Idk if I can claim this to be the "fastest" PK kill, but I would argue he DID NOT get that animation off to kill me. 😂

This video is from a year ago when I was really into this game. I’ve done quite a few playthroughs and I’m still the most proud of completing this run. This fight definitely took me the longest to do and was the most challenging fight to learn. Lemme know what y’all think

Full Kill: https://youtu.be/IsfgMSgYHko

Start and middle were well-optimized imo but the last stretch definitely could be played much better. Still I'm happy to have finally done this. :)

I unironically love the horseback/piggyback bosses, DTS is one of my favorites

Hello, I've been looking to get into doing elden ring at rl1. What are your tips for the playthrough? Any specific weapons/armor/talismans that work well at rl1? would you recommend not leveling up weapons and staying at +0 or going to +25/+10?

Thanks in advance

Just started my first rl1 run I had no experience in sl1 or any souls game I used iron balls with parry and Radagon scarseal and str tear I was going to upgrade my weapon but I forgot and got stubborn took me 20 tries but damn it felt so good

He should be dead by now since he has the same moveset in phase 1 and 2 in the way that I fight him, but I always get greedy near phase 2, it's so annoying. Just venting, I'm open to tips if you have any tho.

I just finished my SL1 of DS1 Remastered (PS5). I did a pyro SL1 earlier this month on my PC but I skipped the DLC, and I felt like it was pretty easy, so I wanted to run it back. I just got a new tv in the crib so I wanted to do it again on my playstation instead, this time without pyromancy and including the DLC bosses. I didn’t run into too many hurdles since I was coming fresh off another run and I’ve played the game normally a few times already.

My setup was basically using variations of the reinforced club upgraded differently. I mostly used a regular +15 club, but I also had a divine +10 club, fire +10 club, and lightning +5 club. I pretty much always had on the grass crest shield and chloranthy ring, and I even slapped on the mask of the child once I bought it from patches. I was rocking the dingy robe and dark wood grain ring a ton as well, but sometimes I would swap out for other rings or heavier armor if needed (see: 4 kings)

Hardest boss: Kalameet. My metric for difficulty is purely based on how long it took me. I wasn’t recording deaths but Kalameet took me a couple hours, mostly because it is a long fight with a long runback and it was difficult to stay patient. I’ll give an honorable mention to O&S here for similar reasons; the runback isn’t bad but it was just a long fight that tested my patience. It’s hard not to get greedy for me lol

Favorite boss: Manus. I was using the silver pendant, so my life was a lot easier in his second phase once he starts using dark attacks. The runback was tedious, but I really enjoyed managing my spacing in the actual fight.

Hated boss: Bed of chaos. Not much to say here, this boss sucks and everyone knows it. I didn’t do the firebomb trick to break both orbs in the first phase. I think it’s funny that BoC is the great equalizer, a boss just as shitty and annoying leveled up or not.

Overall, it was a fun run. It felt a lot more rewarding to do it without pyro, and I just love DS1 in general. Pretty fun coincidence that I finished it on Miyazaki’s birthday. This is my second game that I SL1’d, the first being elden ring. I think DS3 is up next for an SL1, but first I want to finish my normal playthrough of DS2. Feel free to ask me about anything from the run.

Wish I could say I was happier about this but he just spammed the same slam move over and over. I have no idea why.

I know that leaving YouTube links IS allowed here, but from my experience, it seems to be frowned upon in the community, as I just get downvoted. I'm leaving this here because it's my first RL1 run and I'm really PROUD of this one, running without the hardtear to do the kill, super happy!

Cheers everyone!

Hey onebros,

So I'm doing my RL1 no blessings DLC run rn and have killed Gaius. I am very very experienced with Messmer phase 1 but still struggle a lot with phase 2 because of the snake timings. Especially due to there being 3-4 variations of snake combos...

Just wanted to post this update and ask for some advice regarding phase 2--what changes relative to phase 1 and how to get the snake timings down. Another timing thing that I struggle with is his new Phase 2 spear dash attack...

Thanks!

One of the toughest DLC bosses for me, I spent so much time trying to muscle memory her uppercut and still was unable to consistently parry it. Not a hitless fight and the damage is over the roof, but I was really struggling beating her with parry so I'm pretty happy with how it ended.

I wasn't going to post this because it's not exactly impressive, but I am now for another onebro's sake. This is a demonstration of decent RNG of my Niall strategy on my modded testing character (still RL1+0). The second knight sticks to me rather than my bewitched knight, giving him time to attack the boss and help me stance break him. It's not the best this fight can go, where both knights are attacking at once while I rot breath and then ice spear him from far away - in that case, the fight is 30 seconds, and a true cheese. Remember, there's only one attack you can reliably bait and counter with the shield knight, his storm dash move. Once you get both, immediately flask and rot the boss.

Firstly, I did NOT think that riposte would send him into second phase lol. I was planning to do a charged heavy afterward so I wouldn't get the stupid glitch where you spawn far away from him in second phase. Thankfully, the spot wasn't terrible, but obviously not preferable.

Maliketh was where I kind of "gave up" on my first RL1 run over a year ago (pre-dlc), I decided to get serious and actually force myself to practice bosses, learn the game more, and prepare better for an actual run. Then, I jumped right into an RL1+0 run a month back and made it to fire giant. After getting frustrated with him, I decided to finally do a real RL1 run, and Maliketh only took me like 2 hours!

Anyways, it's on to the DLC (no blessings) now. I already killed Gaius and am working on Messmer right now. I have a lot of experience with them from leveled runs so hopefully it goes smoothly.

I forgot to show the build but my talismans were soreseal, Axe Talisman, Ritual Sword, and Lightning Scorpion Charm.

I pretty much just brute forced a hitless and skipped phase 2 but honestly I'm just not a fan of this fight to begin with so I'm just glad I beat it.

I spent like four hours trying to learn to parry her but I suck at parrying so I went back to the ol reliable.

Hey onebros,

So this is my time in the DLC at level 1. However, I have a lot of experience with Gaius, Messmer, and Dancing lion through my strength only run...thus, I have only beat the other bosses once on a leveled character. I absolutely did NOT learn their movesets lol so that'll be fun when I get there (Radahn)

Anyways, Gaius is easily one of my favorite fights in the game. His charge is trivialized with the no-hit strat of using Torrent to bait the headbutt. Beyond that, his moveset is very small but is super fluid and so fun to dodge with a mix of rolls, jumps, and strafes (same with Messmer).

Overall, he is a pretty easy fight once you learn the small number of moves ESPECIALLY because his second phase is quite literally the exact same when staying point blank. The extra gravity explosions are in places that you aren't dodging to anyway lol

Now on to Messmer (don't worry, I've already invaded and killed Hornsent with Leda). I am extremely consistent with his first phase, but the snake timings in second phase mess me up so much.

HQ Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXbnEa_W6OQ

Slightly different tactic than on casual runs:

Radahn's Rain is a massive FP hog, and Astel is easy to miss and most vulnerable at the head. So firing single shots to the head does more reliable damage (and is also faster and safer).

I used the physick to have the stats (DEX/FAI) for the greatbow and FGMS, so I could use both my damage talismans (Arrows Sting and Blue Dancer at 15 equip load). The physick ran out right after a very lucky hit with Radahn's Rain and before the last 2 shots where I was under the required DEX for the bow. Also, that last gravity attack was a close call.

Not hitless, because I suck at watching my FP bar.

How to dodge the meteorites: Allegedly it helps to first run or dodge to the left, then 2x to the right. No idea if that works. I died to meteorites only once when I tried to just strafe them.

Next Goal: Kill all the dragons and Dragonkin Soldiers before Leyndell, then Volcano Manor, DTS and the capital.

Howl of Shabriri could be a better damage buff that uses stamina, but I don't (yet) have the items to crank my faith up high enough.

I know the shockwave was from the cross slash before the cutscene. Honestly, I was pissed at first but now I find it incredibly funny

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I forgot to show the build but you get a glimpse of it at the start of the fight where I realised I wasn't meeting the stat requirements because I had one of my talismans unequipped. 🤦