THE 5 BEST AND WORST CHARMS IN HOLLOW KNIGHT
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- Hollow knight has over 40 charms and it can feel overwhelming to choose which ones are best for you, this video is a good starting point on the general charms to use and avoid whenever possible. This video took a lot of work and is probably the best one ive made so far so please leave some feedback.
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Nononononono. The best charm in the game is Wayward Compass.
Edit: I will never delete this comment.
NO BAD PERSON 😡😠
The meme is dead to me
I ALWAYS have this equipped unless im doing a boss fight bc I have the memory of a goldfish
We can’t even count it, all the charm combos with it are too strong!! Without it, you instantly die :P
@@kokomagdy6717shut up man you’re just jealous you didn’t have the cash to unlock it
Soul eater is also a really good charm, yes it takes alot of notches, but it's way easier to get than unbreakable strength on normal, and it's upgrade is really noticeable.
I still think fragile strength is the best charm cus its cheap and ots rly good also just dont die and ur good
@@isaacjustisaac9738 some players are gonna die way more than others
Dreamshield really helped me against Soul Tyrant. It blocked pretty much every projectile he threw at me.
Weaversong + Grubsong is a really underrated combo for spell builds imo! The little spiders generate soul when then run into enemies, it's really useful in steel soul since it lets you stay at a safe distance and just blast bosses to death
Throw in sprintmaster for one more charm notch and the little spiders move faster and jump higher.
@@BR-re7oz Ooh I didn't know that. Thanks!
That silksong joke in the intro got me for me for a sec💀
Sharp Shadow is very practical to me, one of my favourites, can't take it off ❤
Except in Queen's gardens I guess (but still use it in fight)
same
Fragile charms don't break in dreams, so still most of the time unbreakable one isn't needed. Godhome and all dream boss (exept for rad) you can use fragile version.
Edit: Also Glowing Womb should be the worst charm on this list. It is interupting healing, have knowback, deals pathetic dmg and attacks sometime things that it can't deal dmg to. Also if compared to grimmchild that beat mawlek in 3 min and 35 s, glowing womb needed 7 min and 54 s
Glow womb only interrupts healing if you have zero skill using it. Saying this as that guy who got through most of the game as a summoner
@@Fantaleyt It is not about skill, but about overlaping time to heal with not much soul
@@osobatalentu6944 if you heal at a special timing, it will both heal you and use your soul for creating flies
Meaning you waste a lot less soul. Also, not to forget it's not a charm meant to be used solo, it's a part of a summoner combination
You made me laugh and seem funny, whatever you make imma watch just to support
Thanks man! Really appreciate it. Trying to improve every video I make.
for what it's worth Dreamshield combos pretty well with Dream Wielder
I understand where you’re coming from with quickslash, but for me all it did was lead to me being more aggressive leading in failing more fights. Also, you got me with the silksong thing.
I never noticed quickslash being particularly good. It's really only useful against slower moving early game bosses (when you haven't gotten quickslash yet). By the time you get quickslash, you're late enough in the game that you're fighting the faster bosses who will only allow you to get one hit in at a time regardless of whether you have quickslash on or not. Against regular enemies you can sneak an extra slash in, but again, by endgame you've probably upgraded your nail to where everything dies in two hits anyway and you can get two hits off on normal enemies without quickslash.
Defenders crest should've been #1 best smh
Still trying to beat hollow knight and having a hard time so this vid will be very helpful, thanks!
Standard clickbait video. Shows Wayward Compass in the Thumbnail and leaves it out of the list. DESPICABLE!!
I also thought this but like.. it's top 5 charms.. and there are 6 charms in the thumb
@@migssdz7287yeah it’s crazy why is wayward compass left out
KingSoul is actually good cause it unlocks the moment of the game that made it my favorite game I've ever played. The Accent up the Abyss with the Pale King's monologue was just PERFECT!
But yeah other than that its useless.
Grubsong is great in a soul/cheese build. Even when I’m taking damage I’m nailing the enemy
As fiddly as it can be to use effectively, Dreamshield is pretty great for chip damage and sneaking in hits at otherwise impossible angles; the fact that it also occasionally blocks projectiles is really just a bonus. The notch cost is indeed hard to fit into many normal builds, but if you treat it as a (loosely) controllable familiar mixed with a recharging pseudo Baldur Shell it's actually pretty good value, and definitely worth giving a try.
In defense of Dreamshield: it is extremely helpful against Primal Aspids, since it also does damage when you swing your nail, allowing you to be farther away from the hellspawn when you attack it. Also it's not terrible against Markoth.
"Also it's not terrible against markoth" bro's using his own shield to fight him
also why the hell is the dream shield is very useful for markoth but not the knight, if markoth uses it, the shield blocks 60% of my nail strike
@@6_Apeiron
The charm when you fight it vs the charm when you get it:
@@CommentPositionInformer This is the Megaman paradox in a nutshell. When you fight the boss, his power shoots columns of fire from ground to ceiling that take up 80% of the screen. When you absorb the bosses power, you shoot a tiny fireball that's no different from your regular pea shooter.
I love dream shield, it's a free hit. Helped with bosses repeatedly. I can just dodge n avoid n let the shield do the damage. Love it.
I started Hollow Knight a couple of weeks ago and, indeed, Mark of Pride and Quick Slash have been permanent charms since finding them.
the best combo is probably spell twister and soul catcher when you like spell casting also if you have 5 notches you could either get wayward compass or any other one notch charms its the best combo tho
soul catcher is trash. You'll understand that it's trash as you play more
@@inertia179 personally I would use dream wielder for one notch as a way to get soul. You get 66 soul from a dream slash with dream wielder equipped, and the dream slash has a much shorter charge time. So three dream slashes on a slow moving enemy will completely fill up every one of your soul vessels from 0, and just one dream slash gives you two spell casts.
Not too different we both share 3 charms in both 5 bests and worsts even if they're in a different order:
Best:
5. Fury of the Fallen
4. Shaman Stone
3. Steady Body
2. Strength
1. Quick Slash
Worst:
5. Dreamshield
4. Glowing Womb
3. Thorns of Agony
2. Grimmchild
1. Joni's Blessing.
I love dreamshield, its somehow always in the right spot for me. Especially (!) In the arena
"just to have silksong release when im editing this video" yeah right
lol, we can only hope
imo dream wielder is better then quick slash just because of the wielder's multipurpose. can be used to heal while exploring better or can be used on bosses for 66 soul AND quicker. all for one notch. also i would also say steady body is 5th best as well cuz... its just good for so many bosses... and the primal aspids everyone hates so damn much
Stalwalt shell is a really underated charm in my opinion
With quick focus you can heal immediately during the invincible time
With quickslash and steady body you can basically face tank almost all the base game boss easilly
Sharp shadow is also a very underated charm to deal with boss that constantly dash toward you
With that charm I manage to defeat mantis lord and hollow knight very easilly
insane how you got all the hollow knight nerds talking but nobody is saying how funny the video is
For any one damage boss fight weaver song plus grub song plus quick focus will make basically impossible to kill
steady body should be on here tbh, most underrated charm in the game
I might be trippin, but I swear you're the second youtuber who said that hollow knight is the best game behind cory in the house.
It was probably a reference to one of the mossbag videos
Honestly, quick focus is easily a top 5 for me. In the harder bosses you'll be able to get 2 heals in instead of 1 during staggers, which is really huge, and there are points in bosses that are run killers in P5 (Markoth, NKG, Abs Rad, etc) where you'll be able to get in a cheeky heal or two without risk of getting hit. Frankly the only time it wouldnt be useful would be against radiant bosses.
Yeah I actually use it in all my fighting builds
NKG gives plenty of times to heal. Just wait for the flame pillar, and immediately heal once you know where the 4th is going to be. The reason why he's a run killer is because he can deal 2 masks of damage, meaning that if you have 11 masks (the most without lifeblood), it'll only take 6 hits to kill you. And he can easily get 3 hits in if you get unlucky with the slash or dash attacks.
@@wta1518 exactly my point. You can also get heals off during the spikes and after his uppercut (and maybe after bats??)
@@wta1518 also, at least for me, NKG is the least rng of the bosses. Every attack is dodgable and consistent, so as long as you can see what attack he's doing you'll be fine
@@zacharyyoungblood7013 Yeah, the only one I struggle with is the uppercut because the fireballs are really hard to predict.
i watching cuz i respect the hustle bud.
Quick focus is an underrated charm
That is exactly how I found quick slash
Honourable mentions: Sharp shadow, soul eater, steady body
You should do a ranking of all the voice lines characters have. I say "GIT GUD" is the best
Grimmchild or Stormtrooper??
noooo grimm child is the best
+ dreamshield does nail damage, so it should be ranked above glowing womb
I personally found mark of pride to be the best charm because its just sooo much easier to hit your enemies
And shaman stone saved my life in radiance because i just spammed abyss shriek☠️
Pretty much all the "bad" charms on this list have some use in the game. Grimmchild can be traded for carefree melody, which is actually a top-tier charm, dreamshield is pretty decent against certain boss fights and arenas (looking at you colo 3), and kingsoul is actually required for certain endings. Heavy blow is even useful against some enemies and bosses. Glowing womb is probably the only truely useless charm in hollow knight.
For colo 3 I find that offensive builds work better. Look up the speedrun build and take out Fury, maybe replace quick slash with mark of pride and you're set. Dreamwielder lets you recharge soul on those enemies with a shield and knife, they're not as aggressive compared to the other enemies. Even without Fury, one great slash one-shots aspids and the red mosquitoes, and the soul sanctum teleporters are one shot by Shaman spells
I don’t see any reason to use Joni’s blessing or dreamshield.
0:28 oh come on you know that silk song will never come out.
Quick slash is definitely in the top 5, but also definitely isn't top 1. The reason simply being that in most situations if you only have 3 more notches, taking Strength is much more useful than taking Quick Slash. While quick slash technically has a bit higher DPS than Strenght, Strength will allow you to kill normal enemies much easier, and with bosses it will allow you to deal a ton of damage without having to play risky or aggressive. The only time Quick Slash is better than Strength is if you're using a spell build, since it allows you to charge sprlls faster, but other than that Strength would be better 100% of the time.
I know this video is old, but you can **never** do anything to make me unequip quick focus. (Unless I'm fighting a Radiant boss)
I don’t know why you guys think making a charm unbreakable is hard
Just do some trial of fool
honestly dream shield would be fine if it costed 2 charm notches or maybe even have 2 shields and have it cost 3 charm slots so you could fking mimic the stupidly broken boss called markoth
A use for every "useless" charm:
Glowing Womb - Rando skips (baldur, broken vessel shade skip)
Dreamshield - Spellless Greenpath
Kingsoul - I honestly can't find a use for Kingsoul lmao just use weaver+grubsong combo if the boss doesn't give soul and grubsong+elegy+deep focus combo for hard platforming, it's way faster
Grimmchild - Cute fren :)
Heavy blow - literally only useful for clawless beasts den lmao (see fire owls vid for explanation)
Ive seen some arguments that heavy blow is good for the eternal ordeal but i would never use it for it
@@garlicbread511 I heard it is kind of useful against bosses with stagger animation, as it allows to cause it faster.
So... We all gonna pretend he didn't steal that 'Cory in the House best game' joke from mossbag?
i know king soul is bad. But overcharming with king soul, shamen stone and spell twister is so fun at revisiting old areas. Just obliterate everything that comes in your way with spells. It's still bad thou. （king soul only good at path of pain or flower quest）
I tried that thinking it would be a really fun time, but man does kingsoul recharge your soul SO SLOWLY. It's so ridiculous, why did they make it so laughably slow especially for a charm that costs 5 notches and that gets deleted from your arsenal if you want to progress the game? Personally I think they should've just made it an infinite soul charm given that it's gonna get deleted by voidheart anyway, but even without doing that, at least make it recharge at a rate that's at least fun to play with and doesn't make it a complete joke.
2nd worst charm has to be thorns of agorny even if it was free it still a bad charm it make it so you have less and the damage is not even worth it and sometimes it doesn't even hit the enemy
If I had a nickel for every time a TH-camr had Cory in the House as their favorite game with Hollow Knight in second, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
I for the life of me don't get why MoP is so loved. It increases your nail range slightly for 3 whole notches? I've never been in a fight where I genuinely thought "hmm I think making my nail a litter longer will be worth three notches"... Even Dreamshield has won me more battles than that trash.
Call me wrong but i think unbreakable strenght is the no.1 best. Its very good with long nail, mark of pride, quick slash, sharp shadow, and fury of the fallen.
Why it is good with sharp shadow? It don't get any thing with it
sharp shadow does nail damage so if you have a nail boosting charm it gives sharp shadow a boost
@@garlicbread511 It doesn't work that way, it takes you base max dmg from nail, it is not buffed by strength and fury, only the dashmaster charm gives it 1.5x nail dmg
I will agree that grimmchild has stormtrooper aim but how can you not love him, seriously how can you mentally force yourself to not love him
I stopped loving him after going to fog canyon with him equipped
And the best charm is wayward compass.
Counter argument: grimmchild is best boi
Bonus #1 best charm: Wayward Compass
makes the game 999X easier
grubsong plus weaver song is a better,cherper, and more useful than kingsoul
Okay but flukenest though
Theese are my top 5 best charms.
(And no this is not arguable)
5. Spell Twister
Great placement in the video, fully agree.
4. Steady Body
this may be a contrervesial pick, but p5 runners use it and it generally makes every encounter easier. its value is undeniable.
3. Fragile/Unbreakable Strength
Great charm, although it is bad when doing challenge runs like no nail upgrades.
2. Quick Slash
Good charm all round, it works in a spell build and in a nail build.
1. Shaman Stone
This feels obvious, but it is by far the best charm in the game. It alone can make an entire spell build, you don't need things like soul catcher or spell twister. It can be intergrated into a nail build to make a hybrid build, for maximum destruction.
Worst charms:
Every other charm thats not:
Shaman Stone
Steady Body
Quick Slash
Strength
Spell Twister
Dash Master
Soul Eater
Grubsong
Mark of Pride
Nailmasters Glory
Soul Catcher
Shape of Unn
Dream Wielder
Heart
Carefree Melody
I cant rank the worst ones in order because there are so many equally bad ones.
If your favorite charm is not on the list, im sorry but you are wrong.
Now there are some that have incredibly specific scenarios where they are usefull. Most notably
Fury of The Fallen
For speedrunning
Baldurs Shell and Stalwart Shell
For doing radiant 2.0 and 3.0
Hiveblood and Deep Focus
For doing white palace,
Thats about where their usefullness ends though.
joni's blessing is the most useless charm ever existed
Hollow Knight is a game with a charm inbalance that's large enough that certain charms are always going to be top 5 best and worst respectively and it's hard to argue otherwise. A more unique tier list would be making a "Underrated" Charm tier list as there's quite a few Charms people look over.
Dreamshield is not that bad
personally, strength is best charm
I would agree that strength might have the best effect, but the fact that you get it so late in the game is what makes me put it lower
@garlicbread511 yeah I agree, gotta think ant the game as a whole and not only the charm
@@garlicbread511 wdym you get it so late? you can literally get it in fungal waste which is the third area. And dont come arguing that you need unbreakable version for it to be useful. Honestly just git gud and dont die. In reality getting any of the unbreakables is totally worthless. This is because other stuff is MUCH more valuable and you should get everything other than unbreakables before you get them. And by the point you only have unbreakables left to buy you will only have dreambosses left that dont even make your fragile charms break.
Still even with all of this I would not move strength up either. Since both quick slash and shaman stone are superior to strength.
Well this is a guide for newer players in which case theres a big difference between the fragile and unbreakable versions as everyone dies tons on their first playthrough making the fragile version way worse for them.
But as I said, in steel soul, this charms is insane. Or for people who have played the game before and wont die with the fragile one.
Bro stole the Cory in the house thing from another youtuber.
Bro has rustys voice lol
lmao, He's where I got the inspiration to make this video, I take that as a compliment
5:26 what? I mean what?! Kingsoul or this big summoning thin better than Grimm child? Its not the best charm but 2 noches and it can damage enemies of screen like nosk, or when they screaming.
Quick Slash as no. 1? Man, that shiz is situational at best. Half of the bosses and most of the fodder only give you time for one or two slashes at a time. Also useless on any and all flying enemies or enemies you should pogo. It's good for a select few fights where you're given a few seconds to whail on the opponant... which isn't a lot. Failed Knight/Champion, Hive Knight, Mantis Lord's, maybe Oblobbls if you get them from the side, Markoth if you get lucky, Collecter, and a few others. Everything else, you're getting your slashes in when an opening appears, so you give them one or two slashes and then back off.
I would have personally put Mark of Pride as no.1 and added in Quick Focus, Grubsong, or Nailmasters Glory because they're all good no matter what.
I agree with all of the worst charms but
MARK OF PRIDE TOP 4 ABOVE SPELL TWISTER ARE U OKAY THAT IS THE MOST USLESS CHARM EVER CAN U LIKE NOT AFFORD TO MOVE AN INCH CLOSER TO THE BOSS EVEN HIVEBLOOD IS BETTER THAN THIS GARBAGE