All your Hollow Knight pain in one video

Yes, this is the video i've been working on since September. Editing is a nightmare. Anyway, i'll now be focusing on making and editing the next hollow knight randomness episode, so that's good news.

[@plasmamuffin1320]

Yes i know gathering swarm exists but it's still a problem before you get it or when you have combat charms equipped for boss fights also it doesn't work on acid pools Also, quick cast is not a solution, the problem is casting spells when you DON't want to, not the other way around.

[@Highlander388]

I never once used gathering swarms, I know your pain.

[@Highlander388]

I never once used gathering swarms, I know your pain.

[@eijin6078]

You'll get most of your geo from tougher enemies like the great husk knight guys. I think they drop like 50 each!

[@M.rgrub.]

Oh also you forgot the hive and trying to get the speedrun achievement for the first few times.

[@plasmamuffin1320]

@@M.rgrub. Oh yeah, the hive is definitely annoying, especially with the tank bees that fly around like pinballs. I actually didn't have much difficulty with the speedrun achievement, although that might just be because i had already played through the game several times and gotten pretty good at it by the time i attempted it.

[@itsraininggemstones]

You forgot one : Pressing not enough time when you are healing and losing your soul for nothing

[@kirkkork]

0:22?

[@PurpleMK07]

@@kirkkork no they mean when you hold it and it does the healing animation but when you let go too early and the soul was wasted on nothing.

[@Yharon-vq7jw]

to deal with watcher knights, just spam spells

[@liliandavid5648]

And i had to grind so much geo for UB strengh, and lost it all by dying twice, second one by TWO PIXELS.

[@mr.incognitoyt2235]

@@liliandavid5648 F

[@jelst]

Trying to land on a platform while falling but in trying to maneuver yourself to a platform you somehow make yourself miss every single platform

[@cameronschiralli3569]

Me in the Abyss

[@jelst]

Yes

[@yasinn9492]

This is a good one! 😂 Oh I feel that.

[@michaelgum97]

Don't call me out like that. XD

[@simoneisenbeisz3454]

It is an uncanny ability everyone has

[@emythebee4312]

The path of pain is just a mix of “why did I dash?” and “why didn’t I dash?”

[@willrq1643]

"why did i click too early?"

[@LordofShades9182]

"Why did I jump?"

[@akirathewildcard9625]

"Why did I decide to exist in the same area as that saw bla-OW!"

[@LordofShades9182]

@@akirathewildcard9625 I hate that part

[@mark220v]

"why my dash didn't work?" "where is my dash? (forgot to pogo)"

[@lovelylinx22]

And let's not forget the crowd favourite - getting killed by your own shade, losing several thousand Geo in the process.

[@kaysrandomchannel4618]

YESSS

[@REDscar9000]

The shade takes your money and runs

[@mark220v]

geo is almost useless. you need only 1800 to beat the game.

[@pixelbee8349]

@@mark220v If you're very good at the game, yes. It also buys charms, keys, vessel and mask shards, Oro's nail art, stag stations, etc

[@hashtags_YT]

​@mark220v that's like saying nail upgrades are useless because u can beat the game without them

[@Lustr1ous]

Accidentally dream nailing dream ghosts because you want to hear their T H O U G H T S

[@anasazhari4498]

What happens if you do?

[@ernestorodriguez3579]

Anas Azhari they fight you.

[@anasazhari4498]

@@ernestorodriguez3579 So they don't have thoughts of their own?

[@deviousvillain0621]

@Anas Azhari I think they do, they just see it as a challenge of some kind.

[@BlueKokiri3]

Specifically, dreamnailing the singing girl in the City of Tears T_T

[@thehumanflintfun9666]

Imagine losing geo in a spike pit this comment was made by the Gathering Swarm Gang

[@xyannail4678]

Imagine not using your charm notches for useful charms This comment was made by the No Gathering Swarm wasting a notch Gang

[@CristianGomez-yu8gp]

@@xyannail4678 joni's (blessing) curse

[@averagechapstick]

Exactly

[@idkbutimhere9482]

@@xyannail4678 with you

[@ernestogarcia3193]

@@xyannail4678 imaginé needing other charms apart from wayward compass this comment was made by w.c. Op gang

[@cammydms1963]

I believe we're forgetting "Dying on a boss over and over again and getting annoyed at the walk back only to realize there was a closer bench the entire time" Edit: I'm glad but also sad that so many other people suffered through this

[@jacksonhunt6410]

This. I beat False Knight, Broken Vessel, both Hornets, Soul Master, and Dung Defender all within 2-3 tries and a half hour, but fucking MASSIVE MOSS CHARGER took me TWO HOURS because I didn’t realize that there was a bench right next to it.

[@organa1626]

Or taking damage from your shade on the way back to a boss. I kept falling on top of my shade when I was doing Hornet 2 and I was LIVID

[@mindyyates3624]

Or forgetting to set a dream gate and only realizing after like 10-25 attempts

[@Dacronhai]

@@organa1626 just pogo on the shade

[@ohmatokita8113]

@@jacksonhunt6410 you... you are joking right? This can't be true...

[@Z-R0_]

Deepnest is just: "How many times do you want to troll the player?" "Yes"

[@consolemainnoob8102]

The amount of times I've plunged into a mere pixel of a spike... pain

[@roomtemperature7096]

i'm avoiding it but the game keep PULLING ME BACK TO THE FUCCING AREA WHILE IM JUST MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS 😂

[@elenitriantafillopoulou8111]

Dying to pure vessel in the pantheon of hallownest Bold of you to assume I have unlocked the pantheon of hallownest

[@facing_otherway1603]

It does suck once you die twice in a row to Pure Vessel

[@santiagoo275]

i have to defeat the pure vessel on his own pantheon but if i die to him in the hallownest one i would quit the game....for 3 hours and then try again

[@meeep9099]

I've been at the 5th pantheon grind for a while now, and just recently beat pure vessel. Then immediately died to absolute radiance

[@elenitriantafillopoulou8111]

@@meeep9099 Beating an entire pantheon and then dying immediately to the final boss? Yeah, sounds about right

[@iveharzing]

@@meeep9099 Yeah same here, once I was able to beat AbsRad in the Hall of Gods though, all other bosses were a fucking cakewalk for me (except Markoth of course). THOSE DAMN MOTHS!

[@JoeyBonzo99]

Having your shade stuck in a boss fight you can't beat should be in here somewhere as well

[@caramelzappa]

I figured out in my second playthrough to just go get the shade and quit the game mid-boss.

[@Eggscalibur1087]

My shade just disappeared once I heard it, went near where I died and it was gone. I lost all my geo that I've been saving for the lantern

[@rileyboyd1674]

*cough* enraged guardian *cough* *cough* so what did you say?

[@charKT-7461]

Most shades spawn in a safe, predetermined area if it's near a boss. If it's a lesser boss, it will usually still spawn in the arena, so just get its attention with Vengeful Spirit without triggering the boss

[@mediocresigns]

@@charKT-7461 Yeah, true. Depends on the boss, though. With the Watcher Knights you can do that to get your shade and leave if you're not ready, but with bosses like Nosk, that's impossible. Luckily it seems like in most cases you can avoid triggering the boss. :)

[@arundownshack1019]

Oh here's one: Dying with a lot of money on hand, and then dying again, making you lose all that hard earned geo.

[@SunbrokenHunter]

I lost over 10,000 geo like that, I was devastated lmao

[@GeneralSupremeo]

jUsT uSe ThE bAnK

[@TheLinksOfficial]

Yeah, it's not like they steal your geo or anything

[@clusterfeld8192]

I once lost more than 3,700 geo that way and was crying myself to sleep after that.

[@tear959]

I died with 7000 geo lol

[@technicallyxd5615]

You forgot: Trying to heal but you accidentally take your finger of the key so you lose soul for nothing.

[@stupiddumb6113]

Or when u get hit in the middle of a heal

[@tacobanana6538]

@@stupiddumb6113 *getting hit as soon as you heal once

[@somecringegirlwhostealmyac8196]

This..oh this,i feel this on a personally level

[@westont8305]

the delicate flower quest

[@plasmamuffin1320]

I forgot about that! It's never really been a huge problem for me actually, which is probably why i didn't think of it.

[@twittersucks8297]

That was kinda easy once you had the path done

[@SmolSnake]

Waiiiii?!

[@acevardon3094]

@@plasmamuffin1320 I know a really easy strat for it, just kill every enemy on the way from greenpath to the flower, dont rest and rely on soul to heal, then it's just a matter of fighting past the weak 'mini enemies' that respawn

[@Manas-co8wl]

I don't know. I want to get in on the joke but I did it in two tries

[@octorings]

i fell into deepnest while doing the delicate flower quest

[@plasmamuffin1320]

My sincerest condolences. With that in mind, please excuse me while i HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHFHSJDFDSAFABAGBD

[@nocino7386]

F

[@tonas3843]

O.O That the the single most painful thing you could have done

[@mirtki8749]

That is one big F

[@abirbinhabib7669]

A big aas F for ya mate

[@Hchiskasj]

The worst thing ever is those fluke maggot things (the ones where you kill them and then they spit into two) noises in the royal waterways

[@shingsey8349]

Finally someone who talk about these. Royal Waterways is according to me the worst zone, just becuz every noise is HORRIBLE, i know the music in deepnest is stressfull, but these fcking worms in water ways... Even these flying ones... Just horrible.

[@noxk1992]

Is it just me or I see those things as walking geos

[@kiettruonganh8811]

yeah, it so scare, i die for this countless time

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@shingsey8349 I hate Deepnest noises more tbh. Because at least the Waterway noises can be seen as funny. The deepnest noises cannot be.

[@davidsplooge14]

those flying fast af annoyances, the fucking fluke fly was it

[@lauraeglite]

Accidentally falling off the platforms in distant village

[@dragmire3D]

Forgetting that sharp shadow increases your dash distance and being confused about why you're suddenly, and repeatedly, dashing into spike walls and overshooting platforms.

[@ollie8019]

wait what

[@ollie8019]

IS THAT WHY I KEPT HITTING THE FUCKING DUMBASS FLYING GREY BUG IN PATH OF PAIN

[@thewhiterabbit133]

@@ollie8019 yeah it increses your dash distance so its harder to have your dash end while in an enemy hitbox

[@rudrod95_41]

Makes some puzzles very hard cause they're made for regular dash

[@adrianpramadipta8631]

FUCK THATS WHY I KEEP DYING WHILE DELIVERING THE FLOWER

[@scado5679]

Literally combing the entire map for that one last pale ore and then finding it in literally the most obvious spot known to man

[@GrayFilmsandStuff]

which would be where?I wouldn't say any of the pale ore are in obvious place

[@nikoozen6049]

@@GrayFilmsandStuff well which one are you looking for? One i can remember is in deepnest

[@GrayFilmsandStuff]

@@nikoozen6049 I'm not really looking for any, I'm just saying none of them are really in obvious spots

[@nikoozen6049]

@@GrayFilmsandStuff yeah i understand it was a pain to get them all :/

[@scado5679]

For context, it was the one next to the tram in the Ancient Basin. I completely missed the spot where you have to Desolate Dive, even though it was almost literally marked on the map.

[@micahconnor8954]

you perfectly captured everyone's first reaction to deepnest. just the immediate confusion, desperatley trying to survive those stupid silver centipedes, trying your best to adapt, and then every single time you get close to adapting you just get yeeted by something else. and then the final acceptance of how far youve gone

[@kylejensen2409]

I honestly thought I was supposed to go through the area in darkness. I didn’t even know the lamp existed, and I was even more freaked out by the noises.

[@GoogleUser-ms6hr]

Also when you get to the weavers place in deepnest it's the scariest fucking thing, I screamed out loud multiple times when the spiders just appeared from the foreground looking like they were real

[@o0mahmut0o]

I dony go to deepnest until i have two or three nail upgrades i go deepnest after getting wings

[@mittens4385]

Yup. I didn’t have the lateen, so I just hoped right out of there with my heart rate higher then the sky

[@lelouchlibritannia3771]

@@kylejensen2409 Lol, and you got through?

[@gav7497]

This video can just be a 5 second video that says “watcher knights” and I’d agree completely.

[@mark220v]

use shade cloak + jump, op combo ik.

[@CrabOnABeach]

I had more trouble with nosk than watchers 😅

[@MeloAvis]

​@@CrabOnABeach same

[@Jadez1207]

Where's "resting at a bench and realizing you've made a checkpoint somewhere you can't escape"

[@plasmamuffin1320]

7:27

[@Vivi-ph2cl]

I mean, that's why I died because of Nosk in Steel Soul...

[@Jadez1207]

@@Vivi-ph2cl You died to nosk that's your fault

[@jonbean6533]

SoulSystem pussy boss

[@eryk8340]

Yep, deepnest is pain. I lost my 7 hours save and I was trying to find exit for like 3 hours and nothing

[@imasterline]

When you lose 2000 geo because of crystal hunters (those flying things that shoot crystals)

[@TaxEvasion1452]

Da Real Proline4366 I lost 10k géo to a primal Asspid

[@sunbeam_piano]

I lost Steel Soul because of Crystal Hunters

[@MC-ku4zz]

There is this mod that makes primal aspids shot those crystals

[@vejymonsta3006]

Fuck those things

[@shorenakizikurashvili9226]

I lost 9k from the Ascended Darkness Spell Upgrade Parkour Course (mostly cuz of Crystal hunters again)

[@davidturner1595]

waiting for silksong... not sure it counts, but waiting for silksong is the real path of pain

[@plasmamuffin1320]

Yes! I was gonna put that in, but i ran out of motivation.

[@JoaoPedro-bz6io]

Still waiting

[@pietriinn]

still waiting... were gonna get silksong until august, i believe 🎉

[@PilloTheStar]

Myla. Just... Myla.

[@Marshmallow95936]

Oh god, I remember seeing Myla at the start of the game, and then when I came back... I was so sad to see her like that.

[@Marshmallow95936]

Did not help when I dream nailed her.

[@PilloTheStar]

nah, she's doomed. Unsavable.

[@TheLinksOfficial]

I never found myla, not sure where she is tbh (I'm late game now BTW)

[@Marshmallow95936]

@@TheLinksOfficial DO NOT TRY AND FIND HER FOR YOUR OWN SAKE!!

[@sharpilu9665]

how to describe playing hollow knight: *_"insects are death and existence is pain."_*

[@Mentaclink]

"Bugs are the bane of my existence, but rest assured the wretched thing will be taken care of" - Me fighting The Radiance

[@hotdog2130]

Mood

[@keeps511]

But also still pretty fun

[@starsticker]

Taking Grimm Child to Fog Canyon and being blown up by the Oomas countless times

[@rudrod95_41]

Failed my flower quest when I was almost there cause that but with the little flying guys instead

[@l.n.3372]

Amendment: taking glowing womb/weaver song into Grimm boss fight. Trigger immediate pufferfish.

[@sm0llqueen289]

Facts

[@hoodiesticks]

I made the mistake of equipping dream shield for flower quest. So many explosions.

[@willwitherson]

for me it was weaversong

[@kyrie6910]

Okay so Hear me out with this Imagine you're fighting Pure Vessel with just the Old Nail, and you try to heal, but in your panic you cast a spell instead of healing And you KILL THEM

[@yummydragon8533]

waoh

[@a_moth5584]

You-

[@isaachester8475]

If the original is pain, this is like painkiller

[@kyrie6910]

@@isaachester8475 it was horrible lmao

[@lolialf]

i can proudly say, that i have beaten Path of Pain today, and it took me +13 hours and ill forever mark this day, and celebrate each year

[@a_moth5584]

Nice, personally I’m still too afraid to attempt it but good on you.

[@gg0ryad016]

took me like a max of 3hours

[@mateussoares515]

I spent almost 3 hours one night on the path of pain, since I tried it late game I was pretty used to the game's platforming at that point

[@dark_lynx5132]

You are much braver than me haha, congrats on completing it!

[@mark220v]

2 years ago, i spent 2 days of trying and couldn't beat it. this month i beated it in 30 minutes.

[@ifiinch]

Ok, first of all, you didn’t have to call me out like this Second of all, you didn’t have to call the entire community out like this

[@galaxynova6667]

I was waiting for the primal aspids to be on the list. *I was not disappointed*

[@plasmamuffin1320]

I wouldn't be able to live with myself if i didn't put them in

[@leonard732]

Watcher knights ez, u put NKG in there, that shit’s pure agony

[@jasonwhitaker8427]

@@plasmamuffin1320 Primal aspids are not annoying in my opinion

[@TidepodTodcycle]

@@jasonwhitaker8427 *who's god is this?*

[@MatheusAugustoGames]

Have you ever gone to deepnest WITHOUT a lamp? *BOI* it's an experience you'll never forget Edit: apparently this resonates with a lot of people

[@plasmamuffin1320]

Yes i have. I died multiple times trying to parkour blindly before getting the tram pass and finally being able to leave.

[@idk-ov9oh]

@@plasmamuffin1320 i'm too

[@LutherTaylor]

Hahahahaha genuine lol

[@Pawn2e4]

What I did was turn off the game and reload so I was safely at a bench out of Deepnest, with my progress saved.

[@galaxynova6667]

@@Pawn2e4 I've done that before when I accidentally fell into deepnest...... On steel soul

[@willwitherson]

Getting cocky with your wealth, dying and not retrieving shade because you don't care, then finding out Divine exists

[@naturalone6529]

The biggest issue with Soul Twisters and Primal Aspids is the fact that they don’t leave you alone. The only way to escape them is to leave the area or kill them. I once had a PA chase me the entire way up Kingdom’s Edge.

[@VoidHearted]

When you forget to save in a long time so you gotta travel half the country to get your ghost back

[@wozaow]

That’s why I love Confessor Jiji. Just died deep in Deepnest without using a bench for a while? Just head on up to the surface and give someone a gross, orange egg. And here the godly sound of her saying “äoûįÿłtēż”

[@aryan7767]

@@wozaow yeah. And the thing is, rancid eggs are so easy to find, and you can just buy it from sly for a cheap price. So it never feels too tedious to use the confessor

[@theoldentity]

Orrrr you can just use Jiji.

[@sirlotz]

dying to the last enemy of a colosseum of fools trial

[@aid4nski215]

Path Of Pain exists: Celeste and Super Meat Boy players: *It's like.. I was made for this*

[@aid4nski215]

@I-FoxyDee AtFreddy's yea xD

[@felipetartas5434]

Except in Celest you probably have some checkpoint after every jump. So, way easier.

[@aid4nski215]

@@felipetartas5434 what? CELESTE IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SAID. S

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

@@aid4nski215 excuse me sir but this is the muthafukkin' Path of Pain we're talking about

[@aid4nski215]

@@whiteface513abandonedchann8 yes i know i was just saying how people can find this easy.

[@GrayFilmsandStuff]

this got me laughing out loud because it's so true- I feel like you missed a few tho: - getting blown up in Infected Crossroads - accidentally falling in Kingdom's Edge - killing Myla - getting to the final wave in Trial of the Fool and dying - dying to the Kingsmoulds in Path of Pain - falling in the abyss repeatedly - any boss ascended/all bindings - dying to the watcher knights trying to get the speedrun achievement - losing hours of work when you die in steel soul - getting hit by the last thorn patch in the delicate flower quest

[@facing_otherway1603]

I died to God Tamer right after the beast died then I killed NKG

[@BunnyOnASnuman]

@Lara Gilodi-Johnson White palace is also difficult, it's just that Path of pain gets all of the attention

[@onion_rain8065]

Killing Myla was by far the hardest thing to do and one of the only Hollow Knight related things that made me cry

[@DiegoG2004]

I have fallen to the Path of Pain Kingsmoulds. Boo hoo... But I have had my revenge by blasting them with spells and got the final piece of lore checked off my save file.

[@SagaEf]

Gray Films and Stuff I hate kingsmoulds in Path of Pain, died to them 3 times now. Ready for many more

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

YeahI really feel ya on the grimmchild one... How is it that the child of a higher being that shoots flames made of literal nightmares can't oneshot a spitty fly but smacking it with a spirally nail is instant death?

[@RushWheeler]

Grimmchild SHOULD do more damage, or at least have a more consistent aim, or just a damage-dealing status effect for when it does get a hit.

[@Josuh]

Grimmchild was born like yesterday give lil bro a break

[@frantoriggia945]

rescuing zote every single time and having him talk endlessly with bretta

[@crockhead]

"I have Shadow cloak and only 5 masks" *those words, is it even possible to use them in a sentence like that?*

[@black_m1n825]

I beat Pantheon of Hallownest, with a Level 4 Nail, 7 masks total, Bad charm build and also Level 1 spells, which I didn't even use except Dung Defender

[@vic_7806]

@@black_m1n825 when

[@black_m1n825]

@@vic_7806 OBVIOUSLY Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7IiY2IaLZrhpI

[@vic_7806]

@@black_m1n825 no i mean when did i i ask

[@black_m1n825]

@@vic_7806 Oh, then in previous life

[@IMakeVeryDumbVids]

When I first got to soul sanctum I thought all the soul twisters were just one boss that followed you around and the soul warrior was the second phase, then when I beat it I was like "yay I beat the boss" until I found the actual boss...

[@neveragain7424]

Soul sactum fricking sucks, because soul twister and warrior was very hard to kill. But soul master is kinda easy than those 2

[@g11a-karimhani79]

Soul Master was so annoying because of his teleport

[@kiritsugunatalino1793]

@@neveragain7424 I'm doing steel soul run and I'm at Cristal Peak with 3 hours of run, and I did Soul Master very easy, he's just hard when U noob.

[@QuinnyBean]

It took me 1000000000 years to beat soul warrior and when I finally got to soul master, I beat him first try...this game confuses me

[@julianafranco496]

Same lma9

[@miguelbustiogarcia7629]

As someone who recently beat the Path of Pain I can confirm to you that I have officially lost my sanity

[@lunar532]

I was once only a few frames from getting a heal until literally one of the weakest enemies hit me

[@galaxynova6667]

*No vessels were hurt in the making of this video*

[@plasmamuffin1320]

Yes they were

[@galaxynova6667]

@@plasmamuffin1320 They dont know that

[@shade159]

They can't speak nor think, so we can't really know

[@tonas3843]

They were murdered, hurt in every single way possible. They were frightened, destroyed, stabbed and demolished with every single step they made.

[@abirbinhabib7669]

Yeah that one is easy, just go through the crossroads and i use grubberfly's elegy and hella range on my nail to do that run.

[@mmmyes7422]

Grimmchild is just doing his best don't shame him :(

[@pichuperez9037]

Also it's a child what did you expect

[@raptorlite6060]

He's still just a lil baby boi

[@MStudi0s]

he's being a bean

[@magicpanther6128]

He's baby

[@WandererBasil]

uwu

[@michaeldavis9190]

Shame me if you want, but my playstyle revolves around healing. I use shroom spore, defender's crest, baldur shell, shape of unn, thorns of agony, grub song, and a few others. It's actually a very good combo for taking care of the giant enemies in the Deepnest and for the Lost Kin.

[@blakeworthvv]

my playstyle is ddark. thats it. just descending dark. i have weaversong + grubsong and i panic a lot in the game so ill just spam ddark until i dont have enough soul, then just accept my fate. im not good at the game

[@gianmariaforte2433]

He survived more than one minute in the presence of a primal aspid... what a legend!

[@shounenfury]

Makes me wish for a vid showing all the GOOD feels in HK... the happy cries of a rescued grub, Cornifers humming when you don't have the map yet, (ANY nonsense bug speak in the game rly lol), the GONG sound effect that chimes when you find a designated seceret room or passage, using Desolate Dive/Descending Dark to transition to lower rooms and landing like some emo superman and SMATTERING 7 hapless enemies simultaneously.... Making withdrawals from the banker... With. Interest.

[@plasmamuffin1320]

Hey, that's a good idea for a video! I might do that.

[@theresearcherofart]

psst dont forget that you beaten a boss thing

[@Raykon333]

@@plasmamuffin1320 so that was a fricking lie.

[@byepedrito]

I think you forgot: -Beating the shit out of Millibelle and getting your geo back -Defeating Zote with no effort -Playing with Nosk's head -Finding the hidden part on top of the Watcher Knights where you can get rid of one body and making the fight easier -Finding a stag station -Completing a mask/vessel And some other stuff

[@lirius1954]

Parrying in general

[@shreeshfuup7058]

-Zote -Flower Quest -Crystal Hunters -Bees -Trial of the Fool -Pantheon of Hallownest in general -Markoth -Ascended Markoth -Ascended Collector -Falling into the Void at 1 HP during the Radiance fight -Absolute Radiance -Not utilising spells for the entirety of your first playthrough because you don't realise that they are 5 times as effective as your nail -Me for forcing myself to go through the game with 1 mask -*When people don't give the flower to Elderbug* -*_When people don't talk to Elderbug_*

[@slayerofdarknssdmt9697]

Bruh the nail is OP as shit just dont get gr8 slash and you good cyclone slash is good for either large groups or high health enemies dashslash is good for instant kills like gr8 slash it's just better I only get gr8 for those aspid fuckatiers who dont stop their tomfuckery 1 slash from either of those puts it out in 1 hit assuming you have the lvl4 nail

[@shreeshfuup7058]

@@slayerofdarknssdmt9697 yes, the nail can be extremely powerful with the right loadouts and nail arts. However, spells are even more so. With the shaman stone, the shade soul alone can deal 40-80 damage to most enemies (up to 120 on bosses where you get a triple hit, 80 on a double hit or flukenest) whereas the great slash with a pure nail can deal only up to 53 damage, as nail arts are unaffected by the strength charm. Descending Dark offers an obscene amount of invincibility frames and if timed correctly can be used to not only clear out large swaths of enemies, dealing up to 88 damage but also to dodge otherwise unavoidable attacks. I do agree that cyclone slash is incredibly useful if you can find an enemy that sits still for long enough to get all 13 hits in, and with is slowed falling, but most enemies have invincibility frames that reduce its total hits by half and its total damage to max 78. The Abyss Shriek spell is definitely more circumstantial, but can deal up to 120 damage per use against large enemies that stand still, greatly outclassing any nail art by far. I was simply exaggerating when I stated that spells were "5 times as usefull". Instead, they are more along the lines of twice as damaging. Of course, I am not trying to infer that the nail should not be used, as it is generally required to gain enough soul to even use a spell. However, I mostly wanted to inform those reading that only spending soul on healing is a waste.

[@slayerofdarknssdmt9697]

@@shreeshfuup7058 that's a mouthful

[@shreeshfuup7058]

Yes. Yes it is.

[@shreeshfuup7058]

Onion_Rain Yes. You can and you should (If you’ve already delivered the flower to the grave, you can find one growing in the same area, which you then can give to Elderbug, Oro, and/or the Godseeker.)

[@RemiRionnet]

Spamming A to skip a dialogue and when the dialogue ends you use vengeful spirit

[@mr.kraken9656]

3:24 and how team cherry rewards you after beating it

[@blakeworthvv]

"take these 2 kingsmoulds and.. uh.. some lore ig. yeah. thats it. enjoy."

[@mark220v]

path of pain is fully optional challenge to those, who are bored in the game. it doesn't give any percentage, any charm or even achievement. this is truly just a challenge. pantheon 5 doesn't give percentage either, i believe. it does give an achievement tho.

[@celestix_]

​@@mark220vdidn't it give the second half of kingsoul? Am I tripping?

[@mark220v]

@@celestix_ you tripping. path of pain and white palace are different things.

[@celestix_]

@@mark220v oh right now I remember lol. Guess I was trying to subconsciously justify all that effort😭

[@insignificantduck313]

I was expecting you to film an entire playthrough of the game but that works too

[@thundersheild926]

One very important one you forgot is when you fall from high up, and manage to perfectly weave so that you miss every platform on the way down.

[@zandbergx9747]

Kingdoms edge vibes

[@ethanlee8307]

The first time I encountered a soul twister my heart rate skyrocketed. Fight Vs flight? Nah bro definite flight. Then it teleported and I nearly had a heart attack.

[@goeskaboom]

When I first passed that fall where deepnest is I immediately freaked out, dashed, and then used the wall jump to get out. Edit: I still fell in because I was like what do I have to lose and then I saw it was deepnest.

[@yehia_zarc]

**A path of pain filled with primal aspids and in the end you fight nightmare king grimm**

[@plasmamuffin1320]

I'm calling the cops

[@newmoonlunala4720]

Oh arceus

[@thewhiterabbit133]

I can think of worse things

[@mr.cheese1865]

Replace NKG with Absrad

[@yehia_zarc]

@@mr.cheese1865 don't be so rude

[@dr.cheeto2149]

On the first soul sanctum room, with the one soul twister, I thought he was supposed to be a boss. *im not even joking.*

[@nsjs17]

Me too. I was so happy to get rid of him. Then two of him spawned shortly after, and then when I faced the master I wanted to give up.

[@Radude33]

SAME WTF LMFAO

[@leighannapanites6815]

IS UR PFP MISTER OSHIRO?!?!? (DEFINITELY SPELLED WRONG SORRY)

[@NintendoNerd64]

I love when enemies go "oh you healed? no you didn't."

[@mantigo4840]

I lost count of how many times I summoned a spell while trying to heal 🤣

[@eadbert1935]

if silksong has primal aspids i see so many reviews being 1 star positive: everything negative: primal aspids

[@primalaspid5864]

We Have Feelings You Know That

[@DeadCrowBar]

@@primalaspid5864 Please elaborate

[@primalaspid5864]

@@DeadCrowBar We will invade Dirtmouth and forgotten crossroads

[@darylfawazmp4308]

@@primalaspid5864 Don't

[@primalaspid5864]

Yes

[@BirdBrain_]

When you beat a boss *but also die at the same time*

[@LumboDumbo]

Hive Knight lololol

[@tear959]

this is so specific but so relatable

[@werisekk3]

Three times in a row during Traitor Lord because I had Cloth on me and the animation takes forever. Three fucking times I watched her whack him across the head just as I wiped out. _THREE TIMES!_

[@jasimabdulkarim8158]

I literally did that with absrad on p5 it didn't count and haven't been able to defeat her since

[@BirdBrain_]

@@jasimabdulkarim8158 OUCH now that one hurts

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

To quote Hornet: *“Git Gud”*

[@kingshelomah7083]

“Dying to the pure vessel in the pantheon of hollownest” It’s cute that you think I’ve already beaten the pantheon of the knight 🥲

[@maskofmany9208]

Buzzsaw: exist Pale King: “I’ll take your entire stock!”

[@Marshmallow95936]

"Can't be too careful, I said. Can't let any intruders in, I SAID."

[@TheLinksOfficial]

@@Marshmallow95936 Gotta keep those tree women away so she can't find out about hornet (I'm sure that worked well)

[@frozencoconut1938]

you forgot jumping slightly too high into a ceiling of thorns/spikes

[@soy5977]

The fact that I can do path of pain and still fall down in the City of Tears storage room

[@QuinnyBean]

Dying to a dream boss and having to do the platforming to get back to it

[@vsptylore3639]

Honestly you could've just uploaded a video of a deepnest playthrough and that could've been it

[@plasmamuffin1320]

Primal Aspids don't spawn in deepnest though

[@sleepyred2178]

@@plasmamuffin1320 jeez don't make me think about that it's a nightmare if they do

[@sprogdragonhisbisbisginsjd972]

@@sleepyred2178 There's probably a mod for that

[@sediew]

Or just the complete Hollow Knight playthrough, every single moment is a pain

[@madlad255]

@@sediew So why did you complete it, then?

[@KawaiiCupcake09]

Man, Soul Twisters pissed me the fudge off when I got to the Soul Sanctum for the very first time, I died more times to them than I did to the Soul Master. I beat that guy on my second try. But the Soul Twisters, so many deaths, because they're teleporting cowards who don't fight fair with their cheap ass homing attacks and they also won't leave you alone. >:C

[@black_m1n825]

same

[@scado5679]

And then they re-appear in the Colosseum Of Fools. Thank goodness for the fact that they die in one hit to Great/Dash Slash.

[@black_m1n825]

@@scado5679 Trial of The Fool. Got to No Heal zone and died. Reason: I COULDN'T HEAL

[@slayerofdarknssdmt9697]

I had 3 of those assholes on me everywhere I went in that fucking place I gave up trying to explore

[@raptorlite6060]

I personally never had a problem with Soul Twisters, probably because I like to spam hits.

[@gasterzinhoow4715]

Dying to Radiance then dying to The Hollow Knight trying to get into Radiance Boss Fight.

[@RonnieRose2845]

I honestly thought people were exaggerating over the Primal Aspids when I was first getting into the game. ... I learned my lesson the hard way once I got to Kingdom’s Edge.

[@rudrod95_41]

Yeah you really just gotta be super good and outrun em or kill em fast as soon as you see em

[@erwin101]

If I had a nickel for every time a flying bug that shoots three shots in a spread pattern was one of the most dangerous and hated enemies in a game, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird (but not unsurprising) that it happened twice.

[@anxia-tea5846]

I like how just literally the watcher knights just in general are more pain than any other boss

[@jacobsmash1]

i found traitor lord, hornet 2 and the radiance to be more pain then watcher knights, i had no trouble with the watcher knights

[@faresktari8977]

honestly they are not that bad in the beginning of the game and in the end they are a joke so is ok

[@DISCO-munication]

"watcher knights in general" "soul twisters in general" I like these two XD

[@arzael9706]

The funniest thing about path of pain is that he doesn't need to fake to make it funny, just have to play normally and that's it. It represents us all

[@Naruto_from_the_Naruto_show]

Hitting the spikes on your way down The Abyss and respawn aaaaaaall the way up there

[@meljerichoasakki2046]

IDK ABOUT YALL BUT I STRUGGLED SO MUCH WITH THE 3RD TRIAL Also lets not forget... INVINCIBLE FEARLESS SENSUAL MYSTERIOUS ENCHANTING VIGOROUS DILIGENT OVERWHELMING GORGEOUS PASSIONATE TERRIFYING BEAUTIFUL POWERFUL GREY PRINCE ZOTEEE

[@CharlotteXazk]

LOL ZOTE IS SOO OVERPOWERED

[@luan9770]

Dont remind me please ㅠㅠ I just sit there contemplating my life after I lose to him

[@madformuser]

Ok yall need this You need quick slash, fragile/unbreakable strength, and Mark of pride. Spam him with nail attacks and use desolate dive or descending dark for I-frames and damage

[@hornetisspider]

@@madformuser i love you

[@lightningkiki6090]

Bold of you to assume I’ve even reached the third trial seriously tho been trying to do the second one for days and idk why tf I’m struggling with it so much it’s so easy I think I get that a lot with hollow knight, I’m just like “this is so easy but I can’t bloody do it”

[@FredwardDrawn]

I love how a lot of this is just: *this area* in general

[@josephstorm1177]

Dying while having to find your shade and losing all your geo feels right for this video

[@Thegeniuskidsuperb]

Respect this dude for doing all this for one video

[@AhmedHan]

You getting lost in the deepshit and being shown on the empty black map... I haven't laughed this much in the last three months.

[@kelismaincharacter4925]

d e e p s h i t

[@TheLinksOfficial]

*laughs in finding where I am on the wiki map so I can find cornifer and get a real- wait Where's cornifer?*

[@stupiddumb6113]

I once went for the spore shroom charm and went into the other room fell into deep nest with only dash and vengeful spirit

[@felixking-borrero4906]

@@stupiddumb6113 I can't even begin to imagine how horrible that must have been. How did you get out without mantis claw?

[@supergirlstudios5992]

skylanders taught me that all you had to do to win against an enemy was button smash and then this game went and hit me like a bus

[@leighannapanites6815]

For me it was kingdom hearts

[@crapule6843]

I might be crazy because I actually love the Path Of Pain, it's just so fun to get through it

[@adairarriola3775]

The same happens to me, it's like a joyful suffering

[@adairarriola3775]

I also think it's sad that you can only do it once per safe file. :'(

[@crapule6843]

@@adairarriola3775Yeah! I wish Team Cherry did something about that but heh

[@funnyvideoguy3216]

Turning in the opposite direction accidentally before you cast vengeful spirit

[@PhosphorescentSoul]

I laughed so hard when you zoomed in on the player in the middle of the HUGE blank area where the deepnest map should be. And I demand to know where you got a video of me searching for that grub!

[@felixking-borrero4906]

I thought I had to pogo the aluba to get to it, but of course couldn't do it. I finally found out that you have to go the other way.

[@littlemisseevee2309]

“and this is where I would be on my map…. IF I HAD ONE!”

[@gatherer818]

@@felixking-borrero4906 That grub was the one that made me finally look it up on the wiki. I had the Collector's map and it was my last grub. I spent probably thirty minutes pogoing off the dragonfly and attacking the walls and ceiling.

[@sero.toniii]

Dying to the Kingsmoulds at the end of Path of Pain Edit: aaaaanD I DID IT. _ON STEEL SOUL._

[@plasmamuffin1320]

I would have recorded that but i can't make it that far lol.

[@sero.toniii]

PlasmaMuffin What a mood lmao-

[@evo683]

What is that?

[@zencrophy]

I did. I did do that. I didn't open the game for a week. I'm still mad, but I made it in the end-

[@teknishel]

i didn’t even kill one of the kingsmoulds and died, then i cried for an hour and told my brother to do it for me.

[@joseixperez533]

Love how accurately this describes everyone's pain

[@Pscribbled]

Would’ve been good if after the primal apsis death if you ended up on the deepnest bench haha

[@Unfime]

heh, i’m only *_40 hours in and haven’t made it halfway through the game_* i’m not joking, i’m literally not even halfway with 40 hours-

[@Xedlord]

@Lara Gilodi-Johnson NKB??? What's that?

[@GankaMunkay]

You think you have it bad it took me 135 hours for 112%

[@Onyrooliver]

@The muffin man its Nightmare King Brumm

[@tonas3843]

Don't worry that's normal. You just need to enjoy the game

[@mirtki8749]

I've got like 100 hours and I'm stuck at 99% dw about it lmao

[@Bendythedancingdemon-gc7zy]

Deepnest scares me, even though I’m not that far in the game

[@black_m1n825]

Dying on Absolute Radiance in Pantheon of Hallownest is less scary than being in Deepnest

[@Bendythedancingdemon-gc7zy]

Black_m1n oh

[@black_m1n825]

@@Bendythedancingdemon-gc7zy I HATE being in Deepnest. I literally going for 112% (I have 101%) And I still HATE deepnest

[@Bendythedancingdemon-gc7zy]

Black_m1n well good luck with 112%

[@Croissantcreep]

I was so damn scared I got the shade cloak and then finally felt ready to head to deepnest. It’s intimidating, but doesn’t pose too much of a threat.

[@StormtrooperX03]

The primal aspids part is me, they are the bane of my existence

[@60yashrajgupta98]

Forgot one:Jumping when a attack would probably have went over your head

[@suponyan]

I honestly can’t tell if I ever found that wretched grub

[@jacobsmash1]

if you still havent found it, there is another path in the queens gardens that leads to it

[@zandbergx9747]

@@jacobsmash1 oh really? I would never have guessed

[@pumpkin_pants3828]

The real pain is how you walked towards the enemies in the first one. This is still really funny and I get every one of these.

[@swarple]

This brought back traumatic memories and was physically painful to watch. Well done.

[@galaxygamer4923]

I noticed you weren't using the chandelier trick in watcher knights. So there's a breakable wall on the roof of the room next to them, and then there's a string you could snap so that there's one less watcher knight.

[@BX--nq6gf]

Hk is just a cartoony, softer, dark souls. Also, crystalized mound

[@lillith5389]

me: i hate this with every fiber of my being also me: *likes the video within 40 seconds*

[@meddoku]

having watched too many speedruns I began to think HK was “kinda easy”, you just “have to be patient” this video brought me back to earth thanks 😒

[@melancholicechosingstothemoon]

This cause me anxiety You did a great job on the video

[@KeyleeTamirian]

Fun fact: When i were doing Soul Sanctuary for the first time (After Acquiring the Monarch's Wings and awakening Lurien.) Soul Twisters never managed to hit me even once, and i laughed at them every time. They took their revenge during Trial of the Fool...

[@Regigigas_YT]

(Softly) Don’t tell me those things are on the trial

[@lzrshark617]

@@Regigigas_YT I swear to god if those things are in the trial, I will actually cry. I lost track of how many times they curbstomped me in the Soul Sanctum. Even with more upgrades, on the few occasions I have to go back to the place now, I don't fight them, I just fucking run