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Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Class Conscious: Warriors, Berserkers, & Barbarians w/ John Learned

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast · November 24, 2025

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00:27:50 - 00:28:13

... So there's plenty of videos out there of people like two-shotting the end boss of the first Demon's Souls game in hyper mode and that's easily my favorite. There's some good videos of people doing it in Dark Souls 3 as well but essentially it's basically like taking items that stack that basically do the same thing. ...

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... So like you have to intentionally keep your health at around 20% and really at that point whatever armor you're wearing is meaningless. So most players play naked that way and they use this specific weapon and it's like 140% damage buff or something like that. So there's plenty of videos out there of people like two-shotting the end boss of the first Demon's Souls game in hyper mode and that's easily my favorite. There's some good videos of people doing it in Dark Souls 3 as well but essentially it's basically like taking items that stack that basically do the same thing. It's more damage as you get lower in health. I don't know if other games really use the term hyper mode. I first heard this through the Demon's Souls community. That is far and away my favorite berserker. It's getting naked, getting the mori and sword out and swatting things. ...

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