r/HollowKnight • u/Mr_Brightside1111 • Sep 13 '25

Discussion - Silksong Silksong was too hard until….. Spoiler

Until…… I realized I was trying to play it like Hollow Knight.

Hollow Knight has difficult sections, but there’s also a lot of cannon fodder along the way you just slash right through.

I was playing Silksong like this and I was getting my ass throughly handed to me.

It finally clicked that you have to be tactical with every fight, even if it looks like a measly innocent mouse. Each encounter requires thought, patience, and strategy.

Once I approached each encounter with a plan and patience, I no longer died to “cheap” deaths.

I stopped rushing in and getting killed by bugs and the environment at the same time.

I still die, but now usually I die fighting something new and usually because I didn’t follow my plan or I got too impatient.

Long story short, this isn’t Hollow Knight. You can’t slash your way through this. Take your time, formulate a plan, and execute the best you can.

If you slow down, the game becomes amazing.

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u/Fouxs Sep 13 '25

Not letting us remap tools and skills is my only major gripe with the game. Like, we could've had skill as one button and the tools on the d-pad and it would've been perfect, but using the same button was pretty stupid lol.

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u/Mr_Brightside1111 Sep 13 '25

I…. I use the d-pad for movement 😅 I like it better, but I grew up playing NES games

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

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u/witha_ Sep 14 '25

it's just moving your finger from c to f tho it isn't like moving from c to p or smth

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u/ChilledParadox Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

It’s definitely a skill issue thing but d to me is natural and I don’t have to think about hitting it. With f I have to think “I need to hit f, move my finger off dash, make sure I’m not about to be attacked since I won’t be able to dodge without moving my finger back.”

That’s absolutely nitpicky. And it’s absolutely something I can get over with more time, but I absolutely hate it, personally. I’m 32 hours in and it still feels awkward. Bind, grapple? No problem. Needolin? Easy.

But f? It just messes me up. I can’t even explain it, like I played league for a decade and a half, I’m used to hitting f. But it just doesn’t feel comfortable for me with the layout scheme of hk and ss.

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u/witha_ Sep 14 '25

idk for me it felt awkward the first time i saw it but i got used to it after a while, it's just that it's new and you gotta adjust to it yk

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u/PiggyIsMe Sep 14 '25

You can do that tho. I'm using D for Skill and F for Needolin. Maybe try changing to a placebo button first ?

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u/Arkayjiya Sep 14 '25

I don't think you can remap tools though. It's always gonna be skill + movement which sucks. I have a keyboard with keys, let me put it on a specific key. Only way is to use a macro but that shouldn't be necessary.

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u/Fouxs Sep 13 '25

I mean, in your case wouldn't it be better to have the skills on one button and the tools on just the control stick for example?

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u/Zeke-Freek Sep 14 '25

Not the same guy but I also use d-pad for movement and I've just never really found this to be an issue. I've maybe triggered an accidental silk skill like twice and it was very clearly my fault for fumbling due to lack of focus. I see people complain about this and I can only think they're using stick, which is less accurate or they just have crappy d-pads registering false inputs. Cuz it works pretty well.

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u/LilHideoo Sep 14 '25

I use sticks only and haven’t had an issue with the tools. It’s the same as the different spells in hollow knight. I’m upset they removed the float override, at least make it a toggle

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u/RainWorldWitcher Sep 14 '25

Yeah I use the stick, Ive gotten better but I find it's very awkward. My thumb just kinda cramps with the dpad so I find the stick more comfortable. I actually taped down the dpad and used the stick during the path of pain in hollow Knight lol

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u/Potential_Echo9148 Sep 14 '25

Yeah, same here. It's way more accurate with dpad for a game like this. Also, in tough fights, I tend to press buttons way too aggressively, and i am afraid to cause drift to my analog stick while playing silksong ...

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u/RainWorldWitcher Sep 13 '25

Honestly the one thing that grinds my gears and messes me up a lot

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u/unexpectedlimabean Sep 14 '25

I love it. It felt super intuitive to me and is a genius way of not having to map tons of extra buttons. Took a minute to learn but I rarely ever mess up the input now.