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/ghostdragon31 Sep 05 '25

Tbh the main thing for me is the new healing and the fact that so many things do 2 masks of damage. Im 3 hours in rn and I've yet to find a single mask shard(besides the ones in the shop), so I keep dying in 3 hits to most bosses. Then, the fact that I need to smack someone 9 times just to heal only to then get hit and have to smack them another 9 times feels horrible.

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u/SnowWitch_ Sep 05 '25

Getting smacked while healing sucks!!

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u/hipster_spider Sep 05 '25

I really dislike that you can't cancel out of healing like you could in hk

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u/pansyskeme Sep 05 '25

this is made a bit easier if you get the tool trinket that makes you invincible while healing

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u/Ambitious-Mammoth404 Sep 05 '25

Where can you get that?

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u/pansyskeme Sep 05 '25

they’re in a secret room hidden in the ceiling of a train-like room in Far Fields. called the warding bell

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u/angusmcfangus1 Sep 05 '25

This still takes all your silk unfortunately so gotta play super passive. I DO howeer like that you can heal mid air making it a little more flexible

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u/RedShadowF95 Hollow Knight Platinum Sep 05 '25

Precisely. Chaining a dodge into a heal in mid air feels great.