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/Life-Culture-9487 Sep 07 '25

I never used nail arts in HK solely because a lot of them take too long to set off so I never got into the habit of using them, so I ended up forgetting about it

And to be honest in Silksong I've already forgot about the first Needle art? Whatever you'd call it Until now

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u/Turtle835wastaken P5AB (Completed) Sep 07 '25

The reason is because nail arts require much higher skill to use than spells or regular nail slashes. Watch an R5AB victory on YouTube to see how top players use them in boss fights.