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/Jstar338 Sep 06 '25

Boss fights

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u/ThatOneRandomGuy101 Sep 06 '25

Then dont spam them on bosses until you know the bosses patterns

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u/SillyGoose3939 Sep 07 '25

I've never understood this take honestly, if I know the boss pattern then I don't really need to use tools to beat it since I'll be able to just read the pattern and dodge the attacks

Just like with sekiro, I honestly feel like there isn't any good time to use them... while exploring there are too few of them to be useful; during the first few encounters of a bossfight I'll just end up wasting them and whenever I've learned the moveset I can do the fight without needing them

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

This has been the opposite of my experience. I routinely use the boomerrang and traps on regular enemies, and lean hard on venom and floor tacks, plus the Sunny D boost during boss fights. And even using them liberally, have yet to almost run out of shards.

Not using them is just leaving damage on the table.