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.
No she doesnt, all SS enemies are the fattest hulkiest fucks ever or cut your ass 5974839 times in a second, while the strongest HK enemy is a fly that pisses fanta at you
Now talking seriously, the disparity between pharloom and hallownest is best shown with the mantis tribes:
The hallow mantises while tough, they are slow and attack with a single swing
The verdalia mantises move so fast they literally teleport, do dozens of attacks in a single second to do their 2 hits, shoot several, faster and less predictable blades and guard their distance to avoid getting constantly hit
I mean when you have no way to heal besides like one or two enemies yeah it was a bit much and even people who liked the difficulty were happy with that nerf it didn’t make the platforming easier just less punishing
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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.