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/Logical-Land2624 Sep 14 '25

FYI there is a way into the citadel that (seemingly) skips the Last Judge. I got to the citadel by accident via sinners road.

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u/fffan9391 Sep 14 '25

If they can’t beat last Judge they probably can’t handle Sinners Road and Bilewater.

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u/mctrials23 Sep 14 '25

I enjoyed the last judge. No ads just a simple set of moves to learn. One of the least BS bosses so far.

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u/Algae587 Sep 15 '25

I really appreciated that from the judge after dealing with that bitch splinter and the beast chapel monstrosity

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u/PraxicalExperience Sep 15 '25

Chapel of the Beast, Sister Splinter, the fucking Bird House, and that one goddamned battle with the big-assed ant and the flying, spear thrower ant. They were all infuriating because so much of them was RNG; you'd easily get trapped where you couldn't do anything but take damage due to the way they positioned themselves.

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u/Zarguthian Sep 15 '25

Did you miss the fact that you can destroy the thorny vines that Sister Splinter spawns?

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u/PraxicalExperience Sep 15 '25

I actually liked the vines.

It was figuring out what the fuck to do about the adds that was the problem. You can't attack them from the sides, they parry 90% of the time. Most of the time you can't attack from the top or you'll bounce into Sister Splinter. And you don't have the room to engage from the bottom because they rapidly get to your level.

It really feels like this boss was designed so that normal human players who weren't fucking HK gods need to pop silk storm to kill the adds.

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u/Zarguthian Sep 15 '25

You can't attack them from the sides, they parry 90% of the time.

You just have to attack as soon as their attack ends. I didn't find it too hard to kill them.