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Welcome to a deep dive on the most loved rings of Dark Souls! All of their lore, meta, and fashion will be discussed here.
These rings were worn by Havel, Giant Dad, Flipping Havel, Lautrec, The Chosen Undead, possibly Fina, Shiva's Bodyguard, and many others as the ages went by. From the plot against the gods in ash lake to being worn nearby the firstborn son / the nameless king, Havel's followers survive and wear his ring to show faith. Here too is the story of the mysterious Flip ring, from an Eastern land. And the Fap ring, from the fickle goddess Fina..
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This is why Dark Souls only had two ring slots. If you had united the whole Triforce with flipping super Havel, we would have ended Lordran and restored the land of Hyrule instead.
Fuck, we woulda ended up in the mushroom kingdom.
Super Flip Havel: Sorry boys, but your princess is in MY Castle.
@@stingerjohnny9951 no ..metal gear
After crossing the fog gate with Super flipping havel it should play his theme instead of the bosses
Honestly the way I always find myself playing is with the fap ring and Havels ring. The best combo for strength builds
At that point you’re just an armored core boss.
Honorable mention to the Grass Crest Shield, the best ring in the game while not even being a ring!
Cloranthy Ring 🗿
Why sacrifice a ring slot when you can sacrifice off hand, it's not a bad shield either.
you already know if youre picking this shit up from the moment you enter firelink that you know the meta xd
@@wexdust Because you can do both or get a Physical Blocking Shield which trivializes almost every boss.
Grass Crest rocks, honorable mention to Sanctus Shield too, unless you're absolutely cracked and do no hit runs
Havel boi was locked into a tower where they had to destroy a bridge to contain him. A man who could slay dragons, walk battlefields with literal gods, and wear several boulders worth of equipment.
Held fast by a wooden door.
To be fair, the door was locked.
And doors are the ultimate force in Lordran. Poor Havel knight should've picked the master key as starting gift.
@@guilhermeoutro6083🗿
To be fair, its a door. And its a locked door.
Should've picked the master key smh
The chloranthy ring is where it’s really at. Ironically, it’s considered the noob ring while being basically impossible to find without prior knowledge.
Cloranthy Ring, Grass Crest Shield, Mask of the Child... stamina recovery stacks, and for a souls game, stamina is king.
@@zinaidanitikin4886it's fun r1 spamming until the enemy inevitably runs out of stamina
@@zinaidanitikin4886 Stamina only recovers when you stop attacking, rolling or running. You need to know how to manage stamina. But once you know how to manage stamina, you won't need stamina recovery anymore
chloranthy+grass crest shield+mask of the chinld+lettuce
@@hoaangkhanh615 Not true. Stamina recovery allow you to exhaust your bar and still be able to roll when the enemy counter attacks. It lets you recover while blocking in between enemy swings. It makes a world of difference
Shoutout to the unsung hero, easily one of the most useful rings in the game: The *Rusted Iron Ring*
Yeah! And it never saw a follow-up.. it came in super handy at times!
Ye rusted ring is the goat of some areas
Had no idea what its actual purpose was until the 2nd cycle of my first play thru lol I was so happy
My favorite ring will always be the Calamity ring. I have a real one that I wear all the time. And if life feels like its getting too tough, I take it off, and life seems twice as easy.
Where did you get the real one? TorchTorch?
@@alexissoto3150lots of Etsy shops sell Dark Souls rings. I got a Reversal Ring from one called Secret Rings. It's amazing
Thats good
The whiplash of hearing an almost 2 hour doco of nonstop serious Hawkshaw speculation only for him to propose "Which one is the GOAT?" had me downright emotional 😭
This video made me smile, because, as an artistic metal caster, or however it is in english, I made four rings from Dark souls for my bachelor degree. They were the Silvercat Ring, Fire Clutch Ring, Ring of Steel Protection and, of course, Havel's Ring. So, yea... Rather then dish out 400-something bucks for one, I spent about a year making my own. 😀
Did you investment cast them?
Time well spent to be sure!
thats awesome bro
@@ivankrylov6270 Mostly, silvercat and protection were one part casts, fireclutch had to have it's gem setting soldered on, and Havel's needed to be made of multiple parts. The ring itself with the base of the face were cast like that, the setting for the central "rock" was made of brass sheet and was soldered on and all the "rocks" were made of small pieces of zinc rod, melted with a blow torch, to make them more rock-like and also soldered into place. I also tried making the Woodgrain ring, by casting into mold made of cuttlefish bone, but that went terribly, so I didn't finish that one. 😄
@@-user--xj5lijust in case you didn’t already know you’re cool asf keep it up :)
Regarding why the FAP ring breaks when removed, but not when taken from the dead -- I think is more because Fina condemns the act of treason/cheating in itself, the former lover abandoning her in favor of another. When taken from a dead follower there's no treason, thus there's no sin: the ring comes intact to us Giant Dads and Moms, let's pwn some noobs
did you watch the video, that's what he says
@@nap503 He actually says that Fina wouldn't mind the ring being taken by another potential follower/lover, since this can expand or mantain her power. My hypothesis doesn't deny that, by the way, but instead emphasizes she is very jealous and can't accept frivolous lovers that change their loyalties and their rings freely.
This also should imply that if removed unknowingly such as stolen while sleeping it wouldn’t break correct?
@@gunnerdown Ahahah, I don't know, this is wild speculation terrain from now on. BUT if I would guess, I think Ms. Fina would not like that her follower is so careless to the point of having the ring stolen. I vote for BROKEN in this case.
@@guilhermeoutro6083 then you could also argue that she wouldn’t like that her follower is so careless to die while they have 20% extra health, stamina, and equip load, like you basically have to try to die at that point
Three Red Tearstone Rings for the Min-Maxers under time's pressure.
Seven Flynn's Ring for the Challenger Runners in their channels on Twitch.
Nine Cloranthy Rings for Newcomers prepared to die.
One for Lord Gwyn sitting on his ashen throne.
In the lands of Lordran where embers lie.
Well done
A tear in my eye. Beautiful🥹
Bravo sir
I need that on a poster
@@EkaridonGamingNo, this is The Lord Of The Rings
Lautrec, Gough, Eygon, St Klimt
are references to;
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent Van Gogh, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt (impressionist painters)
dang, that's quite the catch. I wonder if this is true
Something I really liked about dark souls 1 was that random npc's would be wearing rings as well.
Crestfallen merchant wearing havels was a really interesting choice.
While my favorite 2 rings are the FaP and Havel's, my runner up is the wolf ring. In a game where poise was by all rights overpowered, being able to have crazy poise while having light armor to fast roll or flip is insane.
Yeah if this list were expanded from 3 to 5 I'd add the Wolf and the Rusted Iron rings
Yeah Wolf Ring is my personal favourite. I always beeline for it in new game and wear it until i get decent armour
Hearing your usual dramatic delivery with "double-tuck flippity flip" absolutely floored me
Finally a good rings of power episode 😍
Heh, nice. Hehehehehehe
HAHAHAHAHA holyyyy shit *tips fedora*
lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll zing
Racist 🤬
Tsssssssssss
Idk if anybody else has noticed this, but Lautrec is called the "embraced" by his Goddess Fina and in Elden Ring Fia embraces the player
also, Fia kills D., who looks almost identical to Lautrec and has similar armour set
Do all the rings please! Always felt they carry the most amount of unexplored lore!
Absolutely, like the possible connection between Catarina and Carim implied by the descriptions of the two tearstone rings
Fina is Velka, which makes the FAP ring the most legendary ring in the series. Fina is also the queen of the gods, as you see statues of her embracing baby Faraam, Gwynevere and Gwyndolin. Fina has the same initial as Faraam and Filianore, and both of them have black hair, just like the black haired Velka. Lautrec also wields a shotel, which is a crescent blade, like the shape of the Dark Moon, as does Priscilla which her crescent shaped scythe. There's only one other location where you can get a scythe in DS1 and that's the Catacombs, which is also where the Way of White followers mainly go, with Velka being the Way of White's patron. Hmm.... a duplicitous fickle god that has fateful beauty. Sounds like all the men in her life meet their end through her. She really is the power behind the curtain, and possibly the first fire keeper who saw the end of the age of fire, like an oracle would see an omen.
This is amazing!
@@loudvisions9156Bro casually dropping the best interpretation I’ve seen
Oh this is great! To add some details, King Jeremiah is found in the Painted World which is where Velka's influence is seen greatest. And as Hawkshaw theorized, if Fina had affection for Jeremiah and Velka is Fina then that just adds another layer to the story. Also, another point to consider Fina/Velka as Gwyn's wife is the symbolic significance of the colors and natures involved. "Gwyn" means "White" in Welsh and Velka/Fina has black hair and these can be attributed to their respective natures of Light and Dark. This is significant because the Occult in the real world has a principle where an end goal is a union of opposites. Which is what the Occult stat is in Dark Souls where a mundane weapon is ascended by a Divine (White) Ember and then the Dark (Black) Ember into an Occult (union of Light and Dark) weapon. Then consider how this would be significant when applied to the union of Gwyn and Fina/Velka. Gwyn would have chosen her as his wife for this very particular reason but Fina being who she is, the Goddess of Sin, Favor, and Protection, could not stay with him when he committed the First Sin of Dark Souls.
I like this idea of Fina and Velka being one in the same with moon imagery, one is the full moon, the other the new moon, and both the same being
My suspicion would be for them being not only the same, but simply different aspects of the same goddess. One, most likely Fina, being her first form, who married Gwyn, had a few babies, granting Favor and Protection to her followers. After the First Sin of Gwyn, she decided to take her second role and walk away, turning into Velka, the goddess of Sin. This would tie into her previous followers not ceasing to support her, even after her disappearance, as it would take away the power of the rings she bestowed on them. Additionally, the most devoted eventually found out Velka was previously Fina and stayed in the Painted World she used to hide all that was associated with her.
Also, perhaps it was mentioned or not, but Way of Light, supported by Velka, did not really praise Gwyn all that much. I think i heard it in some video (perhaps even Hawkshaws). This further fortifies the notion that Velka was not supporting Gwyn (perhaps even working against him) and the reason behind that we already know.
Patches actually sells exactly two shotels at the Cathedral of the Deep, which was Lautrec's weapon of choice. Interesting that he specifically sells 2, instead of infinite or just one.
This could be further evidence of Lautrec surviving, as the Beast with his ring is found with the archdeacon of the deep in irithyll, and the shotels are found in the cathedral of the deep
Maybe it's just a nod to lautrec dawg
Honestly i like the idea that all dark souls nps,s can be ,technikaly, met in dark souls 3
Tell us which ring is the One Ring To Rule Them All, and why! We will heart the winner in a week!
Fap ring is beautiful but i do also love me a havels ring
Havel's, because it was coupled with fap or flip enabled ez mode
Easily the ring of favour and protection, its gorgeous, has sick lore and is once again unmatched in its beauty
...i'm an ass man, so the HORNET RING is the one to rule them all.
Havel's Ring for me, because I never dared putting the FaP ring on. I do however love the flip ring, a lot. But Havel's ring has that special place in my heart helping my through my first playthrough, using a shield, Uchiguitana and the heaviest armors that I could put on at all times.
The Ring of Favor and Protection is for dedicated followers of the goddess, therefore there are multiple rings. If an individual dies with it, it won't break, but if that individual willingly remove it, it will break.
I still remember encountering Havel for the first time, losing massive amounts of souls back in the day, coming back for revenge and handsomely rewarded...It may have been the moment that forged the high risk=high reward attitude in me!
14:01 Something about watching lautrec get pushed to his demise to the sound of angelic choirs has me
FAP no question, leveling or not it is invaluable. I'd love some discussion on the dragon rings; Bellowing, Lingering, and Slumbering as I have a gut feeling they're tied to the plot in Ash Lake to overtake the gods
But they're Vinheim rings. Are you suggesting that Vinheim would've been assassins for Velka?
@@minespatch I can't say it's out of the question. Priscilla's ties to invisibility and Velka are certainly to be noted, plus Velka's miracles being amplified by intelligence. All sin is her domain thus she should be aware of Gwyn's sin as well as her actions of potential assassination being sinful, an eye for an eye perhaps. And I've pondered why they would create a spell to obscure only one's weapon, the idea being that their status would be beneficial to bypass certain securities while obfuscating their intentions. Maybe even looking at the Night of Black Knives for details is an idea given how analogous most Elden Ring and Dark Souls lore is.
Havel's. 99% of builds profited from the ring, it was the most universally useable and had zero downsides. Flips needed low equip, and FaP locked you into using it
The one ring to rule them all has to be the Dark Wood Grain Ring. It has the most style out of all Dark Souls rings (style is the most important aspect of DS). Also, it never made it to any other game, because of it's overwhelming swagger.
The real GOAT in Dark Souls is the common door. Those things are indestructible.
10:14 bro seriously pulled up the description from Elden Ring and thought we wouldn't notice it 💀
The KAWK ring is the ONE RING to rule them all!
The Legend is so famous, that even in a distant land of blood and cosmic entities, a plain doll in the dream of a hunter of beasts still worships him.
Every time the Hunter tries to level up, she will say _"Wel... What is it..."_ before you can skip her dialogue.
FAP Ring takes 1st place for me personally. I like to switch it up with the others, it's been awhile so I probably can't do it mid battle like I used to be able to.
But watching your videos I recently just made a new character and I'm halfway through my build and the game. Thank you for sending me back to DS1 again, I'm having a blast and meeting a lot more people than a run I did just before Elden Ring. Much appreciated Hawkshaw
11:49 Non-flip backstep has invincibility 4 frames, flip version has 8. For comparison ds1 rolls have 11 s and flips 13 out 30 frames per second.
invincibility*
I was gonna say the same damn thing victor. See you in ts
Its funny that people still argue on whether soldier of Havel is Havel himself when the stated lore very deliberate says the ring worn by the men of. Ergo, Havel himself wouldn't wear a ring symbolic of himself, he simply is himself. Rather he would likely wear a pendant from his beloved, but that's pure speculation.
Y’all should put: “Warrior. Dentist. Bishop. Blacksmith.” on a T-shirt lol
always love your completely deadpan delivery when you throw memes in
I remember playing ds1 as a flipping havel before the ring was patched, dark woodgrain ring used to not just allow you to flip, but it had the same equip lowering effect as the havel ring. So if you wear both rings it allowed you to flip with a full havels set equipped.
And don't get me started on the rediculous damage you could deal with the crystal ring shields special attack, people (including myself) were getting one-shotted by that thing in pvp constantly. Pre-patched ds1 had some crazy good times👌
18:18 "You cannot double fap."
The universe gave me two hands and I will use them for this express purpose.
One day an rpg will let us wear rings for every finger
May as well put them on the toes too
@@zachary3367 a cock ring of power to rule them all
lol
Moded Skyrim. Although, it barely qualifies as a rpg :,)
@@user-zp8kj2cl9g one day todd will make morrowwind again
wolf ring tremendously underrated
actually, the reason lautrec's ring doesn't break when we kill him is that he's not wearing it. if you pay attention while fighting him, his attack and defence shoot up while under 20% health meaning lautrec's equipped rings are RTSR and BTSR
you should make a poll for the top ring choice. Nice video, very entertaining!
My only issue with the Havel's ring explanation is that the knight simply would not be contained by a measly locked wooden door unless he wanted to remain contained
hell yeah, hype. tbh i just found your channel recently, and since i haven't played elden ring yet, i'm most interested in these dark souls vids, so i'm really glad you're still putting these out
Make sure to watch the previous ones, no other lore enthusiast went as deep as Hawkshaw
20 seconds into the video and I'm subscribing. I recognized the music in the start and went to check to see if you were one of those folks that list the music in the description. I appreciate that, bruv. Means a lot.
I almost always use Havels and FaP, but I also usually level endurance to the soft cap, then use the wolf ring.
Another amazing video. Never thought about the second FAP ring connection with LI. Makes perfect sense he was the king holy cow
Havel ring boosts your equip rate by 50%, but fap ring boosts equip rate and then health and Stamina by 20% so if you look at it in total and how much leveling you'd need to do to get the same results havel's ring doesn't give as much. I will shout out Cloranthy ring rq, but it has to go to RoFP.
Really, the Chloranthy belongs among them. The only knock against it, is that it's effect comes in the form of a shield you can tape to your back as well.
It has, in many ways, a comparable effect to Havel's and Favor, being a bunch of free levels.
Unlike the other two, where you can kinda quantify how many levels they give you, Chloranthy basically gives you an arbitrary amount of Stamina, especially if you learn to delay hits a bit.
I can see the reasons it's on a level below the other three, but. Ngl. I wouldn't hesitate to take Favor off for Chloranthy if I needed it, while I would sit and think and probably come up with some other way to do it if I was looking at taking Favor off for Havel's
You're better off just using green blossoms since not only are they straight up better at +40/sec compared to the ring's 20 but they don't use a ring slot so you can use something actually good since DS1 rings are absurdly good especially in the context of the rest of the series
@@axis8396
But then I have to assign other items to the bar without a specific purpose and think about it, and risk forgetting I'm on a timer in the moment.
Green blossoms don't eliminate stamina management, they just address it another way, trading stamina management for item management.
Chloranthy just says "you don't need to manage Stamina anymore"
I cant wait for more of these!!!
I always interpreted Havel's ring as being a cluster of raw diamond, with an inset of something like cobaltite or a tarnished pearl. Or just steel.
I assumed it was steel formed to look like rocks like the dark grain wood ring was gold shaped to look like wood.
It's raw iron ore, the metal is in the form of globules
@@2shadesofgray752 and the closet an metal can be to a natural rock
Oh cool, I can see that @@2shadesofgray752
I really do aprecciate how you still make videos on the original game, love Hackshaw.
I wasn't expecting you to say "you cannot double fap". The idea it created in my head got me for a real good laughing session
Episode 2 here we come!!!
Awwww yeah. More hawkshaw
We can still make ninja Havel by using Havel's armor and pyromancy as our weapon 😋
I love the lore of the rings! Such a cool way to track the story through the games. Also, Havel's ring is the goat.
11:18 Good ol' Patches maneuver
Need more ring lore to listen to while I try to make the rings for myself!
flip lookes coolest although I never played darksouls
Love the ring content!
Love Hawkshaw!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Havel's ring at no point states that Havel wore it, but that his followers wore it to increase their own ability to carry heavy gear.
To me, this suggests Havel was a giant of a man, or at least strong to a crazy degree, and his followers wore the rings to mimic his endurance. Havel himself was likely so tough that he didn't need such a thing and the ring was then created so his followers could emulate him as well as display their affection.
TL;DR Havel never commissioned or wore the ring but his most devoted followers had the rings created en masse for their own use.
I really like your comedic/lore content u are funny and I love ur videos
I like the flippy ring 😁
Flipping havel was my go to build
YESSS, nice video
I'm sure that this isn't what was intended for the Favor and Protection ring, but the "flower" on it's front reminds me of a flower called "Paris Quadrifolia" in latin. But what is interesting about it is that in English it can be called the *"True Lover's Knot".* Yes, most times it has four leaves in opposing pairs, but it can have three - and those are probably considered unique. The thing is - it looks pretty, has fruit that looks like other eatable fruit, and yes, it's highly poisonous.
In other words, what better flower is there for Fina?
7:40 ahh a Gothic 2 connoisseur
Havel + Wolf ring is so reliable
It's always a privilege to indulge in your content!
Fap ring is the best. Its controversial, we love to hate it, but everyone wears it!
Giant dad isn't real. Giant dad can't hurt me.
Giant dad: SPANK
NEED PART 2 🗣️🗣️
Ahh the Hawk has returned, here's one for the algorithm.
Flip ring is the best no baggage attached just some slick anime shit right there.
Great video as always man.
Your use of the city of tears ost only makes me want to see you upload hollow knight lore videos, did this cross your mind?
Maybe do a poll to see if it's worth your time.
I'm sure whatever you do will be awesome.
The lines subtly referencing onlyafros legendary video is so good imo for a otherwise straightlaced lore video
You a real one for using the Gothic 2 soundtrack, I hear that rarely nowadays.
Sooo close to an ep. 2
Cat ring is best ring. Forest PvP was.. an experience, to say the least. Plus, the lore wasn't too bad either, protecting the goodest girl in the series (and the 2nd best ring).
Edit: havel mom ptsd prevents me from even considering Havels or flip ring..
Admittedly this is one of my favorite aspect of dark souls because I make rings and I've been dying to make one base off of the rings from one of the games.
DEX build = FaP + Flip
STR build = FaP + Havel
A WOODEN DOOR CANT STOP THE ROCK!
I like using the wolf ring with the chain armor chest and knight leggings. 61 poise, enough to tank anything but an ultra, and to tank 2 hits from light weapons. All obtainable early on.
Without even using the favor or havel rings, you have 7.6 weight left for weapons at 40 endurance.
Fap ring is best, sure you can't unequip it, but why would you want to, it has the best bonuses in the game
It's crazy to think that we never met og havel
I regret not ordering elden ring or dark souls jewelry
do an episode 2 for sure
Covenant of Artorias. Its the only game you can't beat the game without
Havel's and Chloranthy in ds1
Royal Soldier and Chloranthy in ds2
Havel's +3 and Chloranthy +3 in ds3
Equip load and stamina boost has gotten me through every game, from Demon's Souls to Elden Ring
FAP Ring in general is just so versatile. So there’s my answer.
Dark Wood Grain is my 2nd choice of ring for a Dex Build whereas Havel’s for Str Builds
It occures to me that the plan to lock a dragon slayer with a 1 ton hammer behind an inch thick wood door only makes since if all doors walls and other built objects are diagetically indestructible. Just like respawning lol
I didn't think I'd see a flipping havel again.
“ if you want to say notice me” massively louder than the video add for the new yakuza game.
I enjoyed watching this video more than I care to admit 😂
I always end up with FAP and Havel's. Tried to use the dragon rings with my INT builds but those two are just too good. More health? Love it. More equipment? Dang right I want it.
Shout out to the flip ring though. That thing can be deadly in PvP.
I'm still sad that the flip ring isn't in any future souls game
Therapist: Flip Havel can't hurt you. He isn't real
Hawkshaw: Flip Havel is not myth, but history
Community, we just earned ourselves an episode 2 👍
I think the 'Wood Ring' is suppose to be 'Mokume-Gane', which is heating and mixing 2-3 metals together for a pattern. Much like steel with forgewelding (which gets called damascus), you can fuse gold, silver and copper together. There's plenty of 'Mokume Gane' rings to be found, and you could blacken or heat threat to look dark, like the Darkwood Grain ring.
I can't wait to watch this with absolutely no personal bias whatsoever.
Heh.