Can You Beat Dark Souls Using The "WORST" NOOB WEAPON? 

What was your favourite drake?

With a Drake sword, there's gotta be a Josh sword somewhere in-game.

Question, does that suggestion of playing a drinking game based on the number of times you said "drake" count as attempted murder?

The drake sword is great for early game, good temporary weapon until you find something more specific to your build.

7:20 That was the most epic plunging attack I have ever seen

After you've explained rule number 3 and said that it won't be much, I fully expected "With that out of the way" getting followed by "Drake, Drake, Drake, Drake" 😅

Drake the type of guy to use the Drake sword

Oh how times change , I remember how everyone was obsessed with this weapon for how strong it was , 10 years later and nearly 10,000 hours and hundreds of speedruns later , i sometimes forget that this weapon exists

I watch backlogs, zerolenny, and other challenge runners who've mentioned you, so this is your first video that I've seen. I decided to take up your shot challenge as I had shot glasses nearby (no alcohol so I chose a different drink) by 3:15 I realized I had made a misdrake, by 6:30 I had finished my beverage of choice off, and never wanted to drink it again because somehow everything becomes worse when you do shots of it.

I remembered always making the Drake Sword a priority in all my early Dark Souls runs. But now my defaults are always either the Zweihander or making the suicide run through the Catacombs for the Great Scythe.

I did use the drake sword (+5) on Kalameet my first playthrough and got the tailcut on my third fight which was also when I killed him because each attempt was so excruciatingly slow that I had learnt him fairly well by that point. Also after about 2 hours of trying to cut Manus' tail I finally went online and learnt that you can't. "Fun" times.

while this weapon doesnt develop very well inton end game, you also have to remember- it is a straight sword. So even if it does have great damage, it isn't hard to get damage in. Straight swords in these games generally have great movesets that are functional and safe. Fighting with it is usually not harder- just longer.

Honestly, I can't believe the good ole drakesword never made it into 2 or 3. It's kind of iconic.

I counted anywhere from 70-75 drakes. I don't think I can drink that much of anything in 20 minutes.

I think it’s actually pretty good for a first playthrough as you can just become a tank since you only need to level up health and endurance, also it gives you a chance to learn the bosses attacks as it does low enough damage to make bosses use almost all their moves

For 16 strength and 10 dexterity , 300 physical damage is not bad for a straight sword. Could be used on a pyro tank build if you don't like split damage and/or heavy weapons.

I did the drinking challenge with a protein shake and now I can rip the sword off with my bare hands

You skip Ash Lake because "a new player won't find it", I think it's more likely to find Ash Lake as a new player than figuring out how to jump in Firelink, curl up and take the flight back to Asylum. So Painted World should've not been entered with the 'noobs cant find Ash Lake' rule set.

My favourite part in the FROM SOFTWARE universe is when JK Leeds proclaimed "It's Draking time." and indeed Draked all over Lordran.

Since im a minor and can't consume alcohol, I decided to do the challenge with chocolate, ended it with Diabetes type 2 but it was worth it.

I use it every playthrough, its the easiest weapon to use up until both bells are rung and lets you spread your stats out more once you have 16 strength

Tbh it´s perfect for just clearing the undead burg and if you manage to get pretty much any black knight weapon soon after you are set for the rest of a normal run.

The Drake sword is a perfect weapon for getting me through the catacombs to get the gravelord great sword which proceeded to last me the entire game.

I loved the Drake sword on my first few playthroughs. It was in a game guide/achievement guide and back then nobody overly hated it, other than saying that theres better swords about it was pretty much widely recommended.

I loved the Frampton joke. In fact, this entire video was darn hilarious, you got yourself a new subscriber.

For an added challenge for us viewers, take a sip every time JK makes a pun

Back in the day, I would use this until I got the lightning spear in Sen's. By the time I got to the giant I could get it to +3 or 4. The Drake sword was always a functional weapon for that brief period. When I get to the Giant blacksmith I usually either keep using the lightning spear or make Quelag's fury sword. After lordvessel, I farm the little skeletons to get max humanity which makes the fury sword great. Going back to the Drake sword after either of those really let's you see the difference.

I did your drinking challenge and almost died of alcohol poisoning, you’ll be hearing from my lawyer.

I remember talking to my friends about the Drake Sword in school a few months after the game came out. I learned about it through a friend who saw a really early guide on RU-vid on how to get it. I never really liked it because the idea of a weapon draining lots of durability when you attacked scared me. My friend however never replaced it until he got the lightning spear in Sens (another amazing noob weapon).

I still use this weapon early game because of the initial damage. Though I think that's also probably because initially on my first ever blind playthrough, I started off leveling up myself rather than my weapons (I did not know you could do that) and my friend told me that I managed to avoid the trap with the sword. I still like the sword but I know there is better weapons out there.

10:30 Okay, you got yourself a subscriber. That was a good one.

I had no idea that the sword had an R2 special….and I used this sword a lot in my early days….I’m truly amazed

Man this drinking has me draking. Good stuff. I finished my first play through with that sword lol.

This weapon is the reason I ever managed to get into Dark Souls and then From Soft games in general, it may be a crutch, but it really helps ease you into the game and help avoid some of the frustrations that might make a newcomer rage quit and never touch the game again. It's basically like having training wheels on a bike, and once you get used to the game and its systems and you grow more patience for death and retrying areas and bosses over and over again, you move on to an actual decent weapon.

I don’t think this sword is that bad and I usually pick it up to use on the early game bosses (mostly just undead burg/parish) but I usually decide on a weapon for my character after getting past that

Great comedy with the whole drake thing. This kinda reminds me of the damage levels I dealt on my first playthrough. My iron golem fight was even longer than yours.

I think its a pretty good weapon for when you're just starting out with the game but switching out by the time you start heading to blighttown/quelaag is a must. I think my first few runs of the game i would use the Drake sword for a bit until I was able to upgrade the Uchigatana.

Can you do a run where it’s basically just like an average run Summoning, cheesing some bosses, playing with friends, playing pvp, and other things. Would be fun and silly to see.

Fantastic video my dude

This was THE sword for my first playthrough. With all the dragon scales update it was viable. But I did also use a crossbow for some enemies, especially those stupid pop-up plants in the garden.

I still use the Drake weapon when I make a Mage Build until I can make myself a decent Int scaling weapon. it's pretty reliable if you don't want to dump too much into physical stats iirc

No way! I just started that exact run yesterday! Cheers man!

Thank you for the tip. I just started playing dark souls remastered last week

these puns are killing me and I want more

One thing that alot of people not pay attention to, is that because you only need enough stats to wield it, you can spam all the rest of the stats into survivibility stats making it more forgiving to learn the movesets of bosses. You have so much hp and stamina that you can tank many things and survive and you can dodge spam for a while and get into a better spot. And since DS1 has some horrible boss runbacks... it´s pretty much a really good setup to have to learn the game honestly. I would always tell new players to go for the sword and just get enough stats to wield it, never upgrade it, then once you have another weapon that is better, switch to that over time. That makes it that the player can fully invest in survivability in the beginning and once they got used to their hp and stamina setup they can go for more damage. So here is my Hot Take: The drake sword is actualy a new player AND intermediate player trap for people who do not understand how to actualy use this weapon propperly. Not realizing how good of an early game weapon it is and how much more smooth it makes the early game if you switch to a better weapon at the right time. Obviously if you are a good player you know how to get to a good weapon fast and instandly start doing big things but neither new players nor intermediates do. Intermediates will watch youtube videos and follow guides but often still dont have a decent grasp and start dying even with their new weapon. And good - god tier lvl players no death or even no hit the entire game with anything so there is no point in discussing that anyway. The drake sword is a missunderstood gem.

I was a Drake Sword Simp at first, too. Currently I'm working on beating the game concurrently with all 10 starting classes with starting gear only. I'm allowing all rings and items, and casters can use any spells so I don't get bored. I'm also slowly plodding through a kill off everything run in DS2, though it's so tedious I need to take frequent breaks.

My god, these puns. Very entertaining video, and nice Peter Frampton reference lmao

22:20 you really made us take that 20 shots😂

I appreciate the jokes for the DS 2 fans :) Although, you did miss out on a big part of why the drake sword is considered a trap. The high early damage means new players don't really learn how to fight. So, when the damage falls off, they're stuck having to go back and relearn how to play.

On one of my runs i made the mistake of using the drake sword all the way to the iron golem lol

I swear the drake puns gave me paranoia, every time he spoked I was afraid of another pun

All dragon weapons have a unique ability to do double damage all you have to do is time the special attack at the right time that's why they have no scailing

On my first run I went to cut the tail on the drake with the claymore, I cut the tail I took the weapon looked at the attacks and never used it again, after all I am a black knight weapon enjoyer 😈💯

Since people do runs without upgrading stats or SL25, yeah, it is totally doable, this is a great weapon, not the best obviously, but a great one, you can focus on health and stamina after this for a while and the game will become way easier ! Either way this game is meant to be played ranger with Faith or INT, the spells are SO DAMN strong in this one, unlike the 2, 3 and elden ring where I never even do a caster since it was ubderpowered when you compare to the first one

Drake sword is the best crutch in the series for a newcomer when you're straight up not having a good time.

That was the most fire plunge attack I ever seen cuh 😂😂🤣

It makes an okay secondary weapon for a magic using character, due to its low stat requirements and not needing to worry about scaling. There are surely better options, but it could be worse.

Personally, my noob "trap" weapon on my first playthrough was the Black Knight sword, that I got from the blue tear stone Bk. It just did so much damage I just couldn't not use it, which I didn't enjoy that much since I hate slow-hard hitting weapons. And I kept on switching to it on and off throughout the playthrough.

says there wont be that many times you hear drake continues to make every single pun possible using it

I've counted 76 drakes needless to say my bottle is now empty

Calling the drake sword a "noob trap" is like calling Jagen from Fire Emblem an "Exp thief".

By about the 4:20 mark, I have begun to believe that abiding by Rule 3 may have been a misdrake for this poor girl 😵‍💫

The sheer amount of times you managed to slip drake into the script is impressive.

7:14 LMAO that is the most epic plunging attack I have ever seen :D

i'm always amazed people who can do low-damage runs. And this didn't look that bad. I suspect that this weapon fulfills it's purpose just fine, good in the early game but meant to be replaced by something else.

In my first run, I played blind in Dark Souls 1.0 unpatched on Xbox360. I used minimal online hints, but I did use japanese maps I found just to understand the layout. I found out about the drake sword, somehow, and.... used it for the whole game. Gwyn with a drake sword was a bad time, but not nearly as bas as when I got double-cursed in the depths.

I did this challenge time ago (except the Ash Lake limit). 40 in vitality and endurance, light armour for fast dodge and a big shield for block. One of my best characters. I used similar builds in the other 2 game of the series.

the way he combined normal words and drake made me feel drunk when I cant and don't even drink

I loved the Drake sword. Used it until I farmed a black knight great sword in the asylum. They were the only two weapons I used in my three playthroughs. Maybe I should have broadened my horizons slightly.

So I figured I could do the drinking challenge with water, I'm calling it quits a third of the way into the video after drinking an entire liter. Update: yeah that ending would have killed me

watching this while hung over, the drinking game really helps me with hydraking xD

This is the run with the most simultaneous deaths I've ever seen

I used Drake Sword on my first playthrough, but by the time I got to Sens Fortress I switched to the Claymore.

That hollow soldier trick shot got me

Ran out of drinks, had to glue myself to the tap to keep the challenge going.

At the start: "Let's get this show rolling!" At the end: "WazzzzupImafuzzybizzzz..."

I tend to use it for the early game until I am able to get my hands on whatever weapon I'm planning on using (or until I have the stats to use whichever weapon well)

i tapped out of the drinking game at 9:13 lmao

i drank 57 times, and now i can see drakes with my very eyes

that drinking game at the beginning is such an evil challenge

12:13 this transition was brilliant hahaha 😂😂😂

So glad i never found this sword and instead stuck with a longsword until I found the claymore. The battle axe, though, is kind of better than the claymore, at least right now

Got this vid recommended a few days ago and gave it a go yesterday evening, i didn't know what could await me, but i started with lineing out a couple of shot glasses. I was like 6 mins in, and couln't drake anymore, to be fair, i had a well earned sleep afterwards. Thanks for the Video. Also you just got yourselfe a new sub

dude… that first video 😂 that’s crazy that’s what sparked my curiosity in Dark Souls, and after i got it i understood….crazy how it became one of my favorite if not my favorite, series of all time

All the drake puns would've been fun if you hadn't made me reach for my glass every 10 seconds 😂

"want new player experience" takes huge shortcut immediately. gimme a drake dude

That "fuoco demoniaco" was flawless.

Hey question, what music is playing in the background? Loved the vid btw!^^

I did that. Started with Hunter/Bowclass and it took just 90h but it was the first time touching DS. Knew the game long before I did that. Love it 100x times more now

The part where you said "drake" was my favorite!

'Take a drink every time I say drake' Beginning of video: Oh hell yeah, this'll be fun! 4 minutes into the video: Oh shit this is gonna be bad

And by 11:10 you managed to end my beer. That was quick

Ikr, almost every complaint people have about Dark Souls 2 the first and third game also have those things. I just played Dark Souls 2 for the first time a few months ago after hearing all the hate for that game for years and I loved it. It's a great game

yea been streaming this game of my first playthrough and one of the sessions i did i had someone come into my chat telling me about this weapon and told me how to get it, and ive been unknowingly using it thinking its still good, and now i have no idea what im going to do now, in terms of what weapon i should be using.

0:04, you were not able to snipe the dragons tail to get the sword on or around release because 1.0 had a feature from demon souls where items dropped by mobs had to be picked up where it died. Much like Crystal lizards in demon souls; it wasn’t until a later patch that From added the instant inventory pick up after noticing all the complaints of players getting a drop in an out of bounds area (which would happen if you tried to snipe the tail on 1.0) or if you did manage to cut it on the bridge but then died and it despawned forever (same with any rare drop like crystal lizards or seaths tail cut for Moonlight greatsword, lava ring etc)

I just started playing ds remastered and im amazed by the lore , i dont understand a bit but its gon be fun learning

Okay that last Drakerush is attempted murder.

Not only I found the ash lake on my first playthrough, but I got stuck there for 9 hours💀trying to kill the hydras and then confused why there's a bid dragon that doesn't attack me. AND THOSE DAMN MUSHROOMS

I did the drake drinking game with coffee. I can now see time as it flows and hear gravity affecting the very fabric of spacetime itself

every time he doesn't put those three extra points into strength I experience a pain