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Even in a bow only run, the lacerating arrows are still never even mentioned. Yea, there are only 55 of them in the game with no renewable supply, and bows have any natural bleed on them, but this is just needlessly harsh and unfair treatment! -This post was made by the notched whip squad.
5:05 I disagree, its actually pretty useful since it allows you to shoot the bell from a fairly large distance away allowing you to skip an entire section of that area.
4:14 Dark Souls 2 has the strangest stamina management in the series: the less equipped load you have, the faster you recover stamina, combined with the fact that physical defense is basically worthless, a player is mechanically better off being naked. And in the case of bows (they don’t get the Flynn ring bonus), it’s good to raise vitality, so you can get a lower % of equipment load
This actually makes the equivalent of the grass crest shield nigh useless, as the actual increase to stamina gain is negligible as the weight cancels it out
You know, there's an entirely different Dragonrider cheese. You can shoot him down to 1 HP from outside the arena before you even fight him. Just shoot through the windows.
Before I even watch, DS2 was the first bow run I did and it was so fun it made me do DS, DS3, and ER (not the DLC yet). I regretted those other three, in DS2 I almost always have a bow for utility and didn't realize how often I used it, which made the run much easier than the others where I rarely touch them save for greatbows.
There is definitely one thing that i wish carried over to other souls games. I wish bows and Greatbows all had different draw speeds like they do in DS2
Archery only was my playthrough for the very first time beating the game. Honestly, with all the variety of arrows and being able to hold a max of 999, I think it is a nice way for more beginners/less experience people to play as you really have to learn the boss in order to get the timing of your arrows down. Except for the handful of bosses that have a lot of enemies with them, it really wasn't that hard.
Not sure if it works in this version, but teeeeeeechnically you could have done the OTHER Dragonrider cheese, and killed him from the bridge! Actually how I beat him my first go at the base game, just shooting arrows until his health bar ran out. 😂😂😂
Regarding the ring issue at 17:00 -- I'm not an expert by any means, but as far as I'm aware, this is because of something like "RoB and clutch rings increase your weapon's AR for MV calcs, while Flynn's adds physical damage to your weapon after." I think this is because Flynn's has to have its own scaling, or something. But I'm told that Flynn's doesn't improve Critical damage, so it didn't surprise me that it doesn't add damage to arrows. Similarly, spells scale off of the relevant AR of the staff or chime or flame, and so the damage from Flynn's also only applies to regular melee attacks. Oh, and you also get no benefit to the MGLS beam, I think. Weird, but consistently weird. Also, Leo ring works differently in this game -- it applies to the total AR (including elemental) of the weapon, unlike in the other two games. This is because every weapon in this game has a counter strength, and so the ring checks if the weapon deals any thrusting damage, then increases the counter hit value... instead of modifying the calculation of the target having reduced thrust defense. The latter is why only physical thrust damage benefits in the other games, afaik. ...I bet Flynn's doesn't apply to AR Leo Ring counterhits... maybe it does, IDK Loved the video!
Flynn's Ring applies a flat damage bonus rather than actual AR while the Ring of Blades applies AR and what I assume the clutch rings do when in relation to bows is that while they boost the bows damage arrows apply a sort of status to the enemy which scales off of your bows stats and thus cant be directly boosted which is why Flynn's Ring and Clutch Rings dont work for arrows specifically
Fun fact: with enough range (and damage), you can shoot the dragonrider from the platform with the first lever, leaving him with 1hp. EDIT with fun fact 2: again with enough range, you can shoot the bell in no man's warth from waaay downtown. I think you skip the encounter with gavlan in scholar, though. EDIT2 fun fact 3: when najka plants her tail into the ground, you can hop on her, freezing her AI and cheese killing her with the bow.
forgot how much I enjoyed the Curse of Darkness soundtrack lol happy to hear it going in the back edit: waltz of the lazy chair room will always be amazing
I read the title twice and wondered what the fuck Dark Souls 2 Softs was. Gummy candy and my brain probably share a quality or two right now. I need sleep.
Little know fact about giraffes! They can fly! To fly they dislocate their necks and start spinning their long neck like a meat helicopter from hell, horrifying!
I don't know if I can beat SOTFS with archery only, have done the base game with dlcs that way (as well as pyromancy only) but if I had to guess I'd say I can but I'm not going to bother making sure. I do know bows are the best damage in 2, hypermode demon's souls outperforms normal bow in DkS2 but you don't need to hypermode to do fine with archery in 2. Anyways, maybe I should watch the video to see what, if any, challenges were faced.
1 min in and liking the video for no dragonrider cheese. Curious to see if you use the ranged cheese on him but the gravity kill is just lame in "this weapon only" challenges imo.
@@Seraphim_1172I bet you are thinking of a chainsaw you can get at a hardware store. It wasn't like that (though that might help with those who suffer constipation 😂)
I actually did it recently, its dissapointingly easy, once you get the staff of wisdom and soul geyser, you can literally just play as dumb as you want The only place that it makes a problem is eleum loyce
Don’t know if anyone knows about this, but I tried to join the Discord and it’s not working I used the link in the description and it told me the invite was invalid or had expired
Before even watching it, I know you had such a fun time fighting Elana (probably as much as I did doing this challenge) Edit: You got lucky. I just had to accept the bell boy and fight her while avoiding him as she kept summoning her.
Gamers Weekend is great. He was my first real Souls challenge runner. His music choice, gameplay, and jokes are sublime. I never get tired of watching his runs.
Agree, better music selection and audio editing than even ymfah's latest stuff. Not sure that the gameplay and commentary is the best out there but the sound is 10/10
bow and arrow only damage, no other damage from the character is allowed... if you shoot at an enemy who thus gets pushed off the map and dies to fall damage, isn't that kindaaaa damage cause by the character then?
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Get that bag GW!
You got your first sponsor. Congrats
how did you comment this 5 days ago but the video released one day ago?
@@superlad6684 He might've had it uploaded it, but had it on private first to make sure there aren't any errors
@@JKLeeds imagine valuing money over your viewers time 🤮
Always fun to kill many enemies in arrow with this build!
That's a good one 😂 take a bow
One who walks with flames, I salute you.
But we all know it doesn’t get the point across as well as your favorite weapon
Stop *stringing* me along with those puns
he still got it
"I, on the other hand, have chosen the quick and nimble archer."
-Richard Hammond
@HE13272326 "you're the same speed as the rest of us you idiot!"
- James May, probably
@@afm571”Well, mine has better range then Jeremy and deals physical damage just like you!”
- Richard Hammond
Hammonddddd
Even in a bow only run, the lacerating arrows are still never even mentioned. Yea, there are only 55 of them in the game with no renewable supply, and bows have any natural bleed on them, but this is just needlessly harsh and unfair treatment!
-This post was made by the notched whip squad.
Wasn't bleed a load of arse in DS2?
@@darthplagueis13Yep, dealt something like 200 fixed dmg ? Not even a percentage of health...
BASELESS propaganda spread by the poison supremacy agenda. I will not have it! You cannot fool ME with your filthy lies!
I see Lemon let you out of the One Shot basement. Congrats!
For anyone wondering, Chainsaw were originally invented to aid in child birth.
Yeah, but tiny ones.
An alternative to c section
@@mutilator97ahh yes, the Zzzzzzz section!
oh god omg i understand why he didn’t say it
5:05 I disagree, its actually pretty useful since it allows you to shoot the bell from a fairly large distance away allowing you to skip an entire section of that area.
Useful Hawkeye visits DS2
That's a shock!! Hawkeye was useful in life?
Lets gooo Dark souls 2!!!!!!
Was fully expecting you to murder Pursuer with the ballista. You know, the giant bow and arrow mounted to a cart.
5:04 it's actually decently useful since you can ring the bell from a distance, skipping a portion of the level
13:15
"Chosen undead help me!"
Pulls bow string aiming arrow at horse
"Long live the king."
Yaaaay, more suffering! I dunno why but DS2 is by far my favourite challenge game in the series.
Love your content my man! ❤
Still can’t get over the fact how almost all souls people call Fume knight by his actual name for added effect. It’s Raime for those wondering
4:14 Dark Souls 2 has the strangest stamina management in the series: the less equipped load you have, the faster you recover stamina, combined with the fact that physical defense is basically worthless, a player is mechanically better off being naked.
And in the case of bows (they don’t get the Flynn ring bonus), it’s good to raise vitality, so you can get a lower % of equipment load
This actually makes the equivalent of the grass crest shield nigh useless, as the actual increase to stamina gain is negligible as the weight cancels it out
And when we needed him most he was there
You know, there's an entirely different Dragonrider cheese. You can shoot him down to 1 HP from outside the arena before you even fight him. Just shoot through the windows.
That Freja death laser is pretty cool. In fact, it’s fast enough that it could just be a regular attack for her.
Before I even watch, DS2 was the first bow run I did and it was so fun it made me do DS, DS3, and ER (not the DLC yet). I regretted those other three, in DS2 I almost always have a bow for utility and didn't realize how often I used it, which made the run much easier than the others where I rarely touch them save for greatbows.
Have you seen the “Miyazaki intended difficulty” run? SL1 NG+7, fists only, Symbol of Avarice, Ring of Calamity and Dusk Crown Ring
Another great video! glad to see more best souls 2 ;)
I did a bow and arrow run the other day and it was far and away the most fun I’ve ever had, with the exception of the DLC lol.
There is definitely one thing that i wish carried over to other souls games. I wish bows and Greatbows all had different draw speeds like they do in DS2
I did this run just last week.
The Draginrider bow was my go to. Long draw + high dmg was worth it.
Very fun to one shot foes from far away
Really a shield hero reference unexpected
Listening while I work will rewatch later.
Oh boy oh boy the first time I can watch a run I currently trying
*Googles what chainsaws were made for*
*Shudders*
Conga rats on the new video and the sponsorship! Proud of you!
I love bow only runs in souls game sm
Archery only was my playthrough for the very first time beating the game. Honestly, with all the variety of arrows and being able to hold a max of 999, I think it is a nice way for more beginners/less experience people to play as you really have to learn the boss in order to get the timing of your arrows down. Except for the handful of bosses that have a lot of enemies with them, it really wasn't that hard.
Not sure if it works in this version, but teeeeeeechnically you could have done the OTHER Dragonrider cheese, and killed him from the bridge! Actually how I beat him my first go at the base game, just shooting arrows until his health bar ran out. 😂😂😂
i remember that you could headshot Mytha if you actually aimed for her head, its not the most helpful thing but it's still fun to know
Regarding the ring issue at 17:00 -- I'm not an expert by any means, but as far as I'm aware, this is because of something like "RoB and clutch rings increase your weapon's AR for MV calcs, while Flynn's adds physical damage to your weapon after." I think this is because Flynn's has to have its own scaling, or something. But I'm told that Flynn's doesn't improve Critical damage, so it didn't surprise me that it doesn't add damage to arrows. Similarly, spells scale off of the relevant AR of the staff or chime or flame, and so the damage from Flynn's also only applies to regular melee attacks. Oh, and you also get no benefit to the MGLS beam, I think. Weird, but consistently weird.
Also, Leo ring works differently in this game -- it applies to the total AR (including elemental) of the weapon, unlike in the other two games. This is because every weapon in this game has a counter strength, and so the ring checks if the weapon deals any thrusting damage, then increases the counter hit value... instead of modifying the calculation of the target having reduced thrust defense. The latter is why only physical thrust damage benefits in the other games, afaik.
...I bet Flynn's doesn't apply to AR Leo Ring counterhits... maybe it does, IDK
Loved the video!
Flynn's Ring applies a flat damage bonus rather than actual AR while the Ring of Blades applies AR and what I assume the clutch rings do when in relation to bows is that while they boost the bows damage arrows apply a sort of status to the enemy which scales off of your bows stats and thus cant be directly boosted which is why Flynn's Ring and Clutch Rings dont work for arrows specifically
No me dí cuenta de cuánto extrañaba los desafíos hasta ahora 😅
Poor Maughlin, always getting the Hitman treatment for his threads. Lol
The music in this video is amazing 👏
Sir Alonne bow only no hit would be enjoyable to watch :3
Fun fact: with enough range (and damage), you can shoot the dragonrider from the platform with the first lever, leaving him with 1hp.
EDIT with fun fact 2: again with enough range, you can shoot the bell in no man's warth from waaay downtown. I think you skip the encounter with gavlan in scholar, though.
EDIT2 fun fact 3: when najka plants her tail into the ground, you can hop on her, freezing her AI and cheese killing her with the bow.
I never knew there was a poison moth chilling up there
Brōther I’m still waiting for that sorcery run brōther
Yes actually! I did this one last year! Was really fun!
Thanks for another good night video Kyle! ❤
Beating Aava without being able to see her is WILD!!!
i love these videos when i am drunk and eating pizza thank you so much
Best time for a classic challenge video 👌
Hope you enjoyed it mate!
forgot how much I enjoyed the Curse of Darkness soundtrack lol happy to hear it going in the back
edit: waltz of the lazy chair room will always be amazing
feels like you coulda used the balista in presuers arena since balistas are just really big crossbows
This is the type of content I wanna see :)
wouldve been REALLY cool if ADP affected bow speed in this game
I read the title twice and wondered what the fuck Dark Souls 2 Softs was. Gummy candy and my brain probably share a quality or two right now. I need sleep.
Great to see another video from you, my friend. Keep up the great work! ^_^
Congrats on getting a sponsorship Kyle! We're genuinely happy for you!
That chainsaw origin thing is almost a meme at this point and it's sad.
You said Hayd! I love you!
Yesssssss new GW video!
Little know fact about giraffes! They can fly! To fly they dislocate their necks and start spinning their long neck like a meat helicopter from hell, horrifying!
18:42 HOW IN THE FLIPPIN FUCK AM I STILL LEARNING SHIT ABOUT THESE GAMES I'VE PLAYED THEM FOR NEARLY A DECADE NOW
Banger video
13:25 Oh, god indeed
Very impressive, take a bow.
I bow down to you fellow ds2 enjoyer
this is basically my first ds2 run because it was essier than melee run lol
10/10 as always
You know, I’m beginning to think poison and lightning might be a good combo.
Casuals use regular bows, chads use greatbows only.
Dang, build reminds me of Legolas. Btw, will DS2 be getting a Sorcerery Only Run as well?
I don't know if I can beat SOTFS with archery only, have done the base game with dlcs that way (as well as pyromancy only) but if I had to guess I'd say I can but I'm not going to bother making sure.
I do know bows are the best damage in 2, hypermode demon's souls outperforms normal bow in DkS2 but you don't need to hypermode to do fine with archery in 2. Anyways, maybe I should watch the video to see what, if any, challenges were faced.
1 min in and liking the video for no dragonrider cheese. Curious to see if you use the ranged cheese on him but the gravity kill is just lame in "this weapon only" challenges imo.
For those curious chainsaws were first invented to help cut the pelvis of pregnant woman to help them give birth
That seems a bit... messy.
@@Seraphim_1172I bet you are thinking of a chainsaw you can get at a hardware store. It wasn't like that (though that might help with those who suffer constipation 😂)
@@Seraphim_1172it sounds very bad but nah, the originals you see if you google this question are knife-sized with very small chains.
Ds1 left hand only run! Please
I...think the code actually is held together by piss and green beans 🤣
Lightning for me was quite op in ds2. Same with dark magic.
now with greatbows pls they get way to less love
At 6:45 he says he immediately takes dull ember to McDuff ,don't you need to go to iron keep for that?
It's at a different location in scholar
18:09 Nah, the game is fine.
Dammit, just finished eating. (I started doing Dark Souls 3 with only fists)
When will we meet the scholar of the last sin?
Sorcery DS2 run when?
I actually did it recently, its dissapointingly easy, once you get the staff of wisdom and soul geyser, you can literally just play as dumb as you want
The only place that it makes a problem is eleum loyce
@plasmaflippy9376 actually I'm doing a sorcery run myself so worries about that😅
@@SimpleGuy-fp1vtI did a sorcery only run, it was so easy until the DLC areas where most of the enemies are resistant to magic
WE ARE SO BACK!
Hey are you going to finish DS3?
Don’t know if anyone knows about this, but I tried to join the Discord and it’s not working
I used the link in the description and it told me the invite was invalid or had expired
Before even watching it, I know you had such a fun time fighting Elana (probably as much as I did doing this challenge)
Edit: You got lucky. I just had to accept the bell boy and fight her while avoiding him as she kept summoning her.
Return
New mic?
yes you can and is very easy
Gamers Weekend is great. He was my first real Souls challenge runner. His music choice, gameplay, and jokes are sublime. I never get tired of watching his runs.
Agree, better music selection and audio editing than even ymfah's latest stuff. Not sure that the gameplay and commentary is the best out there but the sound is 10/10
The chainsaw fact is horrifying. It will haunt my waking life for years to come.
Thanks GW!
Can I subscribe a second time?
First!!
bow and arrow only damage, no other damage from the character is allowed...
if you shoot at an enemy who thus gets pushed off the map and dies to fall damage, isn't that kindaaaa damage cause by the character then?
Nah, tiss her fault she can't swim 😉
The only thing this video proves to me is that archery is viable in ds2