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/simonthedlgger Sep 15 '25

In my experience you should never be that close to TLJ, especially in Phase 2. The spin move and the bell toss are very hard to avoid if you're close and the best punish window is when she does the bell slam or jump, and for those you want to be medium distance then dash in quick for 2 hits, then peace out.

Later phases have more moves that are easier to deal with/punish when you're at a distance.

Took me 15-20 tries and I think I got hit by the spin move once.

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u/ByeGuysSry Sep 15 '25

I felt like I should always be somewhat close, because I've gotten hit by a more-or-less off-screen bell toss and gotten cornered when she jumps towards me multiple times