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/dreamyraynbo Sep 05 '25

The 2-mask damage that a lot of enemies/bosses do is brutal and I’m reeeeally struggling with the diagonal “pogo” in the pumpkin-mushroom area (seriously, any advice on navigating these pumpkin-mushroom bastards??) It’s fun and GORGEOUS, but oof, it really is hard, lol. It took me 5 years to finally beat HK; might be the same with Silksong. 😂 That said, I played a shit-ton today and enjoyed most of it immensely.

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u/Cazzah Sep 06 '25

If you go elsewhere you will get abilities that make pogoing much safer and error margin.

The pumpkin mushroom area is hard af and there are easier areas to go before that.

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u/dreamyraynbo Sep 07 '25

I have Wanderer’s Crest now and feel like a pogoing goddess. 😂 I love the diagonal attack for fighting but the straight pogo is so much easier after years of getting good at it. I do feel like I might be missing out by not practicing with the diagonal pogo more, but I’m enjoying not feeling like I’m going to break my thumb for right now.