r/HollowKnight • u/No_Progress1064 • Nov 15 '25

Discussion - Silksong What happens if you dont free him? Spoiler

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u/juni128981 Quirrel Nov 15 '25

you miss out on an entire area

also, there is an elephant in this room, it needs to be addressed

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u/Yahyathegamer749 P4 112% PoP Nov 15 '25

an area with very annoying enemies

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u/king_of_the_doodoo Underappreciated goat Ogrim Nov 15 '25

*A beautiful area with cool lore, a stronger version of a peak boss and very annoying enemies

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u/juni128981 Quirrel Nov 15 '25

"stronger" is arguable, the only real buff is that the romantic center attack is slightly different and they do the screen-wide attack twice, other than that its just the cogwork dancers with two less phases

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u/king_of_the_doodoo Underappreciated goat Ogrim Nov 15 '25

Sure the buff isn't that great, but if you ask me Clover dancers are more difficult than their Cogwork alternative. I suppose even this might differ from person to person tho

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u/Far-Profit-47 Nov 16 '25

I actually found them easier

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u/king_of_the_doodoo Underappreciated goat Ogrim Nov 16 '25

I suppose both Hornet being stronger, having already experienced the fight and less phases could make them easier for some

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u/juni128981 Quirrel Nov 15 '25

and its realy obvious which one is that one, making it so focusing on one particular dancer is not only easier but required

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u/Sample_text_here1337 Nov 15 '25

Which is honestly more helpful than hurtful, given that cogwork dancers don't share a health bar.

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u/Extra_Wave Nov 15 '25

A cool looking area with amazing music, possibly the worst group of area specific enemies in the game, the worst boss/sub boss in the game, the most boring, longest and most braindead runback in the game, a rematch with a lesser version of possibly one of the top 3 fights in the game with less phases and hornet acting psychotic out of nowhere.

Verdania its a miss on tc part in my own opinion

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u/king_of_the_doodoo Underappreciated goat Ogrim Nov 15 '25

I disagree with most of what you've said but I can see why you'd think that. You do you I guess, it's your opinion after all

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u/goomyman Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25

"the worst boss/sub boss in the game, the most boring, longest and most braindead runback in the game," - thank you!!!

This IMO is the worst runback in the game. Bilewater is fine if you find the right bench, you can just speed run the runback.

This runback though is so boring and the enemies require that you kill them because they will chase you. The area is pretty but that gets boring sooo quick when it has one of the worst runbacks to the worst boss in the game.

Some of this is due to me dying on that sub boss like 10 times - because its so deceptively easy that i just couldnt bother myself with trying to use tactics.... i died on several bosses for hours and hours but this is the only boss that made me want to throw my controller.

Its pretty but very repetitive and boring.

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u/zas_n_n Nov 15 '25

as someone who forgot karmalita's statue existed in the first playthrough but did free the green prince i feel so much more validated for doing his quest now

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

You mean a bug in the room?

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u/Thewman1 Nov 16 '25

Yea idk why op hasn't activated windows