"Don't get yourself killed. Neither of us wants to see you go hollow" *Proceeds to spam backstep away* "Good grief he's lost his mind"

This is possibly the only time ever the binoculars were a good starting gift...

And when we needed him the most: He stood there, and hit them with a giant sword.

Interesting note about the soft humanity from hollows: it's not a random chance. Killing certain enemies (usually humanoid ones) in an area, while the area boss is alive, accumulates "points". Once you reach specific thresholds, you gain a soft humanity point-but it's not infinite. Each humanity costs more "human points" than the last, and you can only get a maximum of *10* in a single area. You also stop gaining points once the area boss is dead. Not all areas have this mechanic, but generally, when you see hollows, you can gain humanity from them.

Kyle decided that the next step to take in Dark Souls challenge running was to take no steps at all. (well, not counting the million backsteps I suppose). Reminds me of when I was a kid and my brother would constantly slam the controller into the wall every time he lost, until I was forced to play with a broken controller out of necessity.

GiantDad's cousin - a different kind of intimidating. He just stands there...with a giant sword. Great to have you back! Cool to see how Stray was a brick wall for the run. Kinda wonder if the IronSkin pyromancy would've helped at all.

"It has a very limited amount of I-frames." Yes, the limit of 0

Gotta love this guy. Breaking out Dark Souls content in 2023 like a champ 🎉

"Dark souls is a difficult game where you have to learn the boss's attacks and learn how to dodge them..." GamersWeekend: STANDING HERE I REALISE I CAN JUST HIT THEM WITH A GIANT SWORD

I liked the part where you stood there and hit them with a giant sword

i feel like this is a new level of masochism in terms of souls challenges

Gotta say, I find you, Ymfah, and The Backlogs to be my favorite challenge run KZfaqrs. You three always find ways to make your videos funny and interesting.

Just a correction, the hollows don't have a "chance" of dropping humanities, they drop after a certain amount of kills. Illusory Wall has a video on that mechanic.

Someone has to teach these runners that you don't WALK up a ladder, you CLIMB it.

THANK YOU for not duping! Everyone comes up with challenges and then starts off with 6 million souls like it ain’t no thang

"Standing there and hitting them with a giant sword" Is usually my method of choice in any game ever(or any giant weapon). Glad to see its effectiveness featured in this run :)

This challenge was by far the most painful challenge I've ever seen, I had a hard time watching it, thanks for that.

I like to think that the undead is taking on all these challenges in order to not go hollow

This video was a joy to watch, 40 mins felt like 5 due to how interesting the problem solving was and all the unexpected obstacles you found and yet managed to overcome.

Welcome back bro dark souls will forever be a masterpiece and in my opinion and if it's possible, dark souls is the best game ever made, or one of the best games ever made, I love it,

Shouldn't had laught so hard when I realised you named your character Lt Dan😅 Glad you're back

"The game would be impossible without going up ladders" *Meanwhile: Ymfah*

LMFAO from only using magic to beating the game without walking. Ymfah's blessing clearly resonates within you

Bro that farming spot in the forest where you stand near the clif and the NPCs fall off the cliff is an underrated farming spot. Haven't seen any other Dark souls KZfaq's us that farming spot for some reason. Good to know someone's finally doing it. 15:31

"How much do you want yourself to suffer?" :

I’m happy you got the silver play button it’s weird to me how your channel isn’t so much bigger cause your content is great

He discovered the secret to unlock everything. Next time someone asks how to solve a problem. Just say "Stay there, and hit it with a giant sword"

I really love your videos long time follower, i probably watched almost all od your ds 1 and ds2 videos i don't comment much but congrats on the 100k Keep doing a great job all my love man!

Was kind of expecting you to use tokhi bombs for Bed of Chaos. Seems like the perfect run for that strat.

"We stood there, and hit them with a giant sword. We stood there and hit them with giant arrows" is my usual playstyle anyway. About the moving left and right, Ive played so many old games that dont allow you to anyway, so Ive never not known how powerful it is to have freedom of movement. This is one challenge I will never do if it causes literal headaches. I have chronic migraines, so that would be killer on me.

i like the "we could do this" bits. It's like when Olmec would explain the routes in Legends of the Hidden Temple

I wish you luck on the next 897k subscribers. You're one of the best challenge runners I know of on KZfaq, so god knows you deserve such!

I remember when GamersWeekend first employed the generation defining strategy "Stood there and hit them with a giant sword". It cured my ovarian cancer, and I'm a guy. What a magical moment.

This shows how good poise is in Dark Souls 1. Great video as always!

I just beat dark souls 1 for the first time yesterday so this is such a nice treat right after :D! Made myself some tea, got all cozy and about to watch this

OH YES! KYLE IS BACK \o/ Liked already, even if havent seen it. I know it will be that good.

This is why this game stands as one of the greatest of all time, over a decade old and people still find ways (as crazy as they can get) to creatively complete the game again

I loved how he stood there and hit them with a giant sword.

Solid music choices. Love the vid

Just got here! already know that is going to be a great video!

I figured the hardest part of this would be not accidentally walking when redirecting your backstep (by inputting the backstep, then buffering an analog input opposite of the direction you want to go before the backstep comes out), but the “no left analog stick” part removed any fear of that. Doing absurd challenges like these are such a great excuse to keep playing this game. Cheers, keep up the great work! It’s always very entertaining.

"Stand there and hit him with a giant sword" is my preferred method of playing DS3, where enemy poise doesn't exist, and player poise is busted

The return of the king!

Noobs: whats a back step Vets: I only back step. I only role when I see the the whites of my enemy's eyes.

Every journey begins with the first step... but little did they know.

Got to respect the effort to put yourself through this hell. I would have walked away hours ago.

I hear the Super Smash Bros music in these videos and I am immediately sent back several years (easily over a decade at times) to my childhood and it's like being on a crazy roller-coaster X3

"We stood there and hit them with the giant sword" - basically ds1 guide

I think I’m getting headache, THANKS KYLE

I'm not sure how useful it would have been, but the Uchigatana's two handed strong attack tends to fling you forwards on slopes quite consistently. May have been useful to reach the Asylum revisit,

Recently KZfaq has been recommending me a lot of crazy Dark Souls challenges. I feel like one of these days I am going to see "beating Dark Souls without playing Dark Souls" jaja

"He's just standing there.....WITH A GIANT SWORD"

15:09 can't believe you skimmed over how it floats down

This run can be summed up in 10 words: "He sat there and hit them with a giant sword"

Great video! I'm sure the bed of chaos cheese with firebombs was off the table when you didn't do it for capra, but I thought I remembered a _long_ time ago seeing a video of someone snipping the bed of chaos with the bow from the entry ramp? maybe the remaster fixed that (or maybe it was a dream who knows lol)

You should do great shield only next

Hey there! Just thought you'd like to know, the 'soft humanity' is not bound to the enemies being Hollow. There's a hidden counter running in the background counting up with kills, and when that counter reaches a certain threshold, you gain a soft humanity. Iirc not every enemy increases this counter, but most of them do so you can theoretically farm soft humanities everywhere.

Challenge: After Killing an Enemy you are not allowed to use that Weapon/Spell/etc ever again

Being this early is a strange feeling

I'm honestly amazed that the Stone Armor set let you just tank Manus, Artorias, and Kalameet. Did you fully upgrade the set?

i really like the part where he stood there and hit them with a giant sword. very inspiring 10/10

40:18 Ahh, I love how youtubers edit so they can end in a more humorous way, seeming they didn't struggle so much. But we can always see the signs. "Parrying each and every knight" *Preceeds to see estus quantity go from 20 to 13.

Watching the titles of your videos always make me go " no way this is actually possible"

"He's just standing there, menacingly" Final words from Gwyn

You choose the Zweihander because it has good damage. I choose the Zweihnader because it makes me move quickly. We are not the same.

I can think of a dozen challenge ideas but this is the last thing I thought about as a challenge. keep up the great work man

Congrats on the 100k gamer it's well deserved!! You've come so far

My god, Bed of Chaos like that seems a NIGHTMARE.

"He just stands there, menacingly!"

Drake Sword and Zweihander is some real first playthrough nostalgia lmao

My favorite is the part where you stood there and hit them with a giant sword.

Akshually 🤓 it's not random, illusory wall covered what there is a set amount of essence, needed to get a humanity from monsters when boss is alive. This amount increases with every humanity obtained on current location (up to 10)

"Can't move left stick" ok *uses WASD*

In a game where movement's seen as king, tanking damage standing still and waving a massive sword around is surprisingly effective

Ah yes. Elden RIng Briar Armor. *Don't fight Malenia. Take it from me. You will regret it.*

Seems once you’re set up, dark souls really can boil down to simply “hit em with a giant sword”

"Stood there and hit him with a sword" literal 5mill IQ gamer move

Everyone: "dark souls is soooo difficult", "dark souls is just unfair", "dark souls is unbeatable" This guy: "stand there and hit him with a giant sword"

Did something similar to this about 5 years ago - slow walking only. Waaay easier than this, though, since I could actually move and aim mid-swing with my giant sword)) And yeah, Bed of BS was a nightmare. Managed to reach the center with Butcher's Knife strong attack, but it took forever. (Also, tanking Artorias with Havel's + Iron Flesh felt GOOD

The goat returns!

Yaaayyy love the vids mate, ❤🎉

Giant Dad tutorial: "We stood there and hit them with a giant sword."

Hollows don't randomly drop soft humanity. They're worth points that increases a counter which grants soft humanity at certain milestones. This only works if the boss of the area is still alive.

Congrats on the 100k always s tier content. Curse of darkness music is a fine choice such an amazing soundtrack.

3:09 lmao, the bodies!

Back to the classics

Pinwheel is normally a cakewalk, but you know.

"He's just standing there.... HITTING WITH A GIANT SWORD!"

Everyone does the "Roll in Kirk Armor" challenge but how about the "Catalyst only challenge" where you only deal damage with the staff bonk.

This looks painful and as part of the audience I'm obligated to enjoy your pain.

missed the ds1 challenges welcome back

Dmg Optimizers : "Magic is the king of dark souls!" Strength Mains and god tier challenge runners: "Oh no... so anyway, I stood there, and hit them with a giant sword." Real talk, I need that on a t-shirt. Glad to have you back Kyle. I missed you.

Another Firebomb Academy Student 🎉

We finally know the answer to world peace...... *We stood there and hit it with a giant sword.*

Now we need a challenge without using the right stick

Anyone else miss when he out the names of the songs at the top corner each time he started playing a new one?

mann i literally squirmed at ur photo with the yt button, u look soo happy ily!

Yooo a new dark souls challenge nice

I am surprised you actually did that the entire game. I'd loose my mind and give up. You must be either the most mentally stable or the most insane person.

You are crazy my friend, glad to see the channel js doing great!