Rusty's 10 Most Forgettable Hollow Knight Charms

[@waffles6280]

Okay, actually defenders crest is good in ONE situation: it can instant kill the floating blobs during the lost kin fight, meaning you can ignore them.

[@CaliCosmicGal]

And in charm combos

[@valarmis]

It's effect with Spore Shroom is decently powerful, dealing as much damage as Shade Soul with Shaman Stone

[@Megarobotsquadron]

yeah, I've always had a hard time with lost kin. Last time I went there, I went all defense. defenders crest was a big part of it. It was the easiest fight yet

[@youtubeisstupid1952]

@@valarmis except shade soul shaman can hit 3 times

[@valarmis]

@@youtubeisstupid1952 yeah but that requires you to know what you're doing and I don't

[@legendoflink1821]

Grubberflies elegy is basically, “here. Have the master sword”

[@b1akn3ss93]

Until you lose a mask ...

[@hotchocolate1782]

@@b1akn3ss93 I hate to be that super nerdy guy, but actually it's the same with the master sword at least in link to the past.

[@legendoflink1821]

@@b1akn3ss93 well the master sword only shoots beams when you have full health

[@TheDuckyDino]

@@b1akn3ss93 that's literally how the master sword works

[@electroshockgamer2733]

Everyone here is rushing to pull the "But aCtUaLlY" lol

[@ITagSonoTuttiPresi]

HK community: **panicking** Rusty: _"So anyway, these charms do be kind of wack"_

[@oinkymomo]

My case for steady body: use it with quick slash so that you can stay in range for a decent length of time without having to constantly tap forwards

[@b1akn3ss93]

You can hold forward too (just gotta be careful an enemy doesn’t move towards you)

[@tkpaura8926]

Or you can... you know... hold up like a speed runner so you don't take knockback

[@oinkymomo]

@@tkpaura8926 that require much more careful spacing

[@justwoosh]

i use steady body alot to deal alot of damage and staying in one place and im not ashamed

[@AdumbroDeus]

@@tkpaura8926 you can't do that for everything, it's a much smaller horizontal hitbox

[@mrragecage9312]

Fury of the fallen is forgettable Speedrunners: 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@BeaDSM]

They skip it on any%!

[@zionxxv]

I didn't even know this charm existed until I found it

[@Yudaisei0]

If Fury of the Fallen was ONE notch instead of TWO it would a lot more played in early games, but as it stand you get better use of your starting notches by using any other more proactive charm.

[@froglemonade3398]

@@BeaDSM but speedruns on poh uses fury of the fallen

[@brandonenriquez5222]

@@zionxxv that’s how finding things in the game works

[@alessandrocappo8268]

Team Cherry said that news was coming, and Nintendo announced an Indie Showcase. It's finally time. (Edit) I was wrong (Edit 2) Wait something is appening, but is not related to Nintendo Direct

[@Crosssss]

Don't Do That. Don't Give Me Hope.

[@ShenZxro]

Never confirmed news was coming but sure

[@mr.irrelevent8956]

@@arkalt4066 why not? it is an indie game?

[@someguy9079]

@@mr.irrelevent8956 idk, to me it feels more like a nintendo direct thing. It seems too well known to be wasted on a showcase not that many people watch

[@IndiestSnake]

@@arkalt4066 just because its the most important game in your existence dosen't mean nintendo thinks its that important. We could get news, and if we're super lucky, a release date.

[@otterfan65]

half of these charms are the charms you buy when you have 20k geo and just want to have all charms

[@Acudit]

Or unlock Salubra's next notch.

[@Hk-ox4bb]

“Defender crest is forgettable “ *laughs whilst fighting lost kin*

[@MushroomIthink]

What dose it do?

[@Hk-ox4bb]

@@MushroomIthink it creates an aura around you that does a small amount of damage constantly

[@Hk-ox4bb]

@@MushroomIthink it also change the effect of some abilities but you'd be better just looking up the best combos

[@sanikuanonym1105]

@@Hk-ox4bb the only issue is that all synergies make the charm that defenders crest interacts with objectively weaker (except for spore shroom).

[@Hk-ox4bb]

@@sanikuanonym1105 depends on what you want to accomplish

[@BeALight-i3z]

I like how Rusty just forgot how he ranked Gathering Swarm with Wayward Compass last video.

[@tristanneal9552]

That's how forgettable they are 😂

[@cod3builder701]

Fun fact: Joni's bessing adds four masks. Guess what else does? Lifeblood core.

[@mecburnablasta6811]

Yeah, I realized that when I first did the later White Defender and Grey Prince Zote fights. Those are like the two fights where the lifeblood charms help a lot as they do so much damage

[@neptune7872]

Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. It adds 40% of your max health, rounded up. So at 5 max you get 2 extra, 6 and 7 get 3, 8-10 get 4, and 11 gets 5.

[@kelismaincharacter4925]

@@neptune7872 Wait you can have 10-11 masks? I know unbreakable heart exists but thats i l l e g a l

[@umbrella_party5549]

really, the only thing it's actually pretty useful for is getting lifeblood core.

[@pedrolucca5165]

But you need joni's blessing to have lifeblood core

[@Jamandabop]

Not the return that we wanted but the one that we needed.

[@animeboomerman8508]

I wanted it

[@animeboomerman8508]

And needed it

[@luleoli]

watchmojo should hire u

[@randomdudeofdahood3973]

Wise words spoken, friend.

[@ntc1000]

Rusty is much better than Watchmojo

[@randomdudeofdahood3973]

@@ntc1000 My ass is better than watchmojo, not intending to insult rusty of course.

[@timklafke4712]

@@randomdudeofdahood3973 literally anything is better than watchmojo, such a dogshit channel

[@randomdudeofdahood3973]

@@timklafke4712 Agreed.

[@dbgr9875]

3:40 lol imagine overcharming with joni's blessing

[@sharpfang]

Do double damage bosses take 4 masks then?

[@dbgr9875]

@@sharpfang I bet

[@pulim-v]

@@sharpfang fun fact: ascended double damage bosses deal 8 damage when you're overcharmed,

[@sharpfang]

@@pulim-v Nearly as much as Zote if you're insistent enough.

[@pulim-v]

@@sharpfang oh yeah final gpz can do like 18 masks if you're overcharmed right?

[@sharkastic2633]

Finding Fury of the Fallen is really just a tutorial for how to equip a charm.

[@sharpfang]

And pogo.

[@CaliCosmicGal]

And also an good tone for the rest of the game

[@zenu8830]

I found the charm after getting mantis claw

[@unluckypanda5448]

@@zenu8830 same. I honestly used that charm a few times because i had no idea what else would fit better and it actually somehow helped me a bit before getting more charms and further progressing in general

[@bowlwasprobablytaken7149]

i got fury of the fallen after i killed the first dreamer

[@rocro4361]

Defender's crest is my go to charm for bossfights when I take off wayward compass

[@noone6991]

Why would you take off wayward compass it’s the best charm in the game

[@loganxavier]

Nailmasters glory, grubsong, literally anything else,

[@sirblue5586]

@@noone6991 because sometimes a bench is right next to a boss fight ,so there's no need to know where your going.

[@popmasteralan5594]

@@sirblue5586 r/woosh

[@poobs3540]

you took wayward compass OFF!?!?!

[@mand0rk]

Grubberfly’s elegy is an amazing charm if you don’t take hits. That 50% nail damage on projectiles is applied on top of your nail damage if you strike with both. Pair that with strength and quick slash and you have some insane damage output.

[@geckoanims]

Radiant boss fights

[@Mistheart101]

Elegy is at least good for when you're doing the Delicate Flower quest. Long-range damage that doesn't cost soul to take out enemies and avoid the risk of damage.

[@natalya402]

add Longnail and Mark of Pride and you don't have to get anywhere near enemies

[@woofspider330]

I wont lie though, it was never the enemies that made that quest difficult. It was the hazards lol

[@tiagocosmos]

Joni's Blessing helped me learn NKG's pattern and how to dodge his attacks so that's my case for it.

[@BowPennykettle]

when Rusty gets really bored: *radio and tier list intensifies*

[@fr6938]

Rusty: fury of the fallen is forgettable Speedrunners: Oh no! Anyway...

[@metajmw4717]

Oh man when he is not talking about bosses he just talkes about charms

[@izscott264]

He's already talked about bosses

[@metajmw4717]

@@izscott264 that's the point

[@izscott264]

@@metajmw4717 ok

[@barackobama129]

Ok hacker cat

[@willgofast5302]

This is what I needed. Something hollow knight. Just something.

[@thegreatqtip4516]

Fury of the Fallen can be greatly improved by spending a few minutes preparing and getting lifeblood from cocoons nearby stag stations, most notably the one in kings pass and the one in greenpath.

[@tylermacready7199]

Steady Body was incredibly helpful to me early game when I was still learning. I was getting tired of getting knocked into obstacles or having my platforming flow fucked up. I grew out of Steady Body, but I'll always have a soft spot for it.

[@hazardsigns]

Same. I still use it in deepnest, at that one section, when I'm nail pogoing off those centipede feckers to get at a piece of vessel fragment. I suck at nail pogoing, especially vertically up a moving enemy and steady body stops me bouncing off into the void.

[@justwoosh]

still use it even in end game, i really just dislike having to hold a or d just to not take kb when i attack

[@jj2hostetler108]

I still pair it with quickslash. The dps increase I get from being able to combo enemies is too good to pass up for just 1 notch cost

[@tylermacready7199]

@@jj2hostetler108 exactly. Sometimes I feel like the steady body haters are just spell build people

[@ake9454]

You bless us with your presence, you spend two weeks (presumably) to work on this video, you come back after centuries, just to do my boy gathering swarm like that?!

[@brokevessel9297]

Grubberfly's elegy ia extremely good if you are fighting radiant bosses

[@researchinbreeder]

Humorously he put Elegy and Fury next to each other when they have a combo: Equipping both lets Elegy work again at 1 health with increased damage. While still not particularly efficient, it is a good combo to use during the Delicate Flower quest, since you cant get hit anyway and attacking from a range without using any SOUL is a lot more valuable.

[@someguyonth]

nah steady body sounds like a fighting tip

[@Arsarossa]

It’s also pretty good for fighting, steadybody isn’t really a forgettable charm, the charm can allow you to get extra hits in on bosses like nkg without the worry of crashing into his flames as such, improving your dps against bosses, it’s S tier (Theres also a video on the hk disc showing how good it is.) you’d do a lot more damage with SB than you would upstriking as well, this comment on the discord should explain why it’s good better than I can tho lol. “Steady Body is an excellent charm for a number of reasons: 1. It makes bosses that take a lot of knockback/move away from you far easier. With knockback, it is extremely difficult to get very many nail hits in because you constantly have to chase them after they get pushed away. However, with Steady Body equipped, you get to move with the bosses, allowing you to get more nail hits and far higher dps. 2. It helps against attacks that limit your movement options. These attacks include the lances attack from PV, the fire pillars from NKG, and the orbs from Absrad. These attacks have tight spaces where even the slightest knockback can lead to you taking damage. 3. You don't have to constantly hold forward. While it is not too difficult to adjust for the knockback by moving forwards slightly, Steady Body removes the need to worry about that completely, and completely removes the chance of accidentally walking too far forwards and taking damage. 4. It's among the best one notch charms. One notch charms are incredibly useful for overcharming or simply general purposes, and for the above reasons Steady Body is an excellent choice. The low notch cost also allows Steady Body to fit into many charm builds, making it incredibly versatile. This means that you can almost always equip Steady Body with Quick Slash, which allows it to truly shine.”

[@someguyonth]

@@Arsarossa Its not to forgettable cause I remember it from the moss charger fight

[@Arsarossa]

@@someguyonth lol

[@Xenotale]

The only reason someone would use fury of the fallen would be if your a pantheon speedrunner

[@CaliCosmicGal]

OR doing a Mask binding. Seriously I heal when I’m at one mask left but when it activates I often kill of the boss and can heal before the next one

[@gamingtime468]

Not really. Take it from an expert.

[@wozaow]

“Defender’s Crest-“ The entire QuinBoBin fanbase: *”NO”*

[@HuneeBruh]

i'll have you know that fury of the fallen isn't forgettable, I mean have you seen fireb0rn's videos?

[@TrustedFemboy]

fireborn cant forget about it because someone glued it to his forehead and he cant get it off

[@ja-nozeveryman5865]

6:44 there is one time when this charm is useful, one dream warior and only in panteon. We all know him to well, no ground, shields, swords...

[@darkstrategy674]

I've rewatched Rusty's videos a LOT and enjoyed them more than the last time I've watched them every single time. Out of all of my time on the internet, I cannot say that with as much conviction as I can say about these videos. Thanks a lot Rusty!

[@dwanedibly8129]

I could never forget Heart or Longnail. They were so very useful in conquering the Pantheon of Hallownest...

[@foercanomar3360]

I'm still on my first run in this game, and i always have the Wayward Compass and Gathering Swarm for when i explore

[@benjaminperry406]

Everyone when you walk in with the defender’s crest: I’ll pay you $100 to fuck off

[@therhymingturtle5577]

I actually use steady body on my build for godhome, it works good with the quick nail to get tons of hits in tight spots without having to worry about where you will slide. But that’s just my personal preference

[@paxnoodle4788]

Me: completing all of godmaster content in 3 seconds because how good steady body is Rusty: I haven’t seen it used in any odies favor

[@shini2632]

Literally just rewatched the charm lists while playing hollow knight. Rusty officially has psychic powers.

[@The_Wallflower]

I literally used gathering swarm for everything except boss fights. Whenever I was wandering around Hallownest, I had gathering swarm equipped all the way until the final boss.

[@advo9226]

Me too, I only take it off when I fight bosses. I mean, what else should I take with me while strolling around Hollownest? I'm just a man with his nail who tries to get rich. 😂

[@CaliCosmicGal]

@@advo9226 are you sly?

[@metajmw4717]

13:02 chill we got it...

[@ayaanabdullah937]

"Steady Body is forgettable" is a funny way of saying Steady Body is underrated. Its amazing with Quickslash, and combine that with Unbreakable Strength, you've got the boss shredder on your hands.

[@Hollow__Heart]

Quick Slash and Strength make you a boss shredder on their own though. You don't need Steady Body for it, you can just counteract the knockback.

[@j.a.m.m]

I actually used steady body for my fight against Radiance, because, in her second phase, it helps to get a few hits when jumping, without having the dang recoil making you fall into the void. But that's the only time I've ever seriously used it.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Simple change to make Joni's Blessing a great charm: Make it synergize with Grubberfly's Elegy so you can use sword beams at any amount of health. The hiveblood charms already kind of do this, by giving you a buffer where you can still use it as long as you haven't lost any of your real masks.

[@adamkrzeslak4326]

You should make "top 10 charms that I would love to put on my fridge"

[@finnvaneekelen4966]

Okay but the tagline “the peak of the kingdom and music” for a crystal themed radio is amazing

[@electroshockgamer2733]

Steady Body is actually pretty helpful in the Colosseum, especially when Great Hoppers show up. Enemies all over the place where you don't want to hit one only to get recoil bounced back, miss the platform you were standing on, panic, and end up getting impaled on spikes. But other than that, yeah, not the most useful.

[@TyrantNomad]

Honestly these rankings seem applicable mostly to godseeker/really late-game content - steady body is great for bruteforcing weaker bosses & landing consecutive hits more consistently. The geo duo is at least decent until you buy everything you need. I personally ran hiveblood + elegy for my first coliseum clear - which made things a LOT easier. It feels a bit weird to rank them 'universally' instead of best/worst for the endgame specifically.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@TyrantNomad If you're good enought to dodge attacks until your mask regenerates, you have the talent to use a charm that speeds up the trial a little. Hiveblood is the worst charm in the game, in my opinion.

[@TyrantNomad]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 it's way easier to completely avoid attacks than to both avoid attacks and quickly kill enemies - more so in the coliseum where there's either plenty of space or walls. Hiveblood alone makes the trial of fools a trivial challenge. It also allows you to save focus for attacks in this scenario.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@TyrantNomad To each their own, I guess.

[@CaliCosmicGal]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 Also soul being saved for spells instead of healing is always good

[@3DOM_]

Lifeblood heart is so forgettable that rusty forgot to put it in the video, and most people forgot it was missing.

[@deadspace2595]

I can't really agree on Longnail. While it is easily replaced by mark of pride, there are many situations when you need that 1 extra charm notch but still bigger range, so you replace Mark of pride with Longnail

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

There's a pretty cool combo you can do with Fury, Elegy and Blessing where you get to shoot special red bolts constantly since you're technically at full AND zero health... Of course, that's a pretty specialized combo, right there, and comes with the usual down-side of life blood AKA no healing outside of benches.

[@goose5996]

steady body helps you greatly when doing the some of the hardest mechanics out there (e.g getting 11 or 12 hits in during NKG's fire pillar attack, parry only sly etc.)....it is definitely not useless, its just not that useful until youre super fucking good at the game

[@tattersthebat6253]

I really like the idea of a calm, collected radio station still running in Hallownest's state

[@Dandygirl_94]

Welcome back! You've been missed.

[@seanellis5410]

"It's not rocket science, it's not music theory." Dang, finally someone gets how complicated music theory is lol

[@krissmosberg]

steady body is amazing, I almost always use it in boss fights

[@joshuapatrick682]

Man I suck at dodging attacks so having an extra hit point versus absrad is the only way I’ve beaten her because both times I was down to a single mask, out of eleven…

[@nazispy4537]

Ah, Rusty's back with his Rick impression. Never gets old.

[@ethanlivemere1162]

Grubberfly is amazing in radiant fights, especially Sly (Also, you can in fact work around the max health, just not with Joni's blessing, but any other lifeblood charm)

[@AdumbroDeus]

Here's an argument for steady body, it's one of the best charms in the game in a lot of the most difficult content due to ability to hit at full speed at times that you otherwise couldn't (eg a hitbox right behind you and you can't get close enough to upslash), and allows you to more effecitvely follow enemies. It's an s tier charm.

[@Mason88872]

Agreed

[@TheDuckyDino]

Steady body is helpful when you try hitting things in the air from a platform

[@TheAdvertisement]

Longnail is the most average of charms and that's why we love it.

[@themockingdragon135]

The only situation in which I can imagine someone using Grubberfly's Elegy is if they're completing the delicate flower quest or enough of a dodge king that they use it in boss fights just because. Also maybe getting the synergy thing with Fury of the Fallen but that's even more finnicky than the situations in which both charms are used on their own.

[@evan-moore22]

Daddy Forge is back and I'm so happy. Edit: "Great golly miss Molly this thing is dead like Dwight D Eisenhower." Never change, bud

[@Javicelon]

I am loving the game grumps reference at 4:05, Danny has taken his crown😂

[@harmanpatel8692]

13:49 "And he was never seen again..."

[@makfeed140]

Bruh, I had gathering swarm for my entire play through besides bosses

[@minerman60101]

[Finishes video] That was interesting "So what do you think of Grubberfly's Elegy?" Huh? What's that? Sounds neat

[@ELEC7RO]

"Steady Body is pointless" ** *Enter that one dude who dominated pantheons with steady body* **

[@Pererogatist]

Massive moss charger cheese

[@chezballmeister4880]

1st part was like welcome to the 1900's

[@n3mo_]

We're all so starved for more Hollow Knight content

[@GippyHappy]

I can’t wait for Rusty’s Top 10 best beta charms

[@requiem4ameme929]

Silk Song release date is announced. Rusty: Kids get popops coat and shoes! It's time to kick some fucking bug ass. Kids: is grandpa ok?

[@Zanedotmidi]

You're scraping the bottom of the barrel, and I mean to the point where you're just trying to get that last little droplet of content out, and I love it.

[@lethe.archive]

“I haven’t seen anyone offer a proper case for steady body” hunthussle and his huge google doc: my time has come

[@rocro4361]

OMG THAT OPENING 👏👏👏👏

[@TheGrinningGamer]

Thanks! It was fun to help Rusty out with that.

[@eyald.8252]

@@TheGrinningGamer ?

[@TheGrinningGamer]

@@eyald.8252 Twas my voice.

[@eyald.8252]

@@TheGrinningGamer why aren't you credited then? Edit: nevermind, just checked the description

[@TheGrinningGamer]

@@eyald.8252 Yeah, Rusty tries to shy away from credit end cards, which I get, but he never fails to give credit for stuff in the descriptions.

[@manraygaming2505]

i love gruberfly’s ellegy too much on radiant bosses

[@tiosans2043]

"oh sweet, rusty posted a new vid wonder what's it gonna be" Oh Boy

[@marblight2068]

Dude I used Longnail for so long until I found out I could snag the charm from the mantis village and make it longer for just one more notch

[@zebaguettefromfrance1287]

Longnail is such a basic charm my nail is melting.

[@Hegemol900]

Rusty: Says "Musik Theory". My Brain: "Hello Internet, Welcome to Music Theory!" I hate myself.

[@hornetisspider]

same, sameee

[@flashbang1679]

Honestly I forgot about steadybody...

[@neptune7872]

Steady body sucks, I usually just use it to fill a notch if my build takes ten and it ends up screwing me up when I think a hit will knock me back and I end up walking into my enemy in really awful situations. Also, elegy should only work at, like, 3/5 masks or something

[@arthillidan1905]

Rusty please I'm nostalgic for 2019 can thy power bless us with a bloodborne video?

[@joshuapatrick682]

All the badass speed runners use steady body and all the hitless runners use fury. Both of these charms reward high level Play, probably wasn’t their original intent though.

[@anthonyberube87]

I don’t think I have ever been this early!

[@awakenmytoads9632]

7:00 where did you get the charm of invencibility?

[@mishaf19]

In other news the electors have voted in Biden. That was a thing. Any who Joni’s blessing is awful

[@LunaMinuna]

Me who used Fury of the fallen for most of my second play through:You’re talking to me?

[@ЕвгенийЕфимов-й7н]

Longnail aka charm I used for entire game and never removed.

[@michaelscott6491]

It’s true, I found your channel thanks to the game being free on PSPlus.

[@sunny-ql9ll]

Finally! The last one from the holy squad of charm videos!

[@EDoyl]

I used Joni's blessing vs Grimm since I couldn't find a time to heal so there was no downside. It wasn't worth it, if there's no time to heal in a fight, boosting your damage is way better than boosting your health.

[@chrisg4016]

I picked up this game because I have PS Plus, I never imagined falling in love with Hollow Knight. The last time I was this invested in a game was a souls series game. Honestly, this game broke my top 5 favorite games and now I can't wait for SilkSong to release!

[@arkofpolaris4646]

That intro was really cool.

[@penguinpirate8779]

Jonis blessing is great for fights that don’t let you heal like watcher knights

[@Plazmit3]

tbh joni's blessing was one of my most important charms as i used most of my sould for abyss shrikes on the radiance so i love that charm as i suck at healing under stress

[@luiz_carlos]

So, I have used Joni's Blessing to defeat 3 bosses (Fallen Knight, Enraged Guardian and Traitor Lord)

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I tried using it a couple times, but knowing for certain that I couldn't heal was actually more stressful for me. So I don't think I ever beat a boss with this.

[@isaacmirza2071]

i've only used steady body once... and that's when i was fighting the ascended version of gruz mother in the godhome.

[@brianhanley272]

Enjoy the content Rusty! Can't wait to see what your videos will be like for silksong! Also, for discussion, I find Joni's really useful because the way I play is to use as little healing as possible when fighting bosses especially late in game. I use as much soul for spells since they are OP in comparison to the nail. So Joni's blessing really helps with that type of strategy. But I can definitely understand why it might not be as popular.

[@Stizzl]

Still waiting for Top 10 most charming charms

[@0ThrowawayAccount0]

I am waiting for Rusty to start ranking his ranking list videos....