If the player wants to beatHollow Knight,they must defeat the eponymous boss. Before they can do that, they first need to eliminate the three Dreamers. In order to get to Lurien the Watcher, one of the Dreamers,Hollow Knightplayers must first get through the Watcher Knights, making the boss fight a mandatory encounter.
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While theWatcher Knightsare not necessarily among the tougher bosses in the game, they can still give players a difficult time if they don’t know what they’re doing. Like everything else in the game, defeating the Watcher Knights requires precision and patience, and most importantly, information.
Hollow Knightis available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux.
How To Defeat The Watcher Knights
To know how to defeat the Watcher Knights, the player must familiarize themselves with the boss' move sets. This is true for every single boss fight inHollow Knight,or any other game, for that matter. However, with this particular boss fight, there’s actually an option in place wherein the player can make the encounter easier for themselves.
How To Reduce The Number Of Watcher Knights
Throughout this particular boss fight,the player will need to defeat a total of six Watcher Knights to finish the encounter. However, there’s a way to reduce the Watcher Knights to just five, making the whole ordeal a tad simpler.
To do this, the player must simplybreak a ceiling just before the entrance to the boss room. The ceiling in question is marked by abulb with a lumafly inside. Once the ceiling is broken, the player must climb up to find arope that’s holding a chandelier in place. Breaking the rope will result in the chandelier falling onto a Watcher Knight, killing one even before the fight begins.
The Encounter
After the player eliminates one Watcher Knight, it’s time to actually proceed with the boss fight. Once the player enters the boss room and triggers the encounter, they’ll need to watch out for theorange flies on the ceiling. The Watcher Knight they fly towards is the first enemy the player will fight.
The player should get close to this Knight as soon as they can. If they haveNail Art, which they should get prior to this boss fight, they should charge up the attack to hit the Watcher Knight as soon as possible.
Another Knight will spawn after about 20 to 22 seconds. However,if the player manages to beat one Knight before that, two more will spawn at once instead of just one. During the whole encounter, there will never be more than two Knights at once in the arena.
These are the move sets of the Watcher Knights the player should watch out for and how to easily counter them:
Recommended Spells & Abilities For The Watcher Knights
To make the encounter easier, these are thespells and abilitiesthe player must already have while fighting the Watcher Knights:
The player canuse any charmsthey see fit. The charm the player should equip during this boss fight, and at any point in the game, depends on their combat play style and preferences.
For example, if they prefer utilizing the spells and abilities as much as possible, they’ll want to equip charms such asShaman Stone, Soul Twister, and Soul Eater. If they prefer fighting melee, they’ll needQuick Slash, Fragile Strength or Unbreakable Strength, and Mark of Pride.
The player should balance between attacking the Watcher Knights with both melee and spells while evading strikes efficiently. In no less than two to three minutes, or even less if the player is really skilled, they should be able to defeat this boss with ease and continue on to eliminate Lurien the Watcher.
