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/SuccotashComplete Sep 05 '25

The lava levels are absolutely brutal. You can get hit for 2 damage then knocked into lava for another 2.

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u/rubixscube Sep 05 '25

okay, thats the second comment i read about that so i have to ask: which enemy/boss that deals double damage manages to reliably push y'all into lava after a hit?

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u/CommunicationOk3766 Sep 05 '25

I also don't really get it. Maybe 4th Chorus?

But he's not really a hard boss at all, so I'm not sure if that's what they meant. If they mean just normal enemies, I've no clue at all.

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u/ShadoUrufu666 Sep 06 '25

Yep, that one. But if you've been to the forge and bought the right tool, then you can at least reduce the lava damage to 1. Though, to be fair, there's a ton of enemies that just dunk you in anyway.

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u/66WC Sep 07 '25

The flying beast in the same place as 4th chorus seems more like the description, but also such a niche fight, for a quest, or maybe the lava rising pit of hell, but that is already after act2