WHAT IF HOLLOW KNIGHT WAS FULLY ANIMATED IN SMASH BROS?

Hey guys! Thanks for the support on this video! I figured I'd just clarify a few things about the moveset. - Crystal Dash works in the air, and has no hitbox. - Focus works in the air, but it takes twice as long (around 3ish seconds) for the charge to finish - After thinking about it, I agree that the Focus that's presented in the video does too much healing. I'd reduce it to about 10% per heal. - Yes, I know the Shade Lord or "The Void Given Focus" exists, but decided against using it because most people consider the "Dreams No More" ending to be the true ending and The Knight takes the "Void Given Form" in that ending. - I learned after making this video that The Knight actually has no gender! Sorry about that!

the final smash is him equiping the wayward compass charm

"If I had a Geo for every time I killed a God of Light, I would have 2 Geo, which isn't much, but its strange that it happened twice." -the Knight.

crying every day that this isn't reality

I love how seamless his gameplay in the original game translates to smash. I would add him a taunt where he sits on bench and relax

I think it would be cool if when the Knight gets past 75% of it’s health, the Vengeful Spirit/Desolate Dive/Howling Wraiths, transforms into Shade Soul/Descending Dark/Abyss Shriek.

I will say it again and again: The Knight is perfect for Smash.

This really is a perfect representation for the knight. This knight even has a full charm load out: Thorns of Agony - 1 charm notch (neutral air) Defenders Crest - 1 charm notch (side taunt) Sharp Shadow - 2 charm notches (dash attack) Spell Twister - 2 charm notches (all spells cost less than a focus) Weaver Song - 2 charm notches (all throws and up taunt) Dream Shield - 3 charm notches (back air) When added together, the total charm notch cost is 11, the exact amount of charm notches the night has in the game after the Grimm update.

if you're playing with a single stock (or anything equivalent) the soul meter gains the steel soul look to it and have shade lord be the final smash, everything's the same but with shade lord for cool points

This mad man even animated landing lag for the aerials. Phenomenal stuff.

This is so incredible! I wish this was real 😭

For the costumes, you could give them a red cloak as a reference to Hornet, The protector of Hallownest and the Knights half-sibling. A light grey cloak with orange eyes as a reference to The Hollow Knight, the Knights sibling and vessel for The Radiance. A frowning mouth and one slightly shorter horn as a reference to Invincible, Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful Grey Prince Zote the strongest character in Hollow Knight. A pale brown cloak, white body and yellow eyes to represent The Radiance, the games main antagonist and the god(goddess? Idk) of dreams. A black cloak with a red body and a line going vertically through each eye to represent Troupe Master Grimm, the leader of The Grimm Troupe and vessel for The Nightmare Heart. A gold cloak, steel grey body and a gold shell to represent The Godseeker, who seeks to Attune to the gods of Hallownest (and also hijacks the entire plot) And finally pure black with very intricate horns and 8 white eyes to represent Bill/The Shade Lord, the final form of the Knight, taken on during the godmaster endings.

That final smash truly is a work of art. One thing I would add is that if the Knight is above the 100% instakill threshold you mentioned, instead of the normal void entity emerging from the Knight's shell, the Knight would instead transform into the terrifying Shade Lord that appears when you defeat the Absolute Radiance in the Pantheon of Hallownest (it also makes sense because the Shade Lord straight up kills the Absolute Radiance instead of just letting the void pull her down like what happened with the normal Radiance).

For one of his taunts he should’ve done his challenge stance.

Switch online chat one year from now: “Hey bro who do you main” “The knight” “Cool, i main rayman”

Could try having his spells transformed to the upgraded versions once he reaches 100% or so? Could increase spell damage by 1.5x and change the animations to the dark versions

Really great video here! Personally, I only thought of two alternatives; I thought the void tendrils could have been incorporated into one of his throws somehow, and that one of his taunts could have been the "CHALLENGE" pose that he strikes when facing the Mantis Lords and the Radiance. Other than that, this was really cool to watch. Even in a non-official form, the presentation was really well done and made it feel real.

This was essentially EXACTLY how I would do it, except if the knight has full soul, the next spell he uses would use two notches, and be upgraded to their shade version. Amazing video

The charms the knight was using: Sharp shadow (2), Shape of Unn (2), Thorns of agony (1), Dream shield (3) , Weaversong (2), and Defender's crest(1) . in total 11 charm notches, nice attention to detail about how many charms the play can have at once Edit: Nvm just found out it has spell twister

That final smash is absolutely incredible. The detail of the Knight waking up after the fact is just so SO good