Beating Dark Souls Remastered as EVERY Starting Class

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Published 2024-04-05
One of the first choices the player is presented with upon starting a new game of Dark Souls is to choose 1 of 10 starting classes. Usually this choice only impacts the early game, but what if you had to play the entire game as that class? What class would perform the best? What class would perform the worst?

This is our journey of beating Dark Souls Remastered as all 10 Starting Classes.

Want to watch any of the full runs? Here is the playlist for the VOD of every uncut run:    • Dark Souls Remastered Starting Classe...  

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:57 Pre-Run Information
7:43 Warrior
10:21 Knight
12:15 Wanderer
14:19 Thief
17:01 Bandit
18:46 Hunter
20:18 Sorcerer
22:29 Pyromancer
24:30 Cleric
26:21 Deprived
27:57 Rankings
33:20 Valuable Statistics
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Music in this Video:
Tone of the Town - The Last Story
Village of the Sacred Beast - Musashi: Samurai Legend
Delfino Plaza - Super Mario Sunshine
Killer - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Aquarium Park Act 2 - Sonic Colors
Mute City - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Step Subspace Version 3 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Dark World - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Meta's Knight Revenge - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Death by Glamour - Undertale
Planet Wisp Act 1 - Sonic Colors
Holoska Cool Edge (Day) - Sonic Unleashed
Coconut Mall - Mario Kart Wii
Drizzle - Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
Mt. Battle Reception Desk - Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
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All Comments (21)
  • @codman4372wx
    Me coming out of my hole after kyle uploads his bi-yearly upload
  • 13:49 is MAX STYLE. *Parries *Tosses sword to other hand behind back *Stabs in chest I wouldn't even be mad if did this to me in PVP
  • @mhzocker4606
    The answer for DS2 Deprived run would be the Vanquisher seal. Obtained by giving Awestones to the Champion covernant. There is a trick to farm those, There is a inviter who respawns at the place where the small rat boss is. The ring gives you the ability to duel wield your fists and gives you +200atk
  • @Ironica82
    For the cleric, I think something that myself and others screw up with is focusing completely on faith at first so we can throw lightning instead of being a good melee character who can shoot lightning.
  • @Deoix9877
    personally I feel these rules are a bit unfair toward sorcerer. spells aren't really equipment, they are more like, arrows to your bow. and specially considering that in DS1 you can't upgrade catalysts, I'd arguee than more than that, getting better spells for your catalist is like getting upgrades for your weapon will admit is a bit of a subjective point though, since different spells can do actually different stuff, as oposed to regular upgrading from a weapon where all it does is increase damage, is hard to reach a balance
  • @h4hyena
    I would disagree with the ascended pyromancy flame, here. Simply because it's not really an item change more of an item level up depicting the increased power that Qualana, can give you as one of the first pyromancers.
  • @fpteamkvitka6223
    I mean, I guess it doesnt have to be said, but this ruleset really did the Sorcerer dirty. He really isnt meant to work with just his starting equipment, unlike martial classes which can utilize any weapons to their max effect
  • @SassyOnHardcore
    Kyle, if you plan to do DS2, don't forget about the vanquisher's seal, it absolutely melts bosses when using only fists, you could say its the only way to beat the game with Deprived
  • This would have been a lot more interesting at starting level for all classes, and all items required to be used. With levels and unequipping it largely comes down to which class has the best weapon, rather than which one has the best overall loadout.
  • @deep_fried_bread
    I think that being able to level up weapons all the way but not allowing better spells/pyromancies/Miracles kind of artificially makes those classes worse. I think if your not gonna get better spells you should also stop weapon reinforcements at +5
  • @alimargaming8722
    One thing you may not know, is the spider shield gives very high poison resistance. It's possible to block multiple toxic darts in Blighttown and not become toxic
  • @13JackStorm
    8:20 Bofuri Vibes. Eating an Undead Dragon. Poison for Seasoning. Somehow I'm not making that up.
  • @fueradelmeta
    I recently finished the game with only Hunter´s equipment it was a breeze. I think you are underestimating the bow´s power at +15. You can just lure most enemies, cheese Manus, cheese Sif... Cheese ingward, kill the hydras easy mode... using a bow makes dark souls so, so easy.
  • @luckypirate6365
    The knight has special place in my heart sense it's the class i started with in my first playthrough and it kinda carried me through some bosses and places like the capra demon and the sewers. Great video btw and ithink the most dropped mask is the mother this thing huntes me to this day
  • @dragonmaster1500
    Just finishing the intro, based on the rules laid out, I'm going to predict that the sorcerer ended up as the most challenging class due to the limited number of spells that it can use, and being locked into only having the basic Soul Arrow. 28:20 Huh, the AOE2 music actually fits really well for this. 28:50 and it looks like my prediction was right. Wasn't expecting the Thief to be here too though.
  • @Cory_
    I really don't agree with the "no new spells" rule. You're not really experiencing the class.