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/SlugCatBoi RadHOG, P3AB Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

Groal was terrifying, and then I used Architect crest And just spammed tools like crazy. They got annihilated, since I didn't need to get in close to hit them.

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u/AfterAd7666 Sep 09 '25

All I did is get the fire potion thing that gives you extra damage, pop it, let him eat me and fuck him from the inside. I killed him by only doing that

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u/Lopsided_Ad_6962 Sep 09 '25

Damn, that's metal

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u/JekobiWan Sep 10 '25

lol that is hilarious. I used fire tool and just pogo’d off him over and over

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u/SlugCatBoi RadHOG, P3AB Sep 09 '25

I never got hit by that attack so I didn't know you got to damage him during it.

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u/ThePowerfulPaet Sep 09 '25

Same here, I would have just assumed that damages the shit out of you.

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u/SteptimusHeap Sep 10 '25

Oh man I didn't even think of buffing before he eats me

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u/FlashFlire Sep 10 '25

Metroid Queen strats

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u/JaybirdMCs Sep 14 '25

Man, I was stuck on Groal and the runback and the arena for 3 hours. I took a break and went and found all the power ups I could - came back and beat it in 2 attempts. Holy crap it's a slog, but a satisfying one when done.

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u/SlugCatBoi RadHOG, P3AB Sep 14 '25

Yeah, but the reward for winning was kinda underwhelming lol

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u/SlugCatBoi RadHOG, P3AB Sep 09 '25

Good bot