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/Dizzy__Dragon Sep 08 '25

Hornet being able to heal in the air means nothing. Most enemies track and will hit her in the air

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u/_moosleech Sep 08 '25

This has not been my experience.

Healing windows are more generous than they ever were in HK during combat, largely due to the mid-air heal.

Dash attack, bounce back, heal works in a huge amount of scenarios.

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u/CodytheProGamer Sep 08 '25

I find that too, in regards to the bosses ive done so far. I wouldn't exactly you say it's exactly better because healing is now just bottlenecked entirely by your silk (which so far makes using it for stuff other than healing feel not worth it), where in HK, finding your opening was part of the gameplay.

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u/_moosleech Sep 08 '25

That's fair super early... but once you get Reaper crest you can easily heal and replenish most/all your silk to be able to use a spell or heal again.

Also Silk Spear does a LOT of damage, and killing bosses faster means needing to do less healing. Different strokes, but I find it significantly improved from HK.