Can you Beat Elden Ring with ONLY Archery? (Elden Ring CHALLENGE)
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2022
- Elden Ring is an expansive game, and it's array of weaponry is impressive. From swords that wield god-slaying flames to spears that generate draconic lightning. But what if we forgot all about the notions of fighting up close, and instead tried to conquer the lands between with the simple bow and arrow?
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The Dark Souls CHALLENGE Series: • Dark Souls CHALLENGES - Ігри
I think my fav part of this whole challenge is seeing all the arrows stick out of the bosses chest like a pin cushion
everyday we're getting closer to armor of thorns V2.0
Already happened, ingenious clown did it
@@the_monke0302 he's talking about this channel kidboy now scram 🤡
that's kinda funny though, a clown promoting ingenious clown
doesn't mean they can't do it
Oh yeah
I want to watch v2 soooo bad
"good god there's so much running around in this game" - I felt that in my soul
Did you feel it in your dark soul?
That annoyed me, because he *chose* to spend the first hour of the game just running around getting materials instead of buying plenty of arrows and facing margit straight away. It would have been much more fun and interesting as a run if he fought bosses as he came across them naturally, instead of immediately running to Caelid and getting all these runes and upgraded weapons before the first boss. I always dislike when people do that in challenge runs. Upgrading and going out of your way for good talismans when you're facing Beast Cleric/Mariketh? Totally understandable and cool. Doing that same shit before Godrick? Kind of boring.
@@liamaclellan3024 It may be boring, but that's the way the game is designed. The early game areas are pretty much meaningless when you can easily get late game materials elsewhere.
After your runs im sure that its a quite spiritual connection
@@FearThePegasus Shame we didnt fill his dark soul with light
"We Name our archer Archer after Archer the archer from the Fate series"
🤣🤣🤣
Best part
"The Archer Class is really full of Archers".
"He just walks up slowly, but never gets his down smash" big W reference. Respect.
I'm really surprised you didn't use Radahn's Greatbow, it's art of war combined with poison/rot melted Rykard for me in my bow only run, and the AoW itself just destroyed Dragonlord Plassy. That said Melania punished me brutally for being able to cake walk through them, it took me nearly 10 hours of attempts to get my bow only kill of her >.
You mean arrow rain aow not raddahn's GREATbow
@@timothylanier1882 Radahn's bow has the rain of arrows AoW on it, it just has a slightly different name.
woha that´s some dedication. It took me like 2hrs to beat her with bow and i felt so great after. Must have been better than sex for you after you beat her. :)
@@greencosmos5835 what is an AoW? do u mean aoe?
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realized afterwards that u mean ash of war, havent played in a while lmao
@@mathias9389 No he means aow which means ash of war aka weapon arts
I have some things I want to point out:
Latenna does not die after Altus Plato, I think she dies after you reach a grace in Mountaintops of the Giants. edit. There is an easier somberstone 7 on a more lower lvl where lobsters are. It is much easier to get (no fighting). With mimic tear there is a trick to get early bull goat armor and overload yourself and then enter an arena, so he cannot even run))).
For Giant and Rykard: There are 2 types of bleed arrows in the game and you can use both of them at the same time. So you get 99(50 blod loss build up) + 99(65 blood loss build up). It is enough for both of them. And for other bosses as well.
You really dont have to fight 2 gargoyles, you can fight Mogh instead, who is much easier.
Also, against both Giant and Rykard you can (and should?) bring frostbite arrows. The prog is another max health % type, plus it reduces all absorption by 20% netting you a bit more damage per arrow.
The extra damage doesn't amount to *that* much against those massive hp pools, but every bit counts.
On a personal note, I genuinely believe the easiest somber [7] is in volcano manor. Yes, the bridge cheese jump has been fixed in 1.05 so no super skip *but*
- get sleep pot recipe in Limgrave
- get some ~5-8 cracked pots
- craft that many sleep pots
- take the abductor virgin from the academy
- jump into the lake of lava and run past everything to the godskin noble
- sleep pot time, for at least the first 3 times you sleep him a single pot is enough to put him into a trance if you take your time and make sure to only throw them when he's going to stay in the mist
- you can damage him while he's falling asleep *and* while he's waking up, so you get some 15 seconds of free dps per pot
- and that's it, kill him, get 50k "free" runes and then speedrun through the rest of volcano manor until you reached the stonesword key door at the end and the somber [7] behind
Sure, the old bridge skip jump made that a lot faster, but it's honestly still way less of a hassle than going to the depth of the shunning grounds imo. And before Leyndell.
I love the style of this with a super convoluted run, and every tedious step narrated and shown. It just really goes to show the depth and freedom you have playing this game
Not sure whether you were doing this but there's a trick that makes Aeonian Swamp much more bearable! You know how rolling in poison and rot will continue to build status after leaving the puddle of rot/poison? Well, triggering scarlet rot not by standing in the swamp but rolling around it and then waiting on dry land for rot to trigger will only deal half the damage as usual rot per tick, meaning it's MUCH easier to walk around and outheal the damage
just use flame, cleanse me dawg
@@spaghettimaghetti8too much effort for a niche use
@@alyxparker4410 nuh uh
Just use Soap, it does not cleanse rot but it stops the lingering effect where the bar keeps going up
17:52 well at least you didn't have 3000 phones out and about 8 million miles of cable you had to check while some guy came to shake your monkey tree again!
In other words, I did get the reference to the river of slime scene in the sewers and yes... there's a striking resemblance I must admit.
I don’t know about any other ones, but in the cave before Mohg, there is a merchant that sells Bleed bolts infinitely which allows for double bleed stock. More bolts = more bleed procs
They are called Burred Bolt.
Which as the name suggests is a bolt not arrow so sadly that doesn't work here.
I haven't finished watching yet but I just wanted to say that Latenna only dies prematurely if you get the second half of the medallion before starting her quest. Anyways I'll continue watching but just wanted to get that out of the way.
Honestly this was made waaay harder because of the lack of other arrow types. Dwelling/Golden arrows have much higher damage output, and can take advantage of elemental weaknesses. Sleep arrows could have been nice against the few bosses susceptible to it for good openings, though to that end Stormhawk Arrows are much better due to their ability to break poise.
Stormhawk Arrows are obnoxious to farm, since both Stormhawk types(Normal and flamethrower) will often drop flight pinions instead of Stormhawk Feathers
also he didn't use fire arrows to defrost frozen enemies and continually proc frost...
@@CsStrezif you boost arcane then switch back it might help idk
He didn't use Radahn's Rain on larger bosses either. Missed one of the highest damage tricks!
Split damage arrows aren't necessarily better, Guy. They get filtered by defense twice.
Briar armour would be what people are expecting but I found out something interesting about it
It’s damage procs with bloodhound step as well so that suggests it works with other ashes of war as well something to look into to make that challenge easier (or at least more manageable)
little Ethan lord of death so scary
@@ramrodbldm9876 what
@@LowIntSpecimen
Edge,
Lord
21:47 the red Albinaurics can be kited off the edge just as easily as the bird, though it does take a while longer if you're miserly with your arrows. You just need to ride Torrent down the slope, just past all the sitting guys, and then double jump to the big rocks on the left side of the path. Then aggro the red guys and watch them violently cartwheel off the cliff.
I love how your videos double as guides, It's really easy to use these vids as a tutorial of sorts. Super hyped for the rest of the challenges!
About farming flight pinions early, and i know it doesn't matter as much now that the run is done, but you can actually farm them easier from the church with the merchant in it by going towards the cliffs, and downwards. There are a lot of birds along the way, and at ruins on the path, making it more efficient for the amount of time spent.
Yes! So excited that the challenge content for ER is beginning. Cant wait for each new installment. Good luck Kyle!
DID HE JUST WALK UP? SLOWLY? AND NOT DOWN SMASH?
Holy Crap! He's gonna do the build I ran for my first (Serious) Character? Given that it was also Survival themed and I shifted somewhat as the game went on I'm curious to how a true full arcery build would work? Do Crossbows count? Cuz they are quite good for an archery build thanks to their better range and mobile movement while shooting. (Pro Tip) If you hold the shield button while you fire a crossbow the very instant you are done firing/ reloading you will bring up your shield to block. It has saved me countless times.
holy crap no one cares!
:D
Lmao this was how I played my very first run too. It actually worked pretty well cuz Radahns Rain is a pretty sick combat art.
Shield block between crossbow shots is a great strategy against certain ranged enemies such as those annoying mini Astels in the underground areas who spam the rocks.
Holy Cow (cow!=crap)
This is gonna be a good one
The fact that he breezes through most bosses that I had a really hard time with burns me in my soul! And he is using ONLY A BOW!
Range has historically been unbalanced/OP against the AI in Souls games. The AI and enemy movesets just aren't often equipped to deal with someone that never tries to hide under its left ankle the entire fight.
He went to late game areas and overbuffed his weapon before a majority of the bosses, to be fair. If you try to go about those fights without the skips they'd be considerably more difficult.
I love your videos so much. Been watching since last summer with some of the early dark souls challenges and I love to see how big your channel has grown
I think you should have kept using the horn bow (or any other bow that could take an ash of war) for the big slow bosses (namely Rykard). You can hit all the arrows easily and get status procs for a fraction of the cost as the black bow.
True, arrow rain is more efficient
Thank you for doing this, GW. I wanted to do it myself, but am now content just living vicariously through your Archer run. Cheers!
You triggered a deep nostalgia flash with the music at 7:35 , had to pause the video and listen to that soundtrack again after all these years. Thanks for that my man
While this challenge has been completed a number of times already by other creators, your video is extremeley entertaining to watch and manages to really stand out. Fantastic editing, fun and well paced commentary, incredible background music choices and you get a truly awesome video overall. Congrats, and keep on the good work
I clicked the video stoked to watch some arrows to the knees. In 116 minutes.
Impressive run! Loved the editing and humor.
Great playthrough, very good job maintaining the patience and consistence
Reccomendation: Try Van Helsing double crossbow style playthrough next
Been watching some over your videos lately. Honestly enjoy them a lot, especially how you still do ds1 content. The KH music definitely made me subscribe though, great music selection.
Man, bows used to be comparable to ranged magic in older souls games. I distinctly remember using a bow as a secondary weapon in Dark souls 1 over magic because I was a quality build, sword and board. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY USEFUL AND GOOD. GOOD!! They desperately need a buff in Elden Ring
Nah they are actually fine, they are just heavily depending on your choice of arrows. In PvP you can really abuse Shortbows and their ability to shoot after rolling and landing.
Greatbows can be really strong for PvE but are very unflexible.
The only problem is that all bows but one in each category are basically useless and have nothing special about them.
This is genius, congrats! What i'd say is to use either helm that gives damage with blood procs or poison ones since u use that. What i ABSOLUTLY love about this is that the camera you have is what is suposed to have for giant bosses, instead of not knowing what the hell is going on and rely only on very tuned muscle memory. Congrats
The fact that mimic boss made him burn through 5 flask and hundred arrows makes me happy as it finally dint go without a fight.
I just got done with a bow build and even I had a rivers of blood as a “just in case” back up because of the difficulty, Good job man
dang it ! Since my favorite Souls is Dark souls 2, i hope you will continue and won't forget it QwQ. Anyway, still love to see you play like this. Keep it up !!!!!! love
Dark Souls challenges will return for sure! Elden Ring is probably going to be a major focus but I’ve still got a pretty big list of Dark Souls stuff, *especially* DS2, lined up and ready.
I can't ever imagine hating myself enough to try something like this. You're masochistic journey was enjoyable to watch, however. I literally LOL'ed at Southern Oklahoma, had to have my buddy from work watch that part... and replay it a time or two. Good work, I'll definitely check out more stuff!
Thanks for doing this run!
I'm planning on doing a challenge run of the game where I only use crossbows and ballistas, so this was good for me to get some ideas that would keep me sane during it!
Crossbows are harder than bows for a weapon-only run since there aren't any crossbows that allow ash-swapping, which is a bummer, but I like how it adds a challenge to it
Thanks again for giving me something to reference!
Before I even start fully watching, I'm hooked just on that intro alone. Well done sire
Amazing video! Great storytelling and music. I could Watch this everyday and never Get tired
Great video and wonderful choice in music!
Great video. I think rule 4 of your run can be considered all remembrance. If you want to do the “major” bosses because there are a crap ton of bosses that give achievements
What an absolutely insane challenge. The effort to not only complete this challenge but document the entire process in a perfectly composed video is mindblowing. Kudos to this legendary video 👏 🎉.
Man I love this kind of challenges. Please keep it up.
I’m so happy to see you post again
Thanks a lot man this video has been the Bible for my own bow-only run, except for the whole not going to mohgwyn palace early game thing
So good to watch, good work bro
Love the music/aesthetic of your videos
I tried a bow based build. It ended up turning into a hybrid. The constant need to craft/farm for arrows was frustrating. Along with the mobs perfectly timed Neo level dodges. But it’s doable.
Great video! I also did a bow only run so it was fun to see you handle the bosses and your thoughts on them! (Also we ended up using the same weapon and armor lol)
Also, I just wanted to say you inspired me to start my runs, so thank you for that, keep making awesome videos!
@doom_wolf11 Official. I watched that Video
You definitely are my archer hero 🤩
I tried this build in NG+ and it was very difficult, I needed a lot of patience to defeat certain enemies lol
I respect the planning and preparation yall have.
Me: I use daggers this run, let's go!
great video :)
good lengh, nice editing
and love your commentating
Just a little input - if you roll inside the rot and get yourself covered with it, you will build up the rot even after exiting the swamp. This prock however will only deal half the damage, so whenever you have to go into swamp to collect butterflys you could just do that first for double gathering time
Never played Elden Ring or any Dark Soul game. But it's so super interesting to watch you do that
I am so glad I took up the challenge of trying a Bow-only run. Not only is it my favorite playstyle now, but it gave me a ridiculously in-depth understanding of the crafting system and how to exploit enemy weaknesses. My biggest complaint is Aeonian Butterflies not respawning.
Actually incredible editing I love it
Nice run! With Rennala's summons, you can totally just run away from them until they despawn lol. That's what I always do when I fight her with a ranged character.
You got me at the planet wisp ost man good content🙌
35:00 He was easy with the Lion's bow. Since she's big, the rain did massive damage to her. 3300 per rain. My build was a quality set. Set with 60vigor, 48 endurance and 40 ish dex and strength. I had a greatshield, a beastman's scimitar, black knight's glaive and lion's roar all equip.
After killing the Dragonlord, THEN Maliketh, I dropped much of the vigor and dex to get enough faith to deliver DESTINED DEATH to the final segment of the game, including those 3 tree spirits guarding that erdtree's favor talisman.
As the world's biggest Green Arrow fan, I saw this, clicked and subbed and liked before a moment of gameplay. Good luck.
Man I'm willing to try this build only for those cool jump shots, well done sir
Been awhile since I've watched your content. Can't wait to watch this tonight.
Now that I've watched it I can confirm great video. Archery only may not be the most ridiculous challenge run of this game, but it ain't no walk in the park and you made it look easy. And man did I feel old when you wondered if anyone would get the Ghostbusters 2 reference.
While I can't imagine doing "bow only", bows are incredibly useful for many situations. You can pretty much clear the entire Stormvale Castle, for instance, with just a bow.
Amazing. I loved this game and it's my proudest platinum. I also beat every boss and I couldn't even imagine trying to beat with a bow. I will stick with my strength build thanks. Well done.
Thank you for the entertaining challenge run!
This run's pretty basic, but seems pretty enjoyable, made me want to try it out myself. Also, love the editing on the intro and some other parts of the video!
Mans got a new sub, Mad respect 💯💯
I’m so glad you are close to 100k I’ve been watching you since like 25k.
Radahn great bow and its skill+ ritual sword talisman can make quick work of a lot of big bosses, this is an expensive alternative, but worth it if you wanted to do this yourself
“This is where the fun begins!”
Also congrats on 90k! Big numbers!
I picked up the Serpent Bow to save on special arrows since it gives all arrows 15 poison buildup, even serpent arrows. good backup after all special arrows run out
Awesome commentary and editing dude.
You’re absolutely cracked dude! Well done
very cool fights, well done video!
Can't wait to see sorcery only, incantations only, consumables only, and armor of thorns
Damn, so close to 100k, congratulations kyle!!!
Ngl, at the first 1h farm for refreshing arrows I'd have given up and used a cheattool to reset my arrow stocks to full between attempts. Good lord, this must've been a massive undertaking. Well played, respect!
Great run my guy. The Vergil theme for Malenia works quite well. Fitting for a dangerous katana boss.
This channel gives me Ymfah vibes. Keep it up my brother!
Love you putting the music title on the screen
For those of you tempted to try this challenge, do not try it on a new game plus file...
Start from new game. Arrow scaling is incredibly limited compared to enemy damage and health scaling.
Great video though, made for a good watch.
Should have named the character Birgitte Silverbow from The Wheel of Time novels. She always uses a bow, and has said that any attempts to use a sword usually end horribly for her.
I can't believe YOU made the Ghostbusters 2 reference. Now I can't stop thinking about how the statue of liberty is the green goddess of rot now.
cool stuff bro, watched the whole run
oh, I really LOVE those silly nicknames you have for the bosses!
Yk what's funny Weekend, Archer the Archer from the Fate series doesn't even use a bow as his main weapon xD
How about a Duck Only run? Beat the whole game while permanently crouched, and only using crouching attacks.
The exception is Waterfowl Dance, because, as we all know, waterfowl is one way to describe a duck.
Duck Hunt in Elden Ring sounds hilarious and I am down for it
I never knew radagon could deflect. Damn, there’s cool things we learn everyday on this game.
Radahn's bow makes the Elden Beast Cake :D Also if you use unfletched arrows - they group much closer for rain of arrows. Which makes it much easier to zero in on targets even small ones.
Good work on Melania, I did this exact same challenge a few weeks back and got her on my 12th, which did kind a make some of my friends Mald out after I told them.
It's really weird how simple the fight is when you use a bow
Literally liked and subscribed once he said “do the youtube thing” 🤣❤️
I love the Full Frown FallingFar Feast Fight!
ur ghostbusters 2 joke got a solid chuckle from me my friend lol
awesome vid and script. love the soundtrack.
Small tip for archery builds vs human enemies.
Use great bows. Be ready to shoot, and at the moment when they commit to the attack animation - realease your shoot! This will stop attack, deal damage to them and knock them down (or at least stagger) - this will let you draw another arrow and reapeat sequence.
Best hunter-gatherer gameplay I've ever witnessed.
Very well produced video
That transition into the Sonic Colors song was nice.
17:55 - How to tell someone you are old without telling you are old.