Hollow Knight but I keep doing Speedrun skips *apparently*

A speedrunner plays Hollow Knight.
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[@Smallant]

Had some audio issues and had to reupload this one. Sorry about that! Hope you enjoy it :)

[@Shrensterr]

its goiod

[@flarfschnikelman6780]

Cool.

[@superkat0610]

Good vid :)

[@inkbean1020]

Thanks!

[@Luke-sx7nq]

It was so sick it didn’t need audio

[@Mieps5]

“This is not a speedrun to be clear” *Proceeds to start timer*

[@awkwardvulpix3085]

It's part of his brand lol

[@S0LISL0ST]

I wanna say its out of habit.

[@celestialowl8865]

Getting a baseline is nice for getting future PBs and stuff for if he ever does end up speedrunning

[@user-pp5oh9ee1k]

It’s so you know how long he’s been playing, and how far into the game he is

[@Zer0_Cloud17]

Tanner has said on a different stream that it’s their because some people really wanted to know exactly how long it’s taken him to beat a game.

[@crosscountrybro555]

It's absolute insanity how he just does things. "Oh I shouldn't be here? Well what if I want to be here" He's too good at videogames.

[@nacroza8314]

0 comments, boi what the hell boi

[@shadowwhistle606]

He’s just built different

[@creeper7722]

Why is his discord gone

[@darksentinel082]

@@creeper7722 you’re probably banned lol bc it’s still around

[@unavailable_leDog]

Yet he dashes into the enemy

[@big_neek]

I like to imagine that hollow knight is all just happening under a big rock in someone's garden.

[@ThreeletterIGN]

“Help! There’s a big yellow moth on the wall throwing swords at me!!!”

[@tbotalpha8133]

Yeah, and the "ancient history" they talk about is only a week ago in human terms.

[@bloggy6465]

the blue lake is just a guys spit

[@haydenpalmer1094]

What is in the god home hot spring

[@reilim7074]

The acid pools are just spilled Sprite from a party

[@Silver-Arm]

Man who refuses to get double jump says: "I don't need it" He was right

[@Twiquil]

you can legitimately complete the entire game without double jump , or without dash

[@Goofy90]

@@Twiquil no you need dash

[@Twiquil]

@@Goofy90 no you seriously don't need dash, skurry did a playthrough without it

[@killerwhale9073]

Think they’re talking about crystal dash

[@Twiquil]

@@killerwhale9073 even then it's still possible, Fire made an entire video on how one 14 year old kid found a way to beat the game without crystal dash

[@aidanschulze9931]

Shout out to the one person who said “just use a gun” in chat when he was fighting lost kin

[@Andrew-xe7sp]

And the other guy who said “just get netherite armor” 🤣🤣

[@ChantalMusic92]

*hollow point mod has entered the chat*

[@treyori9686]

Timestamp?

[@Sasparilla_]

like #666

[@bookreaderman6715]

@@ChantalMusic92 wow that name is perfect

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Are you speedrunning this?" "No I'm just that good" I mean he wasn't lying about that response

[@kazti5206]

found you

[@ikonwno7915]

Why are you everywhere

[@EGhostN]

You are the hero we needed

[@Hi-zn6lf]

Lolllll

[@femc16316]

Maybe he has a good gaming chair.

[@sircheese288]

"Some bugs are nice, some aren't" Yup. That's the lore.

[@derontanzil6939]

The fact that he didn't even meet myla before and just killed her without remorse saddens me

[@monodragon]

then again, she did constantly sing about murder...

[@teddystanaccount3395]

@@monodragon I love knowing nothing about this game and hearing this

[@benhoman565]

@@monodragon if you meet her before picking up the mantis claw(I think) she is completely uninfected and is nice to the knight

[@susamogus1956]

@@benhoman565 its before dream nailing any dreamer or getting the wings

[@braininmeatsuit1207]

@@susamogus1956 She gets a bit infected if you get desolate dive, and fully if you get crystal dash. The crossroads is what gets infected if you get wings or a dreamer

[@zaxtonhong3958]

He talked to elderbug, that legally means this is a valid speedrun

[@Ghostman5120_]

Well he did take a break so i don't think so

[@the_neon_08]

@@Ghostman5120_ haha joke ruined teehee

[@Ghostman5120_]

@@the_neon_08 oh dang sorry bout that

[@barkleyu]

Yes

[@Irish_Enderman]

*invalid Never seen a speed run that talks to elderbug

[@ghastly1269]

“Should I try to beat him anyways tho, I think it would be funny” Small ants entire career in one sentence

[@sopaipillas32030]

Literally, entered a super mario oddyssey tournament days before it started and got so far that he went up against world record holders. Hes literally just too good at learning videogames considering how he practiced only for a couple days, no previous speedrunning experience

[@thatkidkim]

@@sopaipillas32030 what vid?

[@sopaipillas32030]

@@thatkidkim It was actually before he started making videos, he deleted most of his early videos too. He had taken the chance to get famous with the videos he uploaded and him going against world record holders boosted his fame. He's a genius

[@RinRin72769]

@@sopaipillas32030 He's not just a genius, he's the biggest brain gamer the world has ever seen

[@naturallymoronic2214]

he's so good it actively annoys me how quickly he beat this

[@m4rcyonstation93]

He’s played this game before- it was quite a while ago though so he could very much have forgotten most of it

[@thunderlake2000]

@@m4rcyonstation93 this vid was literally his blind playthrough

[@ashutoshsamantaray2572]

It passively annoys me tho

[@jellojiggler1693]

@@ashutoshsamantaray2572 With all due respect, I think a lot of you are just bad at video games and don't realize it. I don't mean that in a patronizing way. Nobody really realizes it until they become somewhat good at video games(usually after playing more than 15ish years) and reflect on how much they used to suck. It's more about recognizing universal nonverbal video game cues and manipulating them than being *good* imo.

[@ThatClamWiam]

@@thunderlake2000 it wasnt blind he watched other people play to learn what to do and then acted like he didnt know so basically his mango is to blow up and then act like he dont know nobody

[@carlosa.4516]

Honestly, one of the beautiful things about this game is how different the experience is player to player. I saw this vid before I ever played the game and even mimicked some of the skips I remembered seeing SmallAnt do and I still unlocked things in a vastly different order than he did, this game's so incredibly diverse it's crazy

[@atherisGAY]

Yup and it seems like every player enjoys different things about it too. It's a very wide range of why they like it. Personally I love the platforming and the discovering aspect. But others fight. Others like speedrunning. It's fun.

[@flowdeee7938]

​@@atherisGAYi am very new to hollow knight, and the boss fights are the most fun for me

[@-MidnightOwl-]

@@flowdeee7938 may luck be with you for markoth.

[@theyumblat5420]

“Why are there 30 of them what the hell” Most accurate description of soul sanctum I’ve heard

[@nubert916]

its not a sanctum of souls, its a sanctum of *enemy spam*

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

As someone who has no idea what this game is about, I find this funny.

[@Mangosjoraa]

The chat asking him to choose the compass as his last charm against lost Kin is basically the hollow knight fandom in a nutshell

[@chaos1187]

compass is the best charm in the game

[@Nixahma]

Are they trolling? I don’t know enough about Hollow Knight to be sure.

[@necrotempest4444]

@@Nixahma It's an ongoing joke in the HK community, After you play the game a few times, you just drill the route into your mind, making wayward compass basically useless. This joke also goes for gathering swarm because geo is basically useless later on.

[@Nixahma]

@@necrotempest4444 oh, that makes sense. Ty for telling me

[@loly8844]

@@Nixahma I don’t think he really explained the joke that well, to put it simply, it’s a useless charm if you’re good at the game, but everyone acts like it’s the best charm in the game, eg; someone beats some difficult modded boss, and someone will say, “what’s more impressive is that he did it without wayward compass”

[@ladyviolu3924]

The chat doing hornet noises as he approached the fight was cute

[@Charoy612]

Seeing him jump over the mawlek and learn to parry in the same ten seconds broke something inside me

[@1samper122]

Pointcrow : *Gets world record on Hollow Knight* SmallAnt : Hey look at this cool game I just found! Pointcrow : *sweats nervously*

[@syfor2237]

pcrow doesnt have any runs on hollow knight wdym

[@axewtv7027]

I really hope Tanner will get into HK speedrunning

[@o.s.2619]

@@axewtv7027 We all know that he would only be able to clock in at maybe 20th place, at maximum? The top runners are extremely consistent, im sure Tanner would not get every skip first try, like the QGA-Skip.

[@axewtv7027]

@@o.s.2619 true, there's no way he's getting any high place. Fire, Pest, Ax2u, MonStah, vysuals, they've all been playing the game for years and are insane at it. But he could learn the route and try it, just for fun.

[@OhMyDarwen17]

SmallAnt already knew about hollow knight, watched his first run from a year or two ago on his twitch archive a couple months back. But I am happy to see him pick up the game again!

[@necrobonesgaming2424]

"nailing ghosts is the canonically right thing to do" thanks twitch chat, very cool

[@GreenLinzerd]

Would you smooch a ghost? A) Heck yeah B) Heck yeah C) Heck yeah D) Heck yeah

[@PrimitiveAspid]

HELL YEAH Who needs nails with spells like these? I-I’m out of soul.

[@largeboi4678]

@@GreenLinzerd ghosts are cold as hell, which makes it way better

[@zytheabsolutenerd75]

i mean i did it so they werent stuck there forever

[@what_homework]

@@GreenLinzerd metaton it's time to stop But yes I agree

[@finnshort3806]

the thing about speedrun skips is that alot of them were purposefully added by team cherry so it really was you finding your own path. alot of enemies were placed in order to skip things like monarch wings. they also purposefully made the path to brooding mawlek spikes in order to let you down pogo to the top. if you look closely there are lots of skips that look like a really rare coincidence, but they aren't.

[@benjaminlee985]

This absolute madman tried to pogo off a primal aspid. That's how dedicated he was to skipping the double jump.

[@-MidnightOwl-]

Thats actually a skip that (I think) TE runners use lol

[@egg_003]

Don’t they fireball skip?

[@Luck0Mania]

@@egg_003 no, low% true ending uses the aspid pogo there, they use the stallball (fireball into a curved wall) to skip a white palace jump iirc

[@nervous102]

"did you just take off shaman stone for gathering swarm?" That's called passive income

[@VikSun14618]

Big Money Moves

[@bendily3623]

@@VikSun14618 stupid money moves

[@casheverett6300]

@@bendily3623 you dont have fun in games do you. People have to play absolutely optimally or else they play the game wrong.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Stonks

[@DemonTime27546]

smort stonks

[@jacobfaires2860]

Fun fact: wayward compass actually saves you health everytime you don't get hit

[@yoshiboss1063]

Now that’s smart xD

[@eggroll4568]

Wait actually?

[@neophyta]

@@eggroll4568 wayward compass op

[@dooplon5083]

@@eggroll4568 I mean think about it lol, if you aren't getting hit you're saving health lol

[@eggroll4568]

@@dooplon5083 brooooo that is actually a genius way to think about it

[@kiyopawn]

You know, when he said he knew about the lore it didn't seem like he was serious but then he explained it in the most barebones way and I was like. "He's completely right tho."

[@demoman5864]

Ant: “this is not a speed run!” Also ant: **puts in a timer**

[@caspergotlost]

honestly the timer is just nice to keep a sense of how long things take

[@SewrRat]

His unwillingness to take the easy route is so hilarious

[@sinteleon]

He just likes sequence breaks. :V

[@sircheese288]

@@sinteleon as do I. Got a lot of respect for what this man did.

[@epsilon323]

hey my old pfp

[@pillerman7954]

The game more fun when you have all the upgrades and abilities

[@PeachBobbler]

"I watched some fireb0rn videos, I know what charms are good now" immediately cuts to a clip of thorns of agony

[@vivian9744]

To be fair thorns of agony is pretty op for newer players since they get hit a lot 😂

[@cc.varnis]

Also thorns use only 1 notch which is good when you dont have many notches to spare

[@BillyBob-xx5jr]

Thorns is pretty good, best 1 notch charm until you get Nailmaster's Glory or Dreamwielder, and even then it's good in certain situations. Damage is really good, and it can give you a small break to quickly re-orient yourself.

[@xenoalvis7866]

you can see he has equipped all the worst charms when he says that lol

[@mint8503]

I love thorns of agony tho because i have a very aggressive playstyle so I get hit a lot, this charm combined with grubsong, quick focus, shape of unn or quickslash makes for a really fun build imo

[@bee-kt2ys]

mantis lords took me 21 tries on my first playthrough but having all the mantises bow to me afterwards was that much more satisfying

[@wakizaki7463]

everyone in chat: stop it Ant you cant just skip things without the double jump and- SmallAnt: haha epic gamer skills go BRRRRRRR

[@-MidnightOwl-]

Not epic gamer skills. He played the game before as he said in the VOD, and he most likely watched runs before that. How did he know that there was a dash? Or that claw was wall jumps?

[@barney3444]

The 'blah blah blah' during elderbugs lines wounded me to the core

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Explain

[@barney3444]

@@TheBluePhoenix008 Well you see elderbug is a very close friend of mine and it was unbearable watching him get ignored like that

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@barney3444 understandable, have a nice day

[@barney3444]

@@TheBluePhoenix008 Thanks, you too.

[@adamapple8638]

Absolutely beautiful. I wish all internet conversations went like this

[@NightChime]

Sequence breaks to try to follow Hornet. Denies stalking her.

[@Gamer-cx6yg]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6DEhYKel5iigs0 smallant POV right before stalking her

[@Twiquil]

its really not a sequence break, you just skip 2 rooms. It was kinda intended by the devs too, otherwise they would have put an invis wall there

[@Arkangel3425]

@@Twiquil why would they put an invisable wall anywhere in the game its a game that gives you a sense of pure free will you can go almost anywhere at anytime in this game if you have the skill

[@Twiquil]

@@Arkangel3425 thats my exact point also it isn't a sequence break since you aren't skipping anything, just like 3 rooms. Doesn't matter what casual players do, it simply concerns the nature of the skip, and in this case it's a room skip and not a sequence break, as sequence breaks are doing something in the wrong order, such as doing hornet sentinel before you do hornet protector, or beating the entire game without a powerup, etc etc

[@Arkangel3425]

@@Twiquil alright fair point

[@Acidrain-yc9qr]

I like how the chat kept saying 'ur not supposed to be here" when he can go to any in any order but a couple of places But u could still get to but it would be alot harder like the crystal cave

[@jimmyrivera1830]

Ant: I’m gonna go here Chat: You’re not supposed to go there Ant: *Did I stutter?*

[@als_pals]

It makes me irrationality angry how easy you find this.

[@BennyBoy4568]

That's because he hasn't made it to any hard parts in the game. such as pantheon, path of pain, no-hitting all the bosses, the last last boss, and all the dream bosses.

[@odrag.29]

@@BennyBoy4568 Dude I literally stuck on Hornet like two weeks xC.

[@parleypalmer8240]

Lost kin took half my soul

[@dapplewhiterabbit9986]

@@odrag.29 spam the first spell you get from the witch doctor lady on Hornet. Use the charm that gives you extra soul from you hitting others. Dodging is up to you learning Hornets patterns, they’re very easy to recognize due to them being slow. (Compared to her second fight) You simply need to get into the habit of dodging in a specific way depending on what attack she uses.

[@SewrRat]

I just hope he struggles on NKG, cuz that was my first genuine roadblock in the game

[@peterpeladon]

Whoever in chat called Brooding Mawlek a "late game" boss is funny. That boss is intentionally designed to be reachable that early by people who have discovered pogoing quickly.

[@saphironkindris]

i'd call him more of a mid-game boss. he's intended to be done after you have wall jump and dash, but probably still before city of tears.

[@turoni314]

He's an early game boss for people that are quick to pick up the mechanics, he's a late game boss for people who only discover him after claw or even wings.

[@OriNyte]

@@turoni314 claw is not lategame though

[@renar3339]

Yeah but i'm surprised he made it up that quick on the pogo section, even i struggled with that the first time and i am pretty good with platformers in general.

[@s1lverp3nguin]

@@turoni314 honestly just rly good inherent game design

[@benlapin2089]

Kids, this is what we call "sequence breaking" Also, the Dreamer's name is Herrah the Beast.

[@huntslushy2194]

I hope he does a second vid, because of this video I fell in love with this game, so I can’t wait to see how he reacts to things later in the game like the REAL FINAL BOSS…

[@SuperShesh2]

“Could you say the lore instead of assuming I already know what you are talking about?” Also ant: “blah blah blah something about will”

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

Although a fair criticism, the game doesn't make the lore clear at all. I listened to all the dialogue and had barely any idea what is going on. The graves in ash were not mentioned literally any other time in the game, nor are they signed on the map. You just stumble blindly on it without even realizing.

[@overthinkit_]

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies On my first playthrough I thought the Dreamers were gods.

[@dooplon5083]

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies imo it makes the stuff that you need to know for what's happening in the present very clear or at least clear enough. Could some things be explained more? Yes, but most of the vague stuff is about stuff that was thousands of years before the story and isn't too important to know.

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

@@dooplon5083 I would argue that knowing where the f*ck the Graves in ash are is pretty important, since you can't get all the other endings without finding it? The fact that it's mentioned during like one of the only cutscenes in the entire game would suggest that it's important as well? Also, it would be a feat to fail to explain the premise of the game, which is: 1. Find Dream nail > 2. Kill 3 Dreamers > 3. Kill final boss. And even then you find the Dream nail literally by accident, so that's only 2 outta 3 simple premises made clear. And for that matter if you're unlucky like me and go to Deepnest before Kingdom's Edge (since Deepnest has several obvious entrances, while KE has one secret entrance that I missed and one tram entrance that requires you to go to Deepnest for the pass) and kill Herrah, you never get to find out that she was Hornet's mother. So that was an important piece of lore that I was locked out off because I didn't f*cking know that KE existed and that the Graves in ash are there.

[@dooplon5083]

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Actually, there are multiple entrances to the resting grounds, nearly every single one requires a powerup of some sort (the entrance via falling into the chasm that you reference requires either the lantern or the dive spell to get to crystal peaks) but there's also a secret entrance above Salubra's hut that leads to the blue lake (needs double jump) as well as the tram room that you can access from your very first visit to the crossroads. Granted you cant actually *use* the tram until you get the pass but since it sticks out like a sore thumb a player could easily decide to use it later once they find the pass in deepnest. Of course, this is ignoring the entrance from Kingdom's edge since you didn't find it until way later in your run. I really don't see too much of an issue with the placement of the dream nail considering how accessible the grounds are, especially considering that this genre is about exploration so having an area be so easily accessible makes it a damn near guarantee that you'll find it. Also, you missed the entrance to Kingdom's edge that uses the crystal dash, it's near Isma's Grove. Finally, your hornet complaint doesn't really matter imo considering the White Lady and the Deepnest Midwife give the same and _more_ lore just a tad more cryptically. White lady literally tells you that the "gendered child" that gave you the king's mark was born from a dalliance between herrah and the pale king (and in case you've never heard the word before dalliance means a sexual relationship). Midwife further clarifies that this was part of an alliance with the king and Hornet's birth was the reward for accepting the role of being a dreamer. Hell, compared to _all_ that you get from everyone else I don't know why you're so ticked at hornet just saying "this is my mom" and feeling sad, even her mom says more as when you dreamnail her in the dream world she mentions doing it for an unnamed daughter and brings up the bargain (hell, she even has hornet's crescent shaped horns, you can infer her kid from her design and the fact that the weaver enemies wear red robes like hornet's if you've got good eyes lol). Hell, you can even find hornet's *room* hidden in deepnest if you look hard enough (her room is hidden in a high corner of the room where you get the weaver charm, but I'll admit that it can be a bitch to find. Here's a guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6elpHihmcqVha8 ) along with dead weavers that reference the bargain if you dreamnail em.

[@apathicavenger]

"This is a late game boss okay" Ah yes, brooding mal, the feared late game boss. Your chat gave you horrible info hahaha.

[@backwooddagn6888]

They almost always do

[@swiwiws125]

its amazing how little twitch chat actually knows about video games, despite their constant backseating nature

[@PrimitiveAspid]

Mawlek is easy. I’ve beat him without v-spirit and dash.

[@sophiaz2982]

chat needs to believe in smant more :(

[@hypergodkz]

@@PrimitiveAspid hello spawn of Satan

[@n1c4ds15]

"I plan on doing p5" "Next stream is PoP" "We are gonna do all archivements" What happend with that?

[@Apple_Beshy]

he did pop in 20 mins

[@chuckchuk14]

It almost pisses me of how good he is on his first playthrough, lmao it's amazing

[@quasiZote]

The fact that Smant pretends to play this game for the first time really annoys me. To be clear - he's played it before and knows all the strats he pretends not to know. People already know he's a smart guy so I honestly don't understand why he did this. For more clicks? To increase you're seemingly low self-confidence? Just a prank? This whole video is a lie anyway and I'm just very dissapointed. If you're a fan and don't believe my words - before you try to attack me - watch the VOD and convince yourself that this is the truth.

[@dysphoria_1.040]

@@quasiZote He's bullshitting to piss people off. He made that very clear by the title.

[@dysphoria_1.040]

To be clear, that's his style of content. He's intentionally having a laugh. You being pissed about it is exactly what makes it funny as hell.

[@tpgfm]

Smallant has the uncanny ability to, in addition to being a gamer god, not look weird as crap when he takes off his glasses.

[@purevessle2641]

God gamer*

[@unfortunately.not.a.psyduck]

Oh snap you're right that's crazy

[@jellyguns1293]

he got the worst ending possible what do you mean "god gamer".to be titled as a god one of the things required would be to be omipotent meaning he would need to know everithing about the game obviously because omnipotence isn't achivable by "mortals" he would instead need to discover everithing. HE. DID. NOT. im sorr if my reply apears rude i am just frustraded by his "im so good at this game" personality. sorry again

[@alzhanvoidsansado]

​@@jellyguns1293lmao

[@Finwolf29]

Lmao he's insane at the game, stfu

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

"I'm gonna get this one, just cause it's the cheapest" *accidentally buys the best charm in the game* In terms of usefulness Grimmchild is the real best because cute baby boi

[@the4thsteve27]

grimmchild is also a future source of all nightmares so

[@LvnaOnline]

bruv, the grimmchild is literally the worst charm ever

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

@@LvnaOnline I'm aware that it sucks ass, but it is stylish, and honestly if you don't look cool saving the world, you might as well not even bother.

[@LvnaOnline]

@@chaoticdetectivepeach honestly, good point, have fun with your cute baby boi :)

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

@@LvnaOnline why thank you, but also this is why I pick armor with the worst defense in games, if it looks cool, cuz honestly I'll just learn to play around it, and just wear it because it looks cool, I am the embodiment of fashion souls

[@thenecrozmea3117]

Watching this video after playing this game for 80 hours makes me think about how much better he got at the game in a quarter of the time.

[@quasiZote]

The fact that Smant pretends to play this game for the first time really annoys me. To be clear - he's played it before and knows all the strats he pretends not to know. People already know he's a smart guy so I honestly don't understand why he did this. For more clicks? To increase you're seemingly low self-confidence? Just a prank? This whole video is a lie anyway and I'm just very dissapointed. If you're a fan and don't believe my words - before you try to attack me - watch the VOD and convince yourself that this is the truth.

[@GMPranav]

​@@quasiZoteI think he did watch a lot of speedruns and hollow knight content but I don't think he played the game before. Even with all the sequence breaks 13 hours is a reasonable time to finish a first playthrough especially if you don't do all the side content. For instance I am much more of a noob but I finished my second playthrough in 4h45m and 100%ed it in 11 hours (although I did take help from the guides because I really wanted the speedrun achievements).

[@quasiZote]

@@GMPranav He literally said he played it on stream before in the VOD.

[@quasiZote]

@@GMPranav But ye, belive what you wanna believe.

[@GMPranav]

@@quasiZote that part is also in the KZbin video but I can't be arsed to find the timestamp

[@ilomaniac1933]

"now that we have dash, moving will be a little easier" gets hit immediately

[@anna48792]

"Why are you guys saying garama" is the new "why do I hear boss music"

[@strogonoffcore]

"why are you guys saying 'the castle gate remains closed'"

[@PiroTFC]

@@strogonoffcore "you were still just a puppy"

[@mickeyboi1921]

“That’s it?” sums up Broken Vessel perfectly.

[@qwertyuiop9600]

The reason he accidentally did so many speed running tricks is because he’s got the speed runner mind set looking for optimal ways to get around obstacles

[@quasiZote]

The fact that Smant pretends to play this game for the first time really annoys me. To be clear - he's played it before and knows all the strats he pretends not to know. People already know he's a smart guy so I honestly don't understand why he did this. For more clicks? To increase you're seemingly low self-confidence? Just a prank? This whole video is a lie anyway and I'm just very dissapointed. If you're a fan and don't believe my words - before you try to attack me - watch the VOD and convince yourself that this is the truth.

[@avoid6485]

​@@quasiZotei mean i could see it but it's still kinda funny+ it also allows players that have never played the game before to feel comfortable watching someone that "hasnt" played before either. it gives one a sense of comfort knowing the person they are watching isnt miles ahead of them in skill level

[@theauberman]

To the guy who said Brooding Mawlek is a late game boss: let’s be honest, he’s an early mid-game boss at best.

[@onlysmiles4949]

I wouldn't even call him midgame

[@Twiquil]

they are just trying to procrastinate to scare him lol, it's an early game boss. 300 hp. Easier than hornet

[@FFKonoko]

It's intended/balanced as an early mid boss. But lots of people only fight him really early, or late game. Due to either stumbling in, or missing the area.

[@popnleck2838]

@@FFKonoko Honestly at the start of each playthrough I take a detour and pogo up to go kill him. It's a really easy skip, and gets you a mask shard early for an easy boss, so why not? Especially good on steel soul where you need more life.

[@maroonmarlin3329]

He was the first boss I did because I thought the bouncing off the spikes thing was intentional.

[@matthewwylie2735]

11:43 I think that's the first time I've seen the camera break on the Mantis fight. Didn't even know you could break it. Nice job Ant. _golf clap_

[@gnar539]

I love how Smallant plays this, just wandering around and going to places that seem interesting with 0 spoilers Also, I'm fairly sure you can do literally anything in this game without the double jump

[@kaladin783]

What I love about hollow knight is that you usually “deserve that one”

[@HappyGingerWolf]

This is so funny to watch after pointcrows disaster of a first playthrough

[@danieljames1868]

And meanwhile I'm just remembering RTGame stumbling from one end of hallownest to the other looking for the map guy. :V

[@purevessel8910]

@@yesno4065 in the video he says he played a bit but vaguely remembered any of it

[@TheBananaOverlord]

@@yesno4065 he played it on stream a long time ago

[@Droid15243Z]

I thought Pointcrow did a blind run?

[@yesno4065]

Thanks 4 ur help everyone

[@d4ncers975]

i actually love how you play this game. Just doing everything that feels right and going wherever you want if you can do it, using skips if you need too. Because thats technically how the developers intendet you to play, just wandering around and gathering and exploring stuff

[@theyusane668]

I love how chat is constantly yelling at him to do things correctly and smallant is like "I don't need to"

[@EzmarVoD]

I did a lot of this stuff too. Double jump was legit the last upgrade I found. I also beat Brooding Mawlek before getting the dash. This game's movement and combat were phenomenal enough that you always have options of how to deal with certain things, the upgrades just create a general path of least resistance.

[@lordmemion4585]

Smallant - “This is not a speed run” Also Smallant - *starts doing speed run skips*

[@joesgarage5280]

speedrun skips are overrated imo

[@ch1dd]

what can I say, the man isn't speedrunning, but the man is a speedrunner

[@xaviersolivan540]

And here I recognize that Smallant is actually really good at video games

[@profix25lo]

He allready did an entire playthrough a while back. This is not the first time playing the game

[@ChillburritoYT]

“Yo, that’s a big ol’ wiggler” 💀💀💀

[@SherbertLand]

I find it funny when they said “why are you ignoring the plot” when the plot is the most obscure non-existent thing ever

[@bowtie_penguin]

Lmao I love how annunciated smant said *Dirt* - *mouth*

[@MrAndrewaziz]

Chat spamming "QUILLIAM" during the Uumuu fight made me so happy

[@lred1383]

This means that in some other parallel universe there is a character named Wirrel

[@vivaanagrawal7887]

At 16:04 someone’s like “wait he got WEAVERSONG??”😂

[@bennett6966]

Person: getting eaten SmallAnt: ehhh he seems fine

[@-ism8153]

0:05 "I can still casually play through games." *Has a timer at the bottom*

[@betchaos7383]

I would've called bs on the "no speedrun" thing if I hadn't also done most of these things when I first played it. I wasn't able to get up to the path of pain early like he did tho. Pogoing off of the shadow's projectile was legit genius.

[@ItsMrBozToYou]

You play enough platformers, you start seeing the strats everywhere.

[@salamisandwich3187]

Pogoing off of the shade soul is legit a strat in all stag stations speedruns

[@fiendfi7119]

@@salamisandwich3187 yes but the fact that a first time player found it is insane

[@N-olla]

@@fiendfi7119 he isn’t a first time player

[@opposite342]

@@N-olla he is for this game

[@kokosan09]

"girl, I don’t even know who you are, get over yourself" made me laugh so hard

[@InfiniteGreninja]

I am shocked he instantly figured out how to use the pogo for skips

[@eli2210]

Not gonna lie, Ant is very good that we know but pogo sticking was really easy to figure out..

[@quasiZote]

The fact that Smant pretends to play this game for the first time really annoys me. To be clear - he's played it before and knows all the strats he pretends not to know. People already know he's a smart guy so I honestly don't understand why he did this. For more clicks? To increase you're seemingly low self-confidence? Just a prank? This whole video is a lie anyway and I'm just very dissapointed. If you're a fan and don't believe my words - before you try to attack me - watch the VOD and convince yourself that this is the truth.

[@poisonedmaple6874]

5:08 I like how he just knows that Zote isn't worth saving

[@PapaFlammy69]

Fastest 44min of my life, great job Tanner :v

[@kpp28]

Never expected to see you here!

[@astralmango2]

nice

[@b3dubbs72]

Hey jens, don’t forget to feed Andrew

[@lokgamer3341]

W8 WUT?

[@PapaFlammy69]

@@b3dubbs72 he already ded

[@TimeturnerJ]

Tanner, I want you to know that this video was what finally convinced me to buy Hollow Knight a month ago, and I just wanted to say 'thank you' for introducing me to my new favourite game. 🥰 So yeah, thanks!

[@r_g_jaster]

Hornet: *saves Ant’s life* Smallant1: “Didn’t I just kill you..?”

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

He's such a good speed runner that he just automatically knows the strats

[@sklelly7552]

That's called google

[@mishagaming1075]

@@sklelly7552 That's called he just thought of pogoing off of everything.

[@afj810]

@@mishagaming1075 spear dair

[@quasiZote]

The fact that Smant pretends to play this game for the first time really annoys me. To be clear - he's played it before and knows all the strats he pretends not to know. People already know he's a smart guy so I honestly don't understand why he did this. For more clicks? To increase you're seemingly low self-confidence? Just a prank? This whole video is a lie anyway and I'm just very dissapointed. If you're a fan and don't believe my words - before you try to attack me - watch the VOD and convince yourself that this is the truth.

[@ThatoneguyKinda]

"path of pain seems kinda easy", "it's only like 4 rooms" kek fucking w

[@doncon_380]

Just wondering what does kekw mean? I dont use twitch alot

[@ThatoneguyKinda]

@@doncon_380 basically the twitch version of lmao or lol

[@frogsarecoolaf6469]

to be honest when you play Hollow Knight a lot Path of Pain becomes pretty easy

[@kylehart8829]

Path of Pain is a little bit harder than the regular white palace, but it's nowhere near the hardest challenge in the game. It shows that the game's platforming has pretty limited offerings in terms of difficulty.

[@connerseibert3033]

Tbh your right. Hardest challenge is an aspid

[@Sanfaso]

It's crazy how similar his first time playing was to mine, i also did a lot of those accidental speed run strats, and only knew it was speedrun stuff once i watched one.

[@Caybra]

Well this was his second time beating the game

[@szollosiroland8701]

@@Caybra he literaly says its the first

[@Caybra]

@@szollosiroland8701 he said in a later stream that the reason he was acting so cocky in the video is because he had beaten the game before, but he hadn’t done anything else but beat the game, which is why he replayed it. He literally said in the video that he had played it before.

[@Espada204]

Been watching some of your videos mainly the BotW series, which I enjoy a lot, yet this playthrough was the one that made me sub, keep up the great content 👏

[@DrShootYou_]

smallant saying this isn't a speedrun is the equivalent of supa hot fire saying he isn't a rapper

[@grargknathe170]

HE ISN'T A RAPPER THO

[@maija_]

me respawning at the watcher knights for the millionth time: **visible frustration** no you can't just defeat them that fast on your first playthrough?! SmallAnt: watcher knights go *brrrrrr*

[@drippymario2830]

@Lunari Voltaris Just spam descending dark bro - The guy thats a year late

[@quasiZote]

The fact that Smant pretends to play this game for the first time really annoys me. To be clear - he's played it before and knows all the strats he pretends not to know. People already know he's a smart guy so I honestly don't understand why he did this. For more clicks? To increase you're seemingly low self-confidence? Just a prank? This whole video is a lie anyway and I'm just very dissapointed. If you're a fan and don't believe my words - before you try to attack me - watch the VOD and convince yourself that this is the truth.

[@PatrickCurrie-lr7bq]

I beat them first try (provided I had like second go last upgraded nail and descending dark and shade soul)

[@sholamakinde430]

@@quasiZote tbf he probably forgot like EVERYTHING since that was like what, 2 years before this vid?

[@-MidnightOwl-]

@@sholamakinde430That is unlikely. For quite a few game I have played, I dont forget any strats or tricks, even if I am rusty at the game.

[@plantnt489]

I thing there's no other game where chat do more backseating when someone is streaming than Hollow Knight

[@ExFragMaster]

Because i saw you uploaded this LetsPlay, i bought the game and completed it to 80%. Funny thing, i died so much on things you did easily and the fight you said took Crow 6 hours was on my first try, not knowing it is a difficult boss. Never used magic in fights, just me and my trusty needle. This game is amazing and you play it so chill.

[@astrologicalnarvi775]

when he said that he should’ve healed during the Lost Kin fight made me laugh, those orange balloons will never stop haunting me

[@Tranqwhirl]

Using Spore Shroom will easen the healing a bit. It won't make it easier to focus, but if you do succeed in focusing one mask the spore area will fend off the balloons as you get the other 2. But you can't stop the Lost Kin from attacking you himself so put that in mind. Also recommend using Baldur Shell with this build.

[@astweaverling]

Use the damn crest! defender's crest will literally insta-kill balloons and you get to heal for the most part!!

[@jacob8693]

I remember dunkey taking 2 hours to beat. shit took me 10 minutes

[@TheAdvertisement]

Hey, Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania, it's designed to have skips! There's nothing wrong with playing the game at your own pace, so go ahead and get on that ledge you're _technically_ not supposed to get to yet!

[@shaunduzstuffs]

You are everywhere I go

[@wkkqewqaver7766]

@@shaunduzstuffs be careful when you walk out of your house next time

[@kylehart8829]

Every skip he did was intended, the real speedrunning skips are pretty brutal in this game.

[@readypickles]

@@kylehart8829 Even that one when he bounced off the shot from the hollow? I’ve only played the game a couple hours, so I don’t know much, but that looked unintentional to me lol.

[@squi9860]

@@readypickles yeah, that's pretty unintentional considering the devs tried to patch it out (shade teleporting away before getting to it)

[@webster1211]

I can't wait to watch you play the other parts of this game!!

[@EpochIsEpic]

It’s super funny that the worst backseat gaming chat on Twitch happens to be the audience of a back seat gamers worst nightmare: someone who doesn’t listen and succeeds anyway.

[@hs7178]

somethinga bout the fact that you defeated a boss eric took 6 hrs on in 40 mins is hilarious to me

[@kadenbeistline4046]

Me who took twelve: P A I N

[@cullenlatham2366]

to be fair, different strengths. Lost kin was my first dream boss and all forms of defender (except the extreme damage rematches that hit harder than any other vanilla boss other than grey prince) i find easy even without dive, but i cant even beat grey prince 1 and i had to look up a cheesy strat for grimm 1 (did not bother with grimm 2 outside hall of gods).

[@Roggoll]

They should have just done it first try like me that boss isn't that hard

[@hy9er213]

@Ryan McHetz True ending speedrunner?

[@Andre-kb2vj]

@@hy9er213 fr lol

[@nekmitdisagrees]

"Don't throw those at me I'm in the middle of gaming." -SmallAnt

[@casperparkour5488]

Jesus I'm bad...when is was five hours into my first playthrough I was sucking my thumb in forgotten crossroads thinking the false knight was the final boss...meanwhile he's here 15:07

[@thewildsalem]

Hollow Knight is my favorite game, love seeing people play it! Super fun video :D

[@disguisedfrog8325]

Alternative title: Speedrunner speed runs hollow knight.

[@autisticnovemberxoxo]

Speedrunner accidentally speed runs hollow night

[@lord_banh2270]

Alt title: Speedrunner speed run a game they don’t play

[@ze_zamzam]

Other alt title: speedrunner tumbles around in unknown game and accidentally get's WR. "He's just that good"

[@bornofpixels]

@@ze_zamzam smallant hollow knight world record speedrun. He is just very lucky :)

[@joko8395]

Pointcrow's been real quiet since this dropped

[@theultimater2018]

I was casually looking through the comments and the comment literally after yours is PointCrow's. XD

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

Finding Brooding Mawlek blind is very funny to me as someone who makes it a point to beat it before any other boss just because I can. Also, speaking as someone who beat Lost Kin with ZERO nail upgrades(Was necessary due to the rules of a self-imposed challenge), nice job sticking it to chat.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I love his(and the chat's) reaction at him just brutally murdering Myla.

[@ALtheBoi]

_Seeing him go "That's it?" is infuriating_ We all just kinda forget how goated he is at video games

[@gab_gabriel7091]

He really just doubted the power of the Wandering Compass

[@renar3339]

This game was really hard for me to follow the first time so it took me something like 30 hours to beat it the first time. This is probably the most impressive first run i've ever seen, good job!

[@eldonhill4840]

I know it's all in good fun but that zoom in on the PointCrow MonkaS is the hardest I've laughed at a video like this in a while

[@PointCrow]

monkaS

[@bluegalaxy90]

Hey there checkmark

[@DougDimmadome]

whats up checkmark

[@AcesArrow]

monkaW

[@veryoriginalname2515]

Hey eric

[@AFarr2848]

Sup checkmark

[@Senerith]

A speedrunner doing a non speedrun? I suppose you might call this a relativistically-faster-than-normal run then.

[@lonnieg2055]

That shade pogo was top tier, absolutely huge brain play lol

[@mewsmeme]

"i know what charms are good now" uses sprint master

[@Buckle-Bucky]

Sprint master and dash master are good traveling charms. And if you use them alot then you'll get used to having the speed and can't take them off because you'll feel slow. I always use them in boss fights because of this.

[@SondreGrneng]

@@Buckle-Bucky I always use them both as I literally can't play without them. I'd pick sprint master over mark of pride if I had to choose. That said, I primarily play without spells as I, personally, just find that more fun, so sprint master if a must have for literally anything. It makes such a massive difference I get genuinely confused whenever people say it's bad, like, do these people even play the same game as me?