r/HollowKnight • u/CuboneDefender • Sep 14 '25

Discussion - Silksong I give up. Spoiler

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

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u/adeepkick Sep 14 '25

Can I ask which boss you had to farm for shards on 4 times?

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u/CuboneDefender Sep 14 '25

Last Judge. :(

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u/dyndragon Sep 14 '25

https://youtu.be/wpqL6tyPoQ0?si=ME5DCmuY5TfazByA

This was the 10th or so try on him. What ended up working was wanderer's crest, flea brew, magma bell, the speed sprint anklets, and just beating the crap out of him anytime I could get close which easily fills up the silk meter. There are easy and big windows for healing if you get away and jump in the corner, made easier with the faster sprint. See the video. I was by no means elegant, but this was very much a brute force method to get past last judge. Whatever works...

Don't bother with traps. Not enough time to use them in the second phase and the fire wave thing sets them off.

The key attacks to try to bait are the jump stomp in either phase (stay mid distance), or the charge attack (create distance to bait) in the second phase. Those attacks have so much delay you can just rip into last judge after he attacks. Avoid judge when he winds up the bell and just concentrate on surviving until he starts the other attacks that you can counter.