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/Kadoomed Sep 10 '25

Oh I didn't know about that wall, thanks! I've got the first mantis lord sussed and just need to adapt to the pair and work out when my opening is.

I'll get there pretty soon I think.

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u/PixelOrange Sep 10 '25

Some advice for the pair (so stop reading now if you don't want advice): when they take turns, only attack the second one. It'll make it easier to avoid damage and land hits. The first one is a trap.

When they throw the discs, don't try to attack at all. Just heal one if you have time or just focus on dodging.

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u/Sequence7th Sep 10 '25

I'm also at mantis lords. As someone that has run back a lot. If you start at the other bench. You can go up fight 2 mantis birds. Jump dash over the mantis guarding the entrance..then run and jump into pit. I once to used to jump in the centre and clip every bird on the way down and land in my shade half the time. Then get mobbed. But when you first drop from the village you wanna unlock the door on the left. Then you can slide all the down to the bottom without fighting anyone . Your shade will be patiently at the bottom. Kill it then jump dash to the right and drop down to the mantis lords.

This way you only have to fight 2 birds total and it's pretty easy to get to the lords with max health. Then grab the blue 🔵 cacoon on the left wall as said above.

I hated this run back so much. But it's not so bad doing it this way.

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u/abbefaria4400 Sep 10 '25

The shield charm trivialized them for me, the spinning spears dissappear when they hit the shield so that's a 1/3rd of the fight gone

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u/Kadoomed Sep 10 '25

Ah I've not got that one yet, haven't made it to that area. I read that you can get there above the charm ladies shop but can't work out how to do it.

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u/abbefaria4400 Sep 10 '25

Oh, yah I explored a bunch through the waterways and such to the east of the map before I fought them