13:10 doesn't even look like an AI glitch, I think they just weren't prepared. O: "Dude, wtf is he doing here already? You said that asylum was on the other side of the country" S: "IT IS. But who cares? Just hit him" O: "YOU hit him, I'm not touching that thi-AAARGHHH, MY SHINS"
Speedrunning in twenty years: *Character madly running, jumping and doing all sorts of gestures in firelink shrine* Cata narrating: "After trying only 10 million combinations 19 hours a day that costed him his job and the love of his wife, master speedrunner Bumbutrius99xd discovered that this exact imput of 97 movements with perfect timing while opening three menus at the same time glitches the game into teleporting you to Gwyn's arena, resulting in a record of 1:42.547, far below the previous 1:42.601. Thanks to this he acquired a 500 dollars cash prize and 6 months of fame in a subset of a extremely niche community. "
This reminds me of the Zelda glitch in majora's mask that essentially opens a ingame computer, letting the Player do some arbitrary sequence of STUFF to program bullshit into the game, Completely breaking the speedrun
bro dropping almost a MINUTE from a 20 minute record is so insane. amazing video cata, great summary and storytelling. it's incredible how much info you're able to pack into such a small space, and convey it all clearly and enjoyably. also a really good takeaway here about how expertise, for all the avenues it opens up, can also close down possibilities because of prevailing assumptions. outsiders can sometimes revolutionize a field because they haven't yet learned what is "impossible." last thing I love: the optimization to level strength because leveling is faster than doing two extra attacks. those tiny things are so gratifying to me as an observer, lol.
The amount of glitches, tricks, speedrun tech and optimization in this is absolutely insane. This has to be one of the most broken and impressive speedrun games of all time at this point. It's also crazy that people still find new stuff so many years after the game's initial release. I love it!
Know whats crazy, I used to run DS1 around the time Bloodborne came out (so 2014/15). The amount that the run has changed is honestly crazy to me. From a distance, I’ve kind of been checking in on the runs from time to time, but damn, it’s really a completely different run today 😯
Very impressive. My only question is why is Taurus Demon still fought with the existence of the Havel Tower skip. Is it just a case of it being faster to fight him for the souls since you already need to go up the stairs for Twinkling Titanite than not doing that?
@@TheMoogleKing93also, why dont they to do the parry the hollow and walk out of bounds into the sens fortress. Is that ds1 remastered only or why not?
@@DonzoArmy it's allowed, but to make the entrance to Fire link Altar appear (which you need to do the wrong warp) you need to either ring both bells or fight Four Kings. So it's slower to do Sens Gate skip in this route.
As per usual - brilliant video. Queuek's movement (aside from that one failed jump :P) was on point. Can you help me understand one thing though - what is the reason for not using Sen's skip? On the surface I would assume it saves time not having to travel to Blighttown for example, but other than this I just don't know. Is it that the souls received from killing the bosses in the route allow for weaponj upgrades and level ups? Looking forward to future videos. Cheers!
It's slower due to routing. You need the lordvessel and a way to access firelink altar. Fastest way is to ring the bells and since we already have a powerful weapon, we just kill quelaag right away.
Dude, I use to speed run this game back from release up until dark souls 2 came out. The evolution of these strats are just mind blowing. I remember when the blighttown skip (where you just slide down from the top to the swamp below) was a huge deal when it was found, but now you have wrong warps and negative item? Kudos
What a wonderful way to relate, unpack and explain in detail the process and the achievement that is means this run. Great video and great work my dude!
QQ is a great dude. Always hanging out in the hitless discord and chats. He's come up with some awesome lineups for tricks for us. Super happy to see him pull this off
Great video. And thanks for including Quadruple farming bullshit quote. It reminds me of the times then I used to count undead jumping over boxes to fall asleep.
Oh yeah, more speedrun explained content from Cata 😍 Absolutely love the way you do these - such clear explanations and no unnecessary detail - it's like the perfect speed run of explaining a speed run!
Great video once again! Thanks for using the music from Clash, such a good game with inspiring music, art and gameplay also. I hope more people will try out this game. The first track you used was my favourite.
This may seem like a dumb question, as I'm not experienced in the speed run route or anything, but would Sen's Skip be faster than going to each bell? Is there like a flag that needs triggered by the bell or could skipping the bells be more beneficial? Either way the run is super impressive, and the work gone into is amazing!
If I remember correctly that's also a speed-tech. By quitting out after the successful parry-attack, your respawn point is already at the exit, which triggers the end cut-scene and saving the time to run there.
catalystz videos never miss. the explanation is so easy to follow even if you know nothing about these tricks. but its not boring at all, he makes it all sound so fucking interesting and captivating. awesome vid again man, cant wait for the next one!
Your vids are disgustingly well edited and informed and explain all of the tricks cleanly and quickly. I wanna make vids like yours. Also the performance by the runner was crazy. Love the firebomb lineups and the seconds saving bonfire menu tricks.
Wow amazing production quality. The graphics did an amazing job at explaining complex topics. Honestly the thing I was maybe most impressed with was the sound design. Any tips on where I can find sounds like the ones used on many graphics?
13:01 Every single time I try this jump I miss lol and every time I miss I say to myself "I'm not a speedrunner why am I always going for this jump" and yet I'm sure I'll go for ti again on my next run...and I bet I'll miss again lol!
Could instability damage be used for a faster asylum demon? I saw in QQ's clip it used a jumping attack. Maybe hitting a firebomb during that animation would be enough to kill it with 4 bombs, since it has so little health left to use the 5th one on... Or maybe I'm stupid lol
Great video, man. The amount of tiny and brief after effects animations must’ve made this video take forever to produce but I must say, really added to the overall presentation.
Love seeing records like this be broken time and time again across more than a decade, just shows you never truly know how far something can be pushed.
I used to run DS1, just for fun, not competitively. I guess it was somewhat competitive because I wanted my splits to look fucking awesome. When I had one or two gold splits midway through the run my heart would start thumping a little, and when the seconds were ticking down at Gywnn I was sweating lol. I did the BKH run that was much less stressful than this. I cannot fucking imagine how this dude felt when he hit those numbers. Beautiful optimization, beautiful community. GG
I wonder what year they’ll find a wrong warp or other glitch that goes from firelink shrine to Gwyn, and then they’ll beat him down with the starter weapon in 3:42
It's brutal, from an outsider's perspective, to fathom the precision and reflexes the runner needs to bring to the table to pull off something this technical. And there's the amount of collective willpower that needs to be thrown at such a highly optimized yet infinitely variable puzzle. Without documentaries like this these engineers/wizards would never have their names heard. Speedrunning is pointless in its way but that's actually a common denominator of all art in a way.
I really liked that you covered this topic and the video is good but personally I think the visual effects and accompanying sound effects are pretty distracting haha
There is actually a reason to finish the fight with a riposte! It skips Gwyns death animation and quitting out with it allows for the final cutscene to be activated earlier.
"This run will never be beaten" Yeah, this is probably one of the worst adages of speed running I've ever seen. People keep trying to optimize times SO MUCH, alongside the psychopaths (take it as a compliment) hunting glitches, that sometimes a new glitch is just randomly discovered and it destroys a category entirely. Unless we start measuring runs in the milisseconds for tie breaks, the only time that won't ever be beaten is 1s runs at a certain point.
I love your channel so much. How are you one of the most known gamers for their skill and intellect and yet still have such an underrated channel!! Keep it up sir hard work pays off!!
Can someone explain to me why Gargoyles and Quelaag were necessary? I've seen people skip straight into Sen's Fortress before... am I missing something?
It's just faster to do gargoyles and Quelaag first with the routing we have. You'd have to go back and kill them again anyways so going to Anor Londo early when you already have a weapon that does high damage isnt really the play. Sens gate skip (Skip you mentioned) is typically only used if we need a high damaging weapon like dragon tooth (PTDE All bosses, and PTDE beginner any% route), or if gargoyles are not a required boss to kill in a run (PTDE/ DSR Any% No Wrong Warp) TL;DR - Routing in this game is pretty dynamic depending on weapons/goals in the run, and something that might appear to be fast might not actually be that fast.
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This is fantastic. The drop into Quelaag's Domain from New Londo Ruins is wild (as is pretty much everything else in here).
That part in particular was absolutely insane though i agree
Where is that inevitable clown that's gonna come say "oh illusory wall here are both of my favorite youtubers in one. Collab?"
Why do vagrants look like Minos Prime?
@@ramrodbldm9876^^ there. It’s you.
@@ramrodbldm9876here 😅
I love that parrying Gwyn at the end is optimal
I was wondering about that--what makes it optimal? I assumed he did it for style since he was so far ahead, as it seems slower
@@bahamutisgod Gwyn has a faster death animation when he dies from a riposte :)
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13:10 doesn't even look like an AI glitch, I think they just weren't prepared.
O: "Dude, wtf is he doing here already? You said that asylum was on the other side of the country"
S: "IT IS. But who cares? Just hit him"
O: "YOU hit him, I'm not touching that thi-AAARGHHH, MY SHINS"
i miss clicked your channel instead of clicking the timestamp then stayed for stains of time 🗿🗿🗿
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i love you asa@@Ayrue.
@@Ayrue. I just intentionally clicked his channel for stains of time 🗿
@@temxasremd hell yeah🗿
Speedrunning in twenty years:
*Character madly running, jumping and doing all sorts of gestures in firelink shrine*
Cata narrating: "After trying only 10 million combinations 19 hours a day that costed him his job and the love of his wife, master speedrunner Bumbutrius99xd discovered that this exact imput of 97 movements with perfect timing while opening three menus at the same time glitches the game into teleporting you to Gwyn's arena, resulting in a record of 1:42.547, far below the previous 1:42.601. Thanks to this he acquired a 500 dollars cash prize and 6 months of fame in a subset of a extremely niche community. "
This reminds me of the Zelda glitch in majora's mask that essentially opens a ingame computer, letting the Player do some arbitrary sequence of STUFF to program bullshit into the game, Completely breaking the speedrun
oh my god the editing here is INCREDIBLE. great job
I am so happy that you enjoyed it!!
Stoked to see a video from you! Feels like it’s been a while
Super stoked even
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Thank you so much! Life gets in the way but I am back to full force!!!
Players: in Dark Souls you should manage your stamina during boss fights
Speedrunners: I have non zero stamina, running attack goes brrrr
bro dropping almost a MINUTE from a 20 minute record is so insane. amazing video cata, great summary and storytelling. it's incredible how much info you're able to pack into such a small space, and convey it all clearly and enjoyably. also a really good takeaway here about how expertise, for all the avenues it opens up, can also close down possibilities because of prevailing assumptions. outsiders can sometimes revolutionize a field because they haven't yet learned what is "impossible." last thing I love: the optimization to level strength because leveling is faster than doing two extra attacks. those tiny things are so gratifying to me as an observer, lol.
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@@ZrankHednlet a brother yap, it was a good vid
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment! Makes me very happy that you enjoyed the video.
The amount of glitches, tricks, speedrun tech and optimization in this is absolutely insane. This has to be one of the most broken and impressive speedrun games of all time at this point. It's also crazy that people still find new stuff so many years after the game's initial release. I love it!
Somehow got pushed to my recommended the minute the video was posted, great video, subscribed.
Thank you!! Welcome aboard.
That routing is amazing! Speed running is truly a thing to behold. Great video Cata.
Know whats crazy, I used to run DS1 around the time Bloodborne came out (so 2014/15). The amount that the run has changed is honestly crazy to me. From a distance, I’ve kind of been checking in on the runs from time to time, but damn, it’s really a completely different run today 😯
I remember when party walk was found on DS2 and later made it's way to DS1.
Edit: parry walk. 😂
Very impressive. My only question is why is Taurus Demon still fought with the existence of the Havel Tower skip. Is it just a case of it being faster to fight him for the souls since you already need to go up the stairs for Twinkling Titanite than not doing that?
You also need a homeward bone to do wrong warps, which Taurus gives you.
@@TheMoogleKing93 what about Darksign for wrong warps? Are Taurus' souls needed or why the need for the homeward bone?
@@Fussfackel it's not just Taurus' souls, but they'd lose all souls every time they wrong warped with the dark sign.
@@TheMoogleKing93also, why dont they to do the parry the hollow and walk out of bounds into the sens fortress. Is that ds1 remastered only or why not?
@@DonzoArmy it's allowed, but to make the entrance to Fire link Altar appear (which you need to do the wrong warp) you need to either ring both bells or fight Four Kings. So it's slower to do Sens Gate skip in this route.
As per usual - brilliant video. Queuek's movement (aside from that one failed jump :P) was on point.
Can you help me understand one thing though - what is the reason for not using Sen's skip? On the surface I would assume it saves time not having to travel to Blighttown for example, but other than this I just don't know. Is it that the souls received from killing the bosses in the route allow for weaponj upgrades and level ups? Looking forward to future videos. Cheers!
Sens skip is probably faster, but you need to ring both bells to open firelink altar due to wrong warping from there to kiln
@@AfroOwnage1 yeah, duh, I forgot about that VERY IMPORTANT part lol. 😂
It's slower due to routing. You need the lordvessel and a way to access firelink altar. Fastest way is to ring the bells and since we already have a powerful weapon, we just kill quelaag right away.
The parry at the end to finish off gwyn is just a chef’s kiss on an incredible run.
That shot at 3:54 is hilarious. It's so weird to see the Taurus Demon just jumping off the platform.
Dude, I use to speed run this game back from release up until dark souls 2 came out. The evolution of these strats are just mind blowing. I remember when the blighttown skip (where you just slide down from the top to the swamp below) was a huge deal when it was found, but now you have wrong warps and negative item? Kudos
What a wonderful way to relate, unpack and explain in detail the process and the achievement that is means this run. Great video and great work my dude!
Thank you for the kind comment! Appreciate you enjoying the video so much to leave one.
Awesome video, had a lot of fun watching and definitely learned some new things about DS1 speedrunning!
QQ is a great dude. Always hanging out in the hitless discord and chats. He's come up with some awesome lineups for tricks for us. Super happy to see him pull this off
Dark Souls 👍
Apart from the content itself, I love the effort you do with the graphics and and other effects. Bravo!
Man, I love the way you edit the videos!
So satisfying and the explanations are clear and easy to understand too!
Thank you! Glad you enjoy them 😌
Love to see such a tight WR that still has a mistake in it, means there's still a chance someone can do that little bit better.
The last parry is just a piece of art for this run it looks so stressful at wr pace 😅 congrats very nice video
Great video. And thanks for including Quadruple farming bullshit quote. It reminds me of the times then I used to count undead jumping over boxes to fall asleep.
LMAO what a throwback
Oh yeah, more speedrun explained content from Cata 😍 Absolutely love the way you do these - such clear explanations and no unnecessary detail - it's like the perfect speed run of explaining a speed run!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Great video once again! Thanks for using the music from Clash, such a good game with inspiring music, art and gameplay also. I hope more people will try out this game. The first track you used was my favourite.
I know very little about DS speedrunning but my first thought was "Why don't they just use the black knight sword?". Maybe I'm goated
MHFU reward screen music is so cool
lol, my livesplit PB sound just so happened to sync up with cata's editing so it was a cool little happy accident
hah, that's pretty funny, good going mate! @@QueueKyoo
"TAS runs exist to push speedruns past a human level."
Queuekyuu: "And i took that personally."
The editing and writing are both amazing. Great work
This may seem like a dumb question, as I'm not experienced in the speed run route or anything, but would Sen's Skip be faster than going to each bell? Is there like a flag that needs triggered by the bell or could skipping the bells be more beneficial? Either way the run is super impressive, and the work gone into is amazing!
Ringing both bells wakes up Frampt which opens the doors to Firelink Altar
@dig_deep_ Ah I see, that makes sense- thanks bro I appreciate the answer, can't believe I didn't think of that lmao
The fact that at the very end he could've ended the fight early but decided to stance tf up and parry gwin to flex is amazing 🤣. Great shit
If I remember correctly that's also a speed-tech.
By quitting out after the successful parry-attack, your respawn point is already at the exit, which triggers the end cut-scene and saving the time to run there.
It's faster to parry
Gwyn's death animation is faster when he's killed with a riposte as well.
catalystz videos never miss. the explanation is so easy to follow even if you know nothing about these tricks. but its not boring at all, he makes it all sound so fucking interesting and captivating. awesome vid again man, cant wait for the next one!
Thank you so much for the kind words! Already working on a new piece.
This is one absolutely crazy wr, the skips that he uses are fucking mindblowing. great vid
Your vids are disgustingly well edited and informed and explain all of the tricks cleanly and quickly. I wanna make vids like yours.
Also the performance by the runner was crazy. Love the firebomb lineups and the seconds saving bonfire menu tricks.
Yess, another Catalystz masterpiece let's go
Monster Hunter song at the end was perfect. nice vid man!
DS1 in 3 years (WR)
Wow amazing production quality. The graphics did an amazing job at explaining complex topics. Honestly the thing I was maybe most impressed with was the sound design. Any tips on where I can find sounds like the ones used on many graphics?
13:01 Every single time I try this jump I miss lol and every time I miss I say to myself "I'm not a speedrunner why am I always going for this jump" and yet I'm sure I'll go for ti again on my next run...and I bet I'll miss again lol!
It's crazy that this happened at the same time as Ganonfloor: the new speedrunning strat for OoT, which hasn't had any significant strats since 2012!
Man I love your editing skills cata. So enjoyable to watch!
Could instability damage be used for a faster asylum demon? I saw in QQ's clip it used a jumping attack. Maybe hitting a firebomb during that animation would be enough to kill it with 4 bombs, since it has so little health left to use the 5th one on... Or maybe I'm stupid lol
Straight sword hilt does literally 2 damage. You'd have to jumping attack like 20+ times lol
Great video, man. The amount of tiny and brief after effects animations must’ve made this video take forever to produce but I must say, really added to the overall presentation.
3:53 If you want to do taurus suicide trick you need to be under 8.4% on remaster and between 8.4% and 16.8% on PTDE
"Alright capitaine, your turn." Absolutely sent me
Incredibly hyped to see more catalyst uploads. My fav souls content this past year.
I really appreciate you always explaining speedrunning terms in your videos. Many times its helped when watching other speedruns ☺️
Glad I was able to teach you something a bit useful!
I had to pause the video now and then, because my tiny brain couldnt handle all of the clever skips and shortcuts. This guy is an effing Genius.
Awesome video Cata. Thoroughly enjoyed!
Remarkable quality of videos for such a small fanbase since I can’t understand how you only have 60k subscribers after so long
Love seeing records like this be broken time and time again across more than a decade, just shows you never truly know how far something can be pushed.
Dein Editing ist echt next level, würde mich sehr interessieren was für Programme du dafür nutzt.
Danke sehr! Premiere, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender
I used to run DS1, just for fun, not competitively. I guess it was somewhat competitive because I wanted my splits to look fucking awesome. When I had one or two gold splits midway through the run my heart would start thumping a little, and when the seconds were ticking down at Gywnn I was sweating lol. I did the BKH run that was much less stressful than this. I cannot fucking imagine how this dude felt when he hit those numbers. Beautiful optimization, beautiful community. GG
I was just relieved that I didnt have to run it anymore during finals week lol
The editing on this video is amazing, keep up the fine work.
I wonder what year they’ll find a wrong warp or other glitch that goes from firelink shrine to Gwyn, and then they’ll beat him down with the starter weapon in 3:42
Love the unique editing style :)
Incredible video man. The editing was crazy good
Hi Cata, your reviews are always a pleasure to watch.
was so excited when I saw this reroute and the level of optimization brought in by Queuekyoo, I'm glad to see you covering it ^^
It's brutal, from an outsider's perspective, to fathom the precision and reflexes the runner needs to bring to the table to pull off something this technical. And there's the amount of collective willpower that needs to be thrown at such a highly optimized yet infinitely variable puzzle. Without documentaries like this these engineers/wizards would never have their names heard. Speedrunning is pointless in its way but that's actually a common denominator of all art in a way.
Fantastic video as always! I could honestly listen to you talking about Dark Souls forever, these breakdowns are always soo interesting
This is one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. I'm happy to see another video!
I really liked that you covered this topic and the video is good but personally I think the visual effects and accompanying sound effects are pretty distracting haha
Great video once again, nice MH music in the end
The last world record used the great club, my bonk stick.
I love that he parries at the end purely for the steeze
There is actually a reason to finish the fight with a riposte! It skips Gwyns death animation and quitting out with it allows for the final cutscene to be activated earlier.
You have to love the parry at the end knowing the record is shattered
Just the editing alone makes this an extremely good video!
12:57 wait, he holds the WR even though he made a multi-second mistake?
This must’ve been a VERY good run outside of that!
Great editing and storytelling! Love your breakdowns :)
I was just checking your channel. Great timing.
"This run will never be beaten"
Yeah, this is probably one of the worst adages of speed running I've ever seen. People keep trying to optimize times SO MUCH, alongside the psychopaths (take it as a compliment) hunting glitches, that sometimes a new glitch is just randomly discovered and it destroys a category entirely.
Unless we start measuring runs in the milisseconds for tie breaks, the only time that won't ever be beaten is 1s runs at a certain point.
Scrumptious editing, as always!
As someone who played Ds1 before 1 month as my first souls game this was amazing!
it'd be cool if u linked the people mentioned in the description, insanely well made video of a speedrun I've been watching for 10 fucking years lmao
I love your channel so much. How are you one of the most known gamers for their skill and intellect and yet still have such an underrated channel!! Keep it up sir hard work pays off!!
Thank you so much! Doing my best now.
This video and this run are straight up stellar!
Reminds me of back when i watched and played N64 speedruns.
Amazing video as always, I love how educational your documentaries always are!
The free camera shots in this video are really cool
the editing in this one is top notch
The skill to achieve all this is absolutely mental
Whoa, didn't know you could bully Gwyn like that
Can someone explain to me why Gargoyles and Quelaag were necessary? I've seen people skip straight into Sen's Fortress before... am I missing something?
They need Fraampt to get to the kiln
@@randomdungeonmaster Ah of course. There's no wrong warp to get there then, I assume?
This was the coolest 15 min speed run history ever
What's even more incredible is the fact that people still speed run DS1
wow, incredible record! congrats to everyone who worked on this achievement! also this video is great, wonderful editing
One thing I don't understand, why do they kill Taurus Demon? It's not for his souls because he uses the darksign right away so why??
The skip to Darkroot Basin is just insane. 🔥🔥
brilliant well made video.. kudos to you and all souls speedrunners
This new route is so fun to watch
HI Champ. Happy to see you doing dark souls again. I hope you continue your competitive plays in the next bingo brawlers
Not often an updated speedrun is cooler than before but this one really seems to be :D
has nobody done sens skip + wrong warp to the kiln? not having to ring both bells would save a lot of time
It's just faster to do gargoyles and Quelaag first with the routing we have. You'd have to go back and kill them again anyways so going to Anor Londo early when you already have a weapon that does high damage isnt really the play.
Sens gate skip (Skip you mentioned) is typically only used if we need a high damaging weapon like dragon tooth (PTDE All bosses, and PTDE beginner any% route), or if gargoyles are not a required boss to kill in a run (PTDE/ DSR Any% No Wrong Warp)
TL;DR - Routing in this game is pretty dynamic depending on weapons/goals in the run, and something that might appear to be fast might not actually be that fast.
love these videos! great job as always man!
How has, no one thought of using black knight sword
The editing is god tier honestly
perfect video to document reaching near perrfection