Can you beat Dark Souls Remastered with only the Armor of Thorns? (Dark Souls Remastered CHALLENGE)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2021
- The Armor of Thorns is a set of Armor that deals low amounts of damage to encourage aggressive play. But what would happen if you attempted to beat the game with only the Armor of Thorns on the second playthrough?
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Rules:
1. For the first playthrough, I am allowed to play the game however I choose. Essentially, it's a "prep" run for the actual challenge segment.
2. Once the second playthrough begins, my damage must come from the Armor of Thorns.
3. Any additional equipment or magics are allowed, so long as it doesn't deal damage.
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Shoutout to Mah Dry Bread (the Pinwheel reference). He makes AMAZING challenge videos and was a HUGE inspiration to starting up this whole series. Please go check his stuff out: / medraut567
Also, Shoutout to DamDoom who was the one suggested this challenge! (I would've included you in the video, but it seems your TH-cam name keeps changing, and I kinda forgot so uh...sorry about that chief)
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The Series: • Dark Souls CHALLENGES - เกม
Oh thank Gwyn. Now I don't have to do this.
I mean you can just do it in your own free time
How about this but only onebarmor piece
Hey I've seen you before.
No. You have to do what he didn’t, take down the four kings
I watch your channel bruh do it or I'll unsub
*laughs in moonlight butterfly*
@St. Haborym who’s Beatrice
@@AhmedMohamed-zb8og It's the NPC that killed the butterfly.
@@AhmedMohamed-zb8og the witch npc hiding under the stairs on the way to Moonlight Butterfly’s bridge
@@nugetkas1586 oh ok
Btw its obligatory to summon Beatrice for butterfly fight if you wanna be able to summon her for 4kings
Kind of interesting to see that the only 2 bosses the Armor of Thorns simply cannot handle for one reason or another, are the 2 fights you can summon Beatrice for!
Butterfly is one but who's the other?
@@vexcine the 4 kings stopped him and he decided to skip the only rolls thing. But that is also the 2nd boss you can summon Beatrice for! She’s kind of hidden before you go into the Abyss boss room.
@@liolevon2644 ah okay I've never beaten the game, still looking for the right build, the furthest I've gotten is to S&O and I accidently used a spell on Solaire. I, instead of going to the gargoyle bell guy and repenting for the sin, decided to start over as I made a couple mistakes and could use some tweaking. Started a miracle build and found the "Praise the Sun" Covenant, loving it so far
@Popstar Ahri fair enough! No doubt there is someone who did the whole thing but I’m pretty sure he decided not to because it’d take way too much time (and luck considering all 4 are gonna be on you) so I probably should rephrase it to two bosses he couldn’t/decided not to do XD
Since he decided to just chop chop with a sword on this run for those 4 Kings!
i love how for dark souls enemies, getting hit with a stick is more likely to make you stagger than an entire beefy man in full plate spiky armour barrelling into you shoulder first
Tbf, those spikes might actually be weak
@@d4rkpr1nc39 What about the "ENTIRE BEEFY MAN"? O.O'
@@Arrynore you talking 'bout onion bro?
@@d4rkpr1nc39Hmmmm. Hmmmm.
@@dimlylit3086 Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Imagine being a god that's trying to save your world and sacrificing yourself to prevent darkness from taking over, and then some spiky lad just runs you over with his body.
Who will win?
Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight
Or...
One spikey boi
@@smolsews3760 definitely the spiky boi, cuz he spiky
Darkness was the natural way he deserved to be shredded like that with 100s of tiny spikes
Gwyn ain't trying to save anything he's just resisting the natural order of the world
@@RevyaAeinsett The age of man is near my brother let's embrace it together and let the fire fizzle out and die
You’re a maniac 😂
Thats a weird way to spell "God".
Next challenge, can you beat DS1 with no interaction to any friendly NPC? ( include Solaire, The blacksmiths, Logan,.... ) but the no interaction challenge doesn't include that you can't kill that NPC
A maniiiac on the floor
Dylan, get Frank to fight Bed of Chaos/ Four Kings for FFF please 😂😂😂
If you think this is insane, watch Challenger Andy's All Gwyn run and Code Vein Skills Only No Partners run
"Ok so press this button to roll dodge..."
'Ok, so thats how you attack'
"No...no thats how you - "
'Yeah, attack, I got it'
I don't know much about Dark Souls, but it was a fun video! I think you did an awesome job of explaining things, and I love your victory screams!
Thanks for the reference, dude! That's awesome!
That means a TON coming from you! I started watching your Pokémon Challenges around when you first started them and they’re one of the biggest inspirations for me to put this whole series together. So thank you a thousand times over!
@@GamersWeekend that is so wholesome :D
The crossover we didn't think we need but got anyway
Thought son😂
Thought so
As a contrast to armour of thorns, a “cheese only run” could be interesting due to needing to get certain items or taking unusual routes
is called "speedrun"
This would be fun tho
Lobos has a “cheese all bosses” that’s a pretty good watch
@@donkmemzz1630 not really, cheesing a boss means killing it in a way that makes the fight look trivial as opposed to getting some OP stuff early on. For example, to cheese Capra you get some firebombs, stand outside of his arena, point at a certain angle with the bow and throw a firebomb, causing him damage without engaging in the actual fight, it takes longer that way but still makes the fight trivial
@@Nazgul094 same thing with the manus bow and arrow trick that he used on his bow only run. Very long, but very cheese
Artorias: Exists
Dude with armour of throns: Take a seat, young Abysswalker!
Artorias: How can you kill me with armor. This is outrageous it is unfair
In all seriousness, I'm reminded that the current edition of D&D actually has a Barbarian subclass devoted to throwing oneself at the enemy while wearing a suit of armor covered in spikes. It's called the Battlerager, a Dwarf-only subclass (albeit only in the Forgotten Realms) from the book Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. It's obscure, because most people don't go for it and it was never reprinted like some other subclasses from that book. And it could probably use a buff if it ever were, to help it compete with other Barbarian builds. But it's one of the more unique ideas from this edition.
Just keep throwing the dwarf
@@aldenrupert2290 Fastball Special, let's GOOOOOOO!
Wasn't there one in the Drizzt series? I might be remembering wrong, but pretty sure there is.
Yes it is.
@@HappyIsaac0420 Thibbledorf Pwent from someone who reads to many of R.A. salvatore's work
The virgin: We cant beat the 4 Kings video is over or wont be made.
VS
The Chad: Its possible but fuck this shit lets move on.
I certainly remembered to like this video
Did you ever feel like there was a video made just for you, because this is that video for me. I don't think I've ever been this hyped for a souls video since otsdarva's dark souls 2 all bosses no hit run. I couldn't stop smiling during the entire video. Thank you gamers weekend my...youtube friend.
Same bro, same
DS2 is a dumpster fire. Sorry I had to say it.
@@StrengthScholar0 eh I liked it
@@StrengthScholar0 have you played it?
@@_doop8257
yeah I finished it.
There are many reasons I hate DS2 but some of my main reasons are, that adding more enemies isn't a compelling way to increase difficulty, hit boxes shouldn't trigger 6 feet away from the weapon, the map layout made 0 sense compared the to the masterpiece that was DS1 and the boss fights were incredibly uninspired for the most part.
I love how you just turned into a Bloodborne boss after OnS
13:46
lul
No one:
Absolutely nobody:
GW: *Cleric beast impersonation intensifies*
Let’s goooo lol
A no bonfires challenge would be immensely interesting to see.
No leveling up and starting gear... damn.
@@lasttrinity0780 not necessarily, merchants and enemy drops exist for the gear situation, and you can also upgrade at blacksmiths
I was messing around with Kirk Armor NG+7 for fun and this is exactly what I have experienced from my testing. The Moonlight Butterfly being unkillable with only Kirk Armor was a surprise to me as I’m sure it was to you. Congrats on doing this man, your dedication and skill is quite impressive :)
Would've loved to see an attempt counter for each boss.
Nah man it would probably go off the screen
@@toppakapol people who have ultra wide monitors can tell everyone else
Challenge idea: boss weapons and armor vs. boss
basically, you have to use the weapons and armor related to the boss to fight it on NG+ e.g. Artorias' armor, the abyss greatsword, and the cleansing greatshield are the only things you can use to fight artorias. you have to use the demon great hammer against the asylum demon, etcetera. you don't have to use a specific catalyst if the boss has spells related to it, but you can only use the spells related to it e.g. gravelord sword dance and gravelord greatsword dance against nito
Great idea!
What about bosses like ceaseless discharge or centipede demon, who have no associated weapons?
@@user-rk5zy4mk2g For the two you pointed out, Ceaseless doesn't need a weapon to die, and for Centipede, the Demon Firesage is the nearest boss with a weapon associated with it, so the Demon Catalyst can be used for centipede.
@@khirman1 Well, discharge nonetheless needs a few hits before he falls down. And there's also four kings, pinwheel and bed of chaos, none of which have a weapon directly related to them.
@@user-rk5zy4mk2g Fists are allowed for discharge, Four Kings are related to Artorias so his weapons are allowed, Pinwheel is related to Nito so Nito's weapons are allowed, and the Bed of Chaos is related to both Quelaag and the Demon Firesage so their weapons are allowed.
And here's me struggling with manus, with my glass canon build. And you roll him to death. You are a god at this game 😁
This is some extreme mental distress. You should stream it lol. I think people would love to see your live reactions and insightful comments about the game. Amazing content 😄👍
Heyyyy, I recognize that call for comments. Personally, I was expecting him to drop the Dome Fossil :P
Sadly we won't need to get Kabuto because we had water Onix.
I can’t imagine the amount of pain and suffering this challenge took to complete. you deserve way more subscribers dude, this is insane!
Almost as much pain and suffering as those bosses felt being given death by a thousand cuts. Just twenty to forty minutes of being stabbed by metal spikes until you finally succumb.
@@Bluecho4 I didn’t even think about that holy shit lol. it would be such a slow and painful death 😭
Doesn't make it right to bot for subcribers
@@alumlovescake He didn't? He just got popular and hit the trending page.
I truly appreciate how articulate and clean your videos and audio feel. You’re the absolute unit lad
You've been working at this so insanely long, it's been a joy to follow your attempts over such a long period of time. I got a big smile seeing this video uploaded.
This is amazing on so many levels. The patience, the endurance and the pure will not to give up. But something else equally great was the knowledge of the game's mechanics and its items. Knowing which rings to switch, which shields and that deep understanding of how each boss works. Incredible. You should be very proud of this insanity!
just did the math on how much you've grown since the last video, and it is utterly absurd. with rounding to 30k subs, from 243, this channel has grown by 12345.68%.
most i have ever seen a channel grow in such a short time
is it a coincidence that the number is litetally 1234568
@@darioidk2508 yes, you can check yourself with the values 243 and 30,000
This is amazing. I have been hype for this video since the archery only vid. This was 100% worth the wait. U are awesome.
What a great channel, you’re a very genuine person and that’s tough to find on other TH-cam channels, I hope yours continues to grow, you deserve it!
I understand the 4 kings shit in my broken sword no armor run they were DESTROING my will to live
whyyy do people do this to themselvesss
@@darklusare7582 to have fun
@@user-db2nu2zg3d Okay, but are you actually having fun, tho?
@@Bluecho4 yeah its my fevorite game and i was getting bored of how easy its after a few runs so I did this challenge
@@user-db2nu2zg3d
Agreed. Hardest challenge so far is the faith build run. Literally impossible
God bless your neighbors everytime you defeated a boss 😂
I’m more worried about how many times he woke his mom up 🤣🤣🤣
@@Girlcountry56 that's even worse, I thought he lives on his own or with his friends cuz my parents will execute me if I scream that loud lol
The amount of effort put into this challenge is bloody insane.
You deserve the world.
This is such a tedious challenge and I have really bad anxiety. Watched for about 10 minutes and was having anxiety attacks lmfao. What a challenge! Couldn't even finish the video but threw a like and sub at ya. Its the least I could do after watching you put yourself through that HORROR!!!
What about a consumable only run (firebombs, dungpie etc)
someone already did this with (ymfah) style
He tried to do it before but I don't think he was happy with it
YO i got that Mah-Dry-Bread reference after the pinwheel fight!
So which mask did pinwheel drop????
or at least thats the only other place i have seen that joke...
Same
I knew I remember that phrase from somewhere! Glad someone else caught it too.
Yes! I was coming here to say I thought that was Mah Dry Bread!
He also replaced the mask's icon with MDB's avatar to make it even more obvious. That was a fun reference
My guy your Music selection is gold.
When that Megaman X5 theme hit, man the nostalgia! Great video
Loved the intro being backed by ori and the blind forest music 🥰 you pick some great game music alongside your videos, a nostalgia trip in itself
Take a shot every time Kyle says "LET'S GOOOOO!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
I'm not even tipsy
Better idea: take a shot every time he screams/yells
Let's take one every time he roll
I can’t believe that the time finally come
Me neither. I ve been waiting for weeks
I'm so glad you finally managed to push through and complete this one dude! As a total novice soul challenger myself, I have a couple of suggestions for "Easy" runs in case you just want to take a load off. I like doing a style of run where you select only one stat, and up until it is maxed out you may not level up anything else. So far I've only done this in Ds3, but man is it a BLAST to destroy a massive boss in 8 hits in a 99 Strength run. If you want to go straight into another insane however, Ymfah recently did a really interesting "No talking" run, where he had to complete Ds2 without talking to any npc. Meaning no leveling, no estus, no buying, no repairing, no upgrading, no nothing. He is planning on No Talking the series as well it seems, but that's no reason you can't put your hat in the ring as well. If you need any run ideas, he is totally the way to go for great ideas!
This deserve my submit to the channel. You’re insane
13:48 sounds like anakin in episode 3 XD
I'm shock for how many Star Wars memes there are in this comment section
Count Dooku: “I’ve been looking forward to this”
Amazing quality in this video man, keep it up cant wait for new challenges ♥
I'm really glad your channel has blown up. You deserve it.
I'm so happy the Moonlight Butterfly got a brief moment to shine
Moonlight Butterfly: "Finally, my time has come!"
*Immediately gets destroyed by Beatrice shortly after*
@@OverusedBruhSFX just curious, but who tf is Beatrice?
@@HappyIsaac0420 I'm not really sure if you're trolling but Beatrice is the NPC summon for moonlight butterfly and four kings.
@@OverusedBruhSFX wait, there's a summon for 4 kings? Holy shit, I never knew that. I have over 300 hours, and never heard of her.
i would be curious about some stats, like total play time and number of deaths
You and fightingCowboy helped me a lot with ds 1-3 nice work
I really appreciate that you show what music you're playing!
My teacher when the bell rings to leave: 23:18 23:56
Yeahhhhhhhhhh finally! Now you'll just have to do kick only, easy peasy
There’s a whole guide on it to so he has no choice 😀
@@steezy8308 Those are the rules haha
I'm really digging these challenges man keep em coming!
Loved the video really would’ve enjoyed seeing you overcome the 4 kings fight. But still well done for even attempting this madness!
Which fossil did you choose?
Also Youngster Joey left a like.
Follow him on Twitter!^^
I like how every reaction is either *LET'S* *GO* *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* or *SIT* *DOWN* *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
I’m so happy you’re prospering on my favorite game a decade after its release. Art is timeless and scars are forever
Even Sisyphus would think this task to be insane, and seeing your reaction after each boss was just golden, congratulations man I hope channel last forever
I absolutely fell in love with your content from the first dark souls challenge video man! So happy to see you upping the ante and making a name for yourself as another legend amongst the challenge runners of Dark Souls. Don't be afraid to dip your toe into modded challenges. Something like a boss randomizer with the sorcery or miracle only run would be so interesting!
Sit down, mate, while I ask you this: What mask did Pinwheel drop? Just commenting for the youtube algorithm.
Absolutely crazy. Good stuff man!
You really are a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will. I bow to you. You are also a great guy, and make super good videos so even more respect for that! Keep going my guy! 👍
"SIT DOWN!"
*immediately gets up*
I would go mad from trying this
It's really heartfelt to hear how happy you are with the growth of your channel. If you want my opinion, man, you're not even close to done. Keep these challenges up, and you'll be at 100K in no time. Don't settle when you reach that mark, either - eye a quarter million, a half million and just keep going. Can't wait to see what happens.
The content is so entertaining. Keep it up, Kyle! You've got a fan in me.
Great job man. Know how long you've been working at this. We appreciate it.
Would be fun to see a ds2 Challenge, possibly The butterfly outfit only as it poisons The Bosses and enemies slowly, it would basically be this run but...even more pain
if i remember correctly a lot of bosses have poison immunity-i can’t remember how many but i think its more than the 2-3 in the pyro only run, so idk how good of a video that would be
@@jasdeepsadam6399 Mmm, true, perhaps a companion only run instead?
@@tinpan6052 that would be interesting... i think ds2 offers some more interesting challenges, with all the unique items and the content for the 3 DLCs.
@@jasdeepsadam6399 lets hope he never does a hard Challenge and tries The poison DLC, i cant imagine how Much time he could spend on the Dragon boss honestly
I know this is super late, but maybe this is what you're looking for? th-cam.com/video/ds_J81n5T0k/w-d-xo.html It's a bit of a long watch at about 1 hour, but there's some hilarious dry humor and puns in there.
What mask did you pick up? I know I watched your stream and all, but still.
Edit: 9:36 Oh, that’s weird. Probably should have watched the video before commenting.
Hey, the comment is good for the algorithm.
Haha , you should have ask about what mask did the pinwheel drop on the first run
Congratz my man! I did the bow challenge after you suggested ut as a starting point and i was surprised how doable it was. Only a few roadblocks and manus (the boss ive only really cheesed or fought with a huge shield up to this point) wasnt one of them
Happy to hear that! Good job on your challenge.
I just found your channel, and I gotta say, I'm impressed. For a relatively small youtuber, your video quality and montage is top notch, and you are really good at Souls games as well! Keep up the good work.
I remember being there for all the livestreams. To see all of it culminate into this is pretty dang cool. I'm proud of you son! If ever you're in doubt of yourself and your capabilities, remember that you beat Dark Souls 1 with only the Armor of Thorns
Well, and 2 shields. And 2 rings. Oh and miracles
Oh man, I have so many puns for this video. Here goes:
They see me rollin'. They hatin'
Looks like this roll was a natural 20
Instead of a bonfire, I imagine your character rests in a bedroll
Mmm, rolls. Delicious
Fantastic run, by the way.
You mean fantastic roll
You mean fantastic roll
What a tROLL
Nobody stole his sweetroll
You deserve all of the subs and views you get. Keep on going man! I love the content!
Man I love your Videos. You are making such a high quality content and you are using so much time to make good videos. This is perfekt.
It truly upsets me how under subbed this man is. His content is so quality!
GG my man, Dark souls has so much replay ability to a point where i may consider doing a stupid challenge aswell one day.
I’m recording a challenge run myself right now for my gaming channel and, watching through the playlist, this is giving me inspiration, glad to see your hard work paying off! 46 min boss fight deserves a subscribe!
I subbed just because of this run. This was insane and a lesser man (me), would've given up. I applaud you for this
I can't wait for the "no hit no bonfire no weapon only Kirk armor run"
2 minutes into the video i already know this was living hell.
Looking at the _premise_ and already knowing this was living hell.
I got hooked to your videos man! Keep it up you're awesome
I love these videos and I watch them often (when i go to sleep,when i eat alone...) for a very long time and every time I watch this one Im constantly asking “why”
Nice Mah Dry Bread reference XD
Well that was a journey! Some absolute Ymfah/Jrose11 energy there, good job my man!
So glad I subscribed! Your videos are always top notch 10/10
great work, big fan of these challenge runs
it's so nice to see some genuine dark souls content, i haven't seen this kind of entertainment since ymfah was in his ds1 grind
Force miracle allows you to break Priscilla's poise without damage her.
Would that work on Artorias's buff as well?
Congratulations on completing the challenge! You did an awesome job!
i love going back to these old videos and seeing how much GW has grown in the past year
"Joestar, because i know a unique tactic called running away"
HAHAHAHA
An Italian souls streamer/youtuber, Sabaku, made a run that I found interesting: item randomizer mod, use what you see: if you see an item, you have to go and pick it up, unequip what you had and equip the new one. Not nearly as difficult as this one, but cool and definitely more relaxing, and I bet you need to relax
Maaan, that's crazy! I wish i would be as patient and stubborn in a good way as you!
Just realized you posted this within the last week, how do you not have a ton of subs yet?? Such good content on the OG DS ♥️🥺
change suggestion: soul level 1 but no pyromancies
Eh, the giants hammer in anor londo still makes SL1 no pyro somewhat easy
reinforced club and giants hammer make the game a joke
What's next? I suggest KillPatches% or FourKings% (no lordvessel)
Found your channel a few days ago, watched all your other runs as well, love it. Hope you'll do some DS2 and 3 challenge runs as well. Happy to the that sub count so high now, keep it up.
You're videos are what I needed in my life right now! Hilarious.
Came back here because I read an article talking about a Twitch streamer/Tiktok girl that beat Quelaaq like this. The video went viral. Meanwhile this chad beats the whole game like this in NG+ and nobody gives a shit. It's because he isn't a girl with a controller. I fucking hate people.
I want to see an item only run, firebombs, throwing knives, dung pies, etc for damage. For an added challenge no estus, you have to use humanity, divine blessings, etc to heal.
It scared me a lot watching you go more insane (don’t know how to write this part correctly) after each beaten boss lmao
When I saw you fight against O&S I thought “That’s where the run ends definitely”
But you did it! Awesome job you’ve done there and awesome video too!
You are truly an unstoppable machine
Great run and video keep it up!!!