Can I Beat Elden Ring by 1 Shotting the Bosses? 

Imagine this from a canon lore perspective. A tarnished walks in to fight Margit, hits him once and takes 99% of his health, says "this will not do" and leaves.

A wise man once said "Buffing, when done correctly, should take longer than the fight itself"

I like to imagine the reaction of some npc watching a naked man walk up to a fog wall and proceed to stab himself, poison himself, bleed himself, cauterize his wounds, go insane, and enter a boss room for 10 seconds and come out victorious

I believe the bosses now has PTSD flashbacks when they hear “vow, flame, drink this…” outside their doors

I didn't expect to see someone vigor check ever boss they could

Margit telling him to put these foolish ambitions to rest after the failed attack is just icing on the cake

Man’s really said “Okay drink, vow, stab, madness, 2-hand, sacrifice favorite pet, jelly fish, resolve…. damn not enough”

I think my favorite parts of the video are when you come so incredibly close to one-shotting certain bosses that you can’t actually see what’s left in their health bars, presumably leaving them in the single digits.

Gideon: *monologuing* Tarnished: *walking up slowly applying 47 buffs naked wielding a giant hammer*

Imagine the sheer terror of the bosses who need to fight this naked man applying 80 damage buffs to his giant hammer

This man will do anything to avoid getting a few more strength levels

Sir Ofnir is the epitome of a villain bragging about his evil plan and just instantly getting killed 😂

Margit trying not to cry from being hit so damn hard

Bushy: * fails to one shot margit* Margit: put these foolish ambitions to rest

If this was canonI would imagine the bosses would communicate after fighting him like, "Dawg he fr walked in here, applied like 50 damage buffs, took 99.9% of my health with one swing and left to get stronger." Like, eventually they'd probably just leave.

7:55 Just to let you know, Magrit in NG has 4.174HP, that's what we call, "close enough"

It was perfect that Margit said "put these foolish ambitions to rest" when you left him with 1 health

Holy shit Gideon was so funny. Dude was just monologuing then got smashed Looney Toons style halfway through his speech. Fucking gold.

im surprised he never used howl of shabriri since that's like a straight up 20-30% damage buff, stacked with madness buildup and black dumpling would probably have insane results

I think this is a hilarious concept for a character. Imagine someone who’s entire life purpose is to one shot every being they fight and if they can’t they just leave and train more until they can.

If we do end up getting DLC for Elden Ring, there should be a secret boss which is a re-skin of the Mimic Tear, except it applies twenty buffs before you enter the fog door.

There's something incredibly satisfying about him listing off each buff step one by one. _"Drink... Vow... Blue... Drink... 2-hand... Determination..."_

Bro, the amount of time and ingenuity you put into doing this, I don’t think anyone will fault you for two-shot Radagon. This video was awesome.

I love watching people in games like these mix together like 15 different buffs that all perfectly stay active long enough to one-shot bosses where it 100% was not supposed to happen lol

“Drink…Vow….Flame…Two-Handed” will live rent free in my head for awhile now. Great video.

If I did this challenge, the hardest part for me would be remembering to do all those incantations. Sometimes I can’t even remember to drink my wondrous flask lol

I must say I really wanna go play Elden ring after this the fact you knew all the buffs and items screams dedication, and shows just how unique each run can be in terms of setup and how to beat bosses. This was hands down better and more fun to watch than dark souls 1 shots.

"Hey do you remember that big ass hammer we made that no one could carry" "Yeah" "Well there is this naked bald guy bonking our gods to death with it"

22:45 I'd like to nominate my man with the torch for helping bushy see while he was using the stone sword key. Torch man clearly clutched this moment lmao

"Put these foolish ambitions to rest." Bold words from a man with not even a sliver of health left on the healthbar.

This is the same checklist I use to solve real-life problems, too. "Drink... Throw That... Vow... Cleanse... Drink..."

Just to note, Margit was quite literally the definition of "he's one". Bushy doing a whopping 4173 damage points while Margit's base game health being 4174. Just wow lol.

37:29 Gideon: i know in my bones also Gideon: * every bone in his body is now dust *

I love how begginers see Bocs gift of mushrooms as useless but speedrunners and gimmick runners talk to Boc only to get the mushrooms.

I swear no matter the variety of run - no hit, only items, one shot bosses, only summons, double/tripling enemies etc. - it is ALWAYS the Fire Giant that is a wall. Every. Single. Time xD

It's been over a year and I'm still watching the strange bearded guy break Bambi's legs with a large rock on a stick

Damn it, someone beat me to it!!! I really wanted to attempt a run similar to this but I kept hitting a wall vs Maliketh. Also, really creative thinking with the Winged Greathorn. I would've never thought of that in a thousand years. GG, great video.

38:36 “11,762.. how much damage did I need to do?” rhymes great😂 a great run overall!

While I don't personally agree with stuff like Comet Azur being a "1 Shot" by definition as it has to hit the enemy multiple times even if it is a single cast, it's an impressive video none the less and seeing just how many bosses CAN be legitimately 1 shot, is impressive.

Keep in mind, you are able to get a +25 BEFORE MORGOTT. there's **just barely** enough smithing stone 8's around the map for +24 and you can get the ancient shard from killing Gostoc (I've done this in a SL1 playthrough with a +24 Flame Art Zweihander before Morgott, it had 1400+ AR when buffed with Golden Vow (yes, you can use GV as SL1), Flame grant me strength, Braggort's Roar and Flame Physic)

You do a really good job of editing streams into content that feels like it was purpose built to be a RU-vid video. Very little downtime, quick cuts when you're farming, very little dead air, all that stuff. Great stuff, dude!

dude this is insane, i struggled so bad with these bosses and u literally one shot them

I have learned so much about the game mechanics from watching these challenge runs. Thanks Bushy!

Here's my theory as to why the Regal Ancestor got killed the 2nd time but not the first: Okay, so we have two things here. If it's standing in water, any kind of water, that's a 10% fire resistance. So, if it didn't have that additional fire resistance, it might have died the first time. It might also be likely it was hit during a counter frame in the second time!

This run is the most hype I've even gotten for a Souls Challenge run. Long live the Bonk Lord

Imagine a dude in a loincloth with a massive hammer approaching you saying, "Drink, vow, flame, throw that." as he poisons, impales, and inflicts madness on himself. I think I would run.

I appreciate that you put in what each item does as you grabbed them

The editing in these is very good and appreciated. Especially the added text and images to help keep track. And I honestly liked that he kept explaining what he had to do, for his own sake I'm sure, but I always got confused at the buffing in ymfah videos.

bushy: uses almost an entire set of copious and numerous buffs while mid combat with a rapidly attacking foe me: can barely drink one flask of wondrous physick while fighting an enemy that takes twelve seconds to swing their first attack

I love that Gideon went exactly as expected.

By your own rules, Godfrey the first Hoarah loux would be a three phase boss. After your first 7k hit on him he did that big slow quake attack, after that point his move set changes to include quake attacks. Then there is the hoarah loux phase.

bruh its crazy to think elden ring came out in 2022 like it feels like its been there since 2021

Idea, don't know how original it is: "Can you beat Elden Ring by turning it into a boss rush?" You can only kill, directly, the bosses. You cannot pick up any weapons or armor that do not come from bosses (so, you can't pick up armor you find on a body, but you can buy boss armor after beating them from the old finger maiden lady) and you can only level up with runes you obtain from beating bosses.

This is insane. Makes me completely re-evaluate how I'm playing elden ring.

Impressive dedication and management of these setups. I could never stomach such setup times. As little setup as possible for my builds thank you very much.

gideon is a perfect example of why you should never monologue lmao

Seeing you melt the Elden Beast is the most satisfying thing ever

Excellent run, I'd definitely call the Radagon thing a phase 2 so I'd say you did it. Super entertaining as usual, really glad I found your channel.

This was the first video I watched from Bushy and I have been subscribed ever since.

7:52 The most accurate PUT THESE FOOLISH AMBITIONS TO REST ever lol

Knowing all these buffs and utilizing them to break the game was cool and all.... but the real impressive thing about this video is the editing. Just going through that amount of content is insane enough but you got a lot of funny moments and process moments into the video too. Thanks so much for the effort on both the gameplay and videomaking!!

The buffing up in the correct order without forgetting anything and not letting the buffs run out was probably the hardest part about this run. I wonder how many failed tries you had that you cut out for the video :) Really great stuff!

First vid of urs I’m watching but ur already one of my fav elden ring content creators just for putting what each item u pick up does on screen. As someone who hasn’t been able to get the game yet it’s very very nice. Thank u man

7:55 The right reaction to Margit quotes "Put those foolish ambition to rest"

37:01 Seeing phase 2 Maliketh get smacked down like that after the suffering through fighting him myself gives me *immense* satisfaction

I’m gonna be honest, this was the most satisfying Elden Ring video I’ve watched so far. This shows how much replay ability this game has and how much fun you can have with almost infinity at the palm of your hand. GG bro

I know it's a year later but I consider Elden Beast going into a 2nd phase when he does the triple halo. He's capable of doing the standard single halo move all the way through the fight but if you consider a phase change being either an increase of power or a change up of moveset, I'd definitely say Elden Beast has two phases. Also not 100% sure but isn't that hand star launcher thing he does only a move that happens after half his health is gone?

Loved this! It's so satisfying seeing all the preparation and calculations pay off

Honestly, I don't even care how you ended up doing it in the end. I just find it so amazing that with the right knowledge of the game's mechanics and different item synergies, you can trivialize even the final two bosses of the game with a single attack (even if it would realistically take more time to set up than it would to just beat them legit lol)

Radegon definitely has a phase change even if it’s not by the definition you’ve been going by. He gets much more aggressive after half health

Interesting that you can cure scarlet rot since it’s such a huge plot point in the game about it not being curable…

Even if it took you a couple of hours, watching you 3 tap Fire Giant gave me so much joy. Great video dood.

appreciate you putting the info in for all the buffs and items you picked up along the run dude, great vid

When the buff phases take longer than the boss fights. Brilliant and well done. Keep it up!

I'm at a loss for words at how you just one shotted Radagon. That was impressive.

This is the reason I decided to finally play elden ring, thank you so much. I'm already 40 hours in with astel, Margit, godrick, renala, Redhan and all of rannis questline done. I wouldn't have started this amazing journey if I hadn't seen this stupidly funny video. Edit: I beat the elden beast and am now into my second playthrough.

29:07 "This is gonna be so ez" Fire Giant: And I took that personally 😂

My guy. I know you probably get this a lot, but you are criminally underrated. Keep content like this up and you’re going somewhere broski

Gideon,"I know it in my bones". Gideon, you aint got any bones after that.

I feel like this is like that time in the one dragonball movie where, to beat a super namekian, piccolo lets himself get grabbed and nearly crushed, then rips his own ears off, and tells gohan to whistle. That's what this build is.

This was an absolute clinic on game mechanics and amazing to watch.

Another thing he could have done was equip the Twinbird Kite Shield which gives the low hp% damage buff while also allowing you to two-hand the giant's crusher unlike the jellyfish shield

Nights cavalry leaping off the bridge is the funniest thing ive seen all day

I can’t imagine myself being this well coordinated applying all these buffs, holy shit.

Meteorite of Astel can also one-shot the Elden Beast. Took me ages to finally get the timing right, but it was the only way I could finish it in the end.

This is a list of everything that I used in the video. I did not use all of these in every fight, but I did use all of them at 1 or more points in the run. Buffs from the same category do not stack with each other, except for the unique category, unique buffs stack with everything always. weapon: Giant Crusher, Lusat's staff with Comet Azur weapon buffs: Determination and Royal Knights Resolve body buffs: Exalted Flesh, Bloodboil Aromatic, Flame Grant me Strength aura buffs: Golden vow ash of war, Golden Vow incantation, Rallying standard (commander's standard) Shield buffs: contagious fury (jellyfish shield) Unique buffs: faith-knot crystal tear, strength-knot crystal tear, spiked cracked tear, magic-shrouding cracked tear, flame-shrouding cracked tear, terra magica Talismans: Radagon's Soreseal, starscourge heirloom, two fingers heirloom, axe talisman, magic scorpion charm, fire scorpion charm, red-feathered branch sword, ritual sword talisman, kindred of rot exultation, lord of blood's exultation. armor with special effects: black dumpling, white mask, mushroom crown

I have watched this video so many times because I kept thinking there was one part where you had the timers for all the buffs on screen. It is also just super enjoyable and made me into a based str player

Last word every boss hears before their death: *man monologuing the buffs he is applying*

37:13 The best part for me was Gideon Ofnir's death whilst monologing XD

Honestly, I think it'd be a fun run to just use this build on a playthrough that isn't focused on one-shotting. Two-shotting or even four-shotting the boss works just fine by me lol.

24:48 you know, all the buffing up and debuffing reminds me of the over Lord scene lol 😆

Godfry after getting killed: "Try strength befits a crown" That's the best explanation of this run

The amount of game knowledge displayed by orchestrating so many buffs and effects together in specific orders is incredible

of all the bosses in this video, the most satisfying thing was to see those crystalians get smashed in one hit

Dude this was a funny and very enjoyable vid. Drink, vow, flame....😂

I pogged super hard at the Fire Giant. Well done, Bushy. Well done indeed!

Godrick is full 1 shot-able without cutscene. Dragon lightning if I recall correctly. Cool run either way.

I found you not very long ago and you're really fun to watch, I'm guessing you stream on twitch imma have to come on there one day

This was an epic challenge run and really good to show how knowledge of gear/buffs/mechanics can allow players with that knowledge to do incredible things. My only nitpick was the Commander Niall fight.. It like you used the common strat of a bewitching branch on one of his banished knights…. Who then did some damage to the boss himself. I think you could have also crushed the banished knight each with a single hit…. And then still one-tapped each of his phases. Still though it was an incredible run.

The amount of game knowledge in this is phenomenal