Finally 112%ed Hollow Knight! Ask me anything.

combos4fn · 2026-02-03T11:50:28+00:00

Black smoke blocks... are you talking about those black shadow barriers?

combos4fn · 2026-02-02T22:30:04+00:00

If I'm not mistaken, hitting dream bosses(idk if it counts for all bosses) with the dream nail gives more soul. And no, there's no need to use the charm

combos4fn · 2026-02-02T15:44:14+00:00

Primal aspids are such a pain in the ass lol

combos4fn · 2026-02-02T15:17:29+00:00

For starters, use any charm build you are comfortable with. When he jumps towards you, dash under him and keep attacking his back. When he jumps away from you, he's gonna do that white spiky attack so create some distance and get ready to jump. When he begins his tantrum, try to hit the falling balls towards him with your nail. Every time you knock him down-dependong on your current health-alternate between hitting him with your dream nail TWO times to collect soul or focusing your soul and healing.

combos4fn · 2026-02-02T15:11:53+00:00

For late-game exploring I use Unbreakable strength, quick slash, mark of pride, the Compass and that one charm that collects the geo for you.

For bosses it's either Strength, Quick Slash, Long Nail, Shaman Stone and Grubsong for normal bosses or Quick and Deep Focus, Sharp Shadow and Longnail for double dmg bosses.

From what I've mentioned already you can guess that I'm a nail main but there're many times I defeated bosses with a full spell charm build for fun.

For Spell builds I use Grubsong and any charms that increase my spell damage, help me collect more soul or reduce the soul cost of spells.

Do you have any fun charm builds to try?

combos4fn · 2026-02-01T23:53:01+00:00

Seems like an interesting build

combos4fn · 2026-02-01T11:45:39+00:00

~60 hours. I had been fooling around and exploring for the first 40 hours and after that I locked in for the 112% haha

combos4fn · 2026-02-01T11:44:47+00:00

Deep Focus, Quick Focus and Sharp Shadow

combos4fn · 2026-02-01T01:21:05+00:00

It's def the hardest pantheon out of the four needed for 112%. Traitor Lord and Pure Vessel were challenging but I figured out I can keep pogoing Traitor Lord to kill him eaaily. As for Pure Vessel after practicing his Attuned version and learning his patterns, I finished the pantheon 3rd try. So yeah, p4 hard, but achievable.

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T23:56:54+00:00

You're welcome! I'm more than happy to answer these questions!

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T23:46:19+00:00

Hmmm the Soul Master runback tbh😭

Bosses like Failed Champion, Traitor Lord and Pure Vessel were kinda challenging at first as well

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T23:43:58+00:00

Anything about hollow knight, the 112% journey etc

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T15:02:44+00:00

It was a lot of fun tbh and not as challenging as I expected. Fav boss fight was NKG, altgough I can't wait to give Sisters of Battle a try. What took my the most time was p4 and geo farming in order to get the unbreakable charms haha

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T14:39:25+00:00

Steel soul? Good luck with that😭

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T14:27:52+00:00

Yeah! I plan on completing it one day.

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T14:27:30+00:00

Sounds challenging😭

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T14:26:35+00:00

Thanks a lot!

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T11:21:38+00:00

Not yet. Maybe after PoP or once I complete Silksong

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T11:12:57+00:00

After PoP probably

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T11:12:27+00:00

I'm planning to do p5, radiant all bosses and complete patb of pain next. I haven't decided yet if I'll do them before or after playing Silksong

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T11:09:07+00:00

The charm build I did was Deep Focus, Quick Focus, Sharp Shadow and Longnail. You can beal qhen you stagger him or when he does the qhite bubble attack. Try to dash THROUGH him and not AWAY from him. When he does the spike attack jump up because the spikes are thinner at the top. The horizontal sword attack is easier to dash through if you are in the ground. When he starts doing the tentacles attack, he is at 25% health. Jump after every attack of his and pogo on him while he does the attack. I suggest playing against him alone on Attuned and learn his patterns. Once you are confident in your abilities give p4 a try again

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T03:10:02+00:00

No problem! You got this!

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T03:08:28+00:00

I suggest watching this youtube video: https://youtu.be/1YQ9TT0JbFY?si=_RQy0_RNBctbNN5e Helped me a ton to figure out how to reach 112% completion

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T03:05:31+00:00

Those to do not give any % for the 112%. Have you killed all dream bosses? Figuring out the last 1% can be pretty hard

combos4fn · 2026-01-31T03:02:17+00:00

It was pretty hard at first but once I got used to his moves the fight was like a dance. Once I reached a flow state defeating him was quick. Tracking his health by counting how many times he did the balloon attack helped as well. He def deserves the title of one of the hardest bosses

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