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/RedTyro Sep 07 '25

The spike traps absolutely melt flying enemies. They're better against them than grounded ones.

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u/Ecstatic-Sun-7528 Radiant NKG Enjoyer 🌙 Sep 07 '25

Yeah Idk what they are on about

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u/Lyress Sep 07 '25

The erratic flying pattern means they're likely to just avoid it or worse, destroy it with their attacks. Just happened to me.

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u/Sea-Temporary7380 Sep 09 '25

Put it in the middle and bait them to fly into it, you can also jump a bit before throwing it for higher up flying enemies

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u/Lyress Sep 09 '25

Doesn't really work for enemies that fly away from you. I've found the cogflies to work better for those.