"I swear if there's another npc boss in the dlc" Oh boy...
@Rogers186_
Ай бұрын
Half of the bosses being npc fights lol
@thaias9654
29 күн бұрын
6 single npc boss fights and 1 fight that's between 2 and 5 npcs in a row Edit: forgot Dryleaf Dane's first encounter boss fight. Edit²: I forgot there was 4 nameless mausoleums not 3.
@im2arrogant118
29 күн бұрын
@@thaias9654 did you count Ancient Dragon-Man? 🤔
@thaias9654
29 күн бұрын
@@im2arrogant118 yes but I forgot the southern nameless mausoleum
@jonmann4980
17 күн бұрын
@@Rogers186_yes that’s the joke
@danidonaldson2584
Жыл бұрын
I feel like they should have treated the Elden Beast fight like the Moon Presence. Like, you only get the opportunity to fight it if you collect all available Great Runes, and if you die in the fight you go straight into the Beast fight, not repeating Radagon.
@mr.beeves5912
7 ай бұрын
this is genius
@dragon_defeyes
Ай бұрын
i wish this was in the big dlc patch
@saverofthehumens
Ай бұрын
@@dragon_defeyes TBH Elden beast should've been optional like nameless king. Cause the fight, just, is, not, good. Gorgeous arena, thematically great and *DEEPEST LORE* but my god.. if it's not bollocking around halfway across the map it's spamming projectiles.. though that can always be a bit of rng.
@Fluskar
Ай бұрын
honestly W idea
@ezrat4248
Ай бұрын
U guys are hilarious
@deesevrin8570
Жыл бұрын
It's kind of delightful how bitter your narration sounds
@GhostG59
Ай бұрын
I hate to break the year long chain of no reply, but I think its the combo of good articulation and no youtuber voice... very nice to my brain :)
@samanthaw.8560
Ай бұрын
He *is* British
@TheWither129
Жыл бұрын
Small nitpick, no, radahn was tied for the most aggressive of the demigods in the shattering. He attacked stormveil, kenneth describes it as “godrick hid from radahn in that castle” and we know morgott and radahn fought from the opening scene and its mentioned in sword graves, and he really wanted to be elden lord. It was actually morgott who was entirely defensive, only ever attacking in offense ONCE, against rykard, because his entire goal was “protect tree” and rykards goal was “burn tree, eat siblings”
@randomman4628
Жыл бұрын
So what you're saying is Godrick got bitched twice
@Tulip_bip
Жыл бұрын
the opening cinematic and an interview with miyazaki confirm that the great runes had some negative effect on the shardbearers which caused the shattering. i think this explains why radahn was so aggressive (and also why he became gigantic). in the cinematic of his fight with malenia, it seems to me that radahn looks slightly monstrous, or at least very different from how he looks in his portrait
@TheWither129
Жыл бұрын
@@Tulip_bip suddenly gaining a fragment of the power that controls the world would bring out the worst in anyone. Radahn and rykard were beloved until they got power hungry. I dont think any magic affected them or anything. Its just human nature to be corrupted by power, and while they arent entirely human, goldmask tells us they are no better than humans, so i believe having a chance at ultimate power caused them to reveal the demons inside, just like any human. Their parents are both considered human after all, whether or not radagon and marika were one then is up for debate but they were human until radagon married marika.
@Tulip_bip
Жыл бұрын
@TheWither129 it's the only explanation for why radahn looks different from his portraits in the cinematic trailer
@DungEnjoyerr
Жыл бұрын
@@TheWither129 I thought it was because of the scarlet rot
@SingingInferno
Жыл бұрын
Crazy how different people struggle with different things. You made my 2 biggest pains in my RL1 playthrough, Fire Giant and Maliketh, seem like cakewalks. Meanwhile, I absolutely stomped Godskin Duo and Gideon.
@kingofgirth8609
Жыл бұрын
what was your setup for gideon?
@SingingInferno
Жыл бұрын
@@kingofgirth8609 Max upgrade Blood Great Lance, claw talisman, ritual sword talisman, spear talisman, lord of blood's exultation. I basically just didn't let him get away as I spammed running attacks and jump attacks.
@ETBrooD
2 ай бұрын
Godskin duo stomps nearly everyone who doesn't rely on a gimmick or a completely overtuned build. This is the fight that will turn you into a gamer god if you figure it out at RL1 with an honest strategy.
@ZukiRussy
Ай бұрын
Fire Giant was so easy for me, I struggled with Morgott since I wanted a parry god run in under a minute which took years off my lifespan.
@entroponetics
27 күн бұрын
@@ETBrooD What do you consider an "honest strategy"? lol
@Kurai_69420
Жыл бұрын
You're not the only one with waterfowl stockholm syndrome. I co-op a lot at malenia and I find myself yelling at her to please use the move on me while I have aggro and not the literal millisecond that the host takes aggro off of me. It's basically a flex move, an opportunity for skill expression and the point blank dodge looks sick af.
@BigDBrian
Жыл бұрын
it's also a lot easier to dodge in multiplayer
@Old_Gregg
Жыл бұрын
@@BigDBrianfair, but she’s also super ez to parry kill solo
@blazex224
Жыл бұрын
Yeah waterfowl has become very fun, especially when you learn multiple ways to dodge it (and learn that with some weapons you can even attack mid waterfowl!)
@grimreefer213
Жыл бұрын
I don’t hate the move either now that i’ve learned how to dodge it properly. You just have to be careful about not attacking her when she has hyperarmor when you’re using slower weapons, and pick your openings to attack wisely
@rahulgomes6488
4 ай бұрын
im literally in love with Malenia i wish this game had a boss rush mode like sekiro so i could easily fight her over and over again
@mrblupl8479
Жыл бұрын
Just wanted to mention the bewitching branch works on both the summons in the Nail fight, making the entire fight trivial. Doesnt work as well in new game+ but for this run you would've saved a lot of time and effort. Cheers!
@Joeggurnaut546
Жыл бұрын
Surprised he knew about sleep pots on the nobles but not this with niall.
@oceatwo
Жыл бұрын
I forgot about this thanks for mentioning it
@themightymcb7310
Жыл бұрын
Branches are incredibly limited on a single playthrough, even crafting them is difficult. It's not a viable rl1 strat unless you're confident you can get it in just a handful of tries, which usually is not the case in a run like this.
@ShadowAraun
Жыл бұрын
@@themightymcb7310 i don't see why you wouldn't though? Nial is EXTREMELY easy to dodge. if you use ranged and dodge out of his axe kick he does the same exact attack pattern the entire fight. you also get a ton of them in all honestly, at least enough for 10 attempts which is more than enough.
@themightymcb7310
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowAraun the second knight introduces a lot of randomness to the fight, it's not exactly guaranteed that you'll be able to branch both of them and you never know who is gonna aggro to who. Also, Niall's AOEs are kind of bullshit sometimes and can catch you unless you play really conservatively. Overall it's one of the worst designed fights in the game imo. Also, using ranged stuff against bosses kind of defeats the whole purpose of playing at rl1, doesn't it?
@memecat7131
Жыл бұрын
bro i watched the vid thinking you had like 500k subs but wow you dont you deserve way more loved the video keep this up really enjoyed
@PillarGodPyro
Жыл бұрын
I loved doing DS3 SL1 runs they’re my favourite souls experience to date. Naturally I tried Elden Ring at RL1. I deleted 2 RL1 save files after beating Godskin duo. Something about Godskin duo right after Fire Giant just pushes me over the edge and completely kills my enjoyment of the challenge.
@ChunskieFartFilms
Жыл бұрын
Exactly where I quit was godskin duo. I don’t understand how you beat them RL1 it made me not want to play more than malenia.
@DonHaci
Жыл бұрын
@@ChunskieFartFilms sleep pot makes light work of them, duo fights in general wont mesh well for SL1
@waffles7038
Жыл бұрын
I just copied Ongbal’s strat of parrying the Noble by baiting out an attack (by being far enough away that he starts running towards you) where he steps forward and stabs in a very readable way. After that, just treat it like O&S and wait for the right moment. All the boss fights in these games are only as hard as you let them be, even at base level. Trying to dodge and counter every attack can be *very* satisfying (and that’s what I aim to do first and foremost), but if you simply want to get *past* the boss, then just find your guarantees. Pick a move that you know you can punish every time, and then wait for *that* one, or two, and so on; once you’re comfortable with more of their moveset/behavior. As an out-of-game tip, I listen to music/other random content while I do boss attempts, and that greatly reduces any potential frustration. The silence of the *very* *frequent* loading screens, and the repetitive boss themes/dialogue (“I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella” x1000), are what would often cause me to cut sessions short in the past. Hope any of this helps anyone. Cheers.
@evanbaxter7356
6 ай бұрын
I can understand why people wouldn't want to do this if they're trying to have Fair fights but I just sleep potted them for RL1. I'm satisfied with having beaten them "fairly" on leveled characters
@evanbaxter7356
6 ай бұрын
I can understand why people wouldn't want to do this if they're trying to have Fair fights but I just sleep potted them for RL1. I'm satisfied with having beaten them "fairly" on leveled characters
@liamconn35
Жыл бұрын
I love the way elden ring has allowed for the birth of so many new channels. I feel like I'm watching the new generation of big KZitemrs getting started.
@ryan.1990
Жыл бұрын
Real
@fullmetallic1634
Ай бұрын
"In an ideal world there would be no elden beast, just an expanded radagon fight followed by a slave knight gael cameo." Truer words have never been spoken
@anonymous01201
Ай бұрын
nah, Elden Beast would be good if it was less annoying, and it is now. granted it's a lot easier, but at least you aren't running and dodging magic half the time, before it was basically just a magic bullet hell dodging simulator, which was kind of fun until that was the entire fight while you ran towards it to try and get hits in.
@ShjadeNexayre
Ай бұрын
I'm a little surprised to see it when I always think of Gael as "the poison cheese fight" because that's kinda all he is to me: the guy who's funny to melt with a +Int ring and Storyteller's Staff on literally any build. It was interesting the first time but not really one I go back to for funsies other than the joy of melting a boss with poison, because I've always enjoyed DoT strats. I think my ideal would be an expanded Radagon fight followed by some kind of brief scene of closure with Marika that could be influenced by which ending path you're taking, but that's just me, obv.
@SuffyANX
26 күн бұрын
Elden Beast shouldn't have been a fight. Radagon should have been longer and had a more interesting phase 2. BUT, the game should have still played a cutscene and taken you to a crippled, helpless Elden Beast lying in that pool of infinite water in a forest of erdtrees, with that ethereal-ass music, and made you slowly maul and slice it to death The Tarnished literally went into this decaying, rotting and death-blighted world (literally and figuratively for both), killed the gods and their armies, upended the world order, and slaughtered god knows how many thousands of other on the way, for better or for worse. It would have been an appropriately grim note to end the game on IMO. Make you feel the weight of what you're about to do when you remake the Order in your own image
@anonymous01201
26 күн бұрын
@@SuffyANX cool idea but wouldn’t make any sense. And the only flaw with the Elden beast fight other than some poorly designed attacks (Elden stars and wave of gold) was that a lot of people didn’t like the amount of running you had to do due to the long ranged focused kit of the boss. But all that is fixed now with torrent so there is effectively no problem now, apart from it being maybe too easy, but it’s more of a cinematic victory lap type fight and not supposed to be the hardest thing in the world.
@SuffyANX
26 күн бұрын
@@anonymous01201 It makes as much sense as a big jelly bean monster coming out of the ground to fight you and would be less shit than a shit boss fight.
@t1linexd205
Ай бұрын
"If we see another NPC boss on the DlC.." Oh boy
@oceatwo
Ай бұрын
Yeah why did I even say anything I should have known
@anonymous01201
Ай бұрын
@@oceatwo they're nowhere near as bad as Gideon though, actually quite alright and clearly a lot more thought was put in than with Gideon
@justinlowery6017
Ай бұрын
Two words for the O’Niall fight: Bewitching Branch. Hit the first guy, he attacks the second guy, O’Niall gets distracted and fights his own soldiers, turning the tables on the whole thing.
@demoash436
2 ай бұрын
23:36 Well that didn't age well
@juicejooos
Ай бұрын
It was also an immeasurable L take, like, the Ariandel and Ringed City NPC bosses being bad? No way. Also the DLC does probably the best execution of an NPC fight, and one of the best upgrades in Fromsoft's overall design with the followers of miquella team fight. That shit is so good from a narrative and quest design perspective, as well as feeling like the good old days of DS3 invasions.
@Ryablol
Ай бұрын
@@juicejooos I personally disagree, if you play rl1 you'll see why gideon is so terribly designed. The same applies for the dlc as it feels clunky and overall not a fun fight. The music, aesthetic, and lore implications really shine during the battle and makes it more bearable. npc fights still are just not fun in any souls game, rl1 or normal.
@raleogan
Ай бұрын
They really cooked up the best npc fight ever in the dlc
@velvetdraws3452
Ай бұрын
@@Ryablol I see your point but at the same time, the game isn't really made around being RL1, so saying you have to be RL1 to see why a fight is bad doesnt make sense imo
@Ryablol
Ай бұрын
@@velvetdraws3452 yeah but that was the whole point of the video. plus you never see gideon's other attacks because he's horribly scaled at the point in the game, making most builds one shot him by that point
@oogi14
Жыл бұрын
Great video man, enjoyed sitting down with my lunch and watching it through. Keep it up, looking forward to future content on games we both enjoy 👍
@rotcehlobo8311
Жыл бұрын
I’ve put hundreds of hours into this game and your skill level makes me want to have an anxiety attack.
@edgarallenpo8330
Жыл бұрын
Here's a neat tip for Commander Niall use the bewitching branches on the duel sword summon and if possible the shield too. I managed to bewitch both at the same time once and they just shredded Niall fast
@SobeCrunkMonster
Жыл бұрын
Here's a neat tip for Commander Niall use the bewitching branches on the duel sword summon and if possible the shield too. I managed to bewitch both at the same time once and they just shredded Niall fast
@thedawginhumanity4635
Жыл бұрын
Here’s a neat tip for Commander Niall use the bewitching branches on the duel sword summon and if possible the shield too. I managed to bewitch both at the same time once and they just shredded Niall fast
@momentoyal930
Ай бұрын
Here's a neat tip for Commander Niall use the bewitching branches on the duel sword summon and if possible the shield too. I managed to bewitch both at the same time once and they just shredded Niall fast
@19arti10
Жыл бұрын
Niall felt almost impossible to do on RL1 run for me at first, until I started parrying. It pretty much trivializes the whole fight. The summons die in two parries, and you can backstab one at the start of the fight, and Niall himself gets stunned after only a single parry. It's a great strategy for this fight imo
@-TriP-
3 ай бұрын
Recently finished my first (and only lol) 100% RL1 run -- it's such a fun way to play, really gets you to experiment with different strategies
@realkingofantarctica
Жыл бұрын
My favourite part about doing a Level 1 run is that it outlines every crack in Elden Ring's boss design. Things that were baseless theories or passing observations on previous playthroughs quickly became pervasive throughout every attempt.
@tinminator8905
Жыл бұрын
What do you mean exactly? The hardest Elden Ring challenge I ever did was no item pickups. It certainly made me hate the bosses that I already thought were trash even more (aka dogshit duo and Gideon), but made me love the rest much more. I didn't notice any glaring cracks in the design of any main bosses other than Malenia, even when taking more than 10 hours to beat some.
@Stanzbey69
Ай бұрын
@@tinminator8905 people like talking out of their ass, doubt this guy has even done a challenge run. Only challenge he has done is sitting through a joseph anderson video without poking his eyes out
@MegamanStarforce2010
Ай бұрын
@@Stanzbey69 no, he's right. the boss design is heavily in question in challenge playthroughs.
@Stanzbey69
Ай бұрын
@@MegamanStarforce2010 no it isn’t lol. Whose challenge playthroughs are you watching? Feeble king? Most challenge runners/boss rankers praise these bosses to death for their complexity and for the freedom you have in their fights. I recommend you watch literally any loopine video. Or magicat’s elden ring section in his ‘games ranked by boss quality’ video.
@aeb4865
Ай бұрын
@@Stanzbey69Just because some challenge runners share an opinion doesn’t mean everyone does lol. I’ve done some challenge runs on this game too, and although I ended up liking some bosses quite a lot more, I also ended up disliking some more. Most notable being Malenia who went from being an S tier fight for me first playthrough to one of the worst bosses in the game
@TheOracleofClocks
Жыл бұрын
What a cool video. I liked your critical observations, your humor, those cute little animations, and everything. Great stuff
@randydiebold325
Жыл бұрын
legit. I good player actually giving a balanced review and not just some SoulsBro saying that FromSoft can do no wrong.
@deanofett
Ай бұрын
For Niall, I found boosting fire damage to the moon & using flame of the redmanes let you stagger and 2-shot both summons without much issue.
@void.lawyer
Ай бұрын
You can still get Bewitching Branches at Lvl 1. So whoever wants to do a run like this then use Bewitching Branches on the knights that Nial summons
@SKOGLO
Жыл бұрын
Great video, really deserves more views! You've got a new subscriber:)
@trevorditmar
Жыл бұрын
Unseen Form is also a good way of dealing with Ordina. 16 INT req so pretty easy to achieve in rl1. I'm actually doing a rl1 run with cold spiked caestus atm so glad to see more h2h love. cheers mate
@tinminator8905
Жыл бұрын
Or just using Loretta's shield which you get like 50m from there.
@trevorditmar
Жыл бұрын
@@tinminator8905 it's certainly not a bad option. I just always think of the rooftop where two have an angle on you and I'd rather unseen to get behind asap
@fatusopp4739
20 күн бұрын
huge boon to any rl1 run, especially in the dlc where literally everything will one shot you if you don't have opaline bubbletear active. unseen form along with assasins gambit carried me through many dlc areas.
@TheWonkster
Жыл бұрын
Rahdan doesn't always stop using his bow when you unload him. I unloaded him, waited a few seconds (for safety) and started heading back only for him to start charging a shot and tag me while I was turing around to unload him again.
@AgentChick
Жыл бұрын
So I'm in the weird camp that actually somehow really enjoys Godskin Duo. Honestly my biggest tip would be to use Thop's Barrier. It doesn't have as many frames to parry Godskin Noble, but it makes up for it with its ability to deflect the black fireballs without taking FP (unlike Carian Retaliation). Idk, there's something about the space management in the fight that is very fun to me, Godskin Duo despite its faults, does feel like it was somewhat designed as a duo fight, unlike some other egregious examples like Valiant Gargoyles or Crucible Knights. Generally what I do is take advantage of Noble being much faster and aggressive than Apostle to separate them, and just deflect the Apostle's fireballs when I'm dealing with Noble, while I try to parry him; using frostbite on your weapon also helps. It ends up being slower but at no point does it drag for me, I just find it really fun (though granted that could be because I was like lvl 160 in NG and the other time I was like lvl 210 on NG+). Also this was a regular melee, I wasn't using magic, incantations, sleep or summons. Just a halberd, a parry shield, and a will to live, lol.
@CaptianSwan
Жыл бұрын
I quite liked them too but I was using summons and incantations. Sure they're hard but they weren't even S&O tier as far as I'm concerned.
@Rexis102
Жыл бұрын
The fight was fine after From patched the duo-fight AI to work like it did in DS3 with traded aggression. Before the patch, you’d deal with 2 bosses constantly applying pressure in the Godskin and Ordovis fights.
@AgentChick
Жыл бұрын
@@Rexis102 I mean I see people still complain about this fight being bs to date
@Rexis102
Жыл бұрын
@@AgentChick all duo fights have a degree of cheese to them so I don’t blame people for hating them. Best duo fights are Ornstein + Smough and the Demon Prince boss fight. The absolute worst duo fight in my opinion is Valiant Gargoyles specifically because their poison attacks are inexplicably hard to see. Feels like From wanted to copy the Demon Prince formula but forgot to put the only things that made the fight fun/engaging as a duo fight
@AgentChick
Жыл бұрын
@@Rexis102 Well yeah O&S and Demon Princes were actually designed as 2v1s, that's why they stand out as some of the greatest. The ones in ER just, weren't, the only one that comes close is Godskin Duo but even then, their primary Duo mechanic is completely absent from the fight (waking each other up after falling asleep), but at least they don't rush you at the same time like Crucible Knights or the gargoyles. Plus with Godskin duo, the room design actually makes it really easy to not get sniped from offscreen, since on top of their obvious sound cues, most of their attacks will hit a pillar if they're offscreen.
@deanofett
Ай бұрын
Man my level 1 playthrough looked way different. Rot breath, Blade of death, and Flame of the redmanes carried me through.
@nuclearether7485
Ай бұрын
rennala definitely benefits from having the longest runback. i think puzzle bosses and bosses like phase 2 rennala are the best fights to have runbacks on, but thats just me.
@QualityName
Ай бұрын
Great video, can't wait to see you do this for DS2 (aka best souls game) :)
@flavionms
Жыл бұрын
"Stupid and poorly designed and the method to dodge it is way too obtuse to reasonably figure out" is the exact description of Waterfowl Dance, funnily enough, so I guess you just need some more Stockholm Syndrome.
@MartinPurathur
Жыл бұрын
I'd say both Waterfowl and her clone attack fit that description. Shame really, she's a 10/10 boss except for those
@joshzuker8308
Жыл бұрын
@@MartinPurathurThe clones are tough but I feel once you figure it out it is consistent to get down each time.
@gofish177
Жыл бұрын
I've started playing a Flaskless elden ring run and so far its quite fun, definitely remedies some of the annoying parts of lvl1 runs in elden ring where you can really only use like 5 weapons
@Ropewatch
Жыл бұрын
Flaskless is super fun. I feel like lv1 is just really boring. The challenge comes from having no hp which I think is boring and you can’t use stuff you like.
@blazex224
Жыл бұрын
An important note about Godskin Noble using Golden Parry It’s not only easier because the parry window is slightly longer, it’s easier because Godskin Noble has to be parried right on their hand, not the weapon, so you have to be very close, which is difficult with that boss model. Golden Parry or magic parry trivializes this in a way
@dhammond249
4 ай бұрын
Agreed. Most of the way through my forst level 1 run now. Nowhere near as hard as i thought but a good challenge. The solid damage you can still do suprised me, honestly probably better damage than the halfass build i had on my first playthrough
@highlightermarca-texto3281
Жыл бұрын
So I don't really mind you using my footage for Fire Giant, I just think it's a bit weird. You could've just asked.
@oceatwo
Жыл бұрын
No way its you! My bad I should have asked. Thank you for being the only person who had good fire giant clips
@highlightermarca-texto3281
Жыл бұрын
@@oceatwo you’re welcome haha
@gatgatata6701
Ай бұрын
I just beat Niall at lvl 1 and I found a consistent way to deal with the 2 summons of the boss with the Bloody slash ashes of war. First you backstab the swords summon and he dies from 2 Bs, which are free to hit from medium range and when he uses the ice charge attack. The shield one is a bit trickier as he keeps defending them but just dodge some attacks and there will be windows. In 30-40s you can kill them both consistently. The main fight is tough though
@anonymous01201
Ай бұрын
the summons were never a problem for me cause Niall just edgewalks you until they are dead and the shield one is extremely passive until you kill the dual wield greatsword one. it can hardly even be called a gank
@pongopea
Жыл бұрын
tip for gideon: get the rotten breath, your highest damage setup and the bubbletear that makes non physical damage heal you, that should trivialise him a bit on non low damage challenge runs
@goodguyvv9624
Жыл бұрын
This is some really good and enjoyable content, will definitely be watching more. :)
@Nauct
3 ай бұрын
I just killed Fire Giant and Commander Niall. It's hard getting one shot by everything, I see people use that Ritual Shield Talisman, but you're doing it at RL1, you might as well do it hitless. That trinket slot can be big damage
@Dereckkkk
Жыл бұрын
Great video, really underrated!
@GTsvetkovski
Жыл бұрын
There is something I learned about Godrick's tornado wind blast follow up. He will always do it if your input at the end of his 3rd tornado is walking away from him, no matter how close you are. Realized it when I moved an inch backward to not get caught by it and he did the blasts even though I was right in front of him, after that I went further away but moved towards him on the 3rd tornado and he did the jump animation instead
@Restii
Жыл бұрын
How the fuck don't u have more subs, insanely good content man
@shartrun
Жыл бұрын
great video. deserves more attention
@mannytprimeministerofthemanate
Жыл бұрын
Serpent hunter is overrated for rl1 runs. Yes it no stats requirements, yes the charge attacks are dummy strong, but the damage really falls of at the late game. It just outclassed by the dragon halberd. DH has more range, more base dmg + plus it aow buffs it with lighting and frost build up. The only thing Serpent hunter has on DH is the move set.
@Stormthorn67
Ай бұрын
It's amazing how much damage those fist weapons deal when someone knows how to actually build for them without even leveling up. I saw a guy doing more damage with star fists at SL1 than my current build was doing at level 100 with a Greathammer. Turns out I wasn't leveling my weapon enough.
@apukami3643
Жыл бұрын
I really loved doing lv1 Elden Ring. I never figured out how to play with the Serpent Hunter so instead it felt I was almost constantly switching weapons depending on the boss. It felt good.
@Jonas_05
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Underrated Channel! You deserve way more subs
@martymcintosh5026
Жыл бұрын
Initially Godskin Duo are my most dreaded at level 1, I was foolish enough to try and beat them without sleep, gave up and finally used sleep after countless deaths. Without sleep, I feel the fight is a bit unfair with Noble sometimes rolling over the pillar stumps when he shouldn't, and even when he doesn't roll over, sometimes Apostle will throw a fireball when he should not be attacking when Noble is rolling. Would like to beat them without using sleep, but I'll need some good ol' RNG. I should also mention Distortion2 has said he dreads them the most on speedruns, and Ongbal hates them the most as well (when not using sleep)
@ZeroRelevance
Ай бұрын
I know it's an old video but if you didn't know parrying Commander Niall's knights makes them go down pretty quickly. I used that strat against them during my DLC prep replay of the game where I was relatively low level and it really helped.
@icantthinkofagoodname8002
Ай бұрын
How did you manage to recreate my exact playstyle and opinions about the game perfectly for this entire video, what x3
@toaffungus8373
Жыл бұрын
THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD!!!
@oceatwo
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Toaf fungus
@d.e.a.t.hgamingavrangor9361
Жыл бұрын
For Gideon I found that you can stunlock him witb Giant Hunt which launches him in the air. I’ve never seen him attempt to it while getting up either. Pretty satisfying to bully him as well
@highground3521
Жыл бұрын
I found giants hunt also works well with malenia
@Xrilliam762
Жыл бұрын
Bro. This video... so well done. I subbed, and I will be doing an RL1 now. All because of this video. You know I was literally shocked when 6 min into the video and decided yeah idk who this is, I'm subbing... only to find out.. You have only a thousand subs?? And you made a video like this?? Bruh. You'll pop off if you keep up at this degree. Keep it up, my G
@oceatwo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man :)
@562.anthony2
5 ай бұрын
For draconic tree sentinel’s thunder move you have to look at his shield. Hell down thrust it towards the floor and that’s your queue to roll
@bignosh
24 күн бұрын
this is the experience some random dude had to go through after saying no to that girl.
@DMMRNE
Жыл бұрын
I made an invasion character at lvl 26 +3 weapons and it is almost a different game, it really shows you what a good build is.
@justinlowery6017
Ай бұрын
Funny I did that exact thing but for co-op as a sun bro. It’s true, I had to optimize my builds so much to make them work that I ended up completely transforming my regular characters based on everything I learned at low level.
@Katiedid2040
Ай бұрын
I’m sure someone has mentioned it, but if you just wait by the door in the Niall fight the dual-wielding spirit will naturally walk towards you first, then once it’s dead the shield one will approach. Niall will just stand around buffing occasionally until they’re both dead. They’re scripted to not gank you. Still a pain in the ass, but a lot easier than trying to brute force all three at once.
@DivineRainor
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, Ive fough malenia a lot now, and the main thing i can't get over is her animation cancelling if youre using light or medium weapons and her ability to ignore poise breaks. If these things werent in the fight she'd be fine.
@anonymous01201
Жыл бұрын
The jump is not under-utilised at all. Just what you can jump is not as obvious as it is with Godfrey’s stomp. You can jump A LOT of stuff. Many of Beats Clergyman’s and Maliketh’s attacks, Margit and Morgott’s tail swipe, Rykard lava quake, the list goes on. You can even avoid Waterfowl 100% of the time at point blanc by running away and jumping.
@atlaswastakenistaken
Ай бұрын
Minor correction on Godrick, I think you can just jump over the wind projectile attack. I saw it in a video once, so I'm fairly confident in it.
@rohansensei5708
Жыл бұрын
Wait I thought this is some 100k channel wtf Great job
@Stormthorn67
Ай бұрын
Fromsoft KNOWS how to make cool NPC bosses. They did it twice with Gherman and Lady Maria. They just keep forgetting.
@Firebeee033
3 күн бұрын
Vyke's war spear trivializes Gideon, he didn't even get to do anything besides the buff. (this was at sl1)
@trevorditmar
Жыл бұрын
Oh, also you can use Thop's Barrier (int 18) to reflect all of elden stars. might require a gear hotswap but if it's your singular issue with beast it does the job
@amonymos7276
Жыл бұрын
incredible video very underrated !
@SlenderMiner99
Жыл бұрын
7:54 the difference is probably small, but isn't the path that you can take when you go outside of the wolf boss room, up the broken staircase to the left and through the door that you have to open from Moongrum's side shorter?
@purehollow
Жыл бұрын
Yes but it's full of annoying mage spammers that will take a good chunk of your health whether you fight them or run pass them so it's pointless shortcut
@Ghorda9
Жыл бұрын
it's not really shorter, if it is it would be marginal at best also you can stop the boulder from spawning permanently.
@frazfrazfrazfraz
Жыл бұрын
@@purehollow the only difficult moment is dodging when they shoot you from behind while you're on the bridge. It's really not hard to dodge it all consistently
@purehollow
Жыл бұрын
@@frazfrazfrazfraz I prefer dodging the giant ball over them
@dontmisunderstand6041
Жыл бұрын
It doesn't save time. Sprinting is the fastest movement, and the extremely small difference in distance traveled doesn't make up for the slower movement speed.
@lynchpin1763
25 күн бұрын
just finished my RL 1, you can trivialize the fight against gideon using greatstars with wild strikes lol
@shadexvii3975
Ай бұрын
10:58 I mean…he did fight Morgott in Leyndell, and his attack on Leyndell is what drove Godrick to flee. So no, he didn’t avoid starting any fight
@unuseableb
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, all though I see some bosses differently and used pretty differebt weapons the overall experience is the same. RL1 is fun, but maybe not a must or most fun you can have in ER. Ps. Gideon rl1 does indeed suck! If he gets away from stunlock its a nightmare... Serpent hunter crouch/run r1 spam is my recommendation too, its easy to upgrade and has a wide hitbox as well.
@beniron5807
Жыл бұрын
I used the Dragon Halbert for my first run through SL. It’s AOW pretty much can stun lock a vast majority of flinchers
@darreideamos2309
Жыл бұрын
If you overbuff the spiked balls with everything you can, you dont even have to stunlock him because you can kill him before he even gets a chance to atack. Now you can only do that once when he has the starting monologue. If you mess up then stunlock is your only way
@tinminator8905
Жыл бұрын
I don't see how RL1 Gideon is a big issue honestly. You have access to so many weapons that can stunlock him, then it is just a matter of getting him into the corner without him getting off law of causality. He is a really big bitch on runs where your weaponry is restricted though (e.g. kick only, butt only etc.) and you have no good options for cheesing him.
@Sharkamfss
Жыл бұрын
Guys, guys, inescapable frenzy. Equip Marika's scarseal, the fingers talisman and Godrick's great rune and you can cheese the fuck out of him with that spell. Granted you do have to go through shunning-grounds and beat diet Mohg but honestly that's not too bad.
@birms3287
Ай бұрын
I have played all of these games as they came out, and I consider myself to be well above average, but I still can't imagine playing any of them at level 1.
@thewyvernshunter
Ай бұрын
Level 1 was hard but no levelling weapons is torture
@ZomgLolPants
Жыл бұрын
For ordina, use the black knife chest piece for silent movement and the assassin's gambit ash of war. That combo also works for the initial run down the branch with the big bubble spam
@Old_Gregg
Жыл бұрын
Can also use the talisman from volcano manor quest in place of the black knife chest.
@Sharkamfss
Жыл бұрын
Unseen form works as well for longer. Just get an astrologer staff and that one intelligence tear in Liurnia.
@ZomgLolPants
Жыл бұрын
@@Old_Gregg I said black knife chest cause it's right there in ordina but yeah that works too
@L3m0nMan_
11 ай бұрын
I didnt even know that you could run out of crab
@kingofgirth8609
Жыл бұрын
Even without bewitching branches parrying the ghosts and the boss Nail himself makes the fight one of the easiest in the run for sure. Use a buckler or the golden parry with the misericorde dagger and you'll be fine.
@lahnhedberg3403
Ай бұрын
Mohg blood throw having different animations is abit of a shock. I did not notice this at all yet somehow could always tell. Love Mohg best boss for me.
@Peek0.0
Ай бұрын
The best way to play ER is not capping yourself at a specific level and not limiting yourself from using tactics, weapons, ashes of war, or spells that others might find "op", "cheese" or "cheap". Use any items you have, summons, spells and spirit ashes and inflict whatever status effects you want. More difficult =/= better.
@locatixs
Жыл бұрын
Why does everyone seem to think that the lack of stakes of marika in raya lucaria is somewhat lore significant, when this is also true for all legacy dungeons
@EricRennerYT
2 ай бұрын
You sound like an Elden Ring version of grainydays and I'm here for it.
@IgnimortisTC
Жыл бұрын
Personally, my opinion on Margit and Godrick are the opposite of yours, for the exact same reasons. Margit pretty much showcases all the hard things the bosses will do later on (delayed attacks, stance resets due to boss disengaging on their own, neutral heal punishes, positioning punishes, unpredictable (until you fight the boss 30 times and figure the pattern out) combos that may not end when you expect them to). He is quite literally more complex than 90% of the other bosses of the game. Meanwhile Godrick is a nice entry-level fight that showcases the cinematic aspects of the game and multi-phase bosses, has attacks that are telegraphed long enough to dodge them even for inexperienced players, shows off that you can dodge through jumping, and is quite vulnerable to stance damage due to being pretty lenient to aggressive play. It kind of baffles me that Godrick is locked behind Margit, because by the time you beat Margit and traverse Stormveil, Godrick is just not gonna be that much of a challenge. My first playthrough, I spent more than 30 runs beating on Margit (SL15 with a +0 weapon, though), and when I came up to Godrick, I killed him on my second try. It'd be best, design-wise, to reverse their positions somehow - Godrick would be a good first "real" boss, while Margit is way too complex for that.
@ThiagoCRocha-fh6lg
Жыл бұрын
Malenia is the equalizer in one moment we are "Godrick is a Looser!" in the next one "there's nothing wrong in being blasted by Malenia" 10/10
@beniron5807
Жыл бұрын
Nice take. I have to disagree on the bit about how sl1 runs limits your weapon choice because with the absurd amount of of stat boosts in the game, you can wield damn near every weapon with a combination of gear, talismans, and cracked tears (+10 for 2 min is often all you need). For funsies I even have a set of Godrick Rune only weapons I can pull out whenever I want. NG+2 on my lv1 boi and still not bored
@oceatwo
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I mean Ur totally right it's a lot of choice especially compared with other games at sl1 but there are just so many that you can "technically use" but never would at level one because a lot of their damage comes from scaling
@Jeffmetal42
4 ай бұрын
Wouldn't say it's better at LV1 but it's definitely a lot of fun. Gives you a whole new perspective of the game and how you approach everything. Every "souls" game I played, my second run after my initial playthrough is always RL1. It's a really good learning experience. 👍
@amilex5805
Жыл бұрын
Damn for the whole video, i was always like "hey this guy knows it" thank you
@zefem
Жыл бұрын
Another banger mate.
@Agrofischcorporation
Ай бұрын
Should've just parried Niall's summons, the shield guy and Niall himself leave you mostly alone while you deal with the dual sword guy
@lionheart4424
Ай бұрын
The only "level 1" run I did was Bloodborne, and even did all dungeon bosses including the Pthumerian Queen. Haven't played DS3, and I can't believe I say this after struggling on Lady Maria and Orphan of Kos on my first playthroughs, but I honestly don't think I want to even try RL1 Elden Ring when the Twin Gargoyles, Malenia, Maliketh and Hoarah Loux exist.
@nuparuchi
Ай бұрын
Hate to be annoying but the way the boiled crab stacks with the dragoncrest greatshield talisman means you have 36% damage reduction, not 40%. However, the way 36% damage reduction works means you actually get more than twice the effective health from just one of those effects. Also, Mohg is so cool. I discovered that I knew which blood attack he was doing before he threw it but didn't know why (so cool that I'd figured it out without consciously knowing), and I discovered that what it telegraphs it for me is where he looks before he throws it. I don't totally remember because it's mostly an instinctual thing but I think for the blood around him he just looks up + ignores you, the forward line he just looks at you the whole time, and the arc of blood he looks up and then back at you. Great video, maybe I oughtta do a SL1 run.
@Swysho
Жыл бұрын
i think its better to simply change your weapon upgrade level based on the boss you are fighting ; while this can be annoying while collecting the ressources it allows you to adjust your damage based on the boss you are fighting and removes the obnoxious aspect of rl1. (however you cannot flex abt it so idk)
@Sonsvision
Жыл бұрын
Morgott has become one of my favorite bosses game wise and lore wise
@HeinzBeanz2002
10 ай бұрын
Commander Niall is honestly fine if you remember to stay back when he summons The twin sword guy will always rush towards you while the other two stay back. With high poise damage you can knock him out of the equation very quickly, the shield one is a bit of a mixed bag but its possible to separate him from commander as he will probably stand back and buff the last knight, at that point after a shield charge you can punish the guy swiftly and knock him out too. After that the fight becomes a massive thrill ride with Electro Niall and honestly it was such a fun fight to RL1
@mustardeetee
11 күн бұрын
+10 bloodhound’s fang DEMOLISHES Morgott at level 1. I used Radagon’s Soreseal, Ritual Sword Talisman, Blue Dancer Charm and the Two Fingers Heirloom to buff up with Flame, Grant Me Strength and Bloodflame Blade then I swapped to Prosthesis Wearer Heirloom. A dagger with the Golden Vow AoW and the strength and dexterity Physick. He was dead with 2 uses of the Bloodhound’s Finesse, followed by the heavy attack which got me the bleed proc. I did not even have Warrior Jar Shard cuz I want to get Shard of Alexander for possible NG+. He was bullied.
@Swag_lord69
19 күн бұрын
14:02 "Seek hole, then let there be long ranged battle"
@Benfuze
Жыл бұрын
Great video mate 👏👏
@callmequaz9052
Жыл бұрын
My thoughts on the problem of npc bosses is they are often limited by your own moveset. Parrying, using the same spells and weapons you can, its like fighting an incredibly sweaty twink. Its just frustrating rather than challenging as those moves are designed for you to use against the various enemies in the game, as opposed to bosses with a moveset designed to challenge you in a specific way. Its frustrating at best and quit moment at worst.
@Ropewatch
Жыл бұрын
Omg! Youre the first person to acknowledge how good the Godskin noble and Morgott are! I started to love Morgott when I tried to no Hit him. There are some attack windows you wouldn’t even think of. You know how he has a delayed downwardswing and how he does two dagger slashes afterwards? As a strength player I realized I could roll backwards from the overhead swing so that I could use a charged heavy while he whiffs the slashes.
@felinordestroyer
Жыл бұрын
I love how you used Price for doggy
@salmoncypher2403
Жыл бұрын
Great vid! I'm currently stuck on the Radabeast fight in my own run. My RL1 experience differed a lot from yours tho. It was based a lot on Lv1 build-crafting, but even when you're fighting Malenia with a Flame art Nagakiba that does 1800 damage per unsheath, you still just gotta git gut at some point. Never could have done it with serpent hunter. The Niall and Gideon fights were pretty easy for me, but I spent the better part of a week each on Mohg and Malenia. Small tip for Gideon: Blood Thrusting sword. Just run up to him and spam R1. He doesn't even get a cast off
@KingSleaze916
28 күн бұрын
There’s a shortcut to the renalla boss room isn’t there? After you fight the moon knight there’s a door down the hallway that opens to the courtyard
@perplexedon9834
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I hated godskin duo, but I did end up getting it RL1 with just a buckler parry and no buffs/sleep pots. I feel like my brain split down the middle with half of it fully dedicated to paying attention to the flame throws from skinny.
@perplexedon9834
27 күн бұрын
Lmao I love forgetting I've seen a video, reading a comment under it and agreeing immensely, then realising I myself wrote that comment and just forgot
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