#dashmaster

[claie171art]

Drawing some hollow knight instead of finishing it

[hollow-knight-fights]

Hollow Knight Charm Fight: Round 3

[tonythr]

Cool charm spots (plus a charm notch) appreciation post, part 1

[sparklecur]

daily reminder that they

[sanslookalikepoll]

[oakskull]

i was charm hunting in hollow knight and i made. a mistake

Yes im wearing wayward compass dont @ me i get lost easily

[andorstar]

I DEFEATED WATCHER KNIGHTS AT MY 3RD TRY

Never taking off SprintMaster and DashMaster ever again on my whole life

TAKE THAT, LURIEN

[lynx-doodles-indie-games]

i know i already have a bunch of series so far, but this one's a good one to quickly whip together when the ferretbrain or life kicks me in the teeth. little vessels! back in july, i sketched forty-three vessels based off almost every charm and most items in hollow knight, so here are the results of listening to a lot of long and boring lectures XD

so meet kindle and lyre! they're not proper OCs in the sense that they've got tons of enthusiasm or a role in a story behind them, but i can pencil out a history and trajectory for them.

links to everything below the cut:

wandering compass + map & quill; gathering swarm; stalwart shell; soul catcher, shaman stone, & soul eater; dashmaster + sprintmaster; grubsong + grubberfly's elegy; spell twister; steady body, heavy blow, quick slash, & longnail; mark of pride; fury of the fallen; thorns of agony + shape of unn; baldur shell; defender's crest; glowing womb; quick focus + deep focus; lifeblood heart + joni's blessing; lifeblood core + sharp shadow; hiveblood; spore shroom; nailmaster's glory; weaversong; dream wielder + dreamshield; grimmchild + carefree melody (here!); kingsoul and void heart; tram pass; lumafly lantern; hunter's mark; delicate flower

[carnivoured]

RANDOM THOUGHTS AGAIN!!! FEATURING ALTIE, THE SENTIENTS, AND THE TECHIE!!!!

altie straps the bodies of the sentient that are still somewhat intact onto her back and teleporting back to central town one by one. she drags them to the tech shop, asking if the techie is able to access whatever was used to code and program the sentients. since he has a lot of experience with this kind of technology, hes able to access its coding and A.I. or whatever is going on inside of the machine’s core. the two work together, trying to see if they can rewrite its code somehow and get them to become allies (or let them live like the tall robot in town next to the mini garden)

it takes them several days and a lot of tries to create a program they can use to do this. when they do get it eventually, the dash master and apothecary got curious, watching the two as they work for days on end, studying the coding style and making an entire book full of notes on how the lab lizard-folk had used their technology (and altie eventually realized she should’ve gotten the red papers put on the wall that tracked the sentients development. so she went back into the facilities and returned with a bunch of them).

they print out mini photos of the posters altie brings in, pasting them into the book. the dashmaster aids in recreating parts for the sentients, especially for the summoner which had lost part of its torso and an entire leg…

when techie and altie finally get it, they celebrate by going out to drink. next day they get everything ready, preparing to turn them on and see if it actually had worked..

just some random thought,,,

I love the sentients!!!!

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

assigning some gravity falls characters hollow knight charm builds (for this we’re assuming they have access to all charms and that they’re doing casual playthroughs)

mabel - grubsong, weaversong, glowing womb, shape of unn, unbreakable heart, grimmchild (friend build, unbreakable heart adds health, is fun wordplay, and uh. rip leg eater. she just wanted to help him find love :[ friend of grubs, friend of weaverlings, friend of giant slug deity, don’t tell her about the grimm troupe lore, she knows, shhh. friend of grimmchild)

dipper - sharp shadow, hiveblood, soul catcher, stalwart shell, steady body (charms that he thinks are cool, plus he thinks they’re good probably maybe. sharp shadow lets you damage enemies when dashing through them, and it increases the length of your dash, which is good right? that’s good? he thinks it’s good. hiveblood regenerates the most recent health you lost. takes a bit, but still. good for white palace! …ignore that he doesn’t have any white fragments. soul catcher for soul, everybody loves soul charms. stalwart shell is really good because…it just is, trust him. steady body gets rid of knockback! sometimes he accidentally walks into the enemy because he forgets he has it on, but still!)

ford - voidheart, lifeblood heart, shaman stone, dream wielder, mark of pride, spell twister (more distanced attacks, more spell-based, had to give him at least one lifeblood charm because. come on. voidheart because he seems like the type to spend a lot of time exploring, plus its required to kill the radiance. i don’t think he would like the white lady. i think he would like the resting grounds, and especially the spirit’s glade. he likes seer’s little area and her design. he likes talking to her. he likes seer in general. he relates to the vessels. vvvvoidheart)

stan - quickslash, mark of pride, fury of the fallen, unbreakable strength (FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. he’d be the type to damage tank. he sees the description for fury of the fallen and goes ‘oh fuck yeah’ and equips it half for the smidge of story and half for the actual effect. he likes the red overlay, he thinks it looks neat. quickslash means he can hit more quickly, mark of pride means he reach enemies to hit them more quickly, unbreakable strength means he can fuck them up even better. ford lets him know how to get all the pale ore so he can fully upgrade his nail. mabel makes him get the happy couple achievement afterwards. he’s certainly not complaining)

soos - carefree melody, grubberfly’s elegy, spore shroom, thorns of agony, dashmaster, sprintmaster (‘useless charms? nah, dude, they helped me beat pantheon five’. soos is a force to be reckoned with. carefree melody because melody, and sprintmaster and dashmaster reminded him of ford and stan and he thought that was neat enough to keep them on)

pacifica - weaversong, quick focus, unbreakable heart, gathering swarm, dream wielder, longnail (mabel gives her a few tips, hence unbreakable heart and longnail, but mostly her charms are based off aesthetics. she likes the way quick focus and dream wielder look, and she likes the way gathering swarm looks in use. weaversong was originally added because of mabel, but she ended up keeping it because it’s useful. yep, that’s it. definitely not because the little weaveringlings follow her around everywhere to the point of teleporting to the knight middair, and their slashes don’t do much but they’re trying their best, and they settle down to rest when the knight benches, and they were left behind by the rest of the weavers and- no, definitely not any of that)

bill cipher - wayward compass, dreamshield, balder shell, kingsoul (if you know, you know)

[richardazer]

Anyway no one except Ravi wanted to talk to me about what kind of bugs the boys would be

So tumblr gets this because I sad

Brainworms with HK lore for nerds like me below + a silly ship sketch

So a bit of lore, technically the setting is in the middle of HK playthru yk?? But it's also on its own kinda?

The hive is opened after many years, there's a lot of commotion and infection and obviously the king is no more sooooo

3 pretty pale siblings come through the world searching for followers, all three are wyrms but they take on forms of different bugs

Ianite is a mantis

Mianite is a wyrm (kings mold kinda build?)

Dianite is a moth (Grimm type heho)

Sparklez the mighty ant

Born and raised in the city of tears (don't ask me where the rest of the ants are, we're all waiting for silksong lol)

He wanted to become a city guard but did not make the cut because of his size and species, seeking to become worthy he travels outside the city later to train with the nail masters and meeting Ianite and the Mantis Lords.

His charms are Nailmaster's Glory (for obvious reasons) and Mark of Pride given by the Mantis Lords. + unbreakable strength

He spends most of his time in the Colosseum of Fools and has become a valuable champion

The deepnest pretty boy aka Peter 'za' hhutt

He's the Midwife's precious son, he gets his hunger from her. Pete found the Wayward Compass charm and quickly became an expert in the maze that is Deepnest making him the most dangerous predator. He has never left the nest, didn't need to. Bugs would come wandering in, traitors and weaklings would be thrown in by the Mantis Lords. Plenty of delicious food keeping him fed and sane.

The other charms he's given by Sparklez when they meet. Sparklez loves exploring, taking on any battle he can. Pete puts up a great fight. The spider isn't used to pray fighting back so vigorously so he lets Sparklez go. Meeting a worthy opponent Sparklez offers companionship since the deepnest is a tough place to traverse.

Quick Slash and Dashmaster made Pete more of a beast but he's no longer fueled by hunger because Sparklez consistently brings him dead bugs from the coliseum fights to feed Pete.

Fuzzy bee X33n

He's just a Hivelink, some of them patrol outside the hive but Xeen never been outside. After the hive was forced to interact with an outsider X33n musters up the courage to go explore. He missed his exit at the Ancient Basin because the infected bugs there scared him. But the first time he goes to explore he ends up in Deepnest.

Poor bee gets chased by a hungry spider and ends up running into an armored ant hehoo

Sparklez saves X33n from hungry Pete and they sit down to talk about the hive and how a bee got lost so far away from home

X33n's charms are Hiveblood (obviously, he's a bee it comes with the Xbox!) Thorns of Agony and Heavy Blow to help him against the infected bugs

The ship silly for anyone who is nerd enough to read through all this

"fed a stray cat now he loves me" VS "how can I NOT want to eat him he's so plump and fuzzy!!"

[graveyardzhift]

since superstar saga doesn’t give us much else about the Soybean Civilization, a while ago I decided to make these guys! they helped found said civilization and were the leaders of their respective groups of spin-beans, dash-beans, and mole-beans! they also have connections to the fire and thunder gods seen in-game hehe

(also something i forgot to add; according to Fava, the soybeanish are actually really short, shorter than most modern beanish! so are these guys, in that case. lol)

here’s their toyhouse links if you wanna know more abt them!

Spinmaster / Dashmaster / Burrowmaster

(7/5/23)

[hollow-knight-fights]

Hollow Knight Fight Round 2, Wave 1

Submit your propaganda here or in the tags/comments/reblogs!

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[hollow-knight-stats]

Charm Builds - What Playstyles were Used?

In the poll, one of the questions provided was: “What is your usual playstyle, with respect to charms?” Players were asked to classify their playstyle in a few categories of charm builds, through which we identified specific gameplay strategies employed by them. The most popular category was tied between nail builds, which focus on dealing damage with the nail, and hybrid builds, which was named “Combo nail-spell build” in the poll; this build does not have a preference between dealing damage with the nail or with spells. Both builds had 78 players (35.3%) each, and combined, they constituted 70.6% of all players. The next most popular given category was the heal build, centered around optimizing heals and healing windows, and this was listed as the preferred build of a total of 17 respondents (7.7% of our sample). Tank build was preferred by only 11 people (5.0%), while just 9 people (4.1%) reported using a spell build. Collectively, they made up 193 people of our sample of 221 players.

And what of the remaining players?

We understand that trying to classify charm builds is ultimately an open response question since there is no one way to name a specific charm build, and there are many more strategies used by people than a small team of people could come up with. While we provided options, we gave respondents the option to type in their own answers in the event that they felt their builds did not match any of the five we offered, or if they wished to elaborate on their answers. There were 26 players who did not choose any of the five given categories, corresponding to 11.8% of the sample of 221. This is a significant number that demonstrates there are alternatives that weren’t previously considered.

A significant portion of the remaining players opted to blend heal builds with other previously listed builds, and another marked portion blended nail builds with other builds; some listed a specific mixture of a nail and heal build. There were also other charm builds that did not build on the five offered selections, a noteworthy example being the summons build, which outsources dealing damage to summons granted by the Glowing Womb, Weaversong, and Grimmchild charms; as one respondent said, it is the “send the children in to fight instead” build. Elements of tank builds were also fairly popular among these respondents. Some other respondents prioritized movement, with charms like Dashmaster for extra speed and Thorns of Agony for crowd control. This all shows that more than one strategy can be found in one particular build, and that there is a great variety of charm builds.

Beyond that, a small but significant portion of respondents noted that they used more than one build listed, preferring to change their charms to suit the boss or situation. Others noted that they had no specific strategy; as another respondent put it, “m8 i just see a charm and go “ooga booga that seems somewhat helpful”.” Many players may feel similarly, which is what led us to look deeper into the charm trends in different contexts of the game: combat and exploration.

More results to come!

[thethrillof]

i really really really do hope the dashmaster charm getting sans colored was on purpose.

[sanslookalikepoll]

SANS LOOKALIKE POLL!

(yes I know I’m already running @bestfictionaldivorce but hush I’ve been rotating this in my head for weeks and I have to make it)

This poll is to determine what thing looks the most like Sans Undertale that ISNT Sans Undertale!

Submission Rules:

No Harry Potter/DSMP/Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel/South Park, I do not feel comfortable with those fandoms

Do not submit The Dashmaster Charm(Hollow Knight) or Pokotho(Hatchetfield), these are my personal picks to be in the bracket, so you need not submit them

Do not submit AU versions of Sans, or AU versions of Papyrus

Submit here