h2-discussion

[glass fjord]

Hi guys so a question about fear , what’s the condition for getting more fear rewards every run? Is the reward for 8,16,32 more fear skulls?

[gleaming parrot]

Huh

Apollonius writes that she (just like every other descendant of Helios) had flashing golden eyes that shot out rays of light, with the author of Argonautica Orphica noting that she had hair like fiery rays.

In game she has bright golden eyes and sharp red hair so it definitely looks like she's descended from Helios. I don't remember if she directly says it

[rustic mesa]

full ost album on streaming when.... need it in my bloodstream

[shut needle]

You can see it at the shrine when picking how much fear you'll do at the top, who and with what weapon

[gleaming parrot]

In any case, I kind of have the suspension of disbelief on a level that I'll accept anyone with some amount of divinity has a loose human form with some creative liberty thrown in like a tail

[indigo tinsel]

Okay, ||Where is this scroll supposed to be? I've been to every shop in Erebus here...||

[shut needle]

Sorry we're figuring it out a bit still too. Maybe talk to others including parents more first?

[rare marten]

took the knuckle bones to Polyphemus, still didnt unlock Odysseus gift options. and theres not a new prophecy so idk what to do next

[shut needle]

He has other people he has had past with

[rare marten]

that doesnt tell me anything

[pale pier]

Circe isn’t just a descendant of Helios. She is his daughter. So she is less demigoddess and more straight up demititan

[crude dragon]

What are some other characters in the Odyssey that happen to be in this game?

[shut needle]

||take the knuckbones to scylla maybe circi. If you've not read the Odyssey it's great||

[wintry mantle]

still cant believe i beat typhon finally

[indigo tinsel]

Nobody is in this game.

[crude dragon]

Indeed

[shut needle]

Lol yes
Feels so good

[rare marten]

wdym maybe? is it both or one of them? why do I have to answer a riddle to figure this out? just tell me what I need to do ffs

[indigo tinsel]

For me it didn't unlock the gifting options the next night, but the night after that.

[shut needle]

I think just scylla worked for me, but this isn't exactly a science, it's tough to figure out the triggers

[wintry mantle]

theres actually 4 characters and one honorable mention in this game from the odyssey. ||Scylla, Charybdis, Polythemus, Circe, and 'Nobody'||

[shut needle]

It is odd one sea monster can talk and the other can't

[wintry mantle]

i might be wrong on one of those but like, my most up to date odyssey knowledge is Epic: the Musical

[crude dragon]

||Man, imagine if Charybdis had an interaction for seeing the Knuckle Bones||

[pale pier]

I wish they had added Calypso as well. Imagine going through the encounter door in the rift expecting Circe and you end up at Calypso’s 💔

[shut needle]

Technically a bunch of the gods are in the Odyssey too

[crude dragon]

TBF, one of them used to be a Nereid prior to Circe cursing her

[pale pier]

The gods are mostly present in the Iliad. They appear in the Odyssey too but not as much

[indigo tinsel]

Dear Mel's friends (Artemis, Icarus): Please stop showing up. It just makes more enemies show up.

[crude dragon]

Mostly Poseidon and Athena, IIRC

[shut needle]

I mean actual mythology tho, he basically just sails by them after being tied to the mast in a couple pages and that's it

[crude dragon]

But timer pause...

[willow fog]

Those two sharing a screenplay never ends well for people around them

[pale pier]

Literally. Nothing infuriates me more than running high nightmare, being at the last enemy and this annoying ahhh shows up

[shut needle]

I think Hermes too? My fav

[crude dragon]

I'm pretty sure that Scylla being a nymph that Circe cursed over them both competing for the same lover is from the myths

[indigo tinsel]

Also, Toula should get bonus damage against King Vermin.

[crude dragon]

That'd be funny as hell

[shut needle]

Oh I know no more updates but imagine if hecate could turn Mel into the king vermin on accident, at like a 1% chance and you get a huge buff in that form

[pale pier]

This is stated in Ovid and other later sources. Homer didn’t give her a backstory, and she was mostly just always a sea monster

[gleaming parrot]

Greek playwrights continually rewrote basically anything tangential to the Odyssey, there's a lot of different versions. Supergiant uses a lot of Roman interpretations as well

[shut needle]

OK that makes sense

[indigo tinsel]

It'd be hilarious if as an Easter egg it was just "King Vermin shows up, roars... Toula eats King Vermin."

[desert hound]

guys how do i do the filter thing so i dont spoil stuff ?

[crude dragon]

||Like this||

[pale pier]

With Greek myth, there is no such thing as a true myth and a false one. There’s so many sources, and all the myths are basically a product of the times and not a representation of the actual deities

[gleaming parrot]

No spaces

[shut needle]

/ at the beginning of a message gives tons of options

[gleaming parrot]

• ||Like this||
• Highlight text and hit the eye icon
• Start a message with /spoiler

[desert hound]

||WHY IS ZAGREUS SO HARD TO BEAT||

[shut needle]

Lmao. It's fitting isn't it?

[crude dragon]

||Because he's essentially the dad fight from Hades 1 in Hades 2||

[gleaming parrot]

Most of the popularized versions of what we think of as Greek myth are actually Roman retellings. Like how we mentioned Ovid earlier, he was a Roman poet, and stories like Arachne being turned into a spider is specifically from Metamorphosis by Ovid

[desert hound]

||i guess youre not supposed to fight him in erebus ? i just killed him after 3 tries by spamming anubis and letting him chase me||

[indigo tinsel]

Why is he so damn hard to find?

[pale pier]

I will never forgive Super giant for ||hyping me up and not letting me actually use Gigaros at the end 💔||

[desert hound]

roguelike stuff

[shut needle]

||ya shameless spam ranged and run seems to be the way to go. His scroll keeps spawning in first shop for me||

[pale pier]

Real, I swear if I see someone else talking about the Medusa Roman myth and hating on Athena I will crash out

[crude dragon]

It's like the Charon fight in the first game, you're ideally fighting him once you have a build put together, though you can always try and rip it off the bat

[desert hound]

||same xd, and i have like 70 hp and every hit deals 30||

[desert hound]

i didnt struggle with charon at all

its telegraphed af

[gleaming parrot]

Am I crazy or spoilers for secret fight ||does Zagreus' sweep attack completely ignore blocking via fists||

[desert hound]

never tried it, im a fist hater (i want block on charon back)

[toxic hedge]

Looking at old screenshots of Hades 2. Its funny to see them now.

We used to have tools to increase likelihood of certain things to appear and it used to be that you'd always pick shovel because of Demeter's boon.

[tulip sun]

I've done all of these yet I cannot see the incantation, have the requirements changed since 1.0?

[shut needle]

Now take hecuba for that

[tulip sun]

Actually that is spoilery, nvm

[desert hound]

you dont even need to collect anything anymore

[toxic hedge]

Yes but it's not an issue anymore kind of. Back in the ancient days when Demeter used to give health increase lol.

I also noticed placeholder texts and a lot of UI changes

[gleaming parrot]

Well I won with 6HP and did manage to block once or twice, but the hitbox is seriously a bit wonky and particular to being angled at least when you're directly in front of them

[desert hound]

tbh i just kept completing stuff until i eventually unlocked it

[tulip sun]

Spoilers #h2-discussion message
Are these still the requirements for unlocking "Acceptance of Another Fate" ? I've done all of these and haven't unlocked it yet

[nova oar]

Why is typhon just miles easier than prom sometimes

[tulip sun]

His big hitbox makes him take a ton of damage from certain boons/aspects

[shut needle]

Still a heal and plants still help you get bones

[nova oar]

Yeah i was doing a circe run makes alot of sense

[candid nimbus]

Uhh question regarding a late game incantation ||I got Alteration of Familiar Forms, but for some reason I only can change customes to Toula, why can't I do that with the others?||

[indigo tinsel]

Also, the fact that Typhon is immobile makes him easy to smoke with certain things.

[shut needle]

He can't dodge

[tulip sun]

Might need to reach max rank with that pet first?

[indigo tinsel]

Like, "Oh, 1000 hit point blast that hits in several seconds? Well, guess who ain't dodging?"

[candid nimbus]

||Don't you get that incantation when you get max rank with all pets?||

[tulip sun]

Me when I type without thinking first

[desert hound]

||is there another secret boss on the surface like zag ?||

[indigo tinsel]

If you said the dude with teeth on his "tail", you are correct.

[shut needle]

And eye ball

[indigo tinsel]

Whereas Prometheus is actually pretty dodgy, and also can hurt you bad in melee combat.

[devout cairn]

Just unlocked || Nergal || and damn the animations look sick. Supergiant was cooking with these hidden aspects

[snow elk]

[valid parrot]

||is the knuckle bones prophecy bugged.? Scylla and Circe talked to me when I brought the trinket but Polyphemus did nothing and it didn’t progress||

[indigo tinsel]

There's a few bosses that just suck for melee builds. Typhon isn't one of them, once you learn to dodge his chin.

[snow elk]

worked for me for him

[shut needle]

Might have had to do some other dialog first, try again

[valid parrot]

do have the fear on to make the boss fight harder? I was thinking perhaps that’s what got in my way?

[snow elk]

hmmm

cant remember if i had rivals on or not, i think not

[toxic hedge]

I know it's "literally unplayable" type of complaint but I would've loved if you could get UI modifications like you could in Hades. They all looked so good

[desert hound]

freezer burn is broken wtf

[valid parrot]

||bird up, once I saw Medea show up I realized like oh maybe this won’t actually trigger the prophecy progress. However, I had rivals on for Scylla, and Odysseus did indeed show up then. Not sure what’s going on but I’ll give it another go now.||

[gleaming parrot]

Finally got the last trinket. Big spoilers: ||seems like you need to beat him 3 times. I was able to get contract in like 7/9 underworld runs when picking shop as early as I could into Erebus, it showed here in 6/7 runs of mine except one time when Nemesis was in the room. I don't think it can spawn when another like Nem or Heracles is there||

[shut needle]

Give it another go, there's the tag line for all such games

[candid nimbus]

Still confused ||I want to add costumes to my familiars! 😭 ||

[white topaz]

You need to ||max out your familiar bond before you can alter forms! I had trouble with this since the UI between "fully upgraded" and "one step down from fully upgraded" looked the same but just keep sharing those beast-loved morsels and it should unlock||

[candid nimbus]

||That's what confuses me, I got the Incantation, doesn't that mean all of them have already maxed out their bond?||

[chrome hare]

Hi there, I need a help with a specific prophecy
The ||Drowned Ambitions|| , does anyone know how to do it? I don't understand it fully tbh

[serene forge]

Am I crazy to say I feel stronger with aspect of Mel skulls than with aspect of Hel? The fan pattern and the Omega attack Daedalus upgrades are just that good

[ancient pivot]

how do i ||gift chronos? i met him twice already at the summit entrance||

[wooden basin]

only 10 more achievements on steam

[plain shale]

Broooo || typhon is huge || it’s like giving me god of war vibes (the og ones not 2018 and ragnorak)

[gleaming parrot]

It's not crazy, but it's good that hidden aspects don't completely negate the reason you'd want to play base weapons

[serene forge]

||you gift him in between the first and second region of the underworld after talking to him there a few times||

[ancient pivot]

oh i see i havent gone back to erebus for a while. thanks

[radiant fulcrum]

why does the family picture sometimes get covered after a run?

[wooden basin]

Anyone with the Heracles bond already?
not sure what i have to do, im already champion of the night and stuff

[serene forge]

Have to say it sort of just happened after doing a ton of runs. Suppose you have to talk to him more?

[wooden basin]

might be it, good ol Hades rng

[gleaming parrot]

I think I was at like 20F for the "darkest" night description of what more he wants and got the dialogue

[ancient pivot]

must be because mel thinks she is brooding too much

[wooden basin]

soo i assume is not retroactive?
was the bond even available before 1.0? cant remember

[gleaming parrot]

I thought you had to meet him during it, but I don't know specifically

[wooden basin]

might try that

also theres the new prophecies, which i have no idea how to start

[harsh anchor]

So i began a new file from my EA one, fastest way to unlock secret aspects?

[jolly wing]

I finally see a Hammer Boon on Night 2 before Hecate fight. I hope it’s something good.

[vast grove]

Does the ending ruin the game

[harsh anchor]

no.

[wooden basin]

what would you mean with ruin the game lol

[eternal jacinth]

after finishing the story, ||how many runs I need to start forming a bond with chronos||?

[eternal jacinth]

it does not!

[vast grove]

I wonder if we could mod out the ending

[desert hound]

||where should i kill myself to locate the three fates ? im on the last step||

[desert hound]

dw they found a way to kill them without killing them for the aspect of roguelike

[jolly wing]

I got Rapid Thrasher Hammer! That will help with my Hestia Attack Staff build.

[pale pier]

No, it’s just ||misogynistic ||

[desert hound]

??????

[vast grove]

?

[harsh anchor]

At some point on every Hades player career will come the moment where the only reason to keep playing is to improve and try to clear the hightest level of heat...or get all the archivements, so no, the ending can't ruin hades 2.

[toxic hedge]

Huh?? 😭😭😭😭

[desert hound]

you'll find out when u finish the game

[unreal isle]

??? LMFAO what???

[wooden basin]

or to get all the decorations

[pale pier]

#h2-story-discussion message

[desert hound]

why do you have the worst boss as ur pfp

[visual rune]

It's in the prophecy lol ||Oceanus||

[desert hound]

im stupid, didnt read it thanks

[wooden basin]

Hades players never read, just watch at how some people stream it

[desert hound]

fr

[gleaming parrot]

Wolf Howl feels crazy on Shiva. I can omega special for 55 mana and immediately Wolf Howl where lands/bounces, repeatable

[meager garden]

how do they play the visual novel part then

[livid wharf]

what is the incantation of ||long arm thingy?||
i unlocked it, ||the bar i can upgrade but i have no idea what does it do||

[wooden basin]

they dont

[meager garden]

fair nuff

[wooden basin]

Ranks, like in the first game
just badges

[meager garden]

the fanbase that doesn't play the game the most still goes to Persona 5, I think

[merry whale]

undertale,,

[livid wharf]

no steam achievement right?

[wooden basin]

oh god not the Dio banner 😭

[meager garden]

nah undertale runs on basically anything and is pretty cheap

[pale pier]

The ending very much feels ||misogynistic in nature even if they didn’t intend it to be. Zag wasn’t even part of the game, so why did he get to make the final decision?? Mel should have had that choice. She’s the one who carried the entire story. Zag already had his own game. Giving him the decisive role in hers felt like those historical men who take their wife’s work and stamp their own name on it. In the final moment Mel’s agency is stripped because she trusted Zag after she worked so hard to get there. Even if Super giant didn’t intend it that way. It definitely feels misogynistic in nature ||

[livid wharf]

then i should focus on others first

[meager garden]

||It is INCREDIBLY odd that Mel and Zag don't work together||

[wooden basin]

i want to get all the little ||npcs funko pops|| first

[merry whale]

ye, i mean the fanbase used to feel like it only had like 40% of players

[wooden basin]

I expected ||a bossfight as Zag|| lol
but would just make it worst

[livid wharf]

i like the ending tho
||forgiving sounds like what Hades 1 do when Zag and his Father forgive each others that believe can break the cycle||

[unreal isle]

imo it's just bad / lazy writing, it's misogynistic if the theme had been repeating 24/7, which isn't the case at all

anyone know how to put the spoiler thing on mobile? I'm struggling

[serene forge]

Only missing one and it's driving me mad

[mortal sky]

might just be crazy but it looks like torches omega special circles farther away than last time i played (Warsong update)
am i right in assuming they no longer count as close enough for Aphrodite Attack on Moros aspect?

[pale pier]

It does make sense. ||I never trusted Zag to go along with killing Chronos. But having him actually make the decision and be the literal hero is just no. ||

[unreal isle]

the moment that happened I was angry as hell , but hey at least we got an amazing song

[meager garden]

I somewhat agree with this too. It's just befuddling. ||I don't think it does Zagreus any favors with most people, he doesn't seem very heroic or especially competent because of this. It's just bleh.||

[pale pier]

He trusted a ||being who ate his kids over his own sister 💔||

[livid wharf]

i still think that is correct way to write ending,
||if you vanquished chronos, i mean if the multiverse / multi timeline like Marvel Kang does. i guess you just repeatly beating chonos and like... nothing happen and all the middle plot / progress is telling nothing as a story?||

or the Matrix, never ending.... mr. smiths

[meager garden]

||Bro is batman. "Everyone deserves a second chance." and all that||

[desert hound]

||the sis he had like 5 convos with her and the first one is very hard to believe... like cmon||

[cunning fox]

Has anyone gotten all the ||chthonic chids? looks like i’m missing four, i’ve got hecate, dora, nemesis, charon, moros, eris, artemis and selene||

[unreal isle]

especially when you remember that melinoe lost all of her childhood , trained 24/7 and only had Hecate alongside her

[pale pier]

I fully expected Zag to ||not kill Chronos (it just isn’t his style) and then that being the reason he gets freed and everything in the story actually happens. A literal time loop. Zag’s decision caused everything in the story to happen. ||

[serene forge]

||I haven't got all yet but I've gradually unlocked more as Ive maxxed bonds. Hecate's wasn't available until I maxxed her and was immediately there afterwards.||

[meager garden]

||Why couldn't they just let Mel truly travel back with Zag, and work together for a peaceful solution? Is that really that much of a stretch????||

[cunning fox]

||i know max bonds are the unlock condition, just wondering who i'm missing if i can be bothered||

[foggy quarry]

i unlocked the second path but i only beat the game once
i dont know should i play first or second path

[unreal isle]

either way I'm in it for the combat , the music and the art. The story didn't interest me much at first and certainly not now

[pale pier]

Mel could have also ||just defeated Chronos in the present herself. She literally had Gigaros 💀||

[meager garden]

first path, probably, it's meant to be gameplay training wheels

[meager garden]

*Mel. I think the logic is "||Boohoo, he's way too strong now. We gotta go back and kill him when he's still weak and reforming||."

I saw meg and I was very confused

[unreal isle]

thought u meant megaera for a second

[pale pier]

Which makes no sense when we were able to ||defeat one of the strongest being in all of mythology (Typhon) ||

I wonder what super giant will work on next. I’m guessing they will keep the Greek mythology theme since that clearly makes them money and has a lot of attraction rn

[unreal isle]

so what's the point of performing dissolution of time

[faint river]

I have. all i did was keep playing and dora eventually unlocks them all

[pale pier]

Letting Zag ||ruin your hard work by forgiving granddaddy ||

[unreal isle]

[serene forge]

||You need to max bonds with the specific characters, they're asking which ones they have left. I was gonna check for them after this run. Be great if you'd be able to!||

[meager garden]

great question

[placid folio]

Am I misremembering or did EA have a cooler UI for the individual weapons and aspects thats not there anymore?

[wooden basin]

||they had to split to use it on both final bosses ig||?
thats how it made sense to me

[unreal isle]

I thought I was being stupid but apparently not

[faint river]

i have ||selene, icarus, skelly, oddyseus, charon, eris, artemis, dora, nemesis, hecate, moros. you're missing icarus, skelly, oddyseus||

[cosmic swift]

Hades 3 when 😂

[pale pier]

I’m begging for a young Hades game now

The goal at the end is kidnapping Persephone. Jk jk

Unless

[cosmic swift]

That would actually be kinda dope. To play as Hades himself

[pale pier]

Right?

[meager garden]

I hope not, please make something new now! let those nongreek juices flow

[cosmic swift]

Why not though

[wanton wasp]

having a hard time to figure out how to get some achivements. i didnt found anywhere the awnser. 2 in specific, impropable resolts, and chaos in hell. names might be off as i dont play in english

[cosmic swift]

Lol 😂

[meager garden]

SGG really shouldn't be "the hades company"

[pale pier]

If they continue the Greek mythology theme (which I’m guessing they will since it clearly makes them popular). I’m guessing they will move on to other gods and their children. My biggest guess would probably be Zeus

[cosmic swift]

While I agree there. Both the Hades games in my eyes are magnificent

[cosmic swift]

Which child of Zeus. That is the question

[rapid plaza]

I think they'll do something new before hades 3

[buoyant matrix]

i doubt the next game will be a greek myth, knowing sgg they wanna try something new

[meager garden]

also please don't just do Norse or Egyptian next

[cosmic swift]

I wouldn't mind Chinese mythos

[neat thicket]

i do hope if they decide to do another hades like game they bring the stakes back down, something at or below the stakes of the first game would be great

[pale pier]

Heracles game would be dope as hell. Just going through all of his labors, aiding in the Gigantomachy while being tormented by Hera xddd.

[cosmic swift]

Some of his labors would be hard to gamify I would say. But it would be dope to fight the lion

[gleaming parrot]

There's still a lot of myth that hasn't made it's way into the series yet. I was really hoping we'd see Bellerophon + Pegasus, Perseus, Andromeda, Telamon, Calypso, Hippolyta, Chiron, Oedipus, the Chimera, Pygmalion, Adonis, Jason, Psyche, Eros, Tantalus, etc. I wouldn't mind the series continuing as spinoffs to some degree even if the same formula or etc

[rapid plaza]

I do think Bastion was certainly a precurser to hades in a lot of ways. I wouldn't mind a bastion 2 or rather I want Rucks to narrate another game

[cosmic swift]

I think the level of content in the second game is a perfect spot to stay at. I like the second path option

[mystic dust]

I went from hating Cronos to loving him.

[meager garden]

I think it caused a lot of headaches for story though, hope they can iron it out

[crude dragon]

Shinto it is

[pale pier]

I’m very disappointed that Jason wasn’t in the game when Medea is right there. I don’t think he’s even mentioned at all

[neat thicket]

im not saying reduce the content, im saying the stakes. so where hades 1 was a smaller family conflict, hades 2 was a much larger fate of the world thing. both work really well for games but the problem with trying to then expand on that is alot of people go to increase the stakes again which gets difficult to do well

[cosmic swift]

Story wise, it was definitely a headache but as I haven't completely finished the second game yet there not any problems with it yet

[rapid plaza]

If there's one consistent theme with supergiant. they are really good at that

[meager garden]

that'd be cool but easy to be inappropriate, I think
shinto is still really actively practiced

[cosmic swift]

Ah I see what you're saying now. I do agree with you there.

[cosmic swift]

As a character chronus is honestly portrayed Really well

[pale pier]

Considering most weapon aspects clearly are of Norse and Egyptian gods. I’m guessing that an Egyptian/norse mythology game is in their idea list

[rapid plaza]

there is an argonaut. but I think that's the only reference

[mystic dust]

They are amazing, the game is a gem, it's Hades 1 but better and bigger

[meager garden]

did you roll credits yet

[cosmic swift]

Nah only about 14 hours in rn

[cunning fox]

thank you! ||any guesses as to who the last one is?||

[meager garden]

ok credits is a huge paradigm shift

[cosmic swift]

I'll keep that in mind

[neat thicket]

huh thats an interesting thing ||jeweled pom gave me old grudge, which is obviously useful but especially because I got a hammer first room it means im gonna have a pretty weak build for a while||

[faint river]

||there are only 11 dolls to collect||

[cunning fox]

||I thought it might be Circe being another unseen, but I have maxxed bond with Medea and i think by that logic she would be one too but evidently not||

[shy harness]

how do I activate the secret ||zagreus boss fight for the second time?||

[pale pier]

If Orpheus hadn’t been in Hades 1, he would have been such a good player for another game.

Just him basically getting to the underworld over and over to get Eurydice and failing each time.

[meager garden]

I wanna play as sisyphus pushing bouldy

[warm oyster]

Anyone else keep 1 of every fish as a little record of all the fishies?

[cunning fox]

||oh i see, i have the two on the end on the top shelf so i assumed it would have 6 like how it is on the bottom shelf||

[cosmic swift]

Nah sell them all need them bones

[warm oyster]

But some of them are so cute nooo

[pale pier]

The inventory and the record keeper exists btw

[jolly wing]

Early on when you encounter Narcissus, is it better to get Silver or Fate Trimmings?

[neat thicket]

i do hope if we get another game based in greek mythos that we see bellerophon and pegasus, i think that would be neat and you could do a little side story with them

[crude dragon]

Silver

[wooden basin]

only goldfish

[crude dragon]

You need that stuff by the boatload for 4 of the 6 weapons

[rapid plaza]

silver 100% silver gaurds all the tools and all the weapons. fate can eventually be ordered from chiron and bought at the broker

[cosmic swift]

Sister blades best weapon 100%

[pale pier]

I love Narcisuss in this game. And I say this as someone who’s favorite myth character is him 💔 I love his design, everything

[gleaming parrot]

Shiva + Wolf Howl feels like it should be illegal

[jolly wing]

Silver isn’t popping up on Narcissus 🙁

[cosmic swift]

Echo is my favorite. Always will be

[neat thicket]

artemis has gone from a weapon i barely used to probably my second favourite aspect in the game, and morrigan isnt far behind lol

[wooden basin]

Heracles design got me into the game

[meager garden]

I still liked Narc a bit better when we couldn't see his face

[cosmic swift]

I enjoy the original one. The backstabbing is fun

[crude dragon]

I still think it would've been hilarious if Narc's final art had him with a paper bag over his head

[cosmic swift]

Second this

[pale pier]

What got me to try Hades 2 is I loved Hades 1 and they finally added my QUEEN (Hera)

[rapid plaza]

literally the only weapon I don't like 😆

[cosmic swift]

Heras boons are amazing ngl

[formal merlin]

But then it wouldn't justify his infatuation towards his reflection no?

[cosmic swift]

I can't stand the skull. I'ma be real.

[pale pier]

It’s unrealistic though, he’d be flaunting that face card all the time

[crude dragon]

The 3 base aspects are kinda garbo for it, and the hidden has a particular rhythm you have to learn

[kind cedar]

how do i get ||soot||?

[pale pier]

She’s lowkey the strongest god in the game

[neat thicket]

see mel blades are fun, but i find them a little flimsy just because of how much you have to get behind the enemy which can be annoying (it does work really well with daze though)

[formal merlin]

I don't really know what works with the hidden aspect

[meager garden]

yeah but it was just really funny to see this dude talking so much about how hot he is, with a smooth nick cage voice, and we just can't see him

[wooden basin]

||get the ending, keep doing underworld runs||

[thin island]

Do y'all think Mel has to eat the centaur hearts to gain the max hp? My bf and i were talking about the onion item and how she probably has to eat it for it to heal her and now im curious lol

[crude dragon]

How often are you Special-ing?

[cosmic swift]

Daze and the blades are amazing. My biggest thing is I may spam the omega move to much

[pale pier]

Poseidon POSEIDON POSEIDON POSEIDON

[crude dragon]

Do you think she eats the onion like she's biting into an apple?

[cosmic swift]

Roughly about 40% of the time

[neat thicket]

it also would be fitting for how he lost his appearance in death but is still obsessed with the idea of it, to the point that he cant even recognize that he no longer looks how he did

[thin island]

Yeah that's what im thinkin haha

[rapid plaza]

I like hel for skull haven't tried anything else since it was unlocked

[formal merlin]

So it's the duo boon with Ares?

[jolly wing]

Does Narcissus with Silver show up early like Night 2?

[kind cedar]

since i am on pc im nearly done, my guess is in the ||lava lake, cant remember how to spell it||

[cosmic swift]

The torches are really nice as well imo

[pale pier]

Hmmm, fun fact for y’all. Medea was actually one of Achilles’ brides. After the whole Jason thing, Hera basically wanted to make her marry Achilles when she died

[wooden basin]

I miss when moros omega special had a smaller radius

[cosmic swift]

After ||Chronus sends you there, how do u get back. Is it by chance||

[meager garden]

she eats the boons and hammers too

[cosmic swift]

Om nom nom for real

[rapid plaza]

mel torches are my favorite weapon I think poseidon attack/zeus special shreds

[crude dragon]

Icarus: "Mel, what do you have in your mouth?"

Mel with a hammer-shaped bulge in her throat:

[kind cedar]

||its by chance, so i think its all luck based

[neat thicket]

||mel makes it to the palace for the first time, and apollo offers to send her home via boon, and she just goes "wtf? how is food gonna send me home"||

[meager garden]

neh she just eat the boon, to their bewilderment

[cosmic swift]

I use hestia for the torches. Fits the aesthetic

[pale pier]

Person named n1 Nergal fan is my twin

[jolly wing]

The #1 thing to do in Night 2 is Silver 100% right?

[neat thicket]

also somehow this has become a hera special focused artemis build lol, i took a random rare hera special, which was level 3 to start due to shenanigans, then got an epic bridal glow on it without meaning too, and 2 more poms, so im now gonna go fight hecate with a level 8 hera special and trick knives (oh and rare PP)

[neat thicket]

i was not aware of this but alright, that works for me i suppose

[thin island]

Anyway i came in for silly question but i see discussion about fav weapons and I say i adore the blades, aspect of pan and the hidden aspect are both very good imo. The blades are both my most wins and my fastest wins lmao but i have been trying to branch out more and try the other weapons and aspects. I dont go for any specific build with any specific aspects, i just go with whatever sounds good while im playing because that's fun for me

[wooden basin]

blades hidden aspect got me a 13 minutes run today lol

[thin island]

zoom zoom

[pale pier]

I like the Nergal axe the most.

I’m currently in a run with skull hidden aspect tho

[cosmic swift]

Like the flash

[neat thicket]

i got a 14 minute with artemis yesterday, was my fastest ever till i beat it next run with a fine line torch build

[rapid plaza]

hestia is great! my problem is I stack 999 too quickly and don't think it's worth it unless you have "freezer burn"

[cosmic swift]

I definitely agree with you there

[wooden basin]

both my uw and sf records are with morrigan

[faint river]

I haven't played any blades other than morrigan in a long time

[meager garden]

I don't really mind capping tbh. Scorch does a ton of damage per second, and your weapons will still deal damage

[buoyant matrix]

just get pyro technique and level it up

[thin island]

my bf's fastest run (17 min down) was with hidden aspect axe which is Crazy lmao

[pale pier]

The Chaos trials made me realize how good some of the weapons are with the correct boons XD

[cosmic swift]

The axe is honestly a skill set Im not prepared for yet

[pale pier]

I loveee itt. My fav

[thin island]

I love to mash the attack button, the axe is Too Slow

[cosmic swift]

I second this

[wooden basin]

Nergal is literally that

[neat thicket]

left click, spacebar, left click, spacebar, and you have now learned how to do a simple axe run

[thin island]

I honestly just dont like slow/heavy weapons in basically any game haha

[cosmic swift]

My m1 never breathes and my index finger cramps but we spam

[rapid plaza]

oh If i can't get Poseidon I'll run hestia for sure but if I do I'm looking for demeter special/cast

[cosmic swift]

Real

[buoyant matrix]

hidden axepect is currently the fastest axe, it got a sub 5 time in early access

[meager garden]

I don't really like freezerburn lol

[cosmic swift]

Froth goes hard on any build

[neat thicket]

nergal is also great for high fear since it cares nothing about vow of scars

[pale pier]

Fr fr

[thin island]

I think ive only tried it once, ill have to give it another go next time axe shows up with the.... uh... yknow, more bones thing

[fallow estuary]

Something I’ve noticed, I haven’t received an Ares boon at all in playing the game, is that unusual?

[cosmic swift]

The ||Chronus second phase jump scared me ngl||

[rapid plaza]

It's my damage and I want it now!

[meager garden]

you need to see the final final bos

[pale pier]

Ares will only first appear after getting to ||Typhon’s boss fight ||

[fallow estuary]

Ahhhh I see

[meager garden]

ares is this game's demeter, late unlock god

[cosmic swift]

||Prometheus kicked my butt last time. Taking a break from the top||

[wooden basin]

Ares my beloved

[meager garden]

ares is ok but I don't like plasma

[pale pier]

Hera as well, but she appears before him

[cosmic swift]

Areas still have doom mechanic?

[neat thicket]

so this hera special build on artemis that ive accidentally run into is not going great, my damage is good but im taking so much damage too lol

[wooden basin]

yes and no

[neat thicket]

it doesnt help that charon wont let me heal either

[pale pier]

Ares lowkey trash. 💔

[fast talon]

Just wanted to confirm, was removal of all the ||Z sand and V lens|| accumulated during EA intentional?

[cosmic swift]

Do we get another charon boss fight?

[neat thicket]

yes

[thin island]

you take that back

[wooden basin]

yes, transformed into kudos for decoration

[pale pier]

I can’t

[nimble seal]

Hah. I like how ||Athena comments "Your Brother's Favorite" when you pick up Divine Dash because of how OP it was in hades 1||

[faint river]

yes so you dont breeze through the story bc they are required for incantations

[fast talon]

thanks, thought i was developing dementia

[wooden basin]

something like that, but after beating the game

[neat thicket]

not as far as i know, he just wont put food in the shop lol, insisting on useless magick

[wooden basin]

its on the last patch notes

[heavy glen]

moros needs a hug

[cosmic swift]

Give me my heals you boat muncher

[heavy glen]

the nectar he got was his first tribute EVER

[steel willow]

so I just rolled credits but still don't have Observance of Gaia's Secrets available even though I've maxed all of my crafting tools - am i insane or is there another way to unlock it

[gleaming parrot]

I don't like Flood Gain. I keep taking it because I hear people compliment it but then I keep sitting on virtually no mana and regret doing it. I don't recover nearly enough for it to be useful on aspects like Shiva

[cosmic swift]

And his keepsake is really nice imo,helps with no death defiance runs

[neat thicket]

ok but like seriously, ive got 27 health rn and no DDs lol (atleast this is accidentally turning into a queens ransom build, i got a hera attack and a random zeus boon, so if i can get ransom before echo and then pom pom pom i will murder everything instantly)

[meager garden]

yeah it's not great for an omega heavy setup

[pale pier]

Istg Artemis and Icarus appearing and pulling enemies out of their ahh when I was in my last few enemies, in high fear with low health make me want to crash tf out 💔

[meager garden]

floodgain, imo, is best for one where omegas are something you use occasionally, to buff yourself or something

[cosmic swift]

It's looking to be a good run then.

[royal mural]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/1nt9a0u/ive_reached_the_final_rank_of_long_arm_of_the/

[meager garden]

but also, why not just use hestia gain? most builds attack fast enough to top off your mana anyways

[wooden basin]

ONG, why they just join at the last moment 😭

[neat thicket]

MAYBE NOT LOL, NO HEALING RIGHT BEFORE SCYLLA, JUST A SINGLE CENTAUR HEART

[neon isle]

lucid gain is so good after this patch tho

[cosmic swift]

You got this 😂 no hit Scylla

[jolly wing]

Silver is still not appearing for Narcissus. Is Night 2 too early?

[neat thicket]

welp time to see if i can do 16 fear scylla with only 51 health lol

[neon isle]

unironically better than ionic gain for me

[pale pier]

Literally annoying ahh aspect of the game. Why can’t they just pull up after. They don’t even actually help in the fight

Why is Apollo and Artemis’ mom in the chat

[cosmic swift]

Then Artemis complains if you take her kill

[wooden basin]

Heracles does a better work than both of em together

[meager garden]

bro stuns you

[cosmic swift]

Least he gives u gold for your troubles

[neat thicket]

oh i love having lovers, 3 free hits each boss is so incredibly helpful

[wooden basin]

Heracles being Nem 2 😔

[cosmic swift]

Until there gone

[neon isle]

note how lovers gives you three hits. this is a reference to how orpheus and eurydice are poly

[neat thicket]

nope, only needed 1 free hit

[kind cedar]

Is there a way to guarantee that I get into || asphodel||?

[meager garden]

no

[cosmic swift]

Nice

[rapid plaza]

you used to be able to get silver night 2 from narc patch 1.0 may have changed that

[neat thicket]

with this the run has most likely been saved since i'll get fountain here and keep nuking everyone

[faint river]

check if all your familiars are maxed out too

[cosmic swift]

Send me your build afterwards?

[pale pier]

Chat, how do we unlock the last heart of Heracles

[neat thicket]

i'll post in victory boasting

[meager garden]

beat him up

[cosmic swift]

Works for me

[kind cedar]

Oof

[neat thicket]

also im not sure what keepsake to take for fields lol, obviously no god keepsakes but hmm

[pale pier]

You mean like, get more kills than him?

[steel willow]

they aren't - but my friend i don't think has her familiars maxed and has it? wiki says i just need all tools unlocked - it's on the minor prophecy with 'upgrade each tool once'

[jolly wing]

Can anyone else confirm?

I don’t want to keep different paths. I see the same results of fate, ash, and bones.

[rapid plaza]

give him stuff? ||you may have to do rival 3 prom||

[cosmic swift]

Arachne? It's my favorite one rn

[neat thicket]

fair, armor would be nice since even after a fountain i dont have a ton of health

[quaint onyx]

||prometheus|| is gonna make me ragequit

[cosmic swift]

That's what I was thinking plus the boss is a nightmare

[neat thicket]

nah its not rivals cerb so its easy

[pale pier]

lol wait till you get to ||Typhon||

[cosmic swift]

Swap paths for a time 😂

[cosmic swift]

True

Im just glad I can play it on a potato though

[rapid plaza]

why no god? mid-late game I like taking pig or selune to buff up

[cosmic swift]

Hexes are overrated

[neat thicket]

||spoilers||

[quaint onyx]

I got close. i beat ||prometheus|| twice and then died the next few chambers.

[pale pier]

Bro, I remember when I first unlocked the surface, I grinded so much on it out of pure spite of being beaten all the time that by the time I remembered the underworld and Chronos existed I had a 10 minute run 💀

[scarlet kite]

do you get new dialogues if you "lose" the run during your way to the True Ending?

[meager garden]

lol I agree

[gleaming parrot]

Hexes are underrated imo. There's still plenty of players who tried them when they first came out, decided not to touch them ever again

[pale pier]

Understandable the chambers after take time

[cosmic swift]

It's the opposite for me ||Olympus sucks||

[rapid plaza]

aphro darksude? yes I will take 2k+ dmg for free please and thank you

[neat thicket]

hexes i feel are mainly an issue of not being able to just take one and forget you took it, most of them are too weak to be worthwhile if you dont invest and if im already doing something else with my build i dont wanna invest

[cosmic swift]

Yeah but by the time it goes off there already dead

[pale pier]

I LOVE HEXES. I literally main Hera and Selene’s hexes. Some of them do so much damage fully upgraded

[pallid cradle]

Even if you made that decision then gave them another chance when they added godsents there are like what? 2 good ones? Dark Side with Aphro and I've heard the Apollo Lunar Ray is good.

[gleaming parrot]

It doesn't matter whether hexes are weak or not because they can be so cheap, that you can spam them every second

[oblique walrus]

The Rez an enemy hex is fun...

[cosmic swift]

Or the morph one

[kind cedar]

What are the chances that ||chronos sends you to asphodel||?

[cosmic swift]

Your never returning there low

[pale pier]

The beam, the meteor and the making fallen enemies fight for you are the best ones

[oblique walrus]

I appreciate that every boss has a voice line for saying nope that won't work

[gleaming parrot]

If you take Selene trinket and Shiva then get Wolf Howl first room, you immediately can Wolf Howl after each bouncing omega special. So you're just invincible, using a more advanced dash, as often as you want/need even if you don't take a single extra Selene boon

[cosmic swift]

I like how Hecate has the line for using a familiar to block hers

[pallid cradle]

Moonwater and Total Eclipse don't count because they were already the best ones without godsent just because they were quick utility/set and forget.

[meager garden]

moonwater's godsent doesn't even do that much

[rapid plaza]

in normal encounters sure. I'm talking bosses. some hexes straight up give you +50% dmg if you have that option you should take selune to get to that

[gleaming parrot]

Twilight Curse is bonkers cheap at like 40 mana and it can polymorph minibosses, armored elites with perks, and dangerous lategame enemies

[cosmic swift]

True. In reality it's a case by case basis. If it fits in your build take it. If not then oh well

[neat thicket]

also everyone knows the real use for selene ||is to feed to chronos for money||

[rapid plaza]

agree, I never go out of my way for selune or even second selune but if I have a good path I'll take selune keepsake in act three to get my build

[oblique walrus]

Hexes feel easier to use on the surface cause I can just buy Selene boons from Hermes

[gleaming parrot]

Sea Star can also give extras

[cosmic swift]

Hermes shops go so hard

[meager garden]

I'm also not a huge fan of hexes because path of stars kinda dilutes the loot pool

[oblique walrus]

That one time I accidentally double clicked and put a rush on and order...

[cosmic swift]

If you got the gold rush it

[oblique walrus]

[meager garden]

I don't got infinite gold

yet

[cosmic swift]

Key word yet

[oblique walrus]

Nah I don't mind waiting most of the time more good to spend on his next shop

Besides every so often you get the funny 3 deliveries at once lol

[gleaming parrot]

Hexes are in a really good spot now even if you don't invest a single perk into them but it's still contextual. It's just not something you can wholesale dismiss for every aspect or build combo, some are absolutely broken, some might not be worth taking for certain builds. But they're in way better shape than they were on initial launch

[cosmic swift]

If put like that true. I only see myself needing his shop once a run though

That reroll corner goes hard just saying

[oblique walrus]

If I can afford it I'll always grab Hermes boon mystery boon or health upgrade.mm everything else is a bit more picky

[pale pier]

Hexes are so good, fully upgraded some of them deal so much damage that I genuinely don’t understand why anyone would skip a Selene room

[jolly wing]

Oh, for Narcissus we need to unlock Cresent Pick for Silver to be chosen….

[gleaming parrot]

Wolf Howl + Shiva really feels like it should be illegal. I'm invincible for like 80% of my gameplay if I just spam omega special > wolf howl on repeat

[brave urchin]

Synergy.

[cosmic swift]

It depends on how u play the game. I enjoy knowing the dangers that I can die if I mess up timing

[haughty veldt]

dunno if anyone has figured this out but if you take the boon from echo that gives u a choice of 3 from the previous nights boons it counts the ||chaos trials|| as well and not skips over them to your last normal night

[jolly wing]

No more Night 2 Silver from Narcissus

[wooden basin]

yep

[rapid plaza]

I like keeping 150-250 gold on hand in case I get a forced shop I want at least a boon

[haughty veldt]

i just got heroic healthy rebound cause of it lmao

[cosmic swift]

I keep around 300 for health that's about it

Also armour in this game is so nice

[oblique walrus]

I do try to keep that much on hand unless I get a ton of them it usually works out ... That medea money drop curse goes hard

[rapid plaza]

but you rush orders? where are you getting this money?

[neat thicket]

||having 2 hades boons for most of tartarus has gotta be one of the best additions 1.0 had||

[cosmic swift]

I start my runs with the money tarot and keepsake

[haughty veldt]

wdym

[oblique walrus]

|| ran that keepsake yesterday for the first time and got the health replenish boom... Urgh ||

[neat thicket]

||i got howling soul 8x in a row yesterday||

[haughty veldt]

||whos the keepsake for||

[rose canyon]

I love how Dora remarks at least two times how taxes are her fault

[rapid plaza]

yeah. I like that and +5 magic per encounter and always go medea first

[meager garden]

I basically never use charon's keepsake anymore

[wooden basin]

starting all runs with gigaros dash

[cosmic swift]

I enjoy it. Nice having that extra pocket money every run

[pallid cradle]

Tbh this sounds like Supay meta.

[oblique walrus]

That magic one is funny if I see that it means I literally don't have to worry about magic for the rest of the run as long as I get some Regen boon if any time lmao

[meager garden]

god keepsakes are too good for consistency, at least without onion

[wooden basin]

thought abt that

[rapid plaza]

I like boatman but have since removed him 5 is just too much he should be a 3 and dd/strength should be 5 inho

[wooden basin]

i still dont know how to play supay ough

[cosmic swift]

I don't like consistency. I make a new build every run personally

[oblique walrus]

Boatman is only worth if you're taking all the cards for 10 rerolls

[meager garden]

well the endgame is for you, there's some stuff that rewards going full rng

[cosmic swift]

I definitely agree there

[wooden basin]

Also i remember getting up to 3 hammers per run before 1.0

now i barely get 2

[cosmic swift]

Pray that my run is good. Or lose. Simple as that

[oblique walrus]

Granted I will say starting with 300 gold is nice but it's not 5 grasp nice without the rerolls

[neat thicket]

ayy not the biggest queens ransom either but considering i went full rng an extra 12 levels is not bad

[cosmic swift]

That's why reroll corner and no dd card go hard with boat

[meager garden]

sometimes I'm like that but god keepsakes are too tempting lol
It is really easy to make Hades 2 really consistent though

[cosmic swift]

Which takes a lot of the fun out of it imo

[neat thicket]

i love the insane amount of damage old grudge + knuckle bones throw for the start of chronos

[quaint onyx]

||”Has crafty prometheus proven too much for you, that you believe you shall fare better against me?” - chronos after I died 3 times in a row and gave up on the surface||

[meager garden]

it's hard to say I think.
It rewards knowledge, study, and discussing meta with people.
that is also a big element of roguelikes,

[oblique walrus]

I had chaos set to my default start boon if I don't feel like using a god keepsake. Sometimes runs get really funny really quick if I roll something like 80% attack or something lol

[cosmic swift]

He's heartless man. His va is also amazing

[quaint onyx]

True!!

[meager garden]

bro he is HARDER THAN YOU, be quiet old man

[rapid plaza]

mid game purse is probably the best starting item but I really love embryo to start cause you can get some nasty things going with a free epic chaos boon

[cosmic swift]

I avoid metas like the plague. Optimizing the game to much kills it for me

[little mason]

that new keepsake is insane i can put on other arcanas and not worry about rerolling

[quaint onyx]

ON GODDDD BRO I’ve prevailed against him 4 times

[pale pier]

I’m doing a 30 fear run rn and lost 2 DDs with Eris 💔

[cosmic swift]

True though. Didn't think of it like that

[neat thicket]

what the hell just happened, i died to an insta kill but i was in the circle, like directly in the middle

[oblique walrus]

The gambling is fun it really is

[meager garden]

pretty valid, but it depends for me. Sometimes I just want to know what I'm doing instead of flailing blindly.
Especially in Hades 2, when it can be hard to tell what in your build is doing what. And if it is actually helping, or just being flashy

[little mason]

just live

[wraith barn]

lowkey i was sleeping on the axe

[pale pier]

Maybe you didn’t have enough time

[pale pier]

Heh, you’re welcome

[broken glen]

That sounds weird out of context

[cosmic swift]

I agree there to a point. But again everyone plays games differently

[neat thicket]

apparently

[meager garden]

well good thing it's not out of context 🙂

[oblique walrus]

I still don't jive with any of the axes except the hidden one .... Unga bunga

[rose canyon]

have you used hidden axe yet

[little mason]

time was not on his side

[wraith barn]

i did a run with just mel axe and kinda liked it
im gonna try than axe tomorrow bc its late and i have a big test in 2 days so i should get good sleep

[cosmic swift]

Poor run fail

[pale pier]

Nergal axe my beloved 🫦

[wraith barn]

i dont have a single hidden aspect yet lol

[cosmic swift]

Good luck on the test

[little mason]

nergul my amazing spear

[snow palm]

Is nergal considered good now?

[broken glen]

Than axe is so fun. Like it was fun before but it’s even more fun now

[wraith barn]

tyyy ill need it

[oblique walrus]

Hidden axe might be my favorite hidden ..m it's so fun

[slate rose]

give me Thanatos or give me death...wait

[rose canyon]

for people who have not clicked the spoiler text it IS out of context

[pale pier]

It is peak

[wraith barn]

maybe ill have to look into how to get it and try it out

[meager garden]

yup 🙂

[little mason]

peak braindead

[cosmic swift]

🤣

[gleaming parrot]

Axe is great. It's not a coincidence that it's really good, and basically every weapon in the game is really good if you don't immediately dismiss it

[cosmic swift]

Nah I'm dismissing the skull

[rose canyon]

I was sleeping on Umbral Flames

[wraith barn]

im surprised i liked axe because normally i dont like slow attacks

[broken glen]

I’m dismissing Mel coat

[pallid cradle]

Nergal is peak if you get psychic whirlwind. If you don't, congrats you're playing a C tier weapon in the best of builds.

[cosmic swift]

It's goated trust

[wooden basin]

ong

[oblique walrus]

If you want a hint || the easiest way to figure out who you have to talk to is to look at the other weapon aspects ..m there's always one person who has an aspect of that weapon you can talk to ||

[neat thicket]

the omega attack is completely optional with the right build lol

[gleaming parrot]

Skull can be great 🤷‍♂️ So can coat, though Mel has less going for it than others

[little mason]

thats literally every axe

[meager garden]

Nah I'm dismissing mel axe

[broken glen]

I’ve never done a nergal build with the special… is it even worth it?

[cosmic swift]

I just got the coat. Doing a run on that after my movie

[gleaming parrot]

Mel axe hits like a truck since 1.0 imo

[slate rose]

axe is just Excalibur which is great cause that was the best weapon in hades 1

[little mason]

mel staff special power plus aphro and duo boon to make close any distance 🙊

[cosmic swift]

Big number slow attacks. Im out. Big numbers fast attacks sign me up

[pallid cradle]

Mel Axe doesn't care about it. Than Axe gets boosted by it but far less than Nergal, and Charon doesn't even press the attack button.

Literally wrong.

[pale pier]

The Nergal special is very good. It feels like dodging and attacking at the same time

[oblique walrus]

The fact that you can dodge mid combo helps

[gleaming parrot]

"I'd rather not play a section of a game that I paid for" 🤷‍♂️

[neat thicket]

||YET ANOTHER HOWLING SOUL TO START AHHHHHHH||

[rose canyon]

I like big damage numbers and Mel Flames gimme crit damage regularly so I won't dismiss it now xD

[pallid cradle]

Tbh I'd you have this opinion of Thessaly, I completely support you.

[meager garden]

I'm ok with not playing some parts of the game, to be fair
I paid for 67 fear but heck no am I not doing it

[little mason]

the fact you need gimimck dodges from nergul :

[cosmic swift]

Starring this

[broken glen]

Aspect of moros is so brain dead and I love it. Everything explodes.

[oblique walrus]

I mean it's nice for repositions and more smashing

[cosmic swift]

Just tank the damage yk become Hercules

[little mason]

no become kratos

[oblique walrus]

In not saying I don't tank but it's kinda mobile cause you can do that lol

[neat thicket]

see with ares and heph legendaries you can freely tank all damage

[rapid plaza]

me with nergal having +200% attack sppeed

[cosmic swift]

Noted

[meager garden]

imagine getting a single legendary in your run

[oblique walrus]

When you take the mirror and she offers you the attack boon without rerolls

[rose canyon]

I barely used the omega attack on my first successful Nergal run lol I had 205k damage on regular Attack compared to 41k Omega Attack

[gleaming parrot]

I don't think any of my favorite Nergal builds had Psychic Whirlwind, I don't use the omega attack often with it

[little mason]

blood spree plus nergul heal per hit

[pale pier]

I use Nergal with Hera boons mostly

[meager garden]

(I don't think I've seen a legendary in my last 10 nights lol)

Nergal's omega is so so so good

[neat thicket]

it didnt take me too long to get my perfect nergal run when i did it lol, heph and ares legendaries, iron core and 2x dash strikes so i had instant infinite healing ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[pallid cradle]

The game gave me shocking loss once as a treat

[little mason]

perhaps use the arcana card that inceases the legendary rate by 50% !!!

[rose canyon]

Try Persephone, big numbers on boons are cool

[oblique walrus]

I used the omega attack a bit cause I took the Icarus keepsake in some 3 and he gave me psychic whirlwind so I felt obligated

[scarlet kite]

Do i need to have certain fear to trigger True Ending fights spoiler || The Underworld fight with Zag || ?
I run it multiple time now and i need to fight one more time

[wraith barn]

than axe seems like it wants to use omegas a decent amount is there like a certain one i should be using or is it build dependant

[meager garden]

no, I don't think I will.

[cosmic swift]

I'll give it a shot

[pallid cradle]

Right before Typhon... Literally the final shop. I cannot tell you how useless that felt.

[broken glen]

On a side note, I’ve been loving the ||fate’s whim|| keepsakes. Really forces me to play with whatever the game gives me

[meager garden]

omega attack probably

[little mason]

final chop then dash

[rapid plaza]

oh, I had ares legendary and heroic hermes swiftness. nergal was attacking like the staff and when it went beserk it was basically daggers 😆

[oblique walrus]

Maximum unga bunga

[rose canyon]

I like the omega special, AOE ranged attack

[broken glen]

Pales in comparison to EA uncapped plasma (+999% attack and move speed)

[meager garden]

I ran a few runs of nergal, but I still think I like morrigan better for melee unga

[rose canyon]

wth

[broken glen]

It was so funny. I’m so sad that it’s gone. Never forget EA plasma

[cosmic swift]

It will be forgotten in a week

[oblique walrus]

I remember you could stack so much in EA you would die because you were so fast you couldn't properly avoid things

[meager garden]

I already forgot it

[rose canyon]

still need to try morrigan, i dont wanna do combos waa

[meager garden]

nah trust you don't really need to(for nonbosses)

[little mason]

Morgan only good with final slice, Apollo atk and double dose

[gleaming parrot]

Morrigan is great with Hitch

[meager garden]

nah those are great to have but not necessary imo

[oak belfry]

How good are Hera boons?

[rose canyon]

forget what

[oblique walrus]

The truck is special and omega special hit them on the way back so if you finish with either of those you already have 1/3 of the next teio done

[pallid cradle]

I wish I could forget plasma/blood drops but discord doesn't let me (I mean neither does the game when I'm just trying to get Ares attack + Grievous Blow them never take another door with him on it)

[little mason]

I disagree with ur bad statement 🤓 👆

[meager garden]

very good supplemental, Hera is incredible support

[cosmic swift]

Amazing

[meager garden]

ok what fear are we talking
if this is 62 then idk, you probably need them

[cosmic swift]

This makes me wanna boot up Hades and do a run

[rapid plaza]

hell yeah. I like starting with ||pom|| but I think the best you can do is ||card, vial, pom fleece/drop/bones/antler||

[wooden basin]

who saying Morrigan is bad lmao

[oblique walrus]

Omega attack >attack > special >omega attack > attack morrigan is fun. Idk if it's the best daggers but it's fun

[rose canyon]

Broo I finally got the ||Pool of Purging|| for every region I was missing that

[meager garden]

no clue I forgot

[little mason]

Fear 99

[gleaming parrot]

Winner's Circle can immediately make Blood Triad pretty simple

[meager garden]

99 heat? from hades 1?

[rapid plaza]

do it, you wont

[cosmic swift]

I remember those runs

[oblique walrus]

Does omega cast count?

[neat thicket]

hecate with artemis aspect is the most fun and easy fight ever lol

[cosmic swift]

If I had my switch back I would. But had to sell it. 😭

[meager garden]

yes

[oblique walrus]

Huh I must've done something wrong I swear it didn't ... I'm dumb

[rose canyon]

Where do I even get ||Soot|| man

[meager garden]

wait I wanna know too

[oblique walrus]

|| after credits underwood run Tartarus Hades room||

[gleaming parrot]

I like Morrigan's attack pattern overall, it feels fun and makes you deliberately cycle through for Blood Triad instead of spamming the same thing

[radiant socket]

how do you do sheep's clothing?

[neat thicket]

either break a tree onto a witch or just bite them repeatedly

[rapid plaza]

top teir typically. esp. when in fear runs

[rose canyon]

||what familiar boosts the appearance chance?||

[pallid cradle]

I'm trying to figure out what to do now. I did ||both my runs of the surface and underworld after the ending rolled and now my fated list objective is done but I can't turn it in||

[cosmic swift]

A tree is easir

[gleaming parrot]

Or have payback on damage boons like Zeus

[neat thicket]

both are effortless lol, and biting is funnier

[cosmic swift]

True 😂

[neat thicket]

||time to go beat up zag lets goooo||

[cosmic swift]

Gl

[radiant socket]

Oh non rivals ok that makes sense. I was dashing into the ghosts

[oblique walrus]

|| literally just talk to Hades ||

[neat thicket]

did not end well lol, i had like no build put together by then

[rapid plaza]

...what does your fated list say?

[gleaming parrot]

I'm overall really satisfied with the gameplay loop. I got about 220 hours into EA in every update, then have played the game all week since 1.0 and am still playing

[runic plume]

where would I do a bug report? I'm playing in a new save instead of my early access one and I encountered Eris in the crossroads before ever fighting her on the surface

[cosmic swift]

Lol figures

[meager garden]

this is normal, she's a crossroads npc, you chat with her a lot

[runic plume]

yeah but I haven't met her yet on the surface lol

[cosmic swift]

||romancable as well||

[oblique walrus]

That's normal

[meager garden]

she's not surface only

[runic plume]

like we haven't fought yet

[meager garden]

did you do an underworld run?

[oblique walrus]

You don't seem to be getting the idea that that's intended

[rapid plaza]

not a bug

[runic plume]

huh ok

[meager garden]

she shows up to troll in underworld as well lol

[pallid cradle]

You can literally meet her on your first run... You've been able to since the start of Early Access. She's not a surface exclusive NPC

[runic plume]

nah she had a conversation that made it seem like we'd met before

[oblique walrus]

You're supposed to have already met her when you fight her as a boss the surprise is that she IS. Boss

[rose canyon]

Also I finally maxed my first social bond. My dear boatman friend got the privilege X)

[rapid plaza]

the best ||romance||

[runic plume]

Ah ok

[meager garden]

yeah they're like, childhood frienemies

[oblique walrus]

Mel has met her before in the story of the world before the game started

[cosmic swift]

||The only one duh||

[meager garden]

it's a bit jarring how many people Mel already knows, but you get used to it

[pallid cradle]

She's a frienemy... ||That you end up smashing in both the literal and figurative senses||

[oblique walrus]

Still waiting for the other one she's been maxed out for a while ...

[cosmic swift]

😆

[heavy glen]

is it me or are ||persephone's|| eyebrows really weird looking in this game

[meager garden]

I'd smash,
her wings off,
god I hate her so much

[pallid cradle]

Being wrong is fine

[meager garden]

being right is as well

[rose canyon]

What if I'm neither right or wrong? Is it fine or

[indigo tinsel]

LOL at Toula getting "assist kill" on ||Zagreus||

[cosmic swift]

This is wrong

[oblique walrus]

Nyx be like HAHA MELINOE YOU ARE || BANGING MY CHILDREN||

[meager garden]

nuh uh

[neat thicket]

yep

[rapid plaza]

I never romanced icarus with his fake wings. eris all the way

[oblique walrus]

Gotta catch em all

[meager garden]

I accidentally romanced nem but that's it

[pallid cradle]

I mean... Zag did it too.

[oblique walrus]

Yeah but zag only did 1

[neat thicket]

i do all the romancable characters because why not, but eris is by far the best

[oblique walrus]

Mel going for a record

[pallid cradle]

Is it still too weird to mention how quick Zag and Than were DTF after finding out they weren't cousins?

[meager garden]

eris still makes the least sense to me, they have like, negative chemistry

[cosmic swift]

Enemies to lovers bro

[indigo tinsel]

It's Greek mythology, I'm surprised they held back until after.

[oblique walrus]

I think they already had attraction but were holding off because they thought they were

[meager garden]

still enemies

[cosmic swift]

Not in my heart

[rapid plaza]

I did all but icirus. My mel has no time for mortals only ||stife, retibuition, and doom||

[meager garden]

enemies to... maybe lovers? is nem

[oblique walrus]

Also imma be real I always forget zag thinks nyx is his mom

[pallid cradle]

TO BE COMPLETELY FAIR, SGG has done an incredible job keeping that specific aspect of Greek mythology out of their game.

[oblique walrus]

That plot point is out of my brain

[meager garden]

nyx is mom in my heart
so is persephone
2 moms

[cosmic swift]

This

[oblique walrus]

Also completely forgot nyx is selene's adoptive mom too

The omega mom being

[cosmic swift]

Nyx is everyone's adoptive mom

[neat thicket]

to be fair by the end of hades 1 nyx is zags mom in law

[indigo tinsel]

But, the Hades' kids have a type: "Conscious".

[rapid plaza]

||third mom incoming||

[cosmic swift]

😂

[meager garden]

"Vibes to be about the same age"

[oblique walrus]

I'm just glad they didn't to a multi romance event on this game... It would've been awkward considering the candidates

[heavy glen]

just like mythological zeus

[neat thicket]

the only option would be icarus and one of the others and that dont go well lol

[oblique walrus]

Icarus does not strike me as someone who would be down for that

[digital shoal]

what counts as weapon damage?

[neat thicket]

especially because im sure he's terrified of the 3 options lol

[pallid cradle]

Tbh I'm shocked Icarus was down with Mel...

[oblique walrus]

Like I'm sure he's fine with the poly but at the same time

[indigo tinsel]

I mean, apparently Artemis ||is a swinger||.

[rapid plaza]

Incest is not abnormal in greek mytholgy. but I agree with you.

[crude dragon]

Any hits done directly with a weapon's attack or special, including Omegas

[cosmic swift]

Look at Zeus

[oblique walrus]

Oh it's not but supergiant has specifically tried to get rid of it as much as possible so

[pallid cradle]

Again,

[oblique walrus]

Though it does result in some weird stuff like how Selene is sisters with hera and hestia and Demeter but is a titan for some reason

[pallid cradle]

I'm pretty sure they changed a bloodline to avoid it. Wasn't it Aphrodite's?

[rapid plaza]

Oh I have

[neat thicket]

hera hestia and demeter

[pallid cradle]

Yea that sounds right

[cosmic swift]

Do you know actual myth?

[oblique walrus]

I mean they also merged chronos and Cronus so

[gleaming parrot]

I think the reason Flood Gain feels bad on something like Shiva is because your MP regain stops once you start charging another omega attack. But that feels natural to do: omega special in a section then immediately omega attack to hit on 3 charges when bouncing stops, so I keep running out of mana

[neat thicket]

i mean that one is incredibly common

[pallid cradle]

Zeus dropping the subtle line of "I have many children"

Every person who knows real Greek mythos was like "yea, we're completely aware bro"

[crude dragon]

Hera, Hestia, and Demeter became Hyperion's children

[cosmic swift]

That's wrong on so many lvls

[oblique walrus]

It is and I'm glad they did cause Titan of time just rolls

[pine sand]

Reaches chronos for first time, dies in 2nd phase
Oh huh, already at the final boss. This game was shorter than expected
Checks achievements
6/50
oh...

[cosmic swift]

Gng Hades three is the Roman variants. Opinions?

[rapid plaza]

yeah, I have a degree in philosophy and religion. Greek mythology comes up a bit 😆

[oblique walrus]

Chat does he know?

[crude dragon]

Mans is not aware

[neat thicket]

the fated list just threw this run for me i think lol

[pallid cradle]

Welcome to the genre of roguelite...

[cosmic swift]

That's dope not gonna lie. Let me ask this. How was Aphrodite created. Let's see which one u know. Or all of them

[pallid cradle]

I see you're new here.

[cosmic swift]

Screw the list duh

[pine sand]

I joined specifically to say this

[cosmic swift]

Real

[neat thicket]

the simplest one is her rising from the sea foam and the blood of ouranos

[crude dragon]

The only one I remember fully is the Ouranos one

[cosmic swift]

And becoming the first of the Olympians

[neat thicket]

yes in that variation she is the eldest

[oblique walrus]

I threw a run away once to get zeus' legendary....

[cosmic swift]

There to many varieties of it though 😂

[oblique walrus]

Sob

[neat thicket]

i cant use my attack for 5 areas, on artemis blades

[cosmic swift]

W run w chaos moment

[oblique walrus]

Chaos does a little trolling

[crude dragon]

Zap!

[pallid cradle]

Hope your special is Zeus or Aphro

[neat thicket]

rn my only hope is to survive with my cast (which is at least decent) because i have no special boon lol

OH GOD THIS IS LASTING INTO THE SCYLLA FIGHT

[cosmic swift]

😂

[oblique walrus]

Time cannot be stopped

[cosmic swift]

Dead run

[neat thicket]

ok charon shop gave me a rare heph special, that helps a little bit

[cosmic swift]

What fear?

[neat thicket]

now to run around the arena yeeting lightning lance poseidon casts and heph specials

[pallid cradle]

Blue Heph boons...

[oblique walrus]

Did anyone else get jumpscared after the ending when || the codex had a heart and nectar thing for chronos ||

[neat thicket]

16 fear, also the heph boon is level 4 to start so its not horrible

[cosmic swift]

It might be salvageable

Im waiting for the speed running to start officially ngl

[pallid cradle]

Just go for the no-hit special spam. You got this

[neat thicket]

i made it through the first half of the fight, dropped 2 of my lovers hits though

[cosmic swift]

U got this

[neat thicket]

roxy dead, origination off glow and froth is so helpful

[meager garden]

can't believe you lost 2 of your lovers

[neat thicket]

jetty gone

[pallid cradle]

What's even the reward for winning this chaos curse? Was it worth it?

[neat thicket]

the reward is its off the fated list

[cosmic swift]

😂

[neat thicket]

anyways i won the fight, took like 40 damage doing it lol

[pallid cradle]

That means no

[neat thicket]

also my reward is i use 40% less magick...on artemis blades where i dont even need this common cardio gain i have because i use so little magick

we take arachne sash, i need health lol

[cosmic swift]

Indeed we do

[pallid cradle]

Saying I need HP and taking Arachne Sash is the reason Ghost Onion is a garbage keepsake.

[neat thicket]

i havent leveled onion yet, arachne sash is 2 encounters off max

[meager garden]

what's wrong with ghost onion?

[cosmic swift]

Ghost onion sucks

[pallid cradle]

I cannot think of a single point in time where Ghost Onion is the correct keepsake choice.

[neat thicket]

also i lost armor immediately so rip, i can now attack again though so life is fine

[crude dragon]

If Ghost Onion was just a Patroclus Hydralite (or even regular Hydralite) for a region and not a limited pool, it'd be so much better

[cosmic swift]

Just dodge better

[neat thicket]

now i need more poms and i need seismic servo

[meager garden]

it's healing that works in scars tho

[rapid plaza]

Ah so I was right (sent you a dm @neat thicket ) didn't think that it was worth considering philosophy in a general chat

[cosmic swift]

I was the one who asked 😭

[heavy glen]

i used ghost onion a lot at first due to misreading the effect

[neat thicket]

i have not seen any message request

[heavy glen]

and also not knowing it expired. like an onion. XD

[crude dragon]

Yeah, but by the time you're ratcheting up Scars on the Testament, you're probably at the point where you're also wanting to do everything to cheat out on taking damage

[lucid radish]

Does anyone know what the preqs for unlocking upgrading familiars is? I have 3 familiars but it still hasn't unlocked for me, and I've rolled credits

[cosmic swift]

He probably meant to ping me

[meager garden]

maybe take them all out for a run? not sure. You should get an incantation to let you feed them

[crude dragon]

That might be it, yeah

[neat thicket]

i can confirm its not, i havent used gale or toula and i can upgrade

[cosmic swift]

I like toula

[meager garden]

yeah but you can't get gale until you upgrade the first 3 a few times

[lucid radish]

I've taken all 3 out for a run

[cosmic swift]

She just kinda lays there and does nothing. My spirit animal fr

[neat thicket]

since when? im like 90% sure i got both hecuba and gale before upgrading

[lucid radish]

The cat, frog, and bird

[plucky dew]

i take toula every run cause i like cats

[heavy glen]

i love cats

[neat thicket]

oh wait a minute hermes legendary might actually be useful now although probably not

[cosmic swift]

On that note I have 9 just running around my house rn smh (5 are kittens)

[meager garden]

uh the requirements for gale and hecuba are kinda hazy and keep changing but you were supposed to feed your first pets enough to get hecate to let you get the others

[heavy glen]

but i also love frogs, weasels, ravens, and dogs <3

[neat thicket]

taking it for prophecy though

[pallid cradle]

Toula is great at reminding you why domesticated cats are bad survival partners.

[cosmic swift]

We love all the familiars

[meager garden]

"Spent at least 3 Witch's Delight (lifetime total) or more on Animal Familiars"
So, recruit 3 familiars, which it sounds like you've done.
Talk to hecate a bunch? Requirements might also just be weird/bugged right now, I've seen others ask how to upgrade.

[heavy glen]

in mythology hecate had a skunk familiar too

[little oar]

Anybody who was joining in my confusion of how to unlock the weapon aspects

I did not have to beat scylla, but I still have no idea what the actual prerequisite would’ve been

[rapid plaza]

oops wrong tag. I apologize

[crude dragon]

Nah, it's still dogwater

[cosmic swift]

Movies over time to run more runs

[neat thicket]

i've had multiple runs in 1.0 where i walk into chronos with an extra like 4k gold lol

[olive cedar]

why does poseidon do so much damage

[heavy glen]

the ocean is powerful

[pallid cradle]

Is that what happens if you take all the extra tart chambers? Damn.

[neat thicket]

also i got servo in time for cerb so ive got pretty quick cooldowns now, get some poms in tartarus and im stacked lol

[heavy glen]

just ask odysseus

[meager garden]

I think it's just ||rolex||

[pallid cradle]

Fair enough

[neat thicket]

its both

[crude dragon]

That with the new keepsake, though?

[olive cedar]

i feel like its built to be more of an area guy but it does SO MUCH single target damage like

[rapid plaza]

because poseidon rules the seas and is low key the most powerful of all gods

[pale pier]

I hate the vampire so freaking much

[meager garden]

doing tart with all chambers is so awesome lol, I feel like an arpg god

[pale pier]

Nahh Hera lowkey got the best

[meager garden]

yeah bro got jacked in 1.0

[neat thicket]

i do all chambers in any run even if its a useless chamber, purely because i enjoy it except if i need well items to last or am on time

[meager garden]

"· Phantom (Fields): significantly increased Life drain effect"

[pale pier]

He was annoying before and they made it worse

[cosmic swift]

That guy took me 3 minutes to beat when I first started

[meager garden]

he was a chump before, imo

[rapid plaza]

marriage over trading? I guess I can sea that

[indigo tinsel]

So, I just made a hilariously bad Chaos boon choice.

[neat thicket]

he still is, simply dont get hit

[indigo tinsel]

"Enemies will throw a bomb at you when they die..." Which I chose just before the Scylla fight.

[meager garden]

he hells off his buddies though, I gotta take them out first

[pallid cradle]

I just accept every region has one midboss I really don't wanna see.

Cutthroat
Sea Serpent
Vampire

[indigo tinsel]

That last stage where she summons tons and tons of flying fish? Holy crap.

[meager garden]

the fish in the last phase...
it's so funny

[pale pier]

I was about to kill him and he regained over 1000 hp 💔

[cosmic swift]

Real

[neat thicket]

lol i didnt know that, tbf most runs ive just been using artemis against him so i just parry and nuke him instantly lol

[crude dragon]

Just kill Scylla quickly and you won't have to worry about the adds swarming you and becoming a minefield :3

[rapid plaza]

2 bombs, you're good right?

[meager garden]

he like fully heals if he uses his suck ability because he's gonna clip some enemies

[indigo tinsel]

Like 300 bombs once the fish started coming in.

[meager garden]

like actual 50% to 100% it's so funny

[rapid plaza]

I forget about that phase because it's normally so free. fair point

[neat thicket]

exactly, so you parry the suck right at the start of the fight and then nuke

also ||boon! gold!|| yay

[pale pier]

I will actually crash out with this vampire bro

[meager garden]

just kill his minions

[pale pier]

I did

[strange spade]

Did I somehow break the game by defeating ||Typhon|| on my first try I wonder...?

[pale pier]

Nah, I did it too

[neat thicket]

same, progression accounts for it

[strange spade]

Is this what its like beating the game at 32 nightmare before v1.0

[fast void]

i actually killed him very early on during the first beta he showed up in, but recently he killed me and everyone in the crossroads started doomposting about it being impossible again

[neat thicket]

i should've taken white antler for here, wouldve worked really well with my infinite money paid dues

[rapid plaza]

nah EA players got that with prom

[wooden basin]

why bewitching eyes is so good

[rapid plaza]

I can not tell you how mad I was on such a good run with 600 health to be given white antler on "great chaos above"

[fast void]

also.. i am 100% sure i used that one "revive an enemy and make them fight for you"-boon during the beta on the scylla fight but i did not get the achievement for it
now selene is lowkey hard trolling by not offering it to me ever again

[gleaming parrot]

I don't think it was retroactive. I had to unlock it after 1.0

[neat thicket]

there we go, 16f beaten

[pale pier]

Yeah, I am going to crash out with the vampire.

1. The axe is too slow to continuously hit him without him hitting back.

2. I have no cast rn.

3. My hex will just give him more health because I have the hex that makes fallen enemies fight for me

[pale pier]

I’m trying to do this too rn

[neat thicket]

yeah i did it with the most cursed heph build possible on artemis blades

[fast void]

oof, time to pray for selene i guess

[pale pier]

Brother, he was at half health. Hit me and got 1000 hp back

[neat thicket]

WAIT I JUST HAD AN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE IDEA PROVIDED IT CAN WORK

[rapid plaza]

are you...reloading saves to kill the vampire? it's okay to lose...it's literally a theme in the game

[buoyant matrix]

yeah they really overbuffed that guy in the 1.0 patch

[oak belfry]

Worst God Boon giver?

[meager garden]

heph? maybe?
or maybe ares

[neat thicket]

so paid dues uses 3 gold per damage point to ignore damage. Chronos insta kill doesn't just kill you, it does actual damage. THEREFORE, so long as it doesnt ignore paid dues, I want to facetank insta kills

[pale pier]

NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT

[rose canyon]

Knuckle Bones or Evil Eye
I have no Death Defiance

[neat thicket]

knuckle bones is probably better but evil eye is funnier

[fast void]

i got the first 2 fear statues back when you could go staff > poseidon special and just delete bosses and i'm very afraid of trying to get the last one now that you actually need to play the game

[neat thicket]

why play the game when you can circe

[oak belfry]

Am I crazy for thinking Posideon is weak?

[meager garden]

why play game when you can anubis

[rose canyon]

Yes. He controls the Sea and can make earthquakes that is terrifying

[meager garden]

not really tbh
I like hestia better than poseidon most of the time, and they have similar niches

[fast void]

ngl my brain is too smooth to use anubis

[subtle river]

Poseidon is def usurped by other gods rn

[meager garden]

no it's actually free
dashattack + cast, and just let them run into it

[rapid plaza]

I've never died to him since the patch

[subtle river]

I loooove anubis I love putting down my nuke blitz attack and just letting everything die

[pale pier]

I played 1 Anubis run and I didn’t like it 💔

[meager garden]

I can't hate anubis it cooks enemies too fast lol

[fast void]

i managed to get a full run with it for the prophecy but i never felt like i was actually dealing damage then suddenly everything just died which was funny but not satisfying

[meager garden]

Hestia attack, Demeter cast
add in some zeus stuff like air quality and static shock
Every enemy will die horribly when they walk in

[neat thicket]

there is also the option for big apollo specials

[pale pier]

I’ll try hmm

[serene forge]

Anubis staff too goooood

[meager garden]

I need to give that a shot sometime but hestia keeps cooking for me

[neat thicket]

its so much fun that way, take apollo special, anything else you want, and grind out the legendary

[serene forge]

Hestia on the staff is simply my favourite way to go

[subtle river]

Anubis is possibly my favourite aspect

[serene forge]

Definitely mine

||anyone else just shredding these runs with the new Zag + Hades/Persephone keepsake? Just so good to have free heroics||

[plucky dew]

i should prob unlock that

[mellow dove]

can someone explain to me what power actually does, hearing "+10" feels so tiny of an upgrade

[rose canyon]

GUYS QUICK EXTRA DOSS OR PERFECT IMAGE FOR NERGUL

[neat thicket]

any other case, perf image, but nergal likes extra dose

[rapid plaza]

|| my fav is card/vial/pom (whatever you need to beat the boss)||

[prisma monolith]

Extra dmg

[serene forge]

+10 power is 10 damage flat, which is then multiplied by the ones that do % bonuses.

[mellow dove]

is it just +10 or is it a multiplier

[meager garden]

you ever play balatro?
power is chips

[rose canyon]

Thank you #1 Nergal Fan

[prisma monolith]

Flat, that gets multiplied by any % bonuses you have

[meager garden]

lets say you have +100% damage, and your attack does 50 base damage. This means it does 100 damage.
Add 10 power, now it's +100%, and 60 damage. Now it does 120 damage.

[rose canyon]

Delivered after 7 encounters... Mr. Hermes I'm at the summit

[rapid plaza]

I hate that you said it that way but that makes so much sense

[serene forge]

||grinding for the Arachne prophecy right now, does anyone know if it has to be a natural Athena or can I force it with the keepsake?||

[neat thicket]

you'll get it still

[meager garden]

I know right!

[formal merlin]

Do people run freezer burn on Ygnium's hidden aspect?

[meager garden]

just like balatro, the ideal would be a square
too bad we can't crank up our power to match our % boosts

[rapid plaza]

surface can be natural. under obviously needs keepsake

[meager garden]

idk I don't, it does a ton of damage already with scorch

[rose canyon]

"Dashing into attacks" Award

[crude dragon]

Demeter

[serene forge]

||I mean, can I get the Arachne dialogue if I encounter Athena with the keepsake or do I have to meet her natural on the surface? Ive been avoiding using the keepsake and doing surface just hoping she appears||

[fast void]

so far on the safisfaction scale

twin flames - my fav weapon i mained it in beta when it did 0 damage and still main it now that it deals 0,5 damage (moros is my fav)
staff - big fan of all of them but i miss beta staff damage
twin blades - 10/10 on nuke builds, 0/10 when i am low on health and the melee aoe damage enemy is bullying me
axe - have not played enough to decide but this weapon has the funniest hammer upgrades
skulls - i'm not sure whats the best build for them but its extremely funny to just dash into all danger
xinth - this weapon feels awkward most of the time, if the hidden aspect is not raw i will be sad

[rapid plaza]

hephy

[meager garden]

xinth is fun if you use both buttons, imo. you can't just rely on attack or just special

[crude dragon]

On the subject of the skull: Just you wait until you get Medea

[neat thicket]

me when auto special hammer

[dusk cedar]

This is not my first time asking but are we sure ||bewitching eyes|| has no conditions to fulfill because otherwise I am heavily unlucky

[fast void]

i got all the hammers for my autos to proc specials and prayed

[rapid plaza]

demeter's legendary literally takes away 25% of a bosses health.

[crude dragon]

Nah, clangs are good with proper investment, Trusty Shield is a free hit per room, even Security System is pretty alright

[neat thicket]

which i find really nice with aphro attack, zeus special, and their duo boon

[formal merlin]

The block is something, the fact that there're unlockables that is actually indicated this time means you can't just use blocks like in Hades 1

[mellow dove]

honestly after playing early access and seeing the game grow and shift, I hesitate to say any of the boon givers are bad now compared to where they started

[meager garden]

I never use omegaattack on coat

[mellow dove]

I tend to go for poseidon the least though

[crude dragon]

10%, you mean, and are you going to sit here and tell me that you would actually go for a Demeter boon that isn't her cast?

[indigo tinsel]

I almost entirely use omega attack on coat.

[meager garden]

poseidon's niche overlaps too much with hestia I think, and hestia is just better a lot of the time

[mellow dove]

p much

[indigo tinsel]

Wait, no. Omega special.

[meager garden]

I was gonna say, that's very odd but I respect it

[eternal kiln]

I don't want spoilers, but I have a question I needs answered...

Do I ever get to pet Cerberus?