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How they move around and yes it looks disturbing but it's soo funny
Well, I... uh... yeah I think everyone knows without the need to say what it is.
the spicy stuff online
You got sponsored by a single player game that came out back in Feb 2023? That's different.
Why take a sponsor for a trash game from 2023?
The name better be Kosplay
How is this 11 hours
Or some say Kosmplay
This is the best comment lol
@@rafaelcosta8291members get videos early
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Alien broccoli dad rocking his son to sleep is a wonderful mental image
on top of still fighting the freaking boss thats a dad there
It's a cauliflower dang it T-T. A cosmic cauliflower.
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I think it's a cool moveset to toy around with, but having that be the reward for the hardest boss is ludicrous. I'd take a placenta any day of the week. Placenta - the only birthday gift everybody gets!
No longer true. Between artificial wombs and the mutant we are pretending is human for some reason.
Hardest boss is Laurence
@@Luis-rp2lmhard disagree
@@Luis-rp2lmin NG++ yes, in NG? Hell no.
@@ipsnip5828 what y’all smoking my boys? Laurence takes forever to kill and his dumb fire when he’s split in half, then he tracks you perfectly 180 degrees and one shots you
The reason dodging feels weird is... because it is. The dodge while in Broccoli form has the I-Frames kick in and end slightly sooner than regular form, which leaves the end of the dodge technically having a higher recovery animation, while also taking a few frames longer to complete from beginning to end. Broccoli form is cool, but it seems like the devs didn't QUITE tune it properly. Also, the Ocsplosion L2 attacks, deals a set amount of damage based on the weapon level. the %damage increases don't actually increase the damage at all. However, flat damage up increases DO increase the damage. So if you want to make an L2 build you need flat damage gems, not %damage gems.
Because it sucks. The end
@@Blittsplitt5 I wasn't saying one way or the other. I was just stating a fact about why the dodging felt off.
The dodging has hyperarmor as well.
It's not that they didn't tune it properly. It's that it's and end game gimmick. It's tuned properly. It's just not tuned to some peoples liking.
@@Quandry1 This is such a massive cope lol, From can and does make mistakes, it's ok to admit, the dodging being off doesn't make a difference for end game
I wonder if maybe the early bosses arcane resistance was a design choice for people playing in NG+. Since most arcane builds don't (normally) come together until the late game, it means that a person who wants to do an arcane run might be more inclined to go to NG+, so they give the early bosses some extra arcane resistance to make sure they didn't just get steam rolled. I could be completely off base here, just a thought that came to mind. Great video, Mr. Leeds.
It likely is exactly for that reason, otherwise they wouldn't have altered it for NG+ where it is available.
I think it's also lore reasons since the bosses that are wel to it are horrors where as the early game are mostly beasts
It is deliberate yes. From devs tend to do Gameplay and Story Integration like that. Arcane stats is the equivalent of Intelligence in Bloodborne, as such, it does more damage against other being with affinity to arcane, like Kins & Great Ones. Therefore Beasts, being driven by instinct, naturally has big resistance against it. Beast-possessed Soul, Abhorrent Beast, Bloodletting Beast are the only ones with weak ARC resistance, but there's some sort of justification to it. The first one can do fire magic; Abhorrent can talk (and in general retain sapience); Bloodletting controlled by parasite with head that lliterally looks like brain lined with (bug) eyes, constant theme in the game.
the best way to do an arcane build early is to get the fire gem at the bottom of the cathedral ward, and then go to the chalice dungeons, hope fore at least one good drop, and then get a radial fire from the big doggo. boom, you’ve got a good fire build going early on. can be used with any of the starting area weapons, but i like the saw spear since it also has the serrated bonus, and both that and fire are good for beasts, which you fight mostly early on. by the time you get to the nightmare frontier, you can then get some lightning gems for a backup weapon (put those on a church weapon for that bonus and you’ve now covered all your bases about halfway through, assuming you’re doing chalices, tho i save the latter half for ng+ anyhoo🤷♂️) but yeah. elemental arcane is probably my favorite build. got putting that sicker together on lock down😂
i also consider lore to this because lets remember, beasts and insight DO NOT MIX AT ALL. the madness is from int but the beast is driven only by instinct and thus lacks all inelegance.
Everytime he mentions playing while his son does sth that needs to be adressed quickly, I feel the dad kinship with this man
people do not realize the feats gaming parents are capable of. changed my daughter's diaper quite a few times while lying in a stairwell somewhere in DMZ
You should do a beast claws+beast embrace Caryll rune run, it'll be cool to see how the transformations and their respective weapons hold up against eachother
i second this because it also happens to be quite a HELLA fast weapon and the dodge of it is well. also something
I've played with it and it's pretty good way better than the kos parasite and you don't need to buy any beast blood and it's pretty fast
The beast claws and beast rune is my favorite playstyle. They are just so good and fun.
Parasites aren't supposed to be beneficial, especially when it turns you into a squid.
Broccoli man should have his own movie.
Arcane affects how damage modifiers work for gems in weapons. You’d need to get an elemental gem or an arcane gem slotted to get any benefit from increased scaling from leveling up.
i don’t know if the Parasite works with elemental gems. there are some weapons that have weird restrictions, and it’s been a long while since i played. i remember getting the triangle parasite from the chalice dungeons and using cold arcane gems for the best results (generally cursed ones at that)
@@mkv2718 In general, if the weapon does an alternative element besides physical, or an effect, you can't change the base damage to another damage, though you CAN add flat damage from another element (generally useless except for proccing particular damage animations from Fire or Bolt.) You can buff the weapon with the same element though.
just fyi the backstep spooge attack benefits a TON from being free aimed, it's actually a fairly medium ranged projectile if you angle the camera up. also it becomes a multi-shot when the weapon is transformed
I still think it’s more cauliflower than broccoli
It's a special broccoli 🥦 😋 😉
It's Paleblood Broccoli
It's mouldy broccoli
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god I love the dodge animations. They truly look like the character is possessed by a parasite.
It's a shame we don't get more of these complete transformation weapons in the other games, being a cauliflower and a beast with claws in Bloodborne is a great way to change it up!
Yeah would be awesome if there were more of them for sure! Love your DeS Area Items vid BTW 🙂
@@JKLeeds Thanks mate ♥ I'm looking forward to what you do in 2024, you've come a long way in a short time and it's well deserved!
6:54 *cassually flexes that he has a life and a family*
thats normal, not a flex
@@skumnutsnewwife it's the age of the internet no one has a life
@@skumnutsnewwife Not on this website
@@ChildNightmare Plenty of people do, it's just most aren't particularly inclined to share theirs openly
@@pollyanna7201 it's a joke
i love the kos parasite but its weird cos the sentiment of "its good when gemmed properly" is a common defence of it but...so is every weapon, like every weapon is good when gemmed properly thats kind of a given
It’s up there with “Skill Issue” and “Git Gud” as defences, yes it is possible to use anything to beat the game, but it doesn’t actually mean anything
The main difference with parasite is that it NEEDS to be gemmed properly to be good. It has insane damage output with good range and versatility. You've just gotta be willing to put in the farming time.
"It's good in minmaxed pvp" is an elaborate way of saying "it's useless for 99% of the game". And if you spend the time to farm the right gems to make Kos parasite good, you're chokeslamming everything in the game because you're overlevelled anyways. You wanna know some stuff that's great even if you build your character and weapon in the dark? Hunter Axe. Beast Saif. Ludwig's. A pocket full of molotovs and throwing knives.
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 you act like it's difficult to farm for gems without leveling up
@@marcy3594 Technically, you are correct. Nothing says you have to spend your souls on levels. However. It's also absolutely asinine to go out and grind for the purpose of getting stronger, but not level when you have the souls to, except being weird and arbitrary about this one weapon at the deliberate expense and exclusion of others... or minmaxing for PvP. So again. Useless for single player, because for it to matter in single player, you have to be playing in a way that means you've already beaten the game more or less and are doing weird challenge builds, in which case cool, you do you, but what's done in those isn't indicative of an average playthrough.
Hey man,pretty random,but just wanted to say that i absolutely love your vídeos, been recently binge watching them and its just been addicting. Keep up the good work,man,happy new years to you. Cheers from Brazil
Glad you like them 🙂 thanks for watching and supporting the channel!
CARALHO! I'm from Brazil too, also love your vids and have watched some of the throwing knife ones with a friend who kept laughing as Baron's Castle's voice was used in stead of the usual shank sounds. Your pun game and dry wit is unmatched. It's one thing to challenge run those games, it's another thing to make it entertaining and fun to watch. Congrats!
@@darksunarts ahuaahhahaha os vídeos dele são muito bons mesmo,tô viciado nessas challenge runs de dark souls ultimamente. E as desse cara especialmente foram maravilhosas, pqp muita dedicação pra fazer os vídeos jogando os jogos souls só com facas arremessaveis . Principalmente o Demon souls 💀 quem dera ter tanta determinação
@@punishedvenomsnake7307 Aquele grind de meses do Demon's Souls foi puro sofrimento kkkk. Também ri pra kct quando ele descobriu que as Secret Throwing Daggers são bem mais fortes do que as faquinhas
The high arcane of early game enemies is thought to be a lore thing, beast type enemies (you mostly fight beasts rather than old ones early on) in particular have high defense, arcane being damage of the old ones, it's implying beautification is an evolution style thing that came about to fend off old one fuckwithery.
Kin enemies are also weak to lightning, suggesting darkbeasts evolved to piss off kin.
The fact that kos in my language means youghurt makes this even more funny for me
It means female reproductive parts in my language 😭
@@Abd0_25 What language do you speak bro 💀💀
@Albania4life535 persian
It's basically the equivalent of pussy in Persian
@@kakkakapwppwow Damn bro 💀
I really genuinely love this dude’s silly little word play
The 1 point of damage does NOT invalidate the run, since it enabled you to actually bring us this fun content. My favourite Pizza topping is, technically, the sauce- I use my Grans Bolognaise recipe so it's Tomato and Mince. Also, "Horson Welles" sent my sides into Orbit
11:51 Buffalo chicken for special occasions, pepperoni otherwise. Now that that's out of the way, I'm counting that single point the same as JRose using the Badge Boost Glitch in any of his solo runs of Red and Blue. As of now, it's unavoidable. If you can't outpace her healing, use what you have to.
Your son is giving you an extra challenge on the Cleric fight. I Love that 😂
"Level the weapon to plus 3 Just be-KOS i could" "very atmos-cleric arena" these puns… they’re getting to me
Fun fact: I went through the game using nothing but bare fists and hunters tools until I could beat orphan for a micolash cosplay. Using the parasite without the milkweed rune just adds it's damage to your bare fist moveset, making it ideal for the funny run man build
Numbing mist invalidates the run, and my favorite pizza topping is psilocybin mushrooms, nothing like dominos and ego death.
Why does the souls community get so sore when people have any opinion other than their own? I’ve never come across a community that is so toxic and supportive in equal measure.
It’s truly fascinating
Hey JK, I started watching your videos in the beginning of 2023, and I must say, compared to what you are doing by the end of the year, the quality went up on a whole new level. And I mean everything: editing, narration, pace, and most importantly - hilarious horrible dad jokes. Looking forward to more videos in 2024, all the best to you!
Thank you! It's something I've been working hard on so that's super nice to hear 🙂 thanks for supporting the channel all this time!
One reborn is either total cakewalk, or the get one shot festival, no in between
If you do a future challenge run, then here's a tip for the shark giants (yes, even the anchor variant). They can be parried. I did it by complete accident once cause I panicked after dodging early. I tried it again after realizing what I did to confirm if I saw that correctly. Hopefully this helps. Great video as always!
Just went back to Bloodborne to remake a Maria character I lost, and the game has held up so well. Much easier than ER sure, but it's actually fun to run through and beat all the bosses and DLC (besides the well with the Rakuyo).
What i find hilarious is that someone goes to a dark souls challenge runners video, someone who beat most of the souls series with throwing knives, sees that he does a bloodborne weapon tier list, and says he has a skill issue. The same guy who beat bloodborne with just a gattling gun.
Haha well to be fair I hadn't made any of those videos when I made the Bloodborne weapon ranking video 😅
I'd say the Kos parasite is probably my favorite weapon just because how unique it is, but it isn't a great bosskiller. The move set is great for dealing with normal enemies as it has a lot of stagger, reach, hyper armor and doesn't bounce of walls. It is very good for dealing with some of the more human sized bosses in the chalice dungeons, like the Pthumerians and the watchers. Also good against NPC hunters. The thing about arcane builds in Bloodborne is that you want to use a varied toolkit more so than other builds, and the parasite is just one of those tools, not *the* tool. It isn't really a defense of the weapon itself, but just the reality of how the game is designed. You want to be able to switch elements depending on what you're fighting. A pure physical build will generally do OK against most things, while an arcane build can do great granted you're willing to switch up what element you're using.
Great video, as always. I've never commented before but I've been following the channel for a long time, and I always have fun seeing the different builds and the dad jokes. I love the Broccoli transformation and the Kos Parasite with the Hunter's Tools, such a great combination for an arcane build. Btw, it's great to hear music from the TimeSplitters series in your videos, it's always great to see a fan of this underrated franchise (and even more so one who likes Soulsborne like I do).
The benefit of arcane scaling is that the soft cap doesn't hit nearly as hard when reaching 50 stat points (especially for hunter tools), unlike all the other stats which has a much harsher drop-off in damage from any stat investment beyond 50. This makes arcane builds very strong at very high levels. The flipside is that it's pretty bad at low levels, also because (most) arcane gems and (most) arcane tools can't be found until lategame. P.S. I just remembered that a common use for the kos parasite was to have a pure glass cannon arcane build with high/max arcane and strong arcane gems, then invade someone (or get invaded) and use the Messenger's Gift (transform into a message on the ground) at a chokepoint, and once the enemy player comes close, you use the L2 AoE attack to one-shot them.
8:45 you can technically get the blades of mercy this early they have arcane. Maybe they want to punish you for being naughty
Honestly the Kos Parasite is my favorite weapon. I usually just run past everything and grab tonitrus while leveling my arcane stat, then speed run myself to beat Orphan before I do anything else, then I go through the game as usual lol
Is it really "as usual" when you kill orphan before 85% of the bosses?
Wife getting you ludwig figurine is S tier wife behavior
"i'm talking rubbish here"... that's what i'm here for, my dude. Hope you had a nice christmas and your family is all good. Best wishes and a ton of love.
I end up "watching" your videos atleast two times since I usually have time to watch them in the evening before Im going to sleep and usually it ends me falling asleep on couch. So lets watch this tentacle run for real now!
See, I absolutely love this weapon, but I used it pretty much exclusively on basic enemies. Bosses got to eat hunter tools, because the scaling on those is ridiculous. It doesn’t help that arcane builds are VERY feast-or-famine depending on damage type, enemies can be either super weak or completely immune to them. I had a lot of fun feeling out specific weaknesses for each boss, but then I’m one of those weirdos who finds no real fun in unga-bungaing their enemies with large sticks. Honestly, my favorite thing to do with the Kos parasite was equip it WITHOUT becoming an angry tree. Sure, the damage is worse and the move set is basic, but I don’t really *need* a super powerful weapon if my primary “boss killing” strategy involves the “suddenly tentacle” and the “spooky scary skulls.” The aesthetic of the empty-handed sorcerer is worth it I feel.
Thanks for making this run. I've tried this in ng+ but gave up at the one reborn. Merry Christmas
I loved this weapon and it's probably my personal favorite but yeah, it really needs a specific build, playstyle, and blood gems before it is good let alone fun lol.
With a title like this. It’s a must watch.
8:37 I'd argue that, lorewise, beasthood is a human immune system response to defend against cosmic invaders.
Everything is great when you gem them up properly. Some are more forgiving than others though.
Honestly i love all the puns you put in all your videos, keep making great videos!
Broooo that Ludwig figurine i've seen the 3d prints file on and been wanting to get it, it's looks so good!
You should try a beast run next (Beast rune+beast claw). I personally haven't gotten around to making a build for it, so it'd be fun to see sometime!
I used this on my arcane play through. With all the tools it was the most fun play through I've done of bloodborne.
The fire keeper pun warmed my dark soul
Looking upwards when using the barf attack can extend the reach. Glorious video so far.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A KZheadR TO MAKE THIS VIDEO SO LONG TYSM
I've played through Bloodborne 3-4 times and never knew you could set that beast on fire in Old Yarnham
Always good to get some more Frogborne content.
I will forever LOVE how much FFX-2 music is in these videos 😩❤️❤️❤️
the plunge attack is great too. big ole headbutt edit: you really do need to go into the chalice dungeons for this weapon to work. also, once you have the weapon the messenger baths there sell the other versions, which means you can get a Triangle Gem Parasite if you don’t want to spend too much time farming. there’s a reason this is supposed to be a ng+ weapon. arcane scaling gems seem to be the best. edit 2: you would have been better off with the “uncanny” version of the weapon. the gem slots go Radial > Triangle > Radial, instead of shoving that crescent one at the end.
Hearing the Balamb Garden OST from FFVIII while watching a squid slap monsters in Bloodborne was definitely not how I thought this was gunna start
The reason quickstepping probably feels so off in Lumenwood form is because normally, your character stays upright and leans a little in the direction you dodge, making your hitbox stay relatively thin. As a Lumenwood, your upper torso drags behind you, making your hitbox about twice as wide and therefore requiring tighter dodge timing to successfully i-frame through attacks.
The OCTSPLOSION attack was surely inspired by Michael Jackson. When you hug yourself, I can practically hear "WHEEE HEEEEE!"
Awesome video! Makes me wanna go play Bloodborne now cuz this was my fav weapon lol
6:57 you can tell when he placed down his controller lmao
Not even joking I actually do like cauliflower and broccoli. Not so much the Kos parasite though. What you said about it in its defense (late game grab so you've got the gems it needs already, maybe) could also be said of the Rakuyo, which also performs fine without top tier gems and doesn't lock you into a damage type... so yeah I agree it's just not that great. And it also takes up a rune slot, damning it further in my mind. But hey props to the people who get good results with it. Anyway fun video, hope your holidays are going well!
last I remembered kos parasite doesn't get good damage till 50+ arcane
5:12 It's the same for the Cane and the Beast Cutter, you can't charge those in transformed mode either.
The gate skip to get to forbidden woods early is good, but I think it's much easier to do it in the staircase up by iosefkas door. You clip out the side of the wall and out of bounds, and fall down near where the brainsucker is.
So... Amygdala... One of the bosses so Arcane it usually takes a certain level of insight/madness to even see it's kind, is one of the most vulnerable to arcane damage?
Yep, Gods fear God. Like dragons in Pokemon.
The real culprit is that the explosion is basically guaranteed to hit the head, which takes extra damage. You get similar results just from using weapons with an overhead hitbox.
yes by design and logic, i like to see knowing insight as a balanced calapse waiting to happen, your a perfictly balanced scail on the top of a moutian on a calm day, insight tips it one way, often to retain sanity you have to keep your instincts around to avoid this fall, but gain to much to quick/relay on it to much and you are suddenly are frail to it. just the same as a beast fighting a beast is but a blood bath. your fall REALLY starts once you fight amelia she has enough insight to JUST keep her urges at bay but it did not last.
I enjoyed watching you serve Micolash a nice bowl of cauliflower cheese
To quote another British guy I saw who does Souls challenge run videos: "Fuck Micolash"
@@JKLeeds all my homies hate Micolash
@BaronsCastle I'd still take Micolash out for a candlelit dinner before I'd even return One Reborn's WhatsApp messages though
I couldnt imagine playing this game without a parry your a true soldier
Having done a pure Arcane playthrough a few times I can confidently say that they're not really given the Blood Gems to succeed outside of Chalice Dungeons. By that I mean Physical weapons are generally given a streadily increasing quality of Gem throughout the game, with low quality ones early and high quality late. Arcane damage types get a few throughout the game and that's it, with a few farmable ones here and there, but with no Radials available to farm and just the one Droplet you're pretty strapped for options. Within the main game your best bet for gems applicable to the Kos Parasite would be the Arcane Droplet, the Odd Radial one in Fishing Hamlet and a Nourishing Gem from a Gargoyle in Cainhurst. Options are that limited. I wouldn't say that Arcane weapons are inherently more reliant on Blood Gems than Physical weapons, and more that your options are just so much more limited without utilizing Chalice Dungeons. Edt: Theoretically you could farm the Celestial Emissary enemies in Forbidden Woods for some alright Triangles and hope for Out of Shape drops but that's so astronomically rare you couldn't rely on them.
Ah yes, it only took until what is potentially the final boss of the game (if you go for the shortest ending) for a single boss to be weak to arcane damage, as opposed to nearly every one of them prior being resistant...
Its actually amazing if you do chalice dungeons. Closing that out, just because people don't like farming is very foolish, when most power of this weapon comes from stones
12:30 The Milkweed and Beast's Embrace runes change your dodges. Milkweed gives you more lag after the dodge, making them slower, but gives you some hyper armor during them. Breast's Embrace makes your dodges even more laggy but gives them way more distance, but they don't have hyper armor. A normal quickstep to the side is 20 frames long, giving you 11 frames of invincibility and 9 frames of vulnerability (lag). Milkweed side quickstep is 23 frames long, gives you 11 frames of invincibility, 12 frames of vulnerability, and 13 frames of hyper armor during that vulnerability (lasting 1 frame after the lag for some reason). Beast's Embrace side quickstep is 24 frames long, gives you 11 frames of invincibility, and 13 frames of vulnerability. I'd also like to add that the Milkweed roll is terrible, having 29 total frames with the same 11 s making it roughly comparable to a DS3 fatroll.
Correct
Fun video man! Keep rocking those puns
I've became addicted to bloodborne again in the last two weeks, its outwrite in my top five games
Nice kosplay hope to see you at Kosmic Kon
5:58 those half weres in the beginning unlike the later ones will be staggered by anything
This is great I wonder if he'll do the beast claw run since it's the other transformation in the game
You can deactivate the falling corpses from the one reborn fight if you turn off the bonfires that younencounter throught the zoea, the
I did a full beast rune and beast claw run one time. It was rough but lord the burst damage was crazy.
I can make a guess at the arcane resistance, it's easier to program it built in than programming it for ng+ and since you won't have arcane yet the resistance being there wouldn't usually matter.
Shotout to Oaksplosion, Prof Oak's favourite move when Satoshi's mother is around
as a gamer with young kids and babies in the house, the part where you're fighting Cleric Beast and had to leave to comfort your little one really speaks to me lol
24:34 I'm jealous because ludwig is my fav Boss too
My first ever contact with the broccoli man was when I got invaded by a player using it. We did the moon pose for a solid two minutes and then we both decided to start our 1vs1, I had no prior knowledge of the broccoli's existence so I had to take it as a mini boss fight, making some space between it and myself to have time to learn his attacks and such, it was one of the most memorable moments of my first playthrough. That player even left me with a single hit left and started posing again so I could health and start over, very cool fella lol.
"maybe i should fight Yuri.." 😂 subbed.
Lettuce applaud you for this run.
Wanted: Dead, I love that video from storymode.
Octodad Plays Bloodborne, Fantastic Content
11:53 No joke, I was texting my new GF my favorite pizza toppings as I was watching this part.
I guess the early bosses have high arcane resistance because most of them are just mindless monsters so they are less vulnerable to mindfrick? Idk
My favorite vegetable is easily potatoes. Just so many varieties that can be made into so many different kinds of dishes. Also kos parasite is one of, if not the coolest weapon in the game. However to contrast this, its probably the least effective, almost on par with being bare handed. At least bare handed you have good attack speed and excellent recovery frames
the leblanc theme was awesome :D
Part of me still wishes we had a Flora parasite as an in-between for beast man and broccoli boi. A hunter can dream.
I know he said he was ignoring the chalice dungeons for this one, but the Uncanny and Lost versions of this weapon have triangle slots, which is funny.
Baby Spinach. Btw, would you consider trying a moonlight holy blade R2 charge beam only run?
I've never played Bloodborne, but I'm excited, strapped in and ready for some epic dad jokes.
The dodge timing is different on both the parasite and beast transformations. It is a very odd choice especially since both are dlc only so it assumes you are already used to the standard dodge timing
You had my like at "Kos-Play" alltough Tentacle Broccoli Man was also a hot contender