Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 week agoSkills and traps don’t do enough damage to feel especially useful either.
There’s one trap actually is pretty strong if you know how to abuse it.
I’m not going to spoil where or how to get it, but flying beetles that home in on the enemy and repeatedly bump into it to deal damage can be pretty busted… especially when they still attack during phase change animations that stop the player from moving.
subignition@fedia.io 6 days ago
I also especially like a particular early game trap for this:
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the cluster spike trap, because if you throw it well just before initiating a boss cutscene, it can activate and hit them 6-7 times while they are doing their initial taunt.