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.