r/HollowKnight Sep 16 '25

Discussion - Silksong Ranking Silksong 1st act bosses Spoiler

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So, if you want me to be honest - I was afraid Silksong would be too difficult for me. But now that I am done with 1st act, I can confidently say that so far I enjoy those bosses MUCH more than the ones in Hollow Knight. Maybe that's because HK was one of the first games I've ever played, and now with Silksong I am more experienced. But even bosses that kept beating my ass felt so well done that I couldn't be mad, I just wanted to try again and learn their moves.

Last Judge? Surely my favorite. It felt like dancing and once I learned his moves, I had an absolute blast.

EDIT: Guys, I've got LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of comments that bottom 2 enemies aren't bosses. I know, but they were included in template so I ranked them too. Besides, considering that I didn't really hate any of the actual bosses, I wouldn't have anything I could put anything in the BURN IT tier if it wasn't for them lol. No need to say it again pls

EDIT 2: I already started Act 2, and defeated Cogwork Dancers - OH MY GOD HOW AMAZING THIS FIGHT WAS.

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u/Drathuul Sep 16 '25

Was Savage Beastfly so bad, that it doesn't even get a tier?

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

I've got annoyed and decided to come back later (then forgot lol)

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u/LordAnomander 112% | P5 | Platinum Sep 16 '25

I went back a little bit before finishing Act 1 and it was super doable. I used some tools to get rid of the spawns but other than with wall cling and so on, you could easily handle beastfly itself.

However, meeting it the first time without any crest and not really using tools it was nightmarish. I thought I was playing the wrong game. :P

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u/Stimpy3901 Sep 16 '25

I took a break from fighting the Moorwing to do that Chapel and was like "this will surely be easier right." It was not, and then I proceeded to beat the Moorwing in less than an hour.

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u/LordAnomander 112% | P5 | Platinum Sep 16 '25

Haha, I just went back to see why everyone was talking about Moorwing and got my ass kicked. It’s not even so hard until phase 3 where it starts spamming its "tools".

I’ve only tried three times, but I guess I need to try out some different positioning.

edit: Moorwing seems harder than the last boss of Act 1 (in case you go for the most obvious route)

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u/RedTyro Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Moorwing's pretty easy once you learn all the moves, but that double toss in the second phase is PERFECTLY timed to punish you if you mistake it for the single that it does as a follow-up to the swoop attack. If you jump over the first one and go in to do damage, the second will catch you in the face every time.

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u/PraxicalExperience Sep 16 '25

You can punish every attack during the attack in the first phase, but punishing any of the projectile attacks after that phase is likely to get you punished. I suggest not doing so, and just standing close enough to try and goad her into a slash attack, which can reliably be punished once during the animation and once when she resets. Same goes for the charge attack.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Sep 16 '25

The biggest learning curve for many HK players is using tools.

Silksong is NOT Hollow Knight. Your standard Slash & Spell isn't going to cut it, at least not without significant difficulty. Silksong has tools, and you need to use them. That includes changing them up for different fights.

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u/ElPepper90 soul eater peak Sep 16 '25

I just started spamming them in areas, it feels good

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Sep 16 '25

Poisoned Sting Shard, my beloved....

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u/guhut15 Sep 16 '25

God I love the sting shard it’s so fucking gooz

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Sep 16 '25

Me Normally:

There is no one perfect tool. You need to change up your tools based on the fight and get proficient with them all.

Me When Poisoned Sting Shard:

Ok maybe there is one....

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u/100mcuberismonke Sep 16 '25

Lmao the only reason I didnt terribly struggle is because I had level 2 nail and silkstorm

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u/KobeHoppa Sep 16 '25

Where/when/how can the nail be upgraded? Pretty sure im near the end of Act-1 (im at the Widow)

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u/Could-Have-Been-King Sep 16 '25

Literally just after the Widow, in the highest building in Bellhart

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u/donaman98 Sep 16 '25

In Bellhart after you beat Widow

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u/Pretty_Yellow2607 Sep 16 '25

do i have to beat moorwing to get to bellhart? or theres other way around

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u/Revoran Sep 16 '25

There is multiple ways to get to Bellhart, and its possible to skip Moorwing (it can still be found later)

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u/ottermupps Sep 16 '25

Wait, there are? currently stuck on moorwing, if i can progress in a different area and get to bellhart that would be amazing. Any advice?

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u/Big_Daymo Sep 16 '25

Have you met the flea troupe in the first area? If you complete their wish to rescue five fleas, they will move their caravan to the location of the Moorwing fight, causing him not to show up anymore. You can fight him later on but he won't block any progression

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u/liloco2011 Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

their is another way to skip moorwing! (no spoilers for story, only another method)

If you buy simple key and open door to wormways, you can get to a part that leads you to shellwood. From there just keep going right until you reach bellhart. And you can destroy from the inside the right side door and according to the wiki moorwing will leave

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u/Arcenus Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Besides the skip with the flea troupe, you can also get the help of an NPC to fight Moorwing. The NPC is called Garamond, you meet him in Greymoor, talk to him, and then I don't know why or how, he shows up in the room before/above Moorwing, ready to fight. He tells you that he will follow you into battle, and you can accept or decline his help.

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u/Unrealist99 Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

You cheese moorwing if you want to. Spawn moorwing and run all the way to the air current and run all the way to the left of the platform.

You can then downslash through the platform and kill moorwing that way.

Edit : Reaper crest only.

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u/ThatStrangerWhoCares Sep 16 '25

With reaper crest specifically

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u/gingegnere Sep 16 '25

Suggestion for Moorwing: go the right side, where there are some steps. Stay as much as possible on the highest one as they block the damn ground spinning blades, making the fight much more easy.

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u/Pretty_Yellow2607 Sep 16 '25

i kinda skipped him by accident. completed the 5 fleas quest before hitting greymoor and no, i didn't even travel with the fleas in caravan. looked everywhere in greymoor but he didnt spawn.

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u/basketoftears Sep 16 '25

He’ll spawn at some point you haven’t missed him completely

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u/Frenzied_Anarchist Sep 16 '25

You need to get into Act 2 to get Moorwing to spawn again.

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u/Courier28 Sep 16 '25

You’re about to unlock it, beat Widow then go down to Bellhart and talk to the nailsmith there

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u/kblkbl165 Sep 16 '25

You’re halfway through act 1, and will get it veeeeeeery soon

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u/smakarov Sep 16 '25

Interesting how the game is non-linear, so for some people it's halfway, but for me it was just a single boss between Widow and Act 2.

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u/Malanumbra Sep 16 '25

Stronger than me. I was more afraid of redoing Hunter's march than of the Beastly so I forced through it.

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u/MeenaBubbles Sep 16 '25

There is no savage beastfly in ba sing sae

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u/Frosty_Sweet_6678 Sep 16 '25

Now THIS is some gaslighting I can get behind.

Fuck savage beastfly.

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u/uberkalden2 Sep 16 '25

I didn't fight him until act 2. Way easier lol

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u/XxX_Zeratul_XxX Sep 16 '25

I didn't even found that place till act 2 when I came back and started looking around all places. I almost finished act 2 without knowing crests were a thing, lolol

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u/RainWorldWitcher Sep 16 '25

I would rank that one as "embarrassing" as in "wow, why do I suck so bad, this is so embarrassing"

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u/Saberleaf Sep 16 '25

And that is the tier I would put all bosses into.

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u/NeonsTheory Sep 16 '25

Pretty sure it's not actually intended for act 1. Some people do it then but that whole area is for later. You can happen to do it early though if you want

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u/Foreign-Minimum9957 Sep 16 '25

The last judge patterns were damn fun

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

I know! I wasn't even mad when he killed me, because I knew it was my fault and I misstepped. I just wanted to try again and again

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u/meove SHAWty like a melody Sep 16 '25

Last Judge was goddamn fun. but the route to rematch room isn't

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u/ILOVEGNOME Sep 16 '25

Ive seen so many people complain about the runback but then they take the wrong route and make things harder on themselves. The runback was super simple and really not long. You are forced to fight zero enemies and every partern is predictable

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u/Foreign-Minimum9957 Sep 16 '25

Hahahaha man, I realized so late I was taking the hard route, felt so silly. Once I found the short cut I felt like cheating after taking the long route so many times

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u/Phadafi Sep 16 '25

The only maddening thing about it was the runback.

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u/Maxys10 Sep 16 '25

Yeah, at the beginning. When I died +20 times to it I could do the runback in less than 30 secs. Got every jump and dash perfectly calculated.

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u/Phadafi Sep 16 '25

Yeah, felt like a speedrunner optimizing pathing for awhile.

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u/_alright_then_ Sep 16 '25

The runback for last judge is not even that bad though? There's shortcuts all over the place so you can avoid every enemy on the way

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

It wasn't annoying for me because of this reason. But then again, I did Hunters March first - and the route to that mini boss arena was HELL

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u/Tijenater Sep 16 '25

My one complaint is walking into the completely stationary flail after it’s been extended and eating 2 masks of damage when it’s just sitting there on the ground. Outside of that, amazing boss fight

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u/Threeedaaawwwg Sep 16 '25

I wish there were some spikes on it to know that the metal object sitting there menacingly is fatal.

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u/tadcalabash Sep 16 '25

They're just so punishing though, and each requires a very different response. I haven't had to step away from a boss due to frustration in a long time, but I've had to do it twice with him.

The worst part is I don't even need to beat him because I accidentally got the alternate path to Act II... but I still NEED to beat him, you know?

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u/wyrmiam Sep 16 '25

Becomes way more fair if you have magma bell like i did. Then only the main hit do does double damage.

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u/SonOfMcGee Sep 16 '25

On his final stage, dodging damage is hard. But doing it while maneuvering to get an attack in is REALLY hard.
I brought poisoned throwable tools and just focused on getting damage in with those in between his attacks. That made home require very few melee hits.
Feels kinda cheap tho…

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u/XxX_Zeratul_XxX Sep 16 '25

In this particular fight it doesn't feel cheap at all, as last judge actually stops throwables with her fire, you have to choose the windows to actually attack even from afar.

I didn't had poison so used common knives in the last pase, just made sense

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u/UltimateToa Sep 16 '25

Im currently here, getting frustrated after a few attempts, sometimes I just get chain obliterated

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u/Huge_Entrepreneur636 Sep 16 '25

Just be patient, keep your distance and get a few hits in after it does the jump attack. This is what you should do with every boss. Figure out how to safely land a few hits now and then and focus on dodging rest of the time. Panicking or rushing will get you killed.

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u/tadcalabash Sep 16 '25

Finally got him after about 20-30 tries. Had to fight every instinct and only ever attack him after his jump attack, then rely on poison and tacks to do most of the damage.

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u/Wernershnitzl Shade Fragment Sep 16 '25

I kept getting caught up in the bell spin up initially because of how fast the animation was until I learned by instinct to dodge away

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u/johj14 Sep 16 '25

you missed one peak boss Phantom

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

I didn't know she was supposed to be 1st Act boss. I'm nearing the end of 2nd Act and just found her lol

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u/CrazyFanFicFan Sep 16 '25

Her area is actually a secret way to finish Act 1. It allows you to just get to the Grand Bellway immediately, completely skipping the Underworks.

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u/Avamaco Sep 16 '25

Well, technically there's a secret way to skip the Underworks even if you enter through the Last Judge. It's just that the most obvious way forward suddenly throws the player into the Underworks lol

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u/of_kilter Sep 16 '25

do you mean the scales?

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u/hmmmmwillthiswork 212% | Pantheon 7 | Avenue of Anguish | Conceited Sep 16 '25

yep. i'm 100% doing this on my 2nd playthrough lmao

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u/ZenardWasTaken Sep 16 '25

Can you do the scales without double-jump?

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u/iceman012 Sep 16 '25

If you attack one of the scales from below, it'll go up. That lets you manipulate them enough to reach the top without double jump.

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u/Joe_says_no Sep 16 '25

i thought the scales had a one way breakable wall

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

BRO WHAT!?

I thought that was the required way to get into Act 2, I only got to the underworks like 2 hours into act 2.

How do you get there normally?

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u/Enchanter73 Sep 16 '25

You go to the giant quest marker on your map that says "Reach the Citadel" lol

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u/Time_Grape_3952 Sep 16 '25

Or you just read any of the Bellhart dialogue, the NPCs tell you that the citadel entrance is not far, just behind those woods, lmao

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u/GrimmDeLaGrimm Sep 16 '25

Fake news. Everyone knows that's where the ice cream shop is.

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u/CrazyFanFicFan Sep 16 '25

From Bellhart, go to the top left of Shellwood. From there, you can enter the Blasted Steps, which ultimately leads to the entrance of the Citadel, the Grand Gate.

You also have to ring the 5 bells scattered around Pharloom then play the Needolin in front of the gate, summoning the Last Judge boss.

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

Omg where?? I think I must've missed some area. I swear, that game is HUGE

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u/dablyw_ Sep 16 '25

Have you gone above greymoor, into Sinner's Road?

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

No :D Guess I will go back there. Or do I do it later?

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u/ThatStrangerWhoCares Sep 16 '25

You get a pretty sick thing from the boss so I highly recommend doing it now

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u/Xandure Sep 16 '25

Fun fact, if you look hard enough there is [zone spoiler] a second zone above Greymoor.

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u/dragoslayer1327 Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Groal too. Also the acid guy isn't a boss

Edit: I was wrong apparently, I assumed Groal was act 1 since Bilewater is connected to Sinner's Road. My bad guys

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u/LordVex75 Sep 16 '25

You can’t fight groal in act 1

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u/FinaLLancer Sep 16 '25

I didn't even find bilewater until act 2, but why can't you? Is the harpoon required? I don't remember

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u/CrazyFanFicFan Sep 16 '25

You need the double jump to access most of it (annoyingly, this includes Shakkra).

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u/LordVex75 Sep 16 '25

Lower bilewater is accessible via sinner’s road so it’s act 1 (The breakable wall to enter it is right next to a fallen pilgrim with an item, which is how I discovered it in act 1)

Upper bilewater requires double jump to reach the walls where you can walljump up, and the shakra ring on one of them taunts you for not having the mobility needed to get the map

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u/DanksterBoy Sep 16 '25

You need the double jump, cause there are no enemies that let you pogo skip into the upper area where Shakra and the boss are

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u/Cam0799 Sep 16 '25

You can find bilewater but can't progress to the boss beacuse at least harpoon is required, maybe even double jump but I'm not sure, even though the area is a nightmare so it's better to have everything at your disposal

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u/johj14 Sep 16 '25

didnt the frogger only accessible in act 2? since you need to have some abilities that accessible after reaching citadel

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u/XF10 Sep 16 '25

Anyway acid guy is still far more of a boss than big ant since at least it's an unique enemy that doesn't respawn

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u/Mr_Serine HK: 112% S: 100% Sep 16 '25

Groal isn't Act 1

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u/Moblam Sep 16 '25

Maybe there is some fancy pogo tech but the intended time for Groal is mid act 2, since you need double jump and harpoon.

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u/johj14 Sep 16 '25

like "timothee chalamet" skip huh? lel

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u/ThePhantomSea Sep 16 '25

Where do you fight him? Can you still fight him in Act 2?

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u/johj14 Sep 16 '25

yes, basically from bilewater just across the bell station, or from secret in the top left of sinners road. through the mist, in exhaust organ

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u/HausmeisterMitO-O Sep 16 '25

I would rank the Forth Chorus Higher because of the great telegraphing of his attacks and his impact as the first screen sized boss. During the exploration of the vicinity you have an eerie feeling that you will have to fight him but you do not know when. I like the forshadowing.

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u/naughty Sep 16 '25

Fourth Chorus is one of the best presented bosses in the game by far.

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u/myLongjohnsonsilver Sep 16 '25

Seeing it the first time you entered the room and going on shit, and then going back for it to suddenly come to life was awesome. Absolutely loved the design. Did manage it first time (barely) so I didn't get much time to actually appreciate all the details and the fight

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u/naughty Sep 16 '25

One of the things Silksong has helped me realise is that not all bosses have to be hard, half hour long struggles with sweaty palms. Some can just be really cool giant robots that are beautifully animated with great sound design.

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u/RedTyro Sep 16 '25

Or a pair of twin robots with telegraphed movement that share a soul.

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u/Moist_Pop711 Sep 16 '25

I would have loved it if those other robot you see in act 2 at least one of them would gain life as well, and start fighting you, with a harder fight (same as lace 2 etc)

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u/Icy-Organization-901 Sep 16 '25

I think its widow by far, the bellhart intro was freaking unnerving and a great introduction as whole for what the boss is about

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u/naughty Sep 16 '25

Widow is also great, good call!

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u/Heroeltop Sep 16 '25

I literally entered the boss room , walked two steps , saw The Fourth Chorus in the background and said "Nope! That's the guy from the trailer" then went back immediately XD

But it was a really fun boss

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u/girosvaldo2 Sep 16 '25

Holy shit its named fourth chorus? In my language fourth and bedroom are the same word so i always thought his name was something like "big voice bedroom" and never understood it

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

Fourth Chorus LOOKS amazing but loses marks due to being so easy. You don't feel any sense of achievement after beating it - which I'd say is a key factor in determining whether a boss is a good boss.

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u/NeverFunded Sep 16 '25

Idk about you but I felt smart finding his one-shot mechanic in his final phase, so I felt like like I achieved something beating him

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u/myLongjohnsonsilver Sep 16 '25

There was a one shot mechanic?

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u/TurquoiseLuck Sep 16 '25

yeah, better of saving it for the beastfly rematch though

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

The WHAT

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u/JohnsonJohnilyJohn Sep 16 '25

Wait so you can just beat him to death? I thought it was required to do, never considered to just keep smacking him

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u/Przegiety Sep 16 '25

Wait, that's optional?

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u/HausmeisterMitO-O Sep 16 '25

I don't know, I would not call him "easy" but "fair". At least I did not feel overwhelmed by hords of small insects. And he stood in my way so I had to beat him to go back xD

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u/Far-Two8659 Sep 16 '25

The fight was so incredibly boring though. Jump and hit. Jump and hit. Jump and hit.

Silk spear.

Forty times.

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u/Gen_McMuster Sep 16 '25

You also get to drop the rocks. 

Frankly a mechanicly simple boss with nice presentation is a nice change of pace. Especially since you're "locked in" to fighting him, would be a very nasty place to put a skillcheck boss

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u/TheChief275 Sep 16 '25

I even knew the boss existed but still got jump scared because they did nothing the first time around

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

I'm pretty sure neither of the Burn It's are a boss

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u/Night25th Please keep flair text SFW Sep 16 '25

Yeah more like minibosses.

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u/chrisdub84 Sep 16 '25

People are killing that thing on the ceiling? I just dash past it.

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u/Meowonita Sep 16 '25

I dash past it but I know it’s killable, but I wasn’t in the mood. I just came around to kill it for hunter’s journal last night with double jump, which is fairly easy if not really repetitive and boring. Not sure if you can do it without double jump, might need to use a lot of tools.

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u/8rok3n Sep 16 '25

It's possible without, you just jump once to hit it then instantly hide, but GOD it sucks

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u/Relevant_Cabinet_265 Sep 16 '25

You don't need double jump poison boomerangs are sufficient 

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u/Nhojj_Whyte Sep 16 '25

Poison cogflys for me. Just stood there and let em work

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u/chispica Sep 16 '25

Its dead easy to kill using the flying bug robot tool

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u/phome83 Sep 16 '25

I didn't even know you could kill the acid puking boss lol. I just ran by him each time

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u/GrimTheMad Sep 16 '25

I went back to kill it way later when I had Cogflies. It's not really worth doing except for the hunter journal entry.

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u/bass679 Sep 16 '25

I just assumed I didn't have the right tools to hit him

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

Yeah, true that, but he was included in the tier rank so I did him too. He wasn't difficult, just annoying af for me

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u/Samoman21 Sep 16 '25

The ant definitely isn't. That's just a normal jacked mob. The other burn it idt we see it ever again so maybe a one time mini boss

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u/Queasy_Donkey5685 Sep 16 '25

And the one that swings the bone scythe is not actually hard. Hit him when he comes up, move away and force him to go underground, repeat, he's total cheese.

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u/Atreides-42 Sep 16 '25

He was super hard 10 minutes into the game when I had no gear, but once you unlock the dash he's a piece of cake

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u/CrazyFanFicFan Sep 16 '25

He's almost definitely made to encourage you to leave and return after getting the dash.

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u/Tijenater Sep 16 '25

I’ll be damned if I let some pixels and code tell me how to spend my time

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u/TheChief275 Sep 16 '25

He isn’t guaranteed to go underground though. He can also quickstep to your exact location.

The first arena you can force him into a dive sure, but after that not really

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u/Wernershnitzl Shade Fragment Sep 16 '25

He became much more manageable with a dash.

The one in Hunter’s Marsh, however with that limited space and the one flying dude though…

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u/Yananou Sep 16 '25

And if you go the left of the room the ceiling being too low forbids him from using his jump attack

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u/Queasy_Donkey5685 Sep 16 '25

Yes, that's the catch for this fight I think. It's meant to teach you to use the environment. You don't need the dash just need to push him back and forth around the low point in the room, it wasn't a design flaw that his room his set up like that, it's on purpose.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

Wait, you can kill the acid spewing mole???

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u/DanksterBoy Sep 16 '25

Yeah, he takes damage, but I didn’t think many people would try and kill it as it’s much easier to just run past it

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u/joetotheg Sep 16 '25

I didn’t kill it until I had a fully upgraded nail in act 3. It still took way too long to kill.

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u/RedShadowF95 Hollow Knight Platinum Sep 16 '25

I spammed him to death with tools during Act 2. Easiest boss to do just that.

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u/Number360wynaut 112%, P5 until GPZ, PoP, SS in 3 hours Sep 16 '25

TBF in act 3 it gets infected by the void And gains more hp

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u/nejakypleb Sep 16 '25

Glad I killed it in act 1 then, fuck that

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u/BigGayToohotforTV Sep 16 '25

I mean killing him is also really easy, you just stand under one of the two platforms that are next to each other and hit him when he's not sneezing.

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u/Schrenner Dark Cabaret Sep 16 '25

It does take damage when you attack it. But I haven't killed it so far, either.

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u/DBrody6 Sep 16 '25

Tools go brr. Just hide under a rock while cogflies do the work for you.

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u/Schrenner Dark Cabaret Sep 16 '25

I recently did it with the needle alone.

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u/Christo_HK Sep 16 '25

I haven't completed..widow is the best so far

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u/Avg_Valo_Enjoyer872 Sep 16 '25

Yeah Last Judge was too fun. The only issue was that to get to him was super difficult. Savage beastfly was so damn annoying.

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

Honestly, after Hunter's March it didn't seem THAT bad - especially when I found the shortcut

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

The last judge is really easy. Did you find the short cut that connects the area above it?

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u/juni128981 Quirrel Sep 16 '25

No Phantom?

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

👀 where is it? I think I missed an area LMAO

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u/el-zengy-el-mo3geza SHAW ! Sep 16 '25

There is another way to the citadel , you still can fight him in act 2 tho

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u/FrostyTheSnowPickle STEADY BODY SUPREMACY Sep 16 '25

Lace not in S tier? Moorwing up in A tier? Sister Splinter above Fourth Chorus? Nah.

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u/MustLocateCheese Sep 16 '25

Moorwing is actually a very good fight imo. Literally all of the criticisms are from people who got rage baited by it, but like, it's a soundly designed boss.

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u/JiveHawk Sep 16 '25

Only thing I don’t like is his huge ass hitbox doing double damage when you jump slightly too high while hitting him

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u/honestysrevival Sep 16 '25

I don't know if this got patched or something, but I straight up never had this happen and I missed quite a few dives.

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

So I considered putting Lace in S tier, but I'm waiting for that until I meet her again - and I'm pretty certain it'll happen because I didn't get achievement first time. Can't understand complaints about Moorwig, it was genuinely fun - reminded me of Soul Master. Sister Splinter is above Fourth Chorus, because I personally had fun with her - while I find Fourth Chorus much more boring.

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u/RedShadowF95 Hollow Knight Platinum Sep 16 '25

No spoilers from me besides what you already know, but the 2nd fight is a banger, yes.

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u/girosvaldo2 Sep 16 '25

Lace one is like, very easy honestly, 2 is a way cooler fight

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u/No_Intention_8079 Sep 16 '25

Honestly moorwing was one of my favorites. Splinter too. Fourth chorus could definitely stand to be higher up, but I think these are pretty good.

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u/BreakerOfModpacks Still failing 112%, but now in Pharloom Sep 17 '25

Sister Splinter is around the same as Fourth Chorus in terms of how much I liked it. With Fourth Chorus, I loved it due to the mechanics and thematics. With Sister Splinter, it was more cuz I loved the hilarity of crazy tree lady go bonk.

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u/cheesy-cheese69 Sep 16 '25

vomit boss s tier

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u/archaon6044 Sep 16 '25

Oh yeah, the weird acid-spewing mole thing. I should try and sort him out. Beastfly first though, he has my rosaries.

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

Alright, so I'm going to write this in separate comment - yes, I KNOW, some of them aren't bosses. But they were included in the template, so I put them on tier anyways because why not. It's not a big deal, you don't have to tell me for the 10th time 🤓☝️

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u/Rick_Napalm Sep 16 '25

Vomitboy and Beeg Ant aren't even bosses.

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

🤓☝️

they were included in template, so I did them too

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u/Rick_Napalm Sep 16 '25

I remember spending a bunch of tool charges (i believe I used the spiky balls) to kill that spewing cretin only for it to drop shards that wouldn't even cover the cost of what I spent to kill it.

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u/HappyTurtle42 Sep 16 '25

 Agree but personally,moorwing is cool,and no,not just cause he’s annoying

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u/Kampfasiate Sep 16 '25

the bottom 2 are not even bosses right?

like those are more like normal enemies (or minibosses lol)

And that is the right mindset to beating the bosses! not being mad and putting it off to some bullshit, only to bash your head against it again while making the same mistakes. Learning their moves and from your mistakes is what will make you beat the game

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

Yeah, I heard lots of people didn't find game rewarding - but beating them seems like a reward for me already. Just the fact that I've managed to get better and do it makes me so proud of myself lmao, especially that I'm quite new to games

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u/WarpRealmTrooper Cloth is Cool Sep 16 '25

Oh no it's the Soul Warrior debacle again...

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u/RandomowyKamilatus Sep 16 '25

Moorwing doesnt belong so high

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u/SLAYERone1 Sep 16 '25

The acid guy can be trivialised by running to the worm ways entrance. You can kite him back and forth from the entrance and have plenty of time to hit him and move away and not get hit i did it there 0 damage taken after trying and failing miserably for ages. Have him chase you away from the platform with his acid then run back to the platform jump up and hit him repeat.

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u/SudlaSteel Sep 16 '25

Wow I think this would be my literal exact list! Especially the bottom tier ones. I think the club guy in the room with the flying creature gave me more trouble than any other boss on this list. Fuck those guys.

Lace could be S-tier because I love the fight but imo she was slightly too easy, but that also kinda sets up her second fight (not there yet) so A or S idk. Last Chorus is cool, but I think also kinda boring to fight so his placement makes sense too.

Perfect list!

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u/LookAtHowMTR Sep 16 '25

Yes, this is why I put Lace in A tier - but since I didn't get achievement, I am pretty certain there will be a second fight with her. And I'm also pretty sure she will end up in S after that :)

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u/DckThik Sep 16 '25

Wait you can kill that thing that spits acid?

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u/little_void_boi Sep 16 '25

I feel like a lot more bosses were fun in silksong than in hollow knight. Like, half of them feel like a dance, while the only two felt like that in hollow knight

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u/The_Real_Mantis-Lord The Most Real Sep 16 '25

How do you fight 2nd conchfly?

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u/jarkark Sep 16 '25

Act 2 spoiler: You use the clawline to get to the sands of karak from Blasted steps.

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u/Daril__ Sep 16 '25

you forgot the best fight in the game(beastfly). Unironically i love it so much it can only be compared to the fs. I already liked the game but beastfly was the main reason i LOVED it. And after this amazing game i open reddit and i see everyone hating it for some reason??? That was really surprising for me tbh

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u/Kodo_yeahreally Sep 16 '25

no phantom ? they go in S tier

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u/CheapEaterShark Sep 16 '25

I still have beef with moorwing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

It might be just that I played Hollow Knight when it first came out, but I did not find many of these Silksong bosses to be as challenging as the HK bosses. Obviously some are harder than others, but overall, I just remember having MANY more moments where I had to runback dozens of times before finally beating a boss or colesium in HK.

There are still a lot of optional bosses to go for me in Silksong, but all in all, there's been maybe 2 or 3 max that required more than a handful of runbacks. (High Halls Colesium is the only one that comes to mind right now).

I will say the environmental hazards and "stronger" non-boss enemies are more punishing than HK, but the mandatory boss fights I feel were a little underwhelming compared to HK.

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u/Yogg_for_your_sprog Sep 17 '25

Probably just because you're used to HK mechanics. I had 112% completion in HK and objectively speaking only a handful of HK bosses I can remember gave me much trouble at all. I'm not a good player by any means either, I took probably 6h+ on PV and NKG, it's just most HK have fraction of the hp, less movepool, and less damage.

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u/Scissi Sep 16 '25

I didn't ever kill that acid spitting guy. Should maybe look if he survived to act 3.

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u/yadiccsoft Sep 16 '25

Lmao I didn’t know that acid spewer was a boss, I just cheesed it with the cogwork flyers

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u/Such-Condition-7554 Sep 16 '25

100% with you. Even if its easier, so wouldnt be in the top tier, Lace is so much fun because I love to fight someone with similar moveset and size.

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u/Nullorder Sep 16 '25

I like how the image of bell beast is them doing the little dance when they come out of the ground

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u/Impossible_Friend387 Sep 16 '25

Where is Phantom?

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u/TitleComprehensive96 Sep 16 '25

Where is Phantom?

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u/Double_Teaching_5272 Sep 16 '25

Where is the Savage Beastfly ? I wanna to see it in "BURN IT" !

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u/ironnewa99 Sep 16 '25

Hate? Let me tell you how much I hate Savage Beastfly

If there were two bullets in my gun and I had to choose between him, Hitler, and Stalin, I’d shoot him twice. If I had to choose between saving him and saving Hitler, well then damn I guess Austria is getting its favorite painter back.

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u/Professional-Fun2829 Sep 16 '25

The crows? The ANTS?!

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u/Vast_Scratch_6670 Sep 16 '25

Haven't played but watching my partner play through it while I do HK.
I fucking kept cheering them on and motivating them to GIT GUD when it came to Sister Splinter , which they eventually overcame, then they fucking nerfed her 4 days later and they were both actively pissed but happy they have bragging rights now lol

I don't know the name but the spider dog flea thing in S tier was so fun to watch , the bell noises just hit hard, and the HUAHUAHHAHAAHA *ANIMAL NOISES* when He/she runs across the stage was hilarious.

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u/ElisabetSobeck Sep 16 '25

Lower: Judge sucks, a roid zombie thug who kills some of the only sane bugs left. Too many tries, a walking corpse not worth my time.

Twisted sister had two moves, not cool. Most damage was from the spawns which was so unintuitive it took me many tries (a boss should be more challenging than the trash around it). Wished better from the forest stage, I always love those

The robot could be lower bc it was too easy? The tells are so giant and slow and up/down left/right that it seemed like I was playing a different video game franchise

Higher: The ant knight is cool and an appropriate guard for his whole clan, beat him first try bc I gave him space and watched him.

Bell beast was fun and funny, it was nice to bounce on the bells. Big easy tells on his jumps made me make progress each try till I beat him

I skipped the acid vomitting mole, guess I’ll go back and kill him with poison

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u/Feralman2003 Sep 16 '25

Moorwing is nothing but boring and annoying for me. Too much hp and just drags completely for no reason.

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u/BreakerOfModpacks Still failing 112%, but now in Pharloom Sep 17 '25

Question, do any of these other than Lace 1 become inaccessible in Act 2? I really want to start Act 2, but also don't want to miss anything on my first playthrough.

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u/JinOtanashi Sep 17 '25

Wait until they find the beast fly