Winged Nosk

Winged Nosk is a quest boss in Hollow Knight introduced in Godmaster. It is a tougher and flying form of Nosk assuming at first Hornet's shape instead of the Knight's.

Behaviour and Tactics
Winged Nosk has four attacks, they are similar to both Nosk's and Vengefly King's attacks:
 * Scurry: Winged Nosk will swoop down and quickly skitter across the platform, and then will swoop up on the opposite end.


 * Summoning Screech: Winged Nosk will screech and summon 2 Infected Balloons. There is a maximum of 6 Infected Balloons that can be alive at once.


 * Outbreak: Nosk will spew two blobs of infection at its feet and twelve more blobs in equal amounts to both its right and left, similar to Nosk's Eruption. They will fly in parabolic arcs leaving moderate gaps in between each blob after landing. Each blob will linger for half a second. Generally, only 4 blobs will land onto the arena with the rest flying off the edge. This attack will also always be followed up by a Scurry attack.


 * Downpour: Winged Nosk will fly up, disappear into the ceiling and drop down a wave of ~7 Infection blobs at once each separated by a small gap in a very short amount of time. Each blob will linger for half a second. Generally, only 5 blobs will land onto the arena with the rest falling off the edge. After this attack is over Winged Nosk flies back down to its previous position before the attack. Winged Nosk will only use this attack after reaching half health.

Trivia

 * When it dies, Winged Nosk drops Hornet's shell which can be hit around.
 * Winged Nosk references Nosk's original concept design where it had wings and a longer tail.