Hollow Knight

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Honorable_D Jul 1, 2017 @ 10:52pm
Which is the hardest of the 3 Dream Bosses?
Lost Kin?
Failed Champion?
Soul Tyrant?

I haven't fought Soul Tyrant yet but I'm really hoping he is easier than Failed Champion! FC kicked my♥♥♥♥♥quite a few times till I figured out a bit of a strategy (climb up to top of wall, Shadow Dash through boss when he jumps up, smack him 2-3 times—repeat!).
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Darc Vader Jul 1, 2017 @ 11:08pm 
It really depends on your playstyle. Most people seem to say List Kin, but on my first playthrough, Soul Tyrant took me the longest (though tbh that was probably because I fought him immediately after beating the Soul Master fairly early on).

Based on my most recent playthrough (all three end game and fully upgraded) however, I think I'd give the title of hardest dream boss to the Failed Champion. The 2 masks of damage is just brutal when combined with not getting soul when you hit him.
Last edited by Darc Vader; Jul 1, 2017 @ 11:09pm
Honorable_D Jul 1, 2017 @ 11:11pm 
Lost Kin was way easier than Failed Champion for me. I beat LK on like my 4th or so attempt, but FC took me around 10 or so tries. >_>
CloakedLight Jul 2, 2017 @ 6:38am 
Failed Champion is the easiest since if you get the right charms you can just dps race him( before discovering this he would have been most difficult). Lost kin i remember being simple as well since with a certain charm the spawns dont hinder healing. So that leaves Soul Tyrant who is hard until you master his pattern. Then the only difficulty is not messing up dodges.
TLDR: Soul Tyrant (when you know what your doing) Failed Champion (when your less experienced)
Last edited by CloakedLight; Jul 2, 2017 @ 6:38am
paladin181 Jul 2, 2017 @ 7:12am 
Failed Champion was the hardest for me because I didn't have the shade cloak. I did smash him good though.
Wondercrab Jul 2, 2017 @ 7:22am 
Failed Champion and Lost Kin can both be overwhelmed pretty easily with the right charms, but charm-cheese aside I found Failed Champion the hardest. Lost Kin feels like it gives you a bit more space to work with, it's just the spawning ghost blobs that cause most of the problems in that fight.

Soul Tyrant was by far the easiest and the most enjoyable of the three encounters for me. I'm not really fond of the dream bosses in general, but the simple additions to one or two of his attacks made him feel a bit more like a remix rather than just a repeat with more damage and less time to react.
RedPirate Jul 2, 2017 @ 7:26am 
Originally posted by Wondercrab:
the simple additions to one or two of his attacks made him feel a bit more like a remix rather than just a repeat with more damage and less time to react.
I felt the same way, Soul Tyrant was a blast to fight Failed champion just felt like a lot of fake diffculty with the reaction times.
Nibbie Jul 2, 2017 @ 9:56am 
Failed Champion for me, took me many tries and a couple charm reworks to beat him. Soul Tyrant took a few, mainly until learning that just standing by a wall makes him pretty easy. Lost Kin was insanely easy for me, maybe because it was the last one I did but I 1 tried him and couldn't tell he was any different than the non-dream version for half the fight.
I've only faced failed champion so far. Took me two tries using Kb/m with 20 fps and no charms nor upgrades. He is really easy once you get his pattern down.
Last edited by Cheers uwu~~ the nekos are here; Jul 2, 2017 @ 10:56am
Hero Puddle Jul 2, 2017 @ 3:54pm 
I found the soul tyrant the hardest, but that was because I thought he was mandatory and defeated him straight after the soul master fight (dash, mantis claw and one nail upgrade). It took me about 3 hours to do
Big Dishes Jul 2, 2017 @ 4:30pm 
I beat both lost kin and soul tyrant on the first try, but the failed champion took me a good 10-15 tries to accually beat it:quirrel:
Honorable_D Jul 3, 2017 @ 2:14pm 
So it is probably because I didn't get around to him him till the very end (I have all upgrades), but Soul Tyrant was just 1-shot. Pretty dang easy, I don't think I was ever really at risk of dying at any point.

Now I just have Trail of the Fool left but I keep getting to the part where it's 3-4 waves of FLYING enemies and you can't land to heal...and die there. I guess I suck at wall fighting.
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Date Posted: Jul 1, 2017 @ 10:52pm
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