How to Unlock Charge Attack: Needle Strike Location
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Unlock the charge attack by meeting the Pinstress in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Learn how to unlock the charge attack here and how to perform a charge attack in this guide.
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How to Unlock Charge Attack
Meet the Pinstress in Blasted Steps
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To unlock the Charge Attack, simply meet the Pinstress in the Blasted Steps. Speak with her as soon as you reach her room in this area to learn the Needle Strike, or Charge Attack.
How to Perform a Charge Attack
Hold the Attack Button
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Depending on your console, you just need to hold the attack button to charge, then release it to deal damage.
Needle Strikes Crest Variations
All Needle Strikes by Crest Equipped
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 Hunter Crest
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 Reaper Crest
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 Wanderer Crest
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 Beast Crest
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 Witch Crest
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 Architect Crest
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 Shaman Crest
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The Needle Strike, or Charge Attack, can change depending on the crest equipped. Feel free to change Hornet's moveset by equipping a different crest that fits your playstyle.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Related Guides
All Ability Locations and Upgrades
All Abilities and Ancestral Arts
| Silksong Abilities | |
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| Swift Step (Dash) |
Drifter's Cloak (Glide) |
| Cling Grip (Wall Jump) |
Needolin |
| Needle Strike (Charge Attack) |
Clawline (Grappling Hook) |
| Faydown Cloak (Double Jump) |
Beastling Call |
| Silk Soar (Super Jump) |
Elegy of the Deep |
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