Not sure where I saw this information, maybe even on your channel, but actually with Mergo's Wet Nurse, you can always skip the shadow phase. The transition is an attack, and if you dodge at the right time, the attack misses through your i-frames and fizzles, thus skipping the shadow phase. And that is exactly what you saw during this run.
For Gascoigne there is a way to use the music box to force him to go all feral, then stand really close to the fences in the back near the rear fog door so his jump lands him out of bounds and kills him. No need to hit him once
Yeah but does that really make a difference? At the end of the day you killed a boss without using the Flamesprayer. From a viewer experience (my POV) it honestly doesn't matter.
If you look closely enough, the Flamesprayer has a slight copper tint and an extra nozzle of sorts where the Rosmarinus is more silver in color.. With that being said, a very good choice in a run. I look forward to seeing more challenge runs!
Having done an Arcane build somewhat recently I can definitely say the Flamesprayer and Rosmarinus are surprisingly strong until you start getting powerful Blood Gems. Even then if you can find a chance to Oil Urn a Fire weak target and use some Bone Marrow Ash you can still put out some pretty good damage even then.
Arcane and many tools are great as long as you treat them as a supporting tools. I know you can use only them but I always liked them more as another Hunter's Tool than only option
@@Nazylexx Arcane focused builds (not specifically the tools, just the stat itself) are incredible in that you effectively have an incredible tool in your arsenal for any given situation. The trinkets themselves being a large part of that. As far as weapons go, you're able to take advantage of any elemental weakness an enemy way have far better than any other build, you're able to use certain weapons that other builds can't take advantage of the same way, such as the Holy Moonlight Sword or Kos Parasite. As far as the trinkets go, I think it goes without saying that having the ability to utilize something like A Call Beyond or the Tiny Tonitrus when other builds simply can't really cannot be understated. They're not the solution to every situation, but in the circumstances that they shine they truly do.
Flamesprayer is my favourite weapon. There is just something so satisfying about slowly strafing an enemy while blasting them with fire. It goes against every souls instinct, but it so effective. Like playing an eldritch exterminator
Always happy to see a new Backlogs video in my feed, your videos always manage to hit the mark in terms of entertainment! As someone who hasn't played Bloodborne, I was still glued to the screen, enjoying every second of the video! I really like the way you do the sponsor skids, the humor in the videos and the whole narative that matches the vibe of the game you are showcasing. Since I found this channel, this has been my favourite place on youtube ( I've even revisited all the previous stuff I've watched before just because how entertaining the videos are ). I'm looking forward to whatever projects you have in the works for us, Lemon (oh and btw, love your streams )
Well, that monologue at the end of the run, took me by suprise, I'm note gonna lie. And I didn't expect part of Litany Against Fear. And few other quotes. Well done, Sir.
Dear Lemon! I know I'm a bit late to the party; Bloodborne is my favourite game of all times and I use flamethrowers wherever they are a viable option, so this run was a little dream come true! Thanks for all the effort you put in these challenges and in the video afterwards. I'm not in a great sport, right now, and having your lives and videos to keep me company does help. Quite a lot, in fact! So yeah, maybe you'll never read this comment, but I wanted to let you know that you made someone's day and that you are really helping them (me) out ^^
What an ending! I recently binged through all your challenge runs, but I can safely say that speech made this one my favorite by far! Your determination and patience is what inspires me to continue on my first-time journey of the Souls series, so please, keep them coming.
I like how you cut to another run at 23:57 after dying to the second phase the first time, all while monologuing about not dying by giving into fear. I genuinely smiled seeing the blood echoes jump from 5 to 13 as the punchline.
The Wet Nurse being so easy isn't just because she's big and slow, but also because there are literally two of her overlapped at all times in preparation for the shadow phase
A note about Call Beyond! Personally I've had more luck dodging _towards_ Micolash rather than side or backsteppping. Since the projectiles go outward, they have a harder time tracking you towards the caster. It's still annoying but not an instant loss.
Yeah, A Call Beyond is super easy to deal with if you stand a short distance away, then dodge right up into Micolash's face the moment the star explodes, which will also give you a free bit of damage in. That's how I always did it, it's pretty easy once you know how haha, but it's easier still to cheese him from atop the big hole with the broken railing, either with bone marrow ashes on your pistol, or with any other ranged weapons basically. XD
Lemon, not gonna lie man, you really scared me with that whole "I know not fear" speech, it gave me goosebumps, I wanna hear you tell a horror story now that's be awesome
Okay, can I just say the focus and purity put into that ending speech is just fantastic? Keep up these nice surprises and well-written endings, we love them!
In regards to the orphan: 20:38 It's because the orphan is left handed. It's also the reason why bosses like Nameless King give players so much trouble. Your natural instincts are to dodge to the Orphan's right because most humanoid enemies in every single From Soft game have conditioned you to do that, as the vast majority of them are right-handed. You know Big M is trying to bust your balls with a boss fight when you see them wielding something in their left hand.
yeah this theory does not hold up. watch the video and tell me what hand the orphan is attacking with. Hint: it is not the left hand. And it doesn't have 3 hands either.
@@Kennorx The theory holds up just not in this case. A lot of people (most) don't pay attention to such a small detail and have learned that they should dodge one specific direction. Then they come across a boss like burned ivory king and he will catch your roll everytime. Like I said he's just wrong in this case however this is a pretty well documented and talked about thing amongst the dark souls community.
Now you see I got a little trick where I dodge roll at the perfect moment or get smacked upside the head harder than Will Smith slapping that one guy (forgot his name)
Wow this went a lot better then I thought I would. Was really expecting a super hard drop off in damage like towards the Forest section of Bloodborne but I was pleasantly surprised
Welcome to the club!! Lemon deserves more subscribers and I'm glad more people are finding his stuff. He has a second channel in his description if you want to check that out as well
To be honest, even though I voted for the Blades, this was still pretty interesting. Nicely done as usual~ Also, forgot another (really minor, to be honest) tip that may or may not be common knowledge, so sorry if I'm just being pedantic--Blood Bullets you make in the Hunter's Dream stay with you when you leave it. So you could make five blood bullets, top off your vials, and have 105 total blood bullets available for a boss run before you count in rune boosts to your vial cap.
This comment is to try and free Carl. Great video as always Mr. Lemon, highly entertaining and always a highlight of my week. Your souls-like videos have got me back into playing the dark-souls trilogy again, running character through all three games with restrictions (really just playing DS1,2,3 in order recreating the "same" character every time). One question though.... BY THE UNHOLY ABOMINATION THAT IS THE SPINDLBEAST DO YOU DO THIS!? I tried some of these runs, firebombs only in DS2 BROKE me, and that was after DS1 made me want to go hollow. I thought you were exaggerating for the good story telling of the videos but no, NO! You are, in fact, an insane patience elemental, and I love you for it.
Can we just talk about the fact that this man never complains about run backs? All these days of grinding souls to things like the rolling ball bridge must have made him immune to run back fatigue.
I've literally never used the flamesprayer or rosemarinus in a run before, because they just seemed kind of bad to me. So I was really shocked to see how they utterly humiliated the entire game aside from a couple bosses.
I loved this thing so much. Whenever I wasn't using the Evelyn or the blunderbuss I was an absolute monster throwing quicksilver bullets to the wind with that silly little flamesprayer
To deal with the run breaking gascoign problem you could use the item from his child 3 times so he transforms instantly and cheese him to jump of the map so this would still be possible without the molotovs
You are quite the poet. Whenever I watch you Bloodborne videos, I have to rewatch the ending. The first time, inevitably, I become so lolled by your deepening voice and gentle nightmares that I am shocked that the video has ended. It's sublime.
Re watched this one a few times, and it is worth respecting the amount of effort you put into these videos, the song selection to the monologue. Paints a picture and takes you to a place. Much respect. If I was wearing a hat, it would be tipped towards you at this moment.
Damn those last few minutes hit hard. This man went from your friendly neighborhood challenge runner to a being of pure focus, will, and destruction. Good outro bro.
Ah man, I remember doing this years back, super fun and supprisingly effective, I'm not entirely sure if it can even be counted as a "challenge". Did this as my second playthrough ever infact, done 12 more 100% playthroughs since then, damn good time spent.
Love watching your Bloodborne challenge runs cause not many people who still play it bring something new to the table. Flamesprayer isn't really anything new but the way you execute it does something for my brain that it finds pleasing. If you're looking for another challenge run away from the love-craftian content of bloodborne for a bit, and if you want to step outside your usual repertoire of games, why not try The Surge with only the starting weapon, the reclaimed piston. And if that's not enough you could try getting all the available V.2 weapons from the bosses as an additional challenge. If you don't know, when you beat a boss in the surge you get a weapon from them but if you defeat them in a specific way, you get a version of the weapon that's either a bit stronger, or does elemental damage.
Technically, you can make Gascoigne clip out of his arena and die using only the music box - see Baron's Normal video for details. That being said, so long as you start using the challenge weapon as soon as is physically possible, I'm not sure anyone really minds how you get there. It's the run, not the setup.
The patience this guy has to continue is honestly legendary. I’m playing Evil West on the hardest difficulty and I’m at the last bit before the final boss and because I kept dying I’ve not touched it in over a months or 2 😂😂😂😂
The 1.4 seconds might be a result of working backwards from the default bullet max lasting 28 seconds, though that’s not much less of an arbitrary number.
I think you could have done the Gate Skip with the wolf at the start, then backtracked to the Radiant Hunter badge and bought the Flame sprayer without killing Gascoigne.
@@TheMoogleKing93 they were talking about the gate from Cathedral Ward to the Forbidden Forest, which will stay closed if you perform the gate skip and can only be opened from the correct side
I replay Bloodborne October for Halloween. BSB is still the boss that gives me the most trouble and I cannot for the life of me explain why, so watching someone take the flamesprayer and just, demolish it was rather cathartic. thanks, for the show, Backlogs~!
A cool variable of this run could be a flamesprayer+10 on NG+ meaning you upgrade it with a blood rock in your 1st run, and do the 2nd run with a fully upgraded version, that'd be cool to watch
I am honestly shocked how easy this run was. Barring a certain violent orphan, the bosses just... melt. These are some of the easiest kills for some of the most annoying bosses.
Loved the bit at the end and whenever you break away from the main video narrative to show off your creative writing skills. More of that in the future please. Great vid!
I have been binging your videos the last few days and now I see this as I get home from a long shift at work, BLESS YOU FOR THE CONTENT Plus Bloodborne is my favorite souls game.
As far as I can remember, I’ve never watched any Backlogs content before. And yet, your video reached me all the same. Amazing work, you almost made the entire thing look too easy.
ya know? I'm an xbox kid so I never really got to play bloodborne, and this is the first run I've sat down and watched all the way through. Really solid outro too though, you definitely have a new subscriber.
My dad got me Bloodborne and Sekiro for Christmas, and now that I’m watching this again after nearly beating the game, I’m actually understanding what’s going on.
I usually only watch games I've played (else it's easy to get lost and confused) but I need a dose of Backlocks damn it. Highly confused and ready to go.
Concerning Oprhan of Kos, i think it's something along the lines of some other bosses. You may recognize the patterns and what you're doing wrong, but sometimes it just has to click with the proper reactions, dodge directions and timings. I remember spending A LOT of time on the Abhorrent Beast first time i encountered it in the Chalice Dungeons. Some could say not much time spent, as it was like around 8h in total and more than 100 tries. Still, i had a short break and then it clicked. Not to mention, when i started a long while later with a new character, i cleared it on the 3rd try. Had a similar situation with the Orphan too. With that new char the fight went on smoother than ever before.
I didn’t finish the video yet, so I don’t know if he utilized this, but the bone marrow ash consumable item increases your next quicksilver bullet damage. It significantly boosts the flame sprayer’s damage output. You can buy it from the store in the hunters dream. With a gun it only makes your next shot stronger, but with the flame sprayer it increases the damage for as long as you continuously spray the fire. Once you stop spraying, even for a split second, the damage boost ends and you’ll have to use another bone marrow ash. If you’re able to position yourself and move properly to avoid being hit/stay in flame sprayer range, you can just hold down the trigger and melt powerful enemies/bosses weak to fire. If I recall correctly, it gives a 50% damage boost.
12:50 On the one hand, having an in-game voice line to fall back on does make proof a bit more valid. On the other hand, Leon in RE4 kept calling Luis "Louis" so sometimes the characters aren't always the most valid reference when it comes to pronounciations.
that was a great challenge run, I'm thinking of doing an Elden ring one maybe daggers only and it's nice to see someone go through the process of playing games with a handicap. Great video man
I absolutely love how poetic and philosophical you get. Half of why I keep coming back I think. I say as I've only found your channel maybe a week ago. 😂
The thing bout the flamesprayer is it gets stronger the longer you hold it. On non beast enemies and bosses, short bursts are fine-ish but for beasts like the cleric beast, you could keep going due to inc dmg with fire against beasts to essentially stunlock the boss while you spray. Iirc theres some oil urns too that would help boost it. Im still at the start of the vid so idk if you point this out later. Additionally, you can parry/back stab an enemy to put them into a vulnerable state then spray. Itll do increased dmg for the whole vulnerable state. Works rven if you used your fist. Ik its a fs only run but just something to note in case someone actually wants to use the weapon for normal play
I'm 90% sure the Sacred mist the Rosemarinus sprays is Ebrietas's tears pooled on the floor in her boss arena, which is why only members of the choir have access to it.
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Try beating code vein with only the concrete slab (or whatever they called the default hammer)
How long did it take to record this entire video?
careful lemon, the potatoes begin to move again. just remember, look away if micolash tries to hand you a potato.
Promotion Skip Button: 1:59
the little sisters from bioshock 1 and 2 are boring
BSB being made of pudding is now officially canon
Hello Baron
Good to see u baron!
bbbbbaaaaaaarrrrrroooooooonnnnnnnn
That is both hilarious and gross lol
Good to see you bro!
Not sure where I saw this information, maybe even on your channel, but actually with Mergo's Wet Nurse, you can always skip the shadow phase. The transition is an attack, and if you dodge at the right time, the attack misses through your i-frames and fizzles, thus skipping the shadow phase. And that is exactly what you saw during this run.
Yeah, i was surprised to find out you could just dodge that
Man i gotta try that
I learned it from BaronsCastle
Ive beaten the game twice and i didnt even know that phase exist lmao
*dodges your second phase*
3:25 When you have no Flamethrower, you must become the Flame Thrower
**Lights self on fire** FACE ME DEMONS!
@@metalsonic5669 two months later he took your words way too seriously! Hahaha
Dude almost lost his mind with that challenge too!
@@DanteYewToob I am so proud of the fact that this works too.
For Gascoigne there is a way to use the music box to force him to go all feral, then stand really close to the fences in the back near the rear fog door so his jump lands him out of bounds and kills him. No need to hit him once
Problem is that is both a glitch and exploit.
He doesn’t wanna use glitches
@@shir0449 true but he will in certain cases like centipede demon
Yeah but does that really make a difference?
At the end of the day you killed a boss without using the Flamesprayer.
From a viewer experience (my POV) it honestly doesn't matter.
@@ngotemna8875 He killed it with fire, not glitch, so it does matter
If you look closely enough, the Flamesprayer has a slight copper tint and an extra nozzle of sorts where the Rosmarinus is more silver in color.. With that being said, a very good choice in a run. I look forward to seeing more challenge runs!
I believe the extra nozzle is actually the pilot light!
I love your little sections at the ends of these runs where you become the character you've made with a whole monologue. You're amazing at them
honestly yeah, it's my favorite part
@@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084 Same
And it started whit the potato run XD
He would make a great dm
Please someone give me a timestamp. Starts at 23:40
Having done an Arcane build somewhat recently I can definitely say the Flamesprayer and Rosmarinus are surprisingly strong until you start getting powerful Blood Gems. Even then if you can find a chance to Oil Urn a Fire weak target and use some Bone Marrow Ash you can still put out some pretty good damage even then.
Arcane and many tools are great as long as you treat them as a supporting tools. I know you can use only them but I always liked them more as another Hunter's Tool than only option
@@Nazylexx Arcane focused builds (not specifically the tools, just the stat itself) are incredible in that you effectively have an incredible tool in your arsenal for any given situation. The trinkets themselves being a large part of that.
As far as weapons go, you're able to take advantage of any elemental weakness an enemy way have far better than any other build, you're able to use certain weapons that other builds can't take advantage of the same way, such as the Holy Moonlight Sword or Kos Parasite.
As far as the trinkets go, I think it goes without saying that having the ability to utilize something like A Call Beyond or the Tiny Tonitrus when other builds simply can't really cannot be understated. They're not the solution to every situation, but in the circumstances that they shine they truly do.
Flamesprayer is my favourite weapon. There is just something so satisfying about slowly strafing an enemy while blasting them with fire. It goes against every souls instinct, but it so effective. Like playing an eldritch exterminator
In these lands you either tentacle or get tentacle'd.
Always happy to see a new Backlogs video in my feed, your videos always manage to hit the mark in terms of entertainment! As someone who hasn't played Bloodborne, I was still glued to the screen, enjoying every second of the video! I really like the way you do the sponsor skids, the humor in the videos and the whole narative that matches the vibe of the game you are showcasing. Since I found this channel, this has been my favourite place on youtube ( I've even revisited all the previous stuff I've watched before just because how entertaining the videos are ). I'm looking forward to whatever projects you have in the works for us, Lemon (oh and btw, love your streams )
Love the 'subtle' Through The Fire And Flames reference XD Also great run Lemon! It always brings me joy to see a new The Backlogs video in my feed
Best Souls game.
Subtle like an sledgehammer hit to the head
Where was it?
@@alwest4472 7:28
Glory to me, the 300th like
So... Torch only next? Love your BB runs, the existential crisis at the end is always great!
Always excited to see a challenge run! Bloodborne is a good choice
Hell yea
@@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420 bruh what is name thooooo
@@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420 hey as some one who has access to blood borne and has never heard of the game is there a class system
Well, that monologue at the end of the run, took me by suprise, I'm note gonna lie. And I didn't expect part of Litany Against Fear. And few other quotes.
Well done, Sir.
Thanks for nameing it. Knew i read that somewhere.
"... and I dance."
Duuuuude, i got ALL tingly by the littany
Litany is always good. It also fits perfectly with proper handwashing procedure.
Do you know what some of the other quotes are?
Nice to see the flamesprqyer getting some love. Used it for quite a bit in my pure arcane run
Im doing one rn and im really scared of the shadows
Dear Lemon! I know I'm a bit late to the party; Bloodborne is my favourite game of all times and I use flamethrowers wherever they are a viable option, so this run was a little dream come true! Thanks for all the effort you put in these challenges and in the video afterwards. I'm not in a great sport, right now, and having your lives and videos to keep me company does help. Quite a lot, in fact! So yeah, maybe you'll never read this comment, but I wanted to let you know that you made someone's day and that you are really helping them (me) out ^^
Always happy to see you Lemon,one of my favorite challenge runners,I’m also immensely happy to see how much you’ve improved over time.
What an ending! I recently binged through all your challenge runs, but I can safely say that speech made this one my favorite by far! Your determination and patience is what inspires me to continue on my first-time journey of the Souls series, so please, keep them coming.
I wish they make more version of the flamespitter like one that fires a condense ball flame
Yeah like those guys in the Cathedral Ward.
I like how you cut to another run at 23:57 after dying to the second phase the first time, all while monologuing about not dying by giving into fear. I genuinely smiled seeing the blood echoes jump from 5 to 13 as the punchline.
15:55 Mergo's Lore can be summarized in a sentence; "Can someone shut that baby up, it's driving us all crazy!"
Average airplane experience
The Wet Nurse being so easy isn't just because she's big and slow, but also because there are literally two of her overlapped at all times in preparation for the shadow phase
Huh, neat. I just beat her today, and I never knew that!
A note about Call Beyond! Personally I've had more luck dodging _towards_ Micolash rather than side or backsteppping. Since the projectiles go outward, they have a harder time tracking you towards the caster. It's still annoying but not an instant loss.
I know this post is old, but you can just hit him when he starts tho cast. It knocks him out of the animation
Yeah, A Call Beyond is super easy to deal with if you stand a short distance away, then dodge right up into Micolash's face the moment the star explodes, which will also give you a free bit of damage in. That's how I always did it, it's pretty easy once you know how haha, but it's easier still to cheese him from atop the big hole with the broken railing, either with bone marrow ashes on your pistol, or with any other ranged weapons basically. XD
Lemon: preparing to fight the Orphan again.
Me: “Oh Orphan, oh Orphan, have mercy on the poor Bastard!!”
Lemon, not gonna lie man, you really scared me with that whole "I know not fear" speech, it gave me goosebumps, I wanna hear you tell a horror story now that's be awesome
Okay, can I just say the focus and purity put into that ending speech is just fantastic? Keep up these nice surprises and well-written endings, we love them!
I always love the little promo skits. I adore Lemon's humor
In regards to the orphan: 20:38
It's because the orphan is left handed. It's also the reason why bosses like Nameless King give players so much trouble. Your natural instincts are to dodge to the Orphan's right because most humanoid enemies in every single From Soft game have conditioned you to do that, as the vast majority of them are right-handed. You know Big M is trying to bust your balls with a boss fight when you see them wielding something in their left hand.
yeah this theory does not hold up.
watch the video and tell me what hand the orphan is attacking with. Hint: it is not the left hand. And it doesn't have 3 hands either.
Apparently that's also why people have problems with the Burned Ivory King. I honestly never noticed, I always dodge right
Some of orphans attacks are more ranged then others, that delay in the swing to throw his blade thing is tiny, but enough to throw you off.
@@Kennorx The theory holds up just not in this case. A lot of people (most) don't pay attention to such a small detail and have learned that they should dodge one specific direction. Then they come across a boss like burned ivory king and he will catch your roll everytime. Like I said he's just wrong in this case however this is a pretty well documented and talked about thing amongst the dark souls community.
Now you see I got a little trick where I dodge roll at the perfect moment or get smacked upside the head harder than Will Smith slapping that one guy (forgot his name)
"Burninating all the people"
That may have slipped by most, but i see you
Wow this went a lot better then I thought I would. Was really expecting a super hard drop off in damage like towards the Forest section of Bloodborne but I was pleasantly surprised
Recently discovered this channel. Been going through the vids and are really enjoying them. Good job :)
Watch them all in order and follow the head cannon plus watch Lemon slowly lose his mind
@@brianwieberg8526 lol! Will do. :)
Welcome to the club!! Lemon deserves more subscribers and I'm glad more people are finding his stuff. He has a second channel in his description if you want to check that out as well
@@brokemage1395 Ah! Didn't know about the 2nd channel. Will give it a look :)
So you've been going through The Backlogs?
I really like the mechanic of having to choose between more bullets and healing. So cool.
To be honest, even though I voted for the Blades, this was still pretty interesting. Nicely done as usual~
Also, forgot another (really minor, to be honest) tip that may or may not be common knowledge, so sorry if I'm just being pedantic--Blood Bullets you make in the Hunter's Dream stay with you when you leave it. So you could make five blood bullets, top off your vials, and have 105 total blood bullets available for a boss run before you count in rune boosts to your vial cap.
This comment is to try and free Carl.
Great video as always Mr. Lemon, highly entertaining and always a highlight of my week.
Your souls-like videos have got me back into playing the dark-souls trilogy again, running character through all three games with restrictions (really just playing DS1,2,3 in order recreating the "same" character every time).
One question though....
BY THE UNHOLY ABOMINATION THAT IS THE SPINDLBEAST DO YOU DO THIS!?
I tried some of these runs, firebombs only in DS2 BROKE me, and that was after DS1 made me want to go hollow. I thought you were exaggerating for the good story telling of the videos but no, NO! You are, in fact, an insane patience elemental, and I love you for it.
Can we just talk about the fact that this man never complains about run backs? All these days of grinding souls to things like the rolling ball bridge must have made him immune to run back fatigue.
I've literally never used the flamesprayer or rosemarinus in a run before, because they just seemed kind of bad to me. So I was really shocked to see how they utterly humiliated the entire game aside from a couple bosses.
I just got this game and it gives me a whole new respect for you
I loved this thing so much. Whenever I wasn't using the Evelyn or the blunderbuss I was an absolute monster throwing quicksilver bullets to the wind with that silly little flamesprayer
To deal with the run breaking gascoign problem you could use the item from his child 3 times so he transforms instantly and cheese him to jump of the map so this would still be possible without the molotovs
You are quite the poet. Whenever I watch you Bloodborne videos, I have to rewatch the ending. The first time, inevitably, I become so lolled by your deepening voice and gentle nightmares that I am shocked that the video has ended. It's sublime.
Well done!!
Which in this context does in fact mean cooked to perfection
I was NOT expecting a Trogdor reference, hearing that honestly made my day! 11:07
Your videos are way too good. No joke my favorite content on the soulsborne-series! keep up the great work!
Re watched this one a few times, and it is worth respecting the amount of effort you put into these videos, the song selection to the monologue. Paints a picture and takes you to a place. Much respect. If I was wearing a hat, it would be tipped towards you at this moment.
Damn those last few minutes hit hard. This man went from your friendly neighborhood challenge runner to a being of pure focus, will, and destruction. Good outro bro.
The pace at which you accomplish and make videos on these games is continuously impressive
"i put my challenge out to the ethereal darkness and i dance" why was that quote so raw god damn
Ah man, I remember doing this years back, super fun and supprisingly effective, I'm not entirely sure if it can even be counted as a "challenge".
Did this as my second playthrough ever infact, done 12 more 100% playthroughs since then, damn good time spent.
You can keep one of the failures alive and lead it into the Maria fight. Only on the first try of Maria of course but it spicesup the fight.
Talking about playing guitar and guitar hero, and then immediately mentioning “Through the Fire and Flames” was a nice touch.
Always makes a day better with a backlogs video awesome stuff as always
Love watching your Bloodborne challenge runs cause not many people who still play it bring something new to the table. Flamesprayer isn't really anything new but the way you execute it does something for my brain that it finds pleasing. If you're looking for another challenge run away from the love-craftian content of bloodborne for a bit, and if you want to step outside your usual repertoire of games, why not try The Surge with only the starting weapon, the reclaimed piston. And if that's not enough you could try getting all the available V.2 weapons from the bosses as an additional challenge. If you don't know, when you beat a boss in the surge you get a weapon from them but if you defeat them in a specific way, you get a version of the weapon that's either a bit stronger, or does elemental damage.
Technically, you can make Gascoigne clip out of his arena and die using only the music box - see Baron's Normal video for details. That being said, so long as you start using the challenge weapon as soon as is physically possible, I'm not sure anyone really minds how you get there. It's the run, not the setup.
The patience this guy has to continue is honestly legendary. I’m playing Evil West on the hardest difficulty and I’m at the last bit before the final boss and because I kept dying I’ve not touched it in over a months or 2 😂😂😂😂
The 1.4 seconds might be a result of working backwards from the default bullet max lasting 28 seconds, though that’s not much less of an arbitrary number.
Pudding BSB and Elder God Lemon, definitely one of my new favorite videos! Amazing work as always Lemon!
I think you could have done the Gate Skip with the wolf at the start, then backtracked to the Radiant Hunter badge and bought the Flame sprayer without killing Gascoigne.
The gate stays closed and can't be opened from the other side so sadly, it couldn't be done that way
@@arandomchiromaw9979 you can just pull the levee
@@TheMoogleKing93 they were talking about the gate from Cathedral Ward to the Forbidden Forest, which will stay closed if you perform the gate skip and can only be opened from the correct side
I replay Bloodborne October for Halloween.
BSB is still the boss that gives me the most trouble and I cannot for the life of me explain why, so watching someone take the flamesprayer and just, demolish it was rather cathartic.
thanks, for the show, Backlogs~!
That's what I love about Souls-Borne games. Every boss is different for everyone. I got Blood-Starved Beast on my first try, but just barely.
He really just played bloodborne as a 40k Salamander.
Seeking clarity and knowledge fellow tarnished hollowed hunter
Hey lemon, have you ever thought about adding a death counter to your runs. It'd be much easier to understand just how difficult the run is.
I agree on it too
But he might count himself silly
A cool variable of this run could be a flamesprayer+10 on NG+ meaning you upgrade it with a blood rock in your 1st run, and do the 2nd run with a fully upgraded version, that'd be cool to watch
I am honestly shocked how easy this run was. Barring a certain violent orphan, the bosses just... melt.
These are some of the easiest kills for some of the most annoying bosses.
Loved the bit at the end and whenever you break away from the main video narrative to show off your creative writing skills. More of that in the future please.
Great vid!
Great challenge and and an even better video
how can you tell when you comment 3 minutes after the video was uploaded?
I got Salt and Sanctuary a few days ago and I’m loving it! I’d never heard of it before watching you, Lemon. So thanks!
Use me as the "watch Lemon play or talk about his instruments" petition button
if I've never mentioned before, I LOVE all the SNES RPG music you put in to stuff. Fits so well, even the ad roll!
Starting out the video with Gen 2 Pokémon music just sent me down nostalgia lane, thanks for that
Stellar content. I like your solution to the Gascione fight. Run NOT invalidated.
One tip to dodge call beyond, be in a medium distance to Micollash and dodge towards him when the projectiles starts moving, works every time for me
I have been binging your videos the last few days and now I see this as I get home from a long shift at work, BLESS YOU FOR THE CONTENT
Plus Bloodborne is my favorite souls game.
As far as I can remember, I’ve never watched any Backlogs content before. And yet, your video reached me all the same. Amazing work, you almost made the entire thing look too easy.
The joke with the Living Failures is: "He just like me fr"
Yes, I was so happy to see this Bloodborne video. Great work I love your videos.
@23:45 is one of the best soulbornes power rants I ever heard. Bravo!
So glad there's still an active Bloodborne community and it's still being played and getting content :)
Love the Lower Torvis Bog music you put at 7:33, never thought I'd hear Metroid Prime 2 music in a Soulsborne video
I absolutely love how much effort and quality goes into these videos
Love the monologue at the end!! made the video much better for sure!!
I LOVE your outro monologues, lemon. They add that perfect cherry on top of your awesome vids, keep it up man
ya know? I'm an xbox kid so I never really got to play bloodborne, and this is the first run I've sat down and watched all the way through. Really solid outro too though, you definitely have a new subscriber.
My dad got me Bloodborne and Sekiro for Christmas, and now that I’m watching this again after nearly beating the game, I’m actually understanding what’s going on.
10:35 "Brother! I need the Flamer.... the HEAVY flamer."
The music that Lemon picks for his videos is always so good (and oft a blast from the past too)
I usually only watch games I've played (else it's easy to get lost and confused) but I need a dose of Backlocks damn it. Highly confused and ready to go.
The video was definitely worth watching. Great job man, I'm happy just seeing you try.
I love coming home from work and seeing you had put out a new video. Best way to decompress!
Concerning Oprhan of Kos, i think it's something along the lines of some other bosses. You may recognize the patterns and what you're doing wrong, but sometimes it just has to click with the proper reactions, dodge directions and timings. I remember spending A LOT of time on the Abhorrent Beast first time i encountered it in the Chalice Dungeons. Some could say not much time spent, as it was like around 8h in total and more than 100 tries. Still, i had a short break and then it clicked. Not to mention, when i started a long while later with a new character, i cleared it on the 3rd try. Had a similar situation with the Orphan too. With that new char the fight went on smoother than ever before.
loved the run. And its always a treat when i hear submerged Torvis Bogs Theme play in your videos. such a relaxing theme from MP2E.
I didn’t finish the video yet, so I don’t know if he utilized this, but the bone marrow ash consumable item increases your next quicksilver bullet damage. It significantly boosts the flame sprayer’s damage output. You can buy it from the store in the hunters dream. With a gun it only makes your next shot stronger, but with the flame sprayer it increases the damage for as long as you continuously spray the fire. Once you stop spraying, even for a split second, the damage boost ends and you’ll have to use another bone marrow ash. If you’re able to position yourself and move properly to avoid being hit/stay in flame sprayer range, you can just hold down the trigger and melt powerful enemies/bosses weak to fire. If I recall correctly, it gives a 50% damage boost.
12:50 On the one hand, having an in-game voice line to fall back on does make proof a bit more valid.
On the other hand, Leon in RE4 kept calling Luis "Louis" so sometimes the characters aren't always the most valid reference when it comes to pronounciations.
Since I found out about your channel, been nonstop watching most of your videos. you have become my favorite channel.
The monologue/poem at the end was picturesque.
that was a great challenge run, I'm thinking of doing an Elden ring one maybe daggers only and it's nice to see someone go through the process of playing games with a handicap. Great video man
“Burndinating all the people”
It always makes me happy when people reference Trogdor
I absolutely love how poetic and philosophical you get.
Half of why I keep coming back I think.
I say as I've only found your channel maybe a week ago. 😂
The vibes during the lovecraftian monologue at the end are PERFECT
That monologue gave me chills, love ur vids
The thing bout the flamesprayer is it gets stronger the longer you hold it. On non beast enemies and bosses, short bursts are fine-ish but for beasts like the cleric beast, you could keep going due to inc dmg with fire against beasts to essentially stunlock the boss while you spray. Iirc theres some oil urns too that would help boost it. Im still at the start of the vid so idk if you point this out later.
Additionally, you can parry/back stab an enemy to put them into a vulnerable state then spray. Itll do increased dmg for the whole vulnerable state. Works rven if you used your fist. Ik its a fs only run but just something to note in case someone actually wants to use the weapon for normal play
I'm 90% sure the Sacred mist the Rosemarinus sprays is Ebrietas's tears pooled on the floor in her boss arena, which is why only members of the choir have access to it.