FromSoftware'south Souls franchise is known for its incredibly tough boss fights. These battles pit y'all against lightning strikes, homing death spirits, and even a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beam.

Despite facing such death blows, the most diehard Souls veterans still savour finding ways to increase the difficulty of the game. While some restrictions seem achievable, such every bit a sword-only build, is it possible to beat out the game without walking? Apparently, information technology is.

YouTuber ymfah shared his latest Dark Souls iii run that pitted him against the game'south biggest bosses without ever using the WASD commands or left controller stick.

YouTuber ymfah plays Dark Souls 3 without walking a single step

Ymfah dodge attack in Dark Souls 3
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The Dark Souls iii fanatic used clever workarounds to get his character to move. The starting time choice was the simple normal assail, which moves the character towards the way it'south facing.

This method will accept you running into walls and trees, so ymfah devised a better movement plan. Utilizing the Thief class, the player tin properly plough by aiming in a management with the Thief's bow.

What's more, the Thief class gives you lot a Bandit's Pocketknife with the Quickstep skill. This motility skill is more versatile than the normal attack since it provides invincibility frames, a must-have during boss battles.

The YouTuber ran into some bug when having to get down ladders. While some ladders can be jumped down, one specific ladder had a long driblet that killed the character.

Ymfah somewhen found a clever trick called a "fall control quitout", which makes y'all quit the game mid-fall and reload your save with the character surviving the fall.


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Beating the last bosses

When it came down to the base game'due south final boss, Soul of Cinder, ymfah used a similar quitout trick that activated the fight beyond the mist wall. Protected past the barrier, this gave him free rein to beat Soul of Cinder with just a bow and arrow.

As for Slave Knight Gael, the final opponent of the Ringed Urban center DLC, the content creator had to face him off-white and square.

The YouTuber's approach was to "play it like a turn-based game", landing a few hits after every dodge. Even though Gael had a few killer moves, the Dark Souls 3 player kept his composure and saw his deaths equally a thing of wellness management and luck.

Ymfah finally seized the opportunity when a low-wellness Gael missed 1 of his slashes. He immediately quickstepped in to eliminate the final boss of the entire Souls franchise.

The best part of the whole no-walking run? It'south an actual guide.

If you want to try and beat Nighttime Souls three the aforementioned way they did, you can bank check out ymfah's whole guide down beneath:



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