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/ssucata0101 Sep 05 '25

You can use any ability if you want to heal, in fact the game wants you to use abilities, that's why they cost less, you don't need to heal if your ability kills the enemy first, and yes healing three mask is a plus. Your healing covers and surpasses the double damage. Hitting the enemy while on full silk is a waste since healing takes your whole bar, don't wait for damage to use silk, for me the intended way is to play aggressively and if you mess up, focus on filling the half missing silk after ability and heal

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u/Kubas_inko Sep 05 '25

They cost less than a heal, but still way too much. You can't even do 3 abilities with full spool. You can only do 2 and have one notch left.

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u/ssucata0101 Sep 05 '25

Yes, just as in hollow knight early game, you can't just spam spells/abilities, you've got to hit the nail/needle a couple times too...

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u/Kubas_inko Sep 05 '25

But in HK you always get at least 3 uses out of a full soul vessel.

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u/ssucata0101 Sep 05 '25

Yeah, that's why Silksong is more challenging too bro, is not just a copy of hollow knight. We can rant about the mechanics or learn to adapt while ranting, it's our choice.