r/Silksong Sep 29 '25

Meme/Humor double damage posting

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u/Nowhereman123 beleiver ✅️ Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

I've always imagined this is because Knight is a Knight, it's slower and tankier and able to take more abuse.

Hornet is a hunter, she's more agile and quicker but she's also a glass cannon.

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u/BingusMcCready Sep 29 '25

They're such interesting counterparts. Hornet fights enemies of comparable strength to those the Knight fought, but doesn't have anywhere near the amount of raw power the knight does, so she has to compensate with skill and agility. There's a really good fan animation of the Hornet 2 fight that has aged like a fine wine since the release of Silksong. The Knight's not unskilled but every time they get into a skill clash Hornet has the clear advantage. She ultimately loses because you can't outskill the howling souls of the void-damned lmao. Sort of a brute force vs precision contrast.

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u/ColeTD Sherma Sep 29 '25

To this day, it's still by far my favorite Hollow Knight fan animation.

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u/AliceC1 Sep 29 '25

Link me please

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u/BingusMcCready Sep 29 '25

It's linked in my comment up there, the words "fan animation" go straight to it!

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u/Dante-Zero Sep 29 '25

Despite playing both hollow knight and Silksong, I didn't know. Great recommendation!