m glad I’ve been subscribed for so long but PHIL YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING “Twitch chat is doing bloodborne soon” FOR LIKE 2 MONTHS
Only slightly annoyed we didn’t get a time for beating Elden beast, I’m sure it would’ve been an easy S tier if all remembrances wasn’t counted, but eh, what can you do, and these starting class challenges are a super fun concept (I started with Bandit for my second playthrough and *oh god* I pray for your sanity on that one)
There is no damage penalty early game for radagon's soreseal! +5 in vigor more than counteracts the 15% damage penalty (at 20 vigor the +5 gives you +22% HP, capping off at around 37 vigor after which you get less than 15% HP for 5 points in vigor). So for early levels, everything else is essentially free stats, even the extra health.
ive been binging your content and now theres even more new content? let's goooooo, more binging. I love your content, its always good stuff with the based commentary:)
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 the queer humour, the "bidens land", always makes me laugh, the commentary is always pure gold and the inclusion is really nice! top notch content creator
Looked up extra juicy dragon toes on my work computer. Came back with a spicy jalapeño popper recipe! Thanks Tulok! The office is gonna love these at the next cookout!
In theory you could have run an icy-hot on Malenia by using the bow with frostbone arrows, but I suppose you figured that the change in arrow type violates the starting gear rule.
The fact that they gave the Samurai, who represents a style of warfare that rarely, if ever, used shields, a parry shield is kind of silly. Kinda seems like they just threw that in for good measure.
flame art is actually a pretty necessary inclusion since endgame bosses have giga holy resistance and without flame, faith melee builds wouldnt have a lot of options
I had no idea that you could enter the Erdtree after killing godskin duo 😅 I’ve been wondering around just exploring not really sure what to do next! (Of course I’m not strong enough for Maliketh yet so idk if entering the red tree matters for me yet)
Vagabond has awesome armor is medium rolling (bearable) and has a halbert weapon with the charge ash which is pretty good for the early game or just a general gap closer
It has square off..... might be the best ash of war in the game for value. It does 40 posture damage and only costs 8 FP. Making it significantly better than unsheath for posture which only does 30, while also costing less FP.
“But Ive got tha Balls of a Lion and lifetime ban from tha Minnesota Zoo” 😂😂😂😂 OMFG, I was just about to stop watching to go slay out myself. But now…. Now, Im a lyfe time FAN GURL!! That was the funniest joke of all time, that I almost didn’t hear!!!
@31:50 If you don't do a perfect parry, you block the attack; since most parrying shields don't have 100% physical resistance and piss have poor guard boost, this converts to a bit of damage and a huge chunk of stamina lol
There's a pun somewhere about how those jokes drag-on for too long, but honestly I don't want to make it because I actually don't find those jokes stale in any way, so...
Hey guys, did you know that there is a secret starting class that lets you get the Land of Reeds armor (light weight and great non physical but decent physical) and the Ushi Katana right from the start of the game? It also has the long bow......... (yay).
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Yes, I've killed her with the Serpent's Bow. Solo? Lol no, waste of arrows. Alongside Ashes or NPCs? A lot more doable, but still awful. Just presenting it as an option lol
I know you dont normally beat the game solo, but it would be cool to see you do an NG+ run solo. Malenia would be a mightmare, but shes the easiest she can be in NG+
Love how its not a question of if Samurai is better, just by how much.
I mean, we could be surprised
not the best stats, just the best gear
Vagabond is right there with it for default gear. Better armor, a 100% physical block shield, longsword with square off which is better than unsheath for staggering, and a halberd as well.
I've done playthroughs with both and the vagabond seems easier a lot of the time just because square off staggers a lot more frequently than unsheath and has a lower FP cost which makes up for the missing bleed.
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Samurai, Vagabond, Prisoner.
The 3 best to start, though Astrologer and Wretch (for customization and cheap leveling) are cool too.
Samurai definitely is the best if you are doing starter equipment only, but Wretch is unironically the best normally. Because you start at level 1 with 10 in every stat, this gives you 2 huge advantages:
1: If you reset your stats because you want to switch builds, you have an even 10 so you don't have to worry about wasting points in line dexterity if you're making a magic build (just an example)
2: Because you start at level 1, compared to classes who start at level 6 you can choose what you want to put those 6 levels into. This is easy because you have 6 nearly free levels, they are so cheap you'll have enough runes by the time you unlock Torrent.
Lastly, it also has war cry, which is just a really damn good ash for melee builds. You deal good poise damage 2 handing the club and you are light rolling. Honestly, the only downsides are:
No armor
Club isn't as good as katana and bow (obviously)
If you wanna use a dex build, samurai's the best but for anything else I think Wretch is by far the best choice.
"I have the balls of a lion and a lifetime ban from the Minnesota Zoo" is probably my favorite line you've said since "Today we're building Spyro the Dragon".
I rather like that one
My favorite is yoj guys get a little upset with my liberal jokes in the for biden lands but loved my dragon dildo jokes
I'm curious where the run would have landed on the tier list excluding the Malenia Data, or even just after beating Elden Beast
It would have been lower S tier
you should have used the katana
Idk I think he should’ve used the katana
No he should've used the katana not the katana
Nah bro they nerfed that I say he should have used the katana
The katana has better stats tho
I haven’t seen the new katana buffs I was hoping he’d use the katana
Since I have subscribed, I have found the location of the ritual sword talisman and the dagger talisman. I can confirm that my crits do deal more damage.
Those are great talismans!
A spell that let Torrent breath fire WOULD be cool as hell! Lol
Doesn't make a lot of sense for Erdtree Avatars to be resistant to slash. If a tree is weak to fire, it should also be weak to getting chopped down, right?
IRL slashing blades are effective against skin and leather/cloth, but wood/bark is a lot tougher. Not on par with metal, but much harder than any animal hide.
What trees are weak to is chopping, which is a different motion - slashing draws the blade along the cut, chopping drives a wedge directly inward. What Erdtree avatars should really take more damage from is axes.
Name an axe that does slash damage
Chopping has always been represented by the Standard physical damage type in Souls. Straight cutting oriented swords should really do Slash but eh.
well slashing isnt chopping, its slashing.
if you took a knife and pressed the blade against… meat, and basically slid the edge of that blade along the meat youd be slashing, creating large open cuts on the surface.
if you took a cleaver and just brought it down on the meat youd be chopping or cutting it, thats “standard” or “normal” damage in DS, just severing things by making straight deep cuts.
Yeah, axes being bad at Tree feels wrong
the samurai who can dunk a basketball imagery is giving me every sliver of creativity in my nearly rotted body
Uchi's Unsheathe was the only thing that made me able to beat Malenia with an RL1 character. So much stance damage, combined with occasional jumping R2s.
I'm really looking forward to the Prophet class run, personally. Catch Flame is incredible and it is a fast short ranged spell so Tulok'll probably have fun with it. The Heal spell the class starts with is also pretty good and the Short Spear as well will be quite helpful. And I guess you'll also be able to use the Rickety Shield for the memes.
P.S. The Samurai was still amazing even if things like the Warrior Jar Shard for 10% extra Ash of War damage and the Millicent's Prosthesis (for the majority of the run) weren't even used.
Erdtree avatars are cowering in fear at the thought
I kept thinking about going to do it, but my bones told me THEN NEXT one would be it. And it wasnt
Bro... that bridge joke is a... yeah... damn. Future sight is strong with this Samurai.
Love your challenge runs man they're so fun and creative
Thank you, but I really did just start as a Samurai and didn't stop
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 ahah that's true ig I just meant your runs in general I've been bingeing them lately 😂 your commentary is very entertaining 🙏
The "oh no!" When the calvary knight rides off the bridge is always funny.😂
I'm so shocked! They should put a rail up there
Not sure if this is where to put this, but I think that a night rider run with the nightrider glaive would be pretty fun
And all Bosses I can fight on horseback have to be on horseback
And plays the theme to the TV show the whole time .
Another epic run. I can’t wait for the next one!
We don't stop running
oh, what you said about the blood dog doing 11,000 damage per second reminds me of an old video by "josh strife hayes", part of a series he did called something like "i played the craziest MMO to the end"...
one enemy was supposed to do something like 100-150 damage per second, BUT, because of a glitch, it did 100-150 damage PER FRAME OF ANIMATION, which always killed his character before he even had a change to heal!
he actually started ALL OVER with a different character that had more max health JUST to get past that ONE enemy!
I would like to make it known I LOVE the lefty asides and they are a huge reason I am now a huge fan of Tulok. I've liked and subscirbed to so many channels and had to unlike and subscribe bc they make a weird comments about marginalized people, so it's insanely refreshing to find someone who is so vocal about these things. Tulok's a real one.
I love your rapid delivery and humor, but i also appreciate the lefty themes that show up occasionally.
Which one do you plan to do next? Hero or bandit could be cool, and I foresee “holding out for a hero” being played at least once.
Patreon is leaning confessor
Time for some katana rama
Samurai gear is also easily purchasable from Caelid Merchant in far north who also sells infinite poison arrows for those that want different class but also the gear to buy.
"If a boss tries to gank you, gank them back!!" Words to live by in elden ring. They give you tons of tools to do it too.
Been doing the same challenge lately.
I have Vagabond and Warrior finished. Used only their starting gear but allowed myself to use a different weapon of the same type.
So for Vagabond I used the Dragon Halberd.
And for Warrior I used dual curved swords blood build.
No change in armor.
It’s super fun.
The most impressive thing with your videos is the commentary ! Top tier commentary for over half an hour !! There is a lot of work in the making of your content ! 👏👏
The Samurai Class is the Genichiro DLC we always wanted. is even has the black imortal blade
Hell yeah
I love funky slants not registering as “grounded” when you land. It makes for some of the goofiest-looking deaths imo.
I personally watch these for both the enjoyable political takes AND the bad dragon jokes.
Good, because both are just going to keep coming.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO
Jokes about dragons that are bad or Bad Dragon(tm) jokes?
I tried doing a run like this where I allowed myself to use other weapons within the same class as the starting gear. I immediately ran all the way to Volcano Manor to get the Serpentbone Blade. It’s a shame I never finished the run since trying to do the assassination quests that underleveled was rough
I love how he specifically says to look up the things on your work computer
Love the challenge runs like this.
Thank you!
I always use my work computer to search your suggestions :)
Hopefully you have a cool boss
Great to see the bow get some time in the spotlight!
17:25 Now I’m going to have Celine in my head every time I need that Gelmir somber 6.
IT IS MY DAY OF LUCKY!
This should be a series
1:07 apparently, dragon toes is a dish!
Oh I gotta try that then
yo, just so you know. anytime you say "look up *so and so* on your work computer to find out more" it makes my day!
The camera quality. The voiceovers. The content. It’s so beautiful. I’m glad I’ve been subscribed for so long but PHIL YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING “Twitch chat is doing bloodborne soon” FOR LIKE 2 MONTHS
Were doing it now!
Only slightly annoyed we didn’t get a time for beating Elden beast, I’m sure it would’ve been an easy S tier if all remembrances wasn’t counted, but eh, what can you do, and these starting class challenges are a super fun concept (I started with Bandit for my second playthrough and *oh god* I pray for your sanity on that one)
Learn to parry or die basically
Was this run not streamed? Surely some madlad would have timestamped it for him. Damn.
There is no damage penalty early game for radagon's soreseal! +5 in vigor more than counteracts the 15% damage penalty (at 20 vigor the +5 gives you +22% HP, capping off at around 37 vigor after which you get less than 15% HP for 5 points in vigor). So for early levels, everything else is essentially free stats, even the extra health.
You should actually do a Knights Calvary run, pure mounted combat when possible
One of the best jokes that you do is the search weird stuff in our work computer. It's just so funny and i love it, hahaha
Oh my GOD man! That subscriber to non-subscriber ratio is the highest I HAVE EVER SEEN! You are doing something very right !!
Wow! I didn't know you could start with a katana!
I think it is allowed!
The "on your work computer" joke is my favorite on the channel, please throw more of them in my face.
Google "things being thrown in your face" on your work computer
The appropriately timed Celine Dion song reference made my day.
Literally just finished another vid and saw this upload. Niceee
Immaculate timing
You really help my ego and make me feel good about my Elden ring skill, appreciate ya
Nice Game Changer clip :)
Absolutely goated stance on Spirit Summoning, true Giga-Chads use what's given to them. Godspeed you glorious, handsome man.
"They make the game easier" and guns make bloodborne easier, but are you bad if you use them?
The PS2 Spider-Man 3 bomb qte failure caught me so off guard that I had near death comedy experience with my peanut butter and jelly sandwich
ive been binging your content and now theres even more new content? let's goooooo, more binging. I love your content, its always good stuff with the based commentary:)
Based? Based on what?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 the queer humour, the "bidens land", always makes me laugh, the commentary is always pure gold and the inclusion is really nice! top notch content creator
0:52 The single most based gaming opinion of the past decade 💯😫
apparently doing the dragon toes search gets you a food dish called dragon toes
Sounds tasty
Your sense of humour is immaculate never fails to make me crack a smile
'Finally got the great ghost glovewart'
The great ghost glovewart with the fingers layer blade 😢
I actually did this... although I also got the naginata too because I want a spear like a historical samurai.
The Repeating joke joke got me to laugh. I've been binging these runs and quite enjoy this.
Looked up extra juicy dragon toes on my work computer. Came back with a spicy jalapeño popper recipe! Thanks Tulok! The office is gonna love these at the next cookout!
Keep up the good content my man
Hey, if you insist
your videos make my week, you are an amazing creator, keep it up
Thanks, we will do what we must
It makes me so angry that he didn't use the bow against Malenia while waiting for the rot flower to fade away. It's free damage!
Oh that's a good call, but I don't wanna get arrows
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Holy shit, didn't expect you to reply. I'm a big fan, have been since Building Character.
looked up dragon toes was not disappointed actually surprised even
It's not my favorite starting class, but it's the starting class that's most well-equipped for all the situations you'll encounter for a long time.
My first playthrough played the whole game as the samurai. Good times
No way I subscribed and my crit just did more damage the upgrading I did to the weapon is irrelevant and it was 100% subscribing no way
Oh for sure, my uncle works at fromsoft.
Game changer meme , you really are the best youtube creator
30:55 that issue also exists with the kindred of rot talisman. It's either a bug, or a weird code issue
I gotta say, the "google X on your work computer" are my favorite jokes from this series.
Oh they're the best!
In theory you could have run an icy-hot on Malenia by using the bow with frostbone arrows, but I suppose you figured that the change in arrow type violates the starting gear rule.
The fact that they gave the Samurai, who represents a style of warfare that rarely, if ever, used shields, a parry shield is kind of silly. Kinda seems like they just threw that in for good measure.
It is a bit silly, but I suppose bringing the ds3 katana parry back might have been slightly too overpowered.
Starting with a spear / wakizashi would have been more accurate right?
Oh, so the usual speed run, just without the serpant hunter?
This is basically every UA-cam eldennring challenge run
flame art is actually a pretty necessary inclusion since endgame bosses have giga holy resistance and without flame, faith melee builds wouldnt have a lot of options
Using your bow with stormhawk arrows could have been really helpful
Enjoying the content Tulok. Keep up the great work.
I needed this video, I cannot beat the Elden Beast on my samurai build. I'm desperate.
I had no idea that you could enter the Erdtree after killing godskin duo 😅 I’ve been wondering around just exploring not really sure what to do next! (Of course I’m not strong enough for Maliketh yet so idk if entering the red tree matters for me yet)
The balls of a lion line got me
Vagabond has awesome armor is medium rolling (bearable) and has a halbert weapon with the charge ash which is pretty good for the early game or just a general gap closer
It has square off..... might be the best ash of war in the game for value. It does 40 posture damage and only costs 8 FP. Making it significantly better than unsheath for posture which only does 30, while also costing less FP.
I always love seeing Game Changer drops, that show needs more love!
Looking forward to the no-intentionally-dodging-damage run.
“But Ive got tha Balls of a Lion and lifetime ban from tha Minnesota Zoo” 😂😂😂😂 OMFG, I was just about to stop watching to go slay out myself. But now…. Now, Im a lyfe time FAN GURL!! That was the funniest joke of all time, that I almost didn’t hear!!!
Honestly Vagabond and Samurai are probably the best classes if you have no desire to swap out your gear.
I completed the game by doing exactly that,I honestly couldn't be arsed collecting specific gear or focusing on a build, I just pumped dex and vigor.
Elden ring playthrough where you eradicate all class enemies irl in minecraft
tip: if your weapon has innate bleed, use the occult affinity instead of bleed, the arcane scaling will be way better
lETS GOOOOO!!!!!!, another tulok vid. still just waiting between your vids
Well we will keep them coming!
@31:50 If you don't do a perfect parry, you block the attack; since most parrying shields don't have 100% physical resistance and piss have poor guard boost, this converts to a bit of damage and a huge chunk of stamina lol
Brass can be a parry shield (golden parry, etc.)
There's a pun somewhere about how those jokes drag-on for too long, but honestly I don't want to make it because I actually don't find those jokes stale in any way, so...
i subscribed and my crits do in fact have way more damage thx
Yelough Fever is what's this looked like 😮 1:18
i’ve always went vagabond or bandit personally
" Wake the fuck u samurai we have an erdtree to burn " - melina
Johnny Silverhand when
my favorite youtuber straight up !!
Thanks, I try
Making my day yet again my man
It's what we do around here
"I hate little bald boys" came out of nowhere and now I can't go back to how I was before. Marvelous.
Hey guys, did you know that there is a secret starting class that lets you get the Land of Reeds armor (light weight and great non physical but decent physical) and the Ushi Katana right from the start of the game?
It also has the long bow......... (yay).
Good Luck With your ChallengeRun.❤
Thank you, we need all the luck
Regarding a Frost Fire combo with Samurai Starting Gear, they start with Fire Arrows.
Have you shot an arrow at Melania?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Yes, I've killed her with the Serpent's Bow. Solo? Lol no, waste of arrows. Alongside Ashes or NPCs? A lot more doable, but still awful. Just presenting it as an option lol
Uchigatana #2 is in a ruin in limgrave... Idk why people don't know this or ignore this. Or bring it up if it is not an option.😮
30:40 blood flame blade (1 on offhand) and chill mist (2 on main)
Get both debuffs and reset the chill one periodically.
We welcome our fellow tarnished with open arms full of katanas
First time I fought Maliketh I always had trouble with the first phase way more than the second. Shit was annoying
I know you dont normally beat the game solo, but it would be cool to see you do an NG+ run solo. Malenia would be a mightmare, but shes the easiest she can be in NG+