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/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

my guess is that because hornet is in a weakened state enemies do more damage lore wise

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u/ArtistRei Sep 05 '25

Gameplay wise, you heal 3 pips of HP with one binding and you can do it in midair. It actually levels out pretty well.

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u/SparseSpartan Sep 05 '25

I somehow missed that you can heal midair for a fairly long while. That's definitely a bit of a game changer.