in all bindings
#Hollow Knight
brittle glade
pearl whale
yeah that's what makes Collector one of if not the hardest all bindings boss and the sole reason I refuse to do all bindings PoH
brittle glade
and you can't waste soul, so might as well build to an abyss shriek from mobs
pearl whale
nah most of your soul is going to be dedicated to killing the minions with vengeful or reserving it for descending dark in an all bindings scenario since both of those are much safer than trying to just abyss shriek
though you can very easily save for abyss shriek prior to when he starts launching three minions at once lol
brittle glade
if you're confident in dodging all the crap the collector tosses at you, abyss shriek is viable
pearl whale
omw to dodge three primal aspids at once with collector jumping
brittle glade
primal aspids are annoying, but not annoying enough with gap-dodging
steel ember
I’m not good enough to do binding shenanigans yet
azure citrus
hey shots can you write an essay on how annoying brooding mawlek is
pearl whale
wtf but brooding mawlek is fine/cool
azure citrus
i have died numerous times due do brooding mawlek during pantheon of the master and during the secret
unepic boss
pearl whale
:doom:
thorny belfry
yes
brittle glade
fake, vessels have no voice to cry suffering
steel ember
I still know basically nothing of the game’s lore
also good job taking the death bounty dazzle
brittle glade
I'm not a god tier player, I just happen to know the boss very well
and I soloed it earlier before the bounties
brittle glade
it's an unavoidable targeted attack
steel ember
damn
brittle glade
you can mitigate it with heal, which is why I picked mage
steel ember
because I tried soloing the boss on shaman and it was easy enough until I just get clobbered every time by it
didn’t really have the time to try bob unfortunately
steel ember
I was using a glassy fantasia build
brittle glade
unfortunately it wasn't a successful run
I got the bounty with a cheesy twf monster mage build
steel ember
still nice
brittle glade
fatal wouldn't have worked because death has thunder defense
and the build's defense is bleh
hence, monster
anyway, back to hollow knight
vessels, being born of god and void (pale king + white lady + the void itself), have no voice
steel ember
been kinda too busy to do pantheon of hallownest stuff but I did end up grinding all the nail masters on radiant
including sly
brittle glade
they have no personality of their own, nor a moral code per se
having no voice, no will and no mind made hollow knight the perfect vessel (at the time) to contain the infection, except we all know how that one went
steel ember
actually I don’t lol I mostly just played for the gameplay
brittle glade
in the end, the knight managed to bend the void to its will (remember: vessels have no concept of gender)
brittle glade
an idea instilled allowed the infection (read: ||radiance||) to break free
steel ember
I see
brittle glade
and the events of the game kicked off from there
steel ember
you don’t have to worry about spoiling stuff to me btw
or unless it’s for the other peeps here
brittle glade
as a result, you have to banish or destroy radiance
by unifying the void (including the hollow knight, who is all but stated to be a sibling), you do just that in the true ending
steel ember
I see
brittle glade
I'm not going to spoil the godhome ending to you, but it is similar
steel ember
is that when you beat the final pantheon
brittle glade
yes
brittle glade
immediately after markoth is failed champ & NKG
which is just a cruel and unusual punishment if you're not familiar with him
steel ember
eh I’m not too worried about NKG as much because I’ve played it so many times already
I also got a lot better at pure vessel
I can do both in radiant somewhat consistently
brittle glade
good luck against absolute radiance then
brittle glade
the forgotten god of RNG
my 100% speedrun file has carefree melody so I might do radiant difficulty bosses overcharmed
setup: ub strength, soul twister, shaman stone, longnail, carefree melody
brittle glade
for a total cost of 13 notches
basically a chance to annul damage
any is better than none since you die in one hit anyway, so may as well overcharm
steel ember
I don’t think I’ve changed my charm setup at all for radiant stuff cause I’m lazy
brittle glade
do it
steel ember
I still use strength quick slash mark of pride and something else I forgot
brittle glade
overcharming against radiant bosses is strong
steel ember
yea but also I like making myself learn bosses from a more “standard” view with the same setup I typically use
oh yea the last charm I use is the snail one I forget what it’s called
can be useful for healing
brittle glade
shape of unn
steel ember
that
brittle glade
I could squeeze grubberfly's elegy and enter pantheon of hallownest overcharmed
permanent ascended difficulty pantheon
no voice to cry suffering, indeed
steel ember
I should probably also try the binding stuff after I beat the last pantheon for extra suffering
I don’t use spells very much anyways
brittle glade
pantheon of hallownest when nipnop
white slate
Lmao
steel ember
ILL GET TO IT I SWEAR
white slate
One day
steel ember
ok
maybe I’ll stream pantheon attempts later today (for me at least)
will need to derust a bit haven’t played in a hot minute
white slate
Best of luck :)
vestal crag
lfg
steel ember
welcome mr sock
vestal crag
does anyone actually know
how to beat gpz consistently
he is unironically harder than radiant grimm for me
steel ember
yea no I complained about the same exact thing
gpz is literally just one of if not the most rng boss in the game
Grimm is consistent so once you learn him he’s easy
but gpz
man
vestal crag
gpz is actually the boss stopping me completing p3
uumuu and hornet two are easy, sly is totally doable
everything before gpz is very easy
it's just him
brittle glade
sock why do you think gpz in p5 is at the butt end of the pantheon
to be fair gpz can be done "consistently" if you can read his patterns like a book and react fast enough to avoid free dmg
uumuu is free as long as you don't accidentally blast yourself with oomas, hornet 2 somehow has less health than hornet 1, and sly is just hit and run (nipnop can attest to this)
steel ember
mhm sly is also easy once you learn his attacks
has brief openings for you to attack but otherwise his range is too large for you to dodge outside that time
so yea, just hit and run
I usually try and brute force through zote idk
sometimes I barely get hit
other times I’m eating damage
vestal crag
uumuu is free as long as you don't accidentally blast yourself with oomas, horne...
hornet 2 has less hp than hornet 1?
who knew
wth she does
800 vs 900
brittle glade
@steel ember did you finish P5?
also I'm due for a new keyboard (I sort of dislike the membrane keyboard I have) so I'll post my experiences playing HK with it here, as well as silksong when it comes out
steel ember
not yet
I personally don’t care for the sounds of mechanical keyboards that so many people are infatuated with but they just feel so much nicer and easier to handle than membrane
for me, at least
and who knows when silksong will come out lol
it’ll be hype, at least
steel ember
(real)
brittle glade
so first impressions with the new keyboard having not done any serious gaming with it
cherry viola keys are good, but they aren't as tactile
vestal crag
team cherry keys
brittle glade
steel soul stream when: when I have time, which is to say soon™️
steel ember
vestal crag
all ascended complete
which bosses would you say were hardest
azure citrus
gpz is peak radiant boss gameplay
brittle glade
which bosses would you say were hardest
markoth and radiance ascended
brittle glade
I'll be streaming radiant boss attempts
or all bindings pantheons
these bosses will be annoying to do on radiant:
- uumuu: randomness unsurprisingly, hard
- markoth: 
- gruz mother: randomness and pattern jank
- xero: yup.
- marmu: bit annoying to do nail volleyball against marmugod bless you shade cloak
- GPZ: honestly I don't think it will be that hardand I was correct about it
- radiance: bets are on for how many attempts it will take me to get radiant radiancethe answer is low double digits (or high single digits, didn't count) - sisters of battle: a.k.a. how fast can you dodge all the crap these three throw at you
- no eyes: I hope you like lullabiesSING A SONG FOR ME, THE SONG OF HOW I DEFEATED YOU FIRST TRY - soul tyrant: unlike soul master, making mistakes or playing risky is not an option here
and these will be easy due to simply requiring consistency:
- hornet 1/2: fairly ez if you can read patterns
TMG/NKG: both are easy
- PV: low reliance on RNG, *cough* radiance *cough*- every other dream boss: "I am Gorb!"
- false knight/failed champion: simple matter of "DOOOOOOOODGE!"
- dung defender: STUNLOCK TIME
- white defender: if I can beat him at 5 mask/hit, I can do it no hit
thorny belfry
I'll be streaming radiant boss attempts
when
thorny belfry
these bosses will be annoying to do on radiant:
~~- uumuu: randomness~~ unsurpri...
also i just love that markoth is just
vestal crag
seh
lost sentinel
b
steel ember
ok so i played the game for the first time in 2 weeks
and tried pantheon 5
and died to uumuu
honestly just fuck that boss
yea i know its supposed to be easy but its made so incredibly obnoxious in ascended
ugh now i gotta do the entire thing over again
this one takes so long
brittle glade
of course it does
you fight every boss in ascended
also for uumuu, it's largely down to pretending you don't have isma's tear
you fall into funny green cloud, you take dmg
steel ember
also wow xero is hard
this is also like my first time playing against most of these bosses in ascended
brittle glade
see my "all radiant" plan
brittle glade
this is why you do all bosses in ascended
even on ascended markoth is hell
and afaik he's immediately after GPZ
BETTER GET CONSISTENT AT GPZ
steel ember
well i can kinda do gpz consistently now after doing so much pantheon of the knight but i almost never feel in control of the boss fight
and never can no hit
i always take at least some damage
brittle glade
GPZ is all about reaction
steel ember
yea its mostly about whatever attack he switches to right after finishing one
brittle glade
if you have a good counterplay strategy, expect to take no damage
I'll probably do the "all radiant" challenge this weekend
steel ember
died to markoth
cool
ugh this pantheon literally just takes too long
ill try again later
brittle glade
p5 is a marathon
even worse is when you die very deep into it
though you were close to beating it since markoth is in the final 5 of P5 (markoth, failed champion, NKG, PV, AR)
idk where soul tyrant is so might not be accurate
steel ember
i know i can do all those other bosses after markoth (except absolute radiance idk how hard that is)
ill probably do some hall of gods before i attempt again
because dying deep is annoying lol
brittle glade
i know i can do all those other bosses after markoth (except absolute radiance i...
AR I have already mentioned as base radiance on steroids
steel ember
lol
yea id assume so
i know that base radiance is super easy at least
when i first tried beating the game for the time i did both hollow knight and radiance first try
while taking few hits
brittle glade
I can say from experience that AR is much harder than markoth
steel ember
damn
steel ember
well radiant just means even more of a pain
brittle glade
I can semi-consistently beat up to phase 3
phase 4 and onwards is where I eat hits
steel ember
which boss? radiance?
brittle glade
practice markoth and zote, failed champion and onwards is easy
steel ember
mhm yea failed champ grimm and vessel are easy
bosses i seem to struggle with the most are the warrior dreams
xero and markoth kick my ass
ill probably try those and zote in hall of gods before i attempt again
but rn im pooped
pantheon 5 is just so long lol
brittle glade
xero is annoying
mostly because dodging is harder
I'll stream P5 when I get back home from work
steel ember
not a hard boss but can i just say how annoying vengefly king is (especially ascended+)
like its not hard but it just prolongs the fight so unnecessarily with its flight
cant really consistently follow it midair because it just backs up so you just have to wait
and i hate that
brittle glade
the real difficulty of vengefly king in ascended+ is having to keep up with 2 of them at once
otherwise, it isn't any different than dealing with just 1 of them
likewise some of the ascended bosses introduce no new mechanics at all (the best example of an ascended+ boss that is otherwise identical to its attuned counterpart is AR, who has no more nor less health than her ascended or radiant counterparts at attuned)
rngmoth, xero and gorb limit playable space
no eyes is even more annoying because the space is more enclosed, same with marmu
galien and elder hu have virtually no changes apart from health
uumuu gets rid of the acid layer and replaces it with the green cloud I mentioned earlier
and then there's sisters of battle and winged nosk who are P5 exclusive and can be seen as some sort of bootleg ascended+ boss battles
steel ember
oh yea finding the sisters of battle for the first time was quite the treat
pretty fun boss
not that hard but it’s definitely a spectacle
brittle glade
not so much fun as it is a cool and unusual punishment in radiant
it's a speed battle
brittle glade
winged nosk is basically a slightly harder "walking" nosk
steel ember
if anything winged nosk felt easier ngl
brittle glade
but is otherwise laughably easy assuming you're not being hyperaggressive
steel ember
than normal nosk
brittle glade
as I said I'll be running P5 and see if I can get a 3rd P5 clear
after that, a couple of radiant difficulty boss attemps (god bless you, overcharming)
steel ember
I incorporate spells way more now but I still just use my nail build
vestal crag
do bosses in p5 have attuned health as well as arena?
or just arena changes
ah wiki says just arena
vestal crag
the normal double damage bosses on ascended are hardest for me
except enraged guardian but he's free anyway
vestal crag
actually can be read
the number of teleports she does somewhat tells you which attack she's going to use
somewhat
steel ember
how many bosses are double damage again, theres enranged guard, failed champ, pure vessel, nightmare grimm, traitor lord
those are all easy
but then theres radiance
vestal crag
completely forgot about traitor lord lmfao
steel ember
yea same lmao
vestal crag
only time i take damage in that fight is when he does the shockwave wall thing when i'm close to him
vestal crag
yeah those are the only ones i can think of off the top of my head
vestal crag
i remember when traitor lord only did 1 mask of damage
and was even more of a pushover than he already is
steel ember
ok why is vengefly king radiant actually difficult
two of them spawning minions at the same time adding on to the things you have to focus
and how annoying they are just flying away
and massive hp sponges
this is obnoxious
steel ember
1 sec
brittle glade
okay I SOMEHOW managed to skip zeal on dung defender @steel ember
steel ember
wait what does that mean im confused
i swear sisters of battle is the only fight in the game that has made me consider steady body
clean god tamer
for some reason i struggle with that boss
idk why
btw for white defender when he goes into his beach ball state
you can like
dash every time you knock him up
to make up the distance
and keep him perma locked
thats what i do
pretty effective
markoth my hated
oh boy here we go
yoooo lets gooooo
nice
brittle glade
this time I didn't choke on abs rad
steel ember
by beating the last pantheon?
steel ember
so is that thing at the end that grabbed the godseeker him
brittle glade
sort of
steel ember
i see
brittle glade
the knight has become the void, and the void became the knight
steel ember
it says "ascend" instead of "challenge", go figure
yea that makes sense lol i never really paid attention to that
brittle glade
this is basically what happens when someone with the will to bend the void to themselves, ascend
VGF didn't just banish absolute radiance, it killed her
hence, the infection is gone for good, and hollow knight is free for some reason, sans infection
steel ember
wait is the godseeker supposed to be evil or something why did he have to kill her
brittle glade
it's less morality and more ascension to godhood because the knight was trying to lure radiance (I guess?)
steel ember
i see
brittle glade
so that's another way to get rid of radiance
steel ember
was that the hollow knight going up to hornet at the end
brittle glade
no clue
steel ember
no one knows? just a random entity?
brittle glade
the scene cuts the second hollow knight stabs the ground
steel ember
i see
brittle glade
I played a bit carelessly on pure vessel and NKG since I'm getting healed to full anyway after those two
steel ember
i should really just use shaman stone it looks like it made bosses like xero and markoth way easier
but im so stubborn
and keep using nail build
brittle glade
also word of advice for abs rad, play it safe
steel ember
dont wanna lose and have to start all over again
ive been grinding hall of gods a bit lately
brittle glade
as I mentioned, no-hit til phase 3, get hit phase 4 and onwards
steel ember
just getting as many radiant victories as i can
currently doing sisters of battle and never before have i wanted to use steady body until now
vestal crag
sisters of battle is so fun
steel ember
ye
steel ember
ok yea steady body kinda nuts
brittle glade
btw for radiant, definitely overcharm @steel ember
you die in one hit anyway so might as well do it
steel ember
yea that would be optimal
but the thing is im not really trying to inherently just go for radiants
brittle glade
double damage in ascended at worst is 8 masks/hit
steel ember
overcharming isnt something id normally do so i usually go into it with a charm setup id use normally
brittle glade
I already did all ascended
steel ember
makes me learn the boss more
like i could try and cheese markoth with grubberflys elegy
but that wont really help me get used to the boss
brittle glade
I could do something cheeky like ST (2) + UBS (3) + SS (3) + LN (2) + MoP (3) [Overcharmed by 2]
steel ember
idk what the acronyms for those last 3 charms are
i assume ST and UBS are shaman stone and strength
brittle glade
ST is soul twister, which cuts spell costs
SS is shaman stone, LN is long nail, MoP is mark of pride
steel ember
oh oops yea i meant st was soul twister im dumb
brittle glade
I could alternatively use another 2 cost charm instead of longnail, though nothing pops to my mind
steel ember
i dont really like long nail
worse than mark of pride and even then mark of pride is more than enough
brittle glade
I have every charm in the game, though I don't remember all of them
steel ember
same
then again im still relatively new to the game but remembering every charm is tough
vestal crag
ok yea steady body kinda nuts
you don't have all masks?
steel ember
nope literally cant be bothered
vestal crag
reasonable
vestal crag
cba doing flower quest? or?
brittle glade
it's steel soul time, no turning back now @steel ember
steel ember
gl
brittle glade
of course I'm not doing to do the entire thing in one sitting, will be going live every so often and run steel soul
there will be a lot of guide checking
steel ember
mood
brittle glade
sub 10 hrs, 100%, TE
that's the goal on steel soul
this time I'm hoping I don't die another stupid death to nosk
steel ember
nosk can be iffy without good mobility
but if u have mothwing I think u should be good
brittle glade
you can't enter mantis village, let alone deepnest, without mothwing anyway
at least for steel soul, I have access to jinn, who gives geo in exchange for rancid eggs
I'm also much better at the game than when I first started out, still need to avoid making dumb mistakes
brittle glade
IT TOOK ONLY ONE ATTEMPT @steel ember @pearl whale
brittle glade
GPZ confirmed not the hardest radiant boss in the game
brittle glade
these bosses will be annoying to do on radiant:
~~- uumuu: randomness~~ unsurpri...
one down, idk how many to go
steel ember
hmmm ok decided to play a bit of radiant zote
how do u deal with the explosive guys
when he sets them up
it just denies ur space to move
its annoying
brittle glade
7/44 radiant done
@steel ember want me to stream zote radiant?
(ascended works as well just to show you the mechanics)
steel ember
uh sure
brittle glade
ignore me being an idiot on that kill
steel ember
dont worry i die way more often and dumber
hes rng
positioning yourself near the edge of the arena to get every explosive enemy in one shot seems smart
but being a corner might suck
brittle glade
as I said ignore me being an idiot
brittle glade
tfw I'm choking so hard in livestream that it's hilarious
steel ember
i do bad on stream too its okay
yea radiant sisters are fun
ill try radiant sister ons tream
i wonder how ill do
brittle glade
me not on stream: GOD
me on stream:
brittle glade
that could also do with me being frustrated after dying to markoth so many times
steel ember
nearly knocked over my water bottle
lol
fuck
ok maybe ill try zote
and you can see me fail
oh my god
steel ember
I am so bad at this fight
brittle glade
I need to choke less
brittle glade
IT TOOK ONLY ONE ATTEMPT <@!111952972354715648> <@456226577798135808>
especially considering it took me just 1 attempt after booting up the game
steel ember
lol
I only recently changed my charm setup
to incorporate shaman stone
so I swapped mark of pride out
for long nail
I’m still kinda getting used to not having that range
brittle glade
get mark of pride
you can afford to overcharm on dream bosses
(includes pantheons)
steel ember
yea I guess so
normally I try not to overcharm but
because it’s zote
he angers me
damn
i think thats my best attempt so far
brittle glade
how many attempts did you throw at zote
steel ember
uh
I usually don’t keep track of when I do hall of gods
(because I’m bad and my attempts are many)
YOOO
let’s go
brittle glade
well there you go, proof that overcharming is good
steel ember
lol
the range on mark of pride is just
so good
yea watching how you play that helped
brittle glade
markoth needed a different approach
steel ember
especially using descending dark when stagger
brittle glade
I played that fight more safely rather than going all out
steel ember
I think u just kinda have to constantly play safe against markoth
brittle glade
instead of abyss shriek, shade soul is stronger
and where nail range is a concern I just used dash slash
steel ember
abyss shriek lacks the range that shade soul has
also it knocks him back quite a bit
whereas shade soul can hit multiple times horizontally
brittle glade
also you managed to win P5 yet?
steel ember
hmmm
maybe I could stream an attempt right now? feel more confident in zote now
but markoth…
still kicks my ass
brittle glade
all bosses deal regular damage
brittle glade
so you could try going for it
steel ember
hmm I’ll stream an attempt and you can see how average I am at this game
brittle glade
sadly I can't summon shots here
steel ember
he’s asleep
brittle glade
you can dream nail the armor btw @steel ember
steel ember
oh huh
brittle glade
you're playing too aggressively against xero
use abyss shriek against him
and don't jump up to his eye level
hit him from below
after you just to compare I'll also run P5
steel ember
i see
yea i struggle with xero a lot
dude
i cant
i hate uumuu
why is it so hard
in ascended
ugh
brittle glade
anyway, my turn to show how bad I am at P5
steel ember
i might not watch all of it because its super late for me rn
i think im gonna go for now but yea the tips for radiant zote helped a lot
im happy with today
fuck that boss
lol
steel ember
try radiant
i tried some ascended uumuu in hall of gods
uumuu to me feels like
its a boss that should be super easy
but im just bad or something
huh interesting setup
go to the right side @brittle glade
theres a block
yea
mossy hatch
gotta go sry
steel ember
bye corv
brittle glade
I need to restart discord
steel ember
all good
ok so just play more passively against xero
got it
i have bad habits of trying to be too aggressive at times
is stream killing ur game
brittle glade
I think it is
brittle glade
ok something is definitely wrong with HK
steel ember
epic
i can like
do it somewhat consistently now
which is weird
ok i need to sleep now lmao
thorny belfry
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yes
brittle glade
IT TOOK ONLY ONE ATTEMPT <@!111952972354715648> <@456226577798135808>
in case you missed it (c.c. shots)
took just one attempt, ONE, to defeat GPZ on radiant
pearl whale
pog
steel ember
ngl zote kind of a fun fight once you get the hang of it
steel ember
is it just me
am i bad or
is lost kin radiant
so much harder
than zote
the boss itself isnt even that bad but with how fast the minions spawn compared to broken vessel
its so hard to deal with both of them at the same time
ive gone at it for like 30 minutes i give up
brittle glade
lost kin is easier
assuming you can deal with lost kin's patterns, or lack thereof at times
steel ember
i cant do it lol
brittle glade
well, looks like I need to stream lost kin as well
@steel ember 1-tried lost kin
radiant
steel ember
i think im just bad
yea been going at it an hour
i give up
nvm i lied
i was getting so many close attempts i knew i could do it given time
like 10 attempts later
but you cant convince me
lost kin radiant isnt harder than pure vessel, grimm and zote
brittle glade
I can say, hands down, absolute radiance on radiant is an abomination
she's up there with xero and markoth
I can consistently get to P4, but past that is "you'll inevitably get hit"
steel ember
good thing i havent unlocked her yet
brittle glade
no eyes is also annoying since the sinusoidal patterns of the boss "projectiles" makes everything very hard to dodge
especially when about 80% of the arena is nothing but thorns
pearl whale
honestly i feel like no eyes is in the easier half of the warrior dreams
the ones i really have problems with are markoth and galien
steel ember
I had same problem when first trying vessel
it feels quite fast at first
but you can dodge either via shadow dash
or what I do
is I just spam the fuck out of down attack while jumping
so that I get the nail clash thing
if I’m not fast enough to dodge
steel ember
the ones i really have problems with are markoth and galien
galien…?
steel ember
uumuu is literally stopping me in pantheon of hallownest
brittle glade
I don't have as much problems with uumuu as I do with the likes of rngmoth
and he's the last dream warrior in the entire P5
post-markoth is zote (proven to be easy), FC, NKG, PV and radiance
that being said I'm not a HK god, I'm within the ~3% of people who beat P5 but not within that absurdly low percentile of people who saw void given focus (yet)
pearl whale
galien…?
also, good job!
also fuck zote
zote is the equivalent of a little kid getting an action replay module
zote is the equivalent of someone who spends all their points in basic attack
steel ember
as in how do u have trouble with galien
pearl whale
spinny club weird
galien doesnt get knocked back and just touches me
im currently attempting p5 and aside from those warrior im mainly having problems with gpz and oblobbles and aaaa
brittle glade
practice in hall of gods
helps a ton
very late into P5 you'll have to face three very hard bosses, back to back, with only 1 checkpoint inbetween
vestal crag
galien is by far the easiest dream boss in the game
pearl whale
eh I'd say he's conceptually the easiest but if we factor Shade Cloak into it Elder Hu is a non-existent boss
steel ember
I use quick slash so ig galien has never been an issue for me but yea elder hu is just
e
vestal crag
is I just spam the fuck out of down attack while jumping
this.
is actually an excellent technique.
steel ember
lmao
thorny belfry
<:bigweed:871148436450324510>
love the skin
vestal crag
customknight mod
azure citrus
ok i almost did path of pain and i have to say that playing league of legends is funner than this end segment
steel ember
radiant oblobbles is making me wanna die
brittle glade
these bosses will be annoying to do on radiant:
~~- uumuu: randomness~~ unsurpri...
remember that these are the bosses I marked as easy or hard
steel ember
marmu gruz mother and sisters were all easy
brittle glade
marmu is annoying since it's mostly nail volleyball
and marmu likes to accelerate to lightspeed every so often
steel ember
idk i found it easy
i did it like second try
currently suffering on oblobbles and uumuu
then ill have done every boss on bottom floor
then ill move to the top again
they just have like
such random flight patterns at times
and position themselves where its so hard to dodge every bullet
and phase 2 is just aaaa
and the fact they take like
0 knockback
ive died like 10 times so far to phase 2 where i assume it has low hp because i do my best to hit both spells at the same time
so obnoxious
brittle glade
personally I find uumuu to be the lesser of two evils
uumuu has a degree of consistency, in that you need to be constantly on the move to avoid getting shafted
steel ember
oh my god
how many times am i gonna do this
THERE WE GO
just uumuu left for bottom row
man fuck oblobbles
but
at least
this boss taught me
how strong spell twister is
since you dont wanna rely on your nail too much here
reduced spell cost is so good
steel ember
uumuu has a degree of consistency, in that you need to be constantly on the move...
yea but there are also like
in his arena attack there are times where there is literally no safe spot you can reach in time
so its just an instant loss
and i hate that
doesnt get more rng than that
brittle glade
keep in mind that you can dream nail uumuu
to have enough soul for a descending dark
steel ember
yea i learnt this and it helps only slightly
LETS GOOOOOOOO
got SUPER lucky at the start
positioning of the jellyfish let me get two abyss shrieks at once
and the second also was in a good spot
bottom row done
brittle glade
I think I found out why HK was starting to get sluggish
steel ember
lol
ok so tough battles for top row: white defender, soul tyrant, xero, markoth, nail masters (?)
brittle glade
it was load times more so than it was actual pc problems
steel ember
and then radiance which i dont even have unlocked
brittle glade
nail masters need consistency, same with white defender
steel ember
i hate soul tyrant so incredibly much
steel ember
how do you play aggressively when hes teleporting 99% of the time
brittle glade
white defender is dead easy, I beat him when he did 5 masks/hit damage
which unlocks ||the knight's dung statue||
steel ember
hmmm i havent done white defender at all yet in hall of gods but i assume im gonna suck at it
oh ok yea
that wasnt too bad
not rng at all
brittle glade
I need to pick up the pace with radiant runs
the hardest few (markoth, radiance, PV) done
I may be good in P5, but I need that final statue
I already have the all ascended statue
steel ember
pv not that bad i can do it kinda consistently
ive mostly just been doing the easy bosses on radiant
brittle glade
once I get every boss slain on radiant and all pantheons done with every binding, I can finally rest
steel ember
i might wanna try pantheons with binding eventually once i do all radiants and pantheon 5 but im not good enough yet
and i still need to get 112% completion or whatever
and do path of pain
at least soul tyrant isnt rng
just very hard
brittle glade
as it turns out, xero is actually easier than I expected
TIL: dream nailing grimm at the start of his fight doesn't enrage him, and he's actually aware that he's in the presence of the godseeker (hence why he's bowing at the audience, and not you)
brittle glade
18/44 radiant, and a good chunk of them are hard bosses
I keep choking at gorb though, mostly to pits moreso than gorb himself
no eyes, galien, elder hu all 1-tried
steel ember
I keep choking at gorb though, mostly to pits moreso than gorb himself
the hardest part about most of the dream bosses is that nearly all of their arenas are made a pain in the ass in ascended+
i had same problem with gorb
maybe steady body can help
bosses im missing so far are soul tyrant, no eyes, xero, markoth, all nail masters, and radiance
steel ember
this came in my recommended @pearl whale
feel like watcher knights are too high
also how do people struggle with galien what
also failed champion over soul tyrant?
idk failed champion seems straightforward but soul tyrant is a pain in the ass
vestal crag
pearl whale
feel like watcher knights are too high
spell builds destroy watchers in radiant (FLUKE SHOTGUN) but I primarily used nail so that'd probs be why
i do not know where I placed galien but he is probs incorrectly placed
Failed Champ is a fucker in radiant solely due to rock rng and boosted hp, but once you stagger him at least once it's over
Soul Tyrant is quite an easy boss other than orb rng in second phase so I wouldn't put him higher than Failed Champ regardless lol
but most importantly of all
outdated video like literally all of my videos except for like the ones with no commentary rofl
mfw traitor lord is not dwelling at the bottom you love to see it
steel ember
I’m primarily a nail player too
idk failed champion attacks are easy to dodge
soul tyrant super fast paced
brittle glade
I find it awkward and hilarious that I 1-tried some of the harder bosses in the pantheon (e.g. zote, sly)
on radiant
but not the easy ones
pearl whale
soul tyrant is fast paced but also still really easy to predict lol
failed champ has the RNG factor of rocks + weird jump arc going for him so that's a thing, but once you stagger him at least once it's game over due to the dps window in between lol
really the main thing that makes radiant any difficult is how much RNG can be involved with the attacks (+arena changes from ascended), which is why stuff like Gruz/Vengeful/Oblobbles are so fucking funny to me
brittle glade
even fights that are supposed to be consistent are annoying to do
PV in particular is brutal in P5 if you don't know what you're doing, but compared to other bosses where 1 hit = death, he's not any harder than the abominations that fuel their attacks solely on RNG such as markoth
steel ember
I guess I’m just ass at dodging soul tyrant attacks then but that might be because I also always try to play super aggressively
brittle glade
this is actually a good prep for all bindings pantheons
steel ember
oblobbles is the boss I think I spent the most time grinding radiant on so far
but I haven’t gotten to markoth yet so
brittle glade
markoth will make you ragequit HK altogether
steel ember
sounds fun
brittle glade
you'll have to play it safe in that fight
pearl whale
oblobbles took me the longest my first time and I do not know why
steel ember
because it’s annoying as fuck
pearl whale
radiant markoth took ~40, absrad ~10, and Oblobbles ~1 hour iirc
steel ember
autocorrect and bad typing moment
brittle glade
shots, just to let you know, markoth took me high single digit-low double digit fights
pearl whale
though ofc absrad has easily taken that spot now
brittle glade
like, only 10 attempts at markoth and I've already deleted him on radiant
steel ember
yea I took about an hour on oblobbles
brittle glade
absrad, same deal, 10-ish attempts and she gone
steel ember
I used to like oblobbles because I thought they’re cute but now I have no respect for them
pearl whale
yeah it only takes me like 2-3 times to defeat almost any radiant now except for absrad/the bane of my existence marmu
I swear to fucking god I am more scared of fighting fucking marmu than any other boss
he is not hard
i want to die.
steel ember
is the timing for marmu really that bad I did it first try and haven’t touched it since
maybe I got lucky idk
steel ember
true same
well hopefully the rest of my radiant grind won’t be that bad except for xero markoth and radiance
steel ember
<:like:730813565132472470>
also nice
have fun suffering in the last pantheon like me
or just start grinding bosses on radiant to prepare
steel ember
rip the lovers
pearl whale
gg
steel ember
I always get sad when one of them dies and the other gets mad :(
but then I remember how much pain they caused me
and I regret nothing
pearl whale
exactly
brittle glade
down to just 12 bosses that I don't have a radiant win on
hard ones, a.k.a both rngmoths and zote down
bottom row done
brittle glade
down to just 5 bosses
brittle glade
GG
brittle glade
"entry level" gg
pantheon of the master all bindings
new goal: finish all pantheons with all bindings, even if it's one binding at a time or all bindings at the same time
also for those curious, a nail that does 13 dmg w/o boosts (strength) is slow af
vestal crag
got to sly on my first P5 attempt
not too bad
sly on 3hp wasn't fun since i had 0 practice with vengefly king v2
bosses after sly i'm worried about: markoth no floor, gpz, AR (never done her)
pearl whale
i know this is late but
galien isnt difficult in the sense that its hard to beat
its just difficult for me to not take damage in it because galien just refuses to get knocked away
also scythe just seems to go to those exact spots that my instincts tell me to and
vestal crag
yea galien can be annoying
my strategy is just stay directly under him and spam quickslash
steel ember
mhm i use quickslash as one of my main charms too
its so fast that you can knock him back enough to where he never lands on you
and if the scythes are really that big of a problem theres always shade cloak cheese
steel ember
oh
not sure why i was stressing out so much about this boss
took me 4 tries
the previous 3 attempts all got to the final phase
because man
the homing on those attacks
is insane
vestal crag
soul warrior is pretty easy
you can actually score hits when he's going all head bashy in phase 2
or is his name soul tyrant
i can't remember
steel ember
oh
took like 5 attempts
wasnt as bad as i thought itd be
MARKOTH TIME
first phase is easy as hell but then he gets a SECOND SHIELD
steel maple
I have a strategy for markoth: spam spells while you can and he should die quickly (at least this is what I did)
and also use those sweet immunity frames dive gives you it did help a lot
brittle glade
bosses after sly i'm worried about: markoth no floor, gpz, AR (never done her)
be afraid, be very afraid
GPZ is very late into P5 (after markoth), so be prepared to deal with him at minimal HP or soul
and from experience absrad is extremely RNG reliant especially if you're planning to do the boss on radiant difficulty
I'm saying this as a person who defeated all of the bosses on radiant (1 of 2? does shots even have an all radiant idol?)
and yes, you can SKIP GPZ by either leaving him to die in greenpath or not fighting GPZ outside godhome
the next boss after GPZ is failed champion, and he consistently does 2 masks of damage with almost every hit (except shockwave and falling rocks)
steel ember
failed champ is easy at least
vestal crag
the next boss after GPZ is failed champion, and he consistently does 2 masks of ...
failed champion is very easy though
vestal crag
was doing pantheons not realising i was missing a charm notch 
now i have two slots free i'm considering taking grimmchild into p5 just because he's cute
steel ember
based
mossy hatch
me loosing 12 times in a row because quirel isn't here anymore to assist
and suicide bombers are a pain
._.'
short gate
I came here to say i've finally finished the game 112% normal and 100% steel soul 2 days ago and i'm happy
steel ember
which one
I’ve done a grand total of 3 p5 attempts I think
first one I ever did I died to zote
then markoth
and then uumuu
and then I said fuck it ima grind radiant
vestal crag
markoth p5
hardest boss in the game
uumuu is pretty easy
zote is cringe
the rest are fine
(well, haven't done ar yet)
steel ember
I’ve gotten much better at dealing with uumuu rng but this was after I had a really bad watcher knights fight because I was being an aggressive dumbass
and I had like 3 masks and no soul
steel ember
same
vestal crag
nail only
sidenote: why the FUCK does winged nosk have a hitbox taller than the empire state building
steel ember
i used to be nail only but I started incorporating spells way more into my playstyle
you really only need shaman stone
but spell twister can be nice for certain bosses too
the damage from shaman stone is hard to give up even for me a primarily nail player
I think I’ve gotten much better at these tricky bosses to where I think I can probably do p5 first attempt should I try it again but
I’m too invested in the radiant grind
despite not even having absrad unlocked
steel ember
ok decided to try p5 again
died to absrad lul
first time trying that boss so im not mad
brittle glade
first time trying that boss so im not mad
that's progress
but be prepared to practice fighting her in radiant
she's absolute hell to fight against on radiant
also which phase did you die in
steel ember
2 i think
brittle glade
so not phase 4? where the fight basically becomes markoth on steroids?
steel ember
is phase 3 just the one where you have to climb
brittle glade
also you can fight absrad in hall of gods now that you fought her once
steel ember
ye
brittle glade
is phase 3 just the one where you have to climb
that's phase 5
brittle glade
phase 1 is solid platform w/o spikes, phase 2 is solid platform w/ spikes on either side, phase 3 is solid platform w/ spikes on both sides and constant sword rain
steel ember
oh
brittle glade
phase 4 is markoth v2, phase 5 is climb, phase 6 is two platforms and orb spam
steel ember
yea phase 4 then
i thought the solid platform was considered all 1 phase
and then markoth v2
then climb
then the final phase with just 2 platforms
brittle glade
final phase is easy as long as you don't panic
you can literally nail pogo absrad to death
brittle glade
the core difference between radiance and absrad is that the attacks come out MUCH faster
steel ember
yea
steel ember
idk most of the attacks seem like pretty manageable except the homing balls which are a pain in the ass
but sometimes attacks can overlap
and lead to some gnarly situations
brittle glade
descending dark and shade cloak sends their regards
brittle glade
you can DD the orbs because of the iframes it gives
brittle glade
it's basically core at this point especially on radiant
where you die in one hit, and getting hit is super easy
at least you get healed to full between p5's pure vessel to absrad transition
so you don't need to focus between the two fights as long as you don't play like a fool in PV and take 4-5 hits throughout the entire thing
also which bosses do you have complete on radiant now @steel ember
steel ember
sry was in EO i can get on HK and show my list
yea getting healed from vessel is a nice touch
brittle glade
you also get healed to full between hollow knight and radiance on main
steel ember
that run i did i actually went down to one mask on grimm because i was being a dumbass and playing too aggressively and hadnt done the fight in a while
nightmare grimm
that is
not normal
lol
brittle glade
as a reminder you can dream nail TMG at the start and he won't go batshit crazy
steel ember
i barely use soul that fight anyways
here
i can do sly and sheo easy im just grinding markoth rn
i actually struggle a bit with oro and mato
brittle glade
uh, have fun getting shafted by rngmoth
steel ember
yup
brittle glade
oro & mato is an endurance fight
took me like 3-4 mins on all bindings to KO both in P1
sheo one-tried, sly one-tried, watcher knights I HATE WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, NKG took like 2-3 serious attempts
I think the award for "most tries before radiant clear" goes to watcher knights
at least now I have the max tier void idol and P1 clear with all bindings enabled
I need to do P2, P3, P4 and P5
for the single hardest hunter's journal entry in the game
steel ember
watcher knights werent too bad for me
steel ember
for the single hardest hunter's journal entry in the game
whats that
brittle glade
hunter's mark doesn't need a HK kill so I can skip that
I also have a steel soul run that's 2 hrs in with a modest amount of upgrades and charms
need a 100% for both steel soul completion achievements, and a sub-10 for speedrun
sub-10, TE, steel soul
if I can pull it off, it's a big fat GG
vestal crag
rebound physics on galien reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
his scythe has a really unnatural curve pattern
it catches me off
vestal crag
oblobbles: helo
steel ember
i already did oblobbles
ofc sheo wasnt as bad but that took me a solid 10 minutes
ok on to sly next
vestal crag
grinding uumuu
reminded why i dislike this boss
wait a minute why am i using unbreakable heart
for radiant practice
steel ember
sly down
way better boss
how tf do u not just get corned and die
to oro and mato
vestal crag
oh.
steel ember
yea.
i cant even beat this shit on attuned
homing balls can fuck off
1 mask left
ascended let alone radiant will be hard
done for now
brittle glade
markoth is hell