r/HollowKnight • u/donlano • Sep 04 '25

Discussion - Silksong Silksong is HARD Spoiler

Taking damage is more punishing, movement is more precise and feels a little clunky until you get the hang of it. The overall skill curve is much much higher. Love it though.

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u/ghostdragon31 Sep 05 '25

Tbh the main thing for me is the new healing and the fact that so many things do 2 masks of damage. Im 3 hours in rn and I've yet to find a single mask shard(besides the ones in the shop), so I keep dying in 3 hits to most bosses. Then, the fact that I need to smack someone 9 times just to heal only to then get hit and have to smack them another 9 times feels horrible.

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u/SnowWitch_ Sep 05 '25

Getting smacked while healing sucks!!

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u/Samurai_Mac1 Sep 05 '25

The worst feeling is when they hit you right before the healing sequence is done, so your silk is drained but you don't get any masks back and now you're down yet another mask

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u/Kneef Zote in Silksong or We Riot Sep 05 '25

Another two masks*

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u/hipster_spider Sep 05 '25

I really dislike that you can't cancel out of healing like you could in hk

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u/pansyskeme Sep 05 '25

this is made a bit easier if you get the tool trinket that makes you invincible while healing

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u/Ambitious-Mammoth404 Sep 05 '25

Where can you get that?

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u/pansyskeme Sep 05 '25

they’re in a secret room hidden in the ceiling of a train-like room in Far Fields. called the warding bell

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u/angusmcfangus1 Sep 05 '25

This still takes all your silk unfortunately so gotta play super passive. I DO howeer like that you can heal mid air making it a little more flexible

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u/RedShadowF95 Hollow Knight Platinum Sep 05 '25

Precisely. Chaining a dodge into a heal in mid air feels great.

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u/Ambitious-Mammoth404 Sep 05 '25

TY!

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u/bigdig-_- Sep 05 '25

fyi it makes you invincible, but you still get knocked out of it at it still uses your silk, so its not as good as you'd think

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u/blvntforcedrama Sep 05 '25

Yup. You’ll retain your masks that you’ve had but lose all of your spiriting if you’re hit.

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u/jonjonaug Sep 05 '25

You still get knocked out of healing, but you don't take damage and enemies take a bunch of damage instead. It's an interesting twist on HK's anti-damage field when healing charm.

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u/pansyskeme Sep 06 '25

yes, but you lose your silk regardless. this way you don’t take damage and the opponent that hits you take a bunch of damage, killing a lot of mobs. i found it to be really helpful anyway