Hollow Knight – How to Defeat Pure Vessel

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– Make sure you have max nail and shade soul for quickest completion 
– Charms needed include unbreakable/fragile strength, longnail, mark of pride, and quick nail. 
– Long nails ensure safest distance for attacking, preventing a lot of stupid screw-ups 
– Quick nail allows you to get more damage in every opening 
– Unbreakable/fragile strength and max nail bring top damage with the lowest risk 
– Shade soul we will get to later on 
 
Here are the charm pictures for reference: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
– I haven’t tried it, but dashmaster may be useful instead of longnail depending on how you play 
 
 

Strategy

 
– Use shadecloak to phase through the pure vessel after his lunge, triple slash, needle spray, and plunge with rising spikes. Jumping should be your final option, as it is way riskier than just timing your shadecloak correctly. 
– Whenever you feel you cannot get close enough for a hit, use shade soul instead, as it will still let you pump out consistent damage against the boss. 
– The only time where I would recommend jumping is at his void tendril attack near the end 
 
Spots to heal: 
1. His focus circle attack (1-2 mask recovery) 
2. While he is down (1 mask recovery) 
 
Difficulties to overcome: 
1. Timing for his different attacks 
2. Adjusting for the rising spikes after his plunge 
 
This was the best strategy I have found for my play-style so far, but some things may be subject to change for different people. Hope it helps! 
 

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