u/Daniyar16504

(Just in case I received permission from the moderator)

But seriously, when you found out that he could be killed with one hit thanks to "Great Strike", you still didn't use it against these creatures?

I think I succeeded.

The author of this art: u/whydoyouandiexist

The speedrun on Steel Soul took 1 hour and 39 minutes.

What I managed to do in these 33 minutes.

Get a vengeful spirit.

Get a mothwing cloak.

Get a mantis claw.

And I also managed to save up for a flashlight.

And I can also buy a shaman stone and upgrade my nail.

Here I should clarify about my previous post where I defeated the Nightmare King on ascended

Before beating the Nightmare King on my second try while OVERCHARMED

I played Hollow Knight when I was 12, and I couldn't beat the Nightmare King properly (and I couldn't beat many of the bosses on Ascended properly either).

Four years later, when I turned 16, I decided to play Hollow Knight again and even managed to beat the game in 4 hours and 39 minutes (there was a separate post about that).

(And one more thing, I don't know why, but I decided to delete my old save.)

And at 16, I was able to defeat the Nightmare King on Ascended

And after that, I decided to complete the Grimm DLC, where I decided to complete the ritual. After the first try, since the Grim Child was a MUST-HAVE to get to the Nightmare King, I simply decided to beat the Nightmare King while OVERCHARMED. I took the Mark of Pride, and on my second try, I won.

I hope I was able to explain.

(And yes, in my Godseeker playthroughs, I spent a ton of attempts on the Nightmare King, while in my Normal playthroughs, I spent two attempts on him.)

(I already published a post about this once, but the moderators deleted it after deciding it didn't belong on the TBB subreddit.)