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So I'd like to take a little time to talk about both these characters, because I'm a huge stan for both and I think I know them pretty well.

Doomguy is pretty well known - quintessential FPS protagonist, killed six billion demons, yadda yadda yadda. What I want to emphasize about him is an oft forgotten fact - he's fast. I can bring up numbers, but they don't really matter. What's important to remember is he's far, far beyond peak human speeds. He's a kiting machine and should be absolutely treated as such. It's to the point they kept that as a canonical trait in the Doom reboot and followed it up by giving him literal rocket boosters for Doom Eternal.

The Hollow Knight comes from a more recent game - if you haven't played it, it's basically Metroidvania meets Dark Souls, and for my money, the best metroidvania of the last decade. He has all the mobility tools and versatility you'd expect from the protagonist of such a game - double jump, dashes, wallclimbs, superdash that can propel him through the air infinitely, you get the idea. His most notable tool is the Shade Cloak, which allows him to turn intangible briefly and, thanks to a Charm (ability modifier) he has equipped for this fight, cut through enemies, damaging them, if he dashes through them. He has the ability to heal himself if he focuses, using 'Soul' which he obtains from hitting enemies quite quickly, and he can cast a few offensive spells with his 'Soul' as well. His durability is a bit unknown, but it's worth noting he tanked a fall that's about fifteen (yes you read that right) screens long into a pile of hard corpses before his adventure even started, and he has 'masks' that act as hitpoints and amplify his durability further, keeping his body from collapsing so his void essence doesn't disperse. More powerful attacks break more masks, so he can probably take a few hits but not too many.

However, durability isn't what makes the Knight impressive. It's something else that I think even people who played Hollow Knight not too recently ought to check out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3navOsvDCw" data-time="&start=2089

You probably noticed the amount of seconds on the timestamp above. This is the end of a boss rush that pits the Knight against enhanced versions of every single boss in the game, DLCs included, with only a few breaks every 6 to 10 bosses. This boss rush is canonical, requires defeating every other boss in the game in batches of 10, sets up an upcoming DLC, and leads to a full-fledged ending, overriding the finale that existed before the DLC it came with was released. If you want to see the Knight in action, I recommend giving it a look. It's maybe 6 minutes of actual showings, all in all.
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Shine on, you crazy diamond.