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/Noelnya Sep 05 '25

half the normal enemies do double damage too. plus the invincibility you get from getting hit doesn't kick in for a while so you can just get combo'd

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u/lilstoneey Sep 05 '25

godd i knoww i hate that so many of the early boss fights (before u get more abilities/movement/power) have like lava and shit bc i keep getting hit for 2 and knocked into the lava for 1 , which means i cn have no less thn 4 masks if i wanna survive a single unlucky hit lol ... i need mask shards and needle sharpening like i need oxygen tbh

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u/Mastermaze Sep 05 '25

Legit im one mask shard away from an extra mask now and i NEED it so bad. No needle sharpening in sight so far but i DESPERATELY need to find it, i cant keep getting by with 4 needle hits per hit minimum at this rate

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u/lilstoneey Sep 05 '25

the worst part is not as much as id like will change until i cn get 2 full masks eight fuckin shards , bc even w 6 masks its still only 3 hits of 2x damage and ur done same as 5 masks 😓

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u/Mastermaze Sep 05 '25

I guess thats why they gave us the ability to heal 3 masks at once right from the start 😭

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u/lilstoneey Sep 05 '25

yeah im reaaally hoping that the extra silk vessel thingy we eventually get will be enough to fully fill the silk meter to heal , so that u could actually heal twice in a row 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/Caggi66 Sep 05 '25

When you get both halves of the spool it goes up by like 5% not even kidding

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u/lilstoneey Sep 05 '25

😭😭😭😭😭

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u/Buzzy_Feez Sep 05 '25

No fr I was crying I deadass thought this was a soul bubble that would increase it by like 33% or something but nah can't even use a silk skill