Twitch streamer and problem runner HeyBlasty practiced for 9 months and over 800 hours to beat Borderlands 2 with out taking a single hit. However one other participant, Darksmoke11, managed to tug it off round 10 hours earlier than HeyBlasty’s profitable run.
There is not any rivalry between them, although. HeyBlasty impressed Darksmoke11 to aim it within the first place, and he gave credit score to him over on the Borderlands 2 Reddit. Who did it first appears moot after they each managed to do one thing folks thought was inconceivable utilizing barely completely different strategies.
HeyBlasty says he plans on explaining how he did it on his YouTube channel quickly, however you possibly can watch him fireplace the previous couple of bullets into the ultimate boss on X. The battle performed out equally for Darksmoke11’s run on Twitch. Each of them planted themselves at a secure distance away from the place the beast erupts out of the lava and sniped away its well being bar.
HeyBlasty bought it on his 112th try, after spending most of his time growing a secure route via the sport, and Darksmoke11—working off of HeyBlasty’s route—bought it on his thirteenth. And every run took over 20 hours to finish.
Run #112: Borderlands 2826.8 Hours / 9 MonthsMy proudest achievement in terms of routing. All my years of routing expertise was put to check on this recreation and that i managed to return on prime.One other recreation regarded as inconceivable damageless/hitless has been taken down. pic.twitter.com/E13reMNe8bOctober 28, 2024
Talking as somebody who solely performed just a few hours of Borderlands 2 and positively took a couple of hit, it seems to be like their methods largely concerned hiding behind rocks with a scoped weapon and letting Axton’s turret do the remainder of the work. HeyBlasty was extra particular on Reddit, however I could not let you know what any of this implies: “I used a mixture of Axton’s turret, Fastball, homing grenades, snipers, and a mixture of Woman Fist and The Bee defend to soften some enemies and executives.” Presumably, the perfect construct is one that permits you to clear up weak enemies with the turret and delete bosses as quick as attainable to allow them to’t even attempt to assault you.
If you wish to see how they did it, Darksmoke11’s full run is cut up up into a pair stream archives on Twitch. HeyBlasty’s are too, however the movies are stuttery, so that you may need to await them to indicate up on YouTube.