2:10 - Poor crestfallen dude. Right out of the asylum and starting out with gratuitous murders. And yeah, he's way more aggressive with parries when his shield's up than you might realize, you can only really safely attack during his recovery frames or when he deflects off your shield. :3
3:13 - Hey, if a horrifying dude like Smough can be a celebrated and THICC warrior, so can you!
4:05 - All of the restarts when you accidentally roll are serious dedication, haha. I'd honestly not be QUITE so hardcore given how easy accidental rolls are and only restart if a roll is beneficial and accidentally manages to evade an attack... but kudos to you and the dedication to your craft, I can fully appreciate that level of OCD (given some of my bayo playthroughs...). Are you disallowing the use of backsteps and jumping (except where necessary) too?
4:30 - Yeah, the knight armor sucks on the asylum demon because you don't have a shield with the stability or the stamina to block the heavy hits, but for everything else early on, it's great. Its poise is equal to the Elite Knight set, with only slightly lower stats, hence why you poised through that Black Knight's attack later on. The Elite Knight set looks cooler and is way easier to obtain too (unless you start Knight) since the Knight set's hiding in front of a hydra, so I'd imagine that's why the Elite Knight set's more popular. The EK helmet is way better too, one of my faves in the game along with Golem helm, goes with a lot of stuff. Golem helm + black set is a really good combo IMO.
8:10 - LOL BRIDGE DEMON JUMPED TO HIS DEATH, hilarious, never knew he could do that.
10:27 - Oh no, you aggro'd the piggy. I've been firebombing him like a coward and WHAT YOU CAN BACKSTAB HIS BUTTHOLE?! 10 / 10 EDUCATIONAL VIDEO.
15:00 - Man, I remember trying to actually block their attacks recently and I was shocked at how little stamina it takes to stop the gargoyles. Their swings are huge but even a modest shield is really good at blocking them.
20:50 - You're far braver than I, I usually just use a crossbow or firebombs to cheese the titanite demon. >w>;;
22:04 - The look of defeat as you fling yourself off the ledge, lol.
29:36 - Very smooth Capra Demon fight, gg.
32:42 - Hahahaha, got real lucky with the Gaping Demon's acid range, nice.
34:58 - LOL blowdart dude managed to toxic you through the tiniest gap ever. Close calls on the Quelaag fight, very intense near misses with her magic aura blast.
42:00 - You actually lost the souls there it seems, weird. Guess the game doesn't expect you to use quick mapped souls as items during dialogue, heh.
I like how the Catarina outfit turns you into a giant blob where your hands sink into the armor. xD
50:24 - Yeah, there's a HUGE gap to the next greatshield in terms of Strength needed, which makes the Eagle Shield literally the only one you don't need to build for (16 is way more doable with a non Str build to reach than 34 is!).
58:43 - I'm impressed you can block BIG O's butt slam, but was wondering how you'd deal with the command grab, oof! Surprised you didn't do Pinwheel first to get doubled Estus.
1:09:10 - And the less is: don't interrupt a wild skeleton orgy. OwO
1:13:05 - LOL, imagine if falling attack damage scaled with equip weight.
1:13:17 - The fight against the Nico and Vince fucked me up so bad the first time, I fell off the damn ledge since I had no idea where I was going and switching between shield and lantern was messing with me. I realize now that NOT picking up the items gives you a visual in the dark of where you are and you can fight around them if you came here without Cast Light (though now I basically refuse to do this without Cast Light, lol).
1:16:00 - Haha, it's interesting to see how much a fight changes with a restriction. You did a good job quickly getting to the blooming moss to fix toxic at least. Handy spear to have there, too.
1:17:26 - DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON NITO, KILL HIM THEN FIGURE OUT YOUR HOLY WEAPON, HE'S GOT LIKE NO HEALTH LEFT, lol
1:18:40 - lol, I'm convinced Pharis has some of the worst AI of any of the humanoid enemies out there, he kept swapping weapons every time I tried to melee him too.
1:20:35 - YOU MONSTER, ANIMAL ABUSE, SOMEONE CALL PETA, etc _;w;_
1:22:35 - Very impressive seeing the full HP kill, I've only ever done Ceaseless Discharge the coward's way!
1:23:10 - You UwUs have angered the demons. >w>
1:26:06 - Yeah, Centipede only did that projectile attack on my second playthrough, never saw it the first time I muddled past him! It's by far his nastiest attack too.
1:27:37 - SHOULDA HAD A SIP OF JUICE. It almost looks like the shield didn't block it, like the fireball hit behind ya? I think you woulda survived the hit at full health, ah well.
Bed of Chaos looks like it suuuucks without the ability to run or jump. >w> Good thing you didn't accidentally roll through the roots at the end, haha.
1:30:50 - Holy shit I just realized; the first piggy in the game can be FISTED backstabbed, but the ones in the archives can't? Looks like their butts have armor the first one's missing.
1:33:40 - Wait, what gate is that?? :O Was that something the devs forgot to remove?
1:35:00 - "What do we do??" you ask, the look of disgust and resignation knowing there's only one answer for a HARDCORE GAMER. :3
1:38:40 - Haha, your viewers torturing you here, subjecting you to Seath's hardest hitting attacks as you try to stroll over to its tail to chop it off. Cruel stuff. ;w;
1:43:00 - Very clean fight against the very lame DPS/poise check boss, haha. It's very silly how much easier it is to poise and DPS race it than to try and dodge like normal.
1:45:35 - YOU DIDN'T LEARN YOUR LESSON FROM AGGROING ALL THE DEMONS BEFORE. >:3 Here lies Blinge; he is now roast pork.
1:50:30 - Oof, Sanctuary Guardian's wingflap really does look like it's designed to punish shields. It's always interesting how one of the easier attacks a boss has becomes a major threat in a challenge run that can't dodge it the usual way.
1:58:20 - Holy shit you made Artorias AND Manus look easy. I didn't realize you can interrupt Artorias's buff so easily. :O Buttery smooth stuff.
2:05:09 - LOL THAT ROLL. Poor burinju. You nearly had 'im, too.
GG on Gwyn. No rolling or parrying makes him a tough customer for sure. You triumphed as I knew you would!
good call on the input display, that's a nice addition.
And a Mr. Blobby cosplay for the early game? Thimply fahbulous dahling!
