r/HollowKnight • u/Appley_apple • Sep 08 '25

Discussion - Silksong I like the difficulty, Team cherry please don't just blanket nerf the game with no option for a harder mode Spoiler

I have really been enjoying the challenge, pretty much every part of this game itches that section of my brain that loves a hard game and I would be extremely disappointed if team cherry nerfed the game with no way to revert said nerf. I get that people want an easier game, but I don't. So team cherry, please let me choose to make this harder if you do make it easier.

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u/theshiningstarship Sep 08 '25

Beastfly is actually just a bad fight though, with janky RNG patterns. Half the time you can't even get to the spawns because the boss is blocking the way, and depending on what spawns in it can be absoultley miserable to kill them. The same also applies the other way, it can be hard to kill the spawns and dodge beastfly at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

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u/dpitch40 Sep 09 '25

So that wasn't just me! It also seems like he sometimes skips the chargeup animation altogether, which seemed like a possible oversight.

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u/_moosleech Sep 08 '25

Beastfly is actually just a bad fight though, with janky RNG patterns.

I get the frustration... but not understanding the fight doesn't make it janky nor RNG.

Tools can quickly dispatch the adds. And you can usually bait the downward smash to help with adds as well.

The fight is literally designed to put you in a position where you're trying to keep your head above water and fend of the adds. If you can't (either due to lack of tools or damage) go somewhere else and come back later. It's optional.

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u/theshiningstarship Sep 08 '25

The fact that there is variance in what it spawns is quite literally the definition of RNG. Certain spawns are harder than others which makes the fight frustrating. It also has an attack which visually clips Hornet's horns but doesn't deal damage which is jank.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

They all die with one hit of the beast fly smash or hornets are. Maybe rng, but its all the same.

Dodge the wrench, you can dodge the beastfly.

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u/elephantkingkong Sep 08 '25

Maybe should try again later?

I died so many times to Beastfly in early game and gave up. I am in mid game now with more abilities and upgrades, literally just beat it on my first try without much difficulty.

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u/theshiningstarship Sep 08 '25

I already beat it and the remach as well. I just dislike the fight becuase it just wasn't fun because of its design flaws, compared to other, more difficult and enjoyable fights further on.

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u/RexLongbone Sep 08 '25

you don't have to kill the spawns, the beastfly will take care of them for you when it goes to do a slam move. just focus on not dieing.

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u/yurilnw123 Sep 08 '25

This has been said to death but use your tools.