21:48 However, be warned, at a certain point, gaining or losing Lifeblood masks will look the same. There's no second mask bar, eventually the masks will leave the screen.
I think Winged Nosk is actually the form Nosk took to lure the Stalking Devout to its lair. They’re incredible devoted to the royal family so it makes sense.
I'm pretty sure Nosk can read the mind of its prey, and therefore, lure other bugs easier by transforming into someone the prey loves, so I don't think it exactly saw it as Hornet, but that's a good theory
Iz true - for any long challenge in any game, breaks help improve focus. Whether that's a boss rush mode in Hollow Knight, a few runs of Binding of Isaac, or trying to climb the ranked ladder in Starcraft or League of Legends, breaks reduce the amount of unforgivable mistakes you might make.
16:29 That messed me up so bad. I just barely made it trough sly and didn't heal because I thought there would be a rest point. Had to start all over again.
Yeah, fair. One tactic we can do is Dream Nail Sly when he's bowing to us after the fight to get a bunch of Soul so we can heal when the Hornet fight starts.
If you struggle with markoth, I recommend using hiveblood and dodging during javelin phases. Also for winged nosk, you can jump, shade cloak and double jump off the ground to avoid any infection attack
@@prismaticpaul Failed champion is pretty trivial if you know how to abuse the stagger phase. Alternating between hitting the armor from above, dreamnailing the head and healing allows you to heal to full every time it staggers. Just make sure not to forget to attack the head once you've healed up, otherwise the fight won't progress.
This guide is seriously so helpful! I honestly think this pantheon could have cut out a lot of the bosses to make it a 15-20 boss gauntlet of the hardest bosses in the game and it would've been just as difficult while being half the time
Agreed. I get the glory of fighting every boss, but we really, really don't need to be facing a sandbag Massive Moss Charger when our only real opponents are at Markoth and beyond.
You should if you are looking for a fun challenge. It is really hard at the start, but after enough time of practicing you can do it pretty easily. The only hard bosses are Markoth and...uh huh huh, the final boss. So far they are the only one that ended my runs (and Markoth scored more than the final boss). But after getting it consistently I can win it around fifty percent of the time without being super focus into it. If you do try it, please have fun, and keep your sanity intact.
@@anhuynhpc P5 for the most part really isn't fun. All the fun bosses are towards the end, and with Markoth and Zote back to back, dying there means having to grind through all those early game bosses again. Doing all the bosses in the Hall of Gods is far more fun, and the only reason I did P5 was to unlock those.
@@MrPatrickbuit The special bosses like sisters of battle are unlocked after defeating the first 3 pantheons because it unlocks godseeker mode, and in godseeker mode all bosses are unlocked except absolute radiance.
I knew this guide was going to be a long one. But I didn't expect a two-part guide! Time to wait a little more for Absolute Touhou. Also, that thumbnail is amazing.
I've only recently gotten into Hollow Knight, and the idea of doing the Pantheons seems insane to me, but seeing others do it and talk about it makes it seem so much more attainable.
I FINALLY DID IT!!! I HAVE ASCENDED TO THE TOP AND BEATEN THE PANTHEON OF HALLOWNEST!! I have done everything except beat Absolute Radiance on radiant in the Hall of Gods and 5th pantheon bindings.
Great job. I don't know how you beat Markoth in radiant because I can't even get to phase 2 of him. The absolute radiance problem is that sometime there just so many things on the screen at once that you barely have the time to think and breath. Not that I have beaten her in radiant but I would say that she is not too bad as a boss.
Well yeah. If I had done every single boss in this one video, it would have been 4 hours long. You wouldn't have even clicked the thumbnail seeing the video was so long.
Perpetual noob : I recommend you have the pure nail, all masks, all soul vessels, all charm notches, all nail arts, all combat related movement abilities, every empowered spell and all charms Me who beat the pantheon of hallownest with everything but one charm : 😎
@@PerpetualNoob And thank god you can bring all your experience and knowledge from the HK boss discussions directly to Silksong when it finally comes out (probably) 2021! :-D
Great video! I'm trying to beat the Pantheon of Hallownest right now, and your videos have been extremely helpful. I personally think a video on Absolute Radiance would be helpful, and would like to see that! Again, great video, and have a great day!
Thank you Nabriel! I'm so glad these have been helping! :D And there is an Absolute Radiance guide in the works. It is unfortunately taking way longer than I want but you can see where I'm at over on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/perpetualnoob3
Ascended markoth imO is harder than radiant absRad. I hate that boss from the bottom of my heart. He is just so incredibly difficult and bad at the same time
Hey, Rory, awesome guide! Although I finished hollow knight long time ago (except the final boss, I'm not a masochist) it was still a really interesting video to watch (even some cool lore at the end). So I guess your next video will conclude the boss discussion of hollow knight, huh. It was a wild ride! Can't wait for Silksong and your videos on it. Hope we get some news in the near future, it's been a long time since we had any.
Yes! Deep focus is finally mentionned! I use it on it's own, with shape of Unn or with quick focus depending on where I am in the pantheon of hallownest. Generally, deep focus alone is good for the first half of the fourth pantheon, deep+shape of Unn is for the second half of the fourth pantheon and finally deep+quick focus for Pure vessel/absolute radiance. I didn't do any of the bindings, so I switched charms at pretty much every bench. For the first two pantheon, I mostly chose different charms for fun, but for the later pantheons I actually tried having good strategies.
Thank you for this guide Rory! I might use this once I actually start playing again. I haven't even done the dlc yet because of I got busy! Gotta bring myself back into the game before Silksong.
When I played Hollow Knight for the first time I was really frustrated during the Collosseum of Fools because I'm (apparently) very bad at the combat in Hollow Knight. That's why your videos helped me with a lot of the bosses during my normal playthrough. When Godmaster came out I was extremely discouraged because I knew I would never ever be able to finish the game to its full content... I enjoy watching people beat the Pantheon of Hallownest, but I'll never even TRY Godmaster for the purpose of not ruining my experience and memory of the game.
The first two pantheons were pretty easy all things considered. Mato and Oro was the only boss who gave me any trouble (and I'm really not that good). Being able to practice each boss in the hall of gods is amazing, I even learned I could damage tank Sheo consistently with my basic charm build. I haven't given the third one a shot yet but it looks like it's a step up. I'd at least give the first two a shot I'm sure you'd be able to do them :) (just don't fuck with bindings)
@@darkstar1417 I managed to beat pantheon 4, but I'm never going to do the final one. It's a shame since I'd really like to reach AbsRad and unlock her in the Hall of Gods, but that's too far for me. Markoth + GPZ would drive me insane
@@acon70 We only need to beat the first 3 Pantheons to fight SoB and Winged Nosk because we access Godseeker Mode after that and in Godseeker Mode, we can fight everything but the final boss. 🙂
Few Charm Build ideas: Full Nail: M. of Pride, Strength, Quick Slash; hitting fast and hard means a window for only one hit turns into two hits for the damage of three. Full Spell: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister; can be built with flex room - Quick Slash and Catchers means more soul generation. Survivor: Quick Focus, Deep Focus, Unn, Stalwart Shell: Slippery little slug that heals quickly and efficiently; also, the invincibility time of Shell is longer than a Deep Focus cast. You can also hybridize these builds. Shaman Stone and Twister is only 5 slots, leaving room for Quick Slash and Strength for full damage, or sub Strength for Mark of Pride to more reliably hit and therefore generate soul if spells are your main go-to. As well, Deep Focus is extremely expensive at 4 slots, so sticking with just Quick Focus+Unn opens up healing windows (like ducking under Grimm's bats) while still having 6 slots for staples like Strength, Pride, or Shaman Stone. My go-to is full nail. I tend to find the healing charms too expensive, and the trifecta of Strength, Pride, and Quick Slash all enhance each other to the point where I find the trio hard to break, while also leaving 2 utility notches for Heart, Dash Master, or just a bog standard Wayward Compass.
I'm still struggling to beat this pantheon, but this guide has given me some much needed support! I've made it to Winged Nosk a few times, but I still get too nervous to fight effectively. Gonna practice in HoG to get more familiar with that crazy beast... Wish me luck!
The best i have got by now it's to nosket but i have been practicing it so i think i will be able to beat this pantheon in this days, i am excited because beating the pantheon of hallownest it's the only trophy that i still need for the platinum of hollow knight (ps4) this guide is very helpful, if i remember to do it i gonna edit this comment when i beat the pantheon, honestly after markoth i think it's going to be kind of easy Amazing thumbnail btw
when god seeker said "could you be one of them?" the them she referring was probably the higher beings since the god seeker probably didn`t know much about the white lady and thus was not 100% sure weather or not she was a higher being.
Maybe? The reason why I'm not sure about that is because she could already sense the White Lady despite her intentionally hiding her power and the Godseeker could sense her along with other higher beings like Unn and the Pale King and the final boss. Are you suggesting that perhaps the White Lady's power signature is different enough that the Godseeker is like, "Okay you are powerful but are you the same as a higher being?"
@@PerpetualNoob I think that is what they are suggesting because none of the bosses are actually higher beings except for Absolute Radiance. All three she could sense in these rooms are higher beings, but the white lady power has been suppress by herself significantly. But maybe you could argue that Unn power has also been weaker than it used to be, therefore we can't say that this line would make the white lady stand out. But I don't know so I can't defense this argument against that.
I never beat the pantheon of hallownest, but I’ve beaten the first 2, and with 3 binding (separately), and these where my charms: Unbreakable strength Shaman stone Unbreakable heart Weaversong Grubsong
8:48 Technically you can do Marmu wall strats, it's just a little more dangerous if you mess up. 18:55 If your nervous AF at this point I'd suggest having Weaverlings and Grub song charm for safely collecting soul. (It's a bit cowardly but it worked for me and helped me learn how to effectively dodge with this group of bosses.) 22:00 DON'T EQUIP LIFE BLOOD CHARMS!!! JUST DON'T!!! They do not get recovered after Pure Vessel and trust me there are more helpful charms at this point.
My ol’ reliable was Strength, Mark of Pride, Soul Catcher, and Quickslash. I used three of these with very obvious reason. Soul Catcher may be a strange choice but I wanted to gather as much soul as possible without using up as many Charm Notches like Soul Eater does. I also wanted to gather as much soul as possible to use as many spells as possible and heal more often. I may be leaning to a more nail based play style, but spells are important as well. So I equipped Soul Catcher. I could’ve equipped Shaman Stone to increase spell power or Quick Focus to speed up healing, but I’m used to fighting with my nail instead of using spells. Kind of a foolish choice of play style in the Pantheon of Hallownest, but whatever I’m used to. Or maybe it’s actually a smart choice of play style, I dunno. It worked. Sure helped against Markoth though! Cough, cough!
I watched your videos some times when playing the game, I know you havent uploaded in a while so you might not read this, but I wanted to say, I now have 115 hrs in the game and I am on the third pantheon, after dying to nkg alot, I can now say in pride that I can beat him first try, I think your videos helped alot with that (seriously, I counted over 130 deaths and over 10 hrs from dying to nkg for so long) so I hope you continue these videos with silksong... god knows I'll need them Edit: yeah I'm not doing this pantheon. Maybe the 4th one, but not this one
P5 gets much more fun after you beat it the first time, cause that's when you start to get in sync with all the earlier bosses. When your focus shifts from beating them to beating them *fast*. Figuring out new ways to style on them, like chaining pogos and shrieks on Vengefly King, punishing Grimm's pufferfish with shriek and nail arts, one-cycling Soul Tyrant's second phase, etc. I've reached the point where I just boot up Hollow Knight to just do P5 for fun, because absolutely dominating every boss in it is just so fun to do. It makes you feel like you've REALLY mastered the game.
I'm personally trying this pantheon, I'm pleased to say I just broke my personal record by defeating winged Nosk & got all the way to Markoth before dying.
I've beat the PoH several times now, although I haven't managed to obtain any bindings on it yet. My general charm loadout throughout the whole thing has been: Strength (Shaman stone after White Poop Man for... reasons) Mark of Pride Quick Focus Dream Wielder Sprintmaster (Can be exchanged for Nailmaster's Glory) I find that the key to beating the pantheon was to beat all of the bosses in the Hall of Gods on ascended, using said charm combination. I also began to defeat the bosses on radiant (using modified charms) after I died a few times at the end of the pantheon, although I did not radiant Sly, Pure Vessel, Markoth, or [REDACTED] until much later.
I am more of nail person, so I always use Strength Long nail Steady body Heart Quick slash If in battles that required a lot of spells I might take out Heart and Steady body and put in Shaman stone, but generally I still just use my nail to damage all enemies.
A little tip if your stuck on sister's of battle. If you have shape of unn equipped, then you can heal while there doing a dash attack, as your body will be low enough to the ground to go right under them.
Defeated pantheon of hallownest today, if i have a hint to give, do every boss in ascended so you memorize very well their patterns. If you desire you could do them even on radiant, but prepare for hell.
Man, we're so close to the end, I can't believe it! Even to this day, Markoth still damn near kills me each time I encounter him in this pantheon. It's amazing to think just removing the floor could up his difficulty so much.
Hah, given what lies at the end, and how _massive_ this final Pantheon is, I don't blame you for splitting it into two parts. 1:34 Mhm, I started noticing this before with the map changes, it's a cool twist to mix up things for these repeat fights! Just... a little cruel to put a new version in the final, painstakingly long pantheon, but it's still cool! 2:20 Eyyyyy. 2:55 Yes Mr. Noob. 3:40 I could hear you laughing after that impression lmao. 4:23 Or like with Broken Vessel! 4:45 Oh really? I didn't even think about that, it'd be neat to do the Pantheon without seeing Tiso. 5:25 Yaaaaay 6:00 Coolest Pantheon change, no doubt! 8:29 Their Dreamnail dialogue also mentions in the original fight that they're glad to finally have a decent challenger! Perhaps they were holding back? 9:26 The Collector has gone too far! 10:34 This part actually got me when I first saw it, I was not expecting a Hornet transformation! Also, since Nosk takes the form of someone close to us, and originally can;t find anything so they just copy the Knight, does that mean that after everything (including the Dream No More ending? Kinda?), the Knight considers Hornet close to them? Perhaps she's just frequent enough in its memories. 11:45 I was wondering lol. 16:10 Maybe? I like my theory better, and the wings just may be a Godhome ascending side effect. Hornet is a loner, but she seems to hold Herrah dear, and Nosk is able to copy dead people, so she'd more likely meet a fake Herrah than a fake her. 18:10 Let's go, who needs a floor? :D 20:00 How did I never even realize NKG isn't in another Pantheon? 24:00 It's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. 24:15 Relationship goals.
First, I just want to say that I appreciate the time and effort your comment(s) took. 😃 Second, let's get into your comments 🙂 I agree, that first time I saw Hornet transform into Winged Nosk was so cool (and scary) because I really didn't expect it. And I do love the idea that just maybe Ghost has connected with someone in their adventures. And yeah, Nosk impersonating Herrah (or maybe the Midwife now that I'm thinking about it more) to lure Hornet sounds real plausible. 🙂 Right? Like, we get to NKG and it's like, "Oh right. You're in this game and we haven't fought yet. Oh no." 😆 You might be right about the Sisters of Battle. Definitely possible. 🙂 Gosh if Godseeker had any idea what we were capable of, she would have been genuflecting and so much nicer to us. Heck, we probably wouldn't have had to fight in any Pantheons except maybe this one. 😆
@@PerpetualNoob Hey, I just as much appreciate that you respond to comments! As someone who makes them a lot it makes me very happy. :D I'll admit the wings still puzzle me, but thanks for liking the theoru. And yeah, we would have been an esteemed guest. She might have even tried to figure out how to resonate with the voidheart!
Godseeker: Door, What door? Oh, you mean THAT door. Don't mind the door it's just the gateway to Absolute unlimited pain and suffering. Ghost:... Seems legit. Also, I uhh, noticed that it's been a little bit since this came out. You doing ok @Perpetual Noob?
@@PerpetualNoob Understandable, this year has been pretty bad. Not to mention needing to make it through the pantheon of Hallownest if you want to beat her for the achievement and the fourth/fifth ending. Anyway, stay safe, hope things work out for you. I gotta get back to studying for midterms. Ugh. Edit: BTW, I've always been really impressed how often you go out answering comments, even when it's four months later. It's always nice to see you tubers doing that sort of thing.
Today I finally reached the final boss of the Pantheon after several failed attempts all week. Most of these failed attempts were because of Markoth and Zote, I think the developers went a bit too far with that combination. I had some initial trouble with Sisters of Battle, Ascended Uumuu (because of my initial impatience with that fight) and the Sly/Hornet combo. Now I can at least reach Markoth consistently. For the first 10 fights I use a nail/spell hybrid build to get them over with as quickly as possible. I then use a nail rushdown build for the next 15 fights until I reach the part with Watcher Knights, Uumuu, Nosk, Sly and Hornet. I then switch to a spell build (while keeping unbreakable strength for the added damage) primarily for Uumuu and Hornet. I then switch back to being nail focused for the next five. Its the final seven that gives me the most trouble. I have mastered Soul Tyrant by this point but you really want to start Markoth's fight in a healthy state. I use Nailmaster's Glory and Shaman Stone primarily for Markoth but they are universally useful throughout. Unbreakable Strength is never unequipped throughout my run of the pantheon. I use quick slash to damage Zote, Failed Champion and Grimm as much as possible. The final slot tends to go to Grubsong to help me recover if things start to go badly. The lack of nail range is a problem but I need the great/dash slash to damage Markoth reliably and safely. With enough practise on these bosses I can beat them somewhat reliably now but Markoth and Zote still remain the major problem. I like Markoth (normal version only) and Zote on their own but when paired together it creates the most unfair part in all of what I've played of Hollow Knight so far. Sometimes I beat them without too many issues and at other times they're assholes who give me the worst RNG and either kill me, weaken me for Zote or for the Failed Champion. Nightmare King Grimm and Pure Vessel are very difficult but they are also fair and consistent. You can improve by practising them enough to consistently beat them. No matter how much I practise Ascended Markoth or Zote it always feels like its up to how generous they are feeling for my attempts. Paired together I find them too RNG depended and unfair. That's enough ranting about Markoth and Zote for now. Time to practise the final boss and the other difficult bosses.
Something super important, I think, that you didn't touch on is after beating Sly, he can be dreamnailed to help set up for the Hornet 2 fight, which can be difficult if you took a lot of dmg fighting Sly. Since Hornet 2 is invulnerable in the first few moments, getting a heal in at the beginning can make the difference. Edit: Same concept for Failed Champion. Dreamnail his corpse before the screen transition to prep for NKG.
@@bluebota1023 I mean not really. The only problem with her I found is that there are too many things at once when fighting her, which make it a fairly intense fight. I personally think even though the orb kind of spawn on the knight is not the fairest move, you should always stay mobile and watch out for what move she is doing. But yes she is a really hard boss to beat and will take a lot of time to get consistent on.
I don't know if you will read it but .. You already know when the absrad video is coming out? Im having a LOT of trouble beating her in the hall of gods, if i beat her i will have the attuned statue, so please, try posting as soon as possible, i love your channel and you helped me a lot!
I'm doing my best to get that out as soon as possible. You can see exactly how I'm getting along with the guide on my Patreon. 🙂 www.patreon.com/perpetualnoob3
It was such a grind practicing in the Hall of Gods, but somehow I beat it for once! The Land of Storms doesn't even feel far off, but doing bindings for this pantheon is practically self-torture....
23:36 I should have listened... I just barely beat Grey Prince Zote, went into Failed Champion with two health, came within inches of dying several times, then managed to knock him down the first time. After that, I easily filled up on health and soul, then smacked him down twice with some Abyss Shrieks and Shade Souls. But I was so hopped up on adrenaline, I lost to Nightmare King Grimm - a boss I usually have no trouble with - right after.
I really think this pantheon shouldn't have been "fighting every boss". The bosses I think should have been in pantheon 5 are: Brothers oro and mato Paintmaster sheo Great nailsage sly Sisters of battle Resting room after this fight Winged nosk Nightmare king Grimm Resting room after this fight Pure vessel Absolute Radiance Instead of being called pantheon of hallownest it could have been called pantheon of the light. It would have been much better if it was all the new bosses and then the final trio that is: nightmare king Grimm, pure vessel and absolute radiance. The final pantheon is way too long and becomes very boring.
@Perpetual Noob When is the next boss discussion? Im currently doing pantheon of hallownest 2nd try and I just beat Hornet Senteniel, also thanks to you I beat NKG
Perpetual Noob : *tries to act dumb on certain lore points* Me : lol he's just splicing awnser after awnser like it's one of those perfectly cut scream compilations
i think the nosk is a shape shifter and take the form of the beloven ones who lures, thats whywhen we dream nail the corpses before we enter the boss area in deepnest say things like "i thoug you were dead or something like that, but he cant transform into that with voidborn creatures like hornet and the knight so he just transform into them
I can feel the typing as people carefully articulate their comments on how hornet isn't void. Prepare yourself El Gengar. The wrath of mossbag is coming
You called hornet void? Mossbag disagrees. Also, Another thing the corpses say is "My face.." nosk just turned into them, Or someone they knew or loved, and turned into a different version of itself,where the top of it is normally a upside down version of them, and the body thin and black, with a infection blob in the middle. in God home the statue of nosk says "The ever changing god of the faceless" so, there.
I know the next video is about the final boss, but can you do a video on the nail binding? specifically bosses like the Collector and Flukmarm when you can't kill what they spawn in one hit.
I'm not planning on doing Binding guides but I can offer some quick advice about the Nail Binding. Spell Twister, Shaman Stone, Strength, Nailmaster's Glory, and Quick Slash are all great options to account for the lack of Nail damage. Nail Arts can do a ton of damage. Quick Slash let's us get almost 2 strikes in in the time it would normally take 1. Spell Twister allows us 1 more spell per Soul Gauge. Strength and Shaman Stone just gives us more Nail and Spell damage, respectively.
The nail binding still allows you to kill the flukemarm spawns with one hit, for the collector, if you are only doing the nail binding, you can use nailmaster's glory and spell twister to just great slash and shade soul anything that the collector spawns instantly, because you don't want him to keep stacking *primal aspids* on you
What an awesome video! Seriously, I can tell a lot of work and effort went into this. I cannot wait for the final boss guide. :) Also a big thanks for giving some valuable tips for the Markoth fight. He's been a big problem on my previous attempts.
I’m pretty sure I can do Pantheon of Hallownest quite easily now since I’ve fought the Ascended and Radiant versions of all the bosses. Well... except for whatever’s behind that door.
A very well-timed video for me, since I've just beaten Pure Vessel with nail binding in practice; should be able to get my 12th binding and then will be starting on serious attempts at P5. A little surprised you didn't mention how good Sharp Shadow is against Winged Nosk. It completely negates the swoop attack (and adds damage!), and since there are enough healing opportunities for when the other attacks hit you, the fight becomes trivial to get past. Still a very annoying fight if you want to keep your lifeblood masks. Godseeker might have been chained up by the Pale Lurker, since she holds the key? We know that the Lurker was a former Colosseum champion, so she must have been a strong fighter once.
By the way, between attempts at the 5th Pantheon, I went back to the 3rd Pantheon & did the Bindings(not all at once), took me 5 tries to beat all 4 so I can get more Lifeblood. Here’s the thing with Lifeblood that some may not know: If you get by a attack that does 2 damage when you have 1 Lifeblood Point, it chops off that Lifeblood Point+The 2 damage you take by the attack.(That why I decide to go do some Bindings, thanks to my attempts at the Pantheon of Hollownest, I was able to beat the Pantheon of the Sage with ease.) Even for the Great Nailsage, I kept my cool during Phase 2 & came out on top. Also, the Lifeblood I had at the time before clearing the Bindings of the Pantheon of the Sage +(Not counting the Charm Binding) Lifeblood Core.
Really good vid, my guy :D I already was looking forward to this for your help but I already finished it while waiting for this! I still can't believe that I did it! I luckily didn't kill GPZ, so I saved a lot of trouble and pain but I still had struggle with some bosses. First Sisters of Battle, then Winged Nosk and then Markoth and then ofc AbsRad (but that's first for the next vid). But seriously Markoth ended so many runs of me. I still hate him. Ok that was enough rant. My charmset for the whole Pantheon was/is Fragile/Unbreakable Strength, Quick Slash, Shaman Stone and Fragile/Unbreakable Heart. For the part that is resembling Pantheon 4 I only switch Fragile/Unbreakable Heart for Sharp Shadow and then switch at the last resting point again to Fragile/Unbreakable Heart. Ok bye!
That's a good point. We don't fight Mantis Lords (only Sisters of Battle) but we do fight both Dung and White Defender, Grimm and NKG, Crystal Guardian and Enraged Guardian, Hornet Protector and Sentinel. But only Winged Nosk. Huh. I don't know why we don't have the original Nosk fight. 😆
Okay so hear me out. To attune with the gods they have to me beaten and the god seeker already was attuned with the nail masters with means they fought at one point. This could have been the reason why god seeker was locked away. Plus Sly sells a simple key. The god seekers nosk face is like hornet witch mean that god seeker ran into hornet but didn’t get to fight them so nosk took the form of hornet. The sisters of battle are all three fighting together witch could mean the first lord once could last longer in battle and that’s why they have the TALL CHAIR 🪑. By lines from the god seeker we know they aren’t attuned to absrad (absolute radiance) and they would like to but they are attuned to the pure vessel? And somehow that partially attuned them to the radiance. Maybe fighting the pure vessel was part of the reason god seeker was locked up, and is the pale king locked them up it might make sense why that one other person that leaps around has a simple key for them
Huh. That is a really interesting idea: that the Godseeker once fought the Nail Masters, Sage, PV, and AbsRad...somehow. Hmm. Not sure how this works because yeah, there are things like Land of Storms and her own dialogue that suggest she doesn't exactly know AbsRad. But maybe that was pageantry to try to deter us? Huh. This is such an interesting idea and does explain why she was locked up: because she was picking fights to get her attunement fix.
Fortunately I didn't saved zote, so I don't need to fight him. I wish I also banished NKG but I love him too much. Best boss of all time Edit: My charm combination is- Soul eater (great to heal), grimmchild, mark of pride and thorns of agony or sprint master
Yeah, that's true: knocking Oomas into the acid instantly kills them but then we don't get their explosive center either and we need that to damage Uumuu. 🙂
Personally I found that Markoth and Zote weren't too difficult. I mainly took advantage of a combination of grubsong and soul twister so that way I could easily gain health back if I was hit in one of those bosses. The only problem with this combo is that it requires you to remove either quick slash, strength, or shamans to use it which can end up making the NKG fight way harder.
Yeah. That is definitely a trade off and not a decision to be taken lightly. The need for planning our Charms for like, 5 different boss fights (especially towards the end) can be one of the bigger challenges of the Pantheon.
@@PerpetualNoob Actually I have lately found that Markoth is a lot easier than one might think I found that if during soul tyrant you make sure to save as much soul as possible than its possible to deal with Markoth from a distance using shade soul. The only other problem that still sticks out is Zote and NKG because pure vessel is easy for me now...no really as in I can beat pure vessel with very little damage sustained.
That was amazing! Still bad at the pantheons, but maybe these tips will finally allow me to complete them. Also, would you be interested in looking at modded bosses? I mean not now, but after finishing this guide. I'd like to see you pick apart fights like Daughter of Hallownest or Pale Champion, maybe not ones like Tribe of Battle which is just Sisters of Battle with Traitor Lord thrown in for an epic family reunion of ass kicking. I'm asking because I've seen these amazing modded boss fights everywhere, but nobody to analyze them. Anyway, it's all up to you to decide, I just thought I'd suggest the idea to you.
“This Nosk fights like they ate a Vengefly King and added his powers to their own.”
That’s incredibly accurate, actually.
So Nosk is Kirby then?
Nosk's body violently erupts out of Kirby's mouth
Nosk is more like Majin Buu, because Kirby trades his ability for the enemy’s.
Nah, he's a Chimera Ant
I AM NOT NOSK
That thumbnail is absolutely amazing, for the record.
It’s the first cutscene in the game
I think he meant all of the bosses put onto the thumbnail
It’s like a movie poster but with to many carcters
@@vegancheese2999 *TOO*
Just felt like being the grammer police, don't actually care
@Maxwell Matas *CHARACTERS*
Sorry for being that one person lol
21:48 However, be warned, at a certain point, gaining or losing Lifeblood masks will look the same. There's no second mask bar, eventually the masks will leave the screen.
The Pantheon of Hallownest gave me anxiety I didn’t know I had
Fair.
I already have Social Anxiety, Now I have More Anxiety, I call it Pantheon Anxiety
@@brianzz6443 That is why I decided to use a glitch, which I never used for bosses until pantheons.
@@sf7376 what glitch?
@@tomasfarinha5775Invicibility glitch
I think Winged Nosk is actually the form Nosk took to lure the Stalking Devout to its lair. They’re incredible devoted to the royal family so it makes sense.
oh wait that makes a lot more sense
Yep
I'm pretty sure Nosk can read the mind of its prey, and therefore, lure other bugs easier by transforming into someone the prey loves, so I don't think it exactly saw it as Hornet, but that's a good theory
"Cuddle your pets" This guy knows what's up.
Iz true - for any long challenge in any game, breaks help improve focus. Whether that's a boss rush mode in Hollow Knight, a few runs of Binding of Isaac, or trying to climb the ranked ladder in Starcraft or League of Legends, breaks reduce the amount of unforgivable mistakes you might make.
26:38 That line there, that’s a good question.
16:29 That messed me up so bad. I just barely made it trough sly and didn't heal because I thought there would be a rest point. Had to start all over again.
Yeah, fair.
One tactic we can do is Dream Nail Sly when he's bowing to us after the fight to get a bunch of Soul so we can heal when the Hornet fight starts.
That’s why I heal as much as possible after every godhome fight
If you struggle with markoth, I recommend using hiveblood and dodging during javelin phases. Also for winged nosk, you can jump, shade cloak and double jump off the ground to avoid any infection attack
Finally, someone else who uses hiveblood vs markoth! This sacrifices some damage which makes failed champion hard, but other than that it's great
@@prismaticpaul Failed champion is pretty trivial if you know how to abuse the stagger phase. Alternating between hitting the armor from above, dreamnailing the head and healing allows you to heal to full every time it staggers. Just make sure not to forget to attack the head once you've healed up, otherwise the fight won't progress.
Yeah, Hiveblood+Grubsong and Dash Slash were what got me through that fight.
Ooh! Good call! Never thought to use Hiveblood for that part so I appreciate you bringing it up. 😃
This guide is seriously so helpful! I honestly think this pantheon could have cut out a lot of the bosses to make it a 15-20 boss gauntlet of the hardest bosses in the game and it would've been just as difficult while being half the time
Agreed. I get the glory of fighting every boss, but we really, really don't need to be facing a sandbag Massive Moss Charger when our only real opponents are at Markoth and beyond.
I prolly won't do this pantheon. But he did nail the winged nosk boss.
You should if you are looking for a fun challenge. It is really hard at the start, but after enough time of practicing you can do it pretty easily. The only hard bosses are Markoth and...uh huh huh, the final boss. So far they are the only one that ended my runs (and Markoth scored more than the final boss). But after getting it consistently I can win it around fifty percent of the time without being super focus into it. If you do try it, please have fun, and keep your sanity intact.
@@anhuynhpc P5 for the most part really isn't fun. All the fun bosses are towards the end, and with Markoth and Zote back to back, dying there means having to grind through all those early game bosses again. Doing all the bosses in the Hall of Gods is far more fun, and the only reason I did P5 was to unlock those.
Jokes on you, I haven’t beaten zote yet so i won’t be fighting him. Still gonna die a ton tho
@@MrPatrickbuit The special bosses like sisters of battle are unlocked after defeating the first 3 pantheons because it unlocks godseeker mode, and in godseeker mode all bosses are unlocked except absolute radiance.
I knew this guide was going to be a long one. But I didn't expect a two-part guide! Time to wait a little more for Absolute Touhou.
Also, that thumbnail is amazing.
Me when the Abs Rad guide isn't out yet: "i'm in danger"
Me even with the guide: I'm in danger
@San. Dy It's out now
Me now: I’m in danger
Even watching this was absolutely exhausting. I dont foresee myself completing the Godmaster DLC anytime soon. Grim Troupe was more than enough
Thou dost not know how much this guide has helped mine confidence. THANK THEE!
You know it's a good video when the thumbnail has a close up of The Great Zote's face.
I've only recently gotten into Hollow Knight, and the idea of doing the Pantheons seems insane to me, but seeing others do it and talk about it makes it seem so much more attainable.
That’s a really interesting idea for the origin of Winged Nosk that you presented.
I’m in the spirit’s glade and I just found you man! That’s so cool!
Oh yay! :D
Your wingèd nosk headcanon is now canon. *FIGHT ME*
behind that door " immortality take it it's yours "
-knight 2020
I FINALLY DID IT!!! I HAVE ASCENDED TO THE TOP AND BEATEN THE PANTHEON OF HALLOWNEST!!
I have done everything except beat Absolute Radiance on radiant in the Hall of Gods and 5th pantheon bindings.
Great job. I don't know how you beat Markoth in radiant because I can't even get to phase 2 of him. The absolute radiance problem is that sometime there just so many things on the screen at once that you barely have the time to think and breath. Not that I have beaten her in radiant but I would say that she is not too bad as a boss.
Congratulations! Way to go! 😃😃🎉
So I have keep going back and forth between your 4 other guides to get a complete explanation. Amazing!
Well yeah. If I had done every single boss in this one video, it would have been 4 hours long. You wouldn't have even clicked the thumbnail seeing the video was so long.
Perpetual noob : I recommend you have the pure nail, all masks, all soul vessels, all charm notches, all nail arts, all combat related movement abilities, every empowered spell and all charms
Me who beat the pantheon of hallownest with everything but one charm : 😎
😂
Could it be that you left out the most OP charm out of all?! You are the best player I have seen so far.
That couldn't have been the wayward compass. It's impossible to beat the Pantheon of Hallownest without the wayward compass.
@@YellowLink10 maybe it’s gathering swarm, it pretty op but PoH is still possible without it
25:49 well, that was a blast from the past.
Out of curiosity, are you going to do boss discussions for the bosses of silksong when it comes out?
Do we really have to ask?
M a y b e . . .
Yep. 🙂
@@PerpetualNoob
And thank god you can bring all your experience and knowledge from the HK boss discussions directly to Silksong when it finally comes out (probably) 2021!
:-D
Great video! I'm trying to beat the Pantheon of Hallownest right now, and your videos have been extremely helpful. I personally think a video on Absolute Radiance would be helpful, and would like to see that! Again, great video, and have a great day!
Thank you Nabriel! I'm so glad these have been helping! :D
And there is an Absolute Radiance guide in the works. It is unfortunately taking way longer than I want but you can see where I'm at over on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/perpetualnoob3
@@PerpetualNoob i just started watching this now and I'm having trouble with this I died to markoth :(
I’m not the only one who struggles with “ascended” markoth!
Oh heck no. 🙂
Ya i do
Ascended markoth imO is harder than radiant absRad. I hate that boss from the bottom of my heart. He is just so incredibly difficult and bad at the same time
@@koschei7687 lol its not harder, actually its not even close
Everyone experiences bosses differently 🙂
I know this video came out a year ago but this guy just did all of P5 to help us, thank you
Thank you. 😃
Hey, Rory, awesome guide! Although I finished hollow knight long time ago (except the final boss, I'm not a masochist) it was still a really interesting video to watch (even some cool lore at the end). So I guess your next video will conclude the boss discussion of hollow knight, huh. It was a wild ride!
Can't wait for Silksong and your videos on it. Hope we get some news in the near future, it's been a long time since we had any.
That door thinkered me until some weeks ago, because i knew what the down door was. Also will you do a video on the eternal ordeal?
Yes! Deep focus is finally mentionned! I use it on it's own, with shape of Unn or with quick focus depending on where I am in the pantheon of hallownest. Generally, deep focus alone is good for the first half of the fourth pantheon, deep+shape of Unn is for the second half of the fourth pantheon and finally deep+quick focus for Pure vessel/absolute radiance.
I didn't do any of the bindings, so I switched charms at pretty much every bench. For the first two pantheon, I mostly chose different charms for fun, but for the later pantheons I actually tried having good strategies.
Nice 🙂
Thank you for this guide Rory! I might use this once I actually start playing again. I haven't even done the dlc yet because of I got busy! Gotta bring myself back into the game before Silksong.
Who's gonna bet the dislike is from AbsRad?
who?
@@onlyjust7250 Uh huh... the final boss.
It's Absolute Radiance.
@@anhuynhpc Oh, I got it, thanks
When I played Hollow Knight for the first time I was really frustrated during the Collosseum of Fools because I'm (apparently) very bad at the combat in Hollow Knight. That's why your videos helped me with a lot of the bosses during my normal playthrough. When Godmaster came out I was extremely discouraged because I knew I would never ever be able to finish the game to its full content... I enjoy watching people beat the Pantheon of Hallownest, but I'll never even TRY Godmaster for the purpose of not ruining my experience and memory of the game.
The first two pantheons were pretty easy all things considered. Mato and Oro was the only boss who gave me any trouble (and I'm really not that good). Being able to practice each boss in the hall of gods is amazing, I even learned I could damage tank Sheo consistently with my basic charm build. I haven't given the third one a shot yet but it looks like it's a step up. I'd at least give the first two a shot I'm sure you'd be able to do them :) (just don't fuck with bindings)
徐正諺TsuiChingYin
You have to beat all the pantheons to get to SoB. You need to beat PotK. That’s really hard.
@@darkstar1417 I managed to beat pantheon 4, but I'm never going to do the final one. It's a shame since I'd really like to reach AbsRad and unlock her in the Hall of Gods, but that's too far for me. Markoth + GPZ would drive me insane
@@hazelcalderbank1556 Team Cherry really put the two most random bosses right next to each other right near the end of the last Pantheon.
@@acon70 We only need to beat the first 3 Pantheons to fight SoB and Winged Nosk because we access Godseeker Mode after that and in Godseeker Mode, we can fight everything but the final boss. 🙂
Few Charm Build ideas:
Full Nail: M. of Pride, Strength, Quick Slash; hitting fast and hard means a window for only one hit turns into two hits for the damage of three.
Full Spell: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister; can be built with flex room - Quick Slash and Catchers means more soul generation.
Survivor: Quick Focus, Deep Focus, Unn, Stalwart Shell: Slippery little slug that heals quickly and efficiently; also, the invincibility time of Shell is longer than a Deep Focus cast.
You can also hybridize these builds. Shaman Stone and Twister is only 5 slots, leaving room for Quick Slash and Strength for full damage, or sub Strength for Mark of Pride to more reliably hit and therefore generate soul if spells are your main go-to. As well, Deep Focus is extremely expensive at 4 slots, so sticking with just Quick Focus+Unn opens up healing windows (like ducking under Grimm's bats) while still having 6 slots for staples like Strength, Pride, or Shaman Stone.
My go-to is full nail. I tend to find the healing charms too expensive, and the trifecta of Strength, Pride, and Quick Slash all enhance each other to the point where I find the trio hard to break, while also leaving 2 utility notches for Heart, Dash Master, or just a bog standard Wayward Compass.
I'm still struggling to beat this pantheon, but this guide has given me some much needed support! I've made it to Winged Nosk a few times, but I still get too nervous to fight effectively. Gonna practice in HoG to get more familiar with that crazy beast... Wish me luck!
Good luck! 🙂
I just realized primal aspids don't die when you beat The Collector!
I was healing.... I thought I was safe...It was terrifying !!!
Oh god! 😲
still waiting for the Eternal Ordeal discussion
I think it is more of a fun time for every to release their stress on Zote, but instead increase their stress level beyond human limitation.
An Huỳnh I just want that background lmao
The best i have got by now it's to nosket but i have been practicing it so i think i will be able to beat this pantheon in this days, i am excited because beating the pantheon of hallownest it's the only trophy that i still need for the platinum of hollow knight (ps4) this guide is very helpful, if i remember to do it i gonna edit this comment when i beat the pantheon, honestly after markoth i think it's going to be kind of easy
Amazing thumbnail btw
when god seeker said "could you be one of them?" the them she referring was probably the higher beings since the god seeker probably didn`t know much about the white lady and thus was not 100% sure weather or not she was a higher being.
Maybe?
The reason why I'm not sure about that is because she could already sense the White Lady despite her intentionally hiding her power and the Godseeker could sense her along with other higher beings like Unn and the Pale King and the final boss.
Are you suggesting that perhaps the White Lady's power signature is different enough that the Godseeker is like, "Okay you are powerful but are you the same as a higher being?"
@@PerpetualNoob I think that is what they are suggesting because none of the bosses are actually higher beings except for Absolute Radiance. All three she could sense in these rooms are higher beings, but the white lady power has been suppress by herself significantly. But maybe you could argue that Unn power has also been weaker than it used to be, therefore we can't say that this line would make the white lady stand out. But I don't know so I can't defense this argument against that.
I never beat the pantheon of hallownest, but I’ve beaten the first 2, and with 3 binding (separately), and these where my charms:
Unbreakable strength
Shaman stone
Unbreakable heart
Weaversong
Grubsong
8:48 Technically you can do Marmu wall strats, it's just a little more dangerous if you mess up.
18:55 If your nervous AF at this point I'd suggest having Weaverlings and Grub song charm for safely collecting soul. (It's a bit cowardly but it worked for me and helped me learn how to effectively dodge with this group of bosses.)
22:00 DON'T EQUIP LIFE BLOOD CHARMS!!! JUST DON'T!!! They do not get recovered after Pure Vessel and trust me there are more helpful charms at this point.
OMG I NEEDED THIS SO BADLY, THANK YOU!
My ol’ reliable was Strength, Mark of Pride, Soul Catcher, and Quickslash. I used three of these with very obvious reason. Soul Catcher may be a strange choice but I wanted to gather as much soul as possible without using up as many Charm Notches like Soul Eater does. I also wanted to gather as much soul as possible to use as many spells as possible and heal more often. I may be leaning to a more nail based play style, but spells are important as well. So I equipped Soul Catcher. I could’ve equipped Shaman Stone to increase spell power or Quick Focus to speed up healing, but I’m used to fighting with my nail instead of using spells. Kind of a foolish choice of play style in the Pantheon of Hallownest, but whatever I’m used to. Or maybe it’s actually a smart choice of play style, I dunno. It worked. Sure helped against Markoth though! Cough, cough!
I'm glad you found a setup that works for you. That's what matters. 🙂
And I like Soul Catcher too. 🙂
Thank you so much for this guide, today i finally beated p5!!
Congratulations! 😃
I'm so happy to hear this guide helped! 😃
I watched your videos some times when playing the game, I know you havent uploaded in a while so you might not read this, but I wanted to say, I now have 115 hrs in the game and I am on the third pantheon, after dying to nkg alot, I can now say in pride that I can beat him first try, I think your videos helped alot with that (seriously, I counted over 130 deaths and over 10 hrs from dying to nkg for so long) so I hope you continue these videos with silksong... god knows I'll need them
Edit: yeah I'm not doing this pantheon. Maybe the 4th one, but not this one
Well done on reaching the 3rd Pantheon! 😃
And thank you for saying so PK. I'm so happy to hear that these guides have helped. 😃
P5 gets much more fun after you beat it the first time, cause that's when you start to get in sync with all the earlier bosses. When your focus shifts from beating them to beating them *fast*. Figuring out new ways to style on them, like chaining pogos and shrieks on Vengefly King, punishing Grimm's pufferfish with shriek and nail arts, one-cycling Soul Tyrant's second phase, etc.
I've reached the point where I just boot up Hollow Knight to just do P5 for fun, because absolutely dominating every boss in it is just so fun to do. It makes you feel like you've REALLY mastered the game.
Nice :)
I'm personally trying this pantheon, I'm pleased to say I just broke my personal record by defeating winged Nosk & got all the way to Markoth before dying.
Nice job! 😃
Update just beat Pure vessel and am now practicing abs rad in the hall of gods.
Nice! 😃
Final Update.
OMG, I JUST DID IT!!! TAKE THAT YOU STUPID MOTH!!!
this man explained winged nosks attacks like its a pokemon
Winged Nosk isn't a Pokémon? 😉
@@PerpetualNoob i meant that the way you said it it sounded like you where telling someone about a pokemon and what their moves do
I know. I was continuing with your comment. 🙂
Today I managed to beat the entire pantheon +Absolute Radiance first try, thanks for the help
Whoa! That's fantastic! Good job! 🎉
And thank you for watching and letting me know the guides helped! 😃
I've beat the PoH several times now, although I haven't managed to obtain any bindings on it yet. My general charm loadout throughout the whole thing has been:
Strength (Shaman stone after White Poop Man for... reasons)
Mark of Pride
Quick Focus
Dream Wielder
Sprintmaster (Can be exchanged for Nailmaster's Glory)
I find that the key to beating the pantheon was to beat all of the bosses in the Hall of Gods on ascended, using said charm combination. I also began to defeat the bosses on radiant (using modified charms) after I died a few times at the end of the pantheon, although I did not radiant Sly, Pure Vessel, Markoth, or [REDACTED] until much later.
I am more of nail person, so I always use
Strength
Long nail
Steady body
Heart
Quick slash
If in battles that required a lot of spells I might take out Heart and Steady body and put in Shaman stone, but generally I still just use my nail to damage all enemies.
A little tip if your stuck on sister's of battle.
If you have shape of unn equipped, then you can heal while there doing a dash attack, as your body will be low enough to the ground to go right under them.
Wait what?! That's amazing! 😃
Defeated pantheon of hallownest today, if i have a hint to give, do every boss in ascended so you memorize very well their patterns. If you desire you could do them even on radiant, but prepare for hell.
Well done conquering the Pantheon! :D
Cant wait for the next 1! Thx for the great video!
Man, we're so close to the end, I can't believe it!
Even to this day, Markoth still damn near kills me each time I encounter him in this pantheon. It's amazing to think just removing the floor could up his difficulty so much.
Welp, beat him in ascended
He's killed me so many times. And the few times I do beat him I just get stomped by Zote because I have a spell build on (to combat Markoth.)
Whatever you do, don't go for radiant markoth. You're in for a few broken controllers, and joycons are expensive
Hah, given what lies at the end, and how _massive_ this final Pantheon is, I don't blame you for splitting it into two parts.
1:34 Mhm, I started noticing this before with the map changes, it's a cool twist to mix up things for these repeat fights! Just... a little cruel to put a new version in the final, painstakingly long pantheon, but it's still cool!
2:20 Eyyyyy.
2:55 Yes Mr. Noob.
3:40 I could hear you laughing after that impression lmao.
4:23 Or like with Broken Vessel!
4:45 Oh really? I didn't even think about that, it'd be neat to do the Pantheon without seeing Tiso.
5:25 Yaaaaay
6:00 Coolest Pantheon change, no doubt!
8:29 Their Dreamnail dialogue also mentions in the original fight that they're glad to finally have a decent challenger! Perhaps they were holding back?
9:26 The Collector has gone too far!
10:34 This part actually got me when I first saw it, I was not expecting a Hornet transformation! Also, since Nosk takes the form of someone close to us, and originally can;t find anything so they just copy the Knight, does that mean that after everything (including the Dream No More ending? Kinda?), the Knight considers Hornet close to them? Perhaps she's just frequent enough in its memories.
11:45 I was wondering lol.
16:10 Maybe? I like my theory better, and the wings just may be a Godhome ascending side effect. Hornet is a loner, but she seems to hold Herrah dear, and Nosk is able to copy dead people, so she'd more likely meet a fake Herrah than a fake her.
18:10 Let's go, who needs a floor? :D
20:00 How did I never even realize NKG isn't in another Pantheon?
24:00 It's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.
24:15 Relationship goals.
First, I just want to say that I appreciate the time and effort your comment(s) took. 😃
Second, let's get into your comments 🙂
I agree, that first time I saw Hornet transform into Winged Nosk was so cool (and scary) because I really didn't expect it. And I do love the idea that just maybe Ghost has connected with someone in their adventures. And yeah, Nosk impersonating Herrah (or maybe the Midwife now that I'm thinking about it more) to lure Hornet sounds real plausible. 🙂
Right? Like, we get to NKG and it's like, "Oh right. You're in this game and we haven't fought yet. Oh no." 😆
You might be right about the Sisters of Battle. Definitely possible. 🙂
Gosh if Godseeker had any idea what we were capable of, she would have been genuflecting and so much nicer to us. Heck, we probably wouldn't have had to fight in any Pantheons except maybe this one. 😆
@@PerpetualNoob Hey, I just as much appreciate that you respond to comments! As someone who makes them a lot it makes me very happy. :D
I'll admit the wings still puzzle me, but thanks for liking the theoru.
And yeah, we would have been an esteemed guest. She might have even tried to figure out how to resonate with the voidheart!
Godseeker: Door, What door? Oh, you mean THAT door. Don't mind the door it's just the gateway to Absolute unlimited pain and suffering.
Ghost:... Seems legit.
Also, I uhh, noticed that it's been a little bit since this came out. You doing ok @Perpetual Noob?
Right?
And I mean...I'm doing my best to deal with this mess of a year but production on AbsRad has been the slowest of any guide yet. :(
@@PerpetualNoob Understandable, this year has been pretty bad. Not to mention needing to make it through the pantheon of Hallownest if you want to beat her for the achievement and the fourth/fifth ending.
Anyway, stay safe, hope things work out for you. I gotta get back to studying for midterms. Ugh.
Edit: BTW, I've always been really impressed how often you go out answering comments, even when it's four months later. It's always nice to see you tubers doing that sort of thing.
Today I finally reached the final boss of the Pantheon after several failed attempts all week. Most of these failed attempts were because of Markoth and Zote, I think the developers went a bit too far with that combination. I had some initial trouble with Sisters of Battle, Ascended Uumuu (because of my initial impatience with that fight) and the Sly/Hornet combo.
Now I can at least reach Markoth consistently. For the first 10 fights I use a nail/spell hybrid build to get them over with as quickly as possible. I then use a nail rushdown build for the next 15 fights until I reach the part with Watcher Knights, Uumuu, Nosk, Sly and Hornet. I then switch to a spell build (while keeping unbreakable strength for the added damage) primarily for Uumuu and Hornet. I then switch back to being nail focused for the next five.
Its the final seven that gives me the most trouble. I have mastered Soul Tyrant by this point but you really want to start Markoth's fight in a healthy state. I use Nailmaster's Glory and Shaman Stone primarily for Markoth but they are universally useful throughout. Unbreakable Strength is never unequipped throughout my run of the pantheon. I use quick slash to damage Zote, Failed Champion and Grimm as much as possible. The final slot tends to go to Grubsong to help me recover if things start to go badly. The lack of nail range is a problem but I need the great/dash slash to damage Markoth reliably and safely.
With enough practise on these bosses I can beat them somewhat reliably now but Markoth and Zote still remain the major problem. I like Markoth (normal version only) and Zote on their own but when paired together it creates the most unfair part in all of what I've played of Hollow Knight so far. Sometimes I beat them without too many issues and at other times they're assholes who give me the worst RNG and either kill me, weaken me for Zote or for the Failed Champion. Nightmare King Grimm and Pure Vessel are very difficult but they are also fair and consistent. You can improve by practising them enough to consistently beat them. No matter how much I practise Ascended Markoth or Zote it always feels like its up to how generous they are feeling for my attempts. Paired together I find them too RNG depended and unfair.
That's enough ranting about Markoth and Zote for now. Time to practise the final boss and the other difficult bosses.
Something super important, I think, that you didn't touch on is after beating Sly, he can be dreamnailed to help set up for the Hornet 2 fight, which can be difficult if you took a lot of dmg fighting Sly. Since Hornet 2 is invulnerable in the first few moments, getting a heal in at the beginning can make the difference.
Edit: Same concept for Failed Champion. Dreamnail his corpse before the screen transition to prep for NKG.
Yeah. Good points and yeah, I didn't mention them (though I do that with Sly all the time).
Thanks for bringing them up. 🙂
This is a great video to wake up to. Love your videos
You’re gonna need to call off a few meetings if you even consider attempting this.
IVE BEEN AVIDLY AWAITING FOR THIS VID ITS FINALLY OUT!!!
I unlocked absrad the day this was posted
Abs rad is complete bullshit
Well done! 😃
@@bluebota1023 I mean not really. The only problem with her I found is that there are too many things at once when fighting her, which make it a fairly intense fight. I personally think even though the orb kind of spawn on the knight is not the fairest move, you should always stay mobile and watch out for what move she is doing. But yes she is a really hard boss to beat and will take a lot of time to get consistent on.
I didn't realize how much 40 bosses is until the thumbnail
I don't know if you will read it but ..
You already know when the absrad video is coming out? Im having a LOT of trouble beating her in the hall of gods, if i beat her i will have the attuned statue, so please, try posting as soon as possible, i love your channel and you helped me a lot!
I'm doing my best to get that out as soon as possible.
You can see exactly how I'm getting along with the guide on my Patreon. 🙂 www.patreon.com/perpetualnoob3
Bro you deserve more subscribers
The only bosses i struggle with in p5 are absrad pure vessel and markoth, yet I watched this entire video
Thank you. And good luck with P5. 😃
It was such a grind practicing in the Hall of Gods, but somehow I beat it for once! The Land of Storms doesn't even feel far off, but doing bindings for this pantheon is practically self-torture....
23:36 I should have listened...
I just barely beat Grey Prince Zote, went into Failed Champion with two health, came within inches of dying several times, then managed to knock him down the first time.
After that, I easily filled up on health and soul, then smacked him down twice with some Abyss Shrieks and Shade Souls.
But I was so hopped up on adrenaline, I lost to Nightmare King Grimm - a boss I usually have no trouble with - right after.
Yeep. That will happen. It can be so tough to stay calm and focused for the time required of P5.
So Winged Nosk is Vengefly?
PerpetualNoob: Yes, but better
I really think this pantheon shouldn't have been "fighting every boss". The bosses I think should have been in pantheon 5 are:
Brothers oro and mato
Paintmaster sheo
Great nailsage sly
Sisters of battle
Resting room after this fight
Winged nosk
Nightmare king Grimm
Resting room after this fight
Pure vessel
Absolute Radiance
Instead of being called pantheon of hallownest it could have been called pantheon of the light. It would have been much better if it was all the new bosses and then the final trio that is: nightmare king Grimm, pure vessel and absolute radiance. The final pantheon is way too long and becomes very boring.
You forgot the markoth the hardest boss in the game.
I don't know dude I had so much fun with this pantheon the way it is.
I like that idea. That would have been cool too. 🙂
Good to have you back
I should finally try the PoH...
Great video btw!
Good video my dude
I like how this guy likes most of these comments in his videos.
I try to make sure I read everyone's comments. 🙂
@Perpetual Noob When is the next boss discussion? Im currently doing pantheon of hallownest 2nd try and I just beat Hornet Senteniel, also thanks to you I beat NKG
I'm so happy to hear these guides have been able to help. Thank you for saying so. 😃
Perpetual Noob : *tries to act dumb on certain lore points*
Me : lol he's just splicing awnser after awnser like it's one of those perfectly cut scream compilations
🤣
That Winged Nosk theory is pretty good.
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I think “Squit” is pronounced like “Skeet”, sort of like the second syllable of “mosquito”.
B omg that makes so much sense
Good call. That does make sense. 😃
GENIUS! Just like me...you are big brain.
i think the nosk is a shape shifter and take the form of the beloven ones who lures, thats whywhen we dream nail the corpses before we enter the boss area in deepnest say things like "i thoug you were dead or something like that, but he cant transform into that with voidborn creatures like hornet and the knight so he just transform into them
I can feel the typing as people carefully articulate their comments on how hornet isn't void. Prepare yourself El Gengar. The wrath of mossbag is coming
I mean, yeah. It says in the Hunter's Journal that that's right, and it's pretty obvious. also HORNET ISN'T VOID
You called hornet void?
Mossbag disagrees.
Also, Another thing the corpses say is "My face.." nosk just turned into them, Or someone they knew or loved, and turned into a different version of itself,where the top of it is normally a upside down version of them, and the body thin and black, with a infection blob in the middle. in God home the statue of nosk says "The ever changing god of the faceless" so, there.
I know the next video is about the final boss, but can you do a video on the nail binding? specifically bosses like the Collector and Flukmarm when you can't kill what they spawn in one hit.
I'm not planning on doing Binding guides but I can offer some quick advice about the Nail Binding. Spell Twister, Shaman Stone, Strength, Nailmaster's Glory, and Quick Slash are all great options to account for the lack of Nail damage. Nail Arts can do a ton of damage. Quick Slash let's us get almost 2 strikes in in the time it would normally take 1. Spell Twister allows us 1 more spell per Soul Gauge. Strength and Shaman Stone just gives us more Nail and Spell damage, respectively.
The nail binding still allows you to kill the flukemarm spawns with one hit, for the collector, if you are only doing the nail binding, you can use nailmaster's glory and spell twister to just great slash and shade soul anything that the collector spawns instantly, because you don't want him to keep stacking *primal aspids* on you
Just found perpetos noo for the first time in spirits glade, thought it was really cool.
Yay! You found me! 😃
What an awesome video! Seriously, I can tell a lot of work and effort went into this. I cannot wait for the final boss guide. :)
Also a big thanks for giving some valuable tips for the Markoth fight. He's been a big problem on my previous attempts.
Thank you Aarro! ❤️
@@PerpetualNoob gotta tell you I died to markoth I only had 2 bosses left markoth is not cool anymore
He's back!
I’m pretty sure I can do Pantheon of Hallownest quite easily now since I’ve fought the Ascended and Radiant versions of all the bosses. Well... except for whatever’s behind that door.
Nice! :D
A very well-timed video for me, since I've just beaten Pure Vessel with nail binding in practice; should be able to get my 12th binding and then will be starting on serious attempts at P5.
A little surprised you didn't mention how good Sharp Shadow is against Winged Nosk. It completely negates the swoop attack (and adds damage!), and since there are enough healing opportunities for when the other attacks hit you, the fight becomes trivial to get past. Still a very annoying fight if you want to keep your lifeblood masks.
Godseeker might have been chained up by the Pale Lurker, since she holds the key? We know that the Lurker was a former Colosseum champion, so she must have been a strong fighter once.
All good points. 🙂
By the way, between attempts at the 5th Pantheon, I went back to the 3rd Pantheon & did the Bindings(not all at once), took me 5 tries to beat all 4 so I can get more Lifeblood. Here’s the thing with Lifeblood that some may not know: If you get by a attack that does 2 damage when you have 1 Lifeblood Point, it chops off that Lifeblood Point+The 2 damage you take by the attack.(That why I decide to go do some Bindings, thanks to my attempts at the Pantheon of Hollownest, I was able to beat the Pantheon of the Sage with ease.) Even for the Great Nailsage, I kept my cool during Phase 2 & came out on top. Also, the Lifeblood I had at the time before clearing the Bindings of the Pantheon of the Sage +(Not counting the Charm Binding) Lifeblood Core.
Tiso is defendantly the squidward of hollow knight
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Really good vid, my guy :D
I already was looking forward to this for your help but I already finished it while waiting for this! I still can't believe that I did it! I luckily didn't kill GPZ, so I saved a lot of trouble and pain but I still had struggle with some bosses. First Sisters of Battle, then Winged Nosk and then Markoth and then ofc AbsRad (but that's first for the next vid). But seriously Markoth ended so many runs of me. I still hate him.
Ok that was enough rant. My charmset for the whole Pantheon was/is Fragile/Unbreakable Strength, Quick Slash, Shaman Stone and Fragile/Unbreakable Heart. For the part that is resembling Pantheon 4 I only switch Fragile/Unbreakable Heart for Sharp Shadow and then switch at the last resting point again to Fragile/Unbreakable Heart.
Ok bye!
Im glad i found this game on ps now and i am glad i found you
Top-quality work on the vid! I can tell you're starting to find more of your own editing style and humor with this one ^^
Yo I just wondered, why isn’t Nosk in this pantheon? Yes winged nosk is but winged nosk is replaced by hornet sentinel, not nosk. I’m confused
That's a good point. We don't fight Mantis Lords (only Sisters of Battle) but we do fight both Dung and White Defender, Grimm and NKG, Crystal Guardian and Enraged Guardian, Hornet Protector and Sentinel. But only Winged Nosk.
Huh. I don't know why we don't have the original Nosk fight. 😆
Okay so hear me out. To attune with the gods they have to me beaten and the god seeker already was attuned with the nail masters with means they fought at one point. This could have been the reason why god seeker was locked away. Plus Sly sells a simple key. The god seekers nosk face is like hornet witch mean that god seeker ran into hornet but didn’t get to fight them so nosk took the form of hornet. The sisters of battle are all three fighting together witch could mean the first lord once could last longer in battle and that’s why they have the TALL CHAIR 🪑. By lines from the god seeker we know they aren’t attuned to absrad (absolute radiance) and they would like to but they are attuned to the pure vessel? And somehow that partially attuned them to the radiance. Maybe fighting the pure vessel was part of the reason god seeker was locked up, and is the pale king locked them up it might make sense why that one other person that leaps around has a simple key for them
Huh. That is a really interesting idea: that the Godseeker once fought the Nail Masters, Sage, PV, and AbsRad...somehow. Hmm. Not sure how this works because yeah, there are things like Land of Storms and her own dialogue that suggest she doesn't exactly know AbsRad. But maybe that was pageantry to try to deter us?
Huh. This is such an interesting idea and does explain why she was locked up: because she was picking fights to get her attunement fix.
Fortunately I didn't saved zote, so I don't need to fight him. I wish I also banished NKG but I love him too much. Best boss of all time
Edit: My charm combination is- Soul eater (great to heal), grimmchild, mark of pride and thorns of agony or sprint master
Well done on not saving Zote. 🙂
But even if you banished the Grimm Troupe, you'd still be fighting NKG here. There is no way to avoid him.
Perpetual Noob well crap.
My combo is Sharp Shadow, Grimmchild, Unbreakable Heart, Unbreakable Strength, Soul Catcher, Grubsong, and Sprintmaster
@@PerpetualNoob I saved zote I didn't know you could kill him... Frankly am I the only person who likes zote?
About Umuu im pretty sure if you knock then into the acid the automatically ko because every time I try that it usually works.
Yeah, that's true: knocking Oomas into the acid instantly kills them but then we don't get their explosive center either and we need that to damage Uumuu. 🙂
Personally I found that Markoth and Zote weren't too difficult. I mainly took advantage of a combination of grubsong and soul twister so that way I could easily gain health back if I was hit in one of those bosses. The only problem with this combo is that it requires you to remove either quick slash, strength, or shamans to use it which can end up making the NKG fight way harder.
Yeah. That is definitely a trade off and not a decision to be taken lightly. The need for planning our Charms for like, 5 different boss fights (especially towards the end) can be one of the bigger challenges of the Pantheon.
@@PerpetualNoob Actually I have lately found that Markoth is a lot easier than one might think I found that if during soul tyrant you make sure to save as much soul as possible than its possible to deal with Markoth from a distance using shade soul. The only other problem that still sticks out is Zote and NKG because pure vessel is easy for me now...no really as in I can beat pure vessel with very little damage sustained.
Is it weird that I consider Kingsmoulds mini bosses? Could you do a white palace or path of pain guide?
Not weird at all. Kingsmoulds kind of are mini-bosses.
There is rumor that a White Palace guide could be a thing.
A rumor that you’ll make a white palace/ path of pain guide? Or do you mean someone else
Sisters of battle during a dash in the first phase or after a sister of battle dies shape of unn goes right beneath them(works for mantis lords
That was amazing! Still bad at the pantheons, but maybe these tips will finally allow me to complete them.
Also, would you be interested in looking at modded bosses? I mean not now, but after finishing this guide. I'd like to see you pick apart fights like Daughter of Hallownest or Pale Champion, maybe not ones like Tribe of Battle which is just Sisters of Battle with Traitor Lord thrown in for an epic family reunion of ass kicking. I'm asking because I've seen these amazing modded boss fights everywhere, but nobody to analyze them. Anyway, it's all up to you to decide, I just thought I'd suggest the idea to you.
Also, also, known as Grandtheon Pantheon