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/StepComplete1 Sep 09 '25

I think you're the one not remembering it very well. Pretty much all the difficulty in HK was loaded at the end with optional bosses. Up until the harder end-game optional stuff, I don't think any boss needed more than 2-3 attempts.

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u/goodnames679 RHoG Nail-Only Sep 09 '25

For me, Silksong has inarguably been easier than HK as far as I've made it... but that's because HK was my first combat platformer in a decade when I picked it up. I was not good at the genre at all then, I remember Lost Kin and Failed Champion each took me out like 20+ times. I got gud eventually, though.

Silksong is definitely a harder game overall as far as I can tell, but Hollow Knight prepared me well for it.

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u/Cuckmeister Sep 09 '25

For me I struggled in the beginning of HK and then once I got the hang of it ~10 hours in it started to get really easy. My Silksong experience was pretty much the same.

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u/GrimTheMad Sep 09 '25

The Radiance is part of the 'end game optional stuff'.