If you think about it, both the Estus Shard and the Undead Bone Shard were both introduced in Dark Souls 2. I always forget that in Dark Souls 1, we had to kindle Bonfires and use Firekeeper Souls.
You can actually get Creighton's armour set as well as his Axe. Once you kill him, his set will be on a corpse on the bridge near where you help Sirris fight him.
While not exactly a challenge run, these videos are very creative. More than the usual challenge run content, and for a channel just starting it's incredibly high quality! Looking forward to the future, another fantastic channel to join the ranks
Hey, glad you popped up on my home page, this was fun to watch! Seeing you shrug off the "rule breaking" so you can just have fun instead of backing up saves and being strict about no embers is a good thing to keep these runs far more fun and silly rather than back breakingly difficult. Good stuff!
Fun fact: you don't actually have to beat the cathedral to enter the catacombs, the doll is only so you can pass the light wall on the boreal valley bridge Edit: you said you couldn't fight watchers before sage, when in reality you can kill both wolnir and the boss in the "secret" area
Doing this challenge with the Cinders mod installed seems like it would be even more fun, since there are so many added weapons and armor pieces from DS2 included
This is an incredibly creative run, and incredibly new to me. Great content, and I love the rules you used for it! Amazing quality, and keep up the great work!
Nice! I like these type of "different" Challenge runs. It's refreshing and I find them more interesting 😁 And your narrative with funny jokes and chill vibe was very enjoyable😊
I enjoy fighting Pontiff 'ate my stamina bar' Sullyvahn without parrying personally, but it's always fun seeing someone parry him into oblivion even if I don't do it myself
My very first character in DS3 was a pyromantic Shanalotte clone with the (Varangian) Bandit Axe, way back in 2016, so I did a double take at the beginning! The premise is pretty unique, which is hard to pull off. Despite its quirks, DS2 is still one of the best games of all time in my book; glad to see people still appreciate it. Thanks for the video and the great waves of ruinous nostalgia!
@@eleumloycee If you're still looking for prompts, a Way of White faith run might be fun to try; no lightning, only physical miracles and blessed weapons during the sacred pilgrimage. Looking forward to whatever you cook up, ofc!
Thanks for YT random recommendations, I can find small great challenge runners like this one! That's a very cretive and engaging video btw, got me to watch it fully quickly 😄
everyone in the comments seems to be very lovely and I don't have anything new to add, apart from the fact that I want to feed the algorithm and that I'm proud to have been one of the first 1000 subs (: you're doing great!
When i saw the title, i was expecting just the Faraam armor set (idk if i spelled that right) because it was the main armor in the trailers back then 🐲🤘 great video 22:39 poor sweet thing 🤣 i just wanted to give ya a hug after that.
Thank you @JKLeeds for commenting on this and making it show up in my feed. Super dope content, especially for such a new channel. Love the creativity 👍
The Crystal Sage(s) are twins, one male and one female who were taught Crystal Sorceries by Big Hat Logan. That's why they have Cystal magicks and the aforementioned big hats to honor him. The one in Farron is Male since he is bald while the one in the Archives is Female, since she has long brown hair.
@@eleumloyceeAlso I didn't say it in my last comment but I loved this playthrough! A real welcome spin on the generic "Can you beat X Game without being hit / Without dealing damage?" Challenge Runs, they get so tiresome and samey. It was fun watching you having to figure out what you could and couldn't use considering the extremely tight ruleset. Hopefully you'll do something like this for the other Dark Souls games (something like "Can you beat Dark Souls 1 with only weapons that appear in the other games"), or something similar for another kind of game.
sick video, challenge may not be the "beating ds1 soul level 1 no rolls no movement no damage", but still it was really interesting to watch, and vid i general was pretty chill and calm, so good job! i think I'll check the other videos on your channel
I found your channel today and I'm already subscribed. I'm not a native English speaker but your subtitle (and you speak English so calm and easy to hear) helps me to understand what you're talking about. I love Dark Souls trilogy or FromSoftware's games, so I can appreciate the game and learn English language. Thank you!
Dark Souls 3 is (imo) the least ran Soulsborne game (maybe besides Sekiro buts prolly becuase challenges in that are way more limited), so its really cool seeing someone finally run it.
That's surprising since it seems to be the most popular one! I don't even know how I would go about a Sekiro challenge haha, beating that game was a big challenge in itself!
Love your videos! There's lots that could be pointed out as to why but I think what especially does it for me is honestly just how chill you and your vids are. There's lots of attention seeking stuff out there with everything dialed up to 11. But here, you just let everything take it's time and speak for itself. It's just you, the game and some awesome creativity and it's just really refreshing and honestly peaceful stuff :))
This really means a lot to me, my main thing is just posting videos I personally enjoy and just being myself. I just like having fun with it and like you said, I don't take it too seriously! Thank you so much for your kind comment!
This was a fun video. I look forward to more videos of you having a fun idea you want to try out. It seems like you're having a good time, and that's enjoyable. Keep up the good work!
This is definitely one of the most interesting runs I’ve seen in a while, the commentary was pretty good as well, I’ll definitely stick with this channel for a bit!
Maybe a run where you can only play as NPCs would be fun? You can use for example the Hollow Slayer Greatsword, but you HAVE to use the Mirrah armor set
With you talking about the lightning urns, I feel like we need a consumables only run in DS2. Maybe even firebombs/urns only, which I know has been done before, but I'd love to see your take on it
I like these challenge run type videos whenever it comes to Yhorm because my first ever Playthrough I picked up the sword and died before using it went back to firelink and sold it then went back to Yhorm with 1 point more in vig and my lightning katana at +0 due to the fact it was my first proper time playing a souls game even though I owned both ds1-2 before this. It took me another 2 playthrough to realise you could use the storm ruler during the fight cos I just kept ignoring it due to selling it on my first run
Liking these so far, especially leaning into themes and the like to make them more interesting than something more simple like using just one weapon or spell through an entire game(at least personally, makes those all very boring in a vacuum). Reminds me of how I sometimes like to do mono-Type runs in Pokémon or doing cosplay runs. Sometimes they’re not always that hard, but I end up getting to use things I normally never would, and like with these vids, I get to learn something new(which is usually not the case with a lot of runs for me).
I agree, I like runs that force you to switch up your gear. I've only done 1 run so far where I stick to the same thing most of the time (the gravelord miracle run). They may not be inherently difficult, but they are always fun right? :D
Mm, indeed. One of my fave ones was doing a Havel cosplay run in DS3 in both NG and NG+, had to eventually get the full set and gear(which ofc requires getting to Archdragon Peak). From the beginning gave myself the restriction that until I could get there I had to use only great hammers and greatshields, with full armour so that I was fat rolling the whole time, and spent a while after getting Havel’s. Was surprisingly fun as I usually play a UGS, medium roll and fashion souls, so I had to get used to the fat rolling, great hammer movesets and utilizing blocks(which I always felt was horrible in 3, stamina just always disappeared too quickly since stuff tends to be more aggressive). And as an aside, even used that character in co-op with a friend cuz it was just fun to use(accidentally ended up summoned for the Halflight fight as the boss which was funny. Totally got destroyed by a three man gank squad, but still amusing).
“Ahh, another one…roused from the depths of Dark Souls…well you’re not alone, you challenge runners are skilful, can even beat the game massively handicapped...” … *Gives me Conniptions*
Welcome...
Ashen...
Speak...
Desire...
- DS3 Firekeeper
Still nothing compared to
Bearer…
Seek…
Seek…
Lest…
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Ah turning Dark Souls 3 into Best Souls 2! Very good!
JKLeeds spotted In the wild. What a catch!
Seeing you here leads me to believe Eleum Loyce will be one of the big challenge runners in the future
@@TFKFreak93 looking at the few runs they have already posted, there is not a single doubt to that.
Yes, Indeed
Why must you keep lying Leeds search your feelings Leeds you know it to be true that ds2 is shit
If you think about it, both the Estus Shard and the Undead Bone Shard were both introduced in Dark Souls 2. I always forget that in Dark Souls 1, we had to kindle Bonfires and use Firekeeper Souls.
Undead bone shard is literally the same effect as the fire keeper soul though. So DS2 only introduced the shards
@aspaceproductions which means that we can use the bone shards because ds2 introduced them...
@@ThatBoiDinky ds2 introduced sublime bone dust, not undead bone shard tho
@@windflier1684 I thought it was both
You can actually get Creighton's armour set as well as his Axe. Once you kill him, his set will be on a corpse on the bridge near where you help Sirris fight him.
And I never found it, even though I have 300+ hours on it....
@@PersonGuy968 the requirement is helping Sirris fight him, so if you don't do that..
While not exactly a challenge run, these videos are very creative. More than the usual challenge run content, and for a channel just starting it's incredibly high quality! Looking forward to the future, another fantastic channel to join the ranks
Yeah, I think this is more of a themed playthrough, but I certainly had fun regardless! Thanks for the compliment!
It's objectively a challenge run nonetheless .
it is a challenge run, just maybe not a very challenging run
100% a challenge run, theres even self imposed rules. Also yeah very creative, well planned and fun!
@@ilikespagett1514That's a good way to say it because I definitely think that's what the OP meant.
16:06 Toxic? It was amazing! To make a cloud, run into it and disappear, i would say quiet cool.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggled to beat Bubonic Erdtree Avatar.
Hey, glad you popped up on my home page, this was fun to watch! Seeing you shrug off the "rule breaking" so you can just have fun instead of backing up saves and being strict about no embers is a good thing to keep these runs far more fun and silly rather than back breakingly difficult. Good stuff!
Fun fact: you don't actually have to beat the cathedral to enter the catacombs, the doll is only so you can pass the light wall on the boreal valley bridge
Edit: you said you couldn't fight watchers before sage, when in reality you can kill both wolnir and the boss in the "secret" area
Yep, that’s true! This time I wanted the free levels from Yoel and he dies if you fight abyss watchers, so I wanted to do those areas first
@@eleumloycee cast gravity death on self near one of the beginning bonfires in settlement
@@SPIKYBOI69420 Normally that's what I do but this time since I had limited embers I just let nature take its course...
@@eleumloycee extra don't mean shit when you can dodge good
Imagine being able to dodge well when you could just try every boss 30 times.
I love these vids! It's such a great change of pace from the usual Souls content I see. A veritable breathe of fresh air. Much appreciated Ms. Loyce
Thank you!
Doing this challenge with the Cinders mod installed seems like it would be even more fun, since there are so many added weapons and armor pieces from DS2 included
I actually wanted to do this in my most recent run but ended up getting distracted by the artor spear.
Themed playthroughs, challenge runs, I love em all. Keep up the good work!
This is an incredibly creative run, and incredibly new to me. Great content, and I love the rules you used for it! Amazing quality, and keep up the great work!
I have absolutely no idea where you get ideas for challenge runs like these, but I'm absolutely all for it.
Nice! I like these type of "different" Challenge runs. It's refreshing and I find them more interesting 😁 And your narrative with funny jokes and chill vibe was very enjoyable😊
The creativity in your challenges continues to blow me away great work as always
It's always so refreshing to see new soulsborne content from you Ms. Loyce. Love the challenge runs you do and the chill tone of your commentary.
These themed playthroughs are really refreshing and a lot of fun. A great way to breathe new life into the ds games. Fine work.
Gosh this was fun to watch! That's so much for all the effort it would have been to stitch this all together ❤
I enjoy fighting Pontiff 'ate my stamina bar' Sullyvahn without parrying personally, but it's always fun seeing someone parry him into oblivion even if I don't do it myself
This run was a lot of fun! And reminded me that I should play DS3 again now that I've finally gone through DS2.
My very first character in DS3 was a pyromantic Shanalotte clone with the (Varangian) Bandit Axe, way back in 2016, so I did a double take at the beginning! The premise is pretty unique, which is hard to pull off. Despite its quirks, DS2 is still one of the best games of all time in my book; glad to see people still appreciate it. Thanks for the video and the great waves of ruinous nostalgia!
That's funny! Imagine if by some chance the sliders were the same. I agree about DS2, I absolutely love that game!
@@eleumloycee If you're still looking for prompts, a Way of White faith run might be fun to try; no lightning, only physical miracles and blessed weapons during the sacred pilgrimage. Looking forward to whatever you cook up, ofc!
Now beat Dark Souls 2 with only Dark Souls 3 equipment.
I had always thought of how this could go, with equipment from previous titles. Amazing idea and video!
Great narration. You spoke clearly and confidently, not expected from a channel with only 6k subs
I love the Dragonslayer's Axe. Making it Raw and putting all my points into survivability was a lot of fun.
Thanks for YT random recommendations, I can find small great challenge runners like this one!
That's a very cretive and engaging video btw, got me to watch it fully quickly 😄
Really nice idea. Something different in all those other runs from other Challengerunners.
everyone in the comments seems to be very lovely and I don't have anything new to add, apart from the fact that I want to feed the algorithm and that I'm proud to have been one of the first 1000 subs (: you're doing great!
"You'd have to be crazy to want to go here first"
Me who loves to beat Friede as soon as possible:
When i saw the title, i was expecting just the Faraam armor set (idk if i spelled that right) because it was the main armor in the trailers back then 🐲🤘 great video
22:39 poor sweet thing 🤣 i just wanted to give ya a hug after that.
ah haa caught you in the wild simping 🙊 I'm telling everyone on discord maux caught in 4k 📸
It's always nice to see a fellow ds2 enjoyer haha
Objectively the best way to play dark souls 3
16:50 the Dancer even used a DS2 hitbox to make the run more legitimate
16:07
breaths a cloud of poison and vanishes into it, magical.
I wish more content creators did dark souls three stuff. It really is underrated & results in fans having to watch less fun souls content.
7:50 "you'd have to be crazy to wanna go here first" insert ymfah's +10 in three bosses video
Thank you @JKLeeds for commenting on this and making it show up in my feed. Super dope content, especially for such a new channel. Love the creativity 👍
Textbook definition of "peak".
The Crystal Sage(s) are twins, one male and one female who were taught Crystal Sorceries by Big Hat Logan. That's why they have Cystal magicks and the aforementioned big hats to honor him. The one in Farron is Male since he is bald while the one in the Archives is Female, since she has long brown hair.
Oh wow, I never noticed that!
@@eleumloyceeAlso I didn't say it in my last comment but I loved this playthrough! A real welcome spin on the generic "Can you beat X Game without being hit / Without dealing damage?" Challenge Runs, they get so tiresome and samey. It was fun watching you having to figure out what you could and couldn't use considering the extremely tight ruleset. Hopefully you'll do something like this for the other Dark Souls games (something like "Can you beat Dark Souls 1 with only weapons that appear in the other games"), or something similar for another kind of game.
sick video, challenge may not be the "beating ds1 soul level 1 no rolls no movement no damage", but still it was really interesting to watch, and vid i general was pretty chill and calm, so good job! i think I'll check the other videos on your channel
You got a style that is really captivating, and it's nice to see you creativity and progress though the videos.
Keep it up, and good luck.
Love these videos, so chill. I've watched them all and even rewatched some.
Dark Souls III is a smart, massive, and incredibly rewarding sequel to the challenging sequel.
I found your channel today and I'm already subscribed. I'm not a native English speaker but your subtitle (and you speak English so calm and easy to hear) helps me to understand what you're talking about. I love Dark Souls trilogy or FromSoftware's games, so I can appreciate the game and learn English language. Thank you!
Thank you! I'm glad that I could help in some way
Was gonna argue for the spear in the beginning, then heard your explanations
You said you do not like Demon Prince, but I think it is the best boss fight against multiple enemies From has ever dine.
I finally acquired and beat DS3, meaning I can now watch all these playthroughs that seem to be coming out lately
Keep up the themed play throughs, ng+ is always fun too having fully decked out themes
That’s funny. Just played through the ivory king dlc for the first time and noticed your name comes from it. Neat!
Dark Souls 3 is (imo) the least ran Soulsborne game (maybe besides Sekiro buts prolly becuase challenges in that are way more limited), so its really cool seeing someone finally run it.
That's surprising since it seems to be the most popular one! I don't even know how I would go about a Sekiro challenge haha, beating that game was a big challenge in itself!
@@eleumloyceeskill issue (i have never beaten it)
This was a refreshing take on the generally simple challenge runs of the Souls series!
I can't wait for the Dark Souls Dark Souls III run.
I like role-playing runs. It's even better with your stile and idea.
the perfect Dark Souls 3 challenge run, Dark Souls 2.
This is such a good idea for a playthrough, im so glad i found your channel.
Also the editing is getting noticeably better, the quick cuts on funny moments are great.
That's good to hear! I've been working on trying to make the videos flow better and also not add too much unnecessary stuff lol
I love how intricate this build actually is! This was so cool!!!
Thank you!
Love all these unique ideas for playthroughs, even if they're not the most difficult thing in the world.
Two symbols of Avarice is absolutely mental
Such an interesting run although I am a bit salty that you didn't use the faraam set
I regretted not using it as well so I featured it in the thumbnail to compensate lol
yooo the cuculus fashionable departure was obscene!!! very stylish
This is actually a really interesting run idea! Super excited to watch
Thank you! I had a lot of fun with this one
@@eleumloycee Loved the video! I always love your runs but this one gave DS2 some love so it's higher in my book ❤️
Ngl I see you breaking the 100k soon
Dark Souls 3 but we imagine it as a better game, that's an excellent challenge idea! Such good weapons.
Most creative challange runner even if it wasnt that challanging
Love your videos! There's lots that could be pointed out as to why but I think what especially does it for me is honestly just how chill you and your vids are. There's lots of attention seeking stuff out there with everything dialed up to 11. But here, you just let everything take it's time and speak for itself. It's just you, the game and some awesome creativity and it's just really refreshing and honestly peaceful stuff :))
This really means a lot to me, my main thing is just posting videos I personally enjoy and just being myself. I just like having fun with it and like you said, I don't take it too seriously! Thank you so much for your kind comment!
I'm glad I found this channel, this is the 2nd time I've seen an idea you've had that I would like to try !
For only having 5 videos uploaded you have a very bright future ahead with content this quality
Very poggers keep it up
(Dark Souls 2 Best Dark Souls)
Those Symbol of Avarice drops are funny. Rude AF, but funny
Love that you're uploading consistently, such creative run ideas, cant wait to see more!
This was a fun video. I look forward to more videos of you having a fun idea you want to try out. It seems like you're having a good time, and that's enjoyable. Keep up the good work!
You could also do this as a DS2 run! "Can you beat DS2 with only equipment that gets transferred to DS3"
This is definitely one of the most interesting runs I’ve seen in a while, the commentary was pretty good as well, I’ll definitely stick with this channel for a bit!
Maybe a run where you can only play as NPCs would be fun? You can use for example the Hollow Slayer Greatsword, but you HAVE to use the Mirrah armor set
Themed playthroughs are always a nice breath of fresh air. Good stuff!
I can feel the potential radiating off of this channel
I love these unique runs!
This was so much fun to watch! Not sure if you know, you can trade a vertebrae shackle for Lucatiel’s mask to complete the Mirrah set!
Thanks! I'm aware, I guess I just never managed to pick one up or just forgot lol
Your voice and narration are the definition of "Lawful Neutral".
Straight up my new favorite Dark Souls youtuber!
With you talking about the lightning urns, I feel like we need a consumables only run in DS2. Maybe even firebombs/urns only, which I know has been done before, but I'd love to see your take on it
This was a super fun video! I think I will try something like this myself at some point, seemed like a fun playthrough c:
The cleric class in Dark Souls 2 is OP. In Dark souls 3 it's not the same but I like it too.
Cool stuff. really appreciate you using some of the cut soundtrack in the video.
Thank you! The cut soundtrack deserves some love too!
Though it will take some time to find your own presentation style it still is a quality content, looking forward to see your channel grow.
I like these challenge run type videos whenever it comes to Yhorm because my first ever Playthrough I picked up the sword and died before using it went back to firelink and sold it then went back to Yhorm with 1 point more in vig and my lightning katana at +0 due to the fact it was my first proper time playing a souls game even though I owned both ds1-2 before this.
It took me another 2 playthrough to realise you could use the storm ruler during the fight cos I just kept ignoring it due to selling it on my first run
This seems like a very difficult challenge but not in a "you do 2 damage" kinda way congrats
I need more of your videos to fall asleep too please and thank you. Great job!
I love your narration and your pacing and editing is impeccable, great video!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Liking these so far, especially leaning into themes and the like to make them more interesting than something more simple like using just one weapon or spell through an entire game(at least personally, makes those all very boring in a vacuum).
Reminds me of how I sometimes like to do mono-Type runs in Pokémon or doing cosplay runs. Sometimes they’re not always that hard, but I end up getting to use things I normally never would, and like with these vids, I get to learn something new(which is usually not the case with a lot of runs for me).
I agree, I like runs that force you to switch up your gear. I've only done 1 run so far where I stick to the same thing most of the time (the gravelord miracle run). They may not be inherently difficult, but they are always fun right? :D
Mm, indeed.
One of my fave ones was doing a Havel cosplay run in DS3 in both NG and NG+, had to eventually get the full set and gear(which ofc requires getting to Archdragon Peak). From the beginning gave myself the restriction that until I could get there I had to use only great hammers and greatshields, with full armour so that I was fat rolling the whole time, and spent a while after getting Havel’s.
Was surprisingly fun as I usually play a UGS, medium roll and fashion souls, so I had to get used to the fat rolling, great hammer movesets and utilizing blocks(which I always felt was horrible in 3, stamina just always disappeared too quickly since stuff tends to be more aggressive).
And as an aside, even used that character in co-op with a friend cuz it was just fun to use(accidentally ended up summoned for the Halflight fight as the boss which was funny. Totally got destroyed by a three man gank squad, but still amusing).
Dropping a comment for engagememt and Ill be back to watch this one! Very creative, good luck with Des run!
“Ahh, another one…roused from the depths of Dark Souls…well you’re not alone, you challenge runners are skilful, can even beat the game massively handicapped...”
… *Gives me Conniptions*
Great video as always, love listening to these, sounds like a young and spunky snake from MGS.
Commenting for the algorithm!!!!!!!! The fact you have like 7k subs is a crime, these videos are great
Too bad about not using the great machete. That beast carried my first playthrough of DS3
This was a really cool challenge! Glad I found this channel!
good video, i enter the souls experience couple days ago playing darksouls 2 and i got very into the souls universe keep it up! saludos y un abrazo
Hell yeah! More Dark Souls content! Awesome video! Hell yeah!
You're inspiring me to get back into challenge runs