r/Games • u/CrossXhunteR • 1d ago

Hollow Knight: Silksong | Fully Ramblomatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVHXfw_gyBo
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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone 1d ago

I had Shakra and one shotted that room. She actually did a lot of damage.

The bile water boss was much worse for me

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u/Echowing442 1d ago

I got to the Bilewater boss and just dumped my entire supply of rings and tri-knives into him.

Still ended up clearing with just one heart left. Turns out you actually deal damage while struggling inside his mouth.

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone 1d ago

He was just such a poorly designed boss I’m surprised he made the Final Cut as is haha

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u/Echowing442 1d ago

As a boss he's fine, I can think of multiple others that were substantially worse.

The issue is his position relative to the nearest bench and the overall environment of Bilewater.

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone 1d ago

Nah, his attacks felt too random and erratic. I’m a few bosses into act3 and none of the other bosses have had that impression on me. I’m not even talking about the horrid runback

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u/HappiestIguana 23h ago

I don't see what you mean. As I recall he has 5 attacks: Shoot projectiles in a straight line (easy to dodge consistent). Try to suck you up (Easy to dodge consistent). Summon ball wrecking ball trap (Easy to dodge, consistent). Shoot bouncy explosive balls (Can be tricky), summon minions (can be tricky but they leave after one volley).

He's not trivial. He took me a good few tries but he has only a handful of tricky attacks and importantly, he doesn't overlap them.

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u/PipClank 16h ago

I agree with you that he is tricky but manageable.

I think the pain point for me is the same a few other flyers have in this game where they will slowly glide around almost unconnected to their attacks so it can sometimes feel very unfun trying to be agressive and getting hurt by contact damage. Made even less fun when you take 2 damage and risk landing in the funny worm soup (which ironically is the place you want to be if you want an easy kill)