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Dark Souls - No-hit Challenge

Before jumping right into this challenge...let's talk about my background. If you already know everything because you're a fellow viewer on Twitch, scroll down below.

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My Dark Souls Experience

     I've started to play Dark Souls I: Prepare to Die Edition, a long time ago, on PC. I started to stream it as well. Facing a lot of technical issues, lag, camera bugs, controller bugs, I got very frustrated and gave it up. Later, Dark Souls Remastered came out and arrived like a sign for me to try this again. So I did.
     In early 2019, I started Dark Souls I Remastered. Thanks to Twitch chat, I had some nice support in the tricky moments, and some good advices, so I didn't have to google anything to wonder how things were working. Very grateful for that. And well...I absolutely loved it.

"HOW??? ---"
- Every Dark Souls player.

     Dark Souls is known for being a difficult game, but the lore, the exploration, the bosses, the monsters, the music and the whole charisma of the game completely seduced me. Once completed, I felt disappointed and sad. It was already over! But I continued right away with Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, which was... somehow slightly less interesting, but enjoyed it anyway. And finished the series with Dark Souls III which was an amazing gaming moment. I also covered all the DLCs. I have a few optional bosses missing here and there, but I'll go back to it someday. I have yet to kill Midir in Dark Souls III DLC.

"I rolled, omg! ---"
- Every Dark Souls player

     In the meantime, I've been discovering various streamers and youtubers that play Dark Souls on a different levels: completing challenges. While speedrunning this game do not interest me that much, I thought the no-hit challenge was more my type. It felt a little closer to NLNMAS challenge that I completed for various Tomb Raider games. And so started my journey.

"PRAISE THE SUN!"
- The one who praises the sun.

     Obviously, I had completed Dark Souls only once...so my knowledge was, and still is, very limited. I do not know all the weapons, I still get lost, I don't remember areas, names, etc. So I've got a lot to learn to progress, but I enjoy it. It will probably take some time, but it's a nice journey.

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The No-hit Challenge

This challenge is for my own fun, so I follow my own rules.

What is allowed:
- Every weapon, ring, armor.
- Parrying with a shield.
- Using a shield to benefits from its passive effects.
- Fall damage is allowed, unless you die from it.
- Throwing knives and bombs.
- Killing bosses in any order.
- Any Soul Level, any stats.
- Go to the menu to reset mobs.

What is NOT allowed:
- Getting hit.
- Blocking with a shield.
- Using glitches.
- Using spells.
- Summoning a player/NPC.

About a "hit":
- Any damage/stagger caused by an enemy is a hit.
- Being hit by a projectile is a hit.
- Any AoE attack is a hit.
- If an enemy falls on the player, it's a hit.
- Blocking an attack with a shield is a hit.
- Environment damage is NOT a hit: lava damage, poison damage.
- Traps/darts are considered as a hit.

Objective 1 = Learn the game and all its secrets!
Objective 2 = No-death runs.
Objective 3 = No-hit runs.

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My Strategy

 ♦ = Bonfire

Asylum Demon
Gargoyles > Club +5
Queelag > Club +5
Ceaseless > Club +5
Iron Golem > Club +5
O&S > C. Halberd +1
Sif > Giant Hammer +1 or C. Halberd +2?
Pinwheel > Giant Hammer +2/3?
Nito > C. Halberd +2
Four Kings > Giant Hammer +5?
Seath > Giant Hammer +5?
BoC > Fire bombs
Gwyn > Halberd +2

Items:
1) Red Tearstone Ring = Damage increased when HP is low.
2) Homeward Bone = Tp back quickly to bonfire.
3) Lloyd's Talisman = To put Mimic to sleep & loot Symbol of Avarice.
4) Large Ember + Very Large Ember = To upgrade weapons, first in Sewers, second in New Londo.
5) Firebombs = To kill Bed of Chaos "balls". ;)
6) Titanite Shards = To upgrade, buy at Andre (Undead Parish).
7) Large Titanite Shards = To upgrade, buy  at Crestfallen Merchant (Sen's Fortress).
8) Transient Curse = Kill ladies in New Londo.

Tutorial + Asylum Demon
0 • Setup

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     ◘ Firelink Shrine: Pick Humanities, Homeward Bones + Lloyd's Talisman.
     ◘ New Londo: Sit at Forest ♦, go to dragons, pick up Red Tearstone Ring, tp to ♦.
    ◘ Forest: Kill Black Night, pick Grass Crest Shield, pick Bow/Arrows, Souls, open the door, kill Crystal Bug, go to Andre.
     ◘ Undead Parish: Sit at ♦, go pick Halberd, tp to ♦. Buy 8 Titanite Shards, Halberd to +4 & get Arrows. Kill guardian in Church, +1 Titanite Shard, Halberd to +5. Unlock elevator, go back to Firelink Shrine.
     ◘ New Londo: Get Transient Curse, cross New Londo, reload game at the bridge. Kill Ingward, get the Key to the Seal, go flush, reload game. Go pick Very Large Ember (+10 to +15), tp to ♦.
     ◘ To Castle: Skip dragon, rush to vendor, get Firebombs x27 (1350s) + Lloyd's Talisman x3 (1500s)


To be decided:
Taurus Demon > Kill towards end, one hit plunging attack
Iron Golem > Learn the way to drop it from ledge
Bed of Chaos > Learn how to throw...balls on balls.



Four Kings > I dunno yet, but get Tearstone ring dmg boost
Great Grey Wolf Sif > It's ok
Moonlight Butterfly > It's ok
Nito > Need Fog Ring (give lamp to nest in tutorial area), Slumbering Dragonscrest Ring (funhouse), avoid triggering skeletons, dodge "screaming" attack
Ornstein & Smough > Uuh.. practice
Pinwheel > Should be fine
Seath the Scaleless > Stay in front, wait for spot after AoE

Gwyn Lord of Cinder > Uuh, idk yet