Paintmaster Sheo

Paintmaster Sheo is a quest boss in Hollow Knight introduced in Godmaster. He sits at the top of the Pantheon of the Artist in Godhome.

Behaviour and Tactics
Paintmaster Sheo is the final boss of the Pantheon of the Artist, the second of five pantheons located in Godhome. At the beginning of the fight, Sheo can be seen painting the Godseeker's mask. He uses different colour paint blobs to attack, his signature Nail Art being the Great Slash, performed in the Great Slash attack. Unlike Oro and Mato, he does not use a great nail and he can be staggered after 12 hits. Sheo's attacks are all pretty fast, so Quick Focus is highly recommended. Healing is even easier when Quick Focus is combined with Shape of Unn as the player can heal by moving around and dodging paint blobs. This combo allows safe healing during any of the Paintmaster's attacks except the Paint Spear attack.

However, there are always opportunities to heal without the help of Quick Focus. The player can heal during Sheo's Great Slash attack and the Paint Stomp attack. However, the paint blobs can hit the Knight during that time if they stand too close to Sheo.

A well-timed Shade Cloak means the player can always dash through incoming paint blobs in the Paint Stomp and Paint Slash attacks. Remain in place until Sheo starts the attack, then dash immediately. Dashing should only occur after the paint blobs have nearly touched the ground during the Paint Stomp attack, or else dashing too early sometimes results in the player dashing into another paint blob. It is better to dash towards the Paintmaster during his Paint Splash attack because this allows the player to get in some hits, especially with Quick Slash.

Spells such as Abyss Shriek can deal massive damage to Sheo when he is in the air. Descending Dark can be used for invincibility and damage Sheo when he's close. Shade Soul is not as useful because there's only one brother fighting, unlike in the Oro and Mato fight. Descending Dark does much more damage.

Trivia

 * Sheo loses all paint stains on his apron the moment he engages the fight.

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