Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
0:00 - Tutorial Genichiro
1:10 - Gyoubu
5:40 - Ashina Genichiro
9:07 - False Corrupted Monk
11:24 - Lady Butterfly
13:58 - Guardian Ape
18:07 - Great Shinobi Owl
21:04 - True Corrupted Monk
25:37 - Foster Father Owl
28:48 - Sword Saint Isshin
Excluded bosses are Folding Screen Monkeys, Headless Ape duo, Divine Dragon and Demon of Hatred. They were either unchanged or only marginally different from Vanilla, just affected by AI changes.
base vit/posture, charmless, demon bell, no prosthetics, no combat arts, no items, flawless
0:00 - Tutorial Genichiro
1:10 - Gyoubu
5:40 - Ashina Genichiro
9:07 - False Corrupted Monk
11:24 - Lady Butterfly
13:58 - Guardian Ape
18:07 - Great Shinobi Owl
21:04 - True Corrupted Monk
25:37 - Foster Father Owl
28:48 - Sword Saint Isshin
Excluded bosses are Folding Screen Monkeys, Headless Ape duo, Divine Dragon and Demon of Hatred. They were either unchanged or only marginally different from Vanilla, just affected by AI changes.
base vit/posture, charmless, demon bell, no prosthetics, no combat arts, no items, flawless

![[Former World Record] Bread & Fred Multiplayer Any% No Inf. Jumps (Duo) 13:19.429
in this category you can place a flag as a checkpoint and warp back to it, reducing risk.
6 seconds are added to the final time due to using reset run [Former World Record] Bread & Fred Multiplayer Any% No Inf. Jumps (Duo) 13:19.429](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TLH-ruFuDrI/mqdefault.jpg)



![Messmer The Impaler [Level 1, +0 weapon, 0 blessing, no aux/buffs*/etc]
What I count as a buff is something that requires activation, and usually has a duration. So great rune, physick flask, golden vow, etc. This does not include talismans or armor.
I messed up a lot on the phase 2 punishes, causing him to not stagger and losing a lot of damage. Kill shouldve been 8-9 minutes but whatever. Ideally, you time the hits so it hits both the snake head and messmer, dealing double damage. Next best is to simply hit messmer, to contribute to poise breaks. It did not feel viable to go for double punishes with this weaponry (it barely does more damage than a jump l1 with this setup anyway)
I forgot to enable gamepad overlay, so no overlay whoops. Messmer The Impaler [Level 1, +0 weapon, 0 blessing, no aux/buffs*/etc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UfKS_vZh7II/mqdefault.jpg)
![Is 2 handed straight sword secretly good? [Malenia RL1 +0 no talismans/buffs/%dmg/skills]
Compared to Jawbone Axe, we have: lower range, slower R2/CR2, lower damage. But... at least r2-r2 is pretty good?
Overall, not worth the effort, but I used some new strats so I uploaded anyway.
Inspired by @GameMUSA겜무사 to give this weapon a try. I was surprised their kill was faster than all power stanced straight sword kills I know of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLJAKpVHWQg
Also apologies to @hegelypuff4923 for beating this, I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9wKwOisy9E Is 2 handed straight sword secretly good? [Malenia RL1 +0 no talismans/buffs/%dmg/skills]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W0iATny-5WE/mqdefault.jpg)



