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Zanny: never played a souls game Elden Ring: Put this foolish ambitions to rest

That reaction to beating Margit is exactly what makes these games so addicting for me.

Wonder how often we all just go "This isn't even a boss fight..."

8:19 Zanny: My powers have doubled since we last met Margit. Margit: Twice the pride, Double the Fall.

"Giant mosquito... Oh, Brazil". Come on, Zanny. Our mosquitoes are not giant. They just carry awful, incurable diseases. It's fine.

“I haven’t played a souls game before” Oh boy this is gonna be fun

I’ve watched this series like 5 times and it doesn’t get old. Zannys literally too good at making videos, definitely my favorite creator

I came here because someone on the Elden Ring subreddit said people were clowning on you over having trouble with Margit. Never watched a video of yours before, but you're pretty funny and entertaining. No lie I had to hold back a spit take while watching this. The pure elation in your voice when you finished him off was awesome, and you seem to be picking up on the mechanics really fast if this is really your first souls game other than Sekiro. Keep it up and don't let those maidenless runts get you down! I'll be cheering for you along with the rest of the community that aren't a bunch of knobs.

Enemy:“You maidenless runt” Zanny:”Did he just use his last breath to say I have no bitch”

Zanny: * doesn't have a puppy break * Everyone: *T R A I T O R*

I don't understand people who shit on new players, I love watching new players, you can see them getting better over time and it's also fun watching someone get beat down. I definitely think you should keep going and upload more Elden Ring

“ the confessor can dodge, the confessor can strike, the confessor can hang women for knowing math” 2:22 My favorite line of the video.

I do enjoy that everyone, like as a hive mind collective almost, decided that "maidenless" was the same as the "no bitches?" meme. Really brings a sense of community to it all :)

Zanny: "I'll fight this guy, he's small" Me: "oh you poor soul, you don't know yet, those are the worst enemies to fight"

"Okay, patience." *runs past the summon sign* The last hit against Margit edited to the music was hella well done.

This video FULLY encapsulates a first experience with Soulsborne games. You can hear the joy and relief when Zanny finally got Margit. It's what I love about these games.

"Time for the first boss" Margit: Wrong, *Hits you with a stick until you realise you should go somewhere else*

I’ve never felt more insulted then being called maidenless

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought the loading screen stuff was concept art, but after exploring much of the game, I can confirm they are all actual in game areas.

That joke about hanging women is infinitly boosted with that castlevania clip due to context🤣

Hearing zanny's glee from his first hurtle reminded me when I defeated my first souls wall, keep struggling zanny I'm rooting for you man

A tip for parrying: use a small roundshield. They are much easier to parry with since they have larger parry windows. The downside is they don't block all incoming damage, only a percentage of it, so they aren't the best for guard counters. But i know you love parrying :) Also, charged heavy attacks and jump heavy attacks deal the most damage to their stance (it's like posture from sekiro except it's hidden in ER), so you can critical hit them sooner.

I like how zanny goes from beating Margit to casually having 62 thousand runes within the span of 2 seconds

I explored all of limgrave, weeping peninsula, and most of caelid before margit because I heard how hard he was. I guess I did a little too much exploring because my +8 weapons absolutely wrecked him

Zanny: Ask for tips The Community: Get Good. Sword Game Easy.

You should definitely keep going, it's nice to see someone else who hasn't played any souls games give it a shot

Please, Zanny. Please. More Elden Ring content. Haven't finished it yet myself but I wanna see more of your playthrough and literally the best creator commentary on RU-vid.

I didn't know how to use summons until the Morgott fight. Watching him go through the beginning with it reminds me of how much pain I need not have endured

Zanny wasn't kidding, he REALLY hasn't played a Souls game til now. This is the most entertaining Elden Ring trolling I've ever seen.

zanny walking up on the thee guards: “hey guys how’s your health plan?” Pumpkin knight : “ not as good as your life insurance is about to be “

Zanny- "my powers have doubled since we last met" Margit- "twice the pride double the fall" *Zanny dying to fall-damage* 8:19

It is so sad but also so funny that the moment he said high frames when he was fighting the bear the video dropped to 144p. This isn't a joke that is genuinely what happened

Hearing zanny's pure joy after beating margit was bliss, I hope we get another elden ring video, great video as normal.

If you’re really having trouble with a certain enemy, just go in with no souls so you can focus on learning their animations and timing without worrying about dying. It takes away the biggest penalty of death.

Really hoping Zanny makes another Elden Ring video, this was really fun. It also gives me hope that someday I'll be better at Elden Ring, since I have never played any From Software game ever

I know its a lot of work to make these videos but its really appreciated! I would happily take another one! you had me cracking up almost the entire video. thanks for helping me start my day off right!

“Why do the flowers have health bars!?” Had me fucking dying 😂 Zanny you’re a legend to put yourself through this pain for the fans 👏🏻♥️

I like to tie the phrase "Difficult but fair" to the FromSoftware games. You're doing great Zanny and have already learned the two most important lessons for Elden Ring. 1: Sometimes it's better to put a boss on the back burner and go do something else to get stronger. And 2: Sometimes the only thing that will help is perseverance i.e. smashing your head into the wall until the wall breaks. Glad you seem to be enjoying the game. Hope to see more videos of this.

1:10 “BRING ME THE ELDEN RING!” That shit is so funny, I still say it all the time

This is the funniest shit I've seen in months, Elden Ring was also my first souls game and watching someone else try to navigate it for the first time was absolutely incredible. Thanks for restoring my will to live 🖤

"Put these foolish ambitions to rest." Will forever bury itself into my fucking eardrums.

“There’s no featured Zan-clan meme today” *The gods have been angered* “Instead here’s a picture of Kirin” *The gods have been appeased*

Been following you since fallen order. Don't ever stop being you and playing the way you play. It's amusing, entertaining, and I find new things to try. Elden Ring is my first Souls game also, and I'm nowhere near where you're at. 😆 thanks for the great videos. 👍

@14:27 Sekiro is the only FromSoft game with no pvp and a character driven, story becayse everyone is Sekiro (Wolf). As a result there is no OP build of the moment people can abuse, because if its good in PVP it's gonna be OP in PVE. Sekiro is likely the most restrictive and skill based of all the FromSoft games; this is why only about 45% of all players, across all platforms, have beaten the game. Glad to be part of the club, it's still my favorite with this (ER) being like 9.9999 of what Sekiro is; I really enjoyed my time in that universe and hope for more. I do see it's influence, it's what made me switch up to play more aggressive since the AI responds to it. It's Sekiro-lite but the jumping and stuff is from there; which is so helpful. It was developed in paralell with ER as I understand it.

You had me bursting in laughter almost the entirety of the video. Please keep this series going you maiden-less traveler!

Please make a full series on this game, fallen order style. Also really good if you wanna play defensive is put the ash of war "barricade shield" on your shield, which buffs your shield to make you take less stamina damage when you block attacks, allowing you to block more attacks before you get guard broken. Alternatively, I use a greatshield which already has good stamina drain when blocking and the "no skill" ash of war and use the "hoarfrost stomp" ash of war on my main weapon which does crazy damage to anything caught in the damage cone.

"What is that? Ah, it moves! Nasty! Ah, giant mosquito! Oh...Brazil!" 😂😂😂

This video cracked me up. You’re commentary is hilarious. And that yell when you beat Margit. We’ve all been there. That feeling of pure joy/want to cry. 😂. Please make more Elden ring content. 🙏🏻

More sword game

Zanny: *parried an attack* Every dark souls player: impossible

This was incredible Im glad youre playing this, and I wish you good luck with your next boss fight too

“The game your friends wouldn’t shut up about.” Ah, bold of you to assume that I have a friend to chat with.

Genuinely best way to get better at these games is to find stuff that works for you. Don’t listen to the dumbasses who say “git gud,” they are maidenless. Try out a bunch of different weapons and see what you like and form your strat around that. The game is harder mostly because of the slight delays on the attacks so you can’t spam roll. As a Dark Souls vet that hit me the hardest. General tips for getting better at these are, don’t neglect leveling your health as some things can’t be blocked or you might end up taking a hit and need that extra bit of health to survive. Shields are also really nice and I will always recommend the medium shields as they can get good parry frames (if you are able) and block a good majority and aren’t too heavy. I usually recommend for new players for souls games go for med rolls or in other words medium gear so that they can start to get timers and stuff when fighting bosses. Also as you were doing in the vid don’t be afraid to come back to a boss later, leveling is great to help give you a little bit more of an edge on bosses. I hope any of this helps sorry if it’s a bit of a jumble tried to think of my best tips and will reply with more later.

Me waiting for the puppy break Zanny: "Put these foolish ambitions to rest."

dont you love it when yt recommendations work and you find your new favourite youtuber

Loved your video !! the ad placement is the best ever in any youtube video ever made

The best tip I can give is to know what you're dodging. Don't just dodge because of an attack. Identify the attack, what it does, and prepare as it's being telegraphed. This is hard to do early on, especially if you've never seen the enemy before, but it will help.

I've also never played a souls game and at first this game was brutal, I had no clue what I was doing. But the sense of getting better at the game is amazing and addicting. Avoiding some bosses to level up your character doesn't feel like a chore at all, it's just pure fun exploring this amazingly detailed world

1:01 “Touch Grace” 4:12 “But you, I am afraid, are maidenless” *They can’t keep getting away with it!!!* (shakes fist defiantly) ✊

Yall just ever have that one favorite RU-vidr to watch while your eating🧍

Even as a souls veteran, Margit was BRUTAL. The amount of random followups and bullshit mixups were something else, but it set up pretty well that the game expects you to use summons and magic. Pure melee does not seem to be the go-to here.

My best tip is: alternate quickly between defense and offense, and never get too focused on one. You have to always keep some level of pressure in order to make the bosses fall so you can get a critical, but you have to keep a good window for dodging and blocking, so... My edgy named tactic is: DarkBlood. Why? Basically, you alternate between Dark Souls' defensive playstyle and Bloodborne's hyper agressive mode. Whenever you feel safe to attack, alternate to "Blood Mode" go for it with all your forces, use jump attacks to close distance, rolling attacks and/or guard counters to punish the boss, always look for an opportunity to hit a charged heavy or an Ash of War, and keep as close as you can for you to dodge the attacks and punish all the time. When you spend too much stamina, is low HP or the boss is doing some really deadly attack/combo, enter "Dark Mode", try to still keep close to the enemy if possible, but be very careful, cower behind your shield as much as you can, only attack if very necessary and try using more light attacks for quick punishments, before hiding behind the shield again. Keep like that for a while, capitalizing on some small opportunities and focusing on staying alive, but try to go back to "Blood Mode" as fast as you can so you can destroy their posture stance and give them another critical hit eventually. Try to diversificate your moveset, spamming light attacks will certainly get you killed. Also, don't panic roll, they've made the roll way less spammable in this game, so that's also a nice way to get hit. Use heavier attacks so you can break posture stances, time your rolls so you can get the most outta the i-frames, don't be afraid to just hide behind your shield when you can, and keep in mind the DarkBlood tip (god, this name is just pure cringe. It would definetly be better if i just called it DarkBorne, but i probably gave it an edgy name on purpose). I hope this helps. Anyway... *GiT gUd ScRuB* 🤪😜😀😂🤡

9:13 "You don't stand a chance Ratatouille" That killed me haha!

going through a seperation at the moment, my ex and i used to play this and i watched it to form new memories. dude, you have helped me in that endeavour i laughed so frickin hard when you faced any kind of adversity (which was constantly) thanks for bringing a smile to mine and so many other people's faces :D

As a long term FromSoft player I've spent 7hrs trying to beat one of the secret bosses. People who look down on you all high and mighty are just weird and shouldn't be seen as THE community Zanny. I was glad to see your reaction to Margit, both the first one as well as when you beat him. Take your time with this game, it'll take a while but it is absolutely worth it and I hope you're able to find some people who can actually help you should you need some tips. The actual community is very supportive and helps each other out (once you dive deep and get past the "git gud" crowd on the surface)

14:01 pure scream of joy right there

14:00 thank you for turning the volume down at this part lol

I love how Zanny reinvented jousting and called it “cheesing the boss”

Zanny: “I know the timing now” Also zanny: instant death

I would love to see this become a regular thing, with this being your first souls game and you actually being funny. I recently found you Zanny, and you're quickly rising up as one of my favorite youtubers. You're not pretending to be someone else and most of your jokes land hard enough to get an out loud laugh from me, thank you.

My first time watching your video's and I really enjoyed it. As someone how has played souls games before all I can say is ignore the elitist jerks and just do whats fun at your own pace. Welcome to the series and I really hope you stick around cause man am I loving your content!

1:17 you died…. EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

"Have you tried getting gud?" Zanny: have you tried having sex once on your life? Zanny woke up and chose miraLAX

Player : Goes straight to Margit thinking he's the first boss *Margit after beating the shit out of player* : *"Come back in ten years"*

I've noticed that there are certain bosses where some people will have no trouble beating them and some people who just get absolutely destroyed like me and my friend against Mohg. He breezed past it while I got my ass handed to me for like 2 days.

These videos have gotten me through some rough times (I had to do dishes)

Quick tip! For anyone who hasnt played a souls game and is struggling with margit, 1: Adding a summon raises the bosses health by a bit 2: you should explore around the map and level up whatever you have before attempting the fight 3: his stick can be blocked and parried, his miracles (the spells he uses) cannot be parried 4: dont rush them, its about knowing when to get a few hits in

Zanny:"Come on game, get harder" Zanny 2 seconds before:*skips tree sentinal*

7:21 LOL the whole trapped in caelid tunnel experience is so apt, I got trapped back in lv1, remember thinking to myself - the game devs are evil sobs....

"There can be only ONE real horsmater!" *dies* "Congrats on your new position sir!"

Big Sekiro-style tip for you boys: They kept/tweaked the posture damage mechanic but have hidden the bar. RT/R2 attacks are best at draining it, but it fills back overtime. So basically, hit any enemy/boss with enough heavy R2 attacks (jumping attack is blessed) and get free juicy ripostes. Now go absolutely slay some Elden ass

Here's a tip, When facing a big monster don't hit it for the first minute or so until you've seen its attacks and can get the timing down, then assume SGCP (Standard Giant Circumcision Position). Also practice parrying on the mobs to learn the timings. Other than that, git gud.

"oh you haven't finished that boss ye-" i will finish that boss when I WANT TO

Margit, Godrick and the fucking Wolf Radagon were unironically the bosses which gave me the hardest time. It fills my heart with joy to know that I was not alone.

As someone who has been a part of the souls community I agree it's can get very shitty but there is also some amazing people. Also you have done very well for you first souls game!

I really hope we get more. You don't even have to do much edits to your boss deaths. Just put the entire playthrough all 500 hours of it on here raw (with some occasional puppy breaks). We'll snort it all up :)

The thing about Fromsoft bosses - your personal playstyle will heavily weigh into how difficult any given boss is. Some people will find a particular boss very difficult while others will find it relatively easy. It al comes down to personal playstyle.

0:55 I love his reaction to the dung eater 😂

Honestly so amazing to see your fight with Margit, the story of triumph was so real dude, really well done. Exploring to gain power before bosses is probably my favourite thing about the game, never feels like I'm wasting my time with secondary objectives

I can't believe this. He broke his destiny addiction. Zanny I am so proud you've come so far.

“This isn’t even a boss fight” I find myself saying the same fucking thing all the time

14:01 This is the most relatable feeling ever

7:47 That scream killed me💀💀

I'm not a fan of Souls games but I'm very impressed with the enemy variety this one offers. The 2 giants with axes just walking toward you was just jaw dropping

I just noticed that the Margit hammer is the same as the troll crusher

8:24 Zan summoned Kirin, Miro & Nix!

Whatever game you play, Zanny, we’re here for you. I think I speak for most in this community when I say the effort you put in to edit your videos is not under appreciated.

I've played practically all the games and my reaction to you fighting Margit was more or less the opposite of what those guys were doing. My question wasn't "you haven't beaten him yet?" My question was "why the fuck are you fighting him already?" Lol Because as you discovered yourself your kind of supposed to explore the rest of the open-world and level up more before you go fighting him

7:12 *Me with 10k souls at the start of the game*