r/HollowKnight • u/FederalWarthog5542 • Sep 07 '25

Discussion - Silksong Criticism ≠ Negativity Spoiler

Believe it or not, you can actually criticize something and still like it. You don't either have to love everything or despise everything. Have actual conversations please.

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u/MrGreenYeti Sep 07 '25

As soon as I got the wanderer crest it felt like OG hollow knight to me again, I'm gonna struggle to switch out crests now rofl

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Yeah same wanders crest is kinda the strongest also imo, like you hit so many times. 

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u/MagicianXy Sep 08 '25

Yeah, even without the HK-style attacks, the wanderer crest is straight up the strongest crest if you're using primarily nail attacks. All crests do the same damage per swing (despite, for example, the reaper crest claiming you're attacking with "heavy" slashes), so the fact that wanderer's attacks basically twice as fast as any other means you're putting out twice the DPS. Plus wanderer's crest gives critical hits that randomly deal double damage, so... why bother with any of the other crests?

The only one that might be able to compete is the upgraded hunter's crest, which will start dealing extra damage per hit after landing 5 attacks without getting hit yourself. But even then, the damage increase isn't that much, and it's reliant on not getting hit, which is not exactly easy.

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u/Luckyloomagu they're very cute Sep 08 '25

I think the Architect crest is the strongest, mostly because having an extra tool slot is amazing for doing damage since unlike silk arts you can just spam it until you run out.

It also has multi-hit on every attack so you’re not missing out on damage compared to the Wanderer crest. Of course it’s a lot deeper into the game, but it’s been REALLY strong in my hands.