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Fun fact: you could've kept Solaire alive in this run. The dragon weapon arts can pass through thin walls and doors, so you could easily kill the sunlight maggot on the other side of the Izalith shortcut.
I thought if you pass the bonfire right after Centipede he automatically teleports to the sunlight maggot and finds his sun.i could be wrong, its been a couple years since I've played.
@@duffle881 ONLY if you progress his quest. Never say yes to him, and he stays at the Parish bridge so you can proceed normally and open the door from lost izalith side (doesn't depend on covenant, it opens regardless of what you've done). Kill the maggot, then activate him and you can do his quest safely with no time pressure.
@@ruan614 It's bloody hilarious every time it happens. In my first run I had decided I wanted to cosplay as a hollow warrior for as long as I could and he was a challenge, but on my second run, this time cosplaying as a hollow soldier, he just dodged right onto the top of the ledge and killed himself before I had the chance to die xD
@@ruan614 had it happen my very first playthrough of the game, he jumped to the side and it was just far enough for him to slip off the wall, very funny
Not just probably. Like most split damage weapons, its damage types have separate scaling. The physical damage scales with Dex (and minorly Str) while the lightning damage scales with Fth.
Its still garbage poopoo, i wanted to be a sunbro, so I put 30 points into faith, and it was only dealing 70 damage points, fully upgraded as well. I was better off using my halberd. And I did. I love you halberd.
A really fun challenge that I have never seen done is something like a Dark Souls 1 Strength Penalty challenge. Essentially, you can only do damage by using melee weapons you lack the strength to swing, this causes stamina expensive, slow swings that do greatly reduced physical damage, but elemental damage is normal so that can be a big help. I think it would be very cool :D
13:34 It's because the weapon's lightning damage scales only with faith while the physical scales in dex. It's why I thought it was shit when I first played Ds1 only to later do a faith build run and discover that having 50 dex 50 faith makes it absolutely ridiculous damage wise for a spear. Put on the Leo ring for some cheddarful counterattack damage on the poke part of the r2 as well. Too late to tell you that now, but just in case you ever decide to do a run with only the Dragonslayer Spear, know that it was only shit because you embarrassed yourself in front of your audience once again lol.
Yep, using it without faith is like using QFS without humanity. But with faith it's pretty great when paired with a balder shield, as you can just shield poke every attack and enjoy that massive counter damage.
There’s something absolutely divine about waking up on a Saturday morning, firing up some Hot Pockets, a cup of coffee, and sitting down to watch another Backlogs Dark Souls video
Saturday morning is my day when my daughters (both 19) spend the whole day with their company and as a retired 39 year old (won a high 8 figure lotto about 5 years ago) single dad it's my day to unwind. So I pop a few pain pills and watch Lemon. I don't take them any other time, nothing stronger than an Aleve. But Saturday morning I make a cup of joe take a shit eat 30mg of oxycodone smoke a cig and watch UA-cam high as giraffe pussy for the next 6 hours then go on with my life. It's great
@@slaybot2291 yeah Im mindful. I don't do it every Saturday and it definitely doesn't consume my week. I'm not pining for the shit on Tuesday or anything. And if I have something I'll need to do on Saturday morning I do that instead of drugs. I am essentially using it as cold beers. I'm well aware they are no where close as far as dependency risks, however I get by. Too much to love far, 2 beautiful girls who started a business making custom lumber at age 16, bought their own 2020 F250 and 2019 used cars in 2020. I have 6000+ acres I'm working on developing. Making an 8 acre reservoir from my natural spring and power 2 waterwheel generators with all the extra flow. 100+ 200 watt solar panels I'm off grid capable. 6500sqft woodshop 6800 sqft metal fab shop. Lots of machines. I have fulfilment I have purpose I have joy. Sometimes I would like to have high lol. Thank you though for the way you phrased your reply as opposed to being all gentle you could have been a super prick
I like how distraught you sounded when the Taurus Demon jumped to his death after you. There's a lesson there, folks: Suicide is never the answer, and it'll only hurt those around you.
@@YOURteacher_100 If you saturate two glasses of water with salt (add salt to them until it no longer dissolves) and down them both in one go, that'd be enough to do you in. Relatively painful way to go, but it doesn't leave a mess that someone else would have to clean up
Let's say you're inventory is completely full (which happens when you are carrying 10000 weight) and you enter the gazebo after Artorias, Purple Cowards Crystal drops on the ground, reload the game it's in the chest, now let's say Grant, a special weapon, required for literally nothing important, the difference between special items and key items my friend. (I wish it saved the Grant though ._.)
They did! usually, if you reload, pool of bloods out of reach reload on the original spawning point, or they are marked on stable ground and respawn there. Sadly, the place where Leeroy dies is counted as such i belive, and even if there is a death plane there, it will not spawn anywhere else
So, I'm not sure how many DS1 runs you plan on doing but there is a "small" exploit you can do where if you pick firebombs as your starting gift, use them on the asylum demon, quit right as the hp bar disappears or right as you kill him (been a while sense I played and only did this once or twice cuz it was nifty) and when you go to talk to Oscar (the guy who let's you out of your cell) he will give you the key to the door while asylum demon is still alive. When you revisit the asylum from the crow the tutorial boss will still be there too so you can go back later when you actually have the correct weapon. But, I thought the rules were no major exploits and not none at all. Either way, just in case you didn't know and wanted to try it.
Or if you're a cleric, deprived, or pyromancer, you can use plunge skip, which doesn't deal any damage to the boss, much less kill it, and allows you to drop down from the asylum roof. Ymfah did a video with it, pretty sure it's the one where he makes a guide to beating the first boss of dark souls (and clearly, asylum demon isn't the first boss, so he's not allowed to beat it).
I'm actually really glad your account is getting more attention. I've been around since close to the beginning and you're one of the most underrated UA-camrs on the app. Stay amazing. Please.
6:02 I can't be very sure because I haven't played the first dark souls yet, but the higher-than-expected damage could also be because the gargoyle seemed to be in the air the moment the blast hit it, giving a bonus to the damage. Otherwise, I think the damage should have only been around 700 instead of 887.
The reason the spear's lightning attack does so little damage is because the lightning damage scales with faith, while the physical damage scales with dex
15:50 I would like to point out that the Fair Lady is not Queelana. Queelana is one of the siblings and the only one that wasn‘t transformed by her mother into some abomination.
Well, "lore" is a bit of a strong word here, but it's a reasonable inference given that its bonfire is kindled at base, which is a property shared (aside from this one) only and by all firekeeper bonfires, meaning that if the fire being strong around that fire breathing creature has nothing to do with its draconic nature, then it's plausible that it's a firekeeper, and therefore female. I wouldn't say it's super strong, but it's definitely stronger than "duh hu it has a name that's a girl's name in an out of universe language therefore it must be a girl even if all gendered translation make it male and if a character intimately tied to it has a male name despite being female"
5:04 Something similar happened to me the... I think second or third time I played this game? Pretty sure it was the second, but I could be wrong. Taurus cornered me that bit of the bridge and when he walked up to me and raised his axe for his overhead swing attack, that pushed me off the bridge to my death. But the act of swinging the axe down pushed him forward just enough to slip off right after me and die. Best part is his souls were included in my bloodstain when I got back.
For anyone who wants to get Kahlameet's tail solo: Equip a good shield and block his flying charge attack. You will land behind him and he will do his tail slam attack. After the last slam, you can get 1 or 2 hits in. It's a very consistend way and also works on low levels or with low damage output.
7:14 Well.. I've been playing PtDE a lot lately, with 3 characters, and with NO Lord vessel, I rush at the start to get Grant. Paladin Leroy ALWAYS invaded me, and I also ALWAYS summoned him before penweel. I think that's the issue, you didn't summon him, that or maybe a weird difference between the Remastered version of the game and PtDE.
5:12 This happened to me once. When I was first playing Prepare to die edition, we had come across the Taurus demon. We were fairly fighting him, and he accidentally jumped off the cliff. I was confused out of my mind why he does that.
I completely understand why they replaced weapon skills degrading your weapon with just using FP, but sometimes I miss the old spell cast system that required you to equip multiple copies of the same spell if you wanted more casts. It was quite unique.
I think DS 2 did it best Had DS 1s multiple copies system But also Attunement increased each cast as well AND the herbs allowed for replenishing more Because honestly I hate having to share my estus...
You know you can upgrade the dragon greatsword right away, right? There are several dragon scales on your way to it AND you can farm it from the drakes in valley of drakes.
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it seems like an interesting mechanic to have a handful of weapons that lose durability quick, so you have to switch between them in combat. it could encourage trying different play styles with different weapons. reminds of of breath of the wild
In regards to this run in future. For DS2 I HIGHLY reccomend doing "Can you beat DS2 with only powerstanced weapons" it's such a cool mechanic and nobody ever uses it. So i feel it'd be cool to get some exposure to Best Souls 2
So we've got dragon weapons, grant, ornsteins spear, crystal shield,golem aze and i thinks thats all ds2 has way more options for this challenge if anyone want to do it
Six dragon weapons, grant, ornstein's spear, golem axe, crystal shield, and if I recall dragon bone fists, and perhaps stone greataxe, not counting weapons and shields that have special effects like havel's shield. I'd agree that DS2 has more but let's not act as if DS1 has only a few. Plus unlike DS2 in DS1 you don't need to beat several bosses in order to get one as far as I know. At least I can't recall a DS2 weapon with a durability consuming attack that isn't either late game or obtained by getting a boss soul.
Hey Lemon, leaving a comment for the algorithm crud, and I just want to say, your videos have basically become comfort food for me. I just keep watching them, especially when my broken brain won't really allow anything, I still am usually able to watch and enjoy your vids. I honestly think the work you've done has made my life even a little better, and I just want to say thank you.
Oh man I remember watching the start of this live! So funny when Taurus jumped off the edge because earlier on the stream you said something like "I never accidentally cheese bosses."
I know this is a bit of an old video, and great work on the run!! I just wanted to say that it's so refreshing to hear somebody actually treat Gwyndolin with respect instead of with bigotry and transphobia. They're such a cool character, and it's so nice to hear them regarded with the basic human decency everyone deserves. So thank you for that!!
I know this run is old But I was inspired to mess around with some weapon arts in elden ring I'm pretty sure the weapon art on the blasphemer sword alone can get you through most of the game Very good damage, range, and life steal? I gave it to my mimic and we kind of bullied melenia with just that
looking back at the timing of this video knowing how most players would play and beat Elden Ring is actually hilarious! is your build Corpse Piler, Transient Moonlight or Lions-claw?
The first convicted like I ever gave for a dark souls challenge channel. A man who don't act like a newbie cheesing ceaseless discharge deserve recognition, even if is 1 time out of 30.
Going from the bottom of the catacombs to the top without warping is definitely one of the more painful experiences of dark souls. Particularly if you use either shortcut and dont rotate all the bridges. I had to figure out how to do it again recently on a broken sword run
It's one of my favorite mechanics in the game. People who are afraid to use rare items that can usually only be acquired once a run don't even need to worry either, since you can duplicate the ones you like. Finding cool combos leads to unique runs every time.
I like to revisit this video from time to time because it was the first time i learned about this channel, its a good video for a great channel, and made me wanna watch more videos from here
Been here a while (I think around 4k subs?) and honestly? Great content. I actually bought and am now playing Salt and Sanctuary because of you Lemon. I also just bought merch. Ok, now that my little talk is over, back to lurking and playing Stardew.
I've been binging videos like this, dark souls challenge runs. Its only just now hitting me just how EASY you all make it seem. Watching your videos makes me feel like I could do this too. Keep it up. PRIME content.
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Oh btw that dragon at the dragon covenant is a female. And it's major reason for hiding is well you guessed it seath.
Hey you should do the diablo 2 video
Lemon-sama! :3
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Fun fact: you could've kept Solaire alive in this run. The dragon weapon arts can pass through thin walls and doors, so you could easily kill the sunlight maggot on the other side of the Izalith shortcut.
I never knew that, I always wasted my time farming hummanities or with poison
I thought if you pass the bonfire right after Centipede he automatically teleports to the sunlight maggot and finds his sun.i could be wrong, its been a couple years since I've played.
@@duffle881 I'm pretty sure he does but killing the maggot through the door would happen before that
@@duffle881 ONLY if you progress his quest. Never say yes to him, and he stays at the Parish bridge so you can proceed normally and open the door from lost izalith side (doesn't depend on covenant, it opens regardless of what you've done). Kill the maggot, then activate him and you can do his quest safely with no time pressure.
PRAISE THE SUN!!!
"I'm not giving you the satisfaction of killing me!"
Taurus Demon:"Well, neither am I"
@@ruan614 It's bloody hilarious every time it happens. In my first run I had decided I wanted to cosplay as a hollow warrior for as long as I could and he was a challenge, but on my second run, this time cosplaying as a hollow soldier, he just dodged right onto the top of the ledge and killed himself before I had the chance to die xD
"WE SHALL BOTH NOT PASS!!"
@@ruan614 had it happen my very first playthrough of the game, he jumped to the side and it was just far enough for him to slip off the wall, very funny
@@Greckard same, almost as if he is giving me a free pass
YOU DIDN'T WIN
The weapon art of the spear probably scales with faith, so it could be a lot better
Yeah, i think it's basically like the standard lightning spear miracle.
As an frequent user of Dragon Slayer, yeah, it scales off faith more than the spears regular lighting damage.
Not just probably. Like most split damage weapons, its damage types have separate scaling. The physical damage scales with Dex (and minorly Str) while the lightning damage scales with Fth.
At 50 faith it does extreme damage
Its still garbage poopoo, i wanted to be a sunbro, so I put 30 points into faith, and it was only dealing 70 damage points, fully upgraded as well. I was better off using my halberd. And I did. I love you halberd.
Technically you already did this with the crystal ring shield only run.
Also epic merch
Technically he had to cheat that run by having the CRS from the start, as I recall
They used the shield's normal bashing attack pretty extensively during that run, so it wouldn't qualify as "Weapon Arts Only"
@@fawnmacaron472 they?
@@DoctorInsanovic the author of the vid, the backlogs man himself
@@DoctorInsanovic yeah the guy speaking into a microphone talking about dark souls
A really fun challenge that I have never seen done is something like a Dark Souls 1 Strength Penalty challenge.
Essentially, you can only do damage by using melee weapons you lack the strength to swing, this causes stamina expensive, slow swings that do greatly reduced physical damage, but elemental damage is normal so that can be a big help.
I think it would be very cool :D
Lobosjr did something like that iirc
@@Ironmaniacs7 he did every pościele run
"Trying is the first step to failure. The lesson is never try."
-GM Ben Finegold
Ben is the god level troll of chess
But what is the name of that river!?!?
@@miyukiteishi9051
The answer is fries.
Do, or do not, there is no try.
-Master Yoda
Hu is the chess world champion?
13:34 It's because the weapon's lightning damage scales only with faith while the physical scales in dex. It's why I thought it was shit when I first played Ds1 only to later do a faith build run and discover that having 50 dex 50 faith makes it absolutely ridiculous damage wise for a spear. Put on the Leo ring for some cheddarful counterattack damage on the poke part of the r2 as well. Too late to tell you that now, but just in case you ever decide to do a run with only the Dragonslayer Spear, know that it was only shit because you embarrassed yourself in front of your audience once again lol.
Yep, using it without faith is like using QFS without humanity.
But with faith it's pretty great when paired with a balder shield, as you can just shield poke every attack and enjoy that massive counter damage.
@@theapexsurvivor9538 but qfs is still decent
@@Apple80089 I mean, yeah, it's decent, but without humanity it's not nearly as good as it could be.
At that point with 50 dex and 50 Faith I’d rather just use a regular spear with Darkmoon blade
Cheddarful... I like it.
There’s something absolutely divine about waking up on a Saturday morning, firing up some Hot Pockets, a cup of coffee, and sitting down to watch another Backlogs Dark Souls video
Saturday morning is my day when my daughters (both 19) spend the whole day with their company and as a retired 39 year old (won a high 8 figure lotto about 5 years ago) single dad it's my day to unwind. So I pop a few pain pills and watch Lemon. I don't take them any other time, nothing stronger than an Aleve. But Saturday morning I make a cup of joe take a shit eat 30mg of oxycodone smoke a cig and watch UA-cam high as giraffe pussy for the next 6 hours then go on with my life. It's great
@@jeffreyhill1011 dont play too much with fire man
@@slaybot2291 yeah Im mindful. I don't do it every Saturday and it definitely doesn't consume my week. I'm not pining for the shit on Tuesday or anything. And if I have something I'll need to do on Saturday morning I do that instead of drugs. I am essentially using it as cold beers. I'm well aware they are no where close as far as dependency risks, however I get by. Too much to love far, 2 beautiful girls who started a business making custom lumber at age 16, bought their own 2020 F250 and 2019 used cars in 2020. I have 6000+ acres I'm working on developing. Making an 8 acre reservoir from my natural spring and power 2 waterwheel generators with all the extra flow. 100+ 200 watt solar panels I'm off grid capable. 6500sqft woodshop 6800 sqft metal fab shop. Lots of machines. I have fulfilment I have purpose I have joy. Sometimes I would like to have high lol.
Thank you though for the way you phrased your reply as opposed to being all gentle you could have been a super prick
Hot pockets for breakfast…😳
@@jeffreyhill1011 That sounds like one hell of a good life
I like how distraught you sounded when the Taurus Demon jumped to his death after you.
There's a lesson there, folks: Suicide is never the answer, and it'll only hurt those around you.
@@YOURteacher_100 Don't feel guilty. Talk to someone about it. You're not alone.
@@YOURteacher_100 You'll miss out on all those things you want to do, all those people you'll never see again.
@@YOURteacher_100 You don't know it won't get better. If you end it, it never will.
@@YOURteacher_100 If you saturate two glasses of water with salt (add salt to them until it no longer dissolves) and down them both in one go, that'd be enough to do you in. Relatively painful way to go, but it doesn't leave a mess that someone else would have to clean up
@@nmmeswey3584 What the hell, man?
I believe you can find Leeroy's weapon in the chest in Firelink Shrine. The chest's purpose is indeed not to let you loose item dropped like that.
That's for KEY items, in case you drop or have a glitch-out on something required for progression.
Nope. Leeroy's pool of blood is glitched and often gets stuck down there
It's not glitched. They just didn't think about things like that happening. Lol
Let's say you're inventory is completely full (which happens when you are carrying 10000 weight) and you enter the gazebo after Artorias, Purple Cowards Crystal drops on the ground, reload the game it's in the chest, now let's say Grant, a special weapon, required for literally nothing important, the difference between special items and key items my friend. (I wish it saved the Grant though ._.)
They did! usually, if you reload, pool of bloods out of reach reload on the original spawning point, or they are marked on stable ground and respawn there. Sadly, the place where Leeroy dies is counted as such i belive, and even if there is a death plane there, it will not spawn anywhere else
I don't think enough credit goes to Lemon's music choices. They're always killer.
space channel five music 😩
That first song sounded exactly like the underwater song in banjo twoie
No I am pretty damn sure it is the exact same song now.
Diddy Kong Racing OST is too damn good.
Ah, the low-level Ash Lake run. A true rite of passage amongst Dark Souls players.
Cutting of tails to get powerful weapons? I can smell Monster Hunter xD
So, I'm not sure how many DS1 runs you plan on doing but there is a "small" exploit you can do where if you pick firebombs as your starting gift, use them on the asylum demon, quit right as the hp bar disappears or right as you kill him (been a while sense I played and only did this once or twice cuz it was nifty) and when you go to talk to Oscar (the guy who let's you out of your cell) he will give you the key to the door while asylum demon is still alive.
When you revisit the asylum from the crow the tutorial boss will still be there too so you can go back later when you actually have the correct weapon. But, I thought the rules were no major exploits and not none at all. Either way, just in case you didn't know and wanted to try it.
I think this is a small enough exploit that it shouldn’t matter. And it will make future runs easier.
But he needed the master key.
@@phatdookie4207 Except if you choose thief as a class. It will give you less strength, but it gives you the master key no matter what.
Or if you're a cleric, deprived, or pyromancer, you can use plunge skip, which doesn't deal any damage to the boss, much less kill it, and allows you to drop down from the asylum roof. Ymfah did a video with it, pretty sure it's the one where he makes a guide to beating the first boss of dark souls (and clearly, asylum demon isn't the first boss, so he's not allowed to beat it).
This is common enough exploit I'd be surprised if he doesn't know it
>shows up naked clutching a giant sword with both hands
>Dies to pinwheel
>Guy doesn't show up
>Refuses to elaborate
>Leaves
>you can’t greentext on UA-cam
>go get some sunlight, virgin
This video is a work of art.
Multiple in fact.
I'm actually really glad your account is getting more attention. I've been around since close to the beginning and you're one of the most underrated UA-camrs on the app. Stay amazing. Please.
0:30 "weapon arts hopefully reaching its magnum opus in elden ring"
I'm from the future, you have no idea
I would love so much to see this with dark souls 2. Thanks again for the content Lemon!
I second this
I third? this!
yes please
YESS
YESS
6:35 Died to pinwheel.
Let the record show. This man. Died. To pinwheel.
We just gonna ignore that he died to pinwheel of all bosses
Yes
6:02 I can't be very sure because I haven't played the first dark souls yet, but the higher-than-expected damage could also be because the gargoyle seemed to be in the air the moment the blast hit it, giving a bonus to the damage. Otherwise, I think the damage should have only been around 700 instead of 887.
The reason the spear's lightning attack does so little damage is because the lightning damage scales with faith, while the physical damage scales with dex
15:50 I would like to point out that the Fair Lady is not Queelana. Queelana is one of the siblings and the only one that wasn‘t transformed by her mother into some abomination.
6:30 huh. didnt know pinwheel had the martyrdom perk. neat!
Darksouls: You died
Also Darksouls: Victory achieved
Backlogs *tasked failed successfully*
I’ve always wanted to see someone do this, it was fun watching the stream!
I love how the Everlasting Dragon doesn't get pissed when you cut off _her_ tail.
Yeah, apparently there's lore that the dragon's female.
Well, "lore" is a bit of a strong word here, but it's a reasonable inference given that its bonfire is kindled at base, which is a property shared (aside from this one) only and by all firekeeper bonfires, meaning that if the fire being strong around that fire breathing creature has nothing to do with its draconic nature, then it's plausible that it's a firekeeper, and therefore female.
I wouldn't say it's super strong, but it's definitely stronger than "duh hu it has a name that's a girl's name in an out of universe language therefore it must be a girl even if all gendered translation make it male and if a character intimately tied to it has a male name despite being female"
Yeah the obsidian greatsword is fun and can be buffed with resins and magic and has a good weapon art and decent stats
!Weapon at Risk!
5:04 Something similar happened to me the... I think second or third time I played this game? Pretty sure it was the second, but I could be wrong.
Taurus cornered me that bit of the bridge and when he walked up to me and raised his axe for his overhead swing attack, that pushed me off the bridge to my death. But the act of swinging the axe down pushed him forward just enough to slip off right after me and die. Best part is his souls were included in my bloodstain when I got back.
I think the Drake Sword's weapon art is probably one of the best early game weapons you can use.
For anyone who wants to get Kahlameet's tail solo:
Equip a good shield and block his flying charge attack. You will land behind him and he will do his tail slam attack. After the last slam, you can get 1 or 2 hits in.
It's a very consistend way and also works on low levels or with low damage output.
7:14 Well.. I've been playing PtDE a lot lately, with 3 characters, and with NO Lord vessel, I rush at the start to get Grant. Paladin Leroy ALWAYS invaded me, and I also ALWAYS summoned him before penweel. I think that's the issue, you didn't summon him, that or maybe a weird difference between the Remastered version of the game and PtDE.
nah it was because he didn't summon him. nothing to do with lordvessel or ptde/dsr
Always love seeing your challenge runs. Keep them coming!
5:12 This happened to me once. When I was first playing Prepare to die edition, we had come across the Taurus demon. We were fairly fighting him, and he accidentally jumped off the cliff. I was confused out of my mind why he does that.
Well i suppose even a human player dodges off a cliff sometimes
He is a melee boss so he tries to get closer to you but you obviously fell of so he followed you
If you do this run for DkS2 I HIGHLY suggest powerstancing the Fire/Magic Smelter swords; and the Bone Fists.
VERY satisfying.
Be And just did bonefists so it'd have to be smelters. which is still a pretty fun run
This was so much fun to watch!
I never used the weapon arts myself so it was great to see them in action.
Wow its refreshing hearing lemon excited about Elden Ring
By the way you have one of the best content and it makes me happy to watch your videos
You have no idea how happy I was that this came out just in time for my lunch break! I couldn't help but watch as soon as I got the notification
I completely understand why they replaced weapon skills degrading your weapon with just using FP, but sometimes I miss the old spell cast system that required you to equip multiple copies of the same spell if you wanted more casts. It was quite unique.
I definitely preferred that method over the Mana bar as well.
I feel the same way, it's just getting so rare to find something in any game that feels genuinely unique anymore
I think DS 2 did it best
Had DS 1s multiple copies system
But also
Attunement increased each cast as well
AND
the herbs allowed for replenishing more
Because honestly
I hate having to share my estus...
“Hopefully leads to its magnum opus in Elden Ring” watching this a year later, it’s like he predicted the future
Great video! Shame about the spear, & I'm surprised there was no love for the golem's fist. That weapon art uppercut is a ton of fun
Doesn't use durability, which while making it actually viable pve and super fun, disqualified it for this run
I personally enjoy the live audio being added to the videos. Your reaction really shows your personality and it makes me smile. :)
You know you can upgrade the dragon greatsword right away, right? There are several dragon scales on your way to it AND you can farm it from the drakes in valley of drakes.
my reaction to this "this game has weapon arts?"
One of the coolest ideas for a run I’ve seen and just, as usual, I love it
I will absolutely be copping that pin
5:05 i remember watching it on stream way back when. so happy you kept it in! XD
Yay! New Lemon video!
17:40 - that Streets of Rage soundtrack.
The Dragon King Greataxe can also be buffed, so you could have boosted the DKGA's damage further with resins or weapon buff spells.
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it seems like an interesting mechanic to have a handful of weapons that lose durability quick, so you have to switch between them in combat. it could encourage trying different play styles with different weapons. reminds of of breath of the wild
That's what dark souls 2 does and it's awful
that's what dark souls 2 does and it actually gives weapon durability a reason to exist
"What about now? Yeeaah you know where I'm going, don't you?"
Me, someone who doesn't play this game: No.
In regards to this run in future. For DS2 I HIGHLY reccomend doing "Can you beat DS2 with only powerstanced weapons" it's such a cool mechanic and nobody ever uses it. So i feel it'd be cool to get some exposure to Best Souls 2
I have never successfully cut Seaths tail. Thanks for allowing me to live vicariously through you lol
So we've got dragon weapons, grant, ornsteins spear, crystal shield,golem aze and i thinks thats all ds2 has way more options for this challenge if anyone want to do it
Six dragon weapons, grant, ornstein's spear, golem axe, crystal shield, and if I recall dragon bone fists, and perhaps stone greataxe, not counting weapons and shields that have special effects like havel's shield.
I'd agree that DS2 has more but let's not act as if DS1 has only a few.
Plus unlike DS2 in DS1 you don't need to beat several bosses in order to get one as far as I know.
At least I can't recall a DS2 weapon with a durability consuming attack that isn't either late game or obtained by getting a boss soul.
7:58 is the most Peter Griffin moment
Darksouls 2 weapon arts?
The Taurus Demon committing Sudoku by chasing you made me laugh!
I like how he used the pronoun “their” when referring to gwyndolin
It's a he
He's male, just kinda feminine because of the whole moon magic thing
Dang, I remember back when you were only a few hundred subs. Now you've got a whole merch line...so proud.
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Hey Lemon, leaving a comment for the algorithm crud, and I just want to say, your videos have basically become comfort food for me. I just keep watching them, especially when my broken brain won't really allow anything, I still am usually able to watch and enjoy your vids. I honestly think the work you've done has made my life even a little better, and I just want to say thank you.
Congrats on 100k man. You’ve grown so fast it seemed like you were only at 30k last week
Years later, Elden Ring DLC out. I can say yes, Weapon Arts definitely have peaked in Elden Ring.
Oh man I remember watching the start of this live! So funny when Taurus jumped off the edge because earlier on the stream you said something like "I never accidentally cheese bosses."
I know this is a bit of an old video, and great work on the run!! I just wanted to say that it's so refreshing to hear somebody actually treat Gwyndolin with respect instead of with bigotry and transphobia. They're such a cool character, and it's so nice to hear them regarded with the basic human decency everyone deserves. So thank you for that!!
I feel like there should be an achievement for dying to pinwheel in this game.
I know this run is old
But I was inspired to mess around with some weapon arts in elden ring
I'm pretty sure the weapon art on the blasphemer sword alone can get you through most of the game
Very good damage, range, and life steal? I gave it to my mimic and we kind of bullied melenia with just that
4:59 “if your friends jump off a cliff would you?”
Taurus Demon: “And I took that personally.”
It feels like you had 500 subs last week, ur channel has grown so much. Keep up the awesome work!!!
looking back at the timing of this video knowing how most players would play and beat Elden Ring is actually hilarious! is your build Corpse Piler, Transient Moonlight or Lions-claw?
Lemon: I ain't giving you the satisfaction of killing me
Taurus demon: well IM not gonna give you the satisfaction of beating me
The first convicted like I ever gave for a dark souls challenge channel. A man who don't act like a newbie cheesing ceaseless discharge deserve recognition, even if is 1 time out of 30.
Dude you scared the hell outta me when you said raid shadow legends. God bless you for not taking up a raid sponsorship. Great vid!
Going from the bottom of the catacombs to the top without warping is definitely one of the more painful experiences of dark souls. Particularly if you use either shortcut and dont rotate all the bridges. I had to figure out how to do it again recently on a broken sword run
Adding a loading bar to adverts is the nicest and most backlog thing ever lol
Just the channel with the best background Musik...Diddy Kong Racing...an man of culture ❤
Respect for not resetting after the Leroy mishap. There's no way I would claw my way out of there haha.
DS2 has even more! Drakewing GS, Smelter Sword
Love your videos. Perfect soundtrack choice and great narration!
Love the humility at the make your friends and family go “who?” XD great.
You had no clue how right you were with that elden ring comment in the beginning
How right he was about elden ring being the magnum opus of weapon arts
It's one of my favorite mechanics in the game. People who are afraid to use rare items that can usually only be acquired once a run don't even need to worry either, since you can duplicate the ones you like. Finding cool combos leads to unique runs every time.
LETS GOOO ANOTHER BACKLOG VID, my fav new youtuber
dude your videos are soo good to the point of me dropping everything immediately just so i can watch them
I like to revisit this video from time to time because it was the first time i learned about this channel, its a good video for a great channel, and made me wanna watch more videos from here
Great content man! Easiest sub of my life.
Been here a while (I think around 4k subs?) and honestly? Great content. I actually bought and am now playing Salt and Sanctuary because of you Lemon. I also just bought merch. Ok, now that my little talk is over, back to lurking and playing Stardew.
I was running low on human suffering, so thank you for uploading this when you did
Backlogs your videos are like a warm blanket on a cold day, love u
I've been binging videos like this, dark souls challenge runs. Its only just now hitting me just how EASY you all make it seem. Watching your videos makes me feel like I could do this too. Keep it up. PRIME content.
It's really nice you always present advertisements/sponsors in a funny way
Great vid it’s great to see you channel grow keep up the good work
Congratulations on your merch and weapons art run!
I liked how you put a loading bar on the sponser. It made watching it more managable.
Imagine dying to pinwheel