Hey, Let's Rank the Hollow Knight Bosses Again

[@Rusty._]

Note: The charm recommendations suggested in most of the lower thirds are NOT full loadout recommendations! Your own playstyle might differ from mine, and your own charm loadout should follow suit. The individual charms listed with each boss are simply the ones I found to be the most helpful.

[@weezards1014]

UMU

[@joannsmith1233]

❤

[@Leaphe0n]

Uuwuu

[@hawkdracano3840]

I actually heard that broken vessel was difficult so when I saw his boss room I went to the nearest bench, returned, and was severely dissapointed in him.

[@Katherine-nf1tn]

I found these also work for most bosses: ◊Grubsong/ Glowing Womb/ Weaversong/ Dream shield/ Dream Weilder ◊Grubsong/ Weaversong/ Sprintmaster/ Mark of Pride/ Longnail

[@funnylaughed7423]

If you’re having trouble with absolute radiance, I found that using wayward compass and gathering storm really helps.

[@dbgvhtcfrxd]

Triggered Happy dude thanks so much for the advice literally first attempted them can’t believe those charms are even in the game they are way too overpowered

[@bryanmartin8935]

Wow scrub.. Why not tie his hands behind his back and rub sand in his eyes?! No one should be that powerful..

[@primalaspid2843]

More powerfull then me, a god?

[@bryanmartin8935]

@@primalaspid2843 *eye begins to twitch*

[@dbgvhtcfrxd]

Primal aspid oh no not even gathering swarm will protect me from this one!

[@2lazyt378]

I feel like you've written down a lot of these insults with heavy internal frustration

[@alejandroborque3126]

It's almost as if the entire video was written with nothing but pure salt...

[@limonero8757]

Yes.

[@nelsoncoronado3703]

I need to start using the fda certified organic fuck one

[@henrywilson5072]

Half of them are, but half of them are pure contempt. It's up to you to differentiate.

[@rorpuissant]

This is like, the most entertaining part of the video tho X)

[@Souptist]

14:38 "Not even Nosks infection attack where he stands in the middle of the room and starts flinging his snot everywhere can reach you so long as you stay ducked under the cravace of this platform" *Proceeds to get hit by said attack in said area*

[@syloboy163]

Same here.

[@tijn0770]

You can get hit by that on the right but not on the left

[@tartipouss]

I hate your boss fight...(yes I am talking about you nightmares king Grimm

[@aidenbrevans6045]

Yep.

[@tartipouss]

@Grimm now I can do radiant NKG and for me this is one of the best with PV and SoB

[@99th61]

"Not only do not all three Mantis Lords fight you at once-" *foreshadowing at its finest*

[@novasolarius8763]

7:15 "All of his moves can be easily dodged-" *gets hit*

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

lmao

[@springbr3ak999]

Yeah it is except when it comes to godmaster where is more difficult cuz he's having flying enemies like broken vessel does

[@slavicj6908]

Gotcha to 666 likes lol.

[@Universe6265]

Not the best clip he could have shown

[@cheetahboy0127]

Rusty: Please don’t heal 2 masks on pure vessel at a time Me with Shape of Unn and Quick Focus: YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTAL

[@Aakirro]

Shape of Unn sucks since when you start to regenerate you have to wait 1 sec in order to move and that's why noone uses it

[@noahschofield9182]

Me with shape of unn quick focus and deep focus lol get rekt

[@thisisatrollaccount6623]

me with shape of unn, deep focus and quick focus: fucking idiots

[@raderelcaroman1403]

@@Aakirro shape of unn + quick focus has a combo that make you move faster than your character speed,so when the ennemy boss is on down time you can run away while healing,allowing you to actually heal 3hp rather than the usual 2 thanks for the massive distance you put between you and them,actually you can even heal in the middle of the fight if they don't have a move that hit the whole floor

[@brunolevilevi5054]

@@noahschofield9182 I don't know why people say shape of unn is so bad, I used it + deep focus to beat Absolute Radiance. You have a lot of time to heal with minimal movement whenever theres thay sword attack. I pretty much only used shape of unn on that part of the game, but still

[@element1192]

The mantis lords were actually pretty fun.

[@krisbojin8669]

Probably most fun boas fight in the game

[@ihatemarkoth3256]

the sisters of battle are even better. I just love that bossfight

[@krisbojin8669]

@@ihatemarkoth3256 A true man of culture that also hates Markoth.

[@greatestgrasshopper9210]

@@ihatemarkoth3256 the fight is pretty fun. I love the fast pace

[@Cat-pw5qr]

Yeah, they're easily one of the most fun bosses in the game (added points due to it being a gank fight that's actually good, too)

[@frickinfrick8488]

14:38 “Not even Nosk’s infection attack can reach you if you just stand next to the platform” **Plays a clip of Nosk’s infection attack reaching you while standing next to the platform**

[@hammartyme4859]

I always thought that i was practically immortal in that corner before actually fighting him because of videos. Then i found out quickly that i wasnt and lost 100000 geo.

[@Jonrocks7]

@@hammartyme4859 lol

[@obsessionsofthevoid]

@@hammartyme4859 how the fuck do you get 100,000 geo? i have over 118 hours on this game and I've never gone above 40k geo

[@Splatoob]

@@obsessionsofthevoid I think they accidentally added a bit more 0’s because I don’t even think 100,000 is possible

[@sonicpoweryay]

@@Splatoob well THEORETICALLY it's possible if you spamm trial of the fool

[@greenmoon8075]

#1 is : Primal aspid

[@maxastro]

@@dreadknight2439 5th Pantheon Collector is the worst. That bastard and Uumuu are tied for ruining my 5th Pantheon runs the most...

[@Grim-c8n]

@@maxastro Don't forget about Markoth

[@primalaspid5812]

You are correct

[@Yharims]

id have to agree

[@thegeneralist5279]

Yordy martinez Well, I would think it would be Zote the Mighty.

[@K4rmauh]

The first time I fought the Crystal Guardian, I was just really, really desperate for a bench so I face tanked him in under 20 seconds with a -shitton- of spells and some desperate slashing and came out of that with one mask. Due to this, I never got his attack patterns down and Enraged Guardian took me about 13 tries.

[@jasminethenoob1080]

I mean,,,,,,,,,,,,, that's one way to do it

[@stormalfred1238]

I've won but at what cost?

[@speedyboost_]

I just used the art of defender's crest

[@kevinrodrigues8884]

Same... same...

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

If you’re running stalwart shell a surprising amount of boss can be beaten by just spamming the ever living fuck out of normal slash and shade soul while just fucking motor boating the boss. Stalwart shell lets you just straight up out DPS almost all bosses in the game. But literally any boss that deal 2 damage per hit will fucking annihilate you

[@LavastormSW]

Things Rusty calls the infection: Offbrand dragonballs Orange ball of pain Herpes Snot Orange globs of cancer Sweat beads Orange soda Globs of 'ew' Lumps of concentrated syphilis

[@nachomori3756]

Nosk2: Orange Soda

[@odaxhi]

XD

[@princessfaust]

He also called it cancer

[@threecheeseburrito]

The Radiance gave The Hollow Knight herpes

[@shellyvision9693]

It's the forbidden orange juice

[@kelmager879]

If you are having trouble with lost kin, I recommend the charm that make you have a poison cloud around you and you don't have to worry about the little flying dudes because as soon as they touch the poising cloud, they die

[@alexmazza3784]

defenders crest?

[@kelmager879]

@@alexmazza3784 yea thanks i couldnt remember the name

[@CaliburovX4]

I memed on him with DC and spore shroom when he pissed me off.

[@claydordrive4069]

And quick nail

[@crispitysmuggity]

Stinky

[@gwenyon4939]

Who else had the privilege of fighting the watcher knights without shade cloak and monarch wings? Edit: So apparently there's a speedrun category that does it without mothwing cloak Edit 2: Making it more clear, since some may have had more upgrades than others: I only had mothwing cloak, mantis claw, vengeful spirit, and a nail that was upgraded only once. I am aware that having ddive/ddark makes this fight a whole lot easier.

[@mryjunior9391]

Take my word: I did it on my first playthrough and they took me 2 hours because of that.

[@randomgamer4332]

I should get shade cloak

[@gwenyon4939]

@@Agostino71 on your first play through?

[@nicholasali3566]

Me

[@cake_knight183]

Channeled nail, vengeful spirit, mothmin cloak was what I had. I just pogoed like a madman while the Grimmchild kept hurting them

[@threecheeseburrito]

Alternate title: Rusty ranks HK bosses in order of how pissed off they made him

[@JavZub]

If that's the case, Markoth should be the first spot. Dude hates Markoth... Like everybody else, fuck him.

[@justcasual7262]

@@JavZub I had more trouble with mmc than I did with markoth. I one tried the watcher knights. Only two I haven't beat yet besides godhome bosses are nkg and radiance.

[@SCP--rj8hm]

@@JavZub I killed markoth in about 10 seconds

[@JavZub]

@@SCP--rj8hm k

[@parkergrimm2533]

@@SCP--rj8hm what about radiant markoth with no grubberflys elegy?

[@aravgulati8129]

I didn't even realise that the moss charger was a boss.....

[@crowofwisdom4819]

As he say it basically a disappointing cucumber

[@paichni3474]

I don’t think he even has a title when you find him in greenpath

[@lisao7080]

He does,I've replayed this game more times than I can count.

[@jamesgraydon556]

I know I thought it was a mini boss

[@phasemaker1454]

Nobody did

[@jameshamill2930]

Lost kin in 15th: "This is the easiest of the sequel bosses" White Defender in 17th:😥

[@biddleeewho4181]

Enraged Guardian in 26th: 😭

[@dragonslayeralex3316]

Winged Nosk at 24th: 😡

[@FlameShroom]

@@biddleeewho4181 tf engraved guardian is easy af

[@fldsmdfr917]

@@FlameShroom r/woosh

[@lapidations]

Lost kin made rough love to my rear end, I tried to beat it like 50 times and ended up giving up on it

[@iced8792]

Hornet Sentinel is easy, he says -has shade cloak

[@Simply_resharkable]

Must’ve been doing it in godhome Edit: When I posted this, I hadn’t gotten there, but now I see- HE BE CHEATING!!

[@Star-pd6lu]

I just pogo-ed hornet sentinel and killed her my first try

[@asriel5541]

Hall of gods exists

[@crowstothefeast2254]

Mine KK this hornet isnt in hall of gods

[@Star-pd6lu]

Suspiciously hungry Lion yes she is lmao

[@Grim-c8n]

11:58 I think they don't all fight you at once because that would be dishonorable. They fight you one on one to see if your an equal to them and then they fight you two on one to see if you are superior to them. I imagine if they saw you as a huge threat that's when they would fight you three on one. That or Team Cherry just realized that would be too hard of a fight to put that early in the game

[@eggo-on-a-stick65]

Damn I just thought mantises were cool

[@Sway22]

Heh so now it is a thing. (Sisters of battle).

[@bloodhound1182]

I thought it was the fact that they probably thought u were weak so they send one of their sisters to fight you, then after you defeat one the other two are basically like "oh okay let's get serious then."

[@michaellatner975]

Tbh the mantis lords fight was kind of like a dance, once you feel the rhythm the only thing that really fucks you up is just getting out of sync. (btw i'm not a fucking dancer i'm just saying what it feels like, please lord of gods don't have an entire army of dancers on my ass for this comment)

[@saacattaac007]

And then in Pantheon they try to reclaim their glory

[@corwinschuerch6691]

Secret number 0 boss: The endless army of Zotes. Litterally unbeatable.

[@shizi9686]

I can't even kill more then 12 zotes

[@theballoonfamily9539]

@emu media head to hall of gods, then on the second floor, on the right side, there are 2 ceilings visable, on the 2nd, you can break the wall, hollowknight.fandom.com/wiki/The_Eternal_Ordeal?file=Eternal-ordeal-location.png you don't per say have to use crystal dash, Sharp Shadow Shade cloak worked for me as well

[@kristiankuzica1614]

Number -1 is that flying shit head with shields

[@achievedchair17]

Kristián Kuzica primal aspids?

[@kristiankuzica1614]

AchievedChair 17 Well you can at least kill that guy in 3 hits

[@Froinlaven_2020]

The massive moss charger alliteration is by far the best dialogue I’ve ever seen in ANY media.

[@Cassoosted_Fuper]

Agreed. It was amazing.

[@thelnr2]

reminds me of scott falco

[@kamilziemian995]

Yes, it is just amazing.

[@Pixelusually]

It gave me many multiple chuckles

[@OrangeStaringCat]

It’s insane. He made up so many meanings for MMC: -Massive Miserable Cucumber -Massive Moss Charger -Moniker May Come -Monumentally Malformed Clunk -Marginally Minor Concern -Mangled Miscariage of Calamity -Macho Magnified Chaparral -Mead Mannered Conceit -Much to My Chagrin -Misleading Measure of his Competence -MinceMeat of this Cornball -Making it Majorly Clear -Meandering Mesozoic Cactus -Meager Match for your Cutlass -Make My Conclusion -Murdering this Moronic Carapace -Most Miraculous Conquest -Mopping the Met with this C**** -Much More Challenging Over 20!!! Damn this guy is talented

[@evagarcia865]

“Written with a code that’s literally smarter than you are” *Well, being smarter than me isn’t that hard*

[@aardwolfismymiddlename988]

oh a self-burner, you don't see those very often

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@aardwolfismymiddlename988 im pretty sure i have the IQ of a potato and i self burn a lot

[@J0hnB09]

andrew Afton the hedgehog is funtime golden sonic well this is the first time I’ve seen you, so I haven’t seen any self-burns, which are normally rare.

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@J0hnB09 well with me sometimes a long ago i edit a reply saying past me is dumb

[@J0hnB09]

andrew Afton the hedgehog is funtime golden sonic yeah well ok then.

[@pogfection787]

The Mantis Lords are my favorite Boss in the game because of the set up, your reward, and the fact that the fight is cut in two, one being a time to practice and learn the attacks and the second with using what you've learned from the first one but twice at once and faster.

[@doorbell8132]

ok Mezzamine

[@niffry]

It really is a super fun fight! Had some difficulty myself (died 8 times in a row) since I am generally not the best when it comes to fast-paced fighting in games, but the fact that this particular battle had a clear distinction for when you had gotten ~halfway through it + the reward of no longer having to fight anyone in the mantis village motivated me to keep on trying. And fuck it was satisfying when I actually beat them

[@vedaryan334]

@@niffry same , i also took around 5-6 tries at least, the secret lifeblood probably helped a bit. Also love the fact that after you beat mantis lords every mantis enemy stops attacking you and shows respect .

[@eh._.]

Actually if you train mantis lords pattern you can beat them at radiant difficult(one shot difficult)

[@blazcol_5046]

I'm very glad I fought mantis lords in the early game. It was more of a challenging difficulty than doing it later in the game and made me appreciate the fight way more than I would have if I found it later. So even though I can beat the fight with ease now. I still enjoy every second of it.

[@thatawesomeguy2654]

...I feel bad because Hornet the first time around was hard af to me

[@StrayFei]

Same for me

[@krompled]

Me too. It took me more than 4 hours of non-stop trying. Ironically less time than the rematch

[@atanor9787]

Same

[@user-bn8vd9jv1y]

@@krompled it took u 4 hours??? How long did it take u to beat NKG

[@idress8340]

@@user-bn8vd9jv1y I doubt he even has beat NKG

[@baulvicork5199]

Time stamps: 1:29 Massive Moss Charger 2:11 Gruz Mother 2:58 Vengefly King 3:50 False Knight 4:28 Broken Vessel 5:19 Marmu 6:06 Flukemarm 6:44 Soul Warrior 7:25 Hornet 8:08 Crystal Guardian 8:53 Gorb 9:39 Soul Master 10:36 Elder Hu 11:10 THK 11:56 Mantis Lords 12:42 Xero 13:24 Dung Defender 14:17 Nosk 15:07 Brooding Mawlek 15:59 Oblobbles 16:43 Enraged Guardian 17:23 No Eyes 18:05 Winged Nosk 18:58 Galien 19:41 Oro and Mato 20:26 Uuwuu 21:24 Hive Knight 22:11 Hornet 2 22:56 Grimm 23:43 White Defender 24:21 The Collector 25:10 Lost Kin 25:52 Paintmaster Sheo 26:36 God Tamer 27:20 Soul Tyrant 28:12 Traitor Lord 29:01 Watcher Knights 29:55 Failed Champion 30:35 Great Nailsage Sly 31:21 Sisters of Battle 32:03 Markoth 32:57 Radiance 33:50 Pure Vessel 34:58 Grey Prince Zote 35:45 NKG 36:42 AbsRad 38:32 Outro

[@therol8678]

Love you man

[@spamton1996]

Massive miserable cucumber*

[@soulflowerstuff]

I agree with everything except for hitting Grimm as he’s bowing. Dick move bro

[@SuperNovaArtz]

Indeed, don't hit him at the beginning

[@edgybubblegum6404]

The pufferfish move is the easiest for me at 6 masks so

[@TheActualMrLink]

Dream Nail him instead.

[@hexdio551]

I like to bow too( look down so it looks like bowing)

[@ordinaryshiba]

@@TheActualMrLink you can dream nail him twice to get 2 spells

[@somerandomguy844]

“The soul warrior is barely even a boss...” Me, who died dozens of times to it, over-leveled, and only managed to beat it due to glowing womb: I’m not proud of my actions.

[@Poseidon-oz9pg]

Damn I guess some people are just good at some types of bosses and terrible at others

[@danielribeiro1433]

He is not that hard, I bet him first try, no problem. Then there is is the second fight with him, there is so many fcking ghosts I died 10+ times

[@spencerhaveman4117]

I beat him in three tries, then killed his master first try.

[@dragonomicon1788]

Exact same situation

[@domainexpansion-boosiefade]

thats depressing

[@buddy900]

You can drain Crystal Guardian's entire health by standing next to him with the stinky charm before the fight even starts.

[@l.n.3372]

And that's what I did xD

[@deceitfulmat2411]

"Stinky charm"

[@brockficken3571]

You can kill him with spells, smells, and maybe even (insert rhyme here)

[@lethe.archive]

you can also desolate dive and soul farm him with the dream nail

[@justinaskelmelis6346]

Can you actually?

[@ldiotmeg8439]

22:53 seeing hornet sentinel with shade dash is cursed af

[@Thatguywithaspoon2]

Yeah he was ether doing a rando or using shade cloak

[@Thatguywithaspoon2]

Debug

[@paullutze9307]

1st video: The Mantis Queens are actually pretty hard due to them being very unpredictable 2nd video: ...one of the most predictable patterns in the game

[@teejt3737]

Since predictability is only dependent on experience, maybe after fighting them for so long, they become easy to read.

[@Soncikuro]

Well, the Mantis Lords only have, essentially, three attacks: 1. Dash: where one or two appear at the edges of the arena and dash towards the other end. Technically two variations, but due to the mechanics of the attack, it's functionally the same one. 2. Dive: where one appears in mid-air and dives to the ground. 3. Wall projectile: where one or two of them clings to one or two walls and throw a projectile each. This one has 6 variations, but they are more or less the same thing. There's not much else there. They are very easy to grasp, even if their attacks initiate with them appearing out of nowhere.

[@turk639]

On my 112 steel mode run, the queens gets done the moment they are available it's just basis jump and slash

[@lukebytes5366]

@@teejt3737 godmaster can do that to ya.

[@annoyingkittycat6449]

When you start the game they look so fast but when you find others they look as slow as sh*

[@thehellbinders8033]

"Bringing up the very back of this list is the MMC, the MMC. Identified by the Hunter's Journal as the MMC. But as M as that M may C across, this MMC poses only a MMC to your journey. This MMC may use his MMC to mask his MMC, but M to MC, this turns out to be a very MM of his C. Literally just stand in one spot and MM of this C, M it MC that this MMC is but a MM for your C. To MMC, M this MC isn't the MMC, but after you've finished M the M with this C, you can finally move on to something MMC."

[@milx7210]

it took me 5 watched of the vid to realised that 90% of what he said is MMC

[@cosmicman4963]

and his MMC of his MM with C is also his MC with his M, and if you multiplicate that, you got the MM of the C multiplicated by the MC of the M

[@MarcoPellegrino1978]

Yeah that was an impressive opening

[@jay78862]

Listening to that sounded like the Super Cold open from Letterkenny

[@shadowstar8619]

Yup. I laughed each time I heard him reword the acronym.

[@karatesan2120]

Completely agree with everything, but I played the game in such an awkward order that it took me like 10 tries to kill the SoulMaster but 2 to kill the Mantis Lords

[@scaryhours2220]

Lol me too Soul Master was kicking my butt.

[@pj-xk9su]

Same

[@bendystopfan4068]

I was an ass for not using the vengeful spirit during the first Hornet fight and got my butt whooped two times before I could beat her

[@thatonepersonwhoeatscheese7348]

i didnt even know mantis lords existed until id killed the dreamers

[@edgybubblegum6404]

Soul Master sucked to fight. Can't wait to even attempt soul tyrant

[@thatonenerdonline9183]

24:38 Perfectly explains my feelings towards aspids, and had me howling the first time I watched it

[@IndiestSnake]

"Hornets second fight is the exact same as the first except she has 3 times the health and 3 times the *kill you"* Rusty 2019.

[@underscoreviolet]

I felt 3 times the rage

[@doomclasher9287]

I actually did a better job against Hornet 2 than Hornet 1

[@alexanderlee5045]

It was easier for me with nail masters glory

[@SeventhSolar]

Hold on, is anyone else seeing this? Why does he have Shade Cloak in Hornet 2?

[@mrcafe3x_]

about the hollow knight being "easy", from my perspective it makes A LOT of sense, it may be infected and going crazy, but i beleave its not completely insane by the infection/radiance, and why i think that ? during the fight it literally STABS IT SELF, so it can help the next vessel contain the radiance, if the hollow knight was completely into the radiance it would be impossible, because its literally created to be the perfect knight, (maybe stronger then the 5 great knights) + full power of the infection, we all saw what happened when the mantis lord used his full power + infection full power, he became stronger then his 3 sisters together. THE HOLLOW KNIGHT is easy because it WANTS YOU TO WIN, HK+full infection could be as hard as the radiance her self

[@thatonegaminglatias4345]

Radiance actually WEAKENED it. Pure Vessel is said perfect soldier.

[@mrcafe3x_]

@@thatonegaminglatias4345 that doesn't make much of a sense, HK is weaker then pure vessel because it resists the infection, it faces a internal fight, if it embrace the infection it would be stronger then its normal form ( with the cost of it's mind) the traitor lord is the best example of what embracing the infection can do to a already strong being

[@Soul.Resonant]

@@mrcafe3x_ Also cause idk, it has a broken nail, broken shell, MISSING AN ARM and no soul

[@jakubdrabek341]

Honestly I think Radiance is pretty easy considering that she is literally a GOD.

[@brockficken3571]

The reason HK is easy is because he is basically a rotting corpse.

[@alanahhoward234]

Me who had more trouble with Hornet than Nightmare King Grimm: I think I’m missing something here-

[@toaster_rtx1829]

Yeah I think I died to Sentinel Hornet more than NKG When I was doing every boss radiant, I’m ashamed to say I died to Gorb more than NKG as well...

[@thewolfman5362]

@@toaster_rtx1829 Gorb is so easy I underestimate his attack and manage to "dodge" into it. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem.

[@toaster_rtx1829]

@@thewolfman5362 i have since completed all radiant bosses and I’m sorry to say I died to gorb more than ABS Rad

[@rosariomusumeci7716]

@@toaster_rtx1829 well' i'm dead on radiant Sister of Battle more than NKG, Absolute radiance, Markoth, Gorb, Gallien and Zote...

[@toaster_rtx1829]

@@rosariomusumeci7716 abs rad was ridiculously easy for me, markoth was the hardest

[@KiExx0]

It's honestly amazing just to see how much opinions differentiate when it comes to Hollow Knight bosses. If anything, I kind of wish more HK channels did this so that I could see what everyone else thought and see just how wildly different others opinions are. I guess I could use myself as an example. I would have placed NK Grimm as easier than Pure Vessel because NK Grimm is very rhythmic, and I never use nail arts at all which help me to get a lot more hits on him. As for tips when it comes to AbsRad, POGO ON THE FINAL PHASE! You don't even need to switch platforms, just doge until she teleports to you and then pogo on her body leading the homing orbs offscreen. Imo it's the easiest phase. Either way, loved the video and especially your sense of humor. It was seriously a joy to watch and I hope more channels do this too.

[@weezards1014]

MMC he rhymed with theese letters for basically a minute straight wtf

[@Rusty._]

sometimes ya just gotta flex

[@Hephaestus_God]

Massive Moss Chargers man.. gotta flex on them

[@maxastro]

@@Hephaestus_God Best way to flex on MMC: Equip for maximum nail length and attack speed. If you time your attacks perfectly the first time MMC does a straight charge at you, the knockback will exceed its forward speed... meaning you can stand perfectly still and keep smacking it back as it keeps futilely trying to reach you, until it finally dies never having done anything except a single, ultimately pointless charge. Poor bastard.

[@weezards1014]

@@Rusty._ you gonna review flex tape?

[@astolenusername7675]

RUSTY - The Superforge that was a big flex, perhaps the biggest

[@gahilovebeingfpooorpletrum7690]

Weird things i do in hollow knight: When a boss bows to me after we fight i WILL bow back Whenever I beat a dream boss i MUST shake my head up and down on their grave I MUST always talk to elderbug everytime i go back to hollownest What about you?

[@chloewinnaa1515]

I dash dance on their grave to show dominance. And also kill myla without hesitating but apart from that nothing much

[@potentpotassium5776]

Same

[@abowlofguacamole8558]

I spend all my soul before entering a dream fight and if I win on the first try I just stand still for 30 seconds then walk away slowly, second try is just standing still for 20 seconds, third try is 5 seconds, and 4th try and over I just walk away instantly

[@Mads12211]

everytime i'm at dirthmouth i pretend to smack Brettas ass

[@Earmitethemself]

I nod at grubs when I save them

[@SevenOne_71]

The great thing about Hollowknight is every player plays differently and has different strengths and weaknesses. So while earlier in this video you feel embarrassed for getting really mad at that one boss, later you're laughing at the screen because you killed another boss in one try.

[@riley4767]

The biggest mood! I was really surprised when I started watching Hollow Knight videos to find that so many people have trouble with Markoth? I think he took one or two tries; vanilla Radiance I got on the second try. But fucking Marmu took me probably 20 times... Galien took me literal hours.... unsure of what's wrong with me.

[@soupo-sandwich]

@@riley4767 yeah! for me, something like brooding mawlek or watcher knights is a thousand times harder than markoth. you just gotta run up and hit him, lol. got him first try. thing i hate most is bosses like brooding mawlek, lost kin, and nosk where there are blobs flying everywhere. those take me ages. and i guess your worst thing is the bouncy ones. did you have trouble with dung defender's bouncy attack? i think it's a little easier than smth like galien, because the dung balls have more space to bounce around in, so you're less likely to get hit and you can see them coming a little. plus that's not his only attack.

[@riley4767]

@@soupo-sandwich I had trouble with mawlek and the watcher knights, too! The latter is pretty universal, haha. Yes - I think you're right; the bouncers are not my friend. I took a strange route through my first time, so I fought Dung Defender pretty late - I think I was a little overpowered :P same with nosk. I didn't find him originally and found him when I was grub-hunting through deepnest late in the game (before finding the grub map). But oh my gosh lost kin took me AGES... he spawns so many tiny ghosts!! I ended up dreamshielding just so that I could focus on the vessel a bit more :)

[@soupo-sandwich]

@@riley4767 oh, that's a good strategy for lost kin. wish i had thought of it! i ended up brute-forcing that fight. i fought galien pretty late in the game myself, so i didnt have too much trouble with him once i came to terms with not being able to heal. honestly, same thing with markoth.

[@fuzzyhughes3622]

I did lost kin as soon as I could but took me 5 hrs (I timed myself) doing it as i didn't have a good nail set and didn't know i could take fragile strength charm in. BUT doing so made everything after so much easier by comparison. Only dreamer I died to so far (got to do markoth) was xero as I didn't know what I was doing. Oh and did I mention I only got shade dash AFTER doing almost everything only bosses I have left are nosk and markoth outside godhome and final fight... i was dumb

[@Jonathan-oe5vz]

There are two bosses which I have gotten anxiety from, Winged Nosk and Soul Tyrant. Not because they were actually hard bosses, but because of POH. Winged Nosk is right before Sly and Soul Tyrant is right before Markoth.

[@oldbird4601]

I struggled on Marmu, I died about 20 times... until I realised I just had to stop jumping, then I beat him without taking a single hit lmao

[@ChrisHinners008]

I found Gruz mother to be the easiest of the starter bosses, and the mantis lords are DIFFICULT, I’m litterally stuck on them rn. Might update later

[@Theycallmeninj]

@@ChrisHinners008 i need to know did you beat them

[@ChrisHinners008]

@Sabertooth well no, I actually haven’t been on the game in a while

[@ChrisHinners008]

@@Theycallmeninj who?

[@blakeworthvv]

@@ChrisHinners008 its been 7 months, you beat the mantis lords yet?

[@romilrh]

"Strand of ethereal pasta" "Akimbo flashlight hands" The entire segment about the massive moss charger This video is so well-written it's ridiculous

[@masonbb3247]

And the mantis lord victoria and the baseball team line

[@rattyxoxo7397]

Not to mention all the ways he talked about the infection. I can now only see nosk as a snot flinging teenage girl when there's a power outage.

[@masonbb3247]

Oh and the snail headbutting a peacock for gorb line

[@edgybubblegum6404]

"Eat this elephant one bite at a time"

[@azazeltheundyingdamienkali5700]

Don't forget him not being obligated to give a USDA-certified organic fuck.

[@daviddjordjevic2889]

I love the script, my mind choked

[@humblehive6502]

The charm recommendations really shows his playstyle is mostly with the nail like a lot of bosses spell tools are useful, volt twister for dung defender to force him out the ground, the defenders crest for lost kin or the enraged guardian which is effortless with fluknest and shamans

[@iasked347]

Volt twister?

[@meee_5155]

Yeah but he had soul eater + shaman + spell twister for pantheon 5 (abs rad) so he uses spells a lot too. Also that combination of charms is so op you can just spam spells constantly with it and they do so much damaga

[@steelsoulorgtfo_3108]

That opening with the moss charger sold me. You might just be one of the most talented writers on YT right now.

[@negaman8479]

Alliteration is so smooth to the ear,man XD

[@TamsmitSam]

I love these videos because every once in a while on the list I see a boss I beat first try placed higher than one that took well over 30 minutes

[@Hehe-nt4oe]

Yeah I beat lost kin, Hive Knight, Bob Ross, collector and Markoth on my first try

[@bryanmartin8935]

I beat nkg in about 35 tries and I've fought pv 100's of time at his statue and cant figure him out.. Everyone has their thing that their brain just can't wrap around. Which makes the assortment so amazing.

[@spartanoob4821]

I beated Soul Master and Soul Tyrant in 3rd try but Broken Vessel took me like 15 tries and Soul Warrior like 10...

[@mettatonsagent7541]

Tamsmit Sam lol yep. I can’t even with Soul Master but Dung Defender went down second try

[@wenirlicker6808]

Ikr, Markoth is one I beat first try, but Broken Vessel took me well over 20 attempts

[@goatbroazzy9200]

One thing to remember in the sheo fight is to pay attention to his brush, as each attack uses different paint, orange for discount dash slash, blue for not so great slash, red for off brand Grimm, and purple for rip off hive knight

[@1KitKatGal]

me, realizing how much i died over and over to a lot of the lower ranking bosses: ah yes. am bad at video games

[@bendystopfan4068]

dont stress, cause I was an ass for not useing vengeful spirit in the first Hornet fight got got my butt whooped twice

[@johansno5019]

Most bosses were pretty challenging. You're not that good when you start the game after all and it's easy to forget

[@disc_00]

@@bendystopfan4068 i didnt use the vengeful spirit at all (excluding these beetle guys

[@alexpreda3108]

@@bendystopfan4068 didn't use the spells at all in till I got to collosseum. You don't need spells for most bosses

[@utisti4976]

I had trouble with the early game bosses and I have beaten Sekiro's Isshin the Sword Saint. I'm just not used to precise metroidvania combat. :P

[@wolfox7776]

"If I don't know what the hell I'm doing than you sure as shit don't." is a true art in fighting styles.

[@amira9302]

35:04

[@KR_Kosmik]

12:18 "Random passerby at a grocery store" *bowing down to the knight*

[@jessicabraud3307]

You don't bow to people in the grocery store? Weirdo

[@cryxbxby656]

@@jessicabraud3307 lmao

[@goosegoose8345]

I died to gruz mother twice because the ping pong attack

[@Sharky2701]

Tip: To get my shade back in the enraged guardian fight, I went an inch into the room and jumped up once to lure it towards me :) Another tip: I found that for Nkg’s flame pillar attack, you can hit him once sideways, twice from the bottom, AND still have time to heal. Also, if you can judge distance well you can sharp shadow close to him during his flame bat attack and hit him twice without taking damage. Three hits worth of damage. Didn’t have to use any nail arts. Last tip: I beat broken vessel first try because I spam slashed it while it was “headbanging.” Tanked only 2 hits of damage.

[@nguyentuyenn211]

Tip? Idiot also know that as well

[@EmiWi]

Best tip is to not close your eyes and turn off your monitor because I cannot comprehend how else someone dies against crystal/enraged guardian.

[@smolglitch]

It took me longer to figure out how to safely get my shade back than the actual fight

[@aster-bloom]

the MMC segment made me cry thank you so much

[@RelyeaGaming]

A solid list Rusty! I can’t imagine how long this took. Well done

[@wumb0lagyf1lms54]

Your my favorite youtuber

[@krisbojin8669]

@@thehollow4820 He is the real one. Note that you can literally check his channel

[@wumb0lagyf1lms54]

@@krisbojin8669 he isint a verified youtuber

[@ella-pj8bl]

supportive parent 😭

[@CrussellJohnson]

oh so you can get rid of one of the watcher knights, cool. *W A I T H U H*

[@bluecloud4652]

Reeeeaaaaalllly wish I knew that earlier

[@TheMario11132]

I didn't know that

[@alainbourassa1998]

Jonathan Paul I didn’t know until I did the “frustrated out of my mind” search of that entire place lol.

[@goatbroazzy9200]

The main problem I had with the oblobbles was how their acid balls were just slightly shot at a different angle so you can’t just sit in between the path

[@parkerwebb7378]

Just realized for his massive moss charger everything he said had mmc

[@cardizzle7093]

I counted how many times he said phrases with mmc when talking about the massive moss charger. It was 19.

[@threecheeseburrito]

Major mistake creation

[@michaelwilkins1664]

My man's creative

[@moss5356]

It’s mesmerizing

[@Egguana_]

i was gonna comment about the same thing untill i found this, haha

[@TheAdvertisement]

1:30 Might you mute your misuse of m? 12:46 “General Grievous maneuver.” 37:03 “Written with a code that’s literally smarter than you are.” Amen to that.

[@Th_RealDirtyDan]

Listen to it again.... you might catch his dozens of MMC references

[@arcu965]

@@TheAdvertisement late, but the bosses name is Massive Moss Charger (MMC) and he used a lot of words that use those in that order i think

[@TheAdvertisement]

Arcu Oh. So he used a lot of words starting with m m c in a row?

[@TheAdvertisement]

Arcu Oh I get it now. I thought he was just using m in alliteration, I didn’t realize he was using m m c.

[@arcu965]

@@TheAdvertisement lol, i didnt notice the c's until this guy said something either

[@immaguitar3640]

How long did it take him to plan out all of those MMC puns lol

[@Bob-tq9ny]

username checks out

[@TenuousCatz]

Many Many Centuries

[@Adir-Yosef]

not a lot because he makes them all day every day and all night every *knight*

[@ijustwatchthings9127]

Fun fact: I watch this video like, at least every other week because listening to this guy creatively insult all the biggest bastards of my favorite game is a pastime I’ve grown to enjoy maybe more than I should. Every Hollow Knight player should be subbed to Rusty. and if you aren’t then you’re missing out

[@skrunklz]

Bro.. same. I listen to this while playing hollow knight, and I am playing it as we speak

[@psychonautism]

@@skrunklz i just saw someone on a completely different video with the exact same pfp as u and i was extremely confused

[@skrunklz]

@@psychonautism Oh, someone started a pfp cult, that’s why-

[@psychonautism]

@@skrunklz ohh

[@zarif1217]

he shit on mantis lords. it made me loose any respect i ever had for this man

[@disc_00]

"If your nail is strong enough" Me: *Proceeds to not find a way to upgrade it till the soul master encounter*

[@jasonwhitaker8427]

I beat watcher knights without an upgrade

[@asriel5541]

I found COT from tram in deepnest

[@ivenkohn3404]

I literally went through all of deep nest just exploring not know what tf to do and found the watcher and nosk and was like "oh cool" and randomly found a pale ore. I just thought "oooo that thing to upgrade my nail... that's what I get after that nightmare nosk?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

In my second playthrought I fought Hornet sentinel/2 without a nail upgrade, five mask and four charm notches. This made her my official favorite boss in the game.

[@greg9820587]

I didn't even know you could upgrade the nail until i met radiance

[@AzureRath97]

6:06 as a parasitology student it is my obligation to correct this year old video. Flukes are not nematodes, but rather trematodes. Good day. (subbed)

[@noodlesnook]

wait a minute FLUKES ARE REAL!?

[@ibraheemshuaib8954]

@@noodlesnook Dude.. all of these damn bugs are based of some type of real life bug...

[@noodlesnook]

@@ibraheemshuaib8954 So what you’re saying is primal aspids also exist?

[@ibraheemshuaib8954]

@@noodlesnook It's probably a wasp or something.

[@Aquahouse_]

@@ibraheemshuaib8954 makes sense, considering those things kill you with the fury of a thousands suns

[@mikeyy_77]

Rusty: * puts recommended charms * Also Rusty: *dosent use those charms*

[@fibis6376]

DOSENT

[@DareDevil_00I]

I just want to say that the first time I ever fought the watcher knights I had like 6 charm slots, level 3 nail(I think), dash(no not shadow dash), and claws…it was also hell cause I only had 6 hp

[@BlueShellshock]

Clearly, he's doing a no-charm run.

[@thenorfnonly3486]

“I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess.”

[@saucesaucesaucesauce1380]

*(edited)*

[@LinkH-w5c]

Honestly the alliteration at boss 1 made my fucking day. Well done sir 👑

[@RayZhaTV]

1:30-2:10 holy shit, this video deserves a like just for this 1st MMC part.

[@thenorfnonly3486]

EVERY SINGLE MMC IN THE FIRST POINT: Massive Miserable Cucumber Massive Moss Charger Monicker May Come Monumentally Malformed Clump Marginally Minor Concern Mangled Miscarriage of Calamity Macho-Magnified Chaparral Mask Mean-mannered Conceit Much to My Chagrin Misleading Measure of his Competence Make Mincemeat of this Cornball Making it Majorly Clear Meandering Mesozoic Cactus Meager Match for your Cutlass to Make My Conclusion Murdering this Moronic Carapace Most Miraculous Conquest Mopping the Mat with this Cretin Much More Challenging

[@JustCallMeMex]

That shit was GODLIKE

[@stanpunt]

LMAO im still crying that was indeed hilarious

[@george6197]

"So, Broken Vessel is easier than your mom..." The quality I came for.

[@the866-sushi]

yu9

[@martinmelanopaz6925]

He’s obviously exaggerating, Broken vessel isn’t THAT easy

[@syloboy163]

Ah yes, well than my mom is harder to defeat than absolute radience because I died over 25 flipping times on that boss!!!

[@slavicj6908]

Martin Melano Paz Yeah I’d probably put him in the low thirty’s high twenty’s area.

[@boxerheadninja4281]

@@slavicj6908 nah, I beat him the first time and only got hit once

[@asher8746]

Except you still forgot the boss fight against zote the mighty.

[@bowserjjumetroid3645]

That ain't a boss fight... That's a survival challenge/Easter egg...

[@jadanschmayden]

Dude... I died upwards of eighty times to that bastard

[@kristiankuzica1614]

@@jadanschmayden I died 462 times after his first attack

[@HollowRick]

All hail the real radiance.. Zote the Mighty

[@bowserjjumetroid3645]

@Gabriel Mota Oh... Ok. But I dunno if that *would* count, seeing as he does no damage.

[@ledino688]

Rusty saying that Broken Vessel is easy… Me who almost immediately died to them but like- i didn’t even manage to kill soul Master yet- and even was stuck at soul warrior-

[@lerm8433]

Me: *never watched a hollow knight video in my life* KZbin recommendations: I HEARD YOU LIKE H O L L O W K N I G H T

[@giveme30dollars]

Same with me. Except I have spoiled all of the endings for me. Not fun.

[@UrticantOdin]

The part where - noss would stop and screech on the midle platform like he stub his toe - killed me

[@billciphertookovertheyoutu8042]

Me

[@wolfieolfie]

youtubes saying to f-ing play it

[@lammawithagun2195]

Honestly, that's how I sunk 100 - 120 hours in it. By youtube comparing hollow knight to dead cells(a game I still play but rarely)(the video is also made by rusty)

[@jamesgraydon556]

The way he wrote the MMC section is just... I’m just... speechless

[@Yourstepfathersdog]

It’s just perfect

[@methis9345]

Massive Miserable Cucumber Monumentally Malformed Clunk Marginally Minor Concern Mangled Miscarage of Calamity Macho Magnified Chaparral Mead Mannered Conceit Meandering Mesozoic Cactus

[@marieramos638]

Miraculously Marvelous Caring?

[@santiustelive]

Marvel Minematic Cuniverse?

[@Scriblyn]

He was SPITTING

[@aierisfrost8447]

I feel like I'm watching a documentary on hallownest's bosses by the hunter

[@geblordofchaos2965]

In a nutshell *They are all weak*

[@BlueShellshock]

...I just noticed something about Zote's arena. Whenever you get hit, Bretta claps. Whenever Zote is staggered, she gasps. I love little details like this one and Grimm's, but I was too busy getting slammed by Zote to notice.

[@tea_n_ink]

[30:54] "If that last guy was using Redbull as a pick-me-up then consider this dude just full-on cocaine abuse" IM WHEEZING

[@dream_walker9726]

*i cannot inhale oxygen*

[@switchboy2320]

It's true this boss is cocane abuse

[@zenazouzu1607]

Disagree with a lot of this stuff, but that script you made is ingenious lol

[@milktea1994]

Roland Zou yeah! i disagreed with some but it was really well written and like i can see why he placed them the way he did

[@hy9er213]

Grey prince zote placement.....

[@coolaps4104]

I fear no man... But that THING, (Gruz Mother on Radiant) It scares me.

[@bwpanda344]

Don't be afraid You are greating than that paps ...... Gemme dat spagetti

[@electrum5579]

I've had more trouble with Radiant Vengefly King(s)

[@freakywu2]

@Mr.Swaggins wait gruz MOTHER is a MAN? I don't think this is a normal man...

[@yagottapaythetrolltoll3127]

Lol I beat Grimm on radiant, but not Gruz Mother like wtf is this

[@scottmotcheson7455]

Markoth on Radiant is actually bull shit lol

[@clarkem.5269]

Broken Vessel is mostly challenging because he’s likely one of the first bosses you’ll meet where you have to multitask. It can easily get frustrating and overwhelming in his second phase when his sky cancer starts swarming you and you have to swat them away while still paying close attention to him and dodging him which sometimes said sky cancer will prevent you from being able to do. Also, no, you cannot stay in one spot to avoid the head bang attacks unless you happen to get lucky they cover pretty much the whole arena and are random.

[@popatoeman5739]

7:18 “all of his moves can be pretty easily dodged” Immediately gets hit by its simplest attack

[@supermum9]

7:17

[@lunawohlmut4821]

*Failed Champion:* Red Bull *Sly:* Cocaine Abuse *Me at 1 Mask:* PURE CAFFEINE INJECTION

[@caritahearts2405]

Fury of the fallen intensifies

[@someshmuck8603]

First video I watched of this guy, a minute I and I already like him 0:55

[@Skitty2024]

Same lol

[@darkgachamaker573]

That's rusty for ya

[@giblo4796]

Rusty: Give this guys a protective cup? Markoth: You're gonna regret that

[@skylordwiki4643]

I literally had more trouble with the Soul Warrior "Boss" than the Soul Master, idk why but I died like 5 times to SW and first tried the SMaster on my current and first playthrough

[@partly_disconnected]

Same here lol

[@roastedchicken9107]

The first time I fought it I took forever, but when I fought the other one with the snail shaman, I demolished it first try. Progress

[@zeppi9342]

Lol i beat Soul Warrior first try.

[@alexanderlee5045]

It took me 5 attempts to beat soul warrior 2

[@BlueShellshock]

Being on end-game optimized setups just made it that much more insulting when Soul Warrior would show up and tag me. Until maybe the fifth time, I kept thinking Soul Master was coming, and whack. You can heal a blow to your health, but not one to your pride.

[@Vadriel87]

This had to have been the most cleverly-worded and thoroughly enjoyable ranking video I've ever watched. Rankings like this are personal and relative to your own experience, so you won't get any flak from me about where you placed various bosses on the list...but man, did you entertain the hell out of me as you were leading me on this escalator of unfriendly touching. Excellent video, better than 96% of what you'll find on KZbin in general. You, sir...get a Like.

[@pbw_]

I didn’t expect you to go so hard right out of the gate but that MMC wordplay was absolutely incredible.

[@icetide9411]

The Collector is basically defined by how upgraded your nail is. Coiled and Pure? One of the easiest bosses to deal with. Anything below that, especially Broken, much harder. Remember that on Low Percent Godhome runs he is normally the hardest boss in all the pantheons because spam

[@taiscommentingaccountusedf1908]

The fact that uumuu is over half way up the list because of Godhome is kinda hilarious

[@mactronz6095]

28:08 "Any extra inch you can squeeze in on him is, I believe, a good advantage." Should I even say it?

[@dotsyt7765]

THATS WHAT SHE SAID

[@Hephaestus_God]

Nice word play. Way to flex on the Massive Moss Charger Personally Id rank flukwarm last because you can just go on his head and bounce on him the entire fight and the little guys will just fly into your bounces (with a little adjustment of course) edit: I also agree with you on the watcher knights being a breeding ground for mixed opinions. Ever since my first encounter I don't think I have ever taken damage from them, they are just so easy to me for some reason. same with sly, you just have to move in one direction and he can't hit you

[@Xaos1851]

T G with Watcher Knights on radiant difficulty I was able to shred them one by one as they spawned in because the health is so low. Combined with Descending Dark you can’t get hit. 😂

[@helios1087]

not in case where you go to him without 2nd nail upgrade and i can't oneshot flies

[@Coniff]

Flukemarm is harder on higher difficulties because even a fully upgraded nail with unbreakable strength won't kill the flies in one hit.

[@Hephaestus_God]

@@Coniff The nail kills them in one hit with unbreakable strength though? i should know that was the strat i used when doing the pantheon of hallownest took at least 10 seconds to kill the boss

[@Coniff]

T G on Ascended and Radiant difficulty it doesn’t kill them in one hit, I think in the Pantheon is the normal difficult.

[@TheMantisLord50]

My best advice for abs rad -take your time in phase one -try to do phase two fast, but heal if possible. You want to go into the climb with max health -pogo on the radiance’s head on the last phase, and make sure to stay above the screen. This way, the orbs won’t get you.

[@Dravianpn02]

Don't even need to pogo on the head for it to work, just make sure you are above the orb at an angle going upwards or sideways above the mid part of the screen and it goes through the top.

[@facent523]

He ranks hollow knight bosses He roast hollow knight bosses But more importantly... He roast us

[@eggo-on-a-stick65]

I am confused

[@hi00118]

“If I don’t know what I’m doing then you sure as shit don’t either.” That’s awesome

[@BennyCocoPop]

wait, you had shade cloak during hornet 2 lol exposed

[@numimio]

Pretty sure Godhome just puts you in Hornet Sentinel's original arena for some reason.

[@el_mr6439]

@@numimio no, it's similar but is not the same area (like the rest of areas :p)

[@Rusty._]

Lol. I used a debug mod to respawn some of the bosses I already killed on an existing save. Turns out, capturing footage of literally every boss in the game is a tall and time consuming order. Booting up a previous save file and respawning bosses made capturing a lot of these fights much easier. Figured it would take less time than starting up a new file and basically just 112-ing the game all over again.

[@BennyCocoPop]

@@Rusty._ it's alright i get it i just thought it was funny

[@badatgames3301]

RUSTY - The Superforge why not just go to godhome?

[@arachnidz7750]

I came back to this three years later and am still amazed how nobody mentions just how many times this man describes massive moss charger’s fight with mmc descriptions

[@mathiswagner8472]

Did he just rank Zote over Pure Vessel??

[@hy9er213]

Mathis Wagner yes he did

[@theballoonfamily9539]

he did, why? Zote can after fighting him enough times deal 10 MASKS OF DAMAGE!!! and his attacks are pretty much RNG...

[@Skraelos]

More surprised that NKG is ranked above both of them. I'd say it's more like PV > Zote 7-9 > Zote 10 >>> NKG

[@benjaminlee985]

@@theballoonfamily9539 But the only reason to beat Zote 10 times is for bragging rights - 4 times is enough to finish his plotline, and his appearance in Godhome only does one mask of damage. Judging him by Zote 10 is like judging the other bosses on Radiant difficulty.

[@jacobschmidt8539]

Pure vessel feels like a fight, Zote makes me so angry to fight him that I have to take a break because loosing to him is that frustrating

[@DarkOutWorld]

Rusty:please don't heal 2 mask on pure vessel at time *Me who defeated that boss whit quick Focus deep Focus worms song and unbrekable strengh:i'm about to Beat this man whole carrer*

[@ghosttoadsarecute8755]

Unbrekable strengh? What is that?

[@chimcham300]

I Exist I’m guessing that when you buy the fragile strength from that weird guy and give it to the wierd person in the Grimm troupe who eats charms, shell crap out unbreakable strength, just a guess tho

[@ghosttoadsarecute8755]

@@chimcham300 i was referring to how they butchered unbreakable

[@mommy2sstupidchannelahahah787]

You who forgot to go to school: I'm gonna forfeit my whole career

[@certifiedcoolguy583]

*godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died*

[@fallofspring7351]

tbh, i had no problems with the watcher knights.... after I equipped literally every single summon-charm in the game.

[@zibasav9440]

I beat it first try with no trouble at all, just tunnel one, then another, then another, and so on

[@masonbb3247]

Ah yes the M E M E B U I L D a fine choice sir

[@allen5555]

I pogoed on top of them and it was easy if you have enough health. They will hit you when they jump but you hit them much more.

[@aronnilsen7789]

''tweedle dee, tweedle D#!?head'' made me laugh so hard i fell off mah gaming chair and stubbed my toe

[@msonicgaming4194]

Rusty: Failed champion isn't THAT easy Me, a complete noob who cheesed it: come again?

[@shadowjedi4602]

How... how did you cheese it? Him mixed with markoth is the reason why I haven’t beaten PoH.

[@trevordillon1921]

@@shadowjedi4602 I’m not sure how he cheesed it but I can give some tips. Don’t get above him, you’ll get hit by the jumps far to often. Don’t rely on the dash to avoid damage, as both the boss and the shockwaves are large enough to make dashing through it safely quite difficult. Stay in close, but be careful not to get backed in to a corner, and don’t pursue the boss yourself. If you can stay in the middle of the arena you’ll be far better off. Just dodge the shockwaves, and let him jump to you. If he does start backing you in to a corner, then get into said corner. He’ll either jump to you or away. If he jumps away, you’ll have the space you need. If he jumps to you, you can dash back under him into the middle of the arena. A longer nail can be helpful for the rare occasion he decides to swing his hammer without jumping away. He almost never does this if you stay in the middle, but sometimes it happens and there isn’t much time to react. So, if you’re further away, you’ll have a better chance of getting out safe.

[@Jonas95]

@@shadowjedi4602 Just equip weaversong, Grimm's child, glowing womb and king soul to have an infinite amount of soul that those wombs will pump to the last drop... Then, jump on a top corner of the room and jump on the wall till the boss is knocked out to come gaining soul with the dream nail and repeat till he's dead. It took something like 10 minutes of extremely boring fight

[@br07klyn]

@@shadowjedi4602 Just spam him with quickslash + unbreakable strength, then at the end use dreamnail and fill up your soul and health since he gives you an infinite time to do so. Failed Champion is probably one of the easiest bosses to me especially when its able to carry you for the nkg fight

[@shadowkingleo7776]

@@trevordillon1921 I uh chase him and it seems to work well in the pantheons but Markoth and Zote kill me before I reach the fat ass

[@St33ldancer]

I will argue that the Hollow Knight is a TON more difficult at lower upgrades, especially without shadow dash. Plus, this isn't based on how enjoyable the bosses are, but hardness. There are some bosses, like Mantis Lord, Hollow Knight, and Dung Defender, that's a ton of fun. Also, fun fact, you can abyss shriek Nosk in the ceiling.

[@Bob-tq9ny]

thanks now my steel soul mode run won't end as fast! :D

[@crazyman7504]

Steeldancer it took me 10 mins literally to beat Nosk

[@retrogamerdad9621]

Your use of the MMC combo was nigh poetic. Clever, and very well done, sir

[@__0bliv1on__]

26:35 The fact that u ranked the God Tamer higher than the Lost Kin is genuinely hilarious. My pain brought the Lost Kin joy and euphoria, earning his spot as my second least favorite boss in Hollow Knight. I beat the God Tamer on the first try.