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Watching this video made me sad that iron flesh wasn't in elden ring. Though it would definitely be too good in a world of crazy weapon arts and jumping attacks lol
@@vleos9325 Lorian, hast thou lain witness to the failings of the Age of Gods? Hast thou ever heard of among us, Lorian? I would require thee to vent, I know it shall be hard for thee to be SUS but I know it is possible of a Lord of Cinder, Lorian.
I love how all the other channels that do stuff like this will be like “so obviously we have to climb ladders to complete the game so that’s allowed” then ymfah is out here finding the perfect bypass to adhere to the challenge 100%. You’ll always be the OG
@@uuqu ymfah sets a rule, and follows it to the letter. A glitchless challenge run would be easier than this. The whole point is overcoming a seemingly impossible challenge, including the parts that seem downright unfair.
I don't blame others for bending the rules given how arbitrary the work around often is. But I also think the fun part of ymfah's videos aren't the challenges but the glitches those challenges lead to. They're like an excuse to show off a bunch of broken shit and frame it in an entertaining way.
They have to do that, because they know there will be imbeciles who will instantly start crying about "run failed" because you had to climb down a ladder, or had to do something.....There always have to be those "special" people.
i mean the warp at the end basically requires doing dancer early. you don't kill her early to get +9, you just have to get her out of the way so that the room is clear. otherwise killing aldritch would teleport you to the dancer fight which puts you at a huge risk to lose the teardrop glitch.
@@chastermief839 he doesn't kill dancer during the ladder skip, but he does kill the old woman so that the fight is already active and it places you outside her arena. you can see dancer alive and below him as he quicksteps across to the balcony. 35:15 you can see the dancer there. I would guess his backed up save was from before he killed dancer.
I like how this video is made to be an ACTUAL guide for someone who wants to beat the game without walking, as if someone would be crazy enough to follow this entire process
I genuinely thought it was some sort of crazy exploit he had set up to complete the run. Should have known better, ymfah doesn't just beat a challenge run, he completes it to 100%.
I love the fact that, when fighting against bosses, he has to stop in front of them to regen stamina, and he just... stays there... M E N A C I N G L Y
Let me shout into the void a little: Personally, I find a bit between 25:31 and 35:41 oddly inspirational. From now on whenever I'll face what seem like an impossible hurdle in a soulslike, I'll remember that it probably won't take me 4 months and $2649.99 dollars to overcome. I guess I'm influenced by your stellar editing haha Thank you for a great video, man.
I always love how these are framed like tutorials, like anyone else would have the patience, skill and insanity enough to try these as well. But good gosh golly darn are they fun to watch.
The amount of effort put into this video from actually finishing this insane run to the editing is insane dude! And now I wanna play Dark Souls 3 again.. preferably with the left thumbstick though, haha.
Just came from your AoT Cover, dude. You've got some insane music, man! I'm so glad ymfah puts so much effort into his music, he's introduced me to so many great artists (like yourself)!
Reminds me of the clip in their Skyrim no walk when they were in the dwemer ruins which filled with water. The moment they stepped into it, it would just cut to the music of the Ash Lake.
I love how 12:30 - 13:46 would've normally been a "hit a snag in this plan" moment, like "Iron Flesh doesn't let Quick Step happen" [sad music], but instead everything works out perfectly and is pretty hype.
No balking, meaning you have to go straight on nonstop from start to finish with zero backtracking to a previous area unless its to get to the next area
I can’t believe I never had the realization that Gael’s skull projectiles decided where all the lightning struck. Also congrats on another seemingly impossible challenge completed
I love how some of the most difficult non-DLC bosses take no time and effort, but a ladder requires $2400 and 20 minutes out of a 50 minute video to defeat. Reminds me of MGS 3.
Never have I expected to see a DS3 video again because of Elden Ring or even think something like this could be possible but you've proved me wrong, thank you for this video Ymfah.
@@jojoisepico82 It will have creators because their whiny subs wont ever let them get away from the almost 8 year old game...The ones that actually want to try or play other things, but the instant they put up a video thats not DS3 they start crying about when DS3 is coming back....There were mouthbreathers who were already crying about it on a few creators channels while they were playing Elden Ring.... I feel bad for the actual entertaining content creators that get screwed by their idiot subscribers crying about unsubbing if they don't get back to DS3 PvP trolling or PvP fights, so they're stuck playing old as hell games.
Skyrim without walking is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life, and after recently finishing the main story of DS3, this has to be the best thing that’s happened to me all year
Given that Ymfah tends to show all the strategies he tries, even ones that aren't successful, I can only conclude that he went through this entire run (one where his main problem in combat is that he can't dodge) without it ever occurring to him that using a good shield might be a viable strategy. He used Iron Flesh as a defensive tool before considering using a shield. This truly says a lot about Dark Souls 3 shields.
The stat requirements for the shield you would use, ie the moaning shield or Havel shield are pretty high, also you would have to kill either of those npcs which would be a real pain in the ass.
@@fashionsuckman4652 I don’t think you remember how useless shields were in Dark Souls 3. Optimal melee build was low encumbrance with a huge weapon and not bothering without a shield because blocking cost too much stamina. It was Dodge Souls most of the time.
Hey man, I don't know if you still read the comments, but I just wanted to say how much I love your videos. The creativity, the willpower to jump through ridiculous hoops just for a stupid challenge, the humor, the edit, the soundtrack. Every video is just a very well crafted and fun moment to watch. The more I watch them, the more I like them. And the more I play and know these games, the more I like your videos because the more I understand all the references you scatter throughout them. Thank you I hope you're doing ok and doing well, and I hope you'll be able to deliver more awesome stuff in the future!
@Hugh ah yes, it's not like people can not have enough money to buy the game, or have the time to play the game, or would ever want to save the game to play during a more optimal time! Just buy and play the game, no matter your financial or social situations you may be in by now.
So happy I found this guide! My controller stick just broke and was worried I'd wasted my money buying DS3. Looks like I'll still be able to play it :D
@@heyyou9472 lmao I may be slightly insane and went through the entire game with like 10 vigor/vitality(forgot which one is health) but I'm not that insane.
You're inside a skeleton. The organ that houses your personality, memories, and cognition is encased in a cranium that is the uppermost part of a skellington.
For the 7 years I have been a part of this community, I have never witnessed insanity on such a scale. I have never seen a more bonkers, and yet extremely ballsy attempt at doing something like this. Truly ymfah, you are a Dark Souls PvE God. And like every Elder God, you are unfathomably insane.
Thank you ymfah, as a paraplegic person I am very motivated by this video as I have wanted to complete Dark Souls 3 for a long time but always assumed walking was a hard prerequisite.
What I absolutely love about Ymfah's videos is the quick way he gets jokes out (Mitten Squad is pretty decent at that as well.) There are multiple challenge runners who are either dry as rice cakes or go on obnoxiously long rant style jokes which I utterly despise. I've rewatched BL4 so many times because of just how both great Ymfah is as a player and for how hilariously the Ludwig and Orphan fights were edited.
@@athath2010 My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. But seriously, any movement that the red phantoms did was replicated at 29:24 without walking, so with the trouble and expenses in mind, he deserves lenience for such a minor detail. With all the effort, headaches, and money put into this, anything done to ease that stress is more than allowed. I still consider the run flawless and the man an inspiration to all who seek to overcome the impossible.
My heart dropped when the NG+ thing happened in Irythyll. tbf at this point I should expect ymfah to have backup saves upon backupsaves for a run like this lol
@@9024tobi I'm not sure if you missed it, but the "new game plus" hack was actually one of the less awful things people can do. Basically, there's a hole in the dark souls servers that allows hackers near direct access to your computer. If they invade etc, they can easily exploit this hole to do anything they like. It's very scary, but luckily it is being fixed at least.
@@PEPEGLINFAN It was fixed, Elden Ring doesn't have this problem and it uses the same engine and netcode as Ds3. Is just that Fromsoft for some reason still has servers down
While I realize the specifics of no "WASD/Left Stick" I was totally expecting a "Climbing a ladder isn't walking" explanation lmaoo good on you for finding another way.
First time watching Ymfah? Yeah he goes all out, but there's always one way to tell it's his video..or two..one by his name and he always plays music by Sabaton as the intro/ending.
@@Patches_Gaming Nah not the first time, I've been watching him for a while now, but never really made an actual account to comment until now really LOL. It's amazing, plus the AOT references got me good.
@@lowpolymay: I do like UA-camrs like Ymfah, and I'm glad there's many like him, but some make funny invasion videos while Ymfah challenges himself..I mean this video is proof, without walking has to be the hardest challenge yet.
@@user-km8tg6pe8o It sounds so familiar, I swear I've heard it before. It kinda sounds like something from Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I honestly don't know. Sorry I can't help you. Let me know if you find it cause now it's bothering me too, lol.
I didn’t expect the adventure for the dancer ladder skip and for it to be halted by a hacker. Smart to have a back up save. Aldrich tail do be under there. And I know the first dlc wasn’t completable but you did beat the game without moving your stick which I didn’t think would happen thank you for the great content.
I always like to imagine all the characters who beat these games talking to each other, because they all exist in different universes and whatnot. They'll ask each other shit like "how did you beat the Lord of Cinder/Elden lord/Whatever" and this character gets to say, "yeah, I broke time and space and destroyed the logic of the world by killing everyone without walking". And it's actually cannon. Love these kinds of souls challenge runs. This is probably one of the most impressive challenge runs of these games i've ever seen.
I gotta say, I watch a lot of stuff on UA-cam, but this has to be one of the most fascinating and wild things I have ever seen on here. The idea, the realization, the editing, everything here was absolutely stunning. Great great job man!
32:12 I genuinely don't understand hackers that go out of their way to ruin save files like that. There's doing stuff for the lulz, and then there's straight up cruelty to your fellow man.
Madlad : "I'm going to beat the game without walking. No big deal" Typical DS3 hacker : "I used a cheat engine to send you in NG+ and I'm a genius for doing so"
@@Wolfram___ lmao why would he even think of blurring that hackers name in the first place, he technically wasted almost a lot of times by doing that. if he didn't backed up the save file.
@@marclenraymagdaraog691 People usually don't like to be the leafy of the situation no matter how bad the other person is, it's usually not a good look. DS3 hackers deserve that though, literally killed the multiplayer experience for everybody.
This run was complete insanity. And unlike the "Skyrim no walking" vid, this made me laugh a lot less, but be amazed a great deal more! Thank you for blessing us with your content yet again
I like to imagine the invaders in pontiff wondering why a glowing orb was slowly jolting across the sky and just crying behind their monitor about how they only got Blue Sentinels to avoid hackers
This is what distinguishes you and those like you from others. You put in not only the time and effort required to complete such difficult and unimaginable challenges but you don’t alter the rules either, no matter how improbable the odds are. A true master indeed. Or rather a god among gods.
Getting tempted to give it a crack. Tbh I'd allow the ladders for myself. Knowing that it is possible to skip around I'm totally fine just using them to avoid the hassle of glitching it. Especially the dancer one fuck that noise. Too much effort.
As always, incredible work. The fact you went through the effort of putting up a glitch bounty and buying a new computer just so you could keep doing this madness is amazing lol
@@darv248 the craziest thing is that, I wouldn't even consider going up a ladder as walking, and I'm sure most wouldn't either, but he just doesn't give up
@@accountname7969 Thats because no "walking" or "jumping" or etc, challenges usually refer to the button imput rather than the act being named, so that usually also means using the buttons for other than those acts is often prohibited as well. If you were to go for technicalities, walking because of weapon animations would also be prohibited. This is done this way simply because otherwise there is always discussion on how to define an action within a context, while the button press is that, just a button press, if A is for jumping, then we prohibit its use and thats it
@@miser2570 11:06 He actually alters his hardware to prevent accidental inputs as well. He also showed that broken controller for the Skyrim No Walking vid.
50:04 Imagine being summoned from the giant only to find yourself in an empty room with giant arrows coming in from the door, shot by a naked sick goatman
I just love the effort. The amount of preparation and backtracking necessary to create viable builds to solve problems that should have never existed in the first place. 10/10 outstanding content!
The perfect combination of amazing music with perfect timing, creativity, the failing and trying again, all the effort put in, the humor and references to other games, the fact that you're still going back and making content for older games like these even with Elden Ring. There's so much I missed that goes into your perfect videos but I appreciate it all
@@baconator_x4098 He mentions in the reddit thread that he never actually defeated Dancer in that savefile because he knew of the ladder problem, he only recorded that part for the video after the run
Most People: "Oh no, my left thumbstick broke! Time to get a new controller..." ymfah: "Oh no, my left thumbstick broke! Time for a new challenge run..."
Mad respect for all the commitment for this run, subjecting yourself to all the madness, money spent, hackers and.......ladders....... not only did you beat the main game but you beat the ringed city.
I appreciate the perfect blend of determination and masochism it takes to have already done the entire base game and decide, "y'know what, sure" and beat the DLC for fun
If there is ONE youtuber / streamer that should get your patreon money it's this guy. The amount of effort, skill, time and sheer quality of the content is beyond anything else on this platform.
Your vids are still stellar and among the highest quality on this site, even after all this time. Kinda miss the old "What you need/get/kill" format, but this is a nice change too.
Listen, the herculean amount of time and effort that went into this spectacular video aside, just want to give a shoutout to the excellent soundscape throughout the whole video. Sheer awe at how you knock these out of the park every time. 👍💯🔥
This video took 4 months and $2649.99 dollars to make.
Discussion thread : www.reddit.com/r/ymfah/comments/tyf8ud/thread_how_to_beat_dark_souls_3_without_walking/?
Jesus
funny words skyrim man
Bruh fr?
What do the expenses cover
The dedication you put in is amazing
I always love the moment when the run goes from “This is impossible” to “This is better than my actual builds”.
Watching this video made me sad that iron flesh wasn't in elden ring. Though it would definitely be too good in a world of crazy weapon arts and jumping attacks lol
@@hesmycat it is, it's an item you can craft called the ironjar aromatic
@@gavindillon1486 this greatly pleases me, I'm glad you can still be missing things after 2 1/2 play through a of the game
@@WednesdayShortsDance
quit spamming
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension These robots don’t know when to give up
“Mark my words ashen one… among us” truly an inspiration to lords everywhere
When the Lord of Cinder is SUS!!!!!😳😳😳
@@vleos9325 Lorian, hast thou lain witness to the failings of the Age of Gods? Hast thou ever heard of among us, Lorian? I would require thee to vent, I know it shall be hard for thee to be SUS but I know it is possible of a Lord of Cinder, Lorian.
@@thosebloodybadgers8499 you're killing me
Dark Sus 3
I love how all the other channels that do stuff like this will be like “so obviously we have to climb ladders to complete the game so that’s allowed” then ymfah is out here finding the perfect bypass to adhere to the challenge 100%. You’ll always be the OG
You're kind of right, but people who do glitchless runs have to climb the ladders since the way ymfah did it was with the tear drop glitch
@@uuqu ymfah sets a rule, and follows it to the letter. A glitchless challenge run would be easier than this. The whole point is overcoming a seemingly impossible challenge, including the parts that seem downright unfair.
I don't blame others for bending the rules given how arbitrary the work around often is. But I also think the fun part of ymfah's videos aren't the challenges but the glitches those challenges lead to. They're like an excuse to show off a bunch of broken shit and frame it in an entertaining way.
They have to do that, because they know there will be imbeciles who will instantly start crying about "run failed" because you had to climb down a ladder, or had to do something.....There always have to be those "special" people.
@@8Kazuja8 DARK SOUL HARDEST GAM EVAR! Beaten in the hardest way evar no stick!! Your legit a bot
I love that the early dancer was done for an early +9, but the process of skipping the ladder involved killing the third Lord anyway.
The ladder was its own boss lmao
i mean the warp at the end basically requires doing dancer early. you don't kill her early to get +9, you just have to get her out of the way so that the room is clear. otherwise killing aldritch would teleport you to the dancer fight which puts you at a huge risk to lose the teardrop glitch.
@@chastermief839 he doesn't kill dancer during the ladder skip, but he does kill the old woman so that the fight is already active and it places you outside her arena. you can see dancer alive and below him as he quicksteps across to the balcony. 35:15 you can see the dancer there. I would guess his backed up save was from before he killed dancer.
@@chastermief839fun fact: any last kill of the lords will teleport you there. But aldrich is the most common to beat last
the creativity here is through the roof 🔥
First reply, hi youtube
swag
damn even youtube is here
What the heck
Ymfah is known for his creativity, perseverance, and absolute dedication to self-torture
Words cannot express how fast I clicked on this. The undisputed king returns with another gem.
But, he isn't going fast.
Faster then light and 69th like - cannot be more powerful
Same
Agree
@@jarrarwinks8470 whos he
Ymfah's law: every DS3 run inevitably requires killing the giant archer
there was one run that didn't, I can't remember which tho
@@randomm928 Its pacifist run
Consumable Only I don’t think actually required killing the giant. He realized later that it didn’t do anything.
@@spooplegeist Hawk Ring does affect throwing knives and kukri, it's Lloyd's Sword Ring that doesn't do anything for consumables.
@@spooplegeist nope, the hawk ring definitely increased the damage on throwing knifes
I like how this video is made to be an ACTUAL guide for someone who wants to beat the game without walking, as if someone would be crazy enough to follow this entire process
You know some insane guy (another one), somewhere, did it.
Im actually trying to do this run as of now. (If you have any santiy left, dont try it. Please)
@@nkn0wn74 Hehe
@@nkn0wn74How'd it go?
@@nkn0wn74 You ever pull it off?
The Dancer ladder skip was the single most insane thing ive seen in a game
Up there with gta sa 20 minutes skip
same with any% elden ring
@@stormedmint3325 what about it? can you give a spoiler-free explanation been avoiding Elden ring content like the plague
@@WhyNot-qw6vu the any% speedrun is just the character zipping 5km away from bosses and making the area despawn to make bosses fall for their deaths
@@WhyNot-qw6vu funnily enough, you don't see many of the main bosses (except like 1) since the speedrun just skips them all! Even the final boss!
27:47 I appreciate how even the phantoms are adhering to the "no walking" rules
Edit: in that section
I like how while the hacker reset his progress almost entirely, the only thing ymfah was worried about was ladders
he didn't need to reset too much as he had a save back-up recently to when the hacker got em.
I genuinely thought it was some sort of crazy exploit he had set up to complete the run. Should have known better, ymfah doesn't just beat a challenge run, he completes it to 100%.
ok
hacker will be forgotten, ymfah won't
ok
I love the fact that, when fighting against bosses, he has to stop in front of them to regen stamina, and he just... stays there... M E N A C I N G L Y
Dark souls 1 type shi
I like how it is formed like a guide
It is a guide, why not give it a go you’ll only need to give up $2500 and hours and hours if your life.
He has a video called ""Beginner's Guide" to Dark Souls" and it's hilarious
it all started to WildPie, man i miss him so much
@@roibot4355 same bring back wildpie ;-;
Implying people will actually try doing this shit. I imagine only some streamers or tubers will give it a go for content.
Ymfah after getting hacked into ng+: "oh no"
Ymfah, using blue sentinel and Backup save: "anyway"
From the video length, I’m going to assume this challenge wasn’t a walk in the park.
I see what you did there
@@WednesdayShortsDance stop breathing
The door is over there... you know what to do
@@IssDiddy walkthrough
@@darriantabris1252 stop it!!!! it's torture!!!!!!!!
Let me shout into the void a little: Personally, I find a bit between 25:31 and 35:41 oddly inspirational. From now on whenever I'll face what seem like an impossible hurdle in a soulslike, I'll remember that it probably won't take me 4 months and $2649.99 dollars to overcome. I guess I'm influenced by your stellar editing haha
Thank you for a great video, man.
HOLY SHIT THAT NG+ HACK MOMENT, my heart just sank so fast seeing that happen, this is why you always backup your runs folks
How did that even work? I don't get it.
They always think they're hella tough and cool for hacking as well, its just sad to be honest
Man I felt like was my own game
Or do what I do and play modded so they really can't do shite.
@@Your_Highlord good that i beat it once normal long ago, and then play Cinders.
I always love how these are framed like tutorials, like anyone else would have the patience, skill and insanity enough to try these as well. But good gosh golly darn are they fun to watch.
Golly gee willickers, they sure are! Especially when you're playing the same/a similar game
I did Bloodborne's Gun Only and Two Bosses runs. They weren't that hard tbh.
Wait we're not supposed to follow these guides?????
Good news is you only need 2 of 3. Skill is not a barrier if you have enough patience and insanity.
I did the ds3 bow only run, because i hate myself and don't have self-control
The amount of effort put into this video from actually finishing this insane run to the editing is insane dude! And now I wanna play Dark Souls 3 again.. preferably with the left thumbstick though, haha.
@Rock_Hound personally i like the Convergence mod better
Casuals
Just came from your AoT Cover, dude. You've got some insane music, man! I'm so glad ymfah puts so much effort into his music, he's introduced me to so many great artists (like yourself)!
@@karanjoshi2662 you are probably the biggest casual of them all
same but every time I try to enjoy ds3 it's just boring
I love seeing the "You died" text with the words "I am in emmense agony" underneath which basically describes the dark souls experience in a nutshell
Just when I think that YMFAH has definitely done his last possible weird playthrough...here we go again.
funny thing is in the ds2 without talking video you can actually see he has like 30 different ideas.
dude was like:
Hold my beer...
First thoughts seeing this video pop up: “you crazy son of a bitch you did it”
@@hanabiuh7305 wat?
Nah man, we still got plenty. I'm currently waiting to see how he possibly does DS2 without walking, or maybe beating DS1 or DS3 without talking.
25:30 the slow reveal of the ladder descending into LADDER with the godskin duo theme is just perfect.
The characters small backup out of sheer terror is great too lmao
Reminds me of the clip in their Skyrim no walk when they were in the dwemer ruins which filled with water. The moment they stepped into it, it would just cut to the music of the Ash Lake.
Ladders are the true boss of the game
Making the mother of all challenge runs here, Jack! Can't fret over every ladder
No talking DS2 run was godlike
Try Field of King. Coulda gone pro if he didn't joined the Old Blood.
Nicr argument senator, but why dont you back it up with a source?
@@bradeye1133 my source is that i made it the fuck up
@@AmorellaOfficial "bro are you high?"
Props to ymfah for actually standing there and realizing
ymfah: "I fear no man. But that thing..."
*Ladder falls from ceiling*
ymfah: "...It scares me"
I love how 12:30 - 13:46 would've normally been a "hit a snag in this plan" moment, like "Iron Flesh doesn't let Quick Step happen" [sad music], but instead everything works out perfectly and is pretty hype.
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Thank you for this stellar tutorial. There's no way in hell I'd ever try this but the amount of skill demonstrated in this is unmatched.
Hacker: hehe I'm gonna send ymfah to NG+
Ymfah: _Thought you could outwit an onion?_
"Good thing I backed up my save"
That aint no hacker
Thats a random script kid
Hacker: *Yes.*
54:38
DS3 No Walking
DS2 No Talking
Only DS1 left and we complete the no alking trilogy
DS1 No Falling ?
Without Stalking. Maybe meaning that you can't lock on to anything.
@@icycrusader1947 Meaning you can't follow Solaire around. He does suspect you have feelings for him after all.
No balking, meaning you have to go straight on nonstop from start to finish with zero backtracking to a previous area unless its to get to the next area
@@joedave4489 goddammit, you beat me to the joke.
My left stick has been broken for 5 years, now I can finally beat this game!
I can’t believe I never had the realization that Gael’s skull projectiles decided where all the lightning struck. Also congrats on another seemingly impossible challenge completed
I love how some of the most difficult non-DLC bosses take no time and effort, but a ladder requires $2400 and 20 minutes out of a 50 minute video to defeat.
Reminds me of MGS 3.
Firekeeper dancing at 1:50 killed me already. That one was gold.
Not even dancing lol just flexing her ability to walk forwards and backwards
Is that mod?
@@murtazabasel4532 no it's a secret part of the game
@@hel2727 teach me
I can’t fathom how determined you are. The saying “when there’s a will, there’s a way” is truly brought to the extreme here.
I let these runs play in the background while I play Elden Ring. I can't explain it but I swear the music makes me better at Souls-ing
I do the same when playing Bloodborne and for some reason it helps me focus.
I just vibe to the soundtrack of the video. Ymfah always picks the best music
Rip the path to demon in pain duo fight, music was copyrighted striked
I just play this when i go to sleep, video's chill af
Bro then, perhaps do you know the song that starts at 10:39. It's not on the playlist and I am eager to find it :D
Never have I expected to see a DS3 video again because of Elden Ring or even think something like this could be possible but you've proved me wrong, thank you for this video Ymfah.
well it's been in the making for 4 months, so a good portion before Elden Ring's release xD but I agree.. nice to see a DS game again
people still make vids about all souls games, it's just that 3 is no longer the most recent title :)
it'll always have creators and players
He makes Ds2 videos too, why would he abandon Ds3
@@jojoisepico82 It will have creators because their whiny subs wont ever let them get away from the almost 8 year old game...The ones that actually want to try or play other things, but the instant they put up a video thats not DS3 they start crying about when DS3 is coming back....There were mouthbreathers who were already crying about it on a few creators channels while they were playing Elden Ring....
I feel bad for the actual entertaining content creators that get screwed by their idiot subscribers crying about unsubbing if they don't get back to DS3 PvP trolling or PvP fights, so they're stuck playing old as hell games.
@@lutherheggs451 can you not?
Skyrim without walking is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life, and after recently finishing the main story of DS3, this has to be the best thing that’s happened to me all year
Story?
Then this was made for you
Given that Ymfah tends to show all the strategies he tries, even ones that aren't successful, I can only conclude that he went through this entire run (one where his main problem in combat is that he can't dodge) without it ever occurring to him that using a good shield might be a viable strategy.
He used Iron Flesh as a defensive tool before considering using a shield. This truly says a lot about Dark Souls 3 shields.
well, he did use a shield... for stamina regen
The stat requirements for the shield you would use, ie the moaning shield or Havel shield are pretty high, also you would have to kill either of those npcs which would be a real pain in the ass.
@@skeletalspiders6697 there are smaller less stat intensive shields with 100%
@@fashionsuckman4652 I don’t think you remember how useless shields were in Dark Souls 3. Optimal melee build was low encumbrance with a huge weapon and not bothering without a shield because blocking cost too much stamina. It was Dodge Souls most of the time.
@@Scatmanseth Ive never used a shield in souls games so yea
Hey man, I don't know if you still read the comments, but I just wanted to say how much I love your videos. The creativity, the willpower to jump through ridiculous hoops just for a stupid challenge, the humor, the edit, the soundtrack. Every video is just a very well crafted and fun moment to watch. The more I watch them, the more I like them. And the more I play and know these games, the more I like your videos because the more I understand all the references you scatter throughout them. Thank you I hope you're doing ok and doing well, and I hope you'll be able to deliver more awesome stuff in the future!
As someone who's been trying to avoidElden Ring spoilers a good ol DS3 run is refreshing :)
same boat, its a pleasant surprise but a welcomed one.
@Hugh ah yes, it's not like people can not have enough money to buy the game, or have the time to play the game, or would ever want to save the game to play during a more optimal time! Just buy and play the game, no matter your financial or social situations you may be in by now.
oh lord do not play elden ring! it's chalk full of elden ring spoilers
@@princesidon6606 bruh
@@prohikikomo some people are still in school and don't do nothing besides gaming, i'm saving for when i'm done playing a few more games
So happy I found this guide! My controller stick just broke and was worried I'd wasted my money buying DS3.
Looks like I'll still be able to play it :D
This is a 10/10 comment. congrats.
@@Malak1man I couldn’t agree more
and thus new insanity ridden ash was born that day
@@heyyou9472 lmao I may be slightly insane and went through the entire game with like 10 vigor/vitality(forgot which one is health) but I'm not that insane.
@@tristanhanley-olson9228 dear god
14:33 The ominous "There are 50 skeletons behind you" message cracks me up.
There’s also one inside you…
You're inside a skeleton. The organ that houses your personality, memories, and cognition is encased in a cranium that is the uppermost part of a skellington.
@@lobstrosity7163 wtf
@@wsg546 all he said IS facts. Not a single lie there, maybe a little redundant.
5 minutes in, this run is pure pain. Thank you for taking so much time to bring this extremely hard challenge to life.
36:46 I can't tell you how much my heart dropped until the screen showed he only took a vacation :)
Awesome music selection, as always
The Godskin Music during 25:34 the ladder absolutely killed me, thank you for this insane run
I straight paused the video and laughed for like 10 minutes about this one joke, holy shit
That theme is burned into my brain after the duo
LADDER
@@zegreatpumpkinani9161 it's the best part of that fight, hopefully nothing else stuck like that
41:26 ‘This spot marks our grave
But you don’t have the right, you don’t have the right’
I love the subtitles so much.
"Mark my words, Ashen one : among us"
Bruh the beat drop made me sh*t myself
For the 7 years I have been a part of this community, I have never witnessed insanity on such a scale.
I have never seen a more bonkers, and yet extremely ballsy attempt at doing something like this.
Truly ymfah, you are a Dark Souls PvE God.
And like every Elder God, you are unfathomably insane.
He's a we-bit schizophrenic
…and probably worth a BOATLOAD of souls when killed!
@@Msatthew A single boatload? Try 2.
@@iraqifoodcart8447 Has to be at least 2 with his second phase as orchestrated by Powerwolf
@@Msatthew How do you kill that which has no life?
Thank you ymfah, as a paraplegic person I am very motivated by this video as I have wanted to complete Dark Souls 3 for a long time but always assumed walking was a hard prerequisite.
Dark Souls 3 is all about accessibility 💜
@@0rbeez everyone gets fucked over equally👍
Makes me realise he should call these videos " beating X as Johnny Joestar"
Lothric isn't very wheelchair accessible, they need to work on that.
@@wadespencer3623 "Rating DS3 areas based on wheelchair accesibility"
I would watch that
What I absolutely love about Ymfah's videos is the quick way he gets jokes out (Mitten Squad is pretty decent at that as well.) There are multiple challenge runners who are either dry as rice cakes or go on obnoxiously long rant style jokes which I utterly despise.
I've rewatched BL4 so many times because of just how both great Ymfah is as a player and for how hilariously the Ludwig and Orphan fights were edited.
27:50 Not even the red phantoms walk. An inspiration to accomplish the impossible.
They do later at 28:52.
@@athath2010 My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. But seriously, any movement that the red phantoms did was replicated at 29:24 without walking, so with the trouble and expenses in mind, he deserves lenience for such a minor detail. With all the effort, headaches, and money put into this, anything done to ease that stress is more than allowed. I still consider the run flawless and the man an inspiration to all who seek to overcome the impossible.
Gael: Why won’t you die!
Ymfah: “Quickstepping son, it’s allows me to abuse I-frames without walking, you can’t hurt me.
“We’re making the mother of all dodges, can’t fret over every I-frame”
My heart dropped when the NG+ thing happened in Irythyll. tbf at this point I should expect ymfah to have backup saves upon backupsaves for a run like this lol
How can someone hack you into new game+? Can u explain that to me? Please :)
@@9024tobi I'm not sure if you missed it, but the "new game plus" hack was actually one of the less awful things people can do.
Basically, there's a hole in the dark souls servers that allows hackers near direct access to your computer.
If they invade etc, they can easily exploit this hole to do anything they like. It's very scary, but luckily it is being fixed at least.
@@stickinittotheman1 not fixed and servers still offline
@@PEPEGLINFAN It was fixed, Elden Ring doesn't have this problem and it uses the same engine and netcode as Ds3. Is just that Fromsoft for some reason still has servers down
@@youtubewanderer3347 I don’t think they “fixed” it so much that they purchased and then applied an anti cheat program for Elden Ring.
I see UA-cam complimented the video before removing songs due to copyright, great job.
While I realize the specifics of no "WASD/Left Stick" I was totally expecting a "Climbing a ladder isn't walking" explanation lmaoo good on you for finding another way.
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I love how ymfah always puts how to do his challenge runs, like someone wants to feel so much pain
I tried to follow him for his bloodborne guns only challenge... it didn't last much past Gascoigne
Like anyone but him would be mad enough.
the virgin "can you" vs the chad "how to"
@@Sletchman What's the point in a challenge if you aren't figuring out how to do it yourself?
He is a masochist so yeah.
Not just the amount of effort put into the run, but the editing as well holy crap!
Plus being able to play as Luigi is absolutely worth it.
First time watching Ymfah? Yeah he goes all out, but there's always one way to tell it's his video..or two..one by his name and he always plays music by Sabaton as the intro/ending.
@@Patches_Gaming Nah not the first time, I've been watching him for a while now, but never really made an actual account to comment until now really LOL. It's amazing, plus the AOT references got me good.
@@lowpolymay: I do like UA-camrs like Ymfah, and I'm glad there's many like him, but some make funny invasion videos while Ymfah challenges himself..I mean this video is proof, without walking has to be the hardest challenge yet.
The Snake Eater bit at 11:04 was perfectly done and had me tearing up with laughter. Thank you for making this brilliant video!
Bro do you know the song just before it. That starts at 10:39. I couldn't have found it yet. It's not on playlist.
@@user-km8tg6pe8o It sounds so familiar, I swear I've heard it before. It kinda sounds like something from Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I honestly don't know. Sorry I can't help you. Let me know if you find it cause now it's bothering me too, lol.
@@choconatic Me too, it's too familiar. I will search smash bros. I'll let you know.
@@choconaticBro i found it. " The Legendary Air Ride Machine", st*pid shazam couldn't find it but a google extension did. ;D
I didn’t expect the adventure for the dancer ladder skip and for it to be halted by a hacker. Smart to have a back up save. Aldrich tail do be under there. And I know the first dlc wasn’t completable but you did beat the game without moving your stick which I didn’t think would happen thank you for the great content.
This one stayed mad that the Falklands remained British.
Is the security exploit still a thing in dark souls 3 or is it patched/fixed and the servers are back up?
@@iudex-09 official servers are still down
@@icey_john damn, looks like it'll be like this until Elden ring has had that new updates before they start fixing it
Aside from making you go NG+, was it truly that dangerus for the pc?
37:10 oh I'm so glad he really needed that vacation, how nice of him to leave his ring and souls to you as well
I always like to imagine all the characters who beat these games talking to each other, because they all exist in different universes and whatnot. They'll ask each other shit like "how did you beat the Lord of Cinder/Elden lord/Whatever" and this character gets to say, "yeah, I broke time and space and destroyed the logic of the world by killing everyone without walking". And it's actually cannon. Love these kinds of souls challenge runs. This is probably one of the most impressive challenge runs of these games i've ever seen.
Ashen One: So you managed to give Freide a taste of her own medicine?
Ymfah: No, I had to spare her because I couldn’t get past her army of ladders.
Tarnished: I beat my Final Boss using a rock.
(Gets weird looks from the other Souls protagonists.)
Tarnished: It was a big one.
Love it 😂
The dragonborn: hey I've heard this before
Now the Tarnished gets to say they spanked their horse all over the countryside to join the club.
I gotta say, I watch a lot of stuff on UA-cam, but this has to be one of the most fascinating and wild things I have ever seen on here. The idea, the realization, the editing, everything here was absolutely stunning. Great great job man!
The hades death sound that shifted into the among us sound at 6:43 was just beautiful. It’s the small things
it's a siivagunner rip lol
Hear my words... Among Us.
32:12 I genuinely don't understand hackers that go out of their way to ruin save files like that. There's doing stuff for the lulz, and then there's straight up cruelty to your fellow man.
fr lame asl
lack of empathy and neglect from childhood
source: me, an empath and hobby psychology
And even worse, if you see in the end, hes got that little "ban" . Idk if thats becouse the hacker of it happens in the online invasion.
@@Legendarypine source:im autistic trust me bro
@@Kingsiegek Unlikely, since he reverted to a backup, more likely the whole glitchfly sequence hit something somewhere that eventually got detected
Madlad : "I'm going to beat the game without walking. No big deal"
Typical DS3 hacker : "I used a cheat engine to send you in NG+ and I'm a genius for doing so"
Said Madlad: "I did back up the file"
I appreciate that he didn't blur out the hacker's name, hopefully they get brigaded
@@Wolfram___ lmao why would he even think of blurring that hackers name in the first place, he technically wasted almost a lot of times by doing that. if he didn't backed up the save file.
@@marclenraymagdaraog691 People usually don't like to be the leafy of the situation no matter how bad the other person is, it's usually not a good look. DS3 hackers deserve that though, literally killed the multiplayer experience for everybody.
@@Wolfram___ I hate that Leafy is a verb, and I hate that I understand it even more.
Ymfah is the raw essence of "Where there's a will, there's a way"
The moment where he defeated Dancer only to get the real final boss of the game had me laughing.
L A D D E R S
Also, that John Dark Souls lmao.
Not even a hacker could stop Ymfah from achieving this run.
He truly is above of all of us mortals
I love how you give detailed explanations as if anyone is going to try this madness of a run. :D
It's for science. :D
All his videos are instructional lol
i mean there's no better way to kinda understand what he does to get over everything
I thought the exact same thing
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51:26 thanks for finally getting that up on the music used list :D
41:21 that sync-up with the music was so good. Truly INSANE video!
somebody knows the name of that drill remix?
So is 52:25
@@struggleonwards2536 DARK SOULS DRILL ♠[Lorian and Lothric Fight]♠ EPIC DRILL 2K21
The sheer dominance of the title being “How to beat it” rather than it being “Can you beat it” is staggering
You can beat the souls titles in every sane and insane way imaginable. He just answers the real question of "how do you beat it."
@@bigslappy823 How about no attacking?
@@JorisKeijser You mean Pacifist runs? He's done those too.
@@JorisKeijser was done for every DS game.
This run was complete insanity. And unlike the "Skyrim no walking" vid, this made me laugh a lot less, but be amazed a great deal more! Thank you for blessing us with your content yet again
I like to imagine the invaders in pontiff wondering why a glowing orb was slowly jolting across the sky and just crying behind their monitor about how they only got Blue Sentinels to avoid hackers
This is what distinguishes you and those like you from others. You put in not only the time and effort required to complete such difficult and unimaginable challenges but you don’t alter the rules either, no matter how improbable the odds are. A true master indeed. Or rather a god among gods.
He also has a fat hanging banjo string.
A god amogus
Getting tempted to give it a crack. Tbh I'd allow the ladders for myself. Knowing that it is possible to skip around I'm totally fine just using them to avoid the hassle of glitching it. Especially the dancer one fuck that noise. Too much effort.
@@kingofsauce1319 I’d say thats fair, I would definitely do the same if I ever decide to.
As always, incredible work. The fact you went through the effort of putting up a glitch bounty and buying a new computer just so you could keep doing this madness is amazing lol
2 new computers! the door glitch requires 2 red phantoms!
@@Malak1man I'm pretty sure that the other 2 red phantoms were friends. While the one for the teardrop was his second computer.
@@darv248 the craziest thing is that, I wouldn't even consider going up a ladder as walking, and I'm sure most wouldn't either, but he just doesn't give up
@@accountname7969 Thats because no "walking" or "jumping" or etc, challenges usually refer to the button imput rather than the act being named, so that usually also means using the buttons for other than those acts is often prohibited as well. If you were to go for technicalities, walking because of weapon animations would also be prohibited. This is done this way simply because otherwise there is always discussion on how to define an action within a context, while the button press is that, just a button press, if A is for jumping, then we prohibit its use and thats it
@@miser2570 11:06 He actually alters his hardware to prevent accidental inputs as well. He also showed that broken controller for the Skyrim No Walking vid.
25:21 The ladders ominous decent, the height of the Foreskin Duos theme right when it lands. That was perfect holy shit.
The title shot at 0:48 made me feel hyped before I even remembered where it was from, like I'm one of Pavlov's dogs.
That’s what always bothered me about DS3… You go on this huge quest, kill gods that once linked the fire, and travel across the map…
To drop a ladder.
You'd think that if you had the strength to fight a bunch of lords that you could climb up a few meters but... nope!
50:04 Imagine being summoned from the giant only to find yourself in an empty room with giant arrows coming in from the door, shot by a naked sick goatman
Bruh, the 26:00-26:35 sequence was genuinely cinematic and dread-inducing.
Where was the quote from?
@@vikingzeroone9647 attack on titan season 4
I just love the effort. The amount of preparation and backtracking necessary to create viable builds to solve problems that should have never existed in the first place.
10/10 outstanding content!
The perfect combination of amazing music with perfect timing, creativity, the failing and trying again, all the effort put in, the humor and references to other games, the fact that you're still going back and making content for older games like these even with Elden Ring. There's so much I missed that goes into your perfect videos but I appreciate it all
The fact that he continued even after his whole save got annihilated is incredible
Not really. He did back it up. He didn't need to restart.
@@DarksydePhilip I did seem like he lost some progress though as Dancer was still alive 35:15
@@baconator_x4098 I think that's just a glitch that happens when you beat Aldrich that way, signified by the Kira time reset edit that he did.
@@baconator_x4098 He mentions in the reddit thread that he never actually defeated Dancer in that savefile because he knew of the ladder problem, he only recorded that part for the video after the run
@@krisalis_ Huh, neat thanks for the info
Most People: "Oh no, my left thumbstick broke! Time to get a new controller..."
ymfah: "Oh no, my left thumbstick broke! Time for a new challenge run..."
"Oh no...anyway"
When you can kill gods with daggers and no walking but you need to break space and time to go over a ladder.
My man's highly undervalued. More people should be watching these runs
Mad respect for all the commitment for this run, subjecting yourself to all the madness, money spent, hackers and.......ladders....... not only did you beat the main game but you beat the ringed city.
Exactly! he didn't just beat the main game, after that, the thought "What about Gael " and HE DID THAT AS WELL. WHAT A FUCKING LEGEND!!!!!!
I like that you give us instructions like any of us are going to attempt this lol
If you dont how can you call yourself a man
I do this every day 2 ez tbh
I'm pretty sure that the phrase "Improvise , Adapt , Overcome" appears in ymfah's head every time he makes a video
Or a certain Daft Punk song.
I love this channel, and this challenge is so insane. I'm 3 mins in and I have 100% confidence in him. Keep going!
It's impressive how much more pain he can put on himself with each new video!
I appreciate the perfect blend of determination and masochism it takes to have already done the entire base game and decide, "y'know what, sure" and beat the DLC for fun
"grant me death" "same"
this was only the start...of a long and cursed journey.
If there is ONE youtuber / streamer that should get your patreon money it's this guy. The amount of effort, skill, time and sheer quality of the content is beyond anything else on this platform.
this is the best run of any game ever
Your vids are still stellar and among the highest quality on this site, even after all this time. Kinda miss the old "What you need/get/kill" format, but this is a nice change too.
Listen, the herculean amount of time and effort that went into this spectacular video aside, just want to give a shoutout to the excellent soundscape throughout the whole video. Sheer awe at how you knock these out of the park every time. 👍💯🔥
He's So good.
When you‘re such a masochist that simply playing ds3 isn‘t enough. No, you have to beat it without walking.
Very good. Help me.
I've seen a lot of truly amazing challenge runs, but this one might take the cake. Good show.