u/Disastrous_Market337

I'll start.

Barbed Bracelet is so GOOD! It practically HALVES the damage output of Fury of the Fallen, and DOUBLES the DAMAGE! AMAZING! It is also located is such a GODFORSAKEN area of the map that its probably costing you a PERCENTAGE of gameplay achievement!!

And lets not FORGET Sprintmaster! It is not only LOCKED behind the SHOPKEEPERS KEY collectable, it cost FOUR HUNDRED GEO and increases run speed . . .by TWENTY PERCENT. WOW! What GODLIKE speed!

I just started a new Silksong run a few days ago (my 3rd non-Steel Soul/non-speedrun playthrough, but my second serious run) and its going quite well. I don't know how many hours I've spent on it, but I'd say about 6 hrs.

Already in >!Act 2 and aiming for Act 3 afterwards!<. Almost finished Whispering Vaults on 6 masks, 13 spool strands and quite a few gadgets. This is my first time taking the alternate Act 2 route, where I fought Phantom and got my favourite Silk Skill!

However, I wanted to ask the community a few things, mostly:

1. Did you find you 2nd or alternate route quicker or easier than before (I mean, that's pretty obvious, but by how much)

2. Did you take alternate ways to progression (e.g Mount Fay before Vaults, or GMS with only minimal upgrades?

3. And most importantly, did you change your PLAYSTYLE? I've always been a nostalgic HK fan (hence my main builds of Wanderer and Hunter), but ever since I saw Rusty playing Architect and Witch (on his Youtube videos), so I've decided to use those for this playthrough.

TL:DR: What did you change about your 2nd SIlksong playthrough.

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Link to a Rusty video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCbpMk_tHzU