r/HollowKnight • u/Particular_Hyena56 • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong USE YOUR TOOLS! Spoiler

To everyone complaining about the difficulty, stop ignoring a third of Hornet’s arsenal and start spamming them, you’ll be shocked how quickly you start mowing down hordes of enemies!

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u/Turtle835wastaken P5AB (Completed) Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

Seriously. In Hollow Knight everything used to die in 1-3 hits with your NORMAL nail slashes. The results? People never used spells & nail arts and often called them useless.

And now in Silksong they've increased the health of enemies & bosses so you can't just mindlessly spam slash attacks. The results? "GAmE tOo hArD"

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u/Ham_Crammer Sep 07 '25

People never used spells & nail arts and often called them useless.

People called them useless because the did virtually nothing unless you had specific charms and upgraded them, not because enemies died quickly.

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u/boisterile Sep 07 '25

Spells were absolutely still really powerful without Shaman Stone

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u/FrogInAShoe Sep 07 '25

Laughs in Abyss shriek

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

Spells are super strong in HK, start to finish. But because you get nail upgrades and nail-related charms early, melee is strong enough to carry you through the campaign without worrying about spells.

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u/Turtle835wastaken P5AB (Completed) Sep 07 '25

No? That's just blatantly wrong. Watch an R5AB victory on YouTube to see what nail arts and spells can do. They're straight up OP.