Can you beat Dark Souls 1 with only Backflip Attacks?

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  • @molkwi9077
    @molkwi9077 Рік тому +431

    FUNFACT: Since Qulaag's fury sword is a chaos weapon, the fire damage on it will scale with how many humanities you have in your counter, next to your health bar. It does cap at 10 humanities, but it can still provide a pretty nice boost in damage.

    • @evanseifert8858
      @evanseifert8858 Рік тому +3

      I've heard that it caps at 30 humanity, but I'm not sure if that's accurate.

    • @kugerblitz7388
      @kugerblitz7388 Рік тому +31

      @@evanseifert8858 nah i have used the weapon, the cap is 10

    • @TheRedRobin96
      @TheRedRobin96 Рік тому +25

      @@evanseifert8858 You might be confusing the number 30 with the Chaos Witch covenant since you need to turn in 30 humanities to unlock the shortcut to Lost Izaleth.

    • @garethtompkins7232
      @garethtompkins7232 Рік тому +1

      No shit, it says in the weapon description

    • @gabeengler
      @gabeengler Рік тому

      @@garethtompkins7232call down

  • @amparchetincasa9392
    @amparchetincasa9392 Рік тому +278

    At this point you are in a race with the backlogs to see who can finish this game in the weirdest way possible

  • @Kirn.
    @Kirn. Рік тому +163

    Kick attacks are probably the most infuriating thing I can think of.
    I did not know Nito had a grab attack by the way.

    • @lordhellstrande2763
      @lordhellstrande2763 Рік тому +6

      I've only ever seen it once and got caught in it. I guess Nito just had enough of my shenanigans

    • @insertusername9755
      @insertusername9755 Рік тому +3

      Ds2 flashbacks of trying to guardbreak. I have no idea why it is a buttoncombo, instead of a button, even controller has free button r3 or l3.

    • @bolson42
      @bolson42 Рік тому +4

      @@insertusername9755
      Whenever i try to guard break in ds2 it never works, which sucks against turtlers because they’re so annoying to deal with in that game. But sometimes when i’m just normally attacking it’ll stick me in that stupidly long animation and i’ll get hit because of it.

  • @kurtgrgelwrx8376
    @kurtgrgelwrx8376 Рік тому +27

    the lightning Falchion doing less damage than the Furysword despite lower defenses is classic DS1

  • @thisguy9943
    @thisguy9943 Рік тому +68

    Huge fan of your vids, and I'm very impressed that you're performing these unique and unheard of challenges! Really glad you got recommended to me.

  • @Haru-spicy
    @Haru-spicy Рік тому +2

    being a cold food enjoyer allowed me to discover that the one way to make pineapple pizza actually good is to have it on cold pizza

  • @jasonglaser825
    @jasonglaser825 2 місяці тому +1

    10:20 Totally agree on the cold leftovers. Just ate some fettuccine from a couple nights ago earlier today ^^

  • @therighttrousers343
    @therighttrousers343 Рік тому +16

    This one was really snappy and I liked it! I understand there's lots you couldn't find to say, but as far as the actual procession of it, and how you kept things moving, built tension where possible, handed out bits of advice and did funny tricks, you know, all the storytelling things, I quite liked it!

  • @mergos_
    @mergos_ Рік тому +1

    istg smaller dark souls youtubers have the best content this is genuinely so creative i love it

  • @_un_111
    @_un_111 Рік тому +3

    Your two vids before this one just got me through sleeping in a Walmart parking lot in my car lol crazy to wake up and see you uploaded another. Great content, keep it up!

  • @Sonix07pr
    @Sonix07pr 4 місяці тому +1

    If you play on pc, steam lets you change your controller inputs, and even create some macros.
    If you are then playing with a controller you can make a custom macro (w key + r1) and bind it to whatever button you want. I did the same with jump attack and binded it to both back paddles on my controller. Works pretty neat.

  • @olympian543
    @olympian543 Рік тому +16

    3 challenges in and already have a fan base of several thousand. Amazing job dude.

  • @rajkanishu
    @rajkanishu Рік тому +13

    super interesting run! I would love to see more of these weird attacks-only runs

  • @blairmcmillan1026
    @blairmcmillan1026 Рік тому +15

    One of my new favourite Soulsborne challenge runners. Keep up the content man 👌

  • @whadamelon8887
    @whadamelon8887 Рік тому +2

    New favorite dark souls UA-camr

  • @Lamentationsofapoory
    @Lamentationsofapoory Рік тому +3

    2:07 Welcome to The Run©️ where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.
    Game 1: Things you can say to your Chosen Undead, but not your girlfriend.

    • @chompythebeast
      @chompythebeast Рік тому +1

      Colin: "I'm sorry, but I honestly doubt I have the patience for a no-hit run with your build."
      Wayne: "I see you actually bothered to look human today-what do you want?"
      Ryan: "Try tongue but hole."

  • @codymcginnis9990
    @codymcginnis9990 Рік тому +1

    I have seen so many challenge runs, but, man, I have never seen ones this convoluted and restricted. These are awesome. I know this is 3 months old at this point. But I've watched all of your videos two times over, and just felt like I had to share my appreciation of your hard work.

  • @vardsuzvards1560
    @vardsuzvards1560 Рік тому +4

    I love how your quality improves with every video. Keep up the good work!

  • @chibieris8659
    @chibieris8659 Рік тому

    absolutely one of my favorite part of dark souls is how much love they show to each and every type of unique weapon. Id never seen the cool backflip animations for those weapons before so Im glad you got to show me!

  • @calvinfranchi9908
    @calvinfranchi9908 Рік тому +2

    i feel like i’m early to the party with your channel, which is awesome because all of your challenge runs you’ve posted so far have been a good combination of actually challenging and unique! love the vids!

  • @picklesickle3252
    @picklesickle3252 Рік тому +2

    Nice vid man, cool run with a cool idea, can’t wait to see more.

  • @CthulhuianBunny
    @CthulhuianBunny Рік тому

    5:52 "I wish this fight was more interesting"
    Godskin Duo: Oh really?

  • @Athazago
    @Athazago Рік тому +1

    Subbed for the idea, staying for the good quality video.

  • @terubby
    @terubby Рік тому +1

    gotta appreciate the more short form challenge vids, great vid as usual :)

  • @landonelliott8391
    @landonelliott8391 Рік тому +1

    another amazing videos its so impressive how good your videos are especially since this is only your third video
    im looking forward to future videos

  • @hazelvalentine8194
    @hazelvalentine8194 Рік тому +1

    Artorias the front-flipper finaly met his match

  • @alexanderhellsing4431
    @alexanderhellsing4431 Рік тому +1

    This was fun and I really enjoyed it hope you keep making videos like this

  • @codygrannemann9506
    @codygrannemann9506 Рік тому +1

    You are awesome, man. I'm loving these challenges that you are doing. I'm currently working on getting Knight's Honor on Remastered and beating Scholar for the first time. :)

  • @Snugrot
    @Snugrot Рік тому +1

    I do enjoy when the algorithm recommends actual good content 👌

  • @GoodnightCoombsy
    @GoodnightCoombsy Рік тому +1

    Babe wake up new souls UA-camr just dropped

  • @KaoruMzk
    @KaoruMzk Рік тому +7

    I didn't about Nito's skeletons remaining dead if you quit out either. That's fascinating, because I'm pretty sure they respawn if you die.

    • @CurvyKirby2.-
      @CurvyKirby2.- Рік тому

      That's probably because quitting out just reload the area and doesn't respawning things but dying and resting at bonfires does

  • @thepl4yer235
    @thepl4yer235 Рік тому +1

    So frickin good man keep it up

  • @DanielJones-mq7oe
    @DanielJones-mq7oe Рік тому +1

    Love the videos, glad to see new people do dark souls challenges and unique ones on top of that.

  • @KindlyMino
    @KindlyMino Рік тому +2

    A tip for anybody that wants to do this run. You can rebind heavy attack to make jump attacks more consistent. Everybody is different, but mainly Q is used for the right hand heavy attack. It is a lot easier to press Q + W at the same time rather than the cursed controller controls. This does obviously come at the cost of using Keyboard and mouse, but you can always switch out for the fights.
    edit: My bad I realized that the backflip uses the normal attack. Principle is the same just rebind the right weapon action (attack) to Q.
    Great video once again.

    • @HEADSHOTPROLOL
      @HEADSHOTPROLOL Рік тому +1

      Maybe he explored this but I'd be surprised if just a simple Steam input bind doesn't do the trick, though maybe you can't time things manually?

  • @applesthehero
    @applesthehero Рік тому

    omg thank you for listing the music you used, I've been trying to find that music with the meowing for so long

  • @0xDoley
    @0xDoley Рік тому +1

    What a nice videos! Hope you have more ideas for challenges

  • @montanhapicoytlol
    @montanhapicoytlol Рік тому +1

    This channel is really cool to watch. Good job :)

  • @PitaKFoXHounD
    @PitaKFoXHounD Рік тому +1

    That's a darn tough move to pull! Thank you it was awesome!

  • @joshuagraham5750
    @joshuagraham5750 Рік тому +1

    A truly revolutionary thumbnail. I laughed a lot.

  • @CoreyisBarackObama
    @CoreyisBarackObama Рік тому +1

    Loving the regular uploads!

  • @yuhyuh1471
    @yuhyuh1471 Рік тому +2

    I think I would lose my mind doing this but it’s fun to watch!

  • @orionaffect
    @orionaffect Рік тому +1

    Another Beautiful Run Meta

  • @kyandavis1596
    @kyandavis1596 Рік тому +1

    Keep up the great content and we'll keep coming back

  • @BoogaFrog
    @BoogaFrog Рік тому +1

    Man you keep putting out bangers keep up the good work

  • @kingjollyrancher8317
    @kingjollyrancher8317 Рік тому

    If I could like more than once I definitely would especially with the kingdom hearts music. much love man keep it up!

  • @lordhellstrande2763
    @lordhellstrande2763 Рік тому +2

    Personally, I think challenge runs with little caveats is more fun to experience even as watchers. I tried a Cuphead peashooter only playthrough and allowed myself to choose use a different shot after about 25 or so tries. I only felt the need to do this for Honeybottoms and the Devil as I am nowhere near good enough at Cuphead to actually do full peashooter, but I'm happy with how it turned out

  • @mondooowada3537
    @mondooowada3537 Рік тому +3

    Great video as always! I think I'd rather do a Broken Sword run than have to do all those kick inputs, good god.

  • @remember2variate968
    @remember2variate968 Рік тому +2

    To those who would complain rather than chillin':
    Whose Run Is It Anyway?

  • @jesterjd7127
    @jesterjd7127 Рік тому +1

    So happy I found this channel before it blows up

  • @MazeMaker4Life
    @MazeMaker4Life Рік тому +3

    I didn't know that getting cursed in ds1 actually gave* players a health debuff...

  • @creakingskull7008
    @creakingskull7008 Рік тому +2

    Creaking Skull

  • @neojackwastaken
    @neojackwastaken Рік тому +1

    Please raise the volume for the next vids. Great video nonetheless

  • @ShieniLicksOnLemons
    @ShieniLicksOnLemons Рік тому

    Me constantly kicking enemies on accident when I'm trying to do regular attacks: feck

  • @vitthor
    @vitthor Рік тому

    When I first saw this video I was confused “what kind of backflip does damage?” And then I opened the video and saw the scimitar 😂.
    I absolutely love the creativity in those challenge runs.

  • @Ascaponus
    @Ascaponus Рік тому +2

    Dark Souls Run Idea: Can you beat Dark Souls with only the Tin Crystalized Catalyst R2?
    If you need to do it in NG+ or cheat it in to the inventory that's ok, ohh and kill all bosses with it

  • @athehybrid
    @athehybrid Рік тому

    love the use of DKC2 music, one of the best SNES games ever

  • @DenDhur
    @DenDhur Рік тому

    "where the rules are made up and nothing really matters"
    * internal Existential Crisis *

  • @geometrydashmacky4820
    @geometrydashmacky4820 Рік тому

    Hollows when they jump down:
    Whatsup!
    Hollows being destroyed right after jumping down:
    Bruh/Oooff😂

  • @Laezar1
    @Laezar1 Рік тому +1

    I would say kicking lautrec off the ledge with normal kicks is against the spirit of the rules =p

  • @mayonnaiseandthedivine8724
    @mayonnaiseandthedivine8724 Рік тому +1

    Huge Success

  • @tomascarrasco371
    @tomascarrasco371 Рік тому +1

    Gotta love the omori ost in the background

  • @robertparham2727
    @robertparham2727 Рік тому

    2:08 New name of the series: “Whose Run is it Anyway?”

  • @chompythebeast
    @chompythebeast Рік тому +1

    Grandpa Joe is an upstanding and misunderstood citizen, a fantastic role model and a wonderful, loving parent. There is literally nothing to criticize about Grandpa Joe, he really is the best

  • @allis_babey
    @allis_babey Рік тому +1

    I love the fury sword, in my first run of the game I played with so many different weapons, it was definitely a fav

  • @seanhennessy3968
    @seanhennessy3968 Рік тому

    "It's time for this b_______ to meet his end."
    Fallen London behavior

  • @aosomnissj4585
    @aosomnissj4585 Рік тому

    Nice vidéo bro. This challenge seems fun.

  • @sirbill_greebi3811
    @sirbill_greebi3811 Рік тому +1

    Quality Mac & Cheese content.

  • @Will_loves_pokemon9127
    @Will_loves_pokemon9127 Рік тому +1

    next dark souls with dragon weapons only?

  • @DanteTorn
    @DanteTorn Рік тому

    Steam input is a godsend for fixing some control jank with Fromsoft games. It took me less than a minute to open the controller settings in the shift+tab Steam overlay, enable Steam input, and then "add command" to R1 -> gamepad -> forward left stick. Left Steam overlay and now every R1 input from a neutral position on the analogue stick is always a kick/backflip.

  • @BloodAtlas
    @BloodAtlas Рік тому

    Finally someone who is also a connoisseur of cold food

  • @therighttrousers343
    @therighttrousers343 Рік тому +1

    I think Furysword scales damage with Humanity, so you could've ground rats for it.

    • @MrMetagross
      @MrMetagross  Рік тому +4

      TIL wow i actually didn't know this but i guess ot makes sense because its a chaos weapon technically.

  • @clem102
    @clem102 Рік тому

    played dark soul for 7 years and never knew about Nito's grab attack lmao

  • @cice7076
    @cice7076 Рік тому +1

    Before I even watch: WOOOOOOOOOO

  • @kaching4831
    @kaching4831 Рік тому +1

    damn, just subscribed and will you look at that a new banger video. Nice!

  • @madeline6951
    @madeline6951 Рік тому +1

    Afaik, on Steam, you can use a macro to bind multiple actions to one button

  • @lakshaygandhi5509
    @lakshaygandhi5509 Рік тому

    7:40 that channeler became the comment section ✌️

  • @thatsnotmyname9802
    @thatsnotmyname9802 Рік тому +3

    When are you going to give us Super Animal Royale content, the people crave it...

  • @Roach1
    @Roach1 Рік тому +2

    if obscure challenges like this are a recurring trend, may i make a suggestion of doing a run using only weapon specials?
    like for example the dragon weapon 2 handed R2s? and using havel's shield R2 instead of blocking?

    • @MrMetagross
      @MrMetagross  Рік тому +5

      Backlogs did a "weapon arts" only ds1 run so we would see.

  • @rogofos
    @rogofos Рік тому

    you know
    when you kill the gargoyles and ring their bell, an npc appears at the bottom of the bell tower
    you can immediately buy a purging stone from him on the cheap with some of the souls from gargoyles

  • @mattheadley2945
    @mattheadley2945 Рік тому

    Nice challenge and love the high school nickname and monty python reference 😂

  • @TonyMarroni4
    @TonyMarroni4 Рік тому +2

    I think you should keep it down with those quick text messages, but otherwise nice video! Keep it up, would love to see you at the top!

  • @chompythebeast
    @chompythebeast Рік тому +1

    It seems you _have_ seen those warriors from Hammerfell

  • @EmperorComet
    @EmperorComet Рік тому +1

    Even Pokemon play Souls, pretty cool.

  • @Olalonmokrohnhansen
    @Olalonmokrohnhansen Рік тому +4

    I was wondering why you had like 90 titanite shards at the start of the game.

  • @Sakura-Army
    @Sakura-Army Рік тому +2

    you should do only jump attacks like clubs r2

  • @abramdelisle5746
    @abramdelisle5746 Рік тому

    Creeking skull

  • @SteezyMcCheezie
    @SteezyMcCheezie 8 місяців тому

    good run my guy 🏆

  • @48magnum97
    @48magnum97 Рік тому

    Ive never even seen nitos grab, so that was cool

  • @unknownfanat7047
    @unknownfanat7047 Рік тому +1

    Surprisingly no one ever made such run. Congratulations for discovering something never has been created
    I'm feeling a bit sorry for not seeing backstep attacks of rapiers. Doing pretty same run seems pointless. Or is it?
    Also I have a question which doesn't match with video: how much my English is potato?

    • @unknownfanat7047
      @unknownfanat7047 Рік тому

      Wanted to mention calm and peaceful ending of this video. Don't know why, maybe it was just the right moment (before going to bed), but it was so pleasant

  • @gabrielcancinos4578
    @gabrielcancinos4578 Рік тому

    Yeah great video or whatever but is that kingdom hearts music?!!?!!

  • @kyuiFF
    @kyuiFF Рік тому +1

    This man never fails to disappoint

  • @sambarney8244
    @sambarney8244 Рік тому

    Regular backsteps also have infinite poise, but you do take counter damage.

  • @watermelons2921
    @watermelons2921 Рік тому

    You can skip getting the dark moon seance ring by jumping into the statue blocking your path and quitting the game while you're in the rolling animation. This will cause the game to think you're clipped into the statue and it will deload the object to save you from getting stuck. This works for the boulder doors in the asylum and sens fortress as well

    • @MrMetagross
      @MrMetagross  Рік тому

      Video?

    • @watermelons2921
      @watermelons2921 Рік тому

      @@MrMetagross I can not for the life of me find the clip of it, I'm sorry.
      this is Zullie the Witch's video on why it works ua-cam.com/video/UvUA6-P8ZT4/v-deo.html
      They claim that it took them a while to get it to work with the manserpent wall, but it's a consistent technique with the statue blocking you from Gwyndolyn.
      In this video catalystz uses the same trick to break the boulder wall in the asylum around ~2 minutes. m.ua-cam.com/video/wFECjN-9oGU/v-deo.html
      Basically just run and jump into the statue while aiming for one of the flat parts of the floor by the feet. Quit out, and this will cause the stand up animation. If positioned correctly, the statue will dissappear.
      Please let me know if you try! I'll keep trying to find the video explaining it

  • @RauchPotato
    @RauchPotato Рік тому

    Be honest have you watched whose line is it anyway because that line after killing the asylum demon was too spot on

  • @JumalaPlays
    @JumalaPlays Рік тому +2

    Could you increase the volume? I can't hear you at all unfortunaly.

  • @Destruktor7859
    @Destruktor7859 Рік тому +1

    Very nice, sone day try a run with only kick(without cheating armor or ring it is possible but you need some glich, i do this run and it is very funny)

    • @MrMetagross
      @MrMetagross  Рік тому +1

      Can you elaborate?

    • @Destruktor7859
      @Destruktor7859 Рік тому

      @@MrMetagross Yes. To do this challenge you must first skip the first boss of the asylum with the black bomb and the thief for the passepartout. After this you go down and you have 2 ways:
      First: deaf quelag with only mildred (best for me)
      Second: skip that ag with the death camera glich in bligh town.
      After that, blow up the demon (you need armor for better fire resistance and a good amount of health), enter the border (the place where lava cannot harm and you can heal).
      You can't rest at the bonfire at this point because the bonfire doesn't spawn unless you kill the demon,
      You have to do a particular trick because there is yellow mist and boss. The trick is in this video: ua-cam.com/video/jDbExqyByOQ/v-deo.html
      After that, go back before the fog (don't fall in the arena), enter the boss arena and you have to do the trick to kill the centipide demon and now you have the damage ring. At this point you can do damage with your kick, but the only damage you can do is shoot. For better damage you need to get Kirk's armor.

  • @NikoKuehne
    @NikoKuehne 11 місяців тому

    9:49 no, hell

  • @Stars-Sapphire
    @Stars-Sapphire Рік тому +1

    I think the human element shouldn't really matter in challenge runs, the point is challenging you, not the limits of your brain
    A challenge shouldn't be considered a fail because of wonky controls or frame perfect strategies

  • @jas3.14
    @jas3.14 Рік тому

    you're funny as hell, thank you

  • @Baskl757
    @Baskl757 6 місяців тому

    I thought i just sucked at the kick attacks and that you could learn to do with regularly.