In this video, I’m going to try my best to one OR two-shot as many bosses as I can in Dark Souls 2! I was invited to this contest by Lemon @TheBacklogs , and all the rules and targets established by him will be listed below. As much suffering as this challenge brought to me and everyone else involved, it was still a lot of fun. After all, persevering through adversity is what makes Dark Souls games so special!
RULES:
1. Your character may be any class, and may start with any gift.
2. Use your channel name as your character name.
3. The run officially begins when your character awakens in the Things Betwixt.
4. You gain 2 points every time you kill a target with a 0-shot or 1-shot. You gain 1 point every time you kill a target with a 2-shot. If you are unable to kill a target in 2 or less hits, that target must remain alive.
5. You may level up your stats whenever you want, as often as you want.
6. Most builds/equipment are legal, so long as they are acquired naturally
7. All glitches (mechanical and pathing skips) are not allowed.
8. If you fail to kill a target, you must reset the instance so that the target goes back to 100% HP (die, Homeward miracle, Homeward Bone, etc).
8a. If the target is now aggro on your next encounter, you may play this to your advantage and an attempt against this target will still be considered legal.
9. Whomever gets the most points at the end of their run is the winner. Special Note: In an effort to remove the timesink/footage this go around, using CheatEngine to give yourself souls and items that you can farm infinitely is legal and acceptable. Please be sure that the items you are spawning are in fact farmable at the particular point you’ve reached in the run.
TARGETS:
The Last Giant
The Pursuer
Dragonrider
Old Dragonslayer
Flexile Sentry
Ruin Sentinels
The Lost Sinner
Belfry Gargoyles
Skeleton Lords
Executioner’s Chariot
Covetous Demon
Mytha the Baneful Queen
Smelter Demon
Old Iron King
Scorpioness Najka
Roya Rat Authority
Prowling Magus & The Congregation
The Duke’s Dear Freja
Royal Rat Vanguard
The Rotten
Dragonriders
Looking Glass Knight
Demon of Song
Velstadt the Royal Aegis
Vendrick
Guardian Dragon
Ancient Dragon
Giant Lord
Throne Defender & Throne Watcher
Nashandra
Aldia Scholar of the First Sin
Darklurker
Elana the Squalid Queen
Sinh the Slumbering Dragon
The Ganksquad Trio
Fume Knight
Sir Alonne
Smelter Demon 2.0
Aava the King’s Pet
Burnt Ivory King
Lud and Zallen
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Alsanna Silent Oracle
Belfry Guard
Benhart of Jugo
Blacksmith Lenigrast
Blue Sentinel Targray
Cale the Cartographer
Captain Drummond
Carhillion of the Fold
Chancellor Wellager (free point, already dead)
Creighton the Wanderer
Cromwell the Pardoner
Darkdiver Grandahl
Emerald Herald
Felkin the Outcast
Grave Warden Agdayne
Griant
Head of Vengarl
Housekeeper Milibeth
Laddersmith Gilligan
Licia of Lindeldt
Lonesome Gavlan
Lucatiel of Mirrah
Magerold of Lanafir
Manscorpion Tark
Maughlin the Armourer
Merchant Hag Melentia
Mild Mannered Pate
Milfanito (x4)
Morrel
Rosabeth of Melfia
Royal Sorcerer Navlaan
Saulden the Crestfallen Warrior
Steady Hand McDuff
Stone Trader Chloanne
Straid of Olaphis
Strowen
The Rat King
Titchy Gren
Weaponsmith Ornifex
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Vengarl’s Body
Duke Tseldora
Guardian Dragon (Heide’s Tower of Flame)
Mimics (Earthen Peak, Gutter, Brightstone Cove, Drangleic Castle, Aldia’s Keep [x6], Frozen Eleum Loyce [x2])
Corrosive Ant Queen
Golden Lion Clan Warrior
CREDITS
Music: Dragonquest by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
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Music: One Bard Band by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
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🎵Track : 가지고 말겠어- https://youtu.be/uEuMFKlurMY
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Music provided by 브금대통령
Track : 선량한 시민이 죽었습니다 – https://youtu.be/UmXoV2Rhku8
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“Hidden Past” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“Mystery Bazaar” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Music: Prepare for War by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
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🎵Track : 보스 레이드 – https://youtu.be/t06uXc-Yf4I
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🎵Track : Odin – https://youtu.be/LYJsfvgnW9w
49 Comments
Don't put it in your pocket that's your lucky effigy. Put it anywhere just not your pocket or it will get mixed with the others and become just an effigy.
You're killing it!
that was a lot more chill than any other enter i watched until now
you may win the most chill run in the challenge… so far at least.
Such calm vibes :3
This has been wild to see the videos popping up one after the other. Did you guys work out a planned order or is it a coincidental trickle that each video seems to show more successful tricks than the last? Mega congrats for getting some of these, especially without using poison! Doubly so while lacking some of the tools you got later in the run. I'm curious if you've got a revised route you think could score higher, but also please don't hurt yourself and if you do go back to it just cheat engine the crit chance on the gauntlets to save yourself the grind when testing 😅
It's been fascinating to see how misunderstood DS2 mechanics are even by challenge runners sharing notes; truly the odd one out amongst Fromsoft games. I wonder if the discoveries (or common knowledge of information technically already known, and the fixed wikis that comes with it) will enable any other challenge runs previously thought impossible or uninteresting?
That double heavenly thunder whiff on Darklurker must have felt terrible (although I guess a full whiff doesn't end the attempt like a 1/4 would) but that spear kill probably made up for it, that was incredible!
Great stuff all around, well done!
I am loving this competition.
During the first one everyone, including Lemon, were warning people not to do it. It isn't worth the pain and suffering.
Now for DS2 it feels like the number of participants has doubled.
I love how all the other larger Challenge Runners are in the comment section to cheer you on.
seeing najka being dealt with this easily feels like whiplash
32:38 – wow wow wow… did you just kill dear freja by hitting the same head twice?
Eleum Loyce in a Backlogs Challenge??
Yes Please!!
Congarts on getting so far in just one year!!
Never heard someone's ass being called "shitter" before xd
anyone else hear the cat scream at the end, lol?
Ah yes…20 minutes of rules before the run even begins ❤️
Please never change Eleum Loyce !
Great entry to the series, and fantastic editing and narration.
Looking forward to seeing the scores. This run should be high up there!
Very relaxo video, enjoyed it a lot, you got a new sub!
LETSSS GOOOOOO DS2 youtubers are finally being recognized
Hey, i have a question.
You did a backstab on one dude, and it did 5 damage first, and then the backstab damage does it still count as a one shot or a 2 shot?
there are so many bosses that I've seen others lay in poison to proc right as they hit (making that the 1-2 hits required) but it's 41:23 and you've PICKED UP THE SPELL, showing us you have it earlier. but you haven't used it once and that's really impressive. I'm glad that Lemon sent out the invitations for this contest because I'm enjoying your relaxed vibes and resourcefulness.
Wonder what other videos of yours looks like.
I am thoroughly enjoying your style of explanation! So happy this contest brought your channel to my feed!
Watched a couple other participants' videos so far and you 1-shotted way more bosses than them, I think you will place very well 🙂
Seeing the individual runs for these challenges is fantastic. Welcome to the nonsense. Good run.
you did well!! maybe a winner
After watching every other challenger bitch and moan about Velstadt, your run is very refreshing 🙂
You breezing past Velstadt, compared to most others, iirc, is why these are so interesting
All the milfanitos in my area, i caught that!
Ds2 is probably the second game I've put the most time into. Aside from ER…. and I've never seen anything fall through the floor lol
A lot of very stylish kills in this, oneshot can often imply a lack of style and a focus on just buffing beforehand as opposed to reacting to the situation but your particular timing and choices of attacks really showed off an adaptability to the situation, as well as just raw flashy style with the jump attacks, of course, plus with the nature of the challenge making it far more tactical with the gated progression stopping you from getting certain things, really made it interesting, as did your commentary, both the jokes and explanations behind your thoughts.
No country for old men. Nice 🙂
Damn you did so good on the contest, I wonder how many bosses could be defeated in both 1 and 2 shots categories if all runners cooperated for the perfect run
I'm glad the only person who ever attempted a gravelord sword dance only challenge is also part of the Oneshot challenge
Ey loved your take on this one Eleum! Good job throughout, and so glad for you getting recognised by Lemon-senpai.
And had to comment just because of the joke at 56:18 – That one slayed me harder than you did those milf(anitos). Happy Holidays!
Another solid contender in the challenge, ggs!
6:03
But looking back, it's still a bit fuzzy
I want to ask this as clarification, even though Lemon will probably explain the rules in full when he makes the recap video to show the challenge in full:
Being allowed to cheat in souls to max your stats means that you have the same limitation as with DS1 (where you can only increase your level by the number of points you gained) or was the rule changed to just allow everyone to 99 all their stats the moment they have an infinite soul farm spot "unlocked"?
Eleum Loyce joined the challenge? Heck yeah! Just missing Yazmania on it (unlikely)
i love how dark souls challenge runners seem kind of like a community of sorts. i like seeing other youtubers i like congratulating each other and in each other's comment sections
33:29 Pro tip: backstep instead of turning around if you're about to fall off of a ledge, because the act of turning can drop you off of a ledge, where as backstepping moves you directly backwards
I am very impressed. I actually think you won this contest.
I was invited too but declined
I’m a huge fan of your stuff so I’m thrilled that you got invited
Not the other runners refusing to kill Grandahl because killing NPC stops their quests from advancing, and they didn’t wanna ruin their chances of getting one or the other by killing him only for you to do a test save and find out that you can kill him and it’s fine
Great stuff, as usual!
few days late but I must say, genuinely impressive and well done
Of the contest videos I've seen so far, I think you know the most about DS2. That Darklurker Sunlight Spear was impressive.
Nice how you casually one shot the skellies without any fancy prep
From all the videos I've seen so far in this contest I feel like you've gotten the most one/two shots so far without poison (which I think is a weak choice to use, even if you get it at the "right time"), really good job
Good run. I am really, really interested in what a max possible point run would look like. As you alluded a few times yourself that you might get a point here and there but that it'd be just an absolute chore to get it.
During the skeletons fight i was repeating PLEASE USE YOUR STRONG ATTACK!!!.
I don't see many people use the climax spell in these challenges.