Absolute Radiance in 43.31 seconds (World Record)

Thanks again everyone for all the support ^^
Timed from the first frame absrad's name disappears, to the first frame of her defeat. I got this record back a little while ago but never got around to posting it, so I'm happy to finally be sharing it with everyone.
Previous record was 43.68 seconds by Lumos - / @_lumos4029
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[@mkks4559]

I was shocked when I noticed that Grimmchild was used, I guess that's what Grimm would have always wanted.

[@manueldoll8578]

Yeah I'm also very surprised about grimmchild, I understand using a minion charm as spells are not worth it and the nail damage amplifiers are already in use but is Grimmchild really the highest damage minion?!?

[@GlorytotheImperium]

Most useful in air

[@mkks4559]

@@manueldoll8578 I've done some research and here's what I found. Glowing Womb summons a minion every 4 seconds that deals 9 contact damage, and with Fury of The Fallen activated, it deals 14 damage. Max level Grimmchild deals 11 damage, and the shooting rate isn't mentioned in the Wiki, but it's around one or two seconds. No need to search for the Weaversong because the fight is in air and they won't work, but I searched because I'm a nerd. Each of the 3 spiders deals 3 damage. So yeah, Grimmchild is the best. I think this isn't fair at all for the rest, it's basically 2 charm notches for either a charm that deals high damage in short periods of time, one that deals less damage that could get increased using more charms AND consumes SOUL, or one that also deals less damage but could get you SOUL for an extra charm notch. Maybe Glowing Womb would be better if you had 4 Fury minions at the start, but that would require going through the entirety of P5, then defeating Pure Vessel with enough SOUL to summon four hatchlings, while on one mask.

[@manueldoll8578]

@@mkks4559 ok thanks for the research , only one minor correction on the very last phrase, entering absrad in p5 heals you, therefore finishing PV with 1 hp doesn't work and you have to tank down to fury just as done in the hall of gods here

[@petruciosxd1374]

@@manueldoll8578 When exactly do you get healed though? Because if you enter the scene alongside furious hatchlings and then get healed, they wouldn't lose their boost, right?

[@theblob7470]

Spoonsei just has an inner built-in hack called “insane skillz”. You make it look like Radiance has a third of her actual hp, this is nuts! Congrats

[@shrochrome]

Each of spoonsei slash does a greatslash level of damage no wonder it's fast (fury + strength)

[@weasel_in_a_tophat]

AbsRad: *hits Spoonsei with radiant orb* Spoonsei (with Fury of the Fallen equipped): You fool! You've fallen right into my trap!

[@petruciosxd1374]

For the first time do I witness the fabled optimal Grimmchild in action, and it is a joy to see.

[@NotPixel6360]

I've seen some of your previous world record feats, but this takes the cake congrats spoon!

[@Nova5s]

Your name Notpixel, do you know Nopixel?

[@NotPixel6360]

@@Nova5s nope

[@NotPixel6360]

@@Nova5s well now i do! I have never gone too far into the GTA 5 universe, but I might check it out

[@MateoPoyart]

When you have to leave in one minute and it takes you 17 seconds to get ready:

[@miclipscountry]

When the two record holders are trying to get the record with meme charms. (Edit: I know they’re optimal I just think it’s funny that the two fastest Absrad times involve 2 charms that nobody uses)

[@DJTileTurnip]

What's the other one? (Obviously 1 is Grimmchild)

[@xchomphk.9788]

@@DJTileTurnip glowing womb

[@xchomphk.9788]

@John Vincent the 2nd fastest absrad time uses glowing womb

[@blookstanap]

never expected to see Grimmchild in a WR speedrun, this was sick

[@buddysaccount]

oh wow, this is incredibly terrifying. good work Spoonsei!

[@aler3485]

Congratulations for such an amazing fight and the world record! Keep the hard work and you will make it again and better!

[@draconiccurmudgeon]

this is incredible!! you tore this fight to SHREDS

[@Profound_]

been waiting to see this, well done combat god Spoonsei!

[@rubenlima7311]

Congratulations ! And this Super Mario Galaxy remix is SO good !

[@Spoonsei]

Yess! I love this one

[@lysfranc8782]

Radiance: WHY CAN'T YOU STAY STILL FOR ONE SEC!!!!???

[@crushermjm]

I just got my pb of 1:14 today! Im chasing a sub 1 on console - this is great inspiration ☺️

[@Spoonsei]

You got this! That's a great time ^^

[@crushermjm]

@@Spoonsei Just got a 1:01 today:) still chasing the sub1, but much closer!

[@Spoonsei]

@@crushermjm so close!

[@crushermjm]

@@Spoonsei lmao I literally just got it - a 56.9!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e56rdIWwYpWGeqM

[@tkienjoyer]

​@@Spoonseihow do you get good at climb phase? I have a sub 1 and I can save a lot of time on my climb phase I just don't know how to practice it.

[@bl.00p]

Yooo this is an awesome achievement. Keep on doing what you do Spoonsei!

[@AaronRotenberg]

Grimmchild in a speedrun is wild.

[@squirtlett7369]

me when spoonsei posts some of the craziest acts of humanity biweekly like its a normal thing

[@ludomcvon1_yt]

Holy moly, your video helped me beat absolute radiance. I got inspired by you and beat it first try after watching this video (I tried it like 20 times before this and failed lol)

[@Spoonsei]

I'm glad I could help ^^ congrats

[@starnorthstarnorth]

OH MY GOD IM LITERALLY SPEECHLESS I-

[@bunnywizard_tammy223]

congrats spoon! this was so satisfying to watch

[@HelenSB]

I blinked and it was over o_o That was so cool bensei!!!

[@DataLabsYes]

New world record! Congrats Spoonsei :D

[@stefandziadlesny4795]

Wow, that wasn’t a TAS??? Keep up the good work my man!

[@cysipy]

settin records here.. also it's nice getting recommendations from you again, you might just motivate me to dust off hollow knight and do a challenge or two ;3

[@Spoonsei]

👀

[@Unskilled1358]

Great song choise, also congratz, great hability!

[@ATSM_33]

Only Nail. Grimmchild fought alongside. Absolutely peak content.

[@josephkarunraj8450]

I used grimm child too when I was fighting Radiance, grimm child helps fr! 💪🏻

[@Valik2353]

Wow, this is really cool.

[@happychanneltankist9185]

Omg grimmchild wth, this is so crazy

[@palekinggaming]

0:46 perfect timing

[@Teni552]

Holy sheet-

[@Smile-ov1us]

Now time for AnyRad

[@phee4174]

congrats on absolutely wrecking absrad

[@hobodios]

LOL you r insane 2 world records in a row ggs

[@sorenschultz1144]

TerminalMontage needs to get on this right now

[@adefaultprofilefloatingthr1171]

Actually cracked Good job

[@juicyfruit866]

I love that Grimmchild is there

[@dornoc429]

actual god, gg also idea: if you had both glowing womb and grimmchild could this be even faster or does will it not fit without hindering something else

[@Spoonsei]

Sadly you'd have to take off stalwart :(

[@captainx5421]

When the Doom music kicks in

[@bacchus9389]

Dude this is so epic, awesome achievement! What charm set up did you use? Great song choice, too!

[@masterspork3735]

wait do you need no other explanation? it was all grimmchild

[@masterspork3735]

It looks like they didn't use a longer nail or use any spells, probably better to hear from someone else but probably strength, fury, grimmchild, and other charms to get overcharmed. Maybe other charms that do damage aren't really significant enough

[@Spoonsei]

Strength, Quickslash, Stalwart, Grimm boi, Fury of the Fallen, and Steady Body ^^

[@masterspork3735]

But stalwart is interesting. So you didn't really waste any charm slots, but it helps with that one attack you have to take, I guess I've learned something (Ramble not important) I was literally thinking of how they used steady body and didn't think of(type) it. And quickslash duh

[@Tygjc]

I knew my boy grimm was usefull

[@thegoldenraysoftheglorious1180]

Wow. Just Wow.

[@hedi5248]

Ggs

[@Cassoosted_Fuper]

Wow. Just wow. That was fast.

[@meowmeow8307]

Speechless

[@group555_]

I don't know if you know this but this run got beaten by shrubb. might wanna update the title

[@errorstringexpectedgotnil]

You are on a roll holy shit

[@kale6732]

This is AWESOME i don’t know how you did it but you did, and also why Grimmchild?

[@Spoonsei]

Saves me a hit or two ^^

[@Manoel20100]

o my god

[@africabytoto2066]

Holy fkn shit this is the most insane shit I’ve seen!

[@GamerAtWorkrn]

im convinced Spoonsei is using time travel to practice over and over again like 100 times per minute. whats next, beating lumos in low% ge???

[@ProstoYa111]

You can't die, if boss died faster then can attack.

[@seiaikes2570]

insane

[@goldendoro]

oh hey im early, good job on the run!!!!!

[@noahnee2309]

because 4 out of the 5 pantheons werent enough 😭. absolutely insane man

[@Spoonsei]

Just wait until tomorrow

[@noahnee2309]

@@Spoonsei waiting… 👀

[@noahnee2309]

nevermind, GGA chat reveals all

[@michalberanek2783]

To think that wasn't even perfect rng… Absolutely insane Wouldn't noCostTooGreat babies be better passive damage, though? They deal more damage and unlike Junior, they actually hit their target.

[@Spoonsei]

The damage grimm brings to phases 1-3 is more important than the damage glowing womb brings to platform phase surprisingly

[@IDevourWorlds]

@@Spoonsei what if you used both? Would switching out stalwart shell for glowing womb decrease DPS?

[@Spoonsei]

@@IDevourWorlds it would lose time at the start and probably make it less consistent since it wouldn’t save a hit on phase 1-3 and taking damage would be slower.

[@IDevourWorlds]

@@Spoonsei Ah ok thanks

[@jalepinojoe6285]

Dammit spoonsei leave some world records for the others. Also whats the charm build? Fury/steady body/strength/grimchild is 8 notches, so theres room for one more 2 notch before overcharming with quicklash. I think a previous record used stalwart shell but I dont really see that helping, why not glowing womb since you aren't using soul and its buffed by fury?

[@Spoonsei]

I used stalwart here ^^ Grimmchild barely saves me one hit, and womb isn’t enough to save 2 easily on the first 3 phases. Stalwart helps the start be a lot more consistent

[@WeirdTroll666]

cool

[@flapflapp]

Nice

[@TheManDude]

Me who’s always used Grimmchild for Abs Rad:

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

Fucked part is there were a actually a few imperfect movements in there. That means the record still has potential to be taken even further.

[@Spoonsei]

I think I can bring it down to 42.XX seconds if someone beats this ^^

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

@@Spoonsei Nice

[@yoioihi]

MEU DEUS QUE PORRA É ESSA.

[@SpunkyDunk]

Pffft, you were just carried by Grimmchild. 😂

[@Spoonsei]

I've been exposed T_T

[@windowxylophonegaming2215]

NO WAY

[@shyshyy._sanaa]

Them beating Absolute Radiance less than a minute while i beat Normal in 20hrs..

[@aruthadc]

Wow

[@FinShapedFin]

Amazing… but was there nothing better than grimmchild to use?

[@LorenzoCaruso-ps5nd]

pls see the sun

[@whatamidoinganymorebro]

anyrad 1.0/2.0 speedrun when, maybe a 3.0 completion

[@shrubb6999]

Time to change the title after 8 months 😉

[@Waffle0.]

You are everywhere...

[@TheHiddenMana]

How are you maintaining that position high up? Pogo?

[@Spoonsei]

I’m hitting while I’m rising from my double jump, then pogoing when I’m about to fall ^^

[@marszalbajka]

Grimm child solos

[@ScrapeGoatt]

Man built like a tas fr

[@manueldoll8578]

What's the charm loadout? Strength, Grimmchild, Fury and Quickslash are obvious but apart from that? That's not all the usable notches...

[@Spoonsei]

Steady body and Stalwart shell ^^

[@manueldoll8578]

@@Spoonsei ok thx

[@pilkmaster]

WHAT

[@NaCl_y]

wouldn't using glowing womb like Lumos be better than grimmchild, especially with the fury synergy?

[@Spoonsei]

Glowing womb helps the most for platform phase, but you don't really need extra damage there. For phases 1-3 the extra hit it saves you more time since you're less likely to burn through all of the phases within one attack without it.

[@erinalasacarina]

You are insane wth Hitless p5ab next?

[@Spoonsei]

Pantheon 3 is next!

[@erinalasacarina]

@@Spoonsei goo

[@Bladieblah]

I'm very curious because there's more than 40 seconds of cutscenes/climb in this fight

[@Spoonsei]

It’s timed from the frame she’s able to be hit to the frame she dies ^^

[@Bladieblah]

I posted this before watching, I figured the start cutscene was left out but still seemed too much off time with climb and plat transition. And honestly it's mindblowing how fast you go through these phases. Absrad got like one attack out in the plat phase lol. Super clean transition to the climb phase and you went so fast you made that phase look so much smaller here than it really is. Congrats on the WR!

[@Spoonsei]

@@Bladieblah Thanks a bunch! The video title is a bit outdated, I believe this is the current record: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJXbpHiCo7KmkNUsi=08IRFtnsLi0ZqXlu ^^

[@conradolosada7835]

How do you hit radiance so fast at the first phase? What are the inputs? the tech? Can someone explain it for me???

[@puckypenguin4u766]

Can someone tea h me how he hovers over the radiance while hitting it

[@Spoonsei]

Basically since you get to use wings again after pogoing (downward slashing) an enemy; I’m using wings, hitting on the way up, and then pogoing to get wings back, then I repeat. The exact pattern changes depending on how high I want to go, but that’s the basic idea

[@puckypenguin4u766]

@@Spoonsei alright thanks

[@TENSHI_XD]

Lo recontra turbo papeo en 50 segundos 💀💀💀💀

[@theredstonehive]

You did it during the Pantheon of Hallownest?!

[@Spoonsei]

Nah this was in hall of gods ^^

[@theredstonehive]

@@Spoonsei Did you create a custom pantheon with just absrad? Why was the shade lord making an appearance at the end lol.

[@Spoonsei]

I was using speedrunning save-states to attempt the fight faster after messing up, and for some reason doing that makes it act like it's in the pantheon 🤔

[@Capricious_Mcsr]

ik im late to this vid but does anyone know if he uses a nail range buff charm like mark of pride or longnail?

[@ttterg6152]

Longnail. Look at his range by the end

[@Capricious_Mcsr]

thank you :D

[@Capricious_Mcsr]

how do you pogo while not losing having to wait a bit after the 2nd pogo is it a pc thing and if so is it doable on the switch?

[@Spoonsei]

Could you elaborate a bit? I’m confused on the question

[@Capricious_Mcsr]

sure, whenever you're hitting the radiance with your nail how do you constantly hit it with down slashes and regular slashes without falling @@Spoonsei

[@Capricious_Mcsr]

pretty much what you do in the beginning of your vid and also your "kinda spicy" vid

[@Kut-Ku]

​​@@Capricious_Mcsruse quick slash, the wings after pogo and train this is hard but not impossible

[@henryhere]

Idk, that dodge at 0:30 seems kinda sus. I'm no expert though so I guess it COULD just be a finicky hitbox?

[@Spoonsei]

The orbs have a verry small damage hitbox, but it was definitely a close call ^^

[@henryhere]

@@Spoonsei interesting

[@MateoPoyart]

How do you do that nail turnaround stuff?

[@Spoonsei]

@@MateoPoyart lots of practice ^^ you basically just turnaround after each nail swing, and it allows you to hit/double jump again sooner

[@hubabrzozowy7459]

Now do it on radiant XD

[@vortigon2519]

For how many hours did you practice absrad?

[@Spoonsei]

Honestly I’ve lost count, but I have about 1k hours in hollow knight

[@chico1367]

Wow, just wow

[@MossMothMyBeloved]

What charms did you use?

[@glitch504sans9]

I could probably do it faster

[@prostatecancergaming9531]

What drugs are you on

[@johndurr7899]

Why is grimmchild needed

[@thearcheer5996]

extra damage, and it fills the spare notches in the build

[@Spoonsei]

It saves about 1 hit in phases 1-3, which saves me about 0.25 seconds ^^

[@Ertwon.]

Does anyone know his charm loadout

[@Geitungur]

What's your backing track?

[@Spoonsei]

It’s in the description! It’s a Mario Galaxy remix

[@ironjuan698]

Bro wtf

[@Mustif]

Why the Grimmchild

[@Spoonsei]

Extra damage on phases 1-3 :P

[@charlielance5979]

what charms were used

[@rithikbrown5568]

What are the charms they're using