Nosk spamming roof attack??

[Ikari Shinji]

I don't know if mine is bugged out or what the hell is happening. I know Nosk is meant to be super hard, and it is, but this is ridiculous.

I can keep it up for a solid 5 minutes using the corner trick, but towards what I'm assuming to be the end, Nosk just spams its ceiling attack, and theres nothing I can do about it? It jumps down, and then IMMEDIATELY back up to the roof, I dont even have time to get across the room to where it lands. A lot of the time, I dont even see Nosk jump down and up, i just get the audio/visual cues, and the acid rain stuff. The longest I've been able to hold out this way is about six or seven attacks in a row. Again, most of the time i dont even see it happen, and I cant even get Nosk within frame between the roof-floor-roof sequence. It doesnt use charge attack or spray goo, its just roof roof roof roof roof.

Unfortunately, I dont have screen recording stuff for it, but does this sound like something anyone else has had? What youtube vids of Nosk 2.0 ive been able to find havent had this issue, so idk whats going on.

[Gray]

nosk was hard??? i just went to the corner of the raised thing in the middle and he couldnt reach me

[Nurtemms]

I think you're just getting unlucky with its attack patterns.

[TheDragoonGamer]

Equip Glowing Womb, if you have it, or Grimmchild. Both of these charms can hit Nosk while it's in that ceiling attack. Howling Wraiths/Abyss Shriek can also damage it.

I don't know if your game is bugged or not, but if you are really having trouble with Nosk's ceiling attack, this should help.

[GazeTe]

Nosk should be hard? i killed him in first attempt

[Boksha]

When he's doing the ceiling attack, just hide at either side of the arena. His acid drops won't reach all the way to the wall, so you're safe from those. When you hear him shriek, he'll drop down, so dodge away from the wall and hit him when he comes down. He's even vulnerable to Howling Wraiths/Abyss Shriek while on the ceiling. If he keeps doing the ceiling acid thing, the fight basically becomes a free win.

[Callum]

"Nosk should be hard?"
"nosk was hard???"
Are you really contributing anything by saying that on a thread asking for help?

[Ikari Shinji]

Yeah, ive concluded that I'll need to find a few more upgrades and come back, coz he reeeeally loves the roof and I just cant hit him up there right now.

thanks for the advice, those of you who actually helped <3 I'll keep an eye out for those charms and such!

[Ikari Shinji]

update!

I did it!!!!! first go on first boot today! It must have been a glitch then right?? I did try restarting the game a couple times yesterday but the same thing kept happening, first boot up today however, the attacks were varied and there was no roof spam!

Weeeeeird.... anyhoo yay!!! Thanks yall <3

[TheDragoonGamer]

Originally posted by Ikari Shinji:

update!

I did it!!!!! first go on first boot today! It must have been a glitch then right?? I did try restarting the game a couple times yesterday but the same thing kept happening, first boot up today however, the attacks were varied and there was no roof spam!

Weeeeeird.... anyhoo yay!!! Thanks yall <3

You are welcome. Enjoy that Pale Ore!

[Binty]

Just for future reference to those who see this thread, according to the Hollow Knight Wiki, Nosk will exclusively use his ceiling attack after reaching a certain amount of HP.

[ShadowMystic]

Originally posted by Ben Quinnobi:

Just for future reference to those who see this thread, according to the Hollow Knight Wiki, Nosk will exclusively use his ceiling attack after reaching a certain amount of HP.

"After this attack is over Nosk will drop down where the last blob landed. Nosk will only use this attack at 580 health."

I think you miss interpreted it, but it is also poorly written. It should be ,"Nosk will only start to use this attack at or below 580 health ."

Sounds like bad rng if he drops down after finishing each, but if he isn't dropping at all, I think that is a bug in the condition for ending the attack.

[Ikari Shinji]

Originally posted by ShadowMystic:

Originally posted by Ben Quinnobi:

Just for future reference to those who see this thread, according to the Hollow Knight Wiki, Nosk will exclusively use his ceiling attack after reaching a certain amount of HP.

"After this attack is over Nosk will drop down where the last blob landed. Nosk will only use this attack at 580 health."

I think you miss interpreted it, but it is also poorly written. It should be ,"Nosk will only start to use this attack at or below 580 health ."

Sounds like bad rng if he drops down after finishing each, but if he isn't dropping at all, I think that is a bug in the condition for ending the attack.

Yes, thats something i noticed as well, he does only use this attack after a certain amount of hits, the problem was that he was ONLY using this attack, and none of his other attacks, making him near impossible to hit. the issue was he would drop down, and then immediately, IMMEDIATELY jump back up again, before I could get anywhere near him. Thats where I think there was a bit of a glitch

In the fight that I won, he definitely used it more often, but he used his other attacks as well, which is how i was able to keep hitting him enough to eventually win.

So yeah, if anyone else encounters this problem, try just reloading the whole game a couple of times. I did a few times in quick succession to no result, but quitting and coming back the next day seems to have fixed it. Odd bug indeed