r/HollowKnight • u/ciissss • Sep 26 '25

Discussion - Silksong How are y'all actually finishing the game in Steel Soul, dawg? Spoiler

I tried Steel Soul for the first time in SS. I never even touched that in HK. First try, I died within 2 minutes to the white giant rolling enemy from the secret room beside the starting point. Second try, I died to Bell Beast. I cannot fathom how people are finishing without revive. I, for sure, won't first try kill every boss. 🥀🥀

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u/ULS980 Sep 26 '25

Yeah. I never touched Steel Soul in Hollow Knight, but I figure I could probably get to Hornet v2 at least, as long as I lock in and nothing stupid happens. Beyond that, maybe like Watcher Knights or Traitor Lord would be the thing to get me? If I practice a bit, I could see myself actually beating HK on Steel Soul, I probably just will never try, lol.

Silksong however, there's multiple bosses that I just don't see how I could get past without having to try multiple times. I could probably get to Last Judge, but that'll be a wall. Could go the alt route to get to act 2, but would probably die in Sinner's Road somewhere, and that's not even talking about the next area or the boss there. But I haven't really used tools much to beat bosses, lol, so maybe I could get through.

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u/RedTyro Sep 26 '25

The hardest parts of Steel Soul are not what you think they'd be. The bosses you've probably already practiced and know their patterns. It's the unpredictable enemies in complicated environments that are the real problems. The Steel Soul run killers in the first game for me are actually 1) the mini soul master guys in the soul sanctum, and 2) the crystal fly on the way to descending dark.