I went into this fight completely blind and I almost faint when the FREAKING SUN started growing wings and turned into a giant scary moth... But, it was the most amazing final boss fight and I LOVED every single moment of it
@@legrandliseurtri7495 Yeah, if you are unlucky you can get in the pattern where you can't avoid taking damage. For example when the spikes are to come from the floor and the beam is blocking your way of dodging them or even worse when projectiles spawn right where you are. I beat the boss but did not enjoy the fight and would skip it if it wasn't necessary for the true ending.
@@tyler1673 Yeah that's kinda what makes this boss hard, hollow knight kinda sets your mind to a more spammy play style and then the radiance is the total opposite.
*Two guys in Team Cherry* 1: So far, the final boss has a laser attack, a wave attack, three large nail attacks, and can turn half of the battlefield into spikes 2: Yeah, that's not hard enough. 1: Ok then, *Golden Balls* 2: No, not hard enough 1: Uh, fine. All attacks do double damage 2: One last thing: Make it so that you have to redo the Hollow Knight fight before being able to get back to the Radiance 1: Wait, doesn't that contradict the lore? All of the other Dream Realm areas respawn you still inside the Dream Realm if you die. 2: Who cares about the lore if it makes the fight more annoying.
My setup for this fight was: Unbreakable Strength, Shaman Stone, Spell Twister, Quick Slash. The Quick Slash and Unbreakable Strength were mostly for just tanking Hollow Knight and not wasting precious Soul. As soon as Radiance spawned I got her with four Abyss Shrieks. After that it only took a few nail slashes or like one mote shriek to put her in the second phase. At that point it just becomes patience and not getting greedy with damage.
Thank you for this. I tried this set up today and it worked like a charm (lol). I finished the game back in May, but couldn't beat this light-loving moth. Using your loadout I was able to quickly deal with Hollow Knight and to focus all my effort on The Radiance. Thanks for the tips!
Quick Slash + UB Strength really helps a lot in killing Hollow Knight so fast and just move on to Radiance. It was also very helpful for me in phase 2 that you don't have to chase her around the platforms. Just pick one (I prefer the bottom) and stay there avoiding the attacks until she spawns there. Quick Slash also helps because you no longer need to jump to attack if you badly need Soul and can't spam Abyssal Shriek. Any other combo without Quick Slash feels okay but the extended time you take killing the Knight makes it so much a chore when you die frequently.
I think you just have to get use to the patterns of attack. It helped a lot when I did a run without dealing any damage and ran away the whole time. After that she couldn’t touch me
I wish I had unbreakable strength. I banished the Grimm troupe when divine had eaten fragile strength, but carefree melody has done more for me than grimmchild would ever do.
Finally did it! Charms: Shaman Stone, Soul Catcher, Spell Twister, Unbreakable Strength Abyss Shriek is the most effective move against the Radiance, and I couldn't find enough time to heal anyway. Unbreakable Strength makes the nail hits (necessary to refill soul) more effective. Tried a build around Joni's Blessing as well, but that takes too many notches that can be better used to improve the damage dealt. In general: go into the Radiance fight with full soul, get two shrieks in. Follow Relyea's advice (defence before offence!), but only use the nail once you've gotten her to the point where spikes only come from the top, to recharge your soul. Then recharge your health, stay mostly on the lower platform, recharge soul again in the beginning (nail hits!), then rely on spells for the rest of the fight. With this build, you deal enough damage to make the fight short enough that you don't have too many opportunities to screw up. :)
When i was in the third phase, i literally felt my hands shaking and my hearth pounding out of my chest, then with the final hit break down to tears XD
I got overzealous and died two separate times by the lasers on my way to the final cut scene 😭. I finally just beat it now with unbreakable strength, shaman stone and Mark of pride. With a pure nail and the extra reach I found I was jumping less in regards to leaving me exposed in the air
I started this game almost nine months ago. And I’m not gonna lie, your guidance has been paramount to how much I enjoyed it. Yours, Moss, Rusty. I started nine months ago, kept putting it off and I beat the radiance. I actually cried after I beat her because this game quite literally saved my life this year. It may sound silly, but it couldn’t have come at a better time. I can’t explain just how much this game means to me, but I hope this comes close to it. Thank you so much for the content you put out, you’ve never failed to make me laugh, Relyea. I’m looking forward to what you come up with during the Silksong Era. *Bows* bama.
I was stuck with him for about 3 hours, then i watched your video and beat on the next try. Thanks a lot, my mistake was being to aggresive, once I focused more on dodging and waiting for an opening, it became a whole lot more easy.
I know I’m late, but I found the easiest strategy (for me at least) was to have the charms: Weaversong, unbreakable heart, deep focus, and grimmchild. With these charms, the hollow knight is a cake walk so you can make it to the radiance easily. The strat is to; as soon as the boss spawns, use abyss shriek 3 times and dodge the next attack, stay grounded as much of the fight as possible and slash with the nail when there’s an opening. The summons should do most of the damage so you can focus on dodging if need be, but I also suggest using abyss shriek when there’s an opening in the swords at the bottom, or when she’s done shooting lasers. When you get to her 4th faze, heal as much as you can and jump up. In this faze you have to do most of the damage as the summons won’t usually aggro on her, don’t attack her during the “spike wall” attack or when she summons the orbs. It may not work on your first try, just keep trying, the last thing you should do is rush the boss, take your time. Hopefully this helped at least one person.
I beat her yesterday after 10 hours of trying. Not in the same day though, I loaded up the game yesterday after a long mental break and beat her 3rd try. The charms I used were Shaman stone, quick focus, soul catcher and mark of pride I think
You make this look so easy! Lol I’m still missing a notch and two charms! I also really need to work harder on my spells. My timing is off. I’ll get it though. Wishing all a great weekend!
Relyea, I can’t thank you enough for your help, I beat the radiance today and am ecstatic. I got to the end and DIED on the last jump, and then tried again a few times and beat her. Thanks again for the video, you are literally the best
I found that my biggest problem was multitasking between dodging his attacks and attacking, so i ended up using weaversong, sprint master and grubsong so i could just focus on dodging, and maybe get in the occasional abyss shriek. I also used quick focus, spore shroom, defenders crest, and shape of unn to maximize my ‘passive’ build. Took frickin forever, but it worked for me
I finally beat the radiance tonight!! It’s been a week’s worth of trying lol. I had voided heart, unbreakable strength, Grim child, weaver song, and steady body as my build. I tried the spells but could not get the hang of it but this finally worked for me! Great video and your tutorials helped me so much to get through this game!!
Hollow Knight:hornet has a message for u The Knight:* picks up the phone * Hornet: Hey im coming ok? just hang there a little more _message ended_ 13 : 06 Hollow Knight:and 1 more message Hornet:*GIT GUD* 13 : 26 Hollow Knight:Oh no
Finally beat her tonight, after days of trying! My hands were shaking afterwards... Big thanks to you - this video was a huge help! Patience was definitely the key. On to Godmaster!!
Just wanted to leave here that I finally did it! After 20 something tries I finally beat the Radiance. For anyone who is getting frustrated in this fight, just remember that patience is key in this fight so don't rush into her just to get some desperate hits. Anyone now time to try god home endings, wish me luck!
Your guide helped a lot! I’ve used a ton of your content to get thru Hollow Knight and really appreciate it. Today I built up enough courage to beat Nightmare King Grimm and The Radiance!!
Was struggling with a nail build - very easy to defeat hollow knight, but stuck on radiance's platforming section. Was using deep focus to top up completely before the platforming but was still dying. Saw your advice and switched to a complete spell build, and cleared it on the first try. It's not even funny how much better Abyss Shriek is. Thanks for the help. And the steam achievement.
thank you!!! after like 20 attempts this was the build and video that helped me finally beat radiance and also helped me decide im not anywhere near good enough to beat the pantheons. THANK YOU!!
I was at the radiance and never beat it so I stopped playing for couple month and I went to play one day and I forgot the controls but it helped me win lmao
Your video inspired me to go back and try to beat this boss. I finally did it. :) Some other tips that I found helpful: *Open with a cyclone slash to clear half of Phase 1 in a single attack. There's always enough time for it, even without Nailmaster's Glory. *Clear Phase 1 (no spike floor) with normal attacks or great slash to save soul. Take your time; Radiance isn't as aggressive in this phase. *Rush to clear Phase 2 (half spike floor) with Abyss Shriek. *On Phase 3 (infinite sword rain) stay calm; you did it, you beat the hard part. Use regular attacks and heal after. *Phase 4 (platforms), stay on the bottom middle platform and dodge. You can Abyss Shriek to hit Radiance if it's in the top or middle-right spots without moving too much. *Once you get to Phase 5 (the climb), you're nearly there. Heal before starting and take it carefully. Then, you've won! *I could not beat Radiance with a controller and found keyboard much easier. The main difference is that you can change directional input much faster than a joystick.
@@RelyeaGaming damn, i honestly just can't with cuphead or sections like the path of pain, they are just too stress ful for me and feel like i'm gonna get a heart attack. My hands were shaking for like 10 minutes after I finished the white palace (no secret rooms or anything, just the white fragment alone)
Just collect the max soul amount from The Hollow Knight and then when the radiance comes just keep on spamming Abyss Shriek and it will do a LOT of damage as long as you have all the spell/soul based charms. It will still do damage without them i just recommend it. I'd do Shaman Stone, Soul Eater, Grubsong, and Spell Twister. If you have an extra notch just put whatever, I used Thorns of Agony.. Mostly because im bad at dodging things.
Thank you, it was very useful. At 2nd phase you just have to camp at the middle and wait until radiance goes there and spam your abyss shriek and be careful to not get hit by her laser beam when you are climbing up.
I know I just need to keep on practicing, but man this boss is going to be the death of me. You make it look so much calmer than what appears on my screen, lol. At least I seem to be seeing the 4th stage more now, so here's to hoping I can get into that zen flow and dodge those effing horisontal spikes consistently.
NKG took me at least 100 tries. Make sure your playing defensive, don’t get greedy in damage and use the abyss shriek when it makes sense. You will get it
I beat it!!!!!! I just freaking beat it!!!! Wow that took so many hours to get used to it...and I only figured the shaman stone just tonight...life blood joni's blessing shaman stone and thorns of agony. I'd fought the two bosses so much I'd already gotten used to their attacks so when I added shaman stone I got to radiance fourth phase so quickly I died in panic I so wasn't ready hahahahaha. When I saw that I knew it was gonna be dead tonight ...whew thanks relay time to go for grimm and the path of pain now yaaaaay thanks so much!!
This video helped me finish one of the best games I've ever played - thank you. Didn't realize I could get that unbreakable strength charm and another upgrade to the howling wraiths spell...made quite the impact lol...
My strategy was Charms: shaman stone, quick slash, mark of pride, steady body, nailmasters glory I didn't use nail arts btw so wasted slot Phases 1, 3, and 5 I used my nail Phases 2, and 4 I spammed abyss shriek
I've been trying for almost a year and I still can't beat this brat. My reaction time is hasty due to impatience ^^' would have thought I had learned to not be so impatient after fighting all but five characters in the hall of gods.
It took me 15 hours, it was painful but so fun !, Near the end I was gonna give up cause I died on the 3rd phase 😭, but then after a few more tries i did it , but if u don't want to devote 15 hours to an ending you've already seen I can't blame you
Love how this fight is hyped up as the final boss fight and you have to fight another boss everytime you want to attempt the fight, but then you can beat it by spamming abbys shreik
Thank you so much for this!! I couldn't beat this boss for quite some time, so I wanted to watch one video to get an idea how to deal with it. Watched it and beat Radiance on the next attempt!!
Thank you so Much Relyea for Every Hollow Knight Video you made, Appreciate it a lot. Without you, It would have taken Me Years to complete this Game but with you it's "Nice And Easy" 😉
i was throwing myself at the radiance for like 3 hours before checking out this video, it really helped! i'm still dying, but im making it further more consistently now, but I do need to work on not being more greedy with hits. Your videos have been a huge help in my hollow knight journey
I really would enjoy this boss if it didn't do *2 masks.* i would actually have fun, instead of just getting frustrated because it kills me in FOUR hits. usually when stuff like this just isn't fun i would attempt to cheese it, (don't judge, you might think of it to if you really hated a boss.) but NO possible cheese is available. NO possible way to make it easier, NO possible way to have FUN. as i said, i would love this boss if it didn't take 4 hits for you to die. Either i just suck at hollow knight and somehow got this far, or the 2 masks are a problem and only people like you relyea, can manage to dodge stuff like *a spike wall then a sun beam* in two seconds. I understand these games are not for the faint of heart, they are hard. but as i ALREADY SAID 2 masks are a huge problem in my opinion, i think only absolute radiance should do it.
I really don't understand how I got this far, it's really stupid that I have to struggle to beat the hollow knight and then when I finally do it I die in 5 seconds to the radiance because I get a sword wall then the giant beam coming from the side right after and I can't dodge and it taking 2 mask is just so freaking annoying I'm so tired of getting the same result after continuously changing my charms and my strategy that I just wanna quit but I do badly wanna beat it
Thank you Relyea. I struggled throughout this game but your videos were a massive crutch for me. It allowed me to experience this brutal, amazing game that I may have missed out on if I gave up without your help.
Here are the charms that did the most work in my build Carefree melody: the random chance at avoiding the 2 masks of damage really came in clutch a lot. Quick slash: it helps get damage out quickly before she teleports away Fury of the fallen: if you have an odd number of masks, you will always have one more mask after the first few hits so you can get the damage boost. Thorns of agony: this kind of combos with carefree melody in the same sense that baulder shell combos with thorns of agony. Does a decent chunk of damage. Grubsong: for each time you mess up and get hit, you will gain a bit of soul from it. Then, when the time is right, shove some abyss shrieks into her face.
Thank you for the amazing videos. Not only you're incredible at this game, but your videos where on point and without any unnecessary filling. It's so refreshing to see RUclips content like that. I rarely subscribe to a channel I don't plan on watching their videos regularly, but I think you earned it. I just finished the game with the dream no more ending, and it was one of the best gaming experiences ever. I feel kinda empty now, and not ready to play any other game. I'll be waiting for Silksong and for your videos about it :)
My setup for this fight was: Quick focus, Mark of pride, Quick slash The most important thing in this fight is TO NEVER HEAL IN THE FIRST PHASE, seriously even if you're on one mask NEVER heal in the first phase Another thing that I figured out is that in the second phase instead of dashing towards the orbs you can hid behind a platform since dashing might get you in trouble by either falling or not having shade cloak for a beam attack
The comprehensive guide helps so much. Not to mention after seeing you vs absolute radiance regular one feels like slow mo version. Of course playing many of soulsborne has caused me to reach a state which defeats hardly angers me.
Finally beat the radiance!! I used shaman stone, spell twister, mark of pride and unbreakable strength. For the first phase I was able to get in four abyss shrieks, and with a couple of nail hits during sword rain I was able to get to phase 4 with the small platforms. For phase 4, all it takes is six abyss shrieks and you’re ready to climb to the top for one last hit to the radiance. I find it easiest to get in abyss shrieks during sword burst and the orbs. Thank you Relyea for the advice to go defense before offense! It really helped!!
Thank you for the tips, even after over a year still very helpful, I did just beat her, for anyone interested my charms were Shape of Unn, Deep Focus, Quick Focus and Soul Catcher. You can heal very well with this build as explained in the video, and also dodge plenty of sword and beams with Shape of Unn. Pantheons and NKG here I come :)
Woohoo, just beat her today! Used Shaman Stone, Soul Catcher, Unbreakable Strength, Spell Twister, and Grubsong. The methods here were super helpful, thanks Reylea!
Hoo boy am i glad i stumbled across this! I'm currently working on this monster of a boss. She made me run away from the game for months lmao but now a friend beat her and i want in on the celebration XD I hope the tips here will help especially about playing defensive i feel that was likely my downfall. Thanks a bunch and hopefully i can get this in the bag soon...
My main problem is that attacks always screw me, I’ll be in a situation where I have to dash away but the an attack will come in right afterwards that I either need to dash to avoid but don’t have it anymore or spears will come from above and reck me
Alright i used this strat and it worked very effectively, use spell twister, shaman stone, mark of pride, and fragile/unbreakable strength. go into the hollow knight fight and dont worry too much about health or healing because your health will be reset when entering radiance fight make sure to have atleast the main soul container full. when you startthe fight walk right below and start using abyss spamming abyss shriek and when the radiance teleports away walk below it and do the same thing when out of soul you can use your nail to finish it. Try not to worry too much about health you will probably have enough soul to heal after activating the second phase. On the second phase avoid hit the radiance to where you have filled the main soul container or more and start spamming abyss shriek again. This strat killed the radiance very fast for me i reccomend.
"at this poimt you've basically defeated the radiance" I was just about to hit ber and then I died there on my like 3rd attempt. then I procceded to not being able to get there again for 40 minutes or so
I like how he can beat one of the hardest bosses easily but almost dies to two primal aspids
two primal aspids are more annoying than the final boss at this point
@@RelyeaGaming the two primal aspids are actually the final boss' parents
Primal aspids are the worst!
@@RelyeaGaming imagine silksong has an aspid boss
@@thinkricegns Careful don't give Team Cherry any ideas
I’m fine with the double damage. What pisses me off is having to fight hollow knight again when I die
If you use unbreakable strength , steady body and quick slash it takes 1 minute
Same lol
Hollow knight is very easy
to me its okay so I can fill up my soul vessel since He's really easy then spam abyss shriek on radiance
@@zytreak youve got mans respect my g
I went into this fight completely blind and I almost faint when the FREAKING SUN started growing wings and turned into a giant scary moth... But, it was the most amazing final boss fight and I LOVED every single moment of it
But wait! there is more. If you have not done so already go do the pantheons. there are extra bosses and things to do
Greatest final boss intro EVER.
You loved this fight?!! There is so much RNG... one of my least favorite boss personnally.
But the introduction, the end, and the music are on point.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 Yeah, if you are unlucky you can get in the pattern where you can't avoid taking damage. For example when the spikes are to come from the floor and the beam is blocking your way of dodging them or even worse when projectiles spawn right where you are. I beat the boss but did not enjoy the fight and would skip it if it wasn't necessary for the true ending.
@@brombusz6441 really? I honestly enjoyed the fight even with bad RNG
I can't believe he killed the radiance without the wayward compass
Impossible...
@@DetectiveDavid9 no of course it's not impossible, you just don't get the secret ending
0:04 OMG NO CLICKBAIT DEFINITELY AND TOTALLY NOT FAKE HE DIED
Why what happens if u don't use wayward compass
@@omarwew395 don't u know? lol Wayward compass makes all bosses Rlly easy it has so many secret power ups
A little tip for this fight Be patient dont rush in and try to get loads of damage done i learned that the hard way... over 3 weeks of dying
That’s a log time. Much respect for sticking to it
Its weird 'cause the hollow knight is the opposite. Joni's blessing and quick slash makes him easy.
@@tyler1673 Yeah that's kinda what makes this boss hard, hollow knight kinda sets your mind to a more spammy play style and then the radiance is the total opposite.
@@zzedixx they are the spam
I just used a magic build with quickslash and spammed abyss shreik
The first draft of this script: *hit it till it dies*
Pretty much
I would like this comment but, i feel obligated to not ruin that sweet number
Rebeca Star I mean you can do it now
laughs in cyberdemon
Please do not like this comment
*Two guys in Team Cherry*
1: So far, the final boss has a laser attack, a wave attack, three large nail attacks, and can turn half of the battlefield into spikes
2: Yeah, that's not hard enough.
1: Ok then, *Golden Balls*
2: No, not hard enough
1: Uh, fine. All attacks do double damage
2: One last thing: Make it so that you have to redo the Hollow Knight fight before being able to get back to the Radiance
1: Wait, doesn't that contradict the lore? All of the other Dream Realm areas respawn you still inside the Dream Realm if you die.
2: Who cares about the lore if it makes the fight more annoying.
Contradictory to the last one, some bosses don't respawn you in the dream world if you die (if I remember correctly)
@@Kait07_ lost kin, soul tyran, gray prince, and all the others dont respawn you in the dream world, only white palace does
@@a1l0pThat's true, but you don't actually die each time, you are just respawned right before you entered the dream
@@Kait07_that's true, but they do not reset you back to the bench, you go back to the same moment you entered the dream realm.
this one's quite easy, unlike any radiance
My setup for this fight was:
Unbreakable Strength, Shaman Stone, Spell Twister, Quick Slash.
The Quick Slash and Unbreakable Strength were mostly for just tanking Hollow Knight and not wasting precious Soul. As soon as Radiance spawned I got her with four Abyss Shrieks. After that it only took a few nail slashes or like one mote shriek to put her in the second phase. At that point it just becomes patience and not getting greedy with damage.
Good call and some great tips!
Thank you for this. I tried this set up today and it worked like a charm (lol). I finished the game back in May, but couldn't beat this light-loving moth. Using your loadout I was able to quickly deal with Hollow Knight and to focus all my effort on The Radiance. Thanks for the tips!
@Michal Nowicki No problem, glad it helped you.
gezz thx dude, this charm set is op
Quick Slash + UB Strength really helps a lot in killing Hollow Knight so fast and just move on to Radiance. It was also very helpful for me in phase 2 that you don't have to chase her around the platforms. Just pick one (I prefer the bottom) and stay there avoiding the attacks until she spawns there. Quick Slash also helps because you no longer need to jump to attack if you badly need Soul and can't spam Abyssal Shriek.
Any other combo without Quick Slash feels okay but the extended time you take killing the Knight makes it so much a chore when you die frequently.
You forgot the most important charm for bosses
wayward compass
That’s too OP. Takes the fun away if the game is too easy
That’s just cheating, you don’t accomplish anything except mass destruction.
How does the wayward compass help I keep seeing it and I don't get it •́ ‿ ,•̀
I killed the radiance with one hit, all thanks to wayward compass.
@@jupiter3370 Its a meme. Dont r/woosh me
How to beat Radiance?
Git Gud!!!!!!
But nah seriously keep cool and don't panic, its not over till it's over
I think you just have to get use to the patterns of attack. It helped a lot when I did a run without dealing any damage and ran away the whole time. After that she couldn’t touch me
That's how I learn to kill Grimm, so I agree :)
Daniel Staples you just quoted Just Shapes and Beats
Thanks, the first time I got close I died on the last jump, just before you can 1 hit it
@@jamiefairest9109 i was thinking that too
Me: hornet can I borrow your needle? Hornet:.. no just get gud
would be awesome to use her moves.....
Cant wait for silksong
Well, too bad, still waiting 11 months later
@@CW-xn1otwell 4 years later
When I was fighting her I got to the very end then I freaked out and used shade soul instead of abyssal scream then I fell into the void 😐
Ohh no!
Oh her!
i would cry
I wish I had unbreakable strength. I banished the Grimm troupe when divine had eaten fragile strength, but carefree melody has done more for me than grimmchild would ever do.
God stuff. Upgraded charms are super helpful
Barrios Nope, they break in the Radiance fight
Finally did it!
Charms: Shaman Stone, Soul Catcher, Spell Twister, Unbreakable Strength
Abyss Shriek is the most effective move against the Radiance, and I couldn't find enough time to heal anyway. Unbreakable Strength makes the nail hits (necessary to refill soul) more effective.
Tried a build around Joni's Blessing as well, but that takes too many notches that can be better used to improve the damage dealt.
In general: go into the Radiance fight with full soul, get two shrieks in. Follow Relyea's advice (defence before offence!), but only use the nail once you've gotten her to the point where spikes only come from the top, to recharge your soul. Then recharge your health, stay mostly on the lower platform, recharge soul again in the beginning (nail hits!), then rely on spells for the rest of the fight.
With this build, you deal enough damage to make the fight short enough that you don't have too many opportunities to screw up. :)
Well done! Congrats. I agree about abyss shriek
I finally got somewhere near phase two with this, then died as the void was grabin her •-•
Thank you very much! I've beaten her yesterday on my first playthrough using this combo in less than 10 attempts!
laughs in not enough geo
When i was in the third phase, i literally felt my hands shaking and my hearth pounding out of my chest, then with the final hit break down to tears XD
My winning charms were:
All of the life blood charms and the unbreakable heart.
So I had about 24 or 26 masks to use
That’s a lot of damage!
Relyea hahahah
it's only 22
@@thehulk86 it's depends how much masks he had originally
How did you got all that? when i equip it i can't use Unbreakable Heart bc of 1 notches
I got overzealous and died two separate times by the lasers on my way to the final cut scene 😭. I finally just beat it now with unbreakable strength, shaman stone and Mark of pride. With a pure nail and the extra reach I found I was jumping less in regards to leaving me exposed in the air
I died on the climb so many times
I actually beat Radiance yesterday :( I used Shape Of Unn, Quick focus, and Deep focus.
Very interesting setup but totally works
Lol, thanks, it really worked
healing build’s are hard aswell.
I used Shape of Unn, Lifeblood Heart + Core, Quick Focus, And Quickslash I think.
I used my anger after being reminded of what the Radiance did to Myla
Dude, your videos have been a lifesaver.
Beat white palace yesterday. Radiance and grimm is up next.
Great work! Good luck moving forward
and he never came back...
My charm loadout for beating the Radiance:
Kingsoul + Wayward Compass + Gathering Swarm + Fragile Greed + Heavy Blow
you're welcome btw
why do you need other charms with wayward compass?
Kingsoul? U need void heart to get to radiance
@Water Sheep YOU UUST WXPOSED HIM HAHAHHA XD
I've never seen so much power in one charm build, you could kill all of Hollownest in 1 hit with that setup
@@schreechshadowomo7933 Its a joke
Me: "this seems easy"
Also Me: " I'm Sorry
I know what you mean. it’s ok
I started this game almost nine months ago. And I’m not gonna lie, your guidance has been paramount to how much I enjoyed it. Yours, Moss, Rusty. I started nine months ago, kept putting it off and I beat the radiance. I actually cried after I beat her because this game quite literally saved my life this year. It may sound silly, but it couldn’t have come at a better time. I can’t explain just how much this game means to me, but I hope this comes close to it. Thank you so much for the content you put out, you’ve never failed to make me laugh, Relyea. I’m looking forward to what you come up with during the Silksong Era.
*Bows* bama.
I was stuck with him for about 3 hours, then i watched your video and beat on the next try.
Thanks a lot, my mistake was being to aggresive, once I focused more on dodging and waiting for an opening, it became a whole lot more easy.
It's one of the last bosses I still have to beat, so this is great ! Thanks !
Awesome! Glad I wasn’t too late for someone
Compared to watching this after doing Absolute Radiance I cant believe I thought the normal Boss was tough.
I still have to do AR! I should be asking you for tips
@@RelyeaGaming *ABSRAD
I know I’m late, but I found the easiest strategy (for me at least) was to have the charms: Weaversong, unbreakable heart, deep focus, and grimmchild. With these charms, the hollow knight is a cake walk so you can make it to the radiance easily. The strat is to; as soon as the boss spawns, use abyss shriek 3 times and dodge the next attack, stay grounded as much of the fight as possible and slash with the nail when there’s an opening. The summons should do most of the damage so you can focus on dodging if need be, but I also suggest using abyss shriek when there’s an opening in the swords at the bottom, or when she’s done shooting lasers. When you get to her 4th faze, heal as much as you can and jump up. In this faze you have to do most of the damage as the summons won’t usually aggro on her, don’t attack her during the “spike wall” attack or when she summons the orbs. It may not work on your first try, just keep trying, the last thing you should do is rush the boss, take your time. Hopefully this helped at least one person.
Ik im late but im gonna try this
Thanks i did it
Thank you so much!! Finally beat radiance with your strategy. Its so damn hard to dodge its attack AND attack it.
3:11 don't forget about the invincibility from down spell. This would be a pretty good opertunity to use it.
I beat her yesterday after 10 hours of trying. Not in the same day though, I loaded up the game yesterday after a long mental break and beat her 3rd try. The charms I used were Shaman stone, quick focus, soul catcher and mark of pride I think
You make this look so easy! Lol
I’m still missing a notch and two charms! I also really need to work harder on my spells. My timing is off. I’ll get it though. Wishing all a great weekend!
You Alsace more than enough to get it done. I am sure you are a lot closer than you think
Relyea, I can’t thank you enough for your help, I beat the radiance today and am ecstatic. I got to the end and DIED on the last jump, and then tried again a few times and beat her. Thanks again for the video, you are literally the best
I found that my biggest problem was multitasking between dodging his attacks and attacking, so i ended up using weaversong, sprint master and grubsong so i could just focus on dodging, and maybe get in the occasional abyss shriek. I also used quick focus, spore shroom, defenders crest, and shape of unn to maximize my ‘passive’ build. Took frickin forever, but it worked for me
I finally beat the radiance tonight!! It’s been a week’s worth of trying lol. I had voided heart, unbreakable strength, Grim child, weaver song, and steady body as my build. I tried the spells but could not get the hang of it but this finally worked for me! Great video and your tutorials helped me so much to get through this game!!
Hollow Knight:hornet has a message for u
The Knight:* picks up the phone *
Hornet: Hey im coming ok? just hang there a little more _message ended_ 13 : 06
Hollow Knight:and 1 more message
Hornet:*GIT GUD* 13 : 26
Hollow Knight:Oh no
😁
Just some info: your not playing the hollow knight. You are just a vessel/knight
@@3B0NY i know that what makes the joke better
Oh sorry XD
@@3B0NY np np
Finally beat her tonight, after days of trying! My hands were shaking afterwards... Big thanks to you - this video was a huge help! Patience was definitely the key. On to Godmaster!!
Yet another helpful guide of yours. I just beat the Radiance and I'm super proud of myself 😭 Thanks~!
Just wanted to leave here that I finally did it! After 20 something tries I finally beat the Radiance. For anyone who is getting frustrated in this fight, just remember that patience is key in this fight so don't rush into her just to get some desperate hits. Anyone now time to try god home endings, wish me luck!
Thanks a lot, I actually beat radiance with this guide, thought id never get the true ending for myself
Heck yeah. It’s awesome that these guides help
Your guide helped a lot! I’ve used a ton of your content to get thru Hollow Knight and really appreciate it. Today I built up enough courage to beat Nightmare King Grimm and The Radiance!!
Glad this helped!
Was struggling with a nail build - very easy to defeat hollow knight, but stuck on radiance's platforming section. Was using deep focus to top up completely before the platforming but was still dying. Saw your advice and switched to a complete spell build, and cleared it on the first try. It's not even funny how much better Abyss Shriek is.
Thanks for the help. And the steam achievement.
Dang! First try. That’s no joke
thank you!!! after like 20 attempts this was the build and video that helped me finally beat radiance and also helped me decide im not anywhere near good enough to beat the pantheons. THANK YOU!!
I was at the radiance and never beat it so I stopped playing for couple month and I went to play one day and I forgot the controls but it helped me win lmao
Heck yeah. Makes me happy knowing I’m actually helping someone
seems questionable but alas
Your video inspired me to go back and try to beat this boss. I finally did it. :)
Some other tips that I found helpful:
*Open with a cyclone slash to clear half of Phase 1 in a single attack. There's always enough time for it, even without Nailmaster's Glory.
*Clear Phase 1 (no spike floor) with normal attacks or great slash to save soul. Take your time; Radiance isn't as aggressive in this phase.
*Rush to clear Phase 2 (half spike floor) with Abyss Shriek.
*On Phase 3 (infinite sword rain) stay calm; you did it, you beat the hard part. Use regular attacks and heal after.
*Phase 4 (platforms), stay on the bottom middle platform and dodge. You can Abyss Shriek to hit Radiance if it's in the top or middle-right spots without moving too much.
*Once you get to Phase 5 (the climb), you're nearly there. Heal before starting and take it carefully. Then, you've won!
*I could not beat Radiance with a controller and found keyboard much easier. The main difference is that you can change directional input much faster than a joystick.
thx bro ill try those tips
Solid advice. I started using D pad instead of analog stick for this game about a week ago. It's made a huge difference.
I think you should do a white palace/path of pain guide
That is a really good idea. I am going to add it to the list
yes pls huhu
@@RelyeaGaming you won't do it. Any sane man who have finished it will never want to look at it again
I actually like the path of pain. It’s hard but fun. I’m just mid Cuphead right now
@@RelyeaGaming damn, i honestly just can't with cuphead or sections like the path of pain, they are just too stress ful for me and feel like i'm gonna get a heart attack. My hands were shaking for like 10 minutes after I finished the white palace (no secret rooms or anything, just the white fragment alone)
Double damage…. the bane of my existence
It can catch you off guard
Just collect the max soul amount from The Hollow Knight and then when the radiance comes just keep on spamming Abyss Shriek and it will do a LOT of damage as long as you have all the spell/soul based charms. It will still do damage without them i just recommend it. I'd do Shaman Stone, Soul Eater, Grubsong, and Spell Twister. If you have an extra notch just put whatever, I used Thorns of Agony.. Mostly because im bad at dodging things.
Thank you, it was very useful. At 2nd phase you just have to camp at the middle and wait until radiance goes there and spam your abyss shriek and be careful to not get hit by her laser beam when you are climbing up.
I know I just need to keep on practicing, but man this boss is going to be the death of me. You make it look so much calmer than what appears on my screen, lol. At least I seem to be seeing the 4th stage more now, so here's to hoping I can get into that zen flow and dodge those effing horisontal spikes consistently.
Those spikes are the worst because you need to hear them coming
@@RelyeaGaming I did it! Oh, so relieved, lol!
I knew sooner or later I'd beat her!! Thanks Relyea for another great video
Just keep trying
"Try to avoid it"
wow! What an idea! I should try that :)
(Jk love your stuff bro)
This is the first boss that i needed to study for beat him
I've tried this around 20 times and can't get to the 3rd faze but somehow beat NKG on my seventh attempt...
NKG took me at least 100 tries. Make sure your playing defensive, don’t get greedy in damage and use the abyss shriek when it makes sense. You will get it
Unrelated but I'd hug the radiance, look at all that fluff!
Fun Fact: most of us are watching hearing the shade theme in the background.
This helped a lot! Especially the part about playing defensively and getting your heals in during the third phase. Thanks so much!
I beat it!!!!!! I just freaking beat it!!!! Wow that took so many hours to get used to it...and I only figured the shaman stone just tonight...life blood joni's blessing shaman stone and thorns of agony. I'd fought the two bosses so much I'd already gotten used to their attacks so when I added shaman stone I got to radiance fourth phase so quickly I died in panic I so wasn't ready hahahahaha. When I saw that I knew it was gonna be dead tonight ...whew thanks relay time to go for grimm and the path of pain now yaaaaay thanks so much!!
This video helped me finish one of the best games I've ever played - thank you. Didn't realize I could get that unbreakable strength charm and another upgrade to the howling wraiths spell...made quite the impact lol...
The nail damage build made me beat this boss in just 9 tries with it.
That’s not bad at all!
Thanks so much! Got it on my first try. Got goosebumps from the end.
My strategy was
Charms: shaman stone, quick slash, mark of pride, steady body, nailmasters glory
I didn't use nail arts btw so wasted slot
Phases 1, 3, and 5 I used my nail
Phases 2, and 4 I spammed abyss shriek
A great strategy indeed
If you had equipped Wayward Compass instead of Nailmasters Glory, it would have been much easier.
@@arnofleck yep I agree... I regret a lot...
I have been stuck trying to beat the radiance for almost a year this help me a lo thank u soo much!
I've been trying for almost a year and I still can't beat this brat. My reaction time is hasty due to impatience ^^' would have thought I had learned to not be so impatient after fighting all but five characters in the hall of gods.
It took me 15 hours, it was painful but so fun !, Near the end I was gonna give up cause I died on the 3rd phase 😭, but then after a few more tries i did it , but if u don't want to devote 15 hours to an ending you've already seen I can't blame you
Thanks man, wasn't able to beat radiance until I watched your video. I now finally beated him thanks to you.
Why doesn’t anyone use Grimmchild? You can just focus on dodging
Yes but then It take forever
Grimmchild doesn't do enough damage, and it often misses on smaller targets.
On my first playthough- your videos are a massive help. I look for your channel's content specifically now. Thank you!
Really glad to hear that. I did my best to make tutorials quick and to the point
Love how this fight is hyped up as the final boss fight and you have to fight another boss everytime you want to attempt the fight, but then you can beat it by spamming abbys shreik
Thank you so much for this!! I couldn't beat this boss for quite some time, so I wanted to watch one video to get an idea how to deal with it. Watched it and beat Radiance on the next attempt!!
She took me like 8 attempts; I wish I had this guide to help me
I’m glad the guide has your vote of confidence
EIGHT? Im on that right now and is looking at guides on how to beat radiance
Thank you so Much Relyea for Every Hollow Knight Video you made, Appreciate it a lot. Without you, It would have taken Me Years to complete this Game but with you it's "Nice And Easy" 😉
I am going to quit this game because of this boss
i was throwing myself at the radiance for like 3 hours before checking out this video, it really helped! i'm still dying, but im making it further more consistently now, but I do need to work on not being more greedy with hits. Your videos have been a huge help in my hollow knight journey
I really would enjoy this boss if it didn't do *2 masks.* i would actually have fun, instead of just getting frustrated because it kills me in FOUR hits. usually when stuff like this just isn't fun i would attempt to cheese it, (don't judge, you might think of it to if you really hated a boss.) but NO possible cheese is available. NO possible way to make it easier, NO possible way to have FUN. as i said, i would love this boss if it didn't take 4 hits for you to die. Either i just suck at hollow knight and somehow got this far, or the 2 masks are a problem and only people like you relyea, can manage to dodge stuff like *a spike wall then a sun beam* in two seconds. I understand these games are not for the faint of heart, they are hard. but as i ALREADY SAID 2 masks are a huge problem in my opinion, i think only absolute radiance should do it.
I really don't understand how I got this far, it's really stupid that I have to struggle to beat the hollow knight and then when I finally do it I die in 5 seconds to the radiance because I get a sword wall then the giant beam coming from the side right after and I can't dodge and it taking 2 mask is just so freaking annoying I'm so tired of getting the same result after continuously changing my charms and my strategy that I just wanna quit but I do badly wanna beat it
Thank you Relyea. I struggled throughout this game but your videos were a massive crutch for me. It allowed me to experience this brutal, amazing game that I may have missed out on if I gave up without your help.
One tip is to use spell twister instead of shaman stone. It’s way more soul efficient.
I finally did it after several hours of trying. Used a different charm set but your advice really helped
How don't you already have a million subs ??
You completely deserve it
Thanks alot dude i struggled to beat radiance but with your advice it was alot easier.
Taking out the music really helped me, that music makes me so tense.
Ohh thay is a good tip
I did it today for NKG it helped so much. Keeping only audio tells from sound effects eased up the fight by a lot. Gonna try the same here.
Here are the charms that did the most work in my build
Carefree melody: the random chance at avoiding the 2 masks of damage really came in clutch a lot.
Quick slash: it helps get damage out quickly before she teleports away
Fury of the fallen: if you have an odd number of masks, you will always have one more mask after the first few hits so you can get the damage boost.
Thorns of agony: this kind of combos with carefree melody in the same sense that baulder shell combos with thorns of agony. Does a decent chunk of damage.
Grubsong: for each time you mess up and get hit, you will gain a bit of soul from it. Then, when the time is right, shove some abyss shrieks into her face.
Forgot to mention: like he said, shamen stone is SUPER helpful. It increases abyss shrieks damage from 80 to 180.
Thank you for the amazing videos. Not only you're incredible at this game, but your videos where on point and without any unnecessary filling. It's so refreshing to see RUclips content like that. I rarely subscribe to a channel I don't plan on watching their videos regularly, but I think you earned it.
I just finished the game with the dream no more ending, and it was one of the best gaming experiences ever. I feel kinda empty now, and not ready to play any other game. I'll be waiting for Silksong and for your videos about it :)
I know it’s been so long since HK came out but these videos have been so helpful I need to give you a sub :) all the content is great!
My setup for this fight was:
Quick focus, Mark of pride, Quick slash
The most important thing in this fight is TO NEVER HEAL IN THE FIRST PHASE, seriously even if you're on one mask NEVER heal in the first phase
Another thing that I figured out is that in the second phase instead of dashing towards the orbs you can hid behind a platform since dashing might get you in trouble by either falling or not having shade cloak for a beam attack
The comprehensive guide helps so much. Not to mention after seeing you vs absolute radiance regular one feels like slow mo version. Of course playing many of soulsborne has caused me to reach a state which defeats hardly angers me.
Happy to help!
Relyea 👍👍
Finally beat the radiance!! I used shaman stone, spell twister, mark of pride and unbreakable strength. For the first phase I was able to get in four abyss shrieks, and with a couple of nail hits during sword rain I was able to get to phase 4 with the small platforms. For phase 4, all it takes is six abyss shrieks and you’re ready to climb to the top for one last hit to the radiance. I find it easiest to get in abyss shrieks during sword burst and the orbs. Thank you Relyea for the advice to go defense before offense! It really helped!!
Thank you for the tips, even after over a year still very helpful, I did just beat her, for anyone interested my charms were Shape of Unn, Deep Focus, Quick Focus and Soul Catcher. You can heal very well with this build as explained in the video, and also dodge plenty of sword and beams with Shape of Unn. Pantheons and NKG here I come :)
Go get it!
Short and sweet. Thank you very much, sir!
Just beat the game. Thanks for your videos they helped a lot.
Happy to help!
Woohoo, just beat her today! Used Shaman Stone, Soul Catcher, Unbreakable Strength, Spell Twister, and Grubsong. The methods here were super helpful, thanks Reylea!
Thank you, I was always rushing and tried to do the most damage and failed after seeing this guide i beat the radiance. :)
Omg Tanks that helped me alot because i was stuck thanks and thanks for helping me with all the other spells!
After all these years I finally beat The Radiance thanks to your guide.
well done!
You can use descending dark on the spikes to get rid of the spikes
Hoo boy am i glad i stumbled across this! I'm currently working on this monster of a boss. She made me run away from the game for months lmao but now a friend beat her and i want in on the celebration XD
I hope the tips here will help especially about playing defensive i feel that was likely my downfall. Thanks a bunch and hopefully i can get this in the bag soon...
My main problem is that attacks always screw me, I’ll be in a situation where I have to dash away but the an attack will come in right afterwards that I either need to dash to avoid but don’t have it anymore or spears will come from above and reck me
Alright i used this strat and it worked very effectively, use spell twister, shaman stone, mark of pride, and fragile/unbreakable strength. go into the hollow knight fight and dont worry too much about health or healing because your health will be reset when entering radiance fight make sure to have atleast the main soul container full. when you startthe fight walk right below and start using abyss spamming abyss shriek and when the radiance teleports away walk below it and do the same thing when out of soul you can use your nail to finish it. Try not to worry too much about health you will probably have enough soul to heal after activating the second phase. On the second phase avoid hit the radiance to where you have filled the main soul container or more and start spamming abyss shriek again. This strat killed the radiance very fast for me i reccomend.
I finally beat the Radiance after watching your videos. Thanks, man!
Now onto the pantheons.... JK I need to breath
Finally defeated this boss.. I'm done, thank you forever. Looking forward to Silksong content soon. Much love
No ones gonna find this and it’s gonna be stuck in new but this helped me so much and I finally got my 102% with radiance (the extra percent is Grimm)
Why would nobody be able to find this?
Because I used shade cloak
Also hello from the mystical land of Australia, now I don’t have much time- Silksongs release date is...
This helped so much, I made it to the second phase, but died, but I believe this helped so many people
Agh I would have needed this video so long ago. But great upload!
It’s super late but that’s all good
"at this poimt you've basically defeated the radiance" I was just about to hit ber and then I died there on my like 3rd attempt. then I procceded to not being able to get there again for 40 minutes or so
Sammmmee it was traumatising 🤣🤣