When it comes to the Leap, just run to the area with space. If you’re good, you can jump and nail bounce over the claw and avoid more damage. When you see a claw go up, back off and avoid whatever is coming your way. ( ) the best tactic is to get a few hits in and then back away before it retaliates you. This is a good loadout that will really help you blast through this boss like it’s paper. If you have the Mark of Pride and Longnail charms, then you can hit the boss without it retaliating. Best Strategy Image Source: Gamers Decide

The boss will stand still while the blobs are in the air, so you can get some decent hits in while they’re flying. They’re going to deal damage as soon as they hit you, so avoid them like the plague. The blobs will be fire towards whatever side of the arena you’re on. They’ll shoot up and over to land on you and hurt you. The boss fires out blobs of infection at you and will shoot those in an arc. But make sure that you do the same for the returning leap as well. To avoid the attack, you need to get underneath it and avoid it. Once it lands, it’ll immediately jump back towards the position it was before the leap. It’s aiming at where you were when it jumped. This applies to the moment that the boss jumps because it won’t aim at your location from that point. It’ll always be aiming at where you’re standing. The boss is going to jump into the air, leap if you will, to your location. Bear in mind that the boss is going to use this attack before a Leap or Vomit move. The boss will spit three or four times and can use it in conjunction with Slash. It doesn’t matter what side of the arena you’re on. IF you see if skittering towards you or away from you, then it could well be doing this move and about to be spitting infection. It’ll be skittering across the ground it does this. The boss will spit orbs of infection in arcs towards you. If you want to avoid it, you need to stay away from it and keep your distance. It’ll probably use it in conjunction with the Spit attack. The boss will only use this attack if you get too close to it though. This can come from either claw, so expect any one of them to appear and hit you. The boss will use either of its claws to slash down and attack you. Hollow Knight Brooding Mawlek has a much more limited moveset than others, like those in Dead Cells, but it’s still a lethal foe to battle against. Attacks and Strategies Image Source: YouTube Watch out, because it’ll leap into the arena as soon as you enter it, and explode with infection as soon as it’s dead. Infection and loneliness have driven this creature mad. While it’s sat there, it’s calling for the fossilized forms of its friends around it to mate.

This is far from any of its brethren in the world in the Ancient Basin. You can come across one of them in the Forgotten Crossroads. It’s also a mini-boss within the Colosseum of Fools. This boss is actually a secret boss in Hollow Knight. What is Brooding Mawlek? Image Source: YouTube In this Hollow Knight Brooding Mawlek guide, we’ll cover how to kill this enemy when you face it.

The thing about this particular creature is that it become aggressive if it can’t socialize with its own kind. It has a lot more health and can deal more damage to you than its standard form. When this happens, the boss is usually a lot tougher. Some of them are both standard enemies and bosses. Within Hollow Knight, there are many bosses.

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