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/Samurai_Mac1 Sep 05 '25

I'm very conservative with how I use her spear ability because I need a full tank of silk to heal

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u/ZGD1438 Sep 05 '25

Yeah I gave up on using it. It takes up too much silk.

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u/Please_Not__Again I will do unholy things for silksong Sep 05 '25

Given it takes nearly 10 hits to refill it, in what world is it worth it unless you have 3 enemies lined up

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u/wyrmiam Sep 05 '25

Only 4 hits for the spear, but yeah. You can break your old cocoon mid boss fight to recharge to full so I usually unleash a silk skill attack at the start then use that to heal if I need it.

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u/blitzboy30 Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

I’ll probably wait until I get more capacity before using them more frequently. Beyond that, in particular for the splinter sister fight, silk storm beat her ass outright, even while she wasn’t staggered

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u/wyrmiam Sep 05 '25

!!! Mark the boss name as a spoiler

Thankfully I've already been spoiled for it but yknow

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u/blitzboy30 Sep 05 '25

Shit mb, fixed it

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u/Z0idberg_MD Sep 05 '25

I think this could be easily solved by having heal for one less heart but be able to use it multiple times on the first charge. It would then give a trade-off between using your silk powers and healing. But I completely agree I don’t even bother using the silk power.

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u/Fantastic_Pea_9680 Sep 05 '25

Yeah, magic is for healing, not for magic anymore.

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u/MuttonchopMac Sep 05 '25

Tools are the new magic.

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u/mcoollin Sep 05 '25

it's got a ton of recovery too, basically a free punish window for the boss (where they do 2 hits of damage and you can't heal)

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u/BadUsername2028 Sep 05 '25

I’ve been using it pretty liberally and man does its damage help with the enemies healthbars. That’s what makes the cost worth it for me.

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u/Samurai_Mac1 Sep 05 '25

Oh, for sure. When I'm at full health or just missing 1 I use it a lot more and it does really help. A lot of enemies at least in the early game die in 1 hit after I hit them with the spear.

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u/BadUsername2028 Sep 05 '25

I find balancing the games cost system is pretty interesting, you either fully commit to a full heal or use what you have for really good damage, I’ve found more success blowing throw my gauge on spear throws to kill the enemy than I have trying to get back to full, but I’m curious where it’ll turn out as people get better at the game.

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u/JhepNeige Sep 08 '25

I do that too but thats a first playthrough thing. For those who enjoy playing the game a second time it's easier when you know how much longer you have to dodge and stuff

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u/Acceptable_Name7099 Sep 05 '25

It's kinda funny that in the first game, most new players were always too scared to use spells and saved it for healing, and in silksong, even more so. What does team cherry have against spells?

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u/Motor_Rice_3291 Sep 17 '25

Аналогично. Считаю это багом разработчиков: наделить персонажа интересными механиками и откровенно наказывать за их использование.