There is some insane sense of cosmic irony in not only not being able to aim a weapon called "Sniper Crossbow", but the fact that even if you could aim it, your controller had god awful drift on the right stick, lmao.
@@znerd3664 That]s why instead, you use a short bow. Never understood why people use binoculars for throwing weapons/crossbows, like they can't spare 0.5 weight for a bow off-hand.
the difference between this and the not-swords is that even with them you can use resins or weapon buffs, and they all have quick movesets, so even without them you can avoid damage. the sniper crossbow is like if a club had a 4 second windup
And no poise damage and poor overall damage with no scaling nor appliable buffs. And a limited ammo count that cost Souls to replenish. There's also the fact that enemies are more likely to dodge because it's a projectile. And also it has more than double the Club's weight.
If you fire a weapon from outside it's effective range, the arrows start to lose damage. Once you get far enough away, the damage drops to 0. You can most easily see this against the hydra usually. I think it's hilarious that you set up a sniping spot against Gwyndolin and then it didn't even work because the SNIPER crossbow didn't have enough range to make use of it.
Daggers aren't bad at all. I've done a dagger only run and they have such a high attack speed and such good scaling that they don't even fall that far behind beasts like katanas in terms of DPS. Plus, they're super easy on your stamina and weight which removes pressure from leveling endurance in the early game. Daggers are good, and I will die on that hill if I have to.
Daggers might be overpowered but it's only because they made every other weapon, aside from katanas, act nothing like how they'd be used in real life. The zweilander isnt heavy enough to force you to essentially drag it across the ground through your hits, it would realistically suit the claymores moveset, speaking of claymore. The claymore would have the moveset of a longsword, since that's what a claymore is. And either way, the swords always have way to much force in their attacks making them slower. If it was realistic that is, daggers wouldnt be as good due to their lack of range.
I remember doing a Dagger """challenge""" run, because i expected it to suck. I leveled Int to use Great/Crystal Magic Weapon so i could "deal a bit more damage with that garbage". I wasn't expecting it to turn into a close range machinegun! The way it melts life bars for barely any stamina cost is disgusting, i love it.
I did a bit of a doubletake when I realized that you used the sniper crossbow to take out OnS and Snctuary guardian and take on Artorias without the extra estus from Rite of kindling since I always deal with Pinwheel so early I always assume everyone has 20 estus. Mad respect, I would not have made it that far without the extra heals.
I only kill pinwheel when I'm going to go kill nito. I spend the entire game without the rite of kindling because I either die instantly or I take no damage.
What I always did was stick with 10 even after getting the rite but then if it’s too much struggle I would up it to 15 Needless to say I had every bonfire in the DLC at 15
Has sniper in its name but is the most inaccurate weapon. Ironic. I don't know why, but the developers really don't like crossbows although they are so dangerous that some kings forbid their use by private persons becoming one of the earliest banned weapons.
I don't know what this is but. The crossbows in this game are super nice. Turning the game into easymode. Heavy crossbow is a decent sidearm for any heavier build too.
@@remote24 crossbows are perfect for a tanky slow build, bait attack and shoot. use shields to block off attacks and you're golden and always in relative safety
My favorite thing about the sniper crossbow aside from looks is the animation that plays when you don't meet the strength requirement. The recoil nearly ripping your arm off and the arm flailing you do is just beautiful
I kick lautrec off because he's an asshole who doesn't deserve an honorable duel, if i dont off him dude takes away my shrine bonfire and wants to run away to anor londo like a coward and gank me for wanting it back lmao screw him haha
@@tomd1826 Priscilla's Dagger does have the highest bleed damage, but the build up is the slowest. I'd personally go with BK from start to finish, since I'm not sure if PD's high bleed damage can fully compensate for how long and how much stamina it takes to fully build up. Anyways, it's not like PD is unusable or anything, you should use it if you want to.
@@tomd1826 More range, which is the dagger's main weakness, more damage than the bandit's knife and very good bleed. It was my weapon of choice for a dagger run and it was pretty good. Dark silver tracer has powerful r2's too and can inflict toxin.
For God’s sake, the model has a crosshair, why couldn’t we use that? How can you snipe with something you can’t manually aim? Great job with this run! Edit: lmao, Gaping Dragon gets to live I suppose
I remember watching lobosjr doing a no-lock on sniper crossbow run wayyyyy back. Was probably the most interesting challenge run to watch because every fight needed strats
A broken sword still has the straight sword moveset, which is generally considered good in any souls game. So it is hard to do damage, but it isn't to terrible to get a hit in. The sniper crossbow feels terrible to use, even if you do damage. This wouldn't be so terrible if it was a...you know...actual sniper, that you could use at range to piss off an enemy and then switch to something useable when they got close.
I'm only halfway through the video, but after getting hit with Runescape music eventually followed by Risk of Rain music, I really have to commend your choice in music. I noticed Donkey Kong too, and dude I love how many of the same games we must have played. Thanks for the great video, man. Really appreciate the great entertainment with a weapon I never even thought of using!
Have an idea for a run I wanted to try, never got around to it: Each boss you defeat locks the weapon class you were using, forcing you to switch after every boss. No respecs, and this goes until you either hit credits or run out of weapon classes to use and lose
Think itll force you to pick and choose targets carefully, and find clever ways to skip what you can. Not sure which fromsoft game would be best for this, but hey, nobodies gonna read this anyway
Run invalid: Sniper CB is not the worst weapon in the game, nor is there a solid argument given for Why it's the worst weapon in the game. It's not the best crossbow, but by virtue of being a crossbow it has a massive advantage in multiple areas above other weapons; It's a ranged weapon. That alone gives it a ton of advantages in a game where the majority of enemies only have melee range combat capacity. It uses ammunition, meaning its damage type can change to exploit elemental weaknesses as needed. It has fixed damage, which means the player using it can invest in health and stamina after meeting its stat requirements. This gives them the ability to wear better armor, and increases over all survivability in all situations while still increasing their damage consistently. It's not the best weapon; Not by far. However, by virtue of it being a crossbow, it is not the worst. Crossbows are actually really good, especially because they can be added to the majority of builds to provide them a ranged option they otherwise wouldn't have. My vote for worst weapon would probably be the whip. It not only has bad damage, it also has an awkward move set that's difficult to use, it's slow for being a dex weapon, and it doesn't even provide the best range among melee weapons which Should be its defining characteristic as a weapon.
tbh I never understood why people use the slow reticle-less binoculars to aim throwing knives/crossbows, when it's easier to just aim a regular bow with a crosshair.
If you can aim, but there is no reticle, try shooting a few times at more or less the same location and note if the arrows always hit the same spot. If yes, you can simply make a mark on your monitor (like a little piece of tape with a tiny ripped up corner of paper) to act as the reticle. You won't damage your monitor, and now you have "accuracy" :D I did this with Dark Souls 2 and magic, all of a sudden I had free camera spell casting with perfect accuracy at long range, making places like the Lava Castle in the Sky easy with taking out all the knights with a Sorcerer :) Also not exactly Dark Souls related, but I do the same trick with sniper rifles in shooters as they often don't have a free aim (non-zoomed) reticle.
Xbow got so much nicer after DS1. I used a normal xbow as a secondary weapon on 1st run (strength build) in all of DS2, DS3, and Elden Ring. They served me well throughout each run, very frequently traversing areas for the first time. They also turned out to make quite a few boss fights require less skill to win! Turns out quite a few moves in various move pools just aren't valid if you keep backing off, and you can punish from so far away that they can't follow up. Quite a long way from this weapon. You could occasionally bait a ganker with it using binocular snipe + hawk ring in the forest when they were standing perfectly still and/or spamming hello/very good/etc to convince them to chase. Not that useful, but fun.
I love how you are talking to me like I'm ever gonna try this. Bro I still get stuck at the capra demon with normal builds :D Nice video and sick skills!
The dog goes where? DOWN WHERE?! Where does the dog go, meta?! Where did the dog go!? To go find all of the sticks you launched, I bet… yeah. Dogs like to chase sticks, so he had a nice nap before playing fetch some more…. Right?! He’s just taking a nap?! … Yeah… just a big ol puppy nap.
Your voice is quite calming, and your vids are great to watch in the background! I cooked while watching this video on the side and youve earned a subscription from me 😊
Nice job completing this challenge! Since the sniper crossbow doesn't scale with any stats, would you get more damage by upgrading it to lightning or chaos instead of +15?
Depends on the enemy you're up against really. I'd say lightning is the best option for most of the game assuming you allow glitches/farming because soul duping allows enough souls to buy lightning bolts which are best used out of a lightning infused bow due to how damage splits work. YMMV though, e.g. Gwyn resists lightning but is weak to fire, so chaos with heavy bolts is best there.
I hear that Gundorada Workshop theme from Dark Cloud 2, one of my favorite game music pieces, automatic sub lol Perhaps one day, we'll get a Dark Cloud 3.
Astora straight sword is a weird example. A few points in 3 stats and a highly reliable divine/magic weapon for early-mid game. Better example for odd stats would be Artorios’ Greatsword with that 24/18/20/20 req
Hmm Dont know about the worst but was certainly one of the most dissapointing weapons. Never tested it too thoroughly but any difference in range seemed negligible versus the heavy crossbow and didnt seem to be much difference in damage at higher range increments as any additional damage advantage at range it was supposed to have seemed offset by the higher base damage the heavy had. Seemed like its slow speed made any slight advantage it may have had if at all not worth it,plus was a bit heavy to pack around in a game where maneuverability often majorily matters and extra equipload could be often better spent on more defense or a sturdier shield. Or just to play fashionsouls better.
Haha Didnt know pinwheels clones timeout like that. After the first try where I went in wounded, & almost out of estus way early game and gave him too much time since had the zweihader and didnt want to leave myself open to counterattacks I didnt know if he had or not played too conservative. Made it that far since found divine weapons kill the skellies for good due to my weird 1st play exploration(blind with masterkey) route meaning I took out the butterfly before the gargoyles,and sith before quellag. Was the only time think ever gave him enough time to be difficult since the zweihander hit for better damage than I though before i got fireballed in the backside. Next round running attack,running attack, r2. And I really never looked back. Gonna have to go in there and just play a bit with him one of these days to see if happens on my old 360 copy. Glad is still things to learn in that old chestnut 👍
Haha Didnt know pinheads clones timeout like that. After the first try where went in wounded, & almost out of estus way early game and gave him too much time since had the zweihader and didnt want to leave .myself open. Made it that far since found divine weapons kill the skellies for good due to my weird 1st play exploration(blind with masterkey) route meaning I took out the butterfly before the gargoyles,and sith before quellag. Was the only time thibk ever gave him enough time to be difficult since the zweihander hit for better damage than I though before i got fireballed in the backside. Next round running attack,running attack, r2. And I never looked back. Gonna have to go in there and just play a bit with him one of these days to see if happens on my old 360 copy.
Haha Havel armor fourkings reminded me of my first playthrough. Was proud and dissapointed at the same time when wore stone armor and cast iron skin against nito to trivialize the skeletons that bugged me the first 2 trys since was using a slower weapon,and hadnt found it useful enough to use it regularly enough to take up a spellslot. Wish could have unlearned that, but now I know I always have a pretty easy out even on sl1 runs,and wasnt surprised to see people havel tank kings in speedruns later on. Think tried iron skin there but was just too slow for my taste and had gotten accustomed to using power within more often along with more of a ranged loadout of spells.
never get tired of hearing osrs music in your videos, I have a burning love for Dark Souls 1 AND osrs. Happy to see others blessed with the best palate.
Do you have a version of this video with full bossfights? Cuz skipping through the whole video makes it look so easy and i bet i wouldn't even be able to kill some of the 1st bosses.
I was gonna say that the straight sword hilt you get at the start of the game is the worst one, but at least even that has a purpose, it sets the precedent that the right hand is the weapon hand, plus you can turn it into the artorias sword
Im pretty sure two hanging the crossbow slows your shooting speed vs one handed shooting Also lightning route with Electric bolts would be a good way to go. For other fights that resist you could just revert and use a different path since thats your only weapon anyways. Just my 2 cents since i do use this weapon among other crossbows and bows
@@JEFFALITY if you define weapon as it's name then the Lightning Sniper Crossbow is distinct from the Sniper Crossbow, same goes for Raw Sniper Crossbow A point in this favour is that the refinement is different. A Lightning +1 is equal to normal +7
@velvetbutterfly if wer going with this track of logic then he's not actually using the worst weapon then and invalidates the point of the challenge since normal path is universally the best path across the game as the answer to most problems where a means to defeat an enemy is concerned.
Ever since I stumbled upon this video I been watching the other videos nonstop! They are very entertaining! I was wondering if you would do some challenges similar to this one on other fromsoft games such as Bloodborne. I don't really have an idea at mind , but it would be really cool to see what ideas you can come up with the other soulsgames. Keep up the good work Dude! I really enjoyed these videos :D
People don't like players killing Manus by sniping him from outside of the arena... So just do it until you get his health low enough to where he's almost dead, then head in to the fight to finish him off. Seems no different than using the drop attacks on the Asylum & Taurus Demon, or yeeting Firebombs over the Fog Wall against the Capra Demon and his dogs. You're not technically killing them with it, you're just using an in-game mechanic/feature to lower their health.
The plunging attacks are obviously intended tactics while sniping the bosses with ranged attacks from outside the fog gate are oversights. They are very much different.
objectively the broken straight sword is the worst weapon, unless im forgetting something. 9:01 also „his“ lol. 12:59 also it regularly takes me around 15-20 minutes per boss that i use a crossbow for when im going on the defensive route in dark souls 3, so its just you that cant do 20 minute boss fights. and how long have you been using the controller for? ive used the same one for over 1000 hours and it works exactly as it should, i mean the four right buttons are worn out and r2 squeaks but nothing else wrong with it. its nice that the slim models are out though
Technically all weapons are viable. I've beaten it with the broken straight sword upgraded. Was it a pain yes 😂 but I like where this is going I hated that crossbow. Tried it once, and never again. Same with the broken straight sword. Once and never again.
I remember a heavy crossbow run was one of the more relaxing ones since most bosses dont fight back well at range. Interesting that sniper crossbow makes such a large difference. 4 kings with any low damage weapon is a nightmare, though.
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Meanwhile, Artorius's 90d jump.
"How bad can a weapon be?" *watches Pinwheel fight* "oh..."
How ba-a-a-ad can it be? Its just doing what comes naturaly
@@MrIrdatlan Nooo now I have to watch it again
@@MrIrdatlan I remember that, but not what came from.
@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystemthe lorax
How bad? I once saw Chaos Bed in TWO shots.
There is some insane sense of cosmic irony in not only not being able to aim a weapon called "Sniper Crossbow", but the fact that even if you could aim it, your controller had god awful drift on the right stick, lmao.
Binoculars is an alternative for aiming.
@@monkeybilly2892Maybe you could use those binoculars to read my full comment next time!
@@AgentChick jeez chill out dude
@@monkeybilly2892binoculars still don't give you an aiming reticle. It helps but you're still essentially free aiming
@@znerd3664 That]s why instead, you use a short bow. Never understood why people use binoculars for throwing weapons/crossbows, like they can't spare 0.5 weight for a bow off-hand.
the difference between this and the not-swords is that even with them you can use resins or weapon buffs, and they all have quick movesets, so even without them you can avoid damage. the sniper crossbow is like if a club had a 4 second windup
And no poise damage and poor overall damage with no scaling nor appliable buffs. And a limited ammo count that cost Souls to replenish. There's also the fact that enemies are more likely to dodge because it's a projectile. And also it has more than double the Club's weight.
If you fire a weapon from outside it's effective range, the arrows start to lose damage. Once you get far enough away, the damage drops to 0. You can most easily see this against the hydra usually.
I think it's hilarious that you set up a sniping spot against Gwyndolin and then it didn't even work because the SNIPER crossbow didn't have enough range to make use of it.
For real did a bow only run that hawk ring is a must. Poison arrows are good against gwyndolin
As someone who's beaten the game with a broken straight sword, your patience and skill here is very admirable
The cheap particle effect spray every time you kill something big is so satisfying in the Souls games!
I always forget this weapon even exists, and it's model always looks out of place. Great video!
The funny part is that it looks super good save for the scope.
Is this modded or something? I swear it had completely different model and texture back on PS3, here it's fucking gigantic.
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It’s basically half a Bloodborne weapon
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400I think he is using mods, the game doesn’t look like tbis at all
It may be the worst, but is so beautifully crafted. Good job skeleton!
Daggers aren't bad at all. I've done a dagger only run and they have such a high attack speed and such good scaling that they don't even fall that far behind beasts like katanas in terms of DPS. Plus, they're super easy on your stamina and weight which removes pressure from leveling endurance in the early game. Daggers are good, and I will die on that hill if I have to.
Because of the way weapon enchantments work they arguably are the best weapon to buff+bandits knife is an excellent bleed weapon
Daggers might be overpowered but it's only because they made every other weapon, aside from katanas, act nothing like how they'd be used in real life. The zweilander isnt heavy enough to force you to essentially drag it across the ground through your hits, it would realistically suit the claymores moveset, speaking of claymore. The claymore would have the moveset of a longsword, since that's what a claymore is. And either way, the swords always have way to much force in their attacks making them slower.
If it was realistic that is, daggers wouldnt be as good due to their lack of range.
@@leftyer9102exactly. Dex/int build with daggers is disgustingly op.
There's also the increased crit damage, Bandit's Knife is a great riposte weapon!
I remember doing a Dagger """challenge""" run, because i expected it to suck. I leveled Int to use Great/Crystal Magic Weapon so i could "deal a bit more damage with that garbage".
I wasn't expecting it to turn into a close range machinegun! The way it melts life bars for barely any stamina cost is disgusting, i love it.
The thumbnail confused me, as I didn't even remember this thing existing.
I did a bit of a doubletake when I realized that you used the sniper crossbow to take out OnS and Snctuary guardian and take on Artorias without the extra estus from Rite of kindling since I always deal with Pinwheel so early I always assume everyone has 20 estus.
Mad respect, I would not have made it that far without the extra heals.
I only kill pinwheel when I'm going to go kill nito.
I spend the entire game without the rite of kindling because I either die instantly or I take no damage.
@@Pinkoorudo you use intelligence builds?
What I always did was stick with 10 even after getting the rite but then if it’s too much struggle I would up it to 15
Needless to say I had every bonfire in the DLC at 15
Has sniper in its name but is the most inaccurate weapon. Ironic.
I don't know why, but the developers really don't like crossbows although they are so dangerous that some kings forbid their use by private persons becoming one of the earliest banned weapons.
I don't know what this is but. The crossbows in this game are super nice. Turning the game into easymode. Heavy crossbow is a decent sidearm for any heavier build too.
@@remote24 crossbows are perfect for a tanky slow build, bait attack and shoot. use shields to block off attacks and you're golden and always in relative safety
My favorite thing about the sniper crossbow aside from looks is the animation that plays when you don't meet the strength requirement. The recoil nearly ripping your arm off and the arm flailing you do is just beautiful
Doesn't even make sense crossbows don't have recoil
I like that you actually fought the gold armoured guy in a challenge. Everyone else just kicks him off and ignores the weapon
You mean Lautrec?
@@jar_knight probably.
Names are hard for me to remember
@yaboiiunclephil1552 neither is half the bosses. Still nice to see someone kill him with a weapon and not cheese
I kick lautrec off because he's an asshole who doesn't deserve an honorable duel, if i dont off him dude takes away my shrine bonfire and wants to run away to anor londo like a coward and gank me for wanting it back lmao screw him haha
Daggers shouldn't even be a candidate for worst weapon, bandit's knife at least is top tier.
What's Priscilla's Dagger like? Always wanted to do a run with that. Combo of 500 bleed and occult damage seems kinda cute.
@@tomd1826 Priscilla's Dagger does have the highest bleed damage, but the build up is the slowest. I'd personally go with BK from start to finish, since I'm not sure if PD's high bleed damage can fully compensate for how long and how much stamina it takes to fully build up. Anyways, it's not like PD is unusable or anything, you should use it if you want to.
@@Raoul. Aren't most late game bosses completely immune to bleed, starting from Odious and Smug?
@@tomd1826 More range, which is the dagger's main weakness, more damage than the bandit's knife and very good bleed.
It was my weapon of choice for a dagger run and it was pretty good.
Dark silver tracer has powerful r2's too and can inflict toxin.
No. Bandit knife is only good for quickstep
For God’s sake, the model has a crosshair, why couldn’t we use that? How can you snipe with something you can’t manually aim? Great job with this run!
Edit: lmao, Gaping Dragon gets to live I suppose
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I remember watching lobosjr doing a no-lock on sniper crossbow run wayyyyy back. Was probably the most interesting challenge run to watch because every fight needed strats
I remember that too, great run
I loved all his challenge runs so much.. *welcome to the wolfpack*
5:37 "F A P ring" bro did not want to be demonetized lmao
A broken sword still has the straight sword moveset, which is generally considered good in any souls game. So it is hard to do damage, but it isn't to terrible to get a hit in.
The sniper crossbow feels terrible to use, even if you do damage. This wouldn't be so terrible if it was a...you know...actual sniper, that you could use at range to piss off an enemy and then switch to something useable when they got close.
I'm only halfway through the video, but after getting hit with Runescape music eventually followed by Risk of Rain music, I really have to commend your choice in music. I noticed Donkey Kong too, and dude I love how many of the same games we must have played. Thanks for the great video, man. Really appreciate the great entertainment with a weapon I never even thought of using!
And mother and Spelunky, godlike taste.
Got a chuckle at the last second about the gaping dragon, nice touch
i just wonder how it would have went, it seems like it would be pretty doable, bait out a slam attack, and shoot at him
You actually pulled it off man. Way to go. This couldn't have been easy...
Have an idea for a run I wanted to try, never got around to it:
Each boss you defeat locks the weapon class you were using, forcing you to switch after every boss. No respecs, and this goes until you either hit credits or run out of weapon classes to use and lose
Think itll force you to pick and choose targets carefully, and find clever ways to skip what you can. Not sure which fromsoft game would be best for this, but hey, nobodies gonna read this anyway
Not sure how awful it would be to say no switching classes early, but I want to give it a shot so I will. Hope youll join me on this foolishness
I read it @@AlexTheProcrastinator
4:36 Dark Cloud 2 soundtrack... THAT was unexpected.
0:12 *me using broadsword whole playthrough*
I didnt know you could use the slumbering dragoncrest ring + ring of fog to mess that hard with Nito, thats so cool
Messing with Nito is neato
Run invalid: Sniper CB is not the worst weapon in the game, nor is there a solid argument given for Why it's the worst weapon in the game.
It's not the best crossbow, but by virtue of being a crossbow it has a massive advantage in multiple areas above other weapons;
It's a ranged weapon. That alone gives it a ton of advantages in a game where the majority of enemies only have melee range combat capacity.
It uses ammunition, meaning its damage type can change to exploit elemental weaknesses as needed.
It has fixed damage, which means the player using it can invest in health and stamina after meeting its stat requirements. This gives them the ability to wear better armor, and increases over all survivability in all situations while still increasing their damage consistently.
It's not the best weapon; Not by far. However, by virtue of it being a crossbow, it is not the worst. Crossbows are actually really good, especially because they can be added to the majority of builds to provide them a ranged option they otherwise wouldn't have.
My vote for worst weapon would probably be the whip. It not only has bad damage, it also has an awkward move set that's difficult to use, it's slow for being a dex weapon, and it doesn't even provide the best range among melee weapons which Should be its defining characteristic as a weapon.
tbh I never understood why people use the slow reticle-less binoculars to aim throwing knives/crossbows, when it's easier to just aim a regular bow with a crosshair.
If you can aim, but there is no reticle, try shooting a few times at more or less the same location and note if the arrows always hit the same spot. If yes, you can simply make a mark on your monitor (like a little piece of tape with a tiny ripped up corner of paper) to act as the reticle. You won't damage your monitor, and now you have "accuracy" :D
I did this with Dark Souls 2 and magic, all of a sudden I had free camera spell casting with perfect accuracy at long range, making places like the Lava Castle in the Sky easy with taking out all the knights with a Sorcerer :)
Also not exactly Dark Souls related, but I do the same trick with sniper rifles in shooters as they often don't have a free aim (non-zoomed) reticle.
Or create a note with the new features from steam
This is like using a ruler in Shellshock Live lmao
Xbow got so much nicer after DS1. I used a normal xbow as a secondary weapon on 1st run (strength build) in all of DS2, DS3, and Elden Ring. They served me well throughout each run, very frequently traversing areas for the first time. They also turned out to make quite a few boss fights require less skill to win! Turns out quite a few moves in various move pools just aren't valid if you keep backing off, and you can punish from so far away that they can't follow up.
Quite a long way from this weapon. You could occasionally bait a ganker with it using binocular snipe + hawk ring in the forest when they were standing perfectly still and/or spamming hello/very good/etc to convince them to chase. Not that useful, but fun.
The crossbow is a viable weapon in ds1. Its just this one that doesnt do the job
the leo ring wouldve been helpful to wear, arrows do thrust damage and get benefits from it
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Honestly I say you should have just modded the weapon into the start. Videos like these are fun and just make it easier on you the content creator.
8:45 "We take out Biggest Tittus"...LOL
I love how you are talking to me like I'm ever gonna try this. Bro I still get stuck at the capra demon with normal builds :D
Nice video and sick skills!
The first Artorias attempt live was so intense and heartbreaking, great that you finally made it👍
The dog goes where? DOWN WHERE?!
Where does the dog go, meta?! Where did the dog go!?
To go find all of the sticks you launched, I bet… yeah. Dogs like to chase sticks, so he had a nice nap before playing fetch some more…. Right?! He’s just taking a nap?!
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Yeah… just a big ol puppy nap.
Your voice is quite calming, and your vids are great to watch in the background! I cooked while watching this video on the side and youve earned a subscription from me 😊
Nice job completing this challenge! Since the sniper crossbow doesn't scale with any stats, would you get more damage by upgrading it to lightning or chaos instead of +15?
Depends on the enemy you're up against really. I'd say lightning is the best option for most of the game assuming you allow glitches/farming because soul duping allows enough souls to buy lightning bolts which are best used out of a lightning infused bow due to how damage splits work. YMMV though, e.g. Gwyn resists lightning but is weak to fire, so chaos with heavy bolts is best there.
Once again a really nice video. Please keep going with your content.
I hear that Gundorada Workshop theme from Dark Cloud 2, one of my favorite game music pieces, automatic sub lol
Perhaps one day, we'll get a Dark Cloud 3.
Astora straight sword is a weird example. A few points in 3 stats and a highly reliable divine/magic weapon for early-mid game.
Better example for odd stats would be Artorios’ Greatsword with that 24/18/20/20 req
24/18/18/18 but yes
Worse is probably the skull lantern, but a run with it is straight up just torture
Hmm
Dont know about the worst but was certainly one of the most dissapointing weapons. Never tested it too thoroughly but any difference in range seemed negligible versus the heavy crossbow and didnt seem to be much difference in damage at higher range increments as any additional damage advantage at range it was supposed to have seemed offset by the higher base damage the heavy had.
Seemed like its slow speed made any slight advantage it may have had if at all not worth it,plus was a bit heavy to pack around in a game where maneuverability often majorily matters and extra equipload could be often better spent on more defense or a sturdier shield.
Or just to play fashionsouls better.
Haha
Didnt know pinwheels clones timeout like that. After the first try where I went in wounded, & almost out of estus way early game and gave him too much time since had the zweihader and didnt want to leave myself open to counterattacks I didnt know if he had or not played too conservative. Made it that far since found divine weapons kill the skellies for good due to my weird 1st play exploration(blind with masterkey) route meaning I took out the butterfly before the gargoyles,and sith before quellag. Was the only time think ever gave him enough time to be difficult since the zweihander hit for better damage than I though before i got fireballed in the backside.
Next round running attack,running attack, r2.
And I really never looked back.
Gonna have to go in there and just play a bit with him one of these days to see if happens on my old 360 copy. Glad is still things to learn in that old chestnut 👍
Haha
Didnt know pinheads clones timeout like that. After the first try where went in wounded, & almost out of estus way early game and gave him too much time since had the zweihader and didnt want to leave .myself open. Made it that far since found divine weapons kill the skellies for good due to my weird 1st play exploration(blind with masterkey) route meaning I took out the butterfly before the gargoyles,and sith before quellag. Was the only time thibk ever gave him enough time to be difficult since the zweihander hit for better damage than I though before i got fireballed in the backside.
Next round running attack,running attack, r2.
And I never looked back.
Gonna have to go in there and just play a bit with him one of these days to see if happens on my old 360 copy.
Haha
Havel armor fourkings reminded me of my first playthrough. Was proud and dissapointed at the same time when wore stone armor and cast iron skin against nito to trivialize the skeletons that bugged me the first 2 trys since was using a slower weapon,and hadnt found it useful enough to use it regularly enough to take up a spellslot. Wish could have unlearned that, but now I know I always have a pretty easy out even on sl1 runs,and wasnt surprised to see people havel tank kings in speedruns later on. Think tried iron skin there but was just too slow for my taste and had gotten accustomed to using power within more often along with more of a ranged loadout of spells.
never get tired of hearing osrs music in your videos, I have a burning love for Dark Souls 1 AND osrs. Happy to see others blessed with the best palate.
This might not be the worse weapon on the game by damage. However it is the slowest.. probably
Fun fact: you can dodge the sniper crossbow by walking as slow as possible
Is more important the moveset of a weapon than his damage
@mez.bastian for me personally I will take a moveset over damage any day. If I don't like the moveset then I won't use the weapon.
You could have used Iron Flesh on 4 Kings. I myself wouldn't consider it illegal in this run since it doesn't do damage.
Only problem is that it would make it impossible for me to avoid the grab attack
Do you have a version of this video with full bossfights? Cuz skipping through the whole video makes it look so easy and i bet i wouldn't even be able to kill some of the 1st bosses.
I really appreciate the 360 noscopes at the end of each boss fight. nice vid!
This might be a long shot, but I can William Tell this one must have been a pain.
That joke made me quiver with laughter
This makes me want to try out a bow focused build.
Who else noticed the Jak and Daxter music during Sen's Fortress? I grew up playing that game, good stuff! 👍
I wonder what the worst weapon is
The broken straight sword
I would say your bare fists, but the Broken Straight Sword is bad too.
I was gonna say that the straight sword hilt you get at the start of the game is the worst one, but at least even that has a purpose, it sets the precedent that the right hand is the weapon hand, plus you can turn it into the artorias sword
9:01 What was that arrow hitbox lmao?
0:10 Meanwhile, in Bloodborne, EVERY weapon IS viable.
Straight sword hilt without any buffs:
The Risk of rain 2 music in the dlc nice ❤
Ahhh, a Chris Christodoulou enjoyer.
Great video man, awesome concept and very good narration. Keep it up.
I always appreciate in a challenge run when getting the weapon becomes part of the challenge! Great video!
Love the Jak 2 music pick, cool vid :)
Chester uses this so well it's unfair, he even gets a kick for juniper's sake
Bad weapon or not, Lautrec deserves to be punted off the cliff as per
I like your voice. It's soothing. I fell asleep to this (the video was fun and I finished it when I woke up, but your voice is nice lol)
Haha love that ending 😂 this was a great video! Fun to watch all throughout
But what about the gaping dragon?
Doing this whole challenge with camera drift makes it that much more of an accomplishment.
Gaping Dragon ?
I appreciate the fact that you didn't just hack the crossbow in and decided to get it in-game.
Dark cloud 2 ost LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO
Im pretty sure two hanging the crossbow slows your shooting speed vs one handed shooting
Also lightning route with Electric bolts would be a good way to go. For other fights that resist you could just revert and use a different path since thats your only weapon anyways.
Just my 2 cents since i do use this weapon among other crossbows and bows
Why would he use the good upgrade route when the point is to use the worst weapon?
@@velvetbutterfly Worst weapon not worst route.
Just because it's a challenge doesn't mean you don't have to be intelligent either.
@@JEFFALITY if you define weapon as it's name then the Lightning Sniper Crossbow is distinct from the Sniper Crossbow, same goes for Raw Sniper Crossbow
A point in this favour is that the refinement is different.
A Lightning +1 is equal to normal +7
@velvetbutterfly if wer going with this track of logic then he's not actually using the worst weapon then and invalidates the point of the challenge since normal path is universally the best path across the game as the answer to most problems where a means to defeat an enemy is concerned.
@@JEFFALITY it's not universal though.
It's only good because it increases stat scaling, which the Sniper Crossbow as a whole lacks
Thirteen years playing this game and I just now learn you can just break the giants balls without killing him to get him to stop throwing them
Ever since I stumbled upon this video I been watching the other videos nonstop! They are very entertaining! I was wondering if you would do some challenges similar to this one on other fromsoft games such as Bloodborne. I don't really have an idea at mind , but it would be really cool to see what ideas you can come up with the other soulsgames. Keep up the good work Dude! I really enjoyed these videos :D
Thanks, I try my best
Gotta say, this style of content is really good. I hope to see more stuff like this from the other souls games
People don't like players killing Manus by sniping him from outside of the arena... So just do it until you get his health low enough to where he's almost dead, then head in to the fight to finish him off. Seems no different than using the drop attacks on the Asylum & Taurus Demon, or yeeting Firebombs over the Fog Wall against the Capra Demon and his dogs. You're not technically killing them with it, you're just using an in-game mechanic/feature to lower their health.
The plunging attacks are obviously intended tactics while sniping the bosses with ranged attacks from outside the fog gate are oversights. They are very much different.
@@Raoul.I see no difference, a dead boss is a dead boss. Do people consider the Quit-Out Method against the Bed Of Chaos an Intended Tactic?
Mother 3 is such a wonderful game and I wish more people experienced it
Yea but why are you commenting this on a dark souls challenge run
@eel5618 I know right 💀
This is the only video of yours I've seen so far, but did you do a shield only run? Do something like dual heater shields.
But what about the gaping dragon tho ????
I wonder if Chester uses this crossbow to show how Fromsoft wanted it to be like; almost like a redemption.
Can you perform the jumping attack with the Crossbow?
That may be a way to use the sniper crossbow to hit the snake in the duke's archives.
this was just stressful. nice work
I beat the entire game of DS1 as a Marveloys Chester cosplay in 2012. It was hell.
objectively the broken straight sword is the worst weapon, unless im forgetting something. 9:01 also „his“ lol. 12:59 also it regularly takes me around 15-20 minutes per boss that i use a crossbow for when im going on the defensive route in dark souls 3, so its just you that cant do 20 minute boss fights. and how long have you been using the controller for? ive used the same one for over 1000 hours and it works exactly as it should, i mean the four right buttons are worn out and r2 squeaks but nothing else wrong with it. its nice that the slim models are out though
1:14 THAT DAGGER JUST TEARS THROUGH ENEMIES!
Technically all weapons are viable. I've beaten it with the broken straight sword upgraded. Was it a pain yes 😂 but I like where this is going I hated that crossbow. Tried it once, and never again. Same with the broken straight sword. Once and never again.
You just made me realize that the Capra Demon battle would not be as memorable without the dogs
I remember a heavy crossbow run was one of the more relaxing ones since most bosses dont fight back well at range. Interesting that sniper crossbow makes such a large difference.
4 kings with any low damage weapon is a nightmare, though.
Let's gooo you're back. Got a great 20 mins ahead of me
God I love the use of Gundorada’s Workshop theme. Such an amazing song/game and video
Any goofball that you attack in fire link can literally just be baited to fall off the cliff then save quit for the goods
That four second pause made me laugh pretty hard
If someone can beat the game at Level 1 with no armor and just their fists, I'm sure they can beat the game with a really bad weapon 🤣
7:04 How did you get that many souls?
He said he used soul duping for upgrade materials or he just spammed every soul he had
@@velvetbutterflyI see! Thank you for the answer!
Yo at 7:09 how did you have 850k souls? 😂
Nice video as always, keep it up
8:47
I made this joke back in fucking 2015 when I played dark souls for the first time, glad to see some1 else thought of it
16:39 certified Dennis Reynold's moment.
I know you tag songs used, but which was playing during the Seath fight?
They're listed in order. It's easy to keep track
Wouldnt a lightning xbow with lightning bolts be stronger?
Probably
Apparently you’ve completely missed the point of the video.
The tracking on that last hit on Kalameet was disgusting.
Hekin SHOUT OUT to the dark cloud 2 music in this.