I chose either the perfect or the worst time to upload my DS3 scythe only run, depending on how many more dark souls videos people want to watch lol

@TheBacklogs

Ай бұрын

Best time, no doubt :)

@Darksouls131

Ай бұрын

I get the "it's easy and does alot of damage" reference it's from happy souls animation

@colemanstryk3r557

Ай бұрын

Your vid came up legit the second video on the right while watching this one, so I guess one of the best, at least for me, since I was planning on watching that one next. 😁

@fistybaby9489

Ай бұрын

Well now someone needs to release a scythe only run in bloodborne and Elden ring

@jackirish9022

Ай бұрын

Actually, you could have killed him without using firebombs. The piles of fire do damage.​@@TheBacklogs

"kill all NPCs" runs are so much sadder in DS2, because filling up Majula with weird strays is my favourite thing.

@mustafaalshawi2596

Ай бұрын

actually true

@OhNoTheFace

Ай бұрын

Something fun about filling your home base with dudes

@tylerf3788

16 күн бұрын

@@OhNoTheFace Diddy agrees with you

"Liberty speed your step helldiver" was a damn mental flash-bang XD

@luNav88

Ай бұрын

Music in the background is from Helldivers 2, awesome :D

As an individual who is nearly completely blind the phrase youve got eyes always makes me chuckle. Great vid enjoyed it thoroughly :)

@andylaw3222

Ай бұрын

Out of curiosity, isn't there anything that can be done? Eye surgery has had insane progress in the last 8 years and the surgery itself is at around 3500-4000€, that's quite affordable. Sometimes even just 3000, depending on where you live. Because it would be great if you could regain your sight or improve it? Should be possible these days. Best of luck!!!

@hikagevonblitz8151

Ай бұрын

@andylaw3222 most surgeries focus on removal of cataracts or even the correction of the lense. My visual impairment is bexuase of malformed retinas so at present there is no solution unfortunately.

@willbordy

Ай бұрын

​@@hikagevonblitz8151 first time i heard someone that has the same problem my brother has

@Shagaru_Bleed

Ай бұрын

@@hikagevonblitz8151 Ouch man... I hope they find a way... Being blind sucks.

10:30 Love a good Happy Souls reference

@sejtitsreal7285

Ай бұрын

I love sp much😂 finally someone who Also likes it🙏🏻

@Void_Ghost_Beelz

Ай бұрын

It’s amazing, wish we got a sequel

@Gurmudgin

Ай бұрын

Every time I see a pursuer eye glow I can hear “is this… too easy for you?”

@The_Hahndsome

Ай бұрын

@@Gurmudgin “I’ll see you later”

@ContentFarmerReal

Ай бұрын

hell yea

I don't know how well this would work, but when I saw your hours played in terraria in the "Lets talk about Dark Souls 1" video, I immediately thought: Terraria with firebombs/explosives only?

@TheBacklogs

Ай бұрын

Soon (tm)

@keyman245

Ай бұрын

​@@TheBacklogswhat about terraria but tools only (axes pickaxes and shit)

@DanielFerreira-ez8qd

Ай бұрын

@@keyman245 too unchallenging, actually. explosives in terraria are clunky and you can't really build around them at all - but tools are melee weapons, so it's just your standard melee build with some really short weapons.

@dragonace119

Ай бұрын

@@DanielFerreira-ez8qd The drills post-WoF are also pretty good.

@mariushatcher2643

Ай бұрын

Explosive bullets?

12:25 because the armor makes you heavier. It's trying to emulate real life logic, where if you fall with something heavy you fall with more force.

@thulsa_doom

Ай бұрын

^ this

@kkolyan373

Ай бұрын

there is the reason why gravity is usually expressed in acceleration, not force

@kylegrefe4399

Ай бұрын

@@kkolyan373 I suppose I should have said impact with more force, but the point still stands.

@kkolyan373

Ай бұрын

@@kylegrefe4399 ah, then you mean energy of impact (force is for modeling process over time, not instant things like impact). okay, that may make sense. actually, being clad in armor gives you more acceleration than drag (braking agains air), so I believe the velocity of impact could be a bit larger when armored. also, if you land on legs, then armor without exosceleton-like frame increases the impact on legs even if velocity the same. or if you land on the side, and your armor is not paddded and is not hard-framed, then the armor chunks from the other side will squish body a bit, possibly making some harm. but, armor is usually padded, which is good for energy dissipation and hard armor distributes impact over the larger region of body, decreasing impact to the each part of region. and some sets of hard-framed armor could work as exosceleton, protecting legs from the weight of armor itself. so... I think, it's maybe easier to break a limb or ribs when land on that limb when you wearing armor with heavy non-linked parts. but I really doubt that armoring increases chance of death due to fall from critical height (which is relevant to the case of dropping to majula pit).

@Neceroe

Ай бұрын

​@@kkolyan373not to mention fabrics also increase your fall DMG in ds2 but would have little to no impact irl detrimental or otherwise

12:02 Lemon no, don't do it you monster. The world needs Li'l Sebastian.

@mattesson5333

Ай бұрын

Bye bye lil Sebastian

40:17 Good lord that swing 39:57

@blipblop47

Ай бұрын

ye, that's were the darkness in Lemon really shined through

@dyslexsticks3381

Ай бұрын

Some of crit animations in this game are hilariously violent.

@FriedrichTheGreatest

Ай бұрын

​@@dyslexsticks3381*Halberd backstab.*

@ibragimowbekhan0987

Ай бұрын

Well, this scythe have a lot of mini-blades on it We're ripping off her face with this one!

Even if Lemon does eventually stop doing Dark Souls altogether, it's not gonna stop me from watching immediately when he does. (Edited for clarity) Edit 2: I give up. I'm excited when lemon uploads DS, alright?

@Saren_5

Ай бұрын

So just not immediately xd

@christopherbronson3275

Ай бұрын

Right? It's the sass and personality of Lemon's that keeps me here

@bigtree7071

Ай бұрын

He’s got enough to keep him busy till retirement.

@2shadesofgray752

Ай бұрын

How would you watch them if he stops doing them?

@amicloud_yt

Ай бұрын

what

I introduced my brother into the Souls series with Bloodborne and now he loves this series as much as I do. He then introduced me to The Backlogs and this is one of my favorite channels. Even the none souls stuff is great. Thanks Lemon. Love your stuff.

Randomly came across your channel from all the dark souls vids I watch, and you have one of my favourite presentation styles. It's so chill. Glad to see the challenge runs aren't over yet. ❤

I Just love how the scythe is around the most NPC's you talk with this run, from the start of the conversation they're in the Lemon Death's grasp

@Eden-kw1kw

Ай бұрын

“You’re next”

@crustyandcruel

Ай бұрын

What are you even saying lol

@Neceroe

Ай бұрын

​@@crustyandcruelhe likes that the scythe is generally around or near the NPCs neck as if they're seconds away from death

Killing Lucatiel is unforgivable. Justice for the best girl in Dark Souls 2!

@danieladamczyk4024

Ай бұрын

But necessary.

@leonie_gata_de_outono

Ай бұрын

2nd best Alsanna is the best

@viktord2025

Ай бұрын

@@leonie_gata_de_outono well, you are welcome to your own opinion. You'd just be wrong, is all/jk

@AutoReroll

Ай бұрын

​@@leonie_gata_de_outonopossible queer representation in a FS game

@FriedrichTheGreatest

Ай бұрын

​@@leonie_gata_de_outonothird. Shalquior

That helldivers 2 ost at 34:27 caught me off guard!! Really well done, i would have never imagined a ds2 character falling into the chamber of the Ivory king with the HD2 deployment music hahaha

@chadyoung9934

Ай бұрын

It's got multiple layers to it, too. Helldivers the game ost, but he specifically said, "We dive, so humanity survives," which is the motto of the Helldivers in the book series by the same name. There is no connection to each other besides the name, though. Absolutely threw me for a loop.

Having a backlogs video pop up in my feed had become one of my favorite surprises. Best way to start my day. Keep up the good work lemon!

Lemon: Let's spend 2024 working on my actual backlog of games and quit focusing so hard on Dark Souls. Also Lemon:

3:40 BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD , SKULLS FOR THE SKULLTHRONE , MILK FOR THE KHORNEFLAKES wouldn't have guessed lemon is a 40k fan

@tsquitz

Ай бұрын

or that you're a lathrix fan

@JwaymesWilder

Ай бұрын

KHORN flakes how did I just realise that

@aendranireho6038

Ай бұрын

@@tsquitz The Legion is always present Remember, we are the good guys.

@IanVelazquez-jk3tv

Ай бұрын

@@tsquitzwhat, I didn’t know that he referenced something else besides a good cereal

Hey man been watching you for a long time now. Just wanted to say what you do has helped me through some really stressful times in my life. Your content and your voice are a safe place for me. So thank you

I just really love these videos and the style you have, thanks for all Lemon!

Well that was fun! Another killer vid, Lemon! About getting naked reduces fall damage: I think, total weight of the character somehow (as in "I dunno the exact equation") adds to fall damage taken. Idea is something like jumping down with 40kg backpack and without it. Also about Ivory King DLC - the weapon durability goes down faster there by default, as far as I remember. Something about "freezing cold makes weapons brittle" or whatever

I think what I love most about Lemon's videos is that I can always learn life lessons no matter the game or the challenge. Today's episode was all about Death and letting go, for example.

@ronthorn3

Ай бұрын

I thought it was about swimming?

I first found your channel a few weeks or so ago, through the pikmin challenge runs. Since then, the Backlogs have become my favorite background noise for any and all tasks.

Hello Lemon :D I don't usually get to see your videos this soon after they are released so I wanted to say I have been binging almost all of your challenge runs and I love your videos

Yeah, I remember that golden serpent ring you got. I also remember that golden serpent ring +1 you got before getting regular one. Love you 🍋

@LordPenguinworth

Ай бұрын

I was hoping someone else noticed that lol

Nice! New lemon video! Hoping the one shot competition vid is gonna release soon, super excited for it

"bye bye lil Sebastian. miss you in the saddest fashion" love the parks and rec reference 12:02

Lemon is probably one of the only few KZreadrs I actually enjoying going back to watching videos from

14:40 I think this is actually a scyte reforged in a way that is more functional as a weapon. Also fun fact - Polish peasant using scythes set like that in uprisigns used to be called scythemen

@Raggrum

Ай бұрын

If you are talking about the scythe that doesn't look like a scythe. That's a war scythe. The first war scythes were just scythes with their blades mounted in parallel with the handle instead of perpendicular like normal scythes.

@jehru5

Ай бұрын

That isn't a scythe. It's a bardiche. A war scythe is an actual separate thing that came about as an evolution from what DS2 incorrectly calls a great machete.

@darthplagueis13

Ай бұрын

​@@Raggrum This is not, in fact, a war scythe. It's a Bardiche, a completely separate type of polearm. It also bears mentioning that War Scythes never were just scythe blades attached to the handle differently. An actual scythe blade would both be too heavy and be almost guaranteed to break if you tried to use it like that. War Scythes had always been forged as weapons, the name stemming from a superficial resemblance.

Lemon thank you for the video, had a lot of stressful things happen this past week and a video from my favorite challenge runner made it better. Even if you never do another Dark souls run I still enjoy all of your content

I was quite surprised Death left Ornifex alive, and thought she might get the scythe of want, but she did not, and left Ornifex alive for no apparent reason.

@memereaper2764

Ай бұрын

Imagine Death forgetting you're still alive

Lets go part two! I started showing your videos to my wife and now she may be joining me on my next few play throughs! Thanks for being hilarious and calming all at the same time

As a long time fan,I gotta say,man,you just keep getting better,keep up the good work lemon!

This was a great one, loved the references, and its great to see you back in the souls universe🤟

I’ve recently discovered this guys challenge runs and been binging them. Nice to see a new one

it's too bad you didn't get to use nashandra's scythe.

"Au contraire", "C'est la vie", as a French it pleases me to hear Lemon speak our beautiful language. Keep being my favorite non-french KZreadr :D

Loved that helldiver music in tbe background lol, love the video too!😊

Ayy I've been on a huge dark souls 2 grind the last couple weeks and this beauty drops, Thanks Melon :)

I finally get to watch a video early. Thanks whoever gave me membership.

18:30 "Ahhh you deny your weapon its purpose Jack!"

Had a feeling you'd show up again, Made my day a bit better. :)

Theses are really fun to just listen to at work. It's like a story time. Telling the epic a run long long ago

love the helldivers music in the ivory king fight

Love the Cult Of The Lamb OST in the background 💕

18:45 YOU CAN JUMP TO THAT FROM THERE?!?!? Lemon, you have changed my life for the better. Sincerely, from the deepest depths of my soul, where the 4 kings live, I thank you for this True Boon of Knowledge. You are truly one of the best. Thank you, Lemon.

@STARSRav3n

Ай бұрын

There's a different way to jump there? I've always done that jump since day 1 😅

@brutemouse6024

Ай бұрын

@@STARSRav3n I went across the bridge to jump from the opposite side. I just never realized you could jump to there from specifically that ledge. So weird

The Ivory King actually taught me to use weapons in my left hand for PVP because of how much it threw people off. It's pretty crazy how well it works. It's a shame Aldia's fight is so simple because he's probably the most interesting NPC in the franchise bar-none. Pretty much the only individual to ever break any of the game's cycles guaranteed other than the DS2 protagonist if they make the special crown.

Ah excellent a dark souls ring from lemon. My favourite citrus named challenge runner.

"We dive so humanity survives!" while playing Helldivers music is a great reference that only a handful of people will get. I respect it.

@audreyrewinded

Ай бұрын

helldivers is one of the most popular games rn i dont think thats a handful of people

@Jaydee-wd7wr

Ай бұрын

@@audreyrewinded, No way…

@megabumbusta2746

Ай бұрын

​@@audreyrewinded it's a hand so full it's overflowing lmao

@yeet6893

Ай бұрын

For the record im pretty dure "we dive so humanity survives" is a quote from the helldivers book series not the games

@jandipoo

Ай бұрын

@@yeet6893 Bingo. All the people saying it's from the game series are proving my point.

Love the vids and the one thing i know you love more than the vids is fire bombs. There's this metroidvania soulslike i picked up a week or so ago called Last Faith that guess what, has firebombs, and actually loads of other bombs too. Would love to see if you could beat the game with those only

DS1 with Scythes was my favorite video of yours. I am so glad you decided to continue the showcase.

Killing Lucatiel is a sin that can't be forgiven, even if committing to the theme of the run. Just do her questline and let her time come naturally 😭

I’m a simple man. I see one of my most nostalgic games being played by one of my favorite creators, I click. I enjoy.

Finally set aside time to watch this. Lemon, you are great. May your patience ever unwavering, and your firebombs burn bright for the goddess!

Good stuff, and great job :)

All it took was a sacrifice to the firebomb goddess to start the run, guess the scythe you got from it was her punishement Very interesting run still, I didn't know McDuff also used a log as his weapon of choice lol

@gordonfreeman7187

11 күн бұрын

That profile picture is crazy. If the Olympics hosted an event called most victimized person you would win a gold medal.

i'd watch terraria challenge runs from this channel :)

Great video as always! Also, would absolutely love to see a Majora’s Mask without a sword vid 11:37

Hell yeah! I just came from work and my dude lemon drops a new video. Greatings from argentina!!!!

Where does this man come up with such raw lines??? “Purpose is an invaluable thing, and you have lost yours”

The damage inflicted by a weapon may be partly proportionate to your stamina and the angle from which the character attacks an enemy. I recently noticed that when going through Sir Alonne's area. A single, two-handed R2 of my club would insta-kill an enemy if my stamina was full or nearly so but would not quite insta-kill the enemy if my stamina was much lower. I noticed that with your character. It would make sense since the character has less determination and energy behind lower stamina attacks. That shows the depth of FromSoft's thinking in its combat design.

@numbersbubble

Ай бұрын

when you attack, and the attack uses up more stamina than you have. you deal less damage

@yahia5476

Ай бұрын

​@@numbersbubbleI know this is a thing in DS2 but is it also present in the other games? Because in Elden ring I could swron damage doesn't care about your stamina

@jwho39

Ай бұрын

Weapons also have "sweet spots" so if you hit them with a handle of a halberd it does less damage than if you hit them with the blade

Love It! I personally try to do my first Souls Playthroughs always with scythes.

I always like these kinds of challenge runs, where its not some struggle to see if its even possible to do it (I still enjoy those) but where its just playing the game a little differently and seeing what happens when you do it

Let's fucking goooooo, made it on the Firebomb Scholar wall

Have no idea if you will se this but the scythe in 14:44 is a war scythe that people would use in battles the great scythe is a farming tool.

@darthplagueis13

Ай бұрын

It's not a War Scythe though. It's a Bardiche.

Lemon. Ive fallen asleep to your voice once again. Why must you be so calm and soothing. Anyways great video. Wish i couldve stayed awake to watch it all.

Ah, another Dark Souls II challenge run video. What a pleasant gift to get. And it's as great as always.

A sickle. It’s called a sickle. Edit: I was overzealous.

I've been missing the lemon dark souls challenge vids and one has finally arrived, one that I really enjoyed because scythes are just awesome I'm pleasantly surprised though that ds2 being the first large boss amount souls game there's only 3 scythes compared to the usual one or two of each game ig at the end of the day it's similar to it's brethren

Had no idea you could get to the queen in elaum. Learn something new about my favorite games all the time from you, lemon 🍋! Thank you

I think a cursed weapons only run might be a lot of fun; using the Jagged Ghost Blade and Ghost Blade to start and then graduating to the Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed).

That was a nice Khorne reference, I'm proud of you, laddie!

I love the warhammer reference! Blood for the blood God, skulls for the throne! I just started reading the 40k books. Love the videos.

YESSSS your first scythe only run brought me to you! Thanks Lemon!!! 🍋🍋🍋🍋

I appreciate how you not only roleplayed death during this run due to your weapon of use, but also roleplaying the reaper through your commentary.

This made my day thank you

I knew I remembered that song! Went afk a ton in cult of the lamb. Oddly fitting for a scythe run.

Got a soft spot for death themed runs, thanks for another fun one mate

Oh god, this brings back memories. I played through ds2 twice, once normal and once new game plus. And on new game plus my weapon became a scythe (the one from the boss soul) and i loved using it.

Loved the Parks and Rec joke thank you 😆

26:50 Dr. jekyll and Mister Hyde reference. Got to love it when you know it

Love your vids. I was thinking could u beat remnant 2 with firebombs only?

Lemon, my man, coming in clutch when I ran out of stuff to watch

Lemmon listen, I watch you for your style of explaining things as it's calming and great to sleep to

Loved the cult of the lamb track in the background( at a certain part).

I made a whole grim reaper build in DS2 and learned alot about how the scythes work in the process. They have a 'shaft' hitbox and a 'blade' hitbox, the blade doing buffed damage, and the shaft doing debuffed damage. Its more consistant than it seems, but it depends on the scythe, some of them have much smaller 'blade' hitboxes than others, but its all about getting familiar with your scythe of chocie and learning the proper spacing for its blade to hit more often than its shaft.

Always sweet to see a new video from you! Have you considered making a Monster Hunter challenge video? I never played Dark Souls till your videos got me to start it and the combat flow reminds me of monster hunter and some weapon types are basically challenge modes in the early parts. One of them is the gunlance. The answer to the question what would happen if a lance and fire bombs had babies

@TheBacklogs

Ай бұрын

I actually did already, and beat MHW with only the Kinsect (the bug, not the glaive) :)

@DerpyLaron

Ай бұрын

@@TheBacklogs Wel I be damned you are a fountain of content and gamer with many talents. I salute you fire bomb master

Literally just started DS2 for the first time ever today and you upload DS2, perfect

@andrewwolfe5479

Ай бұрын

How's the run goin

Fantastic video, as a ds2 lover id like to see more adventures through drangleic, despite ds2 being the black sheep of the family it's oddly charming no?

Hey Lemon, i absolutely love your content you are one of my most liked streamer, i got an new challenge idea for you how about an firebombs only run in lies of p?😁

the fact you have helldivers music playing when you dived into "hell" really caught me off guard. well done Lemon! can i expect to see challenge runs of a "beating an entire level 9 mission using nothing but fire nades?"

I'm surprised I've never seen you play hellpoint. Especially considering your love of souls like challenge runs.

The helldivers reference upon entering the Burnt Ivory King boss fight was pretty great

Yo lemon my fav vid on ur chanel is ds1 sythes only so this should be lit.

Thank you for blessing us again lemon

Well, you made this look a lot easier than the live stream. Excited to see what the last game offers.

WOAH i remember when u had like 60K subs WHAT HAPPENED!??! CONGRATS!

I love listening to Jespar Dal'Varek speak to me about his challenge runs in Dark Souls. Enderal challenge run next pls

two videos so soon!? amazing!!!

Such an amazing playthrough! Btw, Chloanne has a moveset and uses a hook as a weapon - your damage was just so high, she didn't even have time to get up.