@@christianmares8031 he is using the weird Cham that changes your spells (which was super op in that patch) so yeah when he recorded it it was before some of that stuff got nerfed
Gameplay like this makes it look less like you're fighting a boss and more like the boss is trying desperately to get away from you, the real terror of Hollownest.
Lol this was the part of the game that left me done with it, just today i came back to play one more time after two months and yeah....not defeated yet
@@nicolasguzman519 since I played the only things I have before progressing is the third colosseum trail to do the god dlc thing but it’s hard and this fight I don’t think I have anything else I can do
4 года назад+3455
"Well, I've beaten other dream bosses before, this won't be so hard" Me, 10 seconds before being brutally massacred
Honestly one of the hardest fights in the game. When I first started fighting Nightmare Grimm, I was amazed at how fast he moved, and I almost deemed it just impossible, like an Easter egg boss that you can't really beat. But after hours of attemps, and beating him, you really appreciate him as a boss both mechanically and aesthetically. On top of that once you get him down it becomes such a fun fight, and less so one which causes internal suffering. My favorite boss in the game
His visual hints are quite stunning He will teleport away from you on ground to get the bats out Teleport away from you in air for underground ladders Ground and near you he will dash at you Air and near you he will go with that down Slash Every single one of these hints can be judged quite masterfully with practice and it doesn't feel cheap with bait jumps
Same. I remember needing 80 attempts to beat him the first time i fought him, but after that he becomes such a fun boss. Unlike a certain moth with a dream shield...
I won't even lie playing fps games gives you a good reaction time boost, because of that grimm took me around 3-5 attempts both versions, the hardest boss fight imo is grey prince zote.
It was fun for me, but after about 50 attempts, I was getting so exhausted. I was zoning in and out, until I finally learned the importance of being in the middle of the room and the shadow dash.
@@sooper7815 I mean, compared to NKG he isn't, yeah. Also, I only recently got Hollow Knight. At the time of writing that comment, I barely knew anything about the game.
Agreed. My first win happen when i got hit n left 1 health n he like 50% health left maybe. For some reason i won without healing after that, accidently half hitless run. Lol
My main cause of death/getting hit was when i dash forward thinking he was gonna do the dash attack but he dashed backwards, and there are moments when i really have no other choice but to tank a hit
You know, once you actually learn his moves and don't die within seconds of entering the fight, Grimm easily becomes one of the funnest bosses in the game, took me a good couple hours to beat him but everything about him is so cool that I didn't even mind dying a few dozen times.
i just beat this boss a few minutes ago, but i was like dying too much at the beggining, but i dunno if will work for you, but i focus all my attention in how is the most efective way to dodge, then i try to get in a few hits, my key charm was the Glowing Womb Charm, the rest Life charms, and play mega-buster style
Even though yes, it's REALLY HARD, but that's what makes it so great, Grimm is literally everything I want in a secret boss. High difficulty, furiously paced, and the music is killer.
I always appreciate it when boss playthroughs spare a few more seconds on the video to show the epilogue to the fight. Too many people cut off the video the very second after the boss is defeated.
So true lmao. i need well let's just say 30+ attempts to defeat NKG in dirtmouth for the first time. i was really low and my heart beating like crazy even faster than the nightmare heart when NKG health is 25% but i finally did it and proceeds to kick his ass again at godhome first try
I remember watching this a year ago and thinking about how I'll never get this good. Now I've beaten every boss radiant and I have every achievement. Just keep practicing and you'll get this good
3 года назад+1
I actually did, beated after watching this in a few tries
The boss is harder now, they nerfed Flukenest and forced you to wear the Grimmchild charm. I wondered how the hell he was getting to the fire phases so fast. Edit: Not saying he couldn't 0hit the boss now, it's not faster or harder, it just takes more time.
When I got really close to beating Nightmare Grimm, my heart was beating so fast it didn’t make me feel great. I lost focus and died, but I managed to beat him after a few more tries.
Then you should’ve felt almost 5 others when I did him on radience a couple of times in a row so I got good practice on him for the Pantheon of Hollownest
So i finally beat him myself and here's how. I equip every HP increasing charm at my disposal and just went in and did nothing but dodge to try and learn his patterns. No attacking, just dodging. It took a few dozen tries but eventually I got his patterns down and when I went back to actually fighting I was doing SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. The key to this fight is DODGING. Don't always attack, just get swings in when you can, you don't have to counter every move.
flukenest the fuck out of him...it works (Defenders Crest+Flukenest+Shamans) = MASSIVE increased damage (like 164% or something) when he opens his cape up (to use the fire-bats or w/e) go in and spam Fluke....thats how (several guys I know have won) its the "cheese" way to do it...but its still a win, a fair win. After I beat him, then I finished all 40 charms...got 100%, now working on Path of Pain/White Palace/Radiance.
I haven’t beaten him yet but I found a great charm combo that’s seems to really help. Shape of Uun and Quick Focus allows you to heal while moving fast enough to avoid the fire pillars.
Bless the connections between the nerves in your fingers and brain my good sir. This was as the title states, flawless. Currently trying to beat him. Awesome video!
Ron Ibarra nah, he spammed the shit out of Flukenest every time he got next to Grimm after his flame bird attack where he opens his cape. Big damage from it.
have you noticed that during nkg's pufferfish attack, the grimmkin nightmares's eyes start glowing? like, actually glowing? they look like they're hypnotized.
I got through dark souls on my own when I was 10, and the rest of the series within a year, however I find this game much harder. I love both but personally hollow knight or ds2 is my favorite game of all time. I dunno ds2 combat just felt more normal
i find dark souls way harder than hollow knight, nothing in this game was really hard for me compared to stuff in dark souls 1 or 3 (i haven't played 2)
Dark souls has a leveling system aka grind and grind until you beat it with shear stats hallow knight has an item system aka max level and power happens kinda quick
Fun fact: NKG seems to shout the phrase "Seraph", which is a Hebrew word meaning "the burning one". Seraphim (the plural of seraph) are heavenly beings of fire present in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mythology. There's quite a lot of literature about them, but I'm pretty sure Team Cherry's devs looked to at least some of it when building the Grimm Troupe lore.
basically all the same strats i've been using but with flawless execution. for shame. I need to get better at slashing him more during the fire pillars.
I loved this boss fight so much! Took me days to beat but it was like I learned to dance with him! One if the best bosses I've ever seen in any game I've played
After beating a dozen hard bosses on radiant and TMGrimm on ascended, I thought: “I’m good enough to face NKGrimm.” Nope, still got my ass handed to me. Lol
The great 3? Absolute Radiance, Nightmare King Grimm, Pure Vessel? im sane enough to not try to beat AbsRad. no thank you. 112% completion is enough for me
@@Eirudy_Marionette_Deity Yep, but just regular Radiance instead of AbsRad. She's even higher than the Great 3. I didn't reach her yet tho, stuck at P5 Collector. Also for now I'm only at 111%, can't beat Colo 3
I always appreciate it when boss playthroughs spare a few more seconds on the video to show the epilogue to the fight. It’s like givibg the audience as well as the player time to breathe after the absolute insanity. Too many people cut off the video the very second after the boss is defeated.
After Years of not playing any vídeo games. My son asked me to buy him this game, and i was like ok bud. He is crazy about the knight and pretends to be the knight fighting arround the house. One day I was curious about why he loved this game so much. I watched some videos and i realised that it is pretty similar to Castlevania SOTN, which is my favorite game of all times. I started a Game file thinking: i beated SOTN back in the day, HK will be a piece of cake. How wrong i was. The game is Hard my ass has been kicked. Nkg i hate tha bastard he was a pain in the ass. The game is also beautiful. It was like being a kid again. My son was always laughting on me when i had hard times with the bosses, but was also crazy happy that we were playing togather his favorite game. Thank you team Cherry for such a beautiful game and thank you pal for helping me out on beating NKG. He is a great boss and has really hard Dracula vibes. My son just said: look dad this is MR Dracula in hollow knight but the knight is more powerful. When we finished the game my son said thank you dad for playing HN Wirh me He gave me a hug and said I love You dad. I had tears of joy. What a great game is holliw knight Peace out
I know you made this video a while ago, but in case you see this I wanted to let you know that watching you do this gave me the determination to finally beat the boss! :D Had to bang my head against the wall for a while, but I finally did it. Thank you!
Shape of Unn (or whatever it's called) allows to you to heal when he fires the bats at you as you can go underneath them, and attacking only when he summons the flame pillars made the fight a whole lot easier. Took me 100+ tries to learn his attack pattern though haha.
Usually, you fear everything as everything is dangerous and will tank your health in seconds. But then you get skilled enough at the game and something like "No Damage Nightmare King Grimm" will come and prove that the real being to be feared is *YOU*
Just defeated this dude 15 minutes before I typed this comment, to my fellow Hollow Knight players or those who wish to play but don't have the game yet, understand that this is by far one of the toughest bosses. I can't give any advice no other RUclipsr or Reddit user hasn't already, this guy is the epitome of TRIAL AND ERROR and there will be LOTS OF ERROR. My charm set up was (not including Grimmchild) SharpShadow, QuickSlash, NailMasters Glory and Unbreakable Strength.
i heard people say this is a fun boss and i thought they were crazy 40+ tries later i love this boss he was a pain in the ass at first but learning his moves and timing is act fun
Once again, another youtuber showing that the Grimm fights are like a dance. Amazing. Seeing these Grimm fights makes me appreciate the boss so much more.
Lol this guy literally took me 4 days and over 150 tries till I finally did it. I was legit wondering for the first couple days if I just wasn’t physically capable of doing it, until I did.
I LOVE SO MUCH how this bossfight doesn’t feel like a fight for me, but more like a dance. Once I treated the boss as a dance, something clicked and I started to beat him more often in Godhome. Easily one of the best bosses in the game.
This is actually the only boss I can semi-consistently do no hit on that isn't Gruz Mother or False Knight (those two are just piss easy) for some reason this boss fight just clicked for me after a certain point and can defeat him every time since. What a fun and fair fight, beautiful and terrifying song accompanied by just stunning visuals. They did a great job with this particular boss.
MrDontSmokeKids Yeah, I know what you mean . At first he seemed freaking difficult, but there's a point where I just " got it" and my next try was so much easier.
Realistically everyone should be able to beat the mega moss charger without taking damage. Literally just dodge his first potential jump attack and when he dashes towards you you can literally hit knock him back until he dies, it's great. Also Broken vessel is relatively easy, just don't get too aggressive and watch out for bs jumps. And honestly I only get hit around 3 times when I'm fighting the Mantis Lords but maybe that's just me.
Normal people : I don't know what the music sounds like after 1: 30 minute because I always die there This guy : I don't know what the music sounds like after 1: 30 minute because I always beat nkg there
Baldur shell sucks, shape of unn and quick focus can create a healing opportunity by themselves. Heal during his flame pillars attack, it works so long as you don't just move continuously, move intermittently so that you will have enough space before reaching one of the sides.
His awesome design His insane badass theme The insane atmosphere around him His insane fight I mean everything thing just makes him the coolest character / boss in the entire game
I've been gaming for damn near 30 years and I've never had more trouble with a boss.. while I can admit I'm not very experienced or skilled at platformers and Metroidvania games, I haven't had many issues with this entire game outside of the final trial in the Colosseum. That took me about 20x total. I hear Bloodborne has some really tough bosses so I can't factor that into my experiences, but even in the Dark Souls series I've never had this type of trouble. My biggest complaint is that his attacks take off 2 damage and I need to waste charms on bringing along something that doesn't even help me during this battle.
what's up, i think i broke the world record (hitless) and i agree with you, the grimm nightmare is one of the hardest bosss I've ever seen. ruclips.net/video/53bgl2obTKA/видео.html
lol, the final trial in the colosseum took me like three tries. The first two tries I died to primal aspits. The only reason I did it in so few tries was because for most of it, I just sat on the wall with the three weaver song spiders killing everything on the ground.
Not only is is jaw dropping to see him hit the damn bat so many times, bit its really intresting to see what dodging stradgies he came up with compared to me, like I never thought about dodging bats that way but both methods work. Very cool!
Once you grind for days on end and learn his patterns while executing it flawlessly and not getting hit once, and having a good charm setup. But other than that, it's pretty easy.
![Hollow Knight - White Palace - The Floor is Lava Challenge [Hitless] - 5:47.69](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aCHZBMNlRec/mqdefault.jpg)
![Hollow Knight - Path of Pain [Hitless] [The Grimm Troupe DLC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/a5EUUB5_HwY/mqdefault.jpg)
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Imagine commenting on a video made 2 years ago
@Sir Fedrick I’ve done that .-.
@@sirfedrick Imagine being a guy named sir fredrick
What is this legacy quick slash? only takes 2 notches?
@@christianmares8031 he is using the weird Cham that changes your spells (which was super op in that patch) so yeah when he recorded it it was before some of that stuff got nerfed
I love the way this boss executes you in 3 seconds at the start, and then you slowly learn his moves and eventually outlast him
Yeah my first blind attempt at NKG* just made me close my eyes and laugh.
@@Gryfer00 nkg
I agree. You learn strategies and it is not too frustrating.
Dang double damage
@@birdg4 dang
Gameplay like this makes it look less like you're fighting a boss and more like the boss is trying desperately to get away from you, the real terror of Hollownest.
I actually see the knight like this...
Undead, powerful God of shadows...
*ITS HALLOWNEST*
Sounds like the doomguy
And don’t forget that Nightmare King Grimm is basically a god
I see this particular version of the fight as playing as the boss as Nightmare King Grimm tried to dodge your stupidly unpredictable attacks
you know you're screwed when a boss has a screen-size intro card
Yeah i walked into the room and was like: Oh crap- Im in hell
Ah yes, the eternal ordeal
@@wyattkindell9681 the eternal ordeal is the only boss fight you cannot win. Therefore you are screwed
*chuckles* I'm in danger
Pantheon 5
**ABSOLUTE RADIANCE**
sends fear to my bones
It must be nice not losing 4 masks in the first 2 seconds of the fight
XDDD
What's funny is that it's impossible (invulnerability period)
Or so I think
@@AyushGupta-qs5xw i'm pretty sure invulnerability is less than a second
@@zalfredo325 double slash attack can hit twice at most sooo
@@AyushGupta-qs5xw He's Overcharmed, so a single hit would deal 4 masks of damage.
Oh so that’s what the rest of the ost sounds like
Lol I get it.
@@eg-cc6ym still haven’t beaten him 😔
@@thatguywithquarters454 Don’t worry, you will beat him soon!
Lol
this was the part of the game that left me done with it, just today i came back to play one more time after two months and yeah....not defeated yet
@@nicolasguzman519 since I played the only things I have before progressing is the third colosseum trail to do the god dlc thing but it’s hard and this fight I don’t think I have anything else I can do
"Well, I've beaten other dream bosses before, this won't be so hard"
Me, 10 seconds before being brutally massacred
I beat the radiance and I still can't even stagger this thing
@@bruv7521 the only boss harder than nkg is abs rad , although great prince zote and soul tyrant were many times more annoying
@@zbady4595 is it sad that my favorite bosses to fight, and that I enjoyed the most were radiant soul tyrant, radiant nkg, and abs radiance
@@blade5280 nah, it just means you’re much better than me , and possibly a bit of a masochist
3 times
Honestly one of the hardest fights in the game. When I first started fighting Nightmare Grimm, I was amazed at how fast he moved, and I almost deemed it just impossible, like an Easter egg boss that you can't really beat. But after hours of attemps, and beating him, you really appreciate him as a boss both mechanically and aesthetically. On top of that once you get him down it becomes such a fun fight, and less so one which causes internal suffering. My favorite boss in the game
His visual hints are quite stunning
He will teleport away from you on ground to get the bats out
Teleport away from you in air for underground ladders
Ground and near you he will dash at you
Air and near you he will go with that down Slash
Every single one of these hints can be judged quite masterfully with practice and it doesn't feel cheap with bait jumps
Same. I remember needing 80 attempts to beat him the first time i fought him, but after that he becomes such a fun boss. Unlike a certain moth with a dream shield...
I won't even lie playing fps games gives you a good reaction time boost, because of that grimm took me around 3-5 attempts both versions, the hardest boss fight imo is grey prince zote.
@@ionicman2908 radiant markoth gave me nightmares he was the hardest for me lmao
It was fun for me, but after about 50 attempts, I was getting so exhausted. I was zoning in and out, until I finally learned the importance of being in the middle of the room and the shadow dash.
Developer 1: Ok, so Grimm is hard, yes...
Developer 2: *M a k e i t h a r d e r*
Developer 1: k
Ari gibson and William pellen*
grimm 1 is too easy
@@sooper7815 that's what she said
@@sooper7815
I mean, compared to NKG he isn't, yeah. Also, I only recently got Hollow Knight. At the time of writing that comment, I barely knew anything about the game.
Grimm is one of the easiest bosses in the game
i have a strong feeling a good chunk of the wins against NKG are hitless, because taking any damage means you get knocked off rhythm
I think I took exactly 3 hits on my winning attempt. They were all in a row.
Agreed. My first win happen when i got hit n left 1 health n he like 50% health left maybe. For some reason i won without healing after that, accidently half hitless run. Lol
Yep, Pure Vessel is also like this
I took probably 10 hits and healed 3 masks during both staggers! You just have to be able to get back in the rhythm
I have not figured this rhythm out yet. 😂
80% of my deaths against this guy is because i keep dashing into him when he does his pink flying bat thingy attack.
Gerard De Jodelman just jump first and then do a shade cloak dash. Don’t try this fight without shade cloak, it’s unnecessarily hard.
@@MrPatrickbuit that strat saved me. You can get a good 3 hits on him if you do it right
I know. It doesn't kill me but his dumb legs extended to much for being being small black twigs on his fire pillar attack.
My main cause of death/getting hit was when i dash forward thinking he was gonna do the dash attack but he dashed backwards, and there are moments when i really have no other choice but to tank a hit
@@uphi-downlow5792 iMaGiNE tAkiNG dAmAgE oN nKg tHaT wOuLd bE sO sAd xD
I’m sorry ._.
You know, once you actually learn his moves and don't die within seconds of entering the fight, Grimm easily becomes one of the funnest bosses in the game, took me a good couple hours to beat him but everything about him is so cool that I didn't even mind dying a few dozen times.
i just beat this boss a few minutes ago, but i was like dying too much at the beggining, but i dunno if will work for you, but i focus all my attention in how is the most efective way to dodge, then i try to get in a few hits, my key charm was the Glowing Womb Charm, the rest Life charms, and play mega-buster style
Yeah his FIRST form. But his 2nd one is a whole other can of worms.
Even though yes, it's REALLY HARD, but that's what makes it so great, Grimm is literally everything I want in a secret boss. High difficulty, furiously paced, and the music is killer.
White Palace is piece of cake compared to Path of Pain...
promero14 And I absolutely REFUSE to do it for that reason.
you make it look so easy
PagChomp
feel better knowing you didnt see the hours of em fucking up to get here.
Nick MaGrick but steel soul
Wixon Wicker this isn’t steel soul though
@@wixonater even if it was steel soul, isn't this technically a dream boss? losing dream fights doesn't kill you
Honestly that last frame of the knight just lying on the ground is a perfect representation of what it feels like when you finally beat him
I always appreciate it when boss playthroughs spare a few more seconds on the video to show the epilogue to the fight. Too many people cut off the video the very second after the boss is defeated.
So true lmao. i need well let's just say 30+ attempts to defeat NKG in dirtmouth for the first time. i was really low and my heart beating like crazy even faster than the nightmare heart when NKG health is 25% but i finally did it and proceeds to kick his ass again at godhome first try
Nah I was hyped af
Watching this hoping that somehow i’ll absorb the skill
Same here bro
I remember watching this a year ago and thinking about how I'll never get this good. Now I've beaten every boss radiant and I have every achievement. Just keep practicing and you'll get this good
I actually did, beated after watching this in a few tries
Lol
Unironically, I actually got better at this fight after watching this video.
Easily my favorite boss in the entire game. In the beginning he killed me so fast I couldn't even get mad.
This dude is really hard. I´m here to steal all your strats.
Looks like his only strat is Git Gud. Good luck with that :)
Seriously, more like Git God. This is some next level shit...
The boss is harder now, they nerfed Flukenest and forced you to wear the Grimmchild charm. I wondered how the hell he was getting to the fire phases so fast.
Edit: Not saying he couldn't 0hit the boss now, it's not faster or harder, it just takes more time.
Well since you're forced to wear Grimmchild, it means less charm options to spare. So it technically is both longer ánd harder.
You can’t steal his strategies, all you can do is ONE thing:
1. Don’t suck ass at dodging
Think you can beat me huh
Well guess what nightmare king?,
I beat zote
wow golden statue and all?
@@Frani298 no he's obviosly talking about the harder one zote the mighty duh
Frani298 Normal Zote is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY stronger
Normal Zote is the reason the pale king died
@@PKmaster12 normal zote is the reason the radiance exists
When I got really close to beating Nightmare Grimm, my heart was beating so fast it didn’t make me feel great. I lost focus and died, but I managed to beat him after a few more tries.
Same
Same, it doesn't help that the heart in the background starts beating faster towards the end
@@randolphbooth yes the background actually visualised my internal being
Wait, so you came back alive?!
@@setablazee3570 no, the persson wrote this in dream form
0:48 the drop is so well timed with the attack... How satisfying
I can't get over the pose NKG makes during the Fire Bat attack.
I just noticed he has his leg up because of this comment.
Go to the bathroom bruh
I feel a disturbance as if someone has just done the *IMPOSSIBLE*
They killed your super saiyan form.
**nothing is impossible**
Then you should’ve felt almost 5 others when I did him on radience a couple of times in a row so I got good practice on him for the Pantheon of Hollownest
@@Evan-tj6wz **laughs in Radiant pure vessel**
Daniheart06 *LAUGHS IN RADIANT ABSOLUTE RADIANCE*
So i finally beat him myself and here's how. I equip every HP increasing charm at my disposal and just went in and did nothing but dodge to try and learn his patterns. No attacking, just dodging. It took a few dozen tries but eventually I got his patterns down and when I went back to actually fighting I was doing SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. The key to this fight is DODGING. Don't always attack, just get swings in when you can, you don't have to counter every move.
also the charms I used were sharp shadow, unbreakable strength, sprintmaster, and quick slash.
WAIT no i remember now I swapped out quick slash and sprintmaster for Quick Focus so I could heal during his stunned bat phases.
flukenest the fuck out of him...it works (Defenders Crest+Flukenest+Shamans) = MASSIVE increased damage (like 164% or something) when he opens his cape up (to use the fire-bats or w/e) go in and spam Fluke....thats how (several guys I know have won) its the "cheese" way to do it...but its still a win, a fair win. After I beat him, then I finished all 40 charms...got 100%, now working on Path of Pain/White Palace/Radiance.
I haven’t beaten him yet but I found a great charm combo that’s seems to really help. Shape of Uun and Quick Focus allows you to heal while moving fast enough to avoid the fire pillars.
I didn't bother using quick heal, From my memory you can only get 3 heals max during the bat phase.
Just noticed he has 1337 Geo...Godamn it, lol.
I don't get it
what does that mean?
Try google
Off the top of my head, leet in "leet speech" ?
Krampus no lmao
1:34 that's some good shit
-gets motivated
-goes to fight nkg
-gets absolutely demolished in 3 seconds
-goes back to watch the video
Bless the connections between the nerves in your fingers and brain my good sir. This was as the title states, flawless. Currently trying to beat him.
Awesome video!
Did you beat him yet?
I know its a no hit kill, but still... you overcharm madman
And he didn;t even use the spell he overcharmed for lol
Ron Ibarra nah, he spammed the shit out of Flukenest every time he got next to Grimm after his flame bird attack where he opens his cape. Big damage from it.
I mean if you're going for an hitless it makes sense to do that
Ron Ibarra I didn’t notice that he was using it either lol don’t worry 😂
Bishopn 2579
I JUST REALIZED HES OVERCHARMED, GODDAMMIT.
Team Cherry must be fighting game fans. Dude has a spiral arrow, dragon punch, and dive kick.
Imagine if a fighting game character had a dash-attack into a shoryuken, and then explodes into fire to cover the shoryuken.
That'd be some boss character shit.
His spiral attack reminds me alof Demitri from darkstalkers/vampire savior
Actually he’s just dancing
it looks so much faster when you're not the one actually fighting him
The heart gradually breaking in the back makes this fight even more intense and worth the wait
1337 [Hitless]
what does the 1337 geo mean?
it means that you should really know more about the Internet
Somehow this also happened to me. :D'
still coudnt figure it out
Still not helping
One of my favorite bosses in any game. His moveset is so elegantly designed and the whole fight feels remarkably fair for how hard it is.
have you noticed that during nkg's pufferfish attack, the grimmkin nightmares's eyes start glowing? like, actually glowing? they look like they're hypnotized.
huh, must've used wayward compass
Took me about an hour to finally get this dude and believe me it was far from fucking hitless lol you are a badass and make no mistake sir
only a true vessel can do this
An hour? It took me two hours to do the mantis lords. This will take me days.
@@Nitroade24 mantis lords is so ez lol compared to this
I got him from 25% to 0% one one health
(Technically 2 health but it didn't matter)
Only an hour? You're a legend.
Don’t worry guys he’s clearly using game shark
The.Flaming.Tornado yea also the background doesn’t change
P
landfish420 what does that mean?
I assume they're saying fireb0rn is cheating. He's not, this is just being played on an older version of the game.
Soapee sarcasm
The Dark Souls of "Dark souls of" games
Game, hard as Dark Souls, but has fragments, that have difficulty of Dark souls, but they are smaller, so they are harder
I got through dark souls on my own when I was 10, and the rest of the series within a year, however I find this game much harder. I love both but personally hollow knight or ds2 is my favorite game of all time. I dunno ds2 combat just felt more normal
i find dark souls way harder than hollow knight, nothing in this game was really hard for me compared to stuff in dark souls 1 or 3 (i haven't played 2)
Dark souls has a leveling system aka grind and grind until you beat it with shear stats hallow knight has an item system aka max level and power happens kinda quick
@@nebula4692 i found dark souls 3 and especially 1 to be an absolute joke due to shields
Fun fact: NKG seems to shout the phrase "Seraph", which is a Hebrew word meaning "the burning one". Seraphim (the plural of seraph) are heavenly beings of fire present in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mythology.
There's quite a lot of literature about them, but I'm pretty sure Team Cherry's devs looked to at least some of it when building the Grimm Troupe lore.
I spent 5 hours fighting him and it was really fun time! definitely my fave boss in the game, like he is super dramatic and have great music theme
basically all the same strats i've been using but with flawless execution. for shame. I need to get better at slashing him more during the fire pillars.
One of my favorite boss fight in any game ever. Everything about it is terrific.
i remember when i first beat him and i thought it was pretty hard. now i consistently go back and fight him just for fun. best boss in the game
Interesting, I consistently fail to defeat Nightmare King Grimm for the first time and fight him to make myself suffer.
@@magicstuart4912 Every hollow knight boss is great fun once you get the patterns down.
I loved this boss fight so much! Took me days to beat but it was like I learned to dance with him! One if the best bosses I've ever seen in any game I've played
After beating a dozen hard bosses on radiant and TMGrimm on ascended, I thought:
“I’m good enough to face NKGrimm.”
Nope, still got my ass handed to me.
Lol
Wtf before I know the DLC has come out, people already beat the boss???
To be fair it's actually really short... i think it's just something to hold us over until the Hornet DLC.
^ last 2 cps were really short, assuming the same for 3rd and then Hornet Expansion will hopefully be huge.
They seem to be slowly increasing in size.Next one might have 3 bosses.
Hornet DLC...right.
Mr. R Gods and Glory is huuggeee tho
0:20 uh.. EXCUSE ME?
He was by far the first member of the Great 3 that I've managed to beat, and also the only one I didn't use any funky charms for
The great 3? Absolute Radiance, Nightmare King Grimm, Pure Vessel? im sane enough to not try to beat AbsRad. no thank you. 112% completion is enough for me
@@Eirudy_Marionette_Deity Yep, but just regular Radiance instead of AbsRad. She's even higher than the Great 3. I didn't reach her yet tho, stuck at P5 Collector.
Also for now I'm only at 111%, can't beat Colo 3
@@FromtheTriangle i hate Oblobble and Sisters of Battle
@@Eirudy_Marionette_Deity Oblobbles suck but are doable, Sisters of Battle was the only boss in the entire game that I managed to beat on my first try
I always appreciate it when boss playthroughs spare a few more seconds on the video to show the epilogue to the fight. It’s like givibg the audience as well as the player time to breathe after the absolute insanity. Too many people cut off the video the very second after the boss is defeated.
I got dunked on so fucking fast the first time, that i promised to return when i have everything done, and got dunked on again even faster
You are a literal god, this is no doubt the hardest boss in the game
*_*Pure Vessel has entered the chat_*
*false knight kicks the door*
*Mighty Zote waddles in like a damn penguin*
Gruz Mother: *exists*
oblobbles radiant: enters your nightmares
Grimm's theme is fire!
Easily one of the best boss themes out there, along with Megalovania
Fighting NKG literally gave me hand cramps. I had to try so many times
After Years of not playing any vídeo games. My son asked me to buy him this game, and i was like ok bud.
He is crazy about the knight and pretends to be the knight fighting arround the house.
One day I was curious about why he loved this game so much. I watched some videos and i realised that it is pretty similar to Castlevania SOTN, which is my favorite game of all times.
I started a Game file thinking: i beated SOTN back in the day, HK will be a piece of cake.
How wrong i was. The game is Hard my ass has been kicked. Nkg i hate tha bastard he was a pain in the ass.
The game is also beautiful. It was like being a kid again. My son was always laughting on me when i had hard times with the bosses, but was also crazy happy that we were playing togather his favorite game.
Thank you team Cherry for such a beautiful game and thank you pal for helping me out on beating NKG.
He is a great boss and has really hard Dracula vibes.
My son just said: look dad this is MR Dracula in hollow knight but the knight is more powerful.
When we finished the game my son said thank you dad for playing HN Wirh me
He gave me a hug and said I love You dad.
I had tears of joy. What a great game is holliw knight
Peace out
I know you made this video a while ago, but in case you see this I wanted to let you know that watching you do this gave me the determination to finally beat the boss! :D Had to bang my head against the wall for a while, but I finally did it. Thank you!
Shape of Unn (or whatever it's called) allows to you to heal when he fires the bats at you as you can go underneath them, and attacking only when he summons the flame pillars made the fight a whole lot easier. Took me 100+ tries to learn his attack pattern though haha.
He uses every opportunity to get an attack in no matter how small the window!!! Truly impressive
His music is the best theme of hollow knight.
Change my mind
1:34
That parry was SO CLEAN. I’ve NEVER been able to parry Grimm just because of how fast he is.
Usually, you fear everything as everything is dangerous and will tank your health in seconds.
But then you get skilled enough at the game and something like "No Damage Nightmare King Grimm" will come and prove that the real being to be feared is *YOU*
Haven't gotten to him yet but i'm expecting it to be very... flamboyant
Ghost: I have no fear!
*Nightmare King Grimm*
Ghost: O-ok, now I have got one fear...
Arguably the hardest and most fun boss in the game. Finally beat him after so long but I'm glad I did so, he was so much fun!
After you beat the 4th pantheon you see how easy this guy really is tbh (at least he's easier than Pure Vessel okay)
@@dorol6375he isn’t harder then pure vessel?
It’s interesting to watch these videos later, now that we know how to almost perfectly optimize every fight.
Just defeated this dude 15 minutes before I typed this comment, to my fellow Hollow Knight players or those who wish to play but don't have the game yet, understand that this is by far one of the toughest bosses. I can't give any advice no other RUclipsr or Reddit user hasn't already, this guy is the epitome of TRIAL AND ERROR and there will be LOTS OF ERROR. My charm set up was (not including Grimmchild) SharpShadow, QuickSlash, NailMasters Glory and Unbreakable Strength.
Me: oh yay I finally beat false knight!
This video: *exists*
Me: Oh...
i heard people say this is a fun boss and i thought they were crazy 40+ tries later i love this boss he was a pain in the ass at first but learning his moves and timing is act fun
2:04 - I don't feel good, Mr. Pale King...
Grimm looks so cute when he does that pillars of flame attack. I'm just in love with that.
Once again, another youtuber showing that the Grimm fights are like a dance. Amazing. Seeing these Grimm fights makes me appreciate the boss so much more.
He only took me about 1,5 hours to beat.
My charms:
-Grimmchild
-Unbreakable/Fragile Strength
-Sharp Shadow
-Dashmaster
-Sprintmaster
1:35
I find this attack sequence so cool
Lmao grimm has noclip turned on
You know It became a trauma when you hear the ost and have a odd feeling for not hearing "SEEH" "FAH FAH FAH FAH"
I love how in the second half of the fight the nightmare heart begins to light up and grimm's screams sound more painful
You have to respect this man's confindence for going into a fast, 2-damage boss while overcharmed
That way if he does get hit he can lose faster to start over.
Sitting here watching you get as many hits in a single flurry as I've gotten on all my attempts combined
Wow, you're good...
*NOW DO IT WITHOUT WAYWARD COMPASS*
Bro now that's just impossible
Fireb0rn is good and all, but that's straight up impossible, even for him
The compass is cheating its basically jornalist lvl easy mode the devs designed the boss to be possible without the compass
And just to drive the point home you were overcharmed as well.
Might as well if you’re going for hitless
I finally beat NGK and honestly.. it might just be the best boss fight I’ve ever done in my life
Absolutely love this fight, shits hard first couple times, but once get a rhythm going it becomes a dance of survival
Lol this guy literally took me 4 days and over 150 tries till I finally did it. I was legit wondering for the first couple days if I just wasn’t physically capable of doing it, until I did.
this comment gave me life
I LOVE SO MUCH how this bossfight doesn’t feel like a fight for me, but more like a dance. Once I treated the boss as a dance, something clicked and I started to beat him more often in Godhome. Easily one of the best bosses in the game.
This is actually the only boss I can semi-consistently do no hit on that isn't Gruz Mother or False Knight (those two are just piss easy) for some reason this boss fight just clicked for me after a certain point and can defeat him every time since. What a fun and fair fight, beautiful and terrifying song accompanied by just stunning visuals. They did a great job with this particular boss.
MrDontSmokeKids
Yeah, I know what you mean . At first he seemed freaking difficult, but there's a point where I just " got it" and my next try was so much easier.
Realistically everyone should be able to beat the mega moss charger without taking damage. Literally just dodge his first potential jump attack and when he dashes towards you you can literally hit knock him back until he dies, it's great. Also Broken vessel is relatively easy, just don't get too aggressive and watch out for bs jumps. And honestly I only get hit around 3 times when I'm fighting the Mantis Lords but maybe that's just me.
Mantis Lords and Hornet for me are hitless paradise
NKG and Sisters of Battle were the best fights for me. It felt like dancing to an amazing beat. Such a masterpiece of a game. Just Incredible!
Just beat him today after 18 tries! I'm so happy right now. Beating NKG the for the first time feels really good!
Normal people : I don't know what the music sounds like after 1: 30 minute because I always die there
This guy : I don't know what the music sounds like after 1: 30 minute because I always beat nkg there
Beat him today and my charms were: Dashmaster, Sprintmaster, Sharp Shadow, Lifeblood Core, Fragile/Unbreakable Heart and the required Grimmchild.
And here I am face tanking 50 blows with balder shell, quick focus, and shape of inn
Baldur shell sucks, shape of unn and quick focus can create a healing opportunity by themselves. Heal during his flame pillars attack, it works so long as you don't just move continuously, move intermittently so that you will have enough space before reaching one of the sides.
I gave up healing after 50 or so tries and used Joni's blessing with fragile heart instead
when he dies it is a pretty cool animation.
Its just something that makes him my favorite boss in the game idk why
His awesome design
His insane badass theme
The insane atmosphere around him
His insane fight
I mean everything thing just makes him the coolest character / boss in the entire game
@@purehollow truee the only boss i had fun with
I've been gaming for damn near 30 years and I've never had more trouble with a boss.. while I can admit I'm not very experienced or skilled at platformers and Metroidvania games, I haven't had many issues with this entire game outside of the final trial in the Colosseum. That took me about 20x total.
I hear Bloodborne has some really tough bosses so I can't factor that into my experiences, but even in the Dark Souls series I've never had this type of trouble. My biggest complaint is that his attacks take off 2 damage and I need to waste charms on bringing along something that doesn't even help me during this battle.
what's up, i think i broke the world record (hitless) and i agree with you, the grimm nightmare is one of the hardest bosss I've ever seen.
ruclips.net/video/53bgl2obTKA/видео.html
@@papauzburzum9775 For me, Zote is much harder.
lol, the final trial in the colosseum took me like three tries. The first two tries I died to primal aspits. The only reason I did it in so few tries was because for most of it, I just sat on the wall with the three weaver song spiders killing everything on the ground.
Here's a tip:
*If the namecard is full screen. You aren't ready. Even if you've don't Path of Pain, you aren't ready*
YESSS finally killed him. FFS that took over three sweaty hours of constant resetting. But man, coolest boss in the game for sure.
the epic awesome music makes replaying (and replaying and replaying and and and) not so bad
Not only is is jaw dropping to see him hit the damn bat so many times, bit its really intresting to see what dodging stradgies he came up with compared to me, like I never thought about dodging bats that way but both methods work. Very cool!
I feel threatened
1:53 scream?
This boss was quite fun to fight. Yeah he kicks your ass for the first few hours, but when you finally learn his moves...
It's like a dance.
Once you grind for days on end and learn his patterns while executing it flawlessly and not getting hit once, and having a good charm setup.
But other than that, it's pretty easy.
Yeah, basically every boss in the history
I had no idea that his black ghost with orange eyes during his stutter was actually hittable. I beat him very recently and it took me over 20 tries.