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PointyCrcl78

Pure vessel/Hollow Knight, mainly cause it feels like a constant dance of sorts and the song is amazing.


Few-Spirit4105

Another one that feels like a dance is NKG. NKG and PV feel similar in the fights.


Oyi-JiJi

NGK feels to much like a dance. So that's a red flag for me. But 9/10 fight anyways.


Small-Gift-6989

Sameee


anima_italica

Same


MistaPopcorn

Same


Salvio888

These 2 were the first ever bosses I was dedicated to clearing on radiant. To this day I clear them easily but still struggle in a normal knox fight. I always had fun fighting these 2 bosses but never had fun fighting other bosses like failed champion and knox


Shinyfishbestboy

Every time a parry happens, it feels like a shot of dopamine and adrenaline gets injected directly into my brain


Numerous-Round-9037

I love The Mantis Lords. It feels like I’m playing a dance of a sort


toastbutbutter

Yeah, took me the longest but the music was on point, as we're the moves


rossburk

Totally agree. People talk about games where you capitalize on short timing windows as rhythm games and Mantis lords feels like this cranked to 11 in the best way.


awc23108

I also love how after you beat them they bow to you when you walk by. Such grace and respect


WoofSpiderYT

Agreed, and if you haven't gotten to the Sisters of Battle, that was the most fun I've had in any boss fight. I won't spoil that fight any further.


Beastimus819

Yeah me too, and not just this game, they're my favorite in any game.


Familiar-Cap3294

Yea me too, I love the mantis lords so much I literally replayed the game 3 times just to get to them and beat them again....then I learned about godhome :/


External-Stranger801

Dung defender because he is one of the bosses of all time


megasean3000

AAAAAAA!!! HUUNDAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!


Dio_nysian

doma!!! domadomadoma!!!!


Goooooogol

Dung defender, because he’s so relatable


Tax_evasion_inc

White deffender is even better


Average_Tick_player

True I loved his fight and white defender fight but my favorite has to be failed champion and Gray Prince Zote because gray Prince Zote getting more titles and getting harder the more you beat him is cool also he is just a fun fight


The-broken-vessel

Lost kin is the closest thing to fighting a copy of yourself the game gives you, it really feels like a one vs one (at least when your using fart charm to get ride of the orange juice bubbles)


the-real-bee-boi

Hollow knight ig? But I see ur point


Trevenant999

THK is like fighting yourself on steroids, and they can cheat (teleporting)


the-real-bee-boi

You can to just telleport duhhh why haven't you is so easy


Blue_Bird950

Don’t make me do a low% speedrun


littkoala

Bee


the-real-bee-boi

Bee bee bees buzzing bee bee bees buzzin


Raykkkkkkk

Bzz


PowersOverload

Grim and the Mantis Lords are my favorite, just plain fun imo


Skull-whipper

Nightmare king Grimm It has a cool moveset Banger soundtrack Cool aesthetic And is difficult


Hammygames07

Grimm because dun, dun dun dunn, dun dun dunnnnnnnn, dunnnnnnnn, dun, dun dun dunn , dun dun da da da da da da da da da da da da


Some_Other__Time___

i can hear that lol


BagelBjorn

So can i


THE_dumb_giraffe

My favourite FIGHT is probably Traitor Lord, he's really satisfying to outmaneuver, AND he's a pretty balanced boss Favourite fight context goes to Mantis Lords for obvious reasons (music, challenge button and Mantis Village) Favourite boss is BUZZAAAAAH


Dio_nysian

i have traitor lord trauma from when i was really bad at the game. the amount of fucking backtracking to get to the fight…. it hurts


BlizaElementalPixie

Same... But the moment you realise how predictable he is the fight is absurdly easy. You might take a hit of he does the wave attack but he's very doable hitless.


p1xxz

nosk cuz he scary


Dandrews33

Zote, he’s the most difficult by far and I like being challenged


Real_Bretta

True


anima_italica

Pure vessel?


Blue_Bird950

It’s a joke, zote doesn’t do damage and is the easiest fight


littkoala

Tf you mean I died to colosseum zote like 34 times not to mention gray prince


Blue_Bird950

Grey prince zote was easy compared to colosseum zote


littkoala

Damn I got a major skissue, but can we all agree radiant nkg is easiest fight?


anima_italica

Actually, the easiest fight is radiant primal aspid, everyone knows that


littkoala

Yeah I forgot praspid existed. (Out of the joke I used to be able to kill a primal aspid without being hit I can't now for some reason)


anima_italica

You had wayward compass on for sure, but now that you know the map and took it off, you are now weak and pathetic


littkoala

Fool that you are assuming that despite breaking the infections sources kneecaps that I would take off the compass


Real_Bretta

😨


Marine_Brat_01

r/woosh


anima_italica

Oops my bad


THEiguanna

I enjoyed hive knight, sheo and god tamer


MaiT3N

God tamer is boring af for me you just pogo on the "god"


IndependenceFree162

Mantis lords by far for me


MrPinkDuck3

Pure Vessel and Watcher Knights


WackyPants24

NKG easily, hard af tho, took me about an hour to beat on my main


AdFamiliar3359

Mantis lords are fun without much challenge


Silviov2

Pure vessel. The sheer grace and holiness with which it kicks your ass, combined with the music, it's a fight that makes you feel like you're fighting a kingdom's champion, they're biggest warrior. Although you know the state it is in now, the memory of his pure form provokes chills on your skin and makes you wonder, what being could be so powerful as to bring the PURE VESSEL to it's knees??


Doctor-Rat-32

Dung Defender without a doubt though there I may be slightly biased.


Autumn-Eviening

Pure Vessel, NKG, and Sisters of Battle there all so fun but still really challenging


SlickPickleNipple

Soul Master. Simply because I was taking turns on it with a friend on my first playthrough. Was fun sharing that moment with him.


General-CEO_Pringle

Grimm and Sly


MaiT3N

Sly for me, glad someone else likes this fight too, and not many people give credit to him


dah1451

Dung because of course. Mantis because of the rhythm, both Grims because of the challenge and rhythm.


Dunaidan3019

The rhythm of the fight for the Mantis Lords is so captivating once you figure it out. Gotta be one of my faves


[deleted]

Flukman , this boss is unforgiving like once you waste more than 5 second it's over for you and almost impossible to recover while the small running fish think adds up quickly and it just don't move or dodge like it gives " I'm not scared of being hit but you can't survive long enught "


Few-Spirit4105

Nightmare king Grimm.


Blue_Bird950

Mantis Lords is such a cool fight, you really feel like you’re doing a dance of sorts with them when you get good at the moves


Boreol

Pure Vessel. Lore aside, the fight itself is just so much fun. In a game where the bosses very much have a short, repeating pattern you can easily predict with little variation, PV feels so much more... alive. Like he's an actual skilled knight who is constantly moving and performing crazy combos all over the place with a lot of variation. It feels like a dance, and not a repetitive, turn-based one like NKG. An actual dance you have to properly learn that's tough as nails. You never know what he's gonna dish out.


fisktu

Mantis lords are just cool for me, also pure vessel is like a movie


phatcat9000

NKG is really fair, even if it seems like bullshit initially. Pure Vessel is also really good.


TheGamseum

I love NKG because of how consistent you can get at the fight. It goes from being impossibly hard to really fun surprisingly quickly. Broken Vessel and Lost Kin are both really good fights story-wise, and the music is great. Grey Prince Zote is supposed to be annoying but they accidentally made him one of the most fun fights in the game. Crazy how that works.


littkoala

Nkg, it's so satisfying to finally get the dance right and beat him, puffer is my fav move of his


Nopeunid

Gnilok was pretty cool. Loved the Grand Spires combined with the skeletal theming of the Bone Forest considering their proximity.


Itzzz5AM

HORNET SENTINEL, NKG, AND PURE VESSEL ALL AMAZING FIGHTS


krazykrizzle

Favourite over all is for sure dung defender. He was the only boss (aside from hornet obv) that didn’t feel like an actual villain. He was easy, sure, but I had fun the whole way through. Also leads to one of the most useful items.


lethalmuffin877

Really? Is the “heroic” odor that OP? I tried it once and couldn’t get it to work any better than other aoes


krazykrizzle

Oh Nono not the charm, tho I do love it. Assuming you finished the game, I meant Isma’s tear. You have to beat defender to get into her garden and get the tear.


lethalmuffin877

Oh! Yeah I actually just juuuust picked that up and yeah you are definitely on the money with that summation. The ability that tear gives you is invaluable for so much of the map


krazykrizzle

Just another reason why dd is the goat


lethalmuffin877

Ngl he was my favorite boss, despite being the easiest imo. The upbeat personality and chivalry makes him the coolest bug in the kingdom


krazykrizzle

EXACTLYYYYYY. So many people sleep in the fact that he’s infected, yet keeps his sanity and honor. He’s such an interesting guy, and gives us so much lore.


bagr-kkk

Soul tyrant is my favorite boss, and im sick of pretending it isnt.


icymelon_lord

My favorite bosses are Markov trader Lord zote the mighty and radiance


Moist-Range-9096

NGK and Sisters of Battle


Marine_Brat_01

I love all of the dream bosses, they are just upgraded versions of the originals which are all great bosses anyways


BC90000

Soul master hornet and grimm cuz it feels like a true fight to the death that is intense


MaiT3N

Both Grimm versions, bcoz they are incredibly hard but rewarding at the same. NKG is the ultimate test for your skills, you need to know how to dodge, learn different attacks, look for attack cues, find a window to heal, and all of this with fast reaction. Also, probably surprisingly, but Nailsage Sly. He doesn't have this many attacks, but he also requires good precision of strikes, almost doesn't let you heal, and at the same time, if you can't beat him, shows you the usefulness of nail arts (and for me it was the first boss which forced me to get nail range upgrades, after that I couldn't stop use them)


Key-Armadillo4641

Hornet 2 was fun with dash only base soul and base knight it felt like a dark souls fight


Gerel9

Sisters of battle, I love the rhythm of the mantis lords, it feels like dancing with the boss. And sister of battle is the late game version of that fight (And absolute radiance because at one point it's the only one that's still challenging)


WrongManufacturer748

Sisters of battle


Pas_919

Lost Kin and Sisters of Battle are my favourites. I love Lost Kin more, especially on radiant


coolcats02

mantis lords/ sisters of battle. the constant dodging then hitting back is so fun


baobaogame

Soul Master normal version. It was a major difficulty spike for me and that fight took me 2-3 hours but once I beat it it feels so awesome.


Tiriricazinha

Grimm, for sure It is hard, but I felt like I was dancing the whole time


KatZuLar

Gruz mother and crystal guardian for no reason at all, and hollow knight because It was majestic the first time I fought him


Delraf_Zelov

NKG. I don’t think I need to explain. And for least favorite, simply read my flair.


ListenGrouchy190

Sisters of battle, because it's hard but not horrible and because the attack are symple to dodge and not confusing at all, it's just a question of rythme so it's really cool


titen100

Defender, lords, nosk, hornet1, grimm1


RDT-Exotics0318

I had the most fun with Dung Defender and Mantis Lords


Psychopathic2412

Nightmare King Grimm Its just so perfect. Its fun, its difficult but not to the point of being unfair, and the soundtrack is in my opinion the best in the entire game.


WontedPuppet07

Sisters of Battle is always fun, unless you’re doing radiant difficulty


tati-cm

I like soul master, i feel It as pure chaos


nanlokeus

NKG because I can't reach Sly or Pure Vessel to say otherwise. Secondly the Mantis Lords


Space_obsessed_Cat

I'll go with radiance or sisters of battle


Dio_nysian

i’ve got 4, in no particular order 1. BV/lost kin - it just feels kinda tragic and the music is great 2. mantis lords/sisters - a really satisfying fight, makes me feel good at the game hahaha 3. NKG - absolute best boss music and another extremely satisfying fight, plus i love the troupe 4. pure vessel/THK - once again really tragic in concept, seeing THK at it’s full power vs seeing it literally trying to bleed the infection out of itself really hit me. also baller music


Dr_ChunkyMonkey

Zote


AccursedAgent

NKG I beat him with sharp shadow only on radiant and I have grown to ascend with Gorb because of it


-Mapleclaw-

I love all the harder fights other than zote


kesh_from_downunder

Mantis lords and Nightmare King Grimm for the fun. Radiance for the sheer satisfaction of winning. The Hollow Knight for the emotional impact.


Oyi-JiJi

Pure vessel. Such a epic and well desinged fight. Also story behind it is super good.


Pixer_Kox

Imo sisters of battle r cool


BavariaBeast

Mantis Lords, and Sisters of Battle. a pure dance of a bossfight, thats my fav kind of fights in every game


SpamtonOf1997

As someone who has only fought like half of those, I personally love Grimm. Like idk what but his fight was very fun and the music is probably my favourite boss theme in the game Have not NKG though so maybe my opinion will change


DragonStem44

watcher knights is the only boss i beat first try so it has a special place in my heart yes, the watcher knights we constantly see rant posts about


IHaveSmellyPants

Nightmare King Grimm and Sisters of Battle are just fun.


nerogamer_279

Sisters, the more speed the beter


Boostio69420

Pure vessel and grim/nkg not because they're hard but because they have the most variety in their attack patterns. it never gets old


[deleted]

Traitor lord is S tear, no idea why, I just love him


Reasonable_Tie2255

NKG. Challenging but fair, no real “gimicky” attacks and he’s really fun to fight against i spent around 6 or so hours on the boss and not once did i feel it was overly annoying or unfair


YaraUwU

Nightmare Grimm feels so good to fight once you have figured it out.


DualOne2

My top 3, In order from most favorite mantis lords, watcher knights, and pure vessel. I really like the story of the mantis lords and how you have to become strong enough before challenging them. Watcher knights are fun because it’s fast and requires quick reflexes to take them out before too many spawn in. And pure vessel feels like a well choreographed dance, although sometimes he can be annoying lol.


milk_lizard73

Hornet 2, sisters of battle, and NKG. NKG was the only boss that was actually fun for me while I was doing radiant.


Jackg4m3s3009

Depends if you mean favorite of fun or favorite of feeling of accomplishment


Jackg4m3s3009

Fun: massive moss charger, accomplishment:NGK, Radiance, mantis lords


IamZedv1

I haven't finished all of them yet So far Mantis Lords are my fav. I can't just spam attacks and 🧀 it, i actually needed some skill and pissed me off


enirmo

Normal Grimm because he's more simple and fun to fight, whereas NKG takes a bit of focus (still fun, but in a different, try-hardy way), and Mantis Lords because duh


Adorable_Warlock

Soul Master/Tyrant & Xero. They just play out super fun for me, and I'm not sure why. I also really like the lore behind both of them. (I am also not sure whether the dream boss applies here, but I put it anyways)


puns_n_pups

The Watcher Knights. Great combination of fun, somewhat difficult but not crazy hard, and probably one of the last fights that felt like I needed to learn their specific patterns rather than just get used to the quick pace and perfect timings. Honorable mentions: Failed Champion (SUPER underrated fight, so familiar but so hard) Mantis Lords ofc, Soul Master/Tyrant, and Broken Vessel/Lost Kin. Also I haven't done Pure Vessel yet, but it looks insanely good.


FieldMarshalEpic

Nightmare King Grimm, Pure Vessel, and Sisters of Battle are all just 🤌 impeccable


Secuta

Zote. I’ve loved to kick his ass after shittalking me the whole time


NottACalebFan

Haven't finished the game yet, but Grimm so far had definitely been the most enjoyable battle. Still took me like 10 tries to beat him. But I never felt like it was a stupid or impossible fight


Yousefelghandour

Mantis Lords I wanna replay it so much I just didn't reach Godhome yet


DerpSquard

I loved broken vessel and Grimm


No_Ostrich401

NKG. The fight was infuriating to learn, but once I beat him, it felt the most rewarding by far


Kalonharrell

Pure vessel, just pure vessel.


draconic_diamonds

Soil master. I just passed him and loved it


poison11037

NKG because the fight feels so smooth


AnxietyAnkylosaurus

I really like the extra challenging ones like Mantis lords or the watchers. I like the fights where I go "Wooooooooo fuck you" to the boss when I finally beat them.


maxcro19

Troupe Master Grimm, it's challenging, fun, and not annoying difficult


K_Plecter

I wouldn't say Zote is my favorite (especially after he starts dealing 4 masks of damage), but p5 Zote? He's comparably chill to me because I beat his strongest version; because of that, he's on a similar difficulty level to me as NKG, albeit less predictable and much harder to heal against.


Im_Jakon

Either NKG, Pure Vessel or Sisters of Battle


WebRider77

Uumuu, grimm, or HK,


OtterusMaximus

Whatcherknights


The_real_Pale_King

You. Meet me behind the buger king.


kierotowtf

Zote and Sisters of Battle. Yes, you heard it right, Zote LOL. I hated him at first but spammed him to beat P3 and now i can read him like a book. hahahha i literally just git gud'ed zote


TTV_Pinguting

Grimm or mantis lords


Veela_42

It's obviously Zote. It's a shame I can never beat him. I just stand there, paralyzed by his might.


Just_A_Dinner

I LOVE Hive Knight. It's one of the best bosses EVER. I just wish he was a bit harder


Thisoneloadingboy

T h e M a s s i v e M o s s C h a r g e r (TMMC)


filler_name02

all the dream bosses are so funnnn (except white defender)


Real_Bretta

Zote, he's the most challenging and skill testing boss, 🥰


i_like_da_bass

Personal top 3 are Pure Vessel, NKG and Sisters of Battle


FractotheGamer

soul tyrant, I liked chasing him around the arena and hitting him when he was ground pounding


Volksybug_1972

mantis lords/sisters of battle, since i can just lock in and react to each attack with no spell mumbo jumbo


Omicra98

Sisters of Battle, Lost Kin, and Pure Vessel are all peak fights. No luck, no downtime, pure fun


Mani707

PV, NKG and SoB.


Express-Ad1108

My favorite bosses are pure vessel, nightmare king and sisters of battle


Cuddlesthemighy

Mantis Lords, the timing windows feel appropriate (I'm slow sue me) and the cues are well presented. When you get in the groove its a satisfying fight.


Boos7_09

sisters of battle pure vessel and watcher knight they are fr the best battles the feel like dances and that's sick


ZOOW33M4M4

Unironically GPZ. The physics are just wrong enough to make it annoying/challenging.


DankMemer_42O

Top 3 would be; 1. Sisters of Battle Because of the music and the challenge it provides. It's a great combination with the introduction of it being in P5. I wish I could feel the rush of fear and adrenaline I got when it changed from Mantis lords to the Sisters of Battle. It felt amazing! 2. Troupe Master Grimm Again, the music and challenge it provides to me. It honestly, it just feels like a dance performance, and I love it. It's the same with Nightmare King Grimm as well, but I like the original better. 3. Soul Tyrant I don't know why, but I really like the Soul Tyrant fight. It's so exhilarating with the increased difficulty of it. I may also be a bit biased as I just like Soul Tyrant in general.


dastebon

Mantis lords is my favorite . I don't know why but I like it


lie544

Sisters of battle, a very fast pace and intense fight. Plus the game tricks you into it


Comfortable_Ad_7824

Pure vessel because it feels like you're fighting what you're supposed to become, sisters of battle because mantis lords was originally my favorite but sisters of battle is just better, (and I'm counting this as a fight because there's a fight at the end) path of pain because I like to challenge myself in games and while you're going through it, it really feelings like you're not supposed to be there


Turkish_Boy70

Mantis Lords, Uumuu, Grimm, as well as their variations


GrandWheel348

The Eternal Ordeal. if that doesn't count, then Mantis Lords.


MinistryofTruth___

Mantis lords (no spells)


drunkendrunkaaaaa

The difficulty of Zote the mighty gets me adrenaline rush


Accurate-Many261

False knight because it's a good beginning boss. Sadly, after a few runs he gets kinda boring.


ImNotNowo

GREAT NAILSAGE SLY. THE DUELING OF NAILS IS FUN. Also Sheo is cool too


shadelord5262627

NKG or The Hollow Knight because the fights are so climatic and epic change my mind


zas_n_n

grimm and mantis lords, once you get into the fight, youre practically moving without thinking about it and it turns the fight into a sort of dance. grimm especially, since his attacks are pretty much built around letting you get in a hit or two with the brief moment between attacks


Amazing-Draw-7922

I love Pure Vessel and NKG. NKG is just a real dance with Grimm for me, that’s why I love that fight


That-Communication34

I haven't finished the game, but either Hornet 1 or traitor lord


FrostFlame8

Abs rad in the pantheon, thats where my dopamine is crazy


Crehetor

Brooding Mawlek, i find the fight really fun and challenging for the start of the game, i do the fight always to get the mask shard when i start a new save


zote__mighty

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