Can You Beat Dark Souls 1 Using Only the WEAKEST Spells?
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2023
- It's pretty well known by now that magic in the early Souls games is extremely powerful. What if we dialed it back a notch and forewent all those overpowered spells in favor of the basics. We all started somewhere, so let's end there as well, as this challenge will have me use the most basic spells from all three magic types in Dark Souls 1. Or as I like to call it, an extremely casual playthrough
I didn't mention it, but this run was slightly inspired by @JKLeeds , here's the video I liked enough to put here: • Can You Beat All The D...
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Hello everyone, I hope you are having a nice day. There were a couple of mistakes in the video but hopefully that just gives it more charm or whatever. See ya
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Dude keep up the videos, I like them they are so good. Directly from your fan from Brazil
@@Ayanelixer8518Hi
_I'm going into battle, and I need your weakest spells..._
Dark Souls 1 really is the forever game, man. Will never get tired of watching stupid challenge runs in this game.
My spells are too weak for you, traveler...
Interesting fact, the reason the Demon Firesage isn’t immune to pyromancies is because it’ doesn’t cast pyromancies, It’s magic is actually fire sorceries.
It’s one of the last casters of fire sorceries as that knowledge was lost and pyromancies were made to replace it.
Pretty sure that fire being fire, the actual reason is that he isn’t one of izalith’s children, or izalith herself.
After all that’s the case of all the bosses that are immune to fire (bed of chaos, queelag, ceaseless and the body part of ceaseless that is the centipede).
It’s just counterintuitive because he’s the only demon on fire that isn’t one of izalith’s children. That said he is still resistant to fire (just not immune), so… :/
I think it is quite obvious that "fire is fire" doesn't apply to Sark Souls lore. Fire has a tendency to do mythological things in this series. He is right, fire sorceries were lost and pyromancies replaced them since no one truly knew how to recreate it sincemost of the Daufhters of Izalith lost their minds to the Bed of Choas that the Witch Izalith made by mistake when trying to replicate the First flame (which created time, light dark, heat and cold).
@@omnipresentl1316 « I think it’s quite obvious that "fire is fire" doesn’t apply to Dark Souls lore »
Sûre, except we aren’t talking about lore, we’re talking about gameplay. Or an inference from gameplay to lore.
Thé reason why I say that fire demon is probably not immune to pyromancies because they’re pyromancies but because they’re fire is that other sources of fire damage (like bombs or dragonhead stone) will damage him just fine. So in that case it’s just about the element of fire, not about the fact that this fire was created via pyromancy.
« He is right, fire sorceries were lost »
Sûre, I never denied that, the point is that fire sorceries being lost isn’t what what makes him vulnerable to pyromancies, because he isn’t just vulnerable to pyromancies but to fire in general.
What’s more, we don’t even have evidence that firearts did anything more than to produce fire in the same way as at least non chaos pyromancies do. After all quelana literally gives up « firestorm », same as in the intro, so most likely the fire would actually be the same in both cases.
@@nathanjora7627 Hes not resistant to fire, as said in the video it is his weakness. No doubt this is symbolic of the fire of chaos replacing his ordered fire sorceries.
@@baval5 … He is not weak to fire. At all.
He is vulnerable to fire but it’s his highest elemental resistance and it’s one of the highest resistances in the game, especially for fire, without counting the four bosses that are wholly invulnerable to it.
So no, it’s not symbolic of replacing a *fire* sorcery, with *fire* manipulation (pyro-mancy).
Especially since by that logic the demonic daughters of chaos should also be vulnerable to fire, they aren’t, and izalith should also be vulnerable to fire, she isn’t.
What’s more chaos firebugs and all other demons that aren’t specifically either izalith herself, or her blood and flesh (aka her children or their body parts) are vulnerable to fire, so it just goes to show that you’re completely wrong.
Édit : « as it says in the video » goddamn I just caught that one, so guess what : the video is wrong. Just go look it up on wikidot or do your own research however you want, firesage isn’t « weak » to fire by any metric, fire is just really good. He’s more vulnerable to magic and lightning than he is to fire, and not by a small margin, so no, he is not weak to fire, stop just believing things because « the video told you », it’s not hard to actually check -_-
This should definitely be yet another new series of beating Soulsborne series with weakest spells! Also you should do added new rules along the way like weakest armor, shield, rings, etc.
Not a bad idea...
Good luck on DS3. All thanks to Farron dart.
@@MrMetagrossgood luck. With Dark Souls 3.
@@this_is_Muffinwon’t be that bad, he’ll have essentially unlimited casts because of simple infusion restoring mp
@@galaxyorion8725 against some bosses, you’ll deal more damage with your fists then you will with the dart
The reason you can warp out if you're using the bonfire outside of the cell is because instead of making the bonfire one without the option to warp, they made the floor inside the cell tell the bonfire to take away the warp option.
Why? I don't know completely, but I do suspect it's because they are reusing a mechanic where if you beat the Four Kings before obtaining the Lordvessel, you can warp out of the void from the bonfire to Firelink. Perhaps that area also marks the floor rather than the bonfire to change how warping works?
Anyways hope y'all learned something new about this game, I'm always intrigued at hidden, or lesser know mechanics.
I thought it was something like that lol
Demon Firesage is weak to fire? Damn, that boss is just sad.
He truly is
It's truly Firesadge
To be fair, it might be similar to Gwyn where if you‘re constantly on fire, the last thing you need is more fire. Unintuitive as it might be, the chaos flame is supposed to be unstable..
The reason it is weak to pyromancies, is because the fire sage doesn’t cast pyromancies it self, but actually casts fire sorceries.
Actually it’s even sadder than that :
He’s resistant to fire. That’s his greatest elemental resistance, possibly his greatest resistance full stop I forgot by now, and excluding the bosses that are immune to fire that’s one of the highest fire resistance in the game.
17:50 that delivery was drier than Quelaag's armpit, GG
Fun fact, Great Soul Arrow, the tier up from Soul Arrow, will out damage a +15 composite bow with heavy arrows, and 27/40 str/dex.
Magic is kinda busted in this game
Shoutout to the Risk of Rain 2 song in this
Can you beat without using the S key? (Not going backwards ever)
That would be too easy
Hé can just turn thé caméra
Thats so ez
change this to “Can you beat DS1 without backtracking” and it would be way better for a video game
@@evoo9752well depending on the definition of backtracking that's impossible to complete. You need to kill Queelag in order to enter Anor Londo, and you need to enter Anor Londo in order for the seal in demon ruins to be broken for bed of chaos.
Dukes archives and Tomb of the giants would also be impossible depending on how strictly you wanna enforce no backtracking, as both require you to go through areas you've already gone through.
4 kings is totally possible though. Can get through the crest of Artorias door, kill Sif, use the ladder there to get to where the hydra is, go from there to valley of the drakes, then into New Londo.
Forgot about this channel until I got recommended one of your videos.They are very unique and enjoyable. I have have watched days worth of Dark souls content, and yours is definitley up there. Hope to see a new video pop up whether it be a week or a few months from now. But if not, thanks for providing us with your videos. Cheers 👍
This was fun, I enjoyed it so much. Keep going!
New Mr. Meta content on a friday?? What a great way to start the weekend!
Yeah this weekend is looking supreme
Love the videos. This would be a great challenge for the other games as well. Ds3 with farron dart sounds hillarious, and could be fun with how you could optimize the build.
ive enjoyed every vid I watched from you. always a joy. good work!
Huh I actually never knew you could warp out the prison if you were outside
Nice video man, keep up the good work
I'll try my best
i just watched your first video and now I'm binging your channel keep up the good work man❤️
Thanks!
Rogue Galaxy music? Nah I need to love this man
Im hyped to watch the video later!
I'm hyped to watch the video 3 days ago
Creaking skull great video💀
Nice throwback
Hey i just discovered you today and i have to say your channel is a walking W, i enjoy your content, it's really fun, i was not expecting to see how underrated you were
I liked your dark souls 1 area restriction video
Could you do that with bloodborne? That would be sick
Keep posting amazing content!
Thank you for the kind words.
I may consider Bloodborne at some point, but it's not in the cards at the moment
interesting idea for a run, but i do wonder something. why no Velka's talisman? you dumped into pure Int so it would have made sense i think. i can only surmise its because of Lightning Spear being busted?
Never clicked faster on a video for a series I've never played.
not sure if its because i just watched jk leeds video on poem pyromancies only but I noticed a lot of rhymes in this lol
Great video!
Excited for the upload :)
Hope you enjoy!
12:46 I actually let Lautrec kill the fire keeper in my most recent playthrough, and I quite like the hood and top of the dingy set with the sorcerer leggings and black sorcerer gloves. Wanderer leggings also looking good.
If you use the merchant duplication glitch its actually possible to get 99 of any spell that is sold.
This could be useful for some future gimmick builds where you. Normal wouldn't have enough casts to use a single spell
Dark Souls 2 with only weapons from dark souls 1 (BKH Moon light great sword etc.) or DS2 using only gear from ladder smith gilligan
Don't know if anyone's commented it already (I did a quick search), but the reason the archer sometimes hits your back is because of a quirk with the level design.
The pillar in the middle of their firing line completely blocks his vision if you're on the right side, but his AI tells him that if he walks down his strut, he'll be able to see you again if you're near the bottom corner, so if you pause for a second by the right corner then go around fully on the right, he'll walk too far to be able to land a hit near the top. If you go around on the left or run too fast round the right side he'll still be near/at the top and have a perfect shot at your back.
Basically, be patient and take the right path, and you won't get attacked from behind. Miyazaki putting profound life lessons in the game.
TIL, that will be useful, thanks!
@@MrMetagross no worries, discovered it completely on accident, I just always took the right side because it was the side my friend took when introducing me to the game, and only found out it was the right strategy after seeing someone bring it up on another video and doing the test myself.
It's not 100% perfect, as sometimes the AI just decides to no cooperate, but it's still pretty reliable ~95% in my experience.
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Not only are these videos cool, but the music is pretty fresh 😎
Yo, nice Rogue Galaxy music.
Thanks a lot! I was wondering how strong those early spells are. You can stack quite a lot of soul arrows by leveling attunmant. Even up to even 90 in early game!
You should try a spell(fire surge) run, showcase.
I hope youre doing well mr meta, i hope to see more from you eventually!
awesome video keep it up :3
Next challenge: Beating DS1 without equipping anything
Next challenge: You can only use the weapons and armor of your starting class
Cool run, and I enjoyed watching. I do disagree with the end though, as spells in DS3 can easily break some parts of the game. Soul Spear, Chaos Bed Vestiges, Lightning Stake, and Great Soul Dreggs all hit so hard when you've got the right build
the "drake is really in his feelings" is absolute gold
I feel like a sadist to watch and enjoy this type challenges.
Nothing to be ashamed off
Beat Dark Souls 1 using only gravity
Lets go
Seashanty goin hard
makes sense you'd use lightning spear for your miracle, but I was kind of hoping you'd use Emit Force, as I thought it did less damage with more windup.
That's because Emit Force does do less damage, 0.3x less mag adjust, and like you mentioned has more windup. It would be the actual "weakest" miracle in the game. He probably just used lightning spear 'cause it's significantly easier to get
you have a very interesting speaking/writing style haha (not in a bad way haha it just seemed fun!)
im surprised u didnt pick up the wolf ring to help with the capra dogs, its kind of a staple for my runs at this point
12:40 holy shit i never knew this, sounds really handy
12:33 LIFE CHANGING. TY!
Weakest? Every miracle is strong! (against undead/dark enemies)
i can confirm that both dark souls 1 and 2 is doable with only Soul Arrow, Only Lightning Spear and Only Combustion as i have done all of those playthroughs, and yes ds2 Lightning Spear is very painful
lightning spear is a good miracle tho, you should use force for that
Another commenter suggested a no backward run and that got me thinking. How about a backward only run? No walking forward, no rolling, just jumping backward or running into the camera.(ladders and stuff would not count ofc)
Gamers weekend practically already did this with his no walking run
Personally, i think Logan's Catalyst would be better than the Tin Crystallization Catalyst. Sure, Crystal Catalyst has higher magic adjust, but seeing as your goal is higher DPS than higher burst damage, Logan's Catalyst has far better total damage output than the Crystal Catalyst, something i discovered in my Soul Arrow (and it's variants) Only run.
Is that the risk of rain 2 soundtrack in the background?
Heh. Searches a list of spell only runs to show it's not a challenge, and right in the middle is the backlogs video on only using spell tools, which, ironically, was one of his less nightmarish challenge runs.
Turns out magic minus magic equals wielding very effective bonk sticks.
Leveling resistance only run. For the memes!
Cool video💀
Bro the lightning spear isnt weak by any means, if pure damage is in mind.
You aren't wrong
@@MrMetagrossok i judged the video by the thumbnail, and im sorry😔. Good video
@@DeepDenBlue it's all good
"The spells you will get early on, then discard when you get a better version"
Me, having never gotten rid of basic bitch Fireball in my only run. It's fast, it's got a decent number of casts, usable range, it usually does the job.
Edit: I... think I never got rid of basic fireball at least...
Also fun fact, Gwyn is weak to fire so you MAYBE should've been using Fireball instead of Soul Arrow.
I think Homing Soul mass would have been an even more miserable choice of Sorcery, if your goal is to be as weak as possible.
Is that Risk of Rain 2 music I hear at @15:50
Now do it without dying while playing on a Wii remote
Can you beat Dark Souls 2 permanently locked into the view point of the Binoculars, you can still attack. But you can’t roll or move swiftly, it’ll be like a call back to the kings field days.
Don't see how cheesing the boss is any "better" than just using more soul arrows according to the arbitrary rules
fireball is the starting spell for the pyromancer class so its more theme appropriate to use it instead of combustion
similarly I think you should have used basic healing miracle instead of the lightning spear as it is the starting cleric spell
Great run! I just did Glintstone Pebble on Elden Ring, it was definitely one of the most frustrating runs i have done in a while.
20:39 listening closely to the background…is this the risk of rain 2 sound track?
Note checked the description and yes it was in fact from ROR2
You didn't need the pendant to get dusks set you only needed to free her and then use her summon sign
I'm going to heavily disagree with lightning spear being the weakest miracle, but I know your options were few
I would have personally used Emit Force, but I understand
3:06 is it actually possible to dodge roll through the flaming barrel?
It is possible with light equip load, you have enough i-frames. Sadly, as far as I know, you're a frame or two short on medium equip load. Though that could be because I am unsure of the i-frames needed and because I'm not too good at the game to get it to work lol
24:27 get a magic shield you goof. Just take a wooden shield and run it through rickert’s upgrade path for a cheap 80% reduction of magic attacks.
Shouldnt dark orb count as the weakest hex?
Why didn't you go to Londo ruins to buy soul arrow from him? Unless he only sales heavy
The strongest magic in DS3 can't half of the damage.
How about "Can you beat Dark Souls with your bare hands?"
given the stipulations you proposed at the beginning of the video i'm gonna predict you didn't hunt down fire surge from the painted world but a ng+ run using only that spell would ABSOLUTELY be considered a challenge run, it has more than enough casts to get you from bonfire to bonfire but the damage is laughable even with +5 ascended flame
EDIT: fire surge not flame surge
Yo this vid is lit X3
Also for the run-back to the 4 Kings, did you use the jump down from Firelink & beginning of New Londo to halfway through the once flooded section? It's faster than the legit shortcut~
Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your comment!
Today I realised, Artorias is a reference to King Arthur. Dunno why it just clicked today.....
Not sure how, sounds to me like he’s even less a reference to Arthur as he’s a reference to berserk, which he doesn’t have much in common with to begin with.
I don’t know, Lancelot would make more sense as a reference considering that he’s the guy you find at the entry « knight in shining armor » in the dictionary.
@@nathanjora7627 I meant as in the name, Artotias, Arthur. Pretty similar sounding
@@vyldim3401 It does sound like Artorius, which is the Latin root of the name Arthur, and was worn by a noble family in Roman Britain that might or might not have led to the legend of King Arthur. So eh maybe yeah.
But can you beat ds2 ng+1 (or pc magic ng) while only kung fu fighting (ha!)? Skelly fist needs some love
25:36 Finally taken notice have you?
Can you beat dark souls 1 with only the strongest spells? Think about it for a sec, it's a good idea
Force is weaker, Should've used that instead of Lightning spear as I consider that cheating.
Hehehe spread our literative wings
lol I caught that too, he must have meant figurative
Saw the title idk flash sweat doesn't really do damage
Hope your doing well, you havent uploaded in 4 months.
👍
All these spells just unlucky that way of white corona aint in this game.
You’re honestly right at dark souls three magic sucks compared to one and two
*posts a video only using strong spells*
Bro you sound like the android in Symbionic Titan
Is that a good thing?
@@MrMetagross yeah, it was a great show
Bruh, magic is busted in all of the DS games?
Yes
can we see your minecraft world
Is it just me or does the game look more saturated than it usually does? Do you have a mod installed or am i just tripping?
I usually play with max brightness settings for my own sake so thats probably it
❤ :)
Sorry lighting spear is weak?
Weakest miracle vs strongest sorcery
Rename this video to “can you beat dark souls 1 using only weak magic unless I decide it’s too boring and I empower myself to the point where magic is crazy op again. Oh and I cheat for souls”
Bro what this was before you literally cheated your own challenge to make it easier by putting a spawn outside a boss room????????
I think that title will exceed the character limit, so I'll just stick with mine
if you don't like it feel free to make your own challenge run videos blud, nobody is stopping you.
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Cool video, but...literative?
I was going for literally and figurative combined... looking back it sounds more nonsense but whatever
@@MrMetagross Totally feels like a real word.
Yes, of course you can beat it. You can beat it damn near naked and using nothing. Why do these videos with clickbait titles keep getting recommended to me?
Probably because you keep clicking on them?
@@MrMetagross I haven't been, though...yours is the first I've clicked on and yours is the first I've commented on. I just don't know how many more "hurr durr can u beat dark souls in this way?" recommended videos I can take. Sorry bro I don't mean to poo poo on your video or anything, but it irks me because the answer for all of these stupid video questions is YES
@@robertvose7540 Well it's about the journey not the destination my friend
@@MrMetagross True that, I agree. I guess my main gripe is simply the title. But that's a me problem for sure. I understand it's youtube and you have to make a title and that's one that works or whatever. Peace