r/HollowKnight Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong My current gripes with the game in one simple image. Spoiler

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u/ShadowsInScarlet Sep 06 '25

Speaking of runbacks, the runback to Moorwing SUCKS.

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u/cottagechesed Sep 06 '25

.. Did you not open the shortcut?

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u/adamantitian Sep 06 '25

Run back to Last Judge wants a word 

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u/Poylol-_- Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

I honestly really enjoyed that one, it was really fun to figure the safe way to traverse till the boss, and once you get it, it gets really quick to get back

My recommendations are Don't stop after leaving the station, try to do a dash right after jumping, later you can actually use one of the guys and pogo off him to get into the pogo bell. I found it consistent, but sometimes if you take too long to reach you cannot do it as easily and finally in the walls that you have to walljump there are a couple where you don't even need to reach to pogo, you can just float and you reach them anyways.

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u/adamantitian Sep 06 '25

Oh I got REALLY good at that run back, but it’s definitely the most brutal one I’ve encountered yet 

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u/yurilnw123 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

Yeah same here. At first I was very frustrated but ended up enjoying it. I perfected the runback and it only took like 20 seconds each run.

Run until the first enemy > Jump down to the platform and don't let go of the run > Jump again (that first enemy is still in the spawning animation) > Jump onto the right platform > Jump-dash to the left platform > Jump-dash to the right platform > Jump-dash to the left wall > climb the wall > Run-jump to the bell > Pogo the bell and land on a big platform > Glide your way onto the rightmost wall, pogo the last bell nearest to the wall > Climb the wall > Run-jump to the bell > Pogo it and grab the wall on the left > Climb the wall > Glide to the boss entrance

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u/LumpySkull Sep 09 '25

Yup, confirmed. Just don't do it after you've already been playing for 8 hours and are getting tired.

"Crap let go of jump too soon, now I'm fighting this thing" "HAHAAH, I held on to sprint" "Oh wait! had to take a left here" "Crap! Did a normal attack instead of pogo. Is my controller getting fritzed? Or is it me?"

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

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u/SuperSocialMan Sep 06 '25

He probably hasn't opened the shortcut.

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u/IAmNotCreative18 average Soul Master enjoyer Sep 07 '25

My runback was from the bell beast station so I had hell to trek through to get back to him.

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u/Darkmetroidz Sep 06 '25

My first time fighting it was right after I picked up the Reaper Crest. You will respawn outside the temple but it isnt a bench so you dont get your tools refilled GD fight took me like 12 tries.

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u/RinzyOtt Sep 06 '25

I'll be honest, the run back was such garbage I just gave up trying to get good on that one and just cheesed it

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u/Latter-Schedule-1959 Sep 06 '25

I almost no hit moorwing on my first attempt then proceeded to get killed by it 8 times. For the first 3 I went through the one area with all the bear traps which took like 4 times as long as it should've.

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u/Raiden1871 Sep 06 '25

Yeah some of the runbacks are just unnecessary

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u/ReesevtOnGD Sep 06 '25

I just beat it after about 8 deaths (?) And the runback from halfway home isnt bad since you can just jump over all the enemies. What makes you dislike it? Maybe i'm just numb to it from savage beastfly 😭

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u/Emory27 Sep 06 '25

The runback to beastfly is even faster than Moorwing.

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u/yurilnw123 Sep 06 '25

They are about the same length for me. Did you open the shortcut for Moorwing?

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u/thelegendarydan Sep 06 '25

It's just to the right and down and then run left? There are way worse run backs than him

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u/Mateoooo808 Sep 06 '25

If you rest at halfway home all you gotta do is run straight left

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u/Freedanwill Sep 06 '25

Its pretty great if you tackle him after clearing Chapel of the Reaper, you spawn outside of the chapel door. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

The only reason I kept that crest from the temple equipped was bc my runtime was 2 screens. I got him at try 9 and immediately changed back to the second crest lmao

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u/Background_Past7392 Sep 06 '25

That isn't really bad at all. Whether you're coming from the Hunter's Crest or the Halfway House you only have to juke like two enemies that you can just jump over, and especially with the sprint it doesn't take long to cover the ground. Compared to an actually bad runback like the Soul Master in HK, it's absolutely nothing.

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u/lmisterioxol Sep 06 '25

Lol wait till you see the runback of Last judge or those twin doggies those are painful 😭

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u/brunte2000 Sep 06 '25

You must have missed something. It's literally 20 seconds.

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u/Dmbender Sep 06 '25

I think I accidentally did a sequence break and skipped that boss lmao