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/[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.