I never used abyssal shriek during the radiance on my first time beating her. Absolute Radiance though, I'm trying to use them but end up dying before I get to.
he has infinite Iframes turn on. That’s why he doesn’t take damage twice when he should have during the HK fight. Not even shadow dashing, just face tanking and not being hit
@@GavinBeach-mx1gc Its sad, like think of the logic. Why would I care about cheating in Hollow Knight on a non-monetized video? You just don't know the frame data as well as you think you do.
2:55 THIS IS FOR SLY THIS IS FOR THE 3 NAILSAGES THIS IS FOR THE NAILSMITH THIS IS FOR THE STAGS THIS IS FOR HORNET THIS IS FOR THE SIBILINGS THIS IS FOR HOLLOW AND THIS IS FOR MYLAAAAAAAA
radiance hurt the sibilings, hollow, and corrupted myla we fought sly and the 3 nailsages in the pantheons, which are not likely canon, we fought hornet yes. and killing the nailsmith is optional.
@@UmbraMG apparently hollow knight will never kill nailsmith but forgive him. He is not really a threat at that time but more like helping hollow knight sword get sharp and stronger to complete his journey.
@@pacifistminigun3987 The hollow knight is easy and since you get healed back to full when the radiance fight starts you can totally just tank all of HK's hits and just breeze through his first phase. Even at that, it's still a super irritating thing to have to go through an entire boss before being able to fight the actual final boss
Adnonnymous “It’s still a super irritating thing to go through an entire boss before being able to fight the actual final boss” Lmao I’ll assume you didn’t like the Godmaster content?
My one tip for the radiance is that if your shade cloth hasn’t regenerated and that beam is coming for you, go into the spikes. They only do one damage, as opposed to two
this is "no damage" tho, and if you can react fast enough to go into the spikes you can instead just evade the beam long enough to be able to use shade cloak again
People talk about the bossfight and music, but damn I love the sound effects in this battle. It’s scream, it’s appearing noise, the light beams, just so good
Me: i want a true god *Radiance* Me: i mean TRUE god *small vessel who beat the Radiance without damage* Me: WHAT PART OF TRUE GOD DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND *Cornifer* Me: *finally, you've done something right.*
The Radiance is absolutely, easily my favorite final boss out of any game ever. She is, in my opinion, the _perfect_ template for what a final boss should be designed as. She’s extremely difficult - the hardest boss of the entire base game (not counting any new bosses added by the DLCs) - but without having to resort to some cheap design choice or unfair tactic in order to be challenging. She has an _incredible_ presentation: from her introduction with the Knight and the sun in the background, to the ascent upwards by the player in pursuit of her, and the dramatic conclusion with her being pulled down by the Void, with one final, fierce roar before becoming totally consumed - every moment of the fight truly feels like the peak, the grand finale. And of course, what all great final bosses ought to have: a memorable and fitting music track to compliment the battle. I’ve played games with some good final bosses, and some with final bosses that I did not like. The Radiance is at the very top of my ranking list, within a league of her own. I don’t know when I am going to find a final boss as amazing as her, but I do hope that I come across them soon. (Who knows, maybe Team Cherry will out-do themselves with whatever Silksong’s final boss will be?)
I find it funny because basically all the siblings are still "babies", Knight could be just a regular kid, BV being a small preteen and HK being an adult. Basically, Radiance was dragged down by toddlers and infants. What a nightmare (as Grimm smiles with glee).
The Knight is the same age as THK. You can see the Knight climbing the abyss at the same time as THK when you get the void heart. The Knight falls, but obviously makes it back out at a later date. For whatever reason, THK's body changed after the king's training If you look at the end of this scene, the Kight's horns are larger once it sheds its form. Similar to THK's horn
Who will win: The Hollow Knight, the second last boss or last boss, the pure vessel selected to contain the infection and the Radiance, Or.... One quicc empty boi
These all sound familiar except steady body. I need to do another video of Hollow Knight and try to do something similar with the Grimm Troupe. I liked that fight
Just want to chime in that it isn't really so much reflexes or physical ability of any kind but moreso pattern recognition and then internalizing the patterns to muscle memory. You are looking at gameplay that probably followed many many many repetitions of the fight.
This was the first time I saw this bossfight anywhere, and the music lines up so perfectly at 2:24 that I legitimately though that was scripted for the game, and was surprised when it turned out to not be.
This helped me so much, thank you!! I copied most of your build with Quick Slash, Unbreakable Strength, and Mark of Pride. For final slot, I played around with a few things but ultimately won with Unbreakable Heart (because I'm not as good as you and needed the safety net). For those struggling -- note that with Unbreakable Strength / Quick Slash combo, you can spam Hollow Knight until he's dead and pretty much ignore his attacks! Just take the damage, you'll be fine. Save your Soul for Radiance, and you'll get auto-healed when you go into the Radiance fight! Also, if you step to the side a bit at the start of Radiance fight, you can jump and get two hits in per jump instead of just one, so you start the fight with 4-6 hits on Radiance before they've even attacked. I had no idea there was a safe space between all the downward arrows (I thought you had to go to the big gap every time). That's super useful! When she does the eight lasers, once you're safe from the third hit you can usually heal. Or heal while sage from the eight needles. In the early parts of the fight, there's enough time between attacks that you can often get a heal in, sometimes two. Just be careful, especially if you're close to the edge where you're likely to get surprised.
How do people breeze through her second phase like that? Even with abyss shriek and a pure nail, it took me like 5 minutes to get through that part, and i've seen people just absolutley demolish it in seconds
Thanks, you are probably right. I just can’t remember the setup I had. Also one of the skills I had got nerfed shortly after, I remember reading in a patch note at the time. Perhaps quick nail
i still think this is one of the most insane boss fight starts. you see the literal sun grow wings and then you feel the unstoppable wind thrown around by only its wings. ALL OF THIS TAKES PLACE IN FUCKING HEAVEN
I would also like to know what your charm setup is, from what I can tell you have Nailmaster's Glory, Quickslash, probably Mark of Pride, and maybe Fragile Strength. Is this correct?
@@yanchukcha9748 wha?? Your not blind it just really looks quick. I was a little suprised when it was that quick but I did it just as fast last night and I won the same way he did.
So from what I can tell, the charm set you're using is Nailmaster's Glory, Sharp Shadow, Quickslash... maybe Strength? What am I missing? Incredible btw.
When the boss name "The Radiance" appears on the screen, I get fucking goosebumps. I love how they play with the boss name introductions. The Hollow Knight already got a special boss name introduction, but then for The Radiance the whole screen turns white and it says "The Radiance" big in the middle of the screen and with that music in the background. This game is just so unbelievably inspired in every single moment.
jesus his game runs so much smoother i did pretty much the exact same thing but im swinigng at the fraction of the speed, and yes i also have all the speed charms as well
I was so close to beating the radiance like 5 more hits and done but of course I can’t have any fun in this game. I am so close to tears it has been over 30 hours of grinding for this
Y’know, when I was fighting radiance, I was singing Traitor’s Requiem to boost me up for some reason (seriously tough, that last part fits with the song’s final part)
![Hollow Knight: The Grimm Troupe - 2 New Bosses [No Damage]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qXe9HIUY93c/mqdefault.jpg)
Imagine seeing a bunch of bugs fighting with nails one day
Guess it’s time to die
That would be epic
watdafaq they doin
OH DEAR GOD RADIANCE
*stomps it*
Me: hopes they don’t go Shadow of the colossus on me and backs away
That's what happens when you listen to Hornet and actually git gud
@Spectralniy совершенствуйся
someone was snickering in the corner when they had to record that line and the hornet voice actor chose to say that.
Lamo
I genuinely killed radiance in 5 tries in my first playthrough and haven't gotten to the second phase of soul tyrant 🤨
@@Maliketh_Montdore 🧢
Knight: "Alright, now what?"
Hornet: 0:56
Knight: "Ah yes, of course."
“GATUUUUUUUH”
Git gud
Get in
GIT GUUU
I always thought it sounded like she said "get through!"
2:47 That one sibling in the corner: This will be entertaining!
*Proceeds to watch one flawed boi and one empty boi rip apart a god*
Amazing
It would be cool if it was the broken vessel :0
VENGEANCE!!!!!!!
@@zolpidem849 ikr
The fact he did not start spamming abyss shriek right when the radiance spawns really goes to show how much better at the game he is than me
No not really
I never used abyssal shriek during the radiance on my first time beating her. Absolute Radiance though, I'm trying to use them but end up dying before I get to.
he has infinite Iframes turn on. That’s why he doesn’t take damage twice when he should have during the HK fight. Not even shadow dashing, just face tanking and not being hit
@@GavinBeach-mx1gc exactly
@@GavinBeach-mx1gc Its sad, like think of the logic. Why would I care about cheating in Hollow Knight on a non-monetized video? You just don't know the frame data as well as you think you do.
1:58 that sync with the void tendrils and the radiance theme
Yeah
So perfect
2:55
THIS IS FOR SLY
THIS IS FOR THE 3 NAILSAGES
THIS IS FOR THE NAILSMITH
THIS IS FOR THE STAGS
THIS IS FOR HORNET
THIS IS FOR THE SIBILINGS
THIS IS FOR HOLLOW
AND THIS
IS FOR MYLAAAAAAAA
I mean technically the radiance only hurt one of those people and you fought all of them and killed two of them.
radiance hurt the sibilings, hollow, and corrupted myla
we fought sly and the 3 nailsages in the pantheons, which are not likely canon, we fought hornet yes. and killing the nailsmith is optional.
For NARNIA!!!
i dont know hwy but i expected to read "FOR FRODO"
@@UmbraMG apparently hollow knight will never kill nailsmith but forgive him. He is not really a threat at that time but more like helping hollow knight sword get sharp and stronger to complete his journey.
*Radiance is the Moth that finally absorb the Lamp...*
Lämp
DEAR GOD
fair
Creative coment.
I love these character designs that combine their famously related items in an unusual way, like a fish with a harpoon as a weapon and a moth lämp
The void heart seems weak at first but its actually pretty powerful. It lets you unify the power of the void and kill a god.
it was never weak, it lets you command or tone the void
Lmao that's the power of hornet and dream stick
wayward compass still better tho
I love how you must have void heart to go p5 but you dont have void heart sçwhen you do charmless p5. D
@@hollowknightenjoyer how is it the power of hornet?
I execute perfectly when fighting th he hollow knight, once I get to the radiance..........its a fight for survival
ikr. the hollow knight is pretty easy, but the radiance.....heck no
@Spectralniy pffffft, you wanna brag? i did it on my second try scrub, get on my level
@@pacifistminigun3987 The hollow knight is easy and since you get healed back to full when the radiance fight starts you can totally just tank all of HK's hits and just breeze through his first phase. Even at that, it's still a super irritating thing to have to go through an entire boss before being able to fight the actual final boss
same
Adnonnymous “It’s still a super irritating thing to go through an entire boss before being able to fight the actual final boss”
Lmao I’ll assume you didn’t like the Godmaster content?
The entire sequence at 1:07 is just so sick
I love that she gets a full screen title card like that. It makes the fight just seem that much more important.
I know. You literally challenge the sun, and the sun accepts the challenge.
Hollow Knight knows how to make you realize how important a scene is by making you feel personally invested. The music is a big part of it I think
Exactly!
Little Knight just straight stares at the sun and says: "Wassup".
He obviously collected all 900 pinecones before facing this boss.
Courage Wilkerson I understand
Ha! Nice. I only know that from ProZD.
defenitely
Its 69 what should I do
Dreamland The Second Universe
I’ll remove my like, then you can add yours
I really love the fact that you actually need to press the attack button when you are in the void stage to finish off the radiance
They were all trying to make history
My one tip for the radiance is that if your shade cloth hasn’t regenerated and that beam is coming for you, go into the spikes. They only do one damage, as opposed to two
Use Descending Dark, its a better cloak
this is "no damage" tho, and if you can react fast enough to go into the spikes you can instead just evade the beam long enough to be able to use shade cloak again
When in doubt descending dark
1:58 you got the music to match up 'n everything
Seriously, the sun growing wings and spreading them is one hell of an entrance.
Damn, you're agressive
Claresa Prama I enjoyed the added challenge of trying to kill him fast :)
Her*
@@appleofcider Please stop
It's the only way I can beat this one. I just have to trust that the boss dies before I do haha
Thats the playstyle my fren
This is How I Imagined the Knight fighting without me in the Controls
People talk about the bossfight and music, but damn I love the sound effects in this battle. It’s scream, it’s appearing noise, the light beams, just so good
Its cool until they hit you
Yeah, the sound when it appears is intense. Really ominous.
"What, are we gonna fight the sun?"
I just realized that the black creature that opened up the Radiance for you to smack apart at the end was The Hollow Knight.
Dornatum it was the shade lord
Ihafler that’s only in the Godmaster ending
Me: i want a true god
*Radiance*
Me: i mean TRUE god
*small vessel who beat the Radiance without damage*
Me: WHAT PART OF TRUE GOD DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND
*Cornifer*
Me: *finally, you've done something right.*
Cornifer have shadow cloak because he appears next to a shade wall
Cornifer is also in the white palace. He made his own dream nail and somehow broke into the palace.
r/bossfight
he can teleport, he can use telepathic vision and he is immortal
Quirrel
The Radiance is absolutely, easily my favorite final boss out of any game ever. She is, in my opinion, the _perfect_ template for what a final boss should be designed as. She’s extremely difficult - the hardest boss of the entire base game (not counting any new bosses added by the DLCs) - but without having to resort to some cheap design choice or unfair tactic in order to be challenging. She has an _incredible_ presentation: from her introduction with the Knight and the sun in the background, to the ascent upwards by the player in pursuit of her, and the dramatic conclusion with her being pulled down by the Void, with one final, fierce roar before becoming totally consumed - every moment of the fight truly feels like the peak, the grand finale. And of course, what all great final bosses ought to have: a memorable and fitting music track to compliment the battle.
I’ve played games with some good final bosses, and some with final bosses that I did not like. The Radiance is at the very top of my ranking list, within a league of her own. I don’t know when I am going to find a final boss as amazing as her, but I do hope that I come across them soon. (Who knows, maybe Team Cherry will out-do themselves with whatever Silksong’s final boss will be?)
Enraged Guardian is the hardest boss in the game
@GD Gardengap No, it's primal aspid obviously.
Play Sekiro, if you don’t rage quit and get to the final boss, I think radiance will be beaten. Is shin sword saint is really good
It’s close between reggular Radiance and Pizzaface from Pizza Tower
@@nathaniel9526ah yes, because harder = better appearently.
Bro really delivered the final blow with a freakin' nail art.
Bro really just slaps the everliving fuck out of the sun💀
2:47 that one sibling got the front row
1:07 "what am I going to do fight the sun?"
I like how THK finally gets their vengeance
And both arms
I find it funny because basically all the siblings are still "babies", Knight could be just a regular kid, BV being a small preteen and HK being an adult.
Basically, Radiance was dragged down by toddlers and infants. What a nightmare (as Grimm smiles with glee).
The Knight is the same age as THK. You can see the Knight climbing the abyss at the same time as THK when you get the void heart. The Knight falls, but obviously makes it back out at a later date. For whatever reason, THK's body changed after the king's training
If you look at the end of this scene, the Kight's horns are larger once it sheds its form. Similar to THK's horn
Basically Pokémon.
The moment of killing radiance is so incredibly badass. Nothing else has given me such experience. Formication...
Getting into that part synced perfectly there 2:23
Who will win:
The Hollow Knight, the second last boss or last boss, the pure vessel selected to contain the infection and the Radiance,
Or....
One quicc empty boi
I think you forgot whos the real boss ahem ahem... zote
Hollow Knight isnt a pure vessel
@@efeakkayaa it was referred to as the pure vessel by many before hallownest fell to ruin
But you know that is not true
Pure Vessel exits in game and is a different bos than Hollow Knight
"Are we going to fight the sun?"
-Famous last words
Honestly a perfect battle, really show how much of a friggin god you are killing a actual god.
Thanks for the compliment man
I assume that this was his charm build:
Quick slash
Fragile/ unbreakable strength
Steady body
Mark of pride
Nailmaster's Glory
These all sound familiar except steady body. I need to do another video of Hollow Knight and try to do something similar with the Grimm Troupe. I liked that fight
@@ICE-ing We would appreciate that! Also, this method helped me through the last phase when I'm about to land a last hit. 🙂
I need to try thia i have been trying to beat the radience for a while
@@ICE-ing I know I'm late but what was you build exactly?
@@JustAddMuffins I think he said the build of the original comment except Steady body because when he did the fight there was one charm notch left
Jeez, you don't even hesitate.
What, are we gonna fight the sun?
Yes, You gonna fight the sun
Nightmare King Grimm really helped me get better at dodging in this boss fight 😁
It was like training for a final fight!
Watch at slowest speed and go to 1:56
The Radiance's legs separate!
The noise is terrifying tho oof
Starcatcher The NightWing yea
@@starcatcherthenightwing5962😂
The sync with the laser beams attack at 1:34 was perfect. Similar to that buried beast's sword ball attack
probably one of the most epic boss entrances in gaming
Why are you on earth and on your planet does every1 has that crazy reflexes and hand eye co ordination?
Just want to chime in that it isn't really so much reflexes or physical ability of any kind but moreso pattern recognition and then internalizing the patterns to muscle memory. You are looking at gameplay that probably followed many many many repetitions of the fight.
This was the first time I saw this bossfight anywhere, and the music lines up so perfectly at 2:24 that I legitimately though that was scripted for the game, and was surprised when it turned out to not be.
It sounds like it would play during dat climb
1:53 She's not actually trying to hit you with this attack. She's trying to push back the void.
OH
Wait she does it before the void comes in too
@@Bubblegum-Cupcake But when the void arrives, she drops all her other attacks and commits to that one.
Omg
I never realized
2:52 “What you owe Hallownest… cannot be paid with Geo!”
What, am I gonna fight the sun?
*random of second later
THE
RADIENCE
I was about to say this...
When You kill the radiance
Ghost: I did it myla. I did it for you,
2:49 Now that's some final smash stuff right there.
I GOT THE JOKR
Freakin dirtymind
This helped me so much, thank you!! I copied most of your build with Quick Slash, Unbreakable Strength, and Mark of Pride. For final slot, I played around with a few things but ultimately won with Unbreakable Heart (because I'm not as good as you and needed the safety net).
For those struggling -- note that with Unbreakable Strength / Quick Slash combo, you can spam Hollow Knight until he's dead and pretty much ignore his attacks! Just take the damage, you'll be fine. Save your Soul for Radiance, and you'll get auto-healed when you go into the Radiance fight!
Also, if you step to the side a bit at the start of Radiance fight, you can jump and get two hits in per jump instead of just one, so you start the fight with 4-6 hits on Radiance before they've even attacked.
I had no idea there was a safe space between all the downward arrows (I thought you had to go to the big gap every time). That's super useful!
When she does the eight lasers, once you're safe from the third hit you can usually heal. Or heal while sage from the eight needles. In the early parts of the fight, there's enough time between attacks that you can often get a heal in, sometimes two. Just be careful, especially if you're close to the edge where you're likely to get surprised.
Cool now do it charmless and without nail arts
TheMobileGaming facts
Hornet: Git Gud
The Knight: Bet.
Love that you finished it off with a great slash. Clean af 🔥
this fight always makes me tear up, what an amazing finale
The raw energy of this fight
"Karen": My kid's an angel! 😇
Said angel: 1:14
I beat it immediately after watching your video, thanks!
Lammie you are welcome :)
There will never be a boss with a cooler introduction than the Radiance.
How do people breeze through her second phase like that? Even with abyss shriek and a pure nail, it took me like 5 minutes to get through that part, and i've seen people just absolutley demolish it in seconds
Strength charm
Seriously! I refuse to believe that fragile/unbreakable strength is all you need to do it with *TWO GREAT SLASHES*
"Get good!" - Hornet.
damn man the hollow knight had a family
and you're part of it
pale king: father White lady; mother thousands of dead babies: siblings Hollow knight: brother The knight: you Bretta: the girl you have a crush on
bro, calm down.
just beat Radiance for the first time
i was trying for so long to be cautious but beat her the one time i played aggresive like you thanks
THANK YOU! So fast attacks were the answer
what are we going to fight, the sun?
0:43 HOW YOU DIDNT TAKED DAMAGE AT THAT ATTACK?
He was right in between two beams. One pixel further and he probably would have been hit.
shadow cloak ability make him imune to dmg while he uses his dash
he listened to Hornet and got gud
@@Jackmaaaan Actually its just the frame perfect positioning, his dash was in cooldown
"Now is the time. Two titans meet, as it was written."
That's insane!
Amazing!
Maxed out the nail strength, used long nail + mark of pride, used quick slash, unbreakable strength, and I believe the shaman stone for this video
Thanks, you are probably right. I just can’t remember the setup I had. Also one of the skills I had got nerfed shortly after, I remember reading in a patch note at the time. Perhaps quick nail
i got a goosebumps from both these bosses
wht you did in 3 minutes took me few days first try, then few hours, the next. GG
I just wtched this video to hear the crazy sound that plays when radiance appears
1:05 “What are we gonna fight the Sun?”
Famous last words
i still think this is one of the most insane boss fight starts. you see the literal sun grow wings and then you feel the unstoppable wind thrown around by only its wings. ALL OF THIS TAKES PLACE IN FUCKING HEAVEN
1:13 the fight starts
Ever since I fought and defeated the Pure Vessel, Hollow Knight's just been a pushover.
For me, the hollow knight was always a pushover.
1:06 "what am i gonna fight the sun" famous last words
I would also like to know what your charm setup is, from what I can tell you have Nailmaster's Glory, Quickslash, probably Mark of Pride, and maybe Fragile Strength. Is this correct?
Havrrics and dream wielder
That wasn't quickslash, the first part of the video was sped up. There definitely was Nailmaster's Glory though.
@@yanchukcha9748 but it was quick slash...
@@catoboyproductions7098 Sorry, I must be blind then.
@@yanchukcha9748 wha?? Your not blind it just really looks quick. I was a little suprised when it was that quick but I did it just as fast last night and I won the same way he did.
Such a beast, wow!
When you phase through the damage without shadow cloaking 0:44
The fact you literally have to challange the sun to start the fight is amazing to me lol
So from what I can tell, the charm set you're using is Nailmaster's Glory, Sharp Shadow, Quickslash... maybe Strength? What am I missing? Incredible btw.
“He’s too dangerous to be left alive.”
I was so sad failing that last platform on radiance, but this strategy made me kill radiance
When the boss name "The Radiance" appears on the screen, I get fucking goosebumps. I love how they play with the boss name introductions. The Hollow Knight already got a special boss name introduction, but then for The Radiance the whole screen turns white and it says "The Radiance" big in the middle of the screen and with that music in the background. This game is just so unbelievably inspired in every single moment.
Yeah I wish more bosses had the splash screen intro like radiance and NKG but it’s probably them being so uncommon that makes them so memorable
@@Beeg_Boy exactly, for me even the NKG splash screen is too much
2:25 that might be the perfect sync between the scene and the music.
“what are we gonna fight the sun?”
jesus his game runs so much smoother i did pretty much the exact same thing but im swinigng at the fraction of the speed, and yes i also have all the speed charms as well
"what are we going to do, fight the sun?"
do you even *casul* ?
So he fought and killed the sun, that a god right there
the only boss that made me cry because i couldn't defeat it
1:05
"What, am i gonna fight the sun?"
*3 Seconds Later*
"..."
I was so close to beating the radiance like 5 more hits and done but of course I can’t have any fun in this game. I am so close to tears it has been over 30 hours of grinding for this
i came here to pay my respects, killed the radiance for the first time straight after watching your video
Y’know, when I was fighting radiance, I was singing Traitor’s Requiem to boost me up for some reason (seriously tough, that last part fits with the song’s final part)
2:47 When you catch the bully of your little brother.
I died on the very last platform.. after 2 hours of just trying to get to that part
I cry every time
the final scream of radiance is so sad man