Ludwig, the Holy Blade is the Best Boss | Bloodborne - Part 22
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Ludwig The Accursed and The Holy Blade are easily the best bosses so far...
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About the game:
Ludwig, The Accursed is a Boss in The Old Hunters Expansion for Bloodborne. He was also the founder of the Healing Church Workshop, and first hunter of the Church. He is also known under his official title; Ludwig, The Holy Blade, and adopts this title in the second phase of his fight.
Bloodborne is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Bloodborne follows the player's character, a Hunter, through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era-inspired city of Yharnam, whose inhabitants are afflicted with a blood-borne disease. Attempting to find the source of the plague, the player's character unravels the city's mysteries while fighting beasts and cosmic beings.
The game is played from a third-person perspective. Players control a customizable protagonist, and the gameplay is focused on strategic weapons-based combat and exploration. Players battle varied enemies while using items such as swords and firearms, exploring different locations, interacting with non-player characters, and unravelling the city's mysteries. Bloodborne began development in 2012 under the working title of Project Beast. Bearing many similarities to the Souls series of games by the same developer and director, Bloodborne was inspired by the literary works of authors H. P. Lovecraft and Bram Stoker and the architectural design of real-world locations in countries such as Romania, the Czech Republic and Scotland.
Bloodborne was released in March 2015 and received critical acclaim, with praise directed at its gameplay, particularly its high difficulty level, atmosphere, sound design, Lovecraftian themes, and interconnected world design. Some criticism was directed at its technical performance at launch, which was improved with post-release updates. An expansion adding additional content, The Old Hunters, was released in November 2015. By the end of 2015, the game had sold over two million copies worldwide. Bloodborne won several awards and has been cited as one of the greatest video games ever made. Some related media and adaptations have also been released, including a card game, board game and comic book series. shoutout wikipedia lol
After editing this video, playing back the fight and listening to the OST all day today I have come to the conclusion that this is in fact my new favourite Bloodborne Boss to date… Also, I take back what I said about the boss room, that thing is heavy metal af and I can’t wait to learn more about it through either you guys or when we react to lore videos. IF you’ve read this far I love you and thank you for being here
Dont consume umbilical cords if u want to get al endings with one character,if u consume them now and choose to play new game + u will get the same ending since ur character has consumed umbilical cords ..
@@valentinibori9514 there is a way to back up the save and do all endings but true the chords would have to be last.
@@valentinibori9514 I don't think that's true, consuming them won't carry over to ng+. I have done all endings with one character and I consumed the umbilical cords in ng.
You need to go to the hunters dream and then go back to the Boss room to talk with Simon again.
@@florianhuzsvar true i don't think its an issue with ng+ but you can definitely do all endings on ng if you want with a backed save.
Bloodborne was my first game in the souls series and Ludwig was in a league of his own. While fighting him I finally understood bloodborne and why it already has a place among the most legendary games of all time.
You’re a walking W JoJo! this game has completely changed the way I look at games, unreal experience
Same here JoJo!
My first too I picked it up at GameStop randomly and was not disappointed! Been a FS fan since.
@@kingfreak8548 nice!
@@matiasgago Dude this game has some insane lore to! Glad to see you're enjoying it!
A not very well known fact is that when you are just about to kill Ludwig, he will usually stagger and give you the option to visceral attack him. Because of this, he has two death animations, one reacting the visceral attack, and one not reacting to the visceral attack. If you don't kill him with a visceral attack, he dies screaming like he does in his first phase - like a beast. If you visceral attack him, he dies with a far more human sounding noise. Essentially, by killing him with a visceral attack you are granting him a honorable death, whereas the other you are treating him as a beast.
Another fun fact is that in his second phase he's no longer considered a "beast" enemy, so serrated and fire damage don't do as much damage to him.
Mati: *Hated pretty much all the bug related things in this game*
Also Mati: *Picks up a gross centipede and asks if it can be eaten*
This man has uno reverse carded his fear, we love to see it
😭😂
Centipedes arent bugs
@@electricitybomb no. They're centipedes
If you didn't notice, the river of blood's origin is his room. Shows how long he's been endlessly slaughtering his prey
HOLY FAK That's metal thanks for pointing this out dude 😭
@@matiasgago Makes you really feel empathetic to the undying corpse that begs for your help when you first walk in
@@kodiacstephens8104 you can actually safe the bro, make sure he didn't get hit by you or Ludwig
@@kamuymamushi5877safe? bro all they want is to die
@@shinigami2192 no I meant the one in the arena, the guy at the start of the cutscene. He usually got killed during our fight with ludwig (ran over by Ludwig). But if he survived, you can actually talk to the guy
13:18 Ain't no way he stood directly next to the Witch and didn't notice her lol
HOLY SHIT 🤣
XDDD
He lacks insight
For me, Ludwig's theme is the single greatest piece of music from any FromSoft game. Listen to it all the time while driving.
Other drivers: why do I hear boss music playing?
Orchestral music in the whip is boring. Doesn't knock
Overrated
18:49 Testing the Pizza Cutter weapon
21:48 for THE GOAT BOSS FIGHT
-23:39 realizing the music is good +24:50
-26:42 P H A S E 2 !!!!! (attempt 2)
--27:47 initially discovering the best ost ever
---33:22 getting eyes on the inside through the choir (attempt 4)
---34:16 VICTORY (attempt 4)
WTF I died over and over to him, as if I never played Souls before - you didn’t even see his strongest attack 😂
You da goat brotha 😅 Thank you!
Great episode! Ludwig's weapon (the moonlight sword) is the staple From Software weapon in all their games. Ranni gives you the moonlight sword at the end of her quest in elden ring.
Ludwig remembering himself, his duty, his guide through violent hunts, madness and blood, and bringing it all together for a monster turned knightly hero. It's incredible. We had no idea when the moonlight GS would show up but it was worth it.
34:51 “git gud” has been achieved. Beat Ludwig and you expected more of a challenge. That’s the feeling of a true hunter
Dude, you've got proper skills now! Made Ludwig look relatively easy : )
Appreciate that bro I think people are gonna be as shocked as I was lmao
@Loran Morningstar because it has serrated damage against beasts.
@Loran Morningstar it’s only Ludwig where it will matter, the rest of the bosses aren’t beasts
@Loran Morningstar There are other playthroughs where players die several times to Ludwig using the saw cleaver, maybe check them out. Just because he beat this boss easily from experience you came up with an excuse ? His damage is also high due to him having good gems installed rather than the weapon. And yeah saw cleaver is a strong weapon but there are even more overpowered weapons like the whirlgig saw.
@Loran Morningstar the whirlgig is the Best weapon in the game bruh
Easily becoming one of my favorite TH-camrs. Watching your videos after a long day of work it's like a breath of fresh air. I'm glad you finally got to experience Ludwig. Keep it up
This means the world dude I appreciate you being here
Congrats. Since you've killed Malenia you've become a Fromsoftware God in the older games. You aren't overlevelled man. When Bloodborne came out it Ludwig was a level of difficulty no Fromsoftware game had reached before. Nowadays though, bosses have become harder and harder, so it might seem like Ludwig is easy now but back then, this was insanely hard.
How? The living failures were harder than Ludwig and they weren’t even hard
@@berryamv2296 disagree though had more issues with Ludwig than living failures that i completed nearly first try every time ive fought them. Spoilers below:
You can take your time with the living failures plus the meteor attack only comes from 1 direction so you can just use the massive sunflower as a shield from that and still even whack more of the bosses hp away at the same time.
Yea man took me so long haha
@@Fyreffect I’ve never really had any issues with any bloodborne boss besides Laurence and orphan(kinda) and Micolash but I just don’t see how people can struggle with Ludwig
@@berryamv2296 I gotta say, that's a VERY unpopular opinion you have there.
Slightly interesting note: That white robed woman shooting blue bolts at you was Vicar Amelia, she even prays to the same type of statue (worshipping Laurence) and mutters the same words. And when you saw what you thought was the Grand Cathedral in your Ebrietas episode, you were right, it actually was, and upper cathedral ward was there the whole time, just letting you know now cause you might ask the same thing when you see something oddly similar to Grand Cathedral in the Nightmare.
Wtf, I never realized that. That's so cool!
it's not confirmed to be amelia, it wouldn't make much sense for her not to be in beast form in the nightmare
Fun fact: his sword is a recurring theme in FromSoft's games as well - big Moonlight Swords that shoot projectiles have been a thing in most of their games: from Kingsfield, Armored Core, the Souls games, and the Darkmoon Greatsword from Elden Ring is the newest version of it
I love the little detail in his phase transition that his sword obscures the less-human half of his face right at the end
Perhaps the people that hyped up Ludwig played against him on NG+ where some of his attacks kill on one hit and his HP is much higher. Sick boss for sure. Love the series!
It's so awesome to see a person react to Ludwig and his music for the first time. He's one of my favorite Bosses and I'm glad to see you enjoy it. Btw 3 or 4 TRIES. He is one of the hardest bosses in the game and you beat him that quick. Dang the skills
4 good sir ^_^ Thank you lots it was quite frankly one of my best performances hands down I was as shocked as everyone else hahaha
yoooo dawg congrats on 7k!! loving every second of this content! excited for the Q&A and also as you were walking into the third attempt of the fight and talking about the witch behind you, then called her a bitch i instantly thought to myself "the Bitch of hemwick" and i am laughing way too hard at that right now
The bitch of hemwick IM DEEED! 😂😭 Thank you my man really appreciate the love and support
I was stressing you wouldn't find that lamp before the boss lol. I'm glad you liked ludwig. Definitely one of my favorite souls bosses.
I found the lantern after i beat ludwig... Got pretty good at dodging every enemy up to him .... *cries* im much better at paying attention to my surroundings now I've played several fs games.
@@josephinejekyl5848 I could definitely see that sucking! After the run back to blue smelty in DS2 nothing phases me lol
@@tscott9938 oh god, i forgot about that run....
Congrats on 7k, you deserve way more!
You put edits on your videos as if you gain millions per video, and i love that
Hopefully you'll glow up soon!
I recommend playing GOW ragnarock on the release. It'll help
Thank you brotha means the world! and def planning on it 👊🏽
Ludwig is probably my favourite boss ever, not just in a fromsoft game but in any game I've played, and the same goes for the music too. Everything about the design and everything just works and fits perfectly, especially the very fanservice-y re-introduction of the moonlight greatsword, which has been a recurring weapon in fromsoft games for at least a couple decades now. He even changes mechanically when he enters phase 2, e.g. serrated weapons like the saw cleaver do more damage against beasts but he loses his beast status in phase 2 when he regains some sanity!
You did really well against him, you're not overleveled! Most people I've seen take well over 15-20 attempts!
Ok, finally some tips; you have access to the best/easiest blood vial farming in the game, the Eric Andre meme guy that dropped 5 vials outside Ludwig's boss room can be farmed and he drops 5 every time. Also, I don't know if it seems like a weapon you're gonna be using but try holding L2 for the transformed form of the Pizza Cutter!
My favorite boss music track!
edit: you made the right choice saying "no" to bell question. if you said yes, he would have just called you a liar.
Absolute masterpiece
I got to say, I'm very impressed with how you handled the ludwig fight. I fought him on new game+ for the first time, he wrecked me every single chance he got for awhile. Bravo good hunter.
Appreciate you brotha
Such a tough fight, but so incredibly fun and rewarding. It gives me chills every time. Ludwig is such a tragic character too... Breaks my heart!
It's not a particularly difficult fight. Gascoigne is harder lol
@@FSVR54 it’s very subjective! Gascoigne is super easy to me.
On my first playthrough, Ludwig was my hardest boss so kudos to knocking him out so quickly! I honestly think you play this game better than I do. Lol
I managed to beat him in two goes during my second playthrough, but by then I had experience. The FINAL boss of this DLC, however...
Something not really explained in the game that you've experienced resulting in you asking what is happening is that large enemies like Cleric Beast, Vicar Amelia, Darkbeast Paarl, Amygdala, One Reborn, Ebrietas and now Ludwig is that you can break their limbs, crippling them and allowing you to deal increased damage. Congrats on the win F to Ludwig, truly a tragedy.
They added that because you cannot parry big bosses
It definitely helps getting big beasts down. especially Paarl. F to Ludwig lol
@@pugzmanz460 Tell me..good hunter of the church...do you see the light?
Something about your videos are so comforting idk what it is. Good editing, good gameplay, good reactions. Love it
Ive probs killed Ludwig over 100 times and that 2nd phase transition still gives me chills☠☠
Been waiting all day for this! Lets go!!
I gotchu!!
Literally same xD
Im pretty sure the whirling saw is the highest damage strength weapon when fully upgraded and blood runed up
Ludwig is basically this game´s Malekith. There is also an equivalent of Mohg and Malenia later on in the dlc, but no spoilers.
Spoiler: The Mohg of this game would be Lady Maria, and Orphan of Kos being Malenia. People like to compare Maria and Malenia a lot, but Maria is much more fair, balanced, and more smilar to Mohg than she is to Malenia with her blood theme, and the MASSIVE delayed attacks. While Orphan shares Malenia´s agression and ability to cause an aneurysm to anyone going against it.
Glad to see new people getting into this masterpiece, Ludwig's lore is very tragic and the fights music is amazing!
Best fight in the entire series imo
100%
Totally agree!
Best is still in the future 👀
@@albinauriclord5676 👀👀👀👀🕶️
Malenia is best.
So excited to watch you fight this boss. 💪
Epic bro epic
Can’t wait to see it dude! This boss gave me such a hard time (: really rewarding to kill it! Love your videos man, thank you!
Appreciate the love brotha thank you for being here 🙌🏽
The almost perfect music sync at 32:45 was amazing!!
XD "if this is the run back I am going to be pissed" boi, you are gonna be so happy xD
There it is.. My favorite boss theme in any video game and the fight too is soooooooooo epic! Great job on him bro! Glad you're enjoying the game Mat ;) And late gratz on the 7K subs my man! Much love as always ♥
Vermin are what Valtr wants you to hunt down. He’s the guy you met near the elevator in the Forbidden Woods that had you join a league. There’s only 5 of them in game and you have to have the Impurity rune equipped for them to drop so make sure you don’t take it off until you find all 5. When you do find them all you can take them back to Valtr and finish his quest which will get you one of the most bad ass arcane weapons.
How many years have already passed, but I still get goosebumps from this music.
Always comes out on my lunch, nothing better than eating a good sandwich and watching this.
Perfect timing ❤️
I knew you'd like Ludwig and his OST. He's so fuckin cool.
Majestic bro 10/10
I‘m stunned, beating Ludwig at Level 76 this easily... it almost looked like you knew exactly how to dodge every attack (not implying you looked the fight up or anything). There are videos of streamers dying like 60 times to Ludwig. You‘ve become very good at this.
Here‘s an idea: what about doing a PVP session after you beat the game, you against the community? Would be a lot of fun I think.
Again: very well done.
Fair doos mate. Fighting Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade and still had time for a 'thats what she said' joke 😂
🤣
They guy in the forbidden woods with the bucket on his head the vermin is for his covenant,its basically just an item you can use as an emote
I'm glad you found that lamp. Had me yelling at the TV lol.
Bro I almost missed it 😂
Holy horse, you killed him fast dude, amazing.
Man, ludwigs theme is wild,
one of the few pieces of game OST I listen to regularly.
Welcome back gang 💜
Early gang is the best gang
Everytime the second phase start and song turns, bro! Chills literally chills! Also, nice gaming defeating Ludwig, a lot of other people who played or streamed the game have a lot of trouble with him, the saw cleaver and the fire paper are a good choice to fight beasts, and that proves you're getting better at the souls games too, keep going.
The "Am I recording" is becoming a staple in every video I love it
My worst fear is to record a full episode and realize I wasnt recording lmao
You always post when im working overtime. makes the day go by 😁
Hell yeah brotha! 👊🏽
"He's like a horse with too many arms"
A HORSE SHOULD HAVE *NO* ARMS WHATSOEVER SIR
Happy 7k Mati!
Thank you!!
I don't know if u have noticed, when u kill a hunter in the DLC at least, the sound effects triggered by their death is the same u hear when u teleport back to the hunters dream, cool detail right? This are the lil things that make me feel in love with all fromsoftware games
Dude I love you and your content man! How are you such a natural at this game?! You’re awesome bro, can’t wait for the next video 🤙🏻
I love you too and honestly I have no idea I was as shocked as anyone else at the end there 😂 Appreciate you!
now I think Mati will steamroll almost every other games aside from a few select bosses and Sekiro in general
Congrats on that victory
33:05
One of…the single greatest pieces of music…in video game history. Period
This was such a good episode! I laughed a lot. You are hilarious. Keep it up!!
He found the pizza cutter!!!! 😂 Let's go!
Hold L2 on that transformed Whirligig Saw and fall in love
Will doo! ^_^
YES YES YES ludwig is my favorite bb boss! I've been waiting for this day since day 1
The girl in the white dress near the end of the episode is actually Vicar Amelia, after you killed her her mind was ripped into the nightmare where she now resides. You can tell its her because she recites the same chant.
Such a good boss!!
Epic
I love that you also get hype over the killer soundtrack!
I don’t think any game will match the feeling this game’s music gave me bro
"Is he jizzing on me" - I'm dead 😂🤣
🤣💀
That 3rd attempt perfectly synced phase 2 and the OST
i love this boss fight, this is the only video what has a high volume to that epic soundtrack.
The GOAT, I think Ludwigs theme is my 3rd favourite.. My top 2 you haven't faced yet 🥶
Now THAT is exciting!
That lift you were just on at the end has a secret underneath it! Two in fact lol one of which is a new weapon
It's cool that you notice stuff from this game that made its way into Elden Ring. You'll find that stuff in Elden Ring shows up in every single Souls game. It's really cool how much connective tissue exists throughout the games.
If you thought Ludwig was too easy it’s probs because you used a really effective weapon against him
Saw cleaver does 20% extra damage against beasts, and you set it on fire too (beasts are weak to fire)
Damn good job, bro.
Ludwig was the second hardest boss for me in this game, but i know it's different for everyone.
Appreciate you brotha
Good old Ludwig got me goood… Took me hours of trying and ended up asking another Hooonter to help out, together we got him first try lol. It was the first and only Boss I asked for help, I don’t know, I couldn’t beat him lol.
Definitely level up the Pizzacutter and please take a closer look at your Bloodgems, you can add elemental effects like fire to weapons! Also do more chalice dungeons, they are full of some of the best Bloodgems AND different Weapon Variations that hold different types of Bloodgems for even stronger upgrades!
For one of the upcoming bosses I habe a video of me fighting it with an Arcane hybrid build. It shows what some of the tools can do if you’re interested just watch it after you fought the boss haha.
Dude, I've been absolutely loving every single second of this Bloodborme series. Made me go back and turned this game on again for like, my 150th time lol. What's the next game you're gonna do after this is done with?
Love to hear that brotha!! Thats amazing lmao as for next game it's entirely up to you guys :D I'm gonna make a poll at the end of BB (cries) with the rest of the FS games and you guys pick
Hat's off, taking Ludwig down on your third attempt! You have no idea how long it took me to even reach his second phase. Having played Elden Ring before, especially fighting Malenia and Maliketh might have helped, but still... It's really fun watching you play Bloodborne the first time as it makes me relive the moments of surprise and awe on my first playthrough. Looking forward to the next bosses getting slain the Gago way 🙂
Btw, the whirligig saw's L2 is busted with fire paper/bolt paper, and a beast blood pellet. Shit shreds.
pizza cutter go brrrrrrr
The woman wearing the white garb that throws spells at you is actually Vicar Amelia
So freaking cool!!
the second phase music hits so fucking good
“A f*cker in a wheelchair…classic.” - Matias
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@@matiasgago great series so far!
You are killing it, man! Ludwig took me an embarrassing amount of tries lmao. Keep it up, bro, loving the content!
Me too. Second most for me only topped by you know who.
@@kaiderhai86 don’t even get me started on that thing lol. ive played 3 soulsborne games so far and he’s the only one i needed another player to help me with.
@@ethanmorris4697 YEEEEEOWW!!!!
@@psychotropictraveler514 yeow is right 😭😭 all of the fights in the dlc besides the one right after Maria took me like 12+ times.. the last fight broke me! I had to summon someone which im lowk ashamed of
"dude!!! He will not get off my ass" xD lol initial thoughts. Not bad for a first try!!! Let's get it!
Yeah man Ludwig's a beast of a boss. I stupidly went into new game + before having the DLC and he was super annoying but in a wierdly fun way. The music is a masterpiece like a lot of tracks from Bloodborne. It's always good to see people having fun with the hard ones cause learning them through trial and error is a great feeling.
Starting a new game, NG+ with the dlc is just too hard. I have ludwigs holy blade fully upgraded and I'm taking so much damage from one hit, the weapon is doing so little against him so I decided to just start a new game and continue with the dlc
Dont forget to check under that elevator!
2:58 “That is awesome I can go in and out in and out” -no time for that, love, just here to read the meter. Wait…What are we talking about again?
I'm not sure you saw it, but if you turn around before you get to the ludwig hall, there's a respawning tiny enemy against a wall that always drops 5 vials
Good farming spot. 👍
this man's videos are incredibly entertaining
Appreciate you bro 🫶🏽
Yoo you whooped Ludwig’s ass 🤣🤣🤣
"he's like a horse......with.....too many arms" xD I'm dying man
🤣🤣
@@matiasgago 😂
"He's like a horse with too many arms"
I believe any amount of arms on a horse is too many arms lol
I don't mind you being a bit overlevelled: the infamous "super hard DLC" comes from the fact that most people discovered the DLC as they had finished the games so they played it at least on NG+1 and Ludwig on NG+ is super tough, but like you I didnt think Ludwig on regular game was that hard (but he is in fact one of the best bosses from FromSoft ever); on the other hand, two bosses from this DLC (the last one and the optional one) are quite tough regardless (but still manageable on regular game and since you levelled well and regularly you'll do ok)
yeah it really makes a big difference if u play the dlc on ng+. the problem is if u do the dlc before the last boss. u are over leveled for it. if u do it early u get overleveled for the base game. the dlc is really meant to be played on ng+.
The music to that elevator is awesome xD
The hunters cap looks like the Abyss watchers in DARK SOULS 3 WTF !!!! DUDE!!!!! ITS A HUNTER!!!
XD "am I recording?!" X))) classic. Throw back to the drunk episode where you checked like four times xD
dude i wanna see you play all dark souls game.. your commentary is so fun
Hell yeah brotha they will come! ❤️
I highly, highly recommend putting 8 levels into arcane so you can use the new sword, it is a fantastic weapon even for a quality build
Not really. It is actually a pretty mediocre weapon, just super cool.
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 nah its good af, but you do need pretty high arcane to make it useful
@@psychotropictraveler514 Splitdamage generally isnt as good exept on very high level builds. Any normal weapon with elemental infusion does way more damage with an arcane build. A simple sawspear or just the normal Ludwigs with a fire gem is far more effective for example and thats the case for most weapons. Also the HMS takes a lot of stamina. It just requiers a shit load of stats to be good and then other weapons would still be better.
Ofc its still playable and as i said its super cool but it really isnt a top tier weapon.
The Sword that Ludwig was using in the 2nd phase is the Darkmoon Greatsword from Ranni's Questline. Every Soulsborne game has a version of it except Sekiro.
Divine Dragon has it!
@@Axxxel_in_Harlem well there you go lol, Sekiro is the only one I don't have lol
@@joeyjones9041 It's a must play. You need to have it ASAP.
Thanks! Right on time for my bday too, what a treat!
Let’s go! Wishing you the happiest of birthdays 🎉
Thanks
Great as always! Definitely go back and check out the cave where the gatling gun dude was (on the other end of the river of blood). There's an awesome weapon in there you missed out on.
18:23 thanks was for looking for this lol I never did a play through with it lol