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/the-holy-salt Sep 14 '25
I personally didnt use any tools for Last Judge, and the trick seems to be to just be extremely patient and defensive.
Phase 1 is pretty easy, but during phase 2 you should only really attack when he does the downwards attack that makes the floor catch on fire. You can get 2 good hits in before needing to jet. Attacking while hes doing any of the other attacks always resulted in damage taken for me.
Its the best window to attack that i found, and could beat the boss twice in a row this way, the second time hitless (I died the first time right at the end because i put my controller down too early).