How To Beat Radiant Absolute Radiance & Have Fun

The first step in any boss battle is to deprive them of their dignity. :)
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Song used is "Spiral Mountain" from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, by Grant Kirkhope.
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[@gdemerald]

Now I understand why I have so much trouble with AbsRad, it's cause I haven't been using wayward compass what am I doing?!

[@endernotchstaff2306]

To beat AbsRad you need geo swarm not wayward compass

[@MadWeegee]

Oh my god it seems like nobody knows how good fragile greed is...

[@V0lt1j]

@@endernotchstaff2306 no it’s steady body heavy blow

[@endernotchstaff2306]

@@V0lt1j but those are actually good charms tho

[@V0lt1j]

@@endernotchstaff2306 bit having them together is the point you aren’t being knocked back but you’re knocking back enemies farther just doesn’t make sense

[@bolasquirrel5631]

"And by now your heartbeat should be around 150 bpm"

[@unknown_user745]

i get the joke tho🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kaniecper9562]

In p5 i had 180 and my heart was aching

[@unknown_user745]

@@kaniecper9562 the same happened to me, but once I beat it, I almost got a heart attack 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@the711devin4]

@@kaniecper9562 On the last phase of p5 absrad, my heart was beating so fast I got genuinely worried for a second

[@krishangarora9866]

Me when I beat p5 first time and then cry having 200 bpm

[@gingerb0i622]

Fun Fact: I just beat the pantheon of Hallownest after watching the video and when I took my pulse it was approximately 150bpm

[@kelismaincharacter4925]

I think you may need the emergency room 0-o

[@drinkinjo]

Damn what an OP Charm build

[@donacdum7102]

Yes

[@primalmildannoyance5761]

Nah you haven’t seen it with geo swarm tho

[@user-pn3mk8vi9y]

@@primalmildannoyance5761 unbreakable greed syncs with that charm

[@FriskEhh]

I unironically beat her twice in a row for the first time after watching this. I still have yet to challenge the Pantheon of Broken Dreams again but I never came close to beating her until i watched this. Thank you! EDIT: Having just beaten the pantheon, I can say that you really should use these tips!

[@nyedred9612]

Ay, congrats!! Glad I could help! Just make sure you practice Pure Vessel with whatever badge comp you want to take into Abs Rad, since you don't have a break between the two!

[@false_idol__]

The *what?* THERE'S A PANTHEON AFTER PANTHEON OF HALLOWNEST?

[@FriskEhh]

@@false_idol__ If only, the pantheon of broken dreams is just another way of saying Hallownest

[@asgharabbas9885]

@@FriskEhh "if only", why would you want more pein than what is known as "hallownest"? ;-;

[@FriskEhh]

@@asgharabbas9885 intense masochism my friend

[@RedFloyd469]

I personally think it's much much safer for the last phase to just pogo on her constantly. the orbs will move upwards and basically miss every time, as they go off screen. If you dash sideways at the last second you can often continue the pogo. If she moves too far away, a simple press of the jump button will give you enough time to land on a platform. The tricky part is when the timing of the energy balls matches with the timing of you landing back on a platform, but the same can be said for a regular strategy. An alternative way is to go to the left platform, and jump away from a spawning energy ball, in an arc that goes the opposite direction and then once you double jump, towards the initial spawning point of the energy ball. (So say the ball comes from your right, you initially jump left and double jump clockwise), this will cause the balls to follow you, and because you double jumped, will track you but end up off screen and vanish. You can do this endlessly, and hit radiance with a single cheeky slap every time she appears in your vicinity. Basically, there's no need to follow her around if you know she will spawn next to you anyway. Still, great vid. Definitely a lot of good tips. I still actually have trouble with dodging the energy balls in her 4th phase (the one with all the platforms) and the rng beams of the 5th phase can ruin a no hit attempt any day.

[@mystic_pizza]

Radiance is a she? Gosh I thought she was a moth

[@quinnlucha5311]

I found it easier in the climb phase to jump up the platforms at the same time each beam fully forms and becomes capable of damage in a rhythm. The beam line shows and either get away or wait (depending on location), jump as the beam forms, and repeat until you get to the top using the same tempo as the beam formations. IDK if you're still doing Absolute Radiance Radiant attempts, but I hope this helps!

[@Plastixbag]

She's the last radiant boss I need. Thanks! I'll use this advice

[@lred1383]

I just don't understand why this fight in particular has to be such bullshit. NKG and PV are actually fun and reasonable, AbsRad is so RNG it's not even funny. Making it to the climb stage requires some serious skill and could already be a perfectly valid final boss without everything that follows, but then there's a luck check that has no reliable countermeasures, and your perfectly valid attempt could be completely nuked by luck not being on your side. It's just bad design P.S. And it's such an enormous jump in difficulty too. I'm at a point where i can reliably do PV without getting hit, but i have only beaten AbsRad once because something always goes wrong. And it takes so long that around the 3rd attempt you get an adrenaline crash, making you completely fail everything until you take a long break, by which point you really don't want to come back to this awful fight

[@kirberburgy]

Agreed. I've beaten this boss 6 times and I still don't feel like beating it was my skill, more that I was lucky and she kept using attacks that I knew how to dodge.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I don't think the climb is that bad; I did it hitless quite often. It's just that I almost never got there in my attemps, most ended in phase 2, almost all the rest in phase 4. But yes, it is an enormous jump in difficulty compare to any other boss in the game. Althought NKG and PV are far from being the second hardest in radiant. White Defender, Watcher Knights, Grey Prince Zote, Galien even, were all worse in my opinion.

[@pianissimo7121]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 white defender and watcher knights are much easier IMO, galien, marmu, and markoth are the worst after abs rad for me.

[@fullaccess2645]

Even though there is a major rng factor involved (at least when compared to other bosses), I think it's a good thing. With enough practise you can beat her reliably. It's not only the jump of difficulty but also a change of paradigm. The majority of bosses' attacks are from them to you. You have to dodge, then attack before they're gone. In contrast, abs rad is a giant punchbag and her attacks cover the entire screen. Instead of using muscular memory to react to a certain attack, you have to think in the time window of the attack how to dodge it. However, I do agree there are some really shitty patterns.

[@kuroser353]

I can't beat Ascended PV without ending at 1 HP but I can beat Radiant AbsRad while taking every risk under the sun. I think PV is just not my kind of boss lmao

[@LegendCatx]

I love how the jumping syncs perfectly with the music at 1:52 and after lmao

[@theconsumerofpenguins81]

I’ve been told before to camp the bottom platform for phase 2 but half the time I’m the one getting camped out

[@reallypinkscug]

I'm struggling a lot with just Attuned AbsRad but this gives me some hope. 112/10 will use the power of the dance against her.

[@fredericogoncalves8654]

Thank you Nyedred. If it no one had sent me this video, I would have never found it. All of the advices you give are godlike and it helped me so much from attuned AbsRad to radiant AbsRad, which I just defeated. There's just one more tip that's missing in this video: Whenever AbsRad teleports above you and your platform, I suggest using descending dark, since you have little to no reaction time to lasers and sword bursts and only start hitting her after the attack you just dodged using invincible-frames. Again, thank you so much, this video and you were my saviors.

[@nyedred9612]

I'm happy I could help you out a bit! When I was first attempting this I noticed a real lack of guides for this fight out there, so I'm glad my attempt is reaching some people. Descending Dark is a very popular strat for use in this fight due to its i-frames - but I have personally always been bad at using it for that purpose, and prefer saving Soul in the fight for Abyss Shriek anyway.

[@fredericogoncalves8654]

@@nyedred9612 Oh ok thanks again

[@obw1r3d]

​@@nyedred9612 same here with descending dark. I see people use it so well but I get hit all the time :/

[@TheJoshmou]

I laughed my ass off. Great video.

[@just_somebody0]

I love your dance to a music, I'm dying

[@Sorta8]

This is severely underrated, the commentary was better than on some channels with hundreds of thousands of subs and the tips are put together nicely with the gameplay. It's kinda sad I didn't find this video earlier.

[@StormClaw]

You did this without charms!? You are good!

[@Simsunggineus]

Mate he had the MOST OP charm, wayward compass.

[@StormClaw]

@@Simsunggineus can't argue with that

[@MarshallLeeFlames]

At first, I thought this was pure shitposting as you entered with only Wayward Compass, but... holy guacamoly, you did it.

[@PsychicStep]

The goddess of light VS empty troll that loves to jump: Who Would Win!?

[@_lumos4029]

I know I am late but thanks for the guide - this is really helping out with doing shell binding on PoH

[@obw1r3d]

Were you able to complete PoH with shell bindings?

[@_lumos4029]

@@obw1r3d yeah I've done it hitless now lol

[@SmilingTomatoes101]

Not gonna lie, the constant hops were adorable as fuck

[@10-nova]

I'm not even doing rad absrad and I can't even beat p5, I'm kinda losing hope, died to her 2 times on p5, but this is encouraging me a bit. Hopefully I can beat it soon

[@vkyal5810]

Were you doing it with bindings or nah?

[@chip2508]

i literally died to an orb after landing the final blow and now ive wasted a couple more hours and still have yet to beat it

[@realdeal4873]

I know it’s been a year, but did you win?

[@chip2508]

@@realdeal4873 very close to 2 years but yeah, i did beat it. I recorded a few other radiant bosses but i had no idea how long absrad would take so i didnt. A few weeks ago I went to see if I could do it again and i had an easier time doing it with different charms

[@realdeal4873]

Well that’s good to hear. I remember dying to an orb when I was only one or two hits away from beating absrad almost a year ago. Hopefully, I can gain the motivation to go at it again and win this time.

[@chip2508]

@@realdeal4873 Experienced players recommend going for charms that maximise your damage output like unbreakable strength, quick slash and shaman stone. That gives you two slots to work with so you can put a one-notch charm of your choice and go overcharmed with soul eater or spell twister, to get more casts of your buffed spells. Good luck man!

[@realdeal4873]

I finally did it, absrad has been defeated, I won

[@الدجاجالقيمر]

help she dont wanna come close in the platfoming form and i cannot dodge het that long

[@shutup6415]

Can we talk about the fact that he would’ve died if she wasn’t 1 hit away from dying at the end there? Unless he was counting hits but either way it almost made me shit my pants

[@VaryingEnthusiast69]

I'll keep this in mind for when I fight her

[@Nercylius]

I realized, this is exactly how I beat the hollow knight because it was too hard so I was like: fuck it I’m just gonna dance with him

[@sparchamp2]

Fun fact: today I beat absrad on radiant, and my charms was wayward compass

[@brownpaintYT]

If u put sad and depressing music over it it will have the opposite effect

[@GooberGuy-w5j]

“Thats the neat part, you don’t.”

[@spagotcha2061]

*Fitting music*

[@sparchamp2]

I missed the part where you said “and have fun” was that a typo?

[@Treas0n]

Somehow the song give me nostalgic where i use to hate hear this song lol

[@SomaCoreaix]

Perfect music choice 👌

[@NeqoNi]

Absolute Radiance was the most difficult to finish on radiant for me, even next to Markoth. I am so glad I never have to fight this boss ever again My only regret is not being able to find this video before achieving this, it would've saved me a lot of headaches

[@Carpathian1313]

Good tutorial but I waved the white flag a while ago. Someone lost control of something when programming the attacks here. Most of them either overlap or give you almost no way to dodge. Cannot beat this without pouring in tons of hours of practice and even then it can be luck dependant.

[@nyedred9612]

I won't go so far as to claim it's not at least a little rng dependent, for some of the overlapping attacks, but it is vastly possible to improve your chances of success! This video I made without any charms took me about a month on and off making attempts. But every now and then I would try with charms and beat her first try. Sometimes making it harder will help you improve in ways you didn't know you could. That being said I do understand throwing in the towel. Ascended Markoth soundly defeated my attempts to do PoH all badges... For now...

[@user-pn3mk8vi9y]

@@nyedred9612 whats rng

[@nyedred9612]

@@user-pn3mk8vi9y Stands for "random number generation" and refers to (in video games) when bosses use random numbers to string together attacks. This results in their attacks being unpredictable, and overall the fight feels like you need to get lucky in order to get a good combination of attacks possible to deal with.

[@Carpathian1313]

@@nyedred9612 Update from 2 months ago. I did it. It was an extremely long process but I barely managed to weasel in a victory. Took waaay too much time but I guess I finally landed in that 1% Margin of win. 😂

[@nyedred9612]

@@Carpathian1313 Congrats!! Never doubted you!

[@cyberninja7372]

I'm trying this strategy and it actually is good, even tho I didn't beat her yet XD Nice video dude!

[@jaredhouseholder1979]

Dang, some really good info in this video

[@idydproductions7356]

Mad respect dood, this dumpsterfire of a boss makes the Bed of Chaos look like a masterpiece.

[@DynamicMagi]

Me who beat radiant Markoth the other day: P A T H E T I C

[@nyedred9612]

I literally spend all my free time practicing badgeless markoth and I still only beat him like once in seven tries.

[@Father_of_Kos]

Cool video but killing her in radiant is no fun took me more then 30 hours

[@CraftyChe]

Other people: Totally over-charm for absolute radiance since u die in 1 hit anyways Emerald: Haha wayward compass go brrr

[@iambatman3091]

I read "The first step in any boss battle is to deprive them of their virginity. :)"

[@MisterCuervo74]

No me ayudaste porque estaba todo en inglés. Quiero completar el 100% del Panteón de Hallownest :(

[@yocula2587]

This Video was fun

[@bigbear1045]

You have inspired me. Because of this video i have beaten all bosses in the hall of gods with wayward compass only, except for Abs Rad, cause she's not yet unlocked in my godhome file. I was wanted to beat all pantheons with the same loadout, but I got a bit stuck at the Pantheon of The Knight. That was about 10 days ago. But when i get back to it, I'll be sure to leave an update here... Really, they should nerf Wayward Compass.

[@knightmare2884]

Finally, some good fucking guide.

[@MonkeShrubb]

Thats just showing off mate, to do it with only compass, ur just showing off that u have the incredibly rare limited edition wayward compass charm smh..

[@adr14n_s]

The "have fun" part is really hard to do

[@moz6388]

AbsRad is easy if you take your time but to me that's not fun. I hate when fights take long. My main problem is that I tend to rush things and be greedy because it's more fun and looks flashy.

[@elpibenobasado1889]

This somehow worked for me. When i equiped wayward compass i beat it at the second try 💀 OP build

[@scifidino5022]

Absolute Radiance: Noooooo I am the goddess, of light, you are supposed to fear me! Knight: *haha nail go in face*

[@Neovipa]

Next play through the whole game with no nail upgrades, and beat absolute radiance with only compass :^)

[@prinzdersee]

That title is a lie and clickbait. We all know that! *Vietnam flashbacks*

[@Tilde1337]

…. I now have motivation to obliterate p4 and p5. This is the only tutorial I ever felt was worth my time

[@Beamer490]

After spending months trying to beat her with a “meta” charm build, this just feels like the internet is taunting me

[@Rubashow]

Who knew the key to all of this was the proper background music!

[@DHS222]

I have never felt so humiliated and insulted while laughing at the same time lol. I still struggle with this boss but this was funny.

[@ahmedbluefire]

Another way to have fun Do the invincibility glitch

[@AlexFallingDown]

I’m watching this after watching an any radiance completion and omg this looks so easy compared to that

[@Rudygeorge2612]

‘How to beat the Radiant Absolute Radiance and have fun’ Hahaha, now that’s comedy

[@RealRaven6229]

"Just hold off on the cardiac arrest until after you kill her you can do it"

[@jagadishkadraka8644]

You can do it. Thanks..

[@GigglePig6]

i like how this vid is goofy but really helpfull at the same time lol

[@just_a_dustpan]

Using wayward compass is cheating, it’s the most op charm

[@SiammeDarc]

Absolute dominance.

[@coreyrachar9694]

came to say it's not possible. I will now watch the video.

[@coreyrachar9694]

yup it was lies. clown music and jumping a bunch doesn't make it fun =/. Lucky twice in the run but nice preformance none the less.

[@Snaxyonheight]

good to be the 100th subscriber love the channel lol

[@NeZvPA]

I started busting down after beating abs rad radiant

[@rayfer.]

Dude's isnt even overcharmed lol

[@mattbrownruns]

DO you unlock this music after having balls of steel?

[@nyedred9612]

Yes.

[@beedrillking4023]

how do you actually unlock absolute radiance

[@alessandroperazzo2837]

Reaching her in the pantheon of hollownest (42th boss)

[@kirberburgy]

@@alessandroperazzo2837 42th lol

[@realbrickbread]

I love how he is dancing to the music haha

[@Joao-ur7ey]

Amazing video. Wholesome video.

[@jorgexd8385]

now all i need is not dieing to markoth !!!

[@trashomega3084]

NOW DO IT WITHOUT WAYWARD COMPASS

[@malynberger3262]

God is real, and it's this player.

[@AugustTheStag]

Banjo-Kazooie music fucking rocks

[@nisfornick]

"WHEEEEEEEE!!!!! This is fuuuunnn!!!!" - The Knight, probably

[@KANE33]

Huuuge thanks for the vid

[@danielsalazar9970]

I love you for making this video

[@lucaschristian6442]

this video helped me a lot, not only because you taught me, but also because you made me feel relaxed, it made me more confident in the fight. I still haven't defeated absolute radiance, but I'm still trying

[@Carlbarl.]

Absrad ain’t that hard imo

[@PrestonQuote]

Wayward compass carry 😤😤

[@nuclear6680]

u make it look so easy

[@camdencook9793]

Turn on captions

[@hazmatbp]

This is impossible

[@unapersonaqualunque8422]

amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Oyasumi05]

Watching just makes me think I'm a bad player, I'm still trying to get ascended absolute radiance down and I've died about 50 times

[@Spuzle2]

nah this mans just that good

[@Sorta8]

I have no idea why, but Ascended Abs. Radiance is easier than the normal one for me, like I can consistently beat the Ascended version, yet still die to the normal one.

[@randomguy3708]

I have lost hours of my life to Absolute Radiance and only just yesterday realized I can practice it in HoG After getting 6 wins in around 2 1/2 hours I gave up that night, saw this and in around 20 minutes beat it charmless (but not without compass) yeah it's slow but you really can just play passive in stage 2/3 (before ascending) also, if you want two free spells at the beginning of the fight. Charge cyclone as you enter, wait until just after the text to double jump and spam attack for a free 6 hits and 2 spells, it always* goes unpunished.

[@Gale_.]

I got to the last phase and died, literally shitting and crying rn Edit: I JUST DID IT, YOU BLESSED MY RUN

[@mbars977]

Hey, in regards to the second stage, what would you do/ which way would you recommend going if the radiance spawns the nails on the bottom most platform?

[@cesarg.7364]

Awesome vid, I loved it.

[@nols7985]

:)

[@spraguemannr1368]

Hands down the best tutorial on AbsRad! I would only add that you should just spam Descending Dark because you don't really need the soul

[@ammarPC]

Joyful knight of the ultimate bouncy jumper

[@hourglass-pastor]

This makes normal radiance look like as much of a pushover as traitor lord.

[@eduardaamaralrizzuto9188]

Whats "pogo" by the way?

[@geovannaeliasar7764]

it's basically using your nail to bouncy bouncy in da air

[@philipppavlinovic4596]

Like a pogo-Stick

[@yuzhifur]

Yuzi Zhang how did you managed to doge those light beams with 100% confident, also without descending dark

[@zinfuldreams1709]

Thank you for believing in me Nyedred. I beat it and you're what kept me going!

[@ammarPC]

the wayward compass is too op!!!