Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Let's Play Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PC)

#19: To Seek a Crown

With all five Souls of a Giant in our inventory, we can challenge the hollowed Vendrick no problem. His massive sword hits like a truck, but his attacks are luckily very telegraphed and easy to dodge; the go-to strat is to circle him counter-clockwise, effectively hugging his left ass-cheek. As long as he doesn't decide to jump backwards multiple times or into the walls, this fight is very easy with a bit of patience.

Inside Vendrick's memory, we can speak with him in his final living moments; he says some interesting things about the Flame and the Crown, albeit the lore is still quite over my head. At any rate, he hints at gathering the crowns from the DLCs... and so off we go to prepare for the coming challenges.

SERIES PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r8y55B6Cg0IpiAOKfRBOII2

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ABOUT THIS SERIES:
This is a casual playthrough where I recreate my favorite old DEX/INT build. The pacing is a bit faster than my usual style; this is not a comprehensive walkthrough, and I will be skipping some items/enemies/sections. I will kill all bosses. I have not played DkS2 since before the release of the third game earlier this year, and in recent months I've been very engrossed in DkS1; this is my revisitation of DkS2, to once and for all gain a proper perspective on all three games in the series.