@@Apple-fj4bu agreed. I used summons on the fight vs radagan and the elden beast, but they kept dying so fast that I had to stop using them, cause it was just a fight with a boss who has significantly more hp. And if you're alone you can use ashes, but the boss still has the same amount of hp. I actually think if the summons arent very good, it's harder with them than without
I like how him and some of the other streamers were so focused on levels, your weapon level is what it does. +1 makes a boss go from hard to easy sometimes
44:44 Lud: "I'm out of pots, boys" Shady & Shiro: *Charge headfirst into the boss without question* Those brave souls really know how to protect their Mogul. Ludwig7
didnt he have to kill the gargoyles because of it? imagine if he wasnt a stubborn asshole and actually tried lmao, i bet the draconic tree sentinel is easier than the gargoyles. at least for him 😂😂
When I watched that, I was like “omg he’s so stupid and he doesn’t even know it.” Than he fought Valient Gargoyles, one of the worst bosses in the game.
I love how chat was giving him shit about killing Patches for a while after. "Those were Patches' pets, getting revenge." and "Dead, like Patches" hahahaha
@@DylanBeale2010 Consort is waaay harder than Malenia. Malenia can be easily telegraphed once you learn the attacks while Consort will just spam you with everything every 3 seconds
@@titanmax111 i mean consort radahn has a big skill issue when it comes to shield poking so if you stack holy res and just use a shield he becomes a joke
I'm curious if anyone knows what soul level he beat the game at? Also how much he was gimping himself with the rivers of blood katana as it was broken and didn't scale with any stats until the most recent patch.
im playing elden ring for the first time, it took me like 150 tries to kill margit, granted I was way underleveled for the first 100 or so , but once I got to godrick it too me like 40, margit def helps you learn the game a lot before you need to fight harder bosses
@@mayonoise7701 dude lmao 150 tries...I gotta say that I have great respect that you actually went at it until you beat him. but... I also have to say that you do not seem to be particularly good at the game. I thought I was bad lol.
@@thunderscythe6423 WTF are these Comments, GJ you did beat the boss, thats what counts. You are better than those idiots commentating BS, thats for sure!
Bro this shit had me rolling! I haven’t played elden in at least a year but you’ve got me wanting to play again. 110 hours for me to beat it and I really rushed the end. Didn’t explore the capitol, just busted ass towards the end.
@@SSJBart-jb5dw he was under-leveled. By the end of the game, each one of his swords should have been doing about 300-400 damage per swing (aka 600-800 damage when powerstancing). His HP could’ve also used like 10-15 points and his endurance also could’ve been 5-10 points higher too
Best way to level up is actually just get to good farm spot and farm levels there. No point trying to kill every enemy you see since many of them have low rune gain so it's not worth the effort
@@spiker2178 honestly they seem kinda low to me too sometimes. I would consider myself active and my sleeping BPM hovers low 50 and you can see him in this video gaming at those numbers. Kinda insane ngl. Of course it raises when he's fighting a boss but his low intensity heart rate really be matching my sleeping heart rate o.o
@@spiker2178 I have POTS and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia. My heart rate is typically 120-160 give or take (fluctuates a good bit). His is very low compared to me lol.
My favorite part, @34:42 - @35:20, sleep-deprived Ludwig yells at the developers not understanding you are supposed to use Great Runes before battle, not in the heat it and deletes 5 from his inventory one of the most valuable items in the game 🤣
valuable? huh? bro rune arcs are common as fuck. just for co-oping a boss youll get a rune arc when you are being summoned. i had roughly 50-70 at the end of my first playthrough.
@@stonaraptor8196 I haven't been summoned for co-op and forgot what the reward is. I was too high level when I first tried putting my summoning sign down, so waited around a few places for 30 mins each, no luck.
29:09 the fact that he made up a story about himself beating Radahn and calling him the hardest boss, just hilarious. Malenia: “This guys got no chance.” Mogh: “Yeah he’s terrible.”
@@wyattmadsonto dodge Malenia waterfowl if medium range just run, Dodge into her and Dodge into her again. If long range, run from her as long as you can, roll into her and don't get hit by Aftershock. For her little minion things in second phase just run from them
The game is much more fun when you don't rush through it and skip all the other content beside what's needed to beat the game. I do hope you come back to it Lud, even if you don't stream it and just play it by yourself. Hard but fun game.
It has been one of my all time favorite experiences a game has ever given me. The sense of adventure, exploration, and new discoveries makes it just so amazing. It seems like there's always something new wherever you go. Its so good.
Well, he lured me into a tomb full of skeleton giants in Dark Souls. And for what? A couple of souls. He either lied about the treasure or I was to occupied with dying to see it. To be fair though, that was like a month ago. I never even found him or know about him in Elden Ring.
I LONG for Lud to just, whether or not it is recorded, take his time exploring all of the game he rushed through to beat. There is SO much for him in there that I think he’ll love, and he never got to experience most of it through this stream. Amazing video, watching the rune arc discard was incredibly painful!
@@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN sooooo, just wondering, on the off-chance that this is not a bot, how exactly does god justify babies getting bone-cancer?
@@julians.2597 Suffering is proof we live in a fallen world. In the beginning, God's creation was good. No pain, no diseases, no suffering or death. But when sin entered the world through the disobedience of one man, Adam, it brought about what is called "The Fall" and because of that we now live in a fallen creation. Suffering, disease, decay and death came as a result of sin. God has property over all of his creation he decided when to give us life and he also decides when to give us death. If it can appease your conscience, know that every babies go to Heaven where suffering and death doesn't exist. Hope it helps.
Honestly, as much time as exploring can take, it's significantly less than dying over and over again to bosses for hours on end. If Lud had spent just another 30 minutes exploring the Weeping Penisula, he could've gotten three more Sacred Tears and a Golden Seed. Plus all the Golden Seeds and Tears you can get in Limgrave and Liurnia combined. He was fighting the twin gargoyles with only +3 flasks, which is insane with his health level at that point in the game. He had to chug multiple flasks to heal fully, essentially cutting his number of flasks in half.
I feel bad in hindsight knowing Ludwig suffered through the twin gargoyles to get a grind spot for 3000 a run when he got have gone to Varre in Liurnia, crushed 5 finger items, and then teleported straight to mogwyn palace where he'd just have to climb up the cliff, get the grace at the top and then you have nice easy run that between the suicide bird you can snipe and all the guys sleeping on the cliff you can get like 20,000 to 40,000 souls. If only he knew. Having said all that, shit's hilarious.
I watched a lot of the subathon and never saw him crack, 3 or 4 days into Elden Ring he flat out yells at Dennis, malds intensely, and goes into Joker/Goblin mode. Honestly, it was so entertaining to watch live, thank you for sacrificing your sanity, gamer Lud.
Am I the only one that was moved by the very last fight? He knew the mechanics, he knew he had it, his whole attitude and face changed. He suddenly realized how much he loved the game. As the fight ended, he just had this smile on his face as his heart rate jumped higher than any previous point. That's why these games are so god damn addicting!
it's cool to watch a player go from bumbling noob to seasoned killer. everyone is capable of beating these games. you just gotta keep fighting my fellow tarnished.
Of course I’ve never played any souls games, don’t play much rpgs either, took me 60+ hours the first run got the moon ending and about 10 the next run for the Elden lord ending
@@ThePipojp I didn’t like skip things, I just didn’t know about certain things but of course I have beat every boss on the game now, platinum trophy too
50:41 "Every boss holds their hand up like an abusive parent ready to beat my issh. And I been abused so much by this game, that I flinch every time." So true lol, ng3 and I still panic roll.
The last fight was so amazing to watch. You could see that in his last try, everything clicked. He was perfectly timing his dodges and counters. He didn't looked panicked or stressed. Just focus and being at one with his character. Perfect ending.
@@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN I want you to reread what you just wrote from the perspective of someone else. Please realize how absurdly creepy you sound.
I think he played by himself. You can not fake that peaceful and appreciation. It happened while you realize that it’s the end of journey and you’ve learnt everything in the fight. Seeing others play will not look that natural. He’s literally into the flow.
@@thealarm7057 his heart rate got up to 140 at the end lmao and that clearly says it all. your heart rate would never be that high unless you're playing yourself
I only knew they were used for something after beating every single boss in the game and finnish it xD my friends were talking about it, and I was like wtf are you guys talking about runes xD
@@thealarm7057 its like using an ember in dark souls 3 but with more versatility and its effects last until you die so your supposed to use them before the fight not in the middle of it. So your statement actually doesn't have any meaning or point because you use ruin arcs in conjunction with leveling up, its not really a one or the other kind of situation
I felt it when he beat Margit. I had the same exact experience, fighting him underleveled and not even knowing what summons were. Probably the most rewarding win in the game.
@@noktasifir3725 i never use them in any of my playthroughs like they are good but the fact that rune arcs are limited makes it kinda makes it not worth it
Yeahh... nobody reads item descriptions in this game for some reason when it's literally all there. "This is useless what's the point!" maybe... read what it does?
@@lennosan2552 thats like saying weapons are good but because you can beat the game without using them theyre not that useful great runes are insanely op, the first one you get literally gives you 40 free levels
Same but it's in a way of me always like to explore every corners. I just need to see what's there in that spot/area even though it might be an empty open space lol. I always do this whenever I play open world kind of games
@@literallyjustgrass I mean if you Really want to push that uchi bleed to the limit You can get the frost affinity on it and keep hitting That’ll proc frostbite and from there you can go nuts doing damage and stacking bleed If you get the second sword, you can give it fire affinity and keep in your pocket to swap for a heavy unsheathe before swapping back as Frostbite auto ends when hit by Fire damage
37:41 Well, pretty close the actual Final death count! I watched a decent amount of this when he was live. But watching Ludwigs progression of rolling into attacks compared to the very beginning, is pretty Kewl GGs Also Poor Patches
@Sina Alavi The lowest teleport gate at the bottom of the great belfries is a teleport to crumbling azula, then a simple teleport/altf4 glitch is done in a certain way and the game loads u at farum azula, he didn't even see morgot im pretty sure lol ps. elden ring speed runs do this tp glitch
@@ounce8402 patches was more painful, however the fact that he grinded for the dragon and then just gave up being a dragon samurai later... that was pain
2:18 rule one of fromsoft games, never assume something is friendly 4:29 there is no weak point, only strong and stronger points 4:59 never assume you are beating a boss until their move set has changed 7:56 never trust “try jumping” 10:15 nothing is safe, not even cutscenes
Rune arcs activate the ability of whatever great rune you have equipped, it lasts till you die, your supposed to activate it before the fight, not during. I died inside watching him discard all of those, I'm constantly wishing I had more ☠️
Very glad to see you were able to make a video out of it! Excited to watch tomorrow, but I figured I’d comment my excitement now! I caught lots of the stream but you already KNOW I’m gonna love rewatching the highlights
this will never amount to the feeling of being there through the entire gargoyle fight. Being there when he finally beat it literally made me get up and scream and tell my friend who had been watching earlier.
I think what is great about games like these, is that it’s not just “beating a game” it’s feels more like you were able to conquer it. Going through trial and error and learning from your mistakes. I’m glad you beat it and I hope you play again and take your time with it!
He was at more than 50% there, since he just rushed the story and had a decent enough level for the endgame. You don't even have to kill Radahn or Rykard if you kill Godrick and Rennala. Via Makar, DTS and Godfrey, Morgott would be 50%, after which you just run up to Fire Giant and blitz through Farum. Then it's just 3 quick fights. In total you could get away with 14 fights, which is why NG+ only takes like 2 hours to run through. The trouble on the first run is that you probably need more souls than that, which is why it takes time. Not to mention that you actually have to learn the fights, unless you play int build with spirit ashes.
@@everetthughes-vi5di If by 100% you mean all 165 bosses, sure. I think most people do like half of that though. It all depends on your goal, if your goal is to reach the credits then that would be 100% for you. Even if you didn't find all enemies.
I'm super impressed by this kid. I wish him the most success in his career. How amazing having Christopher Judge as a role model growing up. Very humble about his skills and is stoic.
@@zackglickert4495 I was just wondering if you had just figured it out recently when you commented that, they activate the great runes abilities from the rune bearers that you kill.
My favorite part was the Ancestral Follower shooting at the doorway, while Lud is fighting the boss. And then less than two minutes later, he's praising the summon. Yeah, man. Summons are smart and fantastic companions who absolutely know what enemy gets priority.
This video was fire. Good job to the editors that managed to peace this whole thing together cohesively after the vod was deleted 👍. Also 69 deaths on Radahn nice
watching that last fight was so satisfying. it was so clear how much you improved and how hard you worked to get there. and it was such a good run too, your movement was so fluid. amazing job lud! and shoutout mods
Thank you TH-cam for restoring the vods. Massive props. Great content! Didn't watch when you were streaming because I didn't want to get spoiled. Just finished the game today and you uploaded this at the perfect time!
@@JayCrosby32 If you stream on YT, it saves upto 12 hours of the stream after which any part of the stream more than 12 hours long is lost unless you record it locally. Ludwig was doing that. recording his stream locally untill the recording got corrupted as his pc ran out of storage space which gave him only some hours of the stream recorded. Some one probably recorded the whole stream which he then handed over to Lud due to which he is now able to make this vid and probably even upload the VOD (if he hasn't yet) on his vod channel
60 tries or so... i would never do that. most bosses take me 1-5 tries. some took me over 10 though (i´m underleveled all the time basically). at one point you should move on and come back a bit later.
@@tryyton5561 dude avoids draconic tree sentinel, the "optional boss" to have to suffer through the gargoyles 😂😂 he brought that upon himself, 100% deserved
Thanks for summoning me Lud, the legend of Shady and Shiro is one I’ll cherish forever.
‘‘Twas you! God bless dear sir. You have my respects pogU
PogU
Shady and Shiro will go down in history. Kings of kings.
PogU actual legend
I watched it live and it was fun as fuck to watch. Thanks man
That guy that said “698 deaths” Lud said “no you’re just hopeful” but he was only 3 off
he didnt count a lotttt of his deaths
I was thinking this too. Like he was so close bro, man's read the future
@@jukeswolfy2593 plus if he didn’t start summoning he would’ve had waaay more 😂
@@chazmay1089 ok i feel like people who hate summons so much are so stupid cause its in the game. Play how you want but let others play how they want.
@@Apple-fj4bu agreed. I used summons on the fight vs radagan and the elden beast, but they kept dying so fast that I had to stop using them, cause it was just a fight with a boss who has significantly more hp.
And if you're alone you can use ashes, but the boss still has the same amount of hp. I actually think if the summons arent very good, it's harder with them than without
Ludwig yelling "no hit run baby!" Only to then get jawed by a book is one of the funniest things ever
Fr bro ate his words
Time stamp?
@@melsy9355 Here you go bro:
20:35
😂😭😭😭😭😭
@@gigachadsam and a book
I like how him and some of the other streamers were so focused on levels, your weapon level is what it does. +1 makes a boss go from hard to easy sometimes
44:44
Lud: "I'm out of pots, boys"
Shady & Shiro: *Charge headfirst into the boss without question*
Those brave souls really know how to protect their Mogul. Ludwig7
Yessir
Song name?
@@CarterMuller It's the guts song from berserk
@@afro2515 thanks!
@@afro2515 love berserk
“Optional bosses? Not on my agenda”
He says as he runs away from the boss gate keeping the the last half of the game
Ikr? He could've gotten into the capital SO MUCH faster if he just killed that small optional boss. He wasn't even that hard.
@@danielkiran8174 It's not an optional boss.
didnt he have to kill the gargoyles because of it?
imagine if he wasnt a stubborn asshole and actually tried lmao, i bet the draconic tree sentinel is easier than the gargoyles. at least for him 😂😂
When I watched that, I was like “omg he’s so stupid and he doesn’t even know it.” Than he fought Valient Gargoyles, one of the worst bosses in the game.
@@koichz6094 Which questline are are you talking about?
I love how chat was giving him shit about killing Patches for a while after. "Those were Patches' pets, getting revenge." and "Dead, like Patches" hahahaha
I'm surprised they didn't bring it back for the Radahn fight like "patches would've helped you."
“I never have to beat him again!”- Ludwig 2022.
Two years later the hardest boss in any souls like happens to be Radahn.
Malenia????
@@DylanBeale2010 Consort is waaay harder than Malenia. Malenia can be easily telegraphed once you learn the attacks while Consort will just spam you with everything every 3 seconds
@@titanmax111 i mean consort radahn has a big skill issue when it comes to shield poking so if you stack holy res and just use a shield he becomes a joke
@@fanafelgminecraft5789 yeah... I streamed it and just ended up using that strategy
Margit, the Fell - 49 Deaths - 94 Deaths (45) (+3 for second fight lol)
Godrick, the Grafted - 117 Deaths - 158 Deaths (41)
Ancestor Spirit - 209 Deaths - 209 Deaths (0)
Red Wolf of Radagon - 213 Deaths - 217 Deaths (4)
Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon - 218 Deaths - 230 Deaths - (12)
Draconic Tree Sentinel - 287-289 (Unshown)
Starscourge Radahn - 296 Deaths - 365 Deaths (69)
Valiant Gargoyle - 375 Deaths - 479 Deaths (104!)
Godskin Duo - 535 Deaths - 549 Deaths (14 lol)
Beast Clergyman - 559 Deaths - 569 Deaths (10)
Sir Gideon Ofnir - 569 Deaths - 577 Deaths (8)
Godfrey - 577 Deaths - 623 Deaths (46)
Radagon/Elden 625 Deaths - (662 to Elden) 701 Deaths (76)
Most deaths to boss - Valiant Gargoyle 104 Deaths
Least deaths to boss - Ancestor Spirit 0 Deaths
Radahn has 69. Ironic, considering that he isn't the nicest boss
I think he skipped some on Maliketh
@@GenericNameeee He did, but he showed what life he entered the fight on and what life he died on so it isn't a big deal haha
I'm curious if anyone knows what soul level he beat the game at? Also how much he was gimping himself with the rivers of blood katana as it was broken and didn't scale with any stats until the most recent patch.
I would be curious how many deaths he had on Fire Giant (who's not in this vid)
I forgot the monologue about Lud insisting that the government isn’t doing enough to fix potholes. Inspirational gameplay commentary
He's from NH, hes allowed to complain
the irony is the guy he ended up not fighting is more or less THE government and killing him would have been righteous vengeance for said holes.
“I think we should stop slavery” -Ludwig, 2022. Finally someone brave enough to say it.
Jk Rowling been real quiet since this dropped
Botez sisters are shaking
(Prison Industrial Complex has entered the chat)
@@Magus_Union Just because Tyrone got arrested for possession of crack cocaine doesn't mean he's being forced into slavery, Dogshit comparison.
@@EMPtaticz 🤓
Pointcrows goldfish did better than Ludwig 💀
That’s crazy
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Lud calmly: “we did it boys”
*heart-rate at 140*
@Mr. Meeseekes what?
@mr.meeseekes5016when did the comment talk abt that 💀
@mr.meeseekes5016bro is a schizo
@mr.meeseekes5016what is goomba babbling about🙏🏽
lmao, his face is so priceless after that 🤣the sense of accomplishment look at him go
I gotta say, Margit does a great job of making sure you can play the game before you plunge too deep
im playing elden ring for the first time, it took me like 150 tries to kill margit, granted I was way underleveled for the first 100 or so , but once I got to godrick it too me like 40, margit def helps you learn the game a lot before you need to fight harder bosses
@@mayonoise7701bro im sorry but this game is not for you
@@mayonoise7701 dude lmao 150 tries...I gotta say that I have great respect that you actually went at it until you beat him.
but...
I also have to say that you do not seem to be particularly good at the game. I thought I was bad lol.
@@mayonoise7701 Wow, gotta give you credits for not giving up, thats what souls games are all about :)
@@thunderscythe6423 WTF are these Comments, GJ you did beat the boss, thats what counts. You are better than those idiots commentating BS, thats for sure!
"Your parents named you Margit?!?" Ironically, he named himself Margit.
Lmao I didn't even think about that
I mean Morgott isn’t much better
@@justsomeguyevadingtaxes497 Morgott is a pretty cool name, check out Morgoth from Lord of the Rings too
@@justsomeguyevadingtaxes497 good job fellow motivator
Bro this shit had me rolling! I haven’t played elden in at least a year but you’ve got me wanting to play again. 110 hours for me to beat it and I really rushed the end. Didn’t explore the capitol, just busted ass towards the end.
Thank god there was a blessed champion who saved all this footage. Ludwig7 to you, sir.
It was TH-cam.
@@4rtie TH-cam never saved the vod because it was over the time cap for vods
@@4rtie L + Fake fan
@@killya1928 TH-cam did save the VOD, and gave it to Lud.
@@killya1928 Lud did get his Vod back from TH-cam
Runs past all the enemies and dungeons, wonders why he is so under-leveled.
He was no where near under leveled 🤣
@@okpolar8791 Well which is it?
@@SSJBart-jb5dw he was under-leveled. By the end of the game, each one of his swords should have been doing about 300-400 damage per swing (aka 600-800 damage when powerstancing). His HP could’ve also used like 10-15 points and his endurance also could’ve been 5-10 points higher too
Actually, it's called a true souls-like experience.
Best way to level up is actually just get to good farm spot and farm levels there. No point trying to kill every enemy you see since many of them have low rune gain so it's not worth the effort
You know it’s getting serious when you start having a conversation with the boss you’re fighting 😂
then theres gideon
lol
lmao i did the exact same thing when i fight o&s from ds1
@@celanvaril6200When i struggle with a boss I start bargaining with them
@@BoxingMyBallsthat man got out 4 words before me and my mimic tear crushed his dreams 🤣
Lud saying we beat him to Radahn and "we never have to do it again" is so ironic after dlc lmao
I love the fact he didn’t even include the fire giant. That was one of the darkest times for lud I think
He lost all footage
@@itsvigo88 he got it all back. He said so himself
@@itsvigo88 bro if he lost all the footage how do you think all of this footage was gotten????
@@UncleKoolaids i heard him say he got sent a lot of footage from people within the community
@@enaark2631 he made a vid saying TH-cam recovered the whole stream
The thing I learned the most during this video is that my heart rate is absolutely *fucked* compared to Lud's. Never seen such low numbers lol.
it went up to 130 just from him screaming lmao. He does have a relatively low base heart rate tho
LOW??? ARE YOU OK???
@@spiker2178 honestly they seem kinda low to me too sometimes. I would consider myself active and my sleeping BPM hovers low 50 and you can see him in this video gaming at those numbers. Kinda insane ngl. Of course it raises when he's fighting a boss but his low intensity heart rate really be matching my sleeping heart rate o.o
@@spiker2178 I have POTS and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia. My heart rate is typically 120-160 give or take (fluctuates a good bit). His is very low compared to me lol.
Mine is like 80 to 100 resting.
My favorite part, @34:42 - @35:20, sleep-deprived Ludwig yells at the developers not understanding you are supposed to use Great Runes before battle, not in the heat it and deletes 5 from his inventory one of the most valuable items in the game 🤣
valuable? huh? bro rune arcs are common as fuck. just for co-oping a boss youll get a rune arc when you are being summoned. i had roughly 50-70 at the end of my first playthrough.
@@stonaraptor8196 I haven't been summoned for co-op and forgot what the reward is. I was too high level when I first tried putting my summoning sign down, so waited around a few places for 30 mins each, no luck.
@@tycorrell5390 seems like you need friends bruh
@@joshblsg7855 What leads you to say that? When you get older your friends and yourself are too busy, schedules don't line up.
@@stonaraptor8196 t. autism
31:29 "we beat him and we never have to do it again!" ....
Ludwig feeling bad for killing Patches and the chat just rubbing it in after that was the best
i’ll never feel bad for patches after he pushed me in that pit
@@zackglickert4495he was just guiding you to where you needed to be
The calmest of “gg’s” at the end while his heart rate is literally 140
"Dumbledore asked calmly" in real life
seeing lud discard almost all of his rune arcs* fucking hurt me to my core lmao
*damn i really said great runes smh
insanity
rune arcs but yeah
rest in peace 40 levels worth of stats
Trashes what's literally the most valuable item in the game, I felt that in my soul
I love how confidently he did it too, I wonder if he knew how angry it was going to make us lmao
29:09 the fact that he made up a story about himself beating Radahn and calling him the hardest boss, just hilarious.
Malenia: “This guys got no chance.”
Mogh: “Yeah he’s terrible.”
Radahn is harder than both (for me atleast)
@shutup3338 malenia was easier than radahn for you? i beat radahn in a few attempts, but i cant even get malenia to half health in the first phase
@@wyattmadsonto dodge Malenia waterfowl if medium range just run, Dodge into her and Dodge into her again. If long range, run from her as long as you can, roll into her and don't get hit by Aftershock. For her little minion things in second phase just run from them
@@Lokiostudio thanks. im just learning the muscle memory for her more basic moves rn. ive only attempted her fight like 10 times so far.
What is the song during this clip?
The game is much more fun when you don't rush through it and skip all the other content beside what's needed to beat the game. I do hope you come back to it Lud, even if you don't stream it and just play it by yourself. Hard but fun game.
Yeah, it's definitely a game meant to be enjoyed at your own pace rather than rushing through for a challenge on a first playthrough.
It has been one of my all time favorite experiences a game has ever given me. The sense of adventure, exploration, and new discoveries makes it just so amazing. It seems like there's always something new wherever you go. Its so good.
@@innerg_92 I explored ever corner, sad it's over for me. Took 200hrs too! Amazing game. Wish we got to see this streamer fight Melania
The challenge was to beat it in 4 days so it makes sense he'd cut corners
Lud- **assumes "patches" is an enemy in seconds**
Also Lud- are these lightning balls freindly?
to be fair, the lightning balls didnt put a boss bar on his screen
Cant believe all the patches apologists. Ill never forget tomb of the giants
@@josephalmahmid3496wdym he kicked you down to where a skull lantern is he helped so much
@@josephalmahmid3496or how he stole siegwards armor
Well, he lured me into a tomb full of skeleton giants in Dark Souls. And for what? A couple of souls. He either lied about the treasure or I was to occupied with dying to see it. To be fair though, that was like a month ago. I never even found him or know about him in Elden Ring.
I LONG for Lud to just, whether or not it is recorded, take his time exploring all of the game he rushed through to beat. There is SO much for him in there that I think he’ll love, and he never got to experience most of it through this stream. Amazing video, watching the rune arc discard was incredibly painful!
@@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN sooooo, just wondering, on the off-chance that this is not a bot, how exactly does god justify babies getting bone-cancer?
@@julians.2597 lmfao
@@julians.2597 Suffering is proof we live in a fallen world. In the beginning, God's creation was good. No pain, no diseases, no suffering or death. But when sin entered the world through the disobedience of one man, Adam, it brought about what is called "The Fall" and because of that we now live in a fallen creation. Suffering, disease, decay and death came as a result of sin. God has property over all of his creation he decided when to give us life and he also decides when to give us death. If it can appease your conscience, know that every babies go to Heaven where suffering and death doesn't exist. Hope it helps.
@@maskouye9222 you are out of your mind.
@@maskouye9222 You sound like an actual psychotic cultist. None of that is real.
That Radahn yell of victory 😂
I love these games for that feeling! But the frustration of getting there is painful haha
I love how he constantly panic rolls and then blames the game
ong
i.e. all of ludwigs fights
Everyone has done that some time when panic takes over 😂
Blaming the game and getting mad at the game is not the same thing.
dont we all
I love how Lud could have beaten this game so much faster if he actually explored places to find the blood draining stuff
Honestly, as much time as exploring can take, it's significantly less than dying over and over again to bosses for hours on end. If Lud had spent just another 30 minutes exploring the Weeping Penisula, he could've gotten three more Sacred Tears and a Golden Seed. Plus all the Golden Seeds and Tears you can get in Limgrave and Liurnia combined. He was fighting the twin gargoyles with only +3 flasks, which is insane with his health level at that point in the game. He had to chug multiple flasks to heal fully, essentially cutting his number of flasks in half.
@@AlasdairGR at level 120~ish I realized there was an area below Limgrave, those sacred tears help a lot! Some physick crystals too
@@chipskylark5500 what the fuck are physick crystals ? i'm lvl100 at endgame
@@rkjj. probably talking about the crystal dew or whatever u find under the minor Erdtrees for ur physik flask
@@SM4SH3R you're supposed to use those ? I thought it was a one time thing
Him beating the third Demi god like that felt like a movie scene.
“Guess it’s gotta be fuckin me” and takes him down with the final blow.
What part of the video is that?
@@JustPlainGod 30:58
2 replies, hm
might as well be the 3rd
duude, I got goosebumps
He beat two before that
I feel bad in hindsight knowing Ludwig suffered through the twin gargoyles to get a grind spot for 3000 a run when he got have gone to Varre in Liurnia, crushed 5 finger items, and then teleported straight to mogwyn palace where he'd just have to climb up the cliff, get the grace at the top and then you have nice easy run that between the suicide bird you can snipe and all the guys sleeping on the cliff you can get like 20,000 to 40,000 souls. If only he knew.
Having said all that, shit's hilarious.
I watched a lot of the subathon and never saw him crack, 3 or 4 days into Elden Ring he flat out yells at Dennis, malds intensely, and goes into Joker/Goblin mode. Honestly, it was so entertaining to watch live, thank you for sacrificing your sanity, gamer Lud.
Am I the only one that was moved by the very last fight? He knew the mechanics, he knew he had it, his whole attitude and face changed. He suddenly realized how much he loved the game. As the fight ended, he just had this smile on his face as his heart rate jumped higher than any previous point. That's why these games are so god damn addicting!
Yes
Yes
it's cool to watch a player go from bumbling noob to seasoned killer. everyone is capable of beating these games. you just gotta keep fighting my fellow tarnished.
Of course I’ve never played any souls games, don’t play much rpgs either, took me 60+ hours the first run got the moon ending and about 10 the next run for the Elden lord ending
@@zVaRiaLxRecoil You skipped a shit ton of things then. I'm at 100 hours and haven't beaten and I never really got stuck at any of the bosses
@@ThePipojp I didn’t like skip things, I just didn’t know about certain things but of course I have beat every boss on the game now, platinum trophy too
@@zVaRiaLxRecoil Ok, that's a lot of dedication, congrats!
Not everyone. Some people can’t git gud, bottom line.
7:05
“how march time is left?”
Lud: “like one boss left” 💀
10:09 I died laughing when he said “I got hit by a cutscene”😭 the same happened to me my first time😂
same happened to me my twelth time
Happened to me too and that hit actually killed me, but I only died after the cutscene
Yeah, he should play the most popular single player games from rockstar. I heard the games are really shorts
LOL, I got hit by a Vallorant ad just at the moment too. XD Double whammy.
50:41 "Every boss holds their hand up like an abusive parent ready to beat my issh. And I been abused so much by this game, that I flinch every time." So true lol, ng3 and I still panic roll.
The last fight was so amazing to watch. You could see that in his last try, everything clicked. He was perfectly timing his dodges and counters. He didn't looked panicked or stressed. Just focus and being at one with his character. Perfect ending.
or maybe he had someone playing for him
@@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN I want you to reread what you just wrote from the perspective of someone else. Please realize how absurdly creepy you sound.
I think he played by himself. You can not fake that peaceful and appreciation. It happened while you realize that it’s the end of journey and you’ve learnt everything in the fight. Seeing others play will not look that natural. He’s literally into the flow.
@@SobeCrunkMonster After 70+ tries you usually get better...
@@thealarm7057 his heart rate got up to 140 at the end lmao and that clearly says it all. your heart rate would never be that high unless you're playing yourself
Ludwig discarding his Ruin Arcs was absolutely hilarious, those single handily helped me beat Rahdan 🤣
Yeah that wasnso stupid haha.
I only knew they were used for something after beating every single boss in the game and finnish it xD my friends were talking about it, and I was like wtf are you guys talking about runes xD
Radahn was crazy
it had the same energy as when pokay threw like 200 diamonds into lava on smp live
@@thealarm7057 its like using an ember in dark souls 3 but with more versatility and its effects last until you die so your supposed to use them before the fight not in the middle of it. So your statement actually doesn't have any meaning or point because you use ruin arcs in conjunction with leveling up, its not really a one or the other kind of situation
18:08 the summon in the backround shooting the wall
Im dying XD
I felt it when he beat Margit. I had the same exact experience, fighting him underleveled and not even knowing what summons were. Probably the most rewarding win in the game.
He wasn't under leveled in that fight..
@@christianboi7690 if you feel nothing after a struggle to beat a souls boss, there is no reason to play souls 😂
@@christianboi7690 so you're just an egdy 15 year old, got it
Starting samurai class is extremly op you get a free bleed and a l2 that does 300 damage what more can u want from that fight
same, favourite boss in the game. loved the experience and convinced me not to do summons for the whole thing (except radahn 💀)
can u imagine how hard it is to condense over 60 hours of content into one hour
Never thought of that, that's crazy!
He skipped over leyndel and mountain top
think the hard bit would be playing it for 60 hours straight tbh
@Samuel Ellis nah that's easy when elden ring is so good
Man i felt my soul leave when he discarded the rune arcs and said they're useless
Me too I was like really
@@ratecyanlook at the death count since he started the boss, yes he definitely did
@@noktasifir3725 i never use them in any of my playthroughs like they are good but the fact that rune arcs are limited makes it kinda makes it not worth it
an elden ring boss fight with the one piece soundtrack behind it is something I didn’t know I needed
Its amazing how ludwig can make this game look even harder than it actually is
that was an extremely poetic Rahdan kill, huge props for that
I read poetic as pathetic
Seeing ludwigs anger at rune arcs before seeing how good they are killed me
Yeahh... nobody reads item descriptions in this game for some reason when it's literally all there. "This is useless what's the point!" maybe... read what it does?
i mean, ive never used them and still beat the game, i ndon't think they're useless but they aint that useful either
@@lennosan2552they’re incredibly useful tf 🤣
@@lennosan2552you don’t need them to beat the game but they are very powerful and useful.
@@lennosan2552 thats like saying weapons are good but because you can beat the game without using them theyre not that useful
great runes are insanely op, the first one you get literally gives you 40 free levels
“I’m assuming there’s only one more boss left” after killing margit is the best line 😂😂😂😂
I’m too prideful for elden ring, instead of ignoring enemies and going through I fight every single one until nothing is left
literally me too
Until you rest at a grace and all of them respawn ...
@@MiataManDan sadly, but I still have an iron will and I swear I will make every enemy extinct
Castlevania conditioned me to do the same long ago…. Lol
Same but it's in a way of me always like to explore every corners. I just need to see what's there in that spot/area even though it might be an empty open space lol. I always do this whenever I play open world kind of games
Lud: Literally skipping all the good gear
Also Lud: Wonders why he's so W E A K
Default Samurai gear is excellent though.
@@jacobnorris8256yeah but u could atleast get the second katana I dont really remember Where but dual wielding katanas are op
@@cursed9693 its in one of the dungeons in Limgrave, its north of the Warmaster Shack where Bernahl is
unironically a single halfway-upgraded uchi can get you through most of the game on bleed alone, but that vigor bar was tiny for like half the video
@@literallyjustgrass I mean if you Really want to push that uchi bleed to the limit
You can get the frost affinity on it and keep hitting
That’ll proc frostbite and from there you can go nuts doing damage and stacking bleed
If you get the second sword, you can give it fire affinity and keep in your pocket to swap for a heavy unsheathe before swapping back as Frostbite auto ends when hit by Fire damage
37:41 Well, pretty close the actual Final death count!
I watched a decent amount of this when he was live. But watching Ludwigs progression of rolling into attacks compared to the very beginning, is pretty Kewl GGs
Also Poor Patches
Chat so wrong for not telling him about Fia’s prank hug!! 😂
And the way he defeats Radahn is pure comedy
You know Ludwig is tired as hell when he keeps calling Elden Ring “Elden Scrolls” 😂
didn't he say elder scrolls?
@@HunterandKillergaming
pretty sure it was elden scrolls 😂💀
Beethoven played Elden Ring? Damn
While I didn't see the stream, I would suspect he started calling it Elden Scrolls for fun.
@@jacobnorris8256 yeah he was memeing, i saw the whole vods
"3500 runes" *orgasms*
Imagine him discovering the suicide crow in Mohg's Palace.
Fr💀
Or that entire farming area lol
Or the Mother Dragon in Caelid!
@@Wooter29 he saw that dragon but he ran away from her when he realized she is alive
Would've loved to see him fight Malenia and some of the other other bosses, there are some crazy ones
he skipped morgot and godwin 1 and fire giant and like half the map kinda sad
@Sina Alavi vod was lost he didn't skip
@@carusosig4425 morgott is a main boss
@Sina Alavi The lowest teleport gate at the bottom of the great belfries is a teleport to crumbling azula, then a simple teleport/altf4 glitch is done in a certain way and the game loads u at farum azula, he didn't even see morgot im pretty sure lol ps. elden ring speed runs do this tp glitch
@@ImVyriss oh so he was glitching? I thought all videos on mountaintop and the capital is gone
After Radahn fight, "We just beat him and were never gonna have to do it again."
Shadow of the Erdtree:
You’re not a real one unless you sat through hours of Lud grinding giants
It was the most painful experience of my life
Agreed
@@ounce8402 patches was more painful, however the fact that he grinded for the dragon and then just gave up being a dragon samurai later... that was pain
@@gjj7467 being dragon samurai is hard since there are no faith-scaling katanas
@@HappyBeeGaming can't you make one?? Put ash of war on the Uchi that scales with faith???
28:00 “no wonder it’s called festival of Radhan, because we’re celebrating his f*cking victory” I’m so dead
i love how Lud was dogshit the entire game then popped off at elden beast and played it clean as fuck
2:18 rule one of fromsoft games, never assume something is friendly
4:29 there is no weak point, only strong and stronger points
4:59 never assume you are beating a boss until their move set has changed
7:56 never trust “try jumping”
10:15 nothing is safe, not even cutscenes
Rune arcs activate the ability of whatever great rune you have equipped, it lasts till you die, your supposed to activate it before the fight, not during. I died inside watching him discard all of those, I'm constantly wishing I had more ☠️
It heals you to full when you use it, it's been a strat in all games to use ember/arc as a pot lol
@@xol9133 it doesnt, it only gives you the extra health you would have gotten by using it with full health.
Here I am with 150 rune arcs xD think I've only used one or 2 the whole time I played
Came to look for this, it's pretty much your ember of this game and is soooo useful.
@@bobbobby1186 were you farming rats? Lol
cuz its a rare drop of theirs
Great video as always lud!
Too bad patches wasn't here to see it with us.
You have 69 likes. I aint gonna ruin that
Very glad to see you were able to make a video out of it! Excited to watch tomorrow, but I figured I’d comment my excitement now! I caught lots of the stream but you already KNOW I’m gonna love rewatching the highlights
5:26 " I-I-I ahhh... I-I'd Ahhhh"
-Ludwig
20:37 still the best comedic timing from the whole stream, I was laughing my ass off when watched it on the stream 🤣
the funniest timing was when he put on someones stream as he was shitting then the other guy went to shit
Not only did he get hit after saying "no hit run", he also didn't hit the second phase a single time.
I guess in a way he was correct.
That's amazing
this will never amount to the feeling of being there through the entire gargoyle fight. Being there when he finally beat it literally made me get up and scream and tell my friend who had been watching earlier.
"Is that a dragon? I wonder who he's trying to fight" killed me
why did he skip the entire leyndell capital and fire giant fight
For a guy with a McDonald's sign behind him, his heart rate is pretty normal.
I know it's been a year, but watching this makes me feel so much better about my play through.
I think what is great about games like these, is that it’s not just “beating a game” it’s feels more like you were able to conquer it. Going through trial and error and learning from your mistakes. I’m glad you beat it and I hope you play again and take your time with it!
Love the summoning salt shoutout in the middle of the super cut 😂
The Shady Shiro fight, the last hit on Radahn, the final smile at the end with Elden Beast. What a journey.
o7
"I genuinly think i have beaten 50% of the game." i laughed so hard at that. Imagine if he would have known whats to come.
He was at more than 50% there, since he just rushed the story and had a decent enough level for the endgame. You don't even have to kill Radahn or Rykard if you kill Godrick and Rennala. Via Makar, DTS and Godfrey, Morgott would be 50%, after which you just run up to Fire Giant and blitz through Farum. Then it's just 3 quick fights. In total you could get away with 14 fights, which is why NG+ only takes like 2 hours to run through. The trouble on the first run is that you probably need more souls than that, which is why it takes time. Not to mention that you actually have to learn the fights, unless you play int build with spirit ashes.
@@Sandlund93 but he hadnt really done much outside those bosses, hed really only done like 30 percent
@@everetthughes-vi5di If by 100% you mean all 165 bosses, sure. I think most people do like half of that though. It all depends on your goal, if your goal is to reach the credits then that would be 100% for you. Even if you didn't find all enemies.
I've watched alot of souls vids over the years but lud is the first I've heard call a boss "a cringe try hard"
I'm super impressed by this kid. I wish him the most success in his career. How amazing having Christopher Judge as a role model growing up. Very humble about his skills and is stoic.
Ludwig: *Narrarating himself as the best Elden Ring Player*
Also Ludwig: WHAT THE HELL IS A RUNE ARC! THERE CANT BE A MORE USELESS ITSM
ngl i don’t know what they do 100 hours in
@@zackglickert4495you know what they do now right? Right…?
@@evolve287 no i don’t that’s why i commented that
@@zackglickert4495 I was just wondering if you had just figured it out recently when you commented that, they activate the great runes abilities from the rune bearers that you kill.
@@evolve287 oh ok thank you. sounds nerve racking to use
You killing Patches when he begs for his life is probably the funniest shit I've ever seen, thank you for that LMFAO
This Elden Ring stream singlehandedly wins Ludwig his “(most L by a game) Streamer of the year”.
52:27
"Hardest boss in the game"
Malenia: 😑
I've been going through a really horrible time lately and this helped me forget everything for a while. If you see this...thank you
keep up buddy
You've got this man
You’ve got it buddy
My favorite part was the Ancestral Follower shooting at the doorway, while Lud is fighting the boss. And then less than two minutes later, he's praising the summon. Yeah, man. Summons are smart and fantastic companions who absolutely know what enemy gets priority.
Whoever edits these videos needs a goddamn raise, i was dying laughing the whole time
Although I'm sure Ludwig pays them well
Pay the Mod Thursdays (or Monday idk) and if he streams overnight then the mods get the donos
@@captainsquids2792 didnt know this, thats awesome, I always loved his streams tho
This is one is edited by shake drizzle, his Twitter is in the description
I can’t imagine making it to twin gargoyles and not understanding what a rune arc does.
This video was fire. Good job to the editors that managed to peace this whole thing together cohesively after the vod was deleted 👍. Also 69 deaths on Radahn nice
watching that last fight was so satisfying. it was so clear how much you improved and how hard you worked to get there. and it was such a good run too, your movement was so fluid. amazing job lud! and shoutout mods
Thank you TH-cam for restoring the vods. Massive props. Great content! Didn't watch when you were streaming because I didn't want to get spoiled. Just finished the game today and you uploaded this at the perfect time!
31:43 the boss that changed lud forever 😂
Lud basically went through the stages of grief playing this game...... literally ended it with "this is a good game"
everytime i tried to join that stream he was either sleeping or taking a break 😭 still made it some of the time though, epic stream ;)
Thank god there was someone that saved all the footage, TH-cam almost cost Ludwig an amazing video
Context?
@@JayCrosby32 If you stream on YT, it saves upto 12 hours of the stream after which any part of the stream more than 12 hours long is lost unless you record it locally. Ludwig was doing that. recording his stream locally untill the recording got corrupted as his pc ran out of storage space which gave him only some hours of the stream recorded. Some one probably recorded the whole stream which he then handed over to Lud due to which he is now able to make this vid and probably even upload the VOD (if he hasn't yet) on his vod channel
@@SouvikP24 TH-cam recovered the stream
It was youtube. Community tab.
Bro called draconian tree sentinel an unnecessary boss fight
22:45 "Is that a dragon!? I wonder who he's trying to fight" absolutely killed me 😂
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Ay I'm glad to see the mad lad finally beat Elden Ring. Now if he can pull off a speed run refund that'll make him one of the maddest lads
I'm seriously impressed that you were able to do those twin gargoyles without giving up.
60 tries or so... i would never do that. most bosses take me 1-5 tries. some took me over 10 though (i´m underleveled all the time basically). at one point you should move on and come back a bit later.
@@tryyton5561 dude avoids draconic tree sentinel, the "optional boss" to have to suffer through the gargoyles 😂😂
he brought that upon himself, 100% deserved
@@yurilopes420 haha, yeah true.
Him dropping all his rune arcs just too funny lmao