hk-help

[jade heart]

about ||nkg||

[junior belfry]

|| why shouldnt i bother dealing dmg? is it a time trial thing or what, cuz i tried fighting him once yesterday and i got clapped in 5 secs flat ||

[stoic cedar]

all i can really say is ||ddark spam||, there are certain patterns that ull notice as u fight them more and more but u mainly want to watch out for when one of them ||spawns right above u and slams down, if u arent careful about those ull be taking hits very easily||

[ruby socket]

git gud

no it takes you to ||the radiance||

[junior belfry]

im fighting the fucking sun 😭

||2nd try i got it to the second phase||

[young lava]

whats a good ||charm set up for dream lost kin||?

[stoic cedar]

what do u have, send ss of charm inventory

[young lava]

i got all except ||void||

[junior belfry]

||how do u have all before fighting lost kin 😭 ||

[mighty crow]

That’s actually impressive

[junior belfry]

fr

||i used longnail, shaman stone, and quick focus, did the job pretty well||

[ebon copper]

same for any other boss: ||strenght, shaman stone, quick slash|| and the remaining 2 slots should prob be ||twister||

[young lava]

i forgot about him + i have skill issue

alright thanks

[mighty crow]

Good luck

[junior belfry]

||how many phases does the radiance have, im consistently getting him to the second phase but i end up dying||

||this is like my 4th attempt fr||

[mighty crow]

Like 3-4

[deft glade]

||Elaborate on second phase||

[ebon copper]

probably ||platforms||

[stoic cedar]

||wiki lists 5 phases, but most ppl say 3 or 4 phases depending on who u ask||

[junior belfry]

||he gets knocked down and gets surrounded by black vines or sum, then a platform appears and u go up to it and a bunch of other platforms appear||

||then he appears int he middle of the platforms n shit||

[ebon copper]

leggo, i got it

[karmic glade]

yeah it could be considered that ||she has 3 phases with phase 1 having 3 "sub-phases", but i personally say it has 5 phases||

[deft glade]

||That's more like the fourth phase, but you're super close! Just one more phase after the platforms!||

[ebon copper]

i mean, ||platforms|| is the hardest phase

[deft glade]

||Just don't chase her, stay patient, and you should be fine||

[deft glade]

And the longest

[karmic glade]

if you consider the ||5 phase model||

[junior belfry]

ah

ive been chasing fr

[ebon copper]

depends on rng, but normally ye

[ebon copper]

thats for when you are super confident in that fight

[karmic glade]

the tip i can give you about chasing is ||dont chase her to the platforms at the very edge, if she is close to the middle then go for her with caution||

[jade heart]

not u sry

[ebon copper]

chasing is good but only if you can anticipate the next attack easily

[jade heart]

i meant to reply to the guy asking how to beat a boss

[mighty crow]

Also ||shriek|| is very useful here

[deft glade]

||D-dark can be helpful if you get overwhelmed when she's close, too||

[ebon copper]

ye, also for chasing in ||platforms||

[jade heart]

||shade soul can be used to stall midair and deal damage if u get caught lacking||

[junior belfry]

did i beat it

||a bunch of platforms going up, then i hit it once and it died||

||or idk

[jade heart]

if it fell onto platforms then ran away, no

oh then yes

[deft glade]

Ye

[wise nimbus]

Gg

[junior belfry]

yippie

[mighty crow]

Congrats! You killed the ||sun||!!!

[junior belfry]

took like 6 tries

or sum

[tropic charm]

hey so i legit just started the game basically, i have like an hour playtime, any tips because im not used to games like this 😔 its tricky for me but i have already became fixated on it

[deft glade]

Exploration good

[ebon copper]

actually great mention, ||fireball stalls|| helped me a lot when i was doing ||radabsrad||

[jade heart]

suspect the walls

[mighty crow]

Be prepared to die repeatedly, also exploration is key

[tropic charm]

oh yea ive died a lot already 😭

[jade heart]

dying many, many times is to be expected

[mighty crow]

Also, don’t give up, it’s an amazing game

[deft glade]

Also ||map + quill + compass|| is basically required for new players

[mighty crow]

It always seems impossible until it’s done

[jade heart]

||use quickcast (A default on keyboard) instead of focus to shoot spells, its a good habit||

[tropic charm]

yea ive got that stuff, pretty useful so far

[mighty crow]

||wayward compass|| is your friend in your first play through.

[junior belfry]

yes

[deft glade]

Make sure to explore all nooks and crannies! If there's an area on the ||map|| you haven't explored yet, check it out!

[junior belfry]

100000%

required

[ebon copper]

also even if you find it dont fight the boss that ||jumps around and spits at you||, on the offchance you would go there that is

[tropic charm]

its just not the type of game im used to, so it can be a bit frustrating but ive gotten fixated on it so theres no way out

[deft glade]

Far too hard for newbies

[tropic charm]

yess ill make sure of that

[mighty crow]

Nice

[junior belfry]

is it really that hard for new players?

[ebon copper]

its ok to leave fights and go get more stenght, this gets important as the more and more optional bosses you come across

[mighty crow]

Hard for someone who has beaten the game multiple times

[deft glade]

Start a new save file and try it, you'll see what I mean

[junior belfry]

||i made my friend beat it as his third boss (i made sure he got dash before fighting it)||

[karmic glade]

oh and @tropic charm one of the mechanics that i surprisingly didnt know during my first playthrough is that ||you can hit enemies with the nail while looking down||, and thats called ||pogo-ing||

[young lava]

ha, playing aggressive is always the best

[mighty crow]

Very important

[junior belfry]

||112% steel soul is the hardest thing ong||

[tropic charm]

ooh okay yeah ill make sure to remember that

[wise nimbus]

||Glass soul||

[ebon copper]

ive done ||mawlek once in a rando with 1 max health only downslash itemless and no nail upgrades or charmes||, that spawn was hell...

[junior belfry]

whats that fr

[tropic charm]

thanks yall, i really appreciate the advice:)

[wise nimbus]

Check yt

Basically hitless

[mighty crow]

No problem!

[junior belfry]

oh

hell no

[mighty crow]

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions

[deft glade]

Have fun!

[junior belfry]

||now time to beat failed champion, grey prince zote v2, and get absolutely rekt by nightmare king grimm||

[ebon copper]

no reason to do ||gpz2||

[junior belfry]

for the fun of it fr

[ebon copper]

it does give a ||golden statue|| if you do it 10 times, but ||bretta|| leaves after 4

[karmic glade]

besides getting the sweet lore with ||bretta||

[ebon copper]

even sweeter if she just stays

[junior belfry]

||lmao the fantasies wear off eventually ig||

[ebon copper]

[karmic glade]

i feel like id rather she leaves than she stays listening to ||zote's|| yapping

[ebon copper]

nahh, she should suffer

[solid heart]

She has ||2 phases, the first one with 3 subphases and the latter one with 2, for a total of 5 subphases.
The subphases are distinct in the way that the only thing that changes are her attacks.
Phase 2 is after the stagger and the arena completely changes, we all call it plats instead to avoid confusion||

[junior belfry]

i alr beat her on my 6th attempt or something

sigma

[karmic glade]

i might as well post my own question

[solid heart]

Sometimes that happens, you're overgeared

[karmic glade]

this is a list of things that i have left to do and im not sure which ones i should do

[solid heart]

The flowers can be easily be 🧀

[ebon copper]

do ||pop||

[junior belfry]

||whats pop||

[solid heart]

Also, the ||journal is a good thing, let the last things be the trophies||

[ebon copper]

||path of pain|| 🥖

[solid heart]

||But also do Colo3 or Pop soon, they are not hell||

[karmic glade]

i would need to complete ||trial of the fool|| though, which i've been told is harder than ||p2||

[junior belfry]

||i am NOT doing anything related to the delicate flowers for a WHILE||

[junior belfry]

oh

[solid heart]

Yeah it is

[junior belfry]

i think i could do it in like 2 hours or sum

[young lava]

what do i do with the ||awakened dream nail||?

[junior belfry]

||trial of the fool is easy ngl only took me 3-4 attempts||

[junior belfry]

||go to the palace grounds, dream nail the white corpse||

[ebon copper]

well, thats cause ||p2|| is quite easy

[solid heart]

Do you remember ||something you tried to dreamnail but couldn't because a shield appeared?||

[young lava]

ohhh

[ebon copper]

funny how you literarly need ||awakened dream nail|| for 1 thing

[junior belfry]

i did NOT expect ||failed champion to shit on me like that||

BRO

THIS LITTLE SHITR

||KEEPS JUMPING AROUDN ON ME DAMAGING ME FOR 2 MASKS EACH TIME||

[ebon copper]

how does normal ||rad|| rank in difficulty

[junior belfry]

||whats rad||

[ebon copper]

yes

[junior belfry]

||dawg radiance is easier than this little shit||

[ebon copper]

and i was wondering about whwre it would stand

[jade heart]

😭

[ebon copper]

prob, but i have no idea where he would go, its easy to rank the really hard/really easy ones, but the mediocre ones are kinda tough

[jade heart]

well dw u have some more fun in the future, what ||false knight is to failed champion, radiance is to (spoiler)||

[ebon copper]

honestly, the difference is more so bigger than smaller

[junior belfry]

||fuck this im not fighting this little annoying ass ape||

||nightmare grimm is easier than ts||

[storm lichen]

||you can stunlock him after first stagger by dreamnailing him a couple times(hit him with your nail every dnail so he doesnt get up) then spamming shriek when he gets back up||

[junior belfry]

||when i stagger him i can inf dnail him for soul?||

[jade heart]

yes, hit his armour every 2 seconds tho

or he will get up

[storm lichen]

yes ||you can hit the armor with your nail to keep him down without damaging him||

[junior belfry]

beat ||gpz2||

||1000x easier than fucking fc||

||is this a good setup for nightmare king grimm||

[wise nimbus]

||Long nail useless||

Can be switched

With better ones

[junior belfry]

how so

[wise nimbus]

Comparatively

[junior belfry]

what should i use instewad

||unb heart?||

[wise nimbus]

Show ur ||charms||

[sharp torrent]

||for NKG, charms aren't nearly as important as knowing how to dodge each of his attacks consistently||

[wise nimbus]

||s.shadow is very gud if u wanna safe play, twister or heart is a good choice asw||

[sharp torrent]

||personally I used nail arts as my main source of damage, which means I wasn't getting value out of qslash, strength, or nail length||

[wise nimbus]

For beginners ||qslash|| on ||nkg ||is pretty useless

[sharp torrent]

indeed

[junior belfry]

||when should i use ss exactly?||

[sharp torrent]

||sharp shadow is probably a fine pick (it was in my first build after all); but it should be used to chase NKG around the arena faster and get to him faster. you should not be using it to deal damage||

[wise nimbus]

The opposite lol

[wise nimbus]

||When he down dashes & does the uppercut||

Basically the same as ||tmg||

[young lava]

why TF did hk turn into some celeste game in ||the white palace||

[wise nimbus]

Lol

More to come

Be ready

[young lava]

bruh its been 2 hours and i cant even

[sharp torrent]

||yes, use it in response to the down dash so you can dash straight into the fire trail behind him and die

also, if you mistime your dash into an uppercut then he can cancel the uppercut into a different move instead, which also gets you killed||

definitely do not recommend, but you can still try it out and see what you think

[junior belfry]

||r u doing path of pain or normal white palace||

[wise nimbus]

That's for every move tho...
U can't time & dodge u die

[young lava]

i just entered it so idk

[wise nimbus]

That's just like saying

[sharp torrent]

okay but you can pick ways to dodge attacks that are safer and don't have a chance to kill you if you're off by a fraction of a second

||for uppercut, for instance, you can dash away from it and then you never have that problem||

[junior belfry]

||why did the difficulty spike up 10 fucking times||

[sharp torrent]

||if you're using nail arts then you can even dash away, turn, and great slash, dealing more damage than sharp shadow would anyway||

[junior belfry]

||failed champion, nightmare king grimm||

||and this ss shit aint working||

[sharp torrent]

he's definitely among the hardest bosses in the game

[ruby shuttle]

they are late game bosses so they aren't gonna be easy

[young lava]

no way i gotta do allat for ||the other half of the charm||

[junior belfry]

yea

||it shouldnt take u too long vro||

||imma try using lifeblood||

ok fuck all this im going to brawlhalla

[sharp torrent]

||I've definitely seen plenty of players do that--just load up on health charms to have more time spent on each attempt which is more time figuring out how to dodge each attack||

[wise nimbus]

||Well dash is used to evade most of nkg's attacks
So better deal dmg as well.
Also ss makes it so u completely dodge both of the attacks safely most of the time||

Well, at the end of the day...
This game can be played anyhow

So nvm

[solid heart]

||NKG is easy enough to dash through, and just turning around with strength and hitting him, or shade souling already does more damage||

[sharp torrent]

||for what it's worth, even though I used sshadow in my first NKG clear, I never once dashed through him||

[wise nimbus]

use wht ever works...
Shuu also never used ||ss|| on ||nkg|| tho, lol

[wise nimbus]

Well, for beginners it isn't that easy

They focus more on dodges

[solid heart]

It's not easy to react

If you're comfortable with more length for any circumstance, that's why the ||charm|| exists

[sharp torrent]

charm

[solid heart]

Ah

It used to be banned

[sharp torrent]

really? pretty sure it never was

[solid heart]

Or was it just all my imagination

[sharp torrent]

unless it was just for a brief time when they were figuring out the bot

[solid heart]

Idk

[solid heart]

Maybe, remember mistake was banned

[sharp torrent]

"charm" has always been a term specifically set aside as not a spoiler in the help pins so

[fresh wedge]

||Why is this person still asleep? I have gotten my void charm and defeated the radiance ||

[sharp torrent]

||she wakes up when you beat pantheons||

[solid heart]

||She wakes up when you do P3||

[wise nimbus]

||D nail him||

Decent ngl...
shuu should've used this on 1st try

[wise nimbus]

Ohww

Didn't knew

shuu gets info everyday

[fresh wedge]

thx!

[solid heart]

Oh wait, shuu plays on mobile

[wise nimbus]

Unfortunately

Yeah

||Game is bought on steam...
shuu is trying pale court as soon as they get the device||

Excited

[fresh wedge]

||What's the difference betwen these selections?||

[sharp torrent]

||not that this is a huge deal but I'll point it out; the reason NKG disappeared in the middle of the firebat attack is because you got too close to him, which is partially caused by sharp shadow

not that it matters since you can just change the spacing, but I thought it was worth bringing up||

[sharp torrent]

you can ignore those

or don't, try and find out what they do

[wise nimbus]

Thnx, shuu already knows bout that .
Too much time spent on this baloon

[wise nimbus]

They make it harder

Simply put

[fresh wedge]

oh

I just clicked everything

[wise nimbus]

Gud luck

[solid heart]

||Nail binding reduces your damage bt 20% or sets it to 13 at max
Shell binding reduces your hp to 4
Charm binding bans charms
Soul binding sets your max soul to 33 (1 cast)

They are for difficulty and a special secret after you do 8

Additionally, you can do all 4 at the same time for funny glow and absolute hell||

[sharp torrent]

I didn't think it was necessary to just dump what all 4 of them do without letting them experiment first but what do I know

[wise nimbus]

They probably got to know one of these just now

[wise nimbus]

Well the nail one is kinda impossible to know unless one is a mathematics pro

[sharp torrent]

fine, but you can at least guess what it does

[terse kernel]

I have experienced doing || all pantheons with bindings at once|| I reocemnd if you want to have a hell of a time mentally and physically

[sharp torrent]

and feel the difference in combat

[solid heart]

I mean, you can just jump in a ||pantheon|| and notice, or use common sense

Stats mean nothing to experience, which is the main attraction here

[sharp torrent]

yeah, which is why I didn't really see the point in revealing them all

[terse kernel]

I mean || free lifeblood is worth it||

[solid heart]

dang 04 is hard

[turbid hawk]

Ehhhhhh ||How do I get more notches|| :(

[solid heart]

You'll find them around

[fresh wedge]

I got halfway but it just took patience and a long time

My friend invited me to another game so i just stopped, feeling it will take 1-2hr long

[turbid hawk]

Just like that? They're just there?

[solid heart]

Those are the easiest bosses, ||P1AB is nothing compared to the later pantheons||

[karmic glade]

how many ||notches|| do you have currently

[solid heart]

But yeah, it's a test of patience and stamina

[solid heart]

Most, you can ||buy the ones from Salubra too||

[karmic glade]

well a lot of them can be bought, others can be found after a fight or a trial, some are hidden, you just gotta keep looking

[trail rapids]

How do I get into ||the Abyss||?

[karmic glade]

you need to fight ||hornet sentinel|| over in ||kingdom's edge||

[turbid hawk]

Gotcha.

[karmic glade]

where did you get the current extra* ||notch|| you have?

[turbid hawk]

I dunno. I just thought it was the default.

[karmic glade]

you should have 3 ||notches|| by default, did you buy one from ||salubra||?

because thats the easiest one to get

[turbid hawk]

No. I had 4 before I met ||Salubra||

[karmic glade]

did you go into the ||fungal wastes|| and fight the ||shroomal ogres||?

because thats really the only other way i can see someone having a ||notch|| before finding ||salubra||

[turbid hawk]

Yeah.

[karmic glade]

okay so thats the one you got

[turbid hawk]

Awesome

[karmic glade]

you can get 7 more ||notches|| total
1-4 by ||buying them from salubra||
5 by ||going through a room with lots of explosives in fog canyon||
6 by ||completing trial of the warrior in kingdom's edge's colosseum of fools||
7 by ||defeating troupe master grimm||

warning that the spoilers are very not vague

[turbid hawk]

I'll mark those on my ||map|| :D

[karmic glade]

good luck!

[sharp torrent]

just so you know, this is a pretty major example of an unnecessary spoiler, a spoiler which goes into too much detail about stuff that the player doesn't necessarily need to know yet, and spoiling content really far in advance. you should try to avoid things like this in the future by helping with more subtlety and working just with what the player has available to them right now

||in this example I would focus on only salubra's notches and the fact that you unlock them with more charms. you could even nudge them towards charms they can find right now, like maybe thorns or baldur, but telling them about colo and tmg right now is quite overkill||

[karmic glade]

yeah thats fair enough

[gritty drum]

Guys I need help

I have defeated the first two bosses

[teal zenith]

Great

[gritty drum]

Now I can't understand where to go, everywhere I am going I can't progress due to me having not an ability or something

It's like dead end everywhere

[teal zenith]

Have you beat ||False Knight||

[gritty drum]

Yes

[teal zenith]

To his left should be an item that can help you

[gritty drum]

Yeah got that

[karmic glade]

the room to the left of his room*

have you explored all of ||crossroads||

[gritty drum]

Can I send a picture of my map somewhwre?

[karmic glade]

yeah just send it here

but remember to spoiler it

[gritty drum]

|| like this||

[karmic glade]

its different for images

see this

[gritty drum]

Ohk let me get home and I will send my map pic

[karmic glade]

(i forgot to turn off mentions oops)

[gritty drum]

Thanks man

[karmic glade]

no problem

even though i've currently not helped you progress at all

lol

[sleek rapids]

Is there any charm that reduces my ||shade dash|| cooldown

[karmic glade]

im pretty sure not

only charm that modifies ||shade cloak|| iirc is ||sharp shadow||

[trail rapids]

Follow up question after trying a bit on my own
How do I get into ||kingdoms edge||?

[normal cargo]

Why are items so expensive?

I can’t afford anything

Am I supposed to farm

?

[sleek rapids]

Fair, would've been too op

[trail rapids]

What ||tram||?

[rocky dragon]

Uhhh, ignore that

[solid heart]

avoid unecessary spoilers, remember

[karmic glade]

||standing at king's station in a ruined stag station there's a secret||

vague enough?

[sleek rapids]

In the "edge"

[solid heart]

sure

[trail rapids]

I KNEW THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT!

[karmic glade]

exactly my reaction when i found out about it too

[cerulean maple]

Can someone help

im at the ||crystal peak|| and i dont know where to go

i have no idea where

[rocky dragon]

Go up

[karmic glade]

where in ||crystal peak||

send a screenshot of the map

spoilered ofc

[cerulean maple]

i went everywhere

idk what i do now

[karmic glade]

well i mean there are plenty of paths in the map

[cerulean maple]

i tried but theyre all blocked

[sleek rapids]

When ever you see somewhere on your map that doesn't have a border you can go there

[rocky dragon]

||You haven’t been to places that aren’t filled with color||

[cerulean maple]

well i cant since theres a gate blocking it

[cerulean maple]

ok

[karmic glade]

you can at least go to the top-most one, since ||cornifer|| got there too

[cerulean maple]

the one on the leftest is blocked by a gate

and same as the one abov eit

[karmic glade]

rightest*

you can go to the one closest to the bench then

[cerulean maple]

fair

[terse kernel]

Help chat

Hello

[solid heart]

11 hits away of ||04ABSRAD 😭 || I don't want to do it again

[solid heart]

what do you need?

[terse kernel]

Oh it was a typo

[karmic glade]

he's saying hello to help chat

[solid heart]

ah lol

[terse kernel]

Oh wait

Nvm I need help

[terse kernel]

I still havent done || the golden zote statue||

And I’m rusty since I haven’t played in months

Any tips?

I mean I know how to fight him

Jjsy to make it easier?

I don’t want to go trough having ti no hit him agin

[solid heart]

You can use ||fury here||

Just math your health to be left at 1 hp

[gritty drum]

I am back guys

[terse kernel]

Oh

[thick wing]

im pretty sure there exists one more ||charm|| for ||spells|| right

[gritty drum]

Any help will be appreciated

[karmic glade]

in ||fungal wastes|| there are two rooms you can explore

what do you mean charm for ||spells||

[gritty drum]

Ok going FW

[karmic glade]

acronyms still count as spoilers

okay well

spoiler a message like this

[gritty drum]

Should I buy that || lantern|| thingy

[ruby shuttle]

yeah

[karmic glade]

yeah it will be useful in certain parts of the game

[gritty drum]

Ohk buying ut

[karmic glade]

||pantheon 1 all bindings|| i assume

[red python]

why are the ||doors|| locked and how do i open them

[ruby shuttle]

wrong side

[karmic glade]

you've gotta open them from the other side

[red python]

and how do i get to the other side

[ruby shuttle]

its in the area to the right of you

[normal cargo]

What’s the best way to get geo?

[karmic glade]

if you're there i assume you've gotten to ||kingdom's edge||, there's another exit to ||city|| in the big shaft

[karmic glade]

early game or late game?

[ruby shuttle]

how far are you in the game?

[red python]

.

[karmic glade]

yes

[red python]

oh alr imma try to find the way in thanks for the help

[karmic glade]

in the set of two rooms that form a big drop

there's another way to the left

[karmic glade]

also spoiler this

[normal cargo]

@ruby shuttle @karmic glade I’m going for the 3rd boss to unlock the door

But I have almost nothing

[karmic glade]

what third boss

[ruby shuttle]

what boss?

[karmic glade]

spoiler the boss's name

[karmic glade]

didnt mean replace the message altogether, just do ||this||

[normal cargo]

What’s the name of the big door

That you must kill 3 being to unlock it

It’s like the main objective no?

[karmic glade]

thats the ||black egg temple|| and yes it is the main objective

but that is very late game

oh wait

3rd boss

where is this "third boss" located

no they mean ||the dreamers||

[normal cargo]

Idk how I managed to get here with 5 hearts

I can’t buy slots or more maks parts

What would you recommend me to do?

[karmic glade]

well i mean there are other ways to get ||mask shards||, either by fighting bosses or finding secrets

how do you not have any geo by mid-game though?

and whats this third boss you're talking about?

[normal cargo]

I always lose everything

[nocturne bison]

||anyone have charm build for pantheon all charms 11 notchs||

[normal cargo]

||And how can I buy a lantern that costs 1500 if I can’t get more than 600?||

My bad

[karmic glade]

probably you'd want to spoiler that

id recommend just farming geo without fighting bosses

[normal cargo]

Normal enemies?

[karmic glade]

or selling ||relics to lemm||

[normal cargo]

And buy what? Maks?

[karmic glade]

||masks, soul vessels, charms, lantern,|| anything you can

have you got the ||dream nail||?

[normal cargo]

Yes!

[karmic glade]

yeah id say just farm geo from normal enemies and selling ||relics to lemm|| too

without dying

some bigger enemies you can farm from include ||the big guys in crossroads|| and ||the shroomal ogres in fungal wastes||

[normal cargo]

I’ll try xd

[karmic glade]

once you get more upgrades it will become easier to not die dw

[thick wing]

i can barely find any windows to hit ||soul tyant|| at all to the point a fight to his last phase took TEN MINUTES.

please help like actually i'd say this boss is harder than ||failed champion|| to a degree due to just how lacking of any attack windows it has it's crazy

[ruby shuttle]

i would save up ||soul for spells||

if your good enough, you can hit him while hes diving, but I wouldnt recommend it

[sleek rapids]

Personally I like to play defensive on him but because of that he takes 5 mins to kill

[thick wing]

that's what i try to do, HOWEVER, in order to gain ||soul for spells||, you need to hit him with the NAIL

and because of how much he teleports, that is extremely difficult

[ruby shuttle]

then save up more in the first phase

[sleek rapids]

Use a ||spell|| build

[ruby shuttle]

show charms

[solid heart]

I love playing ||Tyrant|| like all other bosses: mix of both

[thick wing]

surprise surprise i got all the ||spell charms i could use while also not ditching nail arts||

[solid heart]

||catcher, twister||

[ruby shuttle]

take off ||compass, dream weilder, and NMG||

[sleek rapids]

Use ||spell twister shaman stone and soul catcher||

And ||dream wielder|| is useless(it's good but it won't for this fight)

[thick wing]

it's gonna be really difficult to give up the quick nail chargeup

[thick wing]

i'm not taking compas i can barely reach the arena without getting extremely lost

[ruby shuttle]

its not that far, especially if you have the shortcuts unlocked

[thick wing]

sigh do i ty to do the first ||trial of the insane for another notch||

[solid heart]

Oh wait, it's ||master||

[thick wing]

so i can get both ||soul catcher and twister||

[solid heart]

No

It's ||tyrant||

Why ||compass tho?||

[thick wing]

yeah

[solid heart]

You can't get lost in 4 rooms

You're wasting a valuable ||notch||

||staltwart also doesn't do much in Tyrant, you don't get hit multiple times in a row, and dreamnail is close to useless here||

You coul use ||4 notches|| more

[sleek rapids]

I feel compelled to make the joke about the ||compass||

[ruby shuttle]

yes, do that. its worth

[keen stream]

is it just me or is this a worse version of ||pop||

[ruby shuttle]

I hate that place

[sleek rapids]

Yeah I hate those, uh, forgot the name of those flying crystal things

[keen stream]

this place is cool af tho

so pink

[ruby shuttle]

||crystal hunters||

[ruby shuttle]

its cool, its just annoying

[sleek rapids]

Yeah those, I dont get why people talk so much about ||primal aspids|| but never about this

[thick wing]

god its so fcking tedious getting to the ||colloseum of fools||

like come on

[keen stream]

or you can just go through the ||lift in city||

[ruby shuttle]

i just go to it from||right citys elevator||

[ruby shuttle]

exactly

[gritty drum]

How to use that ||lantern @|| thingy?

[hoary anvil]

provided you ||unlocked the shortcut||

[ruby shuttle]

it lights up dark rooms

[hoary anvil]

||lumafly lantern ... once you've bought it, you will always automatically be using it when applicable||

[gritty drum]

Oh cool

Also what's the ||city crest||?

[ruby shuttle]

you use it in ||fungal wastes||

[hoary anvil]

it is to ||open a gate||

[gritty drum]

Ahh thenks

[keen stream]

the dude has it on his map tho

[hoary anvil]

yes, doesn't mean they actually opened it up though

just that they could have maybe been there already

either way it's something useful to mention

[keen stream]

ohh, yeh i forgot it has that wall thingie

[hoary anvil]

-# also, assuming the gender neutral version of dude, considering their role tags log them as a "she". my lazy self just refers to everyone as "they" though.

[thick wing]

i didnt get a ||notch|| at all fuck

[hoary anvil]

did you already get it?

[ruby shuttle]

you might have already done it

[thick wing]

i think its a one time thing

[ruby shuttle]

it is

[thick wing]

yeah i thought you could farm it

[ruby shuttle]

hey, at least you got a bunch of money

[hoary anvil]

yeah, everything except money is

[keen stream]

im kinda doubting myself if speed completion is doable at this point

[thick wing]

worth going to that one merchant in ||crossroads||

[frail gazelle]

|| im only 50% complete should i still try the hallow knight ||

[ruby shuttle]

show charms real quick

[frail gazelle]

here

[hoary anvil]

you do know where the things are right? you're like half way there and about a quarter of the time so you're well on pace

[drowsy yarrow]

In the last phase, you can use ||dive|| next to him for damage, which also makes you ||invulnerable|| long enough to avoid ||orbs||. Also in the ||ground pound phase||, you can try jumping, and slashing upwards right before he appears. Once you get the timing you can get a lot of hits in that way.

[ruby shuttle]

you might need a bit more prep

[frail gazelle]

i wanna 112% but i dont know that i am missing

[frail gazelle]

how so

also is it even worth it

or should i wait till 112%

[keen stream]

sadly no

i forgot most of it

im looking for those guide maps ngl

[hoary anvil]

if you need a list of what counts, ||https://hollowknight.wiki/w/Completion_(Hollow_Knight)|| exists and can be referred back to

[ruby shuttle]

no, dont wait for 112

[frail gazelle]

i didnt even spoil anything

what

[ruby shuttle]

technically, you only need ||fireball, dash, claw, dream nail, crystal heart, and the dreamers||

[frail gazelle]

wait

[keen stream]

im tryna 100% in under 20hrs tho

[hoary anvil]

would say that you didn't realize that what you said could have been a spoiler

with respect to ||different endings||, yes they do exist

[frail gazelle]

i accedentily || killed that miner which i wasnt meant to kill idk why ||

[hoary anvil]

not not for the achievement they're going for

[frail gazelle]

ah well

may he rest in piece

[drowsy yarrow]

You beat the game faster than I did, and I got it in under 10 hours. You're totally fine

[ruby shuttle]

just try to get all movement as fast as you can then just go area by area

[solid heart]

Go to the wiki's article about completion, choose what ||12|| you don't want to do, and make a route to swipe one area at a time

I suggest you don't do ||P3 and 4, and Colo 3, also banish instead of Nkg||

[keen stream]

do ||fragiles|| count as 1%?

[ruby shuttle]

yes

[keen stream]

les goooo

[ruby shuttle]

you dont need to make them ||unbreakable||

[keen stream]

i dont need to grind for geo

[solid heart]

All charms are, that's why I tell you to go to that article

[ruby shuttle]

nvmd

[keen stream]

ima try to do the ||ritual|| achievement as well on the same save

[ruby shuttle]

forgot youre going for 112

[solid heart]

I also suggest you skip ||assension||

[ruby shuttle]

you can skip ||GPZ||

[keen stream]

nahh, just 100%

[ruby shuttle]

why just 100

[hoary anvil]

in that case you could just skip it for now and try it later on the file.

[keen stream]

its what the achievement said

[hoary anvil]

because that's what the achievement wants ((it was added before dlc updates))

[ruby shuttle]

i just checked, the extra 12 is just dlc

so you only need 100

[drowsy yarrow]

Honestly you can do whatever you want and have time to spare

[hoary anvil]

that said, it doesn't differentiate between the ones you get

[drowsy yarrow]

Including afk for a couple hours

[hoary anvil]

-# so i for sure skipped ||colo 3|| for the ||steel soul 100%||

[keen stream]

if i can do ||ritual, newcalling for smith guy||, and speed completion on the same save, it'll make ||ssoul, ssoul 100%, and EtV|| as the last 3

[hoary anvil]

-# until it ended that run at ||111%|| after even practicing it, so i went and did it earlier when going for ||steel soul 112%|| for the fun of it

[hoary anvil]

of note, ||ritual|| has a 0% chance of ending ||steel soul|| in the ||nkg fight (dreams not named white palace and radiance don't end them)||

-# although the ||grimmkin nightmares|| might

[keen stream]

i finally found one (ultra super spoiler)

[ruby shuttle]

i prefer ||banishment even though NKG is in my top 5 favorite bosses||

[keen stream]

i just noticed that this one doesnt show the ||notches||

[hoary anvil]

that's because they aren't required for the achievement

[drowsy yarrow]

They're also pretty easy to find so long as you remember ||Salubra, Colo, Grimm, Fungal, and Fog Canyon||

[ruby shuttle]

it also doesnt include ||dreamgate|| for some reason

[hoary anvil]

also not technically required (not a ||%||), but it's unavoidable to actually get it on the way without using old versions of the game

[drowsy yarrow]

I think I used the same graphic for my ||speed completion||

It's good to do that separately from ||steel soul achievements|| imo because feeling like I had unlimited time helped me relax, take it slow, and take zero risks. I still did ||steel heart in under 20|| but the peace of mind was worth it.

Also let me immerse myself into the story again to catch anything I missed. I went for a perfect ||hunters journal|| in that file (which means doing ||colo 3 twice, PoP, radhog, and weathered mask||)

Doing each ||colo|| twice without dying or quitting out was exactly enough to finish the ||colo specific entries||.

[keen stream]

i dont need ||black dash|| for the ||cry||?

[versed skiff]

Guys how to open this door

[keen stream]

do ||p5||?

[versed skiff]

I did it

[keen stream]

demn...

oh, its the bottom one

[versed skiff]

Yea

[keen stream]

i thought its the one on top, mb

[versed skiff]

Do u know how to open this one?

[drowsy yarrow]

Complete every boss on at least ||attuned|| in the ||hall of gods||

[keen stream]

nahh, i haven't finished ||p5||

[keen stream]

so... im actually closer to unlocking that one than finishing ||p5||

[drowsy yarrow]

Yeah. Once you unlock ||absrad||, you'll probably unlock that before finishing ||p5||

[drowsy yarrow]

Also, what's behind that door changes if you beat ||hall of gods|| on the higher difficulties

[tight drum]

what does the ||empty eggshell in stag nest|| do?

[sharp torrent]

||lore||

[drowsy yarrow]

Unlocks a dialogue with ||the last stag||

[tight drum]

oh cool

[drowsy yarrow]

How's your ||p5|| coming along Leo?

[solid heart]

Also check his name again now that you have it ;)

[turbid hawk]

Have I done something wrong?

I made it to one of the ||Dreamers. Herrah the beast specifically|| but when I got to her, she was just standing there and took all of my hits. Was that supposed to happen?

I just feel like, I messed something up

[ruby shuttle]

keep hitting her

[hoary anvil]

the game functions properly unless you intentionally do some specific skips, or mess around and trigger glitches (which are very obviously gltiches).

[turbid hawk]

I did use the ||dream nail|| on her just so we're clear

[ruby shuttle]

keep attacking her

[turbid hawk]

Kinda hard to do that when she ||exploded and I absorbed her||

[ruby shuttle]

then your done

[turbid hawk]

Really? It's really that simple? Idk, I just expected a fight

[ruby shuttle]

everyone does their first time

[turbid hawk]

Huh, neat.

[sleek rapids]

Imagine the ||dreamers|| were boss fights

[icy drum]

If I beat a boss regularly, is it safe to assume I can beat them in their ||pantheon? Or are they buffed in some way||

[sleek rapids]

They're only buffed in ||pantheon 5||

[icy drum]

Oh ok

[ruby shuttle]

otherwise they are normal

[icy drum]

Cool

[slender pike]

does anyone have tips on ||the eternal ordeal||

[ruby shuttle]

focus on one enemy at a time

[solid heart]

||Deepnest is the fight||

[ruby shuttle]

focus on the ||zotelings that drain your soul and the big ones||

[dusky sonnet]

Real

[turbid hawk]

[dusky sonnet]

Fat ppl annoying fr

[simple island]

You want to have some ||healing focused charms
Probably quick focus but slug can work
You may want to use strength
You don’t want to use quick slash for the most part
The rest is probably up to you, spells can be really good because ddark (and also shriek the aspic turrets)||

[icy drum]

Is beating ||p5 ab the same as beating p5 with each binding, one at a time? (In terms of what that unlocks)||

[simple island]

Then you wanna play very slowly and defensively
And then you want to be lucky with which ||zote|| spawns

Which is a tremendously fun mechanic

[slender pike]

wdym

[hoary anvil]

-# it being one of the few places i try ||hiveblood|| because carving out heal opportunities is difficult and so i'd rather just try to not get hit again ... then again i don't do it often

[slender pike]

||deep focus?||

[ruby shuttle]

but you can get easily overwhelmed

[icy drum]

||Gathering swarm 💪 💪 >>>||

[solid heart]

Yes and no, ||that AB is EB, but EB is not AB, meaning AB unlocks weathered mask and lifeblood, but EB will not unlock the glow effect of AB
AB is also like 10 times harder lol||

[simple island]

Probably not, too expensive

[icy drum]

||Eb = every binding?||

[ruby shuttle]

you wont have enought time to heal with that

[slender pike]

im going to go for ||shaman,soul eater and q focus||

[ruby shuttle]

yes, ||AB is all bindings||

[simple island]

That is missing a ||notch||

[icy drum]

Not ch is spoiled??

[simple island]

You are supposed to have 11

[slender pike]

im missing one

im too lazy to go back

[ruby shuttle]

its worth

[simple island]

It’s always been a pretty big edge case
Like mentioning that you can get more than 3 ||notch|| should be a spoiler

But talking about 2 ||notch|| charms for example shouldn’t be, probably

[ruby shuttle]

we should just use spoilers on any mention of ||notches||

[icy drum]

Yes that’s fine

It’s really a non issue

[slender pike]

i got 19 i need 57😭🙏

im cooked

[solid heart]

I mean, ||fury and compass are spoilers||

[simple island]

It’s an extension of the fact that charm isn’t a spoiler

[solid heart]

And ||catcher too||

[simple island]

It’s a stretch

[icy drum]

I have 38 🤷

[terse kernel]

38 of what?

Ohhh right || grubs||

[icy drum]

Oh I didn’t know what u was joking abt

[idle ingot]

@terse kernel where's ur ||radhog||

[icy drum]

I think in actuality I have a few over half

[icy drum]

In their pants

[vestal ivy]

Overrated achievement

[icy drum]

+2 PixelSalad

Ty

[idle ingot]

random ahh comment

but true

[vestal ivy]

loool ik

[terse kernel]

RIGHT HERE YOU GO

I also included a lot of my things

[icy drum]

Wait so u don’t need ||p5 ab for storm mask or whatever||

[terse kernel]

UOU do

[simple island]

You don’t need to do them at the same time
But you need to do each

[icy drum]

||Ok. So did u do p5 ab all at the same time funny guy? ||

[sharp veldt]

Literally no matter how many times ive watched people fight ||mawlek|| i still cannot for the life of me dodge a single attack

[terse kernel]

Ye

[terse kernel]

Uhh parry?

Or just over hik

[sharp veldt]

||Every time i try to jump over to pogo i get hit with acid||

[terse kernel]

When he stands still he is abt to shoot

[sharp veldt]

Yes i know

[simple island]

What the hell is going on
from someone who literally has gotten the ||weathered mask twice
You don’t need to do all at the same time
Only one at a time, like the door with lifeblood||

[terse kernel]

When he is abt to shoot move to the other side

Essy

Ajd stay out of of his way

[simple island]

Back off
Play slower, don’t go for ||crazy chains barely dodging hits, get in, get two hits, leave||

You can also heal super easily in the fight

You should ||only jump over when they do the big spit, ||don’t try to pogo them or anything when they aren’t doing that

[sharp veldt]

When i back off i get hit by ||acid||!!! Every time!!!!!!!

[simple island]

Then leave them be and go fight them later

[terse kernel]

Ohhh

I know his problem

[simple island]

You don’t need to fight them at any singular point in time
Upgrades to movement will make the walk back to them shorter, and will make them easier to dodge

[terse kernel]

I think he dosent have the good upgrades yet

Like yk

I don’t wanna spoiler

[sharp veldt]

I actually have literally everything

Also im not a he

[olive mirage]

Bruh

[terse kernel]

|| shade cloak monarch wings etc?||

[sharp veldt]

Yes.

[terse kernel]

Oh

Then just i dunno

|| shadow dash over his acid||

[olive mirage]

Don’t ||pogo|| him

[terse kernel]

Or use || ddark for invincibility frames||

[sleek rapids]

and thats 1/4 of the way done

[simple island]

Then go touch grass and take a break
I think you are too aggressive and hoping the boss will just die, which won’t happen

[terse kernel]

Good job!

[sharp veldt]

Ive been trying this on and off for a couple weeks now.

[terse kernel]

Here starts a little bit of pain

On the 3/4 oh boy

Have fun

[sleek rapids]

||oblobbles are next😭 ||

[olive mirage]

So ||you are fighting mowlek with max gear in cross roads and can’t beat it?||

[sharp veldt]

Not there

[terse kernel]

||god home?||

[terse kernel]

Uhhh || the shield charm is op||

Blocks a lot of attacks

[simple island]

Could you maybe record some of your gameplay and send it here ?

[sleek rapids]

Bet

[olive mirage]

Not you

[sharp veldt]

||https://youtu.be/Oj5SwSvE348?si=DbPu0aTQ8C8km3_U||

[terse kernel]

Use || stalwart shell for more iv frames ig||

[terse kernel]

Or just || use spells aginst him and use ddark for iv frames||

[terse kernel]

I used || spells combo for radiant obblobles||

[olive mirage]

play like you do from 0:21 onwards and youll get it

[ebon copper]

||try to limit your jumping, and calculate the projectiles path when he shpots it out not when its coming at you, also its basically free to heal in that fight, so if you need to just do it||

[olive mirage]

yeah youre jumping too much which makes it hard to dodge

[sharp veldt]

||Well when i dont jump i get hit Every Single Time by either the acid or claws||

When i tried before with minimal jumping i died after like 20 seconds

[terse kernel]

Uh

I dunno then

[lethal flame]

There's no way this is fr

[terse kernel]

Maybe dodge when he shoots and when he does big acid spit || shadow dash behind him dmg and repeat or heal||

[lethal flame]

This would be fine from a new player, but bro is at the ||hog|| 💀

[solid heart]

What are you doing? Is it ||charmless?||

Oh no, It's not

[sharp veldt]

I am, in fact, a new player

And still very bad at any kind of combat

[solid heart]

What are you doing in ||HoG||?

[lethal flame]

How do u have the ||hog|| unlocked as a new player

[sharp veldt]

Because theres very very little else for me to do

Just a couple remaining bosses ive done everythin else

[lethal flame]

You also have 9 hp

[solid heart]

You have over ||100%?, all charms and upgrades, max nail, etc ?||

[fickle jasper]

what are the best|| charms|| for the ||path of pain?||

[sharp veldt]

Yeah

[lethal flame]

@sharp veldt if that is ur save, ur not a new player lol

[solid heart]

Try using ||Strength, Mark of Pride, Quick slash and shaman for Mawlek||

[sharp veldt]

New doesnt mean got the game yesterday

[lethal flame]

New means few hours of gameplay at max

You have at least 10

Probably much more

[sharp veldt]

Ive never been comfortable with live combat and ive never played any game like hollow knight before

Im still ass at it

[lethal flame]

I see

[sharp veldt]

Looking back at my video i realized i should probably try using ||mop|| yeah

Idk ill try it some other time i guess

[lethal flame]

The more accurate terminology would be that ur bad at the game's combat, which is okay

[vestal ivy]

Question bc i forgot; ||is the main way into kingdoms edge by entering through the hidden king station path?||

Or how does average player get there?

[lethal flame]

Anyway you can probably just facetank ||mawlek|| with the appropriate charms

The boss is just that easy

[solid heart]

||tram||

[sharp veldt]

Yeah

[thick wing]

i'm like ||20 essence away from fully "awakening" the dream nail, is there any way i could get it WITHOUT fighting anymore dream bosses?||

[solid heart]

||dream trees||

Or kill ||Fluke larvae before Flukemarm||

[lethal flame]

Kill ||ghosts|| and do ||dream roots||

[sharp veldt]

Wait ||tram|| goes there? I only used it to get to ||hive||

[solid heart]

Yeah, go up from there...

[thick wing]

i already used it on all of them

[solid heart]

Kill babies (||flukes||)

[thick wing]

how what

[lethal flame]

Killing some of the ||ghosts|| in the ||resting grounds|| will get u there @thick wing

[solid heart]

Go to the entrance of ||Flukemarm that has like 10 fluke larvae, and just cdash back and forth across the small tunnel||

[solid heart]

But that's sad 😢

[lethal flame]

So true

[hoary anvil]

||bees||:
-# admittedly they're harder to set up and so probably just the speedrun strat

[buoyant flame]

Finally got all ||Mask Shards||

[lethal flame]

Are masks a spoiler

No hmm nice

[solid heart]

Yes

[buoyant flame]

Lol

[lethal flame]

I have 9 masks

Welp

[buoyant flame]

Same

104%, getting closer

[lethal flame]

The spoiler bot is kinda nutty

Yes eyes

Why are both ||city|| and ||the city|| spoilered 💀

[buoyant flame]

Idk, they're such basic words

[lethal flame]

Imma go grab some chalk from the teacher's archives

AYo

[thick wing]

uh so like, where could this be??

[buoyant flame]

Why is that not a spoiler

[thick wing]

actually im dumb nvm

ill find out

[lethal flame]

I broke the system

[thick wing]

ill find it out my self

[buoyant flame]

||Kingdom's Edge is where that is||

Oopsie

[lethal flame]

Me when I spread misinformation

[thick wing]

am i required to do this rn

[solid heart]

Some subareas are still missing

[lethal flame]

No

[buoyant flame]

Oh wait oops

[thick wing]

okay

[solid heart]

Me when I spread misinformation 2.0

[buoyant flame]

I forgor

[heavy birch]

I need help
My achievements aren't showing up
Like when I go into the achievements menu it's just empty

[heavy birch]

If you want the 9th mask yeah

[buoyant flame]

6966 ||Geo|| ez

[solid heart]

||Spirit's glade||

But don't do it, it's sad

[thick wing]

yeah no

im not gonna do that

[buoyant flame]

You need it for a ||Shard||

[thick wing]

any other way?

[buoyant flame]

Nope, you can only get that ||Mask Shard|| like that (as far as I know)

[thick wing]

to get

essence

not

the

[hearty tulip]

what have you done already ?

[buoyant flame]

||Radiance time||

[thick wing]

||mask shard, i already got 8 masks rn||

[hearty tulip]

good luck !!

[buoyant flame]

Thx

I entered the ||dream||

[solid heart]

||flukes||

[buoyant flame]

I ded

[thick wing]

would it be worth it to revisit the ||mantis lords|| at this stage of the game rn

[solid heart]

You haven't done them?!

[thick wing]

no i already killed them

and most bosses the game had to offer so far

[solid heart]

In ||hog|| you mean?

[thick wing]

i'm just wondering if there might be anything new

[solid heart]

Oh you mean the room

[thick wing]

wdym ||hog|| what is that

[solid heart]

Forget it

It's nothing major, dw

[thick wing]

all i wanna know is if they might you know, be ||nailable|| into a new fight

[solid heart]

There's something you can get now nearby

Near their room

[thick wing]

cool uh

ill chekc in a bit

[solid heart]

Oh you already got it

[fickle jasper]

Any tips for the last part of ||the Path of Pain||??

[solid heart]

No, there's nothing else

[thick wing]

ig

[ruby shuttle]

wdym the last part? like the last entire room or?

[solid heart]

But no, there's no new fight, yet...

[fickle jasper]

here

[thick wing]

thanks ||pantheon spoilerrs whaever rthat is||

[solid heart]

Aw you know, it was supposed to be suspense

[thick wing]

yeah blame youtube

i have no idea what the fight is like

how the ||pantheons|| work, but all i know is i'm gonna be ||refighting some bosses ig||

idk which but hey atleast i can still be surprised

[ruby shuttle]

||use cdash to get you a bit into the room||

[thick wing]

uh

should i click that

[fickle jasper]

okay

ty

[ruby shuttle]

then just time your pogos. its mostly practice

[thick wing]

okay idk which boss is next at this stage

[ruby shuttle]

also make sure to have full soul each time you try in case you make it

[thick wing]

i'm pretty sure there's ONE more ||dream boss that i don't know of, i already did champion and tyrant||

[fickle jasper]

oke

[buoyant flame]

1 hp

[ruby shuttle]

there are ||five dream bossess||

[buoyant flame]

YESSSS

[sand canopy]

how do I get there?

[solid heart]

Gg

[solid heart]

||The most annoying miniboss in this game||

[sand canopy]

that is not an answer

[solid heart]

||a simple key||

[buoyant flame]

I thougth ||breakable wall||

It said frisk in the credits, undertale x hollowknight collab confirmed!?

[buoyant flame]

Well it had 2 k's

[sand canopy]

still not an answer lol

[buoyant flame]

Behind the ||colo||

[solid heart]

I read what do I get there

Yeah, ||a breakable wall Behind Colo||

[thick wing]

okay i'm quite lost right now, i defeated both the ||ailed champion and soul tyrant now||, i'm unsure which one is next

[buoyant flame]

Is ||Menderbug|| required to complete he journal?

I despise ||nkg||

But cool music ig

[acoustic sigil]

No

[unkempt thistle]

thommie you are alive?

[buoyant flame]

Any tips for him?

[acoustic sigil]

Barely

Why wouldn't I be

[acoustic sigil]

Any specific attacks you are struggling with?

[buoyant flame]

All of them

[acoustic sigil]

Do you want a full guide?

[buoyant flame]

Sure

[acoustic sigil]

||Nightmare King Grimm Wall by rocketfire20 and thatcatstabbingeveryone
Warning: Major boss spoilers ahead, proceed with caution
With an incredible health pool of 1500, a fast paced, double damage boss who takes away 2 of your charm notches should not be taken lightly. It is highly recommended to get maximum equipment to increase your chances of winning.
Recommended Charms
Grimmchild required
Any combination of the following: Shaman Stone, Quick Slash, Fragile/Unbreakable Strength (it will not break if you lose the fight as it occurs in the dream realm), Quick Focus, Mark of Pride, Grubsong, Shape of Unn
Attacks, and how to dodge/counterattack
Fire Bats: NKG sends out 4 bats that follow a consistent pattern: the 1st and 3rd bats will go low, and the 2nd and 4th bats go high. The easiest way to dodge the bottom 1st and 3rd is to jump over them. However, try not to jump too high as this might cause the upper bat to hit you. If you want to get some damage in, jump over the 1st bat and shadow dash through the 3rd one. With Quick Slash, you should be able to get 2-3 hits onto him. Occasionally, if you get too close to him while doing the bats attack, he teleports away and sends 2 bats simultaneously, one high and one low. Not much to say here other than to jump over the low one or shadow dash through.
Dive Dash: NKG appears at the top of the screen and dives towards you, then dashes horizontally before teleporting. A flame trail is present during this entire attack. While you can get some damage on him with the nail, it's quite risky, so dodge by double jumping over his horizontal dash, or cast Desolate Dive/Descending Dark while he does it. The 0.4s of invincibility provided is enough to keep you safe from the flame trail.||

[thick wing]

i just got the ||awoken dream nail||

[acoustic sigil]

||Dash Uppercut: NKG appears near The Knight and does a forward slash attack before swiping up towards the ceiling and 6 fireballs rain down. To dodge, dash through him or away from him (depending on the status of your shadow dash) and try to return to the spot you initially started at to avoid the fireballs that come down. A riskier strategy is to jump up and down slash to parry his uppercut, then forward slash to get another hit in. The timing for this can be hard to get down so it is not recommended if you’re struggling.
Cloak Spikes: After a short telegraphing of their locations, spikes shoot up from the floor roughly spaced equally apart. These spikes are at an angle and the width of the safe spot can vary as you go upwards. The best way to avoid this attack is to stay grounded and react accordingly.
Flame Pillar: NKG remains stationary in midair, summoning 4 flame pillars one after another, that roughly tracks your most recent location. Each one is spaced about 1 second apart. The safest way to dodge them is to keep in mind where and when the telegraph appears before the flame erupts. Generally, once you see the telegraph, walk away from it and stop shortly after the flame appears. Repeat this pattern until all 4 flames are exhausted. If you wish to squeeze some extra damage in, you can walk towards NKG during this attack and cast Howling Wraiths/Abyss Shriek after the last pillar has vanished. Note that these pillars have lingering hitboxes, so be cautious around them||

||Pufferfish: NKG will inflate in the center of the arena and a pattern of fireballs spew out of him for roughly10 seconds. During this phase, he is immune to nail attacks, including nail arts, but will still take damage from spells. As for dodging, stand on the left/right corner of the arena, as far away from him as possible, and focus on that one corner. If there’s one fireball near the ground, do a small jump. If there’s 2, long jump. If there is none, don’t jump. Generally, you want to be making a reverse water drop shape with your jumps, returning to approximately the same spot as you starting off on the ground. If you correctly predict when he will pufferfish, you can easily get a full Abyss Shriek in for extra damage. Pufferfish is the best way to predict how much health he has left as it is only used 3 times throughout the whole fight, once at 75% of his HP (1125), again at 50% of his HP (750) and one last time at 25% HP (375).
Healing Opportunities
2 times during a stagger (3 with Quick Focus)
1 time during Cloak Spikes
1 time at the end of the Dash Uppercut if you’re in the safe spot
1 time at the end of the Flame Pillar Attack
2-3 time during the Fire Bats Attack (Only possible with Shape of Unn)||
I hope these tips suit you well in combat!
Good luck!

[thick wing]

good god

[acoustic sigil]

Broken the wall chain 😔

lmao

[thick wing]

LMFAO??

HELLO?? WHAT??

okay whatever

[acoustic sigil]

It's an acryonym you haven't encountered yet

[thick wing]

i got the ||awoken dream nail||

apparently i uh

it's stronger now..?

and i can reveal more things now?

wait... ||should i go to the statue of the pale king..?||

[solid heart]

close

[feral wyvern]

is there a up to date guide on how to speedrun hollow knight?

[solid heart]

Do you remember ||something that you couldn't dreamnail?||

[unkempt thistle]

yep to progress in story

[solid heart]

It was shielded by something

[thick wing]

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN

[acoustic sigil]

See the speedrunning server in #speedrunning pins

[thick wing]

THAT ||WHITE ARMOED KNIGHT||

THAT'S IT

THAT'S IT

THAT'S IT

I'M GOING TO ||HIDDEN STATION RIGHT NOW||

[acoustic sigil]

I think that might be it

Getting those vibes

[thick wing]

i'm so scared

[hoary anvil]

-# there's also technically something elsewhere in ||abyss||, which i would think they've been to but have no definitive proof so could be a spoiler. also isn't that important either.

[thick wing]

may your woes be many, and your days few

[olive mirage]

yay

[buoyant flame]

Dam I just read all that

And I died

And again

And again

And I hate this

His ||dash and jump up with flames falling down|| attack is so annoying

Any of his ||dash|| attacks are annoying

Ok now the attack I found the easiest at the beginning is now the hardest

[solid heart]

Maybe watching a video would help you, I have a lot of videos in ||nkg|| lol

[olive mirage]

idk if the wall said it but the ||dash with fireballs has a trick to it. the middle fireball goes straight down from where he ended the upward slash so if you stand next to where he ended the attack you will be safe||

[buoyant flame]

I am beginning to hate the ||Grimmchild|| noises more and more

Wait where is ||Brumm||?

[acoustic sigil]

What's the last time you saw him

[buoyant flame]

||Deepnest||

[solid heart]

Nooo

[acoustic sigil]

Then he went 'to where it began'

Now where do you think that may be

[buoyant flame]

Ohhh the actual beginning

||Howling Cliffs||

[acoustic sigil]

Yeah

[buoyant flame]

What is he doin there?

Most boring place in the game probably

[acoustic sigil]

Being a little rebel

[drowsy yarrow]

I also thought maybe ||The birthplace|| my first time but was overthinking it

or the ||cast off shell||

[solid heart]

Come on, you can do ||nkg||!! You just gotta believe

[buoyant flame]

He hasn't even done the ||pufferfish|| once

[drowsy yarrow]

yeah, don't go after ||Brumm|| if you want the awesomeness that is beating ||NKG||

[solid heart]

Are you really going to give up?

[fickle jasper]

LETS GOO

[drowsy yarrow]

GG

[buoyant flame]

Nah

[solid heart]

oh you actually named yourself that lol

[drowsy yarrow]

haha I'm coming for your titles

[unkempt thistle]

man i would pay thousends to see your face when you realise whats the reward

[solid heart]

The ||second best journal entry and second best cutscene in the game?||

[unkempt thistle]

i mean that wasnt enough to satisfy me

it took for me like 4 hours

[buoyant flame]

I still need something I can spend my time on while waiting for June 5th

[unkempt thistle]

||absolute radiance||

[dusky sonnet]

Why what going on at June 5th?

[buoyant flame]

Deltarune

[dusky sonnet]

Ah

[buoyant flame]

And switch 2 release but I'm waiting so the crazy Nintendo fans can test it so I don't have to

[solid heart]

||https://youtu.be/mrMFeuJHDCg?si=tEveSMXBdiqGfm9w 🔥|| (sorry, I just uploaded it lol, gotta get R04 next)

[fickle jasper]

I already knew

[unkempt thistle]

you are a psycopath man what the hell

[solid heart]

took me 10 tries, even tho I did it first try in my car in a horrible position while waiting for my cousin

[fickle jasper]

ty

[drowsy yarrow]

What is ||R04||?

[solid heart]

||4 is a shorter way to write AB when in other context, 0 means Nail 0, white spells||

[fickle jasper]

is there an achievment for the ||Path of Pain||?

oh okay

[slow bloom]

Any tips for starting to fight ||nkg||

[solid heart]

In other words, 0 damage

what

[fickle jasper]

who is that

[solid heart]

In other words, 0 damage

[buoyant flame]

An annoying vampire

[slow bloom]

If you don't know you can't help me

[solid heart]

wait a sec

[buoyant flame]

I'm fighting him rn

[buoyant flame]

Uh oh

[solid heart]

here

[buoyant flame]

Oh he just replied

[drowsy yarrow]

that just sounds so tedious and stressful at the end

[solid heart]

exactly