Are Hollow Knight's Worst Charms Really That Bad?

[@BlueSR]

Thank you all so, so much for 100 000 subs! i really appreciate it, and while it may be an arbitrary number barrier, it blows my mind that so many people enjoy these silly things that i've made. What's next for me? Well, i'm going to continue doing these things, and try to put more effort in, be a bit more ambitious, and also try to make and talk about things that matter in the grander scheme of things too, as i really want to create something meaningful that carries significance. :D yippee!

[@Whimsilamb]

Congrats on 100 000! Exited for what's to come

[@minerman60101]

"Crystal Peak but it's my voice" being that next thing, of course

[@Antoronyx_]

@@minerman60101sealed vessel but it’s my voice

[@Hearty_Shark]

For 200,000 subs show us your other hand

[@WeirdTroll666]

yippe!

[@fireb0rn]

thanks for the charm build blue i will use this to finally defeat gruz mother

[@aidenthegreat7795]

She's too hard any tips I'm sooooo bad I cannot beat her but I can beat watcher nights?

[@Immys_Art]

Might need to add thorns as well. You have too much control over the knight that way, meaning there’s more opportunity to mess up against such a difficult boss. The super consistent and meaningful damage it offers is also a vital part of why you want this on your gruz mother build. Good luck God Gamer!

[@tHaTsWhAtI.mSaYiNg]

Next fireborn video: p5 with the worst charm build possible

[@ThatDwag69]

Hey u gonna cover the silksong in mc thing

[@matthewstevenson1397]

Radiant markoth got nothing on gruz mother

[@ATinCanOnYT]

A worse build: Jonis blessing, deep focus, glowing womb, quick focus You get overcharm with no healing, so both focus charms are useless

[@BlueSR]

This one’s pretty clever, actually. I could see this being a contender!

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Why glowing womb? Shape of unn is worse if you can't focus

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

@@BookWyrmOnAString unn can act like a crouch because it shrinks your hurtbox

[@MarcosArranzSoriano]

Overcharming also makes Jonis completely useless

[@asheevee_]

go heavy blow rather than glowing womb imo-- since you can't heal, the downside of glowing womb eating your focus during a heal isn't there (yeah it's still bad but heavy blow is worse)

[@BaldDougClips]

Beginners tip: Dream shield is very good and you should equip it whenever entering fog canyon 😊

[@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun]

Yeah even better - grimmchild, or any other minions charm as well)

[@CinnammonTree]

On my first playthrough I did flower quest going through fog canyon with dream shield, for some reason. I guess it made me feel safer in the different areas?? Somehow?? I'm not sure what I was thinking but it did work eventually

[@LS-jj4sy]

I almost never took dreamshield off during my casual playthrough

[@Meiyu1]

Nah, use Weaversong, it's better in Fog Canyon, as it will protect you from those big jellyfishes)) Ngl, Dreamshield sucks even outside FC

[@sm0ll]

as a beginner this was so helpful

[@stephenrhoades308]

I think having charms that actively hurt you but cost negative charm slots would be a good way to increase options with charms, especially since it could heavily increase potential for charm synergies. It would also be funny to watch people go for min charm slot usage runs

[@chloemchll3774]

I thought an interesting idea for a charm (or charms) is a charm where you get a choice- a weak version of the charm that costs 1 slot and a strong version that costs 3 or 4. I could see making a negative choice as well where the benefit is it gives you extra charm slots. To use a specific idea, instead of Mark of Pride and Longnail both being individual charms, make Mark the 3 slot choice, Longnail the 1 slot (and slightly weaker than in game), and the negative version makes your nail 25% shorter but you gain an extra charm slot.

[@wolfbeat6427]

I had a similar idea with "Daredevil Charms". My first thought was using the Nail, Soul and Mask Binding (Charm doesn't work for obvious reasons)

[@inerkatakan8161]

​@@chloemchll3774nooo that would lock you out of stacking longnail and mark of pride (i need to compensate for something)

[@chloemchll3774]

@@inerkatakan8161 As someone who first started out the game being all about maximizing the length of your nail because of how much easier it made pogoing enemies and a couple of boss fights, I feel you. That said, after getting good at the game (beating it a few times, beating radiance, starting to learn some speed run strategies, etc) I moved away from the nail being a main damage source to something I use mainly to charge my soul for the next spell or to open up new ways of moving through an area, the idea of stacking the two became less important to me to the point where I kinda forgot a lot of people use that build. Okay, my solution then is a 4th level of the charm that uses 4 slots and combines the new weaker long nail and Mark of Pride.

[@Rotem_S]

Rusted Moss has a few trinkets like that

[@hugoheintz]

having over 3000 hours on HK without having unlocked all the achievements is criminal

[@onadaTotihotiH]

I’m genuinely curious which ones are missing

[@jeremytewari3346]

He could never bring himself to let Zote die

[@klopsmmm]

He WHAT

[@kcStranger]

I actually used Glowing Womb on my first clear of the Radiance. At the time, I was still really uncomfortable using spells. So I ran it with a nail build, mostly focused on dodging, and just got some free "passive" damage. Radiance not staggering also eliminated one of the normal downsides. I have since learned to play the game properly and would never run it nowadays, but at the time it unironically felt pretty useful.

[@BORN753]

Yeah, I didn't use spells either my first playthrough.

[@Eragonnogare]

I feel this

[@Wallace_Horsey]

as an avid supporter of glowing womb, I'm hear to say that it's really an awful charm but who cares because cute little bug friends :3 (I also used it to beat radiance for the first time so I may be a bit biased)

[@HunterSuchy]

They are adorable, especially with defender's crest; then they're orange and squishy!

[@skelecow]

i agree wholeheartedly with this comment (i used the stinky glowing womb kids to help me beat nkg)

[@Ankh_The_Artist]

It would be better if it didn't constantly prevent me from healing

[@laurawitch3099]

For a new player who can't for the life of them understand spells AND find a place to heal during combat then womb is a good charm for them. But for anyone else it's either a nerf or an emotional support buddy like Grimmy.

[@Wallace_Horsey]

@@Ankh_The_Artist i think it really shines in fast-paced boss fights like radiance and nkg cause you don't have much time to heal anyway

[@Silksong_when...]

The hand reveal might be the most hopeful thing since the leth interveiw

[@dexnacorn7807]

The what?

[@Silksong_when...]

​@@dexnacorn7807 1:24 😉

[@Semi-GD]

Yippeee!!

[@LittleGhostXD]

All charms can be used strategically in their own way PLUS HAND REVEAL!!

[@liampouncy7808]

It's probably been said a bunch online in different places but it's just struck me what I feel makes so many charms 'bad' in Hollow Knight: the pacing. During my first playthrough I didn't use Shaman Stone or Spell Twister at all, but that was fine. Instead I just loaded up on Longnail/ Mark of Pride/ Fragile Strength, which you can get very early on. There was never a point where these were the 'best' charms I had access to. It's either you're playing through the game and use *some* of the best charms, or you're doing godhome and use the best charm builds. For me it sort of ruined what should have been the wonder of finding a cool, new charm. I hope that Silksong doesn't give access to the best stuff so early on.

[@dimaginarylaw]

Funny because Shaman Stone and Spell Twister definitely are some of the best charms in the game

[@liampouncy7808]

@@dimaginarylaw Yup. Godhome and 100%ing steel soul have really put that into perspective. Point being it's even more nuts that even not considering those two I had no reason to use the low tier charms. :/

[@leinad1110]

One thing that glowing womb has going for it is that each hatchling causes one staggerhit

[@CinnammonTree]

Doesn't help much when they immediately attack during stagger

[@leinad1110]

@@CinnammonTree I saw someone using it on a modded nag, there it works

[@leinad1110]

NKG

[@vampireknight5821]

0:56 is a speedrunner with over 3k hours but still doesnt have all achievements 💀

[@rostbot2885]

I, for one, will never leave Zote to die, that little cutie!

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

He has done an All Achievements speedrun

[@laith8116]

@@rostbot2885 I'll never save Zote, ever!

[@rostbot2885]

@@laith8116 I'm gonna suspect that you already saved him once, albeit accidently...

[@laith8116]

@@rostbot2885 Unfortunately, you are right. But that's a mistake I'll never do again!

[@kubad1420]

YO BLUE!! Nice to see you again! Challenge: Do a speedrun using this build

[@relaxed_llama_edits]

I would love if he did that omg

[@HarryTMason]

a speedrun race where you pick the oppositions charm build (using max notches) could be very fun and give an extra level of strategy

[@EaterOfGeese]

Fun fact: you can stagger a boss 137 times. No tricks, just go fight it and stagger it 137 times. Going to godhome and fighting lost kin on ascended with grubberfly's elegy, heavy blow, and old nail, and making sure to only use the grub nail hits and combo lost kin to stagger it more (search stagger combo on wiki) will let you stagger it 137 times before it dies. Poor thing.

[@stencillpencill]

I’m pretty sure that you can infinitely stagger false knight (not in godhome) if you manage to stagger him again before he falls through the floor. I was doing a randomizer and had wraiths when fighting false knight so it might not be possible edit: it might be possible if you get the false knight door destroy secret thing and get spirit and then refight false knight, if it’s still not possible you can get shaman stone by doing a shade skip or you could just get dash and then get up to salubra normally.

[@Stefan2010a]

@@stencillpencill False knight drop is useless,you can beat the whole game without it so in theory and practice yeah, you can get a pure nail with a nail build and go infinitely

[@kevinfetters7040]

Joni's Blessing massive mask spam was what I used to beat the end of Pantheon 5 for the first time so it'll always have a soft spot for me, didn't have to feel like I'd focus on anything other than dodging and hitting when I could which helped a lot vs Absolute Radiance as I could fairly consistently beat first phase without getting hit and only really struggled on second phase snowballing too hard so all that extra health was actually really nice, and funny enough glowing womb was the final charm slot, no need to heal and free chip damage just felt satisfying haha.

[@essneyallen6777]

I used Joni to learn Grimm's patterns, because at the beginning he flattened me too soon and I couldn't get a grasp on the fight!

[@theok7423]

7:44 _most importantly_, it lets you get 101 egg

[@YoshiFawful64]

In the defence of Heavy Blow, I feel like looking at it from a speedrun/optimization angle is really bad for it. I think it's mostly intended as a _defensive_ charm for new players who want to get a little more breathing room from more aggressive, in-your-face enemies.

[@user-px1cz5gj4j]

Same with glowing womb and dreamshield really. You focus more on dodging and learning enemy movement,while still doing some damage at a safe distance

[@Eragonnogare]

@@user-px1cz5gj4j Exactly, yeah.

[@calvinhong4276]

woah when i was a beginner player i loved the minion charms, not having to attack and focusing only on dodging was super relieving especially for the stressful pantheons at first.

[@TheGallicWitch]

I'm sorry but I'll defend Weaversong to my dying day. It always has a place in my build. I don't use nail arts so it takes the place that Sly's charm would (sorry can't remember the name off the top of my head) and I always pair it with Grubsong. I'm a disabled player with pretty poor hand response so I'm not the best at moving quickly and punishing bosses. So the way I play HK is to be a pretty good tank with an abundance of soul so I can use and abuse charms instead of hitting things repeatedly on the head like most top players recommend/do. Btw this is advice for disabled players who struggle with the game, I guess. I was a very bad player who struggled a lot for a long time. But tbh Weaver+Grub saved me. Now I get the soul that I would normally get if I was able to hit bosses as fast as others are, so I can cast spells and heal pretty reliably, meaning I can get through bosses semi-easily, it just takes me longer. It made me a bit better at dodging (not that much, re: poor hand response) but barely juuust good enough that paired with these two charms and essentials like Shaman and Strength I can now beat the game without wanting to tear my hair out in frustration. So all hail Weaversong, I won't stand for this slander anymore

[@Laezar1]

Weaversong is really not awful! it's not amazing but it's helpful. It's by far the best familiar charm

[@calvindang7291]

Weaversong is actually pretty usable! Note that the slander went on the other two charms :p The weaversong + grubsong combo actually saves the charm and makes it surprisingly viable.

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

Weaversong + Grubsong combo is one of my favorites. I'm not very good at the game, so them damaging enemies and collecting soul for me just feels more secure, ya know? Plus they're adorable!

[@horserummy]

weaversong fanclub 🗣️

[@RustyhairedAlp9575]

14:38 now p5 with it >:3

[@LukeBurdick-cb7xm]

And then there’s me. In my first play through, my exploration charms were Wayward Compass, Gathering Swarm, Kingsoul, Sprintmaster, Dashmaster, and Grubsong. I loved Kingsoul, and kept it for hours. I didn’t even get voidheart until I learned that you needed it for p5. I even beat all three colosseums with Kingsoul equipped. (It was really useful for the shielded fools and the grub mimic because I could reach full health/soul.

[@K-yu-ko8dv]

couldn't you dreamnail the shielded fools?

[@LukeBurdick-cb7xm]

@@K-yu-ko8dv Yeah, but I liked kingsoul because it could also be used against faster enemies/ when there was no floor.

[@secretmeister]

WAIT, how am I a only a year younger than you?? I could never create content like this, its incredibly impressive! I adore your content, really anything longform about hollow knight. Congrats on 100k!

[@greygimple6939]

bros younger than me and absolutely crushing it, definitely did some Robert Johnson deal with the devil type shit isgt

[@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun]

I'm a year older myself and can say the same thing, I'm really impressed in a best way possible

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

I'd love to see a full speedrun with this charm build (with a mod giving you the notches and charms at the start, since playing without them would be easier)

[@user-we5zq6re9d]

personally, the first time i equipped dream shield it was in kingdoms edge with all the primal aspids and it blocked so many of their projectiles and thats why i love dream shield

[@MichalWardt]

When I played the first time, I didn't think of the dream shield as a good thing, but after a few playthroughs I thought it was super useful charm, because its not only blocking something that's flying to you, but it removes it if the shield touches it my all time favorite charm but you must know how to use it .❤

[@countcrocodile1115]

Heavy blow isn't bad, you're just not using it properly and expecting it to do what you want rather than what it does. When i was first playing the game Heavy Blow allowed me to keep enemies at a distance, learn their moves better if they required timing to react to, and keeping them at bay if they were swarming me from multiple directions. It's not a dps charm but ome geared to give you a breathing room from opponents, and at that it does it's job decently well. Stop slandering it when you claim it's purpose is a detriment, it simply doesn't fit your playstyle, but it does so for a lot of beginer players who aren't as accostumed to things like spells or like to save their soul when exploring

[@Ramp4ge28]

Quick focus + deep focus + jonny's blessing

[@gamingtime468]

+ shape of unn

[@Ramp4ge28]

@@gamingtime468 oh yeah

[@gamerdomain6618]

@@gamingtime468 Quick Focus w/ Shape of Unn is incredibly fast movement with a reduced hitbox. Heavy Blows instead.

[@Jawrones]

quick focus + deep focus + spore shroom + defenders crest (watch the magic happen)

[@SpadeOfAces55]

My radiance TE build, on my first playthrough, was hiveblood / dreamshield / lifeblood core. It worked better than it had any right to.

[@zefile]

deep focus is actually REALLY insane in the right build. deep focus+quick focus+shape of unn+thorns+grubsong, makes the game trivially easy. you can heal back any damage you get hit for, doing insane thorns damage in the process. the deep/quick/unn synergies also make it really easy to heal. i beat pantheon 5 with this and it honestly is peak for an endurance test like that.

[@gamingtime468]

finally, some innovation! i am a more simple, directly dps oriented person who dodges and keeps nail spamming the boss, but it's nice to see a unique idea again. consider: quick slash+strength+shaman stone+defender's crest+steady body

[@zefile]

@@gamingtime468 besides defender's crest and steady body this is pretty standard yeah

[@cael5118]

you could also not use deep focus and the same build would be 10x better

[@zefile]

@@cael5118 no, it really wouldn't. why do people with zero experience with things insist on being so confident? i can guarantee you've not tried either.

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

@@cael5118 Nahh deep focus is an important part of this build

[@pentasquare]

Why is the audio glitchy??? Edit: nevermind it might be just me

[@JeffLikesArson]

It’s not

[@Guyonyoutube-ie8fz]

If ur talking about the cut at foreshadowing, it’s because everyone has heard it a billion times. If ur talking about the glitchy effect at the last yippee, it’s intentional

[@pentasquare]

@@Guyonyoutube-ie8fz nah it's a probably an issue on my side

[@Philyshark7]

its glitchy for me too

[@fake_emperor365]

Yeah I noticed it too. Audio sorta "jumps" every few seconds. Really noticeable sometimes like at 3:34 when he says "Hollow"

[@kaye6706]

i have a love/hate relationship with dream shield. i think it's really funny that it dinks when it touches geo but i also think that same thing is annoying as hell

[@gamingtime468]

dream shield is entirely terrible. it has almost all the downsides of glowing womb and costs 1 extra notch

[@Drake-_-]

I hate thorns. Uses your i-frames to deal a tiny bit of damage and can't move out of the animation so you are likely to get hit again. I do think that just adding thorns to the BlueSR worst charm build would make it worst in more situations.

[@stary_kartofel2137]

AND it kills the enemy which you could have killed with your nail for soul for a heal

[@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun]

Aaand I would be a guy to defend thorns even just a little bit. Yeah, for experienced player this is complete trash, but for a beginner, would be more comfortable overall in exploring. For bosses - useless, sure, but for small enemies, especially flying ones, for a new player would be much easier to rely on thorns damage, wich in most cases would kill a bug that hit you, than try to use given i-frames to kill it yourself.

[@asterism343]

it's really good if you suck at the game tho

[@stanislawwitkowicz918]

​@@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSunExactly. If we were to rank charms just by the number of their uses, Thorns would get a 2 out of 5, which translates to "only in certain games". Specifically, your first two to three games. It's bad, could be better, but it's still not the worst by any metric.

[@Drake-_-]

@@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun I am casual. I used compass for most of the game and beat it once. I think I remember dying to them cause I got stuck in the thorns animation. I never used them after

[@thespookysoub]

yknow, defenders crest is actually kinda one of my staple charms lol. esp for broken vessels/soul warriors ghosts. i’m not particularly good at games, so i spend a lot of my time dodging. not having to worrry abt the ghosts at all helps. and i’m a very cautious player. so getting some extra damage in by hanging around the boss but not having to actually hit it is kinda nice! if it were anything more than one notch, nah, but it’s a good little buffer to have i think lol (ik defenders crest isn’t rlly in the video as one of the worst charms, but yknow xD) nice video, blue!! congrats on the milestone!!!!

[@gamingtime468]

defender's crest is even better when you *are* good at the game! if you spend a lot of time close to the boss and hitting it, the passive cloud damage literally splits the game time in half.

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

Defenders creat was a life saver when I first fought broken vessel! I was dying so much until I thought of trying it, and suddenly all those awful balloon enemies were no problem.

[@hamsterpixel]

One thing you didn’t mention is the anti-synergy with glowing womb and deep focus, since the longer heal time opens an even bigger window for glowing womb to burn enough soul to waste your heal

[@heyfiona7492]

Weversong is a good charm if you use it with grubsong you get soul every time the spiders hit an enemy

[@ShadestheMothman]

Exactly! You see the vision!

[@cosmiccomet2327]

Heavy Blow is great in most spike/liquid areas, as you can knock the enemies into environmental dangers. It's pretty fun and it kills them instantly. Quite satisfying to use it on flying mantises in that one vertical spiky room at Queen's Gardens.

[@Poke_JR77]

Glowing womb looks like sad SpongeBob when his nose drops down

[@yovelregensburger6002]

A pretty great use case for deep focus is to stack it with shape of unn and quick focus 1.2× speed and reduced hitbox while healing and the extra heal time actually allows you to properly dodge attacks, and if you stack grubberfly's elegy and grubsong to deep focus (as long as you can consistently heal) you are literally immortal. Great for white palace and path of pain.

[@glitchingnumber]

If I remember correctly I used that first combo on my first time beating ON or at least shape of unn + deep focus

[@aurelux385]

i think this game's worst charm is radiant markoth even if he's not a charm.

[@jesseburgener442]

It may be very conditional, but I could see heavy blow being useful for knocking flying enemies into spikes in the Colosseum

[@DrTrayCreeper]

3000 hours not 100% achievements? Go to the hunters journal purgatory

[@AlbedoR34]

Ive been an avid dream shield defender since i was born. I love that charm and the noise makes me happy

[@Kiriyalwasp]

I would like to remind anyone who happens upon this comment that kingssoul does, in fact, exist

[@TauDel]

This comment is propaganda by the Pale King. No evidence supporting the existence of the King Soul has ever been found. Don’t believe the Pale King’s lies.

[@colourbright1159]

In my last playthrough after a long break I actually found kingsoul good for overcharming when delivering flowers to every possible recipient and some radiant bosses (Markoth and oblobbles, mainly), so it is at least somewhat useful sometimes! Not with glowing womb though, that is still worse than just casting shade soul at everything...

[@frawzch.048]

Its bad but its mainly for story porpouses so it is forgiven becouse lore

[@EmilyMemily-it3xp]

I use heavy blow consistently on nail art builds. It doesn’t hurt nail art builds, since you WANT time to recharge and also, the stagger bonus lets you fire off more of the STRONGEST ATTACK IN THREE GAME. It might not be that good, but if it were one notch, it’d be great.

[@melanciaagridoce]

0:39 I NEED that sound effect please anyone knows the name or how I can find it?

[@themistymagixen]

I think it's from Undertale/Deltarune? Probably from the newer of the two, but I couldn't tell you where in deltarune it would be.

[@skree5999]

Search up On Sight sound effect, it’s from a Kanye west song of that name

[@melanciaagridoce]

@@skree5999 omg thank you so much, I was trying to find it for my partner, they got do happy :D

[@SNTBX]

Its from a Kanye West song On Sight- Kanye West

[@Charlie_374]

@@themistymagixenlmao it’s on sight by Kanye

[@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun]

1:19 no you're amazing! Tysm for your incredibly good content. I'm really happy I discovered the HK community, it's so great, and you're IMO one of the best HK KZbinrs out there. The fact that you achieved such heights before even turning 18 is such an awesome and actually very inspiring thing! Keep up with your work. Love your content

[@Rtificer]

Grimm Troupe But It's Just My Voice when?

[@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest]

I think every charm has a niche that makes it useful. There are only a couple I haven’t used, and even those I can concede are decent in some cases.

[@damoonguy3743]

0:57 3000 hours in the game and you still don't have all achievements? Interesting...

[@MarkAlias314]

Another video! Let's go! I am glad to say that I was there when you hit 100,000 subscribers and when you did the hand reveal. It was a great time. Just wanna say congratulations again for the 100k milestone. Can't wait until you get to a million!

[@JohnDoe-ev8fk]

Is the audio screwed up for anyone else?

[@RosaliaEmerald]

we need a speedrun category with this build now

[@watsonjunior85]

glowing womb have niche use if you have skill issue. In a boss fight that you can wall jump you can combine it with kingsoul to beat a boss u aren't skilled enough to beat just by walljumping. I beat failed champion the first time by doing this

[@weasel_in_a_tophat]

Actually, I have found 1 use case for Glowing Womb: it makes going through soul sanctum much easier. The mages who often teleport when you get within nail distance don't dodge the flies, and theres plenty of soul pots lying around so you don't need to worry about running out of soul. But yeah, its generally a trash tier charm

[@viva4636]

bro how can you have 3000 hours in hollow knight and not have 63/63 achievements?

[@ivana6382]

Was wondering the same thing lol

[@bigfireaxe5403]

He resets the game pretty often

[@Vetrical]

​@@bigfireaxe5403why?

[@lack7940]

All achivement runs​@@Vetrical

[@Vetrical]

@@lack7940 but why reset them on steam too? you'd just need to reset it in the game

[@bearantarctic5843]

10:14 Gotta love the cut before showing how you ddraked into the void Happens to the best

[@Stefan2010a]

Drake referenced?

[@bearantarctic5843]

@@Stefan2010a hell nah

[@Stefan2010a]

@@bearantarctic5843 hell yeh

[@rayseodium]

How the heck do you not have all achievments yet after 3k hours? Blue you are fraud

[@DutchBlackMantha]

My first playthrough I had dreamshield equipped for a long time. Mostly, what it did was make me feel I was fine just dodging, since I was guaranteed a bit of damage any way. That way, I could learn to dodge first, and only go for hits when I had an opening. So not so much the effect of the charm itself was useful, but my reaction to it.

[@donnurk3523]

3k hours, still doesnt have all achievements, lmao

[@LixLorn]

I really like glowing womb. It's just so nice to have this constant supply of friends/kids to help me in my battle, and if I'm playing well I don't need to heal much, and I've always focused more on nail than spells. ...that said I can't claim it's GOOD. even back then when I sucked at using spells I was a bit frustrated by it. rip. x

[@Zero-eu4sx]

0:41 I saw that...

[@jademonass2954]

my first run of HK had quick head and deep heal they canceled each other out to normal heal time, but for 2 masks really liked the build ngl

[@atakanatakan9038]

Iam Turkish

[@Some_MelonGuy]

I am finnish

[@hekzels]

Bende türküm kardes

[@atakanatakan9038]

Ne

[@fattyrabbit3611]

Olm Türklerden oynayan varmıydı😅

[@atakanatakan9038]

Yes be

[@l.n.3372]

Hypothetically, how much better would glowing womb be if it didn't cost soul to make the 4 hatchling appear? If they were "free"?

[@eelmail2077]

Now beat P5 with the charm build lol.

[@mandos6145]

You forgot to mention that pairing defenders with glowing womb also causes the minions to explode, causing a loud distracting noise and particle effect

[@Crazy_Dave_-lv2pu]

I didn't realize that you're only a few months older than me. wtf

[@thepieguyinthesky2363]

0:42 there is one frame where the last charm isn't edited before it fades to black

[@HenryBuck-mh8zc]

I'm surprised that with 3000 hours you haven't gotten all achievements

[@PlebBora]

he has an all achievements speedrun posted on this channel 😭

[@EmpinadoMaxbmdggTheSun]

Well I have over 500hours and... Yeah, hunters mark was always too annoying for me to finish, so I think I'll never get all achievements because I'm too lazy for that)

[@HenryBuck-mh8zc]

​@@PlebBora @0:55 it says he missing 4 achievements

[@PlebBora]

@@HenryBuck-mh8zc because you can reset your steam achievements? my guy, blue literally speedran all achievements. it is a video. it exists. it will take you literally 5 seconds of scrolling to find it.

[@PlebBora]

@@HenryBuck-mh8zcnot sure if my previous reply went through but you can reset your steam instance of hollow knight. he has a speedrun of all achievements on literally this channel, it would take you 5 seconds of scrolling for you to find it. runners can sometimes reset their hollow knight data to start from a fresh file, it's a thing that happens. he just hasn't bothered to redo all of them again

[@dungq-g5s]

Fantastic video, BlueSR. Great editing and humor got me good. Keep at it! I'm surprised you didn't talk about Kingsoul due to extremely high notch cost + slow regeneration of SOUL build-up. It's useful for earlier pantheons for survivality, then at some point it's better to pick up Dreamwielder before the player peaked at the Pantheon's final bosses. My friend played the funny strat with Markoth's ascended/radiant mode. They pick up Glowing Womb + Kingsoul. Somehow they actually defeated him with little nail arts attacks and shaman's stone spells, letting it be passive then abuse the overcharming build. It was slowest way to get him done. We were hoping that Godseeker mode allow us to play two charms such as Kingsoul & Carefree Melody, but it replaces as a Void Heart & Grimmchild. Exploring this game is fun anyway, we don't mind replaying it.

[@GMPranav]

Replace deep focus with king's soul in the last build and you are set. Because honestly deep focus might be accidentally useful somewhere.

[@mous3kteer]

The problem with that is that King's Soul's constant soul refill partially negates Womb's problem of making the player constantly out of soul. With Deep Focus' long heal time, you're almost guaranteed to never be able to heal, since you'll never stay above 1 cast worth of soul long enough. Without it and with regenerating soul, you could probably heal fairly often.

[@Dungeon_Dunce2011]

But kingsoul makes glowing womb break even with soul cost, so hat would make he build better.

[@jaash7981]

I used a Joni's Blessing/Lifeblood build to beat GPZ my first time because i didn't want to deal with his annoying fight lol. Stalwart Shell also. Niche application, but Glowing Womb is also good for early randomizers when you need to clear Elder Baldurs.

[@Barquevious_Jackson]

0:48 HBomberGuy really did just invent the worst joke ever. I hate this more then that morbius line "is the X of all time" like guys, for the love of god, can we stop with the self aware bits in which we do a thing, point out, and do it anyways? Let me watch the video bro, shut up, don't spoil the ending god damn! I'm begging bro. I would actually like the foreshadowing if you didn't point it out.

[@Jibash]

Now we need a speedrun/challenge with this build

[@LolO36675]

1:38 seems like you got a little too excited there

[@iceshadow625]

Now you gotta do a play through using only the worst charm build. I think it’d be a fun watch.

[@dyrpyn96]

Going on a journey to beat the radiance with the worst charm build the whole way through is now an item on my Hollow Knight challenges list that I was just now compelled to create

[@TheInGeneralGamer]

I actually had a fun time using glowing womb and weaversong as a summoner build

[@Tom-et5gy]

icl i liked glowing womb because i got it early asf (my hk nerd friend told me i wouldnt be able to get it so i spent 20 mins getting through the spike tunnel without crystal heart) and it acc helped me when i was bad at control for some bosses

[@starsword1178]

I love deep focus, it's what carried me through the entire game! The double healing during bosses did me so much wonders!!! Especially with Basin Hornet, Nightmare king Grimm, and a few other bosses

[@Cam_K9]

The hatchlings are cute so glowing womb is actually top tier

[@lucaswright1832]

time for fluke, glowing womb, heavy blow, defenders crest only speedrun

[@GeneralNickles]

I mistook heavy blow for quick slash in the thumbnail, and I was about to go crazy. Like "HOW ARE YOU SAYING QUICK SLASH IS BAD?!" But yeah, heavy blow is terrible.

[@versatility2201]

Can’t wait to see this set up in a P5 hitless run! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@skiddytrippy7189]

I feel like the issue with heavy blow is that it fits into a game where there's either a way to do ranged damage without costing soul, or knocking enemy into the terrain(specifically walls) dealt extra damage/stunned, or a game where there are status effects that deal damage based on the distance the enemies have moved. Basically in theory it might be a fun charm but in practice it just does now work with hollow knight at all

[@spectral1064]

This makes me wanna rush all the charms in the worst build and do a challenge run with em.

[@DariuusMusic]

Heavily enjoyed this video, truly a banger, no but really, the true peak of human creativity and ingenuity.. Truly a life-changing experience. Loved it!

[@tdthedevilsrighthand712]

I do know a situation you can use all the minion charms to... SOME effectiveness. It's cheesing the Failed Champion, cling to the upper ends of the walls and let the minions whittle down the menace beneath you while avoiding the constant barrage of projectiles coming down below and shockwaves... most of the time. Managed to beat him after a couple minutes of this.

[@noobaliciousgaming8765]

I actually have a fringe example where Glowing Womb was my MVP. I was playing a rando and to make it difficult, gave myself one hp (adding more shards in the pool). I found Glowing Womb early and without a single spell for a while and without a second hp in order to heal, it gave me a use for my soul and a way to keep my distance, not to mention nearly double nail damage. I chucked it as soon as I got Unbreakable Heart though.

[@lilbop4942]

I played through the game again recently, but without using spells or focus! in this specific scenario, I found a great use for the glowing womb and especially its synergy with fury since I couldn't heal.

[@RR-dh2ub]

Tbf most of the better charms for damage are also super dull. Like a bigger that attacks faster is not nearly as fun as a mini spider army with a magic shield flying around you

[@mbmproductions9217]

Heavy Blow actually carried me hard when I beat the Oblobbles on Radiant, since the added knockback makes it a lot easier to dodge their bullet hell patterns

[@YotYotFive]

A quick point in defense of Heavy Blow: it's great vs. Oblobbles. I really struggled in the Radiant fight in balancing the knight's position against the happy couple, but the additional knockback makes it much easier to "push" the bosses where you want them.

[@ivy7681]

I use defenders crest for broken vessel and lost kin as i find it easier to focus on the boss rather then the floating infection ghost things. Defenders crest kills them before i need to worry about them

[@themadwarden6603]

Ill be honest, the aspid swarm producing charm plus defenders crest carried me through lost kin. I needed the extra explosions to whittle down its massive health bar

[@FabriSlv]

Can I defend heavy blow for a second, as a poor HK player? While it's true at the chams blows (yes I did have to think to make that pun, please clap), when you're a first time player Hollow Knight can be terrifying, and sending the enemis flying can help a lot, as you're less likely to get hit back and have more time to think your next move. On the opposite side, glowing womb and Joni's blessing are even worse as a casual player, because they take from you the ability to heal, which is the most important when you're bad at the game.

[@fatloser-ln5ny]

using this build for my first p5 run thanks blue 🙏

[@noahvoght8522]

Time to speedrun all achievements, thanks blue!

[@reinbew794]

Steady Body is one of my favorite charms. Quick Slash + Steady Body + Unbreakable Strenght = GODLIKE DPS

[@magtea92]

thanks for the great video blue! I remember using defenders crest +glowing womb+ dreamshield +weaversong +grimmchild for radiance fight once, and it was kinda hilarious since dung bombs were all over the mighty goddess's face