360 NO-SCOPE BABY

"How bad can a weapon be?" *watches Pinwheel fight* "oh..."

There is some insane sense of cosmic irony in not only not being able to aim a weapon called "Sniper Crossbow", but the fact that even if you could aim it, your controller had god awful drift on the right stick, lmao.

the difference between this and the not-swords is that even with them you can use resins or weapon buffs, and they all have quick movesets, so even without them you can avoid damage. the sniper crossbow is like if a club had a 4 second windup

If you fire a weapon from outside it's effective range, the arrows start to lose damage. Once you get far enough away, the damage drops to 0. You can most easily see this against the hydra usually. I think it's hilarious that you set up a sniping spot against Gwyndolin and then it didn't even work because the SNIPER crossbow didn't have enough range to make use of it.

The cheap particle effect spray every time you kill something big is so satisfying in the Souls games!

As someone who's beaten the game with a broken straight sword, your patience and skill here is very admirable

It may be the worst, but is so beautifully crafted. Good job skeleton!

I always forget this weapon even exists, and it's model always looks out of place. Great video!

I did a bit of a doubletake when I realized that you used the sniper crossbow to take out OnS and Snctuary guardian and take on Artorias without the extra estus from Rite of kindling since I always deal with Pinwheel so early I always assume everyone has 20 estus. Mad respect, I would not have made it that far without the extra heals.

I remember watching lobosjr doing a no-lock on sniper crossbow run wayyyyy back. Was probably the most interesting challenge run to watch because every fight needed strats

Daggers aren't bad at all. I've done a dagger only run and they have such a high attack speed and such good scaling that they don't even fall that far behind beasts like katanas in terms of DPS. Plus, they're super easy on your stamina and weight which removes pressure from leveling endurance in the early game. Daggers are good, and I will die on that hill if I have to.

Got a chuckle at the last second about the gaping dragon, nice touch

The thumbnail confused me, as I didn't even remember this thing existing.

Has sniper in its name but is the most inaccurate weapon. Ironic. I don't know why, but the developers really don't like crossbows although they are so dangerous that some kings forbid their use by private persons becoming one of the earliest banned weapons.

I like that you actually fought the gold armoured guy in a challenge. Everyone else just kicks him off and ignores the weapon

My favorite thing about the sniper crossbow aside from looks is the animation that plays when you don't meet the strength requirement. The recoil nearly ripping your arm off and the arm flailing you do is just beautiful

Daggers shouldn't even be a candidate for worst weapon, bandit's knife at least is top tier.

For God’s sake, the model has a crosshair, why couldn’t we use that? How can you snipe with something you can’t manually aim? Great job with this run! Edit: lmao, Gaping Dragon gets to live I suppose

I didnt know you could use the slumbering dragoncrest ring + ring of fog to mess that hard with Nito, thats so cool

A broken sword still has the straight sword moveset, which is generally considered good in any souls game. So it is hard to do damage, but it isn't to terrible to get a hit in. The sniper crossbow feels terrible to use, even if you do damage. This wouldn't be so terrible if it was a...you know...actual sniper, that you could use at range to piss off an enemy and then switch to something useable when they got close.

You actually pulled it off man. Way to go. This couldn't have been easy...

I'm only halfway through the video, but after getting hit with Runescape music eventually followed by Risk of Rain music, I really have to commend your choice in music. I noticed Donkey Kong too, and dude I love how many of the same games we must have played. Thanks for the great video, man. Really appreciate the great entertainment with a weapon I never even thought of using!

Xbow got so much nicer after DS1. I used a normal xbow as a secondary weapon on 1st run (strength build) in all of DS2, DS3, and Elden Ring. They served me well throughout each run, very frequently traversing areas for the first time. They also turned out to make quite a few boss fights require less skill to win! Turns out quite a few moves in various move pools just aren't valid if you keep backing off, and you can punish from so far away that they can't follow up. Quite a long way from this weapon. You could occasionally bait a ganker with it using binocular snipe + hawk ring in the forest when they were standing perfectly still and/or spamming hello/very good/etc to convince them to chase. Not that useful, but fun.

the leo ring wouldve been helpful to wear, arrows do thrust damage and get benefits from it

The first Artorias attempt live was so intense and heartbreaking, great that you finally made it👍

I always appreciate in a challenge run when getting the weapon becomes part of the challenge! Great video!

If you can aim, but there is no reticle, try shooting a few times at more or less the same location and note if the arrows always hit the same spot. If yes, you can simply make a mark on your monitor (like a little piece of tape with a tiny ripped up corner of paper) to act as the reticle. You won't damage your monitor, and now you have "accuracy" :D I did this with Dark Souls 2 and magic, all of a sudden I had free camera spell casting with perfect accuracy at long range, making places like the Lava Castle in the Sky easy with taking out all the knights with a Sorcerer :) Also not exactly Dark Souls related, but I do the same trick with sniper rifles in shooters as they often don't have a free aim (non-zoomed) reticle.

I love how you are talking to me like I'm ever gonna try this. Bro I still get stuck at the capra demon with normal builds :D Nice video and sick skills!

I really appreciate the 360 noscopes at the end of each boss fight. nice vid!

This might not be the worse weapon on the game by damage. However it is the slowest.. probably

Your voice is quite calming, and your vids are great to watch in the background! I cooked while watching this video on the side and youve earned a subscription from me 😊

Honestly I say you should have just modded the weapon into the start. Videos like these are fun and just make it easier on you the content creator.

Great video keep it up dawg, straight up nostalgia when I heard that spelunky Ice cave ost

Astora straight sword is a weird example. A few points in 3 stats and a highly reliable divine/magic weapon for early-mid game. Better example for odd stats would be Artorios’ Greatsword with that 24/18/20/20 req

Nice job completing this challenge! Since the sniper crossbow doesn't scale with any stats, would you get more damage by upgrading it to lightning or chaos instead of +15?

Once again a really nice video. Please keep going with your content.

Haha love that ending 😂 this was a great video! Fun to watch all throughout

tbh I never understood why people use the slow reticle-less binoculars to aim throwing knives/crossbows, when it's easier to just aim a regular bow with a crosshair.

Have an idea for a run I wanted to try, never got around to it: Each boss you defeat locks the weapon class you were using, forcing you to switch after every boss. No respecs, and this goes until you either hit credits or run out of weapon classes to use and lose

Ever since I stumbled upon this video I been watching the other videos nonstop! They are very entertaining! I was wondering if you would do some challenges similar to this one on other fromsoft games such as Bloodborne. I don't really have an idea at mind , but it would be really cool to see what ideas you can come up with the other soulsgames. Keep up the good work Dude! I really enjoyed these videos :D

This might be a long shot, but I can William Tell this one must have been a pain.

Worse is probably the skull lantern, but a run with it is straight up just torture

4:36 Dark Cloud 2 soundtrack... THAT was unexpected.

You're telling me it's even worse than the broken straight sword? Wow that's bad

I hear that Gundorada Workshop theme from Dark Cloud 2, one of my favorite game music pieces, automatic sub lol Perhaps one day, we'll get a Dark Cloud 3.

Ahhh, a Chris Christodoulou enjoyer. Great video man, awesome concept and very good narration. Keep it up.

Honestly that's what I loved about old dark souls games, and why Dark Souls 2 is my favorite in the franchise, is the fact that you can take one of the worst pieces of equipment or the worst weapon and slowly get better with it as the game progresses. And what makes the first three Souls games interesting is the fat that you could always upgrade the weapons or gear, which means that even the worst pieces of equipment would not stay the absolute worst pieces of equipment and with enough skill and upgrades you could watch your favorite piece of equipment become stronger. It might not be the best in the game but it always felt awesome to see my favorite pieces of gear stay with me for a playthrough. As much as I respect fromsoft, I think ever since bloodborne they have tried to make their games pure skill related and less about the RPG mechanics. Those mechanics are still there and Elden ring proved that the community still wants varied builds and equipment, but I don't think they'll ever go back to Dark Souls 1 or 2 days.

The dog goes where? DOWN WHERE?! Where does the dog go, meta?! Where did the dog go!? To go find all of the sticks you launched, I bet… yeah. Dogs like to chase sticks, so he had a nice nap before playing fetch some more…. Right?! He’s just taking a nap?! … Yeah… just a big ol puppy nap.

New challenge: Beat Dark Souls using only information the player character would have. Basically a more or less definitive story run. (You could make this very interesting when considering the two serpents and endings) I've just wanted so many people to get into dark souls but maybe they arent a game or it literally is too hard for their playstyle, etc., but I think something with some light narration or commentary (maybe even roleplay to a degree for immersions sake) I think it would be perfect, even if it turns out being a 2 hour supercut. Idk, I've wanted the same thing for Bloodborne Other rules or guidelines; -Each combat scenario would be planned out to enhance the story and explore/learn from the enemy's movesets. Just another thing to enhance immersion, and to show the player character learning. -Item descriptions dont count, depending on the context. Some things are obvious based on physical observation, while often times it's as if you are gaining information via magic means or some unexplained nonsense. (Just balance this out) -Game music volume raised, or sound effects powered. Nobody wants to listen to fleshy or clanky hits from a weapon for 2 hours. -And lastly, just do whatever you can possibly think of to make it as dramatic and cinematic as possible. If you can edit the UI to be less visible or even gone entirely that would be a plus. Please, oh please I beg of the 🙏🏽 The world needs

never get tired of hearing osrs music in your videos, I have a burning love for Dark Souls 1 AND osrs. Happy to see others blessed with the best palate.

1:14 THAT DAGGER JUST TEARS THROUGH ENEMIES!

Nice video as always, keep it up

The Risk of rain 2 music in the dlc nice ❤

Gotta say, this style of content is really good. I hope to see more stuff like this from the other souls games

Just found your channel dude, definitely keep up the good work!

Hekin SHOUT OUT to the dark cloud 2 music in this.

this was just stressful. nice work

5:37 "F A P ring" bro did not want to be demonetized lmao

I wonder what the worst weapon is

16:39 certified Dennis Reynold's moment.

Very fun video! I think it would benefit from showing us more non boss encounters. How exactly did you get past anor londo snipers? Any other encounters bother you?

Nicely done! I would have been waaaaaay to impatient to do this :x

God I love the use of Gundorada’s Workshop theme. Such an amazing song/game and video

Who else noticed the Jak and Daxter music during Sen's Fortress? I grew up playing that game, good stuff! 👍

Can you perform the jumping attack with the Crossbow? That may be a way to use the sniper crossbow to hit the snake in the duke's archives.

This is the only video of yours I've seen so far, but did you do a shield only run? Do something like dual heater shields.

Yooo, that Spelunky HD Ice Caves theme 💙

8:45 "We take out Biggest Tittus"...LOL

This makes me want to try out a bow focused build.

Oh boy this shall be fun

Do you have a version of this video with full bossfights? Cuz skipping through the whole video makes it look so easy and i bet i wouldn't even be able to kill some of the 1st bosses.

That four second pause made me laugh pretty hard

Just started the video and I already know it’s a good one 👍 btw: Havel should be possible if you stand outside the door (at the bottom of the tower). Asfar as I know he never exists it

I remember a heavy crossbow run was one of the more relaxing ones since most bosses dont fight back well at range. Interesting that sniper crossbow makes such a large difference. 4 kings with any low damage weapon is a nightmare, though.

I feel you on that stick drift

I appreciate the fact that you didn't just hack the crossbow in and decided to get it in-game.

Love the Jak 2 soundtrack!! 7:18

8:47 I made this joke back in fucking 2015 when I played dark souls for the first time, glad to see some1 else thought of it

Doing this whole challenge with camera drift makes it that much more of an accomplishment.

IT’S TIME TO WRESTLE WITH THE LENNY

We've missed our meatball king! Great content

Let's gooo you're back. Got a great 20 mins ahead of me

Lol as soon as you said "ranged options" I knew it was the sniper crossbow

I wonder if Chester uses this crossbow to show how Fromsoft wanted it to be like; almost like a redemption.

You just made me realize that the Capra Demon battle would not be as memorable without the dogs

Thank you for making Dark Souls videos

Love your vids man

It also being 8.0 weight is also pretty heavy even for most melee weapons. On top of that buying bolts and having odd requirements. But then not scaling with those requirements lol.

The RuneScape music on this video is great lmfao.

20:32 I haven’t heard that phrase in awhile

Thirteen years playing this game and I just now learn you can just break the giants balls without killing him to get him to stop throwing them

Kalmeets bossfight got started with a shot to the wing and ended with a shot on his other wing😂😂😂

Mother 3 is such a wonderful game and I wish more people experienced it

OH shit, there it is with the Darkcloud music, Gondorada this time

good music choices bruv

You have more patience than i could ever hope to possess

You're the best DS content creator on here! When are you gonna start streaming regularly again?

It would have been nice if they took a page out of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, and let you use the right stick when locked on, to move your aimto different parts of the body.

Straight sword hilt without any buffs: