Hollow Knight

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Gravy Davy Jul 22, 2020 @ 9:10am
Any tips for the Pantheon of Hallownest finale?
Alright so the Pantheon of Hallownest is tough, especially after Grimm.
Just because I kept track for some reason, my deaths were...

1st attempt-NKG
2nd attempt-Watcher knights
3rd attempt-Sly
4th attempt-Winged Nosk
5th attempt-Pure Vessel
6th attempt-Uumuu
7th attempt-Radiance


I am someone who has a lot of problems with Pure Vessel, he's the hardest boss for me.
So beating him is already a hard challenge for me.
Then I went into the finale and died in like 10 seconds...
Seems like people dislike that Boss, the regular version was an alright fight for me but the absolute one is just too much.

I also have a really tough time in the fights between Grimm and Enraged Guardian, so any tips for those fights would also help.

The charm set that worked the best for me was:
-Unbreakable Heart and Strength, Quick slash and Mark of Pride for the start of the pantheon
-Unbreakable Heart and Strength, Quick slash and Quick focus after White defender.

Yeah, a hour per attempt is not that fun, at least I have the first lifeblood thing
Oh, and Sisters of battle is the only enjoyable part of the pantheon, in my opinion.
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Darc Vader Jul 22, 2020 @ 10:01am 
Honestly, practice in the Hall of Gods, it’s by far the best way to get consistent at bosses. Either do each boss untul you can beat them 3 times in a row, or beat them all on Ascended.
GenSec39 Jul 22, 2020 @ 11:47am 
Seems like you stuck on the same stage as me. I trained enough all bosses separately, but when I come to last 2 stages, situation goes full trainwreck randomly. Died on Rad few times, then NKG, then on PV, then few times on Zote, then few times on Marcoth and just now... on Failed Knight lol.

What I can recommend for sure - slower is faster. Do not rush bosses or you risk to lose very fast on rather average boss. And do not try to break the wall with a head. Failed few times? - give up for now and come back few hours later, or even next day. For example, I reached Abs Rad approximately in may (maybe on 5-7th), totally stuck on her for nearly a week without any hope. Totally left the game for nearly 2... months! Came back and finished her on the 16 July on my second try (separately, not on Pantheon unfortunately). So I suggest to come back concentrated and fresh.

As to the charms, for all stages excepth 2 last ones, I use these: unbreakable strenght, mark of pride, long nail, quickslash. For 2 last ones (after White Defender) I use these: Unbreakable strenght and heart, quickslash, quick focus.
GenSec39 Jul 22, 2020 @ 1:37pm 
Sly is a tricky bastard. Can easily wipe 3 masks with a single swing. One of those bosses where I'd recommend to act especially slowly and accurately. In most cases make 1 hit (not even 2) and run away. Make sure you've got full health before second stage. He got the smallest hit box but huge sword, what makes him especially dangerous. That's why combo of Mark of Pride+Long nail is very good against him.

Uumuu is easy. 1st, you can dreamnail him for more souls. Then, you can use spells through Uumuu to attract those floating bombs (forgot the name) when they are on the opposite side. Also use walls for your advantage. When he uses sporadic lightning sparkles - stay in the upper corners of the room. When he uses prolonged lightning you either slide down and dash away (for less moves) or use super dash and slide down.

Watcher Knights? Not a big deal, had problems with them only on speedrun, coz lacked abilities. Use pogo on them when they are rolling and dash through them/under them when they are jumping. Try to keep both of them on the same side for most time.

Flying nosk? Hmm... may cause some trouble. Stay closer to him when he spits (easier to control where it will fall) watch the ceiling, and doublejump+pogo him when he flies towards you and throw spell at him in mid-air before he finished his maneuver.

Enraged Guardian... dunno, one of the easiest for me. Just hit him and use double jump when he uses laser.

With Grimm... if you come to him with a lot of souls, you can abuse Abyss Shriek at the beginning few times, so it will severely reduce his Hp (especially if you are using magic charms). But still, cant call him hard in any way.

As to the NKG and PV - only practice. I think that NKG is kinda easier than PV, coz more predictable and always has same attacks, while PV becomes more dangerous closer to the end of the fight and may combine attacks in tricky ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzPD3xEoCjc me beating PV on radiant diff.

For PV you want to anticipate his timing of attack (because it's very predictable) and JUMP ahead of time. Then, depending on what exact move was made there's always a way to dodge / defend. Not to say it's the best way but jumping right before he makes a move makes the fight a lot easier.
Scharfohr Jul 24, 2020 @ 2:57pm 
Have to agree with others, practise the bosses that give you problems in hall of god (at the time of finishing the pantheon I won 3/5 Pure Radiance)
My build were until white Defender
Unbreakable Strength, Sharp Shadow, Steady Body, Long Nail, Quickslash (to rush through)
and after that replaced quickslash with mark of pride (to play safe)
Sharp Shadow one of my favorites here since it does good dmg and the extra range is really helpful most of the cases (though something to get used to,). with the bonus range you dodge through bosses like Watcher Knight.
(never had interest in caster build so I put everything was put into melee, and had all the soul to heal when possible)

My personal tip, play safe instead of trying to force dmg, rather dodge once more if it's an attack you are not confortable. in the Fight of NGK there practically only one Attack for I definitely went for the 4-5 hits (the fire pillars)

Also things I learned/used for Pure Radiance
learn to dodge without dash (the dash often put my into his next attack, so I only used when it was really needed)
Platform Phase, try to keep on the top area (Had problems go back up again through the Attacks you have still the option to dodge downward if needed)
Final Phase, you can completely cheese it. stay on one platform and always jump when the energy ball spawn so it flies under to the sky. The balls are not coming down then)
Last edited by Scharfohr; Jul 24, 2020 @ 2:57pm
GenSec39 Jul 27, 2020 @ 7:08am 
Finally, finally I did it. Unbelievable. Didn't touch the 5th Pantheon lil' less than a week and just finished it in 1 try :steamhappy:

Wanna joke? I managed to obtain 5 bonus lifebloods for each hot summer pools, and just before the last stage (with PV and AR), after I collected them... I sat on a bench :steamfacepalm:
Last edited by GenSec39; Jul 27, 2020 @ 7:09am
Goga Boga Jul 27, 2020 @ 7:16am 
Originally posted by GenSec39:
Finally, finally I did it. Unbelievable. Didn't touch the 5th Pantheon lil' less than a week and just finished it in 1 try :steamhappy:

Wanna joke? I managed to obtain 5 bonus lifebloods for each hot summer pools, and just before the last stage (with PV and AR), after I collected them... I sat on a bench :steamfacepalm:
xD
Congrats for beating PoH though. It's a tough challenge for the first time. Beating it in less than a week is something amazing, you just put a lot of dedication into it.
GenSec39 Jul 27, 2020 @ 7:22am 
Originally posted by SteveplayD:
Originally posted by GenSec39:
Finally, finally I did it. Unbelievable. Didn't touch the 5th Pantheon lil' less than a week and just finished it in 1 try :steamhappy:

Wanna joke? I managed to obtain 5 bonus lifebloods for each hot summer pools, and just before the last stage (with PV and AR), after I collected them... I sat on a bench :steamfacepalm:
Ouch, rip, F etc.
Yeah, good job.
I think I'll take a break from the pantheon too, the fact I died to AbsRad's final phase in the pantheon just made me lose all determination and hope...
- yeah, taking break and coming back with fresh mind helped me many times. Especially when you see, that you start losing to Failed Champion...

Well... Few month ago I couldn't even think that I will kill bosses on radiant or do pantheons with bindings. ATM got almost all bosses on radiant and 16 bindings for 4 pantheons. Insane...

@Greekui9ii Tnx. It has longer story. First time I reached AR almost 3 months ago and totally stuck. Didn't touch HK all this time. Last week came back and first time killed her. Trained a lot to kill her more or less constantly. This week was doing pantheons with bindings and finally tried the 5th one. Fuh...
Last edited by GenSec39; Jul 27, 2020 @ 7:26am
sumolagann Jul 27, 2020 @ 11:46am 
I'd just practice in hall until everything is easy, I played it so much the whole thing just felt like spamming after. Died on radiance everytime despite pretty much mastering every boss, and never finished because of the time consumption to get back to radiance, rng and no saves. Still salty at the devs, pantheon needs less filler or an unlockable save point for people who have got to radiance repeatedly/done most of hall of gods no dmg
Last edited by sumolagann; Jul 27, 2020 @ 11:51am
GenSec39 Jul 27, 2020 @ 11:55am 
Originally posted by sumolagann:
I'd just practice in hall until everything is easy, I played it so much the whole thing just felt like spamming after. Died on radiance everytime despite pretty much mastering every boss, and never finished because of the time consumption to get back to radiance, rng and no saves. Still salty at the devs, pantheon needs less filler or an unlockable save point for people who have got to radiance repeatedly/done most of hall of gods no dmg
- maybe I've lost remnants of sanity, but after beating the 5th Pantheon I am really considering an option to make a run in 5th pantheon with bindings... at least one at a time...
sumolagann Jul 27, 2020 @ 12:07pm 
Originally posted by GenSec39:
Originally posted by sumolagann:
I'd just practice in hall until everything is easy, I played it so much the whole thing just felt like spamming after. Died on radiance everytime despite pretty much mastering every boss, and never finished because of the time consumption to get back to radiance, rng and no saves. Still salty at the devs, pantheon needs less filler or an unlockable save point for people who have got to radiance repeatedly/done most of hall of gods no dmg
- maybe I've lost remnants of sanity, but after beating the 5th Pantheon I am really considering an option to make a run in 5th pantheon with bindings... at least one at a time...

I fully intended to keep playing and trying to do that too, radiance really ruined it all. I just find that awful rng after 40min x10+ of getting to radiance and dying, after practicing her for hours and hours, has to be one of the worst experiences I ever had in gaming. It really sucks since hk is gold otherwise.
Last edited by sumolagann; Jul 27, 2020 @ 12:11pm
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