Can You Beat Dark Souls Using The "WORST" NOOB WEAPON?

2023 ж. 9 Там.
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Anyone remember this powerful early game weapon you get from shooting off the Red Kite Drake's tail? Well, the question we want to answer today is can I beat the whole game with it? Watch to find out!
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  • What was your favourite drake?

    @JKLeeds@JKLeeds9 ай бұрын
    • “Drake me by surprise” 🤣💀👏 I just KNOW I’m going to start saying that any day now lol

      @thetraeirby@thetraeirby9 ай бұрын
    • probably the Drake on towards the end.

      @DarkCT@DarkCT9 ай бұрын
    • Dude I was already drunk while watching this video and You are telling me to take a shot every time you say "drake"? Not fair😂

      @AHumanPerson02@AHumanPerson029 ай бұрын
    • Thanks

      @DARK-dw2gm@DARK-dw2gm9 ай бұрын
    • My personal favorite *drake* these nuts across your face (Please laugh I’m funny)

      @Diablokettle@Diablokettle9 ай бұрын
  • With a Drake sword, there's gotta be a Josh sword somewhere in-game.

    @billgogi8108@billgogi81089 ай бұрын
    • I'm still searching for it!

      @JKLeeds@JKLeeds9 ай бұрын
    • I hate you😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

      @ThalisBrow@ThalisBrow9 ай бұрын
    • Drake. Where's the Josh sword?

      @TheMoogleKing93@TheMoogleKing939 ай бұрын
    • Find it, brother!!!!!!!!!

      @johnacker4959@johnacker49599 ай бұрын
    • No

      @cuddlequeen3225@cuddlequeen32259 ай бұрын
  • Question, does that suggestion of playing a drinking game based on the number of times you said "drake" count as attempted murder?

    @bigmclargehuge8219@bigmclargehuge82199 ай бұрын
    • No, I never said it had to be alcohol 😁

      @JKLeeds@JKLeeds9 ай бұрын
    • @@JKLeeds Yeah but if I use water I'll drown!

      @bigmclargehuge8219@bigmclargehuge82199 ай бұрын
    • ​@@JKLeedsI tried it with Tea and I'm still drowning in liquids

      @chiangedison8080@chiangedison80809 ай бұрын
    • Brother I'm doing this with 7up I'm 5 minutes in and it's already 6

      @dnd-player@dnd-player9 ай бұрын
    • Using an auto transcript website he said drake around 57 times, it only takes 21 shots to get poisoned from alcohol

      @W4terboy@W4terboy9 ай бұрын
  • The drake sword is great for early game, good temporary weapon until you find something more specific to your build.

    @ramza675@ramza6758 ай бұрын
    • Yeah I think anything saying it's a "noob trap" or whatever is just clickbait. Upgrading it is bad but that's very easy to see. Having no stat scaling is fine because then you can focus your early game on health/stamina/mana whatever, which makes the game more fun. Once you've played the game a lot there are more interesting ways to start the game though. Ugh, did I just take the bait?

      @SECshock@SECshock5 ай бұрын
    • I'd say it is an even respectable choice for doing physical damage with a caster, as no other weapon will do more physical damage at base requirements.

      @ulaznar@ulaznar4 ай бұрын
    • The drake sword is only a trap if you, exclusively level like, HP while it is carrying you. If you're NOT doing that... it's fantastic, especially as a sidearm to a Sorcery or Pyromancy character, since you're otherwise probably not getting good scaling off weapons anyways, and won't care about your weapon choice until later infusions or more specific weapons come online. By the time it starts falling off, you have the firepower to take over

      @aprinnyonbreak1290@aprinnyonbreak12904 ай бұрын
    • Fr I always use this weapon first until i get to sens fortress for the ring that increases drop rates then i go back and kill every single black knight, only for 1 weapon the black knight sword, the best weapon.

      @NSAhitLIST@NSAhitLIST24 күн бұрын
    • Yeah something worth getting until you find something more interesting or progress more to see more weapons

      @AG30@AG3013 күн бұрын
  • 7:20 That was the most epic plunging attack I have ever seen

    @AHumanPerson02@AHumanPerson029 ай бұрын
    • no, its THE most epic plunging attack to exist

      @dabaoss4160@dabaoss41608 ай бұрын
    • ACTUALLY WICKED Jesus Christ loves you, he has a plan and a purpose for your life, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jesus loves you : )

      @LilShepherdBoy@LilShepherdBoy2 ай бұрын
  • After you've explained rule number 3 and said that it won't be much, I fully expected "With that out of the way" getting followed by "Drake, Drake, Drake, Drake" 😅

    @dima_keller@dima_keller9 ай бұрын
    • Came just to say this... ... then I came again.

      @mahtorta2095@mahtorta20959 ай бұрын
    • "It's nothing gamedraking." 🤡

      @revolverjesus98@revolverjesus988 ай бұрын
    • I mean, he immediately followed it up with a drake pun and started using those at every opportunity, so he did just what you said, only stealthily lol

      @luizhenriquebraunermoraes3175@luizhenriquebraunermoraes31758 ай бұрын
    • I think he said "Drake" 74 times after explaining the rules 😂

      @dima_keller@dima_keller5 ай бұрын
    • bro after the 10 min i don't remember how much i drank

      @bugrahanbulunur@bugrahanbulunur3 ай бұрын
  • Drake the type of guy to use the Drake sword

    @wyattsyverson8603@wyattsyverson86039 ай бұрын
    • I was just at a drake video with 1000’s of these comments

      @oniongummy8969@oniongummy89699 ай бұрын
  • Oh how times change , I remember how everyone was obsessed with this weapon for how strong it was , 10 years later and nearly 10,000 hours and hundreds of speedruns later , i sometimes forget that this weapon exists

    @Greyy66@Greyy669 ай бұрын
  • I watch backlogs, zerolenny, and other challenge runners who've mentioned you, so this is your first video that I've seen. I decided to take up your shot challenge as I had shot glasses nearby (no alcohol so I chose a different drink) by 3:15 I realized I had made a misdrake, by 6:30 I had finished my beverage of choice off, and never wanted to drink it again because somehow everything becomes worse when you do shots of it.

    @enomisv9830@enomisv98304 ай бұрын
  • I remembered always making the Drake Sword a priority in all my early Dark Souls runs. But now my defaults are always either the Zweihander or making the suicide run through the Catacombs for the Great Scythe.

    @Loozar402@Loozar4029 ай бұрын
    • is the scythe really good? i’ve never used it before but always thought about it

      @christianthompson7915@christianthompson79159 ай бұрын
    • ​@@christianthompson7915About as good as any other commonly used weapon. Decent scaling, fair speed for a reach weapon, I think the hit box can reach around shields if you space it correctly (but don't quote me on that). If you haven't used it, give it a try. Besides, you really can beat DS1 with any weapon, so use wh a tever you like.

      @cirdanelensar1608@cirdanelensar16089 ай бұрын
    • Gravelord Sword is also really fun if you're willing to rush the Catacombs

      @TheMoogleKing93@TheMoogleKing939 ай бұрын
    • ​@@christianthompson7915definitely one of the best dex weapons in the game

      @heibk-2019@heibk-20199 ай бұрын
    • I just upgrade the hand axe until I have the requirements to wield the gravelord sword, which gets grabbed 0.1 seconds after falling into firelink shrine

      @nachteinfallt8915@nachteinfallt89159 ай бұрын
  • I did use the drake sword (+5) on Kalameet my first playthrough and got the tailcut on my third fight which was also when I killed him because each attempt was so excruciatingly slow that I had learnt him fairly well by that point. Also after about 2 hours of trying to cut Manus' tail I finally went online and learnt that you can't. "Fun" times.

    @wasfas1977@wasfas19779 ай бұрын
    • Same with manus

      @user-bi3fk7ds9y@user-bi3fk7ds9y8 ай бұрын
    • Same with manus

      @felipeguedescampos851@felipeguedescampos8515 ай бұрын
    • never attempted to do that on manus but drake sword on him is brutal

      @shadowreptile001@shadowreptile0014 ай бұрын
  • while this weapon doesnt develop very well inton end game, you also have to remember- it is a straight sword. So even if it does have great damage, it isn't hard to get damage in. Straight swords in these games generally have great movesets that are functional and safe. Fighting with it is usually not harder- just longer.

    @lemeres2478@lemeres24789 ай бұрын
    • Yeah, Black Knight weapons in the early games were much better options though.

      @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx7 ай бұрын
    • @@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx yeah, but that has the caveat of "You were lucky enough to get it to drop". This thing is guaranteed.

      @lemeres2478@lemeres24787 ай бұрын
    • @@lemeres2478 Drake Sword is still a good troll weapon option for invasions though if you wanted to stay at low level because of how little damage it does.

      @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx7 ай бұрын
  • Honestly, I can't believe the good ole drakesword never made it into 2 or 3. It's kind of iconic.

    @ArchonZach@ArchonZach6 ай бұрын
  • I counted anywhere from 70-75 drakes. I don't think I can drink that much of anything in 20 minutes.

    @conradreisch7561@conradreisch75619 ай бұрын
    • Came here to know thius, i knew somebody would count them 😁

      @pedrofortunato4961@pedrofortunato49614 ай бұрын
    • Wine shots at best

      @jasonkane7231@jasonkane72314 ай бұрын
    • I counted somewhere around >80

      @robertsalas7002@robertsalas70023 ай бұрын
    • @@jasonkane7231 in my country we have a challenge called 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes, it's gonna be impossible to do almost as many of wine, which is stronger, in a 5th of the time. They are large shots, 40ml so idk maybe if you were doing 20ml ones you could do it with beer, still think that wine is impossible

      @mach2223@mach22232 ай бұрын
    • I didnt see this comment until after counting myself to give people an idea how many, in my comment I typed how many times drake was said by certain points of the run and got 69-75 (cause i didnt decide to do it til he already said it 3 or so times 😂

      @Lokiip@Lokiip2 ай бұрын
  • I think it’s actually pretty good for a first playthrough as you can just become a tank since you only need to level up health and endurance, also it gives you a chance to learn the bosses attacks as it does low enough damage to make bosses use almost all their moves

    @user-ry5xk7sq4n@user-ry5xk7sq4n9 ай бұрын
    • I feel like a raw infused claymore would be much better if you're looking for a decent flat damage weapon while you face tank with a massive HP and Stamina bar, atleast that can be buffed with resins or spells EDIT: Or the obvious...chaos path

      @sasaki999pro@sasaki999pro9 ай бұрын
    • @@sasaki999pro But n00bz aren't going to know about those, and still have to make it to Andre, and then past the Capra Demon for the embers to do that. It took me a long time to figure out how to do different ascensions. The lightning path is probably the real noob trap. If you go up to +4 or +5, you can deal with anything in the first run no problem, but you're going to need to actually learn how to interface with scaling, movesets, and specialist ascensions to beat the higher NG+ rounds.

      @Mortablunt@Mortablunt8 ай бұрын
    • ​@Mortablunt most people don't even do new game + Especially new players. They're mostly just glad to have finished the game.

      @Alex_Barbosa@Alex_Barbosa8 ай бұрын
    • @@Alex_Barbosa Yeah I'm someone who plays all of these games repeatedly yet never does a NG+ run, I'd much rather just make a new character and start from scratch. The progression of Rags to Riches in my character build is like the most fun part to me

      @sasaki999pro@sasaki999pro8 ай бұрын
    • @@sasaki999pro same

      @Alex_Barbosa@Alex_Barbosa8 ай бұрын
  • For 16 strength and 10 dexterity , 300 physical damage is not bad for a straight sword. Could be used on a pyro tank build if you don't like split damage and/or heavy weapons.

    @johnkalyvas4838@johnkalyvas48389 ай бұрын
    • Exactly, it is a great companion for pyros and mages when enemies are resistant to their main element. The only weapon that outshines the Drake Sword in that regard is the Obsidian Greatsword.

      @ulaznar@ulaznar4 ай бұрын
  • I did the drinking challenge with a protein shake and now I can rip the sword off with my bare hands

    @sunshinevg2640@sunshinevg26409 ай бұрын
  • You skip Ash Lake because "a new player won't find it", I think it's more likely to find Ash Lake as a new player than figuring out how to jump in Firelink, curl up and take the flight back to Asylum. So Painted World should've not been entered with the 'noobs cant find Ash Lake' rule set.

    @mindustrial@mindustrial9 ай бұрын
    • He could have also farmed dragon scales in the valley of drakes and got the drake sword fully upgraded, but he probably didn't do that for extra difficulty. A shame, because 300 damage is much better than 260 due to the way the damage formula works.

      @johnkalyvas4838@johnkalyvas48389 ай бұрын
    • @@johnkalyvas4838 Totally, but Valley of Drakes would be an area a casual/new player will stumble upon. Not visiting Ash Lake because people probably won't find it on first play through, yet going Painted World contradicts itself. No new player would figure out to go back to Asylum and get the doll but walking into the Great Hollow and hitting hidden walls is more likely.

      @mindustrial@mindustrial9 ай бұрын
    • Agreed x10 but you know youtubers are just here for views not to provide any decent content

      @thelinkgamersnetwork3724@thelinkgamersnetwork37247 ай бұрын
    • I actually found Ash Lake my first time, and didn’t replay the game for 10 years or so. Mixed up Blight Con with Demon’s souls, and was looking for Moonlight Sword, and thought Ash Lake was part of Demon’s Souls cuz I couldn’t find it

      @ryanallen6325@ryanallen63257 ай бұрын
    • There's always the exception. I found the curl up into a ball thing on my first playthrough. I assumed that if it was an option, there must be a reason for it, so I did it and waited. I never found Ash Lake or the Oolacile stuff on my own though.

      @halloweenengineer6283@halloweenengineer62836 ай бұрын
  • My favourite part in the FROM SOFTWARE universe is when JK Leeds proclaimed "It's Draking time." and indeed Draked all over Lordran.

    @alexanderstilianov@alexanderstilianov9 ай бұрын
    • " drake my way up this ladder "

      @Azdingue@Azdingue3 ай бұрын
    • LMAO

      @LilShepherdBoy@LilShepherdBoy2 ай бұрын
    • Jesus Christ loves you, he has a plan and a purpose for your life, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jesus loves you : )

      @LilShepherdBoy@LilShepherdBoy2 ай бұрын
  • Since im a minor and can't consume alcohol, I decided to do the challenge with chocolate, ended it with Diabetes type 2 but it was worth it.

    @HeyCarlosYTBR@HeyCarlosYTBR5 ай бұрын
    • You CAN consume alcohol, you just can’t buy it. 😇

      @YaBoyPigz@YaBoyPigz18 сағат бұрын
  • I use it every playthrough, its the easiest weapon to use up until both bells are rung and lets you spread your stats out more once you have 16 strength

    @RandoomDude@RandoomDude9 ай бұрын
  • Tbh it´s perfect for just clearing the undead burg and if you manage to get pretty much any black knight weapon soon after you are set for the rest of a normal run.

    @BetonKundySlap@BetonKundySlap9 ай бұрын
    • Tbh the Drake Sword could go up to Quelagg, but it doesn’t do much damage. It is still viable early on tho. The only problem is how hard it is too level up because of the dragon scales. You would need to either 1:Go through the game and collect all dragon scales, or 2:Just use a duplication glitch to level it up early on. It gets out shined, but I don’t agree about how Jk put it as the worst noob weapon.

      @Mr.Arcade10@Mr.Arcade109 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Mr.Arcade10well you can farm drakes in the valley of drakes from SL1 but if u were to ONLY be using the drake sword to farm its gonna be horrible

      @dockerb3159@dockerb31599 ай бұрын
    • Honestly enemies in the undead burg are so dumb and slow, you can easily walk behind and one shot them with a backstab. Any weapon kills them. Dark souls isn't hard when you play smart.

      @Omnimon152@Omnimon1529 ай бұрын
    • I think the misconception came mostly from the fact that it seemed like a super special weapon. You get it from a dragon that seems way too powerful by shooting his tail and it even has a special attack. However, when you are doing it the "intended" way you realise that getting the sword isn't actually that challenging. Especially if you happen to get resin. Also in that case, you find the Claymore which is already better, but I think it needs a bit more dexterity.

      @Modie@Modie9 ай бұрын
    • @@Omnimon152 yes they are easy since it's still the first area, but dealing with mobs in one hit without worrying about retaliation or positioning is still it's own level of easy.

      @BetonKundySlap@BetonKundySlap9 ай бұрын
  • The Drake sword is a perfect weapon for getting me through the catacombs to get the gravelord great sword which proceeded to last me the entire game.

    @OniBoy02@OniBoy029 ай бұрын
    • This, DS1 weapon balance is really broken, Un-upgraded gravelord sword will last you all through the content to Anor-Londo and even a little after, upgrading it to max it'll last the whole game and then you can dump all your levels into Health, Endurance, or Int or Faith, w.e.

      @NachozMan@NachozMan9 ай бұрын
    • @@NachozMan I used that power to heavily maximize my magic build and ended up with a stupidly powerful character. Being able to do extreme physical and magic damage made the game quite a breeze compared to my original run of the game.

      @OniBoy02@OniBoy029 ай бұрын
    • Dude, that's exactly how I usually play. Gravelord Sword is the shit. My fave weapon in the game.

      @GracelessTarnished@GracelessTarnished9 ай бұрын
    • @@GracelessTarnished Honestly, they spoil us with the gravelord sword. Low stat requirements, pretty high damage even in its un-upgraded form, it swings so much faster than a lot of great swords and has a thrusting attack. Also it looks really fucking cool, I'm surprised it wasn't the last reward for the gravelord servant covenant.

      @OniBoy02@OniBoy029 ай бұрын
    • You can get the gravelord sword without killing any enemy in the catacombs, the only danger is the titanite demon near the teleportation coffin

      @LeoHiranoo@LeoHiranoo9 ай бұрын
  • I loved the Frampton joke. In fact, this entire video was darn hilarious, you got yourself a new subscriber.

    @martinzubr2113@martinzubr21132 ай бұрын
  • I loved the Drake sword on my first few playthroughs. It was in a game guide/achievement guide and back then nobody overly hated it, other than saying that theres better swords about it was pretty much widely recommended.

    @ashleybull4450@ashleybull44509 ай бұрын
    • Hot-takes and clickbait are a huge part of social media now.

      @SECshock@SECshock5 ай бұрын
  • For an added challenge for us viewers, take a sip every time JK makes a pun

    @frogpuffin@frogpuffin9 ай бұрын
  • Back in the day, I would use this until I got the lightning spear in Sen's. By the time I got to the giant I could get it to +3 or 4. The Drake sword was always a functional weapon for that brief period. When I get to the Giant blacksmith I usually either keep using the lightning spear or make Quelag's fury sword. After lordvessel, I farm the little skeletons to get max humanity which makes the fury sword great. Going back to the Drake sword after either of those really let's you see the difference.

    @michaelwahl7810@michaelwahl78109 ай бұрын
    • Oh yeah that lightning spear. This game's fun when doing a no-weapon-upgrade run

      @SECshock@SECshock5 ай бұрын
  • I did your drinking challenge and almost died of alcohol poisoning, you’ll be hearing from my lawyer.

    @DuncDuncXD@DuncDuncXD7 ай бұрын
  • I remember talking to my friends about the Drake Sword in school a few months after the game came out. I learned about it through a friend who saw a really early guide on KZhead on how to get it. I never really liked it because the idea of a weapon draining lots of durability when you attacked scared me. My friend however never replaced it until he got the lightning spear in Sens (another amazing noob weapon).

    @werty11109@werty111099 ай бұрын
    • my friend also beat the game with a really weird tank setup and the lightning spear (barely upgraded) DS1 first playthrough is VERY forgiving despite what people want you to believe, it's the second run through the game after you beat it where it really gets hard since the enemies hurt and have way more health

      @abyssalspecter93@abyssalspecter937 ай бұрын
  • I still use this weapon early game because of the initial damage. Though I think that's also probably because initially on my first ever blind playthrough, I started off leveling up myself rather than my weapons (I did not know you could do that) and my friend told me that I managed to avoid the trap with the sword. I still like the sword but I know there is better weapons out there.

    @FirithPanda@FirithPanda9 ай бұрын
  • 10:30 Okay, you got yourself a subscriber. That was a good one.

    @000GodRealm000@000GodRealm0002 ай бұрын
  • I had no idea that the sword had an R2 special….and I used this sword a lot in my early days….I’m truly amazed

    @ebrietasbiscuit@ebrietasbiscuit9 ай бұрын
    • I literally had no idea either. Back then I only did sword and board.

      @JudeofAwesometon@JudeofAwesometon8 ай бұрын
  • Man this drinking has me draking. Good stuff. I finished my first play through with that sword lol.

    @countdread6467@countdread64679 ай бұрын
  • This weapon is the reason I ever managed to get into Dark Souls and then From Soft games in general, it may be a crutch, but it really helps ease you into the game and help avoid some of the frustrations that might make a newcomer rage quit and never touch the game again. It's basically like having training wheels on a bike, and once you get used to the game and its systems and you grow more patience for death and retrying areas and bosses over and over again, you move on to an actual decent weapon.

    @malek0093@malek00939 ай бұрын
    • That's precisely what I compared it to in my comment! It's a great early game weapon to show players that they don't need to be scared of everything, just cautious. It shows players that they can be powerful, and that confidence boost can go a long way into breaking a player's turtling shell.

      @knowwhoiamyet@knowwhoiamyet9 ай бұрын
    • Idk if you mean never nor even

      @bravobird9435@bravobird94359 ай бұрын
    • Idk if you mean never nor even

      @bravobird9435@bravobird94359 ай бұрын
  • I don’t think this sword is that bad and I usually pick it up to use on the early game bosses (mostly just undead burg/parish) but I usually decide on a weapon for my character after getting past that

    @zachrodgers4866@zachrodgers48669 ай бұрын
  • Great comedy with the whole drake thing. This kinda reminds me of the damage levels I dealt on my first playthrough. My iron golem fight was even longer than yours.

    @Polterguist@Polterguist9 ай бұрын
  • I think its a pretty good weapon for when you're just starting out with the game but switching out by the time you start heading to blighttown/quelaag is a must. I think my first few runs of the game i would use the Drake sword for a bit until I was able to upgrade the Uchigatana.

    @rien6215@rien62159 ай бұрын
    • i would always grab the drake sword then switch to a lvl5 claymore and then go from there

      @helovedher1845@helovedher18459 ай бұрын
    • I believe my runs most of the time basically went like: Drake sword - Quelaag's Furysword with high Humanity - Halberd (basically the hardest hitting non-elemental non-"great" [as in, big and slow] weapon in the game).

      @Lernos1@Lernos19 ай бұрын
    • Weeb

      @natty4316@natty43168 ай бұрын
  • Can you do a run where it’s basically just like an average run Summoning, cheesing some bosses, playing with friends, playing pvp, and other things. Would be fun and silly to see.

    @Ayahuasca98@Ayahuasca989 ай бұрын
    • Ya know, I'm pretty tempted to do that 😂

      @JKLeeds@JKLeeds9 ай бұрын
    • ​@@JKLeedscan I beat dark souls the way it was intended 🧐

      @lithuaniaball@lithuaniaball9 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic video my dude

    @JLchevz@JLchevz8 ай бұрын
  • This was THE sword for my first playthrough. With all the dragon scales update it was viable. But I did also use a crossbow for some enemies, especially those stupid pop-up plants in the garden.

    @dune3001@dune30019 ай бұрын
  • I still use the Drake weapon when I make a Mage Build until I can make myself a decent Int scaling weapon. it's pretty reliable if you don't want to dump too much into physical stats iirc

    @LoredanSunstrider@LoredanSunstrider9 ай бұрын
    • What are some good Int scaling weapons? Except the Butterfly horn and the Moonlight greatsword

      @Karan-Aujla@Karan-Aujla9 ай бұрын
    • @@Karan-Aujla anything you upgrade down the magic or enchanted paths. Magic gives you more of a split while enchanted gives you more magic damage.

      @themightymcb7310@themightymcb73109 ай бұрын
    • @@Karan-Aujla Velka's Rapier is a great choice for a low stamina mage. Channeler's Trident is decent, Titanite Catchpole is very strong in early game, but it doesn't scale that much. Other than those, just enchant your favourite weapon with low stat requirements (in the Duke's Archives there is an enchanted Falchion, great choice for upgrading)

      @ulaznar@ulaznar4 ай бұрын
    • @@ulaznar aye aye capn

      @Karan-Aujla@Karan-Aujla4 ай бұрын
  • No way! I just started that exact run yesterday! Cheers man!

    @mitochondriaman4798@mitochondriaman47989 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for the tip. I just started playing dark souls remastered last week

    @Iam_mohmmed@Iam_mohmmed3 ай бұрын
  • these puns are killing me and I want more

    @aced4fun@aced4fun8 ай бұрын
  • One thing that alot of people not pay attention to, is that because you only need enough stats to wield it, you can spam all the rest of the stats into survivibility stats making it more forgiving to learn the movesets of bosses. You have so much hp and stamina that you can tank many things and survive and you can dodge spam for a while and get into a better spot. And since DS1 has some horrible boss runbacks... it´s pretty much a really good setup to have to learn the game honestly. I would always tell new players to go for the sword and just get enough stats to wield it, never upgrade it, then once you have another weapon that is better, switch to that over time. That makes it that the player can fully invest in survivability in the beginning and once they got used to their hp and stamina setup they can go for more damage. So here is my Hot Take: The drake sword is actualy a new player AND intermediate player trap for people who do not understand how to actualy use this weapon propperly. Not realizing how good of an early game weapon it is and how much more smooth it makes the early game if you switch to a better weapon at the right time. Obviously if you are a good player you know how to get to a good weapon fast and instandly start doing big things but neither new players nor intermediates do. Intermediates will watch youtube videos and follow guides but often still dont have a decent grasp and start dying even with their new weapon. And good - god tier lvl players no death or even no hit the entire game with anything so there is no point in discussing that anyway. The drake sword is a missunderstood gem.

    @jericohellsangel594@jericohellsangel5949 ай бұрын
    • A bunch of early obtainable (or even starter) weapons will match or surpass a +0 or +1 Drake Sword at a standard reinforcement of +5, with better movesets, and in many cases significantly better poise damage to reliably stun enemies and bosses (e.g. Mace, Battle Axe, Claymore). And you can get a standard +5 weapon as soon as you meet Andre, he sells the titanite shards you need and many of the nearby enemies drop them. You meet Andre about 2 minutes after the Drake Sword is available to you. Provided you know how to upgrade a weapon to +5, the Drake Sword is not even worth the time it takes to collect imo. And that's all with dumping every level into Vitality too. Because you should ideally be doing that early game almost no matter what weapon you choose. Weapon scaling is calculated as a % of base damage. Low weapon upgrade level = low weapon base damage. That means pumping points into Strength or Dexterity is nearly always a bad move early game, it's only worth doing to meet requirements. It doesn't take a god tier understanding of the game to make the Drake Sword obsolete as early as Undead Parish. If you understand the basic systems, that's enough.

      @yewtewbstew547@yewtewbstew5477 ай бұрын
    • Eh the move-set argument is highly subjective, and some people don't want to dump 9 shards + whatever else souls to upgrade an early weapon just to "match or surpass" a 0 upgrade weapon. It's very cool to have the option though. Starting the game doing different paths with different builds is part of the fun.

      @SECshock@SECshock5 ай бұрын
    • @@yewtewbstew547 Apples to oranges. Mace, Battle Axe and Claymore aren't straight swords. Also, no small-medium (not UGS, GA, GH) weapon at +5 will surpass the 200 AR of the Drake Sword. Standard straight swords start surpassing the Drake sword around +7, and having 20 str and 20 dex.

      @ulaznar@ulaznar4 ай бұрын
  • I was a Drake Sword Simp at first, too. Currently I'm working on beating the game concurrently with all 10 starting classes with starting gear only. I'm allowing all rings and items, and casters can use any spells so I don't get bored. I'm also slowly plodding through a kill off everything run in DS2, though it's so tedious I need to take frequent breaks.

    @clukinvar@clukinvar9 ай бұрын
  • My god, these puns. Very entertaining video, and nice Peter Frampton reference lmao

    @Law0fRevenge@Law0fRevenge3 ай бұрын
  • 22:20 you really made us take that 20 shots😂

    @gipsyking5683@gipsyking56833 ай бұрын
  • I appreciate the jokes for the DS 2 fans :) Although, you did miss out on a big part of why the drake sword is considered a trap. The high early damage means new players don't really learn how to fight. So, when the damage falls off, they're stuck having to go back and relearn how to play.

    @aurochtamer@aurochtamer9 ай бұрын
    • I've never really bought that idea. Early game, you still lack the health to take many hits so you still gotta dodge or block.

      @inciaradible7144@inciaradible71449 ай бұрын
    • @@inciaradible7144 yeah, its not like its so strong it one shots everything, you still have to dodge/block/parry/back stab and you can still get surrounded. you very much still have to learn the combat.

      @justarandompepe8961@justarandompepe89619 ай бұрын
    • @@inciaradible7144agreed.

      @84rinne_moo@84rinne_moo8 ай бұрын
  • On one of my runs i made the mistake of using the drake sword all the way to the iron golem lol

    @studyguy.7660@studyguy.76609 ай бұрын
    • Oh dear! That damage against Iron Golem 😬

      @JKLeeds@JKLeeds9 ай бұрын
    • @@JKLeeds I know! Great video!

      @studyguy.7660@studyguy.76609 ай бұрын
    • Guessing that's why you switched?

      @jacthing1@jacthing19 ай бұрын
    • @@jacthing1 Yeah, i did. To a claymore I think, and it was embarrassingly my 4th playthrough I think.

      @studyguy.7660@studyguy.76609 ай бұрын
  • I swear the drake puns gave me paranoia, every time he spoked I was afraid of another pun

    @icetide9411@icetide94119 ай бұрын
  • All dragon weapons have a unique ability to do double damage all you have to do is time the special attack at the right time that's why they have no scailing

    @noahcharles2571@noahcharles25719 ай бұрын
  • On my first run I went to cut the tail on the drake with the claymore, I cut the tail I took the weapon looked at the attacks and never used it again, after all I am a black knight weapon enjoyer 😈💯

    @anastasiskalapodis1826@anastasiskalapodis18269 ай бұрын
    • Wow, cutting it with melee! I've actually never done that

      @JKLeeds@JKLeeds9 ай бұрын
    • Did the exact thing too. Used it like twice. Also, Average Black Knight Enjoyer 🗿 Greataxe is 🔛🔝 though

      @ZachAttack3710@ZachAttack37109 ай бұрын
  • Since people do runs without upgrading stats or SL25, yeah, it is totally doable, this is a great weapon, not the best obviously, but a great one, you can focus on health and stamina after this for a while and the game will become way easier ! Either way this game is meant to be played ranger with Faith or INT, the spells are SO DAMN strong in this one, unlike the 2, 3 and elden ring where I never even do a caster since it was ubderpowered when you compare to the first one

    @alexb277@alexb2778 ай бұрын
  • Drake sword is the best crutch in the series for a newcomer when you're straight up not having a good time.

    @derfderf0@derfderf09 ай бұрын
  • That was the most fire plunge attack I ever seen cuh 😂😂🤣

    @holdensuire3544@holdensuire35448 ай бұрын
  • It makes an okay secondary weapon for a magic using character, due to its low stat requirements and not needing to worry about scaling. There are surely better options, but it could be worse.

    @scwh3181@scwh31819 ай бұрын
    • I always used enchanted claymore for that. Doesnt work for faith builds though, divine version is hot garbage.

      @d07RiV@d07RiV8 ай бұрын
    • ​@@d07RiV Velka's rapier is absolute goat

      @authenticbaguette6673@authenticbaguette66735 ай бұрын
  • Personally, my noob "trap" weapon on my first playthrough was the Black Knight sword, that I got from the blue tear stone Bk. It just did so much damage I just couldn't not use it, which I didn't enjoy that much since I hate slow-hard hitting weapons. And I kept on switching to it on and off throughout the playthrough.

    @UrielManX7@UrielManX78 ай бұрын
    • Thats not a noob trap weapon though.

      @loaf1712@loaf17123 ай бұрын
  • says there wont be that many times you hear drake continues to make every single pun possible using it

    @coobk373@coobk3738 ай бұрын
  • I've counted 76 drakes needless to say my bottle is now empty

    @prodbygoddi5818@prodbygoddi58189 ай бұрын
  • Calling the drake sword a "noob trap" is like calling Jagen from Fire Emblem an "Exp thief".

    @ChoiceSnarf@ChoiceSnarf9 ай бұрын
    • Jagen is that purple pre promote with shit growths, right? That one that everyone calls a pitfall?

      @iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis8 ай бұрын
    • @@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis Yeah

      @ChoiceSnarf@ChoiceSnarf8 ай бұрын
  • By about the 4:20 mark, I have begun to believe that abiding by Rule 3 may have been a misdrake for this poor girl 😵‍💫

    @erind.t.e.992@erind.t.e.9927 ай бұрын
  • The sheer amount of times you managed to slip drake into the script is impressive.

    @Arthang@Arthang7 ай бұрын
  • 7:14 LMAO that is the most epic plunging attack I have ever seen :D

    @isaacweisberg3571@isaacweisberg35713 ай бұрын
  • i'm always amazed people who can do low-damage runs. And this didn't look that bad. I suspect that this weapon fulfills it's purpose just fine, good in the early game but meant to be replaced by something else.

    @hhueter@hhueter9 ай бұрын
  • In my first run, I played blind in Dark Souls 1.0 unpatched on Xbox360. I used minimal online hints, but I did use japanese maps I found just to understand the layout. I found out about the drake sword, somehow, and.... used it for the whole game. Gwyn with a drake sword was a bad time, but not nearly as bas as when I got double-cursed in the depths.

    @Harizl@Harizl9 ай бұрын
  • I did this challenge time ago (except the Ash Lake limit). 40 in vitality and endurance, light armour for fast dodge and a big shield for block. One of my best characters. I used similar builds in the other 2 game of the series.

    @GloomyMime@GloomyMime5 ай бұрын
  • the way he combined normal words and drake made me feel drunk when I cant and don't even drink

    @billystorm5347@billystorm53478 ай бұрын
  • I loved the Drake sword. Used it until I farmed a black knight great sword in the asylum. They were the only two weapons I used in my three playthroughs. Maybe I should have broadened my horizons slightly.

    @Vader2501@Vader25018 ай бұрын
  • So I figured I could do the drinking challenge with water, I'm calling it quits a third of the way into the video after drinking an entire liter. Update: yeah that ending would have killed me

    @amimm7776@amimm77769 ай бұрын
  • watching this while hung over, the drinking game really helps me with hydraking xD

    @Quertagon@Quertagon8 ай бұрын
  • This is the run with the most simultaneous deaths I've ever seen

    @ianhopkins5817@ianhopkins58178 ай бұрын
  • I used Drake Sword on my first playthrough, but by the time I got to Sens Fortress I switched to the Claymore.

    @astrealove2247@astrealove22478 ай бұрын
    • Same but I switched to the lightning spear lol

      @garythompson2982@garythompson29827 ай бұрын
  • That hollow soldier trick shot got me

    @ironsulfide5@ironsulfide57 ай бұрын
  • Ran out of drinks, had to glue myself to the tap to keep the challenge going.

    @thatnordicgamer5767@thatnordicgamer57678 ай бұрын
  • At the start: "Let's get this show rolling!" At the end: "WazzzzupImafuzzybizzzz..."

    @Akymma@Akymma7 ай бұрын
  • I tend to use it for the early game until I am able to get my hands on whatever weapon I'm planning on using (or until I have the stats to use whichever weapon well)

    @Eric-md3mp@Eric-md3mp7 ай бұрын
  • i tapped out of the drinking game at 9:13 lmao

    @dotquack1@dotquack1Ай бұрын
  • i drank 57 times, and now i can see drakes with my very eyes

    @Axem26@Axem268 ай бұрын
  • that drinking game at the beginning is such an evil challenge

    @bruh-td1vz@bruh-td1vz8 ай бұрын
  • 12:13 this transition was brilliant hahaha 😂😂😂

    @VideoGamingSociety@VideoGamingSociety6 ай бұрын
  • So glad i never found this sword and instead stuck with a longsword until I found the claymore. The battle axe, though, is kind of better than the claymore, at least right now

    @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS8 ай бұрын
  • Got this vid recommended a few days ago and gave it a go yesterday evening, i didn't know what could await me, but i started with lineing out a couple of shot glasses. I was like 6 mins in, and couln't drake anymore, to be fair, i had a well earned sleep afterwards. Thanks for the Video. Also you just got yourselfe a new sub

    @jinone7125@jinone71258 ай бұрын
  • dude… that first video 😂 that’s crazy that’s what sparked my curiosity in Dark Souls, and after i got it i understood….crazy how it became one of my favorite if not my favorite, series of all time

    @shmetienne@shmetienne9 ай бұрын
  • All the drake puns would've been fun if you hadn't made me reach for my glass every 10 seconds 😂

    @BlazeStorm@BlazeStorm8 ай бұрын
  • "want new player experience" takes huge shortcut immediately. gimme a drake dude

    @crispybiscuits2954@crispybiscuits29549 ай бұрын
  • That "fuoco demoniaco" was flawless.

    @Dr_Fracchia@Dr_Fracchia7 ай бұрын
  • Hey question, what music is playing in the background? Loved the vid btw!^^

    @-FallenEclipse-@-FallenEclipse-24 күн бұрын
  • I did that. Started with Hunter/Bowclass and it took just 90h but it was the first time touching DS. Knew the game long before I did that. Love it 100x times more now

    @PhoeniX-vz6zj@PhoeniX-vz6zj2 ай бұрын
  • The part where you said "drake" was my favorite!

    @travisfodrie5410@travisfodrie54108 ай бұрын
  • 'Take a drink every time I say drake' Beginning of video: Oh hell yeah, this'll be fun! 4 minutes into the video: Oh shit this is gonna be bad

    @koomaosnow@koomaosnow8 ай бұрын
  • And by 11:10 you managed to end my beer. That was quick

    @KajiinSkyrim@KajiinSkyrim8 ай бұрын
  • Ikr, almost every complaint people have about Dark Souls 2 the first and third game also have those things. I just played Dark Souls 2 for the first time a few months ago after hearing all the hate for that game for years and I loved it. It's a great game

    @brettpardue8786@brettpardue87869 ай бұрын
  • yea been streaming this game of my first playthrough and one of the sessions i did i had someone come into my chat telling me about this weapon and told me how to get it, and ive been unknowingly using it thinking its still good, and now i have no idea what im going to do now, in terms of what weapon i should be using.

    @Dalton4D@Dalton4D8 ай бұрын
  • 0:04, you were not able to snipe the dragons tail to get the sword on or around release because 1.0 had a feature from demon souls where items dropped by mobs had to be picked up where it died. Much like Crystal lizards in demon souls; it wasn’t until a later patch that From added the instant inventory pick up after noticing all the complaints of players getting a drop in an out of bounds area (which would happen if you tried to snipe the tail on 1.0) or if you did manage to cut it on the bridge but then died and it despawned forever (same with any rare drop like crystal lizards or seaths tail cut for Moonlight greatsword, lava ring etc)

    @colemcgrath644@colemcgrath6447 ай бұрын
  • I just started playing ds remastered and im amazed by the lore , i dont understand a bit but its gon be fun learning

    @bob-mm4ng@bob-mm4ng3 ай бұрын
  • Okay that last Drakerush is attempted murder.

    @swanky2202@swanky22029 ай бұрын
  • I did the drake drinking game with coffee. I can now see time as it flows and hear gravity affecting the very fabric of spacetime itself

    @HuslWusl@HuslWusl5 ай бұрын
  • Not only I found the ash lake on my first playthrough, but I got stuck there for 9 hours💀trying to kill the hydras and then confused why there's a bid dragon that doesn't attack me. AND THOSE DAMN MUSHROOMS

    @ribeiropk@ribeiropk8 ай бұрын
  • man im so hydrated after watching this vid 10/10

    @Askeroth94@Askeroth947 ай бұрын
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