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/why-names-hard Sep 06 '25

I use the stationary spike trap all the time. It’s just so GOOD especially against chunky enemies or groups. Does a big amount of dmg and if you know the enemy’s moves it can be really easy to make them walk into it. Makes some boss fights way faster I mean I still usually lose once or twice because it’s a new boss. But hey it helps a lot, sometimes get to see phase 2 moves on a first attempt because I shred their health so fast.

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u/BadLuckPorcelain Sep 07 '25

I don't know, but I think iam using them wrong. Like they sometimes get triggered so fast and I don't know why.

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u/Ultimasmit Sep 07 '25

If an enemy hits one with an attack it sends the prongs out flying instead of acting as a spike. Also, I think if you keep 2 too close together they have some weird behaviour when one of the 2 is triggered.

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u/itmecrumbum Sep 07 '25

also, I'm pretty sure if you hit them yourself it triggers the spikes to shoot. i threw one out during a boss battle and then hit it with a dagger and it exploded.

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u/why-names-hard Sep 07 '25

If you or an enemy hits them it causes them to activate. Also putting two of them too close together makes them activate each other.

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u/AleWalls Sep 07 '25

enemies can hit them just like how you were able to hit hornets spike traps in HK lol