I definitely agree that this fight will likely break your spirits the first time around. Most people believe it to only be a two-phase fight, and why not? There’s a mid-boss cutscene, the arena changes, and you get a Titanite Slab the first time you beat the second phase.
Then it happens. Ariandel starts speaking again (and I almost want to say that they had him say something so you wouldn’t notice the health bar refilling under the subtitles).
You’ve used up all of your estus because you thought you could, and Friede gets back up. And the third phase is over before it begins.
And even for this LP, she genuinely crushed me during my first attempt. (You can actually see me noticing very early on in the attempt that my estus is not the equipped item, so I take a few hits while trying to switch to it.)
You know, if you root around in the game file’s picture menu, you can find a completed version of the Painter’s painting. I find it weird that that they went with this design, but I guess that Miyazaki really liked this version of it:
The first of this DLC’s four bosses is quite a doozy, so let’s… jump right on in. Then let’s talk lore as the Dark Souls 2 references just keep on rolling in!
This thread has seen a significant increase in the amount of shitposting going on recently, so let me be clear that I 100% endorse all of it. ALL. OF. IT. So keep up the good work!
Aw yeah, the best part is rapidly approaching. Fun fact: The giant can also summon a disembodied dragon head to lay down some fire while you are in the middle of arrow hell. Or getting rushed down by the knight with the massive hammer.
It’s going to become apparent that having only one person with us who has intimate knowledge of playing this DLC is probably for the best. I’m going to get really good at frustrating Iggy with my terrible combat and platforming decisions, so three people constantly owning me would just be too much.
Not to say it won’t be totally undeserved, but still.
Um… uhhhhh… vague gestures at the first couple of minutes of this video
So, yeah, the swamp. If you’re ever here, just skip the whole thing. There isn’t a lot here for you, but do not, DO NOT, forget to open that shortcut though.
It’s finally time for… ~T H A T M O M E N T~… so I hope you’re ready, because it’s almost here. Also, Iggy outs himself as a Game Theorist, I finally turn my PVP luck around… kind of, and Andy and Lobo learn a bit about a Dark Souls NPC that fucking no one remembers.
I also hope you enjoy the latest and greatest in Let’s Play editing, because this is my magnum opus.
Wow, impressive. Can’t believe you somehow managed to edit the video to make it appear as though I’m not saying the correct thing first even though that’s what I did and got it wrong later as a very funny joke, the laughter of which you somehow managed to remove. This is really next level. A fine Dark Soul to you.
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