Talk:Grey Prince Zote/@comment-1507103-20171225211823

For the 10th and final candle I was at 9 masks (since he hits for 8 masks, you'll really want to top off on masks first so you can take that one free hit) and used the following to finally beat him: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister and Soul Eater (9 charm notches required). I also heavily recommend having the Shade Cloak before you fight him.

Basically, all your nail attacks are there just to build up as much SOUL as possible so you can spam Descending Dark whenever you need to. Because of how erratic his movepool is, you'll be wanting to rely on Descending Dark's immunity frames to avoid getting hit during his more insane combos. Kill all the adds for SOUL (and so they don't linger and hurt you later), and always use Descending Dark when he comes down from the ceiling to damage him and get 2 hits in with your nail afterwards. Keep up that SOUL and magic him to death.