Emit Force to blow up barrels, punching your way down the well... I'm learning a lot today. GG, my dude - glad to see Miracles are still OP despite the nerf :)
@@gametimenoah5902 lightning spear was bonkers on launch, then got massively over-nerfed to the point of being as useless in the early game as this vid shows, 3 casts and baby damage. obviously with some proper building though they still get the job done, as this vid also shows :P
@@gametimenoah5902 fromsoft doesn't know how to balance pvp in any of their games so they take an approach similar to carving a statue. When they think it looks good, they leave it alone. Once someone complains about it, they smash it into a thousand pieces and hope nobody cares anymore
What I love about DS2 magic is how many options you have to make yourself more powerful overtime. Rings, access to multiple scrolls, upgrading chimes, armor with added affects. DS2 in general has so many build options and makes it the most fun to play in the series, imo. That being said, some ways people can optimize this build further is using the Northern Ritual Band for additional spell usage. Sun Seal ring is also a good option for a modest 5% damage increase but no negative effects
Northern Ritual Band *could* be useful early on, but ultimately you end up getting enough spell casts by Targray that running out doesn’t become an issue. At that point you’re just taking a crowbar to your HP’s Kneecaps. Red Tearstone ring doesn’t work on magic in DS2 after it was nerfed, and Sun seal I alright but I’d rather have a ring slot for situational like Ring of Giants and such instead of something as low as 5% damage when I’m already hitting DLC bosses for not much in the first place.
17:13 fun fact! Forlorn (which are more of a group than a single enemy) actually all use the female base model! Zullie the Witch did a video on it called "What do the Forlorn really look like?" if you're interested
I probably watched like 50 miracle only challenges on ds2 and this was by far the most planned out. On other challenges most people sit for hours or beat bosses with just barely enough spells to win Kyle just mowed through everything. Good job m8
Idk if you’ve seen ymfah’s video about making a ymfah video but he literally prints out whole wikis, excel spreadsheets, and plans then he binds them all. Each time for a new challenge. It’s insane.
@@vfig675 what does ymfah have to do with this and his never done any miracle ds2 guide and even with all those wikis and shit he still manages to fck up a lot of things. Like the company of champions in his no talk guide
@@dayyaanadam2589 You're correct about that he hasn't done a miracle ds2 guide, but saying he fucks up a lot of things is disingenuous. They are usually done for comedic effect.
Bro... you are criminally underrated! All these hard restricting runs in the books and youve got NO WHERE near the amount of subs you deserve. You get all my likes and shares!
Sorceries only isn’t a challenge, I think there’s maybe 3 bosses resistant to Magic, and they’re not hard ones. Plus, Sorceries cast faster than lightning spears. Dark is a little harder, several difficult bosses are resistant to Dark. But on the flip side, hexes are pretty powerful in most instances. Surprise twist, everything in Brume is resistant to Fire and Dark! Just kill me now, Fume Knight. Fire…. Oof. Pyromancy only is a bad time. Aldia, Ancient Dragon. All of Iron Keep, and all of Brume Tower. I’d rather sl1 the game than do a pyro only challenge.
Sorcery will honestly be a calm time. You can beat giant, pursuer and dragonrider easily with the spells you have access to early in the game, giving a huge soul pool. Dark and pyro are a different thing, if you are going for "pure", since they both have steep entry costs.
thanks for doing ds2 instead of immidiately skipping to 3. so many other channels unfairly exclude 2, even though it has such potential for challenge runs. looking forward to the no death no bonfire run for the illusory rings :)
Glad to see you dipping your toe into DS2. You should've seen the game before the nerfs, where each miracle of Lightning Spear gave you ten shots from the get-go. You know how you had like 70 near the endgame? Picture that, but without even trying for it. I think this game has some of the sickest challenge runs in the series, and I can't wait to see more from you. Keep up the good work!
Lol that was my first thought when I saw the title of the video. "Can you beat DS2 with only miracles?" Well, what version are we talking, cause on release lighting was stupid OP.
Honestly I find that it's the worst one, not that it's a bad game by any means as I've put an unhealthy amount of hours into it (imo it does the exploration thing better than any other game), however the awful enemy placement (Smelter Demon runup in Scholar), some of the most garbage hitboxes I've experienced even with 100+ Agility (Sir Alonne's grab got when I was next to his sword) and the extremely lackluster boss roster (I'm not a fan of Fume Knight right now, I've beaten him but I just have a lot of issues with that fight) just drag the game down for me. Overall I consider Dark Souls 3 the best game in of FromSoftware's souls-likes (Bloodborne has a few issues that hold it back for me in the combat), I know the game has its flaws, however I find that game's combat the most satisfying, the boss roster is easily FromSoftware's best despite the stinkers, and the soundtrack is easily one of the best of that decade. I don't play it much these days because I've burned myself out on it after over 1000, hours (currently 1,111 hours to be exact). However I can see why its liked as well as it has a lot of fun things that I can see people overlooking the shortcomings it has to hold it so highly. It's just the jank and objectively bad design choices (i-frames being tied to a stat) hurt the experience for me.
It's a Halloween miracle! So glad we're getting into DS2 challenges, and that you had fun. So many challenge runs try so hard to be difficult or to do something that hasn't been done before, but you remembered games are supposed to be fun. Every time you use the Baljhet Mountains theme in your videos, I'm going to comment about how underrated Curse of Darkness and its OST are.
Hey Kyle, I thought of a fun challenge after you have done everything else you wanted. The Shieldless Lothian Run: - Can only deal damage with the Dragon Crescent Ace while it is two handed.* - Cannot use Shields at all (duh) - Must wear the Stone Ring, Ring of Giants (and upgraded versions) at all times once obtained. Cannot wear any rings before these two are obtained. - Can only wear the Faraam Armor Set. You cannot remove any piece of the set, once worn it cannot be removed. *For mandatory ranged damage or puzzle activation you may use the Black Firebombs. But nothing else only the Black Firebombs. Special Rule for true Pros: Shieldless Lothian was rumored to be a Dragon hunter, meaning if a dragon is available to fight then you must kill it before any other boss. You must kill the ancient dragon when first meeting it. You cannot leave the dragon area before killing it. When the Sunken DLC is first available you must go through it all and kill Sinh before continuing on in the main story or other dlc's. Good Luck dragon hunter.
Kinda amazed how well you have this planned out. Also if you decide to do pyromancy only no one well be mad if you need to kill the flexile sentry first. Just do it with bombs or something. Also also archery only is pretty fun in ds2.
@@szarekhthesilentking7043 You can. Also it's scaling bonus is glitched so any negative scaling from not being hollowed out enough doesn't apply, you'll always have base damage AR, no matter what the game says. Makes the early parts of the run before you get the regular pyro flame easier. Pyromancy-only isn't too hard even with the few bosses that resist/negate fire and/or poison, but having to farm extra copies of Great Fireball from the Fire Lizards in FoFG is painful...
@@ludward I just hate wasting early Fire Seeds on the Dark Pyro Flame. Yeah, there’s enough seeds for both, but in a pyro run, you want to pump up the better flame sooner than later. But I guess that’s what makes it a challenge.
@@arellajardin8188 No need to upgrade the dark flame, tho. You get a Branch of Yore almost immediately after getting the dark flame, that you can use to free Rosebeth and the path to the Shaded Woods. (Hello free 30k souls and stamina/cast speed rings.) Get Poison Mist from her and Flexile Sentry becomes a joke. Poison Mist is a savior against any fire resistant enemy that isn't Fume Knight (Gotta get gud for that one, which isn't as bad as it sounds.) Poison Mist also stacks with Toxic Mist, which you can obtain almost immediately after getting the regular pyro flame, since you have access to both Grave of Saints and the Lost Bastille by this point.
@@WoobertAIO that's Tru 😂 but that would so about the same damage as fist (unless great sheilds 2 handed do more damage) Sry I don't really use sheilds much but to parry
I am more than a little envious of how much you kicked this games butt. I can't even count how many times I have died to fume knight and Alva with my normal characters.
Dark Souls 2 Time!!!! I’m very interested in this one since DS2 has a crazy amount of different magic spells and interesting systems. Can’t wait to see how it goes
A worthy challenge, since miracle spell casts start with so few. You might be happy to know Dark Souls 2 has two very different versions. And each version has interesting challenges of their own. For example, the Ladle-only run is dramatically harder in the vanilla version, because the Dull Ember is found in Iron Keep, instead of Lost Bastille. I’ve done numerous challenge runs, and Ladle-only in Vanilla, while in Company of Champions covenant (hardmode covenant), was by far the hardest.
I wonder if the dragonrider was left there for x only challenges, since it opens up to the teacher for miracles sorceries(in the wharf) and the darkness ones(in the woods via relocated licia) and rosabeth for pyromancies(you find fragrant branches behind) Also: fun fact about blue smelter: this version can delay its moveset
Remembering my own struggles with a regular cleric playthrough, this is gonna be really good and I'm wondering if you're gonna touch on the same issues I experienced Sidenote: I love that you didn't whine about smelter demon being hard like everyone else, cause he really isn't
Honestly the runup in Scholar is complete bullshit unless you kill the clown closet of Alonne Knights to the point that they stop spawning. That alone makes me like the fight less because of the amount of work I have to do to actually fight the boss or I'll be gangbanged to death by a dozen Alonne Knights in the back trying to enter the boss arena due ro the lack of i-frames at the start of traversing a fog wall for some reason. Seriously, who playtested that shit and said that was good? Everything else about Iron Keep isn't actually that bad, it's just that one part that is inexcuasbly bad. Honestly it's the best fire level in any FromSoftware game if you ignore that part as outside of that it's actually not bad like Lost Izalith or cobbled together like Smouldering Lake.
Bro don't even try that shit - thise hitboxes are broken. He's not hard in the sense that his moveset is tough or he has a large health pool, he can just barely catch you at the end of your s & that sucks.
hey im photosensitive and you have no idea how much i appreciate the flashing lights warning with it being concise and well explained when i could tab back in to my browser, i know we are a super small part of anyones audience but i always take notice when people take the time to think of us, thank you.
This was great. I think I said it on one of your DS videos, but the skill is superb, but it's the knowledge that really makes it perfect. Knowing what rings, where and how. Knowing when to swap things out or get extra casts. Fantastic entertainment.
This right here is why Dark Souls 2 is such a great game. So many viable and creative challenge builds that can be done. When I play like this I don't even consider it a "challenge" build, but rather an "RPG" build.
I watched this back around when it first came out, because I was actually doing my own pure caster miracle build in dark souls 2. I watched this before I had beaten my second Lord at the time, and this video helped me out quite a bit more than the dark souls wiki. What I will say if you've gotten this far down on the comment for anyone trying to do any kind of pure caster build the old iron king's crown is amazing. The hexers hood is close to Faith plus one intelligence if I remember correctly which pales in comparison to the old iron king's crown which gives you I want to say 20% of all of your spell casts back every 2 minutes I believe. With this it's very often that you get back that little bit of spell you need near the end of a boss fight just before they die so you don't have to pop in Amber herb, then if you're patient enough and equip a healing spell you could do the entire game New game Plus without any bonfires easily.
Additional note that I forgot eventually, the minimum gain back for the crown of the Old iron King is one spell cast so even if you have a spell that only has one or two spell cast you'll always get back at least one.
So glad this challenge video trend took off. Speedruns with miracles don't scratch the itch the same way as watching someone actually play the game with miracles
I love this so much. You make such awesome content. And the best thing about you doing Dark Souls 2 is that you have to do a Hex Only run! New magic system for the win!… or not… they never used it again. Also, can I get some love on the fact that the Majula music is the greatest piece of dark souls music ever
I'm sure it's been pointed out, but you can pick up the Disc Chime (shield) after the rat boss for a small but noticeable damage increase to all miracles.
I think the most satisfying thing about this one is how huge the change from the start to the end is. Like, at the start you cant even kill a single boss without replenishment items. At the end, you just mowed through them with dozens of lightning miracles. Its insane.
Great video, and very nicely planned out! Worth looking into the attunement breakpoints for spell casts if you do more spell-based runs. They are often between when you get an extra casting, so they can be easy to miss. Also, the Disc Chime increases Miracle Damage too, so it's a good offhand item for miracle runs! I used it when I did a similar run along with the Sun Ring which also increases miracle damage.
Miracles is probably easier. Better range than Dark Orb, no worries about Attunement slots, and better enemy resistances. Plus, Heavenly Thunder is a freaking BEAST.
Well planned and nicely executed! 👍 You've reignited my love for miracles. I will definitely try your way since when I finished the game with cleric it was unplanned and messed up. Thanks a bunch. ❤️
Awsome, I was waiting for your video, and now I just can't wait for another one. Completly decimated all thebosses once you got access to so many spells.
One of my favorite builds, though I prefer more of a Paladin, using Heide weapons, or the Dragonslayer’s Cresecent Axe. Defender Greatsword in NG+. Lightning damage is fantastic in DS2, they really gave miracles a glow up from the original. Even after the nerfs.
Glad to see these finally start on ds2. For a chsllenge you havent done, for both dark souls 1 and 2, crossbow only. You did archery only, but crossbow only will be trickier. For ds 1, it cant even start until you hit firelink just like your miracles only.
Another amazing video! Your jokes were on point, the video quality was superb, and I could tell you had a lot of fun. I can't wait for more of these videos
Amazing!!! Dude! Your runs are one of my favorite things to watch! Im so happy i stumbled upon your channel! A true diamond in the rough! Thank you for all you do!
For such a flawed game, after playing most of it, i can see the appeal it has for some people. Can`t wait to see you beat it multiple times in interesting ways!
I loved watching this whole run! Although I’m curious about one thing. What made you decide to forego getting Licia’s set after hitting 30 FTH? Was it the +1 to FTH and INT from the hexers hood?
Probably wouldn't have made much difference. All the native FTH gives extra Lightning resist to cover what the Saint's set would give, and the Hexer's Hood gives a bit more Dark resist. Edit: FIRE Resist, not Dark.
So, a fun thing about ds2 is that there's a glitch on the pc version (because it uses the mouse) that lets you swap the use count of a spell with the use count of another spell. This includes extra stacks from other copies of the spell who's use count you're using. This means you could, in fact, equip a ton of normal soul arrows, which, of course, have a bunch of uses, and then swap lightning spear or great lightning spear onto one of them, giving you over 120 great lightning spears with only one copy of great lightning spear. This, I imagine, would make the run even easier than you're showing it, and it could also shorten the early game by letting you just charge around with 30 lightning spears at that time. Though it does require you to meet the requirements for both spells, the glitch is pretty easy to pull off with a bit of practice.
"We name our character kirei" You should've use that name for the pyromancy run for the joke of this innocent and pure priest throwing mapo tofu to the enemies
Challenge suggestion for DS2: you go through ng however you want (like the armour of thorns video) and grab the bone fist. In ng+, you can only use the running kick attack
This is after the miracles nerfs from long ago...miracles and lightning in general were OP for a while, before they got nerfed. It still takes a ton of casts, though, even this powered up many DLC bosses still take less than 100 damage per Spear...
Emit Force to blow up barrels, punching your way down the well...
I'm learning a lot today.
GG, my dude - glad to see Miracles are still OP despite the nerf :)
😈
wait nerf? Why?
@@gametimenoah5902 lightning spear was bonkers on launch, then got massively over-nerfed to the point of being as useless in the early game as this vid shows, 3 casts and baby damage. obviously with some proper building though they still get the job done, as this vid also shows :P
@@gametimenoah5902 fromsoft doesn't know how to balance pvp in any of their games so they take an approach similar to carving a statue. When they think it looks good, they leave it alone. Once someone complains about it, they smash it into a thousand pieces and hope nobody cares anymore
It’s him!
What I love about DS2 magic is how many options you have to make yourself more powerful overtime. Rings, access to multiple scrolls, upgrading chimes, armor with added affects. DS2 in general has so many build options and makes it the most fun to play in the series, imo. That being said, some ways people can optimize this build further is using the Northern Ritual Band for additional spell usage. Sun Seal ring is also a good option for a modest 5% damage increase but no negative effects
Northern Ritual Band *could* be useful early on, but ultimately you end up getting enough spell casts by Targray that running out doesn’t become an issue. At that point you’re just taking a crowbar to your HP’s Kneecaps. Red Tearstone ring doesn’t work on magic in DS2 after it was nerfed, and Sun seal I alright but I’d rather have a ring slot for situational like Ring of Giants and such instead of something as low as 5% damage when I’m already hitting DLC bosses for not much in the first place.
@@GamersWeekend Oof you're right I'm thinking of DS1. Totally forgot they nerfrd it in DS2.
@@somedogsarecops2354 the only reason I know is that is because I had the same thought process lol
@Flamy aggred
@@GamersWeekend try doing a boss weapons only
17:13 fun fact! Forlorn (which are more of a group than a single enemy) actually all use the female base model! Zullie the Witch did a video on it called "What do the Forlorn really look like?" if you're interested
I’ll definitely take a look. I do like some Zullie videos 👀
"We name our character Kirei." Oh, shits about to go down for real...
Rejoice
@@martinrojas6884 *YOROKOBE SHONEN INTESIFIES*
@@rumle5 *KIMI NO NEGAI WA YOUYAKU KANAU*
I can already hear Church On The Hill.
Kirei, Scholar of the first win
I probably watched like 50 miracle only challenges on ds2 and this was by far the most planned out. On other challenges most people sit for hours or beat bosses with just barely enough spells to win Kyle just mowed through everything. Good job m8
Idk if you’ve seen ymfah’s video about making a ymfah video but he literally prints out whole wikis, excel spreadsheets, and plans then he binds them all. Each time for a new challenge. It’s insane.
Heah he just saw Baron's Castle video and avoided all mistakes
@@Stone_Orchids true Barrens castle went through hell
@@vfig675 what does ymfah have to do with this and his never done any miracle ds2 guide and even with all those wikis and shit he still manages to fck up a lot of things. Like the company of champions in his no talk guide
@@dayyaanadam2589 You're correct about that he hasn't done a miracle ds2 guide, but saying he fucks up a lot of things is disingenuous. They are usually done for comedic effect.
Bro... you are criminally underrated! All these hard restricting runs in the books and youve got NO WHERE near the amount of subs you deserve. You get all my likes and shares!
50 shades of SMITE
DS2 has my favorite spells. I cannot wait for the sorcery, pyromancy, and hex runs.
Pyro + Smelter = Cancer
@Hikari Arts 2.0 Fume Knight just wading through my best attacks like I was spitting at him. Spit might actually have done more damage.
@Hikari Arts 2.0 Iron keep is easy
Sorceries only isn’t a challenge, I think there’s maybe 3 bosses resistant to Magic, and they’re not hard ones. Plus, Sorceries cast faster than lightning spears.
Dark is a little harder, several difficult bosses are resistant to Dark. But on the flip side, hexes are pretty powerful in most instances. Surprise twist, everything in Brume is resistant to Fire and Dark! Just kill me now, Fume Knight.
Fire…. Oof. Pyromancy only is a bad time. Aldia, Ancient Dragon. All of Iron Keep, and all of Brume Tower. I’d rather sl1 the game than do a pyro only challenge.
Sorcery will honestly be a calm time. You can beat giant, pursuer and dragonrider easily with the spells you have access to early in the game, giving a huge soul pool.
Dark and pyro are a different thing, if you are going for "pure", since they both have steep entry costs.
"Damn, lightning got hands." -Every Single Boss
thanks for doing ds2 instead of immidiately skipping to 3. so many other channels unfairly exclude 2, even though it has such potential for challenge runs. looking forward to the no death no bonfire run for the illusory rings :)
Glad to see you dipping your toe into DS2. You should've seen the game before the nerfs, where each miracle of Lightning Spear gave you ten shots from the get-go. You know how you had like 70 near the endgame? Picture that, but without even trying for it.
I think this game has some of the sickest challenge runs in the series, and I can't wait to see more from you. Keep up the good work!
Lol that was my first thought when I saw the title of the video. "Can you beat DS2 with only miracles?" Well, what version are we talking, cause on release lighting was stupid OP.
Yeah DS2 1.0 miracles were AMAZING
You forgot the most important thing GW... You got to belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve!
So glad to finally see my favorite souls game on this series :) DS2 has great challenge run potential, I can’t wait to see what else you have planned
Honestly I find that it's the worst one, not that it's a bad game by any means as I've put an unhealthy amount of hours into it (imo it does the exploration thing better than any other game), however the awful enemy placement (Smelter Demon runup in Scholar), some of the most garbage hitboxes I've experienced even with 100+ Agility (Sir Alonne's grab got when I was next to his sword) and the extremely lackluster boss roster (I'm not a fan of Fume Knight right now, I've beaten him but I just have a lot of issues with that fight) just drag the game down for me.
Overall I consider Dark Souls 3 the best game in of FromSoftware's souls-likes (Bloodborne has a few issues that hold it back for me in the combat), I know the game has its flaws, however I find that game's combat the most satisfying, the boss roster is easily FromSoftware's best despite the stinkers, and the soundtrack is easily one of the best of that decade. I don't play it much these days because I've burned myself out on it after over 1000, hours (currently 1,111 hours to be exact).
However I can see why its liked as well as it has a lot of fun things that I can see people overlooking the shortcomings it has to hold it so highly. It's just the jank and objectively bad design choices (i-frames being tied to a stat) hurt the experience for me.
10:24 hearing this song fills you with determination
what song is it?
@@pickl3dud314 ua-cam.com/video/tz82xbLvK_k/v-deo.html
It's a Halloween miracle! So glad we're getting into DS2 challenges, and that you had fun. So many challenge runs try so hard to be difficult or to do something that hasn't been done before, but you remembered games are supposed to be fun.
Every time you use the Baljhet Mountains theme in your videos, I'm going to comment about how underrated Curse of Darkness and its OST are.
Hey Kyle, I thought of a fun challenge after you have done everything else you wanted.
The Shieldless Lothian Run:
- Can only deal damage with the Dragon Crescent Ace while it is two handed.*
- Cannot use Shields at all (duh)
- Must wear the Stone Ring, Ring of Giants (and upgraded versions) at all times once obtained. Cannot wear any rings before these two are obtained.
- Can only wear the Faraam Armor Set. You cannot remove any piece of the set, once worn it cannot be removed.
*For mandatory ranged damage or puzzle activation you may use the Black Firebombs. But nothing else only the Black Firebombs.
Special Rule for true Pros:
Shieldless Lothian was rumored to be a Dragon hunter, meaning if a dragon is available to fight then you must kill it before any other boss. You must kill the ancient dragon when first meeting it. You cannot leave the dragon area before killing it. When the Sunken DLC is first available you must go through it all and kill Sinh before continuing on in the main story or other dlc's.
Good Luck dragon hunter.
Kinda amazed how well you have this planned out. Also if you decide to do pyromancy only no one well be mad if you need to kill the flexile sentry first. Just do it with bombs or something. Also also archery only is pretty fun in ds2.
Can't you get the dark pyromancy flame from the gutter by getting the cat ring?
@@szarekhthesilentking7043 You can. Also it's scaling bonus is glitched so any negative scaling from not being hollowed out enough doesn't apply, you'll always have base damage AR, no matter what the game says. Makes the early parts of the run before you get the regular pyro flame easier.
Pyromancy-only isn't too hard even with the few bosses that resist/negate fire and/or poison, but having to farm extra copies of Great Fireball from the Fire Lizards in FoFG is painful...
@@ludward I just hate wasting early Fire Seeds on the Dark Pyro Flame. Yeah, there’s enough seeds for both, but in a pyro run, you want to pump up the better flame sooner than later. But I guess that’s what makes it a challenge.
@@arellajardin8188 No need to upgrade the dark flame, tho. You get a Branch of Yore almost immediately after getting the dark flame, that you can use to free Rosebeth and the path to the Shaded Woods. (Hello free 30k souls and stamina/cast speed rings.)
Get Poison Mist from her and Flexile Sentry becomes a joke. Poison Mist is a savior against any fire resistant enemy that isn't Fume Knight (Gotta get gud for that one, which isn't as bad as it sounds.)
Poison Mist also stacks with Toxic Mist, which you can obtain almost immediately after getting the regular pyro flame, since you have access to both Grave of Saints and the Lost Bastille by this point.
I absolutely *need* you to try Dark Souls 2 shield-only (or pyromancy-only. That works, too).
What sheilds actually do damage cuz I can't think of any rn
@@basicname1555 in DS2? Literally all shields do damage when you 2h them.
@@WoobertAIO that's Tru 😂 but that would so about the same damage as fist (unless great sheilds 2 handed do more damage)
Sry I don't really use sheilds much but to parry
@@basicname1555 no, shields actually do decent damage in this game. They're just slow, that's why nobody uses them as weapons.
does the cleric Disc Chime count? hehehehehhehehe
Wait... You're "shocked" that we enjoy your content?! I'll go home now. Goodnight everybody!
We love ya to bits and we love your content.
Let's go! kyle me boi I've been waiting for this for so long!
Ah, my favourite in the series can't wait for the only hex "challenge"
I am more than a little envious of how much you kicked this games butt. I can't even count how many times I have died to fume knight and Alva with my normal characters.
Dark Souls 2 Time!!!! I’m very interested in this one since DS2 has a crazy amount of different magic spells and interesting systems. Can’t wait to see how it goes
I love all of your Dark Souls challenges. The editing on them makes them so fun to watch. Can’t wait to see more!
Imagine how satisfying it would've been to thrown an Emit Force into the group of Royal Rat Vanguards. Mmm!
Not nearly as satisfying as Heavenly Thunder is
It's more of a subjective thing, but sure
Surprised he didn’t use Soul Appease. It will nuke the whole room with a single cast. Two casts, Mohawk shows up.
@@arellajardin8188 Who sells that? I recall the Grave Warden from Bone Zone 2.0, but who else?
@@becomingsentient1208 The stone trader. So you only have to get to Harvest Valley.
A worthy challenge, since miracle spell casts start with so few.
You might be happy to know Dark Souls 2 has two very different versions. And each version has interesting challenges of their own. For example, the Ladle-only run is dramatically harder in the vanilla version, because the Dull Ember is found in Iron Keep, instead of Lost Bastille. I’ve done numerous challenge runs, and Ladle-only in Vanilla, while in Company of Champions covenant (hardmode covenant), was by far the hardest.
I wonder if the dragonrider was left there for x only challenges, since it opens up to the teacher for miracles sorceries(in the wharf) and the darkness ones(in the woods via relocated licia) and rosabeth for pyromancies(you find fragrant branches behind)
Also: fun fact about blue smelter: this version can delay its moveset
Fantastic video ; this helps me a lot with my own faith build
Loved this one! Can't wait to see more challenge runs
Remembering my own struggles with a regular cleric playthrough, this is gonna be really good and I'm wondering if you're gonna touch on the same issues I experienced
Sidenote: I love that you didn't whine about smelter demon being hard like everyone else, cause he really isn't
I feel like when they say smelter hard they mean blue smelter bc screw that boss he is the only boss in the series I haven't killed
Honestly the runup in Scholar is complete bullshit unless you kill the clown closet of Alonne Knights to the point that they stop spawning. That alone makes me like the fight less because of the amount of work I have to do to actually fight the boss or I'll be gangbanged to death by a dozen Alonne Knights in the back trying to enter the boss arena due ro the lack of i-frames at the start of traversing a fog wall for some reason.
Seriously, who playtested that shit and said that was good? Everything else about Iron Keep isn't actually that bad, it's just that one part that is inexcuasbly bad. Honestly it's the best fire level in any FromSoftware game if you ignore that part as outside of that it's actually not bad like Lost Izalith or cobbled together like Smouldering Lake.
Most of the time when people say that a bod is bad, they mean that the bossrun sucks
Bro don't even try that shit - thise hitboxes are broken.
He's not hard in the sense that his moveset is tough or he has a large health pool, he can just barely catch you at the end of your s & that sucks.
@@kiratherenegade1561 Sounds like something that someone who's bad at the game would say
hey im photosensitive and you have no idea how much i appreciate the flashing lights warning with it being concise and well explained when i could tab back in to my browser, i know we are a super small part of anyones audience but i always take notice when people take the time to think of us, thank you.
This was great. I think I said it on one of your DS videos, but the skill is superb, but it's the knowledge that really makes it perfect. Knowing what rings, where and how. Knowing when to swap things out or get extra casts. Fantastic entertainment.
This right here is why Dark Souls 2 is such a great game. So many viable and creative challenge builds that can be done. When I play like this I don't even consider it a "challenge" build, but rather an "RPG" build.
Playing hopes and dreams and save the world is perfect as its like you have the power of God and anime on your side while using some of these miracles
Man, punch me in the heart with that glorious moonsiders 1st smash rendition. God I love that piece.
I watched this back around when it first came out, because I was actually doing my own pure caster miracle build in dark souls 2. I watched this before I had beaten my second Lord at the time, and this video helped me out quite a bit more than the dark souls wiki. What I will say if you've gotten this far down on the comment for anyone trying to do any kind of pure caster build the old iron king's crown is amazing. The hexers hood is close to Faith plus one intelligence if I remember correctly which pales in comparison to the old iron king's crown which gives you I want to say 20% of all of your spell casts back every 2 minutes I believe. With this it's very often that you get back that little bit of spell you need near the end of a boss fight just before they die so you don't have to pop in Amber herb, then if you're patient enough and equip a healing spell you could do the entire game New game Plus without any bonfires easily.
Additional note that I forgot eventually, the minimum gain back for the crown of the Old iron King is one spell cast so even if you have a spell that only has one or two spell cast you'll always get back at least one.
So glad this challenge video trend took off. Speedruns with miracles don't scratch the itch the same way as watching someone actually play the game with miracles
That Hopes and Dreams transition gave me lifeeee
Fantastic work as always!
I like how you called Kirei the innocent cleric when he’s a executioner
Don’t got nothing to say. Loved the video and I’m praying the algorithm let’s some new folk enjoy it too!
Its awesome to see you're doing DS2 videos! I love this game
Damn, it hasn't been long since you've beaten DS2 SOFTS and you're already in it for the challenges! keep it up my man, great content
The editting and the planning and everything was beautiful. Definitely one of your best videos!
Good freaking stuff, as always! I'm looking forward to the next run!
I learned many years ago that Faith Builds in DS2 are top tier. Praise be.
I love this so much. You make such awesome content. And the best thing about you doing Dark Souls 2 is that you have to do a Hex Only run! New magic system for the win!… or not… they never used it again.
Also, can I get some love on the fact that the Majula music is the greatest piece of dark souls music ever
Can't even remember the last time I heard a "cash money" joke LOLOLOL
Great challenge as always. Love your narrative style 🤌
That Tekken Infinite Azure background music brought back some serious memories
Great Video but maybe it would be better if you could left some unsped footage of the boss fights
I'm sure it's been pointed out, but you can pick up the Disc Chime (shield) after the rat boss for a small but noticeable damage increase to all miracles.
Obviously Sun Seal (ring) also increases miracle damage no idea why he didn't use it
the "uh i need eye bleach" line on 14:45 broke me a bit because i felt that one on so many levels.
I think the most satisfying thing about this one is how huge the change from the start to the end is. Like, at the start you cant even kill a single boss without replenishment items. At the end, you just mowed through them with dozens of lightning miracles. Its insane.
Great video, and very nicely planned out!
Worth looking into the attunement breakpoints for spell casts if you do more spell-based runs. They are often between when you get an extra casting, so they can be easy to miss.
Also, the Disc Chime increases Miracle Damage too, so it's a good offhand item for miracle runs! I used it when I did a similar run along with the Sun Ring which also increases miracle damage.
The Castlevania: Curse of Darkness music in these videos make me happy.
Most of the bosses on the beginning: GW, you mind telling me what you're doing with that item?
GW with amber herbs: Sir, finishing this fight
i gave up on my faith run in this game cuz miracles felt really weak, but this is making me wanna try it again
Love it, though I'm gonna have to see the hex-only playthrough to know which is really easier.
Miracles is probably easier. Better range than Dark Orb, no worries about Attunement slots, and better enemy resistances. Plus, Heavenly Thunder is a freaking BEAST.
You should try a straight sword hilt only challenge for dark souls remastered
This was a very nice video. Honestly probably one of the best I seen and loved the voice over throughout.
This is definitely one of your best runs yet. I can't wait to see what you do next.
The tekken music on the start of the run so glad I clicked on this video
Well planned and nicely executed! 👍 You've reignited my love for miracles. I will definitely try your way since when I finished the game with cleric it was unplanned and messed up. Thanks a bunch. ❤️
The tekken infinite azure soundtrack as intro?! This vid is already a banger!
Dark souls 2 is the interesting one of the games with its mechanics and it’s adp stat
I'm just finishing my very first playthrough on Ds2 and found this! Awesome vid, now I know what my second run is gonna be :D
That infinite Azure theme in the begining is magical!
Awsome, I was waiting for your video, and now I just can't wait for another one. Completly decimated all thebosses once you got access to so many spells.
As the legends says: "Big Hitbox & Heavenly Thunder"
hundreds of hours into this game, I still had no idea Attunement ups your spell cast amount.
One of my favorite builds, though I prefer more of a Paladin, using Heide weapons, or the Dragonslayer’s Cresecent Axe. Defender Greatsword in NG+. Lightning damage is fantastic in DS2, they really gave miracles a glow up from the original. Even after the nerfs.
Glad to see these finally start on ds2. For a chsllenge you havent done, for both dark souls 1 and 2, crossbow only. You did archery only, but crossbow only will be trickier. For ds 1, it cant even start until you hit firelink just like your miracles only.
Another amazing video! Your jokes were on point, the video quality was superb, and I could tell you had a lot of fun. I can't wait for more of these videos
The castlevania curse of darkness music made me smile
Yo nice choice with the Curse of Darkness music. Love that game.
Amazing!!! Dude! Your runs are one of my favorite things to watch! Im so happy i stumbled upon your channel! A true diamond in the rough! Thank you for all you do!
Wait, your name is Kyle? I think i'm finally understanding how much of a legend you are.
Just like a insufferable cleric attacking the honorable Sir Alonne when is back is turned
Its great to see, thats your canal gets relevant!
Your videos just keep getting better and I love it.
Thanks :)
Excited for the next challenges for my personal favorite souls game.
For such a flawed game, after playing most of it, i can see the appeal it has for some people. Can`t wait to see you beat it multiple times in interesting ways!
deacons of the deep moment
I really like these challenges and ds2 was the first dark souls game I played in so exited to see what challenges come next
I cant stop reading DS2 Scholar's Abreviation as Softs
Oh god, Heavenly Thunder... biggest nightmare of my PVP times back then.
Great video!
Brilliant Music Selection in this one
That intro collage was soo sick bro
I loved watching this whole run!
Although I’m curious about one thing. What made you decide to forego getting Licia’s set after hitting 30 FTH? Was it the +1 to FTH and INT from the hexers hood?
Probably wouldn't have made much difference. All the native FTH gives extra Lightning resist to cover what the Saint's set would give, and the Hexer's Hood gives a bit more Dark resist.
Edit: FIRE Resist, not Dark.
So, a fun thing about ds2 is that there's a glitch on the pc version (because it uses the mouse) that lets you swap the use count of a spell with the use count of another spell. This includes extra stacks from other copies of the spell who's use count you're using. This means you could, in fact, equip a ton of normal soul arrows, which, of course, have a bunch of uses, and then swap lightning spear or great lightning spear onto one of them, giving you over 120 great lightning spears with only one copy of great lightning spear. This, I imagine, would make the run even easier than you're showing it, and it could also shorten the early game by letting you just charge around with 30 lightning spears at that time. Though it does require you to meet the requirements for both spells, the glitch is pretty easy to pull off with a bit of practice.
Loved this video and would love to see you do more dark souls 2 SOTFS playthrough!
I liked the addition of hopes and dreams from undertale
"We name our character kirei" You should've use that name for the pyromancy run for the joke of this innocent and pure priest throwing mapo tofu to the enemies
Glad to see you playing the best dark souls game
This challenge is the epitome of the saying: "I kick ass for the LORD!"
Been waiting for the ds 2 challenge vids...lets go this is gonna be a great seriea
Challenge suggestion for DS2: you go through ng however you want (like the armour of thorns video) and grab the bone fist. In ng+, you can only use the running kick attack
Watched this vid like 50 times to copy the build lol. Can confirm. That was really fun!
This is after the miracles nerfs from long ago...miracles and lightning in general were OP for a while, before they got nerfed.
It still takes a ton of casts, though, even this powered up many DLC bosses still take less than 100 damage per Spear...
I really hope he does dark souls 3 challenges too, I love these videos
Can’t wait for the next ds2 challenge :)
"Damage must be done with miracles"
Dragonrider: Dies from gravity/water "miracles"