2:03 Love how when the Dragonrider falls off the arena, the music abruptly stops, creating a awkward silence. It's like the music was like "Did he really just die like that?"
Dragon rider : My king ordered me to guard this door ! Take a volley of arrows from the side. Dragon rider : ... maybe he meant this room and the windows too ...
"On your resume, you list 'confidence' as one of your key traits. How do you display that?" "I parry basically every attack from Velstadt." "You're hired."
Imagine being a giant Ancient Dragon, having survived countless battles attacks and seen wars. Seen the state of the world ebb and flow, and then you get cheesed by Pipi Fuken Longstalking
Yep, and I wouldn't call the frejas pet one cheese either. Just taking advantage of the boss fight mechanics. The real cheese is stuff that just totally makes the boss a joke. the velstadt fight was mainly pure skill. If you don't have your parries down pact, you won't be able to copy what they doing in this video.
00:00 The Pursuer 00:40 Dragonrider (bow) 02:00 Dragonrider (step) 02:22 Covetous Demon 03:45 Scorpioness Najka (path bug) 05:30 Scorpioness Najka (bruh method) 06:35 Prowling Magnus & Congregation 07:23 The Duke's Dear Freja 09:12 Looking Glass Knight 09:51 Velstadt, The Royal Aegis 11:30 Ancient Dragon 13:49 Giant Lord 15:27 Afflicted Graverobber, Ancient Soldier Varg, Cerah the Old Explorer 16:20 The Old Chaos 18:40 Burnt Ivory King
0:47 is just plain toxic, the guy's wife already left him and took the kids 'cause he kept falling out of his own arena, but now he's getting bullied by people from OUTSIDE of his arena.
Yeah wtf you can just let him kill himself instantly does he really need ANOTHER way of totally circumventing the fight it's the same with covetous demon why did they feel the need to make that fight even easier
1:09 turns to look at you "Excuse me, please stop shooting arrows and come and fight me?" "Ok, that's fair" 2:00 "Excellent! Let us have a valiant battle!" *falls off*
@@forsakengachas8090 This game is so unbalanced. Some encounters are so brain dead easy and other times the enemies and levels fuck you for not having precognitive abilities. Doesn't stop me from replaying this over DSR though lol
HaHa Yes Hedgehog my only major gripe with DS2 is how fucking hard the levels are compared to the boss fights. Like the run to the second smelter demon boss will most likely kill you more times than the boss itself
@@xonrob9575 So true. On my first serious playthrough (after multiple times giving up lol) I steam rolled my way through the game up until the god damned Shrine of Amana. Every souls game has that one or two 'fuck this level' moments to it, but I feel this way on almost every level in DS2
Sometimes I just... feel bad for the bosses like prowling Magus and congregation like they were already a joke but like c’mon man you really had to do that to them
I remember some people complained that it was too hard, because you can't use the lock on function on that many enemies. The same type of guy that made fun of IGN reporters, mind you.
@@loupax the guy I was replying to was talking about prowling magus, even if it's easy on purpose you can't tell me slapping a bunch of enemys together with some backstory is good game design. Pepole want interesting bosses with unique art direction that's fun to fight and on top of that have a cool lore. Lore might be a part of the game but it's not the only thing that matters neither an excuse to make a bad boss. If I make a trash designed boss that is way too easy with no challenge neither fun but on top of that make some huge lore that explains they're bad challange and unfun playstyle does that make my boss good? No
@@IndraD Well, I won my first fight with Gwyn by constantly backing off and casting crystal homing soulmass. The fight was a joke too with this spell alone.
I actually love the methodical approach dark souls 2 takes, and how much it rewards you for thinking outside the box. I get why most people see it as clunky and unfair, but It will always be my favorite in the franchise.
The thing I find impressive isn’t the cheese, it’s how the character moves, as though the person is in full control of what they are doing. There isn’t a miss step to see in these, and everything feels perfectly timed out. Even how they navigate around the bosses and the arenas, the terrain is never in their way.
2:22 Covetous Demon: "Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy!" Deadass had no idea u could do that tho XD
Other cheeses I’ve seen: there’s a way to make Throne Watcher jump off her arena to death, a place in the Iron King boss where only his laser can hit you, and wedging yourself between the Ancient Dragon’s toes so it never tries to fly.
That Covetous Demon cheese is actually pretty cool, shame that that boss was probably the easiest in the game because that could have made quite a cool mechanic if the fight lasted longer than 2 minutes...
@@Nicolas-rc9zi Some attacks will be critical hits which will cause more damage (depending on where the enemy is hit) or the player might be causing counter damage to the enemy (when an enemy is doing a certain animation or attack they will take more damage) Some enemies even take less damage during certain animations so that you can't spam them or stun lock them.
@@obiwankenobi8033 What are you talking about? While I prefer DS1 to DS2, DS2's DLC are some of the best dark souls content ever made. Sunked City and the Tower in particular are masterful.
i thought the game would die as soon as dark souls 3 came out, because i thought people played the game because they got bored of dark souls 1, but I'm really happy that people genuinely enjoy the game on its own
Ok, that second way of cheesing Najka gave me a cool idea. This game had some cool boss interactions, like the ballistas with the Pursuer, and the zombies with the Covetous Demon, so what if you could intentionally get up on Najka's back after that attack, and then she does an attack with her tails to try and hit you on her back, or to try and get you off, but if you dodged at the right moment, she would hit herself instead and do massive damage!
@@DenseMass by more effort you mean reusing an area from an older game, copy pasting ds1 shit fest invasion system, and rolling back on improvements made by the previous game. And then there is the netcode. The worst part of ds3
@@DenseMass is it more polished? Yes. But Ds3 is less original, more spam oriented, with a world that has zero interactions, the worst covenants, shitty pvp, less original weapons. Ds2 had the fragrant branches, pharros lockstones and other things that made the world feel much more alive, the ng+ cycles are the best of the series objectively, and arguably even the PvP is the best (no chain backstabbing (ds1) or rollspam and ganks (Ds3) ) . There are more enemy ganks in Ds3 than in DS2, and that's also objectively true. Ds2 has some bad mechanics, mainly soul memory, but it also has powerstancing and actually balanced poise (allows you to take a hit or two before it needs to get refreshed). Every game has bad areas, let's admit it. I will be the first to admit that the frigid outskirts are the worst of the series, even if by devising even a little bit of strategy I was able to encounter only one reindeer at a time, but at least it's optional, unlike the poison swamp of Ds3. That is very large, slows you down, looks horrible, and constantly poisons you. Therefore I prefer ds2 to ds3, and saying it is objectively worse is wrong. Ok, I am done with my rant. Expose your points, and why you support your opinions, please. I really want to understand why you think the thing you say, and I mean it with zero sarcasm or anger.
@@szarekhthesilentking7043 I fucking love ds2! The fact that its in a separate kingdom and not a rehash like 3 makes it that much better to me. And like you said the in world interactions between npc's and objects definitely cements this as best game to me. Yeah its got its up and downs, like the constant pursuer mini boss fights, but actually they bothered me much less on my hex build playthrough. And having a viable hex build!? First time ever running it on any dark souls game. And I can say the versatility of spells is so much better than 3. Anyone still hating on ds2 clearly needs to go back and play it again. So much more to do the different levels you go to dont look all the same like one giant ass castle. So yeah to me ds2 wins by a landslide. And SoTFs is the only version I've played and I love it. Ds1 was a train wreck that they improved on with 2 and then rehashed everything to make what 1 should've been with 3.
For anyone who can't parry very well or just has trouble with Velstadt's 2nd phase, if you keep your distance he'll do a very telegraphed, very easy to avoid dark magic attack (the tell is him doing a backstep). Keep up the pattern and the fight will be a breeze
Oh what the hell. I thought this vid was super old but it was uploaded 18 minutes ago??? And i was thinking it was of the first vids judging by the views and the game lmao
Gwyn had a giant flaming sword shaped hunk of metal and we partied him alright, I don’t see why not for Veldstaat. That said, I do agree that it’s not nearly as intuitive, even if in principle there is no reason why not ^^
@@nathanjora7627 it's not intuitive in the slightest: you can't parry most of the bosses in the game, plus he's 2handing an ultra weapon, which you can't parry even in pvp against players... I knew that because I saw on YT, otherwise I wouldn't ever even attempted to parry him
@@MattJDylan "it's not intuitive in the slightest" ... Did you read what I said ? When did I say it was intuitive ? I said it wasn't anymore bizarre than parrying a giant flaming mass of metal. I also said that in practice, it's not far less intuitive than even that. Which doesn't mean it is intuitive, it's just mean that given that both are unintuitive, one is just even less intuitive (or, if you prefer : even more unintuitive) than the other. Namely Veldstaat is less intuitive (more unintuitive) than Gwyn. "he's 2handing an ultra weapon, which you can't parry even in pvp against players" I didn't know you couldn't parry ultra weapons in PVP, or two handed ultra weapons, what I do know is that there are several parryable bosses, as early on as the first or second boss, namely pursuer, and that many human bosses (pursuer, lost sinner, dragon rider, dragonslayer, skeleton lords, mythra ; I know it's debatable that these last two are humans, but they were at one point ; and throne watcher and defender), as well as some humanoid bosses (ruined sentinel and gargoyles) are parryable. And I'm not even saying that it is intuitive, especially since I personally always suppose that bosses are unparryable at first, until proven otherwise, which I won't attempt to prove by myself since I don't trust myself to do so. I'm just saying that it's not particularly weird in the context of DS2, and that *in principle* it's not any worse than parrying the pursuer or Gwyn. Sorry for the length >
I've beaten Dark Souls numerous times and I still can't parry for jack squat. Beat Gwyn on Xbox 360 with Black Knight Sword +5 and Great Fire Ball. Found it funny he took that much damage to pyromancy.
@@Ecco_The_Dolphin most of the humanoid bosses from Dark Souls Two onwards in Myazaki games can be parried. That and the story is the only thing I can give the B Team who made DS2
The only way I ever beat ancient dragon was the toe cheese method, planting yourself between the toes of his back left foot and going to town. Only threat is when he flies up and blows flames down, where you just run the platform to avoid it and go right back to chopping toes. That method wasn't in the video though, so thought I'd mention it for anyone whom still plays DS2. Also, you can go up the platform next to giant lord in the memory and spam pyromancy for a riskier but fun kill. That gank squad cheese with the stalactites is new for me however, wish I knew about that method before... Man, this video makes me wish I still had ds2
covetous: These pots are there for a reason. i guess that was exactly the way it's supposed to do it. velstad: that's just perfect parry. no cheese at all.
You can use fire resistent armor and Great Magic Barrier on top of that. On ng7 I only take around 100dmg from his attacks and around 350 without gmb but be aware of his legs or when he is landing, he can still 1shot with physical dmg. Hope it helps
@@jackh9654 If you use gowers ring of protection and face away from him he does very little damage. Of course you can only do that 5 times so prepare repair powder or a repair spell. Ez fight. Or you can do what I did and just do it without any preparation
@@alephkasai9384 We've got a badass over here. Nah, using Gower's Ring in that way requires some skill, and I have none. I should use that to get to the boss fight quick, thought.
@GEN Craigz Who's complaining? 🤣 We're just stating what the most obviously broken weapons are. I use them almost every play through if I'm going for a PR on time.
With the ancient dragon you can kill him super easy by going to his left back leg and putting yourself between the middle of his right nail and the middle one, remember his senses not yours, the left back leg and the right nails
Basically 'cheesing' is a non-cheating or hacking way to do something really easily, it happens on competitive player vs player games like Starcraft 2 as well 😄
Surprised to not see Executioner's Chariot. Just throw some Alluring Skulls and/or cast some Yearns to keep the Skeletons away. Kill the Necromancers first while distracting the Skeletons. Keep them in the middle so they die to the Chariot once the Necromancers are dea. Then you can safely start shooting it until it starts hanging on the edge for dear life.
DS2 is very Demons' Souls, where it has intentional easy strats for many bosses (some of these cheeses are clearly intentional and some of the unintentional cheeses are for easy bosses or bosses with powerful NPC summons available)
There are two more interesting cheeses. First one - pursuer. You can run up on a wall where u meet pursuer first time, jump near the ladder and run back to the bonfire. And he is dead. Second one - Ivory king. I really dunno how that happened, but some guy helped me with this boss and somehow ivory king just got stuck at the beginning and didn’t move
2:03 Love how when the Dragonrider falls off the arena, the music abruptly stops, creating a awkward silence. It's like the music was like "Did he really just die like that?"
Lmao
“Victory achieved???”
I loved doing that one. So satisfying and funny.
shinobisimon modders shouls create a mod that would display exactly this if the dragonrider dies like that
„Victory...achieved?“
@@philliphelmut1077 true haha
6 years since I started playing DS2 and it is my first time seeing Jabba the Hut eating the Zombies WTF!!
Imagine when you discover about fume knight skip
I never even finished the game but I'm on Dark Souls 3 on new game 7+ lol
Same
inter- vals_ Same as me ....
same
How to Cheese Covetous Demon:
Step 1: Hit it
Congratulations, you did it!
"Congratulations you outplayed yourself"
Me trying to cheese the covetous demon
The Covetous Demon cheese took longer than just fighting him
Yeah but it was cool to give jabba the hutt some snackies
0:51 getting shot 1-9 times: what a lovely day.
Getting shot for a 10th: wait a minute. This isn't right.
Perfect embodiment of the “This is fine” meme until that 10th shot.
They planned haxked have been ss in the
@@marquezt6364 wut
I didn’t even know you COULD shoot him from over there!
Dragon rider : My king ordered me to guard this door !
Take a volley of arrows from the side.
Dragon rider : ... maybe he meant this room and the windows too ...
How to cheese prowling manus and congregation: enter the arena.
Or use anti undead spell (Forgot it's name)
Yuksel Aydin soul appease
@@theasianguy5620 thanks
I died to magus and congregation, and its my biggest souls/bborne/sekiro embarrassment
@@catsanda3907 lol mine would be the cleric beast😭😭
"On your resume, you list 'confidence' as one of your key traits. How do you display that?"
"I parry basically every attack from Velstadt."
"You're hired."
Always wanted to be on top of Najka. Dreams do come true.
Hope the same can be done for Quelaag 😳
indeed
Y’all need Jesus.
@@curtishamilton5342 ikr
😁😄
Imagine being a giant Ancient Dragon, having survived countless battles attacks and seen wars. Seen the state of the world ebb and flow, and then you get cheesed by Pipi Fuken Longstalking
Imagine being an actual dragon and not a false created by Aldia using Giant's souls.
Lol, not even that ancient.
@@andryuu_2000 the emerald herald say it had watched the world for eons
@@andryuu_2000 Ma... Io ti ho già visto non eri in qualche commento della blind di Cydonia?
@@MatteoGhio05 Assolutamente sì
L1 per Tortisio
I wouldn’t call the Velstadt one a cheese. That’s just pure skill and mastery of the parrying timing system. Good shit!
Yep, and I wouldn't call the frejas pet one cheese either. Just taking advantage of the boss fight mechanics. The real cheese is stuff that just totally makes the boss a joke.
the velstadt fight was mainly pure skill. If you don't have your parries down pact, you won't be able to copy what they doing in this video.
Knowledge is power, and skill is skill. Much of this video is more chess than cheese. Very nice video!
Or using the ballistas on the pursuer. Those were put there on purpose.
How do you not consider Velstadt cheese when he literally does the same 2 attacks the whole fight if you just stand directly in front of him lol
@@damienp7640because you need actual skill in order to do what they did
The whole point of a cheese is to make the boss fight easy
00:00 The Pursuer
00:40 Dragonrider (bow)
02:00 Dragonrider (step)
02:22 Covetous Demon
03:45 Scorpioness Najka (path bug)
05:30 Scorpioness Najka (bruh method)
06:35 Prowling Magnus & Congregation
07:23 The Duke's Dear Freja
09:12 Looking Glass Knight
09:51 Velstadt, The Royal Aegis
11:30 Ancient Dragon
13:49 Giant Lord
15:27 Afflicted Graverobber, Ancient Soldier Varg, Cerah the Old Explorer
16:20 The Old Chaos
18:40 Burnt Ivory King
Good, now give me your chips
"bruh method"
Epic
why is covetous demon in there. couldn't you leave him his little bit of pride
does this still work? i'm stuck on the dragon rider
@@Captain_Chaz86 Yes, I believe you have to wait for him to take 5 steps towards you then run to the right
0:47 is just plain toxic, the guy's wife already left him and took the kids 'cause he kept falling out of his own arena, but now he's getting bullied by people from OUTSIDE of his arena.
Poor guy
Qualcosa IV zanny?
I always cut him some slack and fight him fairly ( actually I can't be bothered to pull all those handles lol)
It takes 3 seconds to get him to kill himself. Shooting him with a bow takes forever
Yeah wtf you can just let him kill himself instantly does he really need ANOTHER way of totally circumventing the fight it's the same with covetous demon why did they feel the need to make that fight even easier
Smoking Red Head rides Pale Goth Girl
Nice
And she has a spare stinger for just a scene
Reported for violently sexual content
I’ve seen that porno
Smoking Red head fondles pale goth girls rack ... but noooooo she just had to hit her in the head with arrows.
P.s. Pale Goth Girl - Yameteeeeeeeee
1:09 turns to look at you "Excuse me, please stop shooting arrows and come and fight me?"
"Ok, that's fair"
2:00 "Excellent! Let us have a valiant battle!" *falls off*
10:20 Viestad: after many failures, I have decided it will be best to try the EXACT same thing.... From OVER HERE!
Ok the second one with Najka was a total mystery to me
God.still churning up all these creative ways to make dark souls plebs look more like whining plebs about game difficulty.good job though
@@forsakengachas8090 This game is so unbalanced. Some encounters are so brain dead easy and other times the enemies and levels fuck you for not having precognitive abilities. Doesn't stop me from replaying this over DSR though lol
@@videogamerlexis This game is so stupid but so fun at the same time. Unironically my favorite souls game lmao
HaHa Yes Hedgehog my only major gripe with DS2 is how fucking hard the levels are compared to the boss fights. Like the run to the second smelter demon boss will most likely kill you more times than the boss itself
@@xonrob9575 So true. On my first serious playthrough (after multiple times giving up lol) I steam rolled my way through the game up until the god damned Shrine of Amana. Every souls game has that one or two 'fuck this level' moments to it, but I feel this way on almost every level in DS2
Sometimes I just... feel bad for the bosses like prowling Magus and congregation like they were already a joke but like c’mon man you really had to do that to them
Yeah and people keep complaining that: They arent strong enough! If you read the lore you might know why.
@@ChocolateMilkmanTrue lore isn't an excuse to say that the bosses weren't bad designed and are way too cheesy.
I remember some people complained that it was too hard, because you can't use the lock on function on that many enemies. The same type of guy that made fun of IGN reporters, mind you.
@@maleniabladeofmiquella8454 the lore is proof that it was done on purpose tho. Bad or good is subjective but there was method in their madness
@@loupax the guy I was replying to was talking about prowling magus, even if it's easy on purpose you can't tell me slapping a bunch of enemys together with some backstory is good game design. Pepole want interesting bosses with unique art direction that's fun to fight and on top of that have a cool lore. Lore might be a part of the game but it's not the only thing that matters neither an excuse to make a bad boss.
If I make a trash designed boss that is way too easy with no challenge neither fun but on top of that make some huge lore that explains they're bad challange and unfun playstyle does that make my boss good? No
The velsdat wasn't cheese, you just beat his ass
Nor was Fraija.
@@JaggedBird I believe the torch was supposed to be the cheese
@@JaggedBird locking Fraija into a single attack move due to your movement hella looks like cheese to me
True
@@looksfineforme9471 not exactly, it's more enemy manipulation more than anything.
Fighting Darklurker with 99% elemental block is pretty cheesy since all Darklurker can do is elemental damage.
15:30, seeing those bastards get cheesed puts a smile on my face.
I just love how the music suddenly shuts off so anti climatically 🤣
Someone wrote code that makes it happen. Someone thought of “what if they beat the boss before the music finishes playing?”
I wouldn't feel bad about cheesing the ancient dragon at all, that boss basically tries to cheese us spamming that huge breath attack
He uses that as a punish for being at his feet instead of what youre actually supposed to do, fight with his face
@@kafkabigmon his face one shot me as well :( I don't see the way to beat him on the face
@@kafkabigmon that's not how you're supposed to fight him, there is no set way to fight him. Just kill the damn boss
Not in. Scholar tho.
@@kafkabigmon His is face is kinda high for it to be intended
You might be mixing it up with Midir
I wouldn't call some of these cheesing. For instance - parrying Velstadt. That requires actual skill.
Parrying Gwyn......... Required some skill but made the fight a joke
Eh, once you get the first parry you just kinda get in the rythm.
That makes Gwin a joke too
@@IndraD Well, I won my first fight with Gwyn by constantly backing off and casting crystal homing soulmass. The fight was a joke too with this spell alone.
@@corentindereure72 I just parried him 5 times ig and I had Artorias Greatsword +4
I actually love the methodical approach dark souls 2 takes, and how much it rewards you for thinking outside the box. I get why most people see it as clunky and unfair, but It will always be my favorite in the franchise.
I love the second dragonrider cheese, my first playthrough i did on accident, i thought it was a joke for a moment cause the music stops so suddenly.
@Bill Clinton Enjoyer ds1 didnt instantly stop atleast not for taurus demon
FINALLY !! a way to cheese covetous demon. it was a massive bane to my existence, made quit the game 99 times. FINALLY I CAN PROGRESS NOW
Its not like It is a fucking boss that almost kill itself
Same for my buddy lol. For whatever reason it was the opposite for me. Hes like the easiest boss in the game for me
I had broken 3 controllers and 1 xbox one thanks to him -.-. He is so OP!!!
@@justinbean971 its a joke fam is almost Impossible to die to the covetous demon
@@brotherextreme I got wooshed..... 😂
The thing I find impressive isn’t the cheese, it’s how the character moves, as though the person is in full control of what they are doing. There isn’t a miss step to see in these, and everything feels perfectly timed out. Even how they navigate around the bosses and the arenas, the terrain is never in their way.
Yea she actually just IS the bearer of the Curse IRL.
he probably did it a bunch of times until it's perfect
@@mirandafields3070 it's like watching one of Squillakilla's no damage runs
8:28
Ray has what I can only imagine is well into the quadruple digits across the series- Perhaps even in each game.
Ray *climbs on Scorpioness Najka’s back*
Me: wait what?
You can apparently
2:22
Covetous Demon: "Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy! Ooh, piece of candy!"
Deadass had no idea u could do that tho XD
Other cheeses I’ve seen: there’s a way to make Throne Watcher jump off her arena to death, a place in the Iron King boss where only his laser can hit you, and wedging yourself between the Ancient Dragon’s toes so it never tries to fly.
That Covetous Demon cheese is actually pretty cool, shame that that boss was probably the easiest in the game because that could have made quite a cool mechanic if the fight lasted longer than 2 minutes...
2 minutes?were you doing a fist only?
@@dodojesus4529 haha that's true mate, his fat ass kept rolling in to me
Just go for the pots to make the fight longer!
can you explain that? i don't understand why some attacks did way more dmg
@@Nicolas-rc9zi Some attacks will be critical hits which will cause more damage (depending on where the enemy is hit) or the player might be causing counter damage to the enemy (when an enemy is doing a certain animation or attack they will take more damage) Some enemies even take less damage during certain animations so that you can't spam them or stun lock them.
The fact that the devs thought a cheese to Covetous demon kinda offended me
Dense Mass aren't they by different companies?
@@jello788 No, the DLCs were done by From software.
@@Arkayjiya without miyazaki ofc, if he was there we wouldn't see this monstrousity
@@obiwankenobi8033 What are you talking about? While I prefer DS1 to DS2, DS2's DLC are some of the best dark souls content ever made. Sunked City and the Tower in particular are masterful.
@@Arkayjiya bosses are good but everything in between is acuall garbage
I would’ve never thought in a million years to parry velstadt
I love how Giant Lord is just staring at you from afar like: "Seriously?"
The cheese for covetous demon actually takes longer than the usual fight
Thank you for still making ds2 content my friend
i thought the game would die as soon as dark souls 3 came out, because i thought people played the game because they got bored of dark souls 1, but I'm really happy that people genuinely enjoy the game on its own
Np
@@johnnyplto5592 dark souls 2 is so dogshit I dont know how anyone enjoys it when there is ds1, ds3 and bloodborne
@@dramamine755 gitgudcasul
@@dramamine755 ds3 was probs your first souls game, go back to Nintendo u nub
Instructions unclear, they cheesed me instead
Ok, that second way of cheesing Najka gave me a cool idea. This game had some cool boss interactions, like the ballistas with the Pursuer, and the zombies with the Covetous Demon, so what if you could intentionally get up on Najka's back after that attack, and then she does an attack with her tails to try and hit you on her back, or to try and get you off, but if you dodged at the right moment, she would hit herself instead and do massive damage!
Pfffff, for that the devs would have needed to care about the game
@@johntelekom9712 did they care about dark souls 3 then
@@DenseMass by more effort you mean reusing an area from an older game, copy pasting ds1 shit fest invasion system, and rolling back on improvements made by the previous game. And then there is the netcode. The worst part of ds3
@@DenseMass is it more polished? Yes. But Ds3 is less original, more spam oriented, with a world that has zero interactions, the worst covenants, shitty pvp, less original weapons.
Ds2 had the fragrant branches, pharros lockstones and other things that made the world feel much more alive, the ng+ cycles are the best of the series objectively, and arguably even the PvP is the best (no chain backstabbing (ds1) or rollspam and ganks (Ds3) ) . There are more enemy ganks in Ds3 than in DS2, and that's also objectively true. Ds2 has some bad mechanics, mainly soul memory, but it also has powerstancing and actually balanced poise (allows you to take a hit or two before it needs to get refreshed). Every game has bad areas, let's admit it. I will be the first to admit that the frigid outskirts are the worst of the series, even if by devising even a little bit of strategy I was able to encounter only one reindeer at a time, but at least it's optional, unlike the poison swamp of Ds3. That is very large, slows you down, looks horrible, and constantly poisons you. Therefore I prefer ds2 to ds3, and saying it is objectively worse is wrong.
Ok, I am done with my rant. Expose your points, and why you support your opinions, please. I really want to understand why you think the thing you say, and I mean it with zero sarcasm or anger.
@@szarekhthesilentking7043 I fucking love ds2! The fact that its in a separate kingdom and not a rehash like 3 makes it that much better to me. And like you said the in world interactions between npc's and objects definitely cements this as best game to me. Yeah its got its up and downs, like the constant pursuer mini boss fights, but actually they bothered me much less on my hex build playthrough. And having a viable hex build!? First time ever running it on any dark souls game. And I can say the versatility of spells is so much better than 3.
Anyone still hating on ds2 clearly needs to go back and play it again. So much more to do the different levels you go to dont look all the same like one giant ass castle.
So yeah to me ds2 wins by a landslide. And SoTFs is the only version I've played and I love it. Ds1 was a train wreck that they improved on with 2 and then rehashed everything to make what 1 should've been with 3.
For anyone who can't parry very well or just has trouble with Velstadt's 2nd phase, if you keep your distance he'll do a very telegraphed, very easy to avoid dark magic attack (the tell is him doing a backstep). Keep up the pattern and the fight will be a breeze
The Giant Lord is staring at you from across the wall like "are you fucking serious right now?"
I feel bad for anyone who “needed” to cheese the covetous demon
We don't do it because we need to we do it to bring total shame to that boss.
The demon deserves his last meal...
It not need but it still funny to see
you're just jealous that you were too stupid for that
Simple solution git gud
Oh what the hell. I thought this vid was super old but it was uploaded 18 minutes ago??? And i was thinking it was of the first vids judging by the views and the game lmao
I had not clue that you could parry Velstadt, he fact that a giant bell coming at you, it would seem like you couldn’t. What the frick!
Gwyn had a giant flaming sword shaped hunk of metal and we partied him alright, I don’t see why not for Veldstaat.
That said, I do agree that it’s not nearly as intuitive, even if in principle there is no reason why not ^^
@@nathanjora7627 it's not intuitive in the slightest: you can't parry most of the bosses in the game, plus he's 2handing an ultra weapon, which you can't parry even in pvp against players... I knew that because I saw on YT, otherwise I wouldn't ever even attempted to parry him
@@MattJDylan "it's not intuitive in the slightest"
... Did you read what I said ? When did I say it was intuitive ?
I said it wasn't anymore bizarre than parrying a giant flaming mass of metal.
I also said that in practice, it's not far less intuitive than even that.
Which doesn't mean it is intuitive, it's just mean that given that both are unintuitive, one is just even less intuitive (or, if you prefer : even more unintuitive) than the other.
Namely Veldstaat is less intuitive (more unintuitive) than Gwyn.
"he's 2handing an ultra weapon, which you can't parry even in pvp against players"
I didn't know you couldn't parry ultra weapons in PVP, or two handed ultra weapons, what I do know is that there are several parryable bosses, as early on as the first or second boss, namely pursuer, and that many human bosses (pursuer, lost sinner, dragon rider, dragonslayer, skeleton lords, mythra ; I know it's debatable that these last two are humans, but they were at one point ; and throne watcher and defender), as well as some humanoid bosses (ruined sentinel and gargoyles) are parryable.
And I'm not even saying that it is intuitive, especially since I personally always suppose that bosses are unparryable at first, until proven otherwise, which I won't attempt to prove by myself since I don't trust myself to do so. I'm just saying that it's not particularly weird in the context of DS2, and that *in principle* it's not any worse than parrying the pursuer or Gwyn.
Sorry for the length >
You can even shield block his attacks without getting knocked on your ass, even though it feels like you should, lol.
I've beaten Dark Souls numerous times and I still can't parry for jack squat.
Beat Gwyn on Xbox 360 with Black Knight Sword +5 and Great Fire Ball. Found it funny he took that much damage to pyromancy.
Someone:finds covetous demon cheese
Me: why
The way the music just stops when you cheese Dragonrider always cracks me up, it's like an intentional comedic effect
5:35 bruh
Had to do it XD
GET UP ON THE HYDRAS BACK
@@SanguineThor n199a yo pfp a gif?!
Everyone's dream, getting on top of her
"how many bosses can you cheese" *not just mace or rapier killing every boss normally*
You mean cheese?
dude my +8 almost +9 mace is carrying me, like holy crap
Nah, he's showing that if you're character is maxed out and you use bright bugs on every fight they're all easy
@@themurderofcoke he used a brightbug on 1 fight and the strategy still works the same even if not maxed, just takes longer.
@@matthewroberts5891 he's had the brightbug glow in almost all the fights, he just showed himself using one
Now the general population knows you can ride Najka. Lol Didn't know the tree cheese with her, though.
I never realized how viable archery was in DS2. Wonder if that’s why they made the hold limit for arrows in DS3 99
I never knew you could break the pots in the Covetous Demon fight. Always thought they were just an aesthetic of the arena.
*Sees Ivory King instakill*
Patched in SoTFS
*Me with vanilla DS2* >:)
You can parry Velstadt? ;___:
Yea thats how i always killed him, and Pursuer. You can parry the Ruin Sentinels, and lost Sinner as well but with no real openings afterwards
@@Ecco_The_Dolphin most of the humanoid bosses from Dark Souls Two onwards in Myazaki games can be parried. That and the story is the only thing I can give the B Team who made DS2
Velstadt also known as Gwyn 2.0
I never had the balls to parry him though.
Pontiff Sulyvahn also known as Gwyn 3.0
RoachDogg Jr Soul of Cinder also known as Gwyn 4.0
@@thefunniestvalentine4789 Gwyn 4.0 Deluxe Unparryable Edition
Champion Gundyr also known as Gwyn 5.0
Velstadt is just Paladin Leeroy 2.0 and Paladin Leeroy is just Garl Vinland 2.0.
The only way I ever beat ancient dragon was the toe cheese method, planting yourself between the toes of his back left foot and going to town. Only threat is when he flies up and blows flames down, where you just run the platform to avoid it and go right back to chopping toes. That method wasn't in the video though, so thought I'd mention it for anyone whom still plays DS2. Also, you can go up the platform next to giant lord in the memory and spam pyromancy for a riskier but fun kill. That gank squad cheese with the stalactites is new for me however, wish I knew about that method before... Man, this video makes me wish I still had ds2
covetous: These pots are there for a reason. i guess that was exactly the way it's supposed to do it.
velstad: that's just perfect parry. no cheese at all.
Fume Knight: I KNEW I SHOULD'VE MADE A SHIELD BUILD
I knew about that since forever. If you use the right shield, your using his own shield to win
Thanks, now I can finally kill that damn Covetous demon and Prowling Magus!!
very hard bosses . ice horses and ice cats are joke compared to those
Yep unlike fume knight and sinh the slumbering dragon these guys are absolute joke did them first try ng+7 blindfolded
How Many Bosses Can You CHEESE?
yes
Seeing the Dragon and Shulvas terrific trio go down so easily fills me with an incandescent joy
5:37 takes hit from the back to a whole new level
Wow! Now I can actually fight the Ancient Dragon and not want to shatter my controller.
You can use fire resistent armor and Great Magic Barrier on top of that. On ng7 I only take around 100dmg from his attacks and around 350 without gmb but be aware of his legs or when he is landing, he can still 1shot with physical dmg. Hope it helps
@@kevinh.a442 Thanks, dude. The fight seems a lot more manageable now. The huge walk to get to him is about half of the problem, though.
@@jackh9654 If you use gowers ring of protection and face away from him he does very little damage. Of course you can only do that 5 times so prepare repair powder or a repair spell. Ez fight.
Or you can do what I did and just do it without any preparation
@@alephkasai9384 We've got a badass over here. Nah, using Gower's Ring in that way requires some skill, and I have none. I should use that to get to the boss fight quick, thought.
@@kevinh.a442 100 damage only
im envious
Do nine pin-perfect parries count as cheese?
Considering Champion Gundyr and Gwyn. Yes
I mean you also get them to do the same or similar attacks over and over so I guess so
Baiting of the same attack all the time is the real cheese.
I would say it's borderline unless they can Parry And riposte you back
Against a boss who 1 shots you from full health with a hex? Oh yes it does
How to cheese DS2 bosses: Aquire mace, aquire rapier, win.
Don't forget Red Iron Twin blade for endgame and DLC
@@StrappingYoungLadam and the bow
@GEN Craigz Who's complaining? 🤣 We're just stating what the most obviously broken weapons are. I use them almost every play through if I'm going for a PR on time.
@@StrappingYoungLadam Red Iron Win Blades
@GEN Craigz *How to cheese DS2 Bosses not players*
2:06 the way the music stops got me so hard hahaha
With the ancient dragon you can kill him super easy by going to his left back leg and putting yourself between the middle of his right nail and the middle one, remember his senses not yours, the left back leg and the right nails
Me: Dark Souls is so freaking hard
Sassy redhead e-girl: Hold my beer
GIRL POWER
What outfit is the character wearing? Ive never played DS2
@@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 prisoners tatters from what i can see
The cheese is strong 🧀
Me, not a gamer, just casually playing video games once every few days in his free time: How many bosses can you *what?*
Basically 'cheesing' is a non-cheating or hacking way to do something really easily, it happens on competitive player vs player games like Starcraft 2 as well 😄
*cheese*
Is basically using gameplay mechanics and area designs to kill a boss way to fast
@Bill Clinton Enjoyer Who hurt you, you poor little man?
wow you still upload i remember watching your vids back when ps3 dark souls 2 came out wow thats mad how youve never stopped
20 minutes of enjoyment, always a pleasure to watch. Most of these kills are wits and skills, so wouldn't call them cheese. Cheers for the cool vid
Surprised to not see Executioner's Chariot.
Just throw some Alluring Skulls and/or cast some Yearns to keep the Skeletons away.
Kill the Necromancers first while distracting the Skeletons.
Keep them in the middle so they die to the Chariot once the Necromancers are dea.
Then you can safely start shooting it until it starts hanging on the edge for dear life.
i think cause everybdy already knows it
@@JRTopz I didnt xD
Wdym hanging on the edge? Don't you close the gates and it breaks?
@@idktbh6841 you can get a death animation where it hangs on the ledge and you just kill it.
@@idktbh6841 You kill it without closing the gate on it
Well with enough poison arrows you can cheese the entire game.
Dlc bosses
Honestly a lot of these aren't even cheese, its just solid play. Great stuff!
Not really.
People will always call not hitting the boss with big stick only cheese
5:40 Najka be like: “Where the fuck are this guy”
if you feel so useless, just remember there is a way to cheese Covertous demon
When the game first released in 2014, cheesing was rediculously easy. You could crystal buff the moonlight great sword. Made the game stupid easy.
The ancient dragon is still the best dragon in the series. Not as a boss but as a spectacle
5:43 EXCUSE ME SINCE WHEN CAN YOU MOUNT HER
Oh, how I wish I could mount her...
Ahem, I mean, yeah, really helpful for beating her, right? Haha!
Third date.
@@wansdich dude wtf?
@@wansdich u should mount quelaag :)
The looking glass knight is a perfect example of how broken ds2 hit boxes are
This is, most of these bosses are so easy there is no point cheesing them, and the bosses that are truly HARD, like Fume, are cheeseproof.
Wow. Never knew about those barrels hanging above covetous demon. Nice.
How many bosses can u cheese?
Ray: yes
Dragonrider cheese is the most hilarious cheese of all time
Almost all of these cheeses are new to me, great video sir!
DS2 is very Demons' Souls, where it has intentional easy strats for many bosses (some of these cheeses are clearly intentional and some of the unintentional cheeses are for easy bosses or bosses with powerful NPC summons available)
This is how most of my runs go tbh
What's the plan Dutch?
He needs more time have some faith
@@swaggmastah6228 and 💰
3:25 cleric beast, is that you? 👀
*grooooooowwwwwwwwllllllllll*
me: Wtf are you talking abou-
*screeeeeeeeeeeeee*
me: Oh, there it is.
Despite the downgrade from the trailers this game is still incredibly beautiful
After all this time you made me discover something new. That's AWESOME
There are two more interesting cheeses.
First one - pursuer. You can run up on a wall where u meet pursuer first time, jump near the ladder and run back to the bonfire. And he is dead.
Second one - Ivory king. I really dunno how that happened, but some guy helped me with this boss and somehow ivory king just got stuck at the beginning and didn’t move
Both are glitches.
@@nekrumzero8117 and?
@@yharnamhunter8980 Cheese=Glitch(?)
And for the ivory king that one is rng and bad connection on co-op.
Did not know you could parry velstadt. Nice!
Old dragon...I cheese him with duel mytha blades. Toxin + poison is hilarious
The Dragonrider doesn't need another cheese :)
Such a fashion focused queen.....and destructive force of nature
11:40 its like me trying to swat a fly
The way Velstadt bows his head further in shame with each parry
I did not know vestald could bê parryied
I didn't eathier
Neither dyid I
@@frost3533 to me gym was the only boss that could be parryed
Same
i didnt even know you could DO that with the covetous demon
This is literally the definition of “work smart, not hard” 😂
Nice video, I can tell this must of taken forever
I forgot the ambient of this game. Dope af