Dark Souls but it's with Mathematically Optimized Damage 

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Now do mathematically unoptimised damage

>optimised damage >doesn't use Kirk armor for extra 6 damage during rolls

It’s worth noting that the DEFENSE formula isn’t actually data-mined, it was manually figured out, so it might not be 100% accurate. But it’s obviously close enough, but minor margins of error do occur , also if you press lock-on button mid attack animation, your damage will always be off by 1, so who knows what’s going.

THANK YOU for making a video that isn't just >short introduction >cut to stream VOD Thank you for actually editing a video

The NG+ video would just be a 10 second clip of him saying "Dark Bead at all times".

Youre so good at this game because of your knowledge and at the same time so bad! I love it and im very frustrated by the gameplay too 10/10 vid

Just finished my all items ng+7 prep for the dlc so my recommended has been filled with fromsoft videos the past few weeks, but I have to say this was part of the cream of the crop. Very relaxing delivery and interesting topic, cheers.

I’ve heard you loud and clear: I should’ve, at a minimum, been using rtsr and power within. I’ll be sure to keep that in mind for future upcoming projects (DS3, Elden Ring, maybe even a revisit of Dark Souls with an optimized DPS build instead of just damage)!

I love all your unique challenges!

Nice vid, might be worth a side note in the case of the Taurus Demon that by baiting him off the edge the world can deal a stupidly high damage number(whatever the trigger value is specifically). I understand the scope of this video is purely damage YOU can inflict though

man I really look forward to these deep dives into your attempt at mathematically perfect souls. Truly is quality content and we do not deserve it

Wow! Thanks for all the views everyone! A couple of notes that people have pointed out: I totally forgot you could go down to the blacksmith in New Londo without the master key, so technically I could’ve gotten a +5 before the Taurus Demon. I also probably should’ve thrown my stats up in screen for each fight to show where the AR of my weapons were coming from, I’ll keep that in mind for future videos. I think this run I finished at SL100 with 45ish strength and 35ish intelligence, whatever was needed to 2-shot Gwyn. My next big project is ranking every weapon, generally by DPS with some personal input, and I hope to have that out mid-March as it is a big undertaking. In the meantime, I may do a video on explaining the Dark Souls damage formula as a bit of a precursor.

Great info & narration, very chill

This is an awesome playthrough! I love using mathematically optimal builds in games

This was nothing short of exceptional. I can't wait to watch your channel blow up. Thanks for the super interesting and well researched and commentated video!

What an amazing idea - and execution - of a video. You will blow up, no doubts ;)

I find it silly when people complain that "Dark Souls is too hard, it needs an easy mode" when the game has so many different ways to completely break its difficulty. The game already has an easy mode, it's called being resourceful.

I apologize for commenting so early in the video, but tail-cut weapons ARE guaranteed.

this would be interesting to see on Elden Ring ngl, I REALLY liked the concept and idea of this run, amazing vid!

Totally deserved the attention this video is getting, it was suggested to me a few days ago and I've been binging your videos as i work since :)

Minor idea to improve the damage early game, the Asylum Demon drops the Demon’s Great Hammer if you defeat him on your first attempt, which deals more damage than the Zweihander(I think, not sure what the motion values are). Since this is very easy to accomplish with Black Firebombs, it’s ultimately more optimal to use that as the early game weapon of choice. Granted, the stat requirements would be a nightmare to get early game, but it would still be worth the grind, especially if you got the drop from the Taurus Demon, because then you wouldn’t have to grind the stats for that weapon.

Damn i just found you and i was listening blind and i just assumed the bloodborne ones were already out and dark souls 3 .. i check and this video droped like a day ago lmao cant wait to see more!

Great vid so far, but I’ll be the “um actually” guy lol and point out you can upgrade your gear before Taurus demon. The hollow enemies can drop titanite shards and you can go to Rickert right before new londo and have him upgrade your stuff.

Quality content!

Very cool to find a new souls creator, making original content as a newer player to such a relatively old community! Loved this video

loved the video, do more on dark souls 1 and 2!

Super entertaining video, with great gameplay, and excellent commentary. Thanks for finding all that stuff out! Can't wait to see what other videos you make and have made. P.S. You should show off your whole build and stats at the end. Armour, levels, etc.

Gotta sub, for the effort and dedication 🤚🏻

I hope this video blow up, i find this a really cool idea

Never seen Sif just walk back like that.

Also, I'd definitely enjoy the DS3 version of this you mentioned during the Manus fight!

Good lord. That spell chasing at 33:45. Phew...

Cool run, you're making me want to play Dark Souls again. I'm gonna steal some strats and go for big numbers, thanks for the tips

Congratulations on getting into DS content creation. I watched the full vid and it was entertaining. Good luck with your next projects.

Entertaining, keep em coming :)

Killer video! Would love to see you do this with ds3

Hey Trev new to your channel and I’m loving your videos!

Hmm...an optimised Defense build? Dedicate yourself to making enemy attacks hit as close to zero as possible, while waiting them out with status effects and consumables, not sure if you'd use a shield in your endeavour to prove true Defense, but i guess if you did you could shield poke perhaps. Or just maybe full no-shield it to prove your dedication to immaculate Defense.

(another comment lol) I think the tier list of game weapons by DPS output against late game bosses is a cool idea, specially for me since Dark Souls is my comfort game (ironically) so I always go back to it regularly and I love trying out new weapons and new builds and seeing things, would be fun to look at some alternatives I'm yet to consider (and well, I suppose that something similar for all the fromsoft titles would be neat too)

i really enjoyed watching this video. i would like to see dark souls 3 next :)

Cool run! Gives a sense of what Fromsoft was expecting players to be using. Think you could optimize a little better by changing from damage per hit to damage per second in your weapon selection.

This is crazy, I've always gone through with the calculation of "If enemy health >0, bonk"

I can tell this'll be a good channel

i did not expect the 2 shot gwyn

Is there a reason why you didn’t pick faith? I thought you would go with something like int until you can get your hands on the miracle, hence the deprived class. You can glitch both souls for infinite levels and proof of a concord kept, allowing you to have a darkmoon blade at max covenant level surpassing the crystal catalyst, you can also switch to sunlight blade for bosses resistant to magic damage (or just alternating between the two in NG+). Power within also synergies well with weapon buffs Edit: oh and the dragon+ ring buffs, forgot, thought at that point, it becomes impractical

Great video man

No PNG, an "A" missing. Clearly a thumbnail worthy of 80.000 views.

Loved this challenge ❤

That Kalameet fight had me on the edge of my seat. Manus looked like it was getting pretty dicey too in some spots. I played Dark Souls right when it came out because I had a boner for fromsoft in high school because of Demons Souls and you, a dude who just started playing these games last year taught me something about damage scaling. Keep up the good work, your RTSR video blew my mind.

Cool video! I bet the dps run would be more varied, but I'll wait for your big project instead of trying to figure it out with my smooth brain.

33:47 lol he went to the prometheus school of rolling away from things

Only 1k subs? this is good content...

it'd literally just be pyromancy and then sorcery and then sorcery for truly optimized dps.

Waiting for the 17 revision videos as everyone slowly combines their knowledge

I mean this with absolutely no connotation but you commentate like a pilot for a commercial airline

Kalameet is gated by Artorios because you need Gough to shoot him down to actually fight him. Otherwise he just stays in the air carpet bombing the arena with fire breath soon as you set foot inside

You have a very soothing voice, a great companion to my toothache. I’ll stick around for more

2:10 According to wikidot, there is a mistake here. The second range should read: DMG = _x*( (19.2/49) * (x/D - 0.125)^2 + 0.1 )_ where x is attack and D is defense.

They really didn't want mage builds rolling over that dlc 😂

Really good buddd!!!

Grinding on slimes works a lot better with fire

interesting premise. earned a sub

Holy shit; Joe Rogan playing Dark Souls?? Jokes aside, this was a nice video. I enjoyed your explanations and commentary!

The damage formula seems awfully convoluted, no wonder defense is generelly pretty unclear.

Enjoying the video! Really satisfies my dark souls love while combining it with my inner dnd powergamer. One curiosity I have is you mentioned how split damage is just worse in so many situations, how would the tumble buffing glitch from OG DS1 impact its viabiility? I remember I used to do a mage with a lightning uchi + gltiching crystal weapon onto it as my base replay character typically.

Great video, enjoyed the math :) You just gotta practice those rolls a bit 😅

You shoulda gotten the dragon king great axe by cuttigg the gaping dragons tail off cuz you can buff that weapon too

The mathematically optimized damage rout would probably be something like what I did for my optimized build, which is to get the master key by either means, (or do the lower undead burg skip) kill the Capra Demon first, and then upgrade the highest strength weapon (Demon's Greataxe from Shiva of the East) all the way to plus 15. From there you pretty much just need Power Within before you fight the next boss (whichever you choose). From there, once you have your STR at the soft cap, the only further goal should be to get the best catalyst you can at this point in the game, make sure you have enough int to use it, and whatever the strongest magic weapon spell you can get is. Once you reach Gwyndolyn you will have to switch to her Faith-based magic weapon spell and catalysts, because it is better. You will need to max out her covenant to get the most out of this.

That misspelling in the thumbnail “Optimized Damge.

This was on my home page!

Hey man I really enjoy your content and effort. This video is amazing. One little note tho. You should adjust your mic input sensitivity so we dont hear you breathing. Great video and awesome work. Sorry for being mean someone just needs to say it.

This is so cool

I like Maths I Like Dark souls So glad I found this channel

For the maximum DPS run, people have been recommending the painting guardian sword with a maxed out darkmoon blade buff forever. It's a grind and a half to get both of those, but I wonder how it actually stacks up.

Standing next to Quelaag's spider head (between the head and the leg) is actually a mostly safe place, her sword attacks cannot hit you from there Im pretty sure. At the very least the times Ive stood there she has not been able to.

That is the second weapon with the most damage that I found, the first is the enchanted great ax at +5 which with all the same improvements does 1857 base damage 💀

could do a souls mimic challenge, where you pick one of the games and you have to gear yourself to near match the boss for the area? use same weapon/weapon type, use similar armor Or even a rebellion run, play as a foot soldier and only use standard soldier/knight equipment.

I feel that for when you showed the formulas at the start, it would have been helpful to show the continuous function graphed, so that we can see visually which parts of the function might grow faster than others

Seeing that absolutely absurd defense formula makes it even funnier that Joseph Anderson got mad at Breath of the Wild and Dragon's Dogma for not working the same way he (thought) DS worked

All i want in life is a mod that replace sif boss fight with a petting minigame

With DPS optimization I wonder if it's possible to include attack timing (so, how much time an attack takes (including a bit to run up to hit) and how many of boss's attacks provide required timespan. It is a more specific information though

"going to avoid tail cut weapons as they're not guaranteed" yes they are also pinwheel that early is absolutely not the intended route, you're directed towards the undead church, and blighttown at the same time, you're only directed towards pinwheel after you get the lordvessel, npcs in the game have dialogue, which you're blatantly ignoring and i'm not sure why

It would be interesting to see it optimized still without the master key, but with not following normal progression. You can get +5 in undead burg by farming hollow soldiers for titanite and going to the sorcerer blacksmith in new Londo ruins.

Good video 👍

FYI, darkmoon blade out damages crystal magic weapon. It just requires a significant farm if you don't pvp or dupe the items necessary to +3 the covenant.

Enjoying the video (just saw you handle the moonlight butterfly), but how are you working with levels? Do you have a level cap per boss you aim for, or is it just whatever stats you have when you get to a boss? Apologies if I missed that information.

Truly optimized would be killing Taurus and restarting every time you don't get his axe 😉

It might have been obvious by now, but if you jump attack while you're plunging attack, you can occasionally double-dip and do some extra damage if the weapon hit box collides with the enemy before the plunging attack animation starts playing. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the best weapon buff in the entire game is Darkmoon Blade, it has a higher magic adjust with enough Concord Kepts, oh, and you forgot to get Power Within after killing Quelaag man.

Is defense like this? A massive piecewise function series like this? Might explain why defense seems to drop off pretty hard after awhile.

zweihander go swoosh thump swoosh thump

couldn't you use rickert to get your zweihander to +5 early or does he only do magic reinforcement

Is getting a fire enchantment for the zweihander early on not considered a normal run? Or did you just not get it because it would ruin the zweihander later? That's a classic setup for giant dad builds and the plunging attack for an un-upgraded fire zweihander almost oneshots the taurus demon

Surprised you didn’t use Rickert in the early game since he lets you upgrade before Taurus

OPTIMIZED DAMGE

lol, this guy is a genius

Surprised you didnt elect to use RTSR or power within a lot earlier. That would have definitely increased your damage from blighttown onward, but i respect the choice to not use it entirely to see the limits.

I actually think it's nice that you didn't use rtsr or pw because those can be a bit tricky to use as a casual player, also it would have been nice to see the damage setup (weapon name, weapon upgrade, buffs) alongside all the numbers on the screen, I know the info is in the voice over but having all the info on screen at all time would make it easier to follow now I'm jealous I don't have some cool dark souls video ideas like you just to give myself an excuse to replay this game

i am almost positive you can get to andre without the master key, reliably...just not easily. now i could be wrong cause i dont remember the full details but if i am not mistaken you only need the master key to get into the valley of the drakes from firelink shrine, but you can get into new londo ruins. if you follow new londo ruins and open the door draining the ruins you can then leave through that area, go up the tower straight across the bridge, go through the darkroot basin and up into the undead parish. its super roundabout but doable.i always think of that route when i hear people say something like "cant use the back entrance to blight town cause i didnt grab the key" like yes you can, you just have to go the super long route through the parish, through the basin, and through the valley of the drakes. now where i might be wrong about getting to andre is that i just dont remember if you need the key from ingward in order to drain new londo ruins. if you do need his key then according to the rules of this run yes you couldnt make that trip but if you dont need the key to drain it then its a 100% viable route to take its just ridiculous hard at early levels cause those ghosts will mess you up.

Now do mathematically optimized dps by adding the frame data of different r1s to the equation