Bouncing On Mushrooms

[dipydingus4369]

As a HK fan - I wrote and recorded this song 'Bouncing On Mushrooms'. If you like it and you'd like to contribute any artwork to a video let me know in the thread
here's the track on bandcamp...............
https://dave747.bandcamp.com/track/bouncing-on-mushrooms
many thanks
dave
I can't seem to get past the hollow knight by the way. Nosk bit the dust but i'm just a bit too ham fisted to get any further!

[kanna]

I have to say, this is the best "how do I bounce on mushrooms" thread I've ever seen.

Seriously though, nice work!

I'm sure you'll figure things out for the HK fight on your own, but let us know where you're stuck if you want spoiler-free tips. When in doubt, use those nail bouncing skills you've acquired to get up on HK's oversized head, bounce once or twice and use your down spell for decent damage (especially with Shaman Stone) + valuable invincibility frames.

I seem to remember that when HK is staggered, any damage you do is reduced to 1 point per hit so it's better to heal if your soul meter is full. (Someone might correct me on this one if I'm wrong-- I can't remember 100% for sure but I'm pretty sure this boss takes reduced damage during staggers like a certain other more infamous one does. (For anyone wondering, I'm not talking about PV but NKG during the turning-into-bats stagger phases.)

*edit* Also. I think this is a really good fight for learning how to pogo moving targets. If you find you get hit by HK's ground dash a lot, try hopping straight up and using your nail at the same time. If your hitboxes connect, you'll be the one doing contact damage and not HK, unless you somehow still directly in the path of the lunge. As soon as you're slightly above it, you should be good. If your'e not sure you'll make it high enough in time, just hitting the direction away from where the enemy is coming from can make a difference a lot of the time, as angling up and away buys you time. (Other good fights to learn this on include Broken Vessel, or Soul Master.)

[Stolen]

Brute force him, that's how I did it. Fight him, then die and do it over and over until he dies. No tactics needed for this boss.

[dipydingus4369]

many thanks kanna - that's pretty comprehensive advice. I'll give it another go! i think with the other boss fights like soul master etc i did just as Stolen says and brute force it and die die die until i eventually did it. but for HK i keep coming back now and again for the past year of so and trying a few times and each time im trying to remember the key bindings and giving up.....i'll just grind it! I'm a bit slow to grasp things at my age, and the song was a pretty lame attempt to urn some respect from my kids ......'why don't you do songs about games?' so i did........but they don't like HK. I harp on about it and they just find it tiresome! cheers for the advice!

[tintingaroo]

Ahahaha! PANTHEOOOHHN! :D
That is dope (bouncing on 'mushrooms', heh)!

Surely Dash should have been bass voice again, surely :D

I feel John Peel would be playing this.

[kanna]

No problem, I hope it helps!

Your music reminded me a little of some musical influences that were popular with some musician friends of mine in the past. Anyway, unless you and your kids are a lot older than I expect, I'm sure it's more the time and engagement factors than actual age that has anything to do with skill developed. If people are too busy to play or if they (understandably) have more pressing or more engaging matters to attend to, their learning curve is probably going to be a little longer, all else being equal. If you really wanted to, and you had the time to put in, there's probably no reason you couldn't play as well as anyone else.

[dipydingus4369]

Thanks kanna ...........I'm gonna find the time to beat him! before Christmas!
Thanks tintingaroo - I did apparently get a song played by John ....godhome rest his soul Peel back in the day but it was just the once and i missed it.....which still haunts me!