At least in elden ring the two types of magic are so robust that you can have multiple builds within each category. You could build around dragon incantations, carian sorcery, crystal sorcery, holy/lightning, etc.
At least in elden ring the two types of magic are so robust that you can have multiple builds within each category. You could build around dragon incantations, carian sorcery, crystal sorcery, holy/lightning, etc.
it's just a shame that there's a total of 1 INT/FTH weapon to use for the stat distribution, outside of just sticking to one stat, and going for NG+ or high level stuff. I really enjoyed that the convergence mod added INT/FTH scaling to death/magma/golden stuff, giving them better synergy with the spell requirements. I'm hoping that Shadow of the Erdtree could maybe give us INT/FTH lovers some more tools to mess around with.
Love that you did all 3 caster builds, neat to see the differences between them. Just found you a week or two ago and I've been having a blast watching all the DS2 videos. Keep it up man
Hey man I just wanna say thank you for single-handedly inspiring me to pick up DS2 again- it’s refreshing to see someone who actually likes this game besides myself
Elden Ring missed an opportunity to bring back Hexes as a new form of magic. Hexes are one of the main reasons I come back to DS2 - they are insanely fun.
are they actually? I never really enjoyed the dual style of both int and faith but maybe I'll give it a try. I also didn't enjoy the idea of spending souls for my damage but I suppose at some point it just doesn't matter anymore.
The dark orb didn't make the lizard slow, it was the special property of hexes in action: every time a hex hits something, it takes away some stamina, enemies in this game don't use stamina tho so their behavior becomes a bit janky when they lose all of it lol. You can see ut in action if you just facetank one of the dark orbs from one of the big guys in the area with all the poison gas Edit: remembered the name of the area I was referring to, I was talking about Harvest Valley
@@schmietwechdeschiet4340 they dont actively use their stamina doing practically anything, the only time enemies lose stamina is upon recieving stamina damage. they have it but dont use it.
Pyro and hex are two sides of the same coin imo, they scale nearly exactly the same and on most non special weapons their infusions are one to one, but pyromancy has a much lower barrier to entry with them having no stat requirements, I think they are best used in tandem
@@thebyk348 you probably know this by now, but they scale oppositely actually. Fire damage is the sum of both Int and Faith added up. Dark damage or Hexes scale with your lowest stat between Int and Fth.
I really enjoy your videos man, the editing is done so well. You explain everything so well and at a fast pace. Easily one of if not the best souls youtuber. Thanks for all the content.
fun fact, those 2 invaders outside the rottens boss room are 2 different guys, woodland child victor and gully. you can actually get invaded by both at the same time if you have a co-op phantom with you including the npc phantoms.
Spells, hexes, miracles and pyromancies do extra damage when you land headshots with them. Npc invader in the gutter took big damage because you had the high ground and all the orbs were hitting her in the head. I sometimes walk around with binoculars trying to land headshots with sunlight spears, crystal soul spears :) Although big boss enemies are excluded from this afaik. Also, Dead Again is the spell to destroy the skeleton lords, worms in Gutter drop the spell if you want to get it before the boss. It is very satisfying to blow them all up.
Bro has anybody tried powerstancing majestic great sword in the left hand with another great sword in right hand ?? It does a super crazy Michael Jordan dunk attack and it’s insane. I’ve never seen it before and I just about shit myself when my character jumped 20 feet in the air and back flipped onto an enemy
Proper hexes deserve to come back. Elden Ring's death sorceries just don't cut it. I also feel like there's _huge_ untapped potential in using Souls as a damage scaler. DMC5 has a really fun weapon (the hat) that basically does that: use Red Orbs (that series' version of souls) as a resource for dealing damage. Except it also lets you _generate_ crazy amounts of orbs if you know how to use it, which I feel could be really fun & satisfying in a Soulsborne game.
You should try the Pilgrim's Spontoon. It pretty much requires the clear bluestone +2 to use, but it opens up a lot of options for hybrid builds. In PVP I would use the spontoon in my left and a sacred chime hammer in my right. The hammer rolling R1 actually causes double stunlock in conjunction with the spontoon's L1s, then you can follow that up with a quick hex. Choose whatever hexes you prefer to control space like darkstorm, lifedrain patch etc. or do silly stuff like casting affinity and the chime hammer's special two hand R2 affinity at the same time.
If your going to do a pyro build u should save the armor guy (forgot his name[forgetable af]) so after defeating the lost sinner u can buy the penal cuffs from him which buffs pyro mancies.
Are you talking about the Crypt Blacksword UGS? Going to require a huge Str investment for a Hexer who’s already investing heavily into Int/Faith. Crypt BlackSword has a 40 Str req.
Damnit… you make me want to replay this game. My first playthrough also was a hex build, but I started with cleric for lightning fun, before going hexes. I looooved the great sword you get from the special rotten sword. My dumbass didn’t understand adaptability, or rather, didn’t respect it, so I had a bad time when I couldn’t just blast enemies lol.
I'm planning to do a Hex only run on my gaming channel after the run that I just started so I shall keep your video in my back pocket for lots of tips and locations of hexes.
The build I settled on was max out climax casts, and farmed souls of great heroes to ‘reload’ the climax, so I could just fire that off over and over. Most people can’t survive two even through Havel Shield. The ultimate parry punisher.
Hexes are so busted, they really make the game a breeze with the right loadout. Think the early one that reduces defence only works on physical defence but I could be wrong. Good video anyways, was nice to see the Basilisk campfire buddy doing what he does best. Not sure if it's your kind of challenge run but forcing yourself to get past the Shrine of Winter to make Aava the first boss is a weird one, basically planning routes to efficiently genocide everything up til then. Can't use ascetics either since you need to kill a boss to use them. It's not exactly hard, just a matter of planning and logistics. Also having to redo an entire run if one of the Pursuers in things betwixt despawns and refuses to come back.
Absolutly loved hexes in PVP. Stamina damage effect of them is OP. Almost every noob on the iron keep bridge was struggling to dodge affinity + dark orb/resonant soul spam .11:34 lizard was slowed, because you blew her stamina.
Love the vids ! They help me relax. I think you missed the double tiger fight in the Ivory King DLC, would like to see that bossfight in the next video :)
When you watch too much of your videos, and want your commentaries as inner voice irl, "Grab that shit bro", "Don't answer your ex, time waste" fr Good ongoing man, you give DS2 some needed love
Hexes are OP and the game revolves around the theme of the Dark being its most powerful in this era so it makes sense that hexes are busted. I used to run a hexer build with a dark infused crypt gs
The thing about hex builds that make them really busted for pvp is that any enemy that is resistant to dark is probably weak to fire. Pyromancy scales of int/faith just like hexes. You just need souls and fire seeds. You also get access to some miracles and sorceries (mainly utilities but if you decide to boost int and faith a ton and grind out spice you can become a master caster)
Its almost timeeeeee pyromancys are a comming id also love to see you use some of the pyromancys that you need to buy from the ghost guy in the castle on new game +2
In my opinion, FromSoft has yet to surpass Dark Souls 2 when it comes to the amount of support mechanically and item-wise when it comes to caster builds. Elden Ring was a step in the right direction for caster builds, but it fumbled hard based on what Dark Souls 2 achieved. I'm personally hoping that the Spellbound rumors are true. A dedicated caster game is exactly what caster builds have been needing for a very long while now, as many of the very dated mechanics for casters are stuck with in Elden Ring have been with us since the days of Demon's Souls.
Great resonant soul and Resonant soul on Giant lord was my way to keep getting souls to get a chacarter to max level, it's nice cause you get a bonfire ascetic + divine blessing every time you burn an ascetic there.
So this guide is definitely for people who have already played the game right lol I wanted to make my first run of DS2 a Hex build but I'm having a hard time following what the pickups are and where to get them with how fast the text is mashed and the video is cut lol
47:16 Sir Alonne CAN get poisoned. He isn't actually immune to poison, he just has very high resistance to it. I saw a video of someone poisoning Sir Alonne (he was on PS4, so no mods were in play).
What y’all think ? Better than sorceries and miracles ? If not what is :)
my first proper run in dark souls 2 was hex build but god damn I never thought that they could become this powerful btw WHEN DUAL GREATSWORDS BUILD??
The only one left is pyro
Ersonaly I love sorcerys but other than that I always do strength it's my favourite build to do
Personaly*
I absolutely love your videos man been looking for ds2 content for a while!!
Finally a dark souls content creator that loves DS2 as much as I do 😭. Love your stuff, man. Please keep it up.
Hell yeah
I mf HAAAAAATE DS2- and I love Yaz videos
@@TheRealChacortayou should reevaluate your opinion then
@@zzodysseuszz I’ve beaten DS2 like 9 times. I have the Platinum Trophy on PSN. Still hate it 🤷🏻♂️
@@TheRealChacorta you actively hate a game and yet you've beaten it 9 times? So you like wasting your time? Invalid opinion detected.
I loved that DkS2 made Hexes their own class of magic. Such a smart decision that would never be walked back on. . . right?
...right ?
I don't even know why they did it dirty like that in dark souls 3. But the quest was nice ig
At least in elden ring the two types of magic are so robust that you can have multiple builds within each category. You could build around dragon incantations, carian sorcery, crystal sorcery, holy/lightning, etc.
At least in elden ring the two types of magic are so robust that you can have multiple builds within each category. You could build around dragon incantations, carian sorcery, crystal sorcery, holy/lightning, etc.
it's just a shame that there's a total of 1 INT/FTH weapon to use for the stat distribution, outside of just sticking to one stat, and going for NG+ or high level stuff.
I really enjoyed that the convergence mod added INT/FTH scaling to death/magma/golden stuff, giving them better synergy with the spell requirements. I'm hoping that Shadow of the Erdtree could maybe give us INT/FTH lovers some more tools to mess around with.
so crazy how the rapier fits into every build because of its super low stat requirements, most op weapon in this game by a long shot
100% agree with you
@@Yazzmania What about a pyro strength build
Most OP weapon by a long shot?
Come one Ladle....we get the fuck out of here! Those people don't know what they talking about.
@@schmietwechdeschiet4340well it is tho? Its broken
2 days in a row? Hell yeah man, been loving the past few spellcaster type builds.
Love that you did all 3 caster builds, neat to see the differences between them. Just found you a week or two ago and I've been having a blast watching all the DS2 videos. Keep it up man
Hey man I just wanna say thank you for single-handedly inspiring me to pick up DS2 again- it’s refreshing to see someone who actually likes this game besides myself
Elden Ring missed an opportunity to bring back Hexes as a new form of magic. Hexes are one of the main reasons I come back to DS2 - they are insanely fun.
are they actually? I never really enjoyed the dual style of both int and faith but maybe I'll give it a try. I also didn't enjoy the idea of spending souls for my damage but I suppose at some point it just doesn't matter anymore.
It's amazing how much you can do in DS2 without killing the majority of bosses
The dark orb didn't make the lizard slow, it was the special property of hexes in action: every time a hex hits something, it takes away some stamina, enemies in this game don't use stamina tho so their behavior becomes a bit janky when they lose all of it lol.
You can see ut in action if you just facetank one of the dark orbs from one of the big guys in the area with all the poison gas
Edit: remembered the name of the area I was referring to, I was talking about Harvest Valley
Enemies don't use stamina... What do you mean?
How are enemies guard broken then?
@@schmietwechdeschiet4340 they dont actively use their stamina doing practically anything, the only time enemies lose stamina is upon recieving stamina damage. they have it but dont use it.
Would love to see a pyromancy only run next
Saaaammmee
If you thought hexes are busted, i’m not sure there’s an adjective that can describe how good pyromancies are
Pyro and hex are two sides of the same coin imo, they scale nearly exactly the same and on most non special weapons their infusions are one to one, but pyromancy has a much lower barrier to entry with them having no stat requirements, I think they are best used in tandem
@@thebyk348 no, i have an account with 99 all stats except adp 7 and pyro deals way way more dmg
@@thebyk348 you probably know this by now, but they scale oppositely actually. Fire damage is the sum of both Int and Faith added up. Dark damage or Hexes scale with your lowest stat between Int and Fth.
I really enjoy your videos man, the editing is done so well. You explain everything so well and at a fast pace. Easily one of if not the best souls youtuber. Thanks for all the content.
fun fact, those 2 invaders outside the rottens boss room are 2 different guys, woodland child victor and gully. you can actually get invaded by both at the same time if you have a co-op phantom with you including the npc phantoms.
Just what I was gonna say
I just came across your video as im re-playing DS2 and jeez your entertaining bro good job on the video
Spells, hexes, miracles and pyromancies do extra damage when you land headshots with them. Npc invader in the gutter took big damage because you had the high ground and all the orbs were hitting her in the head. I sometimes walk around with binoculars trying to land headshots with sunlight spears, crystal soul spears :) Although big boss enemies are excluded from this afaik. Also, Dead Again is the spell to destroy the skeleton lords, worms in Gutter drop the spell if you want to get it before the boss. It is very satisfying to blow them all up.
Damn bro its really good to see your channel growing so fast!
i finished the game as a mage knight and im planning on making a dark, paladin and pyro builds and these videos are perfect
3:43 he came back and didn’t disappoint, will he return next time with new moves😂
lmaoo fr
Oh damn, didn't expect another video so soon!
Build artorias sword
Fr
Up
real
I’ve been saying this please you have to do an artorias run
Bro has anybody tried powerstancing majestic great sword in the left hand with another great sword in right hand ?? It does a super crazy Michael Jordan dunk attack and it’s insane. I’ve never seen it before and I just about shit myself when my character jumped 20 feet in the air and back flipped onto an enemy
That "hope ur day is great " and such at the start of the video , i find it warming ❤️❤️, hope ur having a great day too champ
Amongst all the caster builds in DS2 hexer is the best in my perspective and thanks for doing this build. Its one o' my favourites. Love ur vids
Proper hexes deserve to come back. Elden Ring's death sorceries just don't cut it.
I also feel like there's _huge_ untapped potential in using Souls as a damage scaler. DMC5 has a really fun weapon (the hat) that basically does that: use Red Orbs (that series' version of souls) as a resource for dealing damage. Except it also lets you _generate_ crazy amounts of orbs if you know how to use it, which I feel could be really fun & satisfying in a Soulsborne game.
2 videos in a day? we've been blessed
Nah man you are an absolute GOAT those videos you're making are sick.
Thank you for the consistency and the good commentary and editing! Keep on!
You should try the Pilgrim's Spontoon. It pretty much requires the clear bluestone +2 to use, but it opens up a lot of options for hybrid builds. In PVP I would use the spontoon in my left and a sacred chime hammer in my right. The hammer rolling R1 actually causes double stunlock in conjunction with the spontoon's L1s, then you can follow that up with a quick hex. Choose whatever hexes you prefer to control space like darkstorm, lifedrain patch etc. or do silly stuff like casting affinity and the chime hammer's special two hand R2 affinity at the same time.
thanks for this, ima use this guide in my next DS2 run!
Starting the video with a Days Before Rodeo banger.
10/10 dude, your videos are amazing.
my man knows, I appreciate it bro!
Dark fog carried my 1st ever run. Farming souls to lvl up faith was one of the best descisions I made!
i just finished the sorcery vid refreshed and boom another vid
This guy is one of the only RUclipsrs i can watch for hours and not lose interest
I need to try this, i was doing only spells dark souls 2 but this seems too much fun
It is
Also
Definitely try using the profound still hex against darklurker
That intro was lit af, keep up the good work man, love your vids
What a beautiful channel I’ve stumbled myself upon
Thank you lord, for today is a good day
If your going to do a pyro build u should save the armor guy (forgot his name[forgetable af]) so after defeating the lost sinner u can buy the penal cuffs from him which buffs pyro mancies.
Who do u mean , Gavlaan ? The guy in the majula who we kill for his armor ?
@@DoingThings-hz7rv guy in majula
ehh you can just use his tombstone by that point if you killed him at the start
whisper of despair only reduces physical def. tho it is by 100 so its actually hella usefull if you use melee
for hexer build for melee part of it the dark infused grave keeper sword with darkweapon does insane dmg
Are you talking about the Crypt Blacksword UGS? Going to require a huge Str investment for a Hexer who’s already investing heavily into Int/Faith. Crypt BlackSword has a 40 Str req.
Thank you for the videos you make my playthrough more "enjoyable"
Damnit… you make me want to replay this game. My first playthrough also was a hex build, but I started with cleric for lightning fun, before going hexes. I looooved the great sword you get from the special rotten sword. My dumbass didn’t understand adaptability, or rather, didn’t respect it, so I had a bad time when I couldn’t just blast enemies lol.
Back to back bangers 🔥
this man is singlehandedly reviving ds2. keep up the good work my guy
also damn, two vids in just two days! thanks man. we love you.
You’re the best. Two vids a few days! Pyro for sweet
3:48 he’s been practicing new moves. I wonder what he’s gonna pull off next
lmao we'll see
You are such a joy to watch. Keep up the awesome content!
I'm planning to do a Hex only run on my gaming channel after the run that I just started so I shall keep your video in my back pocket for lots of tips and locations of hexes.
Man, I remember when lightning spear was busted at launch. It was annoying that From nerfed lightning spear but left hexes alone for the most part.
my bro almost at 10k, keep it up fr.
thank you homie
YO WHAT, TWO VIDEOS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, I'M DREAMING
TWO VIDEOS IN ONE DAY?? yessir
Hey man, it would be fun to see you do a 100% only pyromancy run, start with dark pyromancy glove and only use pyromancies whole run :)
2 vids in a row? Blessed.
Najika's curved blade build when?❤
lmao thanks homie, and I'll add it on the list my man!
Love your videos, gotta be one of the best RUclipsrs period
that was a fun watch. I cracked up at the ivory king DISRESPECTFULLY knocking ur companion into the canyon of Lava
Dawg i thought your vids werent sped up until i played ds2 for the first time today 😭😭
lmaoo nah i just play on x1.5 speed haha
really hoping for the pyro run next
POV : You try the hardmode 😂
The build I settled on was max out climax casts, and farmed souls of great heroes to ‘reload’ the climax, so I could just fire that off over and over. Most people can’t survive two even through Havel Shield. The ultimate parry punisher.
man going crazy
Upload schedule is mad
lmaooo had to compensate for missin last week
Hexes are so busted, they really make the game a breeze with the right loadout. Think the early one that reduces defence only works on physical defence but I could be wrong. Good video anyways, was nice to see the Basilisk campfire buddy doing what he does best.
Not sure if it's your kind of challenge run but forcing yourself to get past the Shrine of Winter to make Aava the first boss is a weird one, basically planning routes to efficiently genocide everything up til then. Can't use ascetics either since you need to kill a boss to use them. It's not exactly hard, just a matter of planning and logistics. Also having to redo an entire run if one of the Pursuers in things betwixt despawns and refuses to come back.
2 days . 2 videos this is amazing man keep up the good work 😶
This is my first serious video on how to run through DS2 and you’re fucking hilarious bro
aye I'm glad you think so bro, I appreciate it ♥
2:03 bro where u at😭😭😭
lmao in no mans wharf
Absolutly loved hexes in PVP. Stamina damage effect of them is OP. Almost every noob on the iron keep bridge was struggling to dodge affinity + dark orb/resonant soul spam .11:34 lizard was slowed, because you blew her stamina.
Love the vids ! They help me relax.
I think you missed the double tiger fight in the Ivory King DLC, would like to see that bossfight in the next video :)
Man you have to try the Manequin Claws, you're going to love them. Atempt 14
When you watch too much of your videos, and want your commentaries as inner voice irl, "Grab that shit bro", "Don't answer your ex, time waste" fr
Good ongoing man, you give DS2 some needed love
lmaoo my man, I appreciate it bro
The real miracle is 2 videos in a row
LMAOO
Ah the classic climax into the back of mytha, a sorcerer of culture
Love you Yaz
your vids are always entertaining and you make vids so fast
" my guy wallahi I dodged that" pretty concise representation of ds2 combat 😂
facts lmaooo 😂
Bro I love your videos so much you helped hope you continue making the best ds2 content❤
I always loved Curses in the first DS! The Black Pearl was so broken 😎
how tf do u only have 10k subs you are easily a A tier youtuber
Hexes are OP and the game revolves around the theme of the Dark being its most powerful in this era so it makes sense that hexes are busted.
I used to run a hexer build with a dark infused crypt gs
Blessed with the uploads 🙏
The thing about hex builds that make them really busted for pvp is that any enemy that is resistant to dark is probably weak to fire.
Pyromancy scales of int/faith just like hexes. You just need souls and fire seeds.
You also get access to some miracles and sorceries (mainly utilities but if you decide to boost int and faith a ton and grind out spice you can become a master caster)
Geez you make all this look way easier than it actually is in this video! 😂
I love your videos bro ❤️ keep the hard work ;)
2 VIDEOS IN 2 DAYS???? BOY WE ARE BLESSED
Its almost timeeeeee pyromancys are a comming id also love to see you use some of the pyromancys that you need to buy from the ghost guy in the castle on new game +2
In my opinion, FromSoft has yet to surpass Dark Souls 2 when it comes to the amount of support mechanically and item-wise when it comes to caster builds. Elden Ring was a step in the right direction for caster builds, but it fumbled hard based on what Dark Souls 2 achieved.
I'm personally hoping that the Spellbound rumors are true. A dedicated caster game is exactly what caster builds have been needing for a very long while now, as many of the very dated mechanics for casters are stuck with in Elden Ring have been with us since the days of Demon's Souls.
Great resonant soul and Resonant soul on Giant lord was my way to keep getting souls to get a chacarter to max level, it's nice cause you get a bonfire ascetic + divine blessing every time you burn an ascetic there.
Climax so strong it's only real downside is its toll on soul memory (which only really matters if you're considering PVP).
Did I just hear my favorite Travis song ever played over my favorite magic build in soulsborne??? YO
Are you playing sped up or do you speed up the footage and by how much? I feel like playing on this speed or a bit slower for my next playthrough
I love your videos 👍 > Can you do a Rotten Butcher Knife DS2 run, or rotten build 🙏
These videos are honestly really well done. Love these man \[T]/
real one glad you think so homie ♥
Good vid man, a pyro run would be hella sick.
You're videos always got me laughing man, keep doin what you doin :)
Awesome video, mate
Bonfire Basilisk is my new favorite Dark Souls 2 NPC
Crazy run, hexes - top tier for sure
So this guide is definitely for people who have already played the game right lol
I wanted to make my first run of DS2 a Hex build but I'm having a hard time following what the pickups are and where to get them with how fast the text is mashed and the video is cut lol
yeah basically, sorry if it's hard to follow :/
I usually make all my videos based for people who already have previous knowledge on the game
@@Yazzmania that's fair man haha you're allowed. I'm sure I can still get some use out of this when I start playin 😉👍
if you ever need any help feel free to ask me, and I hope you enjoy it when you start ! ♥
Hell yeahhh, I just watched the last one yesterday
47:16 Sir Alonne CAN get poisoned. He isn't actually immune to poison, he just has very high resistance to it. I saw a video of someone poisoning Sir Alonne (he was on PS4, so no mods were in play).
bro is keeping ds2 alive
Next Bleed and Poison Build !!!!!
Poison, yes - it’s str af in ds2 bleed on the other hand is atrocious.
Awesome stuff!!
Babe wake up hex build just dropped
Hexes are some of my favorite spells in DS2