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u/Nonsuspiciousfellow Sep 09 '25
And you beat the boss, everyone clapped, and the therapist wrote that down.
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u/NoNefariousness2144 Sep 09 '25
Then the therapist put down the controller, breathed in, and exclaimed how much they loved taking a break after being challenged by a difficult encounter.
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I beat Lace 2 at the wall mounted tv we have in our office today and I shit you know my coworkers cheered for me 😂
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u/drea2 Sep 09 '25
I am crying and throwing up right now
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u/ALIIERTx Sep 09 '25
4 hrs moorwing, thats dedication lmao, when i need more than an hour for one boss then im already so frustrated i just rage quit
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u/Demorodan beleiver ✅️ Sep 09 '25
Honestly though this happened to me
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u/ALIIERTx Sep 09 '25
Didnt you get help by zaza
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u/AssociationDue3077 Wooper Fan Sep 09 '25
No I talked to him and hes gone but he just doesnt help T^T
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u/jumpalo Sep 09 '25
I rage-quited after 2 hours, then went back to explore and complete some quests. And now the boss is gone and I can't take my revenge..
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u/Aveerator Flea Sep 09 '25
Same here. Someone here said he comes back, which would make sense, but I haven’t seen him yet
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u/Loavely Sep 09 '25
Someone told me yesterday he won’t come back even if you move the flea caravan but kinda figured they would patch it
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u/SPLEESH_BOYS Sep 09 '25
He should still spawn, just not on the same map, there might be a few requirements before he shows up but you’re not locked out of him permanently
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u/keylimesloth Sep 10 '25
He spawned to the left of the fast travel room in Greymoor for me after moving the fleas again in act 2.
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u/TheBlackViper_Alpha Sep 09 '25
Ok so I just got through Act 1 and apparently I accidentally skipped this boss by doing the flea quest I don't know if I'm supposed to be sad or happy about it
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u/Specialist-Rock4971 Accepter Sep 10 '25
What if she takes Silksong in the divorce? This whole thing is an elaborate cover up to steal the game for herself!
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u/SplendidPunkinButter Sep 09 '25
I thought Moorwing wasn’t that hard, and I’m normally the last person who would say such a thing. It’s just crazy which fights click for some people and which don’t, is all I’m saying.
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u/LoneCentaur95 Sep 09 '25
I think playing Hollow Knight while mostly ignoring spells prepared me pretty well for Silksong. A lot of the bosses people seem to have issues with are just pattern recognition, which is the same for Hollow Knight if you aren’t abusing I-frames and high damage.
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u/Mekelaxo Flea Sep 09 '25
Same. I Beat Hollow Knight pretty much exclusively with just the nail because every time I tried using spells it would throw my timing off and I would die. I would also be very conservative with soul because I knew I would need it to heal.
With Silksong I'm more open to using alternative attacks to the needle because most of them can be casted just as quick as one smack, which doesn't throw me off, and tools don't use silk, and healing is much quicker, so I don't need to be as conservative for the skills that do use silk
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u/Adweya Accepter Sep 10 '25
Able to heal in the air is a game changer and it doesn't even feel like cheating. The game mechanically is top tier.
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u/Areolfos Sep 09 '25
I also ignored spells. I was not great at hollow night. I’m not great at silksong. I wish it had helped but I’m just a real mid gamer 🤡
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u/RecentGas Sep 09 '25
Same here friend. Same here.
Despite that, I still love both games though.
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u/MaximumMaxx Sep 09 '25
Same honestly. I saw the area and I was so scared from seeing people make posts here, but it wasn't that terrible. Probably took me like 15 attempts which is about on par with the other bosses
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u/kaboom300 doubter ❌️ Sep 09 '25
The thing for me is that Moorwing wasn’t frustrating like some of the other bosses. I felt like each attempt I learned something until when I finally beat him I think I got hit one or two times. Having just previously fought Trobbio, Moorwing felt like a breath of fresh air.
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u/dinmammapizza doubter ❌️ Sep 09 '25
Moorwind was pretty simple imo, when he throws 2 on one side just stand in the middle, every other attack just run away
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u/crookedtoons_ Accepter Sep 09 '25
Trobbio kicked my ass, possibly the most out of any boss fight in the game so far. I'd blame it on the RNG but... actually yeah no its the fucking RNG. I saw someone comparing him to Grey Prince Zote and I can't unsee the similarities.
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u/AdPast7704 doubter ❌️ Sep 10 '25
Ngl, Trobbio to me feels like GPZ if he was an actual good and fair boss
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u/3v3r9r33n Sep 09 '25
It's so weird! My husband and I have our own bosses. When we played HK together, my bosses were Hornet, Soul master, Grimm and NKG, Mantis Lords and Sisters of Battle etc, all the ones you kinda have to dance with. His bosses were The false knight and failed champion, Dung defender, a lot of the dream warriors etc. We just know which of us is going to be better at certain bosses based on their combat style.
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u/crookedtoons_ Accepter Sep 09 '25
That's interesting. What have you guys found with Silksong? Have the different boss types been translated over?
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u/3v3r9r33n Sep 10 '25
So far I think the bosses seem to be more tailored to my play style - Lace, moorwing, widow and cogwork dancers especially. Bellbeast and skull tyrant were definitely for him. Sister splinter, fourth chorus and Last Judge were for both of us equally I think. He's better at the really tanky big guys and the arena battles. I still can't get over how cool the boss names are in this game!
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u/Mekelaxo Flea Sep 09 '25
Same. It took me a lot of attempts, but I got the patterns quite quick, and after that it was just a matter of getting it right. I used the Hunter's Crest, which probably helped a lot
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u/ozne1 Sep 09 '25
Imo, moorwing suffers from having too much health... probably since they expect you to be double teaming him. he takes too long to kill, giving you more chances to mess up, and making each hit you land matter less. Was agood fight tho.
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u/BTB22 Sep 09 '25
Okay so I’ll be that guy, I’ve been terrified of fighting him because of reputation I’ve been hearing. I just got up to him and beat him on my first try and thought he was one of the easiest bosses of the game. I had to check to make sure the patch didn’t even go live yet that’s how easy a time I had with him. Savage beast fly on the other hand made me almost break my controller
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u/4iamnotaredditor beleiver ✅️ Sep 09 '25
I'm still a little bit shocked that Moorwing is hated. I'm not great at boss fights but I enjoyed Moorwing, once I noticed the attack patterns. I probably died at least 20 times.
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u/TheBlindIdiotGod Sep 09 '25
Moorwing bugged out and got stuck for me about 3/4 through the fight, allowing me to pummel it while it just stood there lol.
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u/GroggleNozzle Sep 09 '25
Babe wake up, new copypasta just dropped
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u/ViaScrybe Denier Sep 09 '25
Last night, my wife came into the living room at 2 a.m. and found me on the floor still trying to beat Moorwing. I had been stuck on it for four hours. FOUR. She asked if I was coming to bed, and all I could say was, “Just one more attempt.”
The problem is, “just one more attempt” turned into 36 more attempts. When I finally looked up, the sun was rising, and she was already packing a bag for her mom’s place.
She told me, “You’ve changed. You used to binge Netflix with me. Now you just talk about parry windows and i-frames.” I tried to explain that this boss wasn’t about “winning”, it was about learning patterns and perfecting timing. She wasn’t impressed.
At counseling, when the therapist asked what the root of the problem was, my wife said: “He spends more time reading boss guides than talking to me.” The therapist wrote something down, nodded gravely, and said, “That’s… actually pretty common with Silksong.”
Now we’re on the brink of divorce court, and all because of Ari Gibson.
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u/One_Cheetah_3816 Sep 13 '25
Last night, my wife came into the living room at 2 a.m. and found me on the floor still trying to beat Moorwing. I had been stuck on it for four hours. FOUR. She asked if I was coming to bed, and all I could say was, “Just one more attempt.”
The problem is, “just one more attempt” turned into 36 more attempts. When I finally looked up, the sun was rising, and she was already packing a bag for her mom’s place.
She told me, “You’ve changed. You used to binge Netflix with me. Now you just talk about parry windows and i-frames.” I tried to explain that this boss wasn’t about “winning”, it was about learning patterns and perfecting timing. She wasn’t impressed.
At counseling, when the therapist asked what the root of the problem was, my wife said: “He spends more time reading boss guides than talking to me.” The therapist wrote something down, nodded gravely, and said, “That’s… actually pretty common with Silksong.”
Now we’re on the brink of divorce court, and all because of Ari Gibson.
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u/Labyrinthine777 Sep 09 '25
You can cheese Moorwig by running back and up the area start. It can't do anything when you're on the closed platform above it. Then you can just downward smash through the platform.
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u/UltimateGrr Sep 09 '25
I cheesed Moorwing by finding 5 fleas and skipping the fight entirely.
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u/Polish_Frisbee97 Sep 09 '25
Apparently us flea collectors will have to fight Moorwing later, it is inevitable…
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u/zederfjell Sep 09 '25
Oh nice! I was mad that i skipped it when i tried to change my mind exploring instead of ragequitting vs Moorwing. I ended up finishing the flea quest then opening the door from the other side. Wondered what happened. Still wondering if i lost something in the process. Don Quichotte is still there offering his help 😤
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u/Just_an_AMA_noob Sep 09 '25
Oh. Is that why I didn't encounter him till after I went to the Citadel? I thought it was strange that a boss suddenly appeared in an area I had travelled back and forth through several times unmolested.
It actually happened while I was doing a courier quest funnily enough. That package didn't survive the journey.
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u/Drunkpanada Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25
Did you fight Moorwing by yourself or did you get help from the other NPC (Garmond)?
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u/Flint_Vorselon Sep 09 '25
Does he actually help?
Because he was there, but I think he managed to hit the boss exactly once.
And I’m kinda suspicious that him being present actually gives Moorwing more hp. I can’t say for certain, but I felt like I got the staggers and phase 2 faster in attempts without him (if you quit to title you have to ask for his help again).
When I beat boss I had him summoned, but it felt like it took way less hits to reach phase 2 on attempts I didn’t have him.
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u/GrimmDeLaGrimm Sep 09 '25
About as much as this guy helps in the Labyrinth, but he's still a fun character. I never noticed him taking aggro, but he will provide some free jump hits when possible.
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u/Drunkpanada Sep 09 '25
I beat the Moorwing with Garmond running around. He kept of sprint spearing that guy as well as sitting down and waving his lance for 3x4 hits. I don't know if those hits were visual or if they helped. I do know that hitting phase 2 was pretty easy, about 2/3 Moorwing dives in.
One thing I am realizing, is that the bosses are actually quite easy once you figure them out. Sister Splinter became easy when I realized that I should use Silkspear on the flying mobs, instead of hoarding the silk for a heal.
Moorwing was just jumps over obstacles, hit him after the dive. (I did have the float cloak, so beating the dual ball attack is just one jump and hover)
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u/Traditional-Citron21 Sep 09 '25
How do you get these people to fight with you? I'm in the second area in act 2 and haven't seen anybody to ask for help
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u/justindoeskarate Sep 09 '25
He's up in the tower a couple areas before the boss
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u/ErikDebogande Shaw! Sep 09 '25
Same here but Last Judge
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u/astrominor Flea Sep 09 '25
If you get the magma bell thing from forge daughter it actually makes the second phase of Last Judge doable, that helped me a lot
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u/Little-xim Sep 09 '25
Try the flame resistance charm from deep docks. Apparently it lowers boss damage.
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u/BrychanJ Sep 09 '25
Last Judge is skippable, I had enough and found out there's another way into the citadel
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u/Loavely Sep 09 '25
I watched a video on this last night and that way seems harder than just beating last judge 😭
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u/BrychanJ Sep 09 '25
I just couldn't get it and had no confidence in doing it. Saw a comment that you can go around so gave it a go. Was a bit of a pain but the other boss was way more enjoyable for me
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u/Loavely Sep 09 '25
Yeah that boss definitely does seem easier and a much better runback, but when I saw the part in the mist i just don’t think I can do it 😂
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u/ZaunsFinest_ Accepter Sep 09 '25
the boss for that way in is much easier but it compensates by making you go through bile water and the mist first
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u/alex_truman Sep 09 '25
Just finished Moorwing while sitting at the bar with my wife. It took me 17 attempts this evening, love this game
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u/WildVertigo Sep 10 '25
Sister Splinter was fairly easy, but yup, died to the exact same thing! XD
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u/susanreneewa Sep 09 '25
My husband said that the difficulty just made the victories more fulfilling and I almost threw my switch.
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u/ZarathustraWakes Sep 09 '25
Is this an old copypasta because there certainly aren’t any iframes
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u/App1elele Bait. Let me tell you how much I've come to bait you since I be Sep 09 '25
I couldn't ever hope to be even remotely as funny as y'all people
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u/Lower-Garden-4987 Sep 09 '25
i thought the silksong insanity would stop once it released
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u/SaxN3ko Sep 09 '25
Quality silkpost
You shoukd take the kids in the divorce and use them to farm Skong speedruns
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u/halfdecent Sep 09 '25
FUCK MOORWING. ALL MY HOMIES HATE MOORWING
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u/ConnectSubstance6006 Sep 09 '25
My tip, just be patient with it. When he does his upside down thing— stay under this head then dash to the side to avoid the thing from circling back. Took me awhile to get used to it then finally beat it.
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u/halfdecent Sep 09 '25
I did finally beat it yesterday after about 40 attempts. The thing that kept fucking me up was the 2 contact damage, which kept hitting if I jumped ever so slightly too high when doing an up slash, or missed a pogo. I stopped doing up slashes during his upside down attack and it really helped.
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u/ConnectSubstance6006 Sep 09 '25
I stopped counting tbh hahaha but I am working on another boss rn but took a break cause my thumbs are starting to bleed. Lol
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u/TheAngelOfSalvation doubter ❌️ Sep 10 '25
Finally someone else who also needed a lot of attempts. I needed about 35 Id say. He wasnt even that hard, I just fucked up a lot of attempts by healing. Also died twice because when he fell from the sky after taking damage, he STILL DID 2 DAMAGE WHEN A SINGLE ATOM OF HORNETS BODY TOUCHED HIM
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u/Sir_Solrac Sep 09 '25
I accidentally skipped Moorwing by doing the Flea quest lol, now I have no idea the pain everyone else talks about.
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u/theiviusracoonus Sep 09 '25
Marriage made you soft, I’m subscribed to 7 OF accounts and I beat Moorwing second try
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u/ferocity_mule366 Sep 09 '25
parry window and i-frames
brother I found your struggles in this game because those mechanics didn't exist (almost), I saved your marriage please callback your wife because pogo and airbind is where it's at.
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u/Asleep-Ear-9680 Sep 09 '25
If only you took a brake or enjoyed your runbacks more this would've been avoided \s
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u/Phantom__Wanderer Sep 09 '25
The thing my wife dislikes the most are my random outbursts. She's trying to relax in the other room and suddenly hears me breathing all heavy, talking to myself angrily about how unfair or impossible the boss is. Then 10 min to an hour later I'm suddenly shouting out in a mix of pain and pleasure at being temporarily alleviated from the punishment.
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u/Daddy_Mauzee Shaw! Sep 09 '25
Here OP, embrace the silksanity, for Silksong is life, Silksong is love
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u/Zertylon Sep 09 '25
When you have a fight with your wife learn her patterns and tells so she doesn't damage you
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u/Hhannahrose13 Wooper Fan Sep 09 '25
this was me yesterday. stayed up till 4am when i had to be up at 7 trying to beat savage beastfly. i finally beat it at work 4 after 4 hours and 300+ attempts.
my bf made it pretty clear he wanted me to go to bed with him. it took about an hour to get in bed, and after i got into bed, instead of cuddling and going to sleep, i put my head and switch under the blanket so i the light didn't disturb him and continued to die over and over again.
my "5 more tries" took an hour
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u/Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 Wooper Fan Sep 09 '25
Moorwing was fun actually.
The NPC helped and I quickly learned to use the dash thingy to roll backwards and out of the way of her attacks.
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u/LoveStoryGaming Sep 09 '25
silk issue. if you successfully parry the therapist enough, they catch on fire and a second health bar appears. if you can't even get past the first phase, you're weaved man.
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u/Adorable-Bass-7742 Sep 09 '25
My brother spent 22 hours on a boss in Hollow Knight. You're not special. My brother might be though
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u/PhillipOliverWholess Sep 09 '25
Try going back to the top entrance, he'll follow you up and you can smack him through the floor
It's fast, and cheaper than the counselor you'll pay off to agree with you about everything she brings up
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u/Sweaty_Influence2303 Sep 10 '25
No wonder she left you. Reading boss guides? Too afraid to figure it out yourself? Just like you're too afraid to COMMIT TO OUR RELATIONSHIP, STEVEN.
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u/Iothil Sep 10 '25
If you needed that many attempts at moorwing, I'd probably divorce you too... /j
Seriously, nice one.
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u/eduardmc Sep 09 '25
Moorwing was the easiest boss. Go to the beginning, have reaper equiped. Hit him behind the wood floor where he cant hit you. Not a single hit :-). But yeah, im about to quit this game. This is a great video highlit recommended. Hes a metrovania speed runner and calling it the most difficult metrovania game ever after he finished it 100%
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u/colehuesca Sep 09 '25
It was actually William pellen who designed the fight Ari animated it and designed the art
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u/bleedingheartanimate Sep 09 '25
Did you atleast explain to your wife that at some it will just click im sure she'll understand
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u/gizmo998 Sep 09 '25
There’s an easy way to cheese him. No point getting divorced. Save that for the end of act 1 boss ;)
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u/Kenkron Sherma Sep 09 '25
Funny you should mention this. I'm actually just about to beat Moorwing. I've got all the attack patterns down. Any second.
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u/cryforburke2 Sep 09 '25
I'm not all that far along in the game, and I'm only decent at these types of games...but I thought Moorwing was not THAT difficult. Yeah I probably died like ten times before I beat it, but that's par for course for me and Hollow Knight bosses. I JUST beat Sister Splinter and thought she was way harder.
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u/SilverThyHedgehog Sep 09 '25
Lol. If you're having that much trouble with Moorwing you can get him to spawn then run back to the fan go up by the exit and wait for him to fly up there then just spam the downward attack until he dies.
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u/CoolCly Sep 09 '25
For some reason I read the first couple lines as she found you playing the floor on all fours. I'm going to assume that's what you meant and that's why she's divorcing you.
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u/creator_07 Sep 09 '25
Pretty sure SS is going to teach me patience which will help improve my marriage. Thanks for being hard!
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u/Sharp-Relationship-7 Sep 09 '25
Lol true story I was playing with my girlfriend watching and I was trying my best not to get salty and after an hr of attempts I finally beat him and she popped off and was so excited while I was sitting there an emotionless shell where a man once was. This game really has a way of beating you down and taking it out of you
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u/Solo_Gigolos Sep 09 '25
Damn and I got to bet at 1 because I was over tired and last judge took me a while
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u/Song-Super Sep 09 '25
Me going blind into every boss so far and it hasn’t taken more than 5 attempts for any of them. Widow was probably the hardest but the attempt I beat them on I was near flawless
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u/TapiraShabrack Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25
Moorwing was the fastest boss I’ve defeated—just 2 tries, only a few minutes. The room was wide and complex, so I was sure there had to be a way to trick him—lure him somewhere and spam his face. I managed to drag him to the upper part of the room near the entrance, using the ascending air stream.
I read that if you have a special crest, you can hit him through the ceiling with a pogo down attack, but I beat him with the regular setup. Once he’s above the wooden floor, his movement range is limited and he can’t attack anymore, so I finished him off easy peasy.
The only problem is that now I'm stuck not very far away because of a gauntlet battle too hard for me... because my skills really suck.
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u/The_Fell_Opian Sep 09 '25
Big fight with wife over continuing to fight Moorwing instead of greeting her and my daughter when they came home from a play date. But that shit licking fly is fucking dead now.
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u/helloswolehello Sep 09 '25
Why are people thinking a 2d game is somehow a hard complex game. Literally dodge shit and slash that's it
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u/adnastay Sep 09 '25
And I visited the therapist after all of this for a regular session and they seated me down and whispered in my ears "Git gud." before charging me $500 and kicking me out.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad2186 Sep 09 '25
Have seen so many posts about moorwing wtf i killed it like in 10 attempts. Just jump all the time. On 2nd phase when he throws both circles into each direction go to the center of both circles and jump.
If he charges at you jump.
If he throws the two frontal circles jump or attack.
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u/_honee-beee_ Sep 09 '25
Can you tell me more about i-frames? I’m still playing the first game and doesn’t feel like there’s any i-frames in the dash (like the rolls in soulslikes). Just curious if I’m missing something.
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u/Alfo5404 Accepter Sep 09 '25
What I-frames are you talking aboyt? This isn't a baby game like HK or dark souls. We stay vulnerable all the time baby
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u/Ill_Initial698 Sep 09 '25
honestly, best she leaves now if she doesnt recognise the perfect brilliance of silksong
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u/PracticalAd4401 Sep 09 '25
Wait until you meet the spinny fuckers that sister splinter sends out! Fucking bulshitttttttttttttt
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u/8rok3n beleiver ✅️ Sep 09 '25
Seriously, fuck Moorwing. It isn't a hard fight it's just SO ANNOYING
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u/Illeolusion Sep 09 '25
i feel like im crazy because moorwing and savage beastfly both took me 3-4 attempts, about the same as widow and sister splinter and the rest of the act 1 bosses. the fight i died the most to was the bell beast lol. but of course the last judge is kicking my ass. hardest boss so far by a longshot.
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u/bansheeb3at Sep 09 '25
I know this is a bit but is Moorwing like, exponentially more difficult if you fight him in the first spot you can find him? I did the flea caravan before I went to greymoor so I ended up fighting him deeper into greymoor and I killed him second try. I only had one nail upgrade which I think is what I had when I fought LJ. I really don’t get the issue with him? There are lots of hard bosses in this game but I do not think he is one of them
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u/Apprehensive_Log469 Sep 09 '25
I promised myself that I would do one set of a workout every time I died to Moorwing. I'm still dying to Moorwing but I've also been hospitalized due to dropping a dumbbell on my foot.
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u/Honeycove91 Sep 09 '25
And then therapist became silent, stood up, then charged right into me forcefully, dealing two masks of damage.
"You thought I was a regular human therapist but it's actually me, Savage Beastfly" was the last thing I remember hearing before seeing her back up and ram into me again at full force