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I FINALLY DID IT

THE BITCH IS DEAD

I FINALLY FUCKING DID IT

GOD IVE BEEN TRYING TO BEAT HER FOR SO LONG

SO... long...

how long has it...

no..

it cant have been *that* long ago

no no no no no-

no no nonononononnonononononono

1 year?!?!?!!?

more then 1 year?!?!?!

IVE BEEN TRYING THIS SHIT FOR 1 YEAR WHAT THE FUCK AM I GONNA DO WHEN (if) SILKSONG COMES OUT AHHHHHH

I finally beat HK in Hollow Knight on Switch!

I beat HK the second try I did, and I am proud! Got The Hollow Knight ending! 27th of January, 2023!

I’ve had Hollow Knight for a little over a year, and you’d probably expect me to have already done this… But no.

When I first played through Hollow Knight, I ended up exploring everywhere, getting pretty much every item and fighting every boss except HK. Even if I did fight HK, I would have gotten the Sealed Siblings ending.

But before I even got to fight HK my game crashed hardcore and wouldn’t open for months and I was heartbroken

I did end up getting Hollow Knight for my laptop during the months I couldn’t open my Switch version… but I hated the controls and only got as far as Fungal Wastes.

I thankfully fixed my Switch version in November/December of 2022, and have been on-and-off playing it since. And today I beat HK!

I beat HK second try with a not so great charm build, but I did it!

Charms I used were:

Grubsong

Steady Body

Shaman’s Stone

Quick Slash

Baldur Shell

Not the best build, but it got me there :)

But I’m proud of my journey, and the struggles I had to get to beating this game.

Getting the first ending of the game, I thought I would have struggled with the final boss for the ending. But I got it second try.

Even then, I’ve noticed I’ve improved so much since my first playthrough.

I can do Hornet 1 hitless and Hornet 2 without dying, I can do pogos and skips (i do the Fireball/Squit skip up to Hornet every time now), I can navigate without the Wandering Compass, I don’t die as much when facing bosses (with doing some without dying), I’ve gained the stupidity to fight Brooding Mawlek before False Knight, and so on.

I’m not as great of a player as other Hollow Knight players, but I’m happy with my improvement. Even when I originally played the game, I did have another save I would play on and off, and even then, it measured my process of improvement.

I still dread the thought of getting to the Pantheons, but that’s a bridge I’ll cross later. Also Steel Soul Mode is a terrifying thought and won’t do that anytime soon.

Now onwards to continue my story of Hollow Knight!