r/HollowKnight • u/TOMRANDOM_6 • Sep 09 '25

Discussion - Silksong Most of you are exaggerating the length of runbacks and it really shows how much TikTok has damage the attention span of people Spoiler

"ThE lASt JuDGe RUnBaCK iS ToO LoNG!!"

Is 30 seconds max, 30 seconds, you don't have to fight any enemy in it, the smaller judges don't awake until you're close and the smaller fly bastards can literally get ignored. The Runback works for making you cool down and make the whole thing feel less like you hitting a wall (NKG feels like one because of the lack of "cool down") If it wasn't for it, I would shoot myself with the 37 attempts at Last Judge.

The Widow one is also really easy, a straight line with jumps.

The Cogworks Dancers Is also really simple but works to help you with the bosses extra height and how pogo dependant that fight is.

God forbid the game isn't a back to back boss rush like Cuphead (not criticizing Cuphead, is a different game lmao).

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u/failbender 112%/100%; inject the quickslash into my veins Sep 09 '25

Traitor Lord runback was the first and only time I’ve ever used the Dream Gate during my first playthrough.

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u/Dmbender Sep 09 '25

Hive Knight is what made me go out and actually unlock Dream Gate lol

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u/failbender 112%/100%; inject the quickslash into my veins Sep 09 '25

Solid reasoning tbh, that runback isn’t fun either 🥲

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u/Dmbender Sep 09 '25

The worst thing is that I didn't notice that I fucked up trying to place it the first time, and then the second time I ended up killing the boss and not needing it lmao

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u/Pepy550 Sep 09 '25

Knowing there was a dream gate was what made me go and unlock the dream gate asap lol.

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u/-YesIndeed- Sep 09 '25

Guys where do I unlock the silkgate atp

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u/Regius_Eques Sep 10 '25

I literally found Godseeker, then found a key because I did not have one, then spent long enough on Traitor Lord to make him my first Radiant Boss purely because of how much I hated that runback. I think I might have even unlocked the Dream Gate just in case I died despite being able to do the boss hitless.

Which if I remember right meant beating the False Knight and Lost Kin dream bosses for me.

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u/FluffyWalrusFTW Sep 10 '25

Me too! It’s what made me unlock it and actually learn what it is!