Hollow Knight : How to Beat The Collector Boss Fight

Beating the Collector Boss in Hollow Knight

[ahndeux]

I hate it when people say its easy because they maxed out all their weapons.

[WebFuture]

Guys if you crystal heart into the room you can glitch out during his scream so you can get a ton of extra hits before the fight even begins

[mackenzie.l-b]

You make it look so easy, I find this guy impossible. There's so much happening on screen that I can't concentrate on it all

[xiaxiyan]

defender’s crest, grubsong, weaversong glowing womb, and quick focus for an ultra-defensive build where you just try to dodge everything as your minions do all the work

[irregular_dream]

I once had a glitch during this fight which allowed me to hit him even when he was doing his crazy laughter animation

[tero]

Okay this guy has to have been patched. Whooping my ass. I never get that stun lock that you had for the finish I can only get one hit and he is taking WAY more damage to kill. I am one upgrade away from max. The bugs die in one hit still.

[isorax]

I found a bug to defeat him easily! Before entering the room make a crystal heart dash, this will allow you to hit him while he does his laughing intro! If your nail is upgraded at least 3 times you can actually get him into phase 1!

[zacharysouth]

Charms to use: Grubsong, quick slash, spell twister, glowing womb. Do desolate dive right after The Collector spawns his enemies. Then do a normal nail attack while dodging his random jumps. Let me know if this helped.

[RealMagentaFrFr]

Tip: if you Crystal heart towards the collector you can keep hitting him while he’s having a laughing fit. Potentially skipping the first phase. But unlesss your good at timing you might have too take some damage

[spektyr]

Having the sharp shadow charm in addition to the shade cloak helps, because when you dash through the enimies, you’ll kill them very quickly

[bingoviini]

This is the reason why I can't beat the third patheon.
This drops me to 1-3 masks and then I get my ass kikked by the god tamer.
And after the god tamer is Grimm, grey prince and Hornet.
You can brobably see where this is going.

[dinryu]

This is my charm combo and the ones with an asterisk definitely contributed. I mainly dodged and attacked the jar drops.
Soul Catcher*
Grubsong*
Longnail
Thorn of Agony*
Defender's Crest
Weaversong*

[finaal_]

Your guides help me so much I don't know how many times i got so frustrated with a boss and I found a video by you and I beat the boss. I watch reylea his guides are amazing but your boss guides are just phenomenal.

[ovlergaming]

He looks and sounds like a crazy cartoon character

[max_bayes]

am i the only one who thinks the fact that collector puts our shade in a jar is very funny?

[davidcherepanov]

nobody:
Collector: ahaa uhuu uhuhuuhuuhuu

[mikeuk]

your guides have helped so much playing on switch, thanks

[trfinnila]

The collector after realizing we were supposed to have fun: understandable have a great day

[nothinglackspurpose]

the easiest way to beat him is with level 3 nail, upgraded vengeful spirit (use the elegant key from sly in the soul sanctum), soul eater (or soul catcher), spell twister (found in soul sanctum above the doorway you go through to fight soul master), and shaman stone (bought from salubra).attack the smaller enemies the collector spawns (you should be able to kill them in one hit) and use the soul from them to cast spells to damage the collector or heal if you have too. dodge the collectors attacks, and keep spamming spells, and the collector should be defeated pretty quickly

[scorchingrose]

If you having trouble beating the collector I beat it with the channeled nail it was hard until I put this build. Charms: Defenders Crest, Grubsong, Weaversong, Quick Focus, and Stalwart Shell. It’s a more defensive and tank build the minions help with the little mobs and quick focus and stelwart shell help with recovery I highly recommend using it. good luck!!