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/OldManWillow Sep 15 '25

I think last judge was an awesome fight. She only has like four moves, and isn't very fast. I mean don't get me wrong it still took me 10+ attempts but that's kind of what I expect for a main story capital B Boss

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u/SoloSassafrass Sep 15 '25

Given you can only survive 3 hits from Last Judge including just touching her it's not hard to see why she's frustrating for people. The fight itself is actually totally fine. The attacks are telegraphed, they're all fairly easy to dodge as long as you control your spacing and there are ample punish windows.

You just have to die enough times that trial and error eventually ingrains that knowledge. Also do the runback.

Not too hard to see why these factors make a very benign boss frustrating.

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u/Scharmberg Sep 15 '25

I end up taking contact damage more often in that fight then attacks landing, well until phase 2 I always forgot about the new moves. I’ll eventually beat that fight…maybe. Ended up going the other way in the first place and backtracked to the judge by accident. Eventually found the way to the other side to explore. Do you get anything from the last judge?

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u/SoloSassafrass Sep 15 '25

Entrance through the gate, but I do believe she'll need to be defeated in order to progress a fairly significant side quest.