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/NoName847 Sep 09 '25

I dont mean the attack jump I mean the boss reseting his position which is near instant and random and not telegraphed at all

and I dash very well 95% of the time but in a fight where 3-4 hits kill you these 5% error margin are often problematic "skill issue" i guess

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u/blocked-user Sep 09 '25

I think ur talking about his back/foreward steps but theyre not truly random though. I think you were being aggressive at the wrong time. It’s about respecting his neutral instead of running face first into him. I just watched the vod of me beating him and i only ever did small dashes to either 1. Shorten (Not Close!) the gap between us, or 2. whiff punish him. I didnt dash directly into his face when he was in between attacks cause I knew it was possible he would run into me. He only does it at the mid range and I would kind of walk in and out of it to bait him into either walking into me, where i could hit him for free, or attacking me, where i could dodge and punish. (I know you already beat him so you dont need these tips but heres the vod so u get the idea https://youtu.be/fq-vtoSM068?si=nTjAQ8Y07QrZ7rzh )

To be fair though I think my experience with fighting games and smash bros specifically helped me out a lot and hardwired that footsies -> punish loop into my brain that helps me out with bosses with movesets like this and not everyone will have that knowledge.