It's also nuts that they are able to do that so early in the game. Like most other early game bosses are easy because you don't have that much skill/power/ability, yet Mantis Lords manage to be a fun challenge that makes you feel goated.
I stopped playing Hollow Knight because of that boss, after seeing Atrioc beat the game I didn’t want to be out-done by an old, one foot in the grave, receding hairline, wrinkly old boomer so I tried it again, played for 2,5 hours, got to the second phase like 5 times during that entire time and then ragequit the game. Coming back with the grindset soon though
@@erlandochoa8278 I found a way to skip the entire second phase, just use Spell Twister and Shaman Stone (and Nailmaster's Glory for the 1st phase). Don't use a single spell until you he spawns his second shield, then, *absolutely BLAST* him with Shade Soul while he's spinning his shields, kills him every time.
I’m so happy that the game is finally starting to get some big streamers/UA-camrs playing it! I think it’s one of the greatest games I have ever played
I‘ve owned hollow knight for years, but never really got into it. Picked it up again because of atrioc and cannot put it down. I didn‘t watch the streams, just some of the videos here, so I‘m still mostly spoiler free regarding the lore and it‘s awesome. Such a beautiful game. Really glad I gave it another shot. Edit: And I definitely feel the same about the mantis lords fight. It‘s just difficult enough to be a real challenge without being frustrating.
I’m legitimately at a loss for why they added him in as a boss. Not his normal version which is fine but his fucking ascended version is the dumbest piece of shit in the entire game by far.
You made me buy hollow knight. I loved your hollow knight streams, and when it went on sale on steam two days ago, i had to buy. Im really loving it so far
Atrioc inspired me to get back into Hollow Knight and I've been loving it, but HOLY SHIT Watcher Knights were the tensest thing EVER. The entire fight was so difficult that by the end I popped off so hard after I finally killed that last one. Best fight so far for me honestly.
I don't think steel soul is particularly fun, but I HUGELY recommend doing an item randomizer, its super fun and really tests your abilities to problem solve
Hay Atrioc! I just want to say that, because of you, I started playing Hollow Knight, and I got hooked. I mean 10 hours a day hooked. I have been playing for 4 days, and man. This Trial of Fools shit. haha. 6 hrs so far and have yet to beat it. Fuck i hate this trial of fools shit. But besides that it do be a cool game.
ngl the amount of death's you had from acid pools I thought you weren't gonna stick with it. But you did and I am glad that you did cause HK is one of the best platformer game sick vid Big A.
I have been facing Soul Tyrant for like 4 hours, basically going zero hits in the first phase for 10 minutes then dying on the second phase from orbs spawning on me.
:( was honestly the 3rd hardest boss for me in hall of gods. 2nd phase was really annoying and 1st phase is really long, tests patience. GOOD LUCK YOU WILL GET IT!
@@atrioc thanks big dawg, only downside to this game are those time consuming bosses but its probably good for pacing. I haven't been this invested in a game since I was a teenager, 10/10
Seeing how different people struggle on different things in this game is pretty funny. I first tried watcher nights without shadow dash or even knowing about the chandalier thing, but delete the game while struggling with the bee knight fight.
i kinda like the whomegalul soul warrior because it has the same moves as the sisters of battle so its good practice for that edit: i just liked my own comment thinking it ws someone else's, i forgot i commented
radiant markoth is the only radiant boss i havent beat, and the only one i will never beat because 1 more shiny statue doesnt feeel worth the pain, so i agree 100%
A fun story about my experience with watcher knights: So I beat them like on my 2nd or 3rd time on my first playthrough, thanks to weaversong and wall clinging (I had pretty low equipment too), but I think that I got very very VERY lucky with rng that time, because once I tried again in the hall of gods and other playthroughs... it didn’t work once lol. Yeah... so that’s a strat I guess. But then I thought that they were super overrated because I beat them almost instantly, but I quickly found out that I just got lucky.
Maybe got a little lucky but also did things in a very different order than a lot of people. Most people don't tend to get lantern before Mantis Lords so they tend not to explore Deepnest until much later. The sort of 'standard' line would lead you right into West City of Tears and Watcher Knights after Mantis Lords. What I love about this game though is that everyone seems to have one or two bosses that they just struggle with while they easily beat bosses that other people scratch their head at. I got the hang of Mantis Lords really easy but I got wrecked by Soul Master easily a dozen times in my first playthrough and I know people who had exactly opposite experiences.
I think it really speaks to Hollow Knights quality that people rank the bosses so similarly. No matter your skill or playstyle, the bosses that are good and hype are good and hype universally.
Once i figured out i could pogo my way through the 3rd phase of absolute radiance it became a goddamn cakewalk. Was a pleasure watching u go through this game tho, awesome stuff!
Some bosses I really like: Traitor lord is incredible environment storytelling. Uumuu in the Hall of Gods/Pantheons is a pretty good boss IMO. But I can see why others don’t like him. False knight is one of my favorites because of where you are in the game when you fight him. It’s something I look forward to every time I replay, just to see how much better I am now than I was before. It’s a reminder of how far I’ve come. Radiance = D for me. I’ve never beaten Abs Rad because I never made it to the end of Pantheon of Hallownest (I hate pantheon 5, because it’s just pantheon 4 but you need to wait 40 minutes between attempts and then get your ass kicked at the end) I think regular Radiance is a repetitive boss whose only variety comes from RNG teleportation. It’s a cool event, not a cool boss. Grimm is repetitive as fuck. Cool the first time. Boring after. And they make you fight him before Pure Vessel and Abs Rad every time.
Atrioc you should consider playing dark souls on stream if you liked the difficulty of hollow knight, where it’s your fault every time you die and super satisfying to beat a boss
Big A! You should do some videos with some other creators from the hollow knight community. Maybe some speed runners! It would be awesome too if you guys figured out a bros vs pros in hollow knight.
It looks really boring. When he was going on about how "It's one of the best designed fights in VG history. It looks so impressive" all I could think is how it's just another sidescroller boss fight we've been seeing for the past 30 years. What's so good about this game?
@@bruhmoment1835 creative world, fluid movement, character customization which really effects your playstyle, goated bosses, great music, its not just another sidescroller it is the pinnacle.
Zote is such a goated character. Very underrated imo and one of my favorites. I wish the Hollow Knight Kickstarter got funded a bit more so we could have that Zote game. Would've loved to see how that would've turned out
I can't believe Atrioc forgot to rank the acid pools. Never forget where you started, Big A
0/10 "Impossible"
-Atrioc probably
He named a category after it "rancid dogwater"
Literal RANCID DOGWATER
Atrioc going from struggling with simple platforming to becoming a full-on Hollow Knight nerd is one of the best character arcs
Still shocked at how impactful mantis lords are as a boss fight. Ingenious design.
It's also nuts that they are able to do that so early in the game. Like most other early game bosses are easy because you don't have that much skill/power/ability, yet Mantis Lords manage to be a fun challenge that makes you feel goated.
They genuinely make you better
I somehow missed them and didnt find them until I had pure nail and I really wish I found way earlier
The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
Nobody gets that sigma grindset quite like zote, S++ deserved only the real will understand
Radiant Markoth is one of the most bullshit things I've ever done in a videogame. grinded it for hours, beat it once, and I'm never doing it again
I stopped playing Hollow Knight because of that boss, after seeing Atrioc beat the game I didn’t want to be out-done by an old, one foot in the grave, receding hairline, wrinkly old boomer so I tried it again, played for 2,5 hours, got to the second phase like 5 times during that entire time and then ragequit the game. Coming back with the grindset soon though
@@erlandochoa8278 I found a way to skip the entire second phase, just use Spell Twister and Shaman Stone (and Nailmaster's Glory for the 1st phase).
Don't use a single spell until you he spawns his second shield, then, *absolutely BLAST* him with Shade Soul while he's spinning his shields, kills him every time.
His reaction markoth whilst he was running through POH gave it away that he'd at least attempted it.
"Lost Kin" more like "Trash Bin"
Thank you rusty, very cool
*laugh track*
Thank you rusty, lost kin is shit
Lost Kin is awesome!!!! It was super hard the first time I fought him but now I actually love to do it for fun
Hello checkmark
so hyped to watch atrioc play Silksong and fall into acid 100 times over again while learning hornet's new schmovement
I'm pretty sure the new thing in silksong is LAVA.
Damn
I'm still really sad we didn't get more hollow knight videos on most of his playthrough on this channel
watch the vods on his twitch channel. i am youtube only. but i watched 35hours gameplay of his hk playthrough. it was fantastic
I’m so happy that the game is finally starting to get some big streamers/UA-camrs playing it! I think it’s one of the greatest games I have ever played
I‘ve owned hollow knight for years, but never really got into it. Picked it up again because of atrioc and cannot put it down. I didn‘t watch the streams, just some of the videos here, so I‘m still mostly spoiler free regarding the lore and it‘s awesome. Such a beautiful game. Really glad I gave it another shot.
Edit: And I definitely feel the same about the mantis lords fight. It‘s just difficult enough to be a real challenge without being frustrating.
@@tobiasjennerjahn8659 legit same im now at the PoH after grinding all week
10:15 love cloth’s new battle cry
i didnt realize how perfect it lined up, i was more focused on wtf the noise was and where it came from
@@moonsquid9310 W OMEGALUL RK
@@No-ss4dz what does WORK have to do with what i said, nice cat pfp btw very cute
@@moonsquid9310 That's the noise it makes when he gets a message from work, happens all the time on stream
@@No-ss4dz ahhhh ok thank you! im a youtube frog so i had no idea what it was
Markoth is literally just rng the boss
I’m legitimately at a loss for why they added him in as a boss. Not his normal version which is fine but his fucking ascended version is the dumbest piece of shit in the entire game by far.
Based take man 🔥🔥🔥😮💨👌👌
You made me buy hollow knight. I loved your hollow knight streams, and when it went on sale on steam two days ago, i had to buy. Im really loving it so far
He’s gonna pop off with Celeste
Hahaha hahaha
@@ghostkill221 Naw trust, he'll play Celeste right after he plays silksong (which will never come out)
To this day I've never seen a better video on this platform
I come back to this video every time I really need to fall asleep, thanks Big A for this masterpiece
Had to come back to this banger! Truly the best video A-meister has ever made…
Atrioc inspired me to get back into Hollow Knight and I've been loving it, but HOLY SHIT Watcher Knights were the tensest thing EVER. The entire fight was so difficult that by the end I popped off so hard after I finally killed that last one. Best fight so far for me honestly.
the glizzy god himself is back at it again
I don't think steel soul is particularly fun, but I HUGELY recommend doing an item randomizer, its super fun and really tests your abilities to problem solve
Who else is here after the community post by the Big "Glizzard Wizard" A himself.
The mantis lords fight for me is the coolest fight in the whole game, but I can agree with most of your list
Hay Atrioc! I just want to say that, because of you, I started playing Hollow Knight, and I got hooked. I mean 10 hours a day hooked. I have been playing for 4 days, and man. This Trial of Fools shit. haha. 6 hrs so far and have yet to beat it. Fuck i hate this trial of fools shit. But besides that it do be a cool game.
Beating the Trial of Fools is so satisfying though. Hope you managed to finish it by now.
Atrioc put Zote in S tier because he's a fellow senior citizen
ngl the amount of death's you had from acid pools I thought you weren't gonna stick with it. But you did and I am glad that you did cause HK is one of the best platformer game sick vid Big A.
couldnt agree more about mantis lords and grimm. some of the best designed bosses ive ever encountered
I have been facing Soul Tyrant for like 4 hours, basically going zero hits in the first phase for 10 minutes then dying on the second phase from orbs spawning on me.
:( was honestly the 3rd hardest boss for me in hall of gods. 2nd phase was really annoying and 1st phase is really long, tests patience. GOOD LUCK YOU WILL GET IT!
@@atrioc thanks big dawg, only downside to this game are those time consuming bosses but its probably good for pacing. I haven't been this invested in a game since I was a teenager, 10/10
Still an absolute masterpiece!
Had to watch it again
Hornet and mantis lords make me feel like a ninja
Just Started playing hollow knight cause of you already got 12 hours
It may have taken me like 1k channel points of highlighting messages, but eventually I got him to make this. Thank god.
Thanks for sticking with the game man. It was really fun to watch my favorite streamer play my favorite game. Keep up the good work Big A.
Seeing how different people struggle on different things in this game is pretty funny. I first tried watcher nights without shadow dash or even knowing about the chandalier thing, but delete the game while struggling with the bee knight fight.
I was told on stream to come watch this, so here I am. Good video
who here from the community post
One of the devs made a video of himself beating radiant markoth 4 times in a row, and I have never felt so insulted
i kinda like the whomegalul soul warrior because it has the same moves as the sisters of battle so its good practice for that
edit: i just liked my own comment thinking it ws someone else's, i forgot i commented
Ludwig was so off-base saying this video was bad. Big A can make almost anything interesting
Love coming here to rewatch this piece of masterclass level entertainment.
came here to rewatch this thanks to the latest community post
Genuinely the best video on this entire platform
radiant markoth is the only radiant boss i havent beat, and the only one i will never beat because 1 more shiny statue doesnt feeel worth the pain, so i agree 100%
A fun story about my experience with watcher knights:
So I beat them like on my 2nd or 3rd time on my first playthrough, thanks to weaversong and wall clinging (I had pretty low equipment too), but I think that I got very very VERY lucky with rng that time, because once I tried again in the hall of gods and other playthroughs... it didn’t work once lol. Yeah... so that’s a strat I guess. But then I thought that they were super overrated because I beat them almost instantly, but I quickly found out that I just got lucky.
Maybe got a little lucky but also did things in a very different order than a lot of people. Most people don't tend to get lantern before Mantis Lords so they tend not to explore Deepnest until much later. The sort of 'standard' line would lead you right into West City of Tears and Watcher Knights after Mantis Lords. What I love about this game though is that everyone seems to have one or two bosses that they just struggle with while they easily beat bosses that other people scratch their head at. I got the hang of Mantis Lords really easy but I got wrecked by Soul Master easily a dozen times in my first playthrough and I know people who had exactly opposite experiences.
You have inspired me to go back to the pantheon of hollownest.
Thanks
I am here from 2024, I am falling in the atroic rabbit hole. Please send help
Everytime I hear silksong I become sad.
Zote is kinda like Loki, that is why I love the boss so much
cannot wait for silk song? Interesting
Brandon Nvidia GlizzyHands the second makes an astounding tier list for his favorite game hollow knight. How dashing.
Just came back to admire Atrioc's Magnum Opus: The Hollow Knight Tier List
In Dungeons and Dragons Heroes for the original Xbox the shopkeeper Rik Is actually the final boss, I always loved that twist.
My favorite atrioc video by far
2:27 what about Charon in hades
This is a certified Atrioc classic
Oh no, the “certified Atrioc classic” infection is spreading to this channel too
@@Cgaffman This is a certified Caden Da Bobby classic
"Can not wait for silksong" haha I can feel the pain of an entire comunity in this phrase weird
this is my comfort video
Another great video. Well done quack you are really carrying the entire atriocFAM on your back
I think it really speaks to Hollow Knights quality that people rank the bosses so similarly. No matter your skill or playstyle, the bosses that are good and hype are good and hype universally.
Once i figured out i could pogo my way through the 3rd phase of absolute radiance it became a goddamn cakewalk.
Was a pleasure watching u go through this game tho, awesome stuff!
Ok, I was literally looking for a hollow knight boss ranking when this came up!
as a huge hollow knight fan, this is a great tier list
I know this isn’t going to be a big video of big A’s but I’m still gonna watch and love it
LETS GOOO NEW THUMBNAIL FACES
Sometimes you have evidence, other times you have opinion, Yes Atrioc!
It’s crazy how much better of a streamer atrooch has become
If keep watching this video on loop, eventually it will become Atrioc's most viewed video.
love atrioc editors putting omori music in the background
Really motivating me to try out hollow night, it's been in my backlog for years
Some bosses I really like:
Traitor lord is incredible environment storytelling.
Uumuu in the Hall of Gods/Pantheons is a pretty good boss IMO. But I can see why others don’t like him.
False knight is one of my favorites because of where you are in the game when you fight him. It’s something I look forward to every time I replay, just to see how much better I am now than I was before. It’s a reminder of how far I’ve come.
Radiance = D for me. I’ve never beaten Abs Rad because I never made it to the end of Pantheon of Hallownest (I hate pantheon 5, because it’s just pantheon 4 but you need to wait 40 minutes between attempts and then get your ass kicked at the end) I think regular Radiance is a repetitive boss whose only variety comes from RNG teleportation. It’s a cool event, not a cool boss.
Grimm is repetitive as fuck. Cool the first time. Boring after. And they make you fight him before Pure Vessel and Abs Rad every time.
I am happy to hear that this was not the most accurate. It was PERFECT!
Did he just skip talking about False Knight/Failed Champion altogether?
Absolute masterclass by the glizzy glizzy coffee cow. Up there with other masterclass classics such as George Bush’s.
11:10 how many people were like me and didn’t even have dream nail before defeating these fuckers
has Big A done the Eternal Ordeal?
The only atrioc tier list I will agree with. I still remember the disaster that was the Disney tier list.
shopkeeper becoming a boss, havent seen that in other games
Charon: ...
I don’t even want to attempt nightmare Grimm
do it he said it's fun
I know this can be said about any boss but NKG feels impossible at 1st but when you grind it out he becomes easy just gotta learn.
Fire vid bro
Atrioc you should consider playing dark souls on stream if you liked the difficulty of hollow knight, where it’s your fault every time you die and super satisfying to beat a boss
Radiance was kinda underwhelming for me and it only took a few tries.
Mostly because I grinded NKG and beat him.
I want to see some of his streams of it on his twitch, but I don’t know which streams he’s played the game in
Just go to his vod channel, they are numbered
Having never player Hollow Knight and having never watched anyone play it, I really enjoyed this video
A true and real Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing classic
stopped watching stream to check out new atrioc video POGGIES
I am not happy with my placement - Zote
Big A! You should do some videos with some other creators from the hollow knight community. Maybe some speed runners! It would be awesome too if you guys figured out a bros vs pros in hollow knight.
Hollow Knight is a masterpiece for 15 dollars, on all gaming platforms, made by three people.
It looks really boring. When he was going on about how "It's one of the best designed fights in VG history. It looks so impressive" all I could think is how it's just another sidescroller boss fight we've been seeing for the past 30 years. What's so good about this game?
@@bruhmoment1835 creative world, fluid movement, character customization which really effects your playstyle, goated bosses, great music, its not just another sidescroller it is the pinnacle.
@@bruhmoment1835 If you think hollow knight is "Just another sidescroller" you need to actually play the game and prove yourself wrong.
if he doesn't return for silksong I'll km$
Saving this vid for after I 112% the game, started playing after watching u complete it, but saving it till after for no spoilers!!
okay im back. im cracked and stacked.
Only real ones remember the first thumbnail
Get Ludwig to play this game please
New thumbnail reaction??
He peaked with this video fr
Mantis lords is the best no other opinion is correct
This is a Cheese certified tier list, well done!
Was this during the most recent stream? Or a different one anyone know?
i see atrioc has not changed his thumbnails
Zote is such a goated character. Very underrated imo and one of my favorites. I wish the Hollow Knight Kickstarter got funded a bit more so we could have that Zote game. Would've loved to see how that would've turned out
Hollow Knight: Zote's Journey coming 2027.
hmmm pure vessel or NKG. which do I like more... probably grim but I don't know
i have beaten them both in radiant. so i mean i got the experience. but which... is... better...
i just got hollow knight and im having trouble sticking with it/having fun in the early game, does anyone have any tips?
whats your current progress?
@@sketchyfile9132 turns out the answer was just play until i beat mantis lords, i now have over 100 hours on the game and i’m grinding out P5
@@VestigeX3 nice