#h2-discussion
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NOOOO ||right as i was talking to hades my switch ran out of juice||
We did get an incantation to halve the time it takes to level up Keepsakes, so it can't be that weird.
Annoying to have to run them a while before they're at their full potential, at least they added an incantation to shorten it
ya especially if you are leveling a keepsake you just dont like (to have them all maxed)
I have the 1.0 keepsakes rotting at 1 star still for that very reason, while everything else is 3 stars
At endgame I don't really want to be leveling keepsakes ngl
i feel like the incantations kinda pad the gameplay, i don't remember a lot of stuff taking quite as long in hades 1
my completionist ahh wont allow that to happen 
though i did stop at 620 runs
WE DID
I levelled them all up to max rank already and I never got that ._.
I will still do them eventually cuz they're busted, but I struggle to find the time for them cause I'll need to level them for a while
i think its partially just the number of different items that make things seem longer
cuz u might need to do multiple runs to get enough of a specific rock or whatever for 1 thing
I've got a number of early game keepsakes I still haven't leveled at all, that incantation makes a not small difference.
Brother, I hate when I need a specific resource and now suddenly it refuses to appear 💔
yeah, hades 1 was more streamlined in that respect
familiar will help you 👍
Oh yeah Eris is also at 1 star for me, that I don't know if I will ever level
its like 1.5 full runs at the halved time so its not too bad if you just speed a couple runs
the final three keepsakes are kinda yum
yum good keepsakes
as someone who loves being at the fates whims they are super nice
I have a question, is it normal for all 3 of your starting boons to start out without the persephone +6 lvl up in a run? I was wondering because out of 5 or so runs with persephone, I didnt start a single run with options of leveled up boons unless I used a reroll
yeah it's only a chance to get the + level
not guaranteed
pers rng can be goofy ahh so that happens frequently, usually you'll see like 2-3 at most
honestly a mod that nerfs surface would be super nice
ngl rival eris is consistently beating my ahh
i like charon tip jar because it feels nice to do lol
surface gets a lot easier with practice imo
regular enemies are quite harsh though i will admit (in comparison to underworld runs)
ohhh, this is why you meet icarus on a boat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus In some versions of the tale, Daedalus and Icarus escape by ship.[1][4]
but even the boat escape had him die
yeah this is where its rough as just one hit just in the rift zone is usually half of my hp bar almost
just lost 2 death defiances in a trial of gods from ares 😂
multiple b2b runs where mobs just shred
surface definitely gets easier with practice
I still consider surface to be much harder than underworld though
i think im just having a terrible night on the game anyways regardless
just get to the third stage and pray for that one Athena boon 👍
if I can get a run that makes it to olympus, cant even get past rift
is ares surface-only or can he appear underground too
rift does have a couple poop enemies
the casket that shoots the three burst projectiles AAAAA AAAAA AAAAAAA
he can appear underground yes
once he joins your pool that is
you have to meet the requirements from reaching a point in a surface run
I have met him, but only on surface runs so far (and me without nectar)
sometimes you just dont see a god for like 5 runs and forget they exist until you get them again
sometimes you do a suface run and Ephyra has like eight thousand Hephaestus boons and like you don't really want him but you don't wanna reroll everythi
me and poseidon
Is it possible to brew nectar in the cauldron?
Yes
Poseidon has some solid boons
I don't really like his attack boons though, unless I'm using Xinth
I think it's really satisfying to punch a guy and then just 🌊 🌊 🌊
Its annoying have to run after them
I just keep punching and it keeps you close enough to keep attacking
Having tried all the aspects and weapons i think the first games ones were better for the most part
spoilers for arachne’s plotline: ||im like 99% sure that there isn’t a good outcome for arachne, am i correct? feels like a hella missed opportunity not to have an incantation that at least gives her the option to turn back to human… maybe i just haven’t played far enough?||
There is no good outcomr
I'm pretty sure that's just how it ends
because after that encounter the prophecy is fulfilled so
might just be preference for playstyle tbh cuz i vastly prefer mels moveset with most aspects over most of zags
(there are a couple aspects i just dont vibe with)
the worst thing is after it's complete and you talk to athena again
i don’t think i’ve had that interaction yet, what happens
I dont like the jetpack the Mace is worst than the axe i only use the hidden aspect with teh staff
pls spoiler tag that because I haven't had that encounter yet either 🙏
Still its better than the Chinese weapon in the first game
chinese weapon 😭 ?
guan yu I assume
Also i think the fight with Hades is much more intence than Kronus
time to play everyone’s favorite game: poor grammar or racism?
I think I have more fun with the Hades II weapons and aspects
in the first game I did not like the bow or the rail but all the weapons here are pretty fire
As for me those and a Spear were my favorites
it's probably just a skill issue tbh
but like I cannot bow to save my life
gotta say i like every weapon in both games except for the skull, i just can’t figure it out
this is almost definitely just experience cuz hades feels easy compared to multiple of the hades 2 bosses
when you talk to athena afterward, ||mel apologizes to her for arachne telling her off and is curious about athena's side of the weaving contest, and is surprised arachne insulted her, suggesting it was cause she was young. athena says this time she did know, and for mortals such as her they can only make examples of them||
man the dionysus runs with the aspect of chiron went insane
Chronos is definitely harder than Hades but I feel like Hades is more like active in his boss fight
like he moves around more
Skull is only fun with hidden aspect
mmmmm alr
no happy outcome then, here’s hoping they add more in a later patch 😭
That is shat i mean it felt more intense
i found chronos a ton easier than hades to be honest, maybe i just got better at video games since playing hades 1 LOL
pretty much
hmmm. I found Hades a lot harder but I was also worse at this sort of game when I first beat him, I think Chronos is harder overall.
I also like the Chronos fight more I think, Hades doing "darkness" spam and disappearing got kind of old and I prefer dodging time bubbles and oneshots over waiting for dad to reappear so I can hit him. both great fights tho
i think that because a lot of ppl already have experience with hades 1 its hard to compare the boss fights
because you cannot play both without having some prior experience with 1 of them
Oh i also miss the shield
that’s fair
Oh and the Thesius fight is so much more enjoyable than Promethius or Cerberus
dyno doesn’t like me
Also like the boon more in the first though they also seemed much stronger
i was gonna say that vow of rivals is SO MUCH harder than extreme measures, hecate absolutely decimated me
I was an avid shield hater, the attack on that thing was so sauceless. All of these weapons need a combo sequence, that repeating animation felt so bad to do
160 hrs and i never knew selene had duo boons. how do i get them?
Ya that for sure
i think they just show up sometimes
I never liked shield on any aspect tbh
You have to have the right god for the right boon
Aspect of Beowulf was pretty crazy thoughhhhhh
but I also didn't like the shield, until I found that one
are they in god boons or selene upgrades?
i loved the shield, i got a good attack boon wth aspect of zagreus to increase attack and just dashed and splashed
certain hexes have different gods that can empower them
if you have the hex and the right god in your pool you can get the godsent version
selene upgrades
Insane dmg but felt clunky to use for me
zeus was so good
Bewulf and the one that makes you throw more were so fun
you have to pick a selene hex with one available, then upgrade to the duo segment
you have to have the right god for the right hex
if you've unlocked the godsent hex system at all then each hex corresponds to a specific god
if you have that god in your pool (either when you get the hex or afterwards), then the godsent upgrade will appear on the path of stars, usually around the middle
and ares boon is special, it requires you to ||wear the aspect of selene to get it||
god i need to unlock that
Duos in this also feel less intresting in alot of areas
the only hint is ||the aspect mentions a hidden hex||
tysm. is it an incantation? i assumed i had it unlocked because i just randomly noticed in the boon list that they exist
I see what you did there
no incantation, just a prophecy iirc from talking to selene enough times
cool ty
i think as of 1.0 it’s unlocked by default
Scylla better than Hydra at least
idt it's an incantation, it's just Selene dialogue iirc...? I don't remember what the actual requirement is, someone else may know
ty guys
oh my god pun not intended LOL
I HATE RIVALS SCYLLA SO MUCH BRUH.
if lernie sang me absolute freakin bangers while i fought him maybe id hate him a bit less
the song makes it worth it 🙏
the dialogue is basically "now all the olympians know you well enough that we don't need to hide the fact that we're collaborating" so I assume it's either meeting or getting a certain amount of relationship with all the olympian gods...?
Make hims a barbershop quartet
Btw to unlock the rest of Selene's hearts I have to clear a run with aspect of selene right?
i love lernie except whn he's lime green
reading the word barbershop sets off a mental flashbang so loud that i just forgot everything i was thinking of
interesting, likely i missed it. im not sure cuz i reset my save when 1.0 dropped 😭 ty guys
no you just gotta max level it
then she's like hey!! nice aspect you got there.
hey 👀 what’s that you’re holding 👀 👀 where’d you get that buddy 👀
Ahh ok so I should be getting it next time I see her I suppose
speaking of scylla i really wish they gave us an incantation that lets roxy/jetty keep playing whenever we KO them
LOL
Selene will never find out that after deepening her trust I immediately switched back to Aspect of Nyx and never equipped Aspect of Selene ever again...
yaaaa
yeah aspect of selene seems… interesting
look bro like it seems good and all but like. Nyx is fun
more fun than hex
lowkey I just forget to use Skyfall
tbh i like aspect of selene
imo selene is just for turning your brain off and omega special spamming. if you get the right path of stars upgrade you don’t even have to use your hex to get the damage buff (but you might as well anyway for the hex damage itself)
free dmg buff? don't mind if i do. I also mainly spam the special when i coat
like I don't think it's bad, I just like Nyx more
Aurther felt like an entiarly new weapon
I find the hex system overall more fun than aspect of Nyx, but the Selene coat hex is kinda bland tbqh
Hel was the only slightly disappointing aspect for me, felt too close to torches. would love if it was old torches
it's strong, I just wish it had some final upgrades which would make it feel wildly different
100% agree
Torches i feel lik you just use Eos and nothing else
hexes are cool yeah
I never used to pick Night Bloom until I realized that the minions deal crazy damage
I revived a mourner in the Cerberus fight, two attack cycles from it killed it from half hp
there were though, remember sanctity/geyser, disintegration, old ferocity?
Eos is probably the worst torch aspect
nah bro Moros is where it's at
bomb explosion spam 👍
i didn’t like hexes at all until i realized how powerful a fully upgraded one can be. morph trivializing minibosses and the such
oh no, I mean for the selene coat hex specifically
"hit +2 targets" and "fire one when you Ω" are... fine?
but they don't feel as fun to me as some of the other hex upgrades do! they don't change how you can play it/build around it
I didn't like Morph till i realized that is destroyed Typhons Eggs
cascade was fire with old ferocity, also it was busted with coat autofire exploit
but yeah they removed all of them
Is it possible to miss an animal companion? I used to encounter Hecuba all the time in the fields but now that I have the cookies she doesn't appear anymore...
i dont think so
has hecate ||given permission for them to join you yet?|| because if that hasnt happened then it may just not spawn hecuba until then
She did. After she did I was able to ||make more cookies on the cauldron|| but when I visit the fields she isn't there anymore... I got ||Gale on Olympus tho...||
after a quick google she only has a chance to spawn in ||echos room|| so you could just be getting unlucky on that
75% chance so should happen eventually
How do you change clothes?
unfortunately you can only do so by ||getting a new temporary set from arachne||
Or is it just the color
That’s it?
yup. it is a bit odd thats the only way considering they made the models but 🤷
EOS is actualy pretty strong with the right boons
well, they arent different models, theyre just color changes to the 3d model
ya so they already have them made which means they would be able to apply it elsewhere since it already exists
that sort of thing wasnt possible in Hades 1 because they made the choice to make the game fully 2D. Zag and all the other characters look 3d but thats because theyre just 2d animated frames of a 3d character
its pretty sad bouldy doesnt do anything...
I still need 2 more animals
do you need advice for where they are?
visit the spca near you
Or any local animal shelter will do
remember get your dogs newtered or spayed goodnight
So much harder than Hades 1 Jesus
Grandpa does so much damage for every hit
What on earth was that star aoe, no clue how to dodge this but he almost went down
Is ||Unfamiliar Forms|| bugged?
I have ||all bonds forged, reached epilogue, have a romance, all pets recruited and upgraded (9 treats per pet in upgrades), all music at music maker bought, all deco bought, everything I had on fated list done. Missing only two steam achievements the one for unfamiliar forms and the one for having every achievement.||
||is that the one to change familiars forms? cause thats through circe||
idk what triggers it, but she gives the incantation at least
high relationship, some amount of main story progress, ect ect
Triggered by all animals fully ranked up
||Yep its the one where Circe is supposed to give you the invocation... but she just doesn't want to do it. I tried visiting her with different familiars and so on... but no she just doesn't want to||
prob have too much dialog backed up maybe? that has higher priority maybe?
circe does have bizarrely much dialogue considering you can flat out miss her in a run tbh...
yea fr lol esp end game where u need her for a variety of stuff and she has like 30% rate to show up it feels
Will continue trying to find her some more runs, but I am growing tired of Thessaly and Emphyra. I am running only to there for last 6 hours... was finishing Icarus alongside her. Even Icarus was faster...
she was one of the last for me to rank up, athena was the last tho
Do you have all the animals ranked up? I visited Circe lots and only right after I ranked up the final one she gave me the incantation
Still haven't finished Icarus idk what he needs to unlock his hearts
Well I suppose I need to talk to him more but it hasn't progressed in quite a while
Yep, All pets plus all ranked up, her gifts and item she gave also maxed put
If you open the character book you can see their hearts and they’ll have little designs for the gift they’re willing to accept next, if it’s no design they’ll just accept nectar
||What did it for me was to talk to him on the surface run while having Daedallus hammer || Needed to do that quite a lot but finaly got through
Nah, what I am talking about is the rest of his hearts are locked, the game says we need go grow closer or smth like that
The reconnecting... yep
Man that really sucks if daedalus hammer is required
Really don't like having to equip certain keepsakes to progress a questline
Like athena in erebus...
The dialogue that triggered the unlocking was related to the Daedalus hammers so... it would make sense.
Not the keepsake, Its the upgrade like boon
same.... actually related to that, question: can Circe show up in chaos trials?
cause I did the other two parts of the Od prophecy via chaos trials, but those were final bosses and guaranteed to show up
I've picked that up a few times and nothing has changed for me
If you mean like his "ultimate" boon
I mean the hammer that is a location reward, like god boon, minor find and so on
I think the prereqs to unlock that boon changed in 1.0, I already had it because I'm in an EA save, but I got new dialogue about the boon this patch iirc
Oh alright sorry, well it's weird it hasn't updated cause hammers are pretty common in ephyra and I always pick them
Then maybe the same problem as most likely me with Circe, dialogue backlog
i keep finding circe when i have no nectar
yes she should
Same, i still haven't unlocked her heart, but I've barely visited her since 1.0
it's a tragedy
Circe's thing I unlocked naturally and relatively fast which is interesting
Utter envy, I just can't get the invocation from her
Ok, my last couple achievements involves to speak with ||Prometheus and to find?? the fates||, can i do it through ||Chaos trials that teleports me directly to olimpus?||
No
I got that dialogue in a rivals fight so I dunno if that is required just putting this out there
i dont believe rivals is necessary
usually bosses in trials will comment on something being weird about the night that overrides other dialogue
oh well, at least i can now climb with any weapon, may Thanatos be with me
why is supay so trash
gotta get used to enemies not always being hitstunned mostly
i asked myself this about half of the hidden ones
All of the hidden aspects are really good
supay is free win if you get the right setup
The hiddens are good
it does zero damage out the gate
I hate playing with anubis but it’s objectively fantastic
post-campaign question: ||is there any specific criteria for Zag's thingo spawning in Charron's shop? Only had it show up once so far in the surface, idk if I gotta do underworld runs to see him again maybe? ||
So does every weapon
i was playing chaos trials and got supay plus must clear each region in 5 minutes
was legitimately not possible with the boons
rng within the right midshops
||pretty sure its just random chance||
That trial is fairly easy just a bit of a skill issue
For harder trials just have the weapon and keepsake fully upgraded too
unless it was the great chaos below theyre talking about?
was great chaos
i mean rng will do rng in those
supay is also just weird to get used to if you haven't played it much 🤷
for nergal aspect what gods would u guys recommend to increase attack speed?
good players can struggle with the rng in the great chaos trials just cause the arcana setup and bad keepsakes can brick you really quick
the only god who can increase attack speed is ares afaik, but I wouldn't take ares just for that. (and hermes but he's not a core god and I assume that's what you're asking)
I guess in theory apollo AoE can make it easier to hit enemies which makes it easier to charge up nergal atk speed buff...?
and NOT bricked in the fun way
the main god that increases attack speed is ares but ehhh, i think nergal is more of hammer-dependent
then my best bet is thanatos?
also in regards to ares, in what situations is he good? i find myself ignoring him most of the time
He can work on anything
do I need to reunlock the great chaos trials? I cant find them but remember doing them pre 1.0, idm doing it again, but just cant find it
he's nothing without duos but damn he's fun when everything clicks
im talking about using him as main dps btw, not supplemental dmg with grievous blow
yea they unlock really late now
Put him on attack/special depending on which one you use less and you have 1/2 origination, get some sweet boons like grievous blow after that
ill take ares if he shows up, but not over other gods tbh
You can do funny things with plasma but generally it's not reliable
i like wounds but falling blades and plasma are lackluster
what are those? I stopped playing EA during the Typhoon update
the main times I'd get excited to see him are if I already have zeus + apollo in my build, or for a splash build. otherwise he's fine and has some good duos and support boons, but I'm never like... hoping for him.
building around cut above is fun tho, I should do it again, haven't since warsong update
coffin nail+cutting edge is still legit
randomized trials where your arcana and weapon are randomized for you, and your keepsake switches randomly every region as well, and "great" means there is 20 random fear added as well, and you do all 4 regions
Really need to try an Ares Zeus duo setup on Persephone some time
any aspect you'd recommend it on?
I did some momus runs with it when ares was added to the game but since then I've only rly grabbed cut above for like.... ripple effect, without duos
Hephaestus for his Legendary
you'll love this setup on torches o.special
heinous light smite is ridiculously good
Does Extra Dose work with Supay if you dont manually attack?
it should
Supay is generally good about things like that.
im gonna do a surface mel axe run
I haven't played Hades 1 in a few years, but it feels like it's a lot more painful to unlock the hidden aspects this time around. I've been trying for days, and all I've got is Nergal, and I can't even unlock it because the last two times I reached the summit, the game decided not to spawn serpent scales! And then as soon as I get Momus up to level five, Circe just decides not to show up in Thessaly.
God be with you
it seems fine
Idk i just personally hate mel axe
dashing heave doe 
mel axe was one of my goats in EA so it was weird seeing ppl trash on ti
and they buffed it 
Okey... Circe has no new dialogue (The bubble above her head no longer appears) and she still didnt gave me the invocation
corrosion on sight is unchanged wtf
is it tied to ||unfinished business||? cuz i got the ||pet costume stuff|| after finishing that quest 
I got it before that quest was done so I doubt it...?
(it still isn't done lol)
Yeah it's not tied to it
Have that one complete
Like... there is nothing aside for that missing in my save I think. All characters, keepsakes and pets maxed out and so on. Even everything on my fated list is done
Without spoilers, can anyone tell me how close I am to finishing the story if I've beaten Chronos 4 times and Typhon 3 times?
Almost there
already halfway through
it's just that all the other axes feel so much better, i guess it's an all rounder. Than for attacks, charon for omega special, nergal because it's just so damn fun
it's very obvious when you get to the climax don't worry
I'm just trying to get the hidden aspects before that.
than doesnt outclass mel in attacks tho
You won't be able to
It cant block anymore
and def double checked the familiars levels? ik some people find out like frinos or something was one level off or something
I found out today 🙁 it would be kinda trash without block so i get it
Why not? I can already get Nergal... or I would if the game would actually spawn serpent scales.
it was my goat post block removal too
mel axe is the best with the dash strike > special loop
Oh i keep forgetting the requirements are different
wait are you really locked from hidden aspects until after credits??
100% no
I don't think so?
i wouldn't know if it outclasses it, just feels better. When I go Mel Axe I just keep wishing for the attack speed hammer upgrade or Hermes's and then I realize I could've just picked Thanatos instead
oh lol yeah
Than is just a better Mel axe
||can he show up on both paths? Or just surface?||
me when i Lie
||both||
both
omg circe is offering +4% crit chance this is incredible
||40% chance to appear in midshop in regions 1/2 uw or 2/3 surface||
how is the vow banishment spell still in the game who liked that 💔 💔
idk about this tbh they're different aspects for a reason
they keep it for me personally
sry guys
It really loves getting rid of my timer, the vow i have the least amount of trouble with
me when im playing than axe and my dash attack cant kill a wet fish
i jest than axe is probably pretty cool with the 20% crit now
Me when i'm playing mel axe and try to kill a wet fish, but by the time it gets there it's a completely dry fish
you mean thanatos axe
mel axe so slow you neeed nimble limbs and increased atk speed hammer
Mel is there for big bonks that aren't nergal big bonks.
i kind of hate nergal big bonks the sfx doesnt do it for me
nergul doesnt asmr me 
The axe isn't very fun for me in general. Except Charon.
except the mace
why does everyone hate the mace
psychic nergal tho
Than is fun
people be hatin on the nerg and it's crazy
Cause it makes you so much more easy to hit
im just not a big fan of the feel
they just jelous they arent as big as nergul
I don’t understand the nergal hate. I loved it the second I started using it
nergal is amazing, and the animations are so much better too
the wined up is so long
like the impact effect and sounds aren't nice to me
Especially nergal
You can dash during wind up
Then why is your name Shiva Enjoyer
Massive damage, free healing, what's not to love
Nah, the weakest of the HAs is Hel
hel has like one build im pretty sure
also something is weird with the axes sfx, today i was running ares attack boon on it and it was doing a very quiet unsatisfying thunk
Cause I enjoy Shiva the most, i'm allowed to love other aspects too lmfao
At least with Hel i can dodge
Hel is fun but it isn’t anywhere near as good as the others
true, possessed is still crazy good
I read your name as Shiva is your favorite
With that omega special charge time???
is supay still good??
Two, realistically
Freezer Burn and Poseidon splashes
Only reason i like hell so much is cause it reminds me of the gun
Anyone got a bond with Athena? I've compleetd pretty much everything else and shes the last bond I need.
Good, yes. Insane, not anymore
No i'm just the person that likes it the most
If you build it wrong, it’s awful, but if you build it right it still melts things
oh come on freezer burn whats even the goddamn point
yeah just meet her in olympus multiple times i dont think there's a gimmick
You can’t gift Athena if you called her with gorgon amulet
❤️ Freezer Burn Supay
freezer burn is basically weapon agnostic at this point
"hey guys i got this epic build idea" and its just freezer burn
Reasonably certain you can
Same with thermal dynamics
to be fair, a lot of good boon combos don't care about your weapon lol
guess I'm off to do a bunch of surface run s then
I mean, Hel is pretty good at stacking Scorch
like airquality doesn't gaf about who you are
You could also go for the Omega Attack if you get the hammer early
I find myself using Hestia more than any other god
shes just so good
I just slot hera into everything
well Hera i only every get if im trying to get a Duo
that was what made me stop playing the game a while back
I'm such a sucker for static shock
bc the best options were always just click the flat damage
kinda wish this game had more rogue like elements sometimes
i like what they did with the post-game trinkets to deincentivize always picking god trinkets though
hestia > poseidon
apollo/aphro is kinda close. Hera can be better than both in the right sitaution.
zeus is goat support
get dem for cast and gusts
the hidden hel tech people haven't been talking about is actually apollo attack 🔥 🔥
Hera doesn't help you kill the boss
What kind of elements would you like to see then
i feel like apollo and aphro are just different
elaborate 
still a decent source of percent
no
She applies curse for origination and has the highest %damage with a curse
damn
one of the highest % damage bonuses, one of if not the best magick regens, fine lines, origination... idk she's pretty good at helping you kill the boss even if hitch is mainly for AoE
think how big the omega attack is with apollo attack 🔥
Skull + Apollo Attac + his legendary + Wide Grin (fire all skulls at once hammer) is another great way to melt a room
plus hera attack/special is so good at clearing rooms that you get way more time for those bosses
Fine Line is good
Even got best rush now (in contention with Apollo)
Apollo has the highest % i think
that thing has an omega attack?
aphro is right there lol
Aphrodite, but only at close range
apollo is 2nd highest
yeah lol and it stops charging every time you dash 🔥
You have to be in smooching range to deal damage with Aphrodite
takes a brief moment to apply though, daze sprint is nigh instant
it's like, axe's omega attack range. It's pretty reasonable
but its kinda jank bc he scales with rarity higher
Not really, you can blow those kisses pretty far
I would be impressed if Mel could smooch someone standing at the edge of her cast
anyway EM eris wouldve killed me if someone hadnt given me this awesome axe
"Nearby" is about the same range as the Torch Ospecial orbit
I just wish there was an actual indicator for it. Or any way for a casual player to know how far the attack had the bonus
Why i always go for her with Axe and Daggers if im not using The Morgan
i feel like its fairly obvious when the damage bonus activates
i believe most video game players can read numbers
Boons feel much more boring in this game in general
nah at least they're good in this game
yeah man i was a really big fan of Peer Pressure
I mean, agree to disagree 🤷 I find hitch way more interesting than a lot of the secondary effects on % boons in h1, personally
in H1 I often went like "wow these boons all really suck"
I like the boons in this game, what I don’t like is the boon art. Its really abstract and I don’t remember ANY of them
not entirely sure, just more variation from run to run. more varieties of bosses/ within routes perhaps. or more so, even though we have the different aspects, they tend to play out fairly similar most of the time. like the aspect that buffs the special, you tend to use the special etc.
There are just less duo boons and legendaries that trivialise the game and you actually have to get good at making builds
and Hunter's Instinct
bro forgor curse of drowning 
you still are 
This game has more boons, more variety, infusion boons etc...
i dont remember much about hades 1 boons, just remember dashing a lot
yeah thats basically ally ou needed to know
All the different npc boon givers
I think it's just that weapons tend to be very focused on what they like. Not many versatile weapons
"Your brother's favourite"
like you're not gonna play circe and ignore the cast
you look like a donkey 
Or play Shiva and ignore the omegas
at least its the not the i can just slap romantic on everything and win kind of game
it kinda felt like that for a while
truee
saying to ignore omegas and ur a shiva enjoyer 
I can sorta just slap hestia on everything and kind of win the game though, at my fear level lol
like realistically you can hera attack/zeus special your way through the game
Do you mean Aphrodite’s strike/flourish? heartbreak?
you can try Shiva regular special spam
guess you dont enjoy shiva that much if you ignore the omegs LUL
I mean, they're talking about how to play an aspect wrong
nah shiva default moveset is heat
Romantic spark
Ya and so many feel rather redundent. I do like the Infusion though
Which boons feel redundant
dash cooldown on hermes
the reply was context tho
like youre not gonna play circe and ignore the cast
Or play Shiva and ignore the omegas
its not redundancy its just a higher power level
Everything has an application depending on the build/weapon
hades 2 expects you to be much stronger than hades 1 build wise
and rightfully so. but i think it would be cool if builds developed more organically. like for example in slay the spire (if youve played that) you can have decks with similar themes, but theyre different enough to feel distinct. a lot of my runs in this blend together a little bit, upon recollection
we need a hades card game like slay the spire
true, you have a lot of control over rng here, and rng elements like random biomes and bosses are minimized to keep up predictable challenges I think
Well i rarely feel like builds feel that diffrent, other than kings ransom zues
I never really got into slay the spire tbh
spellrogue is pretty good
I get the itch every now and again
This why ||golden pom|| is good
There’s a hades mod for Wildfrost
Hades and Dead Cells are the main roguelikes I played
dead cells is neat with how many different weapons it has you switch up, which play pretty different
what about silksong?
not a roguelike yet
Skong is a metroidvania
Too easy
Dead Cells was a great experience for me personally
There’s a hollow knight mod for Wildfrost as well
Golden?
Definitely a very difficult game
what about binding of issac
I think so, don’t remember though
The modders for that game are great
try mega man zero all S ranks
I need to play Dead Cells again
yeah and i respect the commitment to the predicatable challenge, just personally i would like a bit more variety in my idealized game. still enjoy this though of course
try i wanna be the boshy
Specialist mod is hilarious
I love backflip mod
dead cells is pretty great
couldnt get into deadcells tbh
theres no real buildmaking in it but the core mechanics are really good
Spelunky is still the hardest roguelite i've ever played, still havent finished that thing 
I also kinda struggled to get into dead cells, but I'll try again. I bounced off hollow knight for the first time years ago, so sometimes I'm just not in the mood for a specific game tbh even if I love it later
spelunky is pretty nails. so much instant death, especially in 2
Spelunky is brutal, i cant remeber if i even got the basic ending
dead cells movement is so freaking good
this is true
i feel obliged to talk about dead cells because i have 900 hours in it 💔
one basic starting enemy has 100 ways of starting a chain reaction that will lead you to your death, so much stuff to keep track of
I think spelunky is the roguelike I respect the most that I'll never beat lol
Sounding a lot like Noita
Dying to a mechanic you forgot existed
explosion > rock > angry shop keeper > ??? > new run
I need to play Against the Storm again
There kind of is with the mutations and scroll choices
they dont really matter
definitely has some similarities. if noita was made in a simpler age
damage is really overscaled to the point where your weapon choice doesnt really matter
Noita scares me
Played it once, no idea what was going on
Good fun tho been waiting for a good sale to pick it up
It’s 60% off on steam rn
alright beat EM prom
rightfully so. its definitely tough, and some of it is (inentionally so?) not explained well in the game. such as how to make a good wand, kinda requires a bit of research to get the jist of it in my experience. but its fun once youre in
Oh fr?
that boss is brutal i forgot how nmuch these last two bosses up the ante
Yeah I knew nothing and never got very far
Still better than uw rivals
also chat when did they change the server's icon
why did they even change it lol
It's making eyes at me from my wishlist
i snoozed during this autumn sale, i didn't know how fast these ended
I got mk11 for 3 dollars
Biggest steal of my life
All I understand about Noita is that the endgame of that game is to turn it into a survival crafter
fighting games tend to go on steep sale after the next game comes out
that's pretty cheap
Kusoge at an extreme discount?
cant remember last mk game i played
I own mk11 and never booted it up lol
although doesn't it have more players than mk1
Maybe idk
made it to typhon with 200% nova strike
I'm better at platform fighters than I am traditional fighters
Bouta get dumpstered on by all of them
it'd be like if SF5 had more players than SF6 somehow
did they really abandon mk1 after one year? damn
I'm not going near sf lmao
Two season passes and a story DLC, as is tradition
even though they said "this one's different, we're gonna support it for a while"
but it's so cool
Probably just gonna go back to my normal platform fighter cause i'm bad at everything else
The worst part is that the last character they added is the perfect Fatality dummy for YouTube's censors
Pick up Blazblue and then lose yourself in the roguelite mode
it's weird how popular MK is for the casual crowd that they never tried to expand the brand onto other genres. Where is my Shaolin Monks 2?
Have a few friends that play it, not really a fan
I just play strive and sf6 lol, hyped for tokon
I played tekken 8, loved the story, hated the online play
i'm cheering for 2XKO cuz I have a friend that's passionate about it, I did tell him it was dead after Tokon was announced though, as a jest. He was so sad 😭
Yes i'm bad but I would like to be matched with someone who is also bad and not someone that doesn't let me touch the ground a single time
it has ranked matchmaking tho
if someone's juggling and comboing you all day that's more of a defense thing I think
Oh absolutely, my opponents were just better than me regardless, pure skill issue
I was in ranked 😭
a worse player will still beat you if you don't know how to block, that's how it is
unlike in platform fighters, you can't just shmove away from them
fighting games have always seemed fun but i also feel like i'm boutta get matched with sweats
What do you mean i can't jump more than 30cm off the ground
nah, just believe that everyone sucks as much as you
tru
if you lose to some freaky combo at low level, it's probably an auto combo. Just block and you'd win
Right ok (i'm so bad at blocking)
That's the problem with older and or niche fighting games, whenever someone recommends me a fighting game like that it's 90 something players who've been on that grind for 15 years. It's not a fun time 😂
fighting game blocking is really weird, unlike every other genre lol
I'm just gonna stick to being sweaty on my platform fighter
big aah shield
don't worry fighting games are games for the young, a lot of winners are like, early 20s
Isn't Tekken blocking especially weird since it's by limb?
nah you have high mid low
You can sidestep stuff though, which is a lot of the complexity
Yeah it's either high mid or low
Okay, so it's only throw rejects that are by limb
And I can never tell which way to go
Well, that mostly boils down to knowing the hitboxes
you can kinda just default to stand blocking in tekken
Arent the young players mostly destroying on the popular games? I'd assume the less popular ones are filled with older players who've been playing nothing but that for a long time
I mean sure but are you like, playing Guilty gear XX accent core
at least for smash it seems to be a mix of some new players n a lot of old players
the competitive smash scene is also boring and bad
in street fighter 6, one of the most elite players is like, 16
I play brawlhalla and it's 90% people under 25
i'm not playing anything 😭 Im too lazy to practice any fighting game
a lot of these old fighting games have newer sequels which have a mix of oldheads and kids coming in to beat everyone up
And filled with some of the most disgusting people in gaming
brawhalla and stuff like smash do look like they draw a younger crowd, for whatever reason
LOL tru
smash makes sense. You often play nintendo games when you're young, and smash has momentum going for it, with a long and old scene
They're 100% easier to pick up than traditional fighters, got over 2k hours in brawl and just cannot adjust to traditional fighters
Like, the fact that Leffen is one of the least worst says a lot about how depraved that scene is
I suck with platform fighters because I'm so unused to precise movement with a stick lol
It's simpler
I just play kb
Like, the entire reason that platform fighters exist is because Masahiro Sakurai smoked a young couple in KOF '98 so badly that they left in tears, so he thought it would be a good idea to make a fighting game type for more casual audiences
Got an expensive ah kb just for brawl
Every middle class parent I know is buying their kids a switch, nintendo is too powerful
It's so bad
he's not wrong lol
but casual smash at a party and competitive smash are like, miles apart
casual smash way more fun cuz i rather have fun w ppl and not sweat the lobby
i'm happy w where my skill level is cuz i'm not like thirsting for blood but also good enough to take a couple losses on occasion
That's also the problem with brawlhalla, alot of the players try it as a party game, go play it normally, and thrown out a window
platform fighters exist partially to also support stuff like items, weird maps, 4 player free for all, custom gamemodes
stuff that the online scene tries to remove as much as possible
Anyways, where's a good place to get a fight stick? Levered, and ideally one I can also plug into my PS5
it is unfortunate tho how nintendo seems to hate the comp scene lol
do you really want a stick? controller works fine, and hitbox is more similar to a keyboard
it'd be fun if comp smash included more varied maps than the standard ones i think
didn't smash 4 only have final destination for its for glory mode or something
Smash is just such a weird game sometimes
idk i never played sm4sh but prob
there's apparently a niche jp comp scene setup where they use certain custom smash rules that change character weights etc.
since cusotm smash isn't available online it's basically locked to local only
people will do the weirdest stuff in a local scene
tru
wonder if smash is going to outlive mario kart 8 deluxe
in terms of like waiting for a new game
it already has in terms of getting new content
damn
mariokart 8 had a whole "sure, screw it, have double the tracks(even if the quality is iffy)" after a few years
smash ultimate has been silent since 2021
sky high sundae 
Is it just me or is ||Field of Mourning|| significantly easier than ||Oceanus|| not necessarily the bosses just the realms as a whole
I agree. Zone 3 is oddly relaxed, especially compared to the other zone 3s
underworld zone 3's structure is what really does it I think. Hazards aren't that dangerous, you have wide open space, and enemies have to spawn in, and approach you to attack, with relatively few ranged enemies
Yes I literally use it as an irl rest zone to have time to stratigize for chronos
the only enemies I hate are the occasional fat shade that sucks you, and the splinter enemy that sprays thorns at you from off screen if you dont' kill it fast enough
the structure of the zone is really cool, just maybe not appropriate for the final proper biome
Even the ||serpent queen miniboss|| isn’t that difficult
reminder, this is supposed to be the equivalent of Elysium in terms of your journey
I miss Elysium
I don't I hated it
but it was a respectable step up in difficulty
Olympus is cool though
Honestly I think the structure would work better for a biome 1
I find oceanus easier cause I can do it in 2m and mourning fields enemies really annoy me
Punching dudes not being stopped by casts is some bs
they get super slowed tho
I just did the supay chaos trial and I'd not call that super
They did feel weirdly faster in that trial though maybe it was just my impression
I love how they added an item SPECIFICALLY to stop flame wheels from spawning
If they were that annoying and hated why not rework them
They did? It's been so long I don't remember
I love games with a few annoying af enemies, these usually are the most memorable. Honestly every game needs atleast 1 or 2.
they should add an oceanus item to stop fish swarms from spawning
flash fry goes kaboom
so i don't have to deal with 1 minute fish spam rooms that do nothing but waste my time if i don't luck into flash fry 
Don't worry olympus has you covered
You have murder bots as well as annoying summit enemies with the vow
yeah olympus is my ideal third zone lol
not too agonizing, not too chill
On the flip side, how good does flash fry feel
The radius on that thing is actually enormous btw it will easily shotgun a big mob in the middle of a pack
death explosion chains are just gamer crack I think
just look at risk of rain 2 proc chains
Olympus would be fine if not for those insanely annoying turret robots
busted for room clears
it's really funny because they've been nerfed like 3 times
they're pretty slow and fair now, but sometimes you just don't have cover and can't close the distance
my 9/11 is supersized frenzied wailers while boonless
yet still my most hated enemy in the game
Flash fry is fun with the morph talent that sucks everything into your cast
also I hate how autowatchers can just armor lock on you
anchor guys can still decide to ignore hitstun without yellow heart
yup
I think it's like, if they're halfway through their swing or something, they'll just finish it
nah it's just straight up hitstun immunity lol idek
i think in 1.0 they can be interrupted while their anchor is on the ground now
Yea they can
I think this is it
some of the bulkier enemies have uncancelable attacks I think
if you hit them they will get hitstun but if they decide to start their animation they can no longer get stunned by damage
tartarus thugs
yeah the big dudes in tart are by far the most noticeable imo
i commonly get owned by them because i just assume i will hitstun and it never happens
If I concoct ||disintegration of monstruosity|| can I still access post game things? I haven't made the run yet but I'm worried I will miss the opportunity to do things after || defeating Typhon||
yes, you need this for the ending, to reach post game
Yes
If you feel like tackling the ending do the incantation, he is still available in the post game in any case
||Because if you defeat him with that incantation active, you won't be able to do surface again until you clear the ending||
But once I clear the ending can I still get ||the eye things? I understand they are need for some other things||
You can yeah, you can do both routes as much as you like in the post game
Thanks!
The vow of rivals for the final fight on Olympus is absolutely diabolical. And equally diabolical that there isn't an achievement for completing it
do we have any idea of when the ost is coming to DSPs? im dying to hear the soundtrack...
i dont know if its on spotify, i use apple music, usually some of this stuff come out a bit late in apple music so i'll have to wait
lotta people use apple music, interesting
its one of the most common questions here lol
i see, yea it could just not be on some platforms ig
personally i just have actual music files on my device lol
Ye I got it downloaded, didnt see it on streaming
How to unlock the hidden aspect for the axe?
Same as the others: Unlock all 3 aspects, dump 5 Nightmare into it, talk to NPC
I think you have to do as arcana said above then see charon for the ax
Ohhhh you need all aspects I only did Thanatos one thanks
how is it this hard for me to get DRIFTWOOD
Damn, didn't get the best axe-spect
IT NEVER SPAWNS ITS WOOD
You got Gale unlocked?
lot of us moved from spotify to apple music bc spotify has a lot of immoral and questionable financial decisions (and because the quality is much better lets be honest lmao)
yea
Might as well take her along for the spawn chance increase
okie
You might still get screwed, as is the nature of Thessaly, but at least this should add a placebo
what is gale like actually
Is fear for both you and down or only up?
Can I farm the trial? So I don’t have to crawl though the city?
Gale's shtick is being a defensive familiar. She gives dodge and provides blocks (3 free hits per region, on a 30-second cooldown between uses)
Chaos trials don't spawn resources, so no point trying that. Plus I think the Thessaly ones have forced pets (I know for a fact the one with Eris keepsake forces Toula)
Fear is global, so both routes
Anyone know if it’s possible to do the Knuckle Bones prophecy with Polyphemus and Circe in the same run?
What does fear do?
Same thing as Heat from Hades 1, makes the run harder and activates bounties for this game's Titan Blood equivalent
Ok ty
gale > toula = raki > frinos > hecuba
Worth noting that unlike in H1, the targets for your weapon can be on either route (and the Testament will point to the route you need to take to get your bounty)
raki = hecuba
other 3 are left in the dust i never use them 
For me companions are just weapon dependent, I use all of them except Frinos
I like Toula
Frinos's greatest claim to fame is blocking the sheep ball
I mainly use gale because of speed boost and dodge change
It is a nice ability but doesn't feel worth bringing him for an entire run
OMG I BEAT SCYLLA 1ST TRY! After taking so many tries to get through Erebus I didnt expect to one try Oceanus lol
but toula does really good damage
toula ruins strength arcana therefore garbage
Can I safely sell Psyche in the endgame? It's still shown as a needed resource but I have like 5k of it
is it because of the one repeatable incantation that requires 30 or something
I’ve found myself taking Frinos a decent amount in my 55-60F runs when I’m not in need of Hecuba since I’m too skill-issued to utilize Gale well lmao
There's skill to using Gale?
Maybe. All I know is that I don’t have whatever minuscule skill floor there is on most runs
Granted I’m tipsy more often than not playing the game since 1.0 released so that could have something to do with it. Hard to say
I feel like Gale is pretty plug and play and doesn't require a change in playstyle
Are there any tracks in H2 that are as good as In The Blood??
There are better ones
So was anybody going to tell me that Fields of Mourning give you garlic seeds because it never leaves you and lingers long after???????? Or was I supposed to figure it out while cooking???????
I cant even imagine. Stoked. I have the soundtrack downloaded but wanna hear em all in game first
Mel axe maybe?
Ohhh I didn’t think about that, likely is
Heard YouTube vids are having problems if they fight the secret boss because of the music 💀 that's so ridiculous
I really hope we get some more content in the future when it comes to Hypnos because of all the things that irk me in this game. That is the one that irks me the most. I can live with the ending, but the time I spent on hypnos almost feels like an insult, because I went out of my way to achive that.
What insults me is that I lost a really cute crossroads decoration
Would someone please help me on unlocking the pets, i feel i've done much more then the requirements and beginning to think i'm bugged. I dont want to spoil anyything here for unlocks maybe can help me in a PM and let you know what i've completed and see if im missing something
You most likely just need around 100 to complete everything. It tends to be random renewal projects that keep stuff stuck on the list
I'm rethinking about my concept of Iris letting you fuse core boons and then it hit me:
Tidal+Sword Ring = Curse of Drowning
You can always buy more from broker or the charon delivery, so go all out
What? Like, does it copyright strike or something?
figured. Any idea roughly how many ranks there are to it?
According to haelian apparently some dude uploaded a cover with it, and YouTube automated system now associates every time it detects soemthign with it, and you have to share the venue with the channel
Sorry but garlic is from ephyra
Im assuming sgg can and should step in and do something about this no?
Lol what's wrong with him? It was sorta perfect
Fair, got them mixed up
Was so proud of myself for a sec

If by perfect you mean a whole nothing burger, then yeah
I too liked the ending, but the hypnos fiasco did not sit well with me
What did y'all expect? A deep, rousing speech of how thankful he is? Bro is late for work
Literally anything
I could just be overthinking it, yeah lmao
Well you got a fun scene that plays into his character perfectly so there
Had i known he was gonna leave i wouldn't have woken him up
Thats when you realize fun is subjective, i did not find that scene fun, rather frustrasting
You'd deny Zag quality time with his friend?
Yes, he looked cute in his corner
No that, but not "I now leave forever and you can no longer in any shape or form interact with me"
If he came back randomly like art sure
It would be REALLY awesome if you could visit the house of Hades after underworld runs 
Yeah and meet hypnos there
See, I disagree, i dont want to visit the house i want hypnos back
You know what I think should be implimented. Modding capabilities so people can sumbit their own Chaos trials on Steam.
I remember asking for a way to make custom trials in the feedback channel back in like patch 1 
Didn't they already make modding extremely easy via code?
i met chronos for the first time in the second region. he said "you are going timeout for now."
then my pc crashed and i got a bluescreen
😂😂
i am legit scared of him rn
50 fear is kicking my butt rn
I can get to chronos pretty easily but oml it's a hard fight
rivals 4 for 50 fear, bold choice 👌
What would you recommend?
Damn they really went all out with the conditional dialogue in H2
what stings is i really was looking forward to what he can do. i was just not expecting him to be so powerful
Yeah u shoulda dodged. Youll get him next time
probably something like this?
https://h2crossroads.pages.dev/FearCalculator/?vows=WzMsMywxLDYsMCwzLDIsNSwyLDIsMiwzLDYsMCwyLDIsOF0=
will i get his dialouge next time too?
I tried 67 and immediately got one shotted. Well. I survived the first room. ☹️
No ive never heard repeat dialogue. U can read dialogue that happened by going into inventory and all the way to the right tab
hmmm. ill check. thanks
Oh if ur game crashed ur progress is lost so u will hear it again
Itll take u back to start of run i think
thats good. thats good
And the run will have the same seed
was a good run. but i care about dialouge more.
So same boon choices etc
only the first and maybe second room
mkmk
Oh really? Good to know thanks
If it doesn't, undo night undoes the level spawn (if it happens) and you get the same seed.
I legit got the same seeds up until I got to the end for some reason.
that's statistically impossible
I beat him
time to do it again 🔥
Idk why but it was doing that until I passed 50 runs. Was getting the exact same Chronos interruptions and boon choices unless I changed what I picked boon-wise. Was messing around with it the few times I forgot arcana, it was weird.
the randomness seed is very chaotic past the first couple of rooms
Hasn't been for me. Then again, I got more flux than serpent scales, so somethings off.
Finally got ||the pet incantation too, got all of Toula’s bonds to lvl 3 immediately||
Congrats 🎉
At the stage where several characters have told me something along the lines of "Let's keep our conversations brief" 🥲

Does Moon Beam keepsake work with fates whim or not?
Really wish I could restart the story from scratch, but keep all my unlocks
Why wouldn't it
it forces an early PoS or Moondrop, but I think it's fine
Cause it works like a god keepsake
Selene isn't an olympian
Okay so now I have clocked 400 hours into this game. Done every aspect on both paths at 32 fear. Finished every chaos trial. All bonds & maxed keepsakes. Gotten the 100% Achivement.
I am starting to feel like I am running out of content. Like the only hills left to climb feels like either 50 fear & above and or speed running.
Right now, I'm collecting all the different fish. Now that I no longer have to sell anything for bones...
20 different ones in my inventory rn. Idk how I'm not bored yet.
Well bro 400 hrs isn't a walk in the park
Completely understandable if you wanna move on
Thing is I don't because the game is that fun. It's just I want More
I got the same amount of hours, ive done everything alread too, but I love the gameplay so I'll def keep playing
The gameplay loop is just that good
I got more than what I paid for
How is 400 hours even possible, I thought I was crazy with 120
I have been constantly playing since like right around the Olympus update as like "The 1 game I played"
I’ve 100% everything possible too with the exception of full shade renown
Hey all, if I need a certain fear for a certain boss but overshoot it, will the fear I completed it be the fear I need next time I need to use the weapon? Like I need to do a 1 fear run with medea, but if I do a 3 fear run, will my next time be 2 or 3 fear?
how many fish are their? ||27||?
the fear needed is scripted to certain amounts
its not like in hades 1 where you had to increase it 1 by 1 to get the materials
So if I need 1 fear for a boss atm but do a 3 fear run, next time it'll be set to the next fear in the sequence? It won't auto jump to 4 or something?
exactly
is there any point of giving anyone more gifts after bonds are forged? unique dialogues or smth? or they would just decline anyways?
because as i said the fear challenges dont scale one by one, they're set by the game itself
excellent - i was worried i'd be missing out on ||nightmare|| if i went too high on the fear
I have beaten 50 fear
nah dont worry about that, there's nothing you can lose
is there an error message of some sort?
try verifying files first
yeah i think it says my graphic card drivers need an update, though i checked with the manager and it seems all good
much quicker and will still fix damaged files
i think updating the drivers would still be a good idea
i just checked and they're updated thats the issue
and if that doesn't work you could verify integrity of game files on steam
the installation might've been corrupted in some way
i dont think so since i installed the game a year ago lol
im reinstalling anyway, maybe itll help
alright i got the crash message
but i dont have the image perms
No one does
Quick question does the Jeweled Pom effect stays even after you switch it? (So long as it’s not an Olympian summoning keepsake?)
Yes, all 3 keepsakes do
I see I see
Guys there isn't a roadmap currently to hades 2 right?
There's no roadmap, they dont normally do updates
it says connection from my graphic device was lost which is weird
As of rn I am missing the last 2 keepsakes that has Fates Whim, any good substitutes?
Im a big fan of echo, chaos, icarus
Though I say best to leave Icarus for last 2 regions?
It depends on your fear level/build
Thats what i do yeah
Fear 18 so far but nothing insane
you could do athena if you're running strength/ran out of dds, and then knuckle bones for the last encounter
My keepsake for fear 35 is ||pops|| > echo > icarus > odysseus
the pin is always a good option too
Hmm but will Athena not conflicted with Fated whims?
am i the only one who dont like icarus' keepsake? it's too random and most of the weapons have at least one upgrade that i dislike
I love random
not if you run it after the pom, I believe
thats why i use the new keepsakes
Athena does remove fates whim
though i've never checked that myself
i think it didnt remove it before but they changed it in an update
i usually just run every fates whim keepsake and then the knuckle bones
Fates whim is removed when you use a olympian summoning keepsake, gorgon amulet summons an olympian
btw the fates whim keepsakes are good for high fear runs?
i did 43 fear with them if that's high enough for you
Boated beat max fear with them
boated did max fear with them
yeah i watched his run (actually crazy) but i assume the main reason is because his first boon per area are discarded
and i hate playing with that
I do f35, but I dont like the other 2 cause they arent random, just ||pops||
no, the effects are pretty strong in general
He did it cause +3 levels on every boon is insanely good, plus a starting hades boon
And he got gigaros dash which is insane
iirc i beat my first 32 fear win first try with the new keepsakes but idk if its like actually worth over just choosing whatever god you want
6 rarify on command is INSANE
Its up to you, if youre good enough to make random work, the extra power is just insane
If you cant make random work, then use god keepsakes
being able to sell the onions and chaos boons for gold is also insane
right like my problem with pom is that most of the boons it gives are pretty useless imo
I never used god keepsakes nor reroll so for me this was just free buffs
you're not taking it for the boons, it's mostly for the free lvls
i may be too used to rerolls lol although i never end up using them all
the boons are just a cherry on top
I never liked the idea of rerolls nor forcing gods, goes against what I like about roguelikes
yeah i know but Gigaros is too good and i get sad whenever i dont get it 😭😭
but i have to say the runs have been more fun since i started using those keepsakes
same tbh
the only problem with those keepsakes for me is that if you take pom, you might as well take the other two, which makes each run a bit too samey
I miss being able to reroll but it is quite nice, looking at you dash
Nah, I dont like the other 2
Rarify is too specific, and it kinda beats the purpose of the random imo. And gold, too much gold i dont need thay much gold
I stick with my circe and icarus
i feel like the calling card is pretty skippable but the rolex is pretty much a must have if you're playing with the onion enabled
Thats why, I dont like onion, boring vow
Death to onion
i dislike it too, but at 40+ fear it's the least bad vow to enable
Thats why I stick to 35
everything else is even worse
Im only enabling what I find fun
can't argue with that logic, i just can't keep playing if there is no higher fear for me to aim for
35 hit a sweet spot for me, hard while still fun
It is incredible seeing a high run, frenzy terrifies me lol
I still die to scylla every now and then if ap2 decides
aim for max frfr
bro this game
nah ima do my own thing
rivals chronos starts with one of his usual instakill arena with a safe spot moves, but then decides to start melee swinging randomly
i usually stick to 20s-30s with fear, depends on weps sometimes if im not good with them
and then in the middle of melee swinging he switches back to doing the instakill move hes supposed to do
That sounds like a bug, hes supposed to do the 3 instakills but not attack
likely a bug
He did instakill, moved towards me, swung, then the freeze aoes spawned and I got caught in one, and then he decided to do instakills again and I died to it because strength haha
I think my sirens fight bugged out a little, if anyone wants to dm me so i can show u
Don't think hes supposed to move
You must of done like dmg to skip insta kil then he resumes it eventually but he can move I get that sometimes
damn I got absolutely blasted by ||zag || and I can still see that he is holding back
Such an easy fight how can you lose 
Just range him and run away the only thing that hurts is the || whirlwind ||
hey guys, may i ask two h2 related questions:
- if i get the skelly tooth in the 2nd location and i don't die, will i keep it if i select a different keepsake in the 2nd location?
- is there a way to get more mana if you prime all of it during hera's born gain blessing? this happened to me with typhon 💀
I've never died to him even when I find him first region
meadea aspect
Also I hate ranged fighting
Okay so for high fear, we go Pom, Rolex, Icarus, knuckle bones and or something similar?
Well I guess it's kind of a skill issue bc I rushed at him, the fight seemed fun. Also I was so confused bc I was trying to pick up my cast before realizing that it's zag's
I have lost some dds to him, but never died
i have died to him. a lot
Fought 4 times, 1st was a loss, rest were wins
no skelly's DD is only active as long as it is equipped
Can you still brew nectar in Hades 2 or was that only for beta access
You can
How do i get the Incantation for it? I have had ||boons of Aphrodite before defeating Eris, am i supposed to equip the beautiful mirror after the Rift?||
I got it after advancing her relationship hearts.
It's unrelated to this
You might just have a lot of priority dialogue queued, I got mine on a random run meeting Aphrodite in Ephyra
Oh ok
I got mine run 92. Is that late?
Thanks!!
Took a while for me as well because I reached the ending before she could give it to me, which added a lot of new comments for her to say
I have the incantation for Ambrosia but not for Nectar rip me
I do hear this strategy helps
Omg same
Hi guys, i finished the main story today (not the end game), I did it in 80 nights, and I just want to ask, can I somehow make a bigger droprait for darkness? I think I get like 2 in the whole playtrue, and I didn't skip Chaos rooms.
Yeah the ambrosia is thankfully given out pretty consistently, it's that Aphrodite considers so much dialogue more important than the nectar recipe that's strange imo
You can take the last familiar Gale for up to 50% more chance to find hand picked items
Beyond that, Chaos also has discovery which can double picked up resources after you find them
for those who're already in end game, does the decorations has the same amount / much more than Hades I?
You have more rooms, that's for shore
Hard to say but I think there are generally more because there's so many places to decorate
And it's much more fun to get kudos than it was to get H1 gemstones imo 
i see, alright then thanks ppl 
for Odysseus bond, it says ||he has to "settle up with old acquaintances" or something||, what exactly am I supposed to
He'll ask you to do something. Eventually.
Will Ashes and Psyche forever be marked as "still needed for something" in the convert to kudos menu just because of the repeatable shadow incantation, or am I still missing something with them?
Shadow Extract.
have I missed this something because I swear I haven't progressed his bond for the last like 3 patches
He'll give you a prophecy.
I literally acknowledged it in my question 🤭
Basically I'm asking if those repeatable incantations count
nope, they'll be unnecessary eventually
if the thing you can make with them is no longer needed in any incantation, they'll no longer be marked
i still have the materials for brewing ambrosia marked as needed because i have a few bonds left to fill
Okay that's what I wanted to hear, good
oh right speaking of prophecies, what is the familiar confidant prophecy, I don't have the achievement for that one
interact with frinos in your room
I swear I've done that already. isn't that how you unlock him in the first place
you have to do it multiple times after runs
it says "confide" on the button input
ah got it
I think it needs u to do that 5 times
it's extremely unfaithful of you to ignore your most loyal friend night after night. you should be ashamed 😤
I do it after every run to this day :p
sorry but raki is my goat
He‘s got things to hear!!!
Ive never skipped confiding in frinos
hi Someone know how to unlock rivals 4? i beat rivals 3 already .-.
After being done with the story, does ||Tartarus slowly turn back into what it used to be?||
Or does the overall ||sand and gold|| stay
I gift nectar to characters, and i get a + heart but then in the char log, nothing is advanced on the hearts, or is it just bugged atm
For me it appears that way and then updates itself on the next room.
I almost had 55 fear i messed up in the final phase im so mad
imagine ignoring poor frinos 