Hollow Knight Boss Ranking & Analysis

My top boss list: 10. Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 9. Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 8. Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 7. Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 6. Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 5. Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 4. Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 3. Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 2. Invincible, Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote 1. Zote the Migthy (can't beat the real deal)

"Markoth, Fun Factor: 4" I disagree, sir

Grey Prince Zote is basically the embodiment of “If I don’t know where I’m going you sure as hell don’t”

Mantis Lords was the moment I knew this game was special. The music, the flow of the fight, the length of it.... One of my favorite boss fights ever

smh, you forgot about the most important one: original Zote duel

For some reason Marmu moves a fuck ton faster when I'm fighting her than when I'm watching the fight.

"lol hey vengefly king can i copy your homework" god winged nosk was so annoying

Markoth in the base game was my favorite dream warrior because he seemed more fun than the others, and a little less "literally only one attack". Then Team Cherry realized platforms and the floor weren't great for a fight, and he became the LAST radiant boss I had to complete.

The most underrated Hollow Knight creator I've seen, I'm just salty about not putting False Knight higher

Beating Mantis Lords was the first time I felt like I had actually gotten GOOD at a difficult video game instead of giving up, like with so many difficult games before. You can't help but fall into this very zen state at the end where both remaining Mantis' are launching themselves at you from all angles and you dodge them perfectly. Such a satisfying boss in a game of very satisfying bosses!

I honestly love the lore behind each of the "Pale Siblings" battles, like Broken Vessel, Hornet, and Hollow Knight. You're basically being set against your own family one way or another, whether it's to save your older brothers or gain your half-sister's trust and respect.

My main complaint with AbsRad is that it kind of loses some of its majesty. Radiance is a difficult boss despite having fairly slow attacks. Because of this, its attacks feel sweeping and majestic, and it feels like it doesn’t need to concern itself with you. Then AbsRad just ups the speed a ridiculous amount and wipes the floor with your face.

Mossbag brought me here This seems good

Came because of mossbags tweet, im gonna enjoy the content now :D

I agree that the sisters of battle would benefit from a shared healthpool. If I were to think on my top 3 bosses I think I would have gone with: 1. Pure Vessel 2. Nightmare King Grimm 3. Sisters of Battle Theyre all just so much fun!

god, the hollow knight is such a masterpiece of a fight. sure, most people don't find it terribly difficult (except me who accidentally beat them with the minion build because I was practicing dodging) but I think that's on purpose. after all, you gotta face the radiance after beating hollow knight but from a non-combat angle, the fight is so very good. if you've snooped around enough to understand at least some of the lord, facing thk feels both like your meeting a famous hero, and tragic because said hero has fell so far and you can obviously tell they're in immense pain and are desperate. the stabbing of themselves is shocking and sad, but also this small action adds so much emotion to the fight. your sibling, the one who had one of the most tragic upbringings one can go through, the one whose entire life has been nothing but suffering, the one who was an unwilling and unconsenting hero even if they couldn't hold the radiance in forever. this sibling is doing all their falling apart, exhausted self can do to help their sibling out and save hallownest once again and the last phase is absolutely pitifully heartbreaking. they are literally being unwillingly flung around by presumably the radiance. if you look at the animation closeup you can see that not only is the hollow knight a completely limp ragdoll, but that when the infection goes down it slams hollow knight into the ground, body first as the infection crushes their body between it and the ground. then there's the very pitiful attempts at slashing, such strong storytelling. this part of the fight is very easy and you feel horrible for how easy it is to kill them. once I saw this phase I just avoided them because I didn't wanna kill this suffering, pitiful creature. the hollow knight just gives me so many feelings. also the character design is fantastic and the music made me fuckin cry

"Impending release of Silksong" this fanbase has fallen apart now.

I don’t agree with everything, but the world would be boring if everyone thought the same. Cool list and very fun to watch!

Me who died at Massive Moss Charger for a multiple time: ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

5. Nailsage Sly 4. Radiance (regular) 3. Nightmare King Grimm 2. Sisters of Battle 1. Pure Vessel Updated top 5 a year later: 5. Nightmare King Grimm 4. Watcher Knights 3. Sisters of Battle 2. Pure Vessel 1. Absolute Radiance Updated top 5 two years later: 5. Sisters of Battle 4. Grey Prince Zote 3. Watcher Knight 2. Pure Vessel 1. Absolute Radiance