AISubs v3.7
Hello everybody and welcome back to Dark Souls and to SideQuest and to the upcoming boss that I'm not 100% sure how we'll deal with.
So I have now rested. I am feeling much better. Got some sleep.
I think I'm gonna be in a slightly better mental state for actually dealing with a challenging boss than I was yesterday. Actually, it was when I was recording last.
But we'll see.
Those two bosses were... pretty difficult, so...
So we may be looking at an episode that is just me trying to get through these bosses. We'll see!
Hopefully not multiple episodes, but I'm not ruling it out.
Alright, here we go. Take two!
[ominous music]
Ornstein and Schm—ah, okay. [laughs]
Yes, good morning to you gentlemen as well.
Alright.
I will say, these two are really awesome as bosses.
[ominous music]
I'm not sure how I'll deal with them, but they are very cool.
Ornstein and Schmock? Schmo—
Schmo? Schmock? I don't know.
Schmock? Schmoff? That'd be kinda cool too.
[ominous music]
Eh, why not? [laughs]
Gotta hang onto those three thousand.
All right, so I need to start figuring out my strategy here.
So far my...
main thing is just--oh, okay.
Kind of kiting everybody.
Letting the fast guy catch up to me, hit me and kill me.
So that's the plan so far.
What I should be doing is letting the fast guy catch up to me, dodging or blocking, hitting him, and then seeing if I can, uh...
Nope.
Seeing if I can take him out and then deal with the big guy.
I think that's my plan right now.
Oop!
I should try blocking him. I probably could.
Got the crystal shield back on right now, just because. Feel like I could use it.
Yeah, it does block it, but...
If it's a fight where we're trading blows, I definitely lose that battle.
Come on you.
Yeah, if I can just get in there fast enough to tag him and run...
...everything will be fine.
And stay out of the way of that hammer.
Yikes.
'Kay.
Easy does it.
Ah! Just missed.
Probably could've gotten a hit in on him, but...
...why be reckless?
Ow!
Yeah, it's definitely not like I need to be getting more than one hit in for every hit he gets on me, 'cause this is not a good trade.
I don't have the healing items for it.
Ow.
Come on, you.
I don't know what was that.
There is no chance of that hitting anybody.
I got him over half down, though.
The little guy.
Pay attention.
Almost all the way down, actually.
Start dodging. I keep on thinking when he, like, gets back like that, that he's not gonna come lunge all the way at me like he does every single time.
Heh.
It's okay, though.
Too slow. Alright.
Maybe I should just block that. That may be smarter.
Roll out of the way of those. Roll out of the way of that.
We're just running in big circles.
I feel like they are the greyhounds in a race, and I am the little rabbit thing they chase.
Ah!
Well...
Not got a lot of confidence in this particular run, given I'm down to my last assist and, uh...
It's alright, though. We're learning.
Feeling 'em out.
Nope, not good.
Be cool if I could get one of them down.
Just to then start concentrating on dealing with the, uh...
big guy... before losing.
Uh-oh.
Uh-oh!
Boy, they do not give you any big windows.
Come on now.
Yeah, I-- okay, so he can just go as far as he wants to...
...at those-- when he does that lunge. Good to know.
That's the one.
Oh, here we go.
Oh!
I... feel like I should maybe be dead.
*laughs*
I should probably be dead for trying that.
Hey, I got one!
Uh-oh.
Ohohohoh my!
Oh my!
That's awesome!
I mean, not for me, but that's really cool!
Does something different happen if I take out...
the big guy first?
I don't think I can pull it off, but I'm really curious to know.
Whew, I bet that hurts...
a lot now.
Heh heh. Reckless.
Hmm.
Ha! Gotcha! Oh boy.
[laughs] Wow.
Yeah, this is gonna be rough. I wonder if, when I come back...
Yeah, surely the little guy is gonna be back, right?
It'd be too easy for me to be able to restart this fight just dealing with him.
All right, I'm gonna heal one more time.
Whew!
Man, oh man.
I appreciate that he at least gives me ample opportunity to use that spell.
Alright, so...
the big question, can I get in long enough to hit him...
and not get hit by that AOE?
Kind of want to just cheese him using this pillar here. Okay, well, that's what I get.
Whew, boy, even if he just hits close to you.
Ah, and here we go, we're dead.
Are—oh!
Did I just happen to roll at the exact right time?
Interesting.
Uh-oh.
I'm rather proud of myself for lasting this long, frankly.
I mean, I'm not gonna win this time...
as you can see, but...
still...
I got a lot of the way through that.
I'm proud of me.
All right, I'm ready for take three.
These guys are interesting, I like 'em.
Maybe I won't feel that way two or three tries from now, but...
At the moment, they're very cool.
All right, here we go.
Take three!
Let's go, pal.
Oops.
Hmm.
Yep.
He does not give me nearly as many good opportunities for healing.
Ah, I don't know why. I thought that was a good time.
Sloppy.
Ah, I thought I could get in and hit the big guy.
Boy, did I learn my lesson.
Oop, wait, this isn't where I wanted to go.
Thought I had more room to run.
Did not.
Come on, little guy.
Ornstein!
Hurry up!
Heh.
Just run and roll all the way across the room, huh?
All right!
All right, there's one of 'em.
[laughs] Wow.
This is a pretty amazing pair of bosses right here.
And I really want to know what happens if I kill the big guy first.
But I don't think I'm - ahhhh - I don't think I'm capable of it, though.
Wow! I think I have like one HP.
All right, big guy.
Agh!
Sloppy.
Agh! Gotta work on my timing!
All right.
Oh, did I just miss completely? I think I did.
Everybody's keeping close to him until he does the AOE move.
Yeah, that seems to be working.
Sort of.
Oh, too early. Oh, okay, so if I'm not super close to him, I can still... I can avoid it.
Ah, too close. That was too close. I need to be a little further away.
Come on, miss me once so I can heal or something.
Oh boy.
Didn't expect the one-two there.
And that was bad timing. Okay, yeah, I deserved that loss.
We got closer, though! He was down half health. I'm figuring it out.
So I have a few options in terms of how to deal with this equipment-wise.
I could keep on going with the gear I'm wearing now... which is not bad.
I could swap it out for something much lighter and just focus on evasion the entire time,
which is kind of what I'm doing right now anyway, so maybe that's... maybe that would be better, even with the lower defense.
Or I can go full tank, put on the heaviest stuff I got, which I think is Tarkus's stuff,
get the biggest shield I have, and just try to block everything and get hits in.
I'm not sure what my best option is.
All right, fourth try. We can do this!
Bring it on, you two.
Come on, Ornstein.
Let's go.
Yeah, I should definitely try the evasion route.
Ow! 'Cause that's kind of what I've been doing anyway.
Bad idea. [laughs]
I got lucky there, but...
that could very well have gone bad for me.
Come on, Ornstein.
Come on.
Quit walking around all cool.
Gimme an opening, buddy.
Feel like I'm at least kind of learning their moveset now, so I know what to expect.
No, come on. Target him. There we go.
Ow!
Whew! Boy...
That wasn't a good place to be.
Okay, back up to full. Come on!
Come flying at me! Give me a chance to hit you!
Mistake!
Serious mistake!
Get out of there!
Yep, definitely an error in judgment, that last attack.
Whew!
You're getting cheap on me, buddy.
Hey! Hey! Aww!
Alright.
Alright, I've swapped out gear, I'm wearing a much lighter weight set of stuff now.
I think I'm in the lightest weight category I can get in terms of movement and rolling speed and stuff like that.
I've still got the gargoyle helm and the crystal shield on for the lightning defense and blocking abilities, even though I don't know if I'm really gonna do much blocking.
But yeah, I can run a little faster, I can roll fast.
I think for the evasion route, this is about as good a setup as I can expect to get.
You know what, I think I need some mood music.
I think that's going to help me.
And I think for you guys' sake, it's time for a failure montage anyway.
So let's do this!
Haha!
Grr! OK!
Come on!
Almost got you.
Oh boy, okay, okay, get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!
So close, come on!
I'm gonna get you!
I'm gonna get you and there's nothing you can do about it!
Haha!
Yeah!
Haha!
Woo!
Take... that!
Oh, that felt good!
Alright!
Whew! We got a lot of souls!
Awesome!
That was a cool boss!
I had fun!
I think I died more on that boss than I have any other so far, but...
Boy, was it fun!
So...
Before we end the episode, let's see what we've got in our immediate surroundings in here.
Alright, statues... let's see...
I believe that is... Lord Gwyn?
Guy from the opening cutscene?
I don't remember a lot about the opening cutscene, 'cause it has been so long since I started this game, but...
I do vaguely remember him... throwing the lightning.
Her I don't remember, but I thought we saw her in the painting and we saw another statue of her in the other place...
and someone... is missing.
Might that be... Gwyn's firstborn?
Whoever that is, I'm not sure.
Whew! Still got... still kinda got the adrenaline going... right now.
Well, let's see what's upstairs.
Praise the sun indeed and a bonfire.
Ahhhh.
By the way, the mood music comes from an album that is literally called "Determination".
I highly recommend picking it up.
It'll help you beat Dark Souls bosses.