The Hollow Knight Silksong mod community offers not only projects designed to make the game easier, but also proposals for hardcore fans.
A clip of a Silksong fight performed by Kelocitta has gone viral in the game's community — he decided to play as a "naked" Hornet (without a cloak) and without weapons: you need to use kicks to fight.
The damage from such an attack is about one-fifth of the damage from a standard needle strike.
The Crest Master modification from xpsydeus supports the "Cloakless crest" mode.