The Hollow Knight
HardBlack Egg Temple (Required)
Health
1000
Reward
Ending 1 or 2
Difficulty
3/5
Phases
2
PvE Rating
★★★★★
Strengths
- +Large hitbox and wide-reaching melee attacks.
- +Infection burst has a large area of effect.
- +Emotionally impactful fight can distract players.
Weaknesses
- -Phase 2 self-harm gives free healing opportunities.
- -All attacks are well-telegraphed.
- -Shade Cloak trivializes his lunge attacks.
Tips & Strategy
- 1Phase 1: Standard melee combat with telegraphed attacks.
- 2Phase 2: He starts stabbing himself - you can heal during this.
- 3His infection burst attack has a large area - stay back.
- 4Shade Cloak through his lunge attacks.
- 5For the true ending, Dream Nail him when Hornet intervenes.