Can You Beat Dark Souls 2 With Only Firebombs? | Dark Souls 2 Challenge Run
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- Lemon continues the struggle of making his way through the entire Dark Souls series with just firebombs.
Surely it can't be getting worse...right?
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0:00 Intro
0:55 The Plan
2:43 The Attempt
29:43 Outro - Hry
"Miyazaki hates me"
Miyazaki who hasn't even made this game: "Why must you hurt me in this way?"
Yep, you can tell which games Miyazaki made based on whether you want to grab your bloodstain or just close the game.
He indeed was involved
@@camello321 but not responsible!~
@@icetiger-4760 thank god
@@camello321 he kinda just... watched the development, and he also hates talking about the game
Petition for Lemon to do a Firebomb Only Run with Mrs. Lemon in the future.
Great voice acting imo i liked it
Agreed. Though it might not be firebomb only. You'd have to make it a bit more difficult since there would be two people
yes
@@westernstar128 Throwing knives only
@@westernstar128 Co-op Randomizer would be fun. With 3 deaths = Randomizer the seed again.
Laurence the first vicar and Yhorm the giant are just in the background laughing at your suffering.
Wait, why yhorm?
(Or is he just immune/resistent to fire?)
@@Justarandomguy654 yes
@@stormalfred1238 ah ok
@@Justarandomguy654 yhorm is immune to fire, has a fuckton of hp, has a lot of defense, and even if you aimed for the head he can duck down and make you miss. He had to do it with siegward.
@@szarekhthesilentking7043 based necronchad
As someone who isn't young anymore and has serious responsibilities in life, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the work you put into these videos. Having to step back and say a boss is doable, just not worth the time crunch, is a big thing that younger youtubers don't ever seem to vocalize, but is a very real thing, especially in this franchise with some of these challenges.
11:40 One of my no death/no bonfire runs was ended by this boss, two Lightning Bolts and a Dark Orb in perfect timing to bitch slap me back to the title screen. Full health to zero in a fraction of a second. One slightly missed dodge equaled death that day.
Dude… I’ve seen no death/no bonfire runs lost to fume knight, strawberry demon, iron king’s gaping iron hole, copy/paste dragon, “try toe” dragon, Ava, ivory king, sihn the slumbering prick and dozens of areas. But him? Wannabe pinwheel? That had to be the biggest “go screw yourself” a dark souls game could give.
I actually somehow died to these dudes the first time I tried them, I genuinely don't know how it happened honestly, but I didn't quite understand what I was seeing at first and my INT and FTH were really bad at the time so any form of dark & lighting absolutely destroyed me, I didn't even get to react. I then absolutely wrecked them, then used a bonfire ascetic to wreck them again because they knew what they did to me
The Dark Souls experience in a nutshell:
@@icetiger-4760 Prowling Magus and Congregation has more in common with Demon's Souls' Fool's Idol than Pinwheel.
@@kingdomcome3914 that doesn’t mean it doesn’t fill the same boss role in that game. And even pinwheel is like fools idol. So my comparison is still apt. It’s like comparing a beetle, a fiat and a civic. Why nitpick that they aren’t all beetles when they are all crapy cars?
Pinwheel, magus + co, and idol aren’t the exact same, but they are all joke fights with gank mechanics that if you go into the fight with a weapon that deals more than 30 damage a swing the fight is going to be over in about 47 seconds.
Man I realize how small your channel is. You deserve so much more for the amount of effort you put into your vids. Keep up the great work.
I completely agree, just found his channel and subbed.
I'm subbin too, this is gold.
I can agree. The sonic drowning music to one of the death montages made me a life long sub now
It genuinely surprises me the amount of quality DS youtubers that have under 20k subs
@@IIiiiLiiOiiIii I feel like dark souls has the best small youtuber community
Well, unfortunately I had to skip some of the parts as to not spoil the last like 4 bosses on my playthrough, BUT if anything that just makes me want to get back into the fray so I can watch the rest...
That being said, I'm always super happy to see another Backlogs masterpiece in my sub feed. Your video style deserves WAY more praise than it's currently getting. Keep it up my friend, and don't you dare let that third game get you down. You got this.
Good luck - you'll do better than I did, I'm sure haha
Thanks for the kind words! It's always great to see you (and the audience you keep sending my way) in the comment section. Means alot :)
Can't wait to see what challenge you decide to tackle next!
Hey Kyle!
The two gods of dark souls challenge runs
I'm glad you did - your reaction to the Ivory King was truly priceless.
All we need is yamfa to drop a comment lol
“This game has a whopping 32 bosses!”
Elden Ring: hold my estus
"Ds2 is trash because of reskinned bosses"
Elden ring: here is another crucible knight, shut up
@@ExtremeMan10 "yeah you know that crucible knight you just killed? Yeah there's 2 more in that room ahead, and another at the end of this area. Have fun chucklenuts"
@@ExtremeMan10 I sure hope you like fighting Ulcerated Tree Spirits.
You know that one demigod at the beginning of the game with a second phase that involved a dragon ? Yeah he’s here again , but now there’s no second phase .
"Revenants for everyone! Respawns and your barricade shield won't do jackshit against their 1000 slaps attack!"
I was just watching ymfahs consumable only guide so this is perfect timing
The intro had me folded.
"Can I use a shield?"
"HAHAHA No."
That's how my friends were when I played through all three a few months ago.
Bloodborne to a whole fandom in 2015: "Ahhahaha No.🤣🤣"
Me, to myself, because I really don't like sitting still. Roll, roll, roll, my way gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily, all the way to giants dream! (Or memory or whatever but dream rhymes)
Ew, the elitist "play this way" part of the community... Shields are a huge part of what makes this game unique and not just button mashing like many 3rd person fighters
He said salt and sanctuary
He won my heart
Then he said ‘spindlebeasts’
He won my fear
😢😂L
"The Vendrick fight wasn't even close" he said, not having a visible amount of health
that's the joke
I'm just gonna confess something really weird about my experience with this video
I've been having a lot of trouble getting to sleep at reasonable times the past couple weeks or so, and for some utterly bizarre reason, this video is my complete cure for it. I'm taking my time right now to actually watch through and finish this whole video in one sitting, because I've found that no matter how much trouble I'm having getting to sleep, if I just put this video on late at night I fall asleep before the half way mark. I think it's got something to do with your voice; even in the more active moments, your voice is just really soothing to listen to.
Basically, I've been using this video as my diet insomnia cure for a while now, and I just couldn't sit around without expressing that fact.
That’s what summoning salt is for me, I’ve rewatched all his videos upwards of 10 times to help me sleep
For me that's true with Angory Tom, DangerouslyFunny, Mitten Squad and to a degree Wand of Sparking (No commentary, they use decently gentle music though so it's nice to listen to and watch)
XD ong is one of the best
@@successfulfailure1298 that guy is an international treasure!
Try some ambiguous amphibian my dood
Didn't expect to see this when I got up today! Hope I get my mod out at a good time for you with how busy it sounds like you tend to be. I can't wait to get your impressions on it!!
If your mod does everything you say it does, I'll MAKE the time for it!
Sir Alonne, the closest dark souls will ever get to anime. *looks at Code Vein*
*looks at Dark Souls 3 DLC weapons*
@@michaelbishop5674 Looks at dark souls 1 abyss greatsword, Artorias, moonlight greatsword (a sword that emits a magic slash when you swing it ? Not peak anime but not far ^^)
@@nathanjora7627 point is, dark souls has always had some anime in it
@@michaelbishop5674 Agreed.
I mean, it had katanas, feet fetish and tentacles since DeS, who could deny that Souls always has been anime ^^
@@nathanjora7627 well that. And the fact that Miyazaki directly stated that berserk was a major influence. Not bagging on the game, I looooove the design of the souls games, and berserk is super cool.
can you beat salt and sanctuary as a farmer
can only use items that would be used in farming
you have to save salt for the winter(cant spend salt, can use black and grey pearls, no upgrading)
have to beat all bosses
Pitchfork, woodsman axe and reaper then?
Easy.
@@TheBacklogs and potatoes.
@@TheBacklogs with farmer clothing
Sir Alonne is really fast, but his weakness is that he doesnt really have any sideways attacks, so dodging to his sides leaves you time for one or two attacks
Godly stuff, praying for the algorithm to pick this up.
Loved every minute of your suffering^^
Great job in persevering through this one, and kudos to you for accepting which obstacles where not worth the cost of time and sanity^^
He even takes the right ending! You have my respect.
Never remember seeing sentinels use spin to win on that small platform...
I have also died to prowling Magus&co. On new game+4 and up those lighting bolts from clerics hurt...
I’m late but yeah;
These pathetic excuse for bosses suddenly ramp up in extreme levels of BS if you go through NG+s without figuring out your setup/build (Personally, I call Setup your own thing you make, and refer to Builds as defined things people have already set to make popular)
Well you may have pleased the fire bomb gods for a time but your suffering will not end. There are many other games with firebombs as well
Coming back to watch the old Firebomb videos is super interesting. Seeing the seeds of Lemon's current style and how he's improved in both routing and game knowledge is super fascinating.
I started to wonder if it would be difficult to finish the game with throwing knives only... Not just any "consumable", but only TK? Considering we have regular and poison knives, perhaps it wouldn't be such a hard deal...
I've wondered the same. The issue is that TKs dont scale (at least in DS1), and many bosses are immune to poison. Still, worth a try, right?
@@TheBacklogs quickly checked in DS1 and you don't have TK in the asylum... This means that Asylum Demon has to be defeated with bombs or your weapon... Not to mention their damage is very small and having only 99 wouldn't be enough for some bosses.
Trainers allow me to add anything I need to the start (hence how we got the Crystal Ring Shield run). Wouldnt be an issue. The damage would be though.
Jk Leeds has Done a throwing knife only video on demon souls to bloodborne
Petition for wife and husband dark souls randomized run
I just want you to know, your Souls videos have become a borderline addiction for me. I have been so stressed at work and in life lately, but listening to you do your thing always puts a smile on my face. I listen to them in my car, at my desk, and at home and it always makes me feel better.
Thank you Lemon. You’re my favorite channel and you’re entirely unique.
Been waiting on this video. I know it’s gonna be good!
Getting stuck at ruin sentinels? Now this is a challenge run I can relate to!
These challege runs always make my day!
I appreciate your honesty in not being able to complete parts of these challenges and not cutting them out or anything!
I love how he said alonne was the most anime dark souls would ever be, and than 6 months later we got Godrick, Radan, and Malenia which makes alonne look like pbs kids.
I misread the thumbnail as ''Beating dark souls 2 with only femboy's and I was traumatized
Well that's done and dusted. But I have another question for you Lemon. Can you beat dark souls 3 with only firebombs?
Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha
It would be pure suffering, most bosses arw fire resistant and i believe there aren't elemental firebombs in ds3
Bloodborne, Molotov only?
@@dartoney Define "fire resistant", because most bosses don't or barely break the 30% resistance, including one of the three dragon bosses, and the SoC
After having played my first ever mage in a souls game on Covenant of Champions without levelling health, I thought I knew what suffering was... it seems like I didn't know anything.
When I heard you say 32 I laughed a little and then looked to Elden Ring, which I pray for you honestly. Make it main bosses only if you have to, don’t push yourself to breaking when the time comes.
With how low HP many ER bosses have it wouldnt take too long. But I realise just getting to a lot of the bosses would take forever
Whoever that person was at the beginning (wife I presume) absolutely CRUSHED that mocking maniacal laugh lmao.
I realized I watched about 7 of your video over the last 24 hours and was like “fuck I need to subscribe rn”
Great content!!!
First ds2 challenge run let's go!!!
Good jobs man! Great video.
Great video! Always excited to see new dark souls 2 content, especially on here. Would love to see more of it!
I've been binging a bunch of these dark souls video challenges of yours for the past couple of days, and I gotta say, I love your content. Your sense of humour and video style constantly gets me to snort and chuckle. You do some amazing work love. Keep it up
Subscribed.
Randomly found this channel, will share this channel too.
You are actually underrated af, with such quality videos!
fr
same
Stumbled upon this little gem subbed after i saw ds2 challenge run.
Pleasantly surprised by the level of quality for a smaller channel. I expect this to grow quickly.
“Stay dead this time, yeah?”
Dragonslayer Armour coming back in DS3 💀
I love how his wife understands how this dark souls stuff works. You can’t use anything to mitigate your pain. Otherwise why else would you play dark souls 2?
*Because it’s Best Souls 2.*
@@Slender_Man_186 damn right!
I actually liked 2. It's different for sure but that's not a terrible thing. Still a fun game.
Man iv been obsessed with your content for the past week. You're videos are hella good. Keep up the amazing work, you put so much effort into these videos.
“This is the most anime dark souls will ever get… probably”
Yura is standing somewhere near agheel lake saying “hold my beer”
Just found your channel the other day. So glad I did! Can't wait to see what else you make!
I've been bingewatching your videos all day today and you are gonna explode very soon if you continue like this. You are producing Top Quality content! Thank you so much!
I love DS2 anything.
There are two from bosses I learned tricks about to beat them.
Ivory king is left handed. Always dodge right. For everything.
Blood starved beat always swings right. Dodge left. For everything.
Obviously circumstances apply, but that helped me with both those bosses.
I did the same thing actually. Quite funny
The madman actually did it!
But now a new challenge awaits...
Discovered your channel recently and i gotta say it's really nice . Keep up the good work!
Amazing show.. I’m rewatching all vids!
Pretty sure Challenger Andy and Gamersweekend got you into my recommendations, and I must say I'm glad I found you! Your voice-over and editing styles are great, and it's criminal that you're sitting at such a low sub count!
Great vid, really enjoyed this one.
And fair play on calling time on those DLC bosses 👏👏👏 you can still answer the 'Can you beat' question with confidence!
I can now appreciate how much of a madman you were since ive played this, like hell this game is tough
"32 bosses, thats INSANE"
*elden ring cackling in the distance*
I LOVE that you used Katana Zero music in this video!
I discovered your channel a week or 2 ago for S&S 1 content and have been steadily working through your…ahem…backlogs since. Keep doing what you do! 🤘
I did a consumables only run, and poison knives made half of the bosses really easy.
your channel's gonna grow so much King, these vids are fire!
and capitalized too! What a linguistic evolution.
Throwing knifes only run?
I just found your channel and your content is awesome! Don't worry you're gonna have a great Backlog for when you get popular
"Has anyone ever actually lost to this boss before?"
Me, who spent a good hour on it: "um... I can explain?"
Omg I love your challenge runs excited to watch this video!
Just a heads up, Elana has a pool she summons from, killing those in the pool places them back into the pool, not killing them takes them out. Thus if you’re banking on her summoning skelly boys twice you HAVE to kill them.
11:42 YES I was trying to beat this boss as fast as possible so I brought my health down to rtsr level, and then got one shot by the lightning😭
Subbing for the huge amount of effort in editing, sound quality and for playing DS2.
GREAT STUFF!
I like doing Darksouls 3 and Bloodborne challenge runs, but I can never even think about doing the DS2 ones.
Watched every challenge run you made, and glory to you, but I cannot believe you got to the blue smelter using only firebombs, the run to this boss was arguably the most painful pre-boss run of the whole game. Frigid outskirts in close second ofc.
Perfect video, congrats for the great work ^^
Love the videos keep it up man!
Hey I found your channel like a week ago and i’ve watched you almost every available hour of my day
Honestly man, I am so glad you didn't pour in those hours into defeating the 2 DLC bosses - I can't even imagine how many hours went in to making this video, never mind how long it would've been for you if you had've slogged through.
Love this content, keep it up!
“Bearer. Seek. Seek. lest.” Hilarious and true.
Bro ur so underrated. I love ur content, even ur SandS vids! U keep up that good work in both youtube and adulting and cant wait to see u in ur next find!
Underrated channel. Keep it up mate!
YOOOO NEW BACKLOGS VIDEO
I love the avatar designs man. 🙏🏽 Iconic
Nice video as always, cheers from Germany
You sound like cinema sins and you make amazing videos that feel like a documentary some how, I love this, you’re so underrated.
11:40 Oh, how little he knew, the danger to tempt the gods of dark souls
I really enjoy these, thank you
Love your channel ! Keep it up big boss 🙏🏾
"Babe, it's 4pm, time for your DS2 challenge video"
"Yes dear"
“And it’s Tuesday which means only firebombs.”
“Y-yes dear.”
That bit with the drowning music caused me unfathomable amounts of anxiety in the first few seconds.
Honestly I'm shocked this channel is as small as it is. I love the rapid pace and the style of humour you have. Definitely subscribing for more while I check out the rest of the channel!
That moment when he pulled the lever at Dragonrider...
Great video. Love your content. Keep doing what you do.
The spelunky music really ties it all together
i legit watched today all of your dark souls video. It was one of my best days for a while. When i looked at ur sub count i thought u have 980k subs and not 98. And im a bit sad now because you deserve much much more subs. Or videos are so well made its insane. I really hope for some more dark souls 3 content and i cant wait to see some Elden Ring content. Great job dude! Insane videos. Its just a matter of time untill you really blow up
Great work my friend
Great video, I only realized at the end this is a fresh one.
I remember playing Dark Souls 1 and getting bombs and throwing knives early on. I used them and thought to myself "I bet you could beat the game with only these" until I reached a point where most enemies flat-out resisted the knives and the bombs became unreliable due to the weird throwing arc and them not scaling at all. Then in Dark Souls 2 they scale with your stats and are actually pretty damned good tools to bump up the damage, specially to huge clusters of enemies, add the elemental variety and you have these creative ways of dealing with enemy groups.
Then I played Dark Souls 3.
That sonic drowning music brings back memories and immediately makes me anxious
It took me some time to realize u were attempting ALL bosses... I already saw some shit about soulslike challenges, but that was crazy.
Man not even 4 minutes in and I've already learned something new. I had no idea there was a shortcut to the cardinal fire there
I'm actually playing through DS2 for the first time and got through Shrine of *&%#! yesterday. Glad to see that my experience is not uncommon :D
Well done getting through with just F-bombs!
My favorite channel after a long day of work
"Has anyone actually died to this boss before?" Limon before doing his immolation only playthrough lol
Respectfully, I use your videos to help my insomnia. Something about your voice is soothing man. Keep up the great work!!
11:40 I feel attacked
I needed this in life!