I am badly stuck at the Green Path Hornet fight, can you please help me? EDIT: finished

[Miina #TransLiberation]

So firstly, if you are gonna leave a non - constructive comment, like "get good" or "i beat it on 3rd try", keep it to yourself, i don't care.

Now, i have tried to beat this boss for HUNDREDS of tries, about 1 to 2 hours of pure time. I have tried looking for some abilities, but couldn't find any, except for the resilience badge, that isn't all that helpful. I have watched her movements, but i really have trouble seeing what she is about to do. She mostly kills me with her walking, or me just touching her hitbox. I hardly ever get to whack her, and i managed to get her down ONCE only a handful of times.

Please, if you can tell me how to distinguish what she is about to do, i'd be really thankful.

EDIT: Thanks to you all guys, and my patience i was able to beat it! I love the game more than ever, and same goes to you!

[Miina #TransLiberation]

I can also post footage of me trying to beat her, if it could be any help for telling me what i'm doing wrong

[Diniswr]

one of the things is,don't go near her,let her get near you,most of her attacks make her come to you,and the needlle trow doesn't go all the way to the other side(just barely),heal when she trows her needlle,and keep moving,if you hear her attack,jump,most of her attacks can be dodged this way.

[Societas]

Your best bet is to stay at a distance. Let her come to you with either her aerial swoop or the ground charge. Those are easy to jump over or sidestep. That is when you can get in one or two hits. Afterwards, you need to get to distance again. When she throws her needle from the other side of the arena is a good moment to heal up. Her only move, that is kinda hard to predict is the whirling thread. If she gets very close to you without her charge or swoop, you can quickly strike out at her. After a hit, she will fall back herself. Defeating her for the first time took me about 5 or 6 attempts yesterday. TL;DR Do not actively attack, just let her come and react accordingly. I hope this is of help to you.

[Miina #TransLiberation]

Originally posted by diniswr:

one of the things is,don't go near her,let her get near you,most of her attacks make her come to you,and the needlle trow doesn't go all the way to the other side(just barely),heal when she trows her needlle,and keep moving,if you hear her attack,jump,most of her attacks can be dodged this way.

Thank you, i will try this

[Miina #TransLiberation]

Originally posted by Societas:

Your best bet is to stay at a distance. Let her come to you with either her aerial swoop or the ground charge. Those are easy to jump over or sidestep. That is when you can get in one or two hits. Afterwards, you need to get to distance again. When she throws her needle from the other side of the arena is a good moment to heal up. Her only move, that is kinda hard to predict is the whirling thread. If she gets very close to you without her charge or swoop, you can quickly strike out at her. After a hit, she will fall back herself. Defeating her for the first time took me about 5 or 6 attempts yesterday. TL;DR Do not actively attack, just let her come and react accordingly. I hope this is a help to you.

Thank you! This makes sense, i was trying to get to her before

[Piterros990]

Dodge, dodge and dodge. In Hollow Knight, pretty much all the bosses are like this, you have to dodge and ocasionally slash once or twice. Whenever Hornet is about to do an attack, she shouts something. Move carefully and focus on dodging - in Hollow Knight, it's never a good idea to tank a boss. I remember a video called something like "Hornet - Boss Discussion", where a guy describes boss' attacks, his strategy and other possible strategies. I don't want to advertise or anything, but this guy has pretty good tutorial videos.
Got the link here, this video might help you: https://youtu.be/l8fm9KWG7Xc

[ermag_]

git gud scrub

[Miina #TransLiberation]

Guys thank you all....ehm....i just found out you can do a downward and upward slash...that makes things easier.

[Diniswr]

Originally posted by Bungle Bells:

Guys thank you all....ehm....i just found out you can do a downward and upward slash...that makes things easier.

yea...if you didn't discover that,some areas of the game would be difficult,like spike platforming,where you hit the spikes to stay airborne.

[Miina #TransLiberation]

Originally posted by diniswr:

Originally posted by Bungle Bells:

Guys thank you all....ehm....i just found out you can do a downward and upward slash...that makes things easier.

yea...if you didn't discover that,some areas of the game would be difficult,like spike platforming,where you hit the spikes to stay airborne.

I thought that a downward slash was an ability you unlock later in the game...the game never explicitly mentions it anywhere

[Fulp]

Her movements are random but if you focus enough you'll be able to tell what move she'll perform next in the last second, try concentrating on her shouts before the attacks, i think they differ, but the best strategy you could plan is to put some distance between you, and let her engage in combat, whenever she charges or leaps you can easily dodge it then get 3 to 4 hits then put some distance by going to the other side, if you're feeling confident you could run up to her and attack but she usually charges you in a split second and you can't dodge it. also downward attacks are handy if you can anticipate where her charge is going to end ( jump and keep hitting )

[FurMetalCat]

She in not so hard to predict and counter, you know.
Can give you general advice thogh - hit her with the nail mostly to replenish your soul and then attack her with magic. And don't even think about healing yourself.

[Bug]

i need help i cant get up to where she ran when you first see her ive been looking and i cant find anything im EXTREMELY new i got this yesterday and i can get to her i ned help ;-;

[arejang]

you can't follow her through that area right now. just keep playing, exploring. You'll meet up with her eventually.

[SkyShard13]

Personally I figured out that if you time it right you could hit her mid-dash/swoop and then get in a solid 2 more hits after that. The try after I discovered this I defeated her.