I Completed 100% of DARK SOULS 2 SOTFS With Immolation Only (So You Don't Have To)

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2023
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    That's right. In a burst of stupidity, my brain decided that EVERY boss in Dark Souls 2 SOFTFS needed to be burned to the ground with Immolation. And after countless hours of slowly walking around enemies and banging my head against my desk in frustration, I can only come to a single conclusion:
    ...I don't want to play anymore.
    I beat Dark Souls 2, every single boss, with only the Immolation pyromancy, so that you don't have to. Let this video be a stopgap against all the players who were curious and wanted to try it for themselves. Please, for the love of all that is holy, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, STOP, WHAT ARE YOU-
    (shoutout to @ymfah for finding an in-game way to obtain Immolation - the madman breaks these games in ways I can only dream of, and has my complete respect)
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  • @rabbit-exe3606
    @rabbit-exe3606 Год назад +3865

    I'm absolutely convinced that lemon has a little gremlin in his brain that is ultimately responsible for these challenge runs. the frontal lobe goes "this is insane and would cause us a not insignificant amount of frustration and suffering." and then the gremlin goes "heehoo video game" and the run commences

    • @jinn8465
      @jinn8465 Год назад +165

      Lemon and Gremlemon.
      One is sane... the other gives us these challenges.
      The real question is, which one's which...

    • @astrithaurelia
      @astrithaurelia Год назад +21

      I Laughed myself to the point of crying at this comment

    • @TardisPilot2004
      @TardisPilot2004 Год назад +51

      “Heehoo video game” is my new favorite sentence

    • @firewalkwithjuno5421
      @firewalkwithjuno5421 Год назад +2

      Nay, this one is just a copy of a run from a month ago

    • @stingerjohnny9951
      @stingerjohnny9951 Год назад +6

      That gremlin being the Fire Goddess

  • @BaronsCastle
    @BaronsCastle Год назад +4743

    I'd rather set myself on fire and play DS2 than complete this run, you are a better man than I

  • @johnnyd.1004
    @johnnyd.1004 Год назад +708

    This right here, Lemon, is why a failed run will always be better than no run. Titles are meaningless. It's almost never a question of "Can you do this?" because some freak of nature with infinite time, resources, and patience can pull it off 99 times out of a hundred. The real question is, "How does it feel?". I still remember your monologue in the Molotov Only video. I never imagined a firebomb run could end on such a wet and sticky note. Seeing you struggle to the point of a whole spiritual awakening even after cheating was the most intense thing I've ever seen in a challenge run, and that is just... beautiful.

    • @lzrshark617
      @lzrshark617 Год назад +33

      I feel the same way about pokemon nuzlocke runs. There's no tension if you know that every single run posted succeeds; seeing a perfect plan be hit by a curveball and go up in flames, resulting in a full-team wipe is just as entertaining as someone who planned meticulously for everything and never lost a single party member. Some of the moments that always stick out to me in my favorite runs are the ones where something went horrifically wrong and an important teammate went down

    • @Seshyo
      @Seshyo 11 месяцев назад +6

      "Wet and sticky"

    • @TGPDrunknHick
      @TGPDrunknHick 9 месяцев назад +12

      @@lzrshark617 It's definitely the most fun watching how people adapt to when things don't go to plan. sure watching a plan be perfectly executed is cool the first few times but, it gets old. seeing Lemon have to come up with new strategies and shift gears because each boss forces him to rethink things is the best part.

  • @jssterling0332
    @jssterling0332 Год назад +473

    Lemon, I believe that your community doesn't care about whether or not a run was successful, it's about the journey of overcoming, the challenge that you face and continue to persist. The resilience is what is amazing to me. Even if you technically "fail", you faced the challenge and produced a video that entertains so many people

  • @PressContinue
    @PressContinue Год назад +1677

    You did it! Better immolate than never!

    • @josieppe
      @josieppe Год назад +11

      Very good!

    • @mikoro88
      @mikoro88 Год назад +11

      took me a sec^^

    • @falafelfreak
      @falafelfreak Год назад +22

      How long were you sitting on this one?

    • @DarkCT
      @DarkCT Год назад +9

      hehehe, I remember your torch and immolation run pretty well, so this? i was strapped in.

    • @TheJanitorIsIn
      @TheJanitorIsIn Год назад +4

      Uhh... avengers assemble?

  • @SeventhGod77
    @SeventhGod77 Год назад +1291

    Not only did you spend hours setting yourself on fire, you got sponsored by a legal firm to do it. Beautiful. Poetry in motion.
    Edit: I thought I was giving you courage and making it so you didn’t have to trash your run, now I see that I was cursing you to this Hell.

    • @delphy2478
      @delphy2478 Год назад +55

      yeah, i feel a little bad about my vote now

    • @darkmagician4697
      @darkmagician4697 Год назад +15

      @@delphy2478same

    • @serPomiz
      @serPomiz Год назад +15

      honestly, I would have preferred him to go scorched earth instead of torturing himself like that, but I understand the why and the hows

    • @passiveflyer2865
      @passiveflyer2865 Год назад +1

      The Kicker was that it was Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan & Morgan. Meme over.

  • @padwock2294
    @padwock2294 Год назад +759

    As astonishing as the run absolutely is I just can't quite get over how wild it is to have seen it be sponsored by an injury law firm.
    "This run's self damage was reimbursed by the bosses who forced us to fight them thanks to Morgan Morgan!"

  • @FraiseLK
    @FraiseLK Год назад +45

    For enemies that avoid you like the plague when you hold a torch, the spiders during the Freja fight sure don't mind running up to the person who is on fire

  • @phyrx000
    @phyrx000 Год назад +703

    This turned from a weird run to all levels of frustrations and finally a villain's monologue.

    • @noahcurry7839
      @noahcurry7839 Год назад +6

      You mean a very sad man’s

    • @ShadowReaver573
      @ShadowReaver573 Год назад +27

      @@noahcurry7839 sometimes there isn't a difference between the two. All it takes is one bad day.

    • @misterxxxxxxxxx1
      @misterxxxxxxxxx1 Год назад +8

      @@ShadowReaver573 joker cringe

    • @Xero-rr2ol
      @Xero-rr2ol Год назад +6

      @@misterxxxxxxxxx1 not cringe just facts

    • @misterxxxxxxxxx1
      @misterxxxxxxxxx1 Год назад +2

      @Poe Soul pointing out, that pointing out cringe would be vringe in its own way, is pretty cringe tbh.

  • @flamatar6083
    @flamatar6083 Год назад +236

    "God has cursed me for my hubris, and my work is never complete."
    A great place for that Brian David Gilbert quote

    • @dankeys239
      @dankeys239 Год назад +5

      Knew I recognised it

    • @contrarion8330
      @contrarion8330 Год назад +22

      Great minds all gravitate toward one thing: A man who will teach you about health insurance, as well as what to cook at midnight

    • @ladaboy3507
      @ladaboy3507 Год назад +13

      There was another BDG quote in the end monologue: "Like a prophet receiving visions from a angry god."

    • @VoermanIdiot
      @VoermanIdiot Год назад +2

      @@contrarion8330 He does not cook at midnight. After midnight he is the _Midnight Gourmand_ as Brian David Gilbert ceases to be.

  • @Redstarzombie
    @Redstarzombie Год назад +195

    It's uncanny to see two of my favorite challenge runners do "fire damage run that tortures you for 10,000 years" at nearly the same time

    • @firewalkwithjuno5421
      @firewalkwithjuno5421 Год назад +2

      Made me sad to see a backlogs vid that was just another challenge run someone uploaded a month ago, especially since the other's are usually so good

    • @higueraft571
      @higueraft571 Год назад +27

      @@firewalkwithjuno5421 I mean...
      The key difference is the other run was VASTLY different, they skipped some of the worst of it with glitches, he didnt :V

  • @hypesthevasukilad1199
    @hypesthevasukilad1199 7 месяцев назад +48

    Man, Lemon. We really need like a compilation of your speeches from challenge runs. They bring an amazing theatric style to what wouldve otherwise been a normal video. This one and the molotov bloodborne speeches send chills down my spine every time.
    I know its 9 months late and this is my 4th watch through of the video, but well fucking done man!

  • @willthomas4516
    @willthomas4516 Год назад +1457

    There's nothing scarier than someone who doesn't give up simply because they don't want to. It's insanely impressive.

    • @AnAverageGamer18
      @AnAverageGamer18 Год назад +52

      Yeah, it gave me the same vibe that I felt when atrioc spent 7 hours on tree sentinel just because, he literally spent 2 less hours on malenia & the reason? Just because he felt like if he quit & had gone to do other stuff, he would've regretted it.

    • @danieltaylor6587
      @danieltaylor6587 Год назад

      @@AnAverageGamer18
      I got that beat! The other day I asked my wife where she wanted to go eat. And didn’t back down or give up. No matter how many times she told me to pick. I just kept asking over and over.

    • @f-104C_starfighter
      @f-104C_starfighter Год назад +3

      ​@AverageGamer that regretting part is relatable, atleast I'm getting less stubborn with stuff like this. For a decent few reasons I'll l

    • @f-104C_starfighter
      @f-104C_starfighter Год назад

      ​@AverageGamer that regretting part is relatable, atleast I'm getting less stubborn with stuff like this. For a decent few reasons I'll keep to myself unless you wish to know

    • @f-104C_starfighter
      @f-104C_starfighter Год назад

      ​@AverageGamer that regretting part is relatable, atleast I'm getting less stubborn with stuff like this. For a decent few reasons I'll l

  • @hackhunter1333
    @hackhunter1333 Год назад +484

    Glad to see I'm not alone in worshipping the Lord of Lunacy, Ymfah.

    • @kether2717
      @kether2717 Год назад +12

      We clearly have a new lord. All hail lemon!

    • @silverventhil8462
      @silverventhil8462 Год назад +12

      @feckward it's like pitting Artemis and Dionysus against each other. don't.

    • @kether2717
      @kether2717 Год назад

      I accept thy based opinions my brothas.

    • @Kirhean
      @Kirhean Год назад +2

      Right up there with Limit Breakers Old Man

    • @zzodysseuszz
      @zzodysseuszz Год назад +4

      @@kether2717ymfah is clearly better. I’ve yet to see this guy do ymfah’s batshit insane Skyrim without walking (literally can’t use left joystick)

  • @lolcatsravenight
    @lolcatsravenight Год назад +90

    The laugh-cry around 33:00 was the creepiest damn thing I've ever heard and I'm a horror fanatic. Well done Lemon!

  • @chucheeness7817
    @chucheeness7817 Год назад +62

    this is probably the first time I have felt ACTUAL physical pain (a headache) while watching a challenge run. It's like secondhand insanity infection

  • @darianclark3980
    @darianclark3980 Год назад +506

    Ymfah would be so proud of you Lemon.
    Also let's hope RUclips shows mercy on you for this hot run.

  • @corruptillusions
    @corruptillusions Год назад +225

    Since Lemon likes suffering so much his next video should be him staying the night at room 1408 in the dolphin hotel

  • @redalchemy7322
    @redalchemy7322 Год назад +73

    That speech at the end was chilling, I'm sorry that you had to go through that. But, you deserve the respect for following through regardless
    I'm glad that you gave yourself a reprieve by giving yourself a little boost in the middle of the challenge. Pushing yourself can help make you stronger, but pushing yourself too far will make you break.
    You've earned a good rest, don't you dare go hollow

  • @jasontheicefrost
    @jasontheicefrost Год назад +88

    I haven't seen anyone do this, so I tried my best to type out the whole monologue at the end. If I made any mistakes, I apologize.
    Gotta, Gotta keep going. Not much more to go now, nothing we haven't seen before. Nothing we haven't faced, and when we fall, just get back up. Keep getting back up, keep fighting till you're the last one standing, everything else will break down. Nothing of value with remain, till there is nothing but you and the abyss. Your finger clinging to what miniscule hand holds you can find.
    But you will persist, by god will you persist. And against all odds, you'll win. And then when your will is weakened and your strength deplenished. You'll fight again, and again. Against greater and greater odds will you struggle. Into greater and greater despair will you fall. But if you falter, who then will take your place? Will anyone? Or will the questions that plague your addled mind go unanswered? Riddles shouted into the dark, with no reply just the stillness of the air and the loudness of your own breath. No answers, none at all.
    So it's up to us, like a prophet relieving visions from an angry god, you will take up the task. You will answer the call, and you will win. You will laugh in the face of despair, you will break through the waves of despondence, and you will know no peace, until it is done. Over and over again, you'll throw yourself into the grinder, over and over again you'll push forward one length, just to fall back three. But you can't stop, why would you stop? Why did you start?
    Do you even remember?
    Was it all worth it, was all of this.. whatever this is, worth it? Surely after so many hours, after so much pain, you know the answer. After all what does it mean if you've come this far... Without really knowing why? In the end, all you can do is proceed, after all, it is the only choice left to you. If there was ever a choice at all.
    So rise, Rise up conquerer of adversity, seeker of fire, coveter of the throne. It grows deeper still, the more flame you cover, like a desperate man grasping at embers. Your very efforts to get closer to the warmth, close to the light, will burn you.
    I, I don't know anymore. I simply don't know.

    • @minkusyua5669
      @minkusyua5669 Год назад +1

      Dude, do you have a discord? I wish to copy paste this but I'm on mobile, if you could slide it through my DM that'd be dope.

    • @GallantBlade475
      @GallantBlade475 Год назад +7

      It's hilarious to me how despite having less interest in the lore of Dark Souls 2, he fucking NAILS so many of the important themes of the game with this monologue. It's perfect.

  • @superdj7719
    @superdj7719 Год назад +304

    God Damn, I know you're good at monologues, but this is one of the best, and one of the most honest.
    As little as it means from a stranger on the Internet, take it easy. As fun as these challenge runs and your decent into madness are to see, it's not as fun when you're sacrificing some of yourself for it.
    A break in an upload schedule is better than a break in yourself.

  • @kirbodin
    @kirbodin Год назад +446

    The amount this broke Lemon is insane, he made so many errors. I am so sorry Lemon.
    Calling the the Eye of the Priestess the Eyes of the Princess, not remembering you need the four great souls to unlock Aldia, not remembering spell replenishment items earlier in the run, not using the easy infinite Elizabeth mushrooms that can be gotten in Aldia's keep, not upgrading his shield earlier, and I don't even know if he upgraded his armor to reduce damage taken, saying a million souls would get you to 99 stats, he clearly had to get way more.
    I probably missed some stuff, but man, this broke you Lemon. Please never torture yourself like this again.

    • @letsplayFan666
      @letsplayFan666 Год назад +24

      Also one of the crowns gives you passive spell replenishment, which coupled with high armor might have been better than the northwarders set.
      And depending on the Rules, He could have used Support spells.

    • @goldenmurloc5519
      @goldenmurloc5519 Год назад

      attuning more immolation's to give more casts

    • @letsplayFan666
      @letsplayFan666 Год назад +1

      @@goldenmurloc5519 didn't He mention iron Chests not being restocked by ascetics?

    • @kirbodin
      @kirbodin Год назад +6

      @@goldenmurloc5519 unless he wanted to hack in more copies on top of his first one he hacked in, there is only one available per new game cycle, in a metal chest in iron keep. It does not respawn when using bonfire ascetics.

    • @Malkontent1003
      @Malkontent1003 Год назад

      He didn't actually say that 1 million souls would get you 99s, he say that he cheated to get 1 million to open the door, and that he gave himself 99s across the board.

  • @cryolitegem
    @cryolitegem Год назад +17

    It’s past 2am right now, but I don’t need sleep, *I need answers,* and more than that, I need to watch this man play dark souls, because it makes me happy.

  • @gilbertbarucdias6621
    @gilbertbarucdias6621 Год назад +16

    To The Backlogs.
    Thanks. I'm just thankfull for the videos that you make. They help me realise, that it may be hard and may seem like it never ends, but being pacient, there's so fucking much that can be done. You are a inspiration. And yeah, it's just a guy playing videogames and making dad jokes, as well losing his sanity little by little(or a lot this time), but I really like the job u make, as well as your taste for music. You bring a lott to us ma man, you are a ghost that halp us trough the hard times, and sweetens the easy ones.
    So, please, take care of yourself. We are stranger in the internet, but u are a stranger that I want to keep being a stranger for times to come. And if those times come to an end. That I may be conforted that u are being your weird flame loving chaotic, persistent other things that u are and I have no fucking clue about(and I don't need nor want to know), somewhere else.
    Sorry for the declaration, but I had times are complicated?, don't know. But I'm sure we both need a psychiatrist after the stuff. Anyway send xoxos to lady and doggo(s? don't remember but kinda wanted to know, doggos are dope.)
    With the abyss wanting to be a toxic friend, me.
    PS: Can u find a game to do a doggos only run. I don't have any recomendentions)

  • @slydragon97
    @slydragon97 Год назад +103

    I hope that whatever your next run is, it's one you can have fun with, treat yourself to a fun one after this hellish horrorscape that was immolation.

  • @unpleasednut5476
    @unpleasednut5476 Год назад +118

    I've never clicked on a video so quickly. You've talked about how horrible this was for so long I have to see this. You don't need to torture yourself for content btw, don't destroy your mental health for us

    • @cuddlequeen3225
      @cuddlequeen3225 Год назад +8

      What's mental health. I only know mental death.

    • @unpleasednut5476
      @unpleasednut5476 Год назад +9

      @@cuddlequeen3225 idk I kept asking for it for my birthday and never got any, all I know is that lemon doesn't have any anymore

  • @Plutogoose01
    @Plutogoose01 Год назад +24

    Sitting here at 1:30am on a Tuesday having just finished SOTFS normally (after like 10 attempts because of that damned fire stump) and can’t even imagine doing an immolation run glitchless. your patience and fortitude is unimaginable my good man 07

  • @serginator4538
    @serginator4538 Год назад +6

    Lemons decent into madness was absolutely beautiful. Poetic, dark, and so despondent. It’s perfect

  • @benro6564
    @benro6564 Год назад +35

    Did not expect that monologue around 34 minutes. Very gripping writing. Good stuff.

  • @skvaderarts7009
    @skvaderarts7009 Год назад +102

    I can't express how big of a smile it put on my face to hear Lemon quote David Brian Gilbert. Thank you for another awesome video, kind sir!

    • @ibrahimabbasi4715
      @ibrahimabbasi4715 Год назад +2

      Twice in one video too.

    • @vitorschein8073
      @vitorschein8073 Год назад +6

      @@ibrahimabbasi4715 I only heard the: god has cursed me for my hubris and my work is never finished
      What else was there?

    • @vaalvandertien8888
      @vaalvandertien8888 Год назад +9

      Like a prophet receiving vision from an angry god

  • @bentaylor3554
    @bentaylor3554 Год назад +4

    that was the most impressive thing i have seen for years, the challenge alone is insane but your humour and narrative genious make it ascend to another plane!

  • @igni-san7259
    @igni-san7259 Год назад +1

    That speech was absolutely god tier. I have nothing but respect for you for this run. I can barely manage a normal run half the time. Gotta say though, my interest in challenge runs has sky rocketed and that may become my goal for this year with my gaming.

  • @Late0NightPC
    @Late0NightPC Год назад +227

    I'm almost at the end of the video, and honestly, this feels like it would make for the PERFECT secret tease for some sort of Elden Ring based video. In the lore, there's a group dedicated to the Frenzied Flame, who saw the suffering and pain of life, and think that despair life brings outweighs the good, so they wish for the flame to burn everything away until all is just swirling ashes. How much despair you expressed about the suffering and failures you experienced during the run sounds like it was ripped straight out of the diary of someone who follows the Frenzied Flame, and you are even doing it with a pyromancy build too, fitting the flame.
    But that aside, damn you really did something impressive here. I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever if you want to take a nice long vacation after this. You certainly deserve it.

  • @christianstachl
    @christianstachl Год назад +74

    What a ride, and the monologue at the end sent shivers down my spine!
    I can't even imagine what it's like to do something like this. I had fun with DS1-3, but i'm honestly quite bad at it. I've never even been to Darklurker because the way was so annoying...and you did it with Immolation.
    Thanks for the entertainment! ❤

  • @countecristo2579
    @countecristo2579 Год назад

    Great writing what a video!
    the depths of disparity really show in the seemingly endless montage of dreary gray bosses with hero cloaked in rags slowly trudging through. So meaningless yet so determined.
    You’re sheer patience and determination is humbling.

  • @Thefirepsycho65
    @Thefirepsycho65 Год назад +1

    I was one of many who told you to still keep going, I think I share the sentiment that a break would've been preferable.
    As infinitely impressive it is to see you do this (seriously this is insanely well done and well put together) I do see now that taking care of yourself would've been better. A lesson learned for both you and for us.
    Well done Backlogs. Now take some well-deserved RnR

  • @x_miuli_x8818
    @x_miuli_x8818 Год назад +64

    After watching almost all your videos and been catching up on your live streams, I look straight past just maxing out with duping or modding the souls in the human mind and soul can only take so much, two thumbs up for putting up with the torment of the run then having to relive the nightmare of editing and writing out a script for us to enjoy keep up the great work lemon! -From someone who never posts a comment ever.

  • @lexisking152
    @lexisking152 Год назад +53

    Holy hell, this run managed to defeat Lemon the patience elemental! HOW DOES ANYTHING DO THAT

  • @Josukegaming
    @Josukegaming 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, the sheer willpower and endurance this run must have taken is truly amazing. The narration at the end is the best part of your videos I've ever seen.

  • @lordquaz7154
    @lordquaz7154 Год назад +1

    This is by far my favourite video of yours. I especially liked the ending monologue. The editing was also fantastic. Keep making amazing stuff Lemon.

  • @endermage77
    @endermage77 Год назад +65

    Tip for those of you who want to try this at home: Stock up on spell-restoring consumables! Toting along a few (or in some cases, a metric truck-load) will give you a healthy amount of wiggle room when it comes to Immolation casts.
    If you ever run out of finite drops and want to farm more, here's a quick cheat-sheet:
    *Amber Herbs*: Farm from white-clothed Hollow Mages in Brightstone Cove Tseldora
    *Twilight Herbs*: Farm from the mummy-lookin Undead Jailers in Lost Bastille
    *Wilted Dusk Herb*: Farm from Desert Sorceresses in Harvest Valley and Earthen Peak (also make sure to pick up a Lingering Dragoncrest Ring +1 while you're at it)
    *Rouge Water* (also restores HP): Farm from white-clothed Hollow Mages in Brightstone Cove Tseldora
    *Crimson Water* (also restores HP): Farm from the Amana Shrine Maiden snipers

    • @juanoquendo8618
      @juanoquendo8618 Год назад +22

      I think you missed the point of the video. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

    • @Never_heart
      @Never_heart Год назад +9

      Stop encouraging this madness. Let the flame go out, the cycle needs to end

  • @dunno6161
    @dunno6161 Год назад +7

    How on EARTH did you get a Morgan & Morgan sponsorship on a Dark Souls II vid?!
    This is the strangest thing I've seen in a while.

  • @user-iy7tt7ef3d
    @user-iy7tt7ef3d 8 месяцев назад +1

    I don't know what is more impressive the run or the speech. It was so beautiful and inspiring yet grim as fuck.

  • @jotarokujo3603
    @jotarokujo3603 Год назад +1

    I remember catching a few of the streams of this run and it was painful enough to watch.
    You're an absolute mad man and I love it.

  • @SuperTab2
    @SuperTab2 Год назад +16

    how fitting it is that you did an immolation run and chose the ending where you go into the kiln. 10/10

  • @dragondan6243
    @dragondan6243 Год назад +19

    Seeing you go conquer this seemingly sisyphean hell is inspiring, and depressing. Not only does it make me think I could take the game on with a broken straight sword, it also encapsulates the true message of the game, however you might put it into words.
    Thank you, and don't you dare go hollow.

  • @LoganSerda
    @LoganSerda Год назад +1

    My favorite video you've made so far, mad props for even attempting this run.

  • @serrisvalentine6225
    @serrisvalentine6225 Год назад

    Always love the end game speeches you give for sticking through it Lemon, cant wait to see more of your vids!

  • @Naroya7
    @Naroya7 Год назад +11

    I sometimes wonder when watching your vids, if any money that you make from your patreons and youtube is actually left after all the therapy you must need, I'd imagine not much; huge respect for keeping up with the great content!!!

  • @bigmclargehuge8219
    @bigmclargehuge8219 Год назад +9

    Very excited for this video, also, that was the WEIRDEST sponsor section I've ever seen in my life.

  • @Xyronflare
    @Xyronflare 8 месяцев назад +2

    I spent almost three hours trying to take down those two damn tigers, and I was wielding a Dragon Tooth +5. Sure, most of the time was spent in that blasted blizzard and those unicorns ruining my existence and making me hate this game more than I ever did. I struggled with this playing the "intended way". Sure, my weapon was slow as molasses, but it hit like a truck, because that's how I enjoy playing. It was my first ever DS2 run, and I wanted to kill every single boss. And I did. And I uninstalled the game so I'll never have to play it again. I almost gave up on killing those two tigers until I stubbornly powered through and made rugs out of them.
    And here you are, you crazy son of a gun, doing it with Immolation. You have definitely earned my like (since I was already subbed) and a mixture of my absolute respect for doing this run, and my condolences for... pretty much exact same reason.

  • @WyBob
    @WyBob Год назад

    I've seen all of the community posts about this run. More or less I just want to appreciate Lemon here. This is Insanity and he's done it. It's been a long fought battle. Thank you for top notch content and for documenting this run

  • @michaelgood3666
    @michaelgood3666 Год назад +10

    My friends described the way I play these games as, "if you hit a brick wall with a pillow enough times, it'll eventually crumble" and I think that fits since now I want to try this run

  • @benro6564
    @benro6564 Год назад +48

    Crazy this is, Elden Ring's version of this---Fire's Deadly Sin---is actually not too bad. It actually changes based on whatever buff you have applies, so you can get some surprisingly good frost/bleed/black flame procs

    • @nathanjora7627
      @nathanjora7627 Год назад +7

      Except that’d be disposed of under the « no bug or exploits » clause that most runners use.
      Not ymfah obviously XD

    • @yourdad5799
      @yourdad5799 Год назад

      @@nathanjora7627 why? Is it a bug or exploit?

    • @hybridtheorynm
      @hybridtheorynm Год назад +5

      @@yourdad5799 Pretty sure it's not intended, but From decided to leave it as it is, they did patch the death blight buff from the eclipse shotel tho, since people just ran into you in PVP and insta killed you without any possible counterplay

    • @ianchandler7188
      @ianchandler7188 Год назад +5

      So, not an exploit then. Just like DS3 tree jump.

    • @hybridtheorynm
      @hybridtheorynm Год назад +6

      @@ianchandler7188 I guess? The comparison is a bit weird, I'd say it's similar to the moveset swap that allows you to use a rapier running attack on ultra great swords, a non intended mechanic that just stood there for ages and nobody fixed, so people use it from time to time

  • @blueB0wser
    @blueB0wser Год назад +3

    "So with our end game strategy in place," he says on the very first boss. Never change, Lemon.

  • @Blacktemplewarrior
    @Blacktemplewarrior Год назад +1

    Lemon your challenge runs are the best and the most entertaining! It's been a while since I've been here on your channel and it has grown, congratulations. I hope it continues to keep growing.

  • @matteofoley1225
    @matteofoley1225 Год назад +7

    20:21 After dying to the marauders in the Seraph Shield mission in D2, I feel this

  • @enjoyeanyway
    @enjoyeanyway Год назад +18

    Maybe the real treasure was the existential dread we found along the way
    Pointlessness was the point
    Sisyphus wasn't happy at the end of the universe, not even relieved, he was made to realise he did it all for nothing
    Great work!

    • @enjoyeanyway
      @enjoyeanyway Год назад +1

      @@feihceht656 No need to be happy to keep going, this video is proof of that

  • @jacydesica4069
    @jacydesica4069 Год назад

    Kudos for the project and nice text at the end where you refered to the intro text. Liked that little detail.

  • @Denaire
    @Denaire Год назад +2

    Lemon I really gotta hand it to ya with this one. The dedication is next level, thank you for delivering such great content. I think it’s safe to say you are the king of Dark Souls

  • @Drakebloodsd
    @Drakebloodsd Год назад +23

    I have been waiting for this for a while. And it was worth the wait.

  • @pall6665
    @pall6665 Год назад +12

    Love ya Lemon, thank you for the hours of entertainment you provide us at the suffering of yourself. We love the runs not for seeing a challenege run but for seeing a LEMON challenge run, your personality is what keeps me coming back atleast. Try to stay sane my man

  • @satkotech
    @satkotech 8 месяцев назад +1

    I know it ain't much, but thank you for your sacrifice. I could feel your pain in your voice, and laugh.

  • @dougla517
    @dougla517 Год назад

    Hope you're doing alright, man. I know *some* of this was likely played up a little, but at the same time I'm not so sure with this specific case...
    As others have said in the comments, take it easy - have a bit of a break, or go for a challenge you KNOW will be a fun one. I can hardly imagine how much time and frustration got spent on the gameplay *alone*, not even counting script writing and editing.
    Great work, and I hope it pays off!

  • @Gaspingindeath
    @Gaspingindeath Год назад +43

    You, sir, are a damn saint for putting up for this! Thank you for your suffering!

  • @logans5981
    @logans5981 Год назад +9

    Damn, you sir have my respect for this craziness

  • @limpfall13
    @limpfall13 Год назад

    The big ending speech is the exact example of what dark souls is at least that’s what iv found it to be a war of attrition in a effort to finish because you are gifted the mantle and are tasked with completing this goal. It sheds a whole new light to me about why I keep going back for more even when I feel bored or tired of it…I go back in just to make a inch of progress

    • @limpfall13
      @limpfall13 Год назад

      To specify I’m not saying the game is mundane no far from it it’s the will the determination to finish the task you sit at hand that I’m pointing at apologies for not clarifying

  • @rainynight02
    @rainynight02 2 месяца назад

    Watching this, what you went through... How just hearing it hurt me...
    Before now i always thought "you can always hold on, it's possible to never go hollow."
    But now, i understand how... Inevitable it could seem.

  • @poetrymanbutchicken8808
    @poetrymanbutchicken8808 Год назад +4

    My man you never tortured your self this hard don’t get insane you don’t have to do this for us!!

  • @tomBingoose1164
    @tomBingoose1164 Год назад +4

    Your content is always outstanding. I found your channel back when you did the Salt and Sanctuary potatoes only run. Ended up bingeing all your previous content and have kept up to date ever since.
    it amazes me how every single video improves on the hilarious yet surreal theme you have going on now and I often find myself in tears of laughter. Please don't stop making content, you are one of my favorite creators out there and it brightens my day every time I get the notification that you've uploaded.
    Saying all that however, please do look after yourself. The last thing I want and I imagine any of your audience want is for you to smash your head against a brick wall expecting it to break like it usually does, but instead you do. I love these ridiculously hard challenge videos, but I also love your less "soul crushing" videos. I enjoy it when you enjoy the run.
    Saying that. If this is what you enjoy creating, despite all the mental anguish, then keep being you. I'll still be here cheering you on and watching every video
    TLDR I love your content, dont ever stop but please dont ruin yourself just for the content. Unless you secretly love it, you masochist.

  • @davidbrown5146
    @davidbrown5146 10 месяцев назад

    I love watching your videos because that final monologue is always a banger

  • @ZeroGum
    @ZeroGum Год назад

    crazy run, the monologue at the end really sealed how insane trying to do this is. My Soul Level 1 run of DS2 broke me, idk how this would do

  • @James__Games
    @James__Games Год назад +3

    Holy hell man. I’m glad you finished it. That monologue at the end was epic.

  • @ajrjvincent4088
    @ajrjvincent4088 Год назад +21

    always love your stuff. keep up the good work.

  • @Lunaria_The_First_Maiden166
    @Lunaria_The_First_Maiden166 2 месяца назад

    I honestly really respect seeing someone else do this, I actually happened to do this on Ng+7 (because Ds2 is arguably my favourite game)
    And trust me… it gets worse, but I did it for Smelter Demon, it was… long, but it was worth the bragging rights

  • @AlittleLUCKKYY
    @AlittleLUCKKYY 8 месяцев назад +1

    I just beat this game a few days ago. I did not know you could just drain the poison pool from Mytha, the Baneful Queen. Interesting.

  • @berend9596
    @berend9596 Год назад +7

    lemon, i have to say that after two weeks without your videos i could not be happier with this. I absolutely love your channel. Your content means the world to me

  • @artorias4581
    @artorias4581 Год назад +14

    HELL YEAH LEMON. THIS IS AMAZING AND PLEASE MORE DS2 CONTENE
    Edit: also elden ring?

    • @darianclark3980
      @darianclark3980 Год назад +5

      Lemon says he'll do the only one run for Elden Ring: *Firepots & Pot Accessories*

    • @ektoplzzm520
      @ektoplzzm520 Год назад +1

      Elden ring is mid but totally more ds2 runs would be cool

    • @yourdad5799
      @yourdad5799 Год назад

      @@ektoplzzm520 Yikes man. Just yikes

  • @juicebiscuit4922
    @juicebiscuit4922 6 месяцев назад

    Love how poetic your speeches are it really adds alot to the video

  • @Regi_Keresztes
    @Regi_Keresztes Год назад

    You, good hollowed sir, need a vacation.... I never caught the streams but I can hear the suffering that you went through in your villain monolog. May the firebomb bless you and pray you never immolate yourself again.

  • @TheMongral
    @TheMongral Год назад +4

    Even though it looks like absolute torture, I fully appreciate the effort you clearly put in to deliver for us, the viewers. Thank you, Noble Man On Fire, for your Suffering. For your Sanity. For your Commitment to Quality that is truly Laudable. Most importantly, Thank you for being a great content creator who clearly cares about his viewers Lemon. Take it easy, good sir, you've earned a rest after this ordeal.

  • @dualitythegunD2
    @dualitythegunD2 Год назад +4

    Another incredible run from the man himself. The patience elemental proves strong once more!

  • @DemonicRobots
    @DemonicRobots Год назад

    Thank you for doing this. I was super scared that I would have to play Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin Immolation Only. But you saved me from needing to do it myself. Thank you so much!

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez Год назад +1

    That ending monologue is gorgeous, and I go to bed with a huge smile on my face. Thank you, Lemon! :)

  • @Spf-rs1zw
    @Spf-rs1zw Год назад +3

    Now I feel bad for wanting to see this xD But great job on pushing through this lemon!! It was definitely a great feat of patience.

  • @codybachman381
    @codybachman381 Год назад +5

    You truly are a god among men. The amount of persistence needed to complete this is something in itself.

  • @Hastalapizza66
    @Hastalapizza66 Год назад +1

    Honestly watching both this and ymfahs vid shows just how alike yet different your runs are. Where ymfah uses glitches at rough patches to make things easier, you play normally with no glitches to prove that it's not just possible, but possible with standard means. Nothing against ymfah though cause I love both of your channels

  • @its_kuro
    @its_kuro Год назад

    Watching people play Dark Souls games in silly ways is such comfort video for the eyes. Thanks for putting this out, I really needed something comforting to watch.

  • @shadowwolf9595
    @shadowwolf9595 Год назад +10

    This run reminds me a lot of a run I've been working on in Dragon's Dogma. I'm trying to play through the whole game with the Firebrand skill tree being my only damage option.

    • @daneszko4117
      @daneszko4117 Год назад

      Where video about it?

    • @coleandhisvideos
      @coleandhisvideos Год назад

      What's a fire brand?

    • @kyse2942
      @kyse2942 Год назад +1

      What dragons dogma are you playing that has a skill tree?

    • @liamzakhaev
      @liamzakhaev Год назад

      @@coleandhisvideos immolation but it scales with your magic damage and does small ticks of damage every ten seconds

    • @liamzakhaev
      @liamzakhaev Год назад +1

      @@kyse2942 calling it a skill tree is a stretch, but every skill has a secret third level achievable with skill rings

  • @hd0mino
    @hd0mino Год назад +3

    Seeing how a run breaks an insanely jolly and spiritfull man... is beyond words. Even though you "cheated" this is an insanely impressive feat. Even for for hardcore gamers. Bravo

  • @wunnup3229
    @wunnup3229 Год назад +1

    Wasn't expecting MML music in the background.
    God, I loved the music in that game.
    ... I just generally really loved all those games.
    ... now I'm sad :( R.I.P. MML3

  • @ImpLord
    @ImpLord Год назад

    I would like to say. I mostly only watch your dark souls or blood borne. But to help make it worth it I may self have watch multiple times on many of your videos and I know it not much but I will keep watching and enjoying them for all the hard work and instanty you have put your self through.
    Keep being awesome dude and know you have someone supporting you if you keep doing them or quit doing them. Rock on and be awesomen 👍🤘

  • @golemgolden4670
    @golemgolden4670 Год назад +7

    That's weird actually, i've never seen anything damage the Semon of Dong while it was in its shell! Immolation too op i guess

  • @jameswilson5575
    @jameswilson5575 Год назад +4

    Masochistic, as usual. Love the content!!

  • @gruggerduggerhoose
    @gruggerduggerhoose 10 месяцев назад

    Stumbled onto this channel a week ago and have enjoyed plenty of the challenge runs. But this? This… this is the work of a truly insane lemon being. A glorious act of masochism.
    10/10 ign, would watch again lol

  • @AlittleLUCKKYY
    @AlittleLUCKKYY Год назад +1

    I have been waching your videos for a minute now and all I can say for this one in particular is that you are appreciated. You just really need to hear that. Yeah.

  • @fluffythehoboninja
    @fluffythehoboninja Год назад +6

    Praise be to she who burns, may the vessel of her flame fly true.
    Thanks for taking care of this challenge run lemon
    edit: The monologue at the end reminded me of when I killed Ava the kings pet while they were still invisible

  • @justinbarnes9192
    @justinbarnes9192 Год назад +3

    Anyone else find it ironic that a personal injury law firm is sponsoring his immolation run?

  • @MrSaturnMusic
    @MrSaturnMusic Год назад +1

    I love all the different flavors of narration in these videos 💜

  • @emanuelstornello8009
    @emanuelstornello8009 Год назад +1

    1:28 "because God has cursed me for my hubris and my work is never finished" I got that reference lol