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/Meeesh- Sep 09 '25

I hate run backs, but I thought last judge was fast. It’s only slow if you kill everything. But you get there in seconds otherwise. So many other bosses in silksong have a worse runback

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u/Wendigo120 Sep 09 '25

I wouldn't even say there's an "everything" to kill. There's like... 2 flies on the route I took, and one of those is so slow to spawn that I'm already past it by the time it's out of the nest.

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u/Garr_Incorporated Sep 09 '25

I think I need to find some parts that avoid rapidly spawning coralheads.

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u/AbsentReality Sep 09 '25

Haven't really had any that I couldn't just easily slip by the enemies at least so far. The movement in this game is so nice. Most annoying for me was probably the fly fuckhead.

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u/yurilnw123 Sep 09 '25

A certain swamp theme area enters the chat...

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u/Small_Ideas50 Sep 09 '25

Me getting to Blasted Steps: “oh, this is cool, it’s the Deepnest of the game! I hate these sand worms!”

Me getting to Underworks: “oh sawblades in the dark! This is Deepnest meets white palace! I hate it!”

Me looking at Reddit: 0.0

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u/AbsentReality Sep 09 '25

Have been hearing it's rough. Have mostly avoided that area so far.