using 112 rotation for phase 2 is a good safety strat if you really need to avoid taking hits here, if you get fake dives in any of the first 3 dives your kill is pretty much on par with the riskier wall strat. timing on the jump is important to get the shade souls off regardless of whether he fake dives or not in some of these scenarios
7Strats for Soul Master p2 with a 2 soul start.
The first is a dmg tank that gets you a 15.0s kill, but is very easy to mess up since the timing is tight and he can easily i-frame your 2nd shade soul if you're not careful.
The second is a much easier dmgless version that gets you a 15.5s kill
Several different strats for Soul Master p2 with a 1 soul start. The first is 15.8s for guaranteed dmgless.
The 2nd and 3rd are rng to get hit, 15.5s if you don't, 15.8s if you do.
The last two show good backups for fakedives. 15.9s if you get one for the first attack, 15.0s if you get one for the 2nd
better dmgless Soul Master p2 strat for a 0 soul start, 16.3 second kill. This is the same speed as the dmg tank version that gets a shade soul off before getting hit
Better strat for the dmg tank fast kill on Soul Master.
Saves 0.4 since you get to skip a cast after the dmg tank.
You wanna cast right before he spawns, not too difficult to time with a little bit of practice if you have a good feel for when he starts a new dive.
Try to lean towards being late rather than early since you can just back it up with the normal strat if you're late and don't get the cast off.
This strat also allows you to do a nailcancel after the dmg tank if you missed one of the earlier hits. (Just make sure you don't nailcancel too fast because he will i-frame it)
5consistent strat to deal soul master phase 2 in 3 rounds if you have some soul
3new soul master phase 2 quick kill. doesn't require damage tanking, which is good.
16setup for early control, swing 3 times after seeing the particles in the background, very lax, works even when greeded or slow, i've heard rumors that its good for cp as well, don't start off the fight with a fb as you could technically have storage if you do so
2I'm not a Hollow Knight speedrunner, but i found this method of killing soul master/tyrant which turns out to be faster than the usual way of killing the boss
(in the clip I use crystal dash, but it is not necessary, I just used it because it looks cool!)