@@joseph9n6 i actually did all the "main" i was also streaming to my friends, its REALLY fun. it just makes you a better player, and the agile archer expirience is top tier(you are essentially melee)
I've had people tell me I didn't beat Elden Ring the right way because I used spirit summons lol. Like how did I not beat the game when I saw the credits roll.
12:17 most people who recommend avoiding a cheese builds are chill and just want you to have this experience. Very few people are actually elitist, yall just hear a recommendation to try playing the game a certain way your 2nd or 3rd time through any have a tantrum
@@daveyjoneslocker4703definitely not just look at Kai recently beat Elden ring was using bleed and people were bitching like yall just mad people want to play the game how they want to stfu and zip it tf up
"invalid bc not a str build" is a thing that i've seen since Dark Souls and it's so funny to me. Str builds are consitently among the simplest and strong builds you can have in every game since Demon's Souls
I’ve played mainly mage throughout the whole series. I tried a str build in DS3 and in Elden Ring. Was one hitting everything by mid level and the armor is so OP I rarely died 😂 these builds are ridiculously boring. I rather play like a glass cannon than an unstoppable meathead 😂😂
There also seems to be this weird mentality people have that they "need to be a strength Chad" as if it's tied to their real life manliness or something.
@@raymaxos fist are so op, you might as well not even be playing the game anymore. The true way to play elden ring is to not attack at all and no rolling
@@dominiccocchiola6922 Ngl, the hand spiders caught me lacking so hard my first playthrough that I haven't fought one since in like 4 playthroughs, lol
You know dealing damage to enemies decreases their health right? Eventually it'll kill them. Killing them means less enemies, which makes the game easier which ruins the experience.
This aged so well with the arrival of the DLC. All the elitist frauds who told us there was a 'legit' way to play the game are choking on their own toxic tears while screaming about the DLC being too hard.
@@Mega2chanit is, IF you use the resources the DLC provides you, which are the Scadutree Blessings, basically straight up upgrades to all your stats while in the DLC. It's doable without them, but extremely hard, so if you wanna have a balanced experience treat these items as a second level-up and go after them whenever you start to struggle.
there used to be a "legit" way to play the game since souls games used to require you to roll with good timing in order to avoid most attacks, but elden ring introduced an obnoxious roll delay and input queuing system that was meant to make designing roll catches for enemies easier (since you can't reaction roll things nearly as well as in DS3). also the damage in the late game and DLC is insanely tuned up even as enemies get crazier combos. I remember going to the jar prison in gravesite plains to fight the demihuman swordmaster on scadutree lvl 1 and he kept 2 shotting me with his straight from sekiro triple slash magic sword move that was literally too fast to roll out of. Spent an hour and a half parrying him to death, my only takeaway from that was "I should really be playing sekiro instead"
Right? So happy I discovered the channel. Noticed the Elden Ring videos are finally getting some decent views. Would love to see some more challenge type videos, if he’s up for it.
its common in elden ring cause they usually have a sort of one shot protection. Basically a hit that would do enough damage to kill them would leave them at exactly 1 hp.
@dianheart2243 funny and sad story, I got to consort radahn on NG+7 and got stuck on him for a couple days. I started the DLC over on a NG character, caught up to Consort Radahn, and I almost killed him on my first attempt. I got him down to 1 more hit and completely flubbed a dodge roll and ended up getting grabbed a second time.... i forgot to use Miquellas great rune so I ended up getting my heart stolen and died.😭 He was so close to death that I could barley see the pixels of his health bar. A part of me wishes I summoned mimic so he could have killed him while I was still in my death animation.😅 Thankfully it only took me a few more tries to kill him, but holy shit I was internally crapping my pants. Those low health situations are so stressful🤣
“Suffer with a strength build” I’ve played through the game with pretty much every basic build you can create and I can confirm that strength builds are the easiest way to play the game, and the only other one that comes close is bleed. Pure caster is hell because of how aggressive all the bosses are.
seriously, after playing faith and int builds my first few playthroughs I tried using a colossal strength build and was MIND BLOWN at being able to take multiple hits from bosses, getting constant poise breaks, and still doing good damage. I went into the run expecting it to be really difficult based on things I read online but I was so wrong 😭
@@foreverie2626 I think it’s carried over thinking from DS1, where sorcerers really were the easy mode because bosses were much slower, so you could play keep away and whittle down their health bars, but even in DS1 strength builds were still really good.
Indeed. I don't know why the hell people think Strength builds are "hard mode," I just finished my first playthrough using only colossal swords and it was the easiest game in the franchise for me with this build. I literally just steamrolled the early-game with a Zweihander, steamrolled the mid-game with the Greatsword and then finished steamrolling the endgame with the Ruins Greatsword. Granted, I did use a barely upgraded Mimic, but still, Strength builds are not only easy, they're also super fun!
Singleplayer games are meant to fuck around and play what you want and have fun even if you're disgustingly op. The game gives you so many weapons, arts and magics for a reason. Just go have some fun
@@Timmy-mi2ef Looking back, it honestly ruined the game for me. I just persevered (in ignorance of how to build/scale/level properly - my fault) and the game became more challenging than rewarding. I completed it and felt nothing but relief lol. I did a second playthrough with a build from RUclips and absolutely steamrolled the game - but again, it wasn't challenging and not a great experience. For me, Sekiro was the best FromSoftware game because I didn't have to find out how to create a good build xD
I wish blasphemous claw was in the arena or at least somewhat telegraphed to the player. Love using it. It feels like a gimmick fight like Rykard in a very good way, except with parrying instead.
I'm impressed on how you managed to perfectly capture how cinematographically beautiful Elden Ring is in your intro and outro. Holy damn that is some crisp editing!
Really enjoyed the concept of the video just a chill high quality edited casual playthrough of a normal build with very entertaining commentary. Amazing video
OMFG! The video was so amazing, the music, the fights, assembling, everything! Just freaking awesome! Rly thank you, dude, that was a fantastic experience to feel these boss fights to be the part of them even, the quality is just god like, I cannot imagine how much time you spent on this, not counting the game play, super underrated chanel, never thought I would write something like that.
Summoned for Godskin Duo, run invalidated (I'm completely kidding, I'm blown away by beating Elden Beast 1st try at the level you did, fantastic job 💜)
Edit: just saw your message at the end. I found this video in my feed and didn’t even look at how many subscribers you had. I assumed at least a couple hundred thousand due to the entertainment value and edits. Shocked to see 2k! Youre style and sense of humor on top of being humble makes for good relatable entertainment..so yea man keep up the good work…def subscribed. I’m doing my first play through..first souls game altogether. I play around with str and dex only weapons and you are absolutely right about how you’re forced to improve when you’re doing nothing but melee. I was so intimidated by this game but then surprising the shit out of myself when I was doing bosses sub 10 tries…lord placidick was an absolute pain though.
Exactly, spamming blue shit or bleed weapon art #25 is just a boring and non-interactive way to play. Same with summons/phantoms. People cry about this mentality as "gatekeeping" but its to get people over the mental hurdle of just following IGN guides or "TOP 10 most BROKEN BUILDS!" videos. You feel like you actually played and mastered the game instead of just blindly optimizing following some guide or letting others play half the game for you.
@@dislikebutton9571 just keep your build interesting and switch things up, tty out new tactics for areas and bosses. Combine stuff. The npc summons can make some bosses much harder because some of them die very early and then the boss still has twice the health. And beating a hard boss together with your friends is insanely fun imo. You should do one playthrough alone to master it and do whatever you want on the next, because limiting yourself to one weapon/playstyle only will make you miss out so much. I tend to go for dex/faitg a lot but I forced to do a str pyro build this time (6th playthrough of elden ring with a friend who never played it), I usually hate slow weapons so I'm using the iron balls and they're extremely fun, also wanna try the grave scythe and greatspears/heavy rapiers. I also like the great stars dual stanced atm for a health regen build
This is an amazing video you made, good job! On the note as a soulslike player, which for me, DS2 is the best soulslike alongside ER, I always play as a holy knight, aka strength/faith. But ER offers so much freedom, that you can choose anything to work with. As a great person named Solaire once said : Its all about the JOLLY COOPERATION!
ds2 still has a few things not even elden ring brought back, the most overlooked imo being left hand attacks. While it did bring back powerstancing, most weapons just default to the right hand r2 & for non powerstancing, no left hand sprint/roll/step/jump attacks, youre always stuck with neutral attacks
Okay this was the coolest video ive ever watched, it was like watching a movie, documentary and a cinematic/storytelling masterpiece all in one. I love it from so many standpoints, I want to create stories like this so seeing people succeed is so inspirational and I gotta start taking notes. Well done and I will 100% be watching your videos as much as i can from now on. Can't wait to see what you do with the DLC!
Don't listen to the people who say you can only play it with a str build. They don't get what these games are about, also They're very simple and also very easy to use mostly. If you wanna do one because it's actually fun to you, go for it, but if you realize that you might wanna try out the other 90% of items the game has to offer do it, these games have so much replay ability because of the infinite ways you can do your own build. Half of the fun comes frok experimenting, summoning your friends and beating a boss together and then celebrating after you made it is also insanely fun, even if you use summons. The game can be extremely frustrating for new players and you shouldn't just give uo because some crazy people wanna force you to play the way they like to
To build off of what @thex6992 said, you’re really better off doing a dual stat build, like Str/Faith or Str/Int than just a pure Str build. ER is probably the game with the most magic + physical stat weapons in the series. Also, the spells in ER as a whole are way stronger than previous entries, so you’d probably have more fun experimenting with spells and weapons.
Thanks for the advice fellas! But dont worry i always played rpgs (skyrim and such) mostly as a mage so when i picked up ER i wanted to play something dif so rn im playing a faith/str build kinda like a paladin and im enjoying it very much
@@dodokuz9301 That’s wonderful to hear. O Flame may end up being your bread and butter since it’s a very reliable melee spell. My advice is to keep leveling vigor. The scaling is weird in ER for some reason, so you won’t get good returns until you hit vigor levels between 30 and 40. Also, take your time and enjoy the game. If you speed run open areas and only focus legacy dungeons, you’ll at times feel underleveled, or that mobs don’t give good returns. Clearing minor dungeons, camps, and doing fields bosses will all help you get levels faster so you can truly get to a more “comfortable” and safe level. Also, don’t feel ashamed to use a guide for questlines. Fromsoft games have always had oblique questlines, but that was fine since the games were linear and you’d usually bump into the characters later on just by progressing. With ER, characters may end up in previous areas with no indication that they were going there (ex Alexander). With all that said, Happy Hunting!
🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤ Love the format reminds me of old school gaming youtube with high quality edited content with a coherent narrative. A breath of fresh air in VOD city.
no way you only have 1.5k subs, this is the most fun i’ve had watching this game you’ve gained a sub, also your editing and the way you told a story along with your gameplay, this video is a straight up masterpiece and deserves way more views
I've taken up the challenge too. Honestly the most fun I've had since my first run. Currently stuck on Morgot but I'll get him. Golden Godfrey is a million more times fun this way, such a blast
Dude I can’t fathom how you’ve got only 1.9k subs, this video was so entertaining and the editing was top notch. I just beat the game for the first time, I’m definitely gonna do a play through like this in the future. Keep it up, your videos are amazing
I'm just happy that you got to experience the fun that is the guts greatsword strength playthrough! Next time powerstance with a grafted or get someone to give you another guts. You'll find it even easier. That's the funny thing about the 'git gud' crew which I admit to being a part of. In many ways once you learn to stop being scared of being close to bosses this playstyle is actually easier than others.
This was dope. I did a strength only run for my second (although not with level caps) and came to the same conclusion. First playthrough was a dex/faith build with dual katanas that i had no idea how to build around. Like a chicken without a head. Summons and everything still took 120 hours. Second just did strength with the greatsword and while it was "easier" because of the experience, it was definitely challenging in a fun way. Sweet editing btw, and props for not spamming lions claw lmao (no hate to anyone that does, I abuse that one when i cant take it anymore haha) Thanks for a good watch dude
Awesome content, man! You deserve more subscribers and likes. Everything starting from the intro, "the right way to play", power stance jump attack, either feeling awfully cocky or total disbelief after beating a boss, the feeling of getting better at the game, and of course the outro. Peak Elden Ring experience right there.
I'm a STR Crit build. Respect bro. Btw, Margit is a fun boss to parry. But not so fun to parry if you just learning parry. But it's a humbling experience and forces you to git gud. I actually did just that in base game. My investment paid off in the Erdtree DLC.
As someone who's played gugs since ds1, I enjoyed this, compaired to somthing that focuses on projectiles, attacks often are not as free, you challenging the bosses on their turf, your mistakes are compounded, as even you pointed out. You got really good, I'm proud. Edit- you earned a sub.
Ah the ol' "If everyone tries to copyright claim me, then no one can!" strategy. In all seriousness though, love the music choices, especially that intro
I didn't either, because of sleep pots and unga bunga greatsword poise break, that i learned on youtube so thanks for the people that did it before and showed us. I think i would have spent 2 h on it instead if i didn't know about the sleep pots
Bro I don't know why but strength dex build I no diffed the duo first try without any items for help and that's coming from someone who got his balls kicked in at every other step of the way. I honesty think I just got really lucky.
Right or wrong is the dumb way to put it, some are more fulfilling than others. I feel like people must be intentionally misunderstanding the point it's so obvious. Some play methods are more fulfilling than others since you actually have to learn the enemy move sets playing up close with slower weapons through a trial and error instead of spamming blue stuff from 30ft away or spamming (insert bleed weapon art/jump attack) until health bar is gone. Str/Dex/Quality builds (that dont just stack status effects or stagger) actually have to learn through trial and error. Not over-levelling is also a good thing since it means you are always experiencing a fair challenge instead of just bulldozing through zones that should be hard. It's also more fulfilling to create and play your own janky build instead of following IGN game guides or "TOP 10 MOST BROKEN BUILDS IN ELDEN RING" videos, its more fullfilling to beat bosses solo instead of letting over-levelled phantoms or spirit ashes do everything for you. If you just play super optimally all the time it takes the fun out of the game, and you will feel like you didn't really do much by the end of the game because the truth is... you really didn't do much.
@@dislikebutton9571different people can be fulfilled in different ways. This is yours and that's fine. The only thing people are asking is to not get toxic lectures from elitists about how people who didn't ask for advice in the first place are ruining their experience playing their preferred way.
No because as a strength build player, i want to cry😢 I don’t even want to touch the game anymore because I can’t beat Melania. Or whatever her name is. Im stressed even thinking about it 😭
Heavy dual jump attack or use lions claw to break her poise quickly. When you lower her health enough to where she will use waterfowl attack, keep your distance and use throwing knives or an equivalent to trigger the attack while you’re far enough away to where she’ll miss all her attacks and you’ll only have to dodge maybe one of them.
Strength builds are literally easier than bleed builds. People who use them just act better because "pog I'm gutsu!! Unga bunga!!!" Instead of bleeding every 5 seconds you're just posture breaking and spamming jump attacks. The weapon arts I see a lot of strength builds use alsp just seem like casting anyway too
My first play through of er was with my best friend as a mage and he was a str. Finding stuff and beating bosses together was funner than literally any other play through ive done.
I swapped to a heavy star fist w crag blade build for endgame when i fell out of love with the flamberge moveset. Shit was gas. I love throwing hands with bosses, especially ones that both reward and punish getting in their face and swinging. +the constant stance breaks with its busted charge heavy and jump attacks were hilarious.
This video was the first I saw from you, but it really managed to keep a smile on my face during the full duration, and omfg so CINEMATIC it was at times! Great work ghosty!❤
I believe it is the Black Knife which is a faith/dex weapon that is dropped from defeating the Black Knife Assassin at the entrance of Sainted Hero's Grave, in Altus Plateau.
Love how this is my VERY first playthrough of elden ring and I'm not doing it because I'm a soul's puritan I just thought using a pure strength build was fun & I can't even use basic magic without a talisman, will say most fun I've had specially since I can 3/5 times guard break a boss.
Fun video! I pretty much always play Str builds in souls games. Something about having a huge anime sword that is bigger then my entire body just calls to me.
The level of editing at the end with the madness ending and the music being on tempo with the cuts, it's straight up professional, this is coming from a video producer :)
The build types are basically the same difficulty IMO. *I don't use buffs like spells and consumables Dex: you are nearly one shot with each attack + low poise = killed by most combos. You have to hit bosses multiple times to get the same amount of damage. Staggering is harder but you can proc statuses quicker. Strength: slower so you get hit more but you're tankier so it's basically the same. You can stagger bosses easier and get bigger repost damage to make up for the harder stat procs. For every pro for one build there's a downside and the pro/cons are reversed for the other build.
This is awesome, I just beat the game + DLC with my very first pure strength build in any Souls game ever. I felt every single death in this video 😅 I called that run up to Malekith my run of shame after my 30th death or so lol. Thanks for the great video 👍
‘Technically if you want to do a full strength build your using the wrong weapons it should be weapons that ONLY scale with strength not both strength and dex’
I played my first run like this, Maliketh almost drove me insane lol. Now i like chilling with my +10 mimic and moonveil. No reason not to play how you want!
I love the way affinities work in this game, I started out as STR only with heavy infusion and 2 handing until I completed the base game. I got to about level 212 or so using the bow method to farm from the infamous ledge. Despite the guides claiming 131k per minute I never approached that even with lots of practice, RL210ish took me I would guess 4 hours total with my best hour netting about 3.7m runes. Coming back after completing the base game with the Sacred Relic Sword and farming the Ablinaurics I also did not quite hit the claimed runes/m or runes/h but I came much closer and got to level 300 without too much trouble. Anyway, I liked that once I had 80 in STR and DEX I could just switch to Quality and do even more damage. I don't really see a use for Keen, at least not with any weapons I've tried (Greatswords and Colossal Swords) since it always loses to Heavy with the same stat investments and even usually loses to "normal" affinity. You get a nice reward for eventually moving up a secondary stat. Gonna grind to 350 now and call it good, that'll let me have 99/99 (vs 80/80) with the usual stuff that I already have and need (25 MND for FP, 30 END for stamina, 25 faith for Golden Vow and Flame, Grant me Strength, nothing in anything else).
This video was peak asf I thought ur account would be way bigger and then looked at ur subs and was so surprised the quality is legit good looks brother
I feel like trash for not being able to beat the final boss with my str build whilst trying to be over levelled as fuck. I’m probably gonna try again, you gave me the determination I need
Tip for renallas comet azure just run at her it won’t hit you at all don’t move to the sides just run right at her once you hit her it knocks her out of it anyway
I loved this video! Elden Ring was my first Souls game, and I played as a caster because that's the kind of aesthetic I love. I also took every advantage I could get (the game still made me struggle and scream). The game was hard as hell, but I had a blast playing it my way! I appreciate seeing content from a truly skilled and still not toxic player like you. Side note: When I finally did a playthrough as a strength build, I always felt like all the struggles I had as an intelligence and faith build were gone. Definitely felt easier in a ton of ways, but I also just love trying different builds.
My first build I beat the game with was a fist build using the standard caestus, with blood hounds step. I didn’t know about golden vow or flame grant me strength. I simply went into the fight learned when I should Norma dodge or use BHS, and club the bosses faces in. Simple, fun and challenging; strength builds are just consistent
I fought malenia with this character on another video so before you comment go watch that lmao I promise I didn’t forget her
Am I the only one who noticed the Pokemon battle theme music? 😂
@@DroopyNloopy NOPE!! 🤣🤣
Hey! You should try elden ring only with black bow. It was my favourite run, even got malenia
and mogh?
@@joseph9n6 i actually did all the "main" i was also streaming to my friends, its REALLY fun. it just makes you a better player, and the agile archer expirience is top tier(you are essentially melee)
They say every time you have fun in souls series an elitist gets a hernia. So the legends goes anyways.
I've had people tell me I didn't beat Elden Ring the right way because I used spirit summons lol. Like how did I not beat the game when I saw the credits roll.
12:17 most people who recommend avoiding a cheese builds are chill and just want you to have this experience. Very few people are actually elitist, yall just hear a recommendation to try playing the game a certain way your 2nd or 3rd time through any have a tantrum
@@daveyjoneslocker4703definitely not just look at Kai recently beat Elden ring was using bleed and people were bitching like yall just mad people want to play the game how they want to stfu and zip it tf up
I’m no elitist, however, I get scarlet rot every-time I see a rivers of blood user.
@@supervermillion6729 imagine STILL complaining about RoB when it’s not even close to being as good as it used to be. It’s an average weapon now.
"invalid bc not a str build" is a thing that i've seen since Dark Souls and it's so funny to me. Str builds are consitently among the simplest and strong builds you can have in every game since Demon's Souls
I’ve played mainly mage throughout the whole series. I tried a str build in DS3 and in Elden Ring. Was one hitting everything by mid level and the armor is so OP I rarely died 😂 these builds are ridiculously boring. I rather play like a glass cannon than an unstoppable meathead 😂😂
There also seems to be this weird mentality people have that they "need to be a strength Chad" as if it's tied to their real life manliness or something.
@@khatzeyeI die in like 3 hits but man when I get a combo with my weird dex build I do some damage
@ProfessionalDumbss lol both are ridiculously op whether pvp or pve. As long as you can light roll with dex, you rarely get hit. Too damn fast 😭😂
@evanbaxter7356 lol funny cuz I said the same shit watching certain RUclipsrs 🤣 compensating much 🤣
🤓um actually your not supposed to level up at all it really ruins the experience 🤓
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You should go study the nerd emoji 🤓
🤓 erm... Acktually, using weapons is too OP, you have to use fists only because it ruins the experience actually having the health bar go down
sl1 run?
@@raymaxos fist are so op, you might as well not even be playing the game anymore. The true way to play elden ring is to not attack at all and no rolling
Dude over here wondering if he can take Loretta at level 40.
Me at a higher level wondering if I can deal with those hand spiders. 😱
😂 the lesson of the video is the game is so well designed every fight is a fair one. Those hand spiders have caught us all slippin
@@dominiccocchiola6922
Ngl, the hand spiders caught me lacking so hard my first playthrough that I haven't fought one since in like 4 playthroughs, lol
I never even tried fighting them. Just run. That's the only thing you can do
FYI, any amount of fire damage will stun them.
Use fire damage or something with bleed, it'll kill the hands rly fast!
You know dealing damage to enemies decreases their health right? Eventually it'll kill them. Killing them means less enemies, which makes the game easier which ruins the experience.
“I’m not gonna die like this!!!” - guy who had 5 red flasks but chose to attack instead.
*backflips*
This aged so well with the arrival of the DLC. All the elitist frauds who told us there was a 'legit' way to play the game are choking on their own toxic tears while screaming about the DLC being too hard.
I haven’t bought the DLC yet, but I really enjoy playing melee no summons though, is it still doable?
@@Mega2chanit is, IF you use the resources the DLC provides you, which are the Scadutree Blessings, basically straight up upgrades to all your stats while in the DLC. It's doable without them, but extremely hard, so if you wanna have a balanced experience treat these items as a second level-up and go after them whenever you start to struggle.
the only companion I can trust is uhh...me *ding ding ding summons mimic tear* lol
there used to be a "legit" way to play the game since souls games used to require you to roll with good timing in order to avoid most attacks, but elden ring introduced an obnoxious roll delay and input queuing system that was meant to make designing roll catches for enemies easier (since you can't reaction roll things nearly as well as in DS3). also the damage in the late game and DLC is insanely tuned up even as enemies get crazier combos. I remember going to the jar prison in gravesite plains to fight the demihuman swordmaster on scadutree lvl 1 and he kept 2 shotting me with his straight from sekiro triple slash magic sword move that was literally too fast to roll out of. Spent an hour and a half parrying him to death, my only takeaway from that was "I should really be playing sekiro instead"
It’s literally just streamers complaining. It’s a vocal minority.
Ok I'll try a pure strength bui-
*YOU ARE MY SPECIAL*
WE TRAUMATIZING A 15 YR OLD WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Extremely underrated intros and outros and channel as a whole
Right? So happy I discovered the channel. Noticed the Elden Ring videos are finally getting some decent views. Would love to see some more challenge type videos, if he’s up for it.
@@KSundstrom2RL1 has been the death of me ngl
Seriously, the intro and especially the outro for me is among some of the best Elden Ring edits I've seen
Yeah, that was some of the hardest editing in the beginning, bro has talent
@VirtueUK The intro is part of Vaatividya tribute to Elden Ring
I've never seen anyone constantly and accidentally get the bosses health down to like 1% hp😅 those moments are so stressful.
Remember. Throwing knives, throwing knives, throwing knives.
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its common in elden ring cause they usually have a sort of one shot protection. Basically a hit that would do enough damage to kill them would leave them at exactly 1 hp.
@dianheart2243 funny and sad story, I got to consort radahn on NG+7 and got stuck on him for a couple days.
I started the DLC over on a NG character, caught up to Consort Radahn, and I almost killed him on my first attempt.
I got him down to 1 more hit and completely flubbed a dodge roll and ended up getting grabbed a second time....
i forgot to use Miquellas great rune so I ended up getting my heart stolen and died.😭
He was so close to death that I could barley see the pixels of his health bar.
A part of me wishes I summoned mimic so he could have killed him while I was still in my death animation.😅
Thankfully it only took me a few more tries to kill him, but holy shit I was internally crapping my pants.
Those low health situations are so stressful🤣
“Suffer with a strength build” I’ve played through the game with pretty much every basic build you can create and I can confirm that strength builds are the easiest way to play the game, and the only other one that comes close is bleed. Pure caster is hell because of how aggressive all the bosses are.
seriously, after playing faith and int builds my first few playthroughs I tried using a colossal strength build and was MIND BLOWN at being able to take multiple hits from bosses, getting constant poise breaks, and still doing good damage. I went into the run expecting it to be really difficult based on things I read online but I was so wrong 😭
@@foreverie2626 I think it’s carried over thinking from DS1, where sorcerers really were the easy mode because bosses were much slower, so you could play keep away and whittle down their health bars, but even in DS1 strength builds were still really good.
@@kristoferprovencal3608 Even back then, you got shamed for using the Black Knight Halberd.
It’s the perception of cheese factor
Indeed. I don't know why the hell people think Strength builds are "hard mode," I just finished my first playthrough using only colossal swords and it was the easiest game in the franchise for me with this build. I literally just steamrolled the early-game with a Zweihander, steamrolled the mid-game with the Greatsword and then finished steamrolling the endgame with the Ruins Greatsword. Granted, I did use a barely upgraded Mimic, but still, Strength builds are not only easy, they're also super fun!
Dear new players: "there is no wrong way to play"
It is, speed run is the wrong way! Fact!
Singleplayer games are meant to fuck around and play what you want and have fun even if you're disgustingly op.
The game gives you so many weapons, arts and magics for a reason. Just go have some fun
I played the wrong way. I didn't level health, didnt understand builds / weapon scaling /levelling and so made the game unbearably frustrating.
@@freddyvalentineNot really a wrong way just a glass cannon build/bad build
@@Timmy-mi2ef Looking back, it honestly ruined the game for me. I just persevered (in ignorance of how to build/scale/level properly - my fault) and the game became more challenging than rewarding. I completed it and felt nothing but relief lol. I did a second playthrough with a build from RUclips and absolutely steamrolled the game - but again, it wasn't challenging and not a great experience. For me, Sekiro was the best FromSoftware game because I didn't have to find out how to create a good build xD
Why does the intro hit so hard? Its incredible the video and the jjk's song
The cinematic editing of the intro and outro gives me fucking chills, bro should've designed the trailer for this game
The blasphemous claw makes Malikeths second phase much more fun with a strenght build.
I wish blasphemous claw was in the arena or at least somewhat telegraphed to the player. Love using it. It feels like a gimmick fight like Rykard in a very good way, except with parrying instead.
Agreed. I abuse the claw so much that I feel lost fighting him without it
I could never get the timing right with the necklace against manus so i never used the claw😂
Yeah but if you use the claw you're actually are not playing the game right
I have only once parried, (I usually forget) and it was the most satisfying feeling ever.
This is how I played the game for my first run, standard great sword build, but then played it again using RoB and had so much more fun
I'm impressed on how you managed to perfectly capture how cinematographically beautiful Elden Ring is in your intro and outro. Holy damn that is some crisp editing!
Really enjoyed the concept of the video just a chill high quality edited casual playthrough of a normal build with very entertaining commentary. Amazing video
OMFG! The video was so amazing, the music, the fights, assembling, everything! Just freaking awesome! Rly thank you, dude, that was a fantastic experience to feel these boss fights to be the part of them even, the quality is just god like, I cannot imagine how much time you spent on this, not counting the game play, super underrated chanel, never thought I would write something like that.
Summoned for Godskin Duo, run invalidated
(I'm completely kidding, I'm blown away by beating Elden Beast 1st try at the level you did, fantastic job 💜)
Edit: just saw your message at the end. I found this video in my feed and didn’t even look at how many subscribers you had. I assumed at least a couple hundred thousand due to the entertainment value and edits. Shocked to see 2k! Youre style and sense of humor on top of being humble makes for good relatable entertainment..so yea man keep up the good work…def subscribed.
I’m doing my first play through..first souls game altogether. I play around with str and dex only weapons and you are absolutely right about how you’re forced to improve when you’re doing nothing but melee. I was so intimidated by this game but then surprising the shit out of myself when I was doing bosses sub 10 tries…lord placidick was an absolute pain though.
Exactly, spamming blue shit or bleed weapon art #25 is just a boring and non-interactive way to play. Same with summons/phantoms. People cry about this mentality as "gatekeeping" but its to get people over the mental hurdle of just following IGN guides or "TOP 10 most BROKEN BUILDS!" videos. You feel like you actually played and mastered the game instead of just blindly optimizing following some guide or letting others play half the game for you.
@@dislikebutton9571 just keep your build interesting and switch things up, tty out new tactics for areas and bosses. Combine stuff. The npc summons can make some bosses much harder because some of them die very early and then the boss still has twice the health. And beating a hard boss together with your friends is insanely fun imo. You should do one playthrough alone to master it and do whatever you want on the next, because limiting yourself to one weapon/playstyle only will make you miss out so much. I tend to go for dex/faitg a lot but I forced to do a str pyro build this time (6th playthrough of elden ring with a friend who never played it), I usually hate slow weapons so I'm using the iron balls and they're extremely fun, also wanna try the grave scythe and greatspears/heavy rapiers. I also like the great stars dual stanced atm for a health regen build
He needs @AsmonTV to give it a watch. That’ll boost the subs!!
This is an amazing video you made, good job!
On the note as a soulslike player, which for me, DS2 is the best soulslike alongside ER, I always play as a holy knight, aka strength/faith. But ER offers so much freedom, that you can choose anything to work with. As a great person named Solaire once said : Its all about the JOLLY COOPERATION!
ds2 still has a few things not even elden ring brought back, the most overlooked imo being left hand attacks. While it did bring back powerstancing, most weapons just default to the right hand r2 & for non powerstancing, no left hand sprint/roll/step/jump attacks, youre always stuck with neutral attacks
That intro is freaking sick dude! Love the editing skills, great job 👍
Okay this was the coolest video ive ever watched, it was like watching a movie, documentary and a cinematic/storytelling masterpiece all in one. I love it from so many standpoints, I want to create stories like this so seeing people succeed is so inspirational and I gotta start taking notes.
Well done and I will 100% be watching your videos as much as i can from now on.
Can't wait to see what you do with the DLC!
entire game in 8 hours is wild, usually takes me ~20 to get to maliketh, great work
Real, I’m not a souls player so it’s like 50 to 60 😭
@@Assassin-v6f just finished the game today took me a whopping 150 hours
I bought Elden Ring two weeks ago and I gotta say, you hyped me up so much with this video man. Well done awesome editing and storytelling
Don't listen to the people who say you can only play it with a str build. They don't get what these games are about, also They're very simple and also very easy to use mostly. If you wanna do one because it's actually fun to you, go for it, but if you realize that you might wanna try out the other 90% of items the game has to offer do it, these games have so much replay ability because of the infinite ways you can do your own build. Half of the fun comes frok experimenting, summoning your friends and beating a boss together and then celebrating after you made it is also insanely fun, even if you use summons. The game can be extremely frustrating for new players and you shouldn't just give uo because some crazy people wanna force you to play the way they like to
To build off of what @thex6992 said, you’re really better off doing a dual stat build, like Str/Faith or Str/Int than just a pure Str build. ER is probably the game with the most magic + physical stat weapons in the series. Also, the spells in ER as a whole are way stronger than previous entries, so you’d probably have more fun experimenting with spells and weapons.
Thanks for the advice fellas! But dont worry i always played rpgs (skyrim and such) mostly as a mage so when i picked up ER i wanted to play something dif so rn im playing a faith/str build kinda like a paladin and im enjoying it very much
@@dodokuz9301 That’s wonderful to hear. O Flame may end up being your bread and butter since it’s a very reliable melee spell.
My advice is to keep leveling vigor. The scaling is weird in ER for some reason, so you won’t get good returns until you hit vigor levels between 30 and 40. Also, take your time and enjoy the game. If you speed run open areas and only focus legacy dungeons, you’ll at times feel underleveled, or that mobs don’t give good returns. Clearing minor dungeons, camps, and doing fields bosses will all help you get levels faster so you can truly get to a more “comfortable” and safe level.
Also, don’t feel ashamed to use a guide for questlines. Fromsoft games have always had oblique questlines, but that was fine since the games were linear and you’d usually bump into the characters later on just by progressing. With ER, characters may end up in previous areas with no indication that they were going there (ex Alexander).
With all that said, Happy Hunting!
The Pokemon arena music for the Radahn fight is actually so funny.
🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤ Love the format reminds me of old school gaming youtube with high quality edited content with a coherent narrative. A breath of fresh air in VOD city.
You’re not supposed to enjoy this game at all
no way you only have 1.5k subs, this is the most fun i’ve had watching this game you’ve gained a sub, also your editing and the way you told a story along with your gameplay, this video is a straight up masterpiece and deserves way more views
I've taken up the challenge too. Honestly the most fun I've had since my first run. Currently stuck on Morgot but I'll get him. Golden Godfrey is a million more times fun this way, such a blast
The pokemon music is what makes elden ring bosses even better! XD
Dude I can’t fathom how you’ve got only 1.9k subs, this video was so entertaining and the editing was top notch. I just beat the game for the first time, I’m definitely gonna do a play through like this in the future.
Keep it up, your videos are amazing
I'm just happy that you got to experience the fun that is the guts greatsword strength playthrough! Next time powerstance with a grafted or get someone to give you another guts. You'll find it even easier. That's the funny thing about the 'git gud' crew which I admit to being a part of. In many ways once you learn to stop being scared of being close to bosses this playstyle is actually easier than others.
The fact that you have Pokémon battle music is amazing. Really adds to the fights
I see what you did there using hells greatest dad as a background song. Great taste and humor my friend. You've earned a sub
I was overjoyed at hearing it. Such a good song
That was absolutely badass! As a dex/faith main this has me thinking about a strength build to run through NG+ lol
This was dope. I did a strength only run for my second (although not with level caps) and came to the same conclusion. First playthrough was a dex/faith build with dual katanas that i had no idea how to build around. Like a chicken without a head. Summons and everything still took 120 hours. Second just did strength with the greatsword and while it was "easier" because of the experience, it was definitely challenging in a fun way. Sweet editing btw, and props for not spamming lions claw lmao (no hate to anyone that does, I abuse that one when i cant take it anymore haha) Thanks for a good watch dude
2 min in the video and I already know this is gonna be a banger based on the intro 😮
One of the coolest Elden ring videos I’ve watched. Thank you.
Awesome content, man! You deserve more subscribers and likes.
Everything starting from the intro, "the right way to play", power stance jump attack, either feeling awfully cocky or total disbelief after beating a boss, the feeling of getting better at the game, and of course the outro. Peak Elden Ring experience right there.
I'm a STR Crit build. Respect bro. Btw, Margit is a fun boss to parry. But not so fun to parry if you just learning parry. But it's a humbling experience and forces you to git gud. I actually did just that in base game. My investment paid off in the Erdtree DLC.
As someone who's played gugs since ds1, I enjoyed this, compaired to somthing that focuses on projectiles, attacks often are not as free, you challenging the bosses on their turf, your mistakes are compounded, as even you pointed out. You got really good, I'm proud.
Edit- you earned a sub.
You greatsword bros are the most condescending thing ever
@@hlealg I'm sorry, where was I condescending in my comment?
'You got good' and 'edited - earned a sub' is pure cringe 😂
@@robertking5412 I am not the one with a public collection of mumble rap. 😂
Ah the ol' "If everyone tries to copyright claim me, then no one can!" strategy.
In all seriousness though, love the music choices, especially that intro
I know people are gonna call me a try-hard but I've never personally had too much trouble with Godskin Duo
No, that boss is just easy.
It probably depends on your build
@@user-bq1gh3fy1h bleed builds absolutely shred the duo but with any other build i had to use sleep
I didn't either, because of sleep pots and unga bunga greatsword poise break, that i learned on youtube so thanks for the people that did it before and showed us. I think i would have spent 2 h on it instead if i didn't know about the sleep pots
Bro I don't know why but strength dex build I no diffed the duo first try without any items for help and that's coming from someone who got his balls kicked in at every other step of the way. I honesty think I just got really lucky.
The intro and the sudden outro chill my spine man, goddayummm !!!
Theres no right or wrong way to play a game (with the exception of hacking or glitching the game)
Right or wrong is the dumb way to put it, some are more fulfilling than others. I feel like people must be intentionally misunderstanding the point it's so obvious. Some play methods are more fulfilling than others since you actually have to learn the enemy move sets playing up close with slower weapons through a trial and error instead of spamming blue stuff from 30ft away or spamming (insert bleed weapon art/jump attack) until health bar is gone. Str/Dex/Quality builds (that dont just stack status effects or stagger) actually have to learn through trial and error. Not over-levelling is also a good thing since it means you are always experiencing a fair challenge instead of just bulldozing through zones that should be hard. It's also more fulfilling to create and play your own janky build instead of following IGN game guides or "TOP 10 MOST BROKEN BUILDS IN ELDEN RING" videos, its more fullfilling to beat bosses solo instead of letting over-levelled phantoms or spirit ashes do everything for you. If you just play super optimally all the time it takes the fun out of the game, and you will feel like you didn't really do much by the end of the game because the truth is... you really didn't do much.
@@dislikebutton9571different people can be fulfilled in different ways. This is yours and that's fine. The only thing people are asking is to not get toxic lectures from elitists about how people who didn't ask for advice in the first place are ruining their experience playing their preferred way.
dude this video is so well made. youve made me want to play elden ring again and maybe even make a youtube video about my experience
Didn’t expect the JJK intro to play, awesome!
Miyazaki should put out a game that's just magic, we need a top tier wizard game. Casting, summoning, all that jazz.
No because as a strength build player, i want to cry😢 I don’t even want to touch the game anymore because I can’t beat Melania. Or whatever her name is. Im stressed even thinking about it 😭
My brother! I have been fighting her for 7 days straight man
Heavy dual jump attack or use lions claw to break her poise quickly. When you lower her health enough to where she will use waterfowl attack, keep your distance and use throwing knives or an equivalent to trigger the attack while you’re far enough away to where she’ll miss all her attacks and you’ll only have to dodge maybe one of them.
Jump her with Mimic tear +10 blasphemous blade +10.
The editing the intros and outros wow thanks RUclips recommended for actually giving me something awesome and related to what I watch for once!
Strength builds are literally easier than bleed builds. People who use them just act better because "pog I'm gutsu!! Unga bunga!!!" Instead of bleeding every 5 seconds you're just posture breaking and spamming jump attacks. The weapon arts I see a lot of strength builds use alsp just seem like casting anyway too
Incorrect, I *sometimes* fat roll to the side… and then jump attack. Unga bunga smesh big hammer weeeeee
Str builds are professional Buck Breakers
Damn thats a lot of yaps. Games fun either way
My first play through of er was with my best friend as a mage and he was a str. Finding stuff and beating bosses together was funner than literally any other play through ive done.
underated channel tbh
I swapped to a heavy star fist w crag blade build for endgame when i fell out of love with the flamberge moveset. Shit was gas. I love throwing hands with bosses, especially ones that both reward and punish getting in their face and swinging. +the constant stance breaks with its busted charge heavy and jump attacks were hilarious.
You just got a new sub! Really dig how you did this series w/ the commentary and what not. Enjoyable!
This video was the first I saw from you, but it really managed to keep a smile on my face during the full duration, and omfg so CINEMATIC it was at times!
Great work ghosty!❤
Beautiful story telling, looking forward to what you create in the future!
i did NOT EXPECT the specials but it went CRAZY!!!!!
WE'RE SPECIAL!
keep it up
"Bleed is broken and easy, try a strenght build"
*Stance breaks the fucking elden beast once and godfrey twice*
That Jujustu Ring intro slapping af for absolutely NO REASON ! 😍
what was the weapon at 0:12 pls
I believe it is the Black Knife which is a faith/dex weapon that is dropped from defeating the Black Knife Assassin at the entrance of Sainted Hero's Grave, in Altus Plateau.
Maria's executioner blade?
It’s the black knife, you get it in Altus
Maliketh's sword
I know I'm late to the party, but great video. Been thinking about trying Elden Ring lately, and vids like this make me think maybe I can pull it off.
1:41 this blaidd and raging wolf moment is the best part of the video😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥
Love how this is my VERY first playthrough of elden ring and I'm not doing it because I'm a soul's puritan I just thought using a pure strength build was fun & I can't even use basic magic without a talisman, will say most fun I've had specially since I can 3/5 times guard break a boss.
Man, I NEED A longer SPECIALZ edit, it goes so fricking hard
Strength builds are a way of life! It's my go to build when I started every Fromsoft game. Much respect!
dude i didnt even get 3 minutes into this chanel and video and im already loving it bro. the intro was FIRE. good stuff man.
Fun video! I pretty much always play Str builds in souls games. Something about having a huge anime sword that is bigger then my entire body just calls to me.
2:35
“I f*ckin no hit it 😱”
Night’s Cavalry: And i took that personally
The level of editing at the end with the madness ending and the music being on tempo with the cuts, it's straight up professional,
this is coming from a video producer :)
Cinematic intro is an absolute masterpiece!
Casually dropping the hardest Elden ring x Jujutsu Kaisen Edit of all time in a random video
The build types are basically the same difficulty IMO. *I don't use buffs like spells and consumables
Dex: you are nearly one shot with each attack + low poise = killed by most combos. You have to hit bosses multiple times to get the same amount of damage. Staggering is harder but you can proc statuses quicker.
Strength: slower so you get hit more but you're tankier so it's basically the same. You can stagger bosses easier and get bigger repost damage to make up for the harder stat procs.
For every pro for one build there's a downside and the pro/cons are reversed for the other build.
dude are you doing damage to the enemies??? kinda op , cuz like if you do enough damage they die so….
The intro is the most random hardest thing I've seen in a while. Beautiful camera work
This is awesome, I just beat the game + DLC with my very first pure strength build in any Souls game ever. I felt every single death in this video 😅 I called that run up to Malekith my run of shame after my 30th death or so lol. Thanks for the great video 👍
I love the music choices at the beginning. First it was SPECIALZ then Imstumental Hell Greastest Dad. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL
Just saying, the opening intro after the dialogue is pretty 🔥 🔥🔥
‘Technically if you want to do a full strength build your using the wrong weapons it should be weapons that ONLY scale with strength not both strength and dex’
I played my first run like this, Maliketh almost drove me insane lol. Now i like chilling with my +10 mimic and moonveil. No reason not to play how you want!
Clicked by accident stayed after that crazy edit and wanted more after the video ! Great job !
I love the way affinities work in this game, I started out as STR only with heavy infusion and 2 handing until I completed the base game. I got to about level 212 or so using the bow method to farm from the infamous ledge. Despite the guides claiming 131k per minute I never approached that even with lots of practice, RL210ish took me I would guess 4 hours total with my best hour netting about 3.7m runes. Coming back after completing the base game with the Sacred Relic Sword and farming the Ablinaurics I also did not quite hit the claimed runes/m or runes/h but I came much closer and got to level 300 without too much trouble. Anyway, I liked that once I had 80 in STR and DEX I could just switch to Quality and do even more damage. I don't really see a use for Keen, at least not with any weapons I've tried (Greatswords and Colossal Swords) since it always loses to Heavy with the same stat investments and even usually loses to "normal" affinity. You get a nice reward for eventually moving up a secondary stat. Gonna grind to 350 now and call it good, that'll let me have 99/99 (vs 80/80) with the usual stuff that I already have and need (25 MND for FP, 30 END for stamina, 25 faith for Golden Vow and Flame, Grant me Strength, nothing in anything else).
The strength build, a.k.a. The Jump Attack ™
An incredible video. This was so well put together. Loved the intro and outro. Thanks for making my day, I'm going to go beat Goldfrey now.
That music intro was just **chef's kiss**
This video was peak asf I thought ur account would be way bigger and then looked at ur subs and was so surprised the quality is legit good looks brother
I feel like trash for not being able to beat the final boss with my str build whilst trying to be over levelled as fuck. I’m probably gonna try again, you gave me the determination I need
14:08 He’s figured it out! That’s when you’ve mastered this playstyle.
Omg you’re so much fun to watch ! Your commentary is helarious! Great game mate , new follower here
Tip for renallas comet azure just run at her it won’t hit you at all don’t move to the sides just run right at her once you hit her it knocks her out of it anyway
Great editing flow and nice music choices
It was a pleasure watching this piece of entertainment
My first playthrough I was a bloodhound step mage. I have since become a regular at the church of bonk.
Dude I that intro is sick!!, absolutely subbing for that intro alone
"Suffer with a strength build" - Quality laughs in indignation.
Intro with JJK music goes unbelievably hard.
I loved this video! Elden Ring was my first Souls game, and I played as a caster because that's the kind of aesthetic I love. I also took every advantage I could get (the game still made me struggle and scream). The game was hard as hell, but I had a blast playing it my way! I appreciate seeing content from a truly skilled and still not toxic player like you.
Side note: When I finally did a playthrough as a strength build, I always felt like all the struggles I had as an intelligence and faith build were gone. Definitely felt easier in a ton of ways, but I also just love trying different builds.
My first build I beat the game with was a fist build using the standard caestus, with blood hounds step. I didn’t know about golden vow or flame grant me strength. I simply went into the fight learned when I should Norma dodge or use BHS, and club the bosses faces in. Simple, fun and challenging; strength builds are just consistent