Imagine failing duke skip 2 times in a row. Bad 4 kings. At least pretty smooth O&S and Gwyn. Still so much to train - Quelaag fixation, perfect Golem, Seath, 4 kings, killing Ingward with bombs, attempt to Ceaseless skip, Gwyn parry, not to mention micro/turbo aspects... Used DSR 2020 Textures mod from nexusmods and decided to remove it cause of extented real game timer and small lags. Overall i feel much confident comparing to previous runs and ready to sub 1 hour! I enjoy this route) start without RTSR grants stable Gargoyles (thanks god) with gold pine also BKH+3 before Sif & BKH+5 right after Seath, very convenient and stable gameplay with room for taking several hits.