Can You Beat Dark Souls 2 Using Miracles Only?

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024

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  • @BaronsCastle
    @BaronsCastle  Před 3 lety +1717

    I've hidden a deliberately triggering "mistake" in this vid, extra pie to the first person who spots it

    • @theta_clips
      @theta_clips Před 3 lety +454

      you playing as a female character the entire video

    • @BaronsCastle
      @BaronsCastle  Před 3 lety +592

      oh no, not a... female!! DESGUSTIN

    • @valarey
      @valarey Před 3 lety +263

      the Doki-Doki literature club music at 22:30 ?? PTSD still there for me

    • @BaronsCastle
      @BaronsCastle  Před 3 lety +363

      not the doki doki music, but I'm glad you spotted that!

    • @BlueKyuubi64
      @BlueKyuubi64 Před 3 lety +105

      You mentioned that you had 8 castings of Lightning Spear later on but it's clear that you only have 4? Is that it?

  • @Ailun__
    @Ailun__ Před 2 lety +1211

    “Then, in a decision that made perfect mathematical sense at the time, but which would cause me a great deal of pain later…” needs to be its own clip

    • @ExtremeMan10
      @ExtremeMan10 Před 2 lety +36

      Pov: You just decided to try use summons for Smelter boss fight

    • @mangoman1096
      @mangoman1096 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ExtremeMan10 *For maleina

    • @thememelords9491
      @thememelords9491 Před 2 lety

      I just got here in the video and as he said it I read this

    • @isaacmayer-splain8974
      @isaacmayer-splain8974 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mangoman1096 but what about summoning let me solo her?

    • @mangoman1096
      @mangoman1096 Před 2 lety

      @@isaacmayer-splain8974 ash summons

  • @xardasvb
    @xardasvb Před 3 lety +4637

    Ok, hear me out. So it's about this guy named Vendrick. He's a king that turns himself into a pickle. Funniest thing I've seen.

    • @nathanielward7241
      @nathanielward7241 Před 2 lety +135

      PICKLE vendRIIIIIICK WHOOOOOO

    • @trinidaddy
      @trinidaddy Před 2 lety +140

      @@nathanielward7241 I turned myself into a pickle nashandra

    • @Gabriel_PL
      @Gabriel_PL Před 2 lety +94

      "For the love of the first flame, go outside and touch grass, Aldia. You're starting to worry me" -Nashandra

    • @nomadd6536
      @nomadd6536 Před 2 lety +7

      funniest shit i’ve ever seen

    • @csquared4538
      @csquared4538 Před 2 lety +1

      @@trinidaddy lol

  • @mcdumbass5525
    @mcdumbass5525 Před 2 lety +1918

    I'm quite surprised you didn't use the crown of the iron king because it replenishes spell/miracle uses

    • @gabbycotto4024
      @gabbycotto4024 Před 2 lety +85

      That would have taken too much of the challenge/limitation out of the run.

    • @therighttrousers343
      @therighttrousers343 Před 2 lety +112

      Doesn't it take about 2 minutes per 1 spell recovered or something crazy slow like that?

    • @alephkasai9384
      @alephkasai9384 Před 2 lety +402

      @@therighttrousers343 2 minutes for 20% of each your spells rounded up. So the more spells you have the more effective it is.

    • @nunull6427
      @nunull6427 Před 2 lety +51

      @@alephkasai9384 OH

    • @joshs3775
      @joshs3775 Před 2 lety +33

      Good luck beating that dlc without it tho

  • @spookyjohn6543
    @spookyjohn6543 Před 2 lety +960

    Did you know: aldia didnt actually die in this fight, you dont get souls or his soul for beating him, its more like he is testing you. (Which is kinda obvious since he keeps talking after being defeated)

    • @ButterscotchPenguin
      @ButterscotchPenguin Před 2 lety +144

      Yeah he is literally immortal, though he lost his body.

    • @DrBrooza
      @DrBrooza Před 2 lety +73

      I was really hoping to see him in ds3 tbh

    • @SorowFame
      @SorowFame Před 2 lety +179

      @@DrBrooza it’s possible he was the scholar who convinced Lothric to let the fire die though I’ll admit it’s only a theory.

    • @ButterscotchPenguin
      @ButterscotchPenguin Před 2 lety +125

      @@SorowFame It’s lost in translation but in the Japanese for the soul geyser sell it basically says this.

    • @DrBrooza
      @DrBrooza Před 2 lety +35

      @@SorowFame Yeah but why would he want that? From what i understand Aldia's goal is to keep watching the development of the world and follow interesting characters that could help him find "The third way", letting the flame die would not help with that. I just think it was impossible for Miyazaki to progress everything that ds2 shows (Like giants for example) so he just cut it out like it isn't canon, which is ok

  • @TheMegaPingasMobile
    @TheMegaPingasMobile Před 2 lety +508

    You can beat this game with litearlly anything. I've also completed ds2 with items only run, nothing else is allowed to use for damaging/healing/buffing/status effects except items. So that also means no punching to finish off an enemy to save a consumable. It was fun because there's so many different damaging items in ds2, not as fun in other souls games.

    • @Maliketh_Montdore
      @Maliketh_Montdore Před 2 lety +17

      Didn't ymfah do that?

    • @TheMegaPingasMobile
      @TheMegaPingasMobile Před 2 lety +67

      @@Maliketh_Montdore Don't know, I did this years ago in vanilla ds2. Not surprised youtubers have done it, it's fun!

    • @Maliketh_Montdore
      @Maliketh_Montdore Před 2 lety +4

      @@TheMegaPingasMobile oh ok

    • @cooterscooter3202
      @cooterscooter3202 Před 2 lety +19

      @@Maliketh_Montdore he did indeed do an items only run

    • @kindergrinder3920
      @kindergrinder3920 Před 2 lety +34

      I did waaaay too many different runs through main game, and some through DLC.
      -sorceries only
      -pyromancy only
      -miracles only
      -SL1
      -30 000 soul memory run
      -crossbow only
      -crossbow only as SL1 char
      -items only & no equip load (at the same time)
      -Butterfly Set only (using shield toattack sucks)
      -and, of course, no death & no bonfire
      Of course, some runs were "motivated" by certain challenge runs on YT, and Baron is motivating me to do another miracles-only run. 😁

  • @BlueKyuubi64
    @BlueKyuubi64 Před 3 lety +278

    You can tell this channel is going to get super big. He's going to post a god challenge run one day and some game journalism website is going to write and article on it and he'll be plastered all over reddit and suddenly his subs go from 700 to 28k in a single day. Glad to say that I was here while he was still a smaller channel lol

  • @Ch1l1C0nCarnag3
    @Ch1l1C0nCarnag3 Před 2 lety +45

    These "Can You?" videos would be more aptly named if they were called "Can I?", since 9/10 times the answer is yes, it's just whether or not the player has the raw stubbornness to see it through to the end; and as someone whose stubbornness has its limits, I appreciate others suffering through it so I don't have to.

  • @WortsUsernameEver
    @WortsUsernameEver Před 3 lety +560

    I'm surprised you didn't kill the ng+ skeleton lords for the clear blue stone ring +2 (the one that reduces your speed cast by like 40% or something). Also, I know it's miracles only, but the disc chime (which is both a shield and a chime) when wielded, increases the power of your miracles by 3%.

    • @gattssiova6065
      @gattssiova6065 Před 3 lety +22

      Oh,i didnt knew that

    • @Gjalts
      @Gjalts Před 2 lety +9

      Know*

    • @bruh27071
      @bruh27071 Před 2 lety +20

      @@ramrodbldm9876 looks like the one that is all that is ya, look at the 10+ line text u did just cuz someone corrected a stranger in the internet

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ramrodbldm9876 You forgot capitalisation and a full stop.

    • @rhwlol
      @rhwlol Před 2 lety

      that 3 percent is going to make the biggest difference

  • @kaschey6145
    @kaschey6145 Před 3 lety +85

    Wow, your editing and humor are amazing! So glad I've found this channel randomly - and have subscribed instantly.

    • @skergle
      @skergle Před 2 lety

      exactly what i did lmao

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez Před 2 lety +52

    Honestly, watching this has given me a real appreciation for how MUCH DS2 did. There's flavour and details in every corner of the game, and then illusory walls behind those corners with EVEN MORE. Maybe I'm just burnt out on DSR and DS3, but MAN does this game have personality!

    • @johnnysalery7383
      @johnnysalery7383 Před 2 lety +10

      Right? DS2 may not be as "Flashy" or "Cool Looking" as other From Software games, but it makes up for that in gameplay and a variety of different tools.

    • @LeafyPeach
      @LeafyPeach Před 2 lety +3

      100%

    • @StarchieHalo
      @StarchieHalo Před 2 lety +5

      @@johnnysalery7383 makes up for that in the whole game being gank encounters with enemies that do half your health bar in a single hit

    • @tylerwedl2109
      @tylerwedl2109 Před 2 lety +6

      @@StarchieHalo imagine not levelling vitality

    • @anondescriptbullet
      @anondescriptbullet Před rokem +3

      @@StarchieHalo 🧂

  • @noobie4998
    @noobie4998 Před 2 lety +126

    The most op spell is heavenly thunder. Most of the time a boss tskes 3 hits from one spell. And with 6 cast(+from attunement) per scroll, it decimates all the bosses including aldia.

    • @darianwells9191
      @darianwells9191 Před 11 měsíci

      Right? I was thinking the same thing, like that spell is awesome on so many bosses, and it always seems to clutch up whenever i get surrounded

  • @Crispierbug
    @Crispierbug Před 2 lety +155

    This would be so much easier on a unpatched orginal ds2 since at launch lightning spear had 30 casts.

    • @apinkshrimp
      @apinkshrimp Před 2 lety +48

      I think they nearly halved the damage too. My first play of DS2 I decided to go with a miracle build and Lightning spear could 2-3 shot most bosses until mid game it was insane. Joined sunlight covenant and assisted the ruin sentinel boss for a night and then sunlight spear could 1-2 shot most bosses after that
      Then when SotFS came out, I got that and miracles didn't even do anything close to the damage they used to

    • @alephkasai9384
      @alephkasai9384 Před 2 lety +27

      @@apinkshrimp I have a feeling it was gonna be more like DS1 where it was a high damage and high casts spell with slow cast but they forgot the slow cast part.

    • @TommithThyCommeth1111
      @TommithThyCommeth1111 Před 2 lety +13

      Those were the days

    • @ReviewWingsDSP
      @ReviewWingsDSP Před 2 lety +2

      @@TommithThyCommeth1111 for real. I miss running around with my popsicles

    • @night1952
      @night1952 Před rokem

      @@apinkshrimp It was so busted, I decided to go caster for DS2 on day one and breezed through the game spamming spears. Then they got patched into oblivion.

  • @christophercollins3632
    @christophercollins3632 Před 2 lety +49

    The Northern Ritual Band rings are good. Those extra casts can be useful, say if you wanted to clear the enemies on the way to the Heides dragon mob, or any other boss. Then remove the ring once the extra spell casts the ring gives have been used, and get back the HP it takes away. Pop a lifegem and you’re ready to fight the boss.

    • @bruh27071
      @bruh27071 Před 2 lety

      actually, its only useful in glass cannons

    • @christophercollins3632
      @christophercollins3632 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bruh27071 Like I said in my original comment, it’s useful if you want to clear some mobs on the way to boss, or to a challenging area. Once you’re there, REMOVE the ring, pop a lifegem, and take on the boss. That way you don’t use up casts on the way. See what I mean? Go glass cannon through easier mobs, THEN, when fighting the boss, just be normal. But with all your normal casts.

    • @bruh27071
      @bruh27071 Před 2 lety

      @@christophercollins3632 as i said, its for glass cannon.
      when u use one spell with the ring, if u take it of it will still use one "usage" of it.
      lets say that u have 10 lightning bolts with the ring and 8 without it, if u use one, it will drain 1-2 of the 8 after u take it off.

    • @christophercollins3632
      @christophercollins3632 Před 2 lety +7

      @@bruh27071 I just did the testing, and it confirmed what I thought. I had 7 casts of a spell without Northern Ritual Band, and 9 with it on. I used 2 casts, from 9 to 7. Then removed the ring, and I still had 7 casts. If I understood you correctly, if I have 9 with it, use 2, then remove it, I would have 5, because it uses the casts from my base number. Maybe there’s a miscommunication. But the ring works like I said. Equip ring, use up ONLY the casts it gives, then unequip it, you’ll have your normal maximum number of casts, not less.

    • @bruh27071
      @bruh27071 Před 2 lety

      @@christophercollins3632 yea

  • @Akatsukileader9
    @Akatsukileader9 Před 2 lety +42

    Dark Souls 2 is the best one for spellcasters of any kind, making it my favorite to actually play. That spell shot animation is so fast, I hate the "I swing the catalyst over my head for 5 seconds before the spell comes out" from 1 and 3.

    • @courier7049
      @courier7049 Před 2 lety +6

      It actually looks like you're charging your catalyst and release a spell, while in DS3 is more like catalysts have miracles cast animation.

    • @codafett
      @codafett Před 2 lety +12

      1 just didn't have any real offensive Miracles to choose from. They actively punished caster builds in 3 though, so everyone was forced to use melee weapons.

    • @rotanux
      @rotanux Před 2 lety +12

      @@codafett caster build are crap in ds3 sadly. The only barely available is pyromancer which requires you to be around level 140 tho.
      DS2 did it best.
      Edit: not to forget there's only like 2 or 3 good spells for that

    • @afrosamurai3847
      @afrosamurai3847 Před 2 lety +4

      @@rotanux Not sure what you guys did wrong but I had a great time on my pyro only build in ds3. Absolutely nuked things and had a lotta fun one shots in PvP and channeling flame into fools with the grab pyromancy. Did they nerf something after release I'm not aware of?

    • @rotanux
      @rotanux Před 2 lety +1

      @@afrosamurai3847 nah they did not need nothing and I agree playing as pyro is my fav class too in ds3, the problem is that only 4-5 spells sere viable in pvp out of the cool ones

  • @mara7033
    @mara7033 Před 2 lety +7

    31:46 I love the DS2 physics quirk where enemy weapons just go absolutely wild sometimes lmao

  • @potatoheadxd7891
    @potatoheadxd7891 Před rokem +4

    18:18 Nashandra, I turned myself into a pickle, Im pickle (Vend)riiick

  • @user-tq8rp8jg6x
    @user-tq8rp8jg6x Před 2 lety +22

    love seeing ds2 done in weird ways - the game really gives you a lot of room for building your character however you want. stellar video, mate!

  • @fighterofbosses
    @fighterofbosses Před rokem +2

    the cheery ddlc remix that kicks in when you get to aldia’s keep killed me

  • @ronjohnson6916
    @ronjohnson6916 Před 3 lety +19

    Yeah. So much tougher to do this run if you can't get convenient access to buy Heavenly Thunder -- and the second Emit Force.

  • @seifer447
    @seifer447 Před 2 lety +3

    Good lord the delivery on these jokes is done so rapid fire and non- challant. The intro was so chill and honest and then this is the content behind it. Great work.

  • @moehawk5337
    @moehawk5337 Před 2 lety +20

    "As threatening as britans wild life" best joke in the whole video.

    • @moehawk5337
      @moehawk5337 Před 2 lety +2

      I heard that doki doki song too.

  • @zenopssmdk
    @zenopssmdk Před 2 lety +10

    It's actually really nice how you told us straight up its possible. Watching how to do it was the fun part.

  • @gattssiova6065
    @gattssiova6065 Před 3 lety +25

    Miracles(lightning) are the weakness of 95% ds2 pve,bosses,common enemies etc.

    • @swiftxrt
      @swiftxrt Před 2 lety

      yeah thats why this is a noob challenge

    • @schnozgaming989
      @schnozgaming989 Před 2 lety +3

      @@swiftxrt lol

    • @DM-Oz
      @DM-Oz Před rokem +1

      @@swiftxrt except their normal damage sucks and their cast ammount sucks cause it got overnerfed in the first patchs and never fixed

    • @BB_Promoter
      @BB_Promoter Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@DM-Oz true, even if damage is good the fact you can slip up while restocking your casts with a herb & get wombo combo'd kinda balances it out to me

    • @RelaxingNostalgia
      @RelaxingNostalgia Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@DM-Oznot true at all.

  • @matheus-il
    @matheus-il Před 2 lety +4

    one of the best build videos i've seen so far. And i laugh SO MUCH. thanks for making my afternoon better

  • @IcarussArtss
    @IcarussArtss Před 2 lety +3

    That intro just spoke to me! no bs, just "yes you can. if you want to see how i did it, here's the video". Loved it.

  • @Inuzumi
    @Inuzumi Před 2 lety +12

    Finally someone giving Senran Kagura's soundtrack some love.

  • @TheForhekset
    @TheForhekset Před 2 lety +35

    Magic, and miracles are stronger in 2 than in the rest of the series. Especially hexes, hexes were op in dark souls 2. Hex builds overpower everything else, so it's not surprising you can win using only miracles.

    • @timothye.2902
      @timothye.2902 Před 2 lety +14

      Sorcery was never stronger than in Dark Souls 1. I'd say it's even stronger in 1 than in Demon Souls since DeS has pretty long times between bonfires. In DS1 casting didn't cost stamina and Sorcery dealt absurd damage. LobosJr has beaten DS1 with health and stamina locked to 1 using sorcery.
      Hex school was pretty great in 2, probably the strongest caster in the game since you got all of sorcery's utility and miracle's healing, with hex damage spells and access to all damage types to varying degrees.
      The DS2 DLCs also screwed over casting a lot by giving every enemy increased elemental resistance against projectile magic.

    • @freedomspeaks3890
      @freedomspeaks3890 Před 2 lety +4

      Miracles USED to be stronger than DS1 but after they got nerfed it was way worse, and then it got kinda fixed and now it's about even damage wise

    • @supergoodadvice853
      @supergoodadvice853 Před 2 lety +3

      @@timothye.2902 Demon's souls allows farmable MP restoration materials, as well as the low level starting class having a range that passively regenerates it. Without needing any upgrades, you can go through *all* of the archstones with only two spells, and a starting catalyst.

  • @magicmonkey9212
    @magicmonkey9212 Před 3 lety +10

    I love this channel, you make excellent videos. You deserve way more views!

  • @Sofia_Andersson
    @Sofia_Andersson Před 3 lety +4

    This vid showed up in my recommended and I'm glad I choose to watch it :) Your commentary and editing were great :P

  • @MrSaturn-vw6kv
    @MrSaturn-vw6kv Před 3 lety +20

    Finally, my favorite build gets representation

    • @zorokicksass60
      @zorokicksass60 Před 2 lety +1

      Old man: "I feela distUrbance in the FOOUURce"

    • @codafett
      @codafett Před 2 lety

      Faithbros represent

  • @din6675
    @din6675 Před rokem +1

    Not only is it possible, but DS2 is by far the best DS game for pure FTH casting. Great Lightning Spear damage isn't as high as Crystal Soul Spear/Soul Geyser for INT builds or Great Resonant Soul for hexers, but it gets many more uses at 99 ATN. FTH builds also get Heavenly thunder which is one of the best PvE AoE spells in the game that destroys bosses.

  • @Robot_Gandhi
    @Robot_Gandhi Před 2 lety +23

    Here's the song for the Sir Alonne fight in case anyone was looking for it! czcams.com/video/g23y-5-sx0Y/video.html

  • @Lowlightt
    @Lowlightt Před 2 lety +44

    Sad that you slept on Soul Appease. Probably one of the strongest miracles in the game.

    • @polskillz
      @polskillz Před 2 lety +12

      Only a rat would understand this joke

  • @Shirker12
    @Shirker12 Před 2 lety +8

    I just started the video, but seeing "Miracles" and "Dark Souls 2" really makes me miss the original version. Before they nerfed your number of casts into the ground. Good times. Gooood times.

    • @evinbraley
      @evinbraley Před 2 lety +2

      Lightning is the best! (Before it was nerfed)

    • @ExtremeMan10
      @ExtremeMan10 Před 2 lety +1

      Wrath of the Gods op pls nerf
      - Me a newbie in 2014 getting one shotted in arena by Havel monster with dragon chime

    • @RelaxingNostalgia
      @RelaxingNostalgia Před 2 měsíci +1

      number of casts dont matter in ds2,when there is 300 items to restore the number of casts.

  • @dceasedbrickfan74
    @dceasedbrickfan74 Před 2 lety +7

    Earned a sub. Good job! Great content. Oddly, this is my favorite soul’s game with Bloodborne a close 2nd.

  • @__8120
    @__8120 Před 2 lety +4

    Where's the miracle build old ma- wait no wrong channel

  • @kobaltblaa2611
    @kobaltblaa2611 Před 2 lety +6

    for any of these kind of runs i would recommend picking up the binoculars, as they let you aim spells wherever you want

    • @alephkasai9384
      @alephkasai9384 Před 2 lety

      You can even redirect them at the last second if you need to.

  • @Don-Keedik
    @Don-Keedik Před 2 lety +1

    19:09 the castle gimp seems to be looking after himself well 🤣

  • @NigerianArchitect
    @NigerianArchitect Před rokem

    3:02 that scream gets me every time, love your work. COME, NEREVAR. COME.

  • @Crimmo877
    @Crimmo877 Před 2 lety +3

    The lightning spear damage on the original release build was absolutely disgusting, and you got extra casts. It was my first playthrough on the week of release and was so much fun, I remember just being a sunbro for countless hours helping people through the game. Good times, from memory they nerfed it into the ground over the first few patches.

  • @NorthboundFox
    @NorthboundFox Před 3 lety +11

    Once before in an old Majula, in the age of 2014, the power of lightning was balanced and all was good. Then came the age of 1.08, bringing with it the smiting blow of Miyazaki's mighty hand. His anger, unfathomable, at the blasphemous entertainment brought by the Faithful, he reformed them into tortured catalysts for masochism to writhe about. As such these forms persisted for all eternity serving only to ward off those with too weak of will to persist. Never forget that Faith was once a mighty power standing tall amongst sword and spell, but seek seek not on what will never be again, lest you succumb to hollow.

    • @BaronsCastle
      @BaronsCastle  Před 3 lety +5

      Nerf is the hardest boss in dark souls

    • @gattssiova6065
      @gattssiova6065 Před 3 lety +4

      "Balanced"
      Lol in 2014 miracles were hitkill in many bosses,and players online.

    • @Xeronoia
      @Xeronoia Před 2 lety +1

      And sorcery can still do that sooooo

  • @fernando-fd9cd
    @fernando-fd9cd Před rokem +2

    The amount of commitment that went into that character alone was impressive good job 👍

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Před 2 lety +1

    "Since my trips to the woods was an even bigger failure than my actual real life"
    ...Are you okay?

  • @vajas6656
    @vajas6656 Před 2 lety +21

    Omg a viable miracle build?
    Still waiting for the old man 😡

    • @anoninunen
      @anoninunen Před 2 lety +2

      "How many times do we need to teach you this lesson Old Man"

  • @Xpwnxage
    @Xpwnxage Před rokem +3

    I'm still playing Elden Ring but a miracle/pyro only run sounds like a lot of fun. I think it would be a little easier for me because since 2016, every DS2 playthrough I've done has been with the CoC always on.

  • @mr.potato3759
    @mr.potato3759 Před 24 dny

    i love this dudes humor so much. I love dark souls and this made me love it more.

  • @DreamEater16
    @DreamEater16 Před 9 měsíci

    I like the pirate jig when you first go to No Man's Wharf. Very nice touch :)

  • @jplichta
    @jplichta Před rokem +12

    Damn, this is doubly impressive because not only did you put a difficult self-imposed limitation on your playstyle, but also played DS2 willingly.

  • @neoshenlong
    @neoshenlong Před 2 lety +3

    I remember I actually played with a miracle build the first time I ever played DS2. It was my first Souls game, too. I never really understood why people hated Shrine of Amana so much. I went through it in one try with a good magic shield and lightning.

  • @darklurker5716
    @darklurker5716 Před 2 lety +2

    Dont care about the issues,this game is Fun and this is what a game has to be

  • @dan240393
    @dan240393 Před 2 lety +1

    Picking up the Clear Bluestone +2 from Skelebobs on NG+ would have made your life a lot less painful.

  • @evinbraley
    @evinbraley Před 2 lety +15

    I feel like if he had used the binoculars to snipe enemies/shortcuts and the disk chime to boost miracle damage it might of been an easier time for him

  • @miami3743
    @miami3743 Před 2 lety +3

    Amber Herbs? You meant turds

  • @burntastic7547
    @burntastic7547 Před 2 lety +1

    honestly, that intro and self knowledge was really engaging. made me stick around for the rest of the video on its own

  • @KitKatNisa
    @KitKatNisa Před 2 lety +1

    As soon as he burned the Ascetic at Heide's, I realized the future was not gonna be bright...

  • @darkerdaemon7794
    @darkerdaemon7794 Před 2 lety +3

    "Fuck yes you can!" - Me when I read the title.
    I have maxed characters every skill in pretty much every souls game. I could never decide the build I wanted and just went even distribution for it all, however pre-nerf lightning spears in ds2 especially were potent, though hexes were by far my favorite spells to use.

  • @SentinalSlice
    @SentinalSlice Před 2 lety +8

    What was that music during the Alonne fight? I really want to listen to more of it.

    • @Luciferarino
      @Luciferarino Před 2 lety +4

      I've been wanting to know that as well but I'm having no luck

    • @Auvisome
      @Auvisome Před 2 lety

      .

    • @thatsidius
      @thatsidius Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/g23y-5-sx0Y/video.html&ab_channel=Nnwt

  • @The5lacker
    @The5lacker Před 2 lety +1

    "Chapter 9: Putting off the Inevitable"
    Gwyn? What are you doing here!?

  • @Soulful_01
    @Soulful_01 Před 2 lety

    Man, I am so happy you chose a metal gear rising revengeance soundtrack for the intro

  • @matthewhughes1950
    @matthewhughes1950 Před 2 lety +3

    Before they nerfed miracles into the ground it used to be a lot easier. I ran a miracle build and I loved it

  • @kvotheosem-sangue
    @kvotheosem-sangue Před 2 lety +7

    Barons: "The Rotten has shaddy grab hitboxes"
    Also Barons: 8 ADP

    • @Gary_a_normal_human_being
      @Gary_a_normal_human_being Před 2 lety +4

      ADP doesn’t fix hit boxes

    • @mastergame1311
      @mastergame1311 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Gary_a_normal_human_being Plus the hitboxes are actually good in this game. See the clip where the Last Giant's arm barely sweeps above the player's head (which can be seen in the first boss clip).

    • @night1952
      @night1952 Před rokem +1

      @@mastergame1311 Wow, one good hitbox.

    • @RelaxingNostalgia
      @RelaxingNostalgia Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@night1952hundreds actually,modders already checked ds2 hitboxes.

  • @GymLabRat
    @GymLabRat Před 2 lety +1

    You deserve more subs your delivery on jokes is spot on .

  • @jujuplanet2866
    @jujuplanet2866 Před rokem

    THANK YOU FOR STARTING THE VID BY JUST SAYING “yes you can” cause so many people make these vids and then are like “can I or can’t I?” And I’m like “yes, you can, just show me how you did it”

  • @bilboswagginz2808
    @bilboswagginz2808 Před 2 lety +12

    You can literally do anything in Dark Souls 2. That’s why it’s best.

  • @thdude598
    @thdude598 Před 2 lety +3

    I remember getting Dark Souls 2 when it first came out and played a faith build for first character. After the first update I'm pretty sure they nerf that shit real quick.

  • @unifiedhorizons2663
    @unifiedhorizons2663 Před 2 lety +1

    The last Giant… finds 15 more giants in dark souls 3

  • @oliverjoel5870
    @oliverjoel5870 Před 3 lety +2

    This was great!! I love finding obscure CZcams channels.

    • @BaronsCastle
      @BaronsCastle  Před 3 lety +2

      thanks dude, glad you're enjoying the content! More coming soon

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica Před 2 lety +9

    _Example of a genuine question:_ "Can you beat 'Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin' using only miracles?"
    _Example of a rhetorical question:_ "Can you beat 'Dark Souls II' using only miracles?"

  • @XxExtremeSamX
    @XxExtremeSamX Před 3 lety +5

    You should’ve just cheesed Ancient Dragon by standing in between the toes of his back foot. It would’ve completely trivialized the fight.

    • @skergle
      @skergle Před 2 lety

      wouldnt have been as entertaining tho

  • @lordrj4203
    @lordrj4203 Před 2 lety +2

    26:39
    Lol Iron pineapple said that to you
    Oof

  • @joeygagliardo1610
    @joeygagliardo1610 Před 2 lety +2

    Baron: can I beat ds2 with just miracles
    Me: can i beat ds2

    • @moon__blade
      @moon__blade Před 2 lety

      you can beat ds2 but ds2 hits back

  • @astalouroboros2955
    @astalouroboros2955 Před 2 lety +7

    Im currently doing a DS 2 miracles only kill everything run. Meaning i can only advance to the next area after every enemy stops respawning. After 24 hours i just got done with the forest of fallen giants.

    • @agnelo258
      @agnelo258 Před 2 lety +3

      Masoquism in another level

  • @thekavrod5548
    @thekavrod5548 Před 2 lety +3

    The Amber Heard joke aged well...

    • @Chubbajawa
      @Chubbajawa Před 2 lety +1

      You can now use the joke with Dung Pies! #AmberTurd

  • @SteamPaladin
    @SteamPaladin Před 2 lety

    i applaud your dedication to "ONLY" by not even equipping the grass crest shield in your offhand for the passive stamina regen bonus. every single spellcaster build i use, i have that shield on my back because in ds2 spellcasting destroys your stamina to an absurdly ludicrous degree.

  • @ragedgrunt
    @ragedgrunt Před 2 lety +1

    It's funny to me how if he cut down some of his joke insults to more barebones they'd be a lot more aggressive and mean, like instead of, "My talent is wasted on you lot I swear." he could say "My talent is wasted on you."

  • @ianhandy5090
    @ianhandy5090 Před 2 lety +4

    Weird how patches is telling me how to beat the game as a filthy cleric

  • @WolfHreda
    @WolfHreda Před 2 lety +5

    This game is still the best in the series for miracles. Especially Emit Force, somehow. Love it.
    Edit: I think people like Sinh because he actually kinda fights like a dragon. You know, cheap as fuck and likes to fly around to avoid you.

    • @S3Cs4uN8
      @S3Cs4uN8 Před 2 lety +1

      Basically, Sinh remembers they have wings and actually uses them.

  • @codafett
    @codafett Před 2 lety +1

    I fucking love DS2. It made being a caster so fun.

  • @AceAviations2
    @AceAviations2 Před 2 lety +1

    You seriously overlooked Heavenly Thunder, as Gamer's Weekend put it "large hitbox and Heavenly Thunder", against bigger bosses Heavenly Thunder is really good, against bigger bosses (Rotten, Executioner's Charriot, Nashandra, etc.) as it'll hit them several times. Also Soul Appease, that spell allowed me to clear out a lot of the Prowling Magus fight (took out all but two of the lesser hollows and severely damaged the two priests in the two coasts that I had) and take down the Royal Rat Vanguard in like a minute (killed like 10 rats in a single cast), it's very situational but it absolutely wrecks shit when it's usefeul.
    Heavenly Thunder proved to be quite good for the Skeleton Lords boss fight when I was doing co-op for Sunlight Spear, the moment the other skeletons showed up I'd stand in the water and spam the shit out of it, throw an Allurimg Skull into the area and have the smaller enemies cluster to get hit by the spell.
    Note that this isn't a Miracle only character, in fact for some time it was a melee character with support Miracles (healing and Replenishment), but now it's a hybrid melee/spellcaster build, even if for the progress that I've made in DLC2 and DLC3 forced me into a more melee focus due to how little damage my spells do (34 Faith with a +8 Lightning infused Priest Chime), however I'm also open to using Chime based Hexes as well (so I'll have around 20 Intelligence as well).

  • @brentramsten249
    @brentramsten249 Před 2 měsíci

    i cant imagine doing a spells only playthrough without the binoculars on my hot bar.... feels like an extra challenge in an of itself

  • @112523
    @112523 Před 2 lety +2

    Not only is it possible. It's actually fun to do. Miracles are pretty damn good in this game

  • @aindifferentsquid5788
    @aindifferentsquid5788 Před 2 lety +2

    I feel betrayed and lied to there was no pie

  • @martinoelpato2471
    @martinoelpato2471 Před 2 lety +1

    old man hates him!
    with this simple strat you can create the infamous "miracle build"

  • @stickygaloop
    @stickygaloop Před 2 lety +1

    Little pro tip, if you drop down where you open the shortcut in the undead crypt you can find a free second copy of Great Lightning Spear.

  • @yikes6969
    @yikes6969 Před 2 lety +1

    Finding the motivation to actually playthrough ds2 is a miracle

  • @GrungleDingus
    @GrungleDingus Před 2 lety

    These videos are great for when I can't sleep and am bored as fuck, good stuff

  • @MorgothGamingTrove
    @MorgothGamingTrove Před 10 měsíci

    I must be the only one who noticed the Curse of Monkey Island song in the back, I LOVE THIS

  • @MasonR3
    @MasonR3 Před 2 lety

    Speech level 100: “If a boss walks off the edge, I’d call that a miracle”. You’ve convinced me

  • @BloodyN1nja
    @BloodyN1nja Před 2 lety +1

    I mean, Fume is one of the best designed bosses in the series

  • @fxfranktga8775
    @fxfranktga8775 Před 2 lety +1

    "Standing here, I realize you are just like me trying to make history."

  • @jaredcrabb
    @jaredcrabb Před 9 měsíci

    Thats totally a honorable duel when they can sneeze you to death.
    Im gonna use tactically removing instead of cheesing from now on.

  • @asscobra1
    @asscobra1 Před rokem

    1:49 "jompin"
    i love it!

  • @Nicotaur
    @Nicotaur Před 2 lety

    Comedic genius is right. Well done.

  • @paultapping9510
    @paultapping9510 Před rokem

    the majula theme is so nostalgia-inducing

  • @bilindshushe2586
    @bilindshushe2586 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the Pie gift at the end, made me really laugh.

  • @unscathedpotato
    @unscathedpotato Před rokem

    Love this intro how you give us the answer at the start of the video. Much respect. No clickbaity bullshit ❤️

  • @Yourbluetoothdeviceispairing

    Dark souls 2 holds a special place in my heart. Thank you for treating it with… care…?

  • @robertspeedwagon982
    @robertspeedwagon982 Před 2 lety

    At the moment the video started with an MGR:R OST I knew this channel was great

  • @fourthknower9831
    @fourthknower9831 Před 2 lety

    18:16 fast forward to Elden Ring, and there is now a king (or close enough) who turned himself into a pickle.