h2-victory-boasting

[hardy panther]

I have demeter or hestia glued to my builds so that’s where the value comes from

[lethal flicker]

ah, fair, yeah

people hype up air fryer a lot, but Gale Quality is nothing to be sneezed at

[orchid carbon]

My best time on Torches yet, and an extremely satisfying build (loved setting everything on fire)

[nimble nimbus]

Third 50 fear! with Persephone
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/gUTDQZThvHY

[slate matrix]

lmfao persephone with no hera or storm is wild

[south monolith]

nah that's raw asf
No hammers either lmao

[grizzled slate]

@graceful epoch …. You aren’t beating the allegations it seems sorry

[south monolith]

😭

[graceful epoch]

genuinely how do people deal damage with this stupid aspect

[grizzled slate]

You have the most based 50 clears

Pan + this as 2/3 is literally hard mode for no reason 😭😭

[slate matrix]

like genuinely

[grizzled slate]

He has a vod GO STUDY IT PLEASE

Zerg started anvil ring and took a room 1 gate yeah this persons my favorite player @south monolith you’ve been demoted

[south monolith]

not the let's go gambling

[grizzled slate]

CANT WIN IF YA DONT PLAY

[graceful epoch]

fine I will give anvil ring start another go

[grizzled slate]

okay they got chaos fountain cocoons Artemis shop boss Arachne just do that @graceful epoch

[south monolith]

LOL

[grizzled slate]

Was not in that order obviously

nah they took a room 1 gate it was earned and deserved

[graceful epoch]

Lovers + swift runner for strength is a choice

[south monolith]

ok that's not ok
@grizzled slate I think we are gonna have to kill this guy 😔

[grizzled slate]

It’s definitely one of the choices

Yeah who would ever take off lovers

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-dog-suspicious-look-suspicious-doubt-dog-doubt-gif-23680990

[south monolith]

wait im confused

how does bro end up with a common aphro special 😭
He took hera special

[grizzled slate]

HUH

nah you watching the first run

Skip ahead they didn’t cut ANYTHING

[south monolith]

oh why is this shown death 9 hours long

[graceful epoch]

I am convinced now, strength is the way to go

[grizzled slate]

cold you aren’t human

[graceful epoch]

I need to slot it into the build somehow

[grizzled slate]

You really do not

[graceful epoch]

No unseen and strength + the dodge thing instead? Have I gone insane if I am considering this?

I'm not taking lovers off

[nimble nimbus]

Sry failed with video)

[south monolith]

Not taking unseen just doesn't seem to work

Unless you arti a gain room2

Let's go gambling!!!

[grizzled slate]

LION FANG into Oceanus????

No Zerg is actually H I M

[nimble nimbus]

I often lose to timer so try to get extra time at Oceanus)

[grizzled slate]

Yeah man do your thing I love it

[graceful epoch]

So uh all it took was clicking strength
@grizzled slate @south monolith @slate matrix I AM DONE WITH 15/15 ASPECTS

[slate matrix]

lmfao

[hardy panther]

@graceful epoch strength enjoyers eating good today

[grizzled slate]

How do you take so long

[red glacier]

Rapid fire bloodline go brrr

[graceful epoch]

This was a fast run, sub-6 erebus

[grizzled slate]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-my-honest-reaction-damn-skull-skeleton-gif-15885937969029652188

[graceful epoch]

I might have gotten to mid shop at 2:54

[grizzled slate]

That’s what strength does for you

[south monolith]

Yeh it was all strength nothing to do with twisting crash collosus 😭

[slate matrix]

Persephone was 14th before Cold's run btw

6th slowest run so far

[graceful epoch]

LMAO

[graceful epoch]

I had room 2 twisting runs before and couldn't finish Erebus off in time without strength, that 50% really makes a difference here. It also does a lot for glory generation with Heph cast

[grizzled slate]

https://tenor.com/view/fine-tune-fine-tuning-fine-tuned-copium-walter-white-gif-4796770362564082802

[velvet carbon]

does strength even affect anvil ring?

[graceful epoch]

Yeah

[grizzled slate]

Probably not and if definitely didn’t do anything this run but that’s cold shade for you 😭😭

[graceful epoch]

Strength buffs all damage, not just attack and special like huntress

[grizzled slate]

50% additive damage under a specific hp threshold is the play guys !1!1

[graceful epoch]

50% additive damage on an aspect that can't easily get origination bundled with a 50% DR

[velvet carbon]

are you being serious rn

last i remembered strength only affects attacks specials and omega cast damage

[grizzled slate]

You shouldn’t need DR on Persephone 😭😭😭 and strength is only active once your hp is under a certain threshold.. which means to activate strength you couldn’t play white antler.. which is 30% global crit .. so you couldve had 4 free arcana points and a faster Tartarus

[grizzled slate]

He’s just making stuff up!!!

[graceful epoch]

it's a global buff

It'd also check out with the numbers I was getting during the run, a r1 rare anvil ring (70 base damage) was dealing 126 per tick (70*1.8 = 126 and I had 50% from strength + 30% from furies)

[velvet carbon]

its definitely not global but it might affect all casts

[graceful epoch]

Why do you think it's not global? Have you tested it with something that definitely was not applying the buff?

[velvet carbon]

yeah it basically works the same as pre patch 4 golden rule iirc

[graceful epoch]

Wasn't golden rule multiplicative with damage buffs? I could swear that was what made it so busted

But then I haven't exactly played around with it much

[velvet carbon]

what made it busted is the fact that its description lied

it added 10 flat damage to all your attacks specials and omega casts per 100 gold

[subtle ivy]

Couldn't you almost always have strength active if you used engraven pin if you had 200+ health?

[austere lava]

I havent tested it myself but I have heard before that strength is only attacks and specials

[velvet carbon]

yes but you’d still rather have the gold + rolls most of the time

[subtle ivy]

True but if you got hesita's health up boon, or an early aphro bonus health up. There are probably other health upgrades I'm not thinking of.

[graceful epoch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb-FF0sGmKU Persephone vod up

[south monolith]

It's not a global buff people have confirmed it only works with attacks/specials and I think casts?

[slate matrix]

@graceful epoch Welcome to the club

[graceful epoch]

omg that is so cool!!

[slate matrix]

15/15

[graceful epoch]

Do you need links to the missing vods?

[slate matrix]

that would be great yeah

[graceful epoch]

Sent them to you in dms

[swift knoll]

Lfg good job!

[nimble portal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1051942150025269309/1279246454791209051/image.png?ex=66d3be9a&is=66d26d1a&hm=28948d413d1af5904da219aae4b3d644ef389ca15b09ae301412417b19780815&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1193&height=671

Accidental Discovery: Forsaking just does not work on Chaos nvm my brain died

[hardy panther]

I know it’s not global bc it doesn’t work with blitz

[mild ice]

found an actually fun medea build! (definitely not seeded)

[nimble nimbus]

50 fear Mel torches with Dark Side!
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/yYt2Xyf6mvI

[graceful epoch]

That's a crazy build, i love the stuff you're cooking up!!

[swift knoll]

These builds are so cool what the heck

[slate matrix]

dude these builds are actually incredible

[steep bramble]

Does the z in zerg mean ztyle

[graceful epoch]

Which position in the slowest runs sheet is this

[slate matrix]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1249502882819215453/1279258719548477533/image.png?ex=66d3ca06&is=66d27886&hm=1b281c2eb002b03f3863405052ec3a1bf2b09d14de1bb51a6a76c2dafb2ce0aa&

[steep bramble]

good day for slowrunners

[slate matrix]

i updated the slowrunning list 3 times today so yeah

[eager pelican]

How are you doing these I love it

[tough gale]

heartthrobs are so dumb

[sudden wagon]

It's hilarious that grandma was the one to give you a beating, great build and run tho

[south monolith]

Medea 50F of the day @slate matrix @grizzled slate

Exe hammer is a scammer and if I just had a gain this is like a PB my cerb fight was over 2 minutes long 😭

[grizzled slate]

skill issue bot

[subtle ivy]

NO F'ing WAY I LOST THAT. i'm actualy depressed now 😔

I had no direct damage 😭

[dark flare]

Pain…

[steep bramble]

@slate matrix 3/15 🫡 Daedalus decided I was his favorite child for this run I guess

guess im gonna just gonna go on a mel marathon and do all the mel aspects

[slate matrix]

aye 30th medea clear (that i have logged)

[slate matrix]

yooooooooooooooo congrats

[hardy panther]

carried by pin and storm ring

[noble bane]

How many more hours do I need to put in till i enjoy the game

[subtle ivy]

I enjoy the game and I'm barely above 100 hours

So that much?

[pseudo zenith]

My first 50 Fear :)

[austere lava]

Congrats!

[slate matrix]

aye congrats!

how would you like your name on the sheet?

[pseudo zenith]

sheet?

[slate matrix]

zamn

[slate matrix]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Ivfhuer7AyLxQXPIuvLRGigui5-Z2G-gEFk3xWBir4/edit

[pseudo zenith]

oh wow I didn’t even know about that

just PlatonicThough is fine :)

[slate matrix]

alrighty, congrats!

[cedar bronze]

still a run in progress but it's basically a free win

[oak vessel]

Death to Chronos, first clear

[pseudo zenith]

thank you!!!

[hardy panther]

wave strike is terrible on staff. I'm going to be using it again probably

[whole viper]

First 32 but no Duo 😐

[dark flare]

Really? Why?

[hardy panther]

why w0t

[dark flare]

Why’s it bad on staff.

[hardy panther]

it's just bad in general and staff is no exception

[dark flare]

Ah, ok.

[noble bane]

Sorry i am not okay in the head

[slate matrix]

to elaborate a bit further, it struggles with one fundamental issue, that being the knockback on the wave. On the staff especially, the stafff wants to use its longer range to minimize the effects of its slower attack speed to pierce and hit multiple enemies at once compared to the blades. Poseidon attack negates this entire advantage for not that much of a damage increase. On the blades, its a bit better but completely outclassed by Hestia's attack and its not even close. Axe has insane base damage so a % atk boon is better than Poseidon's flat atk and the knockback is detrimental. On the torches again % dmg boon is better and the skulls dislike pos atk for the same reason the axe dislikes pos atk

[hardy panther]

thank you goat

[left mirage]

Satyr Vierophant was putting hands on bro

[left mirage]

Were you using omega cast

[velvet carbon]

no storm ring is just that good

[keen sky]

0 Fear, Artemis Aspect w/ Zeus.
Burstiest thing I've ever played.
Zeus Blitz attack w/ wide range hammer boost, Poseidon specials w/ bouncing special boost,
Doubled up Chimera jerky
Eat one parry and riposte the entire crowd into the ground with a special.

First time clearing Chronos with armor

[mild kindle]

If you ask boated he thinks its really good

[spare hollow]

Just got my first clear of Ephyra without taking damage! (0 fear but still I haven't done that before :>)

well, I haven't fought Polyphemus yet but still yippee

[compact crater]

dang, can't go much better than that and it's still 7 sec short of the 3rd place in the category. competing with charons is too hard. good tart rooms with big armored bois are essential to go sub 8:30 and i didn't get them

that dmg suffered sheet is funny

also did you guys know boon sacrifice sacrifices duos as well? i didn't

[hardy panther]

your duo/legendary that you spent 3 biomes getting or 50 hp and magick?

[compact crater]

and an enitre god slot, you forgot

[hardy panther]

someone had a good suggestion where burnt offering scales based on either tier or rarity of boon sacrificed

[compact crater]

yeah, my +1 keepsake (20% crit) got shanked by the zeus + hera. not a total loss but a net loss

[south monolith]

what vows are you running?

Can't you just have a 32F setup that basically doesn't slow you at all its just more dangerous
I feel like sub 8 shouldn't be too bad

[slate matrix]

i struggle getting sub8 anyfear so uhhhhhhhhhh :))

[left mirage]

Bro was damn near untouchable

[compact crater]

i'm running all dmg in vows

[south monolith]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1246695893361496087/1279631026901221437/image.png?ex=66d524c3&is=66d3d343&hm=a694e545ef3853139cb5afa2ee9b12dc4e59e487e4b31b315e67e24bc8bf73bf&
Like this?

[compact crater]

yeah

i also thought i should be able to get sub8. but i can only afford a couple of runs a day and superfast timers require a lot of free rooms and a lot of grind to get them

like 4/3 free rooms erebus, 3/4 oceanus with no spindle spam, then at least one small fields, then not more than 1 big room at tart

if you get all that you can do sub8 with thanatos
you don't need much of that with current charon but i'll be very surprised if charon survives even 1 more patch

[dark flare]

Dmg? I don’t know the meaning of the word.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/987496174636380160/1279632500569935903/IMG_1599.png?ex=66d52622&is=66d3d4a2&hm=a3772e603fbee91e217b22791f0c5c33794648402aae286b6dcb0c64e6757e00&

Can’t believe this isn’t a meme yet lol.

[compact crater]

the thing requires literally 2 gods for setup and nothing else, even the op double dmg hammer isn't needed, it's overkill for <=32f

[south monolith]

@compact crater idk this was without fountain/caccoons/artemis and a really late possessed array
sub 8 doesn't seem too bad
Are you sure ur blitz setup is the best idea?
I feel like going for hell splitter just big hits would be better

Also no Arachne actually lol

[nimble nimbus]

Moros 50 fear
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/JsaAHhPddlY

[slate matrix]

what the actual fck are your clears what is this volcanic flourish

[south monolith]

ok mini calm down bro Volcanic flourish is fine on Moros 😭

I just don't click it cuz clang slowdown annoys me, its actually not bad

is flourish from like room 2 heph or smth
That's usually when I relent and take it

[nimble nimbus]

Just got it before Cerberus nothing special. But it did not bad damage for normal boon and late at run

[compact crater]

i think it's easier to make it with moros or medea, yeah. just doing thanatos for kicks
just did 8:43 with aphro attack and boreal gust to help with aoe
oceanus is always a deal breaker here. you can catch a reaaally fast one, but in most of my good erebuses it's at least 1:30 mins

[nimble nimbus]

Idk it seems like one of the most OP weapons right now but I'm struggling with it. Lost to Chronos at 23 min run before XD

[compact crater]

i'm not sure if blitz is the best, probably not

i'm just banking on it because blitz + cast + static are guaranteed dmg regardless of hammers you get
i just HATE being dependant on the hammers

and hellsplitter seems to be not worth it at <=32f. the vast majority of your hits end up overkills that just eat your timer away

[south monolith]

I mean Medea is far below Charon/Moros atm
I don't think Than is much worse than Medea
I think you should atleast try a couple runs just doing attack builds and see if you hit rapid/hell splitter and stuff

[south monolith]

saves a lot of time on bossing tho, so idk

[compact crater]

nah, doesnt really save that much on bosses too, surprisingly

i mean it's faster by a few secs at bosses, but tart is such a pain with the bags outrunning your swings

if i ever hit golden oceanus i can make sub8 but grinding that out is a little tedious and beyong my free time stretch

probably the ideal setup for than axe is aphro attack with rapid slash + exe chop, born gain, freeze ring, apollo sprint, get +1 keepsake and take boreal gust if it appears

just to put into perspective about boss fight
in my 8:39 run (without hellsplitter) i fought chronos for total of 11.5 secs. 33-34 secs were invulnerability phases (not even counting arena-wide oneshots cause you can't afford to lose time there)

[south monolith]

I mean Chronos oneshot attacks r fake anyway you can iframe with consistency

[compact crater]

time it or react?

[south monolith]

you can react to a white flash or smth I think someone said I just go based off of his animation

[compact crater]

good to know. i usually can afford a tank there with than though

[mild ice]

only missing the hestia poseidon duo and the apollo legendary and i might've made a youtube channel

[left mirage]

Bro's most damage taken was from a god😭

[mild ice]

got death rattle snared by a tempus while on her trial 😢

[noble ginkgo]

uhmm i love almost max out lunar ray

it burn through cronus so fast lol

[noble ginkgo]

does that mean charon is muscular

i knew it

[undone sonnet]

I can't f****** believe it, i survived Eris with 1 HP LEFT!!!

[velvet carbon]

the only one that matters

[lethal flicker]

Ah, hurts me not to see you rolling disintegration there

[undone sonnet]

totally, yeah!

[serene shore]

i'm not sure if this means that blitz is bad or if medea is simply very very very good

[slate matrix]

blitz is a curse effect that scales with difficulty because most of the time enemies die within the damage requiremenet needed for blitz to proc in lower fears. Medea is a very good aspect and can utilize blitz incredibly well since a single combo reaches the damage threshold of blitz, adding extra damage straight up.

[serene shore]

that makes sense, i was getting a lot of 1-shots with the initial burst of shells. if it was just looking at bosses it would probably be a higher % of the total. just a little surprised by its slow placement, especially compared to the base special damage and hephy cast (which i seem to underrate)

[grizzled slate]

@slate matrix @south monolith missed his Medea of the day, I think as a penalty you should strike one of his Medea runs from the board 🤠 thoughts?

[slate matrix]

so true and real

[grizzled slate]

Or all of them

Medea’s fake anyway

[slate matrix]

great idea

[grizzled slate]

Thanks I thought so too

[slate matrix]

it has been done

[grizzled slate]

That’s sick

Might as well nuke his Moros runs while you’re at it as that weapon = bug abusing

[slate matrix]

frfr

done

while im at it

[velvet carbon]

you should also remove the medea 55 because 55 fear is not 50 fear

[nimble nimbus]

Artemis 50 fear
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/INLKiNcJP1E

[slate matrix]

damn you are cranking these out

[deft dove]

really proud of this time

[hardy panther]

@slate matrix

[south monolith]

Ponch have you considered playing marginally faster tho 😭

[hardy panther]

foolish I am physically incapable of doing so

[slate matrix]

dw my fastest ever clear was a 17:26

[hardy panther]

mininet that's like 1-2 minutes faster than my fastest clear LOL

[south monolith]

what is cold's fastest clear

[slate matrix]

you had a 16:42

[slate matrix]

16:35.45

on medea as well lmfao

[south monolith]

lmao @graceful epoch it's fate bro you gotta become a Medea player

[hardy panther]

huh since when

[slate matrix]

mel staff #6

[hardy panther]

oh I surprise myself

[slate matrix]

now im curious gimme a sec

[hardy panther]

slow reaction time? ☑️ slow processing? ☑️ slow thinking? ☑️ slow hands? ☑️ slow clears? ☑️ - I've assembled all 5 pieces of the puzzle, all 5 pieces of Slowxodia

[slate matrix]

yeah @south monolith funnily enough your slowest ever clear was a 20:59 with Moros on patch 3 XD

[south monolith]

was that the funny phase shift one

[hardy panther]

DAMN!!! I've been outslowed... and I'll never be outslowed again...

[south monolith]

I think I did that one to show how busted Phase shift was for timer

[slate matrix]

yeah

[hardy panther]

does phase shift delay the 5's you take

[south monolith]

yeh lmfao

[slate matrix]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16p2c80juQGHrIG4CsRt6DJeIDNUbJyQ0/view?usp=sharing

[hardy panther]

neat

[south monolith]

and this was back with 95% slow phase shift so uhhhhhh

[slate matrix]

honestly im actually really glad I spent that time back then making the sheet for stuff like this

kinda cool to just see how the "meta" evolved over time

[hardy panther]

man old phase shift was crazy. did they also make it cost more magick?

I can't remember how much it used to cost

[south monolith]

@grizzled slate @slate matrix I deeply and sincerely apologise for missing yesterday

umm goofy ahh cooked arcana setup with no lovers no titan ig

[south monolith]

also might start doing an Artemis a day

it's the only aspect I'm somewhat interested in trying 55F on atm
@slate matrix

[slate matrix]

huh interesting

[left mirage]

I am Night's champion🗣️

[slate matrix]

aye congrats!

[left mirage]

Can't lie imma prolly hate surface runs when they complete it😭

I just brute force most enemies including the bosses

[dense echo]

I thought 32 heat would be impossible but this vows loadout with aspect of thanatos was great.

[dense echo]

Just beat chronos on 32 heat for the first time

[slate matrix]

OH GOD LMFAO YOU DID NOT

THAT VOW LOADOUT IS FOR SPEEDRUNNING AND IS MUCH HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE

@south monolith WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[dense echo]

hmm it did take a lot of attempts

[slate matrix]

honestly the fact that you cleared with a vow setup that replicates difficulty levels of 40+ is honestly quite impressive so theres that

for a standard 32 you'd rather have vows like destitution2 and wandering and even rebuke now that its a lot easier, blood3 and suffering2 is a deadly combo

[south monolith]

tbf that vow setup is really easy with trusty shield

[dense echo]

that's what i thought as well

i had snow queen too

[slate matrix]

snow queen doesnt do anything

[south monolith]

suffering is the worst thing on there which is negated by it

but yeah like wandering destitution stuff would be easier

[slate matrix]

well ig it does but trusty is far more important than queen

[south monolith]

its still a free hit which is good with max blood and suffering lmao

[dense echo]

yeah all I said was that i had also gotten snow queen. Not that it's as good as trusty shield

[south monolith]

also what did you let Chronos do to you my lord 😭

[dense echo]

skin of my teeth

[south monolith]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1246695893361496087/1280011217812848650/image.png?ex=66d686d7&is=66d53557&hm=95007c3152d05e168e0ed1583273768bdb0906fb039abdfe6a2f7b6927c4abc8&
this would be my actual vow reccomendation for an easy 32F btw

[left mirage]

Bro you were getting whooped😭

Bro got hit with one of these

[astral flower]

Fish

[left mirage]

?

[hardy panther]

Fish

[left mirage]

Stop playin with me bro😭

What does that mean

[grizzled slate]

Fish

[grizzled slate]

🤠

[random crow]

im not even done yet all i need to post is these 2 boons

aight done now

[lethal flicker]

CLANG CLANG CLANG

[south monolith]

how did your base attack still do more 😭

[lethal flicker]

depends how long it took to set that up

[random crow]

bc i had both 30% att speed hammer and hermes att speed and hell cleaver or whatever its called

plus a 87% chaos att boon

[lethal flicker]

Hellsplitter

[graceful epoch]

No, Eos forever

[astral flower]

It looks like a fish

[fluid quest]

momus fun

[oak vessel]

jump > improvise > crit hit > jump again > improvise > crit hit > special > zoos's mana regen thingy > repeat

one cool thing too, i was 1 star point away from maxing the jumping thingy

[compact crater]

@south monolith did you manage sub 8 with medea at 32f or didn't try more? i'm so stuck at 8:40-9:00 with thanatos. with different builds too
i have no idea what i'm doing wrong. i'm watching the speedruns with it and i'm not seeing where people play faster. they are slower, if anything. it feels like it's literally: decent erebus start with a hammer and 3 out of 4 gods, then fast oceanus to get off the syrens at 3:45 or below, then at least one fast fields to get off cerb at 5:30 or below, then not more than one big room with tempus/bags spam and you can make it
it literally feels like the layout grind at this point, my skill improvement can shave off like 10 sec at max

i ditched all defence at arcana, ditched heph defences, tank chronos oneshot, basically cut all possible corners

[lethal flicker]

Nuclear cast

Max size just before detonation

I'd show you a video of what it looks like, but I had prominence flare so I'm genuinely not sure if I'd need to give an epilepsy warning

[south monolith]

No I literally only did that singular run lol.

I'll do some attempts today if I have time

[compact crater]

tbh i wanted to start doing medea cause i also did only 1 complete run with it a few weeks ago and it was faster than most of my than runs
but i just stubbornly funnel into my fav weapon

[nimble nimbus]

Charon struggling 50 fear 🥴
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/8RHyeYoFQlA

[south monolith]

I forgor to SS victory screen 💀
Medea 50F of the day, not for the sheet unfortunately ig but lmao

goofy run exe hammer literally only has full salvo in it's pool i stg
@slate matrix @grizzled slate

[slate matrix]

rough lmfao

[undone sonnet]

Aspect of Persephone, I didn't expect this to turn into a Cast build, but it become the best fcking Cast build I've ever seen and I think this is the fastest Chronos fight I've ever done (It only lasted like a couple minutes)

[velvet carbon]

i mean persephone is a cast weapon

also holy boons

i never get any good chaos boons anymore

[sudden wagon]

50F boonless run when
/J

[south monolith]

I thought about it at one point but just doesn't seem feasible with timer constraints

Moros would be able to do it if Unseen was stronger ig

[sudden wagon]

5 minutes Erebus is actually brutal with everything else active even with boons, so yeah

[south monolith]

Erebus is probably the least problematic part actually lmao

Cerb/Chronos will just eat up too much time with the nonexistent dps

[sudden wagon]

But speaking of Moros, that was a heph legendary seeking run, but I ended up getting everything else

[velvet carbon]

there are so many more interesting weapons to go for heph legendary with

[sudden wagon]

I swear everytime I'm doing high fear when I get to fields a random lycaon bugs and keeps running in place in narnia and I waste a lot of time just getting to it

[sudden wagon]

You say that, but 105% explosion damage is actually a huge improvement imo

And i just wanted to experiment a bit

[velvet carbon]

oh it goes up to 105? epic

[undone sonnet]

I know, i totally got lucky with the boons. I feel like I've wasted my luck for the rest of the week haha

[velvet carbon]

imo though 45% more additive damage is a lot less interesting than 0.5 second momus blasts or 4 second mel torches or mel skulls

[undone sonnet]

I was going for a special build, also I've never used the persephone aspect after it was reworked until now

[sudden wagon]

I guess I just really like Moros

[velvet carbon]

oh yeah moros is amazing

[sudden wagon]

I gave up on Momus, It seems like I just never do damage late run

[subtle ivy]

I'm so relived, after 7 chronos fights i got it. I'm free!

I grinded like 5 hours today XD

[hardy panther]

why luckier tooth over engraved pin?

[left mirage]

Cuz he's based

[south monolith]

if he was based it would of been antler 😔

[subtle ivy]

Actually idk, I guess I thought I didn't need it for the encounters. I only used dd in the chronos fight so tooth gave more health

[velvet carbon]

HOLY CHAOS

what hammers did you even have

[subtle ivy]

30% more attack speed. 10 power and 20% less dangerous, and blocking makes you doore damage

[velvet carbon]

amazing

[left mirage]

doore damage

[velvet carbon]

plus mint and trusty too

[subtle ivy]

Ik the starts aligned

[slate matrix]

welcome to the club

as always, how would you like your name on the sheet

[subtle ivy]

EarlOfCrows

Same as before

[slate matrix]

RIGHT you got your moros before

you got a vod for me?

boon stats as of right now as we get closer to 350 total clears, as expected sworn strike has a DOMINANT lead over every other attack, while Arctic Ring has a sizeable lead over Storm

[hardy panther]

I can sleep well knowing that I contributed to a number of those really random boon picks

[south monolith]

Artemis 50F of the day @grizzled slate @slate matrix

[slate matrix]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww blades

[south monolith]

ewwww Mininet

[slate matrix]

:(

[noble ginkgo]

17 seconds?

Heroic boons might be a liiittle out of control in this game.

[south monolith]

mint condition is just broken

and tbf its lvl 3 heroic

[noble ginkgo]

Still.

I've seen a lot of boons fall off way harder by level 3.

[astral flower]

such as..?

[grizzled slate]

17 minutes when you have this is crazy

[south monolith]

😭 broo???
What do I even have 😭
I got final slice like late Oceanus and Wicked onslaught end of fields what do you want from me

[grizzled slate]

Go back to Medea you need it

[graceful epoch]

Keep in mind that Pin is also 10 secs of invulnerability when you activate it. That's often enough to get through a whole phase when you have good DPS

[graceful epoch]

I'm glad to now be a part of team ionic gain after that persephone clear

[sudden wagon]

The first skull run that I didn't want to krill myself and I finally did everything with the oath of the unseen! @true grove (since we talked about it a few days ago)

[lethal flicker]

Storm Ring goes oddly hard

[noble ginkgo]

Am I crazy for wishing Storm Ring had a lower hit rate that hit the entire ring?

Nerfing its damage wouldn't be the right play with Air Quality, but I often find it zapping someone I absolutely am not worrying over while, like, the Mourner also caught by it isn't touched.

[half basalt]

I think it hitting only one enemy is pretty undderated. If you combine it with consistent Hitch effects, it can produce some wild results

At least that's what I usually see people do in high Fear. If you can consistently inflict a lotta enemies with Hitch, one Storm Ring is pretty vicious

[fluid quest]

storm ring prominence flare and glorious disaster is the most damaging cast you can put together i think, i had it with momus on my last run

[half basalt]

I need to try Prominence again I've completely thrown Omega Casts out of my building process recently

[noble ginkgo]

I don't touch Omega Casts unless it's Charon or Momus.

[subtle ivy]

Wouldn't that just be artic ring but without freeze

[noble ginkgo]

Storm Ring hits harder, but I may also be conflating Zeus secondary boons from H1.

[subtle ivy]

Yeah that makes sense, but I gota say that storm ring as it is is so nice for bosses.

[noble ginkgo]

Absolutely.

[compact crater]

storm ring is fairly balanced right now. it's a big single target help and some clearing help
smolder ring is some solo target help and huge aoe clear, give status
freeze is some aoe dmg and big cc, also status. also tangent value is demeter has an additional dmg boon for the ring
these are top rings that are fairly balanced. i'd like to see other rings reworked and improved before touching the top3
some say engagement ring is still good. i disagree. when monsters are tightly packed in an area of a ring you very rarely need any aoe help taking them down

[radiant coral]

i think it is still quite good, on its own it does pretty well for clearing out groups of small-medium enemies

and it pretty much has dying wish built in as long as the cast circle is still up

[hardy panther]

the explosion from engagement ring is nice but feels very win-more.. things are generally dying from the hitch damage or spread damage from your weapon anyways. I quite like rapture ring, but I do wish it did a bit more damage or staggered them a bit more. it just feels a little risky at times

[subtle ivy]

I just realized my thantanos run was exactly run 200

[hardy panther]

holy win streak batman

are those all 50F

[subtle ivy]

all failed 50 fear attemps yea

[hardy panther]

wait I thought there was a color difference between runs you won vs lost? unless that purple thing is a W (I thought it was just the cursor to show you which run you were on)

[subtle ivy]

yeah, there's no way i'd that kind of winstreak if any XD

[south monolith]

lol I thought you were just calling the loss streak a winstreak 😭
bro why did you think red would be the win colour

[hardy panther]

bc it looks no different than the 200 run he won unless the purple thing indicates a winstreak 😭

[south monolith]

the night text is purple in general if its a win 😭

[hardy panther]

dude I had to open up the image in a new tab and ZOOM in before I could notice it was a shade of purple

[dense cairn]

nuh uh. aspect of artemis is the best damn lim and oros aspect hands down no cap on skibidi fr fr

[velvet carbon]

me when the clear takes 45 minutes

[dense cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/dying-monkey-dying-gif-13123180

[velvet carbon]

also holy build what

[dense cairn]

i hopped off for 30 mins and let it run in the background

[dense cairn]

maximized duo boons

got aprho hephastus and hecate. 3 duo boons total

[lethal flicker]

Scammed again from the Pride of Olympus title

Also Perfected Charon axe is lulzy

[south monolith]

@grizzled slate @slate matrix Medea 50F of the day

I know I took it myself (it was somehow the best option) but full salvo actually wont leave me alone 😭
I swear every run I do now it shows up

[slate matrix]

mmmmmm freezer burn medea

[south monolith]

look how good it was
4k damage
wowee

[slate matrix]

also its kinda crazy how a 14:43 isnt anywhere close to top10 fastest now

[south monolith]

I would hope not this run sucked 😭
Like no free rooms and my damage was poo

[grizzled slate]

What in the heck is this 🤢🤢🤢

Where’s the art run I need another 18 minute blades clear with the best build possible

[south monolith]

fellas I am in need of a new friend

this one sucks

[grizzled slate]

Who said we friends foo??

A real friend would respond to my dm and notify me of this gaming session so I could take part 😞

[south monolith]

you can still join in on this hot and sexy artemis run if you want

[grizzled slate]

https://tenor.com/view/stitch-sleep-sleep-sleepy-tired-stitch-gif-17266191529027547262

[nimble nimbus]

Mel Axe 50 fear after 5:50 Hecate and no DDs by Echo 🥲
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/ohqK1I0T7qQ

[south monolith]

@slate matrix @grizzled slate Artemis 50F of the day (I did one already but I forgor SS )

shoutouts to chaos my goat

[grizzled slate]

Wonder how many attempts this one took ☠️

[south monolith]

it was first try why you hate me like this 😭

[grizzled slate]

I watched one of your “first try’s” last night - it was like 8 try’s

[south monolith]

I'm actually getting bullied bro

[sudden wagon]

I feel like that's winnable, what do you guys think?

[south monolith]

I've seen worse

Also having 10 rolls at this point is crazy either you hit the god luck or Ur not being greedy enough

[sudden wagon]

Leaving Erebus? 💀

[south monolith]

You could be on anything other than Axe 💀

[sudden wagon]

I got the attack first try and later a hammer, nothing else, kinda didn't need to use the rolls

[south monolith]

No Miniboss?

[sudden wagon]

oh yeah, i got heartbreaker from the miniboss

[south monolith]

That's pretty poo, why not roll the door to try and get like Heph/dem/zeus

[sudden wagon]

Because I didn't think I would leave erebus alive

It was just for fun

I jumped from beating 32 fear to trying 50 just to see how i would do

[sudden wagon]

I'm practicing to use the block better

[sudden wagon]

I got to Narcisus, he bullied me saying I would get no maidens, didn't offer a single DD and told me to leave

Died in the next room

[subtle ivy]

Typical Narcissus move.

[sudden wagon]

I just wanted to see his face to swear at him appropriately

[noble ginkgo]

[cedar bronze]

you guys will never guess what build I just did

[hardy panther]

looks like pan with maybe a air qualith

or torches

[nimble nimbus]

Ok, this is the most weird thing I've ever done at this game, and its 50. Momus + Dark Side + Local Climate + White Antler
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/rZHxzVt4zWg

[south monolith]

@slate matrix @grizzled slate
Medea 50F of the day

[slate matrix]

why arcana man

[ebon plume]

show fear next

[slate matrix]

it cucks me over in terms of stat tracking

[ebon plume]

you should have accurate fear stats too, from now on report what every 50f player is running :D

[slate matrix]

so true

[south monolith]

accident oopsie poopsie

Anyways Artemis 50F of the day @slate matrix @grizzled slate

[slate matrix]

can u send the post night screen so i can see the boons

[slate matrix]

ty ty\

[south monolith]

Good run bad hammers @slate matrix @grizzled slate

[sudden wagon]

That was the craziest (defensive) run that I've ever had, I beat Chronos with Arachne's dress and I didn't even put on her keepsake

[grizzled slate]

Good run 🤠 bad player 👍

[south monolith]

Not your best Than run getting kicked out of top 10 😭

[grizzled slate]

I haven’t done a than speed since that than speed 🤷‍♂️

[lofty oriole]

Hmm I can beat Chronos with no time left right? 🤪

I'll get there eventually. Tartarus rooms were too big 😭

[compact crater]

finally did sub 8:30 with than axe at 32f. this has taken way too long

[slate matrix]

ayeee always good to see new people try out 50F. You got this!

[lofty oriole]

What would you say are the easiest weapons and builds to clear 50F with?

I'm not the best at the game so I'd love an easy build to get me through it 😂

[slate matrix]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Ivfhuer7AyLxQXPIuvLRGigui5-Z2G-gEFk3xWBir4/edit

[half basalt]

220% Spec dmg with Dying Wish went crazy

[subtle ivy]

Moros is the easiest but mel axe, or thantanos axe are both good too.

all with hitch attack mostly

[random sleet]

@slate matrix I'm not sure if there's requirements for the sheet other than clearing 50f, but I have a screenshot of the victory screen as well as a recording of my first 50f than clear if you'd like to add it.

[slate matrix]

the requirement is is just a victory screen, so you’re all good. Send it over and congrats!

[random sleet]

Will do, and thanks! Hades was my first attempt at the roguelite/like genre so it feels good!

[slate matrix]

aye congrats! How would you like your name to appear on the sheet? and you said you had a vod, could you send that over as well?

[random sleet]

Just uploading now and should be done in ~10 mins, but here's the link: https://youtu.be/CUixpESzwAw

[slate matrix]

and would “JustBrad” work for you as your name on the sheet?

[random sleet]

oh sorry, yes that works!

[slate matrix]

alrighty, expect your name up there sometime later

[slate matrix]

@random sleet its up now

[nimble nimbus]

Aspect of Thanatos with Aphrodite 50 fear
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/5XUfC5xFFEk

[slate matrix]

tyvm

[languid wing]

Gg i did it

[whole pond]

6th win

[safe pebble]

What does hitch do I forgot

[dull raven]

Damage shared among all enemies inflicted

[south monolith]

@slate matrix @grizzled slate Medea 50F of the day

I wish I could just simulate that entire run again perfectly but taking epic first blood over lethal snare just to see if it might be better

[grizzled slate]

Wait you hit all that and were that slow?? What happened

[south monolith]

Free rooms I missed : Arachne, 2/2 fountains, 1/2 Caccoons, Nemesis, I lied, I got Nemesis, she was in my Echo 😭

oh I got narc

[grizzled slate]

Ok so your just bad is what I’m gathering

[south monolith]

still better than you so it's chill

[grizzled slate]

How many attempts did that Artemis run take u the other day?

[south monolith]

zero

bro did like 5 Medea attempts
Got trusty shield in Erebus and still couldn't make it to fields 😭

[grizzled slate]

Yeah that just never happened

Unless anvil ring got renamed recently

[south monolith]

Anvil ring aswell|
broken OP boon bro

[grizzled slate]

No you’re right actually I might be washed

[south monolith]

it's ok
You just gotta start feeling the vibrations

[grizzled slate]

The vibrations did get you exodia

And you still choked , that’s tough

[south monolith]

true
I did have destructive array

[sudden wagon]

I know is no 50F yet, but my Hades I gave my life in this run (pay no attention to the useless hydralite, I took as a joke)

[south monolith]

Artemis 50F of the day with somehow less skips than the Medea 😭

Hit Zero fountains, Zero Caccoons, Zero Chaos, No Artemis, No Nemesis, No Arachne, no Narc, genuinely what even game 😭

@grizzled slate @slate matrix

I also lost my Oceanus midshop to sealed chambers

[grizzled slate]

Wicked + final and you go this slow.. what are we even doing MANNNN

[south monolith]

saw you hit this yesterday on an 18 minute run bro stop talking

with a better build and room rng

ur actually so bad omg 😭

[grizzled slate]

You really are in the mood to tell no truths huh

[south monolith]

wait I'm actually learning that Boated sucks wtf happened to my Idol

[grizzled slate]

My only hammer was wicked off exp I got a trusty shield in end room fields 😭 I earned that

My first run of the day (except I don’t lie about it)

[south monolith]

Didn't earn anything bro 😭

[grizzled slate]

Foolish rng so real just no skill sadly

If anyone needs a confidence boost just watch foolish try to use sister blades special

[south monolith]

NAH DONT OUT ME BRO

[grizzled slate]

Someone give him Apollo special asap he needs it

[south monolith]

this is toxic

[grizzled slate]

Pan might be your aspect bro it has auto targeting

[south monolith]

goofy ahh random Than run cuz I was bored idek 😭
@slate matrix this weapon is cheating

[grizzled slate]

RANDOM RUN JUST GETS EXODIA AGAIN!!!!

bro really thinks he’s the unlucky one 😭😭😭😭

[south monolith]

I'm just better bro what can I say

[grizzled slate]

Nice pace bro 👍 be careful you might time out without hitting everything

[south monolith]

Also bro really likes to throw exodia around for non exodia builds 😭
Exodia is every optimal hammer bro this is only 2 of them

[grizzled slate]

Yeah but it fits my narrative better when I say Exodia

[south monolith]

Remember that day when you sent me 4 runs of actual Exodia and none of them broke 15m 😭

[grizzled slate]

No because that didn’t exist

[south monolith]

yeah but it fits my narrative better if I pretend it does

[grizzled slate]

https://tenor.com/view/trainwreckstv-pretty-true-gif-20847022

[south monolith]

@grizzled slate @slate matrix this was certainly by definition a run

[grizzled slate]

17 minute moros holy washed

[south monolith]

might be the stupidest weapon in the entire game @slate matrix @grizzled slate

Is absolute garbage and then has hammers that just lets it delete stuff
5:20 Erebus random 1 off run and then got both god hammers fields lmao

[grizzled slate]

14 minute exodia

This guy actually has best rng worst hands

[south monolith]

was literal garbage run before fields 😭

Also half accidentally got all weapons 50F streak again

I did first 3 just randomly and then went for the 5

[steep bramble]

Holy crap over 1500 nights, I need to step up my game

[radiant coral]

50F CHARON

honestly more than anything this made me realise how much of this just relies on rng bc i had a horrific start where i spent thirty seconds in the opening chamber but i got midshop, nemesis, arachne and chaos all in a row so i could make up for it

[left mirage]

Phantom was putting the paws on you bro

[radiant coral]

i took most of the damage on purpose for engraved pin heal 😭

[austere lava]

That’s a juicy chaos boon

[radiant coral]

all it wanted was -24 max hp for a couple chambers too so pretty sweet deal i think

[subtle ivy]

forgot to take a screen shot of the victory screen, but here it is. Mel axe 50F clear. It was so slow at the beginning and end. I'm honestly surprised I beat Chronos with no cast boon.

Echo dd was the only reason I didn't die in Tartarus. I love echo

[slate matrix]

urgh

[south monolith]

[slate matrix]

unlucky

[gentle jacinth]

One of my best times ngl, should grind timer fear more

[slate matrix]

do i add it or not

[grizzled slate]

@slate matrix slow staff run funnny chaos boon @south monolith cant hit every hammer like u every run sadly

[south monolith]

Bro needed every DD

So bad 😭

[grizzled slate]

No titan no lovers go fast mode will do that to a man

[slate matrix]

wait aint so way @grizzled slate you beat your previous circe speed record by a whole 0.87 seconds

[slate matrix]

i am super hesitant on whether or not to include this

[random sleet]

@slate matrix

Video uploading here: https://youtu.be/5Wt2GSjH4n8

[slate matrix]

AYE

[random sleet]

Now for Charon! Could be a bit before my next screenshot

[brave vortex]

Pin just to level it up?

[slate matrix]

Pin is just the best keepsake in the game for its utility/defensive capabilities

[random sleet]

Yeah I probably used it like 20 times that run lol. It's hard carrying me with Mint and Echo

[brave vortex]

I've almost gotten it to level 3, don't feel like I've gotten any real use out of it, maybe once or twice, I'm at about 20f
Echo is good for sure.
Which is mint again?

[slate matrix]

Heph boon Mint Condition, gives you invuln for x seconds at start of encounter

[brave vortex]

Oh right, I was thinking it was some keepsake. Ya that just lets you go ham at the start

[slate matrix]

Pin value technically falls off at mid fears because thats around where people get good enough to not lose dds every encounter

[brave vortex]

Oh fair

[slate matrix]

but in high fears, in this case 50F, it is a very real possibility to lose a dd every encounter with blood3 suffering2 so pin value is just insane

[brave vortex]

True, I'll see when/ if I get there. So much pain though. I play to have fun not get my butt so kicked and I don't play enough so I get rusty. Never got h32 in hades 1

[slate matrix]

i never got above 24H in h1 but beat 50F multiple times, it just takes dedication to learning and pushing your limits

if you want, you can always refer to the sheet to see builds and vods to learn how others pilot the aspect at 50F first

[brave vortex]

Ya don't have that much dedication. I'm playing mostly for the story and dialogs

[slate matrix]

fair enough

you know which sheet im talking about tho right?

[brave vortex]

Ya I've seen it referenced and all. I like trying it myself though. It's like chess, I find it more boring when every move and strategy is planned out from the start, even if that is better. Might as well not be a random loot/drop system.

[slate matrix]

thats completely fair, Haelian approaches it the same way

[nimble nimbus]

The slowest ever 50 fear run I guess. I really like to do it slow XD.
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/SH4PWHpDFYg

[slate matrix]

what the actual FCK @south monolith I have found your greatest nemesis

that is actually wild

[slate matrix]

slowest run by a full MINUTE

[nimble nimbus]

For real it was cheese but anyway 😄

[slate matrix]

that is unironically REALLY impressive you managed to clear in 22 minutes

[south monolith]

I'm mainly surprised it wasn't with Phase shift
Seems pretty easily doable with it

[nimble nimbus]

With some abuse it could be any big timer if u patient enough)

[nimble nimbus]

Phase shift doesn't slow the timer as I know

[slate matrix]

it slows the damage ticks though, so its really easy to cheese longer timers with it since you dont take as much overtime damage

[south monolith]

Slows timer damage

[nimble nimbus]

No it sucks, my strat is much stronger XD

[south monolith]

What did you do ?

[slate matrix]

im assuming run down the clock every region and use pin invuln to kill guardian before dd gets used

so like 5:30 every region

[nimble nimbus]

No I just left Erebus at 7 min

[slate matrix]

LMFAO

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snow queen bug ok that makes a lot more sense

[south monolith]

Oh the funny exploit still exists right
Lmao

[slate matrix]

yeah

[south monolith]

Medea 50F of the day featuring bug abuse lets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE EXPLOITING RAHHH

@slate matrix @grizzled slate

[south monolith]

Also static shock did 5k in the Chronos fight alone apparently 😭
This boon goes crazy

[south monolith]

Artemis 50F of the day @slate matrix @grizzled slate

[grizzled slate]

Wow awesome runs man you’re so good!!

[south monolith]

Thank you my best friend Boated !!

[grizzled slate]

Great runs today man way to apply yourself 🤠

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[lofty oriole]

OMFG I FINALLY DID 50 FEAR 😱

@slate matrix

[radiant coral]

congrats!! you cut it quite close there

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[subtle ivy]

Why I did the fight, I took the picture

[slate matrix]

my one requirement was a victory screen

[south monolith]

don't cave
weakling

[slate matrix]

damn 145 gold is crazy

[grizzled slate]

theres 1 rule my friend

record your runs for the future incase you forget to ss

[lofty oriole]

Yeah I ran out of time halfway through the second phase but somehow managed to get through 😅

Also I'm not sure does that put me on the Slowest Clears leaderboard too? @slate matrix

[slate matrix]

think so

[subtle ivy]

Here we go. My dad reminded me he took a picture of me winning for the memories. This has to be enough xd

[compact crater]

lmao that's wild

[tough gale]

beautiful

[slate matrix]

yknow what we take those

[steep bramble]

@slate matrix 4/15! Dreading doing either Mel Torches or Mel Blades next (my worst general weapon aspects), but I will get there eventually. GL to y'all runs as always 🫡

[nimble nimbus]

Medea 50F of the day.
Thought it gonna be the hardest aspect for me, but it is pretty strong, to my surprise. Demeter Legendary carried Chronos XD I already prepared to die.
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/qfOz8WbOg9E

[random crow]

attack is all i need

[slate matrix]

oh god another one

[slate matrix]

Congrats! Would "Vangetsu" work for the name?

[lofty oriole]

Yeah that works!

Thanks so much 💛

[slate matrix]

its up on the sheet now

[mint mantle]

suck it cronos

[left mirage]

Looks like you're ready to do 55f

[mint mantle]

yes

wouldve been realy easy fight if i had any actualy good synergy boons but haha

[obtuse ginkgo]

this was not even fair. i've never seen something so goddamn broken. 36 boons. the death defiance was used on cerberus.

attack stuff
aspect of melinoë +35 attack power
flame strike +50 damage
tall order +20%
nimble limbs +20%
pressure points +5% crit
rapid slash +30% speed
martial art +25% damage
slow cooker +12 attack power
static shock +25 damage
THEN sprint stuff
breaker sprint+spirit surge+king tide
THEN cast stuff
tidal ring+glowing coal+king tide again
THEN survivability
self healing+frosty veneer+nasty comeback

felt like having 3 full builds at once. i've had really good runs. they don't compare to this.

[south monolith]

Runs of the day @slate matrix @grizzled slate

LETS GO FLOOD CONTROL WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[grizzled slate]

Dang that flood was so controlled bro

How’s that all aspect streak looking? You do Mel axe yet??

[south monolith]

insane control

Shoutouts to the 9 total rolls used between demeter and heph for them to both give me utter garbage

[south monolith]

come keep me company and I knock the last 13 out rn it will only take like 8 hours I got this

[grizzled slate]

You don’t got this

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[steep bramble]

🗣️🎙️ YOU CAN DO THIS

[velvet carbon]

all bell needs to feel good is numbers that actually mean anything at all

[jolly sequoia]

I've got 2 funny ones: one is a super high chant with apollo lego and the other one is just kings ransom absurdity 🙂

[neon nebula]

first time i beat him!

[half basalt]

Sub-6 on the surface... sure!

[half basalt]

Silliest run I've had in a while

Get Static Shock
Static Shock gets picked by Bridal Glow
Static Shock also gets picked by Rare Crop
Lose Static Shock from Queen's Ransom
Get Static Shock back in Tart

So now we have this mess

Looks about as healthy as the actual Zeus and Hera's marriage

[lost kelp]

2wsqea3 1q2IOIO;'p/., \

[lost kelp]

my cat speaking facts

[half basalt]

The cat's onto smth

[half basalt]

Did another Bell-only run for the meme... got Fountain Finder Award for the first time

[brave vortex]

Make eris proud

[half basalt]

"for the meme" meanwhile it's just me even thinking about this

[random sleet]

@slate matrix Didn't think I was gonna get it tonight so didn't record until Tartarus but it should be here soon: https://youtu.be/4lYaUomvhu8

[slate matrix]

YO CRAZY STUFF

[random sleet]

I've never had such low damage on a run. I felt like I went ultra instinct that time lol

[slate matrix]

epic heartbreaker with sunny disposition this is like high roll charon

[random sleet]

Yeah I'm surprised I got that much luck in a run so quickly. Definitely thought Charon clear was a few days away this AM lol

[lost lichen]

ik not a huge flex but im proud of myself cuz i couldnt do it first game. also beat surface, luckily before charon gets bonked

wait sorry this is wrong screenshot

eh whatever beat 32 heat with basically same build

[noble ginkgo]

First victory of the game!

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

also I forgor to post muh Medea of the day @slate matrix @grizzled slate

[grizzled slate]

Your hammer luck is unreal

[south monolith]

just better bro

[grizzled slate]

You even get auto charged hex’s so the total eclipse fiasco can’t happen ☠️ this weapon really was made for you

[simple sorrel]

forgot to get victory screen but uhh
aspect of melinoe V axe + zeus attack & special with some cast duo boons, hera + zeus
don't know how

[grizzled escarp]

pan for the win

[lofty oriole]

Oh nice. Giga cleaver and Exc Talent 😮

Does that omega Special fire 4 times then?

[austere lava]

Yup

[half basalt]

Just noting these 2 Epic Affluences

[heavy socket]

Chronos defeated on Run 1. Sure, I do not actually count this because Phoenix Skin is utterly broken without time limit (and yet disappointingly useless with one. Hence my feedbacks for changing it).
But there is something of value here: Did you lot know that Beach Ball does not count as causing damage to enemies? Final Boss was basically me just running around and throwing Beach Balls at them. Took a while, but still, it was much more fun than trying to defeat them without Beach Ball. :b

This would have been the perfect Run 1, if not for the fact I did not get Nectar during it. : (

EDIT: I take it all back, this was the worst Run. I did not get enough Ashes to unlock a Death Defiance for Run 2. I did not even know that was reasonably possible. I even had the extra resources Boon from poseidon and emptied Shops as I went. :b

[livid saffron]

24/25 arcana cards this was super fun!

[swift knoll]

not a victory but i had a 51F chronos entry, died in p2.2 im so sad right now

[south monolith]

Yooo good job though! Keep it up you almost there now

[swift knoll]

just got back from a long trip was NOT expecting anything close to this for like 2 weeks minimum

if i got aphro attack as my first boon instead of dash i straight up win bc of slightly better damage which hurts

[manic hatch]

I aimed for a sub 20 minute underworld.
I think I smashed it.

Aspect of Artemis + Hook Knives my beloved

We need a Milinoe heart eyes emoji.

[gentle jacinth]

Just finished a f14 run with 5 min timer fear while using my laptop as my controller with my TV hosting. My back aches. Do not attempt

[swift knoll]

goated setup

[gentle jacinth]

the back destroyer setup

[zinc agate]

had to show chronos my pretty red dress 😊

had a build using the new version of apollo's magic gain boon
the one that gives me mana back instantly when im standing in my cast when it expires
combined with poseidon's omega cast, which explodes instantly, means i could constantly spam the move for free lol
then i took silken sash and just played well cuz i decided i wanted to keep armour for as long as i could to keep the +100% cast damage from arachne lol

i barely took any damage for the entire run (no HP loss at all apart from chaos, which felt nice), and went into the chronos fight with like 230 shield haha

[velvet carbon]

just to be clear you do know you can increase your max grasp right?

also keeping arachne’s dress the whole run is crazy ggs

[zinc agate]

yeah, ive got 29 grasp
i just only had 4 cards active at the beginning of the run because one of them was making more cards become active after each boss fight

[velvet carbon]

ohhhh

makes a lot more sense LMAO

[zinc agate]

i got pretty lucky with an immediate armour boon from hephestus lol
apart from that I also just had a tier 3 silken sash which kept the amour comin' 😎

[velvet carbon]

keeping arachne’s dress on a judgement run is equally based

[zinc agate]

whats a judgement run

[velvet carbon]

using the arcana that activates more arcana

[zinc agate]

oh haha
is it not good? i found it pretty helpful

[south monolith]

@slate matrix all staffs winstreak go brrr ig

[velvet carbon]

it works okay on low fear but id much rather have 10 rolls plus some other early damage cards in erebus

its fun to use but sadly not optimal

[zinc agate]

oh real
one of my starting cards i gave myself had a few dice for boons, and i got lucky with it drawing some extras later on in the run

[velvet carbon]

yeah

just imagine that build with tidal ring lmao

[dull raven]

Am I the only person who doesn't play with rerolls?

[velvet carbon]

probably not

but i would very much recommend using them

[dull raven]

I just find them to take up too much grasp for what you get

[velvet carbon]

what does your arcana look like?

[dull raven]

I'd have to check, one sec

[velvet carbon]

hm

my general build drops sorceress strength and night for fates and champions compared to yours

[south monolith]

strength is bad and bad and bad and it's not even a global damage boost it's so fake

[velvet carbon]

and at high fear orig for boatman

[dull raven]

Personally I suck so the damage reduction from Strength is great

[velvet carbon]

same

but the control over your build you get from rolls helps a lot

[dull raven]

I've never ran into major issues not having them

[velvet carbon]

ig they just let you be a lot more confident hunting for a specific build

like if i have 10 rolls and start with like hestia attack on blades i know that if i want to i can roll erebus midboss into hestia and most likely get crispy coating or pyro technique

or if i chance upon demeter my odds of getting freezer burn skyrocket

[random sleet]

@slate matrix

Youtube link: https://youtu.be/XG8MWO18IYY

Just the last biome again. Went from feeling hopelessly stuck in erebus to downing chronos in a matter of 3 runs, so I didn't expect to need to record

[slate matrix]

you're doing a lot more than most others, i dont require a recording so even having some part of the run is amazing

[lost lichen]

nah only 3 unfortunately, and it fires so slow it can be annoying, i wish it was simeltaneous

[random sleet]

Sounds good! Honestly I like having them for myself to see too, so I plan to go back again once I've knocked out 50 on all aspects

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[slate matrix]

nice

[south monolith]

I'll probably hit like an 8 streak at least today
other 2 axes, Medea, Moros Artemis Mel Blades Mel Skulls would make 12 I just didn't do Perseph Eos or Mel torches yet so probs cooked

[manic hatch]

Beat the surface in sub ten minutes!

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[manic hatch]

OH LORD

14 minutes with 51 fear? How?

It took me 51 minutes at 32

Similat build though!

[south monolith]

50F* but yeh

Current WR for 50F is this if you're interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwUBemhEkOk

[manic hatch]

Jesus

And I thought my 16:48:30 on 0 fear run was pretty good.

[lofty oriole]

Oh rip

[south monolith]

@slate matrix 6

[slate matrix]

6?

[south monolith]

current streak for all aspects (half hearted attempts) lol

[slate matrix]

oh

[south monolith]

I've been doing like a single run every couple of hours my motivation go crazy

[slate matrix]

i was gonna say

[south monolith]

this could just be the run tbh if I rng good enough for Eos/Mel Torches (and somewhat perseph)

All staffs r done which is an annoying rng check just to a single good hammer

[slate matrix]

well if ya do then uh congrats ahead of time

now i want to play hades

but too much work

[south monolith]

don't worry I will be done a week from now at this pace

might even fit another run in today when my motivation comes back to me wowee

[slate matrix]

lmfao

[south monolith]

omg 7 no way woohooo lets go !!!! @slate matrix

[grizzled slate]

Foolish isn’t motivated because I’m not by his side how cute

Life comes at you fast

[south monolith]

@slate matrix @grizzled slate Medea 50F of the day and 8/15 Aspects completed in the streak
Will try do the last 7 tomoz ig

[lethal flicker]

Ooo, elemental particles

[south monolith]

is garbage 80% of the time 😭

[lethal flicker]

No Creation boon for you

[south monolith]

never seem to get slow cooker feelsbadman

[lethal flicker]

Trick is to get it first I guess, before elementary particles gives you proper upbringing and blocks you ever getting an infusion ever again

[south monolith]

idk I just think Elementary sucks tbh lmao
If I actually want Veneer/Slow cooker (which are like the only 2 really good infusions) I will just build towards them

[lethal flicker]

Ehhh, whispy wiles with a dash of greater evasion and daze can be good

and also I just now worked out why they called it daze and not blind

Polyphemus

[lucid halo]

maybe my best run in terms of least damage taken, even kept the dress alive

[nimble nimbus]

Mel Blades 50 fear
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/K0sIObvG56Q

[south monolith]

GG!
Freezer burn stays winning

[grizzled slate]

Remember what happened last time you got to this point ☠️☠️☠️

[south monolith]

Already did Mel Axe though so now I can go and die on Mel torches instead

[grizzled slate]

How fun

[nimble nimbus]

Ye, one of the few strong duals. Sadly got it only before Chronos.

[nimble nimbus]

Aspect of Circe 50 fear
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/SeS17teORjU

[lethal flicker]

Of all the dresses to keep though...

[velvet carbon]

holy actually using the aspect

[south monolith]

@slate matrix @grizzled slate Artemis 50F of the day featuring getting paid (I lost my streak to Eos it was tragic)

[sudden wagon]

I knew it was over when Echo didn't give any dds, but I guess I'm happy that I'm making progress

[lethal flicker]

Fight on

[sudden wagon]

I swear this would be over if it wasn't for the vow of bitterness

[empty snow]

Probably the luckiest I've gotten so far (86% and 65% on the strike boons)

[lethal flicker]

All in on the attack button, dang

210k on that button alone, nothing else coming close.... Did you trade in Heaven strike for flutter strike?

and nervous wreck too, nice nice

[empty snow]

nah I got flutter stirke as my first boon

[lethal flicker]

ahh, that's where your blitz damage came from

[empty snow]

the blitz damage is probably from the legendary from aphrodite

[lethal flicker]

random status curses, same with Vent

[empty snow]

ye

[lethal flicker]

it's like you never pressed your special button at all

[empty snow]

I saw flutter strike and went all in

[empty snow]

I just used it to activate huntress lol

[lethal flicker]

lol, omega attack is good too

why does soot sprint have so many levels?

[empty snow]

idk I tried a omega attack focused run and it did not go well

[empty snow]

I got the mega pom but it only had my trash boons as the option

[lethal flicker]

ahhh, gotcha

[empty snow]

so I just picked sprint since it was the best of those

[empty snow]

Prob just bad rng tho

[lethal flicker]

Soot sprint is so bad at causing scorch that it's not even a valid pre-req for Hestia's other scorch-improving boons

[empty snow]

yea I just took it to fill since I knew at the point I got it scorch wasn't gonna be used at all

[lethal flicker]

heh, yeah

[empty snow]

and I wanted sweet surrender and the other aphrodite boons

[lethal flicker]

sadly didn't let you get hot flash, because that is useful with nervous wreck

suddenly that 30 scorch nervous wreck gives (by default) is worth a damn

[empty snow]

gonna be honest idk what boons we have since I haven't unlocked the thing that lets me look at the codex for boons

[empty snow]

oh damn alr gonna have to look into that but running for that'll prob be pain since legendary boon req

[lethal flicker]

yeah...

nervous wreck is actually quite clever, it gives you the default values for all of the curses.... unless you have a better way to do it, then it uses those (mostly)

[empty snow]

wait

[lethal flicker]

so if you don't have blitz, it causes 80 base damage, but if you have say, an Epic Heaven Flourish, it uses that blitz value instead

[empty snow]

so would it take the 10 of soot sprint as the damge for it's scorch?

[lethal flicker]

no, it only checks attack and special for scorch

[empty snow]

oh damn

[lethal flicker]

oddly ignores smolder ring

[empty snow]

alr makes a lot of sense

[lethal flicker]

and it ignores values that are lower than the default anyway

Obviously doesn't matter with Daze, hitch and weak, since they're not affected by the boon that inflicts them

[empty snow]

yep

Daze has gotta be the best debuff in the game at this point

[lethal flicker]

but all improvements to those from hereditary bane etc... still work

[empty snow]

Just a casual 20% chance to remove damage

[lethal flicker]

Daze is only 20% miss chance, and has like, 2 combos

as you get better, you'll just get better at not taking damage

[empty snow]

alr maybe not the best but for the way I play it's one of the best

[empty snow]

I am severely skill issued and yk left click go brrrr

[bleak spruce]

First time beating him

[velvet carbon]

beach ball my beloved

[lethal flicker]

I just wish I could pair it with other sprint boons

[zinc agate]

just found one of my new favorite combinations of daedalus hammers
making 5 skulls all explode simultaneously in a cone pattern from my Omega attack, dealing minimum like 2000 damage is pretty fun

also i managed to deal 10k damage from ChronosCircleInvertedSmall, whatever that is lol

[velvet carbon]

damage that chronos does to your summoned guys with his instakill

[zinc agate]

wait why is that counted as my damage haha

[nimble nimbus]

Mel Skull 50 fear. 15/15 aspects 50 fear now . Last 3 aspects were today and pretty easy lol.
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/zGYHQbr_KlM

[slate matrix]

damn that was crazy fast

[simple sorrel]

big fan of aspect of charon (not really boasting)

[lost lichen]

prominence flare kills ur damage tho right because it takes longer to cast again

[simple sorrel]

yeah i realized this and regretted grabbing it right before chronos

[lost lichen]

lol, ur good its still decent damage

also its prob bad against chrono because he wont stand still

[south monolith]

@slate matrix @grizzled slate Medea 50F of the day

[grizzled slate]

golly gee youre so hot

[south monolith]

@slate matrix gg worst aspect

Shoutouts static shock doing everything

[south monolith]

@slate matrix

[bleak spruce]

second win and I think I have a new favorite weapon lol

[nimble portal]

32 fear judgement, no DD, no health regen, no attack boon until fields miniboss

[robust aurora]

My first Chronos kill!! Support Fire + Static Shock + Air Quality went crazy, especially with Psychic Whirlwind. Never had higher damage than this.

[gentle jacinth]

Congrats! 🎉 🎉

[dry radish]

Finally became nights champion! (32 fear) I may not be as good as a lot of folk but this was a first time for me Super fun run! Had some insane damage on my normal attacks

[south monolith]

omg no way I did Medea again whoa (crowd goes crazy) that's insane oh my lord wowowowowowow

@grizzled slate @slate matrix

[south monolith]

@slate matrix where are all my boons game

Also please delete holehearts

[south monolith]

@slate matrix funny splode weapon

[velvet carbon]

does back burner even affect the explosions?

[south monolith]

yep

[velvet carbon]

ooo cool

[south monolith]

it's actually quite good
Backburner is underrated imo

[lethal flicker]

calculated from the origin point of the explosion to the target, presumably?

[lethal flicker]

And yeah, the bit that throws people is that they remember backstabs from H1 or skulking slice or something and miss that backburner is literally all damage

(Unless it has no directional component? I forget if casts themselves can backstab)

[velvet carbon]

casts i dont think can backstab

for some reason torch attacks cannot either

[lethal flicker]

huh, that's a bit poo

arguably a reportable bug, since torch flames clearly have a direction of travel

[south monolith]

@grizzled slate @slate matrix Artemis 50F of the day

[lethal flicker]

Mint Condition Carrying

[tough gale]

Mid condition

[south monolith]

hook knives carrired fr fr

would of been a cool explosive build if I just got a gain earlier, only got it tart endshop

[austere lava]

It always seemed cool to me but I can never remember what backstabs and what doesn’t, I was barely used to it in h1 lol

[empty snow]

Chronos fight ez not even close

[hollow sequoia]

crazy comeback run, was using death defy almost every stage because of late Heart Gain

[empty snow]

genuinely one of the most melting builds I've gotten so far

[lethal flicker]

Duo in room 4, it's gonna a be a good run

Spoiler. it was a good run

[sudden wagon]

HOLY BOON PAGE WTH

It didn't even fit all of it

[lethal flicker]

Elementary particles and a bunch of Hex upgrades can really pad it out

[sudden wagon]

Were you able to select the ones that are behind the showcase?

[lethal flicker]

kinda

basically you can highlight them, but if you just tap select, it doesn't work, but if you mash it really fast, it does, but you can't unselect them again

Air quality and slow cooker were back there

and Hemes' legendary

not quite sure how I had 14 air, but hey, I had whispy wiles, so lol?

[sudden wagon]

Getting that dodge chance to the top is fun

[sudden wagon]

I did a surface run just now, and for some reason it didn't let me select the attack??? Like, I could select everything else to showcase but the attack

[lethal flicker]

F10 I guess?

[sudden wagon]

It was a fun run because I got the Icarus armor thing that explodes but I ended up defeating Eris without breaking the armor 💀

And the flask hit Mint condition, so yeah

[lethal flicker]

flask?

[sudden wagon]

Narcissus

I put the keepsake to hit either static shock or mint condition

[lethal flicker]

ahhh

[sudden wagon]

I say flask for some reason, the phial

[lethal flicker]

that's a phial

sometimes I use it just to play with heroic Hermes boons, because it's one of a tiny number of ways to do it

might be the only way?

[sudden wagon]

It probably is the only way

Actually, maybe the Hera boon can affect it, never seen it

[lethal flicker]

Nah, it's like Rare Crop, just ignores it

[sudden wagon]

But why tho

[lethal flicker]

even if it's the only choices

[sudden wagon]

Seems weird that it works that way, is it actually intentional?

[lethal flicker]

hard to say

it looks for boons that can be rarified but only from primary boon givers

phial just seems to look for any common boon that can be upgraded

(so it doesn't try to upgrade Howling Soul or something)

Means you can have a Heroic Artemis boon? some of those might be nice...

[sudden wagon]

If the code works differently to seek the type of boon it must be intentional, but whyyyyyyy

[lethal flicker]

or two different people wrote it

[sudden wagon]

I struggle to find a single epic boon from her most of the time

[lethal flicker]

it's kinda odd she can even do that, but hey

makes her more like Hermes than other NPCs

but then Hades' are still "Boons" because Hestia can burn them

[sudden wagon]

Oh I didn't know that

[lethal flicker]

Hestia can burn Artemis boons too

[sudden wagon]

I guess I'm ignoring dad for a long time now

[lethal flicker]

Hilariously, she can burn Elementary particles, which means you can then get it again for all 8 infusions

[sudden wagon]

Oh that seems fun but really hard to do

For some reason the game loves to give me either elementary particles or cherished heirloom (specifically at the last Charon shop just to piss me off)

[lethal flicker]

Just get a creation boon, job done

[lethal flicker]

Natural Selection as your final boon too

[sudden wagon]

Got it a few times as well, but I rarely do Poseidon builds thankfully

[lethal flicker]

I think he's unrelated

[sudden wagon]

Isn't natural selection a demeter and Poseidon duo?

[lethal flicker]

underrated*

[sudden wagon]

Oh okay

[lethal flicker]

They're Greek gods, they're all related

[sudden wagon]

That's actually funny because the game tried it's best to go around that and all the incest

[nimble nimbus]

Pan 50F with Zeus special
@slate matrix
https://youtu.be/mC-d4k87HzE

[south monolith]

Hook knives with Chaos boon go crazy

[compact crater]

finally i'm free
this is the weirdest setup and not very skillful gameplay in the end
bad tart (and some unexpected skill issues) deprived me of WR but i'll take 2nd place

[swift knoll]

again not a win but another chronos entry at 51f. messed up by grabbing frosty veneer in fields thinking i could get two more water, would've saved me

really awful cerb fight too

[grizzled slate]

What are you playing without besides rebuke?

[swift knoll]

7 minute timer, lets me slow my pace and avoid getting hit more bc i was struggling w that even wo onion

+my erebus is reaaaaally slow w mel axe

[grizzled slate]

Yeah

[south monolith]

Glamour gain with mirrored is really just NOT good lmfao
@slate matrix

[grizzled slate]

???? You thought common glamour gain would be enough for mirrored thrasher

[south monolith]

I took what I could get bro 😭

[grizzled slate]

You S U C K

[south monolith]

[grizzled slate]

Just click born gain

[south monolith]

true and real

[grizzled slate]

Yo @slate matrix I’ve decided bug abusing is cool, re instate my 12 whatever Thanatos run please thanks

[south monolith]

based

[grizzled slate]

I’m doing staff resets and clicking born gain today

[south monolith]

😭

[grizzled slate]

It’s time

[carmine mango]

my first clear

[lethal flicker]

glamour gain is like, the better passion rush... but only if you aren't hugely mana hungry

[carmine mango]

with the hammer you are mana hungry kinda though I was depedning more on the star abiliity

[south monolith]

@grizzled slate @slate matrix Medea 50F of the day featuring garbage

[grizzled slate]

Queens ransom SAUCE

[south monolith]

It's actually so incredibly mid 😭
I'll probs try for that Kings ransom build tomorrow before starting the next streak attempt

[grizzled slate]

Yeah just click all the zeus boons you can they scale so well

[lethal flicker]

Except for spirit surge or something

no wait, that's linear? huh

Huh, none of what Zeus offers has an absolute diminishing returns modifier on levels

they all, eventually, go linear

[compact crater]

good king's ransom is the highest dps you can kinda count on
the only problem is not dying before getting it. and of course hard to set up with onion

[lethal flicker]

Queen's Ransom goes kinda hilarious with Dying wish and hereditary bane

easy room clears

[compact crater]

how's the rift scaling? i'm quite illiterate for omega builds. maybe that one can be good with queen's

[lethal flicker]

Rift?

Cast?

[compact crater]

there is a boon that gives rifts on omega moves or smth

[lethal flicker]

or Bloodline?

errrr, goes linear, but really badly

[compact crater]

meh then

[lethal flicker]

base multipliers are 1/1.2/1.4/1.6, Poms add, 0.25, 0.15 then 0.1 thereafter

Dying wish has a diminishing returns effect put on it, but it does scale nicely to start with

[compact crater]

does it even work though

[lethal flicker]

so base is 40/60/80/100, first pom is 20, then each pom is 80% of the previous

[lethal flicker]

Oh yeah, they fixed it a while back