The best thing about this category in my mind: This category is only a little bit faster than 112% APB, which means killing every overworld boss in that Pantheon 5 order is just a little bit faster when compared to killing all of the overworld bosses, gathering all charms and abilities with their upgrades, all masks, soul vessels and charm notches AND doing all five boss rushes. It's kinda ridiculous how convoluted Pantheon 5 Boss Order actually is.
While watching this, the discussion of meme categories caused me to think of two. Feel free to steal these: Date%: save Bretta and sit on the bench next to her. Matchmaker%: fully save Bretta and Zote, have Cornifer return home, have Sheo and Nailsmith meet, complete the Grey Mourner's quest, and introduce Leg Eater to Divine. Yes, I am aware of how much Geo is needed for this run. Good luck if you decide to try this, because I won't. Also feel free to let me know if I missed any matchmaking opportunities.
I adore the idea of Matchmaker% even though as someone very new to Hollow Knight (I'm just now getting to Godmaster content after completing everything else on my first file), much less speedrunning the game, I have no idea how it'd be routed. Just seems like a good meme theme :P
That was a sick run and I enjoyed every moment of it! I've never really watched any HK categories other than Any% and Pantheon 5 so this was a fascinating run to see!
This was an awesome run with really great commentary. I love hearing about where the run is at now, plus talking about the tricks and moves learned over the years. WOO! AGDQ is almost here!
It's amazing that you don't really need to do a lot of sequence breaks and skips. Hallownest is just so open that you can just get to most of these bosses in this order
This is true, although there is a lot of tech used in the game that would've made normally impossible routing possible if it didn't exist (and most of the tech definitely wasn't intended lol), so quite honestly there is more sequence breaking here that meets the eye, it just isn't what stereotypical sequence breaking would look like. On the other hand, the second half of the game is super open because you pretty much have all mandatory movement, so there really is not much skips or sequence breaks there even with tech.
Ahhh. This run is great! My girlfriend is currently playing Hollow Knight- I watched this in hopes of maybe being able to help her out with a guide! Unfortunately that is not going to be possible because this run is too dev intended.
Oh my god I'm excited for this! I love hollow knight but I am not a huge fan of the super glitched speedruns of it. I love seeing the skill of people just whooping ass against the bosses normally!
If anyone's curious, I looked up which Whispering Roots would be optimal to get that extra 250 Essence so that you get DreamGate after Elder Hu. - City Storerooms (28) - Forgotten Crossroads (29) - Fungal Wastes shortcut to Fog Canyon (20) - Fungal Wastes above Mantis Village (18) - The Hive (20) - Howling Cliffs (46) - Kingdom's Edge (51) - Resting Grounds (20) - Spirits' Glade (34) This gives you a total of 266 Essence, which means that you have a little bit of freedom to skip 16 (or more if you get lucky with random enemies) Essence. The ones that are skipped in this case: - Ancestral Mound (42) - Crystal Peak (21) - Deepnest (45) - Greenpath (44) - Queen's Gardens (29) - Broken lift shaft (35)
A few seconds later he gets hit for double mask dmg. Shortly after (compared to overall time of the run) he gets a new charm notch negating the over charmed status
at 1:08:50 he equips spell twister to cast spells for less soul which im assuming he doesnt take off untill kingsoul *nvm they take it off at 1:19:28 but they probably put it back on at some point
mathulu uses controller (and specifically the joystick, if memory serves). There's honestly about a 50-50 split between keyboard users and controller users, and there's some of each at every skill level, so using controller is absolutely not a requirement for getting good times in this game.
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The best thing about this category in my mind: This category is only a little bit faster than 112% APB, which means killing every overworld boss in that Pantheon 5 order is just a little bit faster when compared to killing all of the overworld bosses, gathering all charms and abilities with their upgrades, all masks, soul vessels and charm notches AND doing all five boss rushes. It's kinda ridiculous how convoluted Pantheon 5 Boss Order actually is.
"The odds of you being ambushed by a Garpede are _low_ ... but never _zero_ ."
- statements that spiritually resonate with me for psychic damage lmao
While watching this, the discussion of meme categories caused me to think of two. Feel free to steal these:
Date%: save Bretta and sit on the bench next to her.
Matchmaker%: fully save Bretta and Zote, have Cornifer return home, have Sheo and Nailsmith meet, complete the Grey Mourner's quest, and introduce Leg Eater to Divine. Yes, I am aware of how much Geo is needed for this run. Good luck if you decide to try this, because I won't. Also feel free to let me know if I missed any matchmaking opportunities.
I adore the idea of Matchmaker% even though as someone very new to Hollow Knight (I'm just now getting to Godmaster content after completing everything else on my first file), much less speedrunning the game, I have no idea how it'd be routed. Just seems like a good meme theme :P
wow, as a huge hollow knight fan I wanna try and push these ideas. Matchmaker actually sounds amazing lmao, could also be called cupid%
11:06 Vengefly King
12:37 Gruz Mother
13:46 False Knight
17:02 Massive Moss Charger
18:55 Hornet I
40:23 Gorb
44:17 Dung Defender
46:02 Soul Warrior
49:00 Brooding Mawlek
50:13 Xero
52:19 Crystal Guardian
59:15 Soul Master
1:18:20 Oblobbles
1:23:27 Mantis Lords
1:29:35 Marmu
1:31:59 Flukemarm
1:34:51 Broken Vessel
1:37:30 Galien
1:40:00 Hive Knight
1:43:00 Elder Hu
1:47:05 Collector
1:56:34 God Tamer
1:58:25 Troupe Master Grimm
2:01:34 Watcher Knight
2:05:44 Uumuu
2:11:00 Nosk
2:16:26 Hornet II
2:19:45 Enraged Guardian
2:21:17 Lost Kin
2:27:56 No Eyes
2:29:57 Traitor Lord
2:32:13 White Defender
2:35:16 Soul Tyrant
2:37:41 Markoth
2:51:23 GREY PRINCE ZOTE
2:53:38 Failed Champion
2:54:58 Nightmare King Grimm
2:58:26 Hollow Knight
2:59:46 Radiance
That was a sick run and I enjoyed every moment of it! I've never really watched any HK categories other than Any% and Pantheon 5 so this was a fascinating run to see!
Great run! Great Comms! A wonderfully convoluted route through Hallownest :)
This was an awesome run with really great commentary. I love hearing about where the run is at now, plus talking about the tricks and moves learned over the years.
WOO! AGDQ is almost here!
God. This is amazingly silly and I love it, and it was tremendous fun listening to y'all having fun explaining it.
Yo, great run, and great commentary, too. Shoutouts to mathulu and quacksilverplays both.
It's amazing that you don't really need to do a lot of sequence breaks and skips. Hallownest is just so open that you can just get to most of these bosses in this order
This is true, although there is a lot of tech used in the game that would've made normally impossible routing possible if it didn't exist (and most of the tech definitely wasn't intended lol), so quite honestly there is more sequence breaking here that meets the eye, it just isn't what stereotypical sequence breaking would look like. On the other hand, the second half of the game is super open because you pretty much have all mandatory movement, so there really is not much skips or sequence breaks there even with tech.
Ahhh. This run is great! My girlfriend is currently playing Hollow Knight- I watched this in hopes of maybe being able to help her out with a guide! Unfortunately that is not going to be possible because this run is too dev intended.
Awesome run! Nice pb too
Oh my god I'm excited for this! I love hollow knight but I am not a huge fan of the super glitched speedruns of it. I love seeing the skill of people just whooping ass against the bosses normally!
Never seen or played Hollow Knight, but that was amazing
It's a very good game. If you like tough, atmospheric metroidvanias with some souls-y elements, I'd recommend it.
If anyone's curious, I looked up which Whispering Roots would be optimal to get that extra 250 Essence so that you get DreamGate after Elder Hu.
- City Storerooms (28)
- Forgotten Crossroads (29)
- Fungal Wastes shortcut to Fog Canyon (20)
- Fungal Wastes above Mantis Village (18)
- The Hive (20)
- Howling Cliffs (46)
- Kingdom's Edge (51)
- Resting Grounds (20)
- Spirits' Glade (34)
This gives you a total of 266 Essence, which means that you have a little bit of freedom to skip 16 (or more if you get lucky with random enemies) Essence.
The ones that are skipped in this case:
- Ancestral Mound (42)
- Crystal Peak (21)
- Deepnest (45)
- Greenpath (44)
- Queen's Gardens (29)
- Broken lift shaft (35)
Wonderful category idea and great personality in player and caster. A delight :)
1:08:00 that was the most creative shit i've ever heard
You forgot to talk about Kronk% !
I never played the pantheons so I have one comment. I’m sorry, WINGED nosk?! No freakin thanks!
Fortunately it's more like a reskinned vengefly
Love the enthusiasm:)
LOVE this game.
He overcharmed at 1:24:30 but does not have the pink masks and does not take double damage. Why?
he's not overcharmed anymore cause of the notch he picked up
A few seconds later he gets hit for double mask dmg.
Shortly after (compared to overall time of the run) he gets a new charm notch negating the over charmed status
@@Pinguinflieger thanks I missed that
how does he cast a shade soul at 1:51:02 without actually having enough soul for a cast?
at 1:08:50 he equips spell twister to cast spells for less soul which im assuming he doesnt take off untill kingsoul
*nvm they take it off at 1:19:28 but they probably put it back on at some point
This category is completely stupid I love it 😆
Hollow Knight!!! Gonna be a good time.
Best boss, but not actually a boss is the etearnal ordeal.
anyone know if he uses M&K or JoyStick?
mathulu uses controller (and specifically the joystick, if memory serves). There's honestly about a 50-50 split between keyboard users and controller users, and there's some of each at every skill level, so using controller is absolutely not a requirement for getting good times in this game.
Hollow Knight YAY
Hollow Knight rules
playing through it now, had some fun and excitement (just got dream nail) but it is not my type of game, so I will watch instead
also switch version sucks (i thought it would be good), input lag, input drop, 30fps, not good for these type of game where every input is precious
O.O
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