Can You Beat DARK SOULS 2 With Only Whips?
The Backlogs・34 minutes read
Lemon showcases a Dark Souls 2 gameplay focusing on using only whips, describing strategies and challenges faced against various bosses, including utilizing poison effects to maximize damage output and adapting tactics to defeat immune bosses, ultimately succeeding with unique strategies for each encounter. The progression through DLCs and specific item farming enhances the poison build, culminating in successful battles against tough bosses like the Fume Knight and the Dark Lurker with patience, strategy, and creativity.
Insights
- Lemon focuses on using whips in Dark Souls 2 gameplay, strategically upgrading and utilizing them against various bosses, adapting to their resistances and weaknesses to maximize damage output.
- The poison build with upgraded poison whips proves effective against many enemies and bosses, although challenges arise with foes immune to poison, requiring Lemon to adjust strategies for optimal results, showcasing adaptability and persistence throughout the gameplay.
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Recent questions
What is the focus of Lemon's Dark Souls 2 gameplay?
Using only whips in this run.
What class does Lemon start with in Dark Souls 2?
Swordsman class for high dexterity.
What item does Lemon obtain to enhance the whip's range and stun enemies?
Stone Ring.
How does Lemon adapt strategies against bosses with immunities and weaknesses?
By using bleed and poison effects strategically.
How does Lemon approach boss fights with high resistances to poison?
By using patient single-hit attacks.
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Summary
00:00
"Whip-only Dark Souls 2 gameplay with Lemon"
- Lemon welcomes viewers back to Dark Souls 2 gameplay, focusing on using only whips in this run.
- Starting with the swordsman class for high dexterity, Lemon creates a character resembling Solair.
- Collects necessary items and weapons, including the notched whip, for the run.
- Describes the notched whip's melee and bleed damage, highlighting its move sets.
- Obtains the Stone Ring to enhance the whip's range and stun enemies.
- Engages in heavy grinding against armored enemies for progression.
- Upgrades armor, rings, and whips, preparing for the first boss, the Last Giant.
- Details the underwhelming but consistent damage output of the whip against bosses.
- Dual wields whips after defeating Ornstein, enhancing attack options and damage.
- Strategically uses bleed and poison effects against various bosses, adapting to their immunities and weaknesses.
12:22
"Enhancing Poison Damage in Boss Battles"
- Infusing a weapon with a poison Stone turns it into a poison powerhouse, reducing the hits needed to trigger the poison status effect.
- Poison boost doesn't increase enemy damage taken but makes poison status trigger faster.
- Low poison whip requires multiple strikes to trigger poison, especially against bosses with high resistances.
- Gargoyles defeated, moving on to Iron King, where damage output is low but consistent.
- Rotten boss fight anticipated to be slow due to high poison resistance, but manageable.
- Progress through various bosses, using different whips and strategies to inflict poison damage.
- Upgrade poison spotted whip to significantly increase poison damage output.
- Testing new poison whip build against NPC invaders and bosses, successfully triggering poison effects.
- Facing challenges against bosses immune to poison, adapting strategies to maximize damage output.
- Progressing through DLCs, farming for specific items to enhance poison build, facing new challenges and adapting strategies.
24:18
Challenging Boss Fights in Dark Souls
- The puzzling stone sword's damage is 318 NWI + 10 317, excluding the bleed effect, making it fun but not viable for spin-to-win tactics.
- The G Squad build allows poisoning and bleeding all three members, leading to victory through hit-and-run tactics.
- The Fume Knight is challenging due to quick counterattacks, immunity to poison and bleed, but can be defeated with patient single-hit attacks.
- The Ivory King fight involves counterattacking with dual wielding and light attacks, making it relatively easy once the strategy is learned.
- The Dark Lurker boss is tough due to immunity to poison and bleed, requiring a strategy of keep-away until a moment to attack, with a final successful strategy involving the power of dance.
