And for those wondering how I got out of the Black Egg Temple… via my dreamgate next to the bench in town - the perfect place to drop off one’s sister for some medical treatment, say one’s good-byes, and then continue on to the next adventure. Thank-you all for accompanying me on this one. :)
No, Hornet put herself in the egg, I put her in Cornifer and Iselda’s spare bed after dreamgating us both out of the egg. I’ll go back in the egg when I’ve seen enough of the world and am ready to nap for the rest of eternity.
Since I offered and @cawareyoudoin said yes please, here are the charm sets I’ve used for the first three pantheons in Hollow Knight! Note: I’ve unlocked all the charm notches, so these are all eleven notch sets.
First set, for the Pantheon of the Master:
Stalwart Shell, Long Nail, Grubsong, Sharp Shadow, Unbreakable Heart, and Weaversong. (Void Heart is there but doesn’t count, because I can’t take it off and it doesn’t effect battle anyway)
Second set, for the Pantheon of the Artist:
Spore Shroom, Grubsong, Long Nail, Shape of Unn, Quick Slash, and Weaversong.
Third set, for the Pantheon of the Sage:
Sharp Shadow, Stalwart Shell, Long Nail, Unbreakable Strength, Dream Wielder, and Grubsong. While I haven’t fully beaten this pantheon yet, I have made it all the way to its final boss with this set and also used it to beat him in the Hall of Gods, so it will work, it’s just a matter of me finishing my training.
Hopefully these are useful to anyone seeing this, either as they are or as something to build on, depending on what your preferred play style is!
I’m not going to pretend that I’m anything but good at Hollow Knight at this point, but I’m still extremely proud of myself for this latest atunement, this was hard and I feel good about myself for having done it!
You know what, I’m happy with this time! I worked hard, I had a lot of fun, and I feel good! No I am not going to attempt the Pantheon of Hallownest, the Pure Completion achievement is one I’ve been striving for for awhile, and now it’s mine - I am truly content! Thank-you for sharing this marvelous, insane journey with me!
After more runs, I have determined for sure that that first victory of mine against the Pure Vessel was indeed mostly luck, but I can now get said Vessel down to 66% health with fair reliability, so I am definitely improving!
And, another benefit, I like this fight! Some boss fights are just… a slog to get through and make you feel miserable (the Radiance is one such fight for me, still haven’t beaten her, stupid dead moth god). But the Pure Vessel… I dunno. It’s hard, yeah, no denying, but it’s a comfortable kind of hard for me? The imagery is pleasant, the music is melancholy but also soothing, there aren’t any ugly sounds, I can practice again in the Hall of the Gods with ease, and it’s just… fun. I’m enjoying practicing against them, and repeated failure is less frustrating because there are attacks they only start using at certain percentages of health, so I have visual cues I can look to in order to confirm that I’m getting better at this. It’s nice, I like it, feels good. :)
I WAS JUST PRACTICING, I DIDN’T THINK I WAS ANYWHERE NEAR WINNING THAT FIGHT, I JUST UNLOCKED THIS BASTARD RESPECTED ELDER SIBLING YESTERDAY, WHAT??????
It probably says a lot about my skill set that I went and beat White Palace as it is with some help from a walk-through video, not because I was unwilling to use cheats to do so, but because I was incapable of figuring out how to do so. >_>
