Hollow Knight: Ancient Aspid (nail only, no charms)
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Pretty good boss all in all. Weird and at times unintuitive, and perhaps it's just a bit too hard for its own good, but the more I play this boss the more I like it.
Some notes: in phase 1, you can just run up to where phase 2 starts at any time to 'skip' it, but any damage you didn't deal will have to be dealt there (phase 3 doesn't start until half HP no matter what). Healspots a pretty sparse here, but you can slip some in if you dodge laser early. If striking from below, aim for the tip of its butt, as it can and will swipe you with the legs if you're any closer up than that.
Phase 2 has an attack where shotgun blasts of 5 lasers pelt you up to 5 times. Of all the attacks the boss has, this one feels possibly the most luckbased, it didn't happen in this fight but sometimes it feels like it'll get you no matter what you do. There's 2 variants of bullet hell, sweeping and a 'wild' one. The sweeping bullet hell has a big blindspot at the side to heal in (don't go too far, leaving the cone entirely ends the attack early and has it blow a quick laser at you) and the wild one seems to aim most of its bullets roughly at you, so it seems best to keep moving during it rather than hunkering down and dodging in one spot.
Phase 3 introduces 2 main new moves, the first is the rapid and then sweeping spread laser. This one took the longest to figure out, but doing what I do works most of the time. You can heal or get a punish after it. The other is 3 variations of going grounded. The explosive one is the other move I feel is most BS, sometimes you're just going to get blown up. While grounded, it likes to jump 5 times, sometimes less if its positioning is awkward. It feels like jump 1, 3, and 5 are aimed at you but I'm not 100% sure. Again, can heal as it lifts back off into the air.
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I love the idea of this boss because it implies that aspids in the past were just giant near unkillable beasts that had giant lasers and wind blades and everyone just had to deal with that
@MetaFanWing
Ай бұрын
Imagine you’re minding your own business and a fly is bothering you, except it’s not a fly but an eldritch laser-puking monstrosity.
@N_Tertainment7
Ай бұрын
The Hunter did say that the Bugs had gotten weaker, perhaps Ancient Bugs were all this strong. Imagine fighting an Ancient Mantis.
@jahrellmonk6324
Ай бұрын
@@N_Tertainment7YO THATS HYPE
@skullmastergamer
Ай бұрын
Who says they aren’t already
@vladimircaelum7465
Ай бұрын
@@MetaFanWingYeah, imagine swatting a fly, and it suddenly starts firing lasers and wind blades at you while a boss theme is playing.
If the HK fandom is left like this, they will make a Hollow Knight 2 before Silksong comes out
@lilflamel5237
Ай бұрын
underrated
@YT_K_A
9 күн бұрын
pale court already a hk 1.5
@mariajosequinteros1796
5 күн бұрын
😂
@vortigon2519
3 күн бұрын
Not really, but it is a fully fleshed out dlc@@YT_K_A
If there are anything scarier than the boss itself they are the enormous things who are floating behind
@DL.T.
12 күн бұрын
If they make a "continuation" of this mod, delving deeper into prehistoric hallownest, I bet those ammonites would make for a good mini area ( like The Hive)
Player: "I can't find enough of a window of time to heal" Boss creator: "I missed the part where that's MY problem"
@Hero-esp
Ай бұрын
Bro really said its a skill issue
@MrTouhourocks
Ай бұрын
thing is, there's heal windows all over the fight if you know where to look for them. Mostly after the bigger laser attacks, but there's a few others like right as it rises from being grounded in phase 3, or in a blindspot of one of its bullet hell moves.
The most funniest thing that your own aspid can damage you after all this shit that you needed to go through to get it XD
Those giant ammonite in the background of the final phase make me incredibly uncomfortable
@bigzero7720
11 күн бұрын
At least they give lore to all the big ass shells lying around.
Never seen this boss before! Shoutout to the creator! Looks cool af
@user-cd9yl7ds9o
Ай бұрын
Bc its pretty much brand spankin new:>
Its fuckin' hilarious when the video ends with your ally just shooting you in the back of the head! Betrayel.... SHAW!!!!
I headcanon that this was one of the weapons of the radiance
Who ever made it should be working on silksong.
@NoNames-vw3bq
21 күн бұрын
The mod community should really collaborate together and create their own collective version of what they'd imagine Silksong to be. I think the modding community could create something really phenomenal & have it done in less time than it's taking Team Cherry to even give us any kind of update. The pale court mod was really good, and the mod on Broken Vessel/Lost Kin where there were waves of infection was really good too; not sure if the same creator or not though.
Is this what My personal hell look like
Some notes, during phase 2 you can go to either side and avoid the aspid, when you get to the platform above, you can effectively skip phase 2. Also, if you pogo on the aspid during phase 2 it will fly away, initiating the second climb without needing to deal any damage at all.
I love how you have to pursue the damn thing throughout the boss fight, it's very unique
@samandom8772
5 сағат бұрын
With primal aspids, its the other way around.
Now beat it three more times to unlock the second level in the hunter's journal
now i can tell for sure that there is something scarier than radience
No damage when
@jmcr5061
Ай бұрын
Te person who doesn t zote the mighty:
@rynocerusrex5050
8 күн бұрын
I was gonna ask too
I think this is the first mod I've seen with a new sprite and music, very cool! Also, AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@knuxenglish
10 күн бұрын
Then you should check out the pale court mod. It is commonly referred to as a fan made dlc due to its quality and amount of content
YOU ALSO HAVE PALE COURT MOD
I like the fact that this boss uses all the most annoying attacks that are ALREADY in the original game (well, except that the “laser” is a little different)
Great work!
@HuntHussle
Ай бұрын
yarn
@yarnhk
Ай бұрын
hunt
Imagine if colosseum of fools last boss in the fools trial was this
I just realized that this is meant to be very long ago, because of the "ancient" part of ancient aspid, but how is it infected then? It's almost like this detail is completely unnecessary because the point was to make primas aspid but worse
...I GET A PRIMAL ASPID AS A PET!? I'M UNSTOPPABLE!!!
@elisangelamonteiro7281
Ай бұрын
He still an kill you
@liamweeden-jz4wn
Ай бұрын
...eh still worth it...
If this is an Aspid imagine Ancient Radiance bruh
This is awesome
It would be funny if the aspid charm gave you a really strong buff(attack, bealth, etc), but it continuously summons primal aspids to attack you.
And here I thought the primal aspid was terrible
It Would be hell easier if the knight had been allowed to equip wayward compass.
Idk but this gave me real ori boss battle vibes
Now imagine this with only nail, but without charms and spells *Truly a hell*
@MrTouhourocks
24 күн бұрын
That is, quite literally, what this video is. No spells or charms were used.
@unknown_truth6770
24 күн бұрын
Oh.
Scariest attack is triple acid shot rea
Is the fucking best charm of the game
Aspidlute Radiance😊
maybe it's because I'm fairly new to Hollow Knight, but I don't recognize the music? May I ask where it's from, or whoever composed it, please?
@RandomHandle837
Ай бұрын
This is a mod
@gentlemouse102
Ай бұрын
@@RandomHandle837 that's why I'd like to ask, unless this track is from the official game, I'd like to comemorate all the aspects of the mod, which includes the music.
Buen video
This feels like it should be in the base game.
@cuboembaralhado8294
25 күн бұрын
Nuh uh
@chinkram
21 күн бұрын
assets are kinda mid imo.
In my opinion, it lacks more difficulty, even a primal asp in the Colosseum of Fools cost me more
Is this in base game? Or mod? If so what mod?
@MrTouhourocks
6 күн бұрын
Mod, it's just called Ancient Aspid!
Radisiarity💀
bro took the most annoying enemy and made a boss out of it
Is this a mod?
how to download this
That charm was definitely not worth it
@MrTouhourocks
Ай бұрын
To be fair, at this point, you don't really NEED a practical reward. The challenge run implications of the charm are pretty funny, and apparently it's actually really good if you pair it with Glowing Womb, as they synergize.
This is still easier than primal aspid 💀
how.....?
why does he hurt me if he’s my ally
@manomoa119
3 күн бұрын
Because it is a aspid
Me: "I like strong girls" "You mean gymrat girls?" Me: "Nuh uh" "You mean willful girls?" Me: "Nuh uh" "So what *do* you mean?" Me:
wow
I don't understood , ancient aspid is a real dlc or a mod
@MrTouhourocks
Ай бұрын
It's a mod, seemingly following in Pale Court's footsteps as a very high quality piece of fanwork that may as well be an honorary part of the game. I think the boss is too hard to succeed in that goal, but it's nevertheless really cool and very well done. Casual players can (probably) beat Pale Court if they can beat P5. Ancient Aspid is much, much harder than all of that.
@shu9587
Ай бұрын
@@MrTouhourocks i think it is a very good mod. Congrats to people who created it
Still easier than aspids
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@erenmoonkars5347
Ай бұрын
jjk mentıon