Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's Binding of Isaac without items! ...Almost. The Wafer is used for later chapters and for certain bosses/floors that were too hard, I allow a trinket. Some of the early floors also pick up trinkets before I decided to ban them too. Cards are mostly allowed. Pickups like bombs and soul hearts are allowed (and later floors start with them). Goal is to clear every single room of the floor, and then fight the boss.
This series is just as much to show off the game's content as much as my own skill, so don't take it too seriously when I cheat and start with an advantage or segment up a run. Usually that just means it was too hard for me to do normally.
Mods featured:
None! Revelations features in its own chapters though.
It's Binding of Isaac without items! ...Almost. The Wafer is used for later chapters and for certain bosses/floors that were too hard, I allow a trinket. Some of the early floors also pick up trinkets before I decided to ban them too. Cards are mostly allowed. Pickups like bombs and soul hearts are allowed (and later floors start with them). Goal is to clear every single room of the floor, and then fight the boss.
This series is just as much to show off the game's content as much as my own skill, so don't take it too seriously when I cheat and start with an advantage or segment up a run. Usually that just means it was too hard for me to do normally.
Mods featured:
None! Revelations features in its own chapters though.
![Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Bell Beast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GCay42nVsuw/mqdefault.jpg "Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Bell Beast]
Silksong is here! Training for Steel Soul, I decided to record relatively clean battles vs every boss. Rules for each are simple; no tools, crests, or skills besides the default Hunter and Silkspear, no healing, and my attacks deal half damage (via mod)
Oh look, they made Massive Moss Charger into a real fight! Everything here does double damage and really lets the player know Silksong is upping the ante. I took my very first death of the game here, as it was this fight that I learned that taking damage in the middle of a heal removes all the silk you would have spent on the heal anyway, a rather cruel penalty for carelessly trying to recover.
Anyone struggling on this boss for whatever reason may like to know that sound cues let you know if hes about to jump or charge. If the dust appears under your feet, sidestep and prepare to jump over a bell. If the dust appears at the side of the room and you dont hear it groan, its about to emerge and charge. If you see dust at the side of the room and DO hear it groan, its about to soar overhead. Once phase 2 begins at 50% of its HP (signalled by the bells falling from the cieling for a while) all attacks except the charge will also drop a bell from above.")
![Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Gurr the Outcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IfHbqZgpGBs/mqdefault.jpg "Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Gurr the Outcast]
Silksong is here! Training for Steel Soul, I decided to record relatively clean battles vs every boss. Rules for each are simple; no tools, crests, or skills besides the default Hunter and Silkspear, no healing, and my attacks deal half damage (via mod)
Simple boss but can be a real pain in the ass if you dont think carefully about where you stand. Skills and nail arts can destroy the traps outright, use em to cut a path in a pinch.")
![Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Raging Conchfly]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LMsrjoeAgKo/mqdefault.jpg "Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Raging Conchfly]
Silksong is here! Training for Steel Soul, I decided to record relatively clean battles vs every boss. Rules for each are simple; no tools, crests, or skills besides the default Hunter and Silkspear, no healing, and my attacks deal half damage (via mod)")
![Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Grand Mother Silk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnLu839E-fY/mqdefault.jpg "Hollow Knight: Silksong Boss [Grand Mother Silk]
Silksong is here! Training for Steel Soul, I decided to record relatively clean battles vs every boss. Rules for each are simple; no tools, crests, or skills besides the default Hunter and Silkspear, no healing, and my attacks deal half damage (via mod)
The end of Act 2! The bad ending final boss is pretty pathetic, honestly. She has a very limited moveset and quite low HP for the type of boss she is. On the other hand, she has access to a rare (only?) 3 damage attack which I got hit by somewhat on purpose just to show it off and has spectacle. I suspect a lot of the reason shes so easy is the Twisted Child ending, which ACTUALLY disables your heal and tools like it or not.
I did leave two bosses you can fight in act 2. The first, because there is no reason to enter their area until act 3 anyway, the other because it has difficulty on par with the big 4 heart bosses in act 3, so Im lumping it in with them.")
