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KinetikCx

What video should I do next? To clarify DS3 Starting Class Only: I have to beat the entire game with only the items given in the Knight class, I cannot upgrade them, and I cannot level my character.

6 months ago | [YT] | 3

KinetikCx

Also a tutorial for Any% Glitchless Raw +1 Shortsword is coming out too

6 months ago | [YT] | 2

KinetikCx

Tutorial for Anri's Straight Sword route coming out this week! Be on the lookout. To my knowledge, this is the first ever recorded tutorial on video for this route.

6 months ago | [YT] | 1

KinetikCx

Hey guys, wanted to share a route for DS3 Speedrunning! This is a written Anri's Straight Sword guide for anyone to follow. The category is Any% Glitchless.

NOTE: If you are a beginner, don't even bother with this. It saves like 30 seconds compared to Raw +1 SS, only start this if you're hitting top 15 times consistently.

Class: Assassin
Starting Gift: Black Firebomb
Gender: Female (unsure if it matters)

Cem Ash
* Spam start button/escape as soon as the loading screen ends to skip two cutscenes
* Skip ashen estus flask
Goal for Gundyr: 42-43 seconds into the run to start pulling the sword

Iudex Gundyr:
* 5 R1's when he's immobile
* Wait for your stamina to recharge to 1/4 the bar
* 2 R1's
* Strafe around his attacks counter clockwise
* 3 R1's
* Strafe again
* 3 R1's
* Switch two two-handing the rapier
* ONLY once he's started transforming, hit him with a charged R2.
* Don't chain the R2 attacks, it's faster to let go after a single R2 attack and then charge a new one
* Once you've done the two R2's, hit him with 3 firebombs consecutively as you back away towards the doors.
* After killing him turn around immediately and run to the doors
* Quitout
You should aim for 1:20-1:23 if you're in contention for a top time
WR: 1:19

Firelink
* buy dagger, shortsword, 4 homeward bone
* at bonfire equip assassin hood, shortsword, dagger, homeward bone
WR time to teleport away: 2:04

High Wall
* use dagger for fall damage cancel off roof
* kill vordt using 4 r1's, 5 R1's - 6 r1's, then phase 2 roll his charges and kill him by the door
* raise banner
WR: 4:38

Undead Settlement
* Go to the right across the wood bridge
* Skip jump by the little runt things and red hooded dude
* Spook near tower
* Spook jump elevator

Road of Sacrifices
* All normal until halfway fortress
* Kill Anri for anri's sword
* Get crucifixion woods bonfire
* Get Grasscrest Shield + Green Blossom
* Go to get the coal behind the black knight
* Get sellsword twinblades
* Homeward bone back to Crucifixion Woods bonfire

Road of Sacrifices continued
* Spawn at crucifixion woods bonfire after homeward bone in previous segment
* Head towards Farron Keep
* Leave the estoc and shortsword as you run to Farron Keep
* Down ladder
* Get bonfire

Farron Keep:
* Dagger spam to the fire by the elder ghru
* Homeward bone to Farron Keep bonfire
* Ignore titanite shards, get the other 2 fires
* Use Anri sword spam to heal as needed
* Head straight to the abyss watchers door
WR: 11:08

Abyss Watchers:
* Equip full armor
* Enter abyss watchers room
* Use green blossom and gold pine resin on anri's straight sword
WR: 12:27

Catacombs:
* Go left to the bridge and jump off onto the pillar on the left
* Head to the right in the tunnel to the illusory wall
* directly to the right is a sharp gem.
* Keep going perpendicular to where you picked up the gem down another hallway then make a right outside down a flight of stairs
* Pot skip
* When you get to the bottom after pot skip, to the right of the first pillar there is an illusory wall behind it
* Go up stairs behind illusory wall and go straight to get grave warden's ashes
* Equip charcoal pine bundles in estus slot
* Head to wolnir from there

Wolnir:
Bracelet 1
* Enter with anri straight sword, don't buff.
* R1 right bracelet 3 times, wolnir will raise arm, charge strong attack 4 seconds after the last R1 hit is when you start charging
* strong hit should connect with bracelet, follow up with another R1 to break it.

Bracelet 2
* Chase down right side, charcoal pine bundle.
* 8 R1s with charcoal pine bundle to break.

Bracelet 3
* Chase down left arm, buff another charcoal pine bundle
* 6 R1s
* Use soul of the blood of the wolf immediately after killing wolnir
* Get wolnir bonfire
* Homeward bone to firelink shrine
WR: 15:00

Firelink 2
* Sell wolnir soul
* Sell vordt soul
* Give umbral ash
* Buy 12 titanite shards
* Buy 3 Homeward Bones
* Buy tower key
* Buy 9 Carthus Rouge
* Go to Andre and upgrade twinblades to +3
* Give farron coal
* Infuse twinblades with sharp
* Level up dex to 33
* Bonfire to crucifixion woods

Crucifixion Woods
* Use carthus rouge to kill crystal sage

Cathedral of depression
* Normal route until giant *EQUIP DAGGER MOFO*
* Equip dagger on the way there!
* Get Lloyd's sword ring
* use spook to drop down by door
* Dagger spam out of water
* Watch behind yourself in case the giant throws shit, it can insta kill!
* Normal route to deacons

Deacons
* Kill with Carthus Rouge
* Homeward bone to shrine bonfire
WR: 20:42

Firelink 3:
* Travel to High Lord Wolnir Bonfire

Catacombs:
* Go to irithyll

Irithyll:
* Kill bridge monster with carthus rouge
* Equip pontiff's eye ring
* Normal route to cleansing chapel
* Normal route to distant manor but pick up green blossoms by distant manor bonfire door
WR: 23:40

Irithyll Dungeon:
* Same route, pick up pale pine resin just before opening gate door after the first bridge by the first shortcut hole in the wall thing
* Use spook to skip to Profaned Capital

Profaned Capital:
* Use spook to drop down fast

Yhorm:
* Kill yhorm normal way
* Homeward bone to Distant Manor
WR: 26:53

Distant Manor:
* Run to pontiff

Pontiff Sulyvahn:
* Make sure at full health
* Equip Lloyd's sword ring
* Use Carthus Rouge, parry to kill like normal
WR: 30:23

Anor Londo:
* Run from Pontiff boss room to get Easterner's Ashes
* Quit out after pulling lever
* While contraption spins, use Yhorm's soul
* Get Anor londo bonfire
* Homeward bone to Firelink Shrine

Firelink 4:
* Give handmaiden Easterner's Ashes
* Buy 12 Large Titanite
* Sell all boss souls
* Upgrade twinblades to +6
* Level up Dex to 38
* Level up Vigor to sixteen
* Bonfire Travel to Anor Londo
WR: 31:30

Anor Londo:
* Stair Jump
* Kill Aldrich with Carthus Rouge
* Get teleported to Dancer Room
* Kill old Lady
Aldrich Split WR: 32:38

Dancer:
* Kill with carthus rouge
WR: 33:18

Lothric Castle:
* Run straight through everything immediately
* No elevator

Dragonslayer Armor:
* Kill DS armor with pale pine resin
WR: 35:50

Grand Archives:
* Run straight through

Twin Princes:
* Kill with Carthus Rouge
* Use dark sign to teleport to shrine bonfire (timed with the boss ending
WR: 39:20

Firelink Shrine:
* Place all ashes on thrones
* Homeward bone to skip to first flame
* Level up dex to 47
* Level up vigor to 25

Kiln of the First Flame:
* Equip all armor
* Carthus rouge
* Kill Soul of Cinder!
WR: 41:25

7 months ago | [YT] | 2

KinetikCx

Hey guys, wanted to share a route for DS3 Speedrunning! This is a written Anri's Straight Sword guide for anyone to follow. The category is Any% Glitchless.

Cem Ash
* Gundyr kill stagger firebombs
WR: 1:19

Firelink
* buy dagger, shortsword, 4 homeward bone
* at bonfire equip assassin hood, shortsword, dagger, homeward bone
WR time to teleport away: 2:04

High Wall
* use dagger for fall damage cancel off roof
* kill vordt using 4 r1's, 5 R1's - 6 r1's, then phase 2 roll his charges and kill him by the door
* raise banner
WR: 4:38

Undead Settlement
* Go to the right across the wood bridge
* Skip jump by the little runt things and red hooded dude
* Spook near tower
* Spook jump elevator

Road of Sacrifices
* All normal until halfway fortress
* Kill Anri for anri's sword
* Get crucifixion woods bonfire
* Get Grasscrest Shield + Green Blossom
* Go to get the coal behind the black knight
* Get sellsword twinblades
* Homeward bone back to Crucifixion Woods bonfire

Road of Sacrifices continued
* Spawn at crucifixion woods bonfire after homeward bone in previous segment
* Head towards Farron Keep
* Leave the estoc and shortsword as you run to Farron Keep
* Down ladder
* Get bonfire

Farron Keep:
* Dagger spam to the fire by the elder ghru
* Homeward bone to Farron Keep bonfire
* Ignore titanite shards, get the other 2 fires
* Use Anri sword spam to heal as needed
* Head straight to the abyss watchers door
WR: 11:08

Abyss Watchers:
* Equip full armor
* Enter abyss watchers room
* Use green blossom and gold pine resin on anri's straight sword
WR: 12:27

Catacombs:
* Go left to the bridge and jump off onto the pillar on the left
* Head to the right in the tunnel to the illusory wall
* directly to the right is a sharp gem.
* Keep going perpendicular to where you picked up the gem down another hallway then make a right outside down a flight of stairs
* Pot skip
* When you get to the bottom after pot skip, to the right of the first pillar there is an illusory wall behind it
* Go up stairs behind illusory wall and go straight to get grave warden's ashes
* Equip charcoal pine bundles in estus slot
* Head to wolnir from there

Wolnir:
Bracelet 1
* Enter with anri straight sword, don't buff.
* R1 right bracelet 3 times, wolnir will raise arm, charge strong attack 4 seconds after the last R1 hit is when you start charging
* strong hit should connect with bracelet, follow up with another R1 to break it.

Bracelet 2
* Chase down right side, charcoal pine bundle.
* 8 R1s with charcoal pine bundle to break.

Bracelet 3
* Chase down left arm, buff another charcoal pine bundle
* 6 R1s
* Use soul of the blood of the wolf immediately after killing wolnir
* Get wolnir bonfire
* Homeward bone to firelink shrine
WR: 15:00

Firelink 2
* Sell wolnir soul
* Sell vordt soul
* Give umbral ash
* Buy 12 titanite shards
* Buy 3 Homeward Bones
* Buy tower key
* Buy 9 Carthus Rouge
* Go to Andre and upgrade twinblades to +3
* Give farron coal
* Infuse twinblades with sharp
* Level up dex to 33
* Bonfire to crucifixion woods

Crucifixion Woods
* Use carthus rouge to kill crystal sage

Cathedral of depression
* Normal route until giant *EQUIP DAGGER MOFO*
* Equip dagger on the way there!
* Get Lloyd's sword ring
* use spook to drop down by door
* Dagger spam out of water
* Watch behind yourself in case the giant throws shit, it can insta kill!
* Normal route to deacons

Deacons
* Kill with Carthus Rouge
* Homeward bone to shrine bonfire
WR: 20:42

Firelink 3:
* Travel to High Lord Wolnir Bonfire

Catacombs:
* Go to irithyll

Irithyll:
* Kill bridge monster with carthus rouge
* Equip pontiff's eye ring
* Normal route to cleansing chapel
* Normal route to distant manor but pick up green blossoms by distant manor bonfire door
WR: 23:40

Irithyll Dungeon:
* Same route, pick up pale pine resin just before opening gate door after the first bridge by the first shortcut hole in the wall thing
* Use spook to skip to Profaned Capital

Profaned Capital:
* Use spook to drop down fast

Yhorm:
* Kill yhorm normal way
* Homeward bone to Distant Manor
WR: 26:53

Distant Manor:
* Run to pontiff

Pontiff Sulyvahn:
* Make sure at full health
* Equip Lloyd's sword ring
* Use Carthus Rouge, parry to kill like normal
WR: 30:23

Anor Londo:
* Run from Pontiff boss room to get Easterner's Ashes
* Quit out after pulling lever
* While contraption spins, use Yhorm's soul
* Get Anor londo bonfire
* Homeward bone to Firelink Shrine

Firelink 4:
* Give handmaiden Easterner's Ashes
* Buy 12 Large Titanite
* Sell all boss souls
* Upgrade twinblades to +6
* Level up Dex to 38
* Level up Vigor to sixteen
* Bonfire Travel to Anor Londo
WR: 31:30

Anor Londo:
* Stair Jump
* Kill Aldrich with Carthus Rouge
* Get teleported to Dancer Room
* Kill old Lady
Aldrich Split WR: 32:38

Dancer:
* Kill with carthus rouge
WR: 33:18

Lothric Castle:
* Run straight through everything immediately
* No elevator

Dragonslayer Armor:
* Kill DS armor with pale pine resin
WR: 35:50

Grand Archives:
* Run straight through

Twin Princes:
* Kill with Carthus Rouge
* Use dark sign to teleport to shrine bonfire (timed with the boss ending
WR: 39:20

Firelink Shrine:
* Place all ashes on thrones
* Homeward bone to skip to first flame
* Level up dex to 47
* Level up vigor to 25

Kiln of the First Flame:
* Equip all armor
* Carthus rouge
* Kill Soul of Cinder!
WR: 41:25

7 months ago | [YT] | 1