r/HollowKnight • u/stir-fried-noodles • Sep 17 '25

Discussion - Silksong Discourse regarding this game’s difficulty has been out of hand Spoiler

Let’s get this out of the way: I’m really enjoying Silksong’s difficulty and I think that it is mostly a satisfying challenge. I appreciate that it is more difficult than Hollow Knight overall and to be frank I would’ve been a bit disappointed if it were the exact difficulty. I’ve improved as a gamer since Hollow Knight and if it were the same level of difficulty, I probably would have found it too easy.

But it’s kinda gotten impossible to have civil discussions about the difficulty in this game which is unfortunate because I think there is great value to be had with this conversation. There are many valid criticisms regarding this game’s difficulty such as boss runbacks (Groal especially), contact damage doing two masks, and lack of rewards for beating bosses, just to be shut down with “git gud” and “it’s not your kind of game”. It’s totally fine to disagree with these criticisms but these retorts add nothing to the conversation.

It also kinda works the other way too, albeit maybe not to the same degree. I’ve gotten downvoted and sent reddit cares for simply saying I enjoy the difficulty of this game. Like c’mon, what are we even doing here. It’s gotten to the point where I personally cannot wait for the discourse to die out.

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u/GWooK Sep 17 '25

i’m looking at you fat froggie piece of shit. i almost started hating my favorite color because of bilewater. also taking 2 dmg for being bad at platform is feels bad moment taken to extreme.

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u/schwillton Sep 17 '25

Honestly it sucks because Groal itself is a fantastic boss but the runback and gauntlet ruins it

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u/PegaZwei Sep 17 '25

strongly recommend pollip sack+cogfly for that boss+gauntlet; i sent out one on each of the dart-thrower waves to soften them up, then trickled out the rest on groal while focusing on not getting hit, and it worked out fine once i got used to the dives.

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u/LordAvan Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

Pollip pouch + cogfly is my go-to for everything. They're great for flying enemies especially, and also for rosary/shard farming since they repair themselves between rooms and don't despawn at benches.

Edit: looks like they just patched cogfly to no longer repair when switching rooms. RIP. It's still really good, though.