I BEAT ALL 165 BOSSES SHIELD ONLY! 

Hope you all enjoyed the build as much as I did! I'm going to be doing my first RU-vid live stream today at 12:30edt so come hang out. Also let me know if you think a no damage run with this build would be fun 🛡🛡

Whoever edits these videos is unbelievable. This isn't a 4.5+ hour upload of some uncut VOD, this entire thing is edited and not minimally either. I mean even individual fights are edited, and additional on-screen information like literally making that calculation at 40:08 and adding it on screen, many many people would not go through such effort on VODs this long.

It hadn’t occurred to me how insane it is to have a flamethrower with guard frames active for 100% of the attack. I really have been sleeping on shields this whole time.

Can't believe Gino went from making fun of an ALL HIT RUNNER to becoming one...

Did not expect a 4hr 30min video dang.

This is a long compilation of Gino being like "You can block that?" and I'm all for it

Imagine "Let Me Solo Her" and "The Wall" as Duo Bosses in a catacomb.

"I'm gonna blast Kenith Haight for his golden seed" The words of a peasant who truly loves his king.

When I first heard that Elden Ring was going to have powerstancing like Dark Souls 2, I immediately got so excited about the prospect of doing a shield-build. When it released I tried to figure out how to make it work but couldn't figure out the best way to optimize the build and kinda gave up. Seeing this makes me so insanely happy and makes me want to try doing this immediately.

I love this game so much. 90% of this video can be summed up by "extremely good Elden Ring player says XYZ is probably going to be bad and gets completely blown away by how borderline broken it is". Every "souls" game has this "any weapon can be good in the right hands" approach but this game... This game lets you do almost anything you want and still have it obliterate even end game content.

1:35 "I don't think blocking is gonna be a big deal" This aged well.

Man, I've never felt more respect for another human being than I did for Gino when he killed a sword bird with a shield in midair 😂

Wait a damn minute. This video isnt 10 minutes. Its 4 hrs .... he loves us guys . Thank you gino and thank you for posting on a weekend where im off work and can watch it.

He just casually dodges waterfowl while fat rolling. Respect!

if you wanted to make the elden beast fight even more of a joke, the haligtree crest greatshield, when made into a sacred shield, gives 98% holy negation while blocking. Downside is that it only drops from one specific haligtree knight with a 4% drop chance

1:06:55 i noticed a lot of enemies in the game do this when I did a shield playthough. Their input reading script reacts to your block but if you don't stop blocking they just keep looping the script and the second you drop your guard it triggers a different move. I've seen BKA's, Margit/Morgott and in the later game the kindred of rot and cleanrot knights. I'm sure others have the issue but it is especially apparent with those enemies.

Playing as a tank is so much fun. Normally games don't care so much about defensive playstyles so the best thing you can tank is a bunch of small mobs, which is fun in its own right, but it's even better when you can eat big boss damage like it's nothing.

I was getting really hyped watching all the shorts of this run waiting for this video. I was really hoping it would be a feature length film and was not disappointed. Huge shout out to Gino’s editor for the 23 hours of footage he sifted through. I don’t know that I have ever watched a video this long without skipping through some of it. This is definitely my favorite video on YT rn.

There's a golden order incantation that makes it so status effects don't go through blocking, I think Corhyn sells it after you solve the mystery of the statue

I love how in the mountaintops Gino turned into an artillery cannon😂😂

Now we need a "kill a remembrance boss shield only" square in bingo

There’s an incantation you get from gold masks quest that nullifies all elemental damage and stat procs that hit the shield

I love these all boss runs. i know they're long af but it's such a treat gino

I fucking LOVE GINO these four hour super long videos are what I live on. I don't care for 10/20 minutes videos. I love Gino and all his long videos. The RU-vid shorts have been hyping me up for this run. Thank you so much Gino, we all love you

Also a note: the bleed infusion is the exact same number regardless if the shield has inate bleed or not

Only real downside to shield only is attack speed and range, but some of the shields are exceptions

My first playthrough (all 165 bosses) was a shield and spear "hoplite" style build, my second playthrough (all bosses) was double shields. Guard counters being added to the game is what got me to try Elden Ring as my first souls. Glad to see you had fun playing it!

I killed so many turtles thinking I would get a shield drop….

I love how each video opens with Gino shitting on Deathbirds

holy cutting a video this long must be so tiring but i really appreciate the funny cuts of parrying and hitting the tsmarget simultaneously (crucible knight ghost) it is so amazing what you can do in this game keep up the good work ❤

Such a cool run, thanks for the video Gino! caught the late game live, so very fun to catch up on the whole run :D

YESSSS IT CAME OUT! I was so excited waiting for this vid. Any video you make I get hyped and love. Keep up the amazing work!

If you like Golden Retaliation, you should try VaatiVidya's Retaliation Paladin build, which combines Triple Rings of Light with the the Erdtree Greatshield to parry your own returning rings, hitting the enemy up to three times. Pretty smart and fun.

Oh man, I generally just love the concept of shields. Seeing you show them off as a devastating weapon, makes me want to play the game.❤

This has got to be my favorite Gino Elden Ring run, not just because it’s super long and a bit of a meme, but because this run is the epitome of taking a “weapon” class and pushing the envelope on what it could be capable of. It inspired me to do my own shield only run in Elden Ring, but I added the twist that I would be encouraged to use ranged artillery like the One Eye shield or even the Jar Cannon so I could basically just cosplay as a TANK, I named the character M4 Sherman as well. I’ve already exterminated everything all the way from Caelid through Altus, and don’t plan on stopping now. Thank you Gino, Elden Ring is one of my favorite games of all time, got it day 1 and played through blind, and from being inspired by you I’m still playing through it using silly yet powerful builds like this. Can’t wait to see what you do next!

I've been waiting for another video! Thanks!

Damn. The long awaited video is finally here.

Dude gino I did this run maybe like a month ago, I was super surprised how potent you can get with the shields in this game too it was a lot of fun

the niall fight perfectly encapsulates this run to me. the totally deserved gank after clearing the game on easy mode, the next run tanking enough damage within 10 seconds to kill a max health player 6 times over, the patient 1v1 eating all the big scary bosses biggest scariest moves while giggling and taking 1 damage per attack. chefs kiss. hilarious 5 minutes

This is awesome, your vids are amazing showing off and experimenting with so many parts of the game i completely ignored in my playthrough. Simply awesome!

I feel like a no deaths run would make more sense for this challenge rather than a no hit run since blocking is such a big part of this build

this was a great run i'd love to see the 0 damage run

Guys like you keep this game fun for me, I love starting new runs with new rules. Thanks bro

I've been looking forward to this video for so long. Thank you.

Damn 4 hours who on earth would watch 4 hours of this?! Well better cancel all my plans, I'm in

guard countering has got me through 4 playthroughs of the game with my complete inability to pick up on the timing of parrying in soulsborne games

Did some math and estimations based on the weight of weapons historically compared to the weight value in Elden Ring. This gear is ~85-90 lbs of gear ( 35.5-40.8 kg). For reference, a historically accurate full plate set up like a knight would wear is 45-55 lbs (20-25kg).

Your video is what got on my butt to make a new character. I never gave Greatshields as second look, but your run looked so fun I had to give it a try. Am digging the Spiked Palisade / Erdtree combo. Your channel is new to me. I'm stoked to check out several of your runs. Good content.

I love these multiple hours videos 😂

Welp got some things I’m supposed to do today. Not anymore I guess

YEEESSS I have been waiting SO LONG for this run from Gino

2:43:55 The whole reason I came and watched this whole video was to see the stuff you do with the Visage Shield that I was seeing in the shorts. I love this playthrough, I have never seen any of your long-form videos before but I got hooked once I saw what you were doing in this video. The shorts did their job and pulled me in to watching a 4 hour video hahaha.

I’m so happy this is finally here! Can’t possibly be more excited than for 4:30 of this!

This guy's cracked

I had a lot of fun watching this. Thanks man

I wish it was possible to like the same video many times. This is pure gold! Super fun! Your videos inspire me trying new stuff in Elden Ring over and over again. Thank you!

Wake up babe. New GinoMachino video just dropped and it's over 4 and a half hours long of him not using real weapons.

Did me and whoever read this comment just spend a sixth of our day watching this? Yes, will I watch another one of Ginos videos right after this? Also yes.

I stubbled upon these unique build run videos recently, great content. Oddly, one of the things I've enjoyed is watching the seasons change through the windows behind you.

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this

Bit of a shame you didn't do the Corhyn questline to complete the shield build. I would've liked to see how the Immutable Shield buff would've performed on Moghy boy since it lets your shield block status buildup as well.

You know I am kinda sad we dont get the Fire Giants bowl as a shield.

This was a fun run to watch, and the pvp at the end was suprising to watch how good the shields can be

Recently been getting back into elden ring after completing it once about a year ago cause I’ve been watching these super interesting challenge runs, right now I’m doing a”true vagabond” run where I can only use/upgrade the starting equipment I’m given

Nearly 5 hours?! Gino has blessed our souls.

Also, I hope the DLC adds the Doors from DS3 or something similar. That was a fun shield weapon

i loved watching this unfold :) keep up the great work

what a great video, Gino! Loving the way you`re not scared to just post a 4 hour video, and with great pace and editing in general. Thanks! (I`m should say the same about the Lightning Convergence Mod video, actually

sick girlfriend brag....

Love you, Gino. What a great start of the day.

This was an awesome video, loved it

You teased me so much with all the RU-vid short but the video is finally here and it’s 4h 🎉 Thanks for the content

This was one of the most fun runs to watch, cheers

This run was probably the most fun to watch of all your runs

Great video Gino!!

I think this is about the tenth or so video I’ve binged watched of yours. I can’t seem to engage in literally any other of my normal content. Thanks for all your effort into this runs/videos and I always appreciate my ego death when watching you one tap everything.

Awww hell yeahh! 4+ hour Gino video to fall asleep to :) My nighttime routine fix.

I've been waiting for this masterpiece for too long👍

What a great show, and pvp at the end was soooo funny 😂💪, thx for that content!! 🍿👍

i'm pretty sure i enjoyed the build as much as you did, that was such a fun run omg

Exactly what I needed

Ive always loved the concept of a character who can only attack when attacked i even made one in dnd long ago so seeing this in elden ring makes me way happier than it probably should

8:58 a fine addition to my collection - General Grievous

brooo that pvp is so awesome, i love it

One of the best videos ever. Loved the PvP section and literally the coolest build I’ve ever seen in the game

I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS LETS GO

Your videos are such treats Love em

Bro I just finished watching this on ur Twitch channel!!! love the dedication and the charity runs are awesome keep it up!!

I'm entertained all day thanks 😊

This is one hell of a run. Wow

Love those stance break edits!

Duuuuude I had this idea for you run a long time ago, I’m so glad to see you did it!

Favorite build and/or video by far.... shout out to the editor and Gino!

the editing of things like parries and stance breaks in your videos are always so satisfying

Great video 👌🏼👍🏼

That was awesome I stopped playing elden ring to watch this and I watched the whole thing!

Whoa! What a day, go to the tube and first thing I see is over 4hrs of Gino! Fantastic!

Easily my favorite YT video you've uploaded so far. Bravo.

Hearing gino laugh for nearly 5 hours is really wholesome and then you see he’s holding a shield up to a a two headed dragon shooting plasma lasers and lightning bolt storms and kicking its ass 😅😂

Been following you for a while but earned a like off the bat for that Grafted Psion takedown. Loved your runs as ever and your Bingo Brawl victory was a great watch too.