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The video delves into the intricacies of PvP (Player versus Player) gameplay across various Souls games, including Dark Souls and Elden Ring, focusing on the community-enforced etiquette and rules that enhance match quality. An early discussion humorously touches on the concept of distracting opponents by mumbling preachings during duels. Key rules like the 'no healing' rule emerged due to earlier game mechanics where only hosts could heal, but this shifted and evolved, often becoming distorted over time.
A particular focus is on the "Earth Tree Heal" spell in Elden Ring, which requires 42 Faith and costs 65 FP, making it a potent healing tool that scales with Faith. Strategies to counter healing spells are discussed, emphasizing awareness of opponents' actions, using tools like Azure’s Glintstone Staff or My Dad’s Icon to interrupt, and maintaining close combat to prevent healing.
The speaker also addresses the controversy surrounding healing in duels, explaining historical reasons for its disdain but advocating for its acceptance as part of the strategy, rather than an outright ban. The overall message encourages viewers to adapt and strategize effectively against healing, reflecting on the balance between complaint and strategic gameplay, leading to a richer dueling experience.
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In this segment, the video discusses the humorous concept of mumbling religious preachings during a duel to distract the opponent. It explains how players in games, especially in PvP (Player versus Player) scenarios, often create their own rules to enhance the quality of matches. These rules might include PvP etiquette, such as bowing at the start or banning certain gameplay elements like meta weapons or specific spells. A significant rule in the Souls games is the ‘no healing’ rule, initially because only hosts could use healing flasks, which made matches excessively long. This rule was formalized in Dark Souls and continued in subsequent games, including Elden Ring. The segment also touches on how these rules have evolved over time, sometimes becoming distorted. Finally, it raises the question of the fairness of using healing spells in duels, noting that Elden Ring offers various healing spells, each a stronger variation of the previous one.
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In this part of the video, the main character discussed is “Earth Tree Heal,” a spell requiring 42 Faith and costing 65 FP to use. It scales with Faith and the seal used, notably healing 1,613 HP with 60 Faith and the ERD Tree Seal in just 1.5 seconds, and the healing effect cannot be interrupted once cast. The video explains how to expedite the spell using My Dad’s Icon and Azure’s Glintstone Staff, making it difficult to counter, especially with latency, and suggests using Endure to avoid interruption during casting. While the use of healing spells in duels is controversial, the video argues that their usage has counterplay, emphasizing strategy over complaints. It advises observing opponents for signs of Faith usage and maintaining close combat to prevent easy healing, suggesting running attacks or back stabs during recovery animations as viable counter-strategies.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for dealing with healing in PvP combat, particularly addressing the ERD tree heal. They emphasize maintaining a clear and relaxed mindset, acknowledging that managing to force an opponent to heal indicates you can do significant damage again. The speaker notes historical reasons for the disdain towards healing in PvP, stemming from Dark Souls 1 where invaders couldn’t heal while hosts could. Despite the common agreement against healing in PvP duels, they advocate for accepting healing incantations as legitimate tools and argue against outright banning them. The speaker encourages viewers to stay prepared and use available tools to counter healing effectively. They conclude with a reminder for viewers to engage with the channel and maintain healthy habits.