And yeah, it's been said a lot but it bears repeating: Hollow Knight is really good at making fights that feel tough but fair, which makes them a lot more fun than stuff that's just "this is completely impossible what the fuck".
it's really terribly funny because thk's aerial defense is actually quite poor (i don't think they have anything much available to them to defend against pogoing besides the up-slash in normal form
it is more painful than ever before