Can You Beat BLOODBORNE With Only Molotovs?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Beasts all over the shop.
It's been months since this run began, but it's finally over. Why did it take so long? You'll see.
Can you beat Bloodborne with only molotovs? Guess we'll find out.
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I really like the insanity in this and the potato only, it is actually well written Lovecraftian horror.
It includes obsession, esoteric knowledge and the unraveling of the main character.
All because of the 69 insight...
Yeah… little concerning. But hey, if it works it works
I had to go and rewatch the potato vid the second this one was done. Loved it. Can't wait for the BS that is Elden ring bosses
You almost died of Frenzy during the Gerhman fight as all those molotovs had burned away your sanity. You needed some ice on the inside to quench the flames of true Lovecraftian horror.
Aayy, its Press Continue!
My man is here
YO YOU WATCH LEMON TOO. Didn't you do this run too.
@@cuddlequeen3225 No, haven't done this run, nor a regular item only run. I did use a bunch of molotovs in my no stamina run though
It really does sound like he's going insane though.
By the time he beats the Demon's Souls and Elden Ring runs there's gonna be another game to destroy him, calling it now.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Needle Throw Only
Well... technically there is sekiro? And that fire proestetic art?
Miyazaki said From's next game is almost finished, so it could very well be so.
@@grfrjiglstan imagine it not having firebombs. At all.
@@TrickleCharge it's armored core so who gives a shit
Not sure how you made this without watching ymfah’s runs. The reason Mergo randomly takes extra molotov damage is that in stage two there are two boss entities occupying the same space so you’re actually damaging both stages at once. Thanks, Miyazaki.
Sir, I must applaud you for the Gehrman fight narration. There was pain, anger, beauty, and something I can’t quite describe. It was something I’ve never seen in a Backlogs video before, and it was something quite special.
I am sorry this run caused you so much pain. After all that, you deserve a break. Your health is more important than us. We’re not going anywhere.
We found the bloodborne weirdo
Seeing the HP bar JUMP up in size during the Amygdala montage made me wonder how long it took to farm that many levels for health lol
Me watching halfway through the video wondering if/when Lemon will realize he's doing the glass cannon thing again like so many other challenge runs.
@@jakethejax to be fair. He does only have a damage source of 10 molotov. So if he isn't hitting for 1/10th the hp every hit nearly, he won't win no matter his ability to survive a hit
@@themuffinprincesa21 there’s 40 Molotovs that can be held at once, 10 of each kind.
@@NargacugaMyBeloved yes, but you have to get to that point to be able to access every type of throwable
@@themuffinprincesa21 he did get every throwable by then I think, ok yea he did have both normal and delayed with the roped ones as well for 40 mollies
Whoever was doing the Doll's voice did a bloody amazing job, I was giglging already from the "Oh shit lemme sort that out" in the beginning
I believe that was his wife who was voicing the Doll. This isn't the first time she voice-acted in one of his challenge run videos.
@@nickjayyoung7662yeah, iirc, she even gave him the idea, as when they were playing ds1 together, she went for a firebomb only build, so he decided to see if the whole game was possible that way.
@@samakiraroyjanssen6326 Okay, that I suspected after hearing her voice a few times. That "Oh shit, lemme sort that out" was well done.
The accent wasn't there but the softness and tone was there for sure
"Who hurt you Lemon?"
"Bloodborne, Bloodborne hurt me."
Joking aside, thank you so much for this. Always love your work, and watching you play what is one of my favorite games with your signature flare brought a 33 minute and 45 seconds smile to my face. Thank you.
What about that one second my man😢
@@johannes5618 It knows what it did.
I was doing a gun only run myself, and everything was going fine until I reached Logarius. I was like "Sure, he's got some blood resistance but how bad can it be?" And then the second fase came and my run was over.
All you have to do is parry him to strip him of that buff. Your run ended because you gave up, not because the game stopped you.
@@ForeverLaxx especially given how much he does the leap attack in phase 2 which is like a solid second of open parry frames
I'm not sure I really got what the bloodborne-wiki site says but apparently if you stay at a very close distance, he won't be immune to parrying...? There was also something about breaking his super armor dispelling his buff but I couldn't tell if it meant in the transition to phase 2 where one would usually backstab him, or if it's possible to break him out of his aura after that. Hmm, the attack description says it cannot be interrupted so I guess it must be _during_ phase 2? Which is useless considering he'd be immune to something like cannon bullets anyway. So yeah, uh, trying parrying at point blank range and see if it works I guess.
Wait wait wait wait, I just read fextralife, and... is the way to prevent him from buffing by parrying the buff attack itself??? I didn't even know he could do it multiple times until right now. Apparently you can parry him infinitely by staying close to him while out of a parry but it assumes visceral attacks. No help there I suppose.
I also found that the blunderbuss has a big enough cone to occasionally still hit him despite his shield.
Lemons insanity at the end reminded me a lot “The Rats in the walls” by HP Lovecract which i know inspired 99.9% of this game. Godspeed to you Lemon, you survived peering into madness.
"Poor depth perception as far as the eye can see" is the funniest line I've heard all year!
Well… I guess you would have loved to hear that when you were doing the run… but you can prevent Legarious from being immune to throwable by staggering him during phase change.
Stagger him how?
@@nickdejager8873 with enough poise damage with molotovs
You can also just destroy the sword he sticks into the ground and it gets rid of the effect so you can shoot him and throw things at him again
That ending was honestly beautiful, who would have known Lemon could play crazy so well... He uhh, he is playing, right? Right?
Oh you innocent child..
After this many challenge runs lemon went insane, soon he'll go hollow
I'm afraid not, little one.
The night, and the Dream, are long indeed. So happy this run came out; looked forward to this vid as soon as I heard Lemon mention it way back when. Congrats on another arsonist victory!
That insanity segment at the end keeps bringing me back to this video. It’s genuine proof to me that you could do a stellar job in voice acting, Lemon.
You certainly have a future as a voice actor. The gherman fight was well written and spoken
Hell. Yeah. Everytime I see a challange run like this, it just..Inspires me to do one of my own. And hot damn, I want to get back to a few of my old ones i need to finish..
Logarious being immune to throwables is a cop-out from soft. Also, possibly could the oil urns have stacked with the counter damage against mergo?
Logarious stage two has a blood aura effect that blocks bullets as well so you can't parry. as far as i see it's an interesting mechanic not really a cop-out
it makes the fight more interesting because you have to think about what you can do to get around it.
like throwing Molotov's at the ground near him not directly at him.
@@zacsch5364 yep, and with all that being said, even if he only blocked throwables, and there was no reason for it, i still wouldnt call it a cop-out, not like killing him with throwables turns out easier then just learning the fight with a normal weapon
@@zacsch5364 not quite true, I've parried his second phase before
“Cop-out”
@@zacsch5364 you can stagger him out of the buff when he applies it
What. A. Ride. The devolution into madness in end was great, and the sneak peek at the next video gave me chills. Demon's souls is my favorite of the fromsoft games, and to think that you can beat it with only firebombs... Makes me want to try it. 10/10 Well played.
Huh, you'd think that after having 400 hours in this game I'd have known that 'ole Logarius is immune to throwable, but nope! I'd be surprised if guide writer HAD known, to be honest.
He’s Also imune to guns in his second phase, Except for when he attacks.
@@noahandreasen9221 huh, interesting. Guess I just never tried range with him. That or I just forgot about it, it HAS been like 4 years since I played very much
@@carrotwizard3900 fair eneogh. I only learned it The hard way
It's listed in the Fextralife wiki, amazingly enough. Or rather, the "bullets bounce off" part is. You have to infer that this also includes throwables.
@@ForeverLaxx huh, never checked the wiki for bloodborne myself. Me and a buddy just figured everything out ourselves, at least until we were several new games in and just wanted new weapons and stuff in stupid locations lol
To explain Mergo's wet nurse randomly taking extra damage, her "clone" shares the health bar, meaning if you hit both at once it shows both damage instances as one instead of two.
there's a similar thing in dark souls 3 with Pontiff Sullivan and his copy both being damageable when the spawning animation begins, meaning if you do enough damage during the animation you can kill the copy before it finishes spawning.
Will try to answer any questions in comments if there are any.
-Orobos
Edit: After a bit more research, I've discovered that Mergo also has a double phase bug, poison (both rapid and slow) will damage both phases at once, meaning rapid poison against her is a fairly good strategy for the fight, as you will deal twice the amount of damage with each proc of rapid.
Are you single?
@@alastor8091 not the question I was expecting...
pff..
when making molotov cocktails, remember a few things:
tie the cloth around the bottle's neck and screw a cap on it, to ensure it doesnt spill when thrown
you can add styrofoam to the gasoline to make it burn hotter, which might've helped lemon out a lot!
I don't like how far the firebomb Goddess' cult has gone with their worship
@@laurakristensen3111 it pays to be well educated in the arts of throwing combustible material at people!
@@SyrenKindra and tanks, don't forget that molotovs were against tanks in WWII, especially by the fins against the soviets
@@SyrenKindra This is why the transphobes fear us lmao
@@laurakristensen3111 Yay, arson!
You have no idea how happy I am that you're finally doing a BB run Lemon. I've been wanting this forever and you need to incorporate it into your future content. Well, ok, I would very much like if you did so. You don't NEED to do anything for anyone other than yourself....ok, I'm gunna stop talking now. Can't wait to watch.
I’m sorry but the “YOU CAN WALK!?” followed shortly by “Wait why do I hear boss music?” killed me. I feel like that is most people’s reactions to Gehrman’s big reveal at the end of the game, and you managed to perfectly encapsulate it in this fantastic video.
The dip into insanity at the end with Germann is peak lovecraftian entertainment👌🙏🤣
You dedication is an inspiration to us all
. . . or at least an affirmation of our own sanity.
Absolute banger of a video lemon. The insanity at the end... The melting of mind and spirit... The true horror of the old ones... Loosing the one thing that defines us mortal humans... Our thoughts, our mere feeble mind. So strong yet so brittle in the face of the unknown and unspeakable.
that was an EPIC ending, wow!!! good job mate
That speech at the end was amazing! Bravo! Can't wait for Elden Ring
As a heads up for Logarius, it's when he stances up for phase 2 that he builds his projectile/throwable immunity. If he's staggered out of the animation then he'll continue to phase 2 without immunity.
Loved the madness monologue at the end, also the music choise for this one was great!
I really love the ymfah reference at the start and this was a cool run also thank u so much for doing these vids lemons suggestion darts only in ds1 like poison and normal darts only
That intro was killer. Well done!
"You can scrub all you want, but it's not going to get the endless weeping out of the tiles.
Trust me. I would know."
Sounds like someone needs a hug.
I spaced out a little bit in the middle of the Gehrman fight and focused back during the gollum esque pep talk to yourself. It was haunting and hilarious lol. Sick video that was awesome!
Was that a ymfah reference in the first minute and a half?
you could argue the entire video is a ymfah reference
@@GKinWor Fair point.
I really like your dive into insanity in the last fights. that was really entertaining. I can't imagine the difficulty on this challenge run.
Ohhhh well done on the Run! Bloodborne is hard enough played normally, so consider me quite thoroughly impressed!
Also the humor just worked lovely this go around^^ All the custom reincarnated goddess voice-lines and mad lemon making friends with dirt xD
So, at the Wet Nurse fight, it's probably that you performing aerial counters (when an enemy is in the air when you land an attack). Does more damage than regular. Ymfah had to use those for Orphan of Kos.
Real Sekiro hours
It's cause he was hitting both wet nurses
honestly the most impressive thing about this challenge is going through 3 loading screens after every failed boss attempt without losing your sanity.
My day is permanently better whenever you post a video
“Shut your little mouth”
No idea why but whenever someone says that it always gets a chuckle out of me
Amazing job, man. The very beginning and the very end are masterpieces :)
I am so glad you actually took my idea into account lemon thank you even if you don't acknowledge the fact that I made it as a suggestion I'm so glad that you did it anyways!
Man, I just frincking loved the insane Lemon and the references of the pacients of the clinic blip blop LMAO
Your dramatic dives into faith and philosophy are normally impressive, but your dive into madness is way damn spookier!
Genuinely the writing for the last boss gave me goosebumps very good.
"Hush. shut up. shut your little mouth." Okay, that got me good. I'm in.
Just in case nobody's mentioned it yet, it's pronounced "Vick-uh" not "Vike-ar". It's a religious title. I think they mainly use it in the UK. Love your work, as always.
Can confirm (my father was a vicar). Lemon actually pronounces it correctly in his later BB videos.
Not gonna lie this channel is probably one of my favourite "game challenge channels" just the extra personality alone adds so much to the video
I’d love to see how you did the moon presence tbh. The fact that logarius and moon presence need to be done in the same battle makes me wonder how you saved enough to kill it too. I know it doesn’t have that much health, but a quick calculation for both would be awesome!
Nah, you can just lose the fight and restock. With full stock, its lack of health sealed its fate pretty quickly.
@@TheBacklogs I want to ask u something today I just defeated orphan of kos very first time only one death is that possible?
Cause I heard he is one of the tough bosses
Everyone struggles with different bosses. Sounds like he wasnt yours haha
@@hassanawdi3793 Yeah. It took me a few tries, but the orphan of kos went down a lot easier for me than a lot of other bosses. What is easy for one person is hard for another. My one boss was the undead giant with the chain. I honestly don't know why, but it took me an obscene number of tries to finally kill the darn thing.
@@toddclawson2840 the main game took me 3 years to finish cause it was the first souls game I ever played and since then defeated some of the hardest bosses in few tries 0-5
Watching these throwable-only runs makes me want to play the entirety of Fallout 4 with only molotov cocktails. That having been said, I enjoy watching these immensely.
"Oh, cool, Lemon's molotov run is out. I wonder how short it's gonna be, given even YMFAH couldn't- Why is the video over twenty minutes long..."
Seriously though love your vids as always Lemon.
WOOO YEAH BABY THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
Jura just calmly walking around to shoot you off the edge was absolutely hilarious
"We sell Molotovs and Molotov assesories" -Pank Hill
Bro 146k subs I remember watching your content when you only had 20k subs it's amazing that channel has grown so much
I hope Lemon always remembers that his victories matter to us all, they're not just something he's doing for his own insanity...
Jeez that ending bit where he acts insane almost gave me chills
right? that was so good holy cow
"acts"
Yo I love your content
I would've sent more but I'm a bit short on cash at the moment. Less than 10 cents to my name lmfao.
"Molotov and Molotov accessories"
Hank Hill approves :)
Anyways, you may have sniffed to much fumes from the Molotov's and it drove you to mumble like a madman at the end. Honestly that was really convincing, good job.
this video was brilliant, 100% worth the wait!
in my 6k hours of playtime I have never done a Molotov only run, but you are making me wanna boot the game up for one last challenge run
I could feel Lemon be consumed by insanity while fighting Gehrman
Yoooo he nearly went insane again!
In all seriousness, though, I love the way you write your script for extreme challenges.
And make sure to fully charge your battery, ya deserve a good break man
Nearly? Cousin zoot this is in no way nearly, lemon has gone insane
Big thing for why you did that extra damage to mergo's wetnurse there is the normal counter damage and then there is even more damage when an enemy is doing an "Arial attack".
The gehrman fight narration is something i need to bring to my dming
Cool to see you play this amazing game!
Nice vid btw
There's a discussion that needs to be had at 0:09.
That discussion being my favorite things on the entirety of TH-cam.
Started the video and had a big gulp of water going down that didn't fully make it to its destination. So perfectly voice acted ontop of me not being ready for something so ridiculously silly right at the beginning of the video.
Them Nazgûls with the Evil theme had me dying
Lemon go take a nap after this, you have earned it.
Lemon… I hate to break it to you, especially way after the fact… but if an enemy is immune to throwables… and those throwables have splash damage… throw them at the floor instead. Don’t aim for him, aim for his feet. Haha
Same with rockets and grenade launchers, never aim for the enemy, aim for the ground just ahead of where they are.
I know combat creates stress and I couldn’t have done it so I’m not trying to correct you. Just trying to help! Who knows, maybe I’m wrong and he kicks them back at your face making Lemon flambé… idk.
I just know that whenever I have a fast moving enemy that dodges my firebombs I aim for the feet! It works 60% of the time. Every time!
The "goddess" f*ing up his awakening is hilarious
Y'know I just started a new Bloodborne arcane run and was literally wondering to myself if Lemon or Press had made a molotovs only in Bloodborne yet. This was yesterday. I get this video on my feed today. What is this sorcery!?
The ending narration fit the themes of slowly going insane in Bloodborne SOOOOO well, A+ job
Heck yeah, just started Bloodborne and so far it is my favorite of the from software games. Was hoping to see a run on your channel.
A Hunter is never Alone.
Bloodborne is what got me into soulsborne games. Ds1 and ds2 kicked my ass when they first released, but after playing and getting all achievements for it on ps4, I decided to play the rest and conquered them all too. Bloodborne is still my absolute favourite due to the theme, and forcing the no shield aggressive play style. :D
@@MazeMaker4Life not to mention how you simultaneously feel both helpless, and an absolute badass.
And the trick weapons.
@@marctaco2624 100%. Trick weapons are so fun.
gl hf! :)
This man has a DRASTICALLY small amount of subscribers for how amazing his content is. I really hope this channel explodes.
Wait, do people not know Logarius is immune to throwables? That makes me feel powerful.
Well, I never threw anything at him, just wacked him with weapons.
THIS is the Best written video you have released yet Lemon! Great Job!
The beginning was great
Mrs. Lemon's voice over at the start was top tier.
Lemmon… you’re scaring me…
That speech of insanity at the end was true art. Thank you for this amazing literary work lol
I’ve never heard someone say “ground” to refer to grinding… lol interesting.
Is that right or wrong? I kinda like how it sounds tbh.. “I ground for more xp” or “I ground up a few lvls” sounds somehow better than “grinded”… “grinded” just kinda sounds wrong.
Hmm. I might start using that. Haha
My man is putting out content better than most of the huge channels out there.
Wow, I can imagine the one From Software employee that added THAT immunity to Legarious giggling to himself.
Like, seriously, has that happened with ANY other boss in the entire dang souls genera? That's EVIL.
It's also not true *and* it was listed in a wiki. You just have to infer that his "bullets bounce off" buff also includes throwable items. You can remove this buff from him by landing a parry or a backstab for each time he's buffed himself with it.
Considering the boss is practically built to be parried, that isn't normally a problem.
@@ForeverLaxx One of them even mentioned that Simon's Bowblade doesn't affect him, but they probably didn't write "projectiles"... Ah, wait, I was gonna say that it's likely due to people typically not trying to use consumables on uninterrupted phase 2 Logarius since that's pretty specific, but, they can't use the word projectile anyway so long as he isn't immune to arcane tools, huh. It'd be kinda messed up to give you a shiny new toy in the Executioner's Gloves found within the castle, only for the area boss to become immune to it... Although I guess that goes for the Reiterpallasch? You can still beat him up with that one though.
This is genuinely amazing, let alone getting past Gassy Boi with the big brain music move or defeating Rom with nothing but Molotovs was even possible but actually getting all the way through and completing the run? I must admit I was a non believer, guess I better go and repent for my lack of faith. Bravo
This video is lit literally
Oh my lord man these videos are just getting better! I love the little spiral of madness lol.. also I am gonna need a "YE OF LITTLE FAITH" T-shirt stat!
IT'S FINALLY HERE!! WOOOOHOOOOOOO!
this challenge is what this cosmic horror game is all about, surprisingly interesting and brillantly written and executed. you might just have created something special.
This is the only souls game that I do not own but NEED to play. The game seems so INCREDIBLE compared to the others even from all great reviews that this game gets.
Hearing him descend into paranoid insanity during the Gehrman fight felt a little too Lovecraft for this Lovecraft game playthrough.
ITS HAPPENING EVERY BODY
ITS HAPPENING OH GOD
STAY CALM
EVERYONE JUST STAY CALM
I have been enjoying these challenges for a while. They are truly may favorite. The writing the style the quality. The personality and the humanity (" no, this is the line I'm not doing it"). It's just a cut above. Glad life gave us a lemon.
The end of this video gave me chills, that was some good freakin acting my guy 👌
"Hey Lemon whats your bloodborne build?" Lemon: "Propane and Propane Accessories!"
Lemon you absolute legend. Great video, had some hearty chuckles. Well done!!
Jesus, you really did it. I was certain this wouldn't work just because of the pouch limit.
Also, I didn't even know Logarius was immune to throwables. That's... an interesting animation.
Definitely one of the best ending section lemon has ever done, this one genuinely feels like a seriously performed voice instead of just reading script
I don't know why I love your Nazgul theme so much, but it's freaking great.