1 UNIQUE TIP vs EVERY Hollow Knight Boss
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2020
- Including some of the hardest bosses in the game such as Radiance, Pure Vessel, and even Nightmare King Grimm himself! Here is one unique "big brain" (not really) tip on how to defeat all of the bosses in Hollow Knight!
MUSIC: Official Hollow Knight Soundtrack by Christopher Larkin
All footage was captured by me or taken from this channel's "Hollow Knight Quarantine & Chill" series.
Written, Voiced & Edited by Rusty.
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OTHER TIPS:
-If you're bad at fighting Sly in his last phase, equip Stalwart Shell and just face tank him.
-Despite being mentioned only a couple times, using Descending Dark for i-frames is honestly a good tactic for any boss.
Vengeful Spirit has a chance to hit twice on any of these boss fights:
-Hornet
-Broken Vessel/Lost Kin
-Winged Nosk (when swooping)
-Vengefly King (when swooping)
-Traitor Lord (when backsteeping)
-Grimm (when backstepping)
-Hive Knight (when backstepping)
-Dung Defender/White Defender (when backstepping)
With Shaman Stone equipped, Vengeful Spirit almost ALWAYS hits twice on these bosses:
-Soul Master/Soul Tyrant (when swooping)
-Soul Warrior
-MMC
-Sisters of Battle (they're almost always lined up in some way)
-No Eyes
-Markoth (when still)
EDIT: I also forgot to mention in the video, the lifeblood cocoon above Galien is accessed by going all the way to the left of the boss, then hopping up the wall from there and to the right.
Too much for me too handle
Vengeful spirit can also occasionally hit Sly twice- it’s how I finally managed to beat him. (Sly may have been staggering)
Rusty, you know vengefly king and mmc are mini bosses too right?
You can hit markoth twice without the shaman stone, if he is in the middle of the arena and is still doing the focus shield attack. It sure helped me beat him on radiant.
Absolute Radiance:
Uhh... Git gud.
A tip for abs rad: don't
What?
@@thezestfall1st107 the tip for fighting absolute radiance is to not fight absolute radiance
Cry for mercy
Nah but for real use quick slash and at the second phase wait for abs rad to come to you at the bottom platform
For absolute radiance i just equip shape of unn and the crystal charms for dodging while healing and sharp shadow for the extra dash range
The one and only true tip: "git gud"
I don't think that applies to markoth though...
@@unlimited8410 I didn't had the pleasure to fight him yet...
And I think I never will
And in case you cant "git gud" enough and have no pride... use the invincibility glitch.
Hornet told us that tip
Brought to you by Hornet "GIT GUD!"
The dream bosses are like introverts in their thoughts
Omg ur right
Except (not memorizing every single title) Grey Prince Zote, who is an extrovert inside an introvert's mind (since the fight is in Bretta's dream world)
i dont need a callout post today
...without considering low self-esteems.
TRUE
"he's just a bush with a face, if you get killed by this guy then put the game down and play something else."
Me with my god awful reflexes: ....
Yeap, unfortunately that's me too
But all you gotta do is hit. Not even dodge. Just hit alot and he dies first
~~you can beat the boss without moving~~
*Me taking about a half dozen attempts in order to get Radiant on the moss charger*
You don't need reflexes...
(Hands you one quickslash and one Grubberfly's Elegy)
Heres my personalized tip for Absolute Radiance:
Play against her once, realize how absolute shit you are at the game, then cry in the corner.
woah thank u
I've gotten pretty good with this, thinking about trying a speedrun. 😂
Tip for only dung defender: desolate dive is able to knock him out of the ground for a stun at any point that he is digging underground. This includes his frenzy. This does not work on white defender.
However, if you have low soul, this should be the move. The better play is to do what Rusty said to apply much more damage.
@@Croissantcreep I haven't done the math but I feel like the amount of time he spends underground negates the extra damage you'll be doing to him with fireballs, at least in a regular playthrough. In godhome with max upgrades, I'm almost certain that the best strat is to immediately use desolate dive as soon as he goes into the ground and keep wailing on him.
Yeah I figured this out my first time around and it was the only I could beat the dung defender. I just spammed that shit. It does a lot of damage early game. I had the weaker soul eater (I forgot the name of it) and shaman stone. EZ win. Haven't fought the other defender though.
@@codybarnhill506 IF you're on your first playthrough, enjoy! And take your time, any situation you dig yourself into is something you can overcome.
@@sauceinmyface9302 I definitely am enjoying it so far. I just got the dream nail and I have a little hour than 35 hours played so far. Ots so fun searching for everything. It's a great game and it's only getting better from where i am.
"...basically a fat Mantis Lord."
Traitor Lord:
Rusty: "choose one attack from NKG to capitalize on"
me:*equips sharp shadow* "I CHOOSE ALL OF THEM"
Same but no Sharp Shadow.
Same but I died too fast for sharp shadow
Same
Same
Can I make a discord server where I can make sharp shadow as essential as Karen's oils? I don't bother with winged nosks hotbox, I just sharp shadow. And Watcher Knights, markoth, pure Vessel, traitor lord, Grimm and nkg are all made easier
... I have played through this game 4 times now and I never knew about the chandelier with the watcher knights
o o f
same
I didn’t... what does it do?
@@esteemedcharacteractressma58 Right before the fight there's a breakable ceiling. Go through that and there's a chain holding up the chandelier you can break. This will destroy one of the sets of armor and permanently reduce the number you have to beat in the fight.
I broke the chandelier because of curiosity. I had no idea it did anything to the fight.
Here are the bosses, in order:
0:10 Broken Vessel
0:22 Brooding Mawlek
0:49 Brothers Oro&Mato
1:03 Collector
1:16 Crystal Guardian
1:30 Dung Defender
1:46 Elder Hu
1:53 False Knight
2:01 Failed Champion
2:15 Flukemarm
2:23 Galien
2:39 God tamer
2:54 Gorb
3:06 Grey Prinze Zote
3:27 Grimm
3:49 Gruz Mother
3:57 Hive Knight
4:10 Hollow Knight
4:26 Hornet Protector
4:41 Hornet Sentinel
4:47 Lost Kin
5:02 Mantis Lords
5:19 Markoth
5:28 Marmu
5:42 Massive Moss Charger
5:50 Nightmare King Grimm
6:15 No Eyes
6:23 Nosk
6:47 Oblobbles
7:04 Paintmaster Sheo
7:20 Pure Vessel
7:39 Radiance
8:00 Sisters Of Battle
8:21 Sly
8:42 Soul Master
9:02 Soul Tyrant
9:26 Soul Warrior
9:41 Traitor Lord
9:57 Uumuu
10:06 Vengeful King
10:17 Watcher Knights
10:39 White defender
10:56 Winged Nosk
11:08 Xero
EDIT: typos
Thanks
thank you very much helped me alot
Thanks
What about Hera?
@@halo7172 Dreamer not boss.
Radiance: “Don’t panic heal and just focus”
Me: *But if I focus, I’m healing*
Okay, I’ll leave now.
That's true
the dung defender hi fake dung defender
Just use shape of unn and quick focus
@@juicecakes2458 *s p e e d*
@@juicecakes2458 speedmaster dashmaster shape of unn quick focus balder shell sporeshroom
I got killed by the massive moss charger a couple of times in greenpath... I only managed to kill it by panic attacking and spamming spells. Yeah its sad.
Lol
Thats the only way to kill it
I dont remember when you get there but in God home grab steady body, heavy blow, and quick slash and with luck (that they dont jump) just MASH X,or Y if your on switch or □ if your on a Ps4/5 or your custom key that its on if on PC
I'm already at 5th pantheon and know how to beat it but thanks for trying.
@@vivienne6703 oh
I will never stop making the “elder who?” Joke to myself. Never.
Don't worry you aren't alone
I didn’t actually know who elder hu was until I had to fight him to unlock a pantheon
@@theoatmaster7501 Same
Elder Whomst.
"I'm the Doctor."
In case you haven’t seen Rusty’s other videos where he talks about the Watcher Knights and don’t know what he’s talking about with the chandelier, listen up-there is literally _no reason you shouldn’t be allowed to know this._
Just before you enter the arena, go up and to the right. There should be a destructible object. Break it, and a chandelier will fall onto one of the Knights’ corpses, *_completely removing it from the fight._* Please make use of it. And thank YOU, Rusty, for making this known, it saved both my first playthrough and my dwindling sanity.
Same, I only realized this on my 7th try. I was on my way to the dreaded fight once again when I noticed a breakable ceiling. I remembered someone saying something about a chandelier falling down, and I finally realized what it was.
I did it on my first run...because I knew about it already.
I heard this so many times before I fought the watcher knights, yet still forgot to capitalise upon it, and ended up smacking my head against a wall.
First time hearing about this but I've already beat them
i didnt know this my first play through, but it literally saved my ass during achievement runs like speedruns or steelsoul.
You forgot about Tiso.
Tip: Just wait and Brooding mawlek will do everything by itself.
Congratulations
You beat Tiso
Thanks! I was stuck on him for daysss wayward compass is also a really good counter to his attacks
This tip is kinda bad because surviving Tiso long enough for Brooding Mawlek to take him is really inefficient and a waste of time. I usually just end up killing Tiso before Mawlek even arrives because Tiso does so much damage that it's just more efficient.
@@aaronking2020 yeah, gathering swarm also helpss with that
No, just equip Grimmchild
The #1 tip I have for any & every boss: utilize spells. I know that literally everybody that played this game for the first time went all-in on doing damage with the nail and only using Soul to heal. You are throwing away so much power by doing this. Spells are extremely powerful, _especially_ with Shaman Stone and the void counterparts of each spell.
One of my favorites is the Failed Champion. Go into this fight with full Soul, Shaman Stone + Dream Wielder, and Abyss Shriek. It takes only three Abyss Shrieks (or sometimes 3 Abyss Shrieks + 1 Shade Soul) to stagger him. Use the Dream Nail on the armor to fill yourself back up when he’s down - very easy with Dream Wielder - then bring him back into the fight and immediately spam two Abyss Shrieks, and walk toward him at the center of the arena and fire a third one. Rinse and repeat.
Boom: one of the hardest vanilla game bosses, trivialized.
Yeah iused the spells to absuloute salt
Spells are great and they definitely do more damage than the nail could ever do but I see this and raise you the unbreakable strength and quickslash charms and a “git gud” at dodging close range
You don't actually need Dream Wielder for this. One quirk about the False Knight and the Failed Champion is that pogoing off of its armor, despite not dealing any damage, will reset the timer on his stagger, which leaves you with plenty of time to Dream Nail him or heal before you reset the timer again by pogoing him again.
@@upsettedfizz yeah honestly it really depends on the person. I personally had a harder time learning to use spells on nkg than using only my nail and just dodging on pv (both radiant). Not saying nkg is harder than pv, but pv relies more on nail damage and parrying while nkg relies more on spells and patience. I just find that spells throw me off my rhythm most of the time.
For Failed Champion I just equipped the minion build, and used the Crystal Heart to cling to the wall.
Just one tip for any noobies (if there still are any): on your first ever play through, you will die to almost every boss at least once, so don’t let that get you down.
The only boss I beat first try was hornets first encounter. I got to laugh at my friend cause he spent hours and barley got past.
@@kaiburrus3190 I have three bosses I've never lost too, Soul Tyrant (no idea how) Vengfly King and Xero.
@@necroprogaming6851 I havent died on almost any boss and I did it in a week. Almost every boss that isnt a dream variant or isnt relevant to the story has only 3 to 4 moves
@@kaiburrus3190 I beat her on 5 tries or so. False knight was tougher imo as it was the first ever boss
oh shit i thought i'd never take damage in this game. thanks a bunch
"He's a bush with a face! If you die to this one, go and play another game!"
Me who died to it 3 times coz i didnt know i cud hit down or knock him back:
:(
For Broken Vessel and Lost Kin, use Defender's Crest. It makes things way easier, especially for Lost Kin.
Spore Shroom helps as well
Yes! Defender's Crest best charm fite me
@@black_m1n825 The Spore Shroom carried me in that fight. And Rusty says it's useless... pff
@@black_m1n825 i mean yeah but paired with quick focus, in the lost kin fight you rarely have time to pull it off
Recently, I was playing in my game of steel soul and had just entered the dream plane to defeat lost kin for extra essence, with my cousin accompanying me and said: "I challenge you to pass it without charms" I threw myself into the void and went to the bench, taking off defender crest and spore shroom. I never thought it would take me more than 10 minutes in that battle, I was almost 2 hours, in one of my last attempts, I killed him and one of his minions came from behind, I did nothing since I believed that at that point it no longer mattered, and it did not count as if it were a victory and I had to make about 3 more attempts.
(By that point I only had 6 masks, the nail with the 250 geo upgrade and with vengeful spirit, although I had descendink dark and when I could gather enough soul, I finally destroyed lost kin by repeatedly using the spell).
Rusty: ‘1 unique tip for every boss’
Also rusty: ‘for hornet sentinel, do the same thing as you did with hornet but... faster’
BUT FASTER is unique.
@@jeeeeeeeeeeezus "do something but better" isn't a tip, thats like saying "pro tip for that game you're playing -- don't let your HP reach zero and you won't lose"
@@theSato but it's unique lol, who cares if it's a tip.
@@jeeeeeeeeeeezus the phrase was "1 unique tip for every boss" lol
A tip that helped me beat radiant pure vessel: using flukenest with shaman stone at the right angle can deal more damage than a vengeful spirit while he's staggered. This is because the flukes from the flukenest charm won't make PV stop being staggered as opposed to the vengeful spirit/shade soul, meaning you can get more damage in that way.
@Raichu is Suprised at What You Have Done hello
You beat radiant pure vessel? Bro you absolute madlad
@@bryanlemmens68 bro I’m not even capping I have more trouble with no eyes than pure vessel.
Tip that I still have to learn myself: use descending dark. I just get so pumped when fighting bosses that I forget to use spells and just whack em with my nail till they die.
2:16 Flukemarm tip, legit just go on top of him and nail pogo on him till he is dead, I did this in my first playthrough, it was pure instinct, and it worked, maybe use nail charms like quick slash and long nail
I did the exact same. I was kinda confused after the fight, like "is that it?"
SHE
HER*
a faster strat is equipping MOP & quickslash, and you can pogo off her side and get a regular nail strike right after
it legit works. Specially if you got mark of pride. I did the same in my first playthrough
Rusty: "If you lost to massive moss charger just put the game down and play something else" "He's a bush"
Me who lost to him three times and 1000 geo: 🙃
Update: I swear I'm not that bad guys I beat the radiance a couple months ago
Trust me the game gets Soo much freaking ridiculously harder then the bush with a face :/
@@cheyenne6699 I have now beat the game! (It was way harder then the bush with the face)
@@cheyenne6699 In the early game Bush with face is the hardest thing by far.
@@bobinator133 That's because Hornet screamed get gud.
I beat nearly a third of the bosses on the first or second try. Most of the dream warriors (not knowing I can upgrade my nail didn't actually hurt for once), both hornet fights, vengefly, nosk, that bee thing, crystal guardian, failed vessel, the hollow knight, and even radiance, none of them took me a thrid try. Plus probably a few I can't remember.
It took me five tries to beat the bush the first time I met it in Greenpath. FIVE. That bush isn't fucking around.
Here’s another one for Grimm, when he does his leap into 5 fire balls attack, the fireballs always spawn in the same place relative to where Grimm is so you can predict where they’ll land by watching where Grimm is
Shadow dash through them or I think youre always safe if you stand where he teleported away
You can also use defender's crest in the Lost Kin battle to insta-kill the floaty-blobs
A personal tip for Grim specifically: always have your nail charged. This is easier with custom controls or keyboard and mouse, but nail arts can do a lot of extra for free if you have them charging during every attack he throws.
I played on a regular PS5 controller. Jumping and dodging while holding square with the tip of my thumb was really difficult, took a lot of practice, but it's certainly learnable.
Okay but you forgot to cover the hardest boss in the game: regular Zote.
The tip:literally just hit him, he can’t even damage you
You can only damage him with wayward compass
@@jugbueno woooooosh
My advice for every single boss is settle in, accept it’s going to take many attempts, and work on nothing but defence until you can keep evading and not get killed more or less indefinitely, then figure out when and how to deal damage.
6:35 when NOSK jumps into the roof stand next to the entrance and the blobs NEVER hit you because they fall just barely out of range
Yeah, I like doing that. After a few more blobs fall, I jump then dash away so he doesn't crush me.
"It's a bush. If you die by him you should put the controller down and pay something else."
*weeps heavily*
I'll never stop stressing this tip for The Radiance and Absolute Radiance fight:
Her spike floors count as an attack, not a hazard. They also disappear when you touch them, not when they damage you, but when you enter their hitbox. This makes moments in the fight where she camps over the spike floors a lot less tedious, since you can abuse your i-frames to Shadow Dash or Descending Dark into them to free up half the arena until they respawn.
These are some amazing tips I found amazing for some bosses, which you didn't use in your video:
Use Desolate Dive every time the Dung Defender enters the ground before jumping high. It will guaranteed stagger him, allowing for easy free follow-ups/healing. This doesn't work against White Defender, or the short movement forward he sometimes uses (that looks like he's diving into a pool). Against White Defender, I'd highly recommend using Howling Wraiths instead of Vengeful spirit when he uses Zeal (frenzy mode), which Rusty mentions at 10:50). It's way more damage, and if you time it correctly while stood close enough, you can easily land all the hits.
Against the Collector, if you stand RIGHT up close to him, he can't hurt you. He always jumps directly over you, priming you to slash his back a few times. He only swipes in front of him after jumping anyway, so that also can't hurt you from behind.
When you stagger Failed Champion, you can easily get 1-2 dream nails (at least 2 if you have dreamwielder) for easy soul, and still get all of the hits required to hurt the maggot head.
Be careful not to hit certain bosses from above when staggered. From memory, Hornet (both) and Broken Vessel/Lost Kin have a tendency to jump immediately after being hit out of the stagger, which can easily get you hit if you're above them. Stay grounded, under/away whenever they jump.
Dream Shield completely deletes many projectiles, including the Mantis Lords' slow boomerangs. This clears them off the screen when they should be around for a long time, and can leave them very vulnerable for some easy hitting.
This one is pretty well known, but Massive Moss Charger can be kept in the grounded attack for quite a while by repeatedly slashing. Quick Slash is VERY useful, but even if you don't you can let yourself move backwards very slightly between hits, and kill them in the distance across the arena.
Pure Vessel was really hard for me, but I'd really recommend jumping over and pogo'ing the dash and triple slash attacks. Be careful of the deceptively large hit boxes that the triple slash has, but you can easily hit him once or twice during each of these moves. If you accidentally trigger a parry, like at 7:36, use shade cloak TOWARDS him instead of away. He lunges forward a lot, and you can easily step through him, instead of backing into the swing.
Someone's probably gonna get triggered from Rusty calling Flukemarm "him"
Lmao me
In the hall of gods Flukemarm is basically called a MILF.
@@vincentfrick6880 lmao I only know this because of moss.
Also Brooding Mawlek
The comment directly above this is exactly that. 👏
its been so many years and Flukemarm is still a sexy beast.
I hate you.
It’s been at least a year of me playing hollow knight and ten minutes ago I finally killed NKG for the first time! Thank you for these tips they really helped!
When hollow knight boss starts stabbing itself, all damage is reduced to 1, but all soul gathering remains the same, so even though you are doing no damage, it is a good time to stock up on soul if you need a refill.
If you’re using Soul Catcher, Soul Eater and/or Quick Slash then yes. But usually Dreamnailing them is good enough, especially if you need the soul to heal and you don’t want to accidentally end their stagger
also in grimm fight you can smack the little pet when he is in his "stun" phase and i believe it does damage to him
Also for Flukemarm: go on top of her and keep downslashing. Something like Glowing Womb helps with the flukeflies.
Another useful tip for Mantis Lords: When the door to the left is closed, use it to wall jump up the left wall. There is a breakable wall there with a hidden lifeblood cocoon that gives 2 extra masks. It really helps. Also a good time to heal is when the two boomerangs come to the middle and hover above you but dont hit you. If you practice this enough you can stand between them and get a heal in.I just beat them today so im just sharing some tips :)
Last time I was this early, the Hollow Knight was still sealing the Radiance strong.
...yeah, I already used this one. Oh well.
Also:
A) for Collector you can use defenders crest, spore shroom, and dreamshield. this way you can just sit on one side of the arena and have plenty of healing time
B)for watcher knights you can use a spell loadout and just sit on on side of the arena as a tank.
C) for False Knight/Failed Champion always dash under him when he jumps.
D)Lost kin's infection ghost bois cant hit you if you use Defender's Crest.
E) On both hornet fights just pretty much constantly be jumping
I have one for the collector on ascended and radiant.
Equip fragile/unbreakable strength and your golden. If you have the strength charm, the Collector’s precious friends will die in one hit.
This next one is NOT recommended for radiant, but if you can get right beside the collector or position yourself so that the collector lands right beside you when he jumps. Make sure your on the direction he’s jumping to, or else you won’t get all the potential damage. Once you are positioned right, abyss shriek/howling wraiths him. This deals massive amounts of damage to the collector, and if you have Shaman Stone equipped, you will absolutely destroy him. The second tactic is great for spell builds because of the sheer amount of damage it does.
I know that this video isn't about that this but when fighting Sly on radiant you can just equip quickslash and guberfly's elegy for some nonsense. When he does the combo that starts in the air you can stay a little bit outside of the range of his second attack and he is guaranteed to do the second attack, if your too far away hill end the combo. When he is stunned he will wait a while before checking whether or not you hit him yet and you can mash him. Once he does get up he still takes a bit to start attacking and you can still hit him.
1:53
How. How have I never known about this.
2:24 "Galien's Grave" sea of thieves outpost
Yeah haha, it's called galleon's grave isn't it?
I’m surprised you can keep making good content on this game after so long. Guess It just goes to show how great it is. Anyways nice work!
In my first play through I put off fighting the watcher knights for so long, that by the time I finally fought them I had already gotten all the charms, abilities and upgrades. I ended up beating them on my first try.
NKG broke me. I took on the Trial of the Fool, kicked Radiant's ass beat The Hollow Knight in 20 seconds and somehow enjoyed White Palace, finished Hunters Journal and even loved the base Grimm fight, but NKG is just too damn much. I can't even begin to imagine trying to get to Adbsrad which requires not only beating NKG, but every other boss as well. Though given NKG is basically universally accepted to be the hardest boss in the game, I'm fine with him being my breaking point.
Here's a tip, if you equip Quick Focus you can actually heal as soon as he does his 5th flame pillar attack.
Nkg is a dance, if he spawns in the air he'll drill down in flames. If he spawns on the ground he'll charge at you and upwards creating flames. If your having trouble I'd honestly watch a video of the fight first
Actually I find collector ascended (also in pantheon of hallownest), markoth, pure vessel and absrad all harder than him. Its a hard fight, sure, but once you learn all his attacks, thats it. He becomes a breeze after that, which i cannot say especially for markoth.
All I can say about NKG is that I spent nearly an hour worth of attempts never even managing to get him below 50% and then the first time I did so was the kill. It's the kind of fight that just eventually clicks but you'll spend a lot of time feeling like you're making no progress.
Daniel Staples
You can actually heal regardless of having quick focus or not, it just requires better timing.
@@unlimited8410 I actually had a pretty easy time with markoth. He did the spin attack while being so close to the ground I just stood next to him and got to wail on him for 5 seconds straight with quick slash equipped. I'l definately keep the NKG stuff in mind.
I defeated Grimm today!! So proud hehe :)) Thanks for the awesome video lolol
Nightmare King Grimm, or regular Grimm?
Miles Williams Regular :), imma head for Nightmare today
@@marsjvas Nice! He's such a great boss. Have fun!
Miles Williams Thanks!
I think these will really help me getting past the two fights I've been stuck at. Thank you for making such a helpful video
Me: "well, it's 2am, but I want to stay awake till 5:30, because I really want to watch that stream there... But I don't know what to to in these three hours...
*sees upload*
Well, at least I know what I'm gonna do now...
Its 5: 25 for me
Ein kleines Anna It’s 11:30 for me, but I have to wake up early :’). I’ll try to make it!
Click the time stamp😂
My tip for new players is to be patient. Take time to learn the boss’s move set instead of killing it as quickly as possible.
FYI for dung defender:
Use decending dive while he’s underground, it will force him out and he will be stunned, ez heal or hit
For No Eyes, the middle of the bottom platform will ensure you're not hit once, so stand there if you're low on health and wait for No Eyes to teleport close to you for Soul and return to the middle of the platform to heal.
I had this in my recommendeds and never seen a vid from you before. Was expecting something lame that was pretty much "use x charm" or "dodge" or "get good", one line for each boss. Boy, was I wrong. This was an extremely well done video with really great tips. Thanks so much for making it!
Tip I found out a few days ago! When fighting the moss and when it dashes twords you just keep attacking,its super light so its got knock back,just spam attack and you'll be fine
One tip I have for lost kin which really helped me is to equip the defenders crest.
the golden gas instantly kills the orange enemies he summons. This makes healing through the fight much easier
Played the game through yet here I am watching videos on it still. This game is just too good. Great video!
The tips for NKG helps me with that fight I was struggling a lot trying to do damage thanks for the help :D
0:55 "He's just dead."
1:00 *bows*
Abs Radiance tip: wayward compass & gathering swarm
and fragile greed
No point without fragile greed, you need to collect the extra geo.
Guys you're forgetting the strongest charm: Kingsoul (admittedly you can't have Kingsoul and fight either version of the Radiance, but that's not the point here)
Sporeshroom. Spore shroom works wonders against the HK, PV, Rad, And Abs Rad.
(It actually does nothing, but memes)
I love how a number of these tips (not all of them) are just general tips for any situation where you're struggling.
gonna use that NKG tip in multiple places, that's for sure
This is amazigly helpful, I knew alot of them by now but they are extremely helpful none the less the knockback with the nail on the bee Knight fight was one I didn't know about though
For soul tyrant I like to hug the left edge, it makes it easier to dodge the homing balls and you can get a couple hits in on the spiny orbs when you jump through them
My advice for the homing attacks of both Soul Tyrant and Radiance phase one is don't try to jump over them. Stay on the ground and dash under them so they arc toward the ground and despawn faster.
Hugging the left edge also makes that 6 fireball attack easier
FINALLY, I knew I wasn’t the only one who did this
I looked at the recommended section and saw this video uploaded 25 seconds ago and was like WOW
Me 2
I can add onto your tip for Dung Defender and White Defender. If you have Nailmaster's Glory equipped, you have enough charging time to hit him with Great Slash when he goes into rampage mode (as opposed to Shade Soul as per Rusty's recommendation). This increases your soul instead of depleting it and does massive damage to boot. Works like a charm.
This is actually going to be super helpful when I finally get around to doing the pantheons! Having strategies for them will probably take off some of the pressure of fighting 46(?) bosses in a row in P5
My man Rusty really be putting them in alphabetical order
Anyone how does not make the knight bow by looking down when an npc bows, you are dead to me
As someone who has done every boss on Radiant I can confirm these tips are very helpful! Nice video!
i love how dung defenders theme is playing in the background. because it is clearly the best theme
It's been like 447 days without Silk Song. I shall not lose hope.
after seeing his play through I'm not sure I should be taking tips from this guy
I mean there's footage of him beating PoH floating around somewhere. He's good at the game he just said he hadn't played it from start to finish in a while
@@logizom5335 I guess you could say he's pretty RUSTY at the game :)
@@finn488 there it is lol
I saw this video and I was ready for the sarcasm in some of these tips. I was surprised by how helpful these helpful tips were. Thanks Rusty.
Thanks for the tips, you’ve helped me beat pantheons and radiance! Thx
Do this except with modded bosses
5:42 that's rude. I didn't have Sly yet so heavy blow was out of the question. I also take some time to adapt to boss patterns, no matter how easy they are
You don't even need heavy blow for a bush with eyes
Best way to kill it? Usually standing in front of him and slash spamming works
Just.. hit him? You don’t need heavy blow.
SORRY I AM AN IDIOT. Doing the strategy you recommended didn't work the first time and idk how. I do agree that it was easy after I had an actual moveset and actual charms and an actual nail because I am a stubborn fucking idiot
Yes it worked for me just jump over occasionally
Weaversong + Grubsong can give you soul from the Failed Champion and Collector, Hot Tip for getting a lot of soul from enemies you wouldn't otherwise.
Another neat tip/glitch for the collector:
(btw you need thorns of agony for this to work)
Crystal Dash into the arena. You'll run into the collector and thorns will activate. For some reason you no longer stunned during the collector's war cry and you can whack him a bunch.
Massive Moss charger is IMPOSSIBLE. I've spent thousands of hours on that fight alone and still haven't made ti more than three seconds, RAD ABSRAD was easier than it, thank god MMC is an optional boss.
sarcasm??
im sad because im stuck at home this made me happy.
another tip would be during lost kin fight, its recommended to equip the defenders crest because the floating orange things only have 1 hp so they instantly die to the stink cloud making it so u only have to forcus on lost kin.
2:20 Also pogoing on flukemarm is great
since your nail most of the time also hits the flukefey
I’m a simple potato. I see Hollow Knight, I click.
second hornet fight PRO tip: cry
Man i was having so much trouble with galien in the pantheons but your tips really helped
I've been watching so many of your Elden Ring videos, I almost forgot you were a great Hollow Knight youtuber.
i can easily defeat the broken vessel by just pogoing on him when he does the blob and avoiding the blobs
its ez it only goes on 2 patterns
I’m stuck with the Nightmare King, I can’t win him TTwTT Someone has more tips for him? I’m desperate TTwTT
If you can avoid taking damage from him for more than 12 seconds, you may want to consider Hiveblood. The regeneration will essentially cut his damage in half, giving you more opportunities to memorize his attack patterns and improve your reactions to them.
DarkEinherjar Thank you very much
If you like healing in battle, I found I can squeeze one in with quick focus during the floor spike attack
Takku NoTori I see, thanks for the tip ^^
More important tip for Pure Vessel: unlike so many other hollow knight bosses, most of its attacks can't be dodged by dashing away, especially not his slashing, counter, or dashing moves. You want to stay in the air a lot, while also being wary of its downward thrust move (the one that produces spikes). If you trigger its counter or can't get in the air in time to dodge an attack, dash THROUGH him, NOT away from him.
Also, quick slash. It's really good.
I had sharp shadow equipped for NKG and that helped immensely as I could dash through him and damage him at the same time. I only ever found time to actually hit him during the bats attack and that was with nail arts. Most death I had at him were my fault for either miss judging what attack was coming or not paying attention and literally walking into one of the spikes he uses. Was so glad when I finally got him. I barely used a spell in the fight. Spent most time just trying not to die
God, are you trying to help us or hurt us, it's obvious that you should've used the Wayward Compass, you're just making it harder for yourself if you don't...
why use wayward compass when you can just memorize the entire world and keep a sprintmaster in that slot?
Everyone knows that gathering swarm is one of the best boss killing charms. They really should have nerfed these OP charms.
Firespark07 I agree, but let's not let Team Cherry know, if they do, they'll nerf them and we'll lose our best charms
Yeet , I’m fighting nkg, nearly beat him
I'm on my second playthrough of the game, some of theses foes I've never even seen! Some of the ones I fought were with the exact method you're suggesting here, it made me feel smart :b
Tip for mantis lords: if you feel over walmed in their second phase then try avoiding the first ones attacks and only aim for the second one so you don't get caught mid nail slash and can pick them of one at a time.
I enjoyed the video untill you said "Its a bush with a face. if you died during this one quit playing this game and play something else."
It's a really not nice thing to say to people who strugled throu this fight. Not everyone is an expirianced gamer. Not everyone has perfect reflexes.
This kind of behavior is a toxic way to keep new gamers out of the community and making people feel bad for trying new things.
Disslike.
Don't worry he's joking. But if someone is actually struggling with this boss then that means this game is too hard for them to play. Even then, people who suck can still get really good after enough experience
@@hamazing913 I struggled with this boss. I also finished the game with 94%, after defeating some of its hardest bosses.
@@MrLally70782 I just bought this game a week ago and I also have done around 94 percent as well as beat nightmare King Grimm and first 5 versions of dream zote. I haven't fought radiance yet. Difficulty is a subjective thing and as I said, even a person who barely plays video games will get good at this game as they get more experienced
If you have a problem with Lost Kin than grab:
Grimmchild, Glowing Womb, Grubsong, Weaversong and Defender's crest.
When the fight starts go to the right wall, mantis claw up until you barely can see the knight and hold crystal dash. The Lost Kin can't jump to you, the ghost are killed by Grimmchild, Glowing Womb attacks the boss, and Weaversong collects soul. Now just hold the button and wait. If your weaver get's stuck just Crystal dash into the other wall and reposition yourself.
Honestly I think all of NKGs attacks could be capitalized on like the flame pillars is a great opportunity to heal especially if he then does bats or u end up safe from the spear attack
Another tip I have for lost kin: equipping defenders crest isnt a bad idea, it kills the infection balloons instantly and negates a surprising amount of damage in the end