Hollow Knight Charms... but explained in insults.

Fragile Heart is OP in Steel Soul. The only times I died in Steel Soul is when I took it off for SOUL CATCHER OF ALL THINGS

>mushroom spore >dream wielder both give lore Mossbag activated.

Keep in mind, Fragile Heart is useful late game as well, if you're trying to get Shell Binding pantheons done, you go from four masks to SIX. 1.5x HEALTH BABY

Tip for starters: Fragile Strength + Greed is REALLY useful for grinding in early-mid game where you're garunteed not to die during grinding. If you might die I suggest to replace strength with heart

As someone who has the battle capability of a goldfish on crack, the fragile heart/Unbreakable heart was HUGE as I inevitably run face first into a boss either assuming my shade cloak was ready or just not paying attention

"This video WILL offend you, and if you don't like that, leave." Proceeds to validate all of my choices

Watching my friend play Hollow Knight for the first time ever (him going in mostly blind, as I was vaguely guiding him around without spoilers), and seeing him prance through Path of Pain in a QUARTER of the time it took me, all because he thought Sharp Shadow would be a fun addition to the parkour.... really opened my eyes on Sharp Shadow's versatility. I usually just use it for dealing some chip damage to bosses as I am evading their attacks, but seeing him use it as a mobility option was quite impressive. Yeah it lets you chip some health as you dodge through the foes, but is also increases the range of the dash, and that's not something I really registered. If anything I originally thought it was more of a hinderance (as I now had to get used to my new dash range). For my own sake, Grubsong. Never leave home without it, especially if you are accident prone. Or even something as simple as Gathering Swarm are very very useful. Swarm is amazing when yer just starting out, as it helps you make sure you get all the money you can and none of it is falling into acid or spikes where you can't grab it. And of course, Grubsong is just... Grubsong. Incredibly useful mid-fight. Pair with Weaversong for pseudo-Kingsoul during a tough boss, or even alone if it is just a fight you know you take a lot of damage in.

Bro this channel is waaaaaaaay too underrated, like it's so well edited and so high quality!

As someone whose brain is on par with Internet Explorer, grubsong is invaluable. I accidentally go running headfirst into enemies and throw myself off of cliffs within three minutes of starting the game. Grubsong, quick slash, and quick focus are currently my go-to build.

I remember Fragile Heart being an absolute life saver during my first Steelsoul run. It’s really helpful, especially considering the whole “fragile” gimmick is rendered useless by Steelsoul mode

Something I noticed: When combined with Soul Twister, Soul Catcher actually reduces the nail hits required to cast another spell from 3 Hits to 2. So I guess it does have some use, but only when combined with Spell Twister (which is obviously better)

Steady Body is hugely good. Not getting knocked back when you hit something means you can hit it more often. It’s so good that top Pantheon runners use it in their charm builds.

3:09 This is impossible without collecting claw, but not without "going past that spot" deep breath shade skip to salubra to buy longnail and equip it, die again to shade skip to blue lake. Get dream nail, descend into the waterways elevator using either a shade skip or a husk pogo on the way. Then procceed through waterways getting traumatised by hwurmps until you reach the room with cornifer (yes, this is possible). Then perform a shade skip to reach the lever and emerge into fungal wastes from the bottom. Head to claw either via shade skip or itemless epogo. Now that you have claw, you can head back into waterways and defeat dung defender normally, without ever even entering that large vertical room near leg eater. The fight will be with nail 0-1 and no spells, but if you got this far is that really a problem for you? Thank you for coming to my TED talk

This video actually made me use Dream Wielder on my Steel Soul save, and let me tell you, it’s pretty good. It feels like every ground enemy is a bench.

A charm that I use which I see not that many other use is sharp shadow. It is a solid charm cause you get to damage things by dashing through them (doesn't include strength) and you get additional distance on your dash. This charm is very useful for bosses cause you often dash through them anyway and with the added distance you won't get hit

That dream wielder section is spot on. When I found out you can actually dream nail enemies for dialogue it was pretty great. And it's sooo useful or survivability in steel soul as a guy that didn't really wanna cheese it by save quitting out of a rough situation

Just used fragile heart for a pacifist run, very helpful

After getting my friend to watch these, his entire recommended is filled to the BRIM with hollow knight videos. He is now angry with me /hj

Personally speaking, my favourite charm, nd one I keep in my build at ALL times, is Carefree Melody. Not only is it just super good as an effect to have while exploring, fighting log battles, and fighting bosses, but it can actually save you from losing if you get hit during a boss fight on Radiant. It is 100% the reason I beat Pure Vessel on Radiant for the first time. Sure, the chance is low when you haven't been hit much, but each time you get hit the chance gets higher, up to a certain percentage. Pretty sure it starts at 10%, then goes up by 10% every time you get hit, until it reaches 90%, then you have a 90% chance to avoid the damage. When the effect happens, and you avoid the damage, it resets. Truly an overpowered charm to have, that has saved me NUMEROUS times. Infinitely better than Grimmchild, too

Having just finished Steel Soul 100%, I got excited when you brought up Fragile Heart. Having two extra hits when most damage in the game takes only one mask is absurdly powerful, and you can get the charm notches for both it and strength very quickly.