Hollow Knight Charms... but explained in insults. 

Fragile Heart is OP in Steel Soul. The only times I died in Steel Soul is when I took it off for SOUL CATCHER OF ALL THINGS

>mushroom spore >dream wielder *both give lore* _Mossbag activated._

Keep in mind, Fragile Heart is useful late game as well, if you're trying to get Shell Binding pantheons done, you go from four masks to SIX. 1.5x HEALTH BABY

Tip for starters: Fragile Strength + Greed is REALLY useful for grinding in early-mid game where you're garunteed not to die during grinding. If you might die I suggest to replace strength with heart

As someone who has the battle capability of a goldfish on crack, the fragile heart/Unbreakable heart was HUGE as I inevitably run face first into a boss either assuming my shade cloak was ready or just not paying attention

"This video WILL offend you, and if you don't like that, leave." Proceeds to validate all of my choices

Watching my friend play Hollow Knight for the first time ever (him going in mostly blind, as I was vaguely guiding him around without spoilers), and seeing him prance through Path of Pain in a QUARTER of the time it took me, all because he thought Sharp Shadow would be a fun addition to the parkour.... really opened my eyes on Sharp Shadow's versatility. I usually just use it for dealing some chip damage to bosses as I am evading their attacks, but seeing him use it as a mobility option was quite impressive. Yeah it lets you chip some health as you dodge through the foes, but is also increases the range of the dash, and that's not something I really registered. If anything I originally thought it was more of a hinderance (as I now had to get used to my new dash range). For my own sake, Grubsong. Never leave home without it, especially if you are accident prone. Or even something as simple as Gathering Swarm are very very useful. Swarm is amazing when yer just starting out, as it helps you make sure you get all the money you can and none of it is falling into acid or spikes where you can't grab it. And of course, Grubsong is just... Grubsong. Incredibly useful mid-fight. Pair with Weaversong for pseudo-Kingsoul during a tough boss, or even alone if it is just a fight you know you take a lot of damage in.

Something I noticed: When combined with Soul Twister, Soul _Catcher_ actually reduces the nail hits required to cast another spell from 3 Hits to 2. So _I guess_ it does have some use, but only when combined with Spell Twister (which is obviously better)

As someone whose brain is on par with Internet Explorer, grubsong is invaluable. I accidentally go running headfirst into enemies and throw myself off of cliffs within three minutes of starting the game. Grubsong, quick slash, and quick focus are currently my go-to build.

I remember Fragile Heart being an absolute life saver during my first Steelsoul run. It’s really helpful, especially considering the whole “fragile” gimmick is rendered useless by Steelsoul mode

Bro this channel is waaaaaaaay too underrated, like it's so well edited and so high quality!

A charm that I use which I see not that many other use is sharp shadow. It is a solid charm cause you get to damage things by dashing through them (doesn't include strength) and you get additional distance on your dash. This charm is very useful for bosses cause you often dash through them anyway and with the added distance you won't get hit

3:09 This is impossible without collecting claw, but not without "going past that spot" *deep breath* shade skip to salubra to buy longnail and equip it, die again to shade skip to blue lake. Get dream nail, descend into the waterways elevator using either a shade skip or a husk pogo on the way. Then procceed through waterways getting traumatised by hwurmps until you reach the room with cornifer (yes, this is possible). Then perform a shade skip to reach the lever and emerge into fungal wastes from the bottom. Head to claw either via shade skip or itemless epogo. Now that you have claw, you can head back into waterways and defeat dung defender normally, without ever even entering that large vertical room near leg eater. The fight will be with nail 0-1 and no spells, but if you got this far is that really a problem for you? Thank you for coming to my TED talk

This video actually made me use Dream Wielder on my Steel Soul save, and let me tell you, it’s pretty good. It feels like every ground enemy is a bench.

Steady Body is hugely good. Not getting knocked back when you hit something means you can hit it more often. It’s so good that top Pantheon runners use it in their charm builds.

That dream wielder section is spot on. When I found out you can actually dream nail enemies for dialogue it was pretty great. And it's sooo useful or survivability in steel soul as a guy that didn't really wanna cheese it by save quitting out of a rough situation

Just used fragile heart for a pacifist run, very helpful

After getting my friend to watch these, his entire recommended is filled to the BRIM with hollow knight videos. He is now angry with me /hj

Personally speaking, my favourite charm, nd one I keep in my build at ALL times, is Carefree Melody. Not only is it just super good as an effect to have while exploring, fighting log battles, and fighting bosses, but it can actually save you from losing if you get hit during a boss fight on Radiant. It is 100% the reason I beat Pure Vessel on Radiant for the first time. Sure, the chance is low when you haven't been hit much, but each time you get hit the chance gets higher, up to a certain percentage. Pretty sure it starts at 10%, then goes up by 10% every time you get hit, until it reaches 90%, then you have a 90% chance to avoid the damage. When the effect happens, and you avoid the damage, it resets. Truly an overpowered charm to have, that has saved me NUMEROUS times. Infinitely better than Grimmchild, too

Having just finished Steel Soul 100%, I got excited when you brought up Fragile Heart. Having two extra hits when most damage in the game takes only one mask is absurdly powerful, and you can get the charm notches for both it and strength very quickly.

I think Sharp Shadow is very underrated. It’s often called a “Noob Charm”, but people who say that haven’t dodged an attack from NKG or PV with the press of a button, dealing damage while you do.

Finally, someone who understands the amazing thing that is Fragile Heart!

First off, loved this video. You have a compelling way of explaining complex/controversial takes. Now then, I think Steady Body is underutilized for how versatile it is. At 1 notch, it's relatively easy to spec around it. The real advantage is the mental bandwidth it saves for having to constantly reposition yourself, which allows you to focus better on timing, hit-count, soul gauge, spells, etc. The more things you have to worry about, the less you're able to perform in all of them. This might manifest itself in very subtle ways like missing an attack here, falling off a platform there, but most people will just chalk those blunders up to happenstance.

There’s a thing in the game where using a fragile charm in a dream fight cheeses the game because a death in the dream does not count as a real death, so you can use the charm infinitely

Personally my first playthrough I was a huge quick heal user because it makes healing mid fights not only way easier but way more possible when you suck

The power of steady body it amazing, as it is available from the beginning of the game if you are good or when you get dash, costing one notch, and making you take no knock back form your nail, make it a huge help. Parts where it really shines are when the boss you’re fighting moves a lot, like Grimm, mantis lords, or bosses that take large kb, like broken vessel or hornet, and before you go crying about hornet being required to get it, there are such things as shade skips, and getting it isn’t hard, just beat gruz mother, kill yourself (in game), go back, and do the simple shade skip that even a new player can understand it

First video watched an im already being called an idiot This might be one of my most favorited channel yet

Carefree Melody is a criminally underrated charm. Use it with Fragile/Unbreakable Heart and Quick Focus and as long as you don't screw up REALLY bad, you're basically immortal.

Nailmasters glory is strong. It practically removes the windup of Nailarts (and the deal a lot of damage)

I was just about to mention the Defender's Crest, you must have a Dream Nail.

This was a pretty good video, I'll probably start using soul twister and dream weilder, they would probably be really good in the trial of the fools.

2:03 what does yoshikage kira, a hand obsessed killer have against the nailsmith?

I'm actually more of a casual gamer, so I used fragile/unbreakable heart pretty consistently throughout the entire game. It made me feel more comfortable exploring and fighting because I had a larger margin for error. I don't think grubsong is underrated, but it also helped a ton by giving me back soul whenever I messed up (which was frequent!). Together, those two charms helped me recover from fighting or platforming blunders and eased a lot of frustration for me.

I really wanted this for such a long time.

You've sold me on Dream Wielder. It'll be a useful component in a pet & magic focused playstyle. A build of the Weavers, Grub Song, Spell Twister and Glowing Womb sounds fun with the on demand butt ton of Soul Dream Wielder brings to the table. Bonus lore too is always appreciated.

cannot believe you didn't include the unused zote charm

Mate, its 3 in the morning for me, but I'm still going to watch

In my opinion, the three best charms are Grubsong, Quick Slash, and Dashmaster, with a close fourth being Carefree Melody and a fifth being Unbreakable Strength. This is because I normally use the nail, and I do so while dashing around a lot, so being able to hit an enemy many times within the span of a short fraction of a second between dashes is really op, and with Grubsong, I barely ever run out of soul to heal with if I ever take damage, which can be avoided in the first place very easily because I have Carefree Melody on, and I deal an insane amount of damage due to Unbreakable Strength. That’s basically the most op nail build I can think of, and since I barely use spells (I know, I should start doing so), those are my go-to charms.

Shape of unn. Not only is it the funny slug, (which is already reason enough for it to be on top of any charm tier list) but the sheer amount of extra healing opportunities and dodging abilities shout be talked about a lot more than it is. It also pairs very nicely with the other charms that involve healing, but it doesn't need them to be good. Excellent charm in my opinion.

Sprint master best charm for exploration. Put that together with dashmaster and you go zoooooom

Sharp Shadow my favorite charm. In my first play through I never took it off. Traitor Mantis Lord is my favorite boss because of it. It also helps when the charm looks like it got a case of teenage emo.

This video presents unique way of thinking that I don’t often see. Very good and informative video

I hold myself up with pride knowing I cant function WITHOUT steady body

I already have Fragile Heart and Dream Wielder as two of my favorite charms. And that revelation about Soul Catcher is eye opening, I'll switch to Spell Twister now. Fragile Strength and Nailmaster's Glory are also two of my favorites.

Me: Reads the title Video: Does not explain the function of every charm with an insult Me: Is insulted by this fact

I'm useless at platformers and even worse at remembering to heal, but miraculously, my focus and determination skyrocket and my playstyle gets more aggressive as the situation gets riskier. Despite being terrible at games, I always somehow pull through with just one point of health. It's no exaggeration to Fury Of The Fallen is my favorite charm and always gives me just that extra little bit of damage needed to win. I think it's really overlooked in favor of less risk encouraging charms. Mark Of Pride is awesome, too, but I really love Fury Of The Fallen.

Never unequiped spell twister since I obtained it; Actively use Dream wielder for Pantheons. Heart allows you to have 6 masks for shell binding if you wanna sorta cheese it

I would rather use nail masters glory than dream wielder

So many people are saying sharp shadow is underrated that I'm not believing that it's underrated, lol

This video was strangely helpful. thanks :)

I like to make loadouts geared towards the adventure aspect of HK. 2 Compass & Gathering Swarm (convenience) 3 Grub Elegy (my reasons on this one are beyond the comprehension of morons...which means I don't know either) 1 Spore Shroom (for that weird mushroom guy) 1 Nailmaster (cause Sly) 1 DreamWielder (DN is too cumbersome otherwise) 2 Grimmchild (cause Vampire Pain-sugar Daddy) 0 Void Heart (would keep it on even if it could be removed) Total Cost 10 means I can always throw caution to the wind and overcharm. Though most of the time I slap Dung Crest for memes.

Honestly you put two of some of my most used charms on that list. Aside from the obvious ones like Strength, Quick Slash, and Shaman Stone and their sheer brokenness, I use Spell Twister a *lot*. It's so useful having that one extra spell in fights, especially boss fights and the Colosseum. Dream Weilder is another I use often, for the reasons you already stated in the video. Honestly really cool to see these much underrated charms getting the spotlight (especially since I play this game a lot and love watching this series for the humor and remembering everything I completely borked on my first playthrough).

Me who didn’t think about using Dream Wielder like that: maybe I am a fool

Does anyone else realise that while you have steady body equipped when you are in the fungal wastes and you are bouncing on the pinky/red mushrooms it keeps you steadier. Also steady body just seems underrated

@Windette don't forget that dream wielder also combos with dreamshield making it bigger and recharge faster (making dream wielder KINDA of a combat charm too)

3:49 You know, this frame is the perfection.

I thought spell twister was pretty popular lmao, that thing slaps

1:19 i used that from the begining thinking "yhea this is broken".....mmmm

3:34 the last 17 times I went exploring

i love steady body! especially with quickslash. it helps rio through still bosses like the second phase of soul turant without having so move the knight one inch after every hit

Quick Focus is one of THE BEST charms in the game because wherever you are, be it the coliseum or the pantheons, you can heal TWICE AS FAST. It also works incredibly well with soul eater/dreamwielder. In a boss fight that offers basically no healing room? Now you can heal. In a situation where you can off 1 or 2 heals like Sisters of Battle? Now you can get off 3 or 4 heals (being you have the soul)

The roastinf paid off with the usefull knowledge, thank you

"Twister needs more love" Yeah not like it's a must have in a spell build

I personally love sharp shadow, because im still in my first playthrough of the game. I don't remember everything about the game that Ive seen, so using this charm is actually pretty helpful.

3:16 [laughs in speedrunner]

I’m newer to the game and I always thought that what leg eater wanted to show me was like a leg collection or something and I would get scammed of 80 geo. Glad to see he’s useful

I think shape of unn is a great charm. it allows you to move and dodge when healing, and combined with quick focus can allow you to move even faster.

I think shape of unn is underrated. It allows you to move while healing and shrinks your hit box, you’d be surprised with how much easier NKG is with it on. And combined with quick focus not only do you heal quickly but you move quickly

Oh boy, can't wait to see what he says about Dashtermaster. Edit: Oh he's only talking about three.

This helped alot! i'm newer to the game so learning good charms is important

The fact that I use soul catcher most of the time. Damn...

Sharp shadow is one of my favorites, in late game it just gives free damage for something you are already going to do regardless if it is equipped or not.

I refuse to explore without wayward compass taking up a spot

This all went over my head

The things that usually never get out of my builds are the dash buffs The shadow dash thing and the little Sans

Give me the content. I NEED the hollow Knight content. I’m starved for it.

I believe thorns is a must have, it only takes up one charm notch and does everything it needs to. If your in the a situation with multiple enemies surrounding you, if you have thorns, once your hit they'll be taken out and give you a chance to move or heal. It's perfect

“When was the last time you used dream wielded while exploring” Me: earlier today “...well shi-“

i like the charm that indicates your position on the map i've never unequipped it on my main run, so it is still before the one charm that doesn't go away

Ok ok hear me out: Unpopular opinion, but sharp shadow is an amazing charm. Its utility is underrated in both path of pain, white palace, and long boss fights. It extends the range of your shade dash, and deals a little damage, and fits in well with pure nail builds. This charm singlehandedly carried me through the NKG, And Lost Kin fights, being ESPECIALLY useful is NKG. But on top of that, its actually great for white palace and path of pain. It lets you skip some of the timing sections, or at least makes them easier, and the only drawback is you have to move backwards a little in some jumps. Its personally in S+ tier for me, alongside Unbreaking strength, Quickslash, and Mark of Pride. (All in my build) I know spells do insane damage, but i personally just dont enjoy playing with them.

Sharpshadow is pretty good for quickly completing the section for the laser crystal thingies in the hunters journal

This video added spell twister to my permanent adventuring build, thanks Windy

I adored using Dream Wielder in my first playthrough, it was absoluely helpful

steady body, staying near an enemy without being knocked back can often get you another hit, and for one charm notch, that's quite good. as well, for bosses that float it can definitely help you stay near and get more nail hits, and once you get used to it you can't really go back (oh yea also half of the people that did p5 hitless used steady body) heavy blow, it staggers enemies more, this is the only good use, so its useful for bosses like lost kin that get staggered easily (9 hits) and decreases that to 8 hits

im not sure if this is underrated or not but nailmasters glory is a great charm.

Imo, the dashmaster is a really good charm because it let's you reach ground faster since all you need to do is dash, and at the same time it makes dashing faster, so instead of a strenght build, you do a dodge/ speed build. This nd Quick focus, it's too op to reduce your heal time by half

Love your videos

Charms you say? Well Well then let's find out Ok that was cool but You ever go speed with dash and sprint master Edit:and sharp shadow I was an idiot and forgot sharp shadow

These were underated? I used fragile heart from the beginning, I used twister to spell spam radiance, and I used dream wielder in the coliseum

i just can imagine that a video can be full of love like this

I've never played hollow Knight before but these videos are amazing

I can definitely say one of my go to charms is lifeblood heart (for the same reason fragile heart is on this list), but one of the other ones I really like is Joni's blessing for the reason that if I'm doing something menial while just goofing off I'll equip it if I know I won't have to heal much (seeing as you can't heal with it equipped). Also I'm really enjoying this series.

Pls talk about shape of unn. It is literally my 3rd favorite charm of all.

i know i’m ridiculously late to this but, i recently got into hollow knight (i’m halfway through city of tears), and i completely approve your argument regarding fragile heart. literally saved my life no joke 😭

Quick focus I just LOVE it

I WAS JUST WATCHING THE CRYSTAL PEAKS VIDEO

I really want to share my thoughts on heavy blow, i agree when everyone mocks this charm, however i found a good use of it. I used it on my challange run (no nail upgrades) to throw enemies out of theirs effective range and into shade soul.

As someone who has never played Hollow Knight and haven't looked into it until recently, these were the most confusing but entertaining 5 minutes of my life.

You can’t hurt my feelings more than Markoth did when he took *the fucking floor* away

I would never dislike these videos! Just report them