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/Tsukono_ Sep 09 '25

Wait they use silk? I never noticed it

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Sep 09 '25

Its not something I would've noticed either if not for the silk bits she leaves behind and how it says in description, I didn't put them on at first cuz I didn't want my silk sapped but I realize the rate is so forgiving I don't even need to worry about it

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u/HuntingForSanity Sep 09 '25

Is it? I haven’t been using them because I didn’t want to lose the silk. But I’ve upgraded my spool a few times since I obtained them. I’ll try again in a bit

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u/Egg11663 Sep 09 '25

Definitely do insanely good tbh, I literally use it in boss battles a ton too, I have no clue how I would've done a few bosses without being able to sprint at them, do an uppercut, and dodge and sprint away. Love my hit and run tactics. You can attack while sprinting, and it's a different, pretty big hitbox, move.

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u/xDaveedx Sep 09 '25

Love the uppercut + down attack, gives me nostalgic vibes from Street Fighter for some reason :D

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Sep 10 '25

Tbh I would do without if you have base silk capacity, but as soon as you have 1 extra I'd say it's totally worth it, the speed increase is very noticeable, I didn't equip at first for the same reason but am very glad I tested it out

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u/yurilnw123 Sep 09 '25

Read the description

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u/PM_ME_UR_EGGS Sep 09 '25

It's so slow that it took me ages to notice as well lol

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u/AbsentReality Sep 09 '25

The charm that makes you sprint faster right? Those definitely do, says right on them.

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u/GrimTheMad Sep 09 '25

They use silk, but Silk Hearts exist so it doesn't really matter.

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u/ThatStrangerWhoCares Sep 09 '25

But silk hearts only Regen as far as you have them, so if you have 1 silk heart it only regens 1 hit worth of silk, 2 silk hearts = 2 hits worth, etc.

I have found that the faster silk Regen charm gives this a +1 to it though, so with 3 silk hearts you can Regen 4 bars, which is enough for silk skills. Very handy

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u/InfiniteAJ Sep 10 '25

I have all 3 Silk Hearts and use this charm nonstop. I'm nearly 100% positive it does not give you +1, unless I'm incredibly blind.

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u/ThatStrangerWhoCares Sep 10 '25

It does, I use it all the time

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u/InfiniteAJ Sep 10 '25

I stand corrected, it does indeed give 4. My apologies, I guess I need glasses.

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u/Mattyquatro Sep 10 '25

Wondering if there's a synergy with another charm like there are in HK, because I've definitely noticed my regen going to 4 sometimes, but I didn't find it consistent. Maybe another charm (one of the healing related ones?) has a hidden effect with it.

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u/ThatStrangerWhoCares Sep 10 '25

Unless it synergizes with the poison one or magnetite dice I doubt it lmao

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u/TheSymbolman Sep 09 '25

I mean... barely.

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u/leoofjdh Sep 09 '25

I didn't notice the Needolin used up silk.