The reason they’re all so fun is probably because the devs could focus on making the fight as fun as possible since when you fight most of them your supposed to have completed the game, thus they can focus less on how the boss fits in progression and more on how much fun it is to fight it
Me at the start: votes for who i like *The One i voted for dies* Me at semifinals: votes for who i like *The One i voted for dies* Me at finals: vote for who i dont like *The One i voted for dies* Me: *I GET TO DECIDE WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES*
@@sickney no, i voted for NKG in the finals, its because i think his battle is Only great because we beated TMG before, the battle Alone isnt very fun because you would need to fight him while learning, and since he is very fast most of the people would give up, but it still is a good fight
@@الدجاجالقيمر i did not say that i dont like him because of dificulty, i Just think HIS battle IS dependent of the troupe master one, now thinking about It, both battles are dependent for ANOTHER, wich means If in the game there was only 1 of the 2 It WOULD suck, but both of them, together, are good.
I never got Hive Knoght because he is so late game and with decent equipment you can just stand in front of him, spam attack for one minute straight and occasionally jump to avoid the attack. I think he would be fun though if it was an early to mid game boss.
@@koschei7687 exactly, i could imagine if it was a tutorial boss or earlier in the game because that would’ve been cool Either way i still think this boss is above average and a good addition for the lifeblood update along with traitor lord buff, its just way too easy because once you get to ancient basin you already got a hang of the game
The Mantis Lords were my favorite boss before God Master, the Sisters of Battle was my favorite after God Master. And its good to see the Community crowned the Sisters of Battle as the Queens of Battles
Sisters of Battle are my favorite but tbh doing Sisters on ascended or higher isn't much fun because the fight takes too long and doesn't feel that rythmic anymore.
@@ashiok1011 True, the reason they are so good was cause there's such a good rhythm to it. Like an elegant dance between 4 warriors fighting all at the same time. On Ascended...yeah no...it just drags too long and the elegant dance of fighters becomes a button mash
@@duskgaming18 does it really though? The rhythm of the fight doesn’t change, just the pacing. You have to expect phase two to happen at a different time and for each sister to be KO’d later, but it isn’t like double damage is changing their AI pattern. Besides, I don’t think very many, if any, boss battles in this game can really be called a button mash.
@@gluessb That's fair, but it still kinda over stays it welcome cause Phase 1 lasts way too long, and Phase 2 lasts even longer. And you're just waiting for it to end
The emotional intensity of battling THK makes it, not only my favorite boss in Hollow Knight, but my favorite boss in any game ever. Him trying to commit suicide sent me chills the first time and made me tear up. I love this fight and the music is just *chef kiss*.
I agree. I think the main downside of THK is, that if you got all upgrades the fight is just too easy because you can just face tank him. But in for example in Speedruns with bad equipment he is so much fun
I had no idea people liked Paint Master Sheo’s fight that much, actually! I always thought it was a great fight but I guess it never stood out for me? The top three though weren’t surprising at all ahahaha Very interesting way of setting up the bracket. I wonder how it would’ve looked like if after the initial round 1, it became one on one match ups rather than three per round, though that would’ve taken so much more time lol
@@pixelation6224 I always thought of Sly as a pretty hard boss, but I think they should've added more variety to his attacks. Once you get the strategy down, you can win every time. It's like a puzzle.
The Pure Vessel is my absolute favorite, he is the best fight, (sisters of battle is just a little too easy for me) the lore behind him is awsome, his attacks are awsome, fighting him feels like a dance, finaly the detail of him haveing no boss roar/yell is amazing to me because he has "No mind to think, no will to break... No voice to cry suffering"
As the godseeker would say: thou cringer! putting broken vessel above sly, i don't know man, the community drank some infection juice or something Then again, i guess lore, but I'm not much of a lore person. I prefer action.
My 8 favorite godhome fights are sheo, nkg, soul tyrant, collector, pure vessel, broken vessel, lost kin, and failed champion. They're mostly different from each other but I really love all of them!
Dang, people really don't like the collector? He has such an interesting mechanic and the distorted music really sets the mood. The unending laughter is a bit annoying but he is still my favorite boss.
They probably just prefer great nailsage sly and broken vessel more. Kind of the thing with brackets is the rankings get more accurate the closer to the finals you get, but comparing a left boss to a right side boss is never considered. I like collector and I think many do, but it isn’t collector as a boss, it’s collector vs the other arguably better three choices.
Who ever is the best boss we have to praise team cherry for making this insane amount of amazing bossbattle In other games it's only one boss that gets the praises but here it's varied
I’ve never heard anyone who’s beaten Absrad on ascended or radiant say they didn’t enjoy the fight, so I feel like most people that voted haven’t even fought her. Yeah there’s RNG, but it’s still an amazing challenge.
Not a lot of people take the time to beat her and master her moveset at all due to how hard it is. It also doesn't help that Abs Rad takes forever to beat in the pantheon(still working on it baby). Not everyone is willing to practice for hours and hours just to get an in-game achievement and a cool cutscene. Once you actually get her down I think both fights can be really fun and intense, but getting to that point takes FOREVER.
I beat pantheon 5 and I will say abs rad has a little too much rng. The amount of times I would get the missiles with the side scroll lazer was just annoying. It is the hardest boss but part if it is due to the rng
@@alexandertonchev1639 That isn't dependent on rng though. The column laser ALWAYs comes after the second barrage of missiles. You just have to position yourself right. The only thing rng about the fight is her spawn points in the platform phase.
@@thesnatcher3616 it’s not true for normal radiance. You just have to fight a semi boss to get to her. Moreover, it’s a hard fight but clearly not nearly as hard as king of nightmare Grimm or pure vessel, which are two of the most beloved fight.
@@alexandertonchev1639 im yet to find a time where absrad has annoying rng its mostly just comes down to skill and not reacting too quick but also not real slow
I absolutely love the sisters of battle giving the fact that i got caught of guard by the three of them jumping in the arena but still I’m a huge fan of this game’s lore and seeing pure vessel and fighting him was extremely epic
Ya know what would work better, an NPC ranking. There are exactly 48 of them so you could use the same bracket and it’s not as clear who would be in the top 3
I think it’s pretty ridiculous that neither Radiance forms got out of the first round. For me Regular radiance or absrad is easily my 4th favourite fight in the game. I can understand not liking one of them, but if you dislike both I really recommend trying them again with a spell build. Then there’s GPZ and Sly which should have made it out too, but that’s alright I guess.
I was expecting radiance to escape the first bracket. It was a fun fight as a melee main. What was even funnier for me was realizing after beating radiance that howling spirits was a thing
My boi Xero got MASSACRED🥶 I thought he was a cool intro to the dream bosses, had kind of an interesting backstory thingy, and his design and voice queues were kinda cool too. And the music fits so well in his fight in my opinion haha. Not even close to one of my favorites, but they did him dirtyyyy😂💀
Why most casuals thought people voted for Broken Vessel/Lost Kin over other bosses: The mechanics of his fight were more fun, his aesthetic, fun challenge etc etc. Why people actually voted for BV/LK: Either A. "A sword fighter the same size as me? Hell yeah!" Or B. "My sweet little babu deserves the world and I refuse to let them be merely left behind!"
When NKG lost I was sad. But not surprised. When I saw these 2 titans where going 1 against the other I knew it would have been a tough fight. To me, they are the 2 best bossfight in the game. Truly the best bossfights I've ever run into.
i genuinely really enjoy gorb as a fight, you find him relatively early on and the dodging while easy is very satisfying and fun to do, it really feels like threading tue needle, while it falls off later on i like the horn fight a lot
i was happy to see that the sisters of battle were the winners i just LOVE the pace and difficulty of the fight. It is my favourite boss fight in the game and i love it.
The Mantis Lords are a boss fight without flaws. For me and a lot of players, it's the moment Hollow Knight both clicks and opens up. Their position in the game is perfect and the fact that the Sisters or Battle make that extremely refined fight even tighter, past the point of a diamond, whilst still being fair is a testament to their design. Nightmare King Grimm is the best, though.
I just really wish SOB actually lasted more than thirty seconds. When all three mantis lords are there, it’s a fantastic fight but the other 70% of the fight is just kinda boring.
Holy crap I had no idea that sisters of battle would win. Not knowing this channel or being a part of the community, but seeing this video pop up in my recommendations is hilarious because when I went through the god home, sisters of battle was my favorite fight too.
When it came to the top 3, it was a tough fight between Grey Prince Zote, with his fast attack patterns and flair, Grey Prince Zote, whose character and tragic backstory are second to none, and the one and only, ever iconic Grey Prince Zote. But at the end of the day, I had my hopes up for Grey Prince Zote and they were realised. The community have spoken and they have spoken the truth, as the infallible Grey Prince Zote comes out on top.
I think the reasons that the Broken Vessel and Lost Kin got so far weren't for the mechanics of the battle, but more so for the emotion. This is the part of the game where you begin to realize just... who you are, and I think that hit hard for a lot of people.
I have never enjoyed a fight more than sisters of battle. Sure it felt great to beat AR but after all the grind you get used to the stages up until the climb. But SoB are so fucking fun to play on repeat. The battle is fast paced, keeps you on your toes and it never feels unfair or RNG-ish. Just an all around well designed figth.
I said it in the first voting with Sisters of battle and at least for me it was for the whole tournament: This wasn't a competition, this was just bullying of the other bosses x)
I wasn’t sure about Sisters of Battle but when I think about it, it’s a fight where you don’t kill them, they just acknowledge your strength after. That means they’re badass and honorable and can’t be destroyed so they deserve that top spot.
I was kinda of bored here, and I started to watch this video... when I realised, I was so hyped to see that my favorite boss of the game won xD Ty for this video.
The Broken Vessel is my favourite boss in the game. I didn't expect them to win, but seeing both them and the dream variant make it past the first round makes me very happy.
Honestly, it is weird in my opinion that sisters of battle made it SO far. Ngl its a great boss, but it is not as memorable or "hard but fair" as PV and NKG. *team cherry throws in one extra mantis for the fight* The community suddenly: "This battle changed my life!" My personal preference would be nkg, as it is overwhelming at first but a learnable and very fair boss, if you put the brain matter in to "learn him". Also propably one of the most epic sound tracks
I think the main reason Sisters of Battle hit hard was because by the time you reach P5, you've kind of grown used to all of the bosses in this game, as technically, you expect to just do all of the previous pantheons in a row. Sisters of Battle, though, is meant to be a curveball, showing you that you can't predict the Pantheon of Hallownest.
If you ask me, the reason broken vessel beat out sly was because of what a great story beat that fight is. that was the most magical fight in the game for me. That animation that plays when you get to his arena for the first time is when what the infection was clicked for me. the orange all made sense.
i personnaly don't like the sisters of battle pretty much, simply because it completely looses its speed and momentum as soon as you beat the first sister, and thats why my favourite boss is the pure vessel. in fact, he keeps getting better as the fight goes on
I mean, lets be honest there never was a single doubt that the top 3 would end up in the top 3. Sheo was quite surprising, but tbf, there werent any other fights as awesome as the top 3, so i had no clue who could have ended up as 4th anyways.
7:31 So am I. I did not get a chance to vote, but I doubt it would have been enought to save the nailsage. 11:09 How exacly is the vanilla mantis lords fight better than our girl Hornet??? My top 4 would be, in any order, Hornet Sentinel, Sisters of Battle, Pure Vessel and Nailsage Sly.
Well, I love everyone's opinions and respect everyone who voted, so with honor I will say..... NKG IS BY FAR THE BEST BOSS AND EVERYONE WHO VOTED IS INSANE. Have a great day, I respect all of you!
Abs Radiance should have gotten further imo, you have to master all parts of the movement system and every fight feels different. The last phases is also an intense endurance battle depending on your leftover hp, it's so cool
@@sofieravn2195 absrad has some balancing issues I feel like team cherry thought about adding him at the last moment in development If you look at it , it's only just speed boost from the first fight , the attacks themselves hasn't changed much and there are no new attacks like other dream buffs , so it feels like a lazy buff in comparison
I was expecting normal radiance or hollow knight instead of paint master sheo. I was also expecting pure vessel to win instead of sisters of battle even though sisters of battle is my favourite fight. I think sisters needed to have a combined health pool instead of 3 different health pools.
So this is kind of the folly of brackets, because their setups and victories can change if some were rearranged from the start. This works if you're trying to figure out the #1 boss (imo should have been between NKG and Sisters, but we all knew one of them would win) because no matter who it's up against it'd win all the way to the end, but when it comes to the quarter through final rounds (even 2nd place) the rankings are iffy, and can go awry even in the early bracket stage, if you're trying to order rank them via how far they made it. For example, if Broken Vessel and Sheo were switched so that Sheo was against Sly - Sly would very likely have won that (not by a huge margin) - and yet Broken Vessel got destroyed by Sheo. Imo this would put Sly in the Quarterfinals at the very least, maybe took 4th overall unless he faced Broken Vessel again (I agree with you, I am surprised he lost to Broken Vessel, but I think Sly was faced against the lore instead of the fight itself whereas with another opponent like Sheo first, people would have to actually consider Sly's fight more since Sheo is less fan-lore-ey, and such considerations may have affected a future matchup in his favor too - just speculation though). As for the final 4 rankings, I feel like people would pick NKG for at least 2nd place over Pure Vessel, but PV had an easy match against Sheo followed by an impossible match, while NKG had what should have been the finals match with the Sisters during semis. I think the rest of the matchups are fine because they are somewhat negligible or marginal when weighed against each other (Radiance and Absolute's biggest problems are getting to either one - people get tired of fighting HK every time they need to try against Radiance again, and then the whole entire thing with Absolute), but the standout things I'm iffy about are the above mentioned things. Maybe it's just me but I feel the community would also agree (Pure Vessel seems to be considered harder while NKG is better I think, though the first time fighting NKG he is generally considered harder, he's more adaptable and easier to read, becomes easier in consecutive fights while PV sort of levels out a tier higher on consistent difficulty with consecutive fights - NKG is easier to read after enough exposure, basically). Though I might be wrong about that. I am curious if you were to put the final 4 here against each other in their own bracket, and ranked them based on their %s in that particular match. I imagine it would be Sisters(1) - NKG(2) - PV(3) - Sheo(4) in that case. Before the vid, my thoughts on a top 4 would have been: NKG (1) -> Sisters (2) (I am _slightly_ surprised Sisters won even though I knew it would be close) -> PV (3) -> Sentinel Hornet (4) (figured 4th would be more a fan favorite thing, less about how good a fight it was vs some potentially better ones, but of the two Hornet fights would still obviously pick the better one - to be honest I'm surprised she didn't make it here, and lost it to Sheo in the end?).
Dude, Sly is like the closest you can get to fighting Yoda (besides Star Wars Battlefront), and it's *AWESOME* When I boot up Hollow Knight to chill and fight some bosses, I always go for Sly, PV, NKG or Sisters. I NEVER fight Sheo for fun
@@iveharzing sheo for me is very fluid and doesn't feel like a fight so much as it feels like a dance Tho I seriously respect sly he just killed me too much for me to enjoy him
i'm not a big fan of sly, his last phase is cool and the pogo off of his whirwind move is super cool too, but most the hits i take is from his deceptivly big and sometime unclear aoe onhis basic attacks. compare that to a sob or a nk grimm fight, those are super fast but the moves are clear when you get hit you know exactly why you screwed.+ the fact that sly don't have much hp but leaves little uptime to hit him is less satisfying too i always feel like i have to go there with a bunch of soul and burst him asap before taking some cheap shots. while vs manti grimm and hk and the enhanced versions i'm tinking , let's dance for for bit.
I’m shocked by BV beating Sly, Sly is leagues above the previous 2 pantheon exclusive bosses (Oro & Mato and Sheo were still great) and he’s easily a top 3 pantheon exclusive boss (fuck AbsRad)
My reasoning against NKG is that unlike*Most* other bosses fighting him is not fun but a down right miserable experience He is as hard as all can be (probably harder than abs rad) and all you get is probably the worst charm in the game
I'm excited to fight the sisters of battle, since I'm still at pantheon 4. While I believe the sisters of battle would probably hold a good place somewhere at the top, but Zote the Mighty simply can't be replaced for me as the best and most difficult boss in all of gaming/real life, nothing could overthrow him
@@TheRockstarRunkey It's a dead corpse. Lore-wise, Lost Kin/Broken Vessel doesn't offer much. A wandering husk is also affected by the infection, is the lore for a wandering husk also depressing? people probably liked the fight because it's somewhat iconic or because it's actually an enjoyable fight to play.
lost kin was my favorite boss in the game. i had struggle in combat before, but when i fought them, combat just clicked for me. i also enjoyed the little nod afterward that said “accept” i literally dont know why i liked that momentso much, but lost kin is my favorite boss in yhis game
Not gonna lie I was expecting people to form a a cult around Zote and vote him as far as possible
I was expecting the same thing from Gorb.
Zote doesn't deserve a cult... I mean, not to brag but I already have a tribe. Nothing crazy but... well
@@mantislord3689 i know its rude to say this but can you have shared hp? when one mantis lord left the its kinda boring
We did and we tried
@@الدجاجالقيمر dang... I mean yeah...
The God seekers looking at who won the tournament: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN
Agredd
I love how you can clearly tell how much Team Cherry has improved their boss design by the fact that all four of the semifinalists are DLC bosses.
The reason they’re all so fun is probably because the devs could focus on making the fight as fun as possible since when you fight most of them your supposed to have completed the game, thus they can focus less on how the boss fits in progression and more on how much fun it is to fight it
@@satanschild3648 Ahhh, fair point. I hadn't thought about that perspective!
Me at the start: votes for who i like
*The One i voted for dies*
Me at semifinals: votes for who i like
*The One i voted for dies*
Me at finals: vote for who i dont like
*The One i voted for dies*
Me: *I GET TO DECIDE WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES*
Geb you bastard, you're the reason Pure Vessel lost, I'll never forgive you
@@sickney no, i voted for NKG in the finals, its because i think his battle is Only great because we beated TMG before, the battle Alone isnt very fun because you would need to fight him while learning, and since he is very fast most of the people would give up, but it still is a good fight
@@geblordofchaos2965 y e s
@@geblordofchaos2965 are you serios? if you wanna chees him use shape of unn in the but attack for free hells
@@الدجاجالقيمر i did not say that i dont like him because of dificulty, i Just think HIS battle IS dependent of the troupe master one, now thinking about It, both battles are dependent for ANOTHER, wich means If in the game there was only 1 of the 2 It WOULD suck, but both of them, together, are good.
*THIS COMPETITION WAS RIGGED! I DESERVED TO WIN! DOES ANY OTHER BUG HAVE AS MANY FANS AS ME? DIDN'T THINK SO!*
Almighty zote is angry
Humble is the honourable knight. Take your lose with pride
@@mantislord3689 haha mark of pride go brr
GPZ is my favorite boss
@@callhimtim3188 ... oh
Dude, if someone says that this competition was unfair, they have to say it not to the youtuber, but for *A WHOLE COMMUNITY*
Considering that the most liked comment in this comment section was for Zote the mighty, I can rightfully call this unfair. Zote the mighty is #1.
If only all of zote's fans came out to show their support during his battle T.T
@@Technovoid I AGREE
sorry to say but it was 100% rigged. markoth didn't have 0%
Soul Tyrant was robbed. One of my personal favorite bosses.
Thank you all so much for the votes, my battle with you will always be #1 in my heart
*bows*
*big bow*
*bigger bow*
@@qualitycontent7854 no
*Somehow bows?*
Sad for Hive Knight. He's such a cool boss in my opinion and has a great theme too
my boi Hive Knight deserved greater, its a shame he got paired with the tournament winner at the start :(
i legit thought hive knight would at least get into the quarterfinals
boy was i wrong
And don't forget his "KAZA!"
I never got Hive Knoght because he is so late game and with decent equipment you can just stand in front of him, spam attack for one minute straight and occasionally jump to avoid the attack. I think he would be fun though if it was an early to mid game boss.
@@koschei7687 exactly, i could imagine if it was a tutorial boss or earlier in the game because that would’ve been cool
Either way i still think this boss is above average and a good addition for the lifeblood update along with traitor lord buff, its just way too easy because once you get to ancient basin you already got a hang of the game
The Mantis Lords were my favorite boss before God Master, the Sisters of Battle was my favorite after God Master. And its good to see the Community crowned the Sisters of Battle as the Queens of Battles
Sisters of Battle are my favorite but tbh doing Sisters on ascended or higher isn't much fun because the fight takes too long and doesn't feel that rythmic anymore.
@@ashiok1011 True, the reason they are so good was cause there's such a good rhythm to it. Like an elegant dance between 4 warriors fighting all at the same time. On Ascended...yeah no...it just drags too long and the elegant dance of fighters becomes a button mash
@@duskgaming18 does it really though? The rhythm of the fight doesn’t change, just the pacing. You have to expect phase two to happen at a different time and for each sister to be KO’d later, but it isn’t like double damage is changing their AI pattern. Besides, I don’t think very many, if any, boss battles in this game can really be called a button mash.
@@gluessb That's fair, but it still kinda over stays it welcome cause Phase 1 lasts way too long, and Phase 2 lasts even longer. And you're just waiting for it to end
In total SoB has much more health than Abs Rad
i knew sisters of battles would win it's the most enjoyable fight ever
I was really expecting pure vessel
Sisters of battle is so easy yet still so fun
you feel so epic yet it's actually pretty easy. Also gives you a nice reminder of how far you've come. Best boss!
Awww, how sweet of you!
Mantis lords are overhyped, but yes it’s a good fight
The emotional intensity of battling THK makes it, not only my favorite boss in Hollow Knight, but my favorite boss in any game ever. Him trying to commit suicide sent me chills the first time and made me tear up. I love this fight and the music is just *chef kiss*.
I agree. I think the main downside of THK is, that if you got all upgrades the fight is just too easy because you can just face tank him. But in for example in Speedruns with bad equipment he is so much fun
embarrassing
@@warmmonkey679 idot
@@warmmonkey679???
@@Bubblegum-Cupcake ???
I had no idea people liked Paint Master Sheo’s fight that much, actually! I always thought it was a great fight but I guess it never stood out for me?
The top three though weren’t surprising at all ahahaha
Very interesting way of setting up the bracket. I wonder how it would’ve looked like if after the initial round 1, it became one on one match ups rather than three per round, though that would’ve taken so much more time lol
Honestly, I thin it had less to do with the fight and more with how much people like Sheo as a character
Sheo is amazingly fun to me. A well respected fight I never really liked, on the other hand, is Sly. I never found it fun.
Sheo is pretty simple and easy, but i just love how fun and creative it is.
@@pixelation6224 I always thought of Sly as a pretty hard boss, but I think they should've added more variety to his attacks. Once you get the strategy down, you can win every time. It's like a puzzle.
when first running through it in p2 i didnt really like it, beating it on radiant changed my mind and its one of my favourites now
The Pure Vessel is my absolute favorite, he is the best fight, (sisters of battle is just a little too easy for me) the lore behind him is awsome, his attacks are awsome, fighting him feels like a dance, finaly the detail of him haveing no boss roar/yell is amazing to me because he has "No mind to think, no will to break... No voice to cry suffering"
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that *The Great Nailsage Sly* was beaten by some orange juice in a shell!
Well he is a prince/son of gods and void possed by another god
@@anotherwilliam9199 this is the most epic comment i have ever seen
probably because of lore and he's your brother and all
As the godseeker would say: thou cringer! putting broken vessel above sly, i don't know man, the community drank some infection juice or something
Then again, i guess lore, but I'm not much of a lore person. I prefer action.
is fighting your dead sibling zombified by a vengeful god not enough action for you,,, or do u just wanna keep fighting the retired scam artists 😤😤😤
was really surprised about sly aswell, but it was always clear the finale is going to be PV against SOB
I though that NKG would be in the finals. Such a fun fight
@@rolandfabik2475 yea, that is definatly my #1 fight. Would like to see a losers brackets atleast for the last 8 matches
My 8 favorite godhome fights are sheo, nkg, soul tyrant, collector, pure vessel, broken vessel, lost kin, and failed champion. They're mostly different from each other but I really love all of them!
@@rolandfabik2475this is gonna be a hot ass take but White Defender > NKG so I wish he at least made it to the semis
@@KKTHEATOMIZAAAAAA awful take ❌️❌️
Can't belive mmc didn't even get past round 1 :( smh
Dang, people really don't like the collector? He has such an interesting mechanic and the distorted music really sets the mood. The unending laughter is a bit annoying but he is still my favorite boss.
Ok then do Ascended Collector without Strength RIGHT NOW, thats what i call the Nail Binding P5 Experience
@@catzzen2014 Nah bro, you gotta have radiant collector w/o sharp shadow
@@Cameron_Levine Sharp Shadow D Tier, its fact
They probably just prefer great nailsage sly and broken vessel more. Kind of the thing with brackets is the rankings get more accurate the closer to the finals you get, but comparing a left boss to a right side boss is never considered. I like collector and I think many do, but it isn’t collector as a boss, it’s collector vs the other arguably better three choices.
@@masoncox1248 I'd have put the collector over broken vessel, honestly. Sly is clearly first place.
Who ever is the best boss we have to praise team cherry for making this insane amount of amazing bossbattle
In other games it's only one boss that gets the praises but here it's varied
Fun Fact: In the second round with Hornet Sentinel, Hornet actually had 69 not 68
You should know, sans.
@@conallirvine5157 Seriously it's so sad how most bosses of this game are overshadowed by funny skeleton
@@Chaki21Sans isn't even the best boss in undertale imo, it's undyne for me but he's definitely the most iconic.
@@FBI-xu Mine is Photoshop Flowey honestly
I can't believe pure vessel is not on the first place. But sisters of battle definitely deserve their place
Ngl Mantis Lords are verry narrowly better than SOB imo, but Pure Vessel is still my favorite boss
People that didnt vote Abs Rad are Sharp Shadow Users
Who told you my secret
I'm the living proof that this isn't the case.
I’ve never heard anyone who’s beaten Absrad on ascended or radiant say they didn’t enjoy the fight, so I feel like most people that voted haven’t even fought her.
Yeah there’s RNG, but it’s still an amazing challenge.
@@MrPatrickbuit Uh what? I fought her on ascended, that's why I hate her.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 but did you beat her
And with that, pantheon 6 was made. please team cherry I'm begging for this to be in a pantheon, we all are. Pantheon of the community perhaps?
If you are gonna do another one of these, I think a Boss Theme ranking would be cool, or just a music ranking in general.
I will look into doing something like this!
12:25 thank you for not apologizing for this amazing joke
I just got it now, and i regret everything
I'm curious as to why both Radiance fights were forgotten in the bracket stage. Perhaps it's because her fights are some of the hardest to get to?
Not a lot of people take the time to beat her and master her moveset at all due to how hard it is. It also doesn't help that Abs Rad takes forever to beat in the pantheon(still working on it baby). Not everyone is willing to practice for hours and hours just to get an in-game achievement and a cool cutscene. Once you actually get her down I think both fights can be really fun and intense, but getting to that point takes FOREVER.
I beat pantheon 5 and I will say abs rad has a little too much rng. The amount of times I would get the missiles with the side scroll lazer was just annoying. It is the hardest boss but part if it is due to the rng
@@alexandertonchev1639 That isn't dependent on rng though. The column laser ALWAYs comes after the second barrage of missiles. You just have to position yourself right. The only thing rng about the fight is her spawn points in the platform phase.
@@thesnatcher3616 it’s not true for normal radiance. You just have to fight a semi boss to get to her. Moreover, it’s a hard fight but clearly not nearly as hard as king of nightmare Grimm or pure vessel, which are two of the most beloved fight.
@@alexandertonchev1639 im yet to find a time where absrad has annoying rng its mostly just comes down to skill and not reacting too quick but also not real slow
NKG, Pure Vessel, and SoB are the clear big 3 of hollow knight bosses
markoth got too high. looks like some people didn't fight him in radiant.
I absolutely love the sisters of battle giving the fact that i got caught of guard by the three of them jumping in the arena but still I’m a huge fan of this game’s lore and seeing pure vessel and fighting him was extremely epic
Ya know what would work better, an NPC ranking. There are exactly 48 of them so you could use the same bracket and it’s not as clear who would be in the top 3
I will look into potentially doing this!
Randomizer creator:
-Dirtmouth-
Elderbug is a cool dude
I love how that just like every pokemon is someones favourite, every Hollow Knight boss is someone's favourite
He needs to do a poll between Nightmare King Grimm and Pure Vessel
My top 5:
5. Sisters of Battle
4. Grimm
3. Soul Tyrant
2. Nightmare King Grimm
1. Pure Vessel
Glad to see Soul Tyrant get some love, so underrated, also here’s mine
5. Mantis Lords
4. Soul Tyrant
3. NKG
2. White Defender
1. Pure Vessel
Soul Tyrant can freaking Desolate Dive to the bottom of the ocean and drown himself
I think it’s pretty ridiculous that neither Radiance forms got out of the first round. For me Regular radiance or absrad is easily my 4th favourite fight in the game. I can understand not liking one of them, but if you dislike both I really recommend trying them again with a spell build.
Then there’s GPZ and Sly which should have made it out too, but that’s alright I guess.
the first person i have seen mention GPZ. A rare breed i see
@@jimmyjab8744 I can see why you wouldn’t like GPZ if you did all bindings, but I doubt most people here voted based on all bindings.
@@MrPatrickbuit i never said I didn't like GPZ hes literally my favourite boss.
@@jimmyjab8744 I know I'm just thinking about all the people that didn't vote for him. My bad, I phrased it wrong.
I was expecting radiance to escape the first bracket. It was a fun fight as a melee main. What was even funnier for me was realizing after beating radiance that howling spirits was a thing
My boi Xero got MASSACRED🥶 I thought he was a cool intro to the dream bosses, had kind of an interesting backstory thingy, and his design and voice queues were kinda cool too. And the music fits so well in his fight in my opinion haha. Not even close to one of my favorites, but they did him dirtyyyy😂💀
Yeah bruh the King Fool Killer deserved better
Why most casuals thought people voted for Broken Vessel/Lost Kin over other bosses: The mechanics of his fight were more fun, his aesthetic, fun challenge etc etc.
Why people actually voted for BV/LK: Either A. "A sword fighter the same size as me? Hell yeah!" Or B. "My sweet little babu deserves the world and I refuse to let them be merely left behind!"
When NKG lost I was sad. But not surprised. When I saw these 2 titans where going 1 against the other I knew it would have been a tough fight. To me, they are the 2 best bossfight in the game. Truly the best bossfights I've ever run into.
I wonder how Nightmare King Grim would do vs Pure Vessel.
You channel is so good; I really can't believe you only have 10k subscribers. You deserve way more!
i genuinely really enjoy gorb as a fight, you find him relatively early on and the dodging while easy is very satisfying and fun to do, it really feels like threading tue needle, while it falls off later on i like the horn fight a lot
Ascend with gorb
You are a cool person with good opinions
Great video but personally I'd have preferred the whole thing be 1v1 brackets
Was expecting NGK was going to be top1 by a large margin. I wonder if it's due to it's difficulty ?
Seeing Sisters of Battle rank number one makes me hope there are gonna be duo or trio fights in silksong
guys sisters of battle is a great fight but the best?! OVER PURE VESSEL AND NKG?!?!
At 12:37 The Hollow Knights are looking straight at Lost Kin, and they look angry.
angry that lost kin could beat out radiance and they couldn't
i was happy to see that the sisters of battle were the winners i just LOVE the pace and difficulty of the fight. It is my favourite boss fight in the game and i love it.
The Mantis Lords are a boss fight without flaws. For me and a lot of players, it's the moment Hollow Knight both clicks and opens up. Their position in the game is perfect and the fact that the Sisters or Battle make that extremely refined fight even tighter, past the point of a diamond, whilst still being fair is a testament to their design.
Nightmare King Grimm is the best, though.
I just really wish SOB actually lasted more than thirty seconds. When all three mantis lords are there, it’s a fantastic fight but the other 70% of the fight is just kinda boring.
I think Sisters of Battle is a TINY bit worse just cuz it doesn’t feel as rythmatic as Mantis Lords
Love to see the technovoid content! I love this! Good work!
9:18 my fav boss wins with a 69% voting rate, I feel honoured
Am I the only one who noticed the first bracket adds up to 101%?
Holy crap I had no idea that sisters of battle would win. Not knowing this channel or being a part of the community, but seeing this video pop up in my recommendations is hilarious because when I went through the god home, sisters of battle was my favorite fight too.
Expected the final matchup to be NKG vs PV with NKG coming out on top.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NOOO! Gorb lost to Hornet! You 68% SIMPS! Ascend with Gorb, ASCEND TO FINALS!
When it came to the top 3, it was a tough fight between Grey Prince Zote, with his fast attack patterns and flair, Grey Prince Zote, whose character and tragic backstory are second to none, and the one and only, ever iconic Grey Prince Zote. But at the end of the day, I had my hopes up for Grey Prince Zote and they were realised. The community have spoken and they have spoken the truth, as the infallible Grey Prince Zote comes out on top.
Very happy about the popularity of Sisters of Battle and Nightmare King Grimm (my personal fav fights)
God, sisters of battle and pv is such a hard choice. I feel more fluid and fast in sisters of battle, but I feel more like a nail machine in pv
I think the reasons that the Broken Vessel and Lost Kin got so far weren't for the mechanics of the battle, but more so for the emotion. This is the part of the game where you begin to realize just... who you are, and I think that hit hard for a lot of people.
i disagree entirely but i could be completely wrong
you could make a simple and indirect video, but you made a complex and fun video.
12:20 whoa, vessel competition! This is really awesome to see.
Whoever voted for Markoth, know I’m coming for you
To ask how in hell you enjoy fighting that monster
I have never enjoyed a fight more than sisters of battle. Sure it felt great to beat AR but after all the grind you get used to the stages up until the climb. But SoB are so fucking fun to play on repeat. The battle is fast paced, keeps you on your toes and it never feels unfair or RNG-ish. Just an all around well designed figth.
I said it in the first voting with Sisters of battle and at least for me it was for the whole tournament: This wasn't a competition, this was just bullying of the other bosses x)
Sisters of battle barely won against NKG and Pure Vessel...
@@legrandliseurtri7495 imo they shouldnt have won. i think they're overrated.
I wasn’t sure about Sisters of Battle but when I think about it, it’s a fight where you don’t kill them, they just acknowledge your strength after. That means they’re badass and honorable and can’t be destroyed so they deserve that top spot.
Well, pretty nice video, I'm glad it appeared in my reccomended,but sad your vids didn't appear before.
I was kinda of bored here, and I started to watch this video... when I realised, I was so hyped to see that my favorite boss of the game won xD
Ty for this video.
The Broken Vessel is my favourite boss in the game. I didn't expect them to win, but seeing both them and the dream variant make it past the first round makes me very happy.
I love pale lurker and wish their was a way to fight it again
Honestly, it is weird in my opinion that sisters of battle made it SO far.
Ngl its a great boss, but it is not as memorable or "hard but fair" as PV and NKG.
*team cherry throws in one extra mantis for the fight*
The community suddenly: "This battle changed my life!"
My personal preference would be nkg, as it is overwhelming at first but a learnable and very fair boss, if you put the brain matter in to "learn him".
Also propably one of the most epic sound tracks
I think the main reason Sisters of Battle hit hard was because by the time you reach P5, you've kind of grown used to all of the bosses in this game, as technically, you expect to just do all of the previous pantheons in a row. Sisters of Battle, though, is meant to be a curveball, showing you that you can't predict the Pantheon of Hallownest.
If you ask me, the reason broken vessel beat out sly was because of what a great story beat that fight is. that was the most magical fight in the game for me. That animation that plays when you get to his arena for the first time is when what the infection was clicked for me. the orange all made sense.
i personnaly don't like the sisters of battle pretty much, simply because it completely looses its speed and momentum as soon as you beat the first sister, and thats why my favourite boss is the pure vessel. in fact, he keeps getting better as the fight goes on
I mean, lets be honest there never was a single doubt that the top 3 would end up in the top 3. Sheo was quite surprising, but tbf, there werent any other fights as awesome as the top 3, so i had no clue who could have ended up as 4th anyways.
Gotta love how he said "ASCENDING into second place" for gorb.
Ascend for gorb!
people are really sleeping on radiances smg
fr, i'm honestly completely convinced broken vessel and lost kin only won because people raged at sly and radiance
This sadly was so predictable because everyone's favorite boss is mantis lord
imo there are 5 perfect boss fights in hollow knight (in no particular order): NKG, sisters of battle, pure vessel, nailsage sly and Radiance.
7:31 So am I. I did not get a chance to vote, but I doubt it would have been enought to save the nailsage.
11:09 How exacly is the vanilla mantis lords fight better than our girl Hornet???
My top 4 would be, in any order, Hornet Sentinel, Sisters of Battle, Pure Vessel and Nailsage Sly.
Mantis lords made me truly love this game and im really trying to reach p5 for sisters of
battle.
Well, I love everyone's opinions and respect everyone who voted, so with honor I will say..... NKG IS BY FAR THE BEST BOSS AND EVERYONE WHO VOTED IS INSANE.
Have a great day, I respect all of you!
Sisters of battle winning was the greatest and best plot twist ever
I agree with these top 4 even though ive never fought sisters of battle ive seen it and it looks so fun
Personally I think the challenge and diversity of attacks provided by The Radiance makes it the best boss in the game
I'd love it if you could do some more of those and see how the losers of the eighth finale would do against each other.
Abs Radiance should have gotten further imo, you have to master all parts of the movement system and every fight feels different. The last phases is also an intense endurance battle depending on your leftover hp, it's so cool
Nah. Fuck 'em.
@@stann8032 the problem is, i also agree with this. I HATE this boss but also love it
@@sofieravn2195 absrad has some balancing issues
I feel like team cherry thought about adding him at the last moment in development
If you look at it , it's only just speed boost from the first fight , the attacks themselves hasn't changed much and there are no new attacks like other dream buffs , so it feels like a lazy buff in comparison
I was expecting normal radiance or hollow knight instead of paint master sheo. I was also expecting pure vessel to win instead of sisters of battle even though sisters of battle is my favourite fight. I think sisters needed to have a combined health pool instead of 3 different health pools.
So this is kind of the folly of brackets, because their setups and victories can change if some were rearranged from the start. This works if you're trying to figure out the #1 boss (imo should have been between NKG and Sisters, but we all knew one of them would win) because no matter who it's up against it'd win all the way to the end, but when it comes to the quarter through final rounds (even 2nd place) the rankings are iffy, and can go awry even in the early bracket stage, if you're trying to order rank them via how far they made it.
For example, if Broken Vessel and Sheo were switched so that Sheo was against Sly - Sly would very likely have won that (not by a huge margin) - and yet Broken Vessel got destroyed by Sheo. Imo this would put Sly in the Quarterfinals at the very least, maybe took 4th overall unless he faced Broken Vessel again (I agree with you, I am surprised he lost to Broken Vessel, but I think Sly was faced against the lore instead of the fight itself whereas with another opponent like Sheo first, people would have to actually consider Sly's fight more since Sheo is less fan-lore-ey, and such considerations may have affected a future matchup in his favor too - just speculation though).
As for the final 4 rankings, I feel like people would pick NKG for at least 2nd place over Pure Vessel, but PV had an easy match against Sheo followed by an impossible match, while NKG had what should have been the finals match with the Sisters during semis.
I think the rest of the matchups are fine because they are somewhat negligible or marginal when weighed against each other (Radiance and Absolute's biggest problems are getting to either one - people get tired of fighting HK every time they need to try against Radiance again, and then the whole entire thing with Absolute), but the standout things I'm iffy about are the above mentioned things. Maybe it's just me but I feel the community would also agree (Pure Vessel seems to be considered harder while NKG is better I think, though the first time fighting NKG he is generally considered harder, he's more adaptable and easier to read, becomes easier in consecutive fights while PV sort of levels out a tier higher on consistent difficulty with consecutive fights - NKG is easier to read after enough exposure, basically). Though I might be wrong about that. I am curious if you were to put the final 4 here against each other in their own bracket, and ranked them based on their %s in that particular match. I imagine it would be Sisters(1) - NKG(2) - PV(3) - Sheo(4) in that case.
Before the vid, my thoughts on a top 4 would have been:
NKG (1) -> Sisters (2) (I am _slightly_ surprised Sisters won even though I knew it would be close) -> PV (3) -> Sentinel Hornet (4) (figured 4th would be more a fan favorite thing, less about how good a fight it was vs some potentially better ones, but of the two Hornet fights would still obviously pick the better one - to be honest I'm surprised she didn't make it here, and lost it to Sheo in the end?).
I would have never thought that sisters of battle win the challenge but hey thats the one I did radiant and Im pretty proud of it
The winner is actually my favorite boss even though I didn't vote, but I'm so happy they made it :D
I was routing for Broken Vessel and just kept dying inside whenever you trashed on it 😭
Definitely agree if we're going with which is objectively best. Favorite however? Sheo will never be beaten out for me
I can understand why sly didnt win he was super difficult for a lot of ppl
Dude, Sly is like the closest you can get to fighting Yoda (besides Star Wars Battlefront), and it's *AWESOME*
When I boot up Hollow Knight to chill and fight some bosses, I always go for Sly, PV, NKG or Sisters.
I NEVER fight Sheo for fun
@@iveharzing sheo for me is very fluid and doesn't feel like a fight so much as it feels like a dance
Tho I seriously respect sly he just killed me too much for me to enjoy him
Mmm yes, he keeps beating me in PoH :'d
i'm not a big fan of sly, his last phase is cool and the pogo off of his whirwind move is super cool too, but most the hits i take is from his deceptivly big and sometime unclear aoe onhis basic attacks. compare that to a sob or a nk grimm fight, those are super fast but the moves are clear when you get hit you know exactly why you screwed.+ the fact that sly don't have much hp but leaves little uptime to hit him is less satisfying too i always feel like i have to go there with a bunch of soul and burst him asap before taking some cheap shots. while vs manti grimm and hk and the enhanced versions i'm tinking , let's dance for for bit.
@@lucasbortoluzzi9369 sly is very "you can hit it, once" if you get what I'm saying
I was soooo shocked by paintmaster sheo beating broken vessel, I do not agree but ey I am happy for the guy
I’m shocked by BV beating Sly, Sly is leagues above the previous 2 pantheon exclusive bosses (Oro & Mato and Sheo were still great) and he’s easily a top 3 pantheon exclusive boss (fuck AbsRad)
My reasoning against NKG is that unlike*Most* other bosses fighting him is not fun but a down right miserable experience He is as hard as all can be (probably harder than abs rad) and all you get is probably the worst charm in the game
BEE BOY AND HORNET GOT UNLUCKY
SHEO AND LOST KIN GOT LUCKY
Someone is salty
@@spice_maker I only speak objective facts
11:00 "Hopefully that doesn't push Silksong's release date back."
Thanks community
I'm excited to fight the sisters of battle, since I'm still at pantheon 4. While I believe the sisters of battle would probably hold a good place somewhere at the top, but Zote the Mighty simply can't be replaced for me as the best and most difficult boss in all of gaming/real life, nothing could overthrow him
Wow! never thought my fav boss would win!
Rip Gorb. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.
7:35 maybe because of his sad lore and he’s the knights sibling. I just feel bad for fighting him :(🖤 same with lost kin
"sad lore"
dead corpse with orang juice inside
@@Imperio_Otomano_the_realest he’s infected by the infection
@@TheRockstarRunkey It's a dead corpse. Lore-wise, Lost Kin/Broken Vessel doesn't offer much. A wandering husk is also affected by the infection, is the lore for a wandering husk also depressing?
people probably liked the fight because it's somewhat iconic or because it's actually an enjoyable fight to play.
lost kin was my favorite boss in the game. i had struggle in combat before, but when i fought them, combat just clicked for me. i also enjoyed the little nod afterward that said “accept” i literally dont know why i liked that momentso much, but lost kin is my favorite boss in yhis game
Zote at the end of the first coliseum trial was my personal favorite.
Nailsage and the Radiance got messed up, but I could never imagine SOB could outdo NKG and PV. Great competition!