i know i drop thirsty comments because y'all cute and all, but i do wanna say your writing (assuming you write your scripts and joks) is genuinely good too :) great puns and wordplay x
Dude, what's the beef with a 4/10 work week? I'm not blasting I'm genuinely curious cause that's an obscure(ish) one to throw in right in the liturgical town
Ngl, at this point past the DLC, seeing the horse sentinels is a sight of confort for me, and yet never corossed my dumb brain to make a build based on them. Such enlightenment can only be achieved with Sir Tulok's wisdom.
I started a new savefile. After about 400 hours of the first savefile, and at level 393, I have platinumed elden ring (actually I did it before the 400 hours). Now with this new savefile I am seeing how I became better, I did tree sentinel in 3 tries with the vagabond. Square off is an amazing skill. Now I am exploring to find a blood grease to apply to my morning star to kill Greyrolll.
@@andypina4478square off isn’t just good it’s insane lol SO much stance damage. And you sound experienced enough so just wondering why the blood grease is necessary? Sounds like difference between one minute and two?
something I find interesting that relates to today's lore analysis is that the omens still have the grace of gold in their eyes, which leads me to the conclusion that their oppresion is 100% ordained by Marika because they look like the hornsent and not something the greater will endorses
I got one point of contention with the theology argument: Ranni wants the gods out of the lands between for people to figure out their shit on their own. She absolutely gets her hands horrifyingly dirty in the process but she doesn't exactly hide that
Agree, I think her 'age of the stars' might be more agnostic than hoping to become the new god - after all, she DITCHED her body and great rune to stop being an Empyrean. And those had the sole purpose of inheriting Marika´s post. She could have done what Radahn, Malenia and co. tried to do, without sacrificing everything. So, claiming Ranni wants to be the new god, that is plainly false !
To be fair you CAN go for light roll and this will work with the blue dancer´s, it´s just... Why bother ? XD I personally will never do a 'no hit' run, so I take the normal roll distance and i-frames with good damage resist over better ones with low damage resist. But hey, to each their own. There are some sadly light armors I love but never use due to their card-board stats. Like the blood hound knight´s set. Sexy indeed.
phils character here is the 34th sentinel after the draconic 33 sentinels as mentioned in his previous video. look up rule 34 tree sentinel on your work computer for more information about this!
In the media literacy part I would like to add that a interpretation of the Methyr quest/boss stuff say in the itens that not even the mother of all fingers had listened to the commands of the outer gods since almost ever. So, maybe more proof that if Marika said it was commanded by the two fingers, it meant nothing.
There's technically no evidence that the Greater Will exists at all. If it does, it has definitely abandoned the Lands Between, probably since before Marika even showed up.
Could also indicate that the Metyr was upended by Marika/the Fingers. Things get rather iffy in scope when you're talking about experiences between gods.
It says that ever since she landed she has never heard the voice of the greater will. That also implies that the two fingers have never heard it either. Either it's contradictory or Marika has tricked the two fingers and grace itself is the guidance of Marika.
@kairu_aname Pretty sure all it says is that she used to get messages from the Greater Will but that she'd been abandoned. It doesn't give a time frame. "The Mother received signs from the Greater Will from the beyond of the microcosm. Despite being broken and abandoned, she kept waiting for another message to come" It DOES imply that the Two Fingers have never heard the Greater Will before though, thats correct. It says that Metyr was a middleman, so they only ever talked to Metyr.
@@shadoblak If we are to use dialogs as truth, or even as reference, the ymir gives us the time frame. If it is to be believed. Almost no npc has lied to us about the lore they find, not intentionally anyway. I've yet to find an exception on _that_ point. "I fear that you have borne witness to the whole of it. The conceits-the hypocrisy-of the world built upon the Erdtree. The follies of men. Their bitter suffering. Is there no hope for redemption? The answer, sadly, is clear. There never was any hope. *_They were each of them defective. Unhinged, from the start. Marika herself. And the fingers that guided her._* And this is what troubles me. No matter our efforts, if the roots are rotten, ...then we have little recourse." And further still; "Do you recall what I said? That Marika, and the fingers that guided her, were unsound from the start. Well, the truth lies deeper still. It is their mother who is damaged and unhinged. The fingers are but unripe children. Victims in their own right. We all need a mother, do we not? A new mother, a true mother, who will not give birth to further malady." Speculation, that metyr was given purpose before she landed, but afterwards she never heard from the greater will again.
Whats up Tulock, really like your videos. Im a doctor and every thursday i come home from a day of work to enjoy your wacky sense of humor. Keep up the good work
Another joins the Endurance Enjoyers, we welcome you with very full arms (we all carry really big weapons here, we don't really have space for hugs sorry)
60 Vigor, Endurance and Strength. Pick up a big stick or sword or polearm and just bully everything. The "I can do this all day" build. With Erdtree+2 you have almost 2k HP, 173 stamina and 130 equip load.
@@MFD00MTR33 Nice ! Don´t forget the Morgott´s great rune, making it a whopping 2,7k HP :D I personally slapped on the new Solace armor (because I like the fashion way better than bullgoat) and use the great jar´s arsenal to still be able to rock my colossal sword. I´m just at 50 End yet, so hopefully I can drop that talisman once I reach 60 ^^
99 Endurance still left over from my Shields Only run. Once I discovered how convenient it is to run multiple weapon sets and heavy armor AND just swing for days there has been no going back.
24:03 I am a Christian, and have never heard that interpretation of the third commandment, but it makes perfect sense along with all the other points he is saying
There's some Biblical support for the interpretation. Notably in Jeremiah 5 there is some association of general hypocrisy with breaking the third commandment. The mainstream scholarly consensus though is that the commandment is associated with Oaths, a bit of a foreign concept to modern Christians. Oaths were considered highly serious, so someone making an oath could be trusted to carry out what they said. The third commandment then can be said to not use God as a means to acquire trust that you do not intend to keep or otherwise do not deserve. Which, in a more abstract way, does still support Tulok's interpretation.
In Hebrew the commandment uses the verb "תישא", carry/raise, instead of "תאמר/תגיד", say/speak. The name of God can be SAID, but CARRYING it might actually mean using its power to CARRY out your own will instead of God's actual will.
I’ve heard it every now and then and it makes sense. The point of being a Christian is to treat people with love and respect so I think the interpretation of not using Gods name to be a jerk and treat people terribly should be looked up to
Indeed, an incredibly interesting talking point. Hadn't considered that interpretation; it, along with the scholarly insight above, is truly wise... And ***Based.*** Seriously... Exploiting the name of any important figure, or even concept, is certainly a great evil. When it comes to Christianity, it is likely the most commonly abused. Speaking from a local issue I just read about. "Yes, we definitely needed 30 million dollars to add another thousand seats to our ~~arena~~ church! This money you gave us is definitely helping the less fortunate and needy..." Using the good will, maybe even the guilty conscience, of your neighbor, is absolutely disgusting. You already don't have to pay taxes... Feed and shelter some homeless people, and help the community. You're clearly getting plenty of funding. --- Love and Peace folks, best of luck in your pursuits.
Consider the historical context. When was the Abrahamic god’s name invoked? Either to have Him bear witness to an oath, or to justify a course of action as serving His will. In either case, invoking the name of God in pursuit of evil action would understandably enrage him. And say what you will about God, he’s got a really short temper.
As a Christian from a sect that takes theology a bit more seriously than megachurches, I gotta say, your interpretation of the 3rd commandment is basically spot on. It essentially says "don't speak for me." Which is why it follows immediately after 2 commandments about idols. The first commandment is don't worship other gods. The second commandment is don't make images of God. The third is don't pretend to be god.
I genuinely love the "Phil gives the audience a literacy check" segments. They're well thought out and insightful readings of the lore as its presented and the context of the real world they parallel to. Say what you will about Vaati and his lore searching (which I enjoy, to be clear) but I feel like Vaati tends to look at Fromsoft games in a bit of a vacuuum. Personally, I find that Vaati tells me things I hadn't learned, but I love that Phil is the one saying "and this is why even the obvious lessons are important".
@@soshalconstruct5463 Same, i played meele build with 22 vigor. Polearms, str/dex/endurance and starting robes as armor. Tear died in 5 seconds, leaving me with a thought "Damn, im that squishy?"
I’m gonna go to bat for corn here. We CAN digest 99% of the corn, just not the little cellulose wrapper that each kernel has. When you see corn in your poop, that’s just the skin of kernels (now full of poop!)
All you need to do is listen to the Turtle Pope: Heresy is a contrivance. We know for a fact that NONE of the factions have received any information from the Greater Will, in fact the GW seems to have given up on the world altogether. What we do know is that omens are blessed by the crucible, which seems to involve the mixing of all forms of life together. Miriel knows the truth: the GW seeks for all to be conjoined in harmony and jolly cooperation, not divided and shattered, but not melted down like the flame of frenzy either. You have to syncretise the beliefs of every faction, and then you see what the truth is.
Working 3rd shift now, so I'm just liking and commenting to get that algorithm doing it's dirty work. Watching when I wake up later. Love the videos, Phil. You deserve some real good birria tacos for all the work you've been putting in lately.
I love the new standard of the intense theological and philosophical breakdowns during the scaduu fragment collectathon. You absolutely killed it this time, excellent work. This might be my new favorite run. Also I too have recently discovered the fun of being dummy thick high endurance and dump truck mashing beeg heavy weapons
The reason you didn't get Ansbach is because you forgot to stop Leda from fucking murdering the man. Talk to her after breaking the charm and she'll ask you who she should butcher. If you tell her Hornsent, them you can invade him with her and take him out of the final fight. If you tell her Thiollier, she's gonna tell you he's harmless and not worth pursuing. The next time you talk to her after either suggesting Thiollier or killing Hornsent she'll tell you she's gonna go after Ansbach. There'll be summon signs in Ansbachs location in the storehouse. You need to support Ansbach here to save him, otherwise he won't be available for the brawl even if you gave him the scroll. I think your window to save his ass ends when you burn the sealing tree.
@@darthplagueis13 But I never did the invasions to help kill/save him or the hornsent. You probably have to finish the whole questline outside of that, which means talking to Freyja as well
Not gonna lie, I love that you use the fragment gathering as a little "talk yo shit" segment, so far they've been my favourite parts of these vids the last little bit. Plus, the church talk reminded me of the only time I ever went to church. Nearly 15 years ago, I was staying at my friend's for the weekend and his parent's wake us up at 6am on Sunday to go(I told them "I don't do church" but they drag me anyway.) we get there around quarter to 7 and we sit about and wait for the main dude to show up, and about 15-20 minutes later he rolls up in this really nice, basically brand new Mercedes. During the service, he talks about how we should give back to those less fortunate, help those who can give nothing back, etc. and I pipe up asking "does that include buying fancy cars, tax-free with church money"? He danced around the question for a few minutes, throwing out excuses like how "the chosen of God's flock must be able to effectively spread the word!" and other such dribble before I got fed up, yeeted a bible at him and said "one of us needs to give that a read." Long story, but wanted to reminisce about a long dormant memory. Edit: TH-cam wouldn't let me finish the original comment for some reason
Phil is finally Endurance-pilled? About time. You keep saying "get more vigor if you need to do more damage," and "get more damage if you are dying too easily," and that makes sense. But more attacks before needing to back off and the buffer to be able to dodge is very, very, good for both staying alive and killing.
Media Literacy Check is my favorite segment of these runs. So many deep lore videos out there but not as much as appreciation as there should be for the relevant societal commentary Elden Ring makes.
One correction about your Theocracy essay, Ranni just wants to be free from the Two Fingers and do her own thing, her ending is an afterthought for the most part. It’s kinda implied she just wanted the Golden Order out of the way. The Age of Stars seems like a thing she decides to do, maybe as an act of good after all the backstabbing. In this original translation, it’s implied she sets the races free and is basically the only one not setting up a theocracy. “Embrace the cold of the Unknown and shed the warmth of the Familiar.”
This is why I like Ranni's ending the most, she wants to be free from EVERYTHING. The "let me do me" and "you do you" mentality is much more relatable and refreshing vs the "my way or nothing" mentality that is shoved down our throats daily.
Ranni is just selfish. She killed Godwyn for her own gain and then plans to abandon the broken world her family created to fix itself while she goes on a space cruise. Elden Ring doesn't have a good ending because the world is just fundamentally broken, there is no salvation available. It's a hell of our own making.
@@PlatinumAltaria I agree she’s selfish that was my point, she does free the Lands Between from the Golden Order, but A) this is an Afterthought, she did it on a whim, Hell she wasn’t even planning to take the Tarnished on her journey and B) this only frees them it doesn’t solve any other problem it just hands the people the agency to solve things themselves. My point was that she’s the only character not wanting a Theocracy and yeah she did do it for herself, but ironically the most selfish person of the Demigods is also the only one that actually gave people freedom. I think it’s says something about valuing freedom, that it’s inherently selfish but also if you value you freedom, you give it to others because a person who truly values freedom not only respects their own but other peoples. Ranni is still bad because she didn’t care about how many people got hurt in her quest for freedom, but she is the only Demigod not trying to impose her will upon others, and that led her to making the only moral choice after the fall of the Elden Beast
@Fenikagegami it could be said that Ranni did enforce her own will on everyone, by taking away all the comfort that fhe order brought to many peoples (just playing devils advocate there), and Secondly, I'm not sure where you found that she decided to give everyone freedom on a whim. Throughout her entire quest she let's you know she's getting rid of the 2 fingers and bringing freedom and self agency to everyone, no matter the steps it takes. And she only decides to bring us with because she was going to go thru the scary journey of hiding the elden ring far, far away by herself. She was taking on this terrifying burden or venturing far into the unknown so rhat everyone could be free from the greater wills influence, and ultimately any other outer gods as well. She initially wasn't going to take us (or anyone) because she didn't want anyone else to have to endure that frightfullness. But once we decide to marry her, she finds comfort in the fact that we DECIDE to go with her. She doesn't invite us because she knows what this journey entails. But we decide to take this scary journey with her, to bring freedom to the people of the lands between. And while i agree she did some rlly messed up things to achieve her goals, and that her initial reason for starting this journey was a selfish reason (she didn't want to be controlled by the 2 fingers like she saw Marika was) it ultimately evolved into a more selfless motive, once she more deeply understood how everyone was controlled by the greater will after she decided to take on this journeh
@@TubularBellsRequiem6531 I’ll address the 2nd point first: it’s more of a vibe I got, and I’m willing to admit that I misread it, that the freedom for everyone was a whim, I still think whether you’re right or I am the overall point that her more healthy valuing of Freedom ultimately creates a more moral outcome due to it leads to a respect for others freedom. Which leads to me addressing the first point: what you’ve done is introduce the Paradox of Freedom that is created when 2 beings exist near each other, that they will inevitably impose some of their Will on each other, the all rules are a form of coercion argument. Total freedom cannot exist in this context, you can only maximize freedom while trying to respect others Rights, the “The freedom to wave you hand around stops at hitting my face” principle. In this respect, she is not forcing her will on others, after all, nothing is stopping another Monarchy from being set up if Democracy is too scary. The difference is now it’s the mortals in charge not some super being like a God.
The Media Literacy Check is honestly one of my favorite recent bits, and I really hope it sticks around. I’m such a slut for these types of discussion, and I love the way that Phil engages with the topics
What a double whammy episode. Fire build that dominated both lands, AND an insightful discourse of theology, theocracies, using the game and real life! Nice man!
It's such a breath of fresh air when Phil gets to wear some dummy thicc armour and swing around a big heavy strength weapon in these builds. It just goes so much smoother for him in the gameplay.
I like light armor because it lets you get the light roll with heavier weapons without having to abandon fashion. theres my obligatory complaint. love your videos dude!!!
my favorite thing about the dlc coming out is that i get to hear you talk about elden ring lore and how it reflects and relates to the real world. te quiero mucho
I'm happy that you have a community where you can say what you want without the comments trying to crucify you. I haven't read them all, but the ones I have seem to be trying to further the conversation or applauding you for being willing to share your thoughts.
Honestly you can look at the starting classes in Demon's Souls and the other two Dark Souls games and see that they've always given a couple classed heavy favoritism over the others. Demon's Souls Magician and Royalty are disgustingly broken from the tutorial into the endgame. The DS1 Pyromancer has the best magic type in the game by a mile and barely needs to level their stats to be overpowered. Every Souls game gives their Knight classes the best armor available to the player for a very long time, and the DS2 and 3 Knight even bothered to show up with the ideal stats for the best build types in their games. And of course Elden Ring's two "quality" classes -- the Vagabond and the Samurai -- both join with great stats, solid armor, and excellent weapons to such a degree they low-key invalidate the other melee classes almost entirely.
Oh my god i got to see one your videos day off Ive been binge watching secret starting classes. Peak elden ring content good fellow. Peak comedy and also good takes.
I want to apologise. I always thought of you as a very entertaining creator with a lot of dumb, albeit funny as hell, jokes. My guy, I'm thoroughly impressed with your theology arguments and contemplations on the symbology of the lore and implications of characters actions. Good editing. Great commentary. Intelligent conversations. Hilarious jokes. 10/10
oh, something you said in your "class cannon" rant reminded me of a crazy story i read somewhere about a crazy guy who made a WOODEN cannon! yes, it blew up, but the crazy guy said "if it hurt US this badly, the enemy MUST have been destroyed utterly!"
This run kinda gave me an idea for a run I will do myself so I throught I should suggest it to you _Dragon Only_ •Only use items dropped by something related to dragons like wyrms or leyndell knights •Dragon Communion and Dragon Cult incantations •Any Crystal Tear • Weapons with Dragon ashes of war or names are allowed Goal: Beat every wyrm / Dragon and get the flame of frenzy ending Good Luck 😊
hey man, i'm not one that usually comment under videos, but i must say that i follow you since last year and i love how much you grew in this period. Your videos have everything i could ask on TH-cam, and i love this new media literacy bits. I was reflecting recently on the grew of christofascism in the usa compared to my country, italy, and i never thought about how much elden ring is able to touch the events of today's politics. Lots of love from Italy
Love the videos. Been a fan since the early D&D video days. The themes and lore talks have become my new favorite part. Like, rykard literally feeds himself to the god-devouring serpent because he thinks, “hmmm. I’d probably be better at murdering my enemies if I were a giant blasphemous snake man. I think I’m gonna do that.” And people pretend there’s no parallel to anything there
I got super into Catholicism around the time Elden Ring came out, and seeing all the parallels between the game and real world religion was fascinating to me. Marika/Radagon/Elden Beast being Son/Father/Holy Spirit was the most obvious piece of allegory to me, and then all the "Graces" (which is a gift from God) stood out too. Really appreciate your religion rant.
Part of ansbachs quest and the part that inspires him to join you in the fight is his letter to freya and her saying that she would be honoured to meet his blade in battle, even with the scroll he’s still too afraid of miquella to go fight
Came here for the run. Stayed for the deadpan philosophical exploration of the American social class and governing body. edit: and lore drop. Thank you for doing a coherant story coverage in under 15 part 30 minute videos.
Completely forgot this channel did Elden Ring. Now I gotta search the whole thing for all the builds. Hope there's a dragon build. It's gotta be one of my favorites
It's always a good day when Tulok and Mango uploads!!! We weren't having the best afternoon, so we're pretty happy that now we get to relax to your playthoughs and you entering Rahdan's Hole
That tangent rant about light armor and endurance around the 12 minute mark is exactly how I feel, like a lot of the lighter armors look nice sure, but the stamina stat also boosting your carry weight just makes it feel like your incentivized to go for the top 2 highest weight categories of armor by inherent design making those lighter armors feel like they become quickly pointless and there are so many of them too by comparison.
This one was so good I just started my own tree sentinal build rn and I forgot that you skipped the tree sentinel and went straight for it but it took around 15 minutes at level one I was pretty happy. I also forgot you went samurai and I went hero but it was fun!
I made an interesting Elden Ring discovery today, a slightly faster way to get the Somber 5 and 6. After exiting the prison town church you run past the snake onto the roof. Turn left at the hollow and drop down onto the ledge with the broken stairs that leads to the pot area. Jump over the broken stairs and grab the Rune Arc and look slightly to the left. You should be able to see the land below the Guest Hall site of grace door and ladder with the fire slugs. Either use Quickstep or just walk across, lava does almost no damage in this game. You can't open the door from this side but you can make a very easy jump to the balcony with the snake if you really want to get the grace.
I really enjoy these, thank you so much for the all the great jokes and all the information! It's great learning about the game and your commentary and song picks are so entertaining.
at about 11:15, you inquire on the availability of rod and/or hole while donning a suit of armor like this, and I can confidently say that if there's a segmented waist section to the whole harness that you can kind of just pull down trow and there you go. the leg armor as a whole are actually one of the parts that can be put on without any assistance so taking those off isn't of much issue either. since the overall set is designed for mounted cavalry exclusively, there's no groin protection to really take off. with this I can say with pride that tree sentinels can not only poop and pee, they can plow and get plowed.
As a Christian, your take on Christianity in relation to the game is really good! Also the take on Exodus is also pretty accurate, I personally and alot of the people that I see as mentors see it as not using Gods name to manipulate and just be a jerk! Also from a Christians pov American Evangelicalism is a HUGE problem! Much love 🙌🏻
Talking about heavy gear and then being sorry for the horse that has to carry you... congrats, you have reached the mindset of Rahdahn when it comes to combat xD
Bro,u is probaly currently my favourite elden ring youtuber, keep up the work. And plsss do fire knight or black knight build, ive waited for u to do that since the dlc came out.
I love your videos because they are both funny and insightful. I love your opinions on the game and its themes as well as how they relate to the real world and real world issues. I came to a lot of similar conclusions from this game and have really enjoyed SOTE for the story/lore aspect.
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Ansbach doesn’t show up in the leda fight unless you also do Freya’s questline but you can also kill freya after getting her sheild
i know i drop thirsty comments because y'all cute and all, but i do wanna say your writing (assuming you write your scripts and joks) is genuinely good too :) great puns and wordplay x
When is froggy starting class vid coming out
The Maliketh joke was for my people... thanks for reminding me about my 2PM apointment! Lotsa love xo
Dude, what's the beef with a 4/10 work week? I'm not blasting I'm genuinely curious cause that's an obscure(ish) one to throw in right in the liturgical town
Ngl, at this point past the DLC, seeing the horse sentinels is a sight of confort for me, and yet never corossed my dumb brain to make a build based on them. Such enlightenment can only be achieved with Sir Tulok's wisdom.
Fighting the ones in the hinterlands felt like running into an old friend lol
I started a new savefile. After about 400 hours of the first savefile, and at level 393, I have platinumed elden ring (actually I did it before the 400 hours). Now with this new savefile I am seeing how I became better, I did tree sentinel in 3 tries with the vagabond. Square off is an amazing skill. Now I am exploring to find a blood grease to apply to my morning star to kill Greyrolll.
Right? I read the title and immediately said "Why haven't I done that run yet?"
The ones in the hinterlands can one shot you through ritual shield so it's a saving grace and one of my 13 reasons why at the same time
@@andypina4478square off isn’t just good it’s insane lol SO much stance damage. And you sound experienced enough so just wondering why the blood grease is necessary? Sounds like difference between one minute and two?
Love that scadu tree fragment section has become moral philosophy study. It’s a good time.
more Phil-osophy 😏
something I find interesting that relates to today's lore analysis is that the omens still have the grace of gold in their eyes, which leads me to the conclusion that their oppresion is 100% ordained by Marika because they look like the hornsent and not something the greater will endorses
I got one point of contention with the theology argument: Ranni wants the gods out of the lands between for people to figure out their shit on their own. She absolutely gets her hands horrifyingly dirty in the process but she doesn't exactly hide that
Agree, I think her 'age of the stars' might be more agnostic than hoping to become the new god - after all, she DITCHED her body and great rune to stop being an Empyrean. And those had the sole purpose of inheriting Marika´s post. She could have done what Radahn, Malenia and co. tried to do, without sacrificing everything.
So, claiming Ranni wants to be the new god, that is plainly false !
@@murphieslaw6932well she technically does want to become a new god, she just wants to be a distant one like the moon above.
@@land_and_air1250In order to fight gods to keep them away from the lands between, being a god yourself is extremely useful.
@@land_and_air1250 So she wants to become a deistic god 😄
@@davinchat2 sort of but I’m unsure if anyone will even know of what happened
“What’s the point of lighter armor?”
The fashion Phil. The Fashion Souls
To be fair you CAN go for light roll and this will work with the blue dancer´s, it´s just... Why bother ? XD
I personally will never do a 'no hit' run, so I take the normal roll distance and i-frames with good damage resist over better ones with low damage resist. But hey, to each their own. There are some sadly light armors I love but never use due to their card-board stats. Like the blood hound knight´s set. Sexy indeed.
The true endgame of Souls
@@murphieslaw6932 unfortunately the blue dancer charm works off of the weight of equipped equipment, not the percentage equip load.
phils character here is the 34th sentinel after the draconic 33 sentinels as mentioned in his previous video. look up rule 34 tree sentinel on your work computer for more information about this!
In the media literacy part I would like to add that a interpretation of the Methyr quest/boss stuff say in the itens that not even the mother of all fingers had listened to the commands of the outer gods since almost ever.
So, maybe more proof that if Marika said it was commanded by the two fingers, it meant nothing.
There's technically no evidence that the Greater Will exists at all. If it does, it has definitely abandoned the Lands Between, probably since before Marika even showed up.
Could also indicate that the Metyr was upended by Marika/the Fingers. Things get rather iffy in scope when you're talking about experiences between gods.
It says that ever since she landed she has never heard the voice of the greater will.
That also implies that the two fingers have never heard it either.
Either it's contradictory or Marika has tricked the two fingers and grace itself is the guidance of Marika.
@kairu_aname Pretty sure all it says is that she used to get messages from the Greater Will but that she'd been abandoned. It doesn't give a time frame. "The Mother received signs from the Greater Will from the beyond of the microcosm. Despite being broken and abandoned, she kept waiting for another message to come"
It DOES imply that the Two Fingers have never heard the Greater Will before though, thats correct. It says that Metyr was a middleman, so they only ever talked to Metyr.
@@shadoblak
If we are to use dialogs as truth, or even as reference, the ymir gives us the time frame. If it is to be believed.
Almost no npc has lied to us about the lore they find, not intentionally anyway.
I've yet to find an exception on _that_ point.
"I fear that you have borne witness to the whole of it. The conceits-the hypocrisy-of the world built upon the Erdtree. The follies of men. Their bitter suffering. Is there no hope for redemption? The answer, sadly, is clear. There never was any hope. *_They were each of them defective. Unhinged, from the start. Marika herself. And the fingers that guided her._* And this is what troubles me. No matter our efforts, if the roots are rotten, ...then we have little recourse."
And further still;
"Do you recall what I said? That Marika, and the fingers that guided her, were unsound from the start. Well, the truth lies deeper still. It is their mother who is damaged and unhinged. The fingers are but unripe children. Victims in their own right. We all need a mother, do we not? A new mother, a true mother, who will not give birth to further malady."
Speculation, that metyr was given purpose before she landed, but afterwards she never heard from the greater will again.
Whats up Tulock, really like your videos. Im a doctor and every thursday i come home from a day of work to enjoy your wacky sense of humor. Keep up the good work
What's up Eduard. I'm not a doctor, and I too, enjoy Tulock's wacky sense of humor after a day's work.
Hey Eduard, I'm a web developer and I also enjoy his sense of humour after work and before sleep as a background noise
Thank you for helping those in need doctor people need to appreciate you guys more
Hey Eduard, I'm a meth addict and I love this guy's humor too
Another joins the Endurance Enjoyers, we welcome you with very full arms (we all carry really big weapons here, we don't really have space for hugs sorry)
60 Vigor, Endurance and Strength. Pick up a big stick or sword or polearm and just bully everything. The "I can do this all day" build. With Erdtree+2 you have almost 2k HP, 173 stamina and 130 equip load.
@@MFD00MTR33 Nice ! Don´t forget the Morgott´s great rune, making it a whopping 2,7k HP :D
I personally slapped on the new Solace armor (because I like the fashion way better than bullgoat) and use the great jar´s arsenal to still be able to rock my colossal sword.
I´m just at 50 End yet, so hopefully I can drop that talisman once I reach 60 ^^
99 Endurance still left over from my Shields Only run. Once I discovered how convenient it is to run multiple weapon sets and heavy armor AND just swing for days there has been no going back.
Oh sure there is, just gotta keep the erdtree favor +2 and great warrior jar arsenal charm at all times
No space for hugs? Obviously, you haven't pumped endurance enough then.
24:03 I am a Christian, and have never heard that interpretation of the third commandment, but it makes perfect sense along with all the other points he is saying
There's some Biblical support for the interpretation. Notably in Jeremiah 5 there is some association of general hypocrisy with breaking the third commandment.
The mainstream scholarly consensus though is that the commandment is associated with Oaths, a bit of a foreign concept to modern Christians. Oaths were considered highly serious, so someone making an oath could be trusted to carry out what they said. The third commandment then can be said to not use God as a means to acquire trust that you do not intend to keep or otherwise do not deserve. Which, in a more abstract way, does still support Tulok's interpretation.
In Hebrew the commandment uses the verb "תישא", carry/raise, instead of "תאמר/תגיד", say/speak.
The name of God can be SAID, but CARRYING it might actually mean using its power to CARRY out your own will instead of God's actual will.
I’ve heard it every now and then and it makes sense. The point of being a Christian is to treat people with love and respect so I think the interpretation of not using Gods name to be a jerk and treat people terribly should be looked up to
Indeed, an incredibly interesting talking point. Hadn't considered that interpretation; it, along with the scholarly insight above, is truly wise... And ***Based.***
Seriously... Exploiting the name of any important figure, or even concept, is certainly a great evil.
When it comes to Christianity, it is likely the most commonly abused.
Speaking from a local issue I just read about. "Yes, we definitely needed 30 million dollars to add another thousand seats to our ~~arena~~ church! This money you gave us is definitely helping the less fortunate and needy..."
Using the good will, maybe even the guilty conscience, of your neighbor, is absolutely disgusting.
You already don't have to pay taxes... Feed and shelter some homeless people, and help the community. You're clearly getting plenty of funding.
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Love and Peace folks, best of luck in your pursuits.
Consider the historical context. When was the Abrahamic god’s name invoked? Either to have Him bear witness to an oath, or to justify a course of action as serving His will. In either case, invoking the name of God in pursuit of evil action would understandably enrage him. And say what you will about God, he’s got a really short temper.
As a Christian from a sect that takes theology a bit more seriously than megachurches, I gotta say, your interpretation of the 3rd commandment is basically spot on. It essentially says "don't speak for me." Which is why it follows immediately after 2 commandments about idols.
The first commandment is don't worship other gods. The second commandment is don't make images of God. The third is don't pretend to be god.
The media literacy portion continues to be my favorite part of these videos. Keep them up man, they're fantastic
Rare Brennan Lee Mulligan cameo? Hell yeah
I genuinely love the "Phil gives the audience a literacy check" segments. They're well thought out and insightful readings of the lore as its presented and the context of the real world they parallel to. Say what you will about Vaati and his lore searching (which I enjoy, to be clear) but I feel like Vaati tends to look at Fromsoft games in a bit of a vacuuum. Personally, I find that Vaati tells me things I hadn't learned, but I love that Phil is the one saying "and this is why even the obvious lessons are important".
I…I like to fight the Mimic Tear fair. It’s fun to see how a computer tries to deal with your moveset sometimes.
I got to the mimic tear and killed them easily. Then stopped for a second and thought 'Is my build bad because fighting me is that easy?'
@@soshalconstruct5463 Same, i played meele build with 22 vigor. Polearms, str/dex/endurance and starting robes as armor. Tear died in 5 seconds, leaving me with a thought "Damn, im that squishy?"
Oh no, He may have cooked too well during the shadow tree fragment collection segment.
As a devout Christian, I think your religious commentary is solid. As an Elden Lord, I applaud your embrace of Endurance as the second-best stat.
I’m gonna go to bat for corn here. We CAN digest 99% of the corn, just not the little cellulose wrapper that each kernel has.
When you see corn in your poop, that’s just the skin of kernels (now full of poop!)
Thanks saved me having to write that.
I actually love the media literacy segment
I hope it sticks aroumd for other runs but I understand if there is only so much you can talk about
What's ironic is when you get the ash of war golden vow, the knight on horseback CASTS it on horseback lol
All you need to do is listen to the Turtle Pope: Heresy is a contrivance. We know for a fact that NONE of the factions have received any information from the Greater Will, in fact the GW seems to have given up on the world altogether. What we do know is that omens are blessed by the crucible, which seems to involve the mixing of all forms of life together. Miriel knows the truth: the GW seeks for all to be conjoined in harmony and jolly cooperation, not divided and shattered, but not melted down like the flame of frenzy either. You have to syncretise the beliefs of every faction, and then you see what the truth is.
Working 3rd shift now, so I'm just liking and commenting to get that algorithm doing it's dirty work. Watching when I wake up later. Love the videos, Phil. You deserve some real good birria tacos for all the work you've been putting in lately.
I love the new standard of the intense theological and philosophical breakdowns during the scaduu fragment collectathon. You absolutely killed it this time, excellent work. This might be my new favorite run.
Also I too have recently discovered the fun of being dummy thick high endurance and dump truck mashing beeg heavy weapons
Lore Phil might be my favorite part of the video
The reason you didn't get Ansbach is because you forgot to stop Leda from fucking murdering the man.
Talk to her after breaking the charm and she'll ask you who she should butcher. If you tell her Hornsent, them you can invade him with her and take him out of the final fight. If you tell her Thiollier, she's gonna tell you he's harmless and not worth pursuing.
The next time you talk to her after either suggesting Thiollier or killing Hornsent she'll tell you she's gonna go after Ansbach.
There'll be summon signs in Ansbachs location in the storehouse.
You need to support Ansbach here to save him, otherwise he won't be available for the brawl even if you gave him the scroll.
I think your window to save his ass ends when you burn the sealing tree.
I never did any of this, and ansbach still helped me fight radahn and leda. I just didn't invade hornsent
You need to give him the Secret Rite Scroll, that's the only requirement to my knowledge.
@@AceAviations2 You need to make sure Leda doesn't kill him. If the scroll was the only requirement, Phil would have been able to summon him.
@@darthplagueis13 But I never did the invasions to help kill/save him or the hornsent.
You probably have to finish the whole questline outside of that, which means talking to Freyja as well
I was under the impression that what mattered most was giving him the scroll and at least receiving the letter for Freya prior to killing Messmer.
Not gonna lie, I love that you use the fragment gathering as a little "talk yo shit" segment, so far they've been my favourite parts of these vids the last little bit.
Plus, the church talk reminded me of the only time I ever went to church. Nearly 15 years ago, I was staying at my friend's for the weekend and his parent's wake us up at 6am on Sunday to go(I told them "I don't do church" but they drag me anyway.) we get there around quarter to 7 and we sit about and wait for the main dude to show up, and about 15-20 minutes later he rolls up in this really nice, basically brand new Mercedes.
During the service, he talks about how we should give back to those less fortunate, help those who can give nothing back, etc. and I pipe up asking "does that include buying fancy cars, tax-free with church money"? He danced around the question for a few minutes, throwing out excuses like how "the chosen of God's flock must be able to effectively spread the word!" and other such dribble before I got fed up, yeeted a bible at him and said "one of us needs to give that a read."
Long story, but wanted to reminisce about a long dormant memory.
Edit: TH-cam wouldn't let me finish the original comment for some reason
Phil is finally Endurance-pilled? About time. You keep saying "get more vigor if you need to do more damage," and "get more damage if you are dying too easily," and that makes sense. But more attacks before needing to back off and the buffer to be able to dodge is very, very, good for both staying alive and killing.
Media Literacy Check is my favorite segment of these runs. So many deep lore videos out there but not as much as appreciation as there should be for the relevant societal commentary Elden Ring makes.
One correction about your Theocracy essay, Ranni just wants to be free from the Two Fingers and do her own thing, her ending is an afterthought for the most part. It’s kinda implied she just wanted the Golden Order out of the way. The Age of Stars seems like a thing she decides to do, maybe as an act of good after all the backstabbing. In this original translation, it’s implied she sets the races free and is basically the only one not setting up a theocracy. “Embrace the cold of the Unknown and shed the warmth of the Familiar.”
This is why I like Ranni's ending the most, she wants to be free from EVERYTHING. The "let me do me" and "you do you" mentality is much more relatable and refreshing vs the "my way or nothing" mentality that is shoved down our throats daily.
Ranni is just selfish. She killed Godwyn for her own gain and then plans to abandon the broken world her family created to fix itself while she goes on a space cruise. Elden Ring doesn't have a good ending because the world is just fundamentally broken, there is no salvation available. It's a hell of our own making.
@@PlatinumAltaria I agree she’s selfish that was my point, she does free the Lands Between from the Golden Order, but A) this is an Afterthought, she did it on a whim, Hell she wasn’t even planning to take the Tarnished on her journey and B) this only frees them it doesn’t solve any other problem it just hands the people the agency to solve things themselves. My point was that she’s the only character not wanting a Theocracy and yeah she did do it for herself, but ironically the most selfish person of the Demigods is also the only one that actually gave people freedom. I think it’s says something about valuing freedom, that it’s inherently selfish but also if you value you freedom, you give it to others because a person who truly values freedom not only respects their own but other peoples. Ranni is still bad because she didn’t care about how many people got hurt in her quest for freedom, but she is the only Demigod not trying to impose her will upon others, and that led her to making the only moral choice after the fall of the Elden Beast
@Fenikagegami it could be said that Ranni did enforce her own will on everyone, by taking away all the comfort that fhe order brought to many peoples (just playing devils advocate there), and Secondly, I'm not sure where you found that she decided to give everyone freedom on a whim. Throughout her entire quest she let's you know she's getting rid of the 2 fingers and bringing freedom and self agency to everyone, no matter the steps it takes. And she only decides to bring us with because she was going to go thru the scary journey of hiding the elden ring far, far away by herself. She was taking on this terrifying burden or venturing far into the unknown so rhat everyone could be free from the greater wills influence, and ultimately any other outer gods as well. She initially wasn't going to take us (or anyone) because she didn't want anyone else to have to endure that frightfullness. But once we decide to marry her, she finds comfort in the fact that we DECIDE to go with her. She doesn't invite us because she knows what this journey entails. But we decide to take this scary journey with her, to bring freedom to the people of the lands between. And while i agree she did some rlly messed up things to achieve her goals, and that her initial reason for starting this journey was a selfish reason (she didn't want to be controlled by the 2 fingers like she saw Marika was) it ultimately evolved into a more selfless motive, once she more deeply understood how everyone was controlled by the greater will after she decided to take on this journeh
@@TubularBellsRequiem6531 I’ll address the 2nd point first: it’s more of a vibe I got, and I’m willing to admit that I misread it, that the freedom for everyone was a whim, I still think whether you’re right or I am the overall point that her more healthy valuing of Freedom ultimately creates a more moral outcome due to it leads to a respect for others freedom. Which leads to me addressing the first point: what you’ve done is introduce the Paradox of Freedom that is created when 2 beings exist near each other, that they will inevitably impose some of their Will on each other, the all rules are a form of coercion argument. Total freedom cannot exist in this context, you can only maximize freedom while trying to respect others Rights, the “The freedom to wave you hand around stops at hitting my face” principle. In this respect, she is not forcing her will on others, after all, nothing is stopping another Monarchy from being set up if Democracy is too scary. The difference is now it’s the mortals in charge not some super being like a God.
This is my favorite set of armor. Helps it’s actually good armor too.
Media literacy segment went hard af gj boss
The Media Literacy Check is honestly one of my favorite recent bits, and I really hope it sticks around. I’m such a slut for these types of discussion, and I love the way that Phil engages with the topics
17:35 holy schmokes! goodbye horses ?! i forgot that song existed! thank you for reminding me.
genuinely get so happy whenever you upload
What a double whammy episode. Fire build that dominated both lands, AND an insightful discourse of theology, theocracies, using the game and real life! Nice man!
I have been waiting for this for forever
It's such a breath of fresh air when Phil gets to wear some dummy thicc armour and swing around a big heavy strength weapon in these builds. It just goes so much smoother for him in the gameplay.
I like light armor because it lets you get the light roll with heavier weapons without having to abandon fashion. theres my obligatory complaint. love your videos dude!!!
my favorite thing about the dlc coming out is that i get to hear you talk about elden ring lore and how it reflects and relates to the real world. te quiero mucho
As soon as I head about the MTG content I went over and watched then came back to support the Elden Ring stuff too!
I am so fucking happy we have Media literacy class in my Elden Ring
I'm happy that you have a community where you can say what you want without the comments trying to crucify you. I haven't read them all, but the ones I have seem to be trying to further the conversation or applauding you for being willing to share your thoughts.
I like From's new philosophy of giving one of the starting classes an absolutely BUSTED starting weapon. Winblades in DS3 and now the Uchi
Honestly you can look at the starting classes in Demon's Souls and the other two Dark Souls games and see that they've always given a couple classed heavy favoritism over the others. Demon's Souls Magician and Royalty are disgustingly broken from the tutorial into the endgame. The DS1 Pyromancer has the best magic type in the game by a mile and barely needs to level their stats to be overpowered. Every Souls game gives their Knight classes the best armor available to the player for a very long time, and the DS2 and 3 Knight even bothered to show up with the ideal stats for the best build types in their games. And of course Elden Ring's two "quality" classes -- the Vagabond and the Samurai -- both join with great stats, solid armor, and excellent weapons to such a degree they low-key invalidate the other melee classes almost entirely.
You did it! You made the perfect video!
Golden halberd my beloved, first weapon of my first playthrough!
And another one of Phil's insightful fire side chats. I really do enjoy hearing these.
Love your vids man. Your jokes and references are always on point and you just seem like a chill dude. Keep it up brother
Tulok with the most reasonable rant in any Elden Ring video, damn
I honestly like the Scadutree lore interpretation sections. But I love all of the analysis. I hope this continues forever.
Oh my god i got to see one your videos day off
Ive been binge watching secret starting classes. Peak elden ring content good fellow. Peak comedy and also good takes.
I want to apologise. I always thought of you as a very entertaining creator with a lot of dumb, albeit funny as hell, jokes. My guy, I'm thoroughly impressed with your theology arguments and contemplations on the symbology of the lore and implications of characters actions. Good editing. Great commentary. Intelligent conversations. Hilarious jokes. 10/10
oh, something you said in your "class cannon" rant reminded me of a crazy story i read somewhere about a crazy guy who made a WOODEN cannon!
yes, it blew up, but the crazy guy said "if it hurt US this badly, the enemy MUST have been destroyed utterly!"
22:30 there is a theory that the halligtree is a big bewitching branch. Kinda not as benevolant... but what do I know?
honestly your theme stuff is really really good.
This run kinda gave me an idea for a run I will do myself so I throught I should suggest it to you
_Dragon Only_
•Only use items dropped by something related to dragons like wyrms or leyndell knights
•Dragon Communion and Dragon Cult incantations
•Any Crystal Tear
• Weapons with Dragon ashes of war or names are allowed
Goal: Beat every wyrm / Dragon and get the flame of frenzy ending
Good Luck 😊
And Aspect of the Crucible Tail
Thank you for preaching to the choir. It is truly helpful. Good video man
hey man, i'm not one that usually comment under videos, but i must say that i follow you since last year and i love how much you grew in this period. Your videos have everything i could ask on TH-cam, and i love this new media literacy bits. I was reflecting recently on the grew of christofascism in the usa compared to my country, italy, and i never thought about how much elden ring is able to touch the events of today's politics. Lots of love from Italy
Love the videos. Been a fan since the early D&D video days. The themes and lore talks have become my new favorite part. Like, rykard literally feeds himself to the god-devouring serpent because he thinks, “hmmm. I’d probably be better at murdering my enemies if I were a giant blasphemous snake man. I think I’m gonna do that.” And people pretend there’s no parallel to anything there
I got super into Catholicism around the time Elden Ring came out, and seeing all the parallels between the game and real world religion was fascinating to me.
Marika/Radagon/Elden Beast being Son/Father/Holy Spirit was the most obvious piece of allegory to me, and then all the "Graces" (which is a gift from God) stood out too. Really appreciate your religion rant.
Another Masterpiece
21:24 Media Literacy Check out here throwing heaters. Give the boy more time on the court. Sports.
Thank you for the content
104 views after 4 minutes? Bros going up in the world
Im so grateful that i have found your videos these give me life
Part of ansbachs quest and the part that inspires him to join you in the fight is his letter to freya and her saying that she would be honoured to meet his blade in battle, even with the scroll he’s still too afraid of miquella to go fight
Came here for the run. Stayed for the deadpan philosophical exploration of the American social class and governing body.
edit: and lore drop. Thank you for doing a coherant story coverage in under 15 part 30 minute videos.
Completely forgot this channel did Elden Ring. Now I gotta search the whole thing for all the builds.
Hope there's a dragon build. It's gotta be one of my favorites
It's always a good day when Tulok and Mango uploads!!!
We weren't having the best afternoon, so we're pretty happy that now we get to relax to your playthoughs and you entering Rahdan's Hole
That tangent rant about light armor and endurance around the 12 minute mark is exactly how I feel, like a lot of the lighter armors look nice sure, but the stamina stat also boosting your carry weight just makes it feel like your incentivized to go for the top 2 highest weight categories of armor by inherent design making those lighter armors feel like they become quickly pointless and there are so many of them too by comparison.
21:25 you know, sometimes you run into a discourse about issues that you didn't even knew were up for debate.
yess another banger
your videos really get me excited to play more elden ring every time
Bro you are on a roll with these post DLC videos! That 3rd commandment viewpoint is so apt!
This one was so good I just started my own tree sentinal build rn and I forgot that you skipped the tree sentinel and went straight for it but it took around 15 minutes at level one I was pretty happy. I also forgot you went samurai and I went hero but it was fun!
Another great video, with great banter. Awesome word smiting. Wonderful religions commentary. May we please get an end game build screen shot.
I made an interesting Elden Ring discovery today, a slightly faster way to get the Somber 5 and 6. After exiting the prison town church you run past the snake onto the roof. Turn left at the hollow and drop down onto the ledge with the broken stairs that leads to the pot area. Jump over the broken stairs and grab the Rune Arc and look slightly to the left. You should be able to see the land below the Guest Hall site of grace door and ladder with the fire slugs. Either use Quickstep or just walk across, lava does almost no damage in this game.
You can't open the door from this side but you can make a very easy jump to the balcony with the snake if you really want to get the grace.
Really liked this video. Interesting discussion and great gameplay. Thanks guys.
Omg. This might be the absolute best episode yet.
Time stamp 21:54 to 27:20 you were cooking 🧑🏽🍳 ngl 🫡
Oh, I really do love the media literacy check! And this is making me want to try a halberd run.
I really enjoy these, thank you so much for the all the great jokes and all the information! It's great learning about the game and your commentary and song picks are so entertaining.
My second run through was a STR/FTH build, and the Golden Halberd carried me through the first half of that run. It's just such a good weapon.
I did this run back in january and absolutly loved the run. Cant wait to see what you do with this build!
at about 11:15, you inquire on the availability of rod and/or hole while donning a suit of armor like this, and I can confidently say that if there's a segmented waist section to the whole harness that you can kind of just pull down trow and there you go. the leg armor as a whole are actually one of the parts that can be put on without any assistance so taking those off isn't of much issue either.
since the overall set is designed for mounted cavalry exclusively, there's no groin protection to really take off. with this I can say with pride that tree sentinels can not only poop and pee, they can plow and get plowed.
TULOK: You should wear more armor! There is no reason not to wear as much armor as you can without heavy rolling!
ME: Hehe, light roll go Brrrrrrrr 🤤
As a Christian, your take on Christianity in relation to the game is really good! Also the take on Exodus is also pretty accurate, I personally and alot of the people that I see as mentors see it as not using Gods name to manipulate and just be a jerk!
Also from a Christians pov American Evangelicalism is a HUGE problem!
Much love 🙌🏻
Much love to you, Tulok. I always enjoy your rants.
Favorite video, media literacy section went hard and seeing the starting the class go into the dlc was great too
New Tulok and Mango vid on my birthday? What a treat!
Oof, that bible check was haaaard
excellent video as always!
Talking about heavy gear and then being sorry for the horse that has to carry you... congrats, you have reached the mindset of Rahdahn when it comes to combat xD
35:55 Firebreath from the dargons bounces off walls
12:39 fashion souls. Enough said
Bro,u is probaly currently my favourite elden ring youtuber, keep up the work. And plsss do fire knight or black knight build, ive waited for u to do that since the dlc came out.
loved the Q Lazarus clip!!
keep slayin Slayer
It tickles my soul to hear “Secret Starting Class” each time
I love your videos because they are both funny and insightful. I love your opinions on the game and its themes as well as how they relate to the real world and real world issues. I came to a lot of similar conclusions from this game and have really enjoyed SOTE for the story/lore aspect.
TULOK!!!!!! CONTINUE TO USE THE MEDIA LITERACY SECTION TO CHALLENGE MY WORLD VIEW AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!
I don’t know if you read these comments, but I just wanted to let you know that I have the same shirt when you were reading off the sponsor. Always makes me want to go to a beach or Fort Height.
wish I could give videos multiple likes: one for the gameplay, and a second for the media literacy sections