Cavalcadence plays Hollow Knight: Pantheon 5 win & ending movie (flower variant)

Hollow Knight (PC(W,M,L)/Steam) v1.5.80.11835 Cavalcadence plays Hollow Knight: P5 (Pantheon of Hallownest) win & ending movie (Delicate Flower variant) ** SPOILER WARNING - Potential spoilers in both the video and this Description for Hollow Knight late-game content, as well as story/gameplay spoilers for the optional "Godhome" section of the game ** So... I've been playing a lot of Hollow Knight this winter. ^^; Among other things, I actually managed to figure out a reasonably reliable safe strat for AR Phase 3... which definitely helped me to beat P5 for the first time (I didn't record that win, though; this video is actually my 5th win)! Some quick info: I wasn't originally planning to record a P5 run. But I kinda wanted a "in case I ever forget a strat" reference for the strats that seemed to work best for me... and as usual when I'm planning to record a resource for myself, I started thinking about whether other people might benefit from it as well, so... ^^ Some quick advice: P5 is a difficult task (when I originally played through HK (a few years ago), I never did manage to complete P5)! There are a couple things that can make it slightly easier, though! 1) Removing GPZ: If you don't rescue Zote three times (Greenpath, Deepnest, Colosseum), GPZ won't appear in Godhome! 2) Completing all 16 P1-P4 Bindings: Not only does this unlock Lifeblood Cocoons at every Hot Spring room (8 bindings for 3 lifeblood, 12 for 4, 16 for 5)... but learning to fight the bosses with these disadvantages will probably help you improve your normal gameplay too! Personal anecdote: doing both of these definitely helped me get my very first P5 win! ^_^ Some notes and possible points of interest: 0:00 Charms Fragile Heart, Fragile Strength, (Void Heart), Shaman Stone, Carefree Melody. This set of Charms seemed to work well for my personal gameplay style and tendencies... but of course, I'd definitely recommend experimenting with various Charms and combinations to find what works best for you! ^_^ 0:04 Pantheon of Hallownest - Begin 0:14 1: Vengefly King (x2) 1:23 2: Gruz Mother 2:02 3: False Knight Note: Hitting the shell will reset the stagger timer! 2:55 4: Massive Moss Charger 3:12 (CM) 3:36 5: Hornet Protector 4:33 Godseeker interlude 1 4:37 6: Gorb 5:29 7: Dung Defender 6:35 8: Soul Warrior 7:26 9: Brooding Mawlek 8:02 10: Nailmaster Oro (Brothers Oro & Mato) 8:53 (CM) 9:17 (CM) 9:47 Hot Spring room 1 9:56 11: Xero 10:08 (CM) 10:33 12: Crystal Guardian 11:03 13: Soul Master 11:37 (CW: screen flash) 11:49 (skip to here to avoid the worst of the previous screen flash section) 12:23 14: Oblobbles 12:54 (CM) 13:21 15: Mantis Lords (Sisters of Battle) 14:13 (CM) 15:48 Hot Spring room 2 15:58 16: Marmu 16:01 (CM) 16:32 17: Flukemarm 16:58 18: Broken Vessel 17:17 (CM) 17:41 19: Galien 18:17 20: Paintmaster Sheo 19:38 Hot Spring room 3 19:46 21: Hive Knight 20:24 (CM) 20:33 22: Elder Hu 21:27 23: The Collector 23:04 24: God Tamer 24:10 25: Troupe Master Grimm 25:55 Hot Spring room 4 26:03 Godseeker interlude 2 26:09 26: Watcher Knight (x6) 27:17 (CM) 28:14 27: Uumuu 29:06 (CM) 29:23 28: Winged Nosk 31:49 29: Great Nailsage Sly 32:33 (CM) 33:20 (CM) 33:48 30: Hornet Sentinel 35:00 (CM) 35:17 Hot Spring room 5 35:29 31: Enraged Guardian 35:59 32: Lost Kin 37:22 33: No Eyes 38:19 34: Traitor Lord 39:09 35: White Defender 39:49 (CM) 40:31 Hot Spring room 6 40:40 Godseeker interlude 3 40:45 36: Soul Tyrant 43:01 37: Markoth 43:17 (CM) 43:54 (CM) 44:20 38: Grey Prince Zote 45:33 (CM) 46:35 39: Failed Champion Note: Hitting the shell will reset the stagger timer! 48:33 40: Nightmare King Grimm 50:43 (CM) 51:50 Hot Spring room 7 52:00 Godseeker interlude 4 52:09 41: Pure Vessel 54:38 42: Absolute Radiance 54:57 AR Phase 1 56:37 (1-to-2 transition phase) Note: As far as I know, there's no time limit on this phase, so if you're ever not quite sure if you can safely attack, just concentrate on positioning and damage avoidance for a while! 56:41 (CM) 57:01 AR Phase 2 57:31 (2-to-3 transition phase) Note: Because the Shade Cloak grants temporary invulnerability, it's sometimes safer to jump to the side of a platform, then dash onto it! 57:54 (CM) 58:06 AR Phase 3 Note: Figuring out this "dash-then-jump" Phase 3 safe strat helped me out quite a bit against AR! =) It's basically a "as each projectile appears, trick it into hitting one of the platforms" strat... so once you get the hang of the timing, all you have to do is stay patient while waiting for safe opportunities to hit AR! 59:05 My fifth ever P5 win! ^_^ 59:20 (CW: screen flash) 59:32 (skip to here to avoid the worst of the previous screen flash section) 59:43 Pantheon of Hallownest ending movie (Delicate Flower variant) https://www.hollowknight.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/36... https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ho...