Hollow Knight- How to Beat the Trial of the Fool (Third Trial in Coliseum of Fools)

[@LittleDarkLies]

I don’t know why I thought I’d suddenly gain the skill to beat this trial just because I watched someone else succeed

[@RelyeaGaming]

Sometimes it works like that

[@capitana_cammarata9362]

I feel the same.Then I start the game and .....realitystrike! XD

[@zacharyanthony9356]

this is a whole mood

[@victorneyoy]

thats what just happened to me, i just didnt knew how to deal with the final ant dude, i beat him ez, i didnt even used this same build heh

[@spiko7]

Me with hornet 2 i think my strat would work then ded well at least i beat her

[@mcstabbins4501]

For every primal aspid I encounter, more of me dies inside

[@RelyeaGaming]

They are the worst

[@wesjturnerturner2161]

So are the soul boys

[@andrejhofer2007]

They aren't half as bad. You can easily kill them in two hits with the pure nail. Same for the aspids, but they're projectiles are harder to dodge. You will usually take 1-2 hits from the aspids.

[@nataliegibbs5700]

Shoot 3 acids Predict your moves Takes longer to take out Move faster Won’t stop until they die Annoying a frick

[@audreyedmunds9542]

I feel that on a god-like level

[@matthewbibby8921]

The fact that out of this entire trial my main priority every time is great slashing the Primal Aspids on spawn speaks volumes as to how much of a pain they are.

[@davidnc9]

They are the worst. They always hit you

[@teuast]

I thought I hated the red spiders on the first floors of Binding of Isaac. The Primal Aspids can go choke on every slimy dick in existence. They are THE WORST.

[@Vyscera]

Just bait out the attack, dodge and attack back. Yeah they suck but I'm convinced everyone trying to one shot great slash them is worse off than patiently attacking when it's safe.

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

Actually I have name for those things The spawns of satan Seriously those things are freaking annoying

[@shyamsingla716]

Pantheon 5 took me less tries than the trial of fools

[@lemonkes8618]

It is insane how easy the other 2 are and how hard this one is.

[@RelyeaGaming]

It’s a massive skill jump for sure

[@gearsoftime9375]

Ya but that cramped area and giant jumper still gets me

[@anonyme4881]

Primal Aspid + Spikes + no plateform Yikes

[@ericsbuds]

lmao i feel like the 2nd one is harder than the 3rd but only because i hate the large 6 legged fast jumping enemies. the ones from kingdom's edge. (great hoppers)

[@calmack6637]

Trial of the conquer was almost impossible for me I just beat it and I want to die

[@eboneeg909]

Me: *panicking because I have 1 heart* Aspid: "good evening"

[@sm0llqueen289]

Pffff Relatable

[@ARCHIVED9610]

i just brought it to the top platform and then dropped to the bottom so it was stuck at the top and then healed

[@notnova1]

Fun fact: You can dash slash the primal aspids with nailmaster’s glory equipped and one-shot them, make sure its quick tho, same strategy works with almost every other enemy

[@xdarin_]

Asspids. Even when you dodge one of their shots, they *_WILL_* hit you with other shots.

[@seasonsarecool]

@@xdarin_ ive managed to dodge them, so it's not *every* time, it's just most of the time

[@Alvja444]

6:18 !!! Once only those little enemies are left, dream nail them and fill up your masks and soul!!! It’s extremely helpful and they move pretty slowly so it’s quite easy :)

[@AcidArmy_]

This applies to the vertical centipede tunnel

[@bullymaguire186]

this is extremely helpful thx mate

[@NonexistentNiko]

yeah I did that and died at 10:00. I beat radiance but not the 3rd trial

[@qazzaqstan]

The purple gladiator dudes are also great for this

[@mond2440]

@@AcidArmy_ i never thought of that,

[@largepurplemonkey]

Just came here to see if I was getting close to the end... I was not. :(

[@RelyeaGaming]

Ohh no. It is honestly pretty hard. I suggest: Upgrade your nail fully Get as many charm slots as you can Get as many masks as you can This is end game stuff and you want to be fully upgraded before attempting if your having trouble

[@largepurplemonkey]

@@RelyeaGaming Thanks for the support! I've fully upgraded my nail, but I still have half a mask to complete I guess - I'm just not very good at the game really, it's taken me ages to get this far! Currently stuck between this and Grey Prince Zote - I REALLY hate that dude

[@RelyeaGaming]

This and Zote both took me a SUPER long time. If you made it this far your not bad at the game. Go hunt down the mask shards and all the charm notches. That will help a ton!

[@Rattattattatt]

LOL me too - I actually was tho

[@boihowdie]

same actually lol

[@stskyline8468]

The godtamer is so easy compared to the 27 attempts i did to get past the goddamn spike floor with walls

[@RelyeaGaming]

I agree. The spike floor was not fun

[@trophemancer7327]

Hard agree

[@madgick3]

I just got to the colloseum yesterday and every attempt I make at this ends at that FFFFFFFing spike floor section. I can easily pass every other section. I'll have to try and 'pogo' more as Relyea suggests

[@daywalker3735]

I haven't made it past that part

[@fPonias1]

only 27 attempts? Between the week I put into not beating this and the 40 attempts it took me to beat the Radiance, I'm done with this game.

[@helenwhs]

For people like me who can’t pull off a nail art to save their lives, try to stay above the aspids’ spawn points and pogo them. I recommend Path of Pain for your degree in pogo control.

[@Alex-wl2li]

ah yes, recommending something harder than trial of fool to beat trial of fool

[@revlismorningstar825]

@@Alex-wl2li honestly dude, I'm kinda ashamed to say this but I struggled way harder with Trial of the fool than with path of pain. With Path of Pain it took me like 2h to get to the end then proceed to die to the knights (*PAIN*) and had to start all over, but to my surprise got to the end section in 10 mins and then I actually did it in a total of 12 to 14 mins. But died so many times in trial of the fool🤣💔

[@JocaPlays87]

@@revlismorningstar825 dont feel ashamed, im here to remind you that you dont need to feel ashamed I had trouble with massive moss charger when i had pure nail, 8 masks, 2 soul things and most charms, also already had beaten radiance And died to marmu(the weird ghost in queen's garden" many times with max everything

[@suryasudhakarr9528]

@@JocaPlays87 same here but the thing with those bosses is that the only thing you need to do is time your hits, which can be pretty hard at times.

[@donky6483]

@@JocaPlays87 marmu is pretty easy all you have to do is hit him directly and use soal to hit him with the upwards one

[@mat2181]

Primal Aspids are harder than the entire Trial of the Fool :D

[@oksure9261]

Ditto

[@mat2181]

lol my "what" got hearted

[@RelyeaGaming]

It lets me know that I read your comments 😁

[@mat2181]

@@RelyeaGaming 😁

[@SaltVR]

Unfortunate, but true...

[@aliluthien5701]

you know i rather fight with a lot of enemies at the same time than fight one with the damn spikes on the floor :(

[@RelyeaGaming]

No floor is really tough. Took me so long

[@timchanux]

I rather fight 3 Nightmare King Grim than 1 Primal Aspid

[@nataliegibbs5700]

Chan Tim agreed, maybe even 3 more, At the same time,with only 2 mask While they are only in puff mode

[@Bob-dr3sv]

I nail bounce most of the time so i see it as a good thing

[@hi28]

@@timchanux rather fight 10 nkg in a row than this

[@reformatted6272]

I finally did it. Since I bought the game two years ago I continuously tried again and again, failing every time and giving up after hours of attempts. 5 minutes ago I finally did it. This feels like an enormous accomplishment. Thanks Relya, and thanks to the amazing Hollow Knight community that is always ready to help other players.

[@HelmetHarold]

now finish godmaster

[@nettojms5083]

Let me ask you, how many playtime hours do you have in this game?

[@retopixel]

@@nettojms5083 167 hours

[@nettojms5083]

@@retopixel Well, I completed the fifth Pantheon with 110 hours, I got the 12 previous bindings (one by one), and some radiance bosses. I'm done with this game, I could probably get the bindings on the last pantheon with enough practice, but that'd take a lot of energy, time and it's not good to my heart (it races too much when I get close to the end), besides, I wanna play other games too like the ones from Metroid series (I'm still playing them).

[@retopixel]

@@nettojms5083 I havent finish godmaster and havent finished the hunter journal

[@mrjooxmanallah]

After 30 days and over 100 tries later, I’m proud to say I’m a fool too.

[@germanandres24]

30 days??? For real??

[@mrjooxmanallah]

@@germanandres24 Oh yes. I felt like a champion when I finally did. And 100 tries is pretty conservative. It was probably closer to 200, Now, I'm trying to conquer Malenia in Elden Ring. It's not getting any easier 😞

[@_TSC_46]

Haha I feel you! So many people never belive me but I’m not a super skilled player despite playing so much, I still haven’t beat it 💀

[@mrjooxmanallah]

@@_TSC_46 Oh yeah. Probably the hardest thing I've ever done in video games.

[@mrjooxmanallah]

FYI: A couple of weeks ago, I beat Malenia (and Elden Ring for that matter) which is one of FromSoftware's hardest bosses. It took me fewer attempt and less time than it took to finish the Trial of the fool. Go figure.

[@baptiste6489]

"I Like saving my soul just in case in need it later." I felt that.

[@RelyeaGaming]

real deep I know

[@DragonD_Dojima]

Omg that spiked floor with no platform part is BRUTAL the rest isn't even that bad

[@darkstar-sn3jq]

I agree I keep dieing on that part

[@Blue14113]

Bro, it has killed 5 times in a row l. It's so hard! I completed it but was really low health so died shortly after, but hey, I am almost at God Tamer, so there's that :)

[@BerdlyGaming]

A tip for that is to memorize exactly how long they take to spawn from the little thing, and time a pogo hit right as they spawn. With the aspids for example you can kill them before they can do anything

[@pilgrimwagnerr]

I finally got to the god tamer two days ago and I’ve died at this part a dozen times today.

[@Frosty-1029]

tf do you mean "not even that bad" the mantis traitor and soul twister parts are hell, but the spiked floor part is definitely the hardest

[@kaiserium8551]

8:58 this is the worst thing i've ever experienced in gaming history and in this entire game (Primal Aspids are excluded cause THEY ARE IN THIS SECTION)

[@RelyeaGaming]

No floor is the hardest part in the game more or less

[@grandmaismommy3784]

@umbra NO WAYi spent 7 hours on "The Path of Pain" after you try that (its i hollow knight) then say what the hardest thing is

[@piesmuggler7268]

@@grandmaismommy3784 pantheon of hallownest is easily the hardest thing in the game

[@Memelord-os2il]

@@RelyeaGaming what do you mean?

[@strangegreenthing]

@@grandmaismommy3784 poh is harder than pop

[@Alekssito]

You just roasted God tamer *ant looking thing*

[@RelyeaGaming]

Got em

[@PlayerN101]

@@RelyeaGaming You're a brave man

[@liahmmessinger3753]

In the microwave

[@Blue14113]

Honestly, hats off to Relyea for completing this Trial casually. The difficulty spike between it and the last two is INSANE. I completed trials 1 and 2 first try. But the spikes part in trial 3 has killed me 5 times in a row. It is so HARD. I managed to get past it and will soon complete the trial, but damn I know it'll feel like such a feat. EDIT: I have long since completed the Trial of the Fool, of you're wondering :)

[@opedromagico]

At 9:24... I died countless times. Gave up just now to get some tips.. Damn, freaking hard!

[@RelyeaGaming]

It really is hard. Took me forever. Had to go upgrade almost everything then come back

[@defaultyanny861]

Same bro

[@stuartdalrymple]

Welcome to Hell Population: Us T_T

[@bozenagorczynska7503]

It is impossible for me with all upgrade s

[@abcdefghijklmno7996]

same

[@d3lta950]

Hey, Just a quick tip: in the wave at 8:30 I highly suggest dream nailing the enemies to get a lot of soul

[@RelyeaGaming]

Yes, that is helpful

[@imsofunnyxd1010]

Assuming I can get there

[@imsofunnyxd1010]

I got there

[@RelyeaGaming]

Nicely done

[@nopda4095]

@@imsofunnyxd1010 it took you 2 months to get there that dedication

[@ZoeNicholsArtistsDen]

I really like using sharp shadow for the no-floor bits. It makes it so I can focus mainly on dodging while still getting hits in.

[@donovanfaust3227]

Yeah everyone is going to have a preferred playstyle which should be taken into consideration when thinking of charm builds. I know I enjoy the grubsong/weaversong combo to make sure I've got plenty of soul to use myself. Sharp shadow is a pretty good idea for the no floor, aerial fighting bit though. May have to try it out to see how I like it because that is definitely the hardest part for me and probably most players considering the lack of healing that can be done.

[@WillGdaFather]

That sharp shadow is absolutely unmatched. My favorite charm, hands down.

[@elijahbradley704]

Finally a way to beat the trial of the fool without having a stroke Edit: Never mind still had a stroke

[@RelyeaGaming]

Lol. I hope it helped still

[@oldenspace7855]

imagine a primal aspid boss

[@RelyeaGaming]

No thank you

[@lordofshades9852]

Maybe it was planned,like that normal aspid mother,the giant one

[@audreyedmunds9542]

I would literally die inside

[@twistedgwazi5727]

There are several of those, a lot of them are inside the Kingdom's Edge and there's quite a few in this trial.

[@strange3192]

Aspid king

[@rachelwhitley3671]

This nearly broke me. It took me WEEKS to complete this, way more than any other areas. Thank you for the video, although I was nowhere near as smooth, I defo learned from it 👌

[@Ronin11111111]

There is only 1 way: pray.

[@RelyeaGaming]

That could work

[@ahnafsakib]

This*

[@bluesleeper8677]

@@ahnafsakib wut

[@telesticgamer8251]

@@bluesleeper8677 what* XD

[@tinkererofwands]

Giygas intensifies

[@TomTheBomb5145]

Spikes: exist Loodles: welp, guess I’ll die

[@RelyeaGaming]

Sounds about right

[@yolkyostritch1692]

Why even put them there if they are just gonna die 2 seconds later

[@chhaylab7520]

@@yolkyostritch1692 for fun

[@J0hnnyonthespot]

Finally after so many attempts I’ve finally finished this dang trial!!! Thanks for all the tips from your channel I completed it

[@kirbo603]

Me: Whew, that was tough! I'm glad this is finally over. God tamer: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Lol, yeah, sounds about right

[@juuuune]

god tamer is easy, the beast has like no hp and if it dies she stops fighting

[@masonjones7777]

@@juuuune yes, but most peoples nerves just go out by the time the fight starts, just like when you beat 1 of the last two mantis lords and you have a single hit left only to die to the corner spikes.

[@aldoushuxley5953]

happened to me with the path of pain. I died to the stupid white knight bugs at the end

[@nettojms5083]

@@aldoushuxley5953 Me too! Oh and I also lost to God Tamer once. Seems like I like to do stuff twice, lol

[@ChukwuemekaG]

This channel seems to be a bit more personal than other channels, makes things a bit more helpful. Thanks for the advice and I hope the best

[@RelyeaGaming]

I try to get to the point as quick as possible and I want to keep getting better about sharing my experience of what was hard or easy. That means a lot that you said the video is more person as that is what I have been trying to go for. (Only took nearly 100 Hollow Knight videos haha)

[@gregjohnson8504]

Helpful breakdown. I would add that shaman stone really helps with the spike pit as you can take out multiple enemies with shade soul from the wall. That charm also makes it easier to beat the God Tamer with descending dark. Farm soul from the shielded fool in the final wave before the boss, then just mash the beast with DD and quick slashes. I also used long nail, nailmaster’s glory and steady body. Took me a ton of hours over a couple days but what an achievement!

[@MyzticF]

10:45 You can get infinite soul if you keep using the dream nail on the shielded guy, might be tricky to time but possible even without Dream Wielder

[@patateslikofte6474]

Exactly what I did

[@RushWheeler]

I did it on the squid looking enemy and had Dream Wielder

[@disappointmentjuice8676]

as a wise man once said: "charms you want to use: dreamshield, maybe shape of unn... jesus christ if you can get him."

[@RelyeaGaming]

That was Plato I believe

[@TaylorGolmon]

I have enjoyed your lessons over the last 5 years. You are a great teacher.

[@sir27dagamer]

i did this first try with 1 charm, Unbreakable compass it was so easy

[@RelyeaGaming]

That’s cheating

[@solutionghostsimple6470]

compass is OP

[@sir27dagamer]

@@solutionghostsimple6470 it really is, but not as OP as zote I still needed like 30 tries on zote

[@melissaardon2294]

I had Pure Compass and beat God Tamer in one hit :)

[@salismalik931]

Yea this joke not funny anymore

[@loserchips1112]

I HATE THOSE MANTIS GUYS, I always die at that part

[@RelyeaGaming]

They can be tough for sure. I hope you get em

[@cathoodiegirl4118]

Spamming Desolate Dive/ Descending Dark helps if you have the Soul plus if they aren't dead in one hit of it, use the invincibility frame to back of for a moment and do it again without getting hit or jump up and Down Pogo their asses.

[@beanbee8774]

im like: well well well looks whos here

[@nathan.w05]

shade cloak helps alot here

[@memshad]

Just finally got it done after dying at the part with no floor about 6 or 7 times in a row. Thank you so much for all the Hollow Knight guides Reylea, such great help and tips.

[@prettypr0bl3ms]

I cannot count the amount of times you have helped me in this game, thank you so much for posting these!

[@RelyeaGaming]

I am very much happy to help!

[@spilleddepresso6130]

I got cocky since I've finished Trial of the Fool so many times on normal mode, and tried doing it on steel soul. I was on 98%. I thought everything was under control. I died and now I have to redo everything. I hate myself.

[@RelyeaGaming]

That’s a major oof. Sorry my friend

[@hi28]

oh noo :( i hope you finished steel soul now !

[@jeremydueck4029]

I finally did it today. It didn’t take me too long, but it was long enough to nearly give me a stroke by the end after surviving on 1 hp. My arms and face felt like they were going numb, and my heart has never beat so fast in my entire life. It did nothing to help me move forward in the game, yet it feels like the best thing I’ve done so far.

[@Second_Trumpet]

After 133 hours of play time, I finally beat the Trial of the Fool! The toughest part of the whole thing for me was around 9:20 where the masked ooblets come out, I was stuck on that part for days on end. What really helped me with that part was dashing using Sharp Shadow through the ones that get caught in the top corners. Here's the charms I equipped: Void Heart, Mark of Pride, Nailmaster's Glory, Dream Wielder, Quick Focus, and Sharp Shadow. Thank you very much Relyea for making this guide!

[@RelyeaGaming]

Well done!

[@bretthart1352]

Why void heart? Seems ineffectual

[@dave4214]

What about last charm slot lol

[@tsukii5719]

tried your charms combo and it worked!!! thanks dude

[@Moonlord2193]

I died at that part because of the damn spikes

[@endme6115]

Me: finished trial of the fool KZbin: wanna see a tutorial on how to do trial of the fool?

[@RelyeaGaming]

KZbin is always listening

[@alexpineda3398]

I JUST BEAT THE TRIAL THANKS TO YOU!! i watched this video after HOURS of trying it was the last thing i needed for completion and I COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

[@hackedbyteamourmine9519]

Me: *completes trial of the fool* Me: that was hard, finally completed it! i'm so tired, time to leave Hollow knight: yo imma crash Me: uh i think the game saved when i got the reward, right? Hollow knight: no, you gotta do it again

[@RelyeaGaming]

Ohh no!

[@masha2704]

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY

[@claudiorenk6180]

Puta merda.... 😣

[@simplystellar_]

F

[@daliblue_]

F.

[@dizzythechaos770]

Im on steel soul run and this scares me

[@RelyeaGaming]

Be very careful! Maybe wait until you have all the upgrades

[@ProfezorFirdaus]

You may have steel soul. But to attempt this, you need steel balls too

[@itsmeplush]

Honestly after trying so many times, I don’t think this is worth the effort. You get (basically) the same amount of geo as the second trial and you get an achievement. Besides when your late game you don’t have many money problems. (Unless you’re broke from divine, you know what I mean)

[@stolzerpuffganger133]

Just leave the game when you are at 1 live

[@piesmuggler7268]

@Annan Khondker just keep spinning. the president will die eventually.

[@HallowedAshes]

I have to thank you so much, I finally beat this third stage, it was difficult but I loved playing it, I took out the shaman stone and replaced it with nailmaster's glory, and used the remaining spaces for grimmchild for that extra bit of damage, as I didn't use spells all that much, if at all. The tip of the great slash for the primal aspids really saved me.

[@SuperInkLink]

If God Tamer had to endure a bunch of trials to become the champion, how did she do the no floor parts? 🤔

[@RelyeaGaming]

mayby she was the champion for son long that they added that part later

[@deliriousLycan]

I just had the visual of the beast just bouncing off the spikes in ball form like a rabid basketball

[@CaalamusTube]

...the god tamer beast has an armored belly.

[@yitraboom]

If the snail shamans joined the colosseum then God tamer would die because her beast is weak to ddark

[@fade2535]

8:30 quick tip here, if u don’t have much soul Dream nail those things and you’ll get a lot more, just try not to get flattened, or creamed by my least favorite boss the brooding mawlek

[@RelyeaGaming]

Good call

[@lordofshades9852]

Yeah,don't pull a Tiso

[@CoconutTheLeafRain]

One tip I suggest is using the dreamwielder charm because not only do you get 66 soul from striking enemies with the dream nail, it only takes up 1 charm notch, so you can stay on top of soul during the fights

[@VVEmil]

9:00 This is as far as i went.

[@RelyeaGaming]

😁

[@masona9885]

Hey that not bad

[@salismalik931]

@@masona9885 I'm at 4:16

[@madelynweaver4442]

@@salismalik931 I’m currently attempting the trial and the damn triple platform part is my worst enemy. If I survive it I have such low health that I get destroyed by the next wave.

[@winterd8124]

i thought i would never have to fight soul sanctum enemies again. ): nooooooooo

[@alexhood583]

I remember finally beating this, the weight lifted from my soul was otherworldly

[@voldy3565]

Ok, so after many tries I finally managed to get to the god tamer boss. Now I paused the game and am panicking. I really don't want to die now... EDIT: I did it! After literal months of trial and error, I did it!!!

[@RelyeaGaming]

Heck yeah! Congrats on that win. Took me forever too!

[@abel4475]

Congrats my man

[@voldy3565]

@@abel4475 Thanks!

[@BibleNutter]

Yay!

[@leopixelunleashed8831]

More like trial of error

[@mr.miggles8812]

The Foolish warrior managed to conquer all three trails. He truly is a champion

[@RelyeaGaming]

Well done!

[@daboy8107]

You‘re such a humble guy and I enjoy your guides very much; thanks bro!

[@garrettv.g.1758]

I had serious issues with the Trial of the Fool until I used roughly this charm setup: Hiveblood (lets you heal on the spike floor section), Glowing Womb (to deal damage from a distance), Weaversong (same as Glowing womb), Grubsong (to combo with weaversong, feeding soul to Glowing Womb), and any other two charm notches worth of charms you want. I used Sprintmaster and Nailmaster's Glory.

[@garrettv.g.1758]

So, a note: Defender's crest does NOT make glowing womb stronger, it takes away 5 contact damage and replaces it with a cloud that does 5-4 damage. It's a downgrade, and a waste of charm notches. It's only used for meme builds. Unfortunately, I did not know this early-game and wasted my at-the-time-precious charm notches. Don't use it for this build!

[@RelyeaGaming]

Good stuff!

[@garrettv.g.1758]

Wow, that was fast. Thanks Relyea! Your tutorials have helped me greatly.

[@chromatizer7932]

The no-floor one is the hardest IMO

[@RelyeaGaming]

I totally agree

[@professionalballssquisher2977]

Just if you have like 2 masks left and can't heal, nvm it's still hard

[@swordplaysgames]

It stupid hard cause it lasts for what feels like 10 years and you can’t even until the very end of it which stinks

[@chromatizer7932]

@@swordplaysgames True true. It took me tens of attempts to finally reach the third trial boss but in the end, I failed against it & never made it to the end ever again.

[@Arob4343]

At 3:13, the left wall is better because you can cling higher. Either keep wall hopping or crystal heart up there. The sploders will kill the others. Just wait

[@omni9030]

Additional tips: - If you see a Shielded Fool, leave him to kill for last. They're extremely easy to Dream Nail and farm Soul on (and fortunately, one appears right before the God Tamer). - If you're having trouble with Winged Fools, simply pogo on them. - At 8:32 during the up-down Garpede parkour, Dream Nail their heads once and move on. Like the Shielded Fools, this is a reliable way to stack up on Soul again. - If you're having trouble at the "box" phase, equip a Dreamshield. With a Pure Nail, you'll be able to kill most enemies off with only a single hit without the trouble of charging up a Great Slash and potentially falling down into the spikes below.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Great tips. Thank you for adding

[@LewisSaunders4]

This was the cause of the primal aspids in my nightmares

[@RelyeaGaming]

I know the feeling

[@tobi_versace]

Wanna say thank you for the videos. I wanted to quit shortly after starting Hollow Knight because it was really hard to understand exactly what's going on in any way but you helped me stick with it and understand and now it's my favorite game of all time. Waiting on Silksong VERY impatiently

[@nnelg8139]

When the mistakes (gollies are the flying ones) are all that's left, you can kill all but one and use the dream nail to farm soul from it.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Good call

[@Arwink826]

I was stuck at the traitors thinking, "oh we've gotta be close to the end, it's getting harder" and then I realised I was only halfway finished while watching this video 😂 RIP

[@novarl4115]

ive literally spent the last 5 hours trying to complete the coloseum of fools idk how you do this so easily

[@slambotv1334]

Charms I would reccomend: Shape Of Unn Quick Slash Shaman Stone Spell Twister Unbreakable Strength Mark Of Pride, Longnail Charms I might reccomend: Dreamshield Quick Focus Deep Focus Fury Of The Fallen Grubsong Hiveblood Charms I don’t reccomend: Grimmchild Glowing Womb Weaversong Heavy Blow The reason I do not reccomend the minion charms is because when you are trying to heal, they will attack your enemy and send a new wave. Heavy Blow I don’t reccomend because.. well..

[@alyandthecats]

With the grubsong, weavers, and glowing womb, they can use up your soul while you focus on dodging and hiding, which can be a tempting strategy but takes freaking forever

[@tofuguy9303]

Bruh i have 11 charm notches. How will I equip all those?

[@Cystlib]

I found heavy blow can be useful for creating some additional breathing room for some quick heals or to get to safety. It's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. That being said my winning charm combo was: nailmaster's glory, hiveblood, quick focus and longnail

[@eccrow7419]

Nahhh heavy blow is soo useful for me during the spike floor part. When you down pogo the enemy you knock them down further, giving you more time to react and prepare your next move. You can also kill the lower enemy in one hit by hitting them into the floor spike

[@theuniquebean]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! I know what I’m doing for the rest of today! Thanks Relyea! Happy Sunday everybody😊 Btw, love the beginning. I’ve done that countless times lol.

[@RelyeaGaming]

I wish you the best of luck!

[@imsofunnyxd1010]

I had unbreakable health and greed, but I wasn't able to get strength before I made the *horrible* decision of lifting the grim troupe's anchor.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Ohh no!

[@greekletterphi9620]

Honestly the dudes just crawling in midair almost make this feel like a mod.

[@RelyeaGaming]

haha that is awesome

[@lupinsensei]

Such great walkthroughs. Really appreciate them. Relatively new to HK (about a month in) and they’ve been indispensable. Thanks again. I’ll endeavor to catch you on twitch, time difference permitting (japan).

[@RelyeaGaming]

Thank you for that. I’m happy to help. Hope to catch you around

[@edvinasdapkus676]

I already spent 9 hours trying to do this and still cant get past the no ground part, pray for me

[@RelyeaGaming]

good luck. that is the hard part

[@jmorel42]

Try the dream shield block out some of the projectiles

[@randomguy5598]

Tip: Leave one enemy alive and dream nail them for soul The charm helps too

[@RelyeaGaming]

good call. O never use to use soul much back when I made this video.

[@arielgonzalez1636]

Thank you Relya!!! Path of pain took me five days, the trials took me four months. I was so surprised when I finally made it to the God Tamer I had to pause the game and appreciate that I got there. The actual boss wasn't hard especially after having beat the Watcher Knights (my favorite battle). I used void heart, grubsong, nailmasters glory, thorns of agony, quick slash, and unbreakable strength

[@eevviiee4618]

You have no idea how long it took me to get past the part where you have no platform or anything to stand on, and I finally get to the last boss and I died ಥ_ಥ.... Jeez I need to go to sleep

[@RelyeaGaming]

It took me a long time as well!

[@mikecheeze4312]

That's where I input my foot into the tv. It really worked! I beat the whole game, never had to play it again!

[@Cherigaaru]

me too TT^TT im still trying

[@JackNick2000]

8:30 you can dream nail the guys so that you get more soul. Get to a safe spot, and you can get at least 1 dream nail per wave. You obviously can’t heal during the next section but at least you can use spells much more often much earlier

[@saltlakeatrocity9771]

As someone who can one shot almost every boss on every one of my dozen-plus playthroughs of this game since 2017-this and NKG still hard-wall me completely. I'd say I've put over 50 hours into trial of the fool alone and can count on one hand how many times I've made it past the infamous floor-is-spikes part-and all of the attempts that did make it did so with so little health left that I was doomed to insta-die with the enemy spam afterwards. The lack of any time to heal right after that spike-floor part finally ends before the arena becomes littered with enemies is infuriating beyond what words can convey.

[@malinescuucsenilam6265]

Try to do the cyclone once you get on the platform. It worked for me, I had only two lifes left.

[@BibleNutter]

10:40 Dream nail him for souls it's easy.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Good call

[@hjj9269]

Damn, i thought i was about to finish this one and it turns out i wasn’t even halfway!

[@gabrielsanchez4207]

I went all the way to the centipedes and thought I was almost done till I seen thia

[@tadgeme]

thanks relyea! it took me about 5 trys to beat it, your guide was very helpful.

[@RilkeanKisses]

I have no idea why the four platform bit at 4:13 with the aspids and mosquitos was so difficult for me. Once I mastered that it was a matter of several more tries to beat the trail with the no floor bit needing a bit of practice too. The way I beat the four platform area was by going to the top and down pogoing the aspids when they spawned. After that it was a piece of cake. Charms were unbreakable strength, mark of pride, quickslash, grubsong and nailmaster's glory.

[@SaltVR]

Alright... Let me use this 14 minutes Long video for 1,5 hours of analyzation, Just to be sure.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Haha. I hope it helps!

[@Aero7SVR]

Thanks for the guide man ! I finally beat Trial of the Fool (after some 6 hours). Oddly enough, God Tamer was really easy to beat (first try, thanks to your tips !). The wall-riding section was the toughest for me, but pogo-jumping and Shaman Stone helped a ton. Btw, at 6:00, make sure to keep one Folly alive... you can dream nail it indefinitely and recover all of your masks and soul before the wall-riding section !

[@Starbucks-sj5ph]

Another tip, with the worm falling from the sky thingy, the gladiators and those ghost thing on the ground it's really easy to get some free infinite soul using the dream nail

[@RelyeaGaming]

Good call

[@ismailmohammed9565]

3:20 that creature on top is Belfly

[@RelyeaGaming]

Ahh yes

[@alzmaycher]

After multiple attempts, I have finally completed The Trial of Fools. My build: - Void Heart - Shaman Stone - Spell Twister - Soul Eater - Grubsong - Dream Wielder - Alterbatively, you can use Nailmaster Glory but I found Dfeam Wielder more useful in terms of getting full health/soul. This setup is obviously heavy spell related. Shade Soul is the way to go, dealing easily with anything airbourne. Soul Eater provides a lot of soul for spells. Important strategy: keep one weak minion alive and use it to build up health and soul between waves - Dream Wielder plays a key role there as it gathers soul when enemy is struck with it! There are multiple moments where you can build up full health and soul between waves using this simple tactic. For example, keep one Shielded Fool alive and use it to heal up/get full soul or when the room gets narrow, you can use Dream Nail on Garpedes to fully heal up and get full soul. The most difficult period is the spiked one without the platform where you can't heal up. As per whole run, use Shade Soul whwnever you can. After you beat this period, you've got a chance to recover few masks on the platform with Loodles. Keep them on the distance, they should eventually kill themselves on the spikes. After this it should be fairly straightforward to beat the final boss. Use the same tactics as previously - keep one Shielded Fool or similar minion alive until you've got full health and soul. The final boss should not be an issue, just avoid it when it rolls around the arena and strike it with Shde Soul as much as you can. Good Luck!

[@alzmaycher]

I've used Rylea's video to see the wave sequence - that was extremely helpful to determine the moment when recovering health amd souls strategy applies.

[@rumplerak3888]

it amazes me how u did this trial with ease........been doing it for 5 hours now.....never been this mentally broken by a level....yuck

[@RelyeaGaming]

It was not easy my first time at all

[@adam9626]

I've finally just managed to beat this, and this video did help. Once you get past the infernal spike-floor section that goes on forever it's much more simple. My charm set-up, if anyone's interested, was Steady Body, Nailmaster's Glory, Quick Slash, Mark of Pride and Sharp Shadow. I also didn't use a single spell - all normal slashes, Great Slashes and damaging dashes. Sharp Shadow was key to getting past the spike-floor (and turning my resolution down to the lowest setting to stop lag on my PC).

[@RelyeaGaming]

Happy to help! Congrats on your win

[@davidwhite206]

I DID IT!! Only 40 minutes after knocking King Nightmare Grimm off!! Happy New Year!!

[@elemu]

I've died to the god tamer 5 times already and I'm starting to go insane because of how long the trial is

[@jaderose3175]

I JUST CAN'T DO IT UGH 😠😡!!!! Thankfully you read and respond to us so I have an idea for a video for you! Please go through this trial and/or the others using different charm combos each round. Could shed light on us noobs on the best/easiest ways to beat them! I've been trying different ones and came up with that idea for you 😁❤ P.S. recommend showing the secret hot spring in case people missed that.

[@RelyeaGaming]

The really hard part os when the ground drops out. Just remember to take your time and down pogo, then double jump, down pogo the. Double jump. Slow down. You will get it!

[@fra-kolpanzer]

Did it!! Took me about two weeks. :) I used these charms: Unbreakable Strength, Mark of Pride, Quick Slash, Unbreakable Heart. Worked like a charm. :)

[@MartinGecko]

Nice. If you take video ideas I have one...a tutorial on how to escape deepest mabye? I've been in deepest for an hour trying to get out lol.

[@RelyeaGaming]

Ohh no! Deepnest is rough if you don’t have a lantern. To get out you need to go up to the top left until you reach a stag station.... that or go straight up til you get to a bench. From there go all the way left to the end of the failed tram station. Pick up a tram pass then go back down and to the right of the other bench

[@MartinGecko]

@@RelyeaGaming thanks!

[@paulcairns9809]

Thanks for doing this pretty sure it was because I suggested it so thank you

[@RelyeaGaming]

You and several others suggested it. Next is going to be the pantheons (next weekend)

[@SaltVR]

@@RelyeaGaming ah thank god

[@roger7641]

First time managed to survive until Godtamer. And then got myself killed. argh. 11h spent with third trial and only once survived until final boss. But with these tips from the video it shouldn't be that bad to repeat and tame that boss. Thanks for the video!

[@roger7641]

Finally did it! Thanks for all the tips. Total play time now 150,9h and third trial took more than 20h from that :D

[@meraclechamlotte9291]

I just cleared Trial of the Fool. I'm leaving this game now.

[@ajyge]

Just a little heads up, at 1:27 you said that the God Tamer must be at least encountered to unlock the 3rd Pantheon in Godhome, but this is not the case anymore as they changed it so Pantheon 3 is accessible without beating or fighting the God Tamer. You still must beat the rest of the bosses (Grey Prince Zote discluded unless you have fought him in the campaign first) to unlock P3. Heads up, I know this video is 4 years old but I do still see some newer people watching this video. Great tutorial, Relyea!

[@xavierdanner5620]

Really?😂this makes my life so much easier

[@joyful_rage]

Thank you so much, I once quit HK because I couldn't pass this challenge, your advice helped immensely, It took around 5 tries after I watched your video and figured out my mistakes. Now I'm a proud fool too!

[@greathex1070]

"how to beat the trail of the fool" relya: "just plays and descripes what he presses and does" me: i am sure i can also do it also me: why are we here.... "just to suffer"

[@willby722]

Hey man, hows it going today? Screw this challenge, it took so long the victory felt almost.. HOLLOW

[@RelyeaGaming]

If you thought this was hard, wait until the 5th pantheon

[@AtomicRooster52]

For anyone who is having trouble with the godtamer, you can just pogo off the beast and he can’t really do anything g about it. The ant can’t touch you, and just desolate dive when he rolls

[@Odysseus_Petrichor]

*THIS COLOSSEUM IS SMALLER THAN I THOUGHT*

[@RelyeaGaming]

Were you super close to the end?

[@x_Spinn]

I've tried this so many times, people always keep telling me to upgrade my nail, find all the masks, all the soul masks,... I have the coiled nail, 8 masks and all the abilities, I don't want to I don't want to be super strong I want to beat the trial with skill and man I've been stuck for so long on the teleportation creatures, today I finally got past them but now im getting stuck in the 3-wall box after that, I wish someone would teach me how to beat it with skill, btw Relyea im not saying this tutorial didn't help me tho you also teach skill, tricks and stuff maybe im just bad, also omg that zigzag at 9:34 is so cool

[@shannonwagstaff8380]

Use pure nail it really helps with everything and yeah at least get 2 soul vessels and 8 marks are good.

[@shannonwagstaff8380]

Masks I meant to say.