One of the first choices the player is presented with upon starting a new game of Dark Souls is to choose 1 of 10 starting classes. Usually this choice only impacts the early game, but what if you had to play the entire game as that class? What class would perform the best? What class would perform the worst?
This is our journey of beating Dark Souls Remastered as all 10 Starting Classes.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:57 Pre-Run Information
7:43 Warrior
10:21 Knight
12:15 Wanderer
14:19 Thief
17:01 Bandit
18:46 Hunter
20:18 Sorcerer
22:29 Pyromancer
24:30 Cleric
26:21 Deprived
27:57 Rankings
33:20 Valuable Statistics
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Music in this Video:
Tone of the Town – The Last Story
Village of the Sacred Beast – Musashi: Samurai Legend
Delfino Plaza – Super Mario Sunshine
Killer – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Aquarium Park Act 2 – Sonic Colors
Mute City – Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Step Subspace Version 3 – Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Dark World – Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Meta’s Knight Revenge – Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Death by Glamour – Undertale
Planet Wisp Act 1 – Sonic Colors
Holoska Cool Edge (Day) – Sonic Unleashed
Coconut Mall – Mario Kart Wii
Drizzle – Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
Mt. Battle Reception Desk – Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
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41 Comments
Personally, I write off the Warrior because the Broadsword moveset make me want to die. Give me that longsword poke any day.
I'd love to see this challenge done in Sekiro, thank you for all of your hard work!
Holy shit I knew I recognized musashi samurai legend ost gah dam
7:13? yeah maybe in dark souls 3. but for not getting staggered at all by most bosses using medium or light armor, like ornstein or gold hemmed set, its useless, with ring of favor and protection and havel ring, to be able to fast roll in medium armor
and i havent even got to the sorcerer class yet but i know damn well youll say it has low health, without realizing people like me beats the game with magic using ornstein armor with over 250 defense and 150-170 elemental defense. of course i mean for me, others its likely with similar defense. also can you not act like a typical american communist for one day? not to mention a millennial/gen z
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I cant describe it, but hearing the main town theme from The Last Story made my jaw drop. I havent thought about that game in years and it was so good
Just finishing the intro, based on the rules laid out, I'm going to predict that the sorcerer ended up as the most challenging class due to the limited number of spells that it can use, and being locked into only having the basic Soul Arrow.
28:20 Huh, the AOE2 music actually fits really well for this.
28:50 and it looks like my prediction was right. Wasn't expecting the Thief to be here too though.
My first playthrough was a Wanderer, with a halberd, bow, and enough faith for lightning spear. Dex/Faith for the win! It's been the basis for every other blind playthrough that I've done.
Good video
Getting 40 strength is never needed, 2 handing with 27 strength has the same effect. Also using Leo Ring and rolling attacks with the daggers and straight swords on DLC bosses would help with damage.
I actually started this challenge myself a couple weeks ago, its very difficult, but a lot of fun!
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TIL Kalameet can be bled
Ngl I thought he was immune to bleed like Artorias and Manus
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I think an extremely important mention for the AR discussion is motion values. Its what makes the op weapons op
Note that AR is misleading for 2-handing your weapon – even after the 50% strength, your attack gets extra damage (can be seen on the Moonlight Greatsword since it has no strength scaling)
I did deprived a while ago, guess I have to give the other classes a shot soon
My prediction – classes with fat roll are the hardest and classes with fast roll are the easiest
I CANT WAIT FOR THE OTHER SOULS CLASS VIDEOS, I LOVED THIS
I'd be interested in seeing a different version of this challenge, more so for fun than anything, and I'd actually be willing to tackle it on my own with your blessing. Here's my challenge: Can you beat Dark Souls Remastered as EVERY CLASS?
You are only allowed equipment within the confines of your class. What does this mean? Basically if your class starts with a Mace, you'd be allowed to use any weapon in that weapon's class. So, hammers are allowed.
You're also encouraged to wear armor that fits the "vibe" of your class, so this is more subjective than anything, but as a cleric for example you'd be encouraged to wear priestly robes and maybe paladin armor or cleric armor. All classes have free choice over their armor, with the exception of the deprived.
An example, as a cleric, you'd be allowed: Any talisman, any miracle, any hammer and any standard shield. Seems pretty easy, since the cleric has some really good stuff that is versatile and provides lots of utility, right?
But then you get to the sorcerer. You get daggers, which aren't great; small shields, catalysts and sorceries. Okay, doable. Might be hard early game since your only melee option is a shoddy dagger.
Finally, the deprived. You get any hammer, any small shield, but can't wear ANY EQUIPMENT, including rings. Exception made for story progression, like Covenant of Artorias or the ring to get into Gwyndolyn's boss fight.
Does anybody know the name of the song that plays when he's playing as the Sorcerer? It sounds familiar but I can't quite recall just the name.
Ahh this pulled me off my sad ass situation
Hand axe has the second highest dps in the game unironically
I really don't agree with the "no new spells" rule. You're not really experiencing the class.
nice video, but i think it would have been more interesting, if you had taken the classes a bit more liberal. Using equipment that stays in the spirit of the starting class, but lets you use more in teresting armor and weapons. Obviusly that would make the Sorcerer go from bottom to top, but leting you use more powerful spells and stafs makes the sorcerer a real sorcerer for example.
14:19 Two-handing the dagger is not ideal. You get a worse+slower moveset, higher stamina drain per attack and shorter reach for a minor AR gain.
ds2 deprived is setup perfect for a fist run with vanquishers seal ring 😊😊😊
I subbed to ya because of this video. Never knew cleric was such a demon of melee
Iron dagger is by far my favorite. Crystal weapon goes crazy with it
Gotta try this challenge myself!
Lmao that wanderer swapparry on final boss 😀
Mask of the father, maybe?
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I'd be really interested to know how you'd change these rankings if you allowed upgrades that made sense. So still no boss weapons, for example, but upgrading to any weapon in the same weapon type, for example, might make the thief way more viable. It's been ages since I played Dark Souls, so I barely remember most of the options you'd even have, but allowing specific weapon upgrades because they make sense for a class would be a fun change, especially since I wasn't sure at the start if you were doing this as a no-level up challenge.
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Against the spirit of the idea to not use upgraded sorcereries and co.
That doesn't make any sense since its class
I love starting a new game in the soulsbourne game and experimenting with the classes. Please make a series out of this🙏🏻
This was really cool! I’ve never used a magic class in Dark Souls 1 but that’s what I want to try next.
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