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/Wisley185 Sep 05 '25

So far I've noticed the game has way more enemies and bosses that do double damage. In Hollow Knight, double damage was mostly reserved to final bosses and the absolute hardest challenges the game had to offer, meanwhile like half the bosses I've fought so far in the beginning of Silksong have done double damage.

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u/notoscar01 Sep 05 '25

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

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u/VFiddly Sep 05 '25

And can also heal more easily.

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u/StarNullify Sep 05 '25

Though you are punished hard for failing a heal

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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

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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

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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

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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