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Thanks for mentioning my run JK! Appreciated! But still disappointing that you didn't suffer for 20 minutes trying to hit adjudicator... so... in that sense you've let down a bit... I expect more misery next time! (next triple cycle run on SL1?)
For those who haven’t played this game, magic playthroughs usually look like this: Step 1: Use Magic Missile Step 2: If enemy resists magic, use Fire Magic Missile Step 3: There is no step 3 So a huge thanks to JK for Demonstrating how to add some spice to this old (aged?) playstyle.
“The hard demon soul can be traded in for flame spray which has one specific use in this run” I got ptsd from zero Lenny doing the game facts guide for demon souls.
About the miners dropping an absurd amount of stones in the second run; when you're going through that area for the first time, some of them carry sacks. They only spawn the first time and get replaced with a normal one when you kill them, but the sack ones have a guaranteed drop of several sharp and hardstone of various qualities. Hopefully this answers your question
Since you brought up the Fat Official's outfit to access Yuria, it's worth noting you only needed to wear the Official's Cap in the original version. The full outfit does not exist in the PS3 version, just the cap. They added the rest of the set and changed the requirement in the remake.
I was reading a guide for getting the firestorm spell and the guide only mentioned the hat but it wasn't working. Then I realized it was for th3 original game lol
My first playthrough involved me using mainly firestorm the whole time, I didn’t even get to see Penetrators move set, he quite literally died in two seconds
@@nikoskonstantinidis4069 oh absolutely, I had ended up using it as he was running, looked behind me to look at the guy you can summon just to look back a second later with him dead
Yeah that’s the path I thought of and I’ve seen other people suggest this as well. Though honestly I have no idea how this run will go in the DLC. All my challenge run plans only incorporate the base game. Honestly don’t really enjoy the DLC because gathering the Scadutree fragments is such a chore.
You know i can never tell if you challenge runners are some of the most dedicated people i have ever meet..... or just the most masochistic. Either way you have my respect
Demons souls was my introduction to the series, i cannot wait for more. Its definitely not the best but i love it and im exited for more runs involving it
The ring of sincere prayer does indeed boost cast time, i.e. make it longer (You can also get the talisman of beasts by killing red phantom Skirvir, who spawns in 2-2 at pure black world tendency)
I really like the remake. It's absolutely gorgeous, plays very smoothly, there's so many small details added like rain stopping under the storm king, or cutring your hand for curse weapon, and a lot of the redesigns are really cool if you can look past nostalgia. Only thing I think they didn't do well was some of the armor designs but hey if you manage to kill vanguard in the tutorial you can get the og helmet
The redesigns are cool looking, but on an art level they are thematically different from the original demons souls Itd be like a halo remake giving us a master chief without a helmet Cool, but it goes against the characters entire design philosophy
If you're doing a magic build then yeah world 2 is supposed to be done really early. Everything there is weak to magic and their souls give good fire spells. You can even get the talisman of beasts if you get pure black world tendency which works as both a catalyst and a talisman, scales better than the insanity catalyst, and doesn't half your mp.
What makes Mikkelsen Mikkelsen is his hair and age, so that's definitely more of a Depp look, especially with the way their eyes look. Depp is famous for his ability to transform so I could totally see him looking like that
i think what is a good way to have split them is to go by trainer. Sage Freike and his Apprentice as one run, Yuria as another run, and Saint Urbain & his followers as the third. (It makes it easy to internalize how you'd spend the demons souls each time, too.) It characterizes the witch based sorcery and the wizard based sorcery a little strongly from eachother and all that.
I don't know why people dislike the remake honestly, it's a faithful recreation of an actual classic start to an amazing gaming series.. but opinions are fair though it's not perfect but it's definitely not Dark Souls 2 lol... anyways love all your Vids man keep it up ❤
The ten-tickles joke was top tier. Also, I'm probably one of the few italians here, but that "pen and tella" joke didn't went unnoticed. Also also, the flaming pp in patches' cutscene will never not be funny...
That firestorm is the one thing I knew from DeS after getting into the series durring DS 1/DS2 og timelines. Its well worth it but is much more difficult to utilize after its hard balancing for subsequent games
You can also obtain the Talisman of Beasts by defeating the black phantom version of Scirvir the Wanderer in one of the Stonefang Tunnel levels with pure black world tendency. That probably would have made your life easier.
The reason God's Wrath didn't connect on Tower Knight at times is because of the greatshield being in certain animations. Same thing can happen with certain melee weapons, such as spears. If you stand in spot where the hitboxed touches both his foot and the shield, ALL damage gets cancelled.
AVADA KADAVRA Also if you switch the game priority from performance to cinematic in the settings and then quitout before dragon god you can run straight through the first batch of rubble but the other batch has to be done legit
People can't take off the rose tinted goggles, and refuse to acknowledge that the OG is a janky and nearly unplayable mess. And I loved the OG, but come on, the petty snotty elitist behavior about these games is unbelievable.
The canon Penetrator fight requires Biorre's assistance. Without Biorr shouting in the arena, the run is inherently invalid. Enjoyed the hell out of your attempt though.
Just vibing with the background music from Fire Emblem Three Houses. Specifically its the music you hear when roaming the castle through out the game as the hub.
Fun fact: there's a trophy (or achievement if you play on pc) for killing maiden astraea without killing garl vinland alive, so this is what jk leeds did in miracle run, impressive i should say.
About that other talisman, you don't have to kill NPCs to achieve pure black world tendency, you can also achieve pure black by getting killed in human form
Do you have any plans to try a similar style run for Elden Ring? I know the number of bosses in the game and the changes to the spell categories present some difficult decisions to be made about how to adapt the format. Nevertheless, I'd love to see this idea continue. This style of run going into NG+ cycles is exciting to watch. Maybe the third "casting school" could be using Arcane?
Say what you will about the remake but this game is one of the most beautiful games in the current gen. Unfortunately I never played the original Demon's so I don't know much, but I really loved playing DeS remake
You can totally hit the Storm King with God's Wrath. You need to climb up on some rocks at the edge of the arena and cast the spell as he flies overhead. Edit: Check out InfernoPlus's Demon's Souls one-shot video. He uses God's Wrath to one-shot the Storm King and does it in the same way I mentioned before. You'll see it in the video, I promise.
the outfit is self-exclamatory, if you are like me and pick up everything that drops and fully go through every level with a fine-tooth sword you kind of see what going on when you get there
You did say that's you're unfamiliar with Demon's Souls. For future reference if you make more challenge runs I want to point out two things. 35:45 The sidequest for the other Miracle Talisman requires Pure Black World Tendency in Stonefang Tunnel, which can be achieved by dying while in human form repeatedly in that area. (when you have your entire HP bar.) Pure Black Character Tendency (from killing NPCs,) is a different mechanic and doesn't affect the sidequest. Character Tendency only really matters if you ever want to use the weapon Northern Regalia, since the mechanic changes its attack power. 36:05 The Ring of Sincere Prayer says it "Raises Miracle Power and Casting Time." Raising casting time means it literally raises the time it takes to cast the spell. It's a longer animation to use Wrath of God, being a tradeoff in exchange for the increased damage output. Having the option to sacrifice damage for more safety might have helped relieve at least a tiny bit of trouble during the run.
So for the other miracle talisman, there's an assassination quest from Mephistopholes which rewards you with it when you kill Ostrava but she only appears when you have pure black character tendency. I thought that was the only way to get it but yeah I since learned about the black phantom that also drops it in Stonefang. And yeah I'm an idiot for misunderstanding what raising cast time meant on the ring 😂😂😂
@@JKLeedsalso easiest way to get black character tendency is kill tye merchants in tower of Latria and world 2 as they give the most towards black tendency both at -3 so just thoes 2 will get full black so u don't have to worry about other npcs obviously get what you need from them as well also to get mestophelies to spawn you also need to kill the npc you free from a cage in the second level of tower of latria after fools idol
@@JKLeeds I have to say, I have ended up watching most of your videos just because I started expecting some of the good TLS soundtrack you used here. If I recall correctly, you also used the one of the fight against Jirall, if I remember his name correctly. This is the first time I have seen someone appreciate this game and I love it.
Never understood the hate towards the remake, yeah it did some aestetic changes but come on... it is still Demon's souls AND also one of the best looking game ever
For Maiden Astraea’s swamp, would Sodden Ring help to run through there? It’s in 3-2 but only on Pure Black world tendency. Helps with the poison swamp too! Love the content as always my dude
Eh I just use theif ring and sprint past everything in to get to the colosses to be honest and just use the cure spell if im running faith or just use the poison heals the level gives to be honest
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@DiamondDM13 what do you mean? That area was pretty clearly inspired by the area in Bloodborne where you have to drop the brain....
Thanks for mentioning my run JK! Appreciated! But still disappointing that you didn't suffer for 20 minutes trying to hit adjudicator... so... in that sense you've let down a bit... I expect more misery next time! (next triple cycle run on SL1?)
Definitely not SL1 for Demon's Souls on NG++ 😂😂😂 I've had enough one shots for now
@@JKLeeds Fair enough, so you could do 3 SL1 cycles in DS2 instead with 6 adp. Good alternative :)
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@@PressContinue champion
just go nuts and do all 1 stat on new game +7
PS: IT'S A JOKE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF THE 2 AFTERLIFES PLEAST DON'T DO THIS!!!
For those who haven’t played this game, magic playthroughs usually look like this:
Step 1: Use Magic Missile
Step 2: If enemy resists magic, use Fire Magic Missile
Step 3: There is no step 3
So a huge thanks to JK for Demonstrating how to add some spice to this old (aged?) playstyle.
Imagine how smart it was for JK to purposefully forget all the other spell buff items to drive comment engagement! Just brilliant and totally planned.
Yeah I amaze myself with how clever I am sometimes 😅😅😅
@@JKLeeds “Sometimes my genius… it’s almost frightening” - Jeremy Klarkson Leeds or something
Dude, that ten-tickles joke made me involuntary stop what I was doing and glare at my phone. Well done, you dad joked so hard you broke me.
“The hard demon soul can be traded in for flame spray which has one specific use in this run” I got ptsd from zero Lenny doing the game facts guide for demon souls.
It does not float down, apparently
god that was painful to watch. even more painful to listen to
About the miners dropping an absurd amount of stones in the second run; when you're going through that area for the first time, some of them carry sacks. They only spawn the first time and get replaced with a normal one when you kill them, but the sack ones have a guaranteed drop of several sharp and hardstone of various qualities. Hopefully this answers your question
Please for future reference, the word is "miners"
@@SpeedwagonZaidan😭😭
dream hearing this
@@SpeedwagonZaidan Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out
Just in case you wonder whether he kept saying Expelliamus, Stupefy and Avada Kedavra throughout the whole of the NG and NG+ run… Yes, yes he did…
Facts
Oh no
Demon's Souls Firestorm is the reason why we have slow cast Firestorm lmao
Feels like it wasn't play tested 😂😂😂
And yet, Demon’s Souls God’s Wrath is why Dark Souls has a near instant-cast Wrath of God. Ironic, isn’t it?
Truly one of the moments of all time@@grfrjiglstan
>Gets new spell
>One shots boss
I love early Fromsoft balancing
Since you brought up the Fat Official's outfit to access Yuria, it's worth noting you only needed to wear the Official's Cap in the original version. The full outfit does not exist in the PS3 version, just the cap. They added the rest of the set and changed the requirement in the remake.
Wow wtf. Why do that?!? 😂
@@JKLeeds Probably because just wearing a hat as a disguise isn't believable, but it does make the game more annoying I imagine.
@@JKLeeds because it makes more sense?
I was reading a guide for getting the firestorm spell and the guide only mentioned the hat but it wasn't working. Then I realized it was for th3 original game lol
well... its a remake not a remastered so....
My first playthrough involved me using mainly firestorm the whole time, I didn’t even get to see Penetrators move set, he quite literally died in two seconds
i believe each fire pillar has its only individual hurt-box... so yeah pretty busted
@@nikoskonstantinidis4069 oh absolutely, I had ended up using it as he was running, looked behind me to look at the guy you can summon just to look back a second later with him dead
Doing this in Elden ring you could do sorcery in ng, incantations in ng+, and finally spells that require both int and faith in ng++.
Yeah that’s the path I thought of and I’ve seen other people suggest this as well.
Though honestly I have no idea how this run will go in the DLC. All my challenge run plans only incorporate the base game.
Honestly don’t really enjoy the DLC because gathering the Scadutree fragments is such a chore.
NG: Intelligence. NG+: Faith. NG++: Arcane.
@@dunnester98 oh yeah I forgot about the arcane spells. That’s a good way to separate things as well
What about Arcane?
To clarify: The ring that boosts miracles and casting times actually INCREASES cast times, not the other way around
another great video! Didn't know you liked DeS so much to play it that many times, must be up there with DS2 for you ;) lol
....hey, have you done the fist of gratia run in the Bloodborne DLC yet?
You know i can never tell if you challenge runners are some of the most dedicated people i have ever meet..... or just the most masochistic. Either way you have my respect
Haha I mean....a little bit of both probably? 😅
Dedicated to masochism
Man, that Bloodborne PC port had me in tears. I can't wait for you to do another challenge run when that happens is say like, 10 years? Lol
Demons souls was my introduction to the series, i cannot wait for more. Its definitely not the best but i love it and im exited for more runs involving it
The ring of sincere prayer does indeed boost cast time, i.e. make it longer
(You can also get the talisman of beasts by killing red phantom Skirvir, who spawns in 2-2 at pure black world tendency)
The Stonefang bagmen drop a ton of stones the first time you kill them.
24:32 The miners carrying sacks drop a lot of materials but don't respawn!
No please, don't make me wait 😭🙏🙏🙏
Nice video and wordplays as always, that with tentacles was really smooth. Cheers from Germany
Congratulations on hitting 100k! I hope you have a "grand" time!
Coming to the realization after 15 years that every single arch demon fight is a gimmick fight 😂
Oh boy i have waited for this
Soon my friend 🙂
What if you stream until you hit 100k??? That would be ✨magical✨
🤣 Man's hardly started the challenge and already has Banjo-Kazooie music playing.
I love it!🤣
That fragrant ring sure is sweet. Very useful
Game changer
These are some of my favorite challenge runs. Seeing the difference in how the runs play out is so fun.
The amount of times I had to pause the video just to let the pun sink in... You sir are an artist. Andy Zaltzman would be proud.
wow your character looks just johnny depp your so good at making characters jkleeds
Johnny Depp
Demon Souls is beautiful and I'm watching your content a lot lately, love the puns (a lot) and the spirit you put in souls games
I really like the remake. It's absolutely gorgeous, plays very smoothly, there's so many small details added like rain stopping under the storm king, or cutring your hand for curse weapon, and a lot of the redesigns are really cool if you can look past nostalgia. Only thing I think they didn't do well was some of the armor designs but hey if you manage to kill vanguard in the tutorial you can get the og helmet
The redesigns are cool looking, but on an art level they are thematically different from the original demons souls
Itd be like a halo remake giving us a master chief without a helmet
Cool, but it goes against the characters entire design philosophy
Love all your musical choices. Implying some very cultured taste in games there, good sir.
Congrats on 100k :) Enjoyed the video man
If you're doing a magic build then yeah world 2 is supposed to be done really early. Everything there is weak to magic and their souls give good fire spells. You can even get the talisman of beasts if you get pure black world tendency which works as both a catalyst and a talisman, scales better than the insanity catalyst, and doesn't half your mp.
I would love to see a massive Playthrough of all the souls games one play through each with a different spell and your weapon type
What makes Mikkelsen Mikkelsen is his hair and age, so that's definitely more of a Depp look, especially with the way their eyes look. Depp is famous for his ability to transform so I could totally see him looking like that
JK Leeds is the best souls content creator
i think what is a good way to have split them is to go by trainer. Sage Freike and his Apprentice as one run, Yuria as another run, and Saint Urbain & his followers as the third. (It makes it easy to internalize how you'd spend the demons souls each time, too.) It characterizes the witch based sorcery and the wizard based sorcery a little strongly from eachother and all that.
I don't know why people dislike the remake honestly, it's a faithful recreation of an actual classic start to an amazing gaming series.. but opinions are fair though it's not perfect but it's definitely not Dark Souls 2 lol... anyways love all your Vids man keep it up ❤
It’s called nostalgia driven contrarianism
The ten-tickles joke was top tier.
Also, I'm probably one of the few italians here, but that "pen and tella" joke didn't went unnoticed.
Also also, the flaming pp in patches' cutscene will never not be funny...
That firestorm is the one thing I knew from DeS after getting into the series durring DS 1/DS2 og timelines. Its well worth it but is much more difficult to utilize after its hard balancing for subsequent games
CONGRATZ TO 100K!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Glad you made it to 100k subscribers, cheers mate🍻
The next one: Can You Beat All Elden Ring Magic Challenges On One Character? (there are total 32 types)
Haha I do have an idea for this style of challenge in Elden Ring but it's definitely not that 😂
Knowing him, he will try to narrow the categories down to combine similar spell types together. Up til ng+7 due to 6 different endings
Congrats on 100k subs buddy!!!
Just wanted to say your music choice in the videos in so peak.
Yoooo this is great I just finished your ds2 video
I love the three houses music playing occasionally. Some of the best in all of gaming.
Hungover throwing up while watching, thank you for the lovely content
You can also obtain the Talisman of Beasts by defeating the black phantom version of Scirvir the Wanderer in one of the Stonefang Tunnel levels with pure black world tendency. That probably would have made your life easier.
I definitely needed the internet for the remake Yuria, because in the original you only need the hat, which I always wear because it makes you laugh
Every time you cast firestorm, I just imagine a vacuum sound lol
Great job though!!!
The reason God's Wrath didn't connect on Tower Knight at times is because of the greatshield being in certain animations. Same thing can happen with certain melee weapons, such as spears. If you stand in spot where the hitboxed touches both his foot and the shield, ALL damage gets cancelled.
YOOO NEW JK JUST DROPPED CLEAR THE NEXT HOUR
Hey I love your channel and soulsborne challenge runs! Glad to see there’s a new video, thanks for the consistent and regular (free!) content 💕💕
AVADA KADAVRA
Also if you switch the game priority from performance to cinematic in the settings and then quitout before dragon god you can run straight through the first batch of rubble but the other batch has to be done legit
Loving the banjo kazooie music in the beginning
5:07 ok this got me lol
People who say the remake is bad and you should play the old one are crazy and just nostalgic af. The new version is better on every metric
People can't take off the rose tinted goggles, and refuse to acknowledge that the OG is a janky and nearly unplayable mess. And I loved the OG, but come on, the petty snotty elitist behavior about these games is unbelievable.
Demon souls one shot would be cool
You can hit Storm king with God's wrath, at least in the OG version, when it swoops downward, it has way way more reach than you'd expect
Love the Curse of Darkness OST in the background
Someone’s probably said it already but in InfernoPlus’s demon souls one shot video Storm King flies close enough for God’s wrath to hit him
The canon Penetrator fight requires Biorre's assistance. Without Biorr shouting in the arena, the run is inherently invalid. Enjoyed the hell out of your attempt though.
Just vibing with the background music from Fire Emblem Three Houses. Specifically its the music you hear when roaming the castle through out the game as the hub.
Happy 100K
I only have to wait nine more hours 😊
Every single pun took years off my life
Good to see you are well on track to become J100K Leeds
Even the adverts channel dad jokes. Just after the section where you one-shot Colossus I got hit by a plaster advert 😅
Dirty Colossus:
*NOW THATS A LOT OF DAMAGE*
Fun fact: there's a trophy (or achievement if you play on pc) for killing maiden astraea without killing garl vinland alive, so this is what jk leeds did in miracle run, impressive i should say.
I'd love to see you do Bloodborne Hunter Tools only; mod em in at the beginning. Love your channel!
About that other talisman, you don't have to kill NPCs to achieve pure black world tendency, you can also achieve pure black by getting killed in human form
Do you have any plans to try a similar style run for Elden Ring?
I know the number of bosses in the game and the changes to the spell categories present some difficult decisions to be made about how to adapt the format. Nevertheless, I'd love to see this idea continue. This style of run going into NG+ cycles is exciting to watch.
Maybe the third "casting school" could be using Arcane?
One thousand subs to go🔥🔥🔥
Say what you will about the remake but this game is one of the most beautiful games in the current gen. Unfortunately I never played the original Demon's so I don't know much, but I really loved playing DeS remake
You can totally hit the Storm King with God's Wrath. You need to climb up on some rocks at the edge of the arena and cast the spell as he flies overhead.
Edit: Check out InfernoPlus's Demon's Souls one-shot video. He uses God's Wrath to one-shot the Storm King and does it in the same way I mentioned before. You'll see it in the video, I promise.
the outfit is self-exclamatory, if you are like me and pick up everything that drops and fully go through every level with a fine-tooth sword you kind of see what going on when you get there
Congrats on 100k JK🎉🎉🎉
OMG I LOVE the joke you make at 5:19 with the Ten Tickles! Overall i love your jokes!
Thank you 😊
You did say that's you're unfamiliar with Demon's Souls. For future reference if you make more challenge runs I want to point out two things.
35:45 The sidequest for the other Miracle Talisman requires Pure Black World Tendency in Stonefang Tunnel, which can be achieved by dying while in human form repeatedly in that area. (when you have your entire HP bar.) Pure Black Character Tendency (from killing NPCs,) is a different mechanic and doesn't affect the sidequest. Character Tendency only really matters if you ever want to use the weapon Northern Regalia, since the mechanic changes its attack power.
36:05 The Ring of Sincere Prayer says it "Raises Miracle Power and Casting Time." Raising casting time means it literally raises the time it takes to cast the spell. It's a longer animation to use Wrath of God, being a tradeoff in exchange for the increased damage output. Having the option to sacrifice damage for more safety might have helped relieve at least a tiny bit of trouble during the run.
So for the other miracle talisman, there's an assassination quest from Mephistopholes which rewards you with it when you kill Ostrava but she only appears when you have pure black character tendency. I thought that was the only way to get it but yeah I since learned about the black phantom that also drops it in Stonefang.
And yeah I'm an idiot for misunderstanding what raising cast time meant on the ring 😂😂😂
@@JKLeedsalso easiest way to get black character tendency is kill tye merchants in tower of Latria and world 2 as they give the most towards black tendency both at -3 so just thoes 2 will get full black so u don't have to worry about other npcs obviously get what you need from them as well also to get mestophelies to spawn you also need to kill the npc you free from a cage in the second level of tower of latria after fools idol
CONGRATS ON 100K!!!
Honestly smart call on poison mist.
Isn't the song at the start one from the city from The Last Story? I am sure it is!
It is!
@@JKLeeds I have to say, I have ended up watching most of your videos just because I started expecting some of the good TLS soundtrack you used here. If I recall correctly, you also used the one of the fight against Jirall, if I remember his name correctly. This is the first time I have seen someone appreciate this game and I love it.
I was already gonna give you a like but you got an honest chortel outta me with that ten tickle bit lol
I Hope u do more run on demons souls! My start for this saga and now i have all game platinated from PlayStation, i love Ur videos jk
3:30
NO! NOT AGAIN! NOT THE DRAKE PUNS AGAIN!
4:02 AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH
Working on my first playthrough on the original demons souls, and when I do, I'll have played and beaten most soulsbourne, except sekiro
Hey JK, I have a question. Where did JK Leeds come from? Is it just your initials followed by your last name or is there a story behind it?
Been so so excited for this video!
That’s mads! I’d recognise him anywhere!
I am the one Demon's Souls remake fan and I'm glad to be here.
Never understood the hate towards the remake, yeah it did some aestetic changes but come on... it is still Demon's souls AND also one of the best looking game ever
You totally do need that 100,000 sub chain to pick up your son 💀💀💀
You know it
I can appreciate someone who uses FFX music
using ice level music while in the fire area of a game that got it's ice area cut is... funny
Yeah Firestorm in DeS ...... is a spell that exists. The damage is actually so stupid that even for small enemys its still dam good
I got caught off guard for the ten tickles one jajajajajajaja
For Maiden Astraea’s swamp, would Sodden Ring help to run through there? It’s in 3-2 but only on Pure Black world tendency. Helps with the poison swamp too!
Love the content as always my dude
Eh I just use theif ring and sprint past everything in to get to the colosses to be honest and just use the cure spell if im running faith or just use the poison heals the level gives to be honest