I should feel bad for laughing at this, I honestly should, but it's both terrifying and hilarious seeing a *mob of Aspids* follow you from the start of Path of Pain. That DDark was super satisfying though
No cost to great No mind to think No will to break No voice to cry suffuring Born of god and void You shall seal the blinding light that haunts their dreams You are the vessel You are the hollow knight
kingsmould - ah... what a beautiful day to guard the end of path of pain... oh! the knight! i shall guard this place with- WHAT THE F IS THAT FOLLOWING IT
All this training just means that when Silksong does come out Fireb0rn's first playthrough will last 15 minutes and end with him beating the final boss blindfolded
Just imagine enjoying a quiet moment with your dad, all alone, just him and you... and then your sibling comes in with 50 unkillable enemies trying to kill him.
Fun Fact: In the Divine Comedy, the sinners of Sloth run endlessly in circles away from bugs. What is less well known is that those bugs are actually Primal Aspids!
Ok but when I saw "chasing behind" in the title I didn't expect they would LITERALLY TELEPORT to you lol. Also the sound all 50 of them make just hovering is so cursed.
The majority of hits the aspids got in were due to their teleporting. If it weren't for that, fireb0rn actually would've stayed ahead of them the whole time.
Pale King: Come do this extremely hard platforming challenge child! Knight: _shakes head no very vigorously_ Pale King: _spawns 50 unkillable primal aspids behind it_ How about now?
Upsides of using this mod: you can pogo the aspids to get through long thorn-covered hallways Downsides of using this mod: there are absolutely no downsides to this
The simple fact that he was able to do this, without dying until the very end AND use them to his advantage throughout the path is a testament to just how skilled (or bored) fireb0rn is.
@@Dynvali you can find it in mossbag's cut content video. Dream diving was originally meant to be like small challenges that would give you lore about the npcs at the end but it was cut from the game unfortunately.
The fact that you didn't get hit by a single trap is a horrifying level of impressive. Anyone who doubts your God Gamer status needs to watch this video and be converted. [Edit: someone pointed out in the description that I'm wrong about fire not getting hit, so, apologies for missing that. I still stand by my point though]
@@drascia yeah the uploader is a skilled player for sure, 10x better than me lol, i could never play through path of pain in one try and don't even think about the primal aspids, anyways cheers mate
It was supposed to be a mechanic using the dream nail that, when you deal nail an NCP, you could enter their mind and explore. Team Cherry decided to scrap the idea because it would have taken too long.
Someone looked at This nearly kaizo level Of extreme dificulty and Said: not hard enough, needs more Touhou Also the SMW athletic Theme vocês an extra spice
You mastered PoP so much it looks like it's just a peaceful walk in the park for you. I'd think path of pain is not hard at all after seing this video. *If I never tried it myself, that is.* But unfortunately, I tried. And the whole thing I witnessed makes me shake in terror
@@legrandliseurtri7495 I did complete it. Once. And it is still unbelievably hard for me. To be honest, even common section of White Palace is very hard every time, despite me completing it like 10 times or so
@@notveryartificial4486 the entirety of white palace is hard because of those zoomin' sawblades that enter the screen without a proper warning giving you bascially no chance to react. But for fire, they are no longer a problem because he has done white palace / PoP so much that he knows by hard where they are.
A version of this with Yakety Sax would just add to the chaos. Also, this is what I imagine the Hell form of the afterlife looks like in the HK universe.
I would actually like to see you try and speedrun the entire game with around 10 primal aspids chasing you. I say 10 because during bossfights it will be a pain to deal with them so I want to give you a chance.
Top 10 ways to motivate you to make it through Path Of Pain. #1: 50 unkillable Primal Aspids chasing behind that you want to get away from as much as Squidward wants to get away from SpongeBob.
Impossible: “I am the hardest mod!” Any radiance: “No I am the hardest mod!” “Amateurs” Any radiance: “What did you say?” Path of pain but with 50 unkillable aspids chasing behind: “AMATEURS”
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The Path of Pricks
It ain't the path of pricks until you get rid of the wingsmoulds and have to rely on aspid power alone
Wait..skurry Views fireborn?
the legend himself
@@serious5109 themself
Robe09 JA yeah like a couple of times,
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, no Primal Aspids were hurt during the making of this video.
they're better off being it
And no grubs were hurt
My ego and incompetence was very hurt though...
Sadly
Unfortunately
I should feel bad for laughing at this, I honestly should, but it's both terrifying and hilarious seeing a *mob of Aspids* follow you from the start of Path of Pain. That DDark was super satisfying though
There is a time when a DDark isn't satisfying enough? Ñe that move is really badass
I already satisfied myself with DDark a fkn hundred times against lost kin and didn't beat him
And I also already beat HK first try
And not just any Aspids. Invincible Aspids.
@@motorbread I beat NKG under 10 attempts with channeled nail and only 3 charms :)
"Ah yes. Just me, my son, and these 50 Primal Aspids behind us. What a perfect view."
The king should have just used primal aspid as his defense mechanism
@@reivaldoaurelio4895 "primal aspidmoulds"
Ah, *perfection*
@@goldcreeper7376 please don't give them any ideas.
*sons
Pale King: *instilling and idea into his perfect vessel*
The background: *sounds of machine guns that rivals Omaha Beach*
I can just imagine the utter look of fear on the Kingsmoulds when they see 50 primal aspids emerging from the ceiling
…No voice to cry suffering
No cost to great
No mind to think
No will to break
No voice to cry suffuring
Born of god and void
You shall seal the blinding light that haunts their dreams
You are the vessel
You are the hollow knight
@@thefknguy12766 well actually if the kingsmold were truly empty like the knight then the pale king would have just used it instead. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
kingsmould - ah... what a beautiful day to guard the end of path of pain... oh! the knight! i shall guard this place with- WHAT THE F IS THAT FOLLOWING IT
@@humanbeing301 would of been easier for the white lady thats for sure
This is the most panicked movements ive seen someone do while playing hk. Not even the pantheon of hollownest makes someone so frantic
Remember this is fireb0rn were talking
Normally you’d be waiting for the saws to line up but he’s like “ain’t nobody got time fo’ dat”
It's not panic, it's methodical.
@@metawolf987 Yeah he's just making corrections to avoid being hit or course correcting after being knocked.
Panicked? No. Frantic? Maybe. Frenetic? Yes. Very high APM.
All this training just means that when Silksong does come out Fireb0rn's first playthrough will last 15 minutes and end with him beating the final boss blindfolded
Bonus : with no tool, upgrade
He will be the final boss tho
@@0megazeero Oof, the glory of beating silksong will be equal to the glory of beating anyrad then.
when will it come out though
Yea
Love how he literally has the most defense charm build u can think of
Nice like number pog
nice like number 2: electric boogaloo
This reminded me a lot of a build for Any Radiance
What else are you gonna use offense charms
Shape of Unn + Quick Focus is pretty good. Beat NKG with it.
Just imagine enjoying a quiet moment with your dad, all alone, just him and you...
and then your sibling comes in with 50 unkillable enemies trying to kill him.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🐎
So a regular school day and a provoked fight between my siblings and half the school?
That just seems like a normal day in hallownest.
And then your sibling dies in front of your eyes
I'm beginning to think Team Cherry is withholding silksong just to see how far the community will go
They're probably just making the game mega, i mean the original hollow knight got quite a few dlcs they are gods when it comes to content
@@AdaTheWatcher Silksong's gonna come out and the average playthrough time is gonna be like 200 hours
I kinda want them to release it with no warning and all the sudden one day we’ll be like wait this came out ?!
@@monovailable442 well team cherry in that regard is like the person who keeps adding more stuff into thier sandwich mid bite lol
@@monovailable442 not to mention that there two places
And suddenly the hardest plattforming section in the game became just a background noise while escaping from an angry mob
Fun Fact: In the Divine Comedy, the sinners of Sloth run endlessly in circles away from bugs. What is less well known is that those bugs are actually Primal Aspids!
I did not know that, neat! Thank You for the trivia LightSoul8!
You just earned a new subscriber, because I like you!
:)!
What happens if you don't give a hecc and let the bugs eat you
@@aierisfrost8447 Maybe you become a sinner of Acedia
@@aierisfrost8447 you respawn.
@@aierisfrost8447 the demo ends and it asks for your credit card details
2:40 The primal aspid shooting with perfect accuracy right when fireb0rn landed was so relatable.
It was waiting for him too
I swear this game AI is sooooo frustrating hahaha it brings reflexe to another level
You would know a thing or two about unfair hits, wouldn't you, Delirium pfp?
It teleported to the perfect place to shoot him from, making it basically impossible to predict, just like delirium
Ok but when I saw "chasing behind" in the title I didn't expect they would LITERALLY TELEPORT to you lol. Also the sound all 50 of them make just hovering is so cursed.
you got my attention at 'saw'
-My son is perfectly fine
-Ma'am, your son tried to do the Path of Pain while being chased by 50 invincible primal aspids.
"Tried? He succeeded far as im concerned"
@@BobThePenguin., that's even more concerning.
"Ma'am, the mere fact that your son plays Hollow Knight is concerning."
"Ma'am, this is a Wendys."
complicated way to say he tried to commit suicide
You know the challenge is hard when the speedrunner brings out Carefree Melody.
you know the challenge is hard when the speedrunner brings out friggin Baldur Shell.
@@IschmarVI you know the challenge is hard when they equip both AND focus
Shape of Unn, Baldur Shell, and Carefree Melody. God damn.
@@Apparently_I_am_everywhere and stallwart shell i think
Soooo this is hard as ANY RADIANCE
my sister says this is a "visual representation of trying to write an essay 24 hours before it's due"
Nobody:
FireB0rn: there's nOT ENOUGH _PAIN!_
this is 10% pain
20% pain
15% concentrated power of pain
5% pain
50% pain
and 100% reason to remember the pain
Team Cherry, please hurry up and release Silksong before fireb0rn loses his sanity with these mods lmao.
He already has LAMO
True
Youre implying he hasnt?
He already has
Its too late now...
The Knight has no words and yet his movements betray unimaginable terror
Whoever made this mod absolutely owns the 'fastest spot earned in Hell-any%' category
The majority of hits the aspids got in were due to their teleporting. If it weren't for that, fireb0rn actually would've stayed ahead of them the whole time.
Fireborn has done the path of pain hitless in a dark mode. I think that if the aspids didn't teleport, it would have been straight up easy
They didnt, there are places where they couldnt follow him so he placed another 50 aspids each time that happened
@@guesnty no fireb0rn outran the aspids
path of pain but with free soul batteries that likes to give u some cuddles. but by the cuddling cheesecakes that is horrifying as breaded apple trees
You okay Zen ?
What is this?
I, uh… are you hungry or smth???
terrifying
Dude you good? Go and eat a Snickers
The sound of all of them flying at once is like the world's most ominous tooth brushing.
*the sounds of brushing in dark mode*
@@bobtheanimator8353 LOL
Military grade tooth brush
I love how this is literally hell and theres goffy ah jolly Mario music in the background
That's exactly why i paused to laugh my ass off
the good news: you always have 50 enemys to nail jump on
the bad news: they're primal aspids
the bad news 2: they are immortal and they can telefrag you
They shockingly helped him by being in the way if the thorns
*of
@@FullyArmedNightOwl but also got in the way of things he needed to pogo on our cdash through, lol. both weirdly good and horrible.
@@ГлебВинокуров-с8ы Bad news 3:you can’t actually see the cutscene
this how facing primal aspids feels like for mere mortals like us.
I like how a tri-shot enemy trumps everyone in all skill levels if there’s enough of them
there is only so much room on the screen my man this isn't touhou
1 is enough
@@807D14M0ND5 Agreed except if you have the charged nail attack
@@piki2pikachu Game instantly turns into a bullet hell game
@@piki2pikachu At least in touhou you have the tiniest hitbox known to man.
seeing "i need silksong" at the end and realizing this video was posted 2 years ago hit different
@@correcthorsebatterystaple4831 hits even more differently when your comment is 10 months ago
@@gaswe9236 NOOOOOOOOOO
@@gaswe9236 and in 5 days it'll be 3 years...
hoping for him to release a part 2 with 100 primals aspids and no charms equipped
Don't give him terrible ideas!
Pale King: Come do this extremely hard platforming challenge child!
Knight: _shakes head no very vigorously_
Pale King: _spawns 50 unkillable primal aspids behind it_ How about now?
@Illuminite hell yes
:D :D :D
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Knight : *vigorously nods head*
1:44 This is one of the most terrifying sounds I ever heard
“Is this hell...?”
*”Truly, it is worse”*
God would never be so cruel as to create a hell like this.
We did this ourselves.
The only fate worse than death
There is worse
Putting every flying enemy in the entire game in there
Not really
You know it’s hard when Fireb0rn actually *takes damage*
Team Cherry, don’t you see? This is what the lack of Silksong has driven us too!
"What's the definition of insanity? "
"Doing Path of Pain with 50 primal aspids chasing you?"
"What? Of cours n- you know what? That's fair enough"
@@nickspencerfishingrodd2383 i feel like this is way past insanity
it's a whole new level of insane that has no word yet
@@robinzegerman Yes there is, it’s yshsjsudufnend
@@HattedFool oh my, that is an incredible word. how exactly does one pronounce it?
@@robinzegerman There’s no pronunciation, your brain has scrambled so much all you know is gibberish.
Upsides of using this mod: you can pogo the aspids to get through long thorn-covered hallways
Downsides of using this mod: there are absolutely no downsides to this
@SolsticE they
They were making a joke
This is fine.
Absolutely none at all
@Panel Deepak the "they" was a correction, and then a separate statement
Downsides: not enough aspids, baby game
2:06 moment is so epic lol. You're climbing faster than their bullets can reach you
It’s also perfectly timed with the music
The only time when the buzzing of saws actually seems peaceful
The simple fact that he was able to do this, without dying until the very end AND use them to his advantage throughout the path is a testament to just how skilled (or bored) fireb0rn is.
Gandalf: "Tell me *friend*, when did Fireb0rn the Wise reject reason for madness?"
Fireb0rn: "I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you... have elected... the Path of... Pain!"
I need to see an entire playthrough of the game like this now.
Don’t give him ideas
Almost had that in a randomizer
I did not finish that one
Calm down, Satan
you sadistic monster.
@@AIexPlayGames oops! All primal aspid..
What the fu-
Actually, I’m not going to question.
Good choice
So is this what team cherry meant when they said "running from a horde of unkillable nightmares" when you did the dream diving thing
this is the closest thing i could’ve imagined they could do
when did team cherry say that?
@@shaunhayes3072 ah yes of course the dream diving thing, it all makes sense now
@@Dynvali you can find it in mossbag's cut content video. Dream diving was originally meant to be like small challenges that would give you lore about the npcs at the end but it was cut from the game unfortunately.
@@justaguy7986 oooh yeah that does actually ring a bell now, thanks
5 seconds later: fire born uploaded “path of pain with 50 primal aspids following me no hit backwards”
you forgot to mention that the entire Path is dark
@@Pionterus yeah
With wind
@@pitori. HAHA YES
@@HaniM313 and pure vessels and you at the end
AnyRad is nothing compared to this...
*Radiant Charmless Spell-less 1 HP AnyRad
Someone should mod anyprimalaspid next
@@Oricorio-Pom-Pom not just radiant but also 1hp, crazy
@@BigDBrian well of course. Jacob is just saying that AnyRad will have one health ;)
Tbh AnyRad looks a lot harder than even this...
Imagine seeing the path of pain and saying “let me make it harder”
Omg this is hella cursed, they should have called it Path of True Pain
Path of Absolute Pain
The Path of Eternal and Complete Suffering
Of any pain
Path of Why Have You Done This To Yourself
Path of Primal Pain
The fact that you didn't get hit by a single trap is a horrifying level of impressive. Anyone who doubts your God Gamer status needs to watch this video and be converted.
[Edit: someone pointed out in the description that I'm wrong about fire not getting hit, so, apologies for missing that. I still stand by my point though]
I mean he got hit by some spikes
Never said i'd doubt anything, just correcting the "didn't get hit" statement. Although idk if you would consider the wall spikes traps
@@irasac1 I would count a trap as anything that causes a respawn. I didn't see any, but even if it was only one, my point still stands :)
@@drascia yeah the uploader is a skilled player for sure, 10x better than me lol, i could never play through path of pain in one try and don't even think about the primal aspids, anyways cheers mate
@@irasac1 cheers to you as well ♡ it took me like... 2-3 hours to do Path of Pain the first time and I haven't touched it since lmao
Mario World's music was perfect for this - with the sawblades and enemy spam, Path of Pain is essentially an SMM level.
kaizo hack
I was thinking of Muncher Marathon from DKCR when watching this
This is the most Hollow Knight video I've ever watched and the fact that this challenge is even possible is even more Hollow Knight
I love how there's more chances to pogo around despite the rain of aspid bullets flying across the screen
excuse me was i playing hollow knight? or "dodge the air?"
👁👄👁 I remember when someone suggested this as a joke. I never thought you would actually do something like this. You truly deserve the title godgamer.
"I suggested this as a joke" to a hollow knight player is like telling a pyromaniac where the querosene is and expect him to control himself
I remember the suggestion coming from a reddit comment wishing this upon anyone who used spells to kill the Nailsmith
@@tibiafibiafie lol
Why does the music fit this scenario so well......
The fact there’s just happy and nice music playing in the background while fire’s heart is going at like a trillion beats per second and he’s dying
It's the horde of invincible flying nightmares that Team Cherry wanted to add with dream diving
this feels way more like nightmare diving instead
What is dream diving?
@@Pedro_eqw a cut feature where you entered the dreams of characters with the dream nail
It was supposed to be a mechanic using the dream nail that, when you deal nail an NCP, you could enter their mind and explore. Team Cherry decided to scrap the idea because it would have taken too long.
@@nopeunid Non-character player
Someone looked at This nearly kaizo level Of extreme dificulty and Said: not hard enough, needs more Touhou
Also the SMW athletic Theme vocês an extra spice
1:42 favorite part because I've noticed swarm of aspids stalking from the shadows way too late
This is absolute chaos and I love every second of it
also at least you have something to pogo off of
That ending was the most painful thing I’ve ever seen and I genuinely feel bad for him
Truly a man worthy of being the Headmaster of the God Gamer Academy
Pathspids.
The "I need Silksong... please" at the end, accompanied by buzzsaws feels appropriate for the Hollow Knight community.
Right below this on my search list was "Totally Unnecessary Things to Do in Hollow Knight," and that feels poetic.
I fear no aspid,
but that final watch prompt,
It scares me
This is what I imagine hell to be.
I love this comment more then I should
Honestly, Hell is a beautiful place compared to this nightmare.
This is insane the man took up the final challenge the hardest thing any hollow knight player could do
I find boss rushes harder. :-/
Me: “Are you a god gamer?”
Fireb0rn: “And a *huge* masochist.”
You mastered PoP so much it looks like it's just a peaceful walk in the park for you. I'd think path of pain is not hard at all after seing this video. *If I never tried it myself, that is.* But unfortunately, I tried. And the whole thing I witnessed makes me shake in terror
Did you ever get it? I promised, once you've done it, it becomes quite chill. I did it in four separate playthrought.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 I did complete it. Once. And it is still unbelievably hard for me. To be honest, even common section of White Palace is very hard every time, despite me completing it like 10 times or so
@@notveryartificial4486 Oh ok.
@@notveryartificial4486 the entirety of white palace is hard because of those zoomin' sawblades that enter the screen without a proper warning giving you bascially no chance to react. But for fire, they are no longer a problem because he has done white palace / PoP so much that he knows by hard where they are.
You being able to do it under these circumstances gave me the motivation to do it under normal circumstances, and I finally completed it. Thanks, man.
Congrats!
Idea: do it again with 50 unkillable crystal hunters
Primal Crystal Aspids
oh fuck
that would be unethical
50 Unkillable Absolute Radiance
@@Randomperson-hl4di 100 NKG
This is definitely becoming the next subway surfers clip in the back of shorts
The fact fire put himself through what I call living hell makes him a true god gamer for doing this
Up next: Path of pain, but with 50 unkillable versions of every enemy in the game chasing me
Just one additional boss joining the chase whenever you change the scene will do.
Like
You say that jokingly, but apparently there are no "Jokes" in these challenge requests. Only more suggestions.
@@RubiRenegade it's a joke. I think that's too much torture even for hollow knight players.
@@shade6001 Yeah, but so was AnyRadiance
And people did that too, so- yeah
No stop he might actually do it
This is so unbelievably cursed! I freaking can't stop giggling at the mario music
1:11 the two pogos go so perfectly with the music here
And today we confirm that Fireb0rn is in fact, a true masochist
I could not stop laughing at how stupidly difficult this is, and the ending was perfect! Great work!
A version of this with Yakety Sax would just add to the chaos.
Also, this is what I imagine the Hell form of the afterlife looks like in the HK universe.
3:32 Me imagino el grito de agonizacion que tiro el que estaba jugando en esos momentos xd
I would actually like to see you try and speedrun the entire game with around 10 primal aspids chasing you. I say 10 because during bossfights it will be a pain to deal with them so I want to give you a chance.
How about.. 100
@Dorol Calm down there, Satan
@@EmiPlayzMC Alright fine, I'll meet you at 99 (:
@@dorol6375 Better, but still evil.
Hi I’m the person worse than eaten how about 1200
Top 10 ways to motivate you to make it through Path Of Pain.
#1: 50 unkillable Primal Aspids chasing behind that you want to get away from as much as Squidward wants to get away from SpongeBob.
Meanwhile,
Silksong devs: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
Bro makes the Path of Pain look like the Simple Sidewalk.
"How much do you love orange juice?"
- Yes.
I just lost to absolute radiance in PoH in the climb phase, this is just what I needed
Update: I beat PoH :D
It's like seagulls on the beach when they realize you have food. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Given how the whole community described the aspids, this is what I expected them to be
“POP with primal aspids chasing after you isn’t real, it can’t hurt you”
POP with primal aspids:
Next: beating Hollow Knight's True Ending 112% with 50 unkillable Primal Aspids chasing me in Steel Soul
1:34 that was pretty satisfying tho
Now this is the kind of silliness I like
With this music, the run seems so casual but if you watch it with the volume down you can kind of tell just how intense this was
Hollow Knight and Pale King: *having a wholesome moment*
Primal Aspids: Mind if I join?
:D
Me interrupting in school be like
Impossible: “I am the hardest mod!”
Any radiance: “No I am the hardest mod!”
“Amateurs”
Any radiance: “What did you say?”
Path of pain but with 50 unkillable aspids chasing behind: “AMATEURS”
i suggest, path of pain but with 51 unkillable primal aspids following you
@@TheTrueXaver smort
@Muhammad Yassin Reijnders muck
Any radiance with 52 primal aspids
and teleporting
3:03 “Ah, finally a new challenger, may our fight be legenda- why the fuck are there so many goddamn mosquitoes chasing you what the hell”
I believe I can speak for everyone when I say "fuck this, just no"
The music choice here really makes it for me. This is gold
So this was what the "Hoard of invincible nightmares" for Dream Diving that team cherry talked about that was cut.
path of primal pain - the agonising sequel to pain of pain
What I see:
What fire sees: FREE SOUL!!!
Honestly the best music choice he could have made xd
It makes everything fun instead of scary
ori has learned to run from threats and it's time the knight does too