Enraged Guardian

"Heavyset miner of the Crystal Peak overcome by crystal growth. Can discharge blazing beams of light from its crystallised limbs. How does the world look to this creature, gazing out from within its crystal prison? Does it see only light? Is that what drives it into a frenzy?"

The Enraged Guardian is the second form of the Crystal Guardian and an optional boss in Hollow Knight. It is faster and tougher than its original form and deals twice the amount of damage from physical attack or with its yellow light beams. Both forms have to be beaten to unlock its Journal entry.

Behaviour and Tactics
The Enraged Guardian has the same attacks as before but is more aggressive; its attacks deal two masks of damage instead of one, and the Sky attack's beams appear one after the other rather than simultaneously. Visually the beams are now orange instead of pale pink.

The strategies discussed for the Crystal Guardian work for the Enraged Guardian too. In addition, when standing on the far right of the room, most of the beams from above will not hit the Knight, so they only really have to watch for the Guardian's Laser Beam attack. When the Enraged Guardian jumps close to the player, it tends to shoot backwards giving time to land multiple hits during each backwards Laser Beam attack.



Location
The Enraged Guardian is directly above the room where the Crystal Guardian is fought. It can only be encountered if the first form has been defeated. Reaching it also requires the Monarch Wings.

Trivia

 * The name Enraged Guardian was coined in the Godmaster content pack, prior to which it was commonly referred to as simply "Crystal Guardian 2".
 * Beating the Crystal Guardian's first phase in Godhome will not contribute to unlock his Hunter's Journal second entry.

Guardiano Adirato