Hollow Knight Boss Discussion - The Hollow Knight

[Music] content warning self-harm what's going on noobs I am Rory the perpetual noob and welcome back to another exciting holo night boss discussion this is the twenty first video in a series where I'll be discussing each boss of holo night where we can find them how we can defeat them and how does this boss fit into the world of holo night today is a special day because we are talking about the final boss of holo night the eponymous holo night we find the hollow night inside the temple of the black egg which is located in the top centre of the Forgotten crossroads though by this point in the game they are called the infected crossroads the temple of the black egg is marked on the map with this lovely illustration to open the door to the chamber that holds the hollow night we've got to absorb the power of all three dreamers so before this door opens we must defeat Kumu guardian of mana Mon The Watcher Knights guardians of Lorien and we must survive deep nest to reach Hera a couple special notes about the hollow Knight we can fight them multiple times defeating them doesn't end our game or start us in a sort of new game+ which means we are free to continue exploring collecting more items and partaking in any new content that might arise the first time we fight the hollow Knight we need to break the four chains that bind them the hollow Knight will actually watch us as we run around to accomplish this task which is kind of cool subsequent times we fight the hollow Knight we just get right to the fighting the hollow knight will swing their nail three times this attack only happens in phases one through three each swing of their nail moves them forward covering about 25% of the arena in total fun fact the swings are so wide that they can damage us even if we're behind the hollow Knight the hollow Knight Telegraph's this attack when they bend forward bringing their head down and raising their nail arm up high as soon as their nail points up and just a little forward the hollow Knight starts the attack the first swing is a horizontal slash that starts high and ends down and behind the hollow Knight the second swing is another horizontal slash that starts low and ends above and behind the third and final swing is a downward slash that only leaves the hollow knight's head unprotected let's call this attack the triple slash attack the hollow Knight will lunge along the ground towards us with their nail this attack only happens in phases one through three this lunge covers about 50% of the arena the hollow Knight Telegraph's this attack when they draw their nail up and lower themselves into a bent over lunge they hold this position for a moment before rushing forward let's call this attack the lunge attack the hollow night will Parry and riposte with their nail this attack only occurs in phases one through three the riposte has a huge arc and sizable range because the hollow Knight slides forward when they swing and it is very fast the window for a repast starts with a flash and lasts for a little more than half a second spells will also trigger the repast it is possible to strike the hollow Knight from behind and not trigger the riposte the hollow Knight Telegraph's this attack when they draw their nail up to guard their head and lower into a squat they'll hang out in this pose for a little over a second before returning to their standard pose if we strike the hollow Knight during the report window we trigger the riposte and that is telegraphed by a great clash of nails and then the hollow night draws their nail way back with the briefest of pauses the hollow Knight then slides forward and swings their nail in a huge art that starts low and ends high let's call this attack the peri attack the hollow Knight will get into the air and then slam straight down with their nail causing columns of infected fire to shoot up from the ground this attack only happens in phases two and three the hollow Knight will either teleport into the air or leap into the air no matter which method they choose they attempt to slam down where we were at the beginning of the attack the columns of infected fire have enough space between them to allow us a small amount of lateral movement however these columns do reach the top of the arena so there'll be no jumping over them the infected fire is only dangerous for about a quarter of a second and that time starts after the little infected flames burst for a brief moment the hollow Knight Telegraph's the teleportation method of this attack when they stand on one leg their eyes glow orange and their cloak billows around their head exposing their infected body the hollow Knight remains in this position for barely a quarter of a second before they disappear and almost instantly reappear high in the air their eyes still glowing orange the hollow Knight Telegraph's the leaping method of this attack when they bend forward bringing their head almost to the ground before they leap once the hollow Knight is in the air they telegraphed the slam by leaving one leg dangling and the other pulled up close the hollow Knight looking down their cloak billowing and their nail pointing towards the ground then they lean back and draw their nail up and over their head they hit the ground nail first moments after striking the ground small harmless infected flames cover the ground emanating from the strike point these infected flames telegraph where the columns will be let's call this whole process the diving flame pillar attack the hollow Knight will launch multiple blobs of infection at us this attack only happens in phases two and three the blobs are fired in arcs at multiple angles starting low and working up this attack covers about 75% of the arena the hollow Knight will launch nine or ten blobs in total this attack doesn't track us the blobs will always follow the same arcs there are several large enough gaps between blobs that are safe to stand or jump through the hollow night Telegraph's this attack when they hunched over and some glowing infection can be seen trying to burst from their body they stand up pointing their torso towards whatever side of the arena we happen to be on and was a great burst the blobs begin to fly let's call this attack the rainbow attack the hollow Knight will hover in the air and shoot blobs of infection everywhere this attack only occurs in phase 3 the hollow Knight will always be in the center of the arena for this attack they remain in the air for about 6 and a half seconds the blobs travel along three primary paths and arc going left an arc going right and the third going down there are safe spots but they constantly shift and change blobs will burst from the hollow Knight for about five seconds the hollow Knight Telegraph's this attack when they double over with a large amount of infection trying to burst from their body it looks like a more intense version of the rainbow attacks telegraph then the large balloons of infection lift the limp body of the hollow knight to the center of the arena the balloons pulsate and writhed for nearly a second before bursting with blobs of infection let's call this attack the explosion attack the hollow Knight will float around the arena and bounce up and down this attack only occurs in phase 3 and later every time they bounce down the hollow Knight is targeting us so they will track to where we were at the beginning of the descent the hollow Knight bounces between two to five times throughout this attack the hollow Knight Telegraph's this attack when they hunched over as infection attempts to burst out of them then like a sentient murderous balloon the hollow Knights body is lifted up by the pulsing infection to the top of the arena the hollow Knights limbs hanging lifelessly the descent is telegraphed when the hollow Knights legs head and cloak all tilt upward as the infection forces the body downward physics let's call this attack the bouncing balloon a hack the hollow knight will swing their nail once and then fall to their knees this attack only happens in phase four essentially the hollow Knight is attempting a triple slash attack but as soon as the first slash happens they fall over without moving forward at all the hollow Knight Telegraph's this attack in the same way they telegraphed the triple slash attack let's call this attack the desperate attack the hollow Knight fight happens over four phases each phase is marked by the hollow Knight standing still turning their head skyward and shouting the fight changes with each phase almost like a symphony in the first phase the hollow Knight has three attacks the triple slash the lunge and the parry attacks these attacks come regularly the hollow Knight will back - teleport and leap around the arena between attacks the second phase of the fight gains intensity the hollow Knight gains two more attacks the rainbow and the diving flame pillar attacks and the hollow Knight moves and attacks with greater frequency the third phase is when things take a turn for the worse it is in this phase when the hollow night begins stabbing themselves it is in this phase that the hollow Knight gains two more attacks the explosion and bouncing balloon attacks but they also slow down rarely leaping or teleporting and their attacks come less often it is in the final phase phase four that our symphony comes to a tragic end the hollow Knight can barely move they don't teleport or leap anymore they can hardly swing their nail and they only use two different attacks the bouncing balloon attack and the desperate attack the first time I defeated the hollow night I was overconfident I thought I've got so many hit points my nail is so strong and my charms are so good so yeah this fight was not pretty I took a lot of unnecessary damage and relied heavily on my very strong charms speak of which my charms for my first victory were quick / quick focus thorns of agony wayward compass long nail and nail master's glory I had quick / because it is such a strong charm there was no reason for me to not use it I prefer nail combat and quick slash is easily one of the best charms for that having quick slash allowed me to met out tons of damage whenever the hollow Knight was staggered and during the later phases of the fight when they would slow down I loved quick focused so much it gets me out of so many sticky situations of which I found myself in at least two with my first hollow knight fight I was playing aggressively until I'd get reduced to one hit point then I get scared and run to the other end of the arena to try to put as much distance between me and the hollow knight thanks to quick focus this tactic worked getting me at least one if not three hit points / terrified excursion I had thorns of agony equipped because I defeated the hollow night for the first time back when I still thought it was the greatest charm nowadays I think it's in the top 5 but it's still proved useful during this fight was I carried by thorns of Agony's damage I can say with confidence no I couldn't even begin to tell you why I kept wayward compass sure I was exploring before I decided to see what lay inside the temple of the black egg but the game gives us a bench to rest at just before we enter the hollow Knights arena I rested there and apparently still thought man I don't need to change anything I'll be fine if I had to do my first attempt over again I'd probably bring sports room for the extra free damage one healing I had long nail equipped because I was now a fan of extending my nails reach but I didn't have the charm notches to use mark of pride of course removing wayward compass would have given me that extra notch I'll admit that I didn't notice much of a benefit using long nail probably because I was so busy getting smacked around subsequent fights against the hollow night without nail extensions played out similarly to this fight I had nail masters glory equipped because I loved using the nail art great slash but apparently I only loved using great slash outside of this boss battle because I never once used it there's where that extra notch for mark of pride could have come from when I first bought the hollow Knight I knew nothing of the abyss or the void heart or the true nature of anything my fight was just between me and the hollow Knight after exploring more and discovering the truth of hollow nest I returned to the temple of the black egg with an unlikely comrade Hornet this time with the void heart inside me Hornet held the hollow Knight down when the fight moved into phase four she managed to hold the hollow Knight for a few seconds allowing me to do a ton of damage to the hollow Knight then Hornet was tossed aside and we continued our dance of death with the hollow Knight Hornet is a powerful warrior was that all she could contribute to the fight not exactly but we'll discuss what she was really doing another time spells spells are great in this fight cowling wraiths not so much because we have very few safe opportunities to damage the hollow Knight with that spell the explosion attack does come to mind but a slit dive and vengeful spirit both shine in this fight you can pretty much use desolate dive whenever you'd like and vengeful spirit to answer the triple slash and lunge attacks and as such don't forget the shaman stone charm to strengthen your spells and if you'd like the spell twister charm to reduce the soul cost of your spouse the hollow knight boss fight is very well designed nearly every charm is useful against the hollow knight I feel there are few charms that absolutely stand out one such charm is dream shield because it can completely negate the rainbow and explosion attacks for all other attacks the shield can be some extra damage for us the - master charm can also be a big help especially against the bouncing balloon attack and in general for keeping us out of the hollow Knights impressive reach however breehn wielder is come completely useless in this fight because striking the hollow night with our dream nail grants us no soul now let's talk about some ways to mitigate the hollow night's attacks we can jump over the triple slash and lunge attacks if we trigger the rip host of the parry attack we can actually jump or dash away the timings tricky but it's possible we can walk away from the diving flame pillar attack as it was noted in the attack description we can jump through the gaps of the rainbow attack we can walk around to dodge the blobs from the explosion attack even walking back and forth is a solid way to dodge the bouncing balloon attack there are plenty of opportunities to damage the hollow knight with our nail downward slashes while jumping over the triple slash and lunge attacks slashing while the hollow Knight recovers after any of their attacks or when the hollow Knight is stabbing themselves though we do reduce the damage against them during those moments the shade cloak is fantastic for this fight we find the shade cloak at the bottom right of the abyss the shade cloak allows us to dash through enemies and attacks timing a shade cloak - right can neutralise every single attack the hollow Knight has and the recovery time for the shade cloak - is so low that this tactic works even in Phase two if you've got the shade cloak the sharp shadow charm is a solid option because it provides a brilliant combination of temporary invincibility during shade cloak dashes and offense because each shade cloak - does our nails damage I was rocking a pretty strong nail during my first fight and using the pure nail during the second and having a strong nail definitely made the hollow Knight fight easier I recommend upgrading your nail at the nail Smith who resides at the bottom left of the city of tears I also recommend finding more charms and charm notches collecting soul vessel fragments to gain more soul vessels which means more soul store which means more healing and more spell uses and I recommend collecting mask shards to gain more hit points please see the soul master video for a more in-depth general discussion about play styles and the link in the description for a great video about charm company so here we are fighting the final not exactly boss of hollow Knight the very boss the game is named after not exactly who is this hollow knight from the hunters notes they are a fully grown vessel carrying the plagues heart within their body they are a creature built solely for the purpose of containing the infection within their body a creature built by the pale King and the white lady a creature of the void meant to be purely Hollow expected to contain the infection for eternity a creature built to be a prison nothing more a creature we were modeled after how long has the Hollow night been sealed away in this temple do you remember that memory or dream we wandered through after reaching a black egg in the birth place we saw a vessel that looked an awful lot like the hollow Knight just smaller and in fact most likely is the hollow Knight we fight in the temple of the black egg that vessel didn't blindly follow the pale king out of the abyss like a pure vessel was expected to remember a pure vessel is supposed to have no mind to think the small hollow Knight stopped and looked at us there was a mind in that vessel the hollow Knight possessed some sentience some understanding of themselves and their own existence but the pale King went ahead with his terrible plan exposing the hollow Knight to the heart of the infection so that it might be sealed away saving the kingdom of hallow nest even the hunter recognizes that the pale King was only so desperate as to sacrifice others to achieve his goals the pale King didn't sacrifice anything he's not the one sealed away no just a lonely scared construct and by the time we reach them we instead find a creature driven mad by Ages of loneliness and fear yes I see you the hollow Knight as a lonely frightened of course if they were a pure vessel emotions like fear and loneliness wouldn't factor into any of this but the hollow night was not a pure vessel and for whatever reason negligence apathy desperation whatever this didn't stop The Pale King from chaining up the hollow night in the temple of the black egg there is of course the question of when did the hollow Knight enter the temple of the black egg were they still young were they fully grown the statue in the city of tears is of the fully grown hollow Knight which might suggest that the hollow Knight roamed hallow nest for a time before entering the temple however even relic seeker LEM a self-made historian of hallow nest has no idea who that statue is supposed to be of and there is no information available about the hollow Knight thanks to this it seems more likely that the pale King created the statue himself as a matter of propaganda to say look this is your hero who sacrificed everything to save you you may not know them but they did do this awesome thing trust me I think the hollow Knight was shoved into the temple of the black egg when they were small and just left there of course this theory does get darker because how did the pale King know what a fully grown hollow Knight looked like is it just by we're magic that they could make that guess or did the pale King visit the hollow Knight throughout their imprisonment and how long was the hollow Knight locked away with only the infection to whisper in their mind also how long was the hollow Knights body subjected to whatever corruption came from the infection the infections been leaking from their body for however long it is incredible the hollow Knights still had a body when we fight them the hollow Knight starts with many nail based attacks they swipe at us and lunge at us with their nail drawn high as the fight progresses as we damage their body the hollow Knight starts using more infection based attacks these attacks are all preceded by the infection ripping at the seams of the hollow knight's body trying to burst out as the fight draws on the hollow night grows more desperate they stab themselves over and over again why what are they trying to accomplish are they afraid to die even if survival meant continuing with the madness in their own mind does the hollow Knight know that the infection gives strength and do they believe that putting more holes in their own body will let more infection take over giving them the strength they need to defeat us and live on are they now stabbing themselves just to make the increasingly loud voice of the infection stop is it the infection taking over the actions of the hollow Knights body and trying to violently escape now that the body is so weak there are so many possible reasons and none are happy by the end of the fight the hollow Knight can barely swing their nail no matter how many times the hollow Knight stabs themselves every movement is slow and arduous they can barely muster any strength to attack at all beyond letting the infection take over and use the hollow Knights body and finally we damage the hollow Knights body so much the infection finally bursts from it uncontrollably it is then that we must assume the hollow Knights roll pulling the infection into ourselves the process takes some time as it should and it is with one final scream of agony that we rip from the hollow night everything they were our or ever will be the fight is over the hollow Knight is dead long live in the hollow Knight now the plague is sealed within us evidenced by the orange glow of our eyes the magic of the black egg activates aware that there is a new vessel possessing the infection we must be contained and sealed away chains shoot from the ceiling and pierce the floor constructing the prison that will become our new home the light fades from our eyes as the void from which we are made does its best to contain the raging infection within the chains are sheathed in magic seals and the door to the black egg reforms sealed with the magic of the worm once again colonists is saved but for how long the pale Kings chosen vessel wasn't pure and even if we have the void heart we are not pure enough either colonists will succumb to the infection again is there even a pure vessel or is the idea of a pure vessel simply wrong and in fact would never work there are two possible endings to our journey after we defeat the hollow Knight one we are trapped inside the black egg all alone and sealed away solely by the magic imbues the black egg by the weir or in this case the pale king and the other Hornet is trapped inside the black egg with us in effect she becomes the next dreamer adding her power to the black eggs own to seal us inside I honestly think this second ending is the sadder one it's not only our life that is over it's also Hornets yes Hornet knew she needed to help ensure hallo nests future since she let us kill her mother Hera to achieve said goal in this case that means helping us do what she expected us to do which was actually stop the infection to stop this endless stasis instead we failed to do that and now Hornet is a part of the endless stasis the door to the black egg cannot be open without defeating those who maintain the seal but Hornet is within the black egg therefore there is no conceivable way to ever attempt to save hallow nest again the infection will inevitably leak out of us and spread again and there is nothing to be done about it hollow nest is doomed to be forever stuck unless there is a creature who comes along that can either go toe-to-toe against the infection after it has inevitably burst from the black egg or can smash through the doors seals be damned it's not all doom and gloom there is a way for us to truly save hallow nest but that's for our next discussion that's it for our boss discussion about the holo night thank you for joining me today noobs stay tuned for future holo night boss videos if you've got any thoughts about the holo night either about the fight or about them as a part of the world of holo night I'd love to hear them in the comments below I am the perpetual noob and I'll see you all next time

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Length: 27min 12sec (1632 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 05 2018