I don't think I have ever died from that hole, usually it is the guys that explode that get me... Or panic rolling off of the edge. 😣 Also have a F. That totally sucks for a no death run.
Two words: Thank you! I managed to do this run 1 minute ago, I am watching the credits right now, and i only achieved this cause of your guide, great video!
Yeah i thought i was extremely bad at rolling for a looooooooooong time. Now i play on 2x speed with 101 adp and enlarged user hitboxes while watching the love guru and jacking off
ymfah, ive just beaten dark souls 2 scholar of the first sin without dying or resting at a bonfire and i would like to thank you for the guide and inspiration to do so. thanks so much, keep uploading.
So, I ended up doing the No Death/No Bonfire run on NG+ with my faith character. Keep in mind that I had never attempted either run until that point. Before starting NG+, I made sure to equip one of the Replenishment miracles, one of the Heal miracles, and Denial. However, because I’m an idiot, I forgot to stock up on Repair Powders and had to constantly switch between Santier’s Spear and some other choice weapons. Lemme tell you, it was one of the most stressful runs of my life. There were so many times where I would’ve died if I didn’t have Denial active. Walking next to a pit was sweat-inducing. I had to call phantoms whenever I could, just to have someone to distract enemies and tank damage. And on top of it all, I hadn’t gone through NG+ before, so I had no idea what the new enemy placement was. To this day, I’m still shocked that I made it.
Getting these two rings was the one thing I always wanted to do in this game and never did, but today I decided to finally go for it. I followed your guide and was successful in getting both rings in one run, so thank you ymfah!
@@NightNinja540 dang almost a quearter of math class you wasn't paying attention huh? Ill tell you what go back to your math teacher and file a lawsuit kid you got a good case.. Now the sound stops and starts at the times shown here. 15:20-18:35 that's 3 minutes 15 seconds, the video is 24:03 actually kid a QUARTER of the video would be approximately 6 minutes almosy DOUBLE of what your over exaggerated complaint was. So yea don't comment on any more souls videos matter fact boy dont Even watch any more souls videos you clearly need to spend your time in another department. Or you can tell me how. 3:15 24:03 is a quarter of the video. I would love to see you explain lmao lol smh.
The shrine of amana will always disappoint me. Not because of the mages but because after the miracles were nerfed a great lightning spear with a +10 chime did less damage than an unupgraded light crossbow with magic bolts...on a character with high faith
@@frostchaotic3691 dude, miracles are ass in ds2. Doesn't matter if you have the best chime in the game. That sunlight spear ain't doing shit compared to other stuff.
@@devastatheseeker9967 You clearly never touched miracles if you think lightning spear or great lightning spear doesn't demolish everything in sight with the dragon charm
Not sure if anybody is still watching this nowadays (hopefully people still do), this was a great help in getting both rings. I did it in NG+1 though, and I advise getting all you can get from being NG+1 and try it that way at first, it is so much easier even though you only get one shot at it. You can't imagine how much. Just as an example, Denial saved me twice from lethal damage, and yes, NG+1 means you can organise the spells you'll need in NG, as well as.... everything else. Anyway, thanks again ymfah, for making us dream and find new ways to have fun with these beloved games.
Stocking up on repair powders is the most important part. You can also do this on a NG+ of any character. Awesome guide, particularly useful for achievement hunting
First time seeing one of your videos on my feed, clicked on it because it's late and I wanted to watch something to sleep... Your content is amazing! I really enjoyed your humor and I think the editing is fantastic. You've got yourself a sub for life! Also gonna show your channel to my DS buddys
The amount of dumb, run-ending deaths I have trying to get these rings is insane. Been getting further and further with every attempt tho. The guide has been a huge help, so thanks for making it!
Something that may help if people kinda wanna cheese it If you're on ps4 you could just back up your save in areas you think you may have trouble with and reload the save if you die.
@@aricaric1894 If that is not cheating, what would be cheating? You just broke the most important part of the game. DS is about the punishments for your mistakes
@@Maxurai2222 the actor who played Robbie Rotten, who sings "We Are Number One" (playing in the background at the timestamp), died of cancer and it was a v sad time for meme connoisseurs and for humanity as a whole.
My first 30 attempts at this, the enemies were only using slow attacks. Now they're on full aggro/troll mode where if they have a shield, they'll block for several minutes; if they outnumber me, they beserk. I swear they coded that into the game.
Dunno if you got DMCA'd over the background music and had to mute it after uploading or what, but the audio is completely borked between 15:22 and 18:36. Just goes dead silent with no warning for over 3 minutes.
Completed this run today thanks to you. Never thought I'd complete any of the challenges in your ridiculous guides... DS2 has really grown on me this last year. Thanks for the laughs and the good advice. Time for invisible smelter demolition.
Thanks ymfah! I finally got them. Although I have to say I farmed waaay to many souls for my run in NG+4. I used another route because of that, but your tips were still very helpful. To anyone who tries to attempt this run in NG+, I have some strats I used if you want some tips from me. (Nobody cares I know but I'm just trying to help)
I just finished my no death/bonfire run, and I wanted to say a big THANK YOU, SKELETON, for this video! I couldn't have done it as easily as I did without your instructions! It was one of the most intense and nerve-wracking experiences I ever had in any of these games, but I finally did it! And I'm so glad I got to tick that off of my to-do list, at last! Thank you kindly for the video and all the effort you put into this, ymfah! Long may the sun shine!
no because the espada rapera is just a straight upgrade to it :^) shame you can't get that until basically endgame, same with the similarly arguably better ice rape-ier
problem with red iron is it weighs like four hundred [units], doesn't work so well in halls and has a relatively poor moveset for twinblades (all of its first attacks besides iirc the rolling r1 are just straightsword attacks, so it is sometimes worse than other twinblades and even postnerf santier's for bosses, where you have the window for a twinblade twirl but not a straightsword swing AND a twinblade twirl between their attacks). Some of the benefits of rapiers are that almost nothing resists thrust, nearly as many things are weak to it as strike, they can be used even in tight spaces but have good reach, and they're very fast and all their attacks are low-commitment. Plus the rapier and espada ropera have one of the best parries in the game which is just icing on the cake. but yeah for sheer power/dps I don't think anything beats red iron.
I know im late and i know this is an unpopular opinion but darksouls 2 has this special place in my heart and i love it more than any other game in the series. In fact, its my favourit game of all time. And with your help/video i finally managed to get a hold on this rings THANK YOU
Unironically my guidance throughout the illusory ring run (although I did make some of my changes, such as combining the use of rapier and santier spear, and more exploration and doing some easy minibosses). Amazing content, honestly this is truly a work of an insanely good Dark Souls player. Can't wait for more challenge runs :D
I remember wanting both rings, i did a NG+ no death no bonfire run Im being totally honest, it wasnt actually all that difficult, what it was was very aggrivating, time consuming, and annoying. Mostly because of the not being able to rest at bonfires thing normally if you were doing one or the other its easier. Say you were only doing a no bonfire run. Out of spells? Just die. Doesnt count as a bonfire rest and you get all your stuff back. No death run? Sticky situation? Feather out You can feather out in a no-bonfire and no-death run, but because of the way you have to go about doing it to be efficient, that could drastically set you back, and put you at risk of repeating a tricky situation ------------------ I was damn close to losing my whole run at the very end though. Fuck the god damn throne duo
Got it on my 8th attempt! Luckily only made it past the hour mark on my last two attempts, so I got both rings through the course of one day. Not only is it funny, but the guide actually works
Followed your instructions (with some additions of my own), got the rings. Thanks for the great video, now I know you have invested a great deal of effort to make it=)
Also in the part where it says cheese the dragonrider, you can actually shoot him with a bow and arrow from just left of the first lever. About a hundred wood arrows and he'll turn toward you and raise his shield that's when you can run past everybody else when you get into the boss room he has no health left him once and he's done
Thank you. This was a huge help in completing my own run and I learned a lot. One thing I wish I had known before my run was to let weapons break and fix them at a Blacksmith. I had a long stretch where every viable weapon had very low durability; I almost gave up. I wish this was worth a couple of trophies because I'll never use these rings so it's a shallow victory.
It’s so stupid that the blacksmith can only repair your weapons if they are broken. Like... Game, I know that you’ve decided to mess up your balancing by having a shitty system where every weapon is made out of glass but it’s okay because the bonfires now repair your equipment for some reason... but come on.
After 21 attempts, I did it. All thank to the inspiration and help of this video! Successful run time was 4h30 of pucker clenching. Other attempts had varying levels of frustrating mistakes, but getting wombo combo-ed out of a run by Neshandra at 5% of her health was pretty f**king sour.
@@salderin Hmm, I think it was one of her scythe twirlies that hit me (the quick left-right spins she does when you're close to her), then I pulled back to suckle on some lifegems and timed it just right for her to hit me with her beam. Good times
@@olivius007 i suckled on a life gem and got hit by the beam, only to stand up again and lose my i-frames while the same beam kept going lol. She is surprisingly cruel as I've learned from both your comment and also my recent experience
@@salderin Yeah, I don't know why but I was way more stressed about some other bosses than her, in the beginnings of my attempts. Then I learned the hard way she can absolutely still slap your day after you've gotten all the way to her.
@@some_shitposting_idiot3023 True feminists want equality between genders. Anything otherwise is sexist and misrepresents our cause. A few bad apples can spoil the bunch, unfortunately.
HylianExpected Technically and practically incorrect. Technically, a true feminist wants to better the place of women in a society, wether in any field (economic, social, political, etc), which means advocating for less inequality between men and women, equality between men and women, or female supremacy. And in practicality, many feminists are... If not women supremacist, at the very least misandrists (note that I didn’t say « most », I wouldn’t dare give a number about something on which I probably couldn’t even have statistics about even if I searched for it), and I have no reason to deny them their label. (And yes, it does mean that, technically speaking m, if a person lives in a society where women are put to death for infidelity and asks that they merely get imprisoned for life, he or she is asking for feminist reforms)
11 days and ~20-30 attempts later, I finally fucking finished it at 4 AM today. Godspeed if decide to give this run a try. No man’s cheeks have ever been as clenched as mine were in the final smash. Thanks for the dope vids and inspiring cool shit to do in the souls series, love you’re content and mad respect for you for getting this run and allowing me to do it as well
Promised myself 3-4 years ago I would come back to this, after getting the Platinum for Elden Ring I decided to finally go for it. Thanks ymfah! I am currently watching the credits roll on my first ever no death/no bonfire souls game.
you might want to get rid of those and use/download a different save file if they are hacked. a pretty good chance you might get soft banned for using hacked items (i.e. you will be put in a pool with people deemed cheaters, and will only be able to play online with them. for all your saves. on your whole account. yeah... get rid of the shit)
PoFFicK It’s a bit late for DS2 to git gud you know, the game as already released. And I doubt they’d patch an entire area out, even if it’d make the game far better.
Shield Crossbow is unironically a godsend for Amana if Magic infused, but the risk of all those exploding dudes near Straid and having to backtrack a lot just to no-bonfire return to McDuff are really time consuming. Plus it involves killing Chariot, meaning dealing with that asshole red phantom with the UGS along with the torturers so whether or not its worth it is debatable.
You can use that plus 3 bow and buy like 10 arrows to make that poison guy door area easier. kill the bottom 2, and then arrow the door down. kill them on your terms and not in that tiny room
@@DaBonkinator you don't have to farm that much. As long as you have a decent build and you're good with it you can go through ng+ without too much trouble and get at the very least one. When you know them you can clear half the areas required without having to fight 90% of the enemies
@@DaBonkinator NG+ illusory Ring run is arguably very, very easy on a sorcerer with the Iron King Crown and the Repair sorcery equipped (also either Warmth or a heal miracle). Just shoot 1-shotting pew pews, cast repair when needed, and wait for the crown to regenerate your spell casts. Slow but very safe. The main issue with NG illusory runs is the lack of access to self-replenishing healing and repairs, so solving those greatly eases the run. Having the feather also gets rid of the need for Homeward Bone management.
Got the plat recently and am now trying this but santiers version. It's tough sledding with a lot of resets so far but the guide really helps. Good shit.
Sometimes I forget Ymfah has a voice, and isn’t a mysterious entity that only exists to give us guides and meme videos
Hey mysterious entities can have voices, don’t be racist
@@Yeetbc Wouldn't that be specist?
No face reveal and it'll be all good
I never knew he had a voice untill now
@@juggernaut4936 It would be so fucking weird if he did a face reveal 💀
Only From Soft would make you near perfectly master the PvE for rings that are only useful in PvP
I mean, it makes sense considering an item that makes pve easier would be pretty useless at that point
"You made it through the whole game while making it infinitely harder for yourself! Here's a ring to make it.. easier?"
@@WICK_3D the comment was 8 months ago do you not have anyone to talk to?
@@ramrodbldm9876 an 8 month comment on a 4 year old video, it's almost like occasionally people view old content and continue interacting with it =b
@@ramrodbldm9876 and you replied to someone replying to an 8 month old comment. You must be so alone.
Yup, I fell into that hole in The Gutter two hours into a no-death run.
F
F
Late but holy shit F
I don't think I have ever died from that hole, usually it is the guys that explode that get me... Or panic rolling off of the edge. 😣
Also have a F. That totally sucks for a no death run.
panic rolled into the lava at old iron king, still got no bonfires ring though
Two words: Thank you!
I managed to do this run 1 minute ago, I am watching the credits right now, and i only achieved this cause of your guide, great video!
Two words: You're g
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thats more than 2 words
“How to beat Dark Souls 2 with no deaths or bonfires”
Step 1: Level ADP
The End
Is adp that dope
@@Mannnnnnnn yes, get at least 100 adp
@@vitorardohain why
@@Mannnnnnnn bc it improves the i-frames, It makes you roll faster, drink estus faster, using items... it's way harder to dodge attacks without adp
Yeah i thought i was extremely bad at rolling for a looooooooooong time.
Now i play on 2x speed with 101 adp and enlarged user hitboxes while watching the love guru and jacking off
They call him sellsword luet because he sell all his swords to buy a giant shield, simple as that
It all makes sense now
Can Vaati confirm?
But he has two giant shields, where did he get enough money for the second one?
@@vladimirkolar9623 He sold more swords, duh
D E E P E S T L O R E
ymfah, ive just beaten dark souls 2 scholar of the first sin without dying or resting at a bonfire and i would like to thank you for the guide and inspiration to do so. thanks so much, keep uploading.
nice
You are under appreciated as a creator.
KonkeyDong
Is that actually konkey dong?
d magi
Yes
KonkeyDong
Oh yes
Im a faith strength build and I find this offensive
@@KonkeyDongkey ah a brother in dong. Good to see a fellow
So, I ended up doing the No Death/No Bonfire run on NG+ with my faith character. Keep in mind that I had never attempted either run until that point.
Before starting NG+, I made sure to equip one of the Replenishment miracles, one of the Heal miracles, and Denial. However, because I’m an idiot, I forgot to stock up on Repair Powders and had to constantly switch between Santier’s Spear and some other choice weapons.
Lemme tell you, it was one of the most stressful runs of my life. There were so many times where I would’ve died if I didn’t have Denial active. Walking next to a pit was sweat-inducing. I had to call phantoms whenever I could, just to have someone to distract enemies and tank damage. And on top of it all, I hadn’t gone through NG+ before, so I had no idea what the new enemy placement was.
To this day, I’m still shocked that I made it.
Nice!
Welp, I feel like a newb now.
Did you wear the spell recharge crown? Iron king's i think.
Just in case you do not know your supposed to break santiers spear.
I take it you have to play offline. Imagine getting invaded in the middle of the game by some asshole...
17:34 I like the background music
"COFFEE, SODA, TOFFEE, PASTA, COFFEE, SODA, GIVE, ME, COFFEE!
COFEE, SODA, TOFFEE, PASTA, COFFEE, SODA, GIVE! ME! SANDWICH!"
Riller sounds more like "give me salad"
The Old Deus true
Underrated comment
Its actually an ost of an overhated anime called sword art online
@@bilalahmed-bu7bi lul more like over rated
Getting these two rings was the one thing I always wanted to do in this game and never did, but today I decided to finally go for it. I followed your guide and was successful in getting both rings in one run, so thank you ymfah!
Dang, almost a quarter of the entire video is muted now.
@Alex Probably TH-cam's copyright system automatically sensing copyrighted audio and removing it.
I came down here to see if my speakers were brokwn lol. At least im not the only one having this issue. Still sucks though :(
@@NightNinja540 dang almost a quearter of math class you wasn't paying attention huh? Ill tell you what go back to your math teacher and file a lawsuit kid you got a good case.. Now the sound stops and starts at the times shown here. 15:20-18:35 that's 3 minutes 15 seconds, the video is 24:03 actually kid a QUARTER of the video would be approximately 6 minutes almosy DOUBLE of what your over exaggerated complaint was. So yea don't comment on any more souls videos matter fact boy dont Even watch any more souls videos you clearly need to spend your time in another department.
Or you can tell me how. 3:15 24:03 is a quarter of the video. I would love to see you explain lmao lol smh.
@@ramrodbldm9876 that's a lotta words. Too bad I ain't reading any of them.
@@ramrodbldm9876 I feel pity for your parents.
finished with 69 life gems......nice
Spoilers
TheDopeFighter o
TheDopeFighter nice
Just got it to 1k likes. Feels good man
*Click* Noice
The shrine of amana will always disappoint me. Not because of the mages but because after the miracles were nerfed a great lightning spear with a +10 chime did less damage than an unupgraded light crossbow with magic bolts...on a character with high faith
Laughs in dragon chime plus 10 great spear and sunlight spear
@@frostchaotic3691 dude, miracles are ass in ds2. Doesn't matter if you have the best chime in the game. That sunlight spear ain't doing shit compared to other stuff.
@@devastatheseeker9967 the only thing ass is your knowledge about miracles
@@devastatheseeker9967 I did a faith build and I didn't have any problems with miracles
@@devastatheseeker9967 You clearly never touched miracles if you think lightning spear or great lightning spear doesn't demolish everything in sight with the dragon charm
"Skeletons Are Highly Resistant To Thrust Damage, Obviously"
Ur mum isn't
@@vincentvega7865 wow you have everyone laughing 😐
@@vincentvega7865 jokes on you my mum died when i was seven
@@gabrielmcghie5310 have u tested if she is resistant to thrust now
@@gabrielmcghie5310 yeah she died of ball fart
Luet sold all his swords. He's a very good sellsword
6 years old and no replies? Let me fix that.
this would have been nice like 3 years ago.. ....
Mid Mordekaiser my 2017 boiiiiii haiiii bro
lol
Mid Mordekaiser Huh?
there can be only one tarkus
WHO STEPS IN MY DOMAIN?
Imagine doing all that work but you skipped the cutscene at the end.
Literally me 2 hours Ago...
@@templarkanne8552 that would suck if it was accidental
If you Skip It you dont get the rings?
Yes
@@TheHelto nop lol
just got my no-deaths run about 5 minutes ago, couldn't have done it without this guide. thank you so much man
The two things i learned 1. Speed runners use rapiers 2. you dont have to go to Japan for Hentai
Would smash Friede, would NOT smash Lost Sinner. Unsure about smashing Najka...
I'd take Quelaag over Najka, she's hotter anyway.
just smh if you wouldn't smash that scorpussy
Im not even sure: Do spiders have puss puss?
@@ravingrafters Try ovipositor?
@@ravingrafters *heavy breathing* NO!
you don't need to go all the way to japan for hentai LOL
For everyone wondering check 8:12
You see, kids! The internet is a wonderful place!
I spit out my lemonade when he said that.
But this is a japan made game
...y-you do now.
rip in piss exhentai ;_;7
Strength is for casuls
wot
Strength is for casuls... that guy knows what the game is about
I'm going to hell for that
For it was sin
(All dark souls 2 characters will now be given sinner for such heresy)
the truth is, hp is for casuls not strength
Not sure if anybody is still watching this nowadays (hopefully people still do), this was a great help in getting both rings. I did it in NG+1 though, and I advise getting all you can get from being NG+1 and try it that way at first, it is so much easier even though you only get one shot at it. You can't imagine how much. Just as an example, Denial saved me twice from lethal damage, and yes, NG+1 means you can organise the spells you'll need in NG, as well as.... everything else.
Anyway, thanks again ymfah, for making us dream and find new ways to have fun with these beloved games.
Even if I'm the only one who will ever see this, great advice!
Stocking up on repair powders is the most important part. You can also do this on a NG+ of any character.
Awesome guide, particularly useful for achievement hunting
First time seeing one of your videos on my feed, clicked on it because it's late and I wanted to watch something to sleep...
Your content is amazing! I really enjoyed your humor and I think the editing is fantastic. You've got yourself a sub for life!
Also gonna show your channel to my DS buddys
I see a video notification, I nut. I see Illusory Ring video, I turn into a non-dairy creamer.
PALE PINE RESIN,
AROMATIC OOZE
Homie Chihuahua
Dude
Sticky White Stuff CMON
@Australiantatious it was not made by the exact same team, they worked on Bloodborne I think
@Alexander Supertramp lol they used live action suits to make the animations. Which is more funny than it needs to be
I would like to order a Papa ymfah's pizza with two illusory wings, plez.
$399
The amount of dumb, run-ending deaths I have trying to get these rings is insane. Been getting further and further with every attempt tho. The guide has been a huge help, so thanks for making it!
Something that may help if people kinda wanna cheese it
If you're on ps4 you could just back up your save in areas you think you may have trouble with and reload the save if you die.
Thts called cheating i get both rings in xbox 360 ps4 i never try this i no the feeling whn u failed near end
@@hatindergrewal1663 That isn't "cheating"..
@@aricaric1894 Save scumming is basically cheating
@@aricaric1894 If that is not cheating, what would be cheating? You just broke the most important part of the game. DS is about the punishments for your mistakes
At that point just back the rings into the game to save time, at least cheat quickly smh
15:22 is no one going to talk about why there was no audio here, is it just me or has this happened to anyone else?
Copyrighted music i guess
7:00 that didnt age well lmao
RIP
I've been thinking the same thing for way to long
Oh, I INDEED see what he did there.
What did I miss?
@@Maxurai2222 the actor who played Robbie Rotten, who sings "We Are Number One" (playing in the background at the timestamp), died of cancer and it was a v sad time for meme connoisseurs and for humanity as a whole.
My first 30 attempts at this, the enemies were only using slow attacks. Now they're on full aggro/troll mode where if they have a shield, they'll block for several minutes; if they outnumber me, they beserk. I swear they coded that into the game.
Its like that in every game. Groups aggro. Shielded enemies guard a lot.
Just completed this.. watching the credits rn. Wouldn't have been possible without this video thank you!
17:35 lyrics
Coffee soda
Toffee pasta
Coffee soda
Give me something
Coffee soda
Toffee pasta
Coffee soda
GIVE ME SOMETHING
6:58 I believe we’ve found the cancer that killed Robbie Rotten... If only we got there sooner...
Phycalix X this video didn’t age well
Might be a little late to the party but wanted to say thanks i finally beat my run and got both rings, keep putting out great content :)
Dunno if you got DMCA'd over the background music and had to mute it after uploading or what, but the audio is completely borked between 15:22 and 18:36.
Just goes dead silent with no warning for over 3 minutes.
6 years later and I finally did it. Thank you for this guide.
Completed this run today thanks to you. Never thought I'd complete any of the challenges in your ridiculous guides... DS2 has really grown on me this last year. Thanks for the laughs and the good advice. Time for invisible smelter demolition.
do you get the rings still?
@@zumchi_ no miyazaki decided its become too casul a challenge sorry
0:40 he clicked random so many times so male character become female.
Thanks ymfah! I finally got them. Although I have to say I farmed waaay to many souls for my run in NG+4. I used another route because of that, but your tips were still very helpful. To anyone who tries to attempt this run in NG+, I have some strats I used if you want some tips from me.
(Nobody cares I know but I'm just trying to help)
Congrats!
@@beastbluez1522 Thanks! Did you managed to get them too?
@@waveburner1254 not yet still trying, I always manage to die in the gutter, but I think I know what to do in most areas.
@@beastbluez1522 Are you doing it in NG or NG+?
@@waveburner1254 NG
You are amazing at these games, ymfah! I was amazed by how well you did.
I just finished my no death/bonfire run, and I wanted to say a big THANK YOU, SKELETON, for this video! I couldn't have done it as easily as I did without your instructions! It was one of the most intense and nerve-wracking experiences I ever had in any of these games, but I finally did it! And I'm so glad I got to tick that off of my to-do list, at last! Thank you kindly for the video and all the effort you put into this, ymfah! Long may the sun shine!
You got both rings?!
i just stumbled upon this person and i have to admit
your editing made me laugh super hard
yyou sir are a genius
Soo....
rape-ier best weapon ei
no because the espada rapera is just a straight upgrade to it :^) shame you can't get that until basically endgame, same with the similarly arguably better ice rape-ier
The be weary of red iron twin blade
problem with red iron is it weighs like four hundred [units], doesn't work so well in halls and has a relatively poor moveset for twinblades (all of its first attacks besides iirc the rolling r1 are just straightsword attacks, so it is sometimes worse than other twinblades and even postnerf santier's for bosses, where you have the window for a twinblade twirl but not a straightsword swing AND a twinblade twirl between their attacks). Some of the benefits of rapiers are that almost nothing resists thrust, nearly as many things are weak to it as strike, they can be used even in tight spaces but have good reach, and they're very fast and all their attacks are low-commitment. Plus the rapier and espada ropera have one of the best parries in the game which is just icing on the cake.
but yeah for sheer power/dps I don't think anything beats red iron.
Randomguy
espada topera
I know im late and i know this is an unpopular opinion but darksouls 2 has this special place in my heart and i love it more than any other game in the series.
In fact, its my favourit game of all time.
And with your help/video i finally managed to get a hold on this rings
THANK YOU
Got all the way to the dragonrider. Got corner trapped by that big knight. "Sorry you made the trip for nothing" - MiB 2
Unironically my guidance throughout the illusory ring run (although I did make some of my changes, such as combining the use of rapier and santier spear, and more exploration and doing some easy minibosses). Amazing content, honestly this is truly a work of an insanely good Dark Souls player. Can't wait for more challenge runs :D
I had been attempting this for the past few days with your guide, and as of 2am today I managed to become another madman who achieved this.
I remember wanting both rings, i did a NG+ no death no bonfire run
Im being totally honest, it wasnt actually all that difficult, what it was was very aggrivating, time consuming, and annoying. Mostly because of the not being able to rest at bonfires thing
normally if you were doing one or the other its easier. Say you were only doing a no bonfire run. Out of spells? Just die. Doesnt count as a bonfire rest and you get all your stuff back. No death run? Sticky situation? Feather out
You can feather out in a no-bonfire and no-death run, but because of the way you have to go about doing it to be efficient, that could drastically set you back, and put you at risk of repeating a tricky situation
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I was damn close to losing my whole run at the very end though. Fuck the god damn throne duo
How to become a doctor in 3 easy steps.
1. Go to medical school
2. Requirements
3. Grats, youre a doctor
Got it on my 8th attempt! Luckily only made it past the hour mark on my last two attempts, so I got both rings through the course of one day. Not only is it funny, but the guide actually works
Got them in half a day
@@MrC0rbeau well I got them instantly when I installed the game
@@innoden okay
@@MrC0rbeau 👌
@@MrC0rbeauyou must be fun at parties
Followed your instructions (with some additions of my own), got the rings. Thanks for the great video, now I know you have invested a great deal of effort to make it=)
Also in the part where it says cheese the dragonrider, you can actually shoot him with a bow and arrow from just left of the first lever. About a hundred wood arrows and he'll turn toward you and raise his shield that's when you can run past everybody else when you get into the boss room he has no health left him once and he's done
Thank you. This was a huge help in completing my own run and I learned a lot. One thing I wish I had known before my run was to let weapons break and fix them at a Blacksmith. I had a long stretch where every viable weapon had very low durability; I almost gave up. I wish this was worth a couple of trophies because I'll never use these rings so it's a shallow victory.
It’s so stupid that the blacksmith can only repair your weapons if they are broken.
Like... Game, I know that you’ve decided to mess up your balancing by having a shitty system where every weapon is made out of glass but it’s okay because the bonfires now repair your equipment for some reason... but come on.
After 21 attempts, I did it. All thank to the inspiration and help of this video!
Successful run time was 4h30 of pucker clenching.
Other attempts had varying levels of frustrating mistakes, but getting wombo combo-ed out of a run by Neshandra at 5% of her health was pretty f**king sour.
I would yell loudly if that happened to me
I don't know if you remember, but was it her beam that true-combo'ed you?
@@salderin Hmm, I think it was one of her scythe twirlies that hit me (the quick left-right spins she does when you're close to her), then I pulled back to suckle on some lifegems and timed it just right for her to hit me with her beam. Good times
@@olivius007 i suckled on a life gem and got hit by the beam, only to stand up again and lose my i-frames while the same beam kept going lol. She is surprisingly cruel as I've learned from both your comment and also my recent experience
@@salderin Yeah, I don't know why but I was way more stressed about some other bosses than her, in the beginnings of my attempts. Then I learned the hard way she can absolutely still slap your day after you've gotten all the way to her.
man, it feels weird with both voice and the classic ymfah guide steps.
they really have improved their videos huh
Boii, at 12:32 when I heard Agnus Dei start playing that hit me with very strong nostalgia for Ace Combat 4. Nicely done.
4 words: santier spear is unbreakable
fuc* the no bonfire ring
Ludius Core Santiers spear is only good in no bonfire runs, most weapons out damage it cause it has no scaling when in its transformed state.
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I used your comment on the intro. Good suggestion GG.
SSiU>JoJo DiU
is this a jojo reference?
23:54 Proud feminist takes power in Dranleik.
R.i.p all men in dranleik
@@some_shitposting_idiot3023
True feminists want equality between genders. Anything otherwise is sexist and misrepresents our cause. A few bad apples can spoil the bunch, unfortunately.
Yikes
@@hylianexpected1171 its not just a few apples
HylianExpected Technically and practically incorrect.
Technically, a true feminist wants to better the place of women in a society, wether in any field (economic, social, political, etc), which means advocating for less inequality between men and women, equality between men and women, or female supremacy. And in practicality, many feminists are... If not women supremacist, at the very least misandrists (note that I didn’t say « most », I wouldn’t dare give a number about something on which I probably couldn’t even have statistics about even if I searched for it), and I have no reason to deny them their label.
(And yes, it does mean that, technically speaking m, if a person lives in a society where women are put to death for infidelity and asks that they merely get imprisoned for life, he or she is asking for feminist reforms)
Ok mr kirito with the sword art online music
BehavingPenguin Production The only good thing about SAO is the music.
By the power of Coffee Soda!
Bluedisc agreed
Bluedisc and the first 3 episodes
That show had great music.
11 days and ~20-30 attempts later, I finally fucking finished it at 4 AM today.
Godspeed if decide to give this run a try. No man’s cheeks have ever been as clenched as mine were in the final smash. Thanks for the dope vids and inspiring cool shit to do in the souls series, love you’re content and mad respect for you for getting this run and allowing me to do it as well
I never did any challenge run in the entire trilogy... Except for this one. I'm so dumb, but I regret nothing.
now you really killed Robbie Rotten
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Audio at the velstadt part is gone
I enjoy your videos for their content and humor. Thank you for being one of the few helpful creators for DS2
I’ve watched this about 6 times and it’s still enjoyable to watch
Promised myself 3-4 years ago I would come back to this, after getting the Platinum for Elden Ring I decided to finally go for it. Thanks ymfah! I am currently watching the credits roll on my first ever no death/no bonfire souls game.
I have just finished the run and waiting for the credits. Thank you ymfah.
So... was this from a livestream that I missed?
It's so weird watching ymfah's video and hearing him narrating.
Some of these people actually attempting the run, meanwhile I'm just playing a normal run through and a hacker appears and gifts me the rings.
you might want to get rid of those and use/download a different save file if they are hacked. a pretty good chance you might get soft banned for using hacked items (i.e. you will be put in a pool with people deemed cheaters, and will only be able to play online with them. for all your saves. on your whole account. yeah... get rid of the shit)
@@mkv2718 yea, you're probably right
15:30 why the audio is muted?
probably copyrighted music
I attempted this, and died in shrine of amana when i learned that quiting out does NOT reset enemy position, so i got gangraped by everything
Id be replaying ds2 alot more if that area was removed from the game.
@@blindtreeman8052 git gud ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
PoFFicK It’s a bit late for DS2 to git gud you know, the game as already released.
And I doubt they’d patch an entire area out, even if it’d make the game far better.
Shield Crossbow is unironically a godsend for Amana if Magic infused, but the risk of all those exploding dudes near Straid and having to backtrack a lot just to no-bonfire return to McDuff are really time consuming. Plus it involves killing Chariot, meaning dealing with that asshole red phantom with the UGS along with the torturers so whether or not its worth it is debatable.
@@joshuakim5240 shrine isn't even hard with long range weapons
The Sims music . I subbed.
Thanks for mentioning. I thought I was the only one who noticed, lol
You can use that plus 3 bow and buy like 10 arrows to make that poison guy door area easier.
kill the bottom 2, and then arrow the door down. kill them on your terms and not in that tiny room
I really love the music, good work
This mans deserves more subs, people u know what to do
Do the guide "How to beat Dark Souls without saying "Nice""
This voice, this accent, this editing...
This is really Sublime! Oh yea Ymfah
Don't you mean to say that this is really... *nice* ?
10:50 "Do NOT roll" why? is there something bad about rolling in that area?
This is a kinda late comment but, I always rolled there, am I now better than ymfah?! still have to do this run tho...
@@rulercamelot3687 Let's give you a late comment as well and say that not rolling is mostly about taking the least risk possible
LOVE these vids. All we need now is Dark Souls 4, for you to make more!
12:30 I love the music
what song is it>
@@tannersexton8551 megalith agnus dei from ace combat 4
As someone who played completed DS2 before any other, I salute you sir! This practically brought tears to my eyes
at chapter 8, or at 15:22 the sound drops out dude, just wanted u 2 know
You can also get them in ng+ when you have all your stuff
casul
Depending on how much you farmed ng it could either be harder or easier this way, but I'd say ng is the oh way to go.
@@DaBonkinator you don't have to farm that much. As long as you have a decent build and you're good with it you can go through ng+ without too much trouble and get at the very least one.
When you know them you can clear half the areas required without having to fight 90% of the enemies
@@DaBonkinator
NG+ illusory Ring run is arguably very, very easy on a sorcerer with the Iron King Crown and the Repair sorcery equipped (also either Warmth or a heal miracle). Just shoot 1-shotting pew pews, cast repair when needed, and wait for the crown to regenerate your spell casts. Slow but very safe.
The main issue with NG illusory runs is the lack of access to self-replenishing healing and repairs, so solving those greatly eases the run. Having the feather also gets rid of the need for Homeward Bone management.
These uploads are great because I started playing ds2 again not too long ago
6:45 that stupid explosion killed me
0:30 now I'm feeling like placing that 80-simoleon red chair in Bob Newbie's house
2:58 Turn on english subtitles.
nice
*says strength is for casuls*
SeVeRaL pEoPlE aRe TyPiNg
Might be in other souls game, but in Dark Souls 2 half of the weapons have S scaling with dexterity
That video was a blast to watch, so interesting to see how you managed to get both rings at once!
0:38 omfg that NOICE is used perfect
Soooooo did you have to restart after dying in black gulch orrrr.....?
yep
ymfah damn harsh. I bet that really was u tossing the tv out the window
SO... NASHANDRA... HAVE YOU HEARD THIS WORDS? GO FURTHER BEYOND... PLUS... ULTRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FeelsBadMan:Gun: DEUS VULT
Boku no hero?
@@احمدصادقمحسنموسى Boku no pico
Now do, no damage run.
Is it even possible?
lol yeah, watch otzdarva no damage run
that is no hit run you idiots
@@minhhieunguyen8096 yeah he did an emotional damage run, where he was completely broken by the end but at least he made the no damage run
Got the plat recently and am now trying this but santiers version. It's tough sledding with a lot of resets so far but the guide really helps. Good shit.
Just want to say thank you! I've done it just now thanks to your guide! You're the best! Cheers!
who tf copyrighted the swordland ost