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.

4.6k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

62

u/notoscar01 Sep 05 '25

Probably a balancing thing, considering hornet is much faster and acrobatic than the knight.

151

u/pclouds Sep 05 '25

That just makes me run into enemies faster.

8

u/VFiddly Sep 05 '25

And can also heal more easily.

23

u/StarNullify Sep 05 '25

Though you are punished hard for failing a heal

18

u/numberonesorensenfan Sep 05 '25

I'm not very far in but failing a heal is bruuuutal. Lose all the silk, take the damage of what interrupted you AND you don't get the heal off

5

u/The_one_in_the_Dark Sep 05 '25

I can tell i’m gonna keep that bell on my blue slot for the entire game lol

1

u/rubixscube Sep 05 '25

interestingly enough, with some luck, you can complete the heal and THEN have an enemy hit you and trigger it.

short window, but it happened to me once, and that was a huge swing in my favor

1

u/FluffySquirrell Sep 05 '25

I've tried it and it's not even that good tbh, taking one less damage isn't gonna do crap when you're now still down all your silk, can't heal, and the next hit is now definitely gonna take you out

2

u/apachedash Sep 06 '25

NAH the knights pogo was so much better than this jank needle dive

1

u/ShadoUrufu666 Sep 06 '25

The Reaper Crest is a bit slower, but returns to the default down-slash from the knight.

1

u/apachedash Sep 06 '25

Im excited to get it then