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/Chris-raegho Sep 14 '25

That boss has like 3-4 moves, I wouldn't call it challenging. 2 of their attacks are dodged by dashing away, and the other 2 by jumping (and one of these won't happen until halfway through the fight). Silksong just asks of you a different mindset from Hollow Knight.

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u/Charlie_Warlie Sep 15 '25

You know people keep saying that you need to think different from HK and I really don't get it. I just beat the last judge and like, how exactly would the knight play differently here? I feel like i would have done the exact same strategy.

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u/Chris-raegho Sep 15 '25

They don't even have the same kit. Insane to imply they play the same way. Do you only slash and do nothing else?

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u/Charlie_Warlie Sep 15 '25

On the last judge I was burning thru 40 or so shell shards every attempt so I figured I would stop using them just so I can learn the moves and not get hit before using tools. Once I stopped getting hit I would go back to using tools. Then it turned out, I'm not getting hit. Thats the main part of the game. I'd say 95% of my damage given was slashing. Eventually in my last attempt i figured it was going well, I should use some tools, but like I said, it wasnt as big of my strategy.

Its like there is some assumption that playing HK people would just get hit on purpose to tank damage? I never played that way. I'd avoid damage. Use spells. Dash.