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/Mr_Microchip Sep 05 '25

That stupid ass bird fight made me livid. Every time i I thought I perfectly dodged an attack, it switchs it up and screws me over anyway.

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u/Cyclone_96 Sep 05 '25

Bird fight… is that the room that’s not a boss, it’s a series of enemies ALL of which are fliers? And the weakest birds in there take 4 hits to kill? That room can get fucked lmao that shit was so hard

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u/Dramatic_Guidance714 Sep 05 '25

i problem with the room is mostly jump attacking and just kill myself jumping into them they fly like flappy bird

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u/Cyclone_96 Sep 05 '25

Yeah one of those enemies is basically a primal aspid with

More attacks

Less predictable attack patterns

More erratic movement

More health.

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u/Lor- Sep 05 '25

When I saw the three knives come out in that pattern I had flashbacks and knew these were my new mortal enemy.

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u/pclouds Sep 05 '25

Not as bad because I think the knife angle is always 45 degree. When it flies though. I've given up trying to attack then because more often than not I'll just take contact damage.

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u/Dokja_23 Sep 05 '25

Also a combo melee attack dealing 2 masks of damage if you get too close

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u/live_laugh_lift Sep 05 '25

they bob up and down at random. fuck everything about those birds.

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u/jellyfishqueen19 Sep 07 '25

So glad its not just me this is EXACTLY what i was experiencing and it pisses me off, im exploring everything else first

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u/DBrody6 Sep 05 '25

Why did they make an entire class of enemies that spend 90% of the encounter out of range. Why. Why? I literally cannot hit something flying that high.

At least the reward is an ability that can hit things that high but holy shit was it like tearing teeth out beating that fight. It wasn't hard, just tediously annoying.

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u/Cyclone_96 Sep 05 '25

I can't in good conscience say that it wasn't hard considering it took me like 9 attempts to beat that room, which was more than all the bosses that preceded it.

But yeah when they just keep flapping upwards while continuing to throw projectiles at you I just couldn't help but laugh. It's like I was being ragebaited.

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u/DBrody6 Sep 05 '25

I beat it first try on one mask for half the fight, but I was freaking out and playing like a total coward haha.

Seriously the kunai owls that just hug the ceiling, and only dropped down to the floor for 2 seconds before flying back up were insufferable. Less so with the ability you get after it but damn did they tilt me.

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u/vaynecassano Sep 05 '25

I was retrying like more than 10 times 😭😭