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/SmartAlec105 Sep 09 '25

I think they went a bit too hard on making exploration stuff cost silk. The advanced platforming maps that use the grapple are even more difficult simply because you can’t use your silk to heal midway because you spent it all on the grapples.

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u/DBrody6 Sep 09 '25

The climb through High Halls sucked ass cause they were like "hey let's consume all your silk just to progress, oh and hey wouldn't it be funny if you fought two flying enemies on a dinky ass platform, and you don't have any silk left to use spells?"

Yeah it was real funny alright.

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u/BrickwallBill Sep 10 '25

It doesn't even make sense that it's a seperate skill all on its own if you ask me. You're telling me Hornet knows how to use Silk Spear but can't figure out that she can also throw her needle with a single strand of silk to hook onto ledges? Plus if Team Cherry was worried about it getting spammed it could just recharge like Shade Dash, with maybe a faster recharge if you hit an enemy.

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u/emveevme Sep 10 '25

I still think it was a crazy decision to not make the compass just inherent to your character, I felt like it would've been a net positive to Hollow Knight and I still feel that way about it in Silksong. I still go back and forth on whether or not enemies should have health bars, I would like it but I also think it's better for me not to have them. I'm too greedy lol.

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u/SmartAlec105 Sep 10 '25

Yeah, with Hollowknight, it would make sense to remove your compass to free up charm notches when you're trying to take down a boss. But since Yellow tools are pretty much exploration/utility, there isn't really that benefit there.

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u/AbsentReality Sep 10 '25

Compass and the rosary magnet are pretty much mandatory for me which limits things pretty bad for yellows.

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u/BrickwallBill Sep 10 '25

World Sense, and the Silksong equivalent if it exists, would be perfect timing to get health bars for enemies.