Can You Beat Dark Souls 3 Using Only Scythes?
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Fists and firebombs used to get to the first scythe?
Someone just earned a scholarship to the Firebomb Academy.
I shall humbly accept your graceful gift!
THE BACKLOGS????
holy shit SCOTT THE WOZZ??!?1
ON THE SAME DAY.
THIS IS OUTSTANDING!!
@@amberhernandez entirely unplanned, too lol
>I'm not that good at DS3 yet so I don't trust myself to do a real challenge run
>So anyway, I beat Gundyr with fists only
To be fair, it's just gundyr. It's not like I punched SoC to death or something.
Hitless Dancer tho 😮
@@solarpelletsi considered myself good at ds3 but i probably couldn't beat gundyr fist only and definitely not vordt, i get impatient and rush the fight😅, great video keep it up
This was basically a rant about ds3 bosses 😅
It wouldn't be if the bosses were better 😤
But seriously, I'm hoping I'll like them more as I get better at the game. I do like the game, despite my problems, so we'll see lol
fun fact vordt is the only boss you have to kill to get friedes scyth so grab a darkhand and fight the 3rd hardest boss in the game at sl3
I started with ds3 so it's my favorite of the series. Scythes were my go to for my pyromancer so I love them!!!
I (almost?) started with DS3, I played a bit of DS2, over half of DS3, then went to DS1, beat that, beat DS2, then beat DS3, I just always gravitated to DS1. I understand loving it, and I really want to like it, that's why I did this run lol
Yay! Glad you're finally doing a ds3 challenge! Well done!
Excellent first challenge run, btw! Thanks so much for sharing! I hope it was as much fun to complete as it was to watch :)
I really enjoy the extra focus on the pain of setting up this challenge run, and the "in between bosses" portions that were extra challenging. The routing emphasis makes it feel more like a big puzzle you're figuring out.
Based ds2 fan forced to play ds3. I love all the souls games but I felt seen watching this video. We share a lot of gripes about ds3. I actually quite enjoy Gael, but I've fought him so many times that he's down to muscle memory. I remember in my earlier playthroughs he was a grim horizon to look forward to
i love your videos soooo much!!!! i can’t wait for some dark souls 2 challenges if that was be something you were keen to do! maybe a spears only run?
Double Pate's goes sooo hard
I have a couple DS2 runs on the list, but, same with this game, I'm not very good at it lol
Something simple like that could help me get into it, for sure, but I gotta ask, why spears specifically?
@@solarpellets HIIII OMG :3 DS2 was the first souls game i played at launch, and my first build was a spear using knight girl so i’ve always had a soft spot for using them in all of the games since! i also always thought the DS2 pike looks very swaggy
i wanna nail your critiques of DS3 to the cathedral of the deep, like Martin Luther and his thesis
To your point about areas made difficult with stacked mob placement, pathing is really vitally important and can make a lot of these areas you're finding difficult almost trivial (a prime example would be the dog & crossbow area just ahead of the cathedral) to fight (or run) through.
I appreciate encountering someone else frustrated by Dark Souls 3! People around me often like it, but I resented the game heavily for casting aside the slow pace of 1 and 2 in favor of frenetic attack spam.
Good work on the run by the way, the Corvian Greatscythe Farm is a nightmare but otherwise the weapon is fantastic.
Edit: Strangely, I actually enjoyed Elden Ring more than you, albeit because it gives you a toolset that helps DEAL WITH the faster enemies.
On Vordt's 2nd phase, when he does freezing breath attack, charging bare fists into his head practically guarantees stun from what I've observed on skummnut playthrough 🙃 Maybe it'll help ya out in one of them next challenge runs
I have played an entire run one using Friede Scythe, the next was her sister following her to try and stop her. So I only used Darkdrift
My stupid ass forgot to subscribe when I discovered your channel about 2 months ago, im glad that Lemon pinned your comment on the ds2 scythe video
I am, too, it's crazy how it turned out we uploaded a video with the same premise on the same day, not to mention him finding my video lol
It's kinda refreshing seeing someone else who doesn't think DS3 is the best one! I still like it, I'm of the opinion that there is no truly bad Souls game, but DS3 is still pretty safely my least favorite of the three... Funny enough, I actually didn't realize how much DS3 relies on throwing a ton of enemies at the player until you pointed it out...
same, I think all the souls etc. games are fantastic, ds3 just happens to be my least favorite of them.
i think it depends what class you start with. I started with Knight and was getting ganked to death until i learned to just get naked and roll spam. I think both DS2 and DS3 have their own layers of weirdness to adjust to, but since more people started with DS3 people hailed it as the ideal
I love DS3, too, it's still one of my favorite games ever, but it's easily my least favorite, too, lol
Except ER, I really don't like a lot of things about ER :3
@@solarpellets I find it interesting how a lot of core Soulsborne fans didn't end up enjoying Elden Ring as much as perhaps the average player, myself included. There is just a lot of qualities about it that seem worse versions of elements of other games in the franchise.
7:49 The best way to handle the area leading up to the cathedral is to take the lower path to the left. You’re sheltered from the crossbowmen and most of the dogs won’t aggro, so you can run through much more easily.
I will always watch and like your vids even if we have differing opinions on the franchise because girls support girls.
Could’ve done vordt gate skip and come back with scythe later just saying, unless glitches aren’t allowed
Yoo you actually did it!!
3:00 and here I am getting the scythe after 3 kills
here from the backlogs
this is a pretty good vid I'll sub
I still hold that King of the Storm is the worst boss fight in the series due to A. The sheer amount of downtime from it flying away, B. The camera C. The lack of a challenge and D. All this being a time and energy tax you have to do Every Single Time right before a more interesting and difficult boss fight.
Was cool to hear someone else mention the big increase in effective downtime in ds3 (and ER i found), and was a fun challenge run to watch, ty backlogs for bring me here ^^
Would ask for future stuff if you could spend a bit more time on the weapons you're using, even just throwing the stats on screen for a few secs, and explaining their gimmicks a little as personally its been a hot minute since I did DS3 and I cannot recall and details about the pontiff scythe ramge/moveset etc so that'd be cool ^^
When fighting the dragon slayer armor, I believe you're doing so much damage when hitting its sheild because scythes can ignore shields when hitting the scythes "sweet spot"
Annoying seems to be a topic in this video, I can’t believe you don’t like Friede but everyone has got different opinions on these games
I really wish I liked the game more lol
I do like it, despite the frustrations, but not nearly as much as DS1. One day I'll get over the annoyance, I'm sure
@@solarpelletsI'm in the same exact boat, and I actually played DS3 before I ever played 1. The mechanics(no passive poise) in DS3 are really what makes it annoying, the bosses are good and areas are fine.
great video i really like your content
yo empecé ilusionado con las guadañas y borre el archivo, luego probe otras armas con sangrado y quede impactado de la basura que son las guadañas cuando desangre y mate mas rápido a los enemigos, siento tanto respeto de ver a alguien mas subiendo un video con estas armas que hoy lo vuelvo a empezar con esas armas, tienes todo mi respeto
7:40-8:40 this is my biggest complaint abt DS3. I felt encouraged to just run through most levels and suicide run for valuable loot and shortcut progression.
Whereas all the other games felt like I could actually fight the enemies. Most of my gameplay experience felt like sprinting through boring level aesthics dodging 3 dogs and 10 shitter enemies (who only seemed to stunlock instead of being inherently dangerous). And then a boss fight at the end.
So many players and commentators say the bosses are the best part. But I guess all the good bosses are later on. Bc vordt, sage, rotten tree, deacons, all suck. (The gimmick bosses Yhorm and big skele were cool but not very gratifying imo) I ended up just beating it with a +10 raw longsword and all my points in health and green stuff and soft caps for strength. Haven’t been to the DLC yet. Still summoning my resolve to just run through everything and fight the rest of the bosses. Which are supposed to be the best in the series. I guess.
33:43 for me the spear cleric moveset on Cinder is the worst one
everyone has his tastes but personnally gael is my favorite boss of the triology
Tbh I wanted to see a scythe playthrough but I found that we are almost opposites, the things you hate are my favorite parts of the game and the bosses you enjoy were mid to me. Anyways, always cool to see other points of view and tbh nice video
haven't reached ds3 yet in my souls journey. brb
I wanted to do this now someone has done this now i have got even more motivation to do this🎉
I love your commentary and I feel like all the haters in the comments are just DS3 glazers. :P another great video from a great content creator.
All the haters just feeding your metrics anyway!
Let's slash away, brothers and sisters!
and other non-binary siblings!
I like DS3 a lot due to it's world and because quality builds got some love....a...a bit too much love, but still! Maybe it's because I learned the faster combat of Elden ring first, went to DS1, beat that, and then went to DS3 so my mind is a bit bias towards fast pace souls combat.
While I definitely agree with some of your critiques of DS3, and by no means is DS3 a perfect game, I do find some of your takes to be a little insane. It sounds like you are way more acquainted with DS1 and 2 than this one, and it seems like many of the people who fall in that boat tend to share your gripes. In my experience people who came starting with DS3 or Elden Ring tend to enjoy DS3 much more than the other 2, which is how I am. Its all just preference. Maybe after you get to know DS3 as much as you do the other games you can adjust to the weirdness of it, much like how every game in the series has its own problems and weirdness to it that needs to be adjusted to
The thing is, I basically started with DS3. I started with 2, but didn't play much of it before playing a lot more of 3. It's mostly reactions, it's still a fun game, it's just not nearly as fun as the others to me.
fyi watching this before i watch lemons to show love.
great vid, i find ds1 and 2 FAR more annoying than ds3--but that might be because I know ds3 inside and out. (much like how you have ds1 down to a science) ds3 also has much more fluid movement which I love
I'm hoping once I know it better I'll like it more tbh
Eventually I'll be able to do actually difficult runs lol
based ds3 disliker. can't wait to see you do some ds2 runs
i just went out of blacklogs videos to watch and just discovered you yay. and let me say...i want that shit
I'm still working on my first playthrough of DS3 right now, I'm still lacking Friede, Nameles King and all of Ringed City, while I understand your comments I don't find Dark Souls 3 nearly as aggravating as Elden Ring, maybe because I havent played Dark Souls 2 and went straight from DS1 to ER it was an horrible transition for me I even quitted it after the first time I tried Margit, I tried it again a couple months ago and yeah you get used to it, but ER is so different to me I dont feel the cozyness I felt with Dark Souls 1 when I finally clicked with me, Dark Souls 3 has those reaction tests that makes the game less of a positioning and spacing game and more of a hurr durr dodge dodge but I don't feel it nearly as aggravating.
I totally agree, ER is way worse lol
I honestly don't know if I'll ever do an ER challenge run, just because, tbh. DS3 might be my limit
a ds3 run! :D
Struggling with ds3 dogs? I used to struggle too! My advice is to zigzag instead of running in a straight line
Not struggling, no. Just annoyed by them
@@solarpellets
Yeah, bad choice of words on my part, anyway, zigzagging still makes em a lot less annoying, especially in that stretch before the Cathedral of the deep
L video... make a rant if you want to make a rant...
Nah, I like the game. It's just annoying sometimes
I've never used the storm ruler the boss unfortunately is really easy and in dog shit at darksouls
I know I'm in the minority here, but being a From fan that enjoys levels as much as bosses, I am always so confused by people that turn these games into boss rushes by running through literally everything. I mean....I get that this is a challenge run, but just in general.
I love the areas in DS1 and 2, just not DS3 lol
That said, fighting through dozens of mobs gets tedious a *lot* faster than fighting a single boss with a unique moveset, so at some point with all of them I just prefer running through.
@solarpellets you might dislike them BECAUSE you run through them? Maybe you like the areas in 1 and 2 because of your familiarity with them? You know the routes, you know which enemies to bait and when to attack, which enemies to sneak around, etc? Just my opinion, but I don't think you'll ever love them, if you continue to approach them this way. Running through, especially without knowing HOW to effectively run through (which is knowledge you acquire from actually playing the levels more than once) is the most sub optimum way to get through these levels and is of course going to cause you grief and frustration. Again...just my opinion...but I think you're selling this game (and your possible enjoyment of it) short by not sitting with the difficult bits longer.
@solarpellets ps...I love the fact that this run, inspired by lemon's ds1 scythe run, almost perfectly coincides with his ds2 scythe run. The fates are with you, sir :)
@@joshuathompson2404 I don't know the areas at all in DS2, not any better than DS3 at least. I've slowly worked through and explored every area in DS3 multiple times (barring a few exceptions like the ringed city) and still feel the way I do. The place the game gets difficulty from is the problem.
@@solarpellets hmm...ah well, I guess people like what they like :)
another from "people's ds2 complaints are worse in ds3" camp. feeling seen by an awesome channel👍
Here's a fun drinking game while watching this video: take a shot whenever you hear the word "annoying". Call yourself an ambulance in advance...
It's nice to see someone who doesn't dickride this mid af game that became the foundation of all the awful stuff we see in Elden Ring
The criticisms of the game are valid even though some are preference. I maybe the odd one out in the soulsborne community, but i can play any of the games and legitimately enjoy them. Same for one other game franchise, but yeah. Idk they're all highly enjoyable to me despite their flaws.
I love all the games, aside from maybe Elden Ring, I just think this one has a lot of flaws that are worth pointing out lol
@@solarpellets Curious as to why you don't like Elden Ring? I've been needing to play offline since EAC tanks performance for some reason on that game specifically. Other than that its a nice game not my favorite. Or anywhere close doe
@@theprancingrat There are so many reasons lol. The progression is boring, the bosses are annoying, the exploration is repetitive, the basic mobs are frustrating, the entire game is excessively long...
It's a great first playthrough or so, but after that my enjoyment just completely fell apart.
@solarpellets I see I seeee. Understandable. A lot of enemies are reskins of other enemies you meet in Limgrave. They do different attacks (magical anyways) but still are the same-ish. The bosses on the other hand I've found the side content bosses to be more of a hassle than the actual main story ones. Except for elden beast that one is a drag. A huge drag.
the amount of complaints holy but good video
4:26 So I imagine DS2 is your least favorite then - or at least - you strongly dislike that aspect
I love that about DS2 because the game expects you to work around it, not through it
@@solarpellets I guess I disagree with that assertion lol
you talked more about how you find this game annoying than whatever you were doing in the run, i really like your videos but this one just feels so negative, whats the point of making a video about a game you clearly dont like and only have bad things to say, i got pretty excited to finally see you play ds3, but half in to the video i just wanted to stop watching because every 2 sentences you just said the word "annoying" and well that got annoying HSDFHASDFH , i get you dont like this game and respect that, but i though this was a ds3 only scythes challenge run but for me the it seems the real challenge for you was to play the game at all HSFHASFH
thats because she isnt a idiot and knows ds3 is the worst of the trilogy EASILY
@@The_Magnificent_Moose insane take
ds3 fans don't get defensive challenge. there's millions of videos praising it if that's what you want
I love DS3, I just have a few... Grievances with it. I wanted to give explanations for why I haven't played it as much as DS1, and wanted to share my thoughts with this being the first time I played the game on the channel. I adore the entire soulsborne anthology, this one (and ER lol) just doesn't hit exactly what I love about the others.
@@solarpellets well maybe it was just the vibe this video gave me overall, i think the moment i realized how much the word "annoying" was used i couldn´t stop hearing it, but yeah i understand you prefer other games of the saga and as you said at the final of the video you just had so much to say about the game, still love your videos!
You spent the whole video whining about everything you found challenging in this game. It's hilarious that now people will just criticise a souls game for being hard these days, rather than actually getting good at the game.
I never said it was because it was hard you dope. I love the dancer, she's one of my favorite bosses in the series, and consequently one of the hardest for me. I'd argue Pontiff is around the same difficulty, but I'm not as good at him because I don't find him fun. Hell, this "challenge run" wasn't even that hard to begin with lol. It has nothing to do with difficulty, I wouldn't do a challenge run if I didn't like it being hard.
@@solarpellets The whole time you talk about bosses moves being annoying, frustrating, bullshit, based only on reaction(funniest shit i have ever heard) you complain about "enemy spam when the most amount of enemies you will ever have to fight at the same time is 3 if you play dilligently. Also, from the clips i can see you barely know how most of the bosses work.
@@Yive. I didn't die to a boss until the Princes, this wasn't hard. Annoying does not mean hard. I'm not saying the game being reaction based is bad, I'm saying that DS1 and 2 aren't and that I like that style more.
@@solarpellets im not talking about dying, of course you won't die when using one of the best weapons in the game, im talking about you not knowing how to dodge a move and getting mad about it, calling it annoying. As someone who's played this game enough to master it there isn't a single move in this game that is reaction-based. Also it wasn't just the bosses you complained about
@@Yive. lmao it's not that I can't dodge them, it's that it's annoying to dodge them. Hard and annoying are not synonymous.
guy hates this game lmao
What guy hates what game?
@@solarpellets look dude, I don't care for DS3, so I ain't no butthurt fanboy coming after you or anything, on the contrary
But it is straight up comical to go through a 30+ minute video full of "this sucks" "it's annoying" "awful" "badly designed" "worst in the series" etc and then have you tell me you don't have strong negative feelings towards this game
It'd be like some IGN long list of complains round up with a "has a little something for everyone" type shit
@@Diamond1234548 tbh I'm more concerned about the "guy" comment, considering there's not a guy in the video. I definitely don't hate the game, though. If I did I wouldn't be playing it
I'm personally a fan of reactionary bosses like slave knight Gael or Romeo, king of the puppets, but it was a cool challenge run.
My opinion though is that you shouldn't be so negative about a game you play. If you dont like it, you don't need to play it.
I love the game. But also, critique is really fun, so even if I didn't love the game, I'd still enjoy the process of critiquing it.
You sound like Joseph Anderson complaining about this game. Have my dislike.