Dark Souls 2 Any% Speedrun Route

Dark Souls 2 Any% Speedrun Rounte (Ver. 1.02)
Detailed notes version:
Offline Mode, since Online mode is laggier (menus take more time to show up, etc)
Timer starts as soon as you hit New Game on the main menu.
Here we go!

- Pick the Knight Class
- Pick the Healing Wares gift

- Light majula Bonfire
- Get Shard from well (hit stone)
- Proceed to Heide's Tower of Flame

- Get Crimson Parma
- While opening gate in sewer part, remove equipment
- Grab items behind 2nd enemy
- Go to Dragonrider

Dragonrider Fight:
Enter fog as close to the right as possible
Wait for him to walk 6 steps
Dodge to his right
He should fall

- Exaust Licia's dialogue
- Warp to Majula

- Proceed to Forest of Giants
- Use souls and equip other healing items while waiting for door
- Jump to the right after door, get items on water
- Get to Cardinal Tower Bonfire (light it)

- Buy 2 clubs, key and some (4+) firebombs
- Smash door upstairs
- Get shard, equip firebombs and 1 club
- Open shortcut, heal
- Open shortcut before Last Giant
- Kill The Last Giant (straightforward fight)

- Use souls while riding elevator back up
- Proceed to Pursuer
- Parry him, ballista him, throw bomb, laugh
- Proceed to Bastille
- Upon arrival, warp to Majula

- Open blackksmith door
- Level up time!
Level STR to 32
- Gibe Shards (2)
- Rest at bonfire
- Buy 9 shards
- Reinforce equipped club to +3 and broadsword (starting weapon) to +2
- Buy Twin Dragon Greatshield from armor merchant
- Open path to Huntsman's Copse

- Light 1st Bonfire (optional safety)
- Light 2nd Bonfire (not required, but recommended, again safety)
- Lower bridge
- Wait until it's almost down to leave the shack
- Proceed to Skeleton Lords (Trough the cave, then exit left)
- Kill them Lords of Pinwheel:
Kill one, kill the spawn, etc etc

- Use souls while waiting for bridge to come down
- Exaust Chloanne's dialogue
- Get torch after 1st green cloud
- Light 2nd bonfire (optional safety)
- Proceed to Covetous 'Jabba' Demon:
Use the Broadsword for this fight
For some reason, he is resistant to clubs (?)

- Light and rest at bonfire after
- Left after bridge, up the stairs, careful, drop to bonfire
- Light the torch, light the windmill
- Proceed to Mytha, the Headless Medusa:
Stagger Lock her with L2 Power Stance Dual Clubs (nice name)

- Use souls on elevator
- Light 1st bonfire, warp to majula
- Level up time!
Level VGR to 30, STR to 40, ADP to 14
- Back to the Keep
- Two options now, either kill all the guys
- Or be a boss and roll past them
- Either way must kill 1st 2 guys to open door
- Lower ze bridge
- Jump to furnace, put out the fire, enter furnace
- Get items to the right, up the ladders

- Run past everyone, but kill archer before jumping to fog door
- Either kill turtles and ambush or try squeezing and pushing them
- Light the bonfire (VERY slow, VERY safe)
- Old Iron King Fight:
Dual Hand 1 club, no shield
Easy, straightforward fight
- Get the Bone Dust
- Warp to Majula

- Buy 10 Large shards and 6 regular
- Reinforce clubs as far as possible (both at +6)
- Level up time!
Level ADP to 18
- Burn Bone Dust
- Warp to Bastille

- Proceed to Sentinels
- In the room where 1298310 enemies follow you
  - Drop down below, get items before ladder
- Ruin Sentinels Fight:
Stagger Lock with L2 Power Stance, Laugh
- Proceed to Sinner's Rise

- Kill the zombies in the way
- Equip shield while waiting for doors
- Light the bonfire (slow, but VERY safe)
- Use souls on elevator, send it back up
- Water section, up the stairs to the left, drop down to lever
- Lost Sinner Fight
OneHand the club, circle, good luck have fun with this girl
- Warp to Majula

- Level up time!
Level VGR to 28, ADP to 20, STR to 44, rest in END (to 8~)
- Rest to get Estus back
- Use Sinner Soul AFTER LEVELING
- Buy and equip cat ring, proceed down the hole
- Proceed to Gutter

Fuck this place:
- As soon as enter, go right and drop to bonfire
- Rest to get Estus back
- Path:
2 consecutive bridges
Turn right, another bridge
Turn left, a bridge leaning up
Jump forward after this bridge, cue is to the left of torch thing (Fuck this jump)
Up the ladder to immediate left
Turn right, bridge to the left
Turn right, jump forward, cue is same as 1st jump (FUCK THIS FUCKING JUMP)
Destroy wall
Drop down to the immediate left
Drop down to the right of the ladder
Drop down anywhere
After the diarrea urns, grab branch of yore (!!)
Proceed to Black Gulch

- Light the bonfire (optional safety, but you might really want it xD)
- Light the 2nd bonfire and rest to get Estus Flasks
- The Rotten Fight:
Two-hand 1 club, circle him, attack between attacks, just DONT DIE
DO NOT LOCK ON
- Warp to Majula

- Level up time!
Level VGR to 30, STR to 48
- Proceed to Shaded Woods
- Get items just after Benhart
- Equip shield
- After door, get shard to the right, below stairs
- Light Forked Road bonfire
- Proceed to Mist

- The path is:
Turn around 30º to the left, and just run run run run urn
- Light the bonfire, rest, equip 2nd club
- Proceed to Quela- ehh Najka
L2 Power Stance OP
Hug her LEFT

- Doors of Pharros is pretty straightforward
- Light Tseldora's 1st bonfire ONLY if no Estus for Congregation & Magus
- Hidden wall before boss, get shard
Boss fight:
Focus Magus first, abuse the L2 Power Stance

- Light the Bonfire, go back a little, jump across
- Enter house, destory stuff to the left
- 2 doors
- Drop down, open door
- Open left door, circle around, up the ladder
- Jump to the right, drop down all the way (not in 1 drop xD)
Freja Fight:
Kill little spiders
L2 Power Stance OP
EZPZ

- Dont forget to get the red thing
- Bone out!
- Warp to Shaded Woods Forked Road
- Proceed to Shrine of Winter
- Proceed to Drangleic Castle

- Get the Lizard before Castle
- Equip Shield
- The Archers are the best to open the doors (BE QUICK and 2-hand)
- If need to drop Mastodon aggro, run to spawn point
- Light the King's Gate Bonfire (required)
- Proceed to Dualriders (straightforward)
Dualriders Fight:
L2 Power Stance...
Get the Archer first (2hits xDDD)
EZPZ

- Light the bonfire, rest to get Estus and it's sorta required
- Up the ladder, trigger elevator
- Bone out ONLY WHEN ANIMATION IS OVER
- Warp to Majula

- Reinforce clubs as far as possible
- Level up time!
Level VGR to 34, STR to 53
- Warp back to Central Castle Drangleic
- Go up the ResidentSleeper elevator
- Pop souls on the way up or while waiting
- Get the key, bone out (Yes it is faster)
- Proceed to Mirror Knight
Mirror Knight Fight:
L1 Power Stance

- Proceed to Shrine of Fuckmages
- If not confident in own skills, warp to majula, else keep on
   - Gibe Shards (2)
   - Level up time!
       Level STR to 59
   - Warp back
- Can drop to water after 1 set of stairs
- Run past everyone
- Light 2nd bonfire
- Begin the run-killing section:
- Exit bonfire from the right, kill mage, hug right wall
- Kill 2 more mages, enter house
- Lure priest, kill him, use ekffigy, summon Felicia
- Exit house from where you came in
- Kill 2 mages, hope Felicia gets aggro
- Run for the fog
- Light the next bonfire, send Felicia home, rest

- Proceed to Froggy
Froggy Fight:
2-Hand 1 club (pun not intended)
Stay close to its face

- Proceed to Crypt
- Equip shield
- Pop souls on elevator
- Proceed to 2nd bonfire, light it
- Proceed to shortcut (straightforward)
- Proceed to Velstadt
- Before him, hug left wall, aggro the spear guys, hope they fall
Velstadt Fight:
L2 Power Stance OP
- Get the King's Ring
- Bone out
- Warp to Shaded Ruins Forked Road

- Proceed to Aldia's Keep
- Equip King's Ring
- Proceed to Guardian Dragon, just evade the hippos
Guardian Dragon Fight:
L2 and L1 Power Stance

- Proceed to Dragon Aerie
- Light bonfire (optional safety)
- Circumvent 1st dragon, drop to 2nd one
- Light the Shrine bonfire, rest for estus, equip shield
- Run to biggie dragon, pray for good enemy behavior
- Get Ashen Mist
- Bone out
- Warp to Cardinal Tower
- Buy all Effigies, all Lifegems
- Go to Memory of Jeigh
- Kill Giant Lord, get
- Warp to King's Gate

Last Boss Fight:
Summon Benhart for Throne people, send him after
L2 and L1 Power Stance
Hit the Black Curse things if needed
2-hand 1 club for Nashandra
Timer ends as soon as last hit on Nashandra hits (there is a different sound)
GG

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