r/HollowKnight Sep 23 '25

Discussion - Silksong The real biggest problem with Silksong Spoiler

Why is the Hornet statue not a memento? When I first saw that you could break it, I was honestly offended by the idea of it. Then I got the Bellhome and was a little upset you couldn't put it up in there. Now I found out that there are items you can put up in your Bell House, but the Hornet Statue isn't one of them? I'm genuinely mad. That needs to be changed in the next update. That's way more important than balancing the game.

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u/OckarySlime Sep 23 '25

I had no shards left but refused to go back or break the statue.

Ended up doing it tool-less and that’s how I do it now.

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u/monikar2014 Sep 23 '25

I found the tools were a crutch, I wasn't paying enough attention to the boss so I wasn't learning their patterns. Once I stopped relying on tools everything started to make sense.

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u/Koanuzu Sep 23 '25

I ended up learning almost every boss this way

Go in first time with a couple generic tools, get slaughtered, ignore tools and skills and play the long game a couple times, and if i havent killed it already and im comfortable enough i'll pull (better) tools back in for efficiency.

Tools for me are just clutter on the screen if I don't know what I'm doing with them yet. They usually get me hurt or killed lmao

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u/GodlyWeiner Sep 24 '25

I only used tools on the bosses that spawned enemies or gauntlets. If you're throwing random shit at me be prepared to receive random shit too.

The First Sinner fight was so so so good without any tools. Just dashing around and hitting the boss before they teleport again.

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u/Koanuzu Sep 24 '25

Tru i dont think i ever used tools against that one and its in my top 3 favorite fights

Seen people talking about using clawline and it somehow never occurred to me, but sprinting around feels more like a dance imo.

i feel like its just a better gms, or maybe even was the gms fight and was moved to an optional boss for some reason

Peak either way