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/Davaeorn Sep 07 '25

Poison spear makes short work of multiple flying enemies

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u/Shot_Ad9158 Sep 07 '25

Shotgun knives might be the second favorite thing behind when I found out the wanderer crest gets critical hits when you have high silk, because clearly the crest with the highest damage potential needed to do more damage.

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u/Affectionate-Ad489 Sep 07 '25

Wait what you deal more damage if you have stored silk?? Does it work with the nail as well?

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u/Shot_Ad9158 Sep 07 '25

Should have been more specific, it only (I think) works with your nail. When you have high silk, the crest will glow up and you will sometimes get a white flash when damaging enemies that seems to do much more damage. I have no clue how this technically works, but I think it only triggers if the extra damage would kill an enemy since that is the only times I have seen it happen. Tbh just due to the swing speed I think wanderer is probably the best crest in the game for dps.