Well informative videos usually get less views. It’s similar to how healthier foods usually don’t taste as good. In order to get views, you need to bite some bullets
You should make more like this. These tips are extremely helpful to a lot of people. Personally I know about most of these, but I still had fun watching them
Been a year since I first started Hollow Knight I got it on Christmas 2021, but also got Sekiro Shadows Die Twice then Dark Souls after. So they took up my time instead of hollow knight. Eventually after seeing a meme about nightmare grimm on Reddit, I decided to play it again I remember exactly how some days went. Especially against bosses like Grimm. I remember watching this video when exploring Greenpath and was having a blast. Few months after that, I radiant every boss. This video really helped me get this far, so thank you so much
So I know the game as been out a while but I just started playing last week and I’m going for the platinum PlayStation trophy. It’s videos like this that have helped me get everything done up to the pantheons so quickly. Great content, this video deserves more love than it got
Very impressive considering this is your first video and this is a small channel. I’m gonna assume you have previous video-making experience lol but the editing and pacing of the videos is perfect. good job
Stumbled upon this video accidentally twice, once half a year ago not knowing much about HK, and today for the second time, after 100%-ing the game (just starting pantheons now). Quick casting stuck with me all that time ago and helped with Hornet 2 and Grimm. Thanks
Update: I’ve been able to use these tips in beating the fifth pantheon, then the first four pantheons with all bindings, and I’m still aiming to improve (going for radiant hall of gods, already have gotten all ascended a while ago)! Amazing video :)
FYI, you don't have to pogo Failed Champion. If you stagger him in the middle, it's easy to get *behind* him and reset the stagger timer. If you have nail extensions, you will want to up slash. If you're fast, you can do 3 heals, 3 dream nails, or some combination. If you're just learning this, try just once or twice. If he staggers against the wall, pogo him, get on the wall, and slide down. You can safely up slash to reset the timer. If you get the glitch where he staggers above the ground, you can still do this trick.
I like how you touch on the nail arts, especially cyclone slash. I am of the opinion, along with pretty much everyone else, that nail arts, particularly the cyclone slash, are pretty useless in the open world and even most bosses. I’ve discovered recently however, against the pantheons with all four bindings, the nail arts are your BEST tools. Without them, I NEVER would’ve beaten the Collector, Markoth, Oblobbobles (no idea how to spell those things), or even Grey Prince Zote. I have never realized how useful they really are when you’re stripped to practically nothing, and while I haven’t beaten the Pantheon of Hallownest yet, they will certainly be key to defeating the most annoyingly difficult bosses.
Agreed Nail Arts and especially cyclone slash are pretty much mandatory for all bindings. In the open world I do sometimes use cyclone slash against the hopper enemies in kingdoms edge, but yeah it's strengths don't shine in normal gameplay.
I just beat P5 for the first time yesterday! I play on PS4 and got the platinum trophy for this game finally. Many of these tips allowed me to step up my game. Thanks so much! I would love to hear your thoughts on something like "Charms that only advanced players realize are great." For example: I had always overlooked Steady Body. Once I practiced with steady body I realized that it actually allowed me to more consistently capitalize on other amazing charms like Quick Slash. In this example quick slash often increases hits per damage window by allowing you to get additional hits in (also generating more soul).. Steady Body took this increase and increased it further. I noticed that often quick slash increased hits per damage window by one or two hits. usually about 33 to 50 percent. Steady Body increased this often times by an additional hit AND avoided the annoying damage taken from knock back sometimes. Removing knock back really helped me in fights where you spend more time in the air like with the radiance.
I'm glad my video helped you out. For the mean time I'm not planning on making more videos, but I do have ideas on making a charms video and a detailed guide on how to beat p5 all bindings. These probably won't be made till mid - late 2022.
What you could do if using the quick cast is swap the buttons for quick cast and focus. I don't know if it this also applies to keyboard controls but spamming spells was so much easier to do on a controller after making this simple change.
Having spells on a shoulder button makes it possible to use your nail and jump while doing spells. Having quick cast on "A" would mean you would need to hop your thumb over, which could make nail > spell > nail harder
When you start to realize that HK has a hidden skill ceiling it gets really interesting, like I started to appreciate Nailmasters Glory and Steady body.
True, I’m to the point where I’m trying to learn to better utilize nail + spell combos. I’d say (in my opinion at least) I’m already pretty adept and spacing and dodging. Have barely started messing with nail arts, man the timing on the cyclone slash is tricky, but if you pull it off it’s so rewarding. When I started getting comfortable after being able to clear the base game fairly easily, the pantheons threw me for a loop lol. Good reminder there’s always more to learn.
Wow Great Video, I just try to use all things and not just the normal nail like in my first 112% playtrough, really helped me out, also I will have to learn using the quick cast button…
Me personally when I fight watcher knights I just pogo at the edge of their horse so it triggers them to do a double slash 3 times and then they roll to get that extra damage in
small curiosity about using the dream nail in the part about the false knight or failed champion is that you can continue using it even after the boss is already dead
great tuturial, but is p5 difficult? Because is my final achivement to platinum, I can beat pure vessel consistently but I can't do p1 with charmless binding and I want the lifeblood, any tips on completing pantheons with bidings
P5 is pretty difficult for your first time beating it. If you have access to an ok PC, you can practice Hollow Knight on PC with a bindings mod which lets you use any bindings you want in the hall of gods. If you don't have a way to practice on PC, just try to do 1 binding at a time. If you're struggling with the charmless binding, I am assuming that is because you are probably always playing with a charm like sharp shadow or steady body, which changes your core movement. You need to get used to beating bosses without those charms.
I use a Switch Pro Controller with the default controls. I did all of the 112% and achievements on the Nintendo Switch version of Hollow Knight years ago. But now I use the same controller but on PC. Most 2D platformers I would use the D-pad, but I found that the smoothness on a control stick makes Pogo-ing and moving very natural for me specifically with Hollow Knight. I also like the Switch Pro Controllers Digital Triggers for quick dash inputs instead of using a controller with slower analog inputs
You have a good point, I would have to test it out in Hollow Knight sometime. Though using quick cast would still help for grounded spells, and it would be obtuse to use the focus button for spells on the ground, and quick cast for spells in the air only.
I feel like HK on the Xbox doesn’t take my inputs as accurately as it should be. Even with cable the controller doesn’t seem to deliver enough precision to match the game. Am I the only one? Or has anyone else experienced the same?
I haven't played the Xbox version, but you're issue may be with whatever display you're playing on. If you're playing on a TV, make sure you're running "Game Mode", it can usually be found in the TV settings. If you have you're Xbox connected to some other device (like a receiver) then that external device is connected to your TV's HDMI port, instead try connecting the Xbox directly to the TV's HDMI port. A lot of receivers and other devices will add processing to the image which also can add lag. Make sure you're playing natively on the console and not streaming it, as it can cause input lag.
@@gaghhuh2943 When you press dash, you release the nail button pretty much immediately. For a split second both buttons will be presssed, but no longer then that. Below I will try to illistrate, the 2nd row is to illistrate the difference in time when pressing and releasing buttons Hold Y --> Press ZR --> Release Y
However the quick cast one is wrong. It barely changes anything and when there are like 12 buttons used without QC it's already annoying and using 13 buttons is a nightmare. Also I don't see replies in my notifs
Glad you enjoyed the video even if you have already done everything in HK. I play on controller so using quick cast (my R button) wasn't too hard to get used to, but I could see how it could be difficult to implement for keyboard controls. Quick Cast is a little bit faster even if by just a little bit, but anytime time on my inputs is worth it to me. Descending Dark gives 0.4 seconds of invincibility without stalwart shell. It seems like a very small amount of time on paper, but in practice it's plenty long enough to dodge enemy attacks and patterns. That in combination with descending darks coming out just a little faster with quick cast has saved me so many times with Abs Rad's light attacks, Grey Prince Zote's random patterns, etc.
I forgot about that when I was making this video. I wasn't focusing on charms too much, just the movement and combat fundamentals, but if I ever do a charms video in the future, I will be sure to include that.
finally, a hollow knight tip video for people who didn't just start the game.
Okay so why does this video have
Because TH-cam recommendations are weird
Well informative videos usually get less views. It’s similar to how healthier foods usually don’t taste as good. In order to get views, you need to bite some bullets
This aged like some weird mill
Don't be ashamed
I've played for over 200 hours
bro you singlehandedly saved my bacon, thank you.
I'm glad it helped. Just curious which tip saved your bacon?
@@ProNerdy every single one
You should make more like this. These tips are extremely helpful to a lot of people. Personally I know about most of these, but I still had fun watching them
Been a year since I first started Hollow Knight
I got it on Christmas 2021, but also got Sekiro Shadows Die Twice then Dark Souls after. So they took up my time instead of hollow knight. Eventually after seeing a meme about nightmare grimm on Reddit, I decided to play it again
I remember exactly how some days went. Especially against bosses like Grimm. I remember watching this video when exploring Greenpath and was having a blast.
Few months after that, I radiant every boss. This video really helped me get this far, so thank you so much
This just beat me pantheon of the master, artist and sage in the space of an hour. Golden Sub.
Was there a specific tip that helped you out more than the others?
Using Quick Cast and Spacing your Attacks
that last dream nail fact is a game changer
So I know the game as been out a while but I just started playing last week and I’m going for the platinum PlayStation trophy. It’s videos like this that have helped me get everything done up to the pantheons so quickly. Great content, this video deserves more love than it got
So much useful info - I'll definately be practicing these in Godhome! Thanks!
Damn this really made me interested in using nail arts and spells more effectively, great video
I enter the video bc I wanted to know how to properly use the nail arts but I ended up learning a lot more, tysm!
This was very useful! I didn't realize you could keep the false knight and failed champion stunned like that! good to know for the future!
This is one of the best guides for newer players I've seen. Great work 👍
this is the first time im learning about quick cast and cyclone slash's mechanics, thank you so much!
Very impressive considering this is your first video and this is a small channel. I’m gonna assume you have previous video-making experience lol but the editing and pacing of the videos is perfect. good job
This video is actually my first editing project, I learned the basics of editing by doing it with this video. Thanks for watching!
Stumbled upon this video accidentally twice, once half a year ago not knowing much about HK, and today for the second time, after 100%-ing the game (just starting pantheons now). Quick casting stuck with me all that time ago and helped with Hornet 2 and Grimm. Thanks
Thanks for the Crystal Dash Combat ideas.
I’m trying to do P5 and this is helping me a lot in practicing in Godhome! Thank you so much!
Update: I’ve been able to use these tips in beating the fifth pantheon, then the first four pantheons with all bindings, and I’m still aiming to improve (going for radiant hall of gods, already have gotten all ascended a while ago)! Amazing video :)
FYI, you don't have to pogo Failed Champion. If you stagger him in the middle, it's easy to get *behind* him and reset the stagger timer. If you have nail extensions, you will want to up slash. If you're fast, you can do 3 heals, 3 dream nails, or some combination. If you're just learning this, try just once or twice.
If he staggers against the wall, pogo him, get on the wall, and slide down. You can safely up slash to reset the timer. If you get the glitch where he staggers above the ground, you can still do this trick.
My god I didn't even know quick cast existed, this was incredibly useful thank you very much
duude I never knew about quickcast, I always hated using spells because it felt too slow and reacting with ddark felt impossible, this tip is huge
This was the only actually helpful video I could find. Thank you sir
I seriously didn't expect such advanced tips. Thanks 👍
pretty underrated, great video
I like how you touch on the nail arts, especially cyclone slash. I am of the opinion, along with pretty much everyone else, that nail arts, particularly the cyclone slash, are pretty useless in the open world and even most bosses. I’ve discovered recently however, against the pantheons with all four bindings, the nail arts are your BEST tools. Without them, I NEVER would’ve beaten the Collector, Markoth, Oblobbobles (no idea how to spell those things), or even Grey Prince Zote. I have never realized how useful they really are when you’re stripped to practically nothing, and while I haven’t beaten the Pantheon of Hallownest yet, they will certainly be key to defeating the most annoyingly difficult bosses.
Agreed Nail Arts and especially cyclone slash are pretty much mandatory for all bindings. In the open world I do sometimes use cyclone slash against the hopper enemies in kingdoms edge, but yeah it's strengths don't shine in normal gameplay.
I just beat P5 for the first time yesterday! I play on PS4 and got the platinum trophy for this game finally. Many of these tips allowed me to step up my game. Thanks so much!
I would love to hear your thoughts on something like "Charms that only advanced players realize are great." For example: I had always overlooked Steady Body. Once I practiced with steady body I realized that it actually allowed me to more consistently capitalize on other amazing charms like Quick Slash. In this example quick slash often increases hits per damage window by allowing you to get additional hits in (also generating more soul).. Steady Body took this increase and increased it further. I noticed that often quick slash increased hits per damage window by one or two hits. usually about 33 to 50 percent. Steady Body increased this often times by an additional hit AND avoided the annoying damage taken from knock back sometimes. Removing knock back really helped me in fights where you spend more time in the air like with the radiance.
I'm glad my video helped you out. For the mean time I'm not planning on making more videos, but I do have ideas on making a charms video and a detailed guide on how to beat p5 all bindings. These probably won't be made till mid - late 2022.
Great first video, well done! Looked at your other videos for more didn't see more Hollow Knight help, thank you for this though. :)
This is so damn underrated, you deserve atleast 100k subs
Hornet is spider
@@hollowknightenjoyer greetings!
@@hornetisspider congratulations
@@hollowknightenjoyer on what
@@hornetisspider good game
yo this is definitly going to help espiacially the midair nail then shade soul
underatted youtuber detected.
What you could do if using the quick cast is swap the buttons for quick cast and focus. I don't know if it this also applies to keyboard controls but spamming spells was so much easier to do on a controller after making this simple change.
Having spells on a shoulder button makes it possible to use your nail and jump while doing spells. Having quick cast on "A" would mean you would need to hop your thumb over, which could make nail > spell > nail harder
@@ProNerdy Oh that is a good point.
When you start to realize that HK has a hidden skill ceiling it gets really interesting, like I started to appreciate Nailmasters Glory and Steady body.
I personally don't like steady body since I feel it makes the combat a lot more simple and basic
@@ProNerdy I see you but I like the control I get, makes me wish there was a combo system in place
@@ProNerdy I just started playing the game so this feeling of control helps me adjust to bosses quicker rather than bash my head against a wall.
True, I’m to the point where I’m trying to learn to better utilize nail + spell combos. I’d say (in my opinion at least) I’m already pretty adept and spacing and dodging. Have barely started messing with nail arts, man the timing on the cyclone slash is tricky, but if you pull it off it’s so rewarding. When I started getting comfortable after being able to clear the base game fairly easily, the pantheons threw me for a loop lol. Good reminder there’s always more to learn.
@@ProNerdy truly the words of a pro gamer
Thanks! Very helpful.
honestly, great video
Wow Great Video, I just try to use all things and not just the normal nail like in my first 112% playtrough, really helped me out, also I will have to learn using the quick cast button…
Very nicely done, you should have more views
Me personally when I fight watcher knights I just pogo at the edge of their horse so it triggers them to do a double slash 3 times and then they roll to get that extra damage in
amazing video, thank you!
I always found quick cast irritating because I would occasionally press it on accident when I am doing platforming and need soul.
small curiosity about using the dream nail in the part about the false knight or failed champion is that you can continue using it even after the boss is already dead
You can also do the same for Oro & Mato and Sly, though that does mean you are choosing to dream nail instead of bowing (ʘ ͟ʖ ʘ)
Very well made video.
I need to get better at integrating nail arts. I use great slash a bit on wk and markoth but I often don’t find the time to load them.
great tuturial, but is p5 difficult? Because is my final achivement to platinum, I can beat pure vessel consistently but I can't do p1 with charmless binding and I want the lifeblood, any tips on completing pantheons with bidings
P5 is pretty difficult for your first time beating it. If you have access to an ok PC, you can practice Hollow Knight on PC with a bindings mod which lets you use any bindings you want in the hall of gods. If you don't have a way to practice on PC, just try to do 1 binding at a time. If you're struggling with the charmless binding, I am assuming that is because you are probably always playing with a charm like sharp shadow or steady body, which changes your core movement. You need to get used to beating bosses without those charms.
i still have PTSD from grimm
do you mind telling me what keybinds you use for movement and combat?
I use a Switch Pro Controller with the default controls. I did all of the 112% and achievements on the Nintendo Switch version of Hollow Knight years ago. But now I use the same controller but on PC.
Most 2D platformers I would use the D-pad, but I found that the smoothness on a control stick makes Pogo-ing and moving very natural for me specifically with Hollow Knight. I also like the Switch Pro Controllers Digital Triggers for quick dash inputs instead of using a controller with slower analog inputs
@@ProNerdyjust got the game and i know the pro controller is on its way, cant wait to try it hk
Great video
I thought pressing focus mid-air would immediately cast a spell regardless since you can't focus in the air...
You have a good point, I would have to test it out in Hollow Knight sometime. Though using quick cast would still help for grounded spells, and it would be obtuse to use the focus button for spells on the ground, and quick cast for spells in the air only.
no idea how their code works but it'd still have to check if your mid-air first right?
@@kiiturii It would require dedicated code to be able to cast any spells in the air at all, because again, you can't focus in the air.
Best video ever
I feel like HK on the Xbox doesn’t take my inputs as accurately as it should be. Even with cable the controller doesn’t seem to deliver enough precision to match the game. Am I the only one? Or has anyone else experienced the same?
I haven't played the Xbox version, but you're issue may be with whatever display you're playing on. If you're playing on a TV, make sure you're running "Game Mode", it can usually be found in the TV settings.
If you have you're Xbox connected to some other device (like a receiver) then that external device is connected to your TV's HDMI port, instead try connecting the Xbox directly to the TV's HDMI port. A lot of receivers and other devices will add processing to the image which also can add lag.
Make sure you're playing natively on the console and not streaming it, as it can cause input lag.
thank you!!! ❤️
Thanks!
good stuff
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME QUICK CAST WAS FASTER??? I’VE PLAYED THIS GAME FOR 3 YEARS WHYYYYYYY
No idea, but funny enough someone else today had the same comment 😄
No idea, but funny enough someone else today had the same comment 😄
Why do you think it's called "quick cast"?
Every time I have charged nail arts and try to dash, I cant and instead it releases great slash. How do you guys dash when having nail arts charged?
@@gaghhuh2943 When you press dash, you release the nail button pretty much immediately. For a split second both buttons will be presssed, but no longer then that.
Below I will try to illistrate, the 2nd row is to illistrate the difference in time when pressing and releasing buttons
Hold Y --> Press ZR -->
Release Y
@@ProNerdy no I literally couldnt dash when charging but I asked on reddit and found out its because of keybinds. But thanks anyway
What the fuck I didn't know you can mash the Y for cyclone
Very late as I have literally done everything this game has to offer for now at least but this was cool
However the quick cast one is wrong. It barely changes anything and when there are like 12 buttons used without QC it's already annoying and using 13 buttons is a nightmare. Also I don't see replies in my notifs
Also descending dark gives like 2 frames of invincibility 😐
Anyways I learned a lot of cool stuff like the triple jumps and stuff so thanks ig
Glad you enjoyed the video even if you have already done everything in HK. I play on controller so using quick cast (my R button) wasn't too hard to get used to, but I could see how it could be difficult to implement for keyboard controls. Quick Cast is a little bit faster even if by just a little bit, but anytime time on my inputs is worth it to me. Descending Dark gives 0.4 seconds of invincibility without stalwart shell. It seems like a very small amount of time on paper, but in practice it's plenty long enough to dodge enemy attacks and patterns. That in combination with descending darks coming out just a little faster with quick cast has saved me so many times with Abs Rad's light attacks, Grey Prince Zote's random patterns, etc.
@@hollowknightenjoyer ddark gives 0.4 seconds of invincibility and quick cast is definetly faster
What about the downwards dash slash glitch?
I forgot about that when I was making this video. I wasn't focusing on charms too much, just the movement and combat fundamentals, but if I ever do a charms video in the future, I will be sure to include that.
Just use steady body smh
@@hollowknightenjoyer I'll keep that in mind for my All Bindings runs 🙃