Yea you weren't supposed to go back that way. I'm pretty sure there's a disclaimer on every video I've seen about it. Buit who reads those, am I right?
@Notashi0 probably just more blood echoes if I had to guess, I haven't watched the whole video, but blood echoes are the equivalent to the souls, just points needed to level up your character If he went to the chalice dungeons for more power, then he simply went to farm for blood echoes to increase one of his attributes like health, stamina, strength. So on.
I am constantly surprised and enraptured by what storytelling you can pull out of a game you've probably completed hundreds of times by now. You manage to tell a new and unique story time and time again and I never regret watching one of your videos, only that it has an ending. Thank you for years of amazing content and keep up the good work. And remember: A hunter must hunt.
I'd also like to add that those exploding balls Moon Presence has aren't really meant to deal a lot of damage or be super dangerous. it's just that when you're hit by them you can't use your blood vials for a certain period of time. combined with the attack that leaves you at 1hp, you might be a little screwed if you're not at least a little careful.
If you run into one of those balls after being hit with the 1hp attack, honestly you deserve to take the L. You have enough time after the 1hp attack to heal to full, go to the kitchen, make a sandwich, come back, and get a head start on next year's taxes before moon presence becomes sentient again and attacks you.
@joaogomes9405 dude. If you got hit by one of those after the 1hp attack you'd die. The comment is talking about if you were already affected by the no heal balls, and then moon presence does the 1hp attack. Your only only way of healing your health back would be rally. But without the burial blade or rally gems/runes you wouldn't have enough time to heal to full unless maybe you were right next to her when she casts it.
Did it once myself, dove into the dungeon to get my claw as soon as I could. Then entered the DLC where I tore through Ludwig before slamming my BL30 ass against the wall that is Laurence and his bs lava till I wanted to cry for like 10 hours to get that damn rune! Transformed Beastclaw go brrrrrrr
@@trainingtranslations7019 yeaaaaaaaah Ive also done it, got through most of the game before the build was started And to be honest I dont even think it was worth it, ive done more fun builds than that
I liked the aesthetic of the claws but didn't use them until Maria pissed me off and I decided to give into the beasthood and fight her as the monsters I'd been killing and I finally won. It felt poetic in a way
Don't let pedants get you down. The goal of these challenges is to create a rule set that generates an interesting run, both for viewers and other potential challenge runners. So long as people are able to replicate what you did to start the challenge, who cares if it isn't technically "legitimate".
He might just as well do slv 1 ng run and play on NG+ and have all items for any kind of challenges. If I have to choose between pointless tidium and slight rules bending latter is more enjoable for viewers and player.
The Moon Presence attack you've never seen before prevents you from healing if you're caught in it. It's meant to be combined with its other attack that drops you to 1 HP.
Edit: As others pointed out, maybe you didn't use it because of the run's rules. So I am sorry if the comment came off as patronising or condenscending. Meant only as a helpful tip 13:15 Hey Lemon, just a tip, which also took me years to figure out, if you throw a numbing mist at her, she loses the ability to heal herself for a few moments. It took me some good 4 years to figure it out
@@Oblivion420 I thought it only affects other players - hell, I'm pretty sure I took one glance at it then forgot about it. Only after reading the description again (years later), did I try it on Amelia.
You don't need to finish Simon's questline to get his bowblade, you simply need to kill him when you first meet him in hunters nightmare and he will drop it Meaning you only need to kill Gascoigne and Amelia if you want to try this without cheating.
@@Monavatarestcool1 It's possible to backstab him, run away until he de-aggros then backstab him again over and over. It's pretty finicky though and you have to get your positioning and timing just right to make sure he's actually facing away from you when he goes back into his idle state.
Another great run lemon. It's good to see you using an exploit and some help before truly starting the fight. Would hate to see a bloodborne fist only to the dlc.
Another great video. You've really done a good job translating ymfah's "hit a brick wall, music stops, a new strategy must be learned" moments into spoken dialogue.
God, I love this game. Also, as others mentioned, numbing mists. And simply, literally, dodging the wetnurse's nightmare phase before it even starts is possible. Funny how people tend to forget that. Love your content, it has shown me games I would have never play myself from so many perspectives. Take care, great eldritch one
This run was absolutely incredible. I love the way you always work narratives into your challenge runs, it makes them so much more engaging than other challenge runs. I do have a question, though; does Bone Marrow Ash not work on the bow? Cocaine abuse is really good with most bloodtinge builds but I don't know how it interacts with the hybrid weapons.
As someone who ended up using the bowblade as my main weapon by the end of my coop playthrough, I knew immediately what you were going for. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if most players have never even touched it.
That´s expected since you get the bow blade very late into the DLC and by that point you most likely already have a build that´s not suitable for the weapon.
Hey, lemon, just wanted to let you know that your videos are insane, I really love them, you definitely deserve more likes and subscribers. Thank you for making my day better with a challenge on my favorite game
Hmm... sequel hook at the end there? I love the bowblade... it putting in a hilariously overpowering performance for me against Ebrietas solidified it after the Chikage just hadn't clicked for me for whatever reason. Cool seeing it evolve across an entire playthrough.
I mentioned in the livestream about archery. Can safely say I have NOT tried the bow in Bloodborne. Colour me intrigued If that not so subtle snippet at the end was a clue, I'll be glad to have an idea of how to run the build myself.
@@Daaggonnsince the DLC? So like 10 years lol You have to progress Simon's quest line to the fishing hamlet. He's the only new NPC in the DLC so shoudnt be hard to find.
I've often heard the bowblade is ideal for skilltinge builds, ironically while I did have the weapon on a skilltinge save, I instead relied on the Rakuyo and Evelyn
Having also done this run on a ng+, it quickly became one of my favorite ways to play. Having a chikage built out for when you need to be melee is also great
I only played through Bloodborne once, but I had no clue what the bow was supposed to be - until I saw the weapon and remembered that I actually even managed to grab it, when I played BB. But I was on a strength build, so I never really used it, other than for testing. PS: I *LOVE* your "Hey.. it's lemon..." intro so much, because it always feels like a lot of foreshadowing of the regret about the run, we're about to witness =D
Another awesome run, not to mention insightful (pun fully intended). Never knew there was a bow-esque weapon in there as I've never played the game myself.
So long as you try your best to get the weapon from the start im happy lemon, im here to see you struggle playing games wrong, not call you a cheater for having someone drop the weapon to you. Great video
Yeah, he even mentioned that attack at the beginning. Honestly kinda sucked he just always used the charge strong shot. Would've been much less visually boring if he'd used the other 2 shot attacks, besides the fact they would have just been strategically superior in certain circumstances.
@@coleballenger4595 NO LOL he never mentioned or used the transition attack. otherwise he 100% would've incorporated a transition attack into this video. Please link me a timestamp otherwise (you can't) Congrats on saying a lot... Yet nothing at the same time
Man I really love how every video lemon does has a story to it. Like the video isn't just the run, it's also it's own story that makes the video worth paying attention to. I really love his content and I appreciate the effort he puts into each video
Having seen this excellent demonstration of marksmanship, I yearn now for its polar opposite. A Stake Driver/Fist of Gratia combo run. Playing Punch Out with the infernal nightmares from beyond the realms of man's comprehension seems fun, either as a full vid or a Ye Of Little Faith.
This may be one of my favorite Bloodborne challenges I've seen. You didn't use any of the gamebreaking strategies that other creators tend to abuse (Chalice echoes from custom dungeon, blood cocktail against Blood Starved Beast, etc.), you allowed (most) of the bosses to actually fight and allowed the challenge to be well... a challenge, on top of that you weaved a wonderful narrative through it all, Great work!
If you want to make BSB easier, you can throw a Pungent Blood Cocktail in a corner which allows you to attack with impunity. Also, you can skip Djura by shooting him ~5 times until he falls off the tower. Also, using papers and Beast Blood Pellets dramatically increase your damage, making most bosses light work.
@@Fool408 It's not exactly fun to watch though, I must admit. I love that this challenge actually had the bosses being fought instead of stunlocked to oblivion. (Aside from Micolash)
I remember spending so much time on that one Amygdala boss in the chalice dungeon. Remember starting at night and beating at the morning. My friend started playing bloodborne way later when the dlc was already a thing. I asked him how was that boss and he said it was one of the easiest fights. Was so confused until he told me he uses that bow. I felt a bunch of emotions after learning about the bow, I never used it 😅
I've been doing somewhat similar challenge run myself and I found it way easier to conserve you initial large pool of QS bullets by using blood bullets during the initial and easier boss fight phases so you dont need to take unnecessary risks later on by summoning blood bullets which loses you health and also only yields 5 bullets. Its so much more convenient to launch into Orphan of Kos second phase having your entire pool of 20 unused QS bullets which you can theoretically spam uninterrupted and without temporary compromising your freedom of movement/health to get another 5 bullets.
The simple way to Soulsborne/Sekiro: Never think, just do. The more your brain is in control, the more likely you are to overthink or panic. If you aren't letting your subconscious do the work, your odds of making a mistake are high. Once you make one mistake, it's usually downhill from there unless you remain calm.
For future bullet only runs the caretaker in oedon chapel drops a +3 bullet rune on death, and if you walk to the entrance of Gascoigne's arena and back with it still on the ground, it dupes the rune. Do that twice and you basically start the run with 29 bullets. Really impressive as always though Lemon, love your content!
Always makes me happy to see another Backlogs video. Love your content. No matter the mood I'm in I know I will at least have a single video length worth of joy to look forward to. Keep up the great job
My friend wanted to platinum the game and honestly some of my favorite memories were us going through the game. Being a support archer on massive bosses like the abhorrent beast was awesome
22:45 the Micolash Cheese also involves something similar. When he jumps through the first mirror at the top of the stairs, if you go to the balcony, you can just shoot him to death. Sometimes he'll "reset" and come out of the mirror again but he'll never enter the actual phase 2 area where the door shuts behind him.
Hey Lemon, have you considered using the playstation cloud save option? I believe it would minimize the amount of consumables you need to grind for. You would only have to prepare a good stock once per boss. I used to cloud save to roll back when i was experimenting with chalice dungeon codes, there are some that softlock your save.
Have you considered the the cummmfpk dungeon? You can get upwards of 80k blood echos by walking forward, this is what I used to avoid grinding for items
Hey Lemon! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC run, loved watching it, you taught me something new about the Bowblade with that Curse gem trick! Little tidbit for any future runs - it is 100% possible to get a +9 weapon after Vicar Amelia and the Witches of Hemwick, so a total 3 bosses without Cleric or BSB, 5 with. 1 in the Woods after the first shortcut, guarded by 3 snake-heads 5 in Cainhurst (3 on the route, 2 from a scurring madnesa) 6 in the DLC before Ludwig (2 from a scurry beast near lamp 2, 2 from a scurry beast near the cave before the miniboss BSB, 2 in the minibus cave) 4 in Nightmare frontier (2 each from 2 large scurrying madnesses, one after the 1st winter lantern and one in the poison pools before Amygdala) Totals exactly 16, which is exactly enough for 1 +9 weapons or two +8 weapons. Keep on breaking this game, I'll keep on watching. I'm with you, this game is way better rhan Elden Ring.
Skill/Bloodtinge is my favourite build in Bloodborne and the Bowblade one of my most used weapons in it. I love that thing so much, so seeing it as the focus of a challenge run makes me very happy.
I'm frankly shocked that you haven't done any glitch skips for this game in the entire time you've played it considering they're like, an obligation for soulslike challenge runners.
Do not doubt the ferocity of a child who has lost its mother. For not all children are infants. And love's revenge is an apocalyptic flame for which there is neither quench nor escape.
Watched the Beast Claw only run, was pleasntly surprised. came over here becasue it was on my recomended page quite a few times, similar result. Love the effort of actually wrting a character arch into theses runs! Makes them feel diffrent outside of just the challange itself.
Psst….”Can you Actually One Shot Any Boss in Salt and Sanctuary?” Would be very interesting to see which ones and how. 🤷🏻♂️ keep up the great content!
I actually enjoyed the video a lot, since I don't usually watch long videos this one kept me watcking it thorogh. Beside of the skills and funny content you presented in the video, I felt a sense of sadness along with fulfilness at the end and I presume that Bloodbonre is the only game which no matter how you beat it, it makes you to think about what you have been through all this journey. thanks for the videos Blacky
I have done this challenge years ago. Pretty fun and really does change up the rules of what you can do since the bow is slower than the guns and with the charge attack being more needed towards the end game. Without the normal gun buffs items you can use, they don't work with the bow. Another way to get the bow without killing the NPC is to go into the chalice dungeons but it does require one boss to be killed/cheesed with wall hacks.
I relate so much to what you said about bosses just not clicking,but it also goes in reverse too. I’m playing bloodborne for the first right now and was so worried for the Maria fight but I nailed it on my second try ,but I can’t even get past Lawrence. After my first attempt where I almost won I can’t even get him to his second phase anymore.
I recently found this channel and I always come back, rewatch old challenges and wait for new ones. The videos aren't hours long and isn't full-blown livestreams. Idk this is my bread and butter.
You could have done a lot more damage if you tapped into the Chalice Dungeons. The false depth systems get you the best runes right almost right after BSB, and great blood gems too. Physical/Blood damage gems: rz2xju5h (radials) + 258eatgn (triangle), Communion 5 + Formless Oedon 5: xc284ugx bonus rooms, Clockwise Metamorphosis 3: jgn2jkkw second bonus room, Infinite Blood Echoes: cummmfpk
I had fun doing a bow blade only run, myself (though not just the bow, you mad-lad). I'm surprised you didn't use the bow's switch attack (dodge + L1 out of sword), its doesnt even use the sword at all - it let's you shoot an arrow and dodge at the same time, very helpful.
I love how the important boss that's basically the center of the story is out of place and no one hardly knows about it, the Moon Presence is a re tooled design from a boss called Garden of Flora it was to be a three staged boss each stage getting more damaged each stage the one in the final game is the second stage and the one that was found in the chalice dungeon that's unfinished is the third stage, it was to be found in a map called the Great Mud Lake basically the same map as in the chalice dungeon.
something i think lemon should look into is like walk-through-esque videos, but in his normal style. like sometimes if im just stuck on one part of something i dont want 3 videos explaining the one area, i just want a small little bit to see someone else do it. and the only person i know of who is thorough enough and quick enough for that is lemon.
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Yea you weren't supposed to go back that way. I'm pretty sure there's a disclaimer on every video I've seen about it. Buit who reads those, am I right?
Senator Armstrong found a new pain in the ass goodwork bro
Ohhhh shit it’s lemon!
Does anyone know who won the one shot challenge it was a few months ago but I can’t find a video announcing the winner?
Can you beat Among Us with only fire bomb?
I really liked the part where he shot the bow at the Eldritch monster
Why don’t you upload anymore?
@@timkelley1706 Because of Obama.
@@timkelley1706hes probably just working on the next one. If you look at the timing the videos seem to be 2 months apart
@@timkelley1706 Gimme about 2 or so hours : ) maybe less
Which one?
i love that lemon is safeguarding his identity to the point of using gloves in the sponsor, for all i know this dude could be a wallrus
you might be up to something there
lemon is clearly just a suit of armor. the real lemon i mean.
Shh, that kind of info is "only" for "fans"
@@kgniku503 JJAJAJSJAJAKA
I assumed it was just supposed to be a representation of Darkwraith Lemon, or whatever that character is.
I never get tired of watching lemon throw himself against the eldrich horrors just to become one himself
Can You Beat BLOODBORNE With Only A Bow?
sounds quite easy tbh lol, getting the bow is the difficulty but can easily be editted in @@LavaCreeperPeople
@@LavaCreeperPeopleI don’t know. Caaaaaaan you?
@@atticusbailey5934 beats me
@@LavaCreeperPeople The answer is *YES*
This man dived into the Chalice Dungeons with only a bow for the sake of more power, that's some Vergil level determination.
He had the motivation.
"Schum!"
Haven't played Bloodborne but enjoy Lemon's runs through it. What'd he get at the end of the Chalice Dungeons?
@Notashi0 probably just more blood echoes if I had to guess, I haven't watched the whole video, but blood echoes are the equivalent to the souls, just points needed to level up your character If he went to the chalice dungeons for more power, then he simply went to farm for blood echoes to increase one of his attributes like health, stamina, strength. So on.
@@Notashi0he was after blood gems, which can drastically improve weapon performance if you get the right ones
As a Simon's Bowblade enjoyer, I'm glad someone is finally doing this.
im surprised he didnt mention the amount of bosses like amygdala who completely spaz out and just watch you shoot them if you stand slightly far back
Maximillion Dood coincidentally made it his build as well.
Pretty sure Zeus did one
Distortion did a whole marathon of all souls games bow only
It’s actually a great weapon. You can even use charge attack blood gems to do silly damage.
I am constantly surprised and enraptured by what storytelling you can pull out of a game you've probably completed hundreds of times by now. You manage to tell a new and unique story time and time again and I never regret watching one of your videos, only that it has an ending. Thank you for years of amazing content and keep up the good work.
And remember: A hunter must hunt.
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I'd also like to add that those exploding balls Moon Presence has aren't really meant to deal a lot of damage or be super dangerous. it's just that when you're hit by them you can't use your blood vials for a certain period of time. combined with the attack that leaves you at 1hp, you might be a little screwed if you're not at least a little careful.
Oh cool! The more you know!
chikage mains hate that attack
If you run into one of those balls after being hit with the 1hp attack, honestly you deserve to take the L. You have enough time after the 1hp attack to heal to full, go to the kitchen, make a sandwich, come back, and get a head start on next year's taxes before moon presence becomes sentient again and attacks you.
@joaogomes9405 dude. If you got hit by one of those after the 1hp attack you'd die. The comment is talking about if you were already affected by the no heal balls, and then moon presence does the 1hp attack. Your only only way of healing your health back would be rally. But without the burial blade or rally gems/runes you wouldn't have enough time to heal to full unless maybe you were right next to her when she casts it.
@@DevilJhoMama either way, the balls are slow and easily avoidable. If you have half a functioning frontal lobe, you'll never run into them
the hope that a beast claw run is coming is now engraved into my head
Beast claw or parasite would be amusing
Did it once myself, dove into the dungeon to get my claw as soon as I could. Then entered the DLC where I tore through Ludwig before slamming my BL30 ass against the wall that is Laurence and his bs lava till I wanted to cry for like 10 hours to get that damn rune!
Transformed Beastclaw go brrrrrrr
@@DrakwindDid the same thing too once, it was fun but boy was it pain going through all that just to "start" the run
@@trainingtranslations7019 yeaaaaaaaah Ive also done it, got through most of the game before the build was started
And to be honest I dont even think it was worth it, ive done more fun builds than that
I liked the aesthetic of the claws but didn't use them until Maria pissed me off and I decided to give into the beasthood and fight her as the monsters I'd been killing and I finally won. It felt poetic in a way
I love how no matter what build you make, the Orphan of Kos seems to take the same amount of damage
The orphan really doesnt to health tanking so much as rapid face removal
Don't let pedants get you down. The goal of these challenges is to create a rule set that generates an interesting run, both for viewers and other potential challenge runners. So long as people are able to replicate what you did to start the challenge, who cares if it isn't technically "legitimate".
After all, it's not like the bow was upgraded in any way when you got it. Heck, you had to spend echoes just to be able to wield it properly.
He might just as well do slv 1 ng run and play on NG+ and have all items for any kind of challenges. If I have to choose between pointless tidium and slight rules bending latter is more enjoable for viewers and player.
100% this aint a ymfah video
How did he even get the weapon if you can't drop weapons
I liked when the “going insane” sequence segued into the Hotline Miami music, very apropos
The Moon Presence attack you've never seen before prevents you from healing if you're caught in it. It's meant to be combined with its other attack that drops you to 1 HP.
Edit: As others pointed out, maybe you didn't use it because of the run's rules. So I am sorry if the comment came off as patronising or condenscending. Meant only as a helpful tip
13:15
Hey Lemon, just a tip, which also took me years to figure out, if you throw a numbing mist at her, she loses the ability to heal herself for a few moments.
It took me some good 4 years to figure it out
Usually use that mostly on bloody crow
It's literally in the item description though...
But dioesnt it do 1 damage?
@@Oblivion420 I thought it only affects other players - hell, I'm pretty sure I took one glance at it then forgot about it. Only after reading the description again (years later), did I try it on Amelia.
@@biostar4it works on Amelia. And is even recommended on the wiki.
11:18 everyone in the lands between in complete silence
Welp, now I've gotta do an NG+ bow blade only run
You don't need to finish Simon's questline to get his bowblade, you simply need to kill him when you first meet him in hunters nightmare and he will drop it
Meaning you only need to kill Gascoigne and Amelia if you want to try this without cheating.
Yeah but how do we kill them ?
@@Monavatarestcool1gun only
@Monavatarestcool1 depends. gascoigne, use the grab OoB glitch to kill him in the void, and for amelia use poison rolling, npc or psn summons.
@@Monavatarestcool1 It's possible to backstab him, run away until he de-aggros then backstab him again over and over. It's pretty finicky though and you have to get your positioning and timing just right to make sure he's actually facing away from you when he goes back into his idle state.
Another great run lemon. It's good to see you using an exploit and some help before truly starting the fight. Would hate to see a bloodborne fist only to the dlc.
Another great video. You've really done a good job translating ymfah's "hit a brick wall, music stops, a new strategy must be learned" moments into spoken dialogue.
As a sucker for the bowblade concept, I absolutely LOVE Bloodborne's inclusion and execution of it! So this video brings me lots of joy!
15:54 that aged well, lol.
I remember that the first time i fought the one reborn i didnt even know about the bell ladys, i used a beast claw build and tore him appart 😂
Similar thing here, I just kept bonking win Ludwig’s holy blade and it just died after a while
The idea of someone finding the beast claw on their first playthrough before getting to One Reborn is bananas to me, kudos lmao
God, I love this game.
Also, as others mentioned, numbing mists. And simply, literally, dodging the wetnurse's nightmare phase before it even starts is possible. Funny how people tend to forget that.
Love your content, it has shown me games I would have never play myself from so many perspectives. Take care, great eldritch one
I don't think I've ever used this weapon this is such a fun run idea, thank you once again for risking your sanity for us
4:25 I thought he was gonna say something else… Damn you Elden ring
This run was absolutely incredible. I love the way you always work narratives into your challenge runs, it makes them so much more engaging than other challenge runs.
I do have a question, though; does Bone Marrow Ash not work on the bow? Cocaine abuse is really good with most bloodtinge builds but I don't know how it interacts with the hybrid weapons.
I'm pretty sure bone marrow ash only works on left-hand weapons
As someone who ended up using the bowblade as my main weapon by the end of my coop playthrough, I knew immediately what you were going for. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if most players have never even touched it.
That´s expected since you get the bow blade very late into the DLC and by that point you most likely already have a build that´s not suitable for the weapon.
Hey, lemon, just wanted to let you know that your videos are insane, I really love them, you definitely deserve more likes and subscribers.
Thank you for making my day better with a challenge on my favorite game
Hmm... sequel hook at the end there? I love the bowblade... it putting in a hilariously overpowering performance for me against Ebrietas solidified it after the Chikage just hadn't clicked for me for whatever reason. Cool seeing it evolve across an entire playthrough.
I mentioned in the livestream about archery. Can safely say I have NOT tried the bow in Bloodborne. Colour me intrigued
If that not so subtle snippet at the end was a clue, I'll be glad to have an idea of how to run the build myself.
When was there a bow
@@Daaggonnsince the DLC? So like 10 years lol
You have to progress Simon's quest line to the fishing hamlet. He's the only new NPC in the DLC so shoudnt be hard to find.
@@Funko777 well not the only one.
Also you might not even have to do his questline if you give in to the bloodlust
I've often heard the bowblade is ideal for skilltinge builds, ironically while I did have the weapon on a skilltinge save, I instead relied on the Rakuyo and Evelyn
Having also done this run on a ng+, it quickly became one of my favorite ways to play. Having a chikage built out for when you need to be melee is also great
I only played through Bloodborne once, but I had no clue what the bow was supposed to be - until I saw the weapon and remembered that I actually even managed to grab it, when I played BB. But I was on a strength build, so I never really used it, other than for testing.
PS: I *LOVE* your "Hey.. it's lemon..." intro so much, because it always feels like a lot of foreshadowing of the regret about the run, we're about to witness =D
Lemon, you did Exceptionally on that ad break. The editing and humor were on point. I can see y'all at the backlogs are working hard.
Another awesome run, not to mention insightful (pun fully intended). Never knew there was a bow-esque weapon in there as I've never played the game myself.
So long as you try your best to get the weapon from the start im happy lemon, im here to see you struggle playing games wrong, not call you a cheater for having someone drop the weapon to you. Great video
how'd you get someone to drop the weapon for you in this game?
Cool video. Pretty sure the transition attack (L1) also shoots arrows. Likely more damage than standard R1.
Yeah, he even mentioned that attack at the beginning. Honestly kinda sucked he just always used the charge strong shot. Would've been much less visually boring if he'd used the other 2 shot attacks, besides the fact they would have just been strategically superior in certain circumstances.
@@coleballenger4595 NO LOL he never mentioned or used the transition attack.
otherwise he 100% would've incorporated a transition attack into this video.
Please link me a timestamp otherwise (you can't)
Congrats on saying a lot... Yet nothing at the same time
Man I really love how every video lemon does has a story to it. Like the video isn't just the run, it's also it's own story that makes the video worth paying attention to. I really love his content and I appreciate the effort he puts into each video
Love how he incorporates lore into his Challenge Runs!
I love that Lemon always weaves Lore into his own character, their own story, Their Own Maddening End.
Having seen this excellent demonstration of marksmanship, I yearn now for its polar opposite. A Stake Driver/Fist of Gratia combo run. Playing Punch Out with the infernal nightmares from beyond the realms of man's comprehension seems fun, either as a full vid or a Ye Of Little Faith.
Your videos inspired me to start doing challenge runs for my own enjoyment. Thank you, Lemon
Not me arriving two months late, at 1:20 AM, to watch this challenge video of a UA-camr Ive never seen about a game that Ive never played or watched.
Lemon, I love this weapon so much! I can’t wait to see how you build around it through the play through. Fire bomb academy, forever!
This may be one of my favorite Bloodborne challenges I've seen. You didn't use any of the gamebreaking strategies that other creators tend to abuse (Chalice echoes from custom dungeon, blood cocktail against Blood Starved Beast, etc.), you allowed (most) of the bosses to actually fight and allowed the challenge to be well... a challenge, on top of that you weaved a wonderful narrative through it all, Great work!
Dude, arent you supposed to use the cocktail?
4:26 is this what inspired fromsoftware for igon
the ending gave me shivers
If you want to make BSB easier, you can throw a Pungent Blood Cocktail in a corner which allows you to attack with impunity. Also, you can skip Djura by shooting him ~5 times until he falls off the tower. Also, using papers and Beast Blood Pellets dramatically increase your damage, making most bosses light work.
Papers don't work on the bow, sadly :/
These are very well known tips that a lot of people who play bloodborne know
Pellets dont affect blood damage
@@TheBacklogs This is mostly a suggestion for future runs to make your life a little easier
@@Fool408 It's not exactly fun to watch though, I must admit. I love that this challenge actually had the bosses being fought instead of stunlocked to oblivion. (Aside from Micolash)
I remember spending so much time on that one Amygdala boss in the chalice dungeon. Remember starting at night and beating at the morning. My friend started playing bloodborne way later when the dlc was already a thing. I asked him how was that boss and he said it was one of the easiest fights. Was so confused until he told me he uses that bow. I felt a bunch of emotions after learning about the bow, I never used it 😅
A little coffee for the road. Always love a good Bloodborne run!
Always appreciated :) Thanks, Gibz!
I've been doing somewhat similar challenge run myself and I found it way easier to conserve you initial large pool of QS bullets by using blood bullets during the initial and easier boss fight phases so you dont need to take unnecessary risks later on by summoning blood bullets which loses you health and also only yields 5 bullets. Its so much more convenient to launch into Orphan of Kos second phase having your entire pool of 20 unused QS bullets which you can theoretically spam uninterrupted and without temporary compromising your freedom of movement/health to get another 5 bullets.
8:30 you guys can let your instincts take over????
It's the only proper way to play bloodborne
The simple way to Soulsborne/Sekiro: Never think, just do. The more your brain is in control, the more likely you are to overthink or panic. If you aren't letting your subconscious do the work, your odds of making a mistake are high. Once you make one mistake, it's usually downhill from there unless you remain calm.
10:31 gwanted
cool to see this weapon actually get used before lategame!
Ah yes, the latest entry in "Lemony Backlogs Series of Unfortunate Weapons"
For future bullet only runs the caretaker in oedon chapel drops a +3 bullet rune on death, and if you walk to the entrance of Gascoigne's arena and back with it still on the ground, it dupes the rune. Do that twice and you basically start the run with 29 bullets.
Really impressive as always though Lemon, love your content!
Always makes me happy to see another Backlogs video. Love your content. No matter the mood I'm in I know I will at least have a single video length worth of joy to look forward to. Keep up the great job
Oh boy, that looks like claw next! I would also love to see a cauliflower tentacle run...
How did someone gave you the weapon? I thought that wasnt possible?
Me too. I'm searching the comments for the answer.
He didn't "give" him the weapon, JKleads probably just edited a save so he could have it and use it (cause JK does a lot of save editing)
That final shot against MP with it’s hand reaching out but with an arrow through it was a PERFECT shot.
4:26 CURSE YOU BAYYYYYYYLEEE
My friend wanted to platinum the game and honestly some of my favorite memories were us going through the game. Being a support archer on massive bosses like the abhorrent beast was awesome
Great vid, have you ever thought about a beast-mode only run?
22:45 the Micolash Cheese also involves something similar. When he jumps through the first mirror at the top of the stairs, if you go to the balcony, you can just shoot him to death. Sometimes he'll "reset" and come out of the mirror again but he'll never enter the actual phase 2 area where the door shuts behind him.
Hey Lemon, have you considered using the playstation cloud save option? I believe it would minimize the amount of consumables you need to grind for. You would only have to prepare a good stock once per boss.
I used to cloud save to roll back when i was experimenting with chalice dungeon codes, there are some that softlock your save.
Have you considered the the cummmfpk dungeon? You can get upwards of 80k blood echos by walking forward, this is what I used to avoid grinding for items
The gravity rush sound track in the beginning is great! Bringing back memorys just from one song
Backlogs never disappoints
Hey Lemon! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC run, loved watching it, you taught me something new about the Bowblade with that Curse gem trick!
Little tidbit for any future runs - it is 100% possible to get a +9 weapon after Vicar Amelia and the Witches of Hemwick, so a total 3 bosses without Cleric or BSB, 5 with.
1 in the Woods after the first shortcut, guarded by 3 snake-heads
5 in Cainhurst (3 on the route, 2 from a scurring madnesa)
6 in the DLC before Ludwig (2 from a scurry beast near lamp 2, 2 from a scurry beast near the cave before the miniboss BSB, 2 in the minibus cave)
4 in Nightmare frontier (2 each from 2 large scurrying madnesses, one after the 1st winter lantern and one in the poison pools before Amygdala)
Totals exactly 16, which is exactly enough for 1 +9 weapons or two +8 weapons.
Keep on breaking this game, I'll keep on watching. I'm with you, this game is way better rhan Elden Ring.
How does your storytelling keep getting better? Holy shit, the arc on this video was crazy, love to see it.
Skill/Bloodtinge is my favourite build in Bloodborne and the Bowblade one of my most used weapons in it. I love that thing so much, so seeing it as the focus of a challenge run makes me very happy.
I'm frankly shocked that you haven't done any glitch skips for this game in the entire time you've played it considering they're like, an obligation for soulslike challenge runners.
I love the way lemon tells a story and the GoT reference at the end is just the best ... or was it a beginning
Do not doubt the ferocity of a child who has lost its mother. For not all children are infants. And love's revenge is an apocalyptic flame for which there is neither quench nor escape.
Holy shit this comment actually goes hard as hell!
wtt r u talkin about cuh
Don't cut yourself on all that edge
9:25 he has the aptitude to be part of the fire bomb academy
Wait... how can you give weapons?
I did this as part of a "dark souls" only run (bow, mlgs, loch shield, cainhurst set)
Was alot of fun
"I don't have time to grind vitality!!!"
"Oh but I do have time to do the chalice dungeons."
Watched the Beast Claw only run, was pleasntly surprised.
came over here becasue it was on my recomended page quite a few times, similar result.
Love the effort of actually wrting a character arch into theses runs! Makes them feel diffrent outside of just the challange itself.
So someone else can just give you the weapon? Is that a glitch or what? I didn't think blood borne had multi player
... He probably made a mod that let him get it
Bloodborne has multiplayer
Bloodborne has the typical Co-Op and Invasion multiplayer.
The game without multiplayer is Sekiro.
@@Joural0401it's incredibly hard to mod Bloodborne due to it being a console exclusive, plus he literally shows JKLeeds giving him the bow
Bloodborne has multiplayer
I am so glad lemon is back to bloodborne runs as it's my favourite but not many unused ideas for runs
"Curse you" mentioned????
I love when you get all narrative n stuff for your runs, gives folks a whole other reason to enjoy them
1:43 you can take a break man, no need to push your self on the work side as well as the challenge side!
Insert pedantic comment
Psst….”Can you Actually One Shot Any Boss in Salt and Sanctuary?”
Would be very interesting to see which ones and how. 🤷🏻♂️ keep up the great content!
Frieza did it
I actually enjoyed the video a lot, since I don't usually watch long videos this one kept me watcking it thorogh. Beside of the skills and funny content you presented in the video, I felt a sense of sadness along with fulfilness at the end and I presume that Bloodbonre is the only game which no matter how you beat it, it makes you to think about what you have been through all this journey. thanks for the videos Blacky
That ending is such a tease for a NG+ run! I'm excited!
I have done this challenge years ago. Pretty fun and really does change up the rules of what you can do since the bow is slower than the guns and with the charge attack being more needed towards the end game. Without the normal gun buffs items you can use, they don't work with the bow. Another way to get the bow without killing the NPC is to go into the chalice dungeons but it does require one boss to be killed/cheesed with wall hacks.
Simon's Bowblade is my favorite weapon in any Fromsoft game, idk why I love it so much. Very unique
The little stories he adds are always funny. Madness creeped in. Deeper and deeper into the madness
I relate so much to what you said about bosses just not clicking,but it also goes in reverse too. I’m playing bloodborne for the first right now and was so worried for the Maria fight but I nailed it on my second try ,but I can’t even get past Lawrence. After my first attempt where I almost won I can’t even get him to his second phase anymore.
24:45 The fact that I was spooning into my face the last bit of an entire box of Kraft deluxe the moment you said this was not okay
I recently found this channel and I always come back, rewatch old challenges and wait for new ones. The videos aren't hours long and isn't full-blown livestreams. Idk this is my bread and butter.
You could have done a lot more damage if you tapped into the Chalice Dungeons. The false depth systems get you the best runes right almost right after BSB, and great blood gems too.
Physical/Blood damage gems: rz2xju5h (radials) + 258eatgn (triangle), Communion 5 + Formless Oedon 5: xc284ugx bonus rooms, Clockwise Metamorphosis 3: jgn2jkkw second bonus room, Infinite Blood Echoes: cummmfpk
I see Bloodborne, I watch. It’s that simple.
But I love your sense of humor as well. So bonus.
I had fun doing a bow blade only run, myself (though not just the bow, you mad-lad). I'm surprised you didn't use the bow's switch attack (dodge + L1 out of sword), its doesnt even use the sword at all - it let's you shoot an arrow and dodge at the same time, very helpful.
Before even watching the vid i can say YES, done it some time ago as a full fledged bow build and it was pretty interesting.
The arrow sticking through the Moon Presence's outstretched hand at the end was a cool coincidental touch.
I love how the important boss that's basically the center of the story is out of place and no one hardly knows about it, the Moon Presence is a re tooled design from a boss called Garden of Flora it was to be a three staged boss each stage getting more damaged each stage the one in the final game is the second stage and the one that was found in the chalice dungeon that's unfinished is the third stage, it was to be found in a map called the Great Mud Lake basically the same map as in the chalice dungeon.
Ive learned something today.
12:02
The Witches of Hemwick are vulnerable from behind and can be pumped full of damage with backshots. 👍
something i think lemon should look into is like walk-through-esque videos, but in his normal style. like sometimes if im just stuck on one part of something i dont want 3 videos explaining the one area, i just want a small little bit to see someone else do it. and the only person i know of who is thorough enough and quick enough for that is lemon.