Talk:Nightmare King Grimace/@comment-35499802-20180522230726

I just beat him! One mask of health left, it was quite the struggle.

The gear:

all 9 masks, 3 vessels, pure nail.

The charms:

Void heart (can't unequip), Grimmchild (needed for the fight nowadays), sharp shadow, dashmaster, quick focus, sprintmaster, 1 1-notch throwaway (I used spore shroom)

How I did it:

Sharp shadow + dashmaster = super long, high damage dash. I used this to dash through his uppercut dash, and then either ran to the other side of the room and jumped over the fire or just tried to dodge it as best I could. His dive I double jumped over, and then did 1 downward strike just before he teleported (he is about 2/3 of the height of his hitbox before he straightens up). For his firebats attack I jumped over the first low, and then waited until I was level with the first high and shadow-dashed towards him, getting in 1-2 strikes. For the fire pillar I ran towards him and got in 2-3 upwards strikes, and the moment the 4th and final pillar showed itself (before it even erupted) I got out of the way and healed 1 mask. I tried to heal 1 mask during his cloak spike attack, but that was more inconsistent. I healed during his bat phase as well. For the fireball attack, I stayed close to him at first, backing up to give myself room and only shadow-dashing when absolutely necessary.

Overall, I would HIGHLY recommend getting all upgrades before facing him. It was a hard fight, and I can't even begin to imagine how hard it would be with fewer masks/nail upgrades (vessels didn't matter much, I had a hard time getting enough soul even to heal). It took me 1 1/2 hours to beat him.

The upgraded charm is kinda cute and is okay.

Would I do it again?

Hell yeah.