Asmongold Reacts to "Elden Ring (dunkview)" | by videogamedunkey 

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Lilkirbs???

he's watched dunkey multiple times over the years

Can't believe i missed this part, was this the recent stream or yesterday?

What?

Shattered?

Elden Ring is the best strand like game.

@@richardjones8846 lmao

@@artorias1008 By someone? Or something?

That’s just every big Twitch streamer chat. The actual dudes with human being thoughts get filtered out by dudes who want to suck off the streamer.

lol true

These dumbasses who spam "git gud" when there’s actual valid complaints to be made about scaling in the endgame is unbearable lmao

@@CPNTT and the funny thing is that they actually think to be true from software fans when they are just some form of followers of some kind of cult that not exist

If you think that's bad then you should see Cr1tikal's chat

Yeah Asmon usually has bravado and then gets flat on his ass by bosses he claims he could easily beat.

lol i can't tell if he's joking when he talks about never getting hit by the same thing twice

Balance is definitely wack, but difficulty is optional

@@chaunceyloveshack9530 It's a trolling tactic; he does it because he knows it pisses certain people off.

Very easy with holy weapons: I use Malikeths sword which uses holy fire and it deals great damage

hes just hating and bragging and draggin others down, not to mention he acted like the ball killing dude just made the most PATHETIC thing in the world, he's just a god, saying he will kill those bosses one shot whiule he got titlted for hours at certain bosses

Let this meme never die until RU-vid brings back dislikes.

@@ashgann69 it’s a joke

@@ashgann69 sounds like youre the hater watching asmon and not understanding simple humor. Why you even here lmao

@@ashgann69 bro, you absolutely have no sense of humor ...

Elden Ring fanboys gonna fanboy

Endgame ain't that hard. Git gud.

The way he’s defending everything on this video is the reason why from software gets away with so much bullshit.

@@Mr.jbaloch endgame really isnt that bad, also with regards to smithing stones you can buy every single one in the roundtable except the +10 and +25 ones

@@DomoSensei the endgame isnt hard, its the dmg scaling for enemies, thr skellys in farum can 2 shot you at 2k health

Welcome to a From Software game.

Elden ring is full of surprises

@@jgkitarel welcome to elden ring*

@@jgkitarel souls games were pretty balanced

Tell me you’re bad at games without telling me you’re bad at games

Especially once you're at/past the capital, everything hits so hard.

it is and its insane. Once i respec my stat and went all into vigor to try out if its worth it and i still got 1 shotted anyway (That deathbird aoe attack in snow area 40 vigor vs 99 vigor). Elden ring is fun but holy shit, it is by far the worst balancing wise souls game to date imo

After Morgott is when enemy damage skyrockets

overlevel so it becomes fair. thats what i did and the end game zones are some of my favorite so far

@@PenguinsAreColdish overleveling to not get one shotted doesn't even work with full vigor a endgame areas. No other souls or souls-like operates with max level still generally handicapped compared to what enemies can do. At best we're playing Bloodborne mechanics, but the enemies are from Sekiro plus input reads and combo cancels, shit that was never in Souls.

You can't be the best. Dunkey is a forever goated gamer that has beaten Bowser's Big Green Burrito. Also he has beaten it 4 times on different saves/builds.

Let’s look at this in a different perspective, actually difficulty is subjective. I wonder those people who heard people complaining about “bad design” or “unfair oneshot moves” in certain boss. If that individual thinks the boss is actually easy compared to others. What they can mostly say is “you gotta get better at the game and learn their moves because I have no problem with it honestly” the thing is, they probably why you are struggling in this boss when they themselves are not Also, those who said git gud isn’t really the same group of people usually. As I said, difficulty is subjective so each person has different opinion on different boss Sometimes I see people complain about command Neil, but me myself thought what’s the problem with him, just lure out two knights and kill them one by one that’s it

Git gud. The game isn't that hard, you just aren't tackling new situations right.

@@20eyesmisfit I am level 85 fighting with dual wielding great spear I stay where I am after walking through fog. The double sword guy is more aggressive than other one, I do jump attack on him. Back off when others are close, took like 3-4 hits to kill each one of them. U can even do a backstab the dual wielding enemy if u dodge his special attack correctly. Usually after backstab, I move my camera behind me to see whether the other 2 enemies are close, and I go for one more attack depending on how close they are U can always use summon to distract them, or there’s even a consumable you can use to charm them and fight alongside you

@@20eyesmisfit these duo bosses, it’s all about being patient technically. Duo cat statue boss, I used lightning spear until one of them is dead. Duo crucible knight, I only get 1 or 2 hit when one of them is more aggressive and other one is behind. The one in redmane castle, I just play very aggressive myself before crucible knight can even spawn

Yeah the longest runback I had was just in a tunnel where the boss was extremely easy too. I died to it once then killed it the second time.

Exception being dragonlord placidusax! Elevator, 4 dudes with lightning shit and a whole parkour section and a cutscene just to get to run the 200 yards over to the bastard! Hahaha for real, worst part of the whole fight was just having to run back each time you made a tiny mistake.

@@bowley4 yeah, i lost like 400k souls because i got clipped by lightning when running past those demihumans

I am 80 hours in and I didnt once use sight of merika untill recently. I just ignored it and always clicked spawn at last grace. I didnt know it spawned you right in front of the boss entrance with full estas and hp. mind blown..

@@wudly9195 you’ve been playing on hard mode xD

Healing spells completely cripple Revies.

The poison that would hurt you even by just standing on too of it. I put a lot of points into faith to get great heal just to deal with it.

@@TheIndyRex just be a faith user 4Head

Often no worthwhile item drops either.

@@Tyrbris unironically just get enough faith for great heal and they will never kill you with that bs flurry pounce again.

It's no freetime when you do something for living especially when it's needed. Or do you see going to work as free time? I'm sure streaming can burn you out too. And more. Your statement is just stupid and childish imo.

Emphasis on "for a living"

Has someone ever told you that you are like, REALLY quick to catch on jokes? Because you indeed are, my dude.

@@elpollochileno are you the joke?

@@dobiusla8281 well my comment was for FLATS but seeing that you are stupid enough to think that it's for you then I dunno what to say my dude

I think From expected that people would go to the city right away after giving up on the eastern half of Caelid, lol, at least I did.

@@gumsterify I think the majority of people made who were having trouble in Caelid assumed Redmane Castle was also going to be too difficult for them.

If i've found out anything from playing Elden Ring, it's that difficulty is pretty much entirely relative. For example, I am pretty much a noob to souls games and struggled on Rykard for like 2.5 hours straight before I finally had to cheese him to kill him, but I literally killed Malenia in 4 attempts. My brother is a souls veteran, he's played every single game in the series, he 1 shot Rykard and most other bosses and spent like 4 hours straight on Malenia, dying so many times he lost count.

I think the issue is that people are looking at this as a linear game. You're looking at it as "I'm in Caelid now, I must do all of Caelid then go to Nokron" when there's nothing telling you to play like that. Caelid itself has varying difficulty even within that 1 region. There's no reason why you can't just bounce back between "regions" and go back to the harder stuff later. I didn't even explore all of Caelid/Dragonbarrow until late in the game, well after I did Nokron. Redmane castle and the Radhan fight are even muuuuch easier than trying to kill the enemies in the cave that's only accessible after beating Radhan, yet that's still in Caelid. This can confuse people who look at the game linearily and figure "Well I beat Radhan, the main area boss, so therefore the rest of the area should be doable." I think a lot of people just have to unlearn how we previously played "Open world games." Ubisoft open world games and even good titles like the Witcher to an extent pretend to be "open world" yet it's really just linear in that you are REQUIRED to do certain zones before advancing to the next. Elden Ring isn't like that. The only thing that limits you is how good you are at the game. From the very start, you can easily just run to Leyndell, given that you're good enough at beating the Magma Wyrm. You don't even need to kill Godrick, Rennala, or Radhan. You can skip all of Caelid, Liurnia, and Limgrave if you really wanted. It's just that type of flexibility that people aren't used to in games.

That's weird because I did the opposite, the game in no way was telling me I had to go there yet. The natural flow of the game said otherwise atleast in my playthrough but then again I didn't do extensive exploration until I had a solid build made or needed additional exp. The game is meant to catch you when your guard is down or when you feel as if the game is getting "easier" finally lol

Yeah sure meanwhile ppl doing thousands of dmg with fire. You can get night and flame 1 handed above 1k dps. Godskin duo sleeps like instantly which got nerfed since they didn't woke up at all. Frost is super strong and considering that fire removes the frost debuff it's kinda stackable and very cheesy. Rot is literally one of the best debuff in the game. Apply rot and just run until boss dead. Poison may be a bit underwhelming tho.

Yeah, they need to increase scaling across the board. There is literally only 2 S strength scaling weapons in the entire game and aren't even justified for it as they are literally just boring rocks on a stick.

Greatswords are in a bad place in this game which is a shame because they were god tier in ds3

@@jacksonmanitoulinisland The noble greatsword is really good

i think fire/sleep/poison/scarlet rot are pretty good but ice and blood are super op, imo they should nerf those two

so your supposed to survive failing to dodge a bosses an entire combo? then heal afterwards? is that how you want the combat to be?

@@DarthAssViolater who said “failing to dodge an *entire* combo” you are creating a circumstance that will align with your pre-determined bias. The OP simply said armor should feel more rewarding than it currently is. Is that such a wrong opinion?

@@DarthAssViolater more like i would rather survive failing to dodge more than 1 hit

@@DarthAssViolater Well it's either that or decrease damage like Dunkey said, which I personally feel like it's so artificial. Similarly I feel the same for stats increase better. If I've taken my time to fight a boss or farm, getting a cool set of armor I personally think shouldn't feel like you're a stick. The armor system right now I think is "fine", especially with the accompanying gameplay with dodging and multiple attacks, combined with armor resistances, set buffs, etc - it's definitely worthwhile to equip armor. I'm just saying it could be refined or improved in a way that could be less frustrating, similar to how FromSoftwarr did with the quote on quote "difficulty scaling" people have been talking about.

If you die in 1 hit you don't have enough vigor, if you die in 2 hits you don't have damage reduction talismans and are fully naked. Ritual shield talisman and any of the physical damage reduction talismans are extremely strong in PvE and if you are faith you can even use black flame protection/all the elemental defense buffs. You aren't expected to find all these on your first playthrough but that's to be expected from RPGs. But even if you have the bare minimum with some armor and 40+ vigor you still can't die in 1 hit. And the armor already makes a big difference. 15% reduction from light armor vs 35-38% from heavy armors on top of the poise is insane and like I said these are without using any of the talismans and whatnot. If you are still dying in 1 hit you have ransomware in your gaming device and it is about to encrypt all your files. Or you know... you reject reality and substitute it with your own.

What are people doing that they are getting one shot in new games? I had 59 vigor, like 1950 hp and even eating the first full attack of waterfowl didn't kill me. I had radagons seal on so I took more damage, I didn't use heavy armor.

Lol? Maybe try having more than 20 vigor

Is it or is it too easy? So far, Elden Ring is piss easy. Margit might be the only challenge but even then, you have so many resources to tackle him.

Balancing everything is this game's biggest flaw. The amount of runes given as a reward aren't a good gauge of enemy difficulty when higher level areas make basic enemies super difficult to deal with unless you have a broken build and barely give anything even when you kill them. Even with stats, a lot of them don't do enough to make them worth what they say they are for. None of the fall damage items are worth using (including putting points in dex if that's why you're doing it since it only changes damage and not height), it's always better to upgrade a weapon than to put more points in a stat it scales with, and different armors are barely noticeable as long as you are wearing something. I think that's why Dunkey was complaining about build variety since end game builds have clear winners and losers when everything is maxed out, despite the variety of gear to choose from. The worst part about the whole stat thing is is that even if you get a lot of vigor, late game bosses will just turn their one-shot kills into two-shot kills. This means that any boss that puts you in a position for a follow-up will still kill you as if it were a one-shot kill anyway. It almost feels like they made vigor a required stat because they made you out of wet tissue paper instead of using it as a buffer to stay in the fight longer like in previous games. You get to the boss quicker to make up for the fact that you die much quicker.

@@ISesseriI try getting out of Limgrave. I had around 2500 HP with Morgott's rune and got two or three shot in the endgame with 25% res to all dmg. Absolute dog shit balance. I finished DS3 on ng+4(including DLCs) and 35 vigor is all I ever needed. Didn't even need +30% hp from ember. In this game 40 vigor is absolute bare minimum to not eat shit. I tried NG+ in ER and end game bosses two shot me with 2500 HP. Worst Souls game besides DS2. Zero fun in the end game. Only hard bosses are Radagon/Beast and Malenia. And Malenia is just a trash fucking boss lol.

You and I both know this trashbase would petition From to add asterisks to trophies won "wrong"

That's one of the most important points. You can play the game in whatever way YOU wanna play it, just like you said. Still a mystery to me why so many people try to dictate how other people are supposed to play a certain game. What's wrong with using magic for example? The developers gave us all these different tools, so why not use them?

@@EldenLord. I mean for me personally and probably other fans have loved souls games because of the way they were and the simple melee weapons play style, and don’t want to be hard stopped because we’re not using other mechanics to make easier. I’m definitely gonna try other play through using magic and stuff but I still want to be able to use a strength build and not feel like I’m doing it wrong or underpowered. I noticed in Pvp too that people just use some massive aoe or wave attack and I got big swing

@@tsavage4337 I mean, there are plenty of spells and incantations that aren't auto-homing bs, in fact many spells are so weak that you're kneecapping yourself by using them. Sure you can keep spamming rock sling from a distance if you want to, but no-one is forcing you to use it. Fromsoft has added so many cool spells and abilities in this game that anyone who refuses to use spells/incantations out of principle alone is really missing out on a lot of what this game has to offer. I've personally been having a lot of fun using lightning spells and the crucible tail. Is it good? No, the lightning spells miss 50% of the time against anything that moves and the crucible tail locks you in a stationary positino for two seconds - but it looks super cool and I'm having a lot of fun using it. I find it especially funny that Asmon is so against ash summons and sorcery/faith because it makes the game 'too easy' when he's literally using one of the most broken melee weapons in the game, and doesn't see half the boss's attacks because he gets them in a stun-loop. Then when he finally finds something that counters his build, like gargoyles, he claims the fight is bs because he refuses to adapt.

They pissed on Str/Knight builds because we are the Git Gud community and they want us gone because we are "toxic and cringe"... If you're a filthy casual/Mage, you get your dick sucked in this game.

You're not supposed to fight that Erdtree Avatar. There is a window above him to skip the entire fight. Don't fight them lol.

@@aureateseigneur5317 Yeah I know, but my completionist brain nags me to get it. Don't tell me you've never played DS3 and went into the Demon Ruins despite not planning on using anything you find there.

@@SpoopyChicken whenever i see bullshit, i cheese it with maidens mist spell

@@SpoopyChicken Overall I agree with your point, but for that avatar you can run to the bonfire behind him, rest, and then lure him inside. A couple knights might follow, but the ballistas won't be an issue at all. IMO the haligtree is worse. Forget exploring that hellzone, unless you enjoy pain and warming stones.

@@austingoyne3039 Yeah, honestly I did that too, but still... Damn that was a pain because it basically became orenstein and orenstein and smough, but this time smough can twoshot you, and smough can spread scarlet rot in a large radius. I appreciate the tips though, even if I already did them. But honestly the balancing in the later half of Elden Ring goes from Dark souls 3 to Dark Souls 2 really damn quick.

Don't get hit

Nah, because rune farming is always an option. Difficulty is 100% optional in Elden Ring, otherwise a total noob allergic to hard games like myself wouldn't have beaten it. Having a hard time figuring out how to balance the necessary vigor with maxing out damage? Go farm more runes until you can have both. ez pz.

That’s why you don’t waste 25+ points by leveling up strength past the soft cap instead of leveling up vigor like Baldman does.

@@Bobicici A well balanced game shouldn’t require farming. Exploring should handle that

Maybe you just need to get better lol. Godfrey, and most of the endgame bosses are balanced just fine; there is nothing wrong with a boss having some strong attacks. For Godfrey's grab moves, you can literally just sprint around him in the 5 whole seconds he takes to charge at you and dodge the attack.

Well, in nearly every RPG game, the enemies you defeat give more experience than the start of the game. They don't have to be harder than early game bosses to give more exp. It's the same philosophy applied here. Elden Ring still adheres to RPG 'scaling'.

@@SuperRamos619 Expect there are clear cases of enemies being in the same zone, sometimes meters apart having wildly different exp rewards completely unrelated to their difficulty, those giant bears have an hp bar of a boss and exp reward of an enemy that dies in 2 hits, it's just bad design.

If any other studio released this game it would have been ripped apart.

@@KamiShinigamiSama I disagree. While it's true many gamers are quick to defend their favorite company, they are even quicker to rip apart a bad game. You have to look no further than CP2077. CDPR was heralded as the second coming of Jesus to the industry after Witcher 3 success. Buy when CP2077 came out, everyone was quick to blast them. Even with Issues people have with Elden Ring, it has resounded well with so many people both old and new. While review are (probably skewed) due to the people reviewing the game as people that are capable of going through the entire game and familiar with Fromsoft games, what about all the casual gamers that are picking it up and loving it?

@@SuperRamos619 Depends on the fandom, From Software is boardline a cult at times. And cyberpunk had plenty of defenders and still does.

Yeah. I found it much easier to powerstance a weapon with normal stones and one with somber stones. But that kinda limits you to one specific build for a long time lol.

@@devindameron if you know what you’re doing, you can get a +9 somber weapon before Margit and a +10 after you beat Godrick. It’s insane how easy it is to level up Somber in this game as opposed to regular Smithing

@@Mr.Duck64 thats kinda fucked up lol

@@daviddruen858 my point is how easy it is to do. You can run past everything, kill a couple scarab beetles, loot a corpse or two, and boom, you’re done. The fact each level of Somber only requires 1 stone just makes it so easy With regular smithing on the other hand, you have to dungeon dive and grind out entire areas for the upgrade materials necessary and God forbid you’re upgrading two weapons that require regular Smithing. You’ll be grinding forever if that’s the case

Yeah they really screwed up the upgrading in this game. Normal weapons need so many stones but those stones are hard to find. While unique weapons only need 1 stone per upgrade. It's no wonder why I've never seen anyone use the fire paper or whatever it's called in elden ring.

i love dks2 but tbh i played it a few days ago it does feel kinda slow clunky and unresponsive after playing 3 and er.

On the same vein, enemies in DS2 move like in glue while ER ones are as fast as in Bloodborne which made your character like twice as fast. It's just poor expirience and the game feels bullshit very often.

Ok you're actually just braindead if you believe this shit... If you said DS3 you would have had an argument but DS2? LMFAO did you even play the game? It's basically turn based rather than typical Dark Souls. The Entire gameplay in DS2 revolves around you hitting then stepping back and waiting for the enemies attack to finish.

@@DebasedAnon Oh someone is salty from hearing an opinion. Only the Souls fans can act so shitty and petty with ad hominems over a comment on RU-vid. You all will say and do anything for lordgod senpai Miyazaki's approval. No matter the criticism, it's pathetic.

@@MC-hs6yg because you were perfectly respectful

AGREE. Imagine every build has a critic... Str = braindead Int, fai, dex bleed = pussy Arc = meta hoe Like bruh wtf. let the players play whatever the fuck they want. I finisehd the game with katana weapons uchi > to MV > to RB and this is pre patch arc. Now these elitist "souls vet" ruin the game experience for everybody. This is the problem with this community.

@@Art-vc3ne its so fucking stupid lmao, like it even matters how you beat the game... in PvP I can understand it, but disregarding someone because they play the game how they want is just degeneracy. Literally nobody cares, the game isnt hard and every playstyle has a broken build, you arent special by playing a build you think is not OP.

@@Grumpypu IKR?! These "veterans" aka elitist are more egoistic than escanor from Deadly sins. Like no build or playstyle is safe in this game for them to "critique". And I agree on the PvP thing tho idgaf on PvP.

@@Art-vc3ne its an RPG, let people have fun and play the builds they want to play. They made the game playable in all playstyles, its dumb to gatekeep everyone to just playing the most basic shit like strength. Ive seen so many cool builds I want to play, I dont care if someone considers it OP, its a fucking singleplayer RPG, go have fun and stop gatekeeping people from enjoying the game lmao. Some of the people in this community are so weird.

@@Grumpypu Preach my G. faxx they be gatekeeping af

Bloodborne is the only soulsborne game that has made me want to constantly keep replaying it, I wish there was a pc port but kinda don't at the same time since FromSoft sucks at Pc ports lol

I kinda disagree when it comes to past games, the more linear level design usually resulted in balanced lategames bosses and normal mobs. Of course, after the release of the DLCs for each game, the original final bosses had often become fairly easy on a full playthrough, but the base games had good progression and the DLCs themselves were well adjusted. In DS1, Gwyn is fairly easy, but he is supposed to be a shadow of his former self. All the DLC bosses are really fitting to the players end game level though. In DS2, it is similar, with all the DLC bosses (the ones that are not gank squad or twin pets, lul) being fun and fair late game challenges. For DS3, Soul of Cinder is again more of a symbolic boss, but not a pushover in the basegame. Sure, after the DLCs it has become easy, but we got great new bosses instead. I guess one could say the DLCs are the endgame, and they were usually really well balanced. Generally, when they were not, it was because it was too easy, so things being too strong is actually something new with Elden Ring. My complaint regarding that is mostly inconstency, with a few specific things feeling way harder or damaging than others in the same zone. Also, a lack of interactivity in some fights, like Malekith the Parkour Blade or Malenia's second phase. I don't enjoy watching a boss do their stuff for 8 seconds and then I'm allowed to maybe get 1 or 2 hits in.

the game is utter horseshit. we need Sekiro or Bloodborne 2, not this crap.

@@timmoody5466 overexagerating now

the bloodborne endgame isnt very good either tbh

Wrong, ng+ gets far easier, I've beaten the game 3 times. I have 0 complaints on damage balance, it's fine

@@SpicyTortilla69 I bet ur also like level 200 and farmed runes like a mad man to get all your weapons maxed. Otherwise ur just lying bc I know that enemies steadily 1 shot 40 vigor characters even in the first run of the game.

Dunkey didn't play new game plus those are 4 different characters made from the start which is pretty impressive tbh

@@SpicyTortilla69 Dunkey didn't really play NG+ though. He restarted the game multiple times, instead. So if anything, he has an even better understanding of the enemy health and damage scaling than most people who played the game once and then went to NG+.

@@MrLeo91919 yep those are brand new chars each time not NG+

Obviously he doesn't if he complains about it the way he did.

Have you finished the game ?

As dunkey said, just mess with damage sliders a bit and this game becomes significantly more enjoyable and rewarding

Exactly, shit ruined my 10/10 impression from Mountaintop all the way to Haligtree

@@kamrhd Maliketh is also awful to fight. All those 10/10 reviews that came when the game released definitely didn't make it past the capital

@@lalilola3770 I mean it's still a great game, but the balance is way off. Personally I love Godfrey fight and I think Radagon could be great too if they just gave him more hp and less damage. If they don't change anything, then the best fight in the game will remain Morgott's, a mid game boss

@@Terkiaz one boss or even 3 or 10 doesn’t take away the 10/10 review from the game. Like that’s such a small percentage of your entire experience of the game. On top of that my own personal opinion on maliketh is that he isn’t THAT hard. He’s a difficult boss but that’s what’s good about him, it makes it more interesting to learn his moves. All of his moves are dodge-able to my knowledge. Plus you have summons to create some space for you.

i can confirm you that, i fight her at 47 vigor, and those grab attack isn't really one shot me

40 vigor, would have about 200 hp or something left if she use grab on me. But most of the time she use grab on me when I don’t have full health. So it’s practically one shot.

learn to roll

was fighting Radagon with regular gear, most attacks did around 60% of my health (60 Vigor + Margott Rune 2.6k HP) Armor does help a lot with reducing damage, I went in with the highest Holy damage negation gear I had and changed my tower shield to Holy and most of his attacks reduced from 60% to like 15 - 20%. idk about Malenia tho I fought her with Black Knife Tiche and that took me like 10 tries

there's more to it than vigor. Your level in general boosts resistances, strength in particular boosting physical defenses. I'm new to Souls games so Im not sure if this was always the design, but even on NG+ with 40 vigor I don't get one hit almost anywhere anymore

First time here?

@@Face6099 how could it be my first time if I knew what hes said in previous streams? Dumdummy

@@Wroughts he was saying it was obvious that asmond does what your saying not being literal.....

There's 15.

Its a game with hundreds of possibilities for class building and a built-in respect mechanic, how could anyone think differently? Many games do not allow us to respect at all but it's a part of this game! Usually games that offer this much freedom in builds don't have such restrictions like this.

There's more than 10 larval tears per playthrough. And if you're gonna respec more than 10+ times in a playthrough, at that point you should either be in NG+ already or just make a new character.

some enemies drop the tears tho

@@chloe5886 Only once, there is a limited number in the game per run.

Ulcerated tree spirits and runebears:

Rune bears.

He won't ever find out he doesn't know what he's talking about because he hasn't done it himself, only seen clips of late-game shit you can pull off.

Totally agree. The playstyle I've always used and enjoyed most in FromSoft games is dodging attacks and attacking during openings with a straight sword. I also generally put all my points into vigor and endurance but don't upgrade my weapon until I feel the damage it's dealing is becoming a joke. Elden Ring is the first FS game I've played where it feels like this playstyle is almost unworkable. Duo bosses like Valiant Gargoyles and Godskin Duo are an absolute chore playing melee in this way and I eventually ended up using summons to beat them. And while most of the late game enemies/bosses are "fair" the fact that even at 60+ vigor they can still kill you in about 2 hits max makes them ridiculously frustrating to fight. It does my head in seeing people like Asmon saying that playing melee is fine in this game while running a weapon that deals about 1/5 of a boss' health per hit. I've no problem with people playing the game using any playstyle they want but I find it crazy so many people seem to think just because they've put together an overpowered build they're somehow more skilled than someone who summons mimic tear but doesn't carve through bosses like butter.

I fucking hate it lmao, worst fromsoft game in years.

@@timmoody5466 Bruh I fking love it man. Best fromsoft game of all time period.

@@timmoody5466 why do you hate it?

@@CheesusCrusts I'm a huge Fromsoft fan, been playing soulsborne games for years and loving them, but if you think this is the best fromsoft game you are delusional. Souls combat was feeling stale by DS3, and then Sekiro fixed everything by introducing the deflect/posture system. Then elden ring brought back all the old stale problems, but with extra reskin bosses, littered across a bland, empty, 'open' world. Fromsoft is better than this.

@@RabidCupcake2010 the combat is really different from the souls series and the open world is packed and colourful lol what are you talking about lol Sekiro is the repetitive one where you can only parry while elden ring actually gives options lol. The only reason you will find elden ring stale is when you choose the previous way you play the game

try range

There’s one crucible knight on a walkway on the way to the double gargoyle fight. I was like “finally, a chance to use gravity well and yank this idiot down into hell.” Didn’t move an inch. What is the point of this spell?????

@@0ptimuscrime pvp

@@0ptimuscrime That's the one that gives me the most trouble out of all the crucible knights I can think of. The one in the evergaol? ezpz plenty of space to fight in. Siluria? you can summon, you can ride your horse, and there's also a ton of space, plus she doesn't have a shield, which is the main thing that makes the one in the aqueduct so frustrating, other than of course the limited space. So far in both playthroughs that have gotten to the aqueduct, I cheesed the one that has the shield, and actually fought the one with the spear

crucible knight is just designed to literally fck your ass when you're trying to space away and heal

I agree malenia was obnoxious but imo Godfrey was a great fight the moves are all really well telegraphed (with the exception of a single attack that only comes out if you're directly in front of his right side) they're all really intuitive on how to play around there are plenty of opportunities to get hits in after, or during any combo and you can pretty easily control which moves he'll use (if you stay on his left he'll always 2swing and pause on knee, 3swing then pause, jump and stomp with left foot then overhand turn overhand, etc.etc.) and his cutscenes are badass I still died to godfrey a ton of times but at no point was I really frustrated with it mohg is another boss I think was really well done (except for nihil, which was the worst boss mechanic in the game imo)

@@TheRedRaven_ You're only 50 hours in. I'm also a Soul fan, been playing since DS1 came out in 2011. First playthrough took me roughly 130 hours, but I tried to do everything before ending, now I'm playing some challenge runs. If I had continued to play on my first character, I would have easily been on ng+5. The main story is really not that long, plus it's literally Dunkeys job to play games, basically. The game's been out for a month now, I'm surprised he's only beaten it 4 times.

@@TheRedRaven_ just like how sone people in Steam reviews for some games have 100s of hours on record still might give it a Not Recommended, writing out paragraphs on what's wrong with the game. You can like something a LOT and still heavily criticize it.

@@TheRedRaven_ It's Dunkey's job to play games and review them, Asmon's job is to stream whatever he wants. It's not that hard to tell the difference between the two of em, why else do you think Asmon said "damn, maybe I should be a RU-vidr then" remarking on Dunkey's free time. Don't talk about things you don't know, buddy

@@TheRedRaven_ what is it that you cant understand ? him being on his fourth playthrough only gives him more credibility to talk about the topic, since he obviously knows more than you with 50 hours or someone like Asmon that didnt even beat it once yet argues with him. The game is not hard, thats not his point at all, the point is that there is areas/bosses where ratios are just fucked and unfun. Having end game mobs/bosses that take 3 years to kill and one shot you with every attack and give you 3k souls while some early game mobs give you more for less work isnt fun, it just makes you less motivated to kill mobs and you just run past them. The bosses are mechanically just fine, its just the damage or health on some of them is just stupid and broken. None of that is hard, it has nothing to do with difficulty, the game simply just has flawed balance and bad game design in some parts, and if you deny that you just didnt play the game enough to understand.

Because Dunkey is more casual.

@@Devin7Eleven thats why he beat the game 4 times already when Asmon didnt even beat it once, yeah okay. Asmon disagreeing with Dunkey is just plain stupid, every time he is fighting a boss he keeps screaming how hard and stupid it is and here hes acting tough like the numbers arent busted and the game is easy when he didnt even beat it yet, how dumb.

@@Grumpypu You can see that dunky used mimic tear and hoarfrost stomp which both later got nerfed his flasks are barely upgraded aswell he rushed through the game while asmon uses no summons with strength I watch both their content dunky panders to a more casual audience while asmon appreciates the difficulty both are valid perspectives

I run double collosal weapons, got them to +25, still deal max 1800 and it takes a ton of stamina. I can't imagine how little thought went into balancing the golden halbard

@@Terkiaz is it literally that broken? Like, more broken than bleed is right now?

@@offender0 pve, I'd say that's worse. Bleed can't be applied to every enemy, raw damage can. On top of it, bleed still needs multiple hits, and some bosses dodge a ton, so it's easier to get just one hit of a jump attack, plus it staggers more

@@Terkiaz absolute filth! Im about halfway through Journey 2 because some of my Boss achievements bugged. I might have to try this next time I play. Currently I've just been bitch slapping bosses/invaders with Rivers of Blood katana.

Dragon greatshield talisman, and any heavy armor will get you to a passive 40% phys reduction, you won't get one shotted EVER (i'm on NG++) and the only attacks that will two shot you are attacks like Malenia grab, and other normal quick attacks will 4-5 shot you, tested on NG++ with 60 vigor. if you're still getting hit hard, use morgott rune for more HP.

@@entropicking6007 Eaiting crabs helps a lot with phys red. I had around 50% phys on 11 END.

You can find items in the mid game that lets you get items up to +12 I believe. You can also get special weapons to +4 too. I agree that Asmongold hasn't really thought through his argument though. The upgrade system is very stingy and expensive.

Nah upgrades are fine, even if you can´t reach +10 with every special weapons, +9 is not that bad. In fact, it is worse for normal weapons, you need 12 from each level to reach +24 instead of 1.

Asmon has a bad take for the sake of having an immediate opinion? *surprised pikachu face* Love his content, but "I don't know" is barely in his vocabulary, at least on the main channel. I imagine on his other channel since he's not playing a character, he might admit no knowing things more often, but I've never watched it

@@lvx969 Going above +10 is for non special weapons only, and even then for those types of weapons you can only get 8 to +25 (which is the equivalent max)

@@Harry94074 I understand that. Dunkey's argument isn't necessarily about the last upgrade. It's about the early and mid game accessibility of +1-+24 (and Somber) upgrade materials. It makes it very hard to experiment with a variety of weapons when you can't reasonably upgrade them without rushing mid game content.

God you're tone deaf lmao

Git gud. The first area is piss easy enough as is. Go play something else if it's too challenging for you.

You're right. Happens in Radahn all the time

i mean tbf thats just the name of the game. like why play an open world game at all if the only thing youre going to do is the main path. thats just not the proper way to play. its an option i guess, but its an option in the same way its an option to knife only in CSGO. you can do it but you wont get anywhere.

Literally just go to the mines, and you will find upgrade materials and bell bearings. They are very clearly marked on the map with an orange circle.

before saying that he would say ''Why is that? and explain something everyone already knows''

Telling people to git gud and get healthy when you have cancer are two completely different things.

@@Devin7Eleven you are right, the real analogy is to tell people with cancer they are having the wrong approach at their condition.

It's like the megaman zero games, where you have a tiny ass healthbar and feel like a god for winning, but unlike the zero games, you don't respawn before the boss.

No cope

You're giving me 'nam flashbacks of farming the darkwraiths

@@istivanp8747 LOL, I still have those in regards to the Pure Blade Stone in the original Demon's Souls.

Not to mention early material rarity.

Yeah, I hoped they would make slabs purchasable, even if it cost a ton of runes.

@@KenoxProductions They'll probably put it on a super annoying enemy as a 0.2% chance drop like in DS1 with the Dark Wraiths in New Londo Ruins.

Currently known ingame: 13 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones 9 Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones 6 Great Grave Glovewort 6 Great Ghost Glovewort

If you’re talking about dark souls 1, then you’re wrong. The lost izalith demon is actually stronger than all the other ones. I don’t know about elden ring though.

This is just flat out wrong. And you can test it for yourself pretty quick, so it’s weird that it’s wrong.

I can't get over the fact that there's an Asmon video about a Death Rite Bird.

Throughtout all of the endgame areas and bosses, I have only been one shot by a small handful of attacks with a vigor stat of around 45. Also, I'm not sure how people don't know about this, but there are talismans that raise your absorption for different damage types, and they can really make a big difference.

How are you getting 1 shot with heavy armor and vigor soft cap? Are you just straight up lying or do you not have a concept of either of those? Soft cap is 60 for the record and my first playthrough where I had 60 vIgor and heavy armor (Radahn's) literally NOTHING came even REMOTELY close to "1 shotting" me.

@@elijahbajecdickinson8271 everyone uses radagojs sorseal and marikas even combo or atleast one by then too I bet so theyre taking twice the dmg on top of it

@@elijahbajecdickinson8271 Yup, you werent even at soft cap (60) and you were avoiding these mythical "1 shots" i keep hearing about. People probably half ass everything and don't read what half the talismans do, they don't actually explore, they think Vigor is a "shit stat" and go in with as low as 30 etc etc. The damage balance is entirely fine.

@@DebasedAnon any late game grab

80 int 40 str lvl 140 "why are things one shotting me?" lmao

@@yungkenwud6397 Yeah because a random enemy oneshotting you is valid even at 55 vigor people are getting one - 2shot by bosses so please explain how this is a unique problem to me 🤣. I had 1200hp dude and I was getting oneshot by enemies on the way to haligtree 🤣 and getting oneshot by Sewer enemies that was my first play through. That was before even made it to Malenia or Mohg respectively. The damage in the game needs to be slightly tuned down. Part of the reason thats an issue is because Armor is worthless - Its just aesthetic to look cool.

@@PeoplePleaser578 idk have you tried holding up a shield?

@@yungkenwud6397 Yes because that helps doesnt it xD. I have completed the game 3 times... I am well aware shields exist - Stop talking to me like I am a 2 year old. The point is unless you play a specific way half of the game is way harder than it should be because of Enemy damage being stupidly high for no real reason

@@PeoplePleaser578 maybe try 2 shields then get back to me or the other option, the attacks don't do dmg if they don't hit you (not sure if you knew that one)

Then don't have below 30 vigor? There is only so much balancing they can do before the game gets piss easy. Some of us want that "bs" because we been playing these games so long theyre too easy sometimes now.

One of those types of people. I’m stating facts, I’m not saying I’m at 30 vigor.

The game drops hints that you need this torch to spot invisible assassins too. Same with the beast repelling torch wich practically exists just to get past the runebear in the dragonbarrow cave.

I'm trying to kill them with Lightning only. Gravel Stone Seal +13 50 Faith but I have no defence.

I killed them with redivah lvl6 and no they don’t bleed

Never had the problem of not seeing... Git gud.

just level up vigor makes it so you can take more hits

@@darrenm4708 Even with softcapped vigor (50/60) the enemies still do too much damage. There's no way around it, that's how the game was designed intentionally.

@@MeldinX2 To an average player, it's not easy at all. I had a fuckton of DS1 and DS3 experience prior to Elden Ring and this game still buttfucked me hard without summons. With summons it is too easy, though. You're completely right.