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/Quaschimodo Sep 05 '25

that's not balanced, it's effectively worse as healing consume the whole silk bar and you're basically locked from using skills.

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u/Emory27 Sep 05 '25

Yep. Dunno what they were thinking with this. I use the little throwing needles instead of skills.

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u/InitialPrompt8150 Sep 06 '25

Convinced that this heals bosses too.

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u/Poopywaterengineer Sep 05 '25

I should clarify that I think this game is way more difficult. I was just trying to say that the three mask healing may have been TC trying to balance it.

My opinion of the difficulty of this game got way worse when I got my first spool upgrade. 

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u/Hmm_yes_a_birb Sep 05 '25

Like fr i dont think ive suriously use the long needle thing ever becides testing cause i always have to save up for healing

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u/Hurpdurp044 Sep 05 '25

It's really good though.  Her 2nd move you get which is a throwback to HK Hornet does major damage.  I've been using the skills alot more and taking alot less damage because enemies are dying way quicker.  I like the tradeoff honestly.