Fighting The Radiance (non-godhome and explained) WIP

If you haven't already found the radiance, you need to go through a series of steps to even get to her. Firstly it requires getting the left and right side of the Kingsoul charm. In order to obtain the right side of the king soul charm you must enter the white palace, though if you haven't already, make sure you have already found this white knight located in the Ancient Basin.

Also you may need to make sure you have the awakened dream nail from the scary moth dude in the Resting grounds (I will explain this in a later guide). Anyhow, once you've dream nailed the white knight, you should see what is called the white palace. I have no images of the entrance sadly because I have already done this and took no screenshots of the white palace at all (Ok maybe some...). When you get further enough though into the white palace, you will see this little platform. Also note that you will need the monarch wings obtained in the room after the room you defeated the broken vessel in in the Ancient Basin

This platform acts like an elevator with no controls on which floor you will go to so once you get on, it will go up like at 20 mph or more (I suck at doing math so don't trust me). After this comes the real challenge, pain... . This is a somewhat hard parkour challenge that really puts your platforming skills to the test. The best 2 necessary charms would be the Hive Blood charm and Mark of Pride. 1. Hive Blood: Costing 4 charm notches, without focusing soul, it allows you to automatically regenerate 1 mask/Hp for the cost of no soul (Note that it ONLY regenerates 1 mask meaning that when the charm regenerates 1 mask back, it can't regenerate anymore masks, only 1. Also it is canceled if you use soul to regenerate your masks back so bee wise... get it?) .Obtained by defeating Hive knight in The Hive area located somewhere around near the tram entrance in the Kingdom's Edge area. There are 2 routes to take to hive knight. I would personally recommend route 2 due to there being a bench somewhat near the direction you are going, but the choice is yours. (The big oval shaped room is where Hive Knight is located)
2. Mark of Pride: Costing 3 charm notches, gradually increases nail length by %25 so its really nothing special, only when you really need it for platforming challenges such as trying to endlessly pogo on spikes... . This charm can being obtained after fighting the mantis lords which then allows you to access a "secret" room (Note that you couldn't access this before you fought the mantis lords) in the mantis town located above the main area where you fight the mantis lords. Overall this is an easy early game charm to get.

Tips for the fake path of pain (yeah I said it >:])

1. You are not on a timer so just take your time
2. Practice your pogo skills on like spikes (pogo just means looking down and slashing at something that allows you to bounce such as spikes... or buzzsaws... .)
3. Keep trying and trying until you get it

4. git gud
Goodluck with the fake path of pain!
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That's all for the first half of the Kingsoul charm. The other half is located in the Queen's Gardens area (Near to Greenpath, Fog Canyon, and Fungal Wastes) in a room with an NPC/character widely known as the white lady. I would recommend traveling to the Queen's station located in-between the Fungal Wastes and the Fog Canyon to take this simple route... (My lines suck I know...)
Once you do get to the mysterious white lady, you have to talk to her and she will give you the other half of the Kingsoul for free basically! (Maybe not because of the tanked mantises you had to deal with along the way... right!?!?!) But, congrats! You can now fight the radiance! Or can you...? Before you can fight the radiance you must do one last "lore" thing... discover your forgotten past. With the Kingsoul now put together, you can now enter a secret room in the Abyss that you could never access without the full Kingsoul charm equipped. (Note that if you haven't already gotten the King's Brand, you cannot go to the Abyss. the King's Brand is obtained fighing Hornet again in the Kingdom's Edge. Here's an image of the location because I'm nice :] )
Once you get the King's Brand and open the gate into the Abyss...
You can now drop down to the bottom of the pit and find the room (Do make sure you have the Kingsoul charm equipped or else it won't open and watch out for spikes along the way). The passage way should look like this when opened...

Once its open just jump in! Make sure to be on the lookout though because when you reach the end you will end up at a dead end with a black orb. When you are there looking at your handsome self, dreamnail that orb and remember your past! ( got tired of doing the image thing so no image for the orb sadly... also make sure the get the shade cloak because it is required for this). Once you finally finish that act or whatever, then you will be automatically equipped with the Void heart needed to access the radiance fight. (Note that the Void heart is a charm that cannot be unequipped but uses no charm notch slots). When you do get the Void heart "charm", you can now access the radiance fight through dream nailing the Hollow Knight when he goes down to hornet.

Well that's it for trying to access the radiance fight. Now its time for the actual fight! >:]

Before the fight you want to make sure you have some good charms and one of the Void upgraded spells. As always, I will be explaining how to get the charms first and why they are useful then I will discuss the Void upgraded spell I have in mind.

I would highly recommend using this charm build due to its massive buffs and you can learn why by reading on. This charm build consists of Soul Catcher, Mark of Pride, Quick Slash, and Quick Focus.

1. Mark of Pride: I already explained that one so if you haven't read about it on the earlier paragraphs of this guide, I recommend taking a good look at it. 2. Soul Catcher: Soul Catcher is a 2 notch charm that can be found to the left after defeating the Eldur Baldur in the Ancestral Mound. This charm basically doubles the amount of soul you draw when striking enemies. This is great for when you are face tanking The Hollow Knight because you mainly want to max out on soul by the time you get into the radiance fight. 3. Quick Focus: A 3 charm notch charm that allows you to heal %50 faster than usual. This can be found/bought at Salubras charm shop for 800 geo. This allows you to heal faster so when the radiance is doing a slow attack you have time to heal quick so then you can return to fighting condition in no time. 4. Quick Slash: A 3 charm notch charm that allows you to slash almost %50 faster than usual. Is found in Kingdom's Edge - in the bottom right/south-east corner, on an altar in front of an ancient Nail Smith. This allows (In the Radiance fight) situations where you need to do lots of damage come true because you can basically at this point do double damage because of this massive boost. That's enough talk about the charms because I already feel like this guide is very long about charms. Now its time to move on to what I was talking about before, Void upgraded spells. Void upgraded spells are not that different from normal spells aside from the fact that the spell gets a new look/skin and sound effect but most importantly, damage. These Void upgraded spells do much more damage which means the ability to kill things faster. Mainly we are going to use the Abyss shriek for the radiance fight, the Void upgraded version of the normal shriek spell and I will show you how to get this spell. Firstly, if you haven't already found the hidden station in the Ancient Basin, I recommend trying to find it because it will make this route much quicker. The station can be found here...
From the hidden station you can take this simple route to the room you need to go to to get this ability. Once you are close to this location the entrance should look like this...
Once you do get into the main room after killing some of those rock dudes then you will use your shriek and your normal classic shriek should upgrade to the Abyss shriek. Now its time for the actual pain >:]!

The actual radiance fight begins here basically after the Hollow Knight fight (or should I say mid fight?). In order to fight the radiance you need to fight the Hollow Knight just for a little bit then Hornet will come from the main entrance pinning the hollow knight down leaving little dream particles that you can dream nail. In this part of the guide I will be explaining the Hollow Knight's attacks and how to dodge them along with the radiance's attacks. Let's get to it!

The Hollow Knight boss fight basically becomes a chore due to the massive change in the fight because now you have the radiance to farm. So I have provided some tips for the fight and the attacks listed along with a strategic way of dodging them below. As if a lore lesson I will be giving right now, know that if you don't want spoilers don't read on. So, the Hollow Knights were created by the Pale King to seal the infection and in other words, these shadows were referred to as Vessels. They are empty and heartless living beings and one of them (The Hollow Knight boss) was said to be the purest of all Vessels which means this one would be able to take in the infection without being influenced. That's enough for the lore lesson for now... .(Please note these are not the actual names for the attacks and that I named them myself just for fun) 1. Lounging Pounce:With this attack the Hollow Knight comes charging at you with his blade facing outward at a very fast speed. In order to dodge this attack, you must: 1. jump, 2. wait, and 3. dash all towards the Hollow Knight. This will get you to go behind him allowing you to get a couple of strikes/hits on the Hollow Knight. 2. Casual Strike/Hit:The Hollow Knight attacks with a 3 strike blow within a quick succession. To dodge this attack you must: 1. jump while moving forward towards the Hollow Knight or just use the same strategy as the other attack said above with the lounging pounce. (PS Do not mind the shadow blood in the image because I definitely did not get hit... sorta) 3. The Counter Strike (not the game):This attack only activates when you hit the Hollow Knight while he is doing somewhat this pose as shown in the image and said in the attack name. If you do hit him though, here are the steps to dodge the attack: 1. Dash through the Hollow Knight with the shade cloak ability. 2. (for the people that have the shade cloak on cooldown) Jump over the attack and dash towards the location the Hollow Knight started doing his counter pose. 4. Infection Spray:As the first infection attack comes through, using the heart of the infection, this attack is basically a machine gun spraying little infection particles when used. In order to dodge this attack, you must: 1. find the perfect time to use the shadow dash, or 2. find the perfect little gap to just slide through without using the shade cloak. I highly recommend like the first dodge strategy though because it's much easier to preform, but you do whatever you feel like doing. 5. Plunging Strike:Resulting in basically the first ground pound and AoE attack the Hollow knight preforms, this can be pretty deadly if it is not dodged properly. To dodge this attack I recommend doing: 1. Finding a gap in-between these little spike concussion pillars, or 2. use the monarch wings and just fly up into the air where you won't get hit. Once again I recommend going with strategy 1 for people who suck at Hollow Knight like me since it is a much simpler dodge. 6. Infectious Barrage:Coming from the heart of the infection and resulting in the 2nd infection attack, within the Hollow Knight's body, he casts upon little infection particles from the air. I really have no tips for this attack other than try your best to avoid at least some of the particles. 7. Hover Knight:As the last attack the Hollow Knight does, he takes it into the air with his little heart of the infection and starts ground pounding the floor like 3-5 times. To dodge this attack you can do: 1. dash back and forth, or 2. dash and dash until you reach one end of the arena and then dash back to the opposing side. Either way of dodging this attack is simple so preferably no strategic way is recommended for these are basically the only 2 ways to dodge this attack. (Do not mind the masks in the image because I forgot to turn the HUD off when taking this screenshot) That's all it for the Hollow Knight's attacks and strategies to dodge his attacks. Moving onto the Radiance's attacks now, I wanted to make sure if you, the reader, could understand what I am describing about the layout of this guide now that were are getting closer to the end. If you have some suggestions on about changing something, say so in the comments and you may continue reading (If you don't see any problems, then just ignore this at will).
The Radiance, almost one of the hardest bosses in the game due to the platforming and dodging at the same time. As if another lore lesson is approaching, I'm going to tell you once more that if you don't want spoilers about the lore, then don't read on. Here we go... . The Radiance, once worshipped by the moth tribe, is the great moth god of light. Though ever since the Pale King's arrival to the Kingdom of Hallownest, the Radiance was then forgotten and forsaken from the moth tribe's history. This is when the Radiance created the infection, to get the moth tribe's attention, but this time it wasn't just the moth's, but it was all the bugs of Hallownest. That's all for the lore lessons for this guide. If you want to hear more lore about Hollow Knight in future guides, then let me know down in the comments as we are about to start the tips for the Radiance fight.

Thank you guys so much for reading this guide it has been an honor and please consider to leave some comments if I misspelled something or just did something out of order because this is my first guide. Also make sure to leave a like and favorite this guide. Have a good one guys! Also I know lots of people would ask this question so I am including the answer into the guide, "Did you do it all on your own?" The answer is yes and I got absolutely no help at all.