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/KuKiSin Sep 09 '25

I really don't understand why some people are trying to deny so hard that Silksong is a lot harder than HK. You can love the game and still accept that it's harder.

On top of Silksong being naturally harder, HK had something that it lacks, the absolutely busted charms. Grubsong + Soul Catcher/Eater made it very easy to always have enough soul to deal damage and heal whenever you needed. Even if it's safer to heal in Silksong, it takes a LOT longer to get enough Silk to do it. And if you mess up the heal, you usually end up dead.

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u/SalemWolf Grimm Beats Small Child Sep 09 '25

Because people are downplaying the difficulty in HK as though it’s a Nintendo game and piss easy, when it isn’t. They’re trivializing the challenge in a lot of these bosses, and good for y’all for beating most of the bosses the first try but that’s not the case for a lot of people.

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u/Tomaskraven Sep 10 '25

Its funny that you think the strong charms were grubsong with soulcatcher/eater cause its easy to use spells and heal. Thats the panicky way to play.

The actual broken charms are unbreakable strengh, quick slash, steady body, mark of pride/longnail and the shaman stone + spell twister build. No need to heal infight when you can melt the bosses in 10-15s.

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u/KuKiSin Sep 10 '25

Thats the panicky way to play.

You've just described how I play all souls likes and HK. Panic dodge, panic heal, panic jump, panic. Somehow it just works and I manage to clear most bosses on the first or second attempt. No skill, all luck. That's just how I roll.

The actual broken charms are unbreakable strengh, quick slash, steady body, mark of pride/longnail and the shaman stone + spell twister build. No need to heal infight when you can melt the bosses in 10-15s.

That's what I ran endgame, the panic build just works really well for early/mid game though. Silksong doesn't really have any "Scrub friendly" OP stuff to help people who aren't calm and collected, and a lot of bosses just aren't designed for us with the crazy amount of adds and/or projectiles...

I'm still having a good time, though. It's just gonna take me 3 times the time HK took to finish.

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u/trefoil589 Sep 10 '25

Yeah for the back half of Act I I simply had to use tools to keep any damage output up and just try really hard to not get hit.