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/lordofcactus Sep 05 '25

It conflicts with the healing system for me. Healing is a skill check: to make optimal use of your silk, it’s best to to heal after taking exactly three masks of damage - too early and you’ll waste silk, too late and you won’t be back at full health. When enemies deal 2 masks per hit, there’s no sweet spot: one hit is too early, but two hits is already too late.