Trying to learn BKH speedrun

[Pagan]

So far the best I've gotten is 5 hrs and 44 mins. Is there a way I can practice the bosses without having to make a whole new run each time? Bitchass O&S isn't that bad for me anymore, but I still need to learn a lot. But it's the Bed Of ♥♥♥♥ that I'm really trying to learn. I can't seem to get the Tokhi Bombs setup right. I'll throw the first bomb fine but this Chaos beyotch keeps casting Firestorm too quick for me to get the 2nd bomb off.

[Dark Angel]

How to practice boss battles:

You make a backup save just before the boss, go in and fight.
After the fight delete your save and reload the backup instead.

[nomoreblues]

or you leave game right before killing the boss

[Dexter]

Don't know if it works in Remaster but You could try boss rush mod for pure boss battle practice. Or like Dark Angel wrote, manipulate your save file.

[Pagan]

Origineel geplaatst door dexter411:

Don't know if it works in Remaster but You could try boss rush mod for pure boss battle practice. Or like Dark Angel wrote, manipulate your save file.

Boss Rush mod? I guess it's for PTDE then. But that's cool I have that, I just have no idea how to use any mods whatsoever.

[Dexter]

Origineel geplaatst door Pagan:

Origineel geplaatst door dexter411:

Don't know if it works in Remaster but You could try boss rush mod for pure boss battle practice. Or like Dark Angel wrote, manipulate your save file.

Boss Rush mod? I guess it's for PTDE then. But that's cool I have that, I just have no idea how to use any mods whatsoever.

Readme.txt file? description on download page? tutorials on yt?

[Hunubul]

Easiest is to just try again after failing the boss? I mean practicing doesn't mean you have to start the timer from the beginning of the game. Bed of Chaos is different, because it has checkpoints, so you have to reload the save. Otherwise just die and retry.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Pagan, I used to speedrun the game for 3 years. My best time is 47 minutes with the Black Knight Greatsword, doing any% and not using any large skips except for the one in Catacombs.

That being said, I can probably help you. How many hours do you have in the game?

[Pagan]

Origineel geplaatst door Harrison Ford:

Pagan, I used to speedrun the game for 3 years. My best time is 47 minutes with the Black Knight Greatsword, doing any% and not using any large skips except for the one in Catacombs.

That being said, I can probably help you. How many hours do you have in the game?

Probably about 300 hours for DS1, that's including the ps3, ptde and remastered versions. I haven't been able to do any skips, except for the really easy ones. Like the catacombs drop to pinwheel and the burg skip for capra. I keep trying ro go rtsr strats but get one shot a lot of times, due to ♥♥♥♥♥♥ roll timing.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Origineel geplaatst door Pagan:

Origineel geplaatst door Harrison Ford:

Pagan, I used to speedrun the game for 3 years. My best time is 47 minutes with the Black Knight Greatsword, doing any% and not using any large skips except for the one in Catacombs.

That being said, I can probably help you. How many hours do you have in the game?

Probably about 300 hours for DS1, that's including the ps3, ptde and remastered versions. I haven't been able to do any skips, except for the really easy ones. Like the catacombs drop to pinwheel and the burg skip for capra. I keep trying ro go rtsr strats but get one shot a lot of times, due to ♥♥♥♥♥♥ roll timing.

Okay. I recommend getting more practice. This game can be a real ♥♥♥♥♥ to speedrun after only 300 hours. You're still finding timing and strats. A great beginner speedrun is to go magic and cheese the bosses. It's a good way to learn speedrunning while you are formulating strats. BKH runs are the toughest because they rely on good RNG and glitches, such as the moveswap glitch. I used all the relevant skips, except the one in Seathe's library, because I just found that one to cheapen the run. Keep at it, and you'll get it.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Also, don't run the entire game. Run sections. Improve your time in small increments across small sections. After sufficient practice, then go for a full run.