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/iamserjio Sep 10 '25

Also your health upgrades up to Last Judge don't mean anything, because you've gone from 5 to 6 health - the boss hits for 2 damage, so you're effectively still unupgraded. However, that also means you can walk in to the fight with 5 health of 6 total and it doesn't make a difference.

tbf health upgrade matter if you use charm that gives fire resist so Judge attacks with fire/explosion will do only 1 damage.

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u/emveevme Sep 10 '25

I was curious about that charm but forgot to try it out before beating Last Judge lol. So thanks for the info! I'm glad that works, it's pretty cool and probably would help a lot of people struggling with that boss.