KamikazePotato posted...
Forgot to comment on this, but:
Old Nail - 5 damage per swing
Sharpened Nail - 9 damage
Channeled Nail - 13 damage
Coiled Nail - 17 damage
Pure Nail - 21 damage
So yes, even if we assume that most average players only upgraded their nail to Channeled, you were still playing the game at like...1/3 of your potential DPS.
I would actually think the "normal" upgrade level is probably Coiled/Nail3, as that only requires finding half (3) of the upgrade ores, the final upgrade using the rest. So even more impressive! I've done a lot of Nail 0 stuff in rando and it's uh, not always a fun time.
There's some weird quirks with it too: spells are still at full power unlike in Silksong where they are tied to nail level. And dream warriors in Hollow Knight also have HP scaling based on your nail, so not upgrading your nail actually makes them easier to kill with spells! (obligatory fuck you Markoth)