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- You've all been screaming for this video for months and it's finally here! This video made me regret coming up with this challenge run format and nearly killed me.....ENJOY! 🤪
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Ok guys so I see a lot of debate in the comments about DS2, many people seem to have very differing opinions and some arguing seems to have broken out, some even with name calling involved. So I'm going to settle this right now, this should solve this once and for all but this might be a VERY controversial opinion so be prepared:
Dark Souls 2 is part of the Dark Souls trilogy
Indeed it is and out of all FROM Soft games (including Elden Ring) I had the most fun with this game. People have different tastes and thats ok. Its a game, nothing more. People should stop telling other people which items they are allowed to have fun with.
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@DiamondDM13 you might have missed the reason for it 😉
@DiamondDM13 haha OK well there is a specific reason I chose to do it, you'll see around the 31 minute mark
realy enjoyed this vid keep up and you will got to 100k before the asylum
So when can we expect to see NG to Ng+219 using every single weapon in the game?
1000 hour run!💀💀 but elizabeth is doing many seperate run like that
Haha maybe when I get 1 million subscribers in 20 years time
@JKLeeds yk ppl are gonna wind up actually taking this comment seriously so good luck can't wait for all weapons run 😂
I mean, NG stops at 7 or 6 in DS2, so after the 6th or 7th weapon, it's just another run of NG 6 or 7
@JKLeeds I honestly thought you already had it until you pointed it out
HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN
HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN
HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN
HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN
You say it four times because 4 challenges?
@@kimrogers9315 nah. Listen to the Pain Train
It`s actual lyrics, lol
I like Trains.
@@fr3y438 wrong refference.
How to describe making a pyromancy build in this game? Okay, it’s like this:
Imagine you are a bird, making a nest. You fly out and search for twigs. Before too long, you find a nice twig, and then another. You keep picking them up, and appear to be making good progress. But then, after you find enough twigs for about half of a nest, you just…stop finding them. There are no more twigs. Now you have to make a nest out of not nearly enough materials, and even if you succeed, you know it’ll be threadbare and terrible to live in. That’s what pure pyro builds are like in DS2.
Simple, just glitch more twigs in because thank you B Team
I wasn't attempting to start that old tired debate again, but I should have known it can start from anything.
I don't hate DS2, you can make fun of something while still liking it
@@ExpandDong420How come that B team made a game less janky than any other soulsborne game tho
@@GilbertTheGilbertGuy DS2 is janky af xD
@@truthbespoken420 nowhere near as janky as 1 and 3
@@GilbertTheGilbertGuyimagine actually thinking that, absolutely delusional
JK was going so mad he actually did a frenzied flame and pyromancy run for that last cycle, DS2 was truly ahead of its time
The interesting thing is that DS2 has additional content when you begin NG+ and so on
Underrated game
@@francomancuso2476 to some extends
DS2 has best NG+ by far
I enjoy how it's possible to experience a lot of that in normal NG with bonfire aesthetics. I think one of my favorite additions is that the map house's basement gets an additional skeleton up to 8 (Including bonewheels!) does make farming the human effigies easier
I always wondered why they stopped that.
Accidentally played this video on neighbours TV. No clue how it even connected but I saw it play through the window. Oops.
Because the video is all about casting.
your neighbour is not immune to propaganda
I'm picturing some old fart losing their mind because, "THE GREEN MAN INVADED MY TV! TALKING ABOUT SPELLS AND CURSES! MAKING PUNS!"
Just a bit of trivia, but in DS2 the lock-on range is based on the lighting. That's why it's so bad in Shrine of Amana if you're not carrying a torch.
Wait really? As a DS2 defender that's kind of cool but in reality it's really dumb lmao.
@@GilbertTheGilbertGuy Yeah. Also, something that I'm not sure everyone knows, but the Gargoyles spawn isn't time based, it's total hp% based. So taking them one at a time makes the fight turn into a 1v2 for most of it, instead of spreading the damage.
I always thought it was purely the amount you kill @@shindrac
@@GilbertTheGilbertGuy I just have... way too many hours in this game.
@@shindrac I like you, have a cupcake 🧁
Fun fact: Hexes are so broken, that you can kill Smelter Demon fast enough to the point where the game thinks he's still alive, and he'll still be in the arena, but completely invisible.
Fun Fact: 35:30 That NPC didn't show up because beating Lud and Zallen gave the bonfire the "effigy burnt" effect which blocks invasions.
except I am pretty sure they are in a difference location, you know the whole frigid outskirts not frozen eleum loyce, also having just played through the game burning a human effigy doesn't seem to block npc invaders, additionally at 24:20 it looks like the effigy burn effect is up yet he is killing forlorn an npc invader
edit: not implying that boss isn't connected just more that ds2 can be very inconsistent
True, also I killed Lud and Zallen first in the following cycle and Donna still invaded me there.
I may be wrong, but I don't thing burning effigies prevents NPC invasions.
@@user-rp8rl6bm8k No, you are correct, magmamaster1801 is the one in the wrong here
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I did pyro only on ng once. I'm guessing you had fun with fume knight and ancient dragon.
"Fun"
Frigid Outskirts is my favorite. It's so miserable. That runback is chef's kiss beautiful.
Whoever put that black phantom on the bridge in ng++ genuinely hates the players lol
I refuse to call it anything but horsefuck valley 😂
Reindeer fuck land is a nice description
@@ashtonray60 dmod said it best.
@@KingofAwesomness14 indeed
Dead Again doesn't make hollows explode. It makes the bodies of the enemies that remain after death, such as skeletons, have a dark ball about e them that explodes. It's extremely op if you have a shit ton of corpses in a small area. To put it in perspective, you can one-shot any boss if you could somehow put enough corpses into an arena through commands.
Only boss you can normally use it is skeleton lords, right? New game+ flexile sentry as well, are any others? Not all enemies leave corpses for it...
@@insertusername9755 I know that they don't. I was just saying that if you could put enough in there, you would be able to one shot all the bosses with enough corpses to use.
@@insertusername9755could use it vs the executioner's chariot, the early Pursuer fight if you kill the enemies pretending to be dead on the floor, and possibly the Ancient Dragon
Makes a joke about people complaining about the ganks.
He gets immediately swarmed right after making the joke.
I got hit by a heavy dose of ganquiliser
Whenever I play MMO's with my friends we always plan exactly how to agro enemies but when we play Darks Souls or Elden Ring they just rush through everyone with their OP weapons. But they can't do that on DS2 and they whine about ganks and all I can think of is "why can't we just plan to systematically agro certain enemies just like an MMO." but they just love to complain I guess.
The joke is people who agro a lot of enemies at once.
@@sanddagger36I definitely enjoy the gameplay of planning how to tackle a room full of enemies. That first street in Central Yharnam comes to mind, as does the part of Lothric Castle after the bridge and right before Dragonslayer Armor. With MMOs, usually the trash mobs don't respawn once you've cleared them out the first time, which helps give you a pacing cool down between bosses without slowing down attempts if you're struggling.
DS2 gank placement felt less interesting and more tedious, personally. 12 guys clown car-ing out of a tiny door in a narrow hallway was funny the first time but just annoying the next few. Sometimes I want to just run through stuff I've already done, or feel powerful clearing out weaker enemies, and DS2 is more "all caution all the time" until you kill stuff so much it stops respawning, so I don't enjoy the pacing as much as the other games.
That said, if you've decided to play a game like DS2, it makes sense to pay attention to how it's designed and play accordingly, so hopefully your friends come around and give it a go the way it was meant to be enjoyed, if that's a type of gameplay they enjoy in other games.
@@sanddagger36 Yes, it's fun to plan ahead and systematically draw aggro out of a dozen enemies, taking them out one by one until you get to the boss. It's quite interesting to do so the first time around... and the second time... maybe the third time... but as you make more and more attempts at the boss, you get impatient, you feel your time is wasted on the same mobs you cleared time and times again, you try to rush, you get ganked, you die.
That's where I find the ganks aggrevating and annoyting. It's such a bliss From added statues of Marika in ER. You still have to tackle the level fully, but once you've done that, you don't have to spend trash time on basic enemies ever again.
58:06 Fun fact: you can cast flash sweat multiple times to stack the fire resist. Makes that chest so much easier
Wait. What???
That makes no sense
I'm gonna try that tomorrow and see if that still works in current scholar patch
I just tested it and no you can't. It's a body buff, you can only have 1 active at a time. Doesn't stack with orange burr either. You're supposed to roll through the pots near there since they're filled with water.
I actually did a really similar challenge to this a few years back! Just in a different order, and I definitely used ascetics, hex hood, lion mage set, and clutch rings. Plus off-hand binoculars meant free aiming! NG hexes, NG+1 sorceries, NG+2 pyro, NG+3 miracles. I had a lot of fun.
I'm truly happy for you. I'm still recovering 🫠😅🤪
Why did you decide on hexes being their on spel run in DS2 but not dark sourceries in DS3? I don't think you even mentioned them in that video.
Not like I'm trying to pressure you into running through DS3 on NG+3 or anything...
@JKLeeds
Simply because in game in DS3 those spells are still classed as Sorceries if you look at the equipment info screen while Hexes in DS2 are an actual classification unlike DS1 and DS3
@@JKLeeds That is a pretty good reason.
@@kiriusview9251technically hexes are actually spread out among the other spell types,not just sorceries, as there's dark sorceries, dark miracles and dark pyromancies, but yeah there are no "hexes" per se in ds3 (a shame tbh, i love hexes)
Your videos are such a breath of fresh air, its not overproduced garbage nor is it literally just a VOD
Pure masochism and pure entertainment
Fun Fact: Cats can have a little salami.
Hmmmmmm.... Exactly what a Cat would say... 🤔😂
"Ten minutes in and that's an insane amount of puns already, surely he won't be able to keep it up for the rest of the vi-..."
Ngl hearing "Use our flexes to take on the Hexile Sentry" activated my fight or flight response
This is gonna be painful for pyromancy. Hope you used infinite forbidden suns glitch. ❤
.....THERE'S AN INFINITE FORBIDDEN SUNS GLITCH?!?!?
@@JKLeedsmy thoughts exactly wtf how?😭
@@JKLeeds th-cam.com/video/XcXduhdLyyM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=P_9VEAsCwBuLUlVu ymfah's guide for PC and
th-cam.com/video/Vv1EzD7NcxQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=evjMvYxUmp0yxxFj infinite forbidden suns console edition
Spellswap. Ymfah used it in the DS2 no talking video
@@JKLeeds Ymfah forbdidden sun is video I referenced.
I sent you email with links on spell swap.
Amazing run, props for not "planning in advance" and buying/upgrading some of the equipment for the other cycles in the previous ones or even respeccing for starting with the better miracles in ng+, in the end you still did it and it shows that you are a really great player!
The puns are absolutely the best part of these vids. just pure enjoyment. lol
I was so bored of waiting I did that run on my own and it was a blast! Can't wait to see how you manage to do it!
(yes I am a DS2 enjoyer)
Honestly, for all its fault, DS2 is a really cool game, especially once you start getting into the new game + cycles!
Man, I love your format. Keep up the good work! Two quick notes:
I would've prepared myself ahead of time, for instance upgrading dragon's chime or sunset's staff BEFORE going to the next cycle. Fresh starts are sooooo brutal in this game. The best thing would've been obtaining almost everything on NG, then moving on.
It would be interesting to see a "spells only" without restrictions about the type. Sacred Oath coupled with Crystal Soul Spear or stuff alike could be pretty fun.
Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
Yeah fresh starts are brutal but it is meant to be a challenge so I like to make it harder than necessary
Brother just got plat for ds2 with sorcery Build.
Gonna be a Fire Video fr
5:16 that hammer it's the most beautiful weapon in this game, I love it
I never went to any NG higher than + 1 since I thought there wouldn't be anything new. But today I learned that there are still new things they added in the later +'s. I unironically love DS2. Thank you for this crazy long run ❤. (Although I wish you could have taken a long break at the half way point, because by the end, it seemed like the real challenge was just continuing to play the game at all😅)
I love how you can feel the madness increasing in jk voice during the run
Respect my man. Just recently discovered your channel but have been binge watching almost all your videos. Looking forward to this one😊
Have watched all of these magic runs!! Love the content and all the work you put into it man, you do good TH-cam.
Yo I've been excited to see this one. Honestly DS2 is my favorite out of all of them. You got this JK Leeds!
The puns just keep coming. I'm loving every bit of it :)
The start of the video: This is fun very interesting haha
The End of the video: I can feel your complete dispare and I cry
I've been waiting for this run for a long time. Congratulations on the mega run
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it
@@JKLeeds I very much did. I hope you have managed to recover your sanity
Congrats on the fantastic vid JK, I really enjoyed it!
I love how the first words on screen are "your wings will burn in anguish."
This made my entire day. Work was rough, JK makes it better
Happy to help ☺️
Subscribed! Awsome Challenge, can't wait to see more DS2 Challenge runs
The legend has returned for a legendary run. Good luck lad! 🎉🎊
Love it, thank you JK, you are the GOAT of dark souls challenge runs
That ending was picture perfect, well done JK 🎉 I still think you went ever so slightly less insane than in the DS 1 throwing knives run.
Thank you for the good run as usual. Proud of every run you do and love every dad joke
it's finally here! sometimes i do the challenge runs you do if you make them seem fun. i have a feeling i'm not doing this one 😅
Thanks for the video, i was waiting for it :)
Man I can't believe you really went through this. You are a legend worthy of respect. But also insane, totally insane
I love your jokes man they get me every time. Keep up the good work. Much love ❤
Great run, Mr. Leeds! I adore DS2 to bits, but it does have a few issues that can make a challenge like this rough/sloggy. Nonetheless, video was lighthearted and fun and I enjoyed coming along on the journey. Thanks!
Fun fact: you dont actually need to go through no man's warf to get access to the first area bonfire.
You can get to it by starting at straid's bonfire and going down both sets of stairs, going through both illusory walls to where another pursuer fight is, then jump across to get the ghe item and jump down onto the platform.
The entire area is available from either entrance (except the room with the dull ember)
This has earned my subscription. It was sweet and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
Always looking forward to the videos and loved this one
Ps you missed out on the strongest hex GRS
17:33 Hitbox like a Plesioth.
You may think I’m nuts, but I wanna say thank you for your DS1 Sorcery/Pyro/Miracle runs. It gave me the knowledge/confidence to go out and Finally beat DS1! I’d already beaten 2 and 3 so much appreciation!
Finally a video with some magic to it!
I am about to go hysterical from this wonderful individual!
Hyyyyyyyype!
its incredible how u are so good at these games given me the urge to play all the souls games again so thanks for that
Haha I don't think I'm that good but I will take the compliment 🙂
You just made my whole night for real!!!! Legend!!!
29:03 that is because in dark souls 2 has a mechanic where darkess decresses lovk-on range, so you need to use a torch to reatore it to it's normal range
Can't stop giggling at 'Freya runs awaya' dude what a run! I wish your sanity a speedy recovery ♥
o7 Salute to the madlad for taking on this massive challenge! There was a noticeable change in the audio at the start of the Pyro run - did you get a new mic or did you really get that exhausted IRL?? I do HOPE the despair was just a bit! :O
this is the video that made me sub to this channel - nice work.
The invader in Eleum Loyce didn't show up because killing a boss in DS2 gives you the effect of burning an effigy, preventing invasions for 30 minutes. That's what the black and white icon with the red line through it means.
Also, the solution to free-aiming spells in DS2 is the binoculars. Because DS2 binoculars work like a shield instead of a hotbar item, you can aim and cast in first-person while still being able to move around and dodge.
But then why did they show up in the next cycle where I also killed Lud and Zallen first? I didn't do anything different 😕
@@JKLeeds You're right. The icon is there too. I have no idea then.
I’ve been waiting for this for so long I’m pumped
Just started a DS2 run a couple days ago. Been looking forward to this one!
Oof... You sir are a patience elemental. I haven't empathized with someone's pain so much since I saw the Backlogs do immolation only in DS2. Great run, and I hope you get some well deserved rest after this one!
Thanks for putting this so early so i can set my notification, i never seem to notice people about to stream till hours after they start
All good but this is a video premiere, not a stream 🙂
@@JKLeeds This stream was really good jk.
Fun fact if you used the prisoner's shackles it would have buffed your pyro damage and all the miracle and spell boosting rings do the same IIRC. been a hot minute since I last played DS2
Been waiting for this one. Given Hexes are my Go To Build on DS2. Fell asleep during the end of Miracles so Hexes with my morning coffee. Nice
the reason, I think, Ian the guard dragon flipped out on the miracle play through is he has a seperate animation for dying mid air and it seems you hit him when he in the air but 2 feet off the ground making that weird flip effect
Fun Fact: there is a strat for no hit runs where you summon an NPC early to disable more problematic ones from spawning later on! This might explain what you did on your miracle run with Donna not spawning.
Ive been waiting for this!!
I thought i heard of some people doing this kind of "magic challenge" but it was a four-player co-op run with a sorcerer, a miracle user, a hexer and a pyromancer. Can't find anything about anyone doing that, and I don't know how workable that would be but sounds like it'd be fun.
I'm picky who I sub to.
But, this was a sick run and i was fully entertained from start to finish.
Looking forwards to being here when you hit 100k, good luck!
Thank you for being here 😊
42:00 just as an aside, covetous demon can be poisoned, it just has a high poison resistance, and with how weak it is as a boss, it doesn't make much sense to waste time fighting him that way, unless you're doing a "pacifist" run like ymfah did. It is entirely possible that it does become immune in later ng cycles, but in base ng it is poisonable.
The sheer density of puns in this video is insane! You've proven yourself a jack of all trades, but you are truly a master of puns!
Nice video and word plays as always, must haven taken ages to produce. Cheers from Germany
I like ds2 challenge videos pog also its interesting to see a challenge run where people go into ng+ considering this game actually has new content in ng+ rather than just being the exactly same experience
Almost a one-for-one of good ol' Benefits Coordination, well done lad.
At 50:34 that caught me off guard, I was under the impression that once you grab the eye from the ice dlc you can see invisible enemies in the base game, but I guess not?
First time watching one of your videos. Gotta say, i love your humor! 😂
This is what we've been waiting for !
Been waiting so long for this 🥰
@JKLeads il love the video man keep it up and don't lose spirit
Dead Again makes the bodies of enemies explode, not Hollows. Never tried it myself but it could be useful in a large tank situation; taking out one enemy and then exploding it to deal AoE damage. Plus, the bodies don't disappear after using Dead Again, so you could essentially spam Corpse Explosion as many times as you can.
It’s good in the skeleton lords fight and no where else
JK i love you and also i didnt know that frejia apeared early because i am a challange runner and definitely not because i am terrified of ng+ ds2.
Thank you, your suffering serves as inspiration for my own challenge runs
The best souls game. Thanks for not shit talking it at every turn. Great video
I think fire/pyro is simply an extra damage type for Faith/Int/Dark. Any magic stat increases fire damage and glove doesn't require standard upgrade mats so you can upgrade it in parallel.
DS3 is probably the only one which doesn't give good backup plan to magic builds for some bosses.
You're nuts mate. Good content
I can only applaud your determination, good sir. I did a Fire damage only run early last year and it was hell (Yes, fire only, not Pyromancy only. I did not use poison/toxic, but gave myself access to Firebombs - useful eatly on). Personally ... The run up to Fume Knight was my worst memory, not even any boss itself. Fume Knight was simply slow, but not difficult; Ivory King was probably the most annoying of bosses, but still does not compare to Fume Run ...
So anyway, great job!
Well, that was an impressive piece of work. I hope you can still enjoy any Souls Game after that marathon.
I'm surprised you've descended into madness only after the fourth run. Playing this game once in half year is more than enough to make me sick. Really awesome run, GG! :)
For no particular reason I love the beginning... Although I always hear "Heyhey it's JK (Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeds)". Thanks for the new video.
In Vanilla after you beat Nashandra the boss weaponsmith Ornifex sells you infinite Amber Herbs. Very useful.
Indeed...
Shame they removed that in Scholar 🥲
This video is most likely going to be the video of all time on your channel. Anyways hope you still had a good time with this difficult challenge!
This is probably the best Soulsborne game to do this kind of challenge for as NG+ and beyond in this game is actually done well and interesting
Good video! Always enjoyable
23 minutes of fighting fume knight sure mustve been fun
Fun fact: the light level actually effects your lock on range, so if something is right in front of you and you can’t lock on to it, the game thinks it’s is heavy shadow.
There's a goofy thing you can do for Looking Glass Knight with pyro. 2 casts of Fire Whip stagger him out of the summon animation and stop the npcs from spawning.