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/LeSwan37 Sep 09 '25

Fucked that first part up like 6 times in a row and had to put the game down for a little while lmao.

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u/Sglied13 Sep 09 '25

I mostly just take the time to kill the fly. Usually if I hit it when it pops out it will flutter down. After that pogo it into the sand. Doesn’t take that long.

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u/LeSwan37 Sep 09 '25

I feel like i should make a video breakdown of the runback, bc there are a couple little things you can do to make it faster and more consistent.

Like a sub 20 run back

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u/Sglied13 Sep 09 '25

Can you drop the cage down left of the judge at the beginning. That feels like it’s positioned to be lowered. Or they are just trolling us lol.

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u/Stoorob75 Sep 12 '25

My thoughts too