I have the shadow mantle but this shit is still hard as hell

haha hes easy to beat

what does the shadow mantle do?

it makes the knight not 1 and 2 shot you

nice

makes you take way less damage from dark and star type attacks (which is the type of attacks the Knight uses)

You have to get s-rank or buy the counterfeit s for both boards and beat a minigame similar to the boards and a fairly tough boss to get it, and is what makes the Knight fight actually beatable for most people

alr

I suggest equipping it on Susie because she's the only person who can really damage the Knight in any meaningful way with Rude Buster

Also if anyone besides Kris dies they go down to -999 hp and basically can only get up if you have revive mints or revive dust

you can actually access that area by getting a Z-Rank (just BARELY passing)

there's a manhole you can climb through in the Z-Rank room to get to the backstage area

there's some guy who's beating the knight without the shadow mantle every day until chapter 5

I can believe it