Esmy

Emsy is the same species as Sly. Some mistake them for brothers.

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**Emsy** is a character first appearing in *Hollow Knight: Shadownail*. He is a bug who was a fellow Nailsage alongside his friend Sly. He is a shopkeeper and an optional boss.

## LORE

Esmy used to be a Nailsage who was friends with Sly. He taught the Pure Vessel to fight with the nail. The Pale King recognized Esmy's skill and gave him a large amount of Geo as a reward. After earning the Geo he bought gear to tunnel deep underground to attempt to find special Ores to create an incredibly powerful Nail. But while they were tunneling, they ran into mass amounts of Infection. Emsy and Sly fought back, but eventually, they got overwhelmed. Esmy told Sly to escape, while he fought back against the Infection. Eventually, Esmy got Infected, but the cave had collapsed and Infected Esmy was trapped. After the Knight destroyed The Radiance, Esmy was freed from Infection, and tunneled out. He discovered that Sly had taken up shopkeeping, so Emsy decided to become one too, like his friend.

## Current

Esmy now sells many items at his shop, The Wandering Nail, in the bottom right corner of the City of Refuge. He sells many key items, like the Specter Key. But his most prized possesion is the Ultimate Nail, which can only be visible after beating his boss fight. His boss fight is fast- paced and gives only small windows to attack and heal.

## Boss Fight

To trigger the fight, you need have bought all other items from Esmy. After finding the Black Blast spell and defeating Void Legend, he will now have special dialogue. He will tell you about the Ultimate Nail, and tell you about a challenge you must first face to win the Ultimate Nail. Upon accepting, Esmy will hit a button in his shop, and you will fall down into a special arena. Esmy will wield the Ultimate Nail, and you will engage in battle.

## Attacks

Emsy hits fast and hard, with about a 2- second pause in between attacks, and each attack deals 2 masks each, unless specified not to.

* **Cyclone Slash:** Esmy will charge up for about half a second, and then use the Cyclone Slash. Every 1.5 seconds he will send out Grubberfly's Elegy beams too, alternating from right to left. This attack lasts 9 seconds.
* **Great Slash:** Esmy will charge up for about half a second, then unleash four Great Slashes in a row. Each Great Slash cause knockback as to prevent being caught in all four slashes. Great Slashes deal 2 masks each.
* **Dash Slash:** Esmy will charge up for about half a second, then Dash Slash three times in a row. All of them will be aimed at you, and he can dash diagonally and vertically.
* **Ultra Slash**: Esmy will charge up for about 1.5 seconds, and then slash in a massive area. The area covered will be about 66% of the screen, most of it in front of him. He will hit a little above and below him as well. This deals 3 masks of damage.
* **Flurry Slash**: A constant bunch of slashes. The hitbox is small but it deals 1 mask per swipe with no knockback, making it risky to attack or heal at the wrong time.
* **Hop:** Esmy will leap around in a high arc, mainly to get around.
* **Nail Slam:** Esmy will charge up, then drive his nail into the ground, sending out two wide shockwaves and two tall ones, two on either side. You will need invincibility to dodge the tall wave. This leaves Esmy very open to attack.

* ***Special Attack;* Thousand Nail Strikedown:** When Esmy's HP is down very low, there will be a chance of him putting all of his attack power into one final strike. He's have channeled so much energy into his nail, it shatters into a thousand pieces. Once they've finished charging, the pieces of the large nail bombard the knight at lightning speed, killing him. The charge will take about 6 seconds to charge. Once it's finished charging, the knight may be able to dodge it for a little while, but not for long, and will continue to be struck by nail shards until they die.

## Stagger

Esmy will stagger after 13 hits (10 with combo in under 15 seconds.). During his stagger, he gets launched away from you while his nail gets stuck in the ground. He immediately rushes to try and pull it out. It lasts about 2 seconds. You can still take damage from the nail.

## Recommended Charms

* Quick Slash
* Nailmaster's Glory
* Mark of Pride/ Longnail
* Fragile/Unbreaking Strength
* Dashmaster
* Sharp Shadow