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On my first playthrough I actually used the aim feature of my shortbow pretty extensively. You'd be surprised how many annoyingly placed enemies you can kill.
@@hammerstix5791 Pretty sure i've had a bow of some kind as a backup weapon in all my first playthroughs of the dark souls trilogy. When you don't know the layout they are a godsend and even if you do they're still pretty damn good. I just used it most often in ds1
I tend to always have a bow as backup incase I want to cheese certain enemies. It's the only way I can finish Siegmeyer's quest. Also helps with getting the "Power Within" Pyromancy without having to get behind the bug. I never used the bow in later games, but it helped a lot in 1.
17:20 Fun fact: you can dodge nito's floor stab by just blocking while two-handling a weapon or drawing an arrow. For some reason, the hitbox for that attack targets the center or you body and goes right between your legs.
It's really cool that almost all your videos are now sponsored. Shows that people are interested in what you do, and for good reason! Quality video as always!
Just wanted to say you're such a comforting rewatch RUclipsr for me. You're a lot calmer than so many challenge runners (which I'm sure is a lot of post edits, these games can be infuriating), and the addition of "take care of yourselves, be good to one another" is really lovely
I only recently stumbled across this channel and the way you present each of these challenge runs is really digestable and entertaining. Its generally hard to keep a speedrunner entertained by specific weapon challenge run, but you keep finding ways to make it interesting and entertaining, with dialog and reasoning for methods used. Good shit
Here’s a good one: can you beat a souls game with magic but you can only use that magic until it runs out of casts or maybe a limited amount of refills allowed per spell or weapon summon?
@@banjoacoustic Basically or set it up where he has a limited amount of refills per spell or just a limited amount of refills per run or something like that, tooled to where he doesn`t want to quit living.
@@banjoacoustic I mean if he finds it to easy could always adjust it to not give refills or get more depending on how many spells and casts there are and if the damage or need to get more out of something because of running out of casts or spells entirely.
Huh. That was an interesting run to watch. I have never seriously considered great bows in any souls-like game. The speed is just to low, especially as the enemies have progressively gotten faster with each game. It was really neat to watch that even what I consider the most useless weapon type in the game (yes, worse than whips, whips are faster [I think]) for PVE can be really good with the right amount of planning and going absolute insane. I also think this is a REALLY good showcase of [Infinite] Hyper-Mode and how if you're willing to use it the reward FAR outweighs the risk. I hope this inspires some people to pick up DS1 and use a slightly "less silly" weapon (like an Unga-Bunga Hammer) and do really silly things with hyper mode. Great job as always Sir.Lemon, you do the challenge run community proud with every video.
"If you are still under the impression that i am anything close to sane" Me: *remembering the monologue from the end of the molotov only challenge in bloodborne* you seem sane enough for my liking, hunter.
Incredible work on this one. I admit, I was a little doubtful but I am happy to eat my words to see you succeed at this challenge. I recently started throwing challenges at my room mate and friend who's beat the fromsoft games many times and was looking to get back to them. He helped me beat my first casual playthroughs by helping me have someone to talk to while I went through the hardest parts of the games. Glad to see you still going strong after Immolation.
I have an idea for your next run. The Tony Run (I hope I got the name right). You have to only use weapons a skeleton normally uses in this game (falchion, shortbow, bonewheel shield, etc), you have to be hollow and not have armor to be as close to a skeleton as possible, and you cannot level your health past that of a ds1 skeleton (196).
Skeletons can’t level their equipment either. You never see any of them with upgraded weapons, with sort of an exception in Vamos since he’s a smith and all
Only one problem, the lowest VIT you can start with, 8, has an HP of 531, so that's the lowest you can possibly go. If you somehow have VIT of 1, that's 400hp. Since curses don't stack after the first patch, you can only legitimately have 265hp without using the DCR, which skeletons don't use.
I don't play Dark Souls and just like watching your challenge run videos -- needless to say, I was *not* prepared for the size of the great bow and burst out in hysterical laughter the moment it appeared on screen. I've seen bows taller than I am in real life but never something that's double my height.
Good to see Lemon clearing out the weapon backlog in the last few videos. It’s nice to see you able to have fun without the suffering that certain runs have caused
A bit of a late tip, but if you hit Smough with an arrow just above the neck, in the bit with the eyes, it will actually stagger him. I learnt that when I did a bow only run. ❤
I've seen all of your ds challenge runs and stuff but this one I'd say is probably the hardest cuz at least with the other runs you could get more ammo etc. Honestly your a huge Chad for pulling this off
The amount of "If you didn't know why I'm doing this let me explain" bits in this video made me feel like a real dark souls gamer^tm for knowing all of it as soon as you said what you were doing! Great video as always, never really used the greatbow and probably never will, but still very entertaining!
Just wanted to say; I've been binging your soulsborne runs and I'm loving them. Your sense of humor really injects life into what I usually consider a boring watch. Thanks, Lemon. You do you, it's working.
Hi son! Lol Honestly, if it wasn’t for that shameless plug I’m not sure if I would have discovered your second channel which has quickly become my favorite RUclips channel to watch.
For the uninitiated: The drake farming technique he starts using at 6:50 ? PAINFULLY slow. You saw that triple digit number? Yeah, well, if he wanted to get to the later tiers of even this one weapon, or, gods forbid, level HIMSELF up to a reasonable standard, he'd be there for like a week of nothing but farming that bridge. Lemon has earned his patience elemental status before, but MAN, I cannot imagine a more painful and exhausting grind to high tier Dark Souls damage and sustain. Respect, you mad bastard.
Lemon, honey, I just found out that you can no-hit kill the iron giant with an emote. In the right location, with the lie down emote, you can make him miss you and fall off the edge. Perhaps this can be inspiration for another challenge run?
You earned my sub with that cursed + ring quarter health meme I actually audibly gasped when I realized why you did it, incredible and completely insane.
I don't play dark souls mainly because it is to hard for me (I'm not the most skilled person), so I very much appreciated you explaining what the build does item by item
Honestly if you do a pure strength build with a club and wear heavy armour it's not that bad. You can even use soul duplication to get crazy stats or boost your equipment if you're worried. It's a fun game even if you feel like making it more fair for yiu
@@velvetbutterfly I laughed a little imagining my character with a club and a full set of armor, it really does seems fun I think I'll try it out, thank you for the advice
@@FreyRosfield it's how I play. It's tough at first, it's a glass canon build if you power level strength like I do. But it let's you take out every mob very quickly while still having you actually learn how to dodge or parry, the real gameplay, so I find it more fun than pure dex archer builds or intelligence sorcery builds. You don't have to do pure strength if you don't want to. Honestly, I was thinking of it after my last comment. And I think levelling 2 strength for every 1 HP, and then levelling stamina every 5 levels is a pretty solid beginner build, it'll be slower paced than my pure strength one, but safer. And remember, once you hit level 50, stat increases plateau so once you hit 50 strength, put those souls into another stat. And while dodging is handy, if you want to just wear the heaviest strongest armour, it's viable in DS1. You will be able to tank hits without getting staggered which is pretty nice if you only need a few bonks to finish the job.
Loved the video. You've pretty quickly become one of my favorite video game channels on RUclips. Glad you're getting sponsors, too. Dolla dolla bills, yall. Would a Karmic Justice run be doable? It's one of the most unique (and fun) spells in the game; not sure how viable it would be for a "solo run" but I get the sense that isn't necessarily a deterrent for you, haha. Also looking forward to the inevitable Bonewheel Shield run; that'll be a stunning build to lock in.
I have tried and failed to figure out a way to make Karmic Justice work. As far as I know, there's no way to trigger it in boss fights... the window is just too small. If anyone reads this and knows something I don't, please let me know.
@@TheBacklogs Thanks for the reply! Sorry to hear it doesn't work out. By "the window is too short," do you mean bosses don't attack frequently enough in sixty seconds to trigger the effect? Safe to assume you've tried the Ling-Ring, does it not modify the length of the spell?
This reminds me of the "A" button challenge from SM64. Where the goal is not speed but completing the game in fewest possible a-presses. But instead of "A" presses, it's fewest arrows fired. Would be cool to see how few arrows one would need to complete the game.
Hey guys! Welcome to my dark souls run! We’re going to see if 100 great arrows is enough to beat the game! Now the trick to this playthrough is to just use a melee weapon. If you’ll notice, after beating the last boss, we still have 100 great arrows! So to answer that question, yes 100 great arrows is enough!
Thanks Lemon. I really appreciate the explanation of the ring effects etc. I watch lot of dark souls runs, but have never played it. My own lack of knowledge can be frustrating when people just say I grab this ring and that ring and this shield blah blah blah. I get it, almost all watching would know what's going on so the explanation would seem unnecessary. So again. Thanks for the info and thanks for the all the runs :D
The Morgan and Morgan ad made me think it was a joke at first then when I realized it wasn't I died even more 😂😂😂😂 love to see you getting big sponsorship man
I just wanted to say you are my absolute favorite channel. You are so charming and funny and I love your voice. I don’t watch RUclips much unless it’s to watch like you or aggy or something, usually ds videos or music. But Thank you for the laughs and good times, I’ll always look forward to your videos thank you for posting 🫶 you’re the greatest🤭
Suggestion for a name for "weapons you've never tried." Gwyn or Cin(der). A series on if a weapon is actually viable enough to be used in the Lord of Sunlight's army or trash enough you want to throw it in the First Flame.
I love the concept of this video. Once someone beats the game with fist only we know its possible to do it with any weapon. But this is a nice change, cause its a very different approach to DS challenge runs. Run with a different constraint, not another take on the same constraint (not to say I don't love the other challenge runs)
I'm genuinely impressed with this one. I really did think this was going to be a fail. I do love the greatbow. I have fond memories of killing the false sun of anor londo then chilling in the rafters with it.
Gotta say. I'm perfectly fine with content creators getting sponsored from unconventional areas. Helps rid the monotony of the same old Audible/Skillshare/Squarespace/etc. Plus, you never know what a viewer is dealing with and some of these random sponsors could be exactly what some people need. And it's better than a Hanes or Coke commercial. Excellent video as always, learned some new stuff. And your patience and craziness is always a pleasant surprise. Keep on keeping on, good sir
quick side note on how to easily farm a ton of souls early game: pass by the hydra, take the ladder behind the waterfall (to avoid being hit by the hydra:when by the waterfall run towards the lake, have the hydra make a physical attack, run towards the latter as soon as the attack animation starts; you should make it up no problem), pass by the oppossums, aggro all the forest guardians, run towards the stairs at the closed entrance, go by the cliff edge under the stairs at the extremity, keep your shields up, and one by one every 1000-2000 soul player will fall over the cliff, passing by the stairs. you can then enter the guardian pact, kick the archer, ninja and samurai off the ledge. usually you get about 20,000 souls plus an easy farming area, if you buy the key for the forest guardian.
I'm sure this has been answered before, but re: the lizards nto spawning- Quitting and loading causes all lizards in the zone to reload. There's more spawn points in the hollow than there are lizards, their spawns are randomized each time. Thus, every time you load in, you're respawning *and shuffling* the STILL ALIVE lizards amongst their spawn points; this is why if you keep doing it over and over you'll eventually get them there. However, if you go check any other lizard spawn in the game, you'll see that the quit-load does in fact respawn them every time without fail.
Wvery time I see a Morgan and Morgan sponsor I think it's an elaborate bit for about 30 seconds and then realize lemon is 100% serious, good for him getting sponsors, it's just so weird seeing an injury law firm sponsor a gaming channel
Id have loved to see another run with the dlc included. Id love to see if it could be1 done. Especially since you probably only 6 or 7. If you were clean id be surprised if it wasnt close. The other option would be to do it again with dlc included, but make it to where you have a set number and can only use one of the 2 buffs. That would something else lol Loved this run. Found you with the BB bow only vid and im hooked. Your comedy is gold and you have such a brilliant style. Loved the way you spoke through the BB vid. The dark and emotional monologuing was very fitting for the game. Gonna be binging you for a few days lol
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Did you know that you had rights?
@@badnugget-vd6kg oh you don't have the right
Hey wired question why did a law firm sponsor a gaming channel
@damn it either they are sponsoring people like raid or lemon may have recently got into a accident
Didn't realize you were based out of Florida. Interesting.
But now the real question: how many game cycles can you beat with only a single crystal weapon before it breaks?
Is that a challenge?
One boss
zero
What are you doing? Shouldn't you be smoking weed because it's legal in your contry
Why haven't you done a stream yet?
The morgan and Morgan sponsorship was a left hook I was not expecting
Same bro
Fhey've been doing q lot of youtube sponsors recem, and i tbink that's cool because it's another company that offers sponsors :3
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They’ve been sponsoring everyone recently, even FNAF youtubers like UmYeah
They are a very shady business
The Irony that he had a weapon he could use against the Anor Londo snipers, but couldn’t spare the ammo
10:50 that's legitimately the coolest Iron golem takedown I've ever seen. So clean
sent it right into whiterun guard enrollment program
@MzSmurf40 Tarkus! Tarkus! Tarkus!
@@BattleSpew Your comment translates to "Wisdom! Wisdom! Wisdom!" Lol
Man blew both its ankles to smithereens and let gravity do the rest.
"I was an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow to the knee."
On my first playthrough I actually used the aim feature of my shortbow pretty extensively. You'd be surprised how many annoyingly placed enemies you can kill.
Bows are my tool of choice to picking off annoying enemies in any game.
@@hammerstix5791 Pretty sure i've had a bow of some kind as a backup weapon in all my first playthroughs of the dark souls trilogy. When you don't know the layout they are a godsend and even if you do they're still pretty damn good. I just used it most often in ds1
I tend to always have a bow as backup incase I want to cheese certain enemies. It's the only way I can finish Siegmeyer's quest. Also helps with getting the "Power Within" Pyromancy without having to get behind the bug. I never used the bow in later games, but it helped a lot in 1.
This was basically a must in SotFS for me, especially the Iron Keep
@@anonecki shrine of Amana is pretty much impossible without a bow
17:20 Fun fact: you can dodge nito's floor stab by just blocking while two-handling a weapon or drawing an arrow. For some reason, the hitbox for that attack targets the center or you body and goes right between your legs.
huh, that's neat. Thanks
@@fernando47180You mean... Neato?
Chosen undead confirmed to be castrated
@@yourboiiv4106 it is Nito?
@@12aj100. Neat+Nito=Neato
It's really cool that almost all your videos are now sponsored. Shows that people are interested in what you do, and for good reason! Quality video as always!
What a weird sponsor for a gaming channel though lmao.
That being said, damn they managed to make it relevant, that's impressive lol
@@nerrickk9024 wait, the sponsor was real, it wasn't a skit?
@@leonrussell9607 if you ever want to know if a sponsor is real check the description and see if theres a link.
Not cool, cringe. This shit is just cable all over again.
It's a bit annoying as a viewer, but it's great for Lemon and I'm happy for him.
Just wanted to say you're such a comforting rewatch RUclipsr for me. You're a lot calmer than so many challenge runners (which I'm sure is a lot of post edits, these games can be infuriating), and the addition of "take care of yourselves, be good to one another" is really lovely
Tbf his streams are just as chill I like putting them on in the background because it's longer
weirdest sponsorship ive ever seen on a gaming video
I'll take law firms over this week's mobile ripoff
Yea I was thinking the same thing, how tf did he get that sponser
he's just telling who to call when the group chat gets leaked
Especially in a game about killing every living creature
Hope he gets that guy Saul Goodmans ad sponsor soon
this run is literally just "improvise, adapt, overcome" with every new lord soul
I am so excited you actually included the "secret tunnel" song!
Amazing video as usual
The classic avatar the last airbender song that you can't forget.
I only recently stumbled across this channel and the way you present each of these challenge runs is really digestable and entertaining. Its generally hard to keep a speedrunner entertained by specific weapon challenge run, but you keep finding ways to make it interesting and entertaining, with dialog and reasoning for methods used. Good shit
Here’s a good one: can you beat a souls game with magic but you can only use that magic until it runs out of casts or maybe a limited amount of refills allowed per spell or weapon summon?
Like, he can only use a spell once and when it runs out never again?
@@banjoacoustic Basically or set it up where he has a limited amount of refills per spell or just a limited amount of refills per run or something like that, tooled to where he doesn`t want to quit living.
@@sosogamer771 I like this idea!
@@banjoacoustic I mean if he finds it to easy could always adjust it to not give refills or get more depending on how many spells and casts there are and if the damage or need to get more out of something because of running out of casts or spells entirely.
Huh. That was an interesting run to watch. I have never seriously considered great bows in any souls-like game. The speed is just to low, especially as the enemies have progressively gotten faster with each game.
It was really neat to watch that even what I consider the most useless weapon type in the game (yes, worse than whips, whips are faster [I think]) for PVE can be really good with the right amount of planning and going absolute insane.
I also think this is a REALLY good showcase of [Infinite] Hyper-Mode and how if you're willing to use it the reward FAR outweighs the risk. I hope this inspires some people to pick up DS1 and use a slightly "less silly" weapon (like an Unga-Bunga Hammer) and do really silly things with hyper mode.
Great job as always Sir.Lemon, you do the challenge run community proud with every video.
21:12 I was not mentally prepared for that reference but I'm so so so happy you made it.
This is going to be a wild ride, I’ve never even thought of only using a great bow, let alone only 100 of their arrows! Excited as always, Lemon
If you want to see more great arrow madness check out Mr.Metagross he did a video like this just a few weeks ago
Great video, much more skill than I could display given you did hyper mode for most of it. Awesome work!
You guy's should both feud and try beating the game with less and less arrows each time, eventually culminating in a 0 arrow run.
"If you are still under the impression that i am anything close to sane"
Me: *remembering the monologue from the end of the molotov only challenge in bloodborne* you seem sane enough for my liking, hunter.
12:45 "I've got bigger and better things to do" *stares intensely at Gywnevere's amazing chest*
Incredible work on this one. I admit, I was a little doubtful but I am happy to eat my words to see you succeed at this challenge. I recently started throwing challenges at my room mate and friend who's beat the fromsoft games many times and was looking to get back to them. He helped me beat my first casual playthroughs by helping me have someone to talk to while I went through the hardest parts of the games. Glad to see you still going strong after Immolation.
I have an idea for your next run. The Tony Run (I hope I got the name right). You have to only use weapons a skeleton normally uses in this game (falchion, shortbow, bonewheel shield, etc), you have to be hollow and not have armor to be as close to a skeleton as possible, and you cannot level your health past that of a ds1 skeleton (196).
Tony run, my friend. Skeleton's are Tony.
@@ClouseFair thanks, I knew it was the wrong name but I couldn’t remember. I’ll edit the comment real quick.
@@SunPraiser1988 My pleasure. It would be a fun run to see attempted, even if it'd essentially boil down to a no-hit run at that little health.
Skeletons can’t level their equipment either. You never see any of them with upgraded weapons, with sort of an exception in Vamos since he’s a smith and all
Only one problem, the lowest VIT you can start with, 8, has an HP of 531, so that's the lowest you can possibly go. If you somehow have VIT of 1, that's 400hp. Since curses don't stack after the first patch, you can only legitimately have 265hp without using the DCR, which skeletons don't use.
Great vid, loved the concept and challenge of this one. Much more entertaining than seeing you suffer the usage of a terrible weapon.
I don't play Dark Souls and just like watching your challenge run videos -- needless to say, I was *not* prepared for the size of the great bow and burst out in hysterical laughter the moment it appeared on screen. I've seen bows taller than I am in real life but never something that's double my height.
thats the beauty of dark souls, comically oversized weapons
Good to see Lemon clearing out the weapon backlog in the last few videos. It’s nice to see you able to have fun without the suffering that certain runs have caused
A bit of a late tip, but if you hit Smough with an arrow just above the neck, in the bit with the eyes, it will actually stagger him. I learnt that when I did a bow only run. ❤
That's so cool! If you look at how his helmet fits on your character you can see those are the actual eye holes, so you have to get an actual headshot
@@Shmethan yeah it’s pretty good design! The same as if you shoot quelaag in her human section, it staggers her constantly.
I've been binging all your DS1 and 2 videos and streams and just finished watching everything, so this is perfect timing
May the algorithm bless this video with views! Also, keep up the great work, Lemon!
During your hypermode explanation you should've mentioned power within does DOT. It probably made the Quelag fight a bit confusing for your father
I've seen all of your ds challenge runs and stuff but this one I'd say is probably the hardest cuz at least with the other runs you could get more ammo etc. Honestly your a huge Chad for pulling this off
Fastest click in the west
@Sixx Wolf fastest raper in the west
I'm in jail
unbelievable
I love greatbows, used them on my first playthrough of each souls game and they’re by far my favourite crowd control method.
these type of videos are the reason i got into souls games. so thank you 👍🏻
You absolutely killed me with the "secret tunnel" reference! SO was not expecting that, but I love it!
The amount of "If you didn't know why I'm doing this let me explain" bits in this video made me feel like a real dark souls gamer^tm for knowing all of it as soon as you said what you were doing! Great video as always, never really used the greatbow and probably never will, but still very entertaining!
Just wanted to say; I've been binging your soulsborne runs and I'm loving them. Your sense of humor really injects life into what I usually consider a boring watch. Thanks, Lemon. You do you, it's working.
Not to brag, but I beat Dark Souls 1 with ZERO Greatarrows!
a morgan and morgan sponsor on youtube? thats the first i've seen in my life and never expected to see it on a dark souls video
Hi son! Lol
Honestly, if it wasn’t for that shameless plug I’m not sure if I would have discovered your second channel which has quickly become my favorite RUclips channel to watch.
For the uninitiated: The drake farming technique he starts using at 6:50 ? PAINFULLY slow. You saw that triple digit number? Yeah, well, if he wanted to get to the later tiers of even this one weapon, or, gods forbid, level HIMSELF up to a reasonable standard, he'd be there for like a week of nothing but farming that bridge. Lemon has earned his patience elemental status before, but MAN, I cannot imagine a more painful and exhausting grind to high tier Dark Souls damage and sustain. Respect, you mad bastard.
metagross already did this video melon, it would be good to mention him!
I love greatbows so much. There's something incredibly satisfying about sending fools flying from so far across the map.
Lemon, honey, I just found out that you can no-hit kill the iron giant with an emote. In the right location, with the lie down emote, you can make him miss you and fall off the edge. Perhaps this can be inspiration for another challenge run?
You earned my sub with that cursed + ring quarter health meme I actually audibly gasped when I realized why you did it, incredible and completely insane.
im not joking i was literally wondering if a challenge run with only greatbows was possible yesterday. thanks for reading my mind lemon.
Lemon doing the strat!!! I mentioned this back back on the fist only theory crafting episode and i'm so glad to see it being attempted
I don't play dark souls mainly because it is to hard for me (I'm not the most skilled person), so I very much appreciated you explaining what the build does item by item
Honestly if you do a pure strength build with a club and wear heavy armour it's not that bad.
You can even use soul duplication to get crazy stats or boost your equipment if you're worried.
It's a fun game even if you feel like making it more fair for yiu
@@velvetbutterfly I laughed a little imagining my character with a club and a full set of armor, it really does seems fun
I think I'll try it out, thank you for the advice
@@FreyRosfield it's how I play.
It's tough at first, it's a glass canon build if you power level strength like I do.
But it let's you take out every mob very quickly while still having you actually learn how to dodge or parry, the real gameplay, so I find it more fun than pure dex archer builds or intelligence sorcery builds.
You don't have to do pure strength if you don't want to.
Honestly, I was thinking of it after my last comment. And I think levelling 2 strength for every 1 HP, and then levelling stamina every 5 levels is a pretty solid beginner build, it'll be slower paced than my pure strength one, but safer.
And remember, once you hit level 50, stat increases plateau so once you hit 50 strength, put those souls into another stat.
And while dodging is handy, if you want to just wear the heaviest strongest armour, it's viable in DS1.
You will be able to tank hits without getting staggered which is pretty nice if you only need a few bonks to finish the job.
@@velvetbutterfly thank you so very much, I think I will try the hp/stamina/strength
@@FreyRosfield I hope you let me know how that goes for you
To make Gwyn easier, you can stand on a certain slope with him above you, making some of his attacks miss your hitbox entirely.
great video! I'm honestly surprised it wasn't closer to 100, but then again you're just the master of bows!
That’s how I defeated Gwyndolin and just Gwyndolin.
Thank you for explaining what the rings/buffs/weapons do!
Hey that's a Mr Metagross reference!!!
Loved the video. You've pretty quickly become one of my favorite video game channels on RUclips. Glad you're getting sponsors, too. Dolla dolla bills, yall.
Would a Karmic Justice run be doable? It's one of the most unique (and fun) spells in the game; not sure how viable it would be for a "solo run" but I get the sense that isn't necessarily a deterrent for you, haha. Also looking forward to the inevitable Bonewheel Shield run; that'll be a stunning build to lock in.
I have tried and failed to figure out a way to make Karmic Justice work. As far as I know, there's no way to trigger it in boss fights... the window is just too small.
If anyone reads this and knows something I don't, please let me know.
@@TheBacklogs Thanks for the reply! Sorry to hear it doesn't work out. By "the window is too short," do you mean bosses don't attack frequently enough in sixty seconds to trigger the effect? Safe to assume you've tried the Ling-Ring, does it not modify the length of the spell?
It's more a problem of the Spell won't trigger unless you get hit 5x in 7 seconds, or something ridiculous like that.
@@TheBacklogs Damn, the spell build-up must drain way faster than I thought. That's unfortunate.
I knew that after crossbows this would come eventually.
I LITERALLY looked up this channel 2 hours ago to check for updates, watch some random stuff, get bored, refresh recommended and BOOM!
Challenge failed. You didn't only use 100 greatarrows. You also used a bow.
do never NEVER stop doing this videos, i dont know if i can live without the anymore
Hey you beat Mr Metagross score... somewhat at least. He did all bosses. But was that the inspiration for the video or is this a coincidence?
Ain't no way this was a real Morgan & Morgan sponsored video. That's amazing.
Darks souls... but youre left handed
This reminds me of the "A" button challenge from SM64. Where the goal is not speed but completing the game in fewest possible a-presses. But instead of "A" presses, it's fewest arrows fired. Would be cool to see how few arrows one would need to complete the game.
Hey guys! Welcome to my dark souls run! We’re going to see if 100 great arrows is enough to beat the game! Now the trick to this playthrough is to just use a melee weapon. If you’ll notice, after beating the last boss, we still have 100 great arrows! So to answer that question, yes 100 great arrows is enough!
nah man, that title is PERFECT, rolls off the tongue and gets the point across beautifully
Mr Metagross did this first, but not with only 100 greatarrows
So then he didn't do this first
Long time fan here! Always wanted to see you do Skyrim or fallout 4. I feel like your challenges would be unique and fun. Love your content!
BRO UR VIDEOS ARE CORRUPTING ME I SWEAR I AM WATCHING AT LEAST 1 PER DAY CUZ THEY ARE ON MY MAIN PAGE ALL THE TIMEEEE (im glad they are tho)
Thanks Lemon. I really appreciate the explanation of the ring effects etc. I watch lot of dark souls runs, but have never played it. My own lack of knowledge can be frustrating when people just say I grab this ring and that ring and this shield blah blah blah. I get it, almost all watching would know what's going on so the explanation would seem unnecessary. So again. Thanks for the info and thanks for the all the runs :D
10:43 I love the skeleton stepping back as if it knew the bit lol
The Morgan and Morgan ad made me think it was a joke at first then when I realized it wasn't I died even more 😂😂😂😂 love to see you getting big sponsorship man
you will never understand how happy i get when I see a backlogs video in my recommended
I just wanted to say you are my absolute favorite channel. You are so charming and funny and I love your voice. I don’t watch RUclips much unless it’s to watch like you or aggy or something, usually ds videos or music. But Thank you for the laughs and good times, I’ll always look forward to your videos thank you for posting 🫶 you’re the greatest🤭
Having built this character before on a whim, I’m excited to see someone take it through the whole game. Big number fun
Suggestion for a name for "weapons you've never tried."
Gwyn or Cin(der).
A series on if a weapon is actually viable enough to be used in the Lord of Sunlight's army or trash enough you want to throw it in the First Flame.
I’m so happy I’ve been rewatching your entire souls challenge videos and now u drop a new one?!? Thank you so much Adore your content✨
I thought I saw a new upload! That idea for seeing how many times you can beat the game with only one crystal weapon is actually a cool idea
Dude, I cannot express how much enjoyment I get from your videos. Every one of them has something in it that makes me laugh
i have been waiting for this for so long, ever since you mentioned greatbows in the crossbow run
I kept expecting the Morgan and Morgan ad to be a parody or a bit.... but it was real o.o wtf
A Morgan and Morgan sponsorship on a darksouls video is crazy to me
I love the concept of this video. Once someone beats the game with fist only we know its possible to do it with any weapon. But this is a nice change, cause its a very different approach to DS challenge runs. Run with a different constraint, not another take on the same constraint (not to say I don't love the other challenge runs)
This was honestly one of your best video concepts!
"If your one of my audience members that doesn't actually play DS and has no idea whats going on. Hi Dad 👋."
So wholesome.
I'm genuinely impressed with this one. I really did think this was going to be a fail.
I do love the greatbow. I have fond memories of killing the false sun of anor londo then chilling in the rafters with it.
Gotta say. I'm perfectly fine with content creators getting sponsored from unconventional areas. Helps rid the monotony of the same old Audible/Skillshare/Squarespace/etc. Plus, you never know what a viewer is dealing with and some of these random sponsors could be exactly what some people need. And it's better than a Hanes or Coke commercial. Excellent video as always, learned some new stuff. And your patience and craziness is always a pleasant surprise. Keep on keeping on, good sir
I have no idea how the hell I can watch you play the same game over and over again but, somehow you get me every time.
4:56 It's a mess full of sticks, slippery platforms and "overexcited gravity?" That's the best new sentence I've heard in awhile.
Ah yes
„I got bigger and better things to do“
just where are you looking
quick side note on how to easily farm a ton of souls early game: pass by the hydra, take the ladder behind the waterfall (to avoid being hit by the hydra:when by the waterfall run towards the lake, have the hydra make a physical attack, run towards the latter as soon as the attack animation starts; you should make it up no problem), pass by the oppossums, aggro all the forest guardians, run towards the stairs at the closed entrance, go by the cliff edge under the stairs at the extremity, keep your shields up, and one by one every 1000-2000 soul player will fall over the cliff, passing by the stairs. you can then enter the guardian pact, kick the archer, ninja and samurai off the ledge. usually you get about 20,000 souls plus an easy farming area, if you buy the key for the forest guardian.
That guy The Backlogs: Shortcut Unlock! seem to have a really good stream schedule, more people should give him a watch for sure!
I'm sure this has been answered before, but re: the lizards nto spawning-
Quitting and loading causes all lizards in the zone to reload. There's more spawn points in the hollow than there are lizards, their spawns are randomized each time. Thus, every time you load in, you're respawning *and shuffling* the STILL ALIVE lizards amongst their spawn points; this is why if you keep doing it over and over you'll eventually get them there.
However, if you go check any other lizard spawn in the game, you'll see that the quit-load does in fact respawn them every time without fail.
This is a really cool challenge! I do enjoy the other types too, but it's nice to see something that requires new setups and strategies!
you made my morning with your rendition of the secret tunnel song.
Video idea? I've never played any of the souls like games, but love your content. How about a run of the absolute easiest way through?
I've never seen anyone limit themselves as much or often as Lemon and complete the task. That last part being the more sticking point.
never thought i would see a dark souls challenge run sponsored by a law firm 😂
Most out of place video sponsor ive seen, never expected to see a DS/BB/ER content creator getting partnered with a legal firm... good shit man
Wvery time I see a Morgan and Morgan sponsor I think it's an elaborate bit for about 30 seconds and then realize lemon is 100% serious, good for him getting sponsors, it's just so weird seeing an injury law firm sponsor a gaming channel
I rocked the Greatbow in my first playthrough, and absolutely wrecked large portions of the game that my roommates told me were gonna get frustrating.
Id have loved to see another run with the dlc included. Id love to see if it could be1 done. Especially since you probably only 6 or 7. If you were clean id be surprised if it wasnt close. The other option would be to do it again with dlc included, but make it to where you have a set number and can only use one of the 2 buffs. That would something else lol
Loved this run. Found you with the BB bow only vid and im hooked. Your comedy is gold and you have such a brilliant style. Loved the way you spoke through the BB vid. The dark and emotional monologuing was very fitting for the game. Gonna be binging you for a few days lol
I greatly appreciate your ability to keep making runs of such an old game fresh and entertaining 👌