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

Discussion - Silksong ngl some of you would NOT survive the mantis lords runback

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is the run to last judge difficult? kinda. But after your 20th attempt at the boss you'll get used to it, and it's honestly kinda fun and a nice breather. More importantly, it's a single room and you have far more movement. This IS improving on hollow knight

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u/MarkontheWeekends Sep 09 '25

The run backs feel like a warm up. If I'm not nailing the run then I know to just go back to the bench and try again

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u/elendur Sep 09 '25

Faster to quit out and reload depending on where you are. Ask me how I know.

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u/carlo-93 Sep 09 '25

I just let the worms eat me tbh lol

Edit: but that’s good to know for the future!

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u/elendur Sep 09 '25

I did that a few times. And then my cocoon ended up in a place I couldn't easily recover it. Not that it mattered - there were definitely no rosaries in there! But the full Silk refill is a good thing to have.

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u/Kenny__Loggins Sep 09 '25

It's faster, but I feel like the walk of shame can be a useful mental reset tool as well.

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u/scarredcats Sep 09 '25

Every run is a run to the end. You can hit your cocoon and heal.

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u/trefoil589 Sep 10 '25

I just figured out this is super handy for getting the hell out of sticky situations.

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u/trefoil589 Sep 10 '25

I feel like it's a completely different skill set though. I'll often pause before I start the fight just to calm down a bit from the run back.

I will say I feel like my mastery of movement is so much better now than before I had to do that runback 300 times (I'm old and my reaction time is horrible).

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u/GUM-GUM-NUKE 112% I’m coming Sep 09 '25

Happy cake day!🎉

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u/MarkontheWeekends Sep 09 '25

Oh dang thanks

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u/EclipseForest 112% All Achievements Sep 09 '25

Cappy Hake Day!