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00:00:00 – 00:22:28
The video follows the creator attempting a challenging Elden Ring DLC run with a level one character and an empty inventory, focusing on defeating the first major boss, the Dancing Lion. The player progresses by strategically leveling up, acquiring upgrade materials, and finding powerful weapons and talismans to enhance their combat potential. Detailed segments showcase the player's journey through various areas, defeating enemies, upgrading weapons, gathering materials, interacting with NPCs, and utilizing diverse combat tactics. The player faces tough enemies like the Demium Swordmaster and death knight, employing backstabs and specific gear setups to overcome challenges. The video culminates in the successful completion of the challenge by defeating the Dancing Lion boss using specific strategies and emphasizing the importance of tactics in battles. The creator eventually decides to end the challenge run, highlighting the enjoyment of challenges when starting with nothing and thanking viewers for their support.
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In this part of the video, the creator attempts a challenging Elden Ring DLC run with a level one character and an empty inventory. They reach the DLC entrance and discard all items except essential flasks. The challenge involves using only items found in the DLC, with no access to upgrades from the base game. They aim to defeat the first major boss, the Dancing Lion. The player acquires Beast claws early on, levels up, upgrades their stats, and finds the Blade of Mercy Talisman, enhancing their weapon potential. The Beast claws’ ability to inflict bleed damage proves effective against enemies. The player faces challenges due to low level and vulnerability but progresses by being cautious and making strategic choices.
00:03:00
In this segment of the video, the player lands a critical hit to increase their attack power, defeats enemies to acquire items and upgrades, levels up with a focus on strength and dexterity, ventures into a challenging dungeon earlier than recommended, faces various encounters including scorpions and shadow enemies, invests in leveling up Vigor for survivability, acquires upgrade materials such as a smithing Stone 6 and a bone bow, navigates through secret rooms to find items like the dried bouquet Talisman for damage boosts, and encounters stonebird enemies while collecting smithing Stones for upgrades.
00:06:00
In this segment of the video, the player advances through different areas, attempting to defeat enemies and collect upgrade materials. They summon Freya for assistance in a boss fight, explore various paths, upgrade their stats, gather smithing stones, and defeat a Golem by employing a strategic backstabbing technique. The player obtains upgrade materials, including smithing stones, and utilizes new weapons like throwing daggers and the Madly Light Greatsword. They engage in combat using different tactics and successfully progress through the game.
00:09:00
In this segment of the video, the player demonstrates a strategy with crossbow soldiers where they switch weapons when approached, leaving them vulnerable while switching. The player explores a dungeon, obtains upgrade materials, and boosts their blessing to level five. They purchase deadly poison perfume and find the two-headed turtle Talisman for improved stamina recovery. The player finds pants, acquires smithing stones, and upgrades their weapon to +8. They switch to the great katana, explore new areas, obtain armor sets, and engage in battles with various enemies. The player uses poison bottles and successfully poisons enemies, though the damage is not very impactful. The segment also includes interactions with NPCs and exploration of new locations for loot and upgrades.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the player encounters the Demium Swordmaster, who is a challenging enemy with various moves and deadly combos. Initially struggling but then switching to the great katana, the player learns to exploit the enemy’s patterns, leading to a successful defeat with an unupgraded weapon. The player receives the enemy’s Spirit ashes as a reward, realizing the effectiveness of bleed damage. This success prompts the player to invest in upgrading the great katana further. The segment ends with the player discovering a secret area in the Fog Rift catacombs while on the journey to collect spirit ashes.
00:15:00
In this segment of the video, the player decides to level up their mind and try summoning with the Black Knight ashes. They attempt to fight the death knight using backstabs but unfortunately die. The player upgrades their Great Katana using smithing stones and faces the giant furnace Golem outside. They acquire the deflecting heart tier item, which enhances block capabilities. The player defeats the death knight using backstab strategies and perfect block guard counters. They then prepare to face the dancing lion with a level 65 character and a plus 17 weapon, employing a strategy involving the Black Knight Spirit ashes and the dried bouquet Talisman for damage boosts.
00:18:00
In this segment of the video, the creator explains their strategy in defeating the dancing lion boss in the DLC. They mention maximizing damage by landing hits before criticals, crafting Hefty fir pots for bonus damage during the boss’s ice phase (though it doesn’t seem to make a significant impact), and emphasizing the importance of small tactics in the fight. Ultimately, they showcase their success in completing the challenge of defeating the boss starting at level one and using only items from the first region of the DLC.
00:21:00
In this segment of the video, the creator decides to end a challenge run as it would become less interesting due to weapon upgrades and leveling up. They highlight that challenges are most enjoyable at the beginning when you have nothing. They share a detailed strategy on how they defeated “Moog” at level one, referencing another YouTube channel for the strategy. The strategy involved specific buffs and gear setups to defeat the boss efficiently. The creator found it possible to “cheese” the boss even at level one, concluding by thanking viewers and hinting at more upcoming videos.