How to Beat the Pure Vessel

Learn the Pure Vessel's attacks, and how to dodge them!

Finding the Pure Vessel

The Pure Vessel can be encountered in The Pantheon of the Knight, it serves as the final challenge.
To access the Pantheon of the Knight the player must defeat the 3 other pantheons before it. The pantheons can be found in the Godhome. To find the Godhome go to the trash pit in the bottom left of the Royal Waterways, you need a simple key and the dreamnail to unlock it.

Learning the attacks.

The Pure Vessel is a harder version of the Hollow Knight, and shares many of its attack telegraphs.

The Pure Vessel has 10 attacks, all of its attacks deal 2 masks of damage.

Jump- When the Pure Vessel jumps quickly move away from where your standing.
Teleport- When the Pure Vessel teleports prepare for an attack.
Back step- When the Pure Vessel quickly jumps away from you prepare for an attack.
Lunge- When the Pure Vessel raises his nail to its shoulders jump directly up and hit it when it slides under you. When you land hit it again.
Triple Slash- When the Pure Vessel raises its nail above its head jump up and dash over it, when you land hit the Pure Vessel 2-3 times.
Soul Daggers- When the Pure Vessel raises its hand to its chest white lines will appear, the daggers will follow the path of these lines. Sade dash through the lower daggers. Once your past them attack the Pure Vessel until he stops firing.
Soul Pillar- When the Pure Vessel teleports or jumps above you quickly move out of the way. When you see the white lines appear on the ground move between 2 of them and jump up. when you land hit the Pure Vessel 2-3 times.
Parry- When the Pure Vessel holds their Nail in front of their face the same way Hornet does, don't attack them. If you accidentally attack them shade dash through their counter, when your behind the Pure Vessel hit them 2-3 times.
Focus- If a faint circle appears around the Pure Vessel move out of its radius. The circle will fill, an then 6 smaller circles will appear throughout the arena. Avoid the smaller circles while firing 2 shade souls at the Pure Vessel. Focus only becomes available to the Pure Vessel after it reaches about 3/4 of its health.
Void Tendrils- When the Pure Vessel opens its cloak to reveal multiple tentacles protruding from its stomach jump and dash above the Pure Vessel. While above the Pure Vessel us your nail to Pogo* on top of it until the attack ends. Void Tendrils only becomes available to the Pure Vessel after it reaches about 1/4 of its health.

General notes- After the Pure Vessel Jumps, Teleports, or Back steps back away from it.
The Pure Vessel's parry makes a clinking sound.

*Pogo- Airborn down slash that causes the player to bounce up.

Strategies

Don't try to heal during this fight, instead use all of your soul on dealing damage from afar. I recommend using Mark of Pride, Long Nail, Steady Body, Sharp Shadow, and Quick slash for this fight because of how fast the Pure Vessel is.