He skips the taurus demon and undead burg as a whole, and spends less than a minute falling down the wood planks to get to blight town. While it took 15 minutes for most people to get to the first boss, it took him less to ring both bells. The first ever 1 hour and 9 minute speed run took about 21 minutes to get to that point, this guy manages to squeeze in a Sif kill in those 5 minutes. God fucking damn.

People be crazy.

I've had the game for like three weeks tomorrow and I'm learning a bunch from these, thanks!  Most recent trick I learned was a shortcut to right before the Capra Demon from before the first fog gate in upper Burg.
 
1) Did he break the wall before the iron ball?
2) How did he combo damage on the drop on the first boss?!
 
(adding as I watch because this is legit good shit)
 
3) oh hell, the way he handled the first BK!
4) shiiit this runner has balls the size of planets

@SomeJerk: Iron ball?

If by combo damage you mean the asylum demon, most people seem to use the dropping attack right before they hit him. Using it earlier lets the sword get extended all the way out, so your sword hits the asylum demon, dealing the 50ish damage, before the actual dropping attack damage lands as well.

Also fyi, EpicNameBro has a decent video breaking down some of the tricks used in this speed run.

Watching this solely for Blighttown. Take that, stupid walkways!

@Ravenlight: You should watch it for Duke's Archives and Tomb of the giants as well. This guy does not GIVE A FUCK.

@Turambar said:

@SomeJerk: Iron ball?

If by combo damage you mean the asylum demon, most people seem to use the dropping attack right before they hit him. Using it earlier lets the sword get extended all the way out, so your sword hits the asylum demon, dealing the 50ish damage, before the actual dropping attack damage lands as well.

It's doing the lunge attack off the edge instead of just the normal dropping attack.

Sounds crazy. Definitely gonna watch this later.

HE SKIPPED CEASLESS DISCHARGE

Not sure if this run has been linked to from here before, try 32 minutes and 45 seconds for the entire run. This is all done in one single segment although it looks like he uses one quit out of the game and relaunch to do one skip. Other than that though it is pure running around and doing very little other than killing the bosses.

@grugvoth said:

Not sure if this run has been linked to from here before, try 32 minutes and 45 seconds for the entire run. This is all done in one single segment although it looks like he uses one quit out of the game and relaunch to do one skip. Other than that though it is pure running around and doing very little other than killing the bosses.

That one uses a glitch to get into the Kiln without playing through half the areas in the game. Hence why this one explicitly states no-glitch.

I fucking love Dark Souls Speed Runs.

Just watching gameplay of this game makes my adrenaline start

That was insane, took me over 70 hours... Thanks for sharing!

@Turambar: That's what I thought, it seemed weird to quit out when dying and suddenly be in another area. Still scary how fast it can be done though.

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

I LOVE Dark Souls speed runs! thanks duder!

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

@MikeGosot said:

@pyromagnestir said:

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

The leveling in Dark Souls works ina different way. I don't like Dark Souls, so i never got much into it, so i can someone can explain it better than that.

Well, killing bosses nets you TONS of souls. I have been watching on and off, but if he specs right, one boss can boost his main damage dealer by quite a bit. Every "soul level" costs a certain amount of souls regardless of where you spend them, so if he just dumped into stamina and strength, he wouldn't need to kill many peons to level up enough to finish the game.

Example.. if it costs 1000 souls to level stamina up by one point, it will cost ~1250 souls to level ANYTHING else up by a point after that. I hope that was clear enough.. I suck at explaining.

@pyromagnestir said:

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

I'm only saying this as someone who has watched speedruns of the game and never played it, but I believe their is an item and coven combination that allows for insane attack damage. Or something like that. It definitely has to do with the equipment being used

@murisan said:

@MikeGosot said:

@pyromagnestir said:

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

The leveling in Dark Souls works ina different way. I don't like Dark Souls, so i never got much into it, so i can someone can explain it better than that.

Well, killing bosses nets you TONS of souls. I have been watching on and off, but if he specs right, one boss can boost his main damage dealer by quite a bit. Every "soul level" costs a certain amount of souls regardless of where you spend them, so if he just dumped into stamina and strength, he wouldn't need to kill many peons to level up enough to finish the game.

Example.. if it costs 1000 souls to level stamina up by one point, it will cost ~1250 souls to level ANYTHING else up by a point after that. I hope that was clear enough.. I suck at explaining.

So he's probably min/maxing the damage boosting characteristic when leveling. Alright, that helps explain some things, I think. He also seemed to know exactly who to kill to get the most souls for his efforts. Or something.

Still something about watching Dark Souls speed runs makes me want to curl up into a fetal position and cry while repeating "I don't get it." over and over.

that was dope

@pyromagnestir said:

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

• The Red Tearstone Ring that he was using a lot increases attack when health is low (hence why he would frequently go into battles with low health).
• The Ring of Favour and Protection increases his health and damage and equip load by like 15% each.
• He picked up a ring that increases damage to critical hits but I don't remember seeing him use it. I know the previous record holder did.
• The weapon he used hits it's max upgrade with only 10 Crystal Titanite, while most other weapons require 9 titanite shards, 9 large titanite shards, 9 titanite chunks, and 1 titanite slab. You can max it out by killing 5 crystal lizards, while other weapons would need heaps of kills.
• Sometimes early on he picked up items that can be used to get souls, some bosses drop a soul that most players turn into weapons but he uses them to get thousands of souls, and boss kills are worth tens of thousands of souls.
• Lots of people beat the game at level 1. It's easier than it sounds since levelling equipment is more important than levelling atributes.

@pyromagnestir said:

@murisan said:

@MikeGosot said:

@pyromagnestir said:

I wish this were HD and that the menus were in English... Although I still wouldn't understand what the hell is going on.

One question, though. Dark Souls is an RPG no? How is he able to level up to the point of kicking these bosses asses without killing anybody?

The leveling in Dark Souls works ina different way. I don't like Dark Souls, so i never got much into it, so i can someone can explain it better than that.

Well, killing bosses nets you TONS of souls. I have been watching on and off, but if he specs right, one boss can boost his main damage dealer by quite a bit. Every "soul level" costs a certain amount of souls regardless of where you spend them, so if he just dumped into stamina and strength, he wouldn't need to kill many peons to level up enough to finish the game.

Example.. if it costs 1000 souls to level stamina up by one point, it will cost ~1250 souls to level ANYTHING else up by a point after that. I hope that was clear enough.. I suck at explaining.

So he's probably min/maxing the damage boosting characteristic when leveling. Alright, that helps explain some things, I think. He also seemed to know exactly who to kill to get the most souls for his efforts. Or something.

Still something about watching Dark Souls speed runs makes me want to curl up into a fetal position and cry while repeating "I don't get it." over and over.

A simpler way to explain it is that the cost of leveling one attribute up by 1 point is based on the cumulative total level of all attributes. Therefore it costs the same to level one stat by 100 as it does to level 5 stats by 20 each.

He is also eating the unique boss souls to gain their soul value. Those boss souls can also be used to create unique weapons, but if you just absorb them you lose out on that, which is why most people don't just eat them.

Finally for most bosses he's wearing a ring that boost attack by 33% if you're at 15% or below health. That's why he does so little healing.

@sodacat: He's also DAMN good. Them parries on Gwyn? Jeez.

Just finished watching this and man the way he handled blighttown twice gave me hemoroids. Mad skill. I cant imagine how much trial and error it took to figure out these shortcuts. Like the bit where he crosses the lava without the ring. Like what the fuck.

@laserbolts said:

Just finished watching this and man the way he handled blighttown twice gave me hemoroids. Mad skill. I cant imagine how much trial and error it took to figure out these shortcuts. Like the bit where he crosses the lava without the ring. Like what the fuck.

All that saved him 2 minutes on the run. There is another video out there of him doing a 1 hour 1 minute run and killing ceaseless discharge.

@Turambar:

i guess when goin for the record its worth it but god damn

Well that was impressive and made me feel completely inadequate.

Letting himself take damage, knowing how much he will receive, is crazy.

Improved by another 40 seconds or so, because of timing difference it's still over 59 minutes, would be sub-59 if not.    
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q0e5S2dakVU  (won't let me embed)
I really need to play this game some more.

Thank you for sharing this! I asked Epic Name Bro for the link to the video but to no avail. I can finally watch this. Can't wait to see how fucking crazy he goes after ringing the first two bells.

Took me over 10 hours to get where he is in 20 minutes. I need to play this again

I've watched this video a few times now. I'm in awe.

I feel like watching this and paying attention can really improve my abilities.

I'd never attempt something like this but I'm glad it's there for me to watch.

Come on Dark Souls 2!

He defeated

Edit: 13 minutes in and i saw things i never saw in the game i played on and off for 3 months

@buft said:

He defeated

Edit: 13 minutes in and i saw things i never saw in the game i played on and off for 3 months

Ditto. Super impressive.

The best part is how he deletes the character at the end. Haha.

what would the average score be in a normal run just too get an idea off how much he misses out and what setting his he playing on i never played this game, man he must off played this so much very interesting to watch, some off those jumps would take a lot of practice to get right,and he owns those bosses.

love the bit in the lava where he waits for the thingy to come towards him then falls of the ledge.