Hollow knight thread
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Hollow knight thread
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Friendly reminder
Man I need to buy this got dang game.
How the fuck is it only $15?
fitness boxing is $50
release date when?
It's 7$ on PSN
It's free on PC if you torrent it
>release date when?
2021
FUCK YOU
In 2021 they announce the release date
> hollow knight 3
>3D platformer
Would you be hype?
FUCK Markoth, FUCK Zote, and FUCK Team Cherry for making you fight one right after the other. They give me more trouble than the rest of the Pantheon combined, including NKG and PV.
>> hollow knight 3
D platformer
>Would you be hype?
No
3d platformers suck
They're not making you fight them :^)
Also, Epic store exclusive till 2022.
>Also, Epic store exclusive till 2022.
More like CODEX .nfo day 1
I need some reassurance bros. I was able to beat every Pantheon up till Hollownest now. But fuck is it intimidating. I can do it right? If I can do those others, I can fucking do this right?
Yes it's all psychology
not really, you're fucked
Reminder to train against bosses that usually end your pantheon runs in the hall of the gods. Much better to spend time replaying the parts you actually struggle with until you can beat them consistently rather than always chugging at the same part in your pantheon run.
If you get good enough to beat the bosses' Ascended or Radiant difficulty versions, fighting them in the pantheon proper without double or 1HKO damage buffs should feel like a breeze in comparison.
I'm trying to progress through the pantheons.
Yesterday, I failed pantheon 3 like 10 times in a row.
Today, I got it on my first try.
Next step is to get the bindings, and then try for pantheon 4.
I have a severe shortage of git gud tho, and it's kicking my ass.
Yeah, I'm working on that right now. I'm just worried the stress will cause me to job once I reach the final three after that long stretch.
Hornet is for endless breeding.
I got cucked super hard last night
>grinding at the 5th pantheon with all bindings for a few days now
>finally get a good run and make it to AR
>first phase went well, climb the steps all the way to the top to be safe
>suddenly the whole screen gets encased in darkness
>take damage over and over until I die
>turns out this is a well known bug according to google
I almost shot my brains out.
Hey, you can do it man. Just take it step by step, practice bosses that you have trouble with. I believe in you!
True. When I first found it, Lost Kin fukt me right ragged 10 ways to sunday and I could not beat it for the life of me.
Now I can do the fucker with 6 masks, the channeled nail, and 4 charm slots.
I don't even know what's different about me, but I've improved somehow.
I find practicing and then sleeping is the best fucking thing. Let it all sink into your unconscious overnight. Next time you try, it's like you're a whole different person.
>3D hollow knight
I mean ideally yes, but realistically there's no way 3 guys would be able to make a 3D game that could give the franchise justice
it's far better as a 2D game
are there even people who are pathetic enough to pirate Hollow Knight?
not everyone has the Libido of the Pale King or the birthing ability of the White Lady
>you will never have 100,000 babies with a bondage giantess
>can beat first 4 pantheons easily
>can beat every single boss on their own easily
>everytime I try PoH I start choking at around 30 bosses in, start playing like shit and die to dumb shit like Nosk
send help
>are there even people who are pathetic enough to pirate Hollow Knight?
I pirate free games too
this is clearly an addiction
bump
Do you want HK to return either as a character or a superboss?
They can easily present him as a "Will of the Void" or something.
>Do you want HK to return either as a character or a superboss?
its' a prequel
I want the knight to get a hug and headpats off big sister hornet.
>finally start getting good at the game
>reach soul sanctum
>spend hours beating soul master
>finally beat him
>go back to Mantis village to do Mantis Lords
>still stuck there
I just wanna be good at the game, these bosses arent even hard.
maybe as a secret boss in an Arena but that's it
If a turbopleb like me can kill the Mantis Lords, anyone can do it
Just stay in the middle
Some user posted a webm yesterday of an easy way to kill Mantis Lords, but it's basically just stand in the center of the arena and heal when they do the disc attack.
>>finally start getting good at the game
>>spend hours beating soul master
these 2 don't add up
I am, but as soon as it hits second phase, some of the hits they land are riduclously quick. It always feels like the boomerang attack during the second phase gets hits too easily, even when I'm in the middle and it shouldnt touch me.
City of tears was a breeze for me, and most of Soul Sanctum, so I figured i was making progress.
>so I figured i was making progress.
soul master should take 10min to master
You can avoid slow doube disk by standing exactly in the middle of arena, but if you aren't sure, healing/looking down actually makes your hitbox smaller.
>exactly in the middle of arena
any reference on where is it
It aligns with the middle throne in the background.
I figured I needed to look down, since when your on your last life, you tilt down a little, making the hitbox more bearable. It just seems a bit obtuse considering most of the fight is straightforward
You don't have to look down if you align yoursef perfectly, bowing just gives you more room for error. You can also just go to the side of the arena under them and then jump over when they return.
not him. i had to put it down and come back the next day after an hour of trying. then i whipped his ass after a couple of tries. crystal guardian pissed me off more than that spirit asshole. spent a lot of time grinding the dream trees and got two more pale stones for the second nail upgrade. after that the infected knight before the monarch wings was piss easy.
i'm stuck on watcher knight because i had to put it down and go to work, but i know i just have to focus on timing, i almost had a couple times, but i get greedy/sloppy near the end. i had the same problem in dark souls.
not him, but thanks. i skipped the mantis kikes, but i heard the manti in the village bow to you if you beat them, so im gonna do that after the watcher tower. then run back and explore queens garden. where the fuck do i get the ability to go through the dark gate in fog canyon?
You get the ability to go through shadow gates in the Abyss, after you defeat Hornet in Kingdom's Edge.
Also, mantis traitors in Queen's Gardens don't give a shit about bowing to you, even if you beat their old lords.
I just need to practice more. Thank you for the tips.
I'm mostly wanting to get into Deepnest, and beating them gives you the entrance. I was also stuck in crystal peak for quite some time, and I wanted to move onto a new area.
He said start.
Baby steps.
Soul master is the one boss in the game that most beginners have trouble with, yet most experienced players completely breeze through.
oh boy, i get to have another fight with fugbug. i'm actually wondering how i missed that fight while i was dicking around outside the kingdom.
while i'm posting, i think Dung Defender is my favorite boss fight. he seemed like a real bro and i was sad when i killed him. reminds me of my favorite pokemon.
You can fight EL DEFENSERO BLANCO
>Fav pkmn
>Not gen one
This is a 18+ site
absolutely ballin
>pic related
>and i was sad when i killed him
>when i killed him.
If you havent killed all three dreamers yet, go back to his boss room for a treat.
Also, ground pound the floor in the room just to the right of that (The one with the big switch.)
There is zero indication of that being possible aside from very hard to see crack marks on the floor, so i dont consider that a spoiler.
But remember this area after you've killed all three dreamers, since dung boi starts sleeping in it afterwards.
Good enough?
I hope the sequel comes out this year.
me i'm that guy
i'm poor and didn't know if i would like it
if i had more money i'd have bought it afterwards since it's an indie dev
>tfw vita Port didn't meet the funding goal
dope.
Nope, I had enough of that shit with Trine 3
Now you know what it feels like to challenge a God.
Saved
apparently people say the pale king is part void
all i know is that he's a wyrm sort of reincarnated to be at eye level with hallownests' bugs
We call those people 'Wrong'.
He's a being of light.
Did you upgrade your nail?
Dude Radiance is part void since her face is black lmao.
I'd be more hyped if it were a 3D Metroidvania, considering the best example of a 3D Metroidvania is Metroid Prime, which is, at best, okay.
if neither the pale king or white lady are void
how did the vessels get the way they are
I think you're on to something user because I was only ever able to beat the last pantheon on a day where I woke up and didn't even bother practicing before trying.
The idea is they were sealed in those black eggs with tubes going into them you find in the Abyss. "That place where it was born, where it died" implies vessels died before they became filled with void, as opposed to being born with void inside.
how about something like this with roc's cape style jumping
could dark souls 1 be considered 3d metroidvania?
Absolutely
Yes. Once
how the fuck do you beat soul tyrant?
like wtf souls master was easy but this is fucking bullshit
Dodge
and how do i hit him
I scoured the entire map so many times because I couldn't figure out where to go. Apparently I missed a tram and I missed the whole dream nail bullshit and now I have to run around the whole map again fuck.
At this point I think the only advice I have left is to "git gud".
>and how do i hit him
Shrieks
Use the Stag bro
>Shrieks
unless I missed some stations there's not nearly enough of them. Also the infection blocked a few paths to fuck with me
Abyss Shrieks
Upgrade to Howling wraiths
If you unlock all station you get an achievement so you probably did not
A and up (on pc)
Yup. The vessels are literally the un dead zombie kids of the king and the white lady. This fact seems to trigger some people though, idk why. This is also why hornet calls you ghost, you're dead.
False
They are made out of void like EL COLLECTIONISTA, then put into a stamp
>tfw unbreakable strength lets me instakill the collector's cunt minions
I remember dying to that cunt so much, now it's so much easier
See what I mean? Triggered
Only in the map structure. It lacks the platforming and utility gates.
I am almost at the point that i can get to absolute radiance with 100% consistency.
Only still have trouble with pure vessel.
I guess perseverance pays off.
can you get your plump bug admirer back from Zote or is she his forever
You can break them up, but she doesn't return to you either.
how do I prevent her from falling for him
either leave zote to die at the vengefly king, or let him stay in deepnest
if your rescue him from deepnest you've cucked yourself
You're an empty vessel. What can you possibly offer her?
Don't finish Zote's questline. So either don't do colosseum or leave him to die in Greenpath/Deepnest.
shadowy tentacle bug sex
Just wait until you try the Ascended version
I was referring to ascended
White lady and Pale king fugg.
Produce egg,
Put egg in abyss as close to the void as possible without touching it directly.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Test for purity.
Discard impure vessels.
The collector, kingsmoulds and the little flying shits are the pale kings experiments with the void.
He didnt instantly jump to the "Turn my own offspring into zombies" plan, it's just the only thing that MIGHT have a chance of working after he tried everything else.
Collector was almost pure void and uncontrollable.
His robits had void energy artificially inserted but they weren't strong enough for his purposes.
Living things exposed to enough void dont do so well.
He figured something that was filled with Void before it was born would have a better chance, and what better being for that than the offspring of literal gods?
>No mind to think.
>No will to break.
>No voice to cry suffering.
>Born of God and Void.
Same user. I had to practice Sly and Zote to beat 3 for a bit. I had all bosses unlocked so I went straight to 4 and got my ass handed to me by Pure Vessel on my first run through.
Were saw blades the idea instilled?
Well then I don't recall Unbreakable Strength one-shotting the minions, seem to recall you need at least two hits
Hollow Knight is just a huge daddy's boy.
it got buffed i think
no
What was Hornet's exact purpose anyway? She seems to only exist because Herrah wanted a daughter.
hopefully we find out in this game but I expect the Pale King sired her and with Herrah indisposed he just passed her around and let her become whatever she'd become. Not everything has a grand plan
>asks a question
>immediately answers it
Well then it's ruined
Pale King needed her to be a Dreamer because reasons and she said ok but only if he gave her an heir
That's the cause you fucking idiot but for the most part what use did Hornet have? Pale King obviously didn't give a shit about her and there was no general role for her.
Reminder
>what use did Hornet have?
Herrah wouldn't have taken her sleeping pills otherwise. Hornet was born because her parent wanted a child, that's how most children are born. The Pale King didn't give a single shit about her and only humored Herrah to get her as a dreamer.
I wanted to glorify my charms so hard....
>The Pale King didn't give a single shit about her
That harsh and headcanon. If anything the Pale King being a great dad is what started the whole shitshow
I think he's asking something more along the lines of why wasn't she disposed of once Herrah was asleep or chucked among the common riff raff to fend for herself
hollow knight sucks
literally just a worse kingdom hearts and made 2D
>why wasn't she disposed of
I mean they did ditch her to an independent village outside of the kingdom.
>he likes games for literal children
We heard you yesterday
Someone give me Hornets timeline. All I know is she's Herrah's kid with Pale King and that's it
>stopped playing right after the Troupe dlc came out
>cannot beat nightmare grimm but since I've done everything else in the game I guess I'm alright with this
>fast forward, now there's two more expansions
>this fucker is still there waiting for me outside town and I can't bring myself to do anything until I beat him
I even tried the cheap minion build and I still couldn't last more than 30 seconds.
Path of Pain, unlocked the shortcut, missing 1 charm
Objectively the best genre deviation for a Hollow Knight sequel would be an RPG/SRPG
>multiple characters playable now
>easy to migrate assets from the original action platforming game
>easy type of game to program/code
>perfect type of genre for fleshing out the lore
Refute this. PROTIP: you literally can't.
The Pale King comes up with the vessel idea, needs dreamers to maintain the seal.
For some reason decides he wants Herrah to be one.
Herrah is sad, lonely and horny ever since her husband died without leaving her any children.
Agrees to become a dreamer but only if the Pale King dicks her.
The Pale King does.
Hornet is born.
Hornet and Herrah are "allowed a little time together", so Hornet spends some time in Deepnest with her mother.
Herrah goes to sleep.
Hornet is raised by Hive Queen Vespa (this one is actually questionable, it was mentioned by devs but isn't in the game itself).
Kingdom goes to shit.
Vespa kills herself because "dude all things must accept an end lmao".
Hive goes to shit.
Hornet becomes a self-proclaimed protector of Hallownest.
I have all the charms and upgrades. I started Godhome for the first time last week have been playing for a few hours a day on challenges. Just beat pantheon 3 yesterday and got all the way to the Pure vessel my first time through 4 before getting fucking wrecked. Here's my progress so far. I run with Dashmaster, Mark of Pride, Quickslash , and Unbreakable Strength.
doesn't White Lady's dialogue about being fond of her suggest they interacted to some degree
SHAW?
So am I just supposed to come back when I'm stronger and brute force this fight? The flukes seem entirely random, they don't stop spawning, and right now it takes me two hits to kill them. I imagine I just go all in on offensive charms/magic and kill her before the flukes kill me?
>Team Cherry repeatedly refers to the game as a sequel but no it's actually a prequel
Really makes me thonk
Just pogo jump until the flukes spawn, kill them and go back to pogo
Literally one of the easiest bosses in the entire game
>pure vessel but he has more health and everything does four masks of damage
i think i'm done with the hall of gods, thanks
Literally just pogo on top of the boss for the entire fight dude
Daily reminder the knight is a ____
Pogo on the boss and pogo on the flying adds she spawns. You should be able to finish the fight easily without even touching the ground once after first pogo.
>Pardon me, mind if I fuck up your fun?
It's possible that Hornet was put into a type of stasis by the Weavers before they fucked off from Hallownest which explains the pretty large time discrepency.
We find a seal of binding inside a room in deepnest filled with weaver shit along with the spiderbro charm, and an uninfected weaver leaves the room just before you.
Hornet was the 'child of three queens' in the early concept.
Born from Herrah, Raised by White lady, Trained by vespa.
Vespa doesnt kill herself, she dies for unknown reasons, the part about "All things must end" was about hallownest being fucked.
The hive goes to shit because vespa didnt leave an heir, so it's basically braindead.
if Hornet has a potential love interest in her game then he is a ____
Soul Tyrant, along with many of the tougher bosses, follow some conventions that you see in games like Dark Souls and the like. Essentially, instead of always attacking, or backing away to heal, you have to look out for moves with blatant openings and act accordingly.
Moves like his dash across the screen, you can easily jump, strike down, and prepare. For moves like the rotating soul ball attack, you need to learn how to get through it, and with practice, you'll discover there are openings you can follow him, and attack several times, OR you can hop through and heal before they fly back through.
Otherwise though, never get too greedy. Even if you only hit him occasionally, it's more important to focus on avoiding damage than outdamaging him like you can earlier bosses. If you keep getting hit, then never be afraid to just pussy fight the whole time until you get dodging down on lock, and when you consistantly avoid harm, then you can find ways to inject damage back in.
Turbo Chad?
soul tyrant gives you a giant interval in which you can heal for free
>It's possible that Hornet was put into a type of stasis by the Weavers before they fucked off from Hallownest
She might just be that old, without any spells involved. The Pale King was allegedly immortal, so his child would probably have a very long natural lifespan.
The timescale in general makes little sense. Lemm talks about the 5 knights and the Hollow Knight as if it's ancient history, but 2 of the knights are still alive and not even old, and plenty of people seem to remember Hallownest before the plague.
nigger
>he
You're right cause I can't. Throw in a VERY small scale character customization (color, headshape, weapon type) and I'd be happy.
shit and boring and overrated game
I was in the same boat.
Fortunately, as overwhelming as he is, Grimm's attacks are actually shockingly formulaic. They hit hard and come out fast, but you will eventually learn where to go for each attack to dodge it, and then you can learn how to attack.
You can follow my other post here for general hints. Even if you go a few rounds without attacking (although certain attacks DO require you to attack-pogo to keep out of harms way) just to familiarise yourself, it's time well spent.
Fortunately Grimm also has a highly exploitable attack to go ham with, namely his fire pillar attack. Once you learn how to bait the four pillars so the last one ends with you near him, then smack him with abyss shriek.
NKG seems harder at first because his attacks come out so fast, but once you learn his tells the fight just becomes a chip damage fest. My tip would be stand in the middle of the arena. Where he appears telegraphs the next attack he'll do, but it takes some getting used to. If he spawn close in the air it will be the dive kick into dash, if he appears a further distance away it's the flame pillars. If he appears close on the ground its the side dash into shoryuken. Dodging that one is a bit tricky at the end because the fire opens a spot behind him which goes against the instinct to dodge away. If he shows up far on the ground its the Dracula Castlevania fireballs. Sometimes hell appear close like he's going to shoryuken but hell dash back and fireball, but this is rare.
fuck no eyes so much
>swipe at her
>she teleports away
>one of her kids knocks me into the spikes
>take two damage
>try to heal
>another one shows up, and knocks me into the spikes
>repeat until death
Took me 3 days to beat Pure Vessel now I'm working on Pantheon of the Hollownest. I don't know if I have it in me to go through this whole thing if I have to fight Radiance at the end. The time consumption is fucking huge, but here's a picture I got as I was taking the Delicate Flower around Hollownest.
>getting raped by Soul Master even if by now I should predict all his moves
>somehow jump into him like an idiot
>decide to take a break and try the Mantis Lords
>get raped still
>decide to get howling wraiths
>go back to Soul Master
>get him to deflate once
>proceed to do more mistakes
I'm never gonna git gud, lads
Good luck.
Related to said picture.
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SIN OJOS
Pale king didn’t view the hollow void children as his actual descendants until he grew too attached to the HK. Hornet was his actual “real” child. He didn’t have any plan for her beyond her being his direct descendant.
You should do the charged slash instead when he performs that attack. The nail art charge up time reduction charm is great for NKG.
>healing during bossfights
never going to make it
How am I supposed to beat Radiante Absolutamente Destello, Yea Forums? I take one or two hits without fail every time on the second phase. I once got lucky enough to make it to the ascent phase and then one of her beams of luz hit me
>I take one or two hits
don't ;-)
AY CARAMBA
>falso caballero
Is there no grammar in the spanish version? That feels worse than vasija. I think "El Contenedor Puro" sounds better.
I'm so glad I'm a ESL, those names sound dumb even in english but seeing them in my mother tongue reveals how fucking retarded they sound
>coleccionista
>guardian furioso
>defensor blanco
this is like those memey ass DBZ power level charts
Can Shaggy Calvo defeat El Destello forma verdadera???????
Was the Hollow Knight trying to kill himself because he was conscious of being infected and was actually trying to help me kill him or what was the deal with him stabbing himself?
Only with help from Regla de Todos
You mean El Destello Absoluto, El Destello Absoluto Ascendido or El Destello Absoluto Radiante?
some say El Destello was manipulating him into letting more infection out
He knows what you're trying to do and with what little control he has is trying to make it easier on you, anyone who tells you the Radiance is doing it to use more infection based attacks is wrong.
>Sad music kicks in as soon as he starts stabbing himself
Yes The Radiance infection is what's causing him to attack you, but he knows why you're there since he was also a vessel. That's why he shows up at the end of the Radiance fight. If you notice he damages himself when he stabs himself.
>look up how to get the upgrade
what the fuck how was i supposed to know?
that room gives 0 fucking hints
Look, I didn't figure it out easily myself either but the room is literally FULL of hints. Look at the background.
There are a lot of "screaming face stones" and it's in a really strange spot where you'd expect a secret. Granted, I didn't even have the first spell when I reached that place.
those early bosses are really easy they are the kind of boss that teaches you how to play.
try switching builds to try something that works.
changing build can make a big difference.
>Infection took over
>Little bro is here trying to do the job i failed at.
>Entire sunny D filled body is screaming to kill him.
>But Father didnt raise no murderer, so F*** this orange juice.
>F*** that mind control.
>AND.
>F***
>MOTHS.
He censors himself internally because Father also didnt raise a foul mouth.
Mostly because of no voice to cry suffering, but it's the principle of the matter.
i tought it was something that needed a quest item or something.
i didn't notice the background tho
>I didn't even have the first spell when I reached that place.
how
>mfw beat Mantis Lords second try before reaching City of Tears
:3
Hollow Knight's map is a bit silly in the sense that whenever you visit an area, the whole map is marked as if you already checked every single spot unlike the typical Metroidvania square maps. So I just assumed the shaman place was already checked.
Big bro is cute and pure.
please tell me how to get through AR's second phase, it's too random for me to pin down
I didn't save Zote in Deepnest, did I fuck up?
I just got the dreamer in deepnest. I haven't gotten the other two yet. I just unlocked the sewers, and I have access to a few different spots. I have the up A spell, down A shadow spell (what does shadow do different?), two sword arts, and upgraded to spiral nail. How far am I into the game? I feel like I'm just past 50% but at the same time, it could be a lot more.
Without spoilers, which zone should I go next? Sewers, the zone east of the city, or the area thats... under the sewers on the map.
Nah, he's still there.
Sewers. You're most of the way through any%, but there's plenty left to experience for 100%.
>No cost too great
Bros..
be patient
don't go nuts trying to chase ar around, stay where you are unless she comes close or you have to dodge something
you can even get some opportunities to heal if she uses the right attacks
So, why did PK still have affection for the Hollow Knight? What changed his mind?
someone in a thread yesterday said to try descending dark when she's above me so i can dodge her sword spam/light beams attack, but when i use it, knight jumps in the air and gets hit. how am i supposed to use descending dark against her?
Raising children does things to you.
iirc the iframes only start when the knight starts falling
depending on what she uses it may be too slow
Same as me, except I did the first three pantheons first try. Then again, I did my steel heart playthrough right before I started, so my reflexes were on point.
I keep mixing up my charms, but I don't have a reliable way to beat PV. NKG is next on my list once I figure that out, but it's been a year since I fought him and I am not confident. Radiance should be a breeze though, and after that I just need the 5 hour speedrun and I'm at 100%.
Long time together I wager. While he obviously treated all the failed vessels as mere tools to be disposed, he personally raised HK to absolute perfection, but accidentally started loving his own creation during that long process.
The White Lady also blames herself as well.
I wonder if Hornet will mention being raised by her, Herrah, and Vespa.
>get past Zote
>die to NKG just because I was almost shaking out of nerves even if I had borderline mastered him
FUCK
babby here
making good progress, been taking a break for a few days
Lost kin really got me good for about 2 hours, but he was a really satisfying kill
You can only claim to have gotten gud if you've beaten the Pantheon of Hallownest with all bindings on.
the one with mangekyo sharingan etc etc
>No cost too great.
'Cost' is the keyword there, if he didnt care then it wouldnt exactly be a cost.
He cared about all his children.
He just did what had to be done.
Will Ogrim ever get a happy ending? Hegimol still might be alive.
false knight's armor is hegemol's corpse
>It still takes you 2 hits to kill me with that fully upgraded nail and unbreakable strength?
>Don't worry bro, I'll make sure to shotgun your face in between hits.
Didn't the grub specify seeing Hegimol sleeping with his armor beside him?
checked and you're right
knowing how fucked hallownest is i wouldn't be surprised if that just means hegemol was dead though
I can imagine him sleeping and after seeing his armor was stolen, left for more peaceful pastures.