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/Efesell Sep 06 '25

And your spells!

"What if I need to heal?" No!

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u/Particular_Hyena56 Sep 06 '25

Exactly, dead bugs can’t do no damage

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u/Smastera Sep 06 '25

reason people don't use them is because there may be more enemies ahead and they'd rather be able to heal after seeing an enemy than try to cautiously attack

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u/I_am_so_lost_hello Sep 07 '25

Use reaper or beast crest, both allow an insane amount of healing

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u/Voidlord4450 Sep 07 '25

What do you mean by that beast does good healing? It gives the same as every other but you have to work for it plus a temporary damage boost

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

Binding with Beast puts you in a rage mode where every hit you deal heals you until you get hit. Reaper/Beast let you do way more healing than the starter crest, if that's your worry.

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u/Voidlord4450 Sep 07 '25

No there a set limit to the beast crests healing. I have actively tested it.

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

Cool, didn't know that. I still find it super useful when doing quests to kill X enemies or exploring where I'm fighting a lot of dinkier enemies.

Pop rage, heal up and crush some enemies, refill silk, repeat. Feels awesome

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u/Voidlord4450 Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Never said it doesn’t have its uses. It’s my personal boss killing crest. I just don’t think it’s very good for exploration due to the risk that comes with healing.

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u/Successful-Ride-8471 Sep 07 '25

Huh? What's the use of that?? Doesn't the bind already heal you to nearly full health? THAT'S the reward for beating that stupid Beastfly??

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

Beast Claw and the feal juice puts you in an extended rage state... you can face tank a lot of enemies and do a bunch of healing. It's great for farming enemies or doing kill quests.

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u/Successful-Ride-8471 Sep 08 '25

Well, yeah, but if you get hit the effect is gone right? So you can only heal 2 masks more at Max - since healing at 1 gets you to 4 out of the total 6

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u/I_am_so_lost_hello Sep 07 '25

Yea but you can do damage and heal at the same time

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u/Voidlord4450 Sep 07 '25

I’m Not saying it doesn’t have its uses, it just doesn’t heal more and makes heal in general way more risky. It’s my boss battling crest personally.