Hollow Knight (UP)

The second fight with Hornet takes place much later into the game at Kingdom's Edge, near the Cast-Off Shell. Her moveset is more or less the same with a few additions. The first is that she now sets up spike balls throughout the boss room. They will disappear when struck with your nail so it's important to destroy them as soon as possible or Hornet's fast movements will leave you cornered. Her second new ability is the ability to counter your nail attacks. She will get into a defensive stance and if your nail hits hers, she will block it and swing back at you. There are a few ways to get past this: you can either stop and wait until her blocking animation stops, possibly using this time to heal, you can still use spells on her so either fire a Vengeful Spirit or Desolate Dive are her or you can jump behind her and attack her from there. The fight goes about the same as the normal Hornet battle and once you defeat her, she will retreat once more and the trophy will be yours.