h2-victory-boasting

[pliant tiger]

ion think tk makes ur hands hurt or spamming casts or specials makes ur hands hurt

[lofty oriole]

Eos deffo feels less button mash than the others. Especially with my mild arthritis lol

[pliant tiger]

eos only requires daybreaker then spam specials

its actually so cracked

[lofty oriole]

It’s so nice

OAttack OSpecial Special over and over and just saunter around the room 😂

I’ve been getting pretty unlucky with finding Hera in Erebus though 😭

[pliant tiger]

hera specials and any % attack and ur room clear is gonna be cracked

id say hestia/zeus are good alternatives to hera

[topaz mulch]

55 Fear Done - Now for the big scary 60 hurdle

[coral gust]

After about 130 hours across the Switch 2 and PC (yay for cross saves!) I have fully completed Hades 2. All bonds forged. All weapons maxed. All trials done. All achievements gotten.

Just a huge shoutout to @tawny notch for making what should easily be a frontrunner for GOTY. I have been here since day 1 of early access and I have never seen a developer listen so much to their playerbase and implement feedback so fluidly.

Thank you for making such a special game!

[pliant tiger]

YES YES YES YES YES YES NOT A TRIPLE DIGIT CHRONOS FIGHT!!!!! 62 FEAR CIRCE IS DONE MAKING IT MY FOURTH 62 FEAR CLEAR!!!!!!!!!

[velvet karma]

Holy that is impressive

[pliant tiger]

no pyro technique, thermal d, arctic gale, and deep dissent is quite sad tho

[lunar gale]

🔥 finally!

[velvet karma]

Ooo, I've never seen Wolf Howl on the damage list before, nice.

[indigo panther]

first ever Untouchable tag :O

[pliant tiger]

@lofty oriole i am locked in

[lofty oriole]

Sheeeesh is that 4 in the span of 2 days?

Good stuff

No thermal dynamics 💀
Nice hail storm tho

[pliant tiger]

a man doesn't need thermal dynamics to win

i have yet to beat 62 fear with a "real aspect" as a certain boated max fear clear comment section thread might say but ill take it

[copper mason]

wooo!!! nergal carried me HARD to my first 32 fear win :3

[noble ginkgo]

grit 3 rival scylla with these boons while cursed by chaos 0.8sec stun on hit LOL took like 3 minutes i think wtf no atk no special no mana regen to even use ospecial q.q

[pliant tiger]

disgusting

hel sucks ass without an on hit attack boon

[copper mason]

lmaooo how did that happen

[noble ginkgo]

yes scuffed run bad gods but i think i got saved by aphro and finally managed to get origination online ... in mourning fields lol i have heroic attack speed from hermes this would been facemelt with hestia or even poseidon but instead i got aphro attack and now got her mana regen too so im saved i guess finally origination online now only need hera special and should be enough to clear unless i f up too much on chronos eh

dunno just bad luck i was waiting on something useable 😒

[desert moon]

I love it when a plan comes together

[livid ridge]

first time clearing 32 fear (underworld)

I've been pretty scared to use vow of scars so I never had it on, this time though I used all the levels on it by complete accident because I wasn't paying attention while selecting stuff (was talking to someone so I blanked)

It was also my first time using aspect of supay seriously and it felt really disgusting with hesita special + origination

[final urchin]

dont usually post stuff here but i just had a godly hephbonk build

[noble ginkgo]

maxed total eclipse is crazy i only got significant amount of points into it in mourning fields (moonbeam), maxed in tartarus where it was hitting 3.5k or so while granting 50 armor and setup pull with anubis lol

[rare parcel]

Ugh, fine, game, I'll take Time 2, are you happy now?

[pliant tiger]

next time ill win 6 more in 7 days

aha aha aha aha aha

[crimson birch]

The damage breakdown on this one made me laugh

Imagine "attacking" "enemies" with your "weapon" "directly"

[woven path]

45f first try

[tardy swan]

Primera vez venciendo a Typhon con 24 de miedo xd, no sé como voy hacer con 32 de miedo :c

[woeful totem]

The surface on 40 fear was brutal but Circe's staff saw me through. The underworld on 45 fear started off rough but somehow managed to pull through. Circe staff + Raki is a beast!!!!

[woeful totem]

Double smolder ring absolutely melts

[lost sorrel]

cleared 40 fear with the morrigan! lovve this weapon

[ripe seal]

62F underworld supay

taking a break from surface because ppl in the high fear disco were talking about supay and I was like hmm it cant be that bad and uhh yeah it wasn't

[agile pollen]

achievements and rivals 4 on the menu next

[terse flame]

Who needs weapon boons anyway?

[tiny dirge]

Haha, yes!

thanks Supergiant for the mercy on the Unrivaled final bosses, they are pretty brutal

[forest sphinx]

buying almost everything in every shop -> Twilight Curse Go Brrrr while I face-tank Typhon

[maiden flicker]

Climbing up the fear ladder

[topaz yarrow]

beat 45 fear on attempt 1!

This is the most prominence flare has ever popped off in a run

[desert moon]

never in doubt

[split gorge]

i need to run cast builds more often, this his real nicely

[split gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/sore-omg-oh-my-god-i-almost-died-died-gif-7302485

[lofty oriole]

@pliant tiger 58F Eos
Deffo need to practice Chronos P3 cuz I keep dying over and over 😂

[rocky steppe]

55f finally done

[maiden flicker]

oh wow i just did the same thing again

[dapper canyon]

I was so lucky that I got a decent build on my first try with this one

[delicate bobcat]

First 24 fear clear!

[knotty flax]

new best time!

[rare parcel]

Aww man, I lost against Rivals Typhon at 32F with which was probably the funniest Pan build I put together

Poseidon Legendary + Static Shock + Sureshot Flurry

I need to try it again

[coarse goblet]

not very high heat at all, but this was a failed build that was hitting 8k damage when ares procced
(just using max vow of rivals)
(it instantly halved chronoses phase 3 health, skipping his first attack lmaoooo)

[iron dock]

first surface win

[coarse goblet]

my first surface was with flames as well

they really let you focus on dodging alot more than other weapons, is really nice to learn attacks

[hollow tendon]

this somehow came together nicely. blood triad striking twice is funny

[blissful tundra]

The moral of the story? If you're doing 65F, make sure you turn Void 3 on (SGG pls make it auto-enable 😭 )
https://youtu.be/VVRIsWci49U

[pliant tiger]

nice one

[orchid ocean]

The god run with charon axe vs rivals typhon

[pliant tiger]

life tax is actually so funny tho with max scars

[late quail]

very epic

[topaz mulch]

So I just took my 1st crack at 60 fear and I made it all the way to Mt. Olymups and I only died because I just straight up got unlycky with Fangs & Menace.

Chronos Lines and Teleporting nosene on Harpies and the little tunneling Typhon spawn.

I didn't win but I am dam proud of that for my 1st attempt!

[lofty oriole]

Was actually tempted to reroll for something better but it somehow worked out 😅

[steady hornet]

abused zag's keepsake and made most of my boons heroic with the heroic steady growth XD

[noble ginkgo]

1 hp left and 4 more death defiance

[pliant tiger]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BABYYYYYYYYYYY 62 FEAR SURFACE IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lofty oriole

[noble ginkgo]

first time i kill thypoon less then 20m i buy the game 4 days ago

[rocky steppe]

Time for timer 3

[pliant tiger]

https://youtu.be/C5MJbFRn7d0

[lofty oriole]

Ayyyyyyyyyy

Moonshot Gigaros too 🙏

[pliant tiger]

this was the most optimal mel staff build ever

gigaros start, blitz attack, hera special, and smolder ring in ephyra

got blinding rush in thessaly i think

got self healing active there as well

and then dual moonshot, thermal d, hot pot 9% dodge (turned into 12% in summit), and pyro technique in olympus

if i lost with this build i wouldve been embarrassed

[elder perch]

not a specific run, but first ever game (with actual achievements and not a PvP game with superficial achievements) that managed to keep me so invested that I played through to 100% completion.

[glossy rain]

This build was so fun

[fallen olive]

why death defiances over strength?

[pliant tiger]

no healing?

[hard egret]

I have played this build and it's really fun when it goes right

[glossy rain]

Yeah, and really powerfull

[pliant tiger]

aint really a win but i got to the shop before prom with white antler 62 fear all dds kept!!!

[velvet karma]

Death is significantly stronger than Strength when you have Scars 3 (no healing) enabled.

[rocky steppe]

I have started attempting 60 fear, nearly beat it 2nd attempt so I reckon i can push to 62f soon

[sick oyster]

good luck!

[dusk dawn]

so close to 0 damage

[pliant tiger]

we need more 62f players, you can do it ms shiva

[fiery island]

1 hp 0 dd, i literally don't understand how you're supposed to fight a full frenzy vor chronos
nothing else can even hit me most of the time

[rocky steppe]

I'm getting there fs

[pliant tiger]

ANTLERED IT IN OLYMPUS AND I SOMEHOW WON, SECOND 62 FEAR SURFACE RUN WITH PAN TK MY GOAT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

@lofty oriole

[neon grail]

I rarified drunken stupor thinking that it applies one hangover per omega move

but it applies one stack per enemy at most lol 😭

[pliant tiger]

https://youtu.be/2ui9ujWTcHk

[topaz dome]

finished the game 10/10 experience, but idk why they put so many boss fights in my dating simulator

[weak badge]

I just did it too 🙂

[maiden flicker]

ignore the fact i reduced my fear

[calm wind]

Pan with Hestia boons is a very fun combination

[manic relic]

pan is very fun 🙂

[iron dock]

SECOND SURFACE WIN

[vagrant flower]

Finished Hades 2 on a new save in 45 nights. Could've done it faster and maybe I will eventually but here's the final win

[graceful epoch]

Hippo confirmed 2nd hardest enemy in the game

[topaz dome]

is that max fear run O.o

[graceful epoch]

62 is all vows except the one that takes away your arcana

[pale minnow]

First Hades 2 Win!

[maiden flicker]

scary ahh unrivaled typhon

[gusty bear]

oops all poms

[icy tartan]

YES HAHA! HAVE ANOTHER!

[gusty bear]

back burner dual moonshot capped heph attack cryo pounder lmao

don't even have to press many buttons

[sand heart]

Finally managed a 32 Fear win against Chronos today 🥳
The run started out promising, and then I lost all my death defies ||in Elysium|| before Hecate fight... but managed to survive Hecate fight, get rechargeable death defy from Athena soon after thanks to her trinket, barely survived Rivals Sirens fight, and then I felt myself lock in and it was smooth-enough flame throwing from there 😅

now I just have to beat Typhon at 24 Fear and I'll have that third statue!

I never managed a Heat 32 run in Hades, so I'm energized lmao

also Echo came in very clutch giving me back all the death defies I lost before leaving Erebus lol

[icy tartan]

THE TOULA DAMAGE! 🐱 Also look mom, no cards!

One day I wanna do a Toula only run.

[copper mason]

great chaos below cleared! i got some silly stuff haha

also almost all arcana thanks to circes piggybank giving me judgement

[undone cliff]

First sub 10:00!

[iron dock]

eigth or seventh win

[kindred sierra]

hehe

[velvet karma]

Gz on the no arcana win.
I think you're severely underestimating how long that will take.

[late adder]

it is done.

[coarse gate]

decided to try out a heph build with aspect of morrigan and it was one of the strongest runs i've had

[lean marsh]

Beat rivals chronos

[reef dirge]

hel yeah. haha

[upper mountain]

we've had one, yes, but what about second nuclear bombing?

[eternal magnet]

clank clank clank

[wild otter]

24 Fear and full Arcana was awesome.
Circe giving me Judgment when I already had a bunch was...pretty awesome. Love this game.

[orchid ocean]

duo boons galore

[sand glade]

Bonks and zapts

[lime oar]

SUPAY STAY WINNING 🗣️

this was a tremendously fun and strong build, everything just kinda died

[boreal geyser]

we win those

[tacit leaf]

Completed a 32 fear run

Had a pretty bad rng too

[lofty oriole]

Not a boast but I lost a 62F at summit cuz of poor positioning 😭

[half dune]

Got the ending!

[night rune]

62F UW with artemis blades

[stray junco]

I gathered all the infinity stones!

[rare parcel]

Chat, would you believe that happened again? Except the cast, the build was similar (a bit worse, since the cast was Hera and no Demeter lol) and with a slightly worse result

Yeah, I need to git gud

[sand glade]

First time Rivals Chronos on 2 frenzy. Somehow light smite did most of the dmg

[broken jungle]

Beat Chronos for the first time :3 Heph and the like 18-20% dodging carried me

[copper mason]

funny arachne dress build complete :D (i had the red dress but lost it here cuz i just facetanked chronos)

only took damage once before the boss

[earnest kite]

Aphrodite really has 2 crazy strong global damage boosts x3

[crimson birch]

Yay, survived the 16F despite potentially whoopsie fear choices!

The armor from two zones of sash + a Heph boon lasted me all the way until the final couple of chambers before Chronos, so the Scars ended up not mattering

But I sure did eat a lot of damage all on Chronos 😂

[floral elm]

won a semi-cursed Great Chaos Below with vow of forfeit and scars, and neither strength nor death arcana and no attack/special boons till fields but once i got that hestia attack boon things started looking up!

[celest rain]

2 legendary is crazy

[sand glade]

Lucky Circe removed Amok lvl 2 😄

[sand heart]

and now I got that third statue! ... barely x_x

[rare parcel]

Self-Healing carried me a bit against Typhon ngl

[icy viper]

first 16 fear win ✌️

[sand glade]

Now that was real Rivals Typhon with lvl 2 Amok

1. Bird is really good for physic leash dmg
2. Revenge duo is bonkers

[desert moon]

falling blades feel like nothing normally but god, when you build into them...

[low aurora]

managed to pull judgement with crystal figurine while trying to level it up lol

[hoary lodge]

hit the holy grail of special builds

[pliant tiger]

oof that's rough

and u had tk too 💔 💔 💔

[late crater]

2 second cooldown heroic heph attack + heph legendary + psychic whirlwind… jesus christ

[ivory sundial]

might be one of the most insane burst damage ive ever had in a build tbh, revaal firing all 4 skulls in the omega explosion just gave me insane damage paired with arctic ring to freeze enemies in place and heph strike just for some extra damage

also helped that i got a triple pom in tartarus that went on heph strike which reduced the cd to 4s

[halcyon verge]

the only time i've ever been happy to see siege shredder. also peep the transcendent flourish. would have been silly with rude awakening and cryo pounder, but alas, vow of denial/forfeit

[undone cliff]

Messed up and took a combat over a shop. But still pretty happy with almost sub 8:00 minutes

[halcyon verge]

also just got my first 40 fear clear!! got down to 6 on hecate and 4 on sirens because of timer and getting sandwiched next to roxy respectively, but somehow my 3 hera core boons and terrible dps made it through. it is time for me to go to bed

[wooden zephyr]

surface 62F

[lofty oriole]

It be like that sometimes 😭

[white merlin]

with the unseen one badge

[quick heath]

kept dress whole run and most taken damage source was chaos

[wet gate]

Just did a flawless Chronos fight and was quite shocked to see Chaos having dealt the 2nd most damage to me. 😅

[warm ruin]

judgment runs are really fun, i love getting full arcana

[prime swift]

I did it this ending was so peak

[rocky steppe]

Don't let the story nerds find you

[dreamy bay]

Gee, I sure like it when my build gets wrecked by Concave Stone (picked King’s Ransom) one room before Chronos! Thankfully, I was able to buy Hitch Attack to bring back easy Origination.

[worthy flower]

Bonk.

[dapper canyon]

War is over

[warm ruin]

story nerd here, ending was peak!

[pliant tiger]

u can do it tho

[pliant tiger]

phantom is more dangerous than gramps confirmed

[earnest lily]

Bro what an insane run. I was genuinely convinced I was immortal until I died literally at the end of the final boss. That was the most insane build I've ever had

Between having actually infinite mana due to Aphrodite mana recovery + Poseidon duo boon, Aphrodite's Legendary giving the boss infinite Daze, and additional damage reduction

I didn't die at all to Rivals Prometheus and I'm genuinely shocked, especially since I had the Dionyusus boon that hides my HP so I had no idea how much HP I had for the entire latter half of the run

Very fitting run for the final surface win I needed for the enchantment to end the game

[lethal flicker]

"I know, I'll build a splashy hel build this time"
The game: "I have other ideas"

[pale minnow]

Managed to keep the dress for the boss fight too

[fiery island]

I don't think i'll ever learn the cronos fight, it can't be done

[rocky steppe]

Trust me it gets way worse

[nimble nimbus]

62F Moros with Godsent Night Bloom.
https://youtu.be/t2r0tgk0TRA

[lethal flicker]

Didn't once press special?

[iron dock]

third win surface

[mighty wing]

worst ive ever played and yet eked a win thanks to trick knives and dds

[dreamy bay]

Did an Arcanaless run, and only remembered why Origination wasn’t popping in the first Tartarus encounter. 🙊

[iron dock]

ninth win in underworld

[iron dock]

FOURTH SURFACE WIN

[icy viper]

Just a girl and her pretty Dress , my achievement run

[twilit python]

Still wish they would just include the exact time

[iron dock]

TYPHON ERADICATED

[abstract basalt]

2 legendaries 0 fear super overkill lol

[patent bloom]

First-tried Unrivaled Chronos. 😎

[wintry quail]

That was crazy

[thorn cypress]

I love you nightbloom

[iron dock]

chronos.. died??

[upper mountain]

chronos is a gamer confirmed (he's REALLY weak to showers)

[earnest bane]

I got so unbelievably lucky on Great Chaos Below! I started with Fate's Whim and a POMEGRANATE! On top of that I had ZERO Vows of Rivals! EZ PZ Lemon Squeezy 😚 👌

YAY 😄

[full citrus]

lets go got the 32 heat and the 24 heat runs back to back

[slate delta]

finally done 32 fear omgggg

[earnest bane]

That was quick

[earnest bane]

That's a lot of fear 💀 💀 💀

[woven path]

not even close to what some guys around here pull off believe me

[earnest bane]

That doesn't mean you're not allowed to be proud of yourself? I think anything beyond 20 fear is quite the accomplishment, so 45 is a LOT. But then again, I don't have to be the best among others. I'm cool beeing good on my own.

[sand glade]

I forgot, what do you need to do to get this "order" that you have on right-bottom corner?

[woven path]

I'm proud of my progress for sure

[woven path]

I believe you need to have some amount of decorations invested before you get the incantation

[sand glade]

So I need to still buy more decorations. I thought that amount for Hestia is enough

[woven path]

Just keep buying them and it will appear in the cauldron eventually, I got it that way

[wild otter]

That's that. Awesome.

[vagrant flower]

run that gave me the arachne dress achivement

[dreamy bay]

I don’t like the unrivaled bosses so far (I’ve now done first two of both sides). Unrivaled Scylla is fun, though.

[thorn geyser]

Incredible Heph Build even without Chain Reaction

[lethal flicker]

This is a no projectile zone (Also had arctic gust)

[winged steppe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wywI1QCX7F8 To my knowledge the first fully hitless Aspect of Circe run on 1.0

victory screen

[rocky steppe]

What fear did you have on

[winged steppe]

vow of pain

its funny + makes me die faster

[rocky steppe]

Makes sense, congrats

[winged steppe]

i wasnt doing the salute thing at the start because i still want to max my relationship with everyone

so it would help there

[rocky steppe]

I live for my fate rerolls

[winged steppe]

i live for the ding dong

[blissful tundra]

Sick, they're trying to start a hitless category on the H2 speedrunning discord: you should totally submit if it meets all the criteria

[winged steppe]

oh, nice! i totally will in that case. i really loved doing the hitless run, even more than high fear honestly. theres a good chance i put a good amount of effort into running the category in that case

im not actually in the hades 2 speedrunning discord bc i left basically all the servers i was in a while ago for the sake of clarity, ill rejoin once the link works again

[rocky steppe]

https://discord.gg/8Frqxs8dv

[winged steppe]

oh thanks

[rare parcel]

I got a pretty juicy Queen's Ransom at the end of the run... But that removed Ionic Gain, oops!

[glossy rain]

No Hit Typhon, done

[white badge]

another pb

[unkempt obsidian]

Fear 20 Chaos trial WITHOUT any attack

[rare parcel]

That was a run to use the Judgement Arcana and to try Void 3 and... I also got a no-hit? Lmao

[blissful tundra]

62f Surface Morrigan, Blood Triad outdamaging Final Slice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XX8P-rtD7Q

[brazen zinc]

Supay will never be used again. Evil evil aspect.

[thorn wolf]

hitless typhon :)

[fiery halo]

these are the lowest side numbers i've ever seen lmao.

[floral elm]

Great chaos above! first time playing with vow of pain (x2), scars (x2), and frenzy (x2)

[tiny wolf]

it took 13 tries for me to get past great chaos above 😭 . made me realise how important origination is when its not in your arcana

[steady pier]

not really impressive just thought that 78% mutual destruction was funny

[scenic tulip]

Beat VOW Chronos second try. I did it on low fear because I assumed he was going to be as hard as EM Hades

[viral stag]

@main drift @outer bison @tawny gyro Thanks for all the help!
(Running For My Life, No-attacks/specials/casts used, Aspect of Nyx Omega Boost Run)

[tawny gyro]

Dunno what I did, but congrats

[onyx pilot]

breaking the 19 minute barrier

[real hinge]

Circe's Artifact makes for an amazing starter, as well as burn runs just being amazing.
Also.. 5th Sand drop so getting close to the end I think!

[quick heath]

sprint only run

[turbid vector]

I honestly didn't expect this build to go anywhere but here we are, probably my best build yet

[magic hatch]

Accidentally closed the victory screen b4 a ss last night. Luckily I still had the weaker version that I used to show off to my friends. It was so much fun this run

[magic hatch]

Yes I know I used god mode and Yes I know i only had Vow of Rivals and nothing else... but that is still 14 min with my worst wep.... so im still proud of myself

[dreamy bay]

Trial of Doom down. First time a trial took me more than three tries (four). Also, LOL @ me only losing one HP after I got plenty from an easy Chaos boon.

[pale minnow]

First 8 Fear Victory!

[livid yew]

i said i would do it

and i did it

dash only

[dark oxide]

In 22 minutes as well, nice job

[livid yew]

need to do it on surface now, then i'll get to editing it all into a 10-min video you could watch while eating

[dreamy bay]

This is all that really matters to me.

[mighty wing]

damageless sirens and 2 damage (from lava) cerb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPf19fPiSEQ

[icy tartan]

Beat my first 40 fear!!

Athena saved me with refreshing 4 DDs

[frail finch]

Show em Toula

[icy tartan]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1233146305308528650/1429157180506112031/image.png?ex=68f71818&is=68f5c698&hm=541ec42e7844420373edbe05631393069b5dcc0fc0bb163754e0c0eb284eaa97&
Check out REAL cat damage. 😄

[frail finch]

I literally just never used anything other than big hit and passive dash damage lmao

[rocky steppe]

Someone needs to find the 140k damage toula only run that took over 2 hours

[rocky steppe]

Moros is such a free weapon

[thorn wolf]

here's the real toula damage

[rocky steppe]

Oh god it's worse than I remember

[pliant tiger]

typhon probably has nightmares of the cat now

[scarlet drift]

hopefully one day I shall collect less damage

[pliant tiger]

imagine getting soloed by a goddamn cat

[fiery island]

new pb, might try to push for 56 later, but any more than that seems honestly impossible

[scarlet drift]

my sibling in christ - your magick??

[fiery island]

It's Mel staff, having no magick is completely normal

[scarlet drift]

i just mean the fact that you have 139 primed

[pliant tiger]

honestly i only use magick in mel staff for huntress proc

[fiery island]

I primed like crazy yeah

[fiery island]

I picked up that one hammer that gives you double attack, so i had to have some magick left

[pliant tiger]

mirrored thrasher huh

no dual moonshot hurts my soul tho 💔

[fiery island]

i had both that and dual moonshot, was ready to throw hands with p3 chronos but then remembered that i turned that vow off

[pliant tiger]

oh mb

also push that fear up

[fiery island]

vor chronos p2 is impossible for me

too many overlapping patterns and summons on screen

clonos ain't nothing compared to that nightmare

[scarlet drift]

vor chronos?

like r4 chronos?

[fiery island]

vow of rivals chronos

[pliant tiger]

rivals chronos p2 is a nightmare yeah

if u outdamage his healing tho it's a piece of effing cake

[fiery island]

it's the real bottleneck, p3 only kills me if i run out of time

[scarlet drift]

yeah i've started going for for those healing pods

[fiery island]

yeah the build needs to be crazy good or you need to have deep dissent

[pliant tiger]

p3 is the run killer tbh cuz i remember i had 2 dds into p3 with a 62 fear mel torches run and then cuz of his triple scythe throw i immediately lost a dd

rip

[fiery island]

i usually just run away until im sure it's safe, but it only works if there's enough time

[pliant tiger]

ill redeem myself later

[fiery island]

otherwise it's gg, the triple throw is insane

[pliant tiger]

technically i did by winning a supay 59 run (no forfeit cuz supay sucks ass without boons) but still

[woven path]

R4 chronos is enough of a hassle by himself for me to never want to max out the vow of pain ever

And still debating if I will ever dabble into grit as well

[pliant tiger]

grit isn't that bad unless ur room clearing and bossing damage are dogwater

[woven path]

I'm doing ok it's just I really hate that type of added difficulty

[pliant tiger]

pain, however, im only taking for 55 and above

it feels so bad

[fiery island]

i had pain maxed for this run, i'd rather take that than r4 chronos

and grit + hordes feels really bad to play vs in erebus

[woven path]

If there was no r4 I would take it absolutely

[pliant tiger]

but u have to face rivals scylla tho

[fiery island]

yep, lost my dds on that fight and never took much damage after

[woven path]

I'd rather Scylla any time over 2 phases of insanity

[pliant tiger]

id rather take max pain and rivals over max scars

[fiery island]

for sure, never taking max scars

[pliant tiger]

probably the main reason why 62 is a pain in the ass

[woven path]

Oh yeah scars 3 is also another thing I don't think I will ever do

And void doesn't need to be mentioned

[pliant tiger]

i beat 62 fear six times and i still haven't got used to it, no healing is rough

ghost onion, save me PLEASE

but in my humble opinion, if u can beat 50 fear or higher, u can probably beat 62 with enough time and effort

[fiery island]

idk if i want to put in that effort, I tried running 62 and got to scylla last phase, but the experience wasn't exactly fun

[woven path]

Probably yeah, though the issue is if I would find it a fun experience or not

Cause if there is no fun then there is no will to want to improve to beat it for me

[pliant tiger]

true

[hot hedge]

I just hit sub 6 https://youtu.be/F8DjKcHOj_4?si=GBBtsysCSHv2rfw6

[unkempt obsidian]

Typhoon Fear 20 chaos challange

[serene parrot]

all aspects and keepsakes, underworld and surface 32 fear done.
time to suffer some more on higher fears with good aspects only.

[molten niche]

DUO BOONS

[lime oar]

"Art Spray Bad" Said who???

this was very silly

wish i got king tide but oh well

typhon died fast enough

[pliant tiger]

59 fear soup, no forfeit cuz it sucks ass with supay

@lofty oriole i ain't there yet but im very close

i need that fifth 62 fear underworld

[glossy rain]

Fastest run ever

[livid ridge]

After actual days of trying to do fear 32 surface run I finally managed to do it using the most broken build I stumbled into, I got very lucky and this is the 2nd time supay has carried me through 32 lol

[lime oar]

I got The Build that Makes Hel Work™ and hooooly it was fun

[desert moon]

did NOT expect Blitz on Pan to go this hard

[lime oar]

did NOT expect Blitz... go this hard

there was your first mistake lol

[pliant tiger]

blitz always goes hard

even when it's common it's always on the damage leaderboards

[sick oyster]

somehow i beat vow of rivals cerberus on my first try

[lime oar]

Heinous Affront circe staff? Don't mind if I dooooo

[copper mason]

ok heph is WAY cooler than i thought

i mean i always liek him but damn

[warm elbow]

I would like to thank dodging boons for this victory

[woven path]

one of my best showings against rivals chronos yet, carried lovers all the way into phase 3. Also, funny run with both sun worshiper and Night Bloom.

[pastel shell]

I finally got to epilogue !! took me 108 nights, not sure if i was fast or slow on that haha

now time to do every achievement

[ionic magnet]

Yahooooo

[cosmic yarrow]

Is that the highest rank?

[ionic magnet]

Looks like it 🙂

[rocky steppe]

Yeah unseen 1 is the highest

[worldly moat]

first tried 32 fear 🗣️

i only lost so many dd's cuz i was trying to iframe chronos nuke but i forgot i had frenzy on so i misstimed all of them 😭

also how jeweled pom made it through playtesting i have no idea getting free +4 on everything is rediculous

[supple pebble]

Great Chaos Below first try!

[thorn cypress]

beautiful dps

[fervent dagger]

man, Nergal fully upgraded is fun

[rocky steppe]

It's even better at rank 6

[fervent dagger]

rank 6? isnt that only possible by heph legendary?

also first 12 fear run and first oath of rivals on hecate

2 timer, 2 menace, 1 hubris, 1 frenzy, and 1 rivals

[rocky steppe]

Yeah, u get the buff every 4 hits

[fervent dagger]

i feel like for 14f maybe ill turn on shadow? or maybe the onion one

[rocky steppe]

Do not turn on onion one

[fervent dagger]

Oh.

Ok it's 16 fear next.

Could do 1 shadow and 2 return

[topaz arch]

i recommend the arcana removal one the cards aren't that important

[rocky steppe]

Yeah that works

[rocky steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/trollge-gif-1693187712214218511

[fervent dagger]

Unless you got a better recommendation

[rocky steppe]

Whats the current setup

[fervent dagger]

2 timer, 2 menace, 1 hubris, 1 Frenzy, 1 rivals

[rocky steppe]

Good setup I approve

[fervent dagger]

But i need to add 4 more to get 16

And i don't have the other rivals unlocked yet

Could also do fangs 1

[rare parcel]

If nobody gets me, I know Aspect of Persephone + Jeweled Pom gets me, can I get a Fourth Degree build with a Lv. 6 Glowing Coal?

[signal saddle]

First ever win on the underworld ! Using a way too broken weapon, and way too little skill... But hey it worked

[worldly moat]

2nd try 32 fear surface :D now probably begins my goal for 32 fear all weapons both ways assuming i have the patience for it

[naive forum]

BEAT TYPHON SECOND TRY CANT THINK OUT OF BREATH AHHH

[devout yoke]

my first time with ares poseidon duo, and i got poseidon legendary boon, i have surmounted typhon and got ||entropy!|| (later game infusion spoilers)

[fervent dagger]

man hel is fun too! super bullet hell build. sure i understand that Medea does more damage but man Hel reminds me of how i played adamant rail in the first game

[glad bobcat]

first victory on the surface

[crimson birch]

Great Chaos Below \o/

[worn sky]

got this crazy chaos boon right after my first room !!! 😄

[quartz oxide]

Thank you SGG for a hell of a ride

[plush crescent]

first time rivals chronos fight... thanks for the lvl 14 super nova...

wtf how did i take nearly 1k dmg in the chronos fight

[olive vigil]

First 32

[olive vigil]

facetank is a viable strategy, well done

[harsh mica]

bonk

[lost root]

got the arachne achievement done

[manic relic]

all done!

[blissful tundra]

62F Surface Mel Coat
https://youtu.be/zC73-JdEKvk
When you try to make an attack-focused aspect but the special still ends up more powerful

[quick heath]

what was your fear setup?

[onyx pilot]

last testament for the flames

[maiden flicker]

Is this overkill?

[rocky steppe]

Just a little, ares on attack is certainly an interesting choice but makes sense

[maiden flicker]

was at fates whim

wasnt much of a choice heh

but it sure made for a big explosion

[cinder heart]

Not victory related but listening to this at the gym seems close enough to boast lmao

[worldly moat]

Uhh im not at my laptop rn but iirc it was rivals3, debt2, hubris2, frenzy1, fangs2, timer2, menace2, return2, wards2, shadow1

I think that adds up to 32 >-> unless im missing one

I did that setup both for underworld and surface

[rare parcel]

Thanks, Phantom Brand

[quick heath]

thank you! ill try it out

nvm

eivals 3 is crazy

idk how to beat the sheep guy with medea yet

and eris is hard with rivals too

[worldly moat]

Tbf moros shreds everything lol, and getting used to rival fights will be the most efficient fear to get

[quick heath]

moros is which again?

[worldly moat]

The twin flames aspect

Let's your special blow up your normal attack, stupid high dps

[quick heath]

oh right, i prefer the other two, havent really tried the auto attacking one much

i just put poseidon on them and hold attack the whole run

[worldly moat]

Only rivals fights i can be a bit unsteady in is scylla for underworld and prometheus for surface, I don't have rivals4 unlocked yet otherwise id probably do it to knock out a fangs or smth

[worldly moat]

My main goto tends to be between hera, zeus, aphrodite, or apollo since they're all high damage then fill in to get origination active, jeweled pom really let's anything work tho free +4 on everything scales you up so hard for no reason

[quick heath]

those are all for moros attack? i havent unlocked pom yet but ill get it eventually

[worldly moat]

Most of your damage comes from the attack yeah, they all perform super well then your special and cast get to be for origination filling

My like dream setup on moros is like hera and Zeus for attack and special, get fine line, then a good crowd control cast and everything just dies

Oh and for mana regen on moros I tend to lean towards Apollo, hestia, or aphro

[quick heath]

and so whats the game plan? spam out a bunch of attacks and have omega special active always?

[worldly moat]

Yep basically, keep Ospecial up at all times, just hold attack and refresh cast when necessary and be aware of everything as best you can

[quick heath]

and how do you use origination well? everyone speaks so good abt it but i never used it much, so idk the hype for it

[worldly moat]

Basically you just build towards having 2 different god debuffs(i.e. hitch, Zeus shock thingy, scorch, ect etc) and you get a free 50% damage bonus, it comes pretty naturally as long as you pay attention to building for it

So I aim to have 1 or both debuffs on my attack and special, or have my cast fill one depending on the weapon and attack rotations

[lunar heath]

First attempt at Rivals Typhon! He took 3 death's defiances and most of my remaining health, despite how strong my build randomly was, but I did it! Now for Chronos

[topaz yarrow]

50 fear circe with a cursed build lmao

took a lot of damage on chronos because when I entered phase 3, my health wasn't an issue but my time was

[rocky steppe]

Mel staff wannabe

[waxen moon]

used 9 death defiances (not pictured here, survive survive survive from echo), still had 2 left over after rivals chronos. biggest last gasp i've ever seen

[quasi pagoda]

when you think you're doing a Nergal run but instead it's Lunar Ray

[harsh mica]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-wake-up-wakey-wakey-awaken-gif-26734899

[sage tapir]

Polyphemus op

[olive vigil]

skill issue but got it done (to be fair it’s my first FO2)

[terse narwhal]

I think that was the easiest run Ive ever played. I was killing stuff so quickly.

I had 2 hermes shields, 1 demeter shield, and gale with 3 blocks so wasnt taking much damage either xD

[quick heath]

why is fine line good for this?

[rocky steppe]

Big damage very fast

[quick heath]

do you think hera would be good for mana with moros and fine line or no

[rocky steppe]

Hera is definitely fine just make sure you have plenty of max magic

[quick heath]

this is what i have so far

[rocky steppe]

Yeah hunt for a good regen boon and you'll be set

[maiden flicker]

air quality go brrrr

[quick heath]

is this a good enough build? i couldnt really find a good enough cast so i ignored it.

[maiden flicker]

talk about cutting it close...

[ripe seal]

Aspect of Supay 62F Surface clear. Supay is now the first aspect I have cleared Underworld and Surface at 62 with.

Sometimes, After five hours of streaming in which you hit yourself in the head with your keyboard, and break down maniacally several times, surface just decides to give you what you need to win the run

[rocky steppe]

'I cleared x fear with this aspect'

look inside

200k blitz damage

Congrats tho lmaooo

[onyx pilot]

another rivals Typhon gone, but this time I couldn't get any of the boons I wanted

[brazen zinc]

knuckle bones made it on the list

[barren moon]

Wasn't even trying to go this fast

[dusk ingot]

super low fear but i really recommend this build it’s so fun. i call it the Shotgun

[worldly moat]

Yeah that looks super good, its what I generally aim for

[carmine tapir]

First time defeating Rivals Typhon. With that run, I'm now done with Rivals 4 on both paths and all of my Testaments of Night are complete. Funny how the axe ended up being my last weapon, despite Charon being one of the most powerful aspects in the game.

[coarse gate]

ultra unga run

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-caveman-gif-15358844

[rocky steppe]

New circe pb

[warm cosmos]

@pale bough This was my most recent run. 0 rerolls. Last boon was Sunny Disposition.

[pale bough]

Fair enough, the skull always seems super versatile to me. I just can’t imagine not rolling bad options or at least rolling for the attack boon or something

[warm cosmos]

I just forget that I have rerolls and I'm always okay with taking something even if it's not ideal

IIRC attack did 274k that run

[fervent dagger]

first 16f run

i did not realize until now how good charon + aphrodite cast is since it just grabs enemies and centers them for the omega cast explosion

[pliant tiger]

SUPAY 62 FEAR LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @lofty oriole

first 62 with a real aspect lmao

skill issued p2 cuz p2 is a pain in the ass

no damaged p3 tho

now it's time to get that long awaited mel flames 62 spin 2 win style

[frail palm]

This isnt a victory per se, but its a victory for it all. Forgot to post this the other day

Every weapon fully upgraded, every keepsake fully upgraded, every character at max friendship... Feels so great

[rocky steppe]

Cursed keepsakes

[warm cosmos]

Leveling things up. No need to min-max when the run is already won

[rocky steppe]

Ah fair enough

[nimble nimbus]

62F Selene.
https://youtu.be/juo7uszBLFs

[light oxide]

a striking build

[pliant tiger]

goddamn

[lofty oriole]

Ooo nice! Damage must’ve been hell with Onion vow at the start 💀💀

[pliant tiger]

yeah man

i had night crits and unseen to remedy the damage problem a little bit

but then a few chambers in i got rapture ring which was my main source of damage for a bit until

my lord uncle zeus showed up and gave me a lvl 4 common blitz

didnt get hestia until fields cuz i forced her

no thermal d tho but arc flash + romantic spark helped with more dps

[pliant tiger]

oh right i also got gigaros start so half the problem of supay is solved

supay iirc used to stun enemies with the omegas i think correct me if im wrong

sgg removed that but gigaros adds back stun

[terse flame]

That Antler almost destroyed an easy Chaos Above run

[lofty oriole]

LMAO nice

[lofty oriole]

Yeah I swear it’s one of the most nerfed weapons

I’ve seen it change at least 3 times 💀

[pliant tiger]

sgg did not need to nerf it that hard

[vague pine]

70% Rush Bonus -> 50% -> 30%
2 Specials -> 1 Specials -> 2 Specials
Omega Attack / Special damage & Magick cost reduced
Hitstun removed from ALL attacks (iirc)

These were the changes from Patch 9 to 1.0, with the Omega move being the 1.0 change. It’s been nerfed in every single balance patch in some form since release

[pliant tiger]

rip supay

honestly they should kept the 50% rush bonus with the two specials as well as the hitstun

[lofty oriole]

This is so depressing 😭

They massacred my boy not one but three times 😭

[vague pine]

Honestly. I just want the hitstun on Omega moves. That can be enough.

[lofty oriole]

1 special to 2 specials was nice at least

That felt so awkward

[vague pine]

+50% 2 Specials and hitstun is getting a bit spicy maybe (but that’s for build discussion, so it should probably be moved there for further discussion)

[pliant tiger]

idk atp they done my boy supay dirty and i hate it

ok sure

[royal shuttle]

Damn, Hel is fun, first run with it (also Chronos wasn’t even in the top 5 lol)

[gaunt elm]

ayyy new surface fear PB!

[plush crescent]

the ultimate omega cast build where i actively make every boss fight harder for myself

thanks a lot hazard boom

first time rivals typhon btw

why focus on dodging boss attacks when you can just "choose" to hide in a corner so you dont nuke yourself?

[plush crescent]

arachne achievement run (zero fear bc duh)

I just realized I didnt have a single attack boon this whole run and I just spammed attacks the whole time lol

[knotty parcel]

Was just doing a basic 22 F run and decided to try and do the Arachne achievement, ended up completely locking IN lmao

[knotty parcel]

ay cool another one, congrats!

[plush crescent]

lol i couldnt even DREAM of getting it on 22 fear, especially bc I forgot to swap strength for death...

[knotty parcel]

honestly only got it because I got insanely powerful right at the beggining, that heroic blitz on attack was pulling some weight lol

[plush crescent]

my build was pretty decent, or it would have been if i had an attack boon lol

[young ivy]

luckiest first ever run with aspect of circe, especially the aether from chaos boon

[velvet karma]

That is indeed crazy strong.
That 548 damage from Chaos though 😛

[pliant tiger]

chaos curse got u huh

[gaunt kernel]

what's the highest level boon you've seen? king's favor onto only two zeus boons, then doubled with echo

[young ivy]

I got it one room before a boss so yeah, necessary though for the +3 aether

[plush crescent]

sooooo I just lost to typhon with a 600 hp build, how bad am I?

[pliant tiger]

strength on?

[hot torrent]

First clear on 32 Fear

[amber pasture]

Heph and Ares is a much more brutal combo than I was expecting

those double damage procs on the Heph blasts are nasty

[fallen olive]

how is it even possible that your most dmg dealt is rushing lol

[reef dirge]

nexus rush hahaha

[hot torrent]

Exactly

I'm pretty cold on Hitch boons, but on cast and rush it can go a little nutty, especially hitch cast with reception

[smoky fjord]

my first 32f clear i got extremely lucky with getting the zeus and hera duo on my attack

[plush crescent]

easily the strongest build ive ever had, and I didnt even get kings ransom

[regal shard]

My best 62f

[marsh gull]

dink donk ftw

[harsh gazelle]

https://youtu.be/yCJIySw87no

https://youtu.be/Y8ZJE0vnN0E

[rare parcel]

Phase Shift helped a lot. Thanks, Selene and Demeter

[plush crescent]

I doubt im going to win this typhon fight, but i just wanted to share this STUPID build

[upper mountain]

that's the possibility of typhon calling my dress ugly! kill him, girls!

[plush crescent]

NVM IM CLUTCH AS HELL

who needs strength when you can just nuke the boss with the stupidest build ever

[rare parcel]

Wait, he can say that?

[upper mountain]

unfortunately no, I just couldn't think of a good petty thing for The Girls (the two yargonauts I had bullying him thanks to godsent night bloom and sun worshipper) to kill him over

[neon grail]

how do you get level 39 boon

and the other 28+ ones

[paper mist]

kings ransom, zeus hera duo

[smoky fjord]

uh i got really lucky with the amount of hera and managed to get the duo in the last shop

[neon grail]

right, forgot about that one boon

[bleak sierra]

I got so lucky with the doom keepsake

[west ermine]

First 1.0 win, with my favourite weapon. Scythes are cool, what else can I say?

I use it more for the attack speed than the omega crits btw

[harsh gazelle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PSoR_rdQpw

I feel like this is about as fast as he can be beaten

[rocky steppe]

Fastest i've seen is 38 seconds

[patent lantern]

One Life, Beat Typoon & Chronos Duo. Now I can play the game for fun

[warm bramble]

Not a victory per se, but I'm glad nonetheless

[woven path]

I need to run strength more wow

[lime oar]

Pan Trick knives kinda just melt

[velvet bronze]

finally got a run with my dream build

I LOVE FATE'S WHIM!!!!

[foggy kettle]

capitalism baby

[worthy flower]

That feel when you think a run is scuffed because you're using a weapon you don't really vibe with and you've burned through all your DD's on the optional ||Zagreus|| fight in Erebus, and then you manage to run it back and clear the full run, including one-shotting Vow of Rivals 3 on that route on your first attempt at it.

Gods, I love this game.

[rare parcel]

Aspect of Pan victory that did not use Trick Knives

[paper mist]

toula only 😼 (i decided im allowed to kill the wards pylons in the chronos fight because toula doesnt target them)

[pliant tiger]

attack damage is featured so doesn't count

[paper mist]

wah wah wah

[pliant tiger]

nvm im bad at reading

[paper mist]

ill accept complaints from anyone who has also completed such a feat as this

yea the wards pylons made it so toula literally couldnt do anything

[lime oar]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Heinous Affront? Arc Flash? Killer Current? Double Strike? oh and throw a beach ball in there for good measure.

God I love heinous affront builds

[rare parcel]

Did I need Island Getaway and Nervous Breakdown? No
Was that actual anti-synergy? Sure
Was this still pretty funny? Absolutely

[lime oar]

We love trick knives pan in this household

Also level 10 blitz special WITHOUT king's ransom can be attributed to Poseidon popping the hell off with sea star

[wary crypt]

Won my first attempt at Great Chaos Below! Had Aspect of Nyx Coat and not terrible Fear randomization EXCEPT a Rank 3 Vow of time when I'd only gone up to rank 2 before - found 3 chaos rooms and got their Death Defiance to help out at least though!

[dim forum]

I need to stop posting H2 stuff in the H1 channels. Anyway hour 140 i finally understood the black coat. I barely touched it in the first 80 hours during my first EA file and even less on my 60hr 1.0 one

[junior dirge]

Craziest combo I've had, hit any enemy once, and walk away.

[radiant needle]

forgot to pin trick knives

but oh my gods did i get lucky

i got so many duo boons

every duo boon other than the one i was looking for lololo

[graceful epoch]

Trick knives is such a goofy hammer, it just makes people not level Pan because it's pointless 😭

[radiant needle]

I can't level Pan yet

First win btw

[maiden flicker]

BIG funny weapon

[devout frigate]

"real killed" chronos for the first time with 00.0 on the clock. Is this real or did the game fudge it for me? I was down to the absolute wire

[fiery island]

it's real, you don't actually die instantly once the time runs out

[devout frigate]

so like how much of a window is there after you hit 0?

[fiery island]

you take some damage every second until you die

i don't remember how much exactly

[devout frigate]

ohhhhhhh okay. nice. thanks.

[dreamy bay]

Five irreducible HP per second.

Me: OK, I have to use Supay for the prophecy, but I don’t get why it’s badass. Isn’t it just auto-Flames?

Me, half an hour or so later, hitting Chronos so fast that his bar never started to tick down: …OH.

[velvet karma]

Zeus cast managed to outdamage my attack spam O.o
Ares pretty strong damage buffer.

[rocky steppe]

@spark sonnet

[novel steeple]

GLORY

[pliant tiger]

what

[rocky steppe]

He didn't believe 62f supay had been cleared

[pliant tiger]

that's crazy

he should check h2crossroads ngl

[vestal nest]

I think it's fastest I've beaten the emo cyclope

[reef dirge]

this might be the most insane damage ive had and it happened on 32 fear surface. the attack journey was also super funny cause i started on zeus attack, then i switched to apollo attack, got the apollo legendary there, and then switched to aphro attack for EVEN MORE DAMAGE

[lime lodge]

nice

[lime lodge]

ggs

[pliant tiger]

dds collector

[lime lodge]

yeah

[trim tree]

Not an impressive run, but I got Heroic Heaven Strike to level 59 with Extra Dose, Double Strike and Success Rate. The lightning was strong with this one...

[pliant tiger]

disgusting pom lvls

ggs

[lime oar]

Not quite as silly as the above guy's run, but I think having 3 zeus boons heroic and level 20+ and a disgusting Shadow Pounce will suffice here?

Chronos just kinda fell over, combo broke p2 beginning attack

[regal shard]

Gave up after the sirens by selling everything I could btw

[lime oar]

One of my new favorite runs I've ever done

Only thing missing was storm ring but frost ring is a pretty good substitute

Max Apollo Lunar Ray, Local Climate, Meat Grinder, Prominence Flare, and the quad-shot omega special thanks to apollo

Oh yes, and Rallying cry, Martial Art, and Tall order all active off of 12 earth infusions

[proud rampart]

sorry for the bad picture quality i'm on my switch at the airport

won with the blessing of strife run 4

[grizzled loom]

first typhoon clear on a suboptimal build i wud say. feels proud

[woeful totem]

First 55 fear underworld clear with Circe + Gale, thanks to the members of this discord and speedcord who helped me understand the game better! @main drift @hollow bane and many others

[noble ginkgo]

damn inverted eos is mad fun, torches just got promoted in my fav weapons ranking lol (even tho i didnt even manage to get build i was hoping for this run, not even ares legend, heinous i got in last shop)
phase shift + inverted has awesome synergy, you can setup crazy burst even during frenzied chronos p3 i melted him during his rapid diving charge attacks (i usually run away from it, here i kinda run away and deal damage at same time lol)

[quartz ibex]

Gave up the bell and judgement this time. wouldnt you know it i got past the Oath sirens easily (also crazy build rng)

got 2 chaos atk ups

[split anvil]

finally got this done!

[manic relic]

legit too fun

i forgot to pin the icarus thing that deals 500 damage on cast lol and winners circle that also helped

[modest kernel]

I’m so close to beating my best time (Which I think is 23:28)! But this is definitely my highest fear (16)

[woven path]

amazing run and finally no hit rival Chronos

[woeful totem]

Strength on 52 fear goes crazy, you can easily do 60 or even 62 fear now

[lime oar]

RIVALS CHRONOS DOWN LES FKN GO

First for me

and on a non-insignificant amount of fear too

we take 'em

[lilac aspen]

with dds to spare too, good job, I feel like hasty reyreat is so underated

[woven path]

With how well this went, 62 with staff is a definite possibility now

[lime oar]

Thanks! Scylla took two of them.

I still don't know how.

[agile pollen]

~50% dodge

[lilac aspen]

least used death defience award lol

Really bothers me when I go low fear and then get a run that I would kill to have it on high fear haha

[gaunt elm]

Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch Toula slowly take on Typhon.

[lilac aspen]

Lost all my DDs on polyphemus (Couldnt explain how if I tried) and athena saved my run, shes so dependable, would trust that ace queen with my own life, and I do!

[worldly moat]

first try 40 fear 🗣️ tbh i did not think id pull this off i suck with medea too i get too reckless 😭

tbf i probably also shouldve just used frenzy2 instead of the grit and hoards but eh it worked out fine medea did plenty of damage and i got good hammers to deal with the crowds

[glad iron]

My newest fastest time

Ignore the death deficiencies, I didn’t want them

[regal shard]

To answer my question asked in the #h2-builds-and-combat the best special is hestia. Ofc assuming you have trick knives

[thorn wolf]

holy hell you got that quickly, well done!

no DDs used either? could you have used strength instead?

[rocky steppe]

Always take strength

[rocky steppe]

No antler

[earnest pollen]

80% crit chance

[lilac aspen]

hastia, zeus combo, my beloved

[regal shard]

I lost pin but he was running away and timed out

[regal shard]

no noway. I have to admit I cant go back to strength after 62s 😭 I remember i tried using stength on 32 and died to hecate

[thorn wolf]

lol fair

[paper harbor]

Time to kill everything by just running near it

[glad iron]

First Strength win against Typhon

[rare parcel]

I've got Trick Knives quite late, and still, the second most damaging option on the run

Also, 32F Underworld with all Daggers Aspects, check ✅

[arctic path]

finally managed to do this build, it's amazing

[thorn cypress]

night bloom polyp....

[lime oar]

:(

First rivals typhon win, lets FREAKING go

dyno here raining on my moment

[woven path]

another great run, grit 2 isn't too bad

[worthy flower]

On the one hand, getting Arctic Ring and Arctic Gale together felt a little bad because no easy Origination buff. On the other hand, kinda hard to argue against the effectiveness of it alongside everything else happening here.

[rare parcel]

Kudos to Hera for giving me boons for King's Ransom and then coming back to give me again Born Gain and Sworn Flourish

[last stump]

A lightning bolt for an eye, a lightning bolt for a tooth

[crimson birch]

The damage numbers on this are cracking me up

[noble oyster]

Did a cast run and acidentaly got like 5 duos and a posiden legendary. I was only going for hostile environment but ended up with this monstrosity

[wary pollen]

My first two victories 😂 normal win against chronos then 8 fear 😂 time to up it some more

[harsh mica]

first 32 💀

[static badge]

Got my first 32 fear clear!

[late crater]

SPINNY BUILD GO SPINNY

[blissful tundra]

Supay 62f surface, farthest I've gone over time but still felt more threatened by Promacles than Typhon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMLUxH1GuBo

[rocky steppe]

@main drift

[keen furnace]

touch Supay touch, having everything except Hestia duo boon? LMAO the rate of this game

[maiden flicker]

chronos status: juked

[static badge]

My first 24 fear surface win!

[deft field]

100% (just needed ||arachne|| quest) finally done + pbed at just under 12 min after going down to 9 hp to ||zag|| in Oceanus

[rare parcel]

Thanks, Supay

[woeful totem]

I'm wondering if the game counts Gale blocks and dodges in the damage numbers at the end

[wintry lava]

Nice one! Do you usually find that you are timing out on the surface and need enough health pool to eat the damage? Never tried Supay that high because I was worried about cleartime in the first region.

[blissful tundra]

Normally no, this Supay run was just really bad (Zeus on Attack and Hestia on special, it was backwards), no damaging rush boon except for Olympus, and 2 forced sacrifices on rush

Supay's def been beaten undertime, I was just playing oversafe Typhon

And I let a miniboss hatch both egg phases

[rocky steppe]

Do you take gigaros dash for the early damage?

[blissful tundra]

Mine didn't have it but def would've preferred it

[rocky steppe]

How do you get through in time then with onion

Espc with supay

[blissful tundra]

Uhhh you can check the vid but basically omega moves (I prefer o cast) and getting a good onhit early (I got epic Blitz in c2)

[rocky steppe]

Right ok makes sense

[rocky steppe]

@crimson birch Got a sub 7 first attempt

[lunar heath]

First attempt at Rivals Chronos! Far easier than Typhon, though that may have been partly because Wolf Howl just let me dodged everything

[rocky steppe]

https://imgur.com/a/bptSsND The three fights (hectae got corrupted and just didn't record properly so thats why, it wasn't a good fight anyway)

[lunar heath]

Thanks, Hermes. Yes, this is exactly when I needed that delivery....

[spice idol]

Got my 3rd statue.. lots of minor quibbles with the game balance but it’s been a great experience overall! Thanks everyone at supergiant

[clever lily]

DAMMNNN I THOUGH MY 150 ATTACK WAS A LOT OF DAMGE HOLY MOLY

[dreamy bay]

Pulled Uncommon Grace from the Zag bonus right before Chronos. Great timing.

[umbral plover]

The damage

[old mountain]

one of my best early access full release wins

[pliant tiger]

that is not early access

why's than axe 40% attack speed

[old mountain]

was it not swear it was T-T

[old mountain]

its not

[pliant tiger]

man they buffed than axe from 30% attack speed max lvl to 40% attack speed max lvl for the 1.0 patch

plus the pic shows the top half of 40%

[umbral plover]

Are you checking that run at the base?
Nah, base ui is very different

[rocky steppe]

Yes it is

[umbral plover]

Yeah, I mean that's clearly the top half of a 4

[old mountain]

Guys I can't read my bad my brain thought the guy said higher than 40%

[west ermine]

I'm sure I remember 40% scythe attack speed before full release.

[rocky steppe]

Ur gaslighting yourself, cause it wasn't

[old mountain]

im closer to achiving perfection

[umbral plover]

Check current, because it was buffed with release

[subtle sun]

omegaspecial explosion absurdity

[eternal magnet]

beat rivals chronos!

[pliant tiger]

third 62 fear surface clear and it's with circe, didn't even get a cast boon until shop before prom @lofty oriole

ngl my polyphemus fight was so so so ass

lost all my lovers barriers to medeas poison then i got wombo combod by poly

best typhon fight ive ever played in my entire life tho

[old mountain]

Reallll

[lofty wave]

My 32 fear run. Good gawd.

[silent rune]

i just got all achievements :)

[plush crescent]

first max vow of time run, and it was NEARLY a hitless typhon as well, fight lasted like, 20 seconds

somehow i got offered 2 legendaries (only took one) and 3 duo boons this run without excellence or queen

[crimson birch]

Jesus Frigga Krishna. Incredible lmao, look at those damage takens

[lime oar]

Circe staff build, except I got night bloom

Ended up raising an invincible, godsent Yargonaut that ended up doing DUMMY damage to Typhon, my outlook on this enemy is forever changed for the better

Dude was still going after chronos (vainly) while I was in the ||stay in the circle as little mel minigame||

gotta respect the gumption

[crimson birch]

Wait how do you get Yargonaut to Typhon!?

[west ermine]

He spawns enemies and sometimes it's midbosses

[crimson birch]

Ahhh, I only tried him once and didn't get that far haha 👍

[lime oar]

Purposefully let one of the eggs break to get him

dude put in the WORK

[fleet violet]

12 minutes surface clear with Circe staff (no vow of Frenzy) played on a classroom's projector

[lime oar]

That is sick

[pliant tiger]

wish i could do that in my school but theyd confiscate my shi on the spot

so unfortunate

but anyways, nice one

[fleet violet]

The input lag was just annoying enough

[regal shard]

Bro wtf. I am deadge 😭

[lime oar]

Silly run with checks notes 60% dodge chance, yes

the +22 slow cooker is also funny

[pliant tiger]

no max timer is interesting tho

[lime oar]

ive got it on 2 timer

because i cant be arsed to go TOO fast

[pliant tiger]

what region/s were slow for u

[lime oar]

first one is usually slow since supay is v weak earlygame

[pliant tiger]

the way i can kinda fix that is running unseen night cycling gigaros dash

[lime oar]

thessaly onward is fairly quick but its not the fastest ive played

here's the fear I use for 30, which is fairly comfy for me

[pliant tiger]

gigaros stuns enemies and night cycling is more dmg

[lime oar]

fair but i didnt have gigdash that time

[radiant perch]

So...this was a "dumb fun" run I wanted to do!

THE HP Run
Now I got actually quite unlucky here, considering I did not hit Success Rate, Icaros Supply Chain, Circe Word of Greater Girth and Dionysus Worry free.

STILL I got 1k HP. I think 1,7k or even 2k might be possible, so I challenge this community to get THE most HP possible 😈

Here's the build:

Health

Aspect of Mel Moonstone Axe
Poseidon Keepsake
Frinos
Persistance Arcana
Centaur Arcana
Surface

Tier 1

Poseidon Sea Star
Hermes Success Rate

Tier 2

Aphrodite Keepsake or Heph
Icaros Supply Chain
Aphrodite Spiritual Affirmation
Hephaestos Uncanny Fortitude
Circe Word of Greater Girth

Tier 3

Aphrodite Keepsake or Heph
Poseidon Water Fitness
Dionysus Worry Free

Tier 4

Silver Wheel Keepsake

Variables:

Chaos Soul & Mind & Creation
Hermes Delivery

[pliant tiger]

night cycling still works tho

[radiant perch]

sorry for the blast of text lol 😛

[pliant tiger]

text jumpscare is crazy

[lime oar]

this will sound stupid but how... does one night cycle

ive never actually done night cycling

I should note that my save is a Wee Bricked™ from save editing so if its from an incantation I maaaaaay be a bit boned

[pliant tiger]

you switch from different omegas, for example omega attack to omega special then repeat

you could cycle through all the omegas but that takes way too long

[lime oar]

ohhhhh right okay THATS what you mean, the arcana card

yeah fair, tbh I dont really use night all too much in my arcana lineup but may give it a shot at some point

[rancid iron]

First-try silk achievement!

[swift sierra]

quickest surface run, like every attack was a crit lol

[thorny veldt]

[surreal marsh]

32 Fear No Arcana, No Olympian God, No Selene

[thorny veldt]

wait thats insane. good job

[surreal marsh]

Thanks! Accidentally picked up a hades boon at the end, or else i could just call it a no god run XD

[stark kettle]

Oh my days, Prometheus and Heracles wouldve killed me 10 times over if not for the ares regen

Very exciting fight

[plush crescent]

first 24 fear run, good ol' aspect of circe w/ zeus for the easiest win ever

I got SO many natural zeus boons this run im still in shock

[whole tiger]

Gigaros is fair and so is jeweled Pom I promise

[woven path]

Very interesting weapon choice

But congrats!

[pliant tiger]

he is the consort of coat after all

[livid gale]

Got this fireball build going was a lot of fun, goes crazy with Jpom and also lvl12 Aphro cast is funny (forgor to screenshot victory screen)

[lofty wave]

Gonna try this for my upper 24 run ahaha.

[lofty wave]

What the heck? That is INSANE.

[fleet violet]

Wait, how do you even avoid all boons like that

Rerolls and chronos keepsake?

But no you don't get rerolls no arcana

[quiet elbow]

I AM SPEED (I am so unused to this amount of speed )

[desert moon]

well I was going for big King's Ransom not for my best surface time ever but I guess that works too

[lean tangle]

Clear time 21

33 fear

[surreal marsh]

Pool of purging
I didnt use chronos keepsake at all lol

[plush crescent]

aspect of eos is SO fun, i dont care if its not good, i love it

[pliant tiger]

who said eos was bad

it's my goat torches aspect (besides supay)

[neon grail]

why's attack not mentioned in damage column

[pliant tiger]

don't tell me you didn't use the aspect

not using eos gimmick is a war crime

[plush crescent]

i guess the attack just didnt do enough dmg

[pliant tiger]

phew

[nimble nimbus]

62F Pan in 21:14.69.
No Jeweled Pom, no Trick Knifes, Zeus keepsake start.
https://youtu.be/zt1USMkK7tU

[pliant tiger]

DAMN

actually used the aspect

[gilded ravine]

[pliant tiger]

damn

didnt even use a real aspect but ggs /j

[gilded ravine]

trust, had to try out anvil ring and it's pretty good

i had an actually good omega cast circe run surprisingly prior to this, but i sucked at dodging and lost right when chronos was at like 5% hp

lesson: strength is bad (in high fear)

[pliant tiger]

are u gonna reset for story or what im curious

[gilded ravine]

ye i reset for story, prob gonna do every run at 62f until i'm bored

[rose ember]

First time trying to do 24 fear on surface, no hit prometheus and Typhon, felt good

[rancid iron]

Got my Great Chaos Below achievement in the true spirit of chaos by deliberately losing my Luckier Tooth DD to Cerberus. Free heal back to 100 health and then later, extra damage from Last Gasp.

[late crater]

i finally got life savings on a random low heat selene run 😭

[lofty oriole]

Ugh. Closest I’ve gotten for 62F. I need to really get better at dodging that triple scythe 😭

[static badge]

First 32 fear surface clear!

[paper kindle]

finally cleared 55 fear

[woven path]

Hoo boy that's a lot of triple digits 😆

[static badge]

I'm still learning the Frenzy 2 rivals fights

[woven path]

Yeah I know I get it, perfectly normal! Good job on the clear!

[zealous rain]

First 33 fear surface run complete, I ran out of time in the prometheus fight and burned like 150 health during that fight, still made it to the end with 8 seconds left

[tight violet]

Second Champion statue obtained

[turbid vector]

What a very very not fun build holy crap

[regal shard]

Man, what is this build?

[woven path]

one of the worst runs I've ever had. After going 10 seconds overboard against Hecate and barely surviving at 7 hp, nearly getting killed by Scylla and almost running out of time against Cerb again, I managed to pull through and win, and I'm glad because the build came together real nice.

[slim zinc]

LOL so it was my 1st time even trying prometheus on rivals and i had an absolute unit of a build, godsent hex healing buff with the athena thing so i could use it like 5 times, a lvl 6 sea star and i picked up all the HP damn near 700 hp, + secuity system, so easily 1500 hp at the start of each fight, + healing from nergal, double dash strike, gigaros dash, aphro attack.

this wasn;t me being good, it was just a god run to be fair.

[tight violet]

Most whack build I ever did recently. I dont know if I would have one with a timer on.

Post game spoiler alert. I put this build and arcana settings just to fight post game optional boss ||Zagreus|| And I really decided to go with the big chop again. Through some planing I managed to clutch it ( although athena DD had all my mana primed) I tried Siege Shredder hammer for the fun of it and it almost killed the run lol.

[olive vigil]

no hit typhon

[topaz yarrow]

first 55 fear victory!!!!

[rocky steppe]

Now for 60f

[ripe seal]

62 Fear Charon Surface clear

Fastest Surface clear I have had, in the fewest number of attempts. Only Skull and Coat remain, and then I will have cleared 62 Fear with all weapons both surface and underworld.

[brave shell]

Beat typhon on my first go! Second ever visit to the summit.

Edit: side note I love how when Ody asks "how you outsmarted him" mel just says you wailed on him until he fell. Hell accurate.

[woeful totem]

Great work but how do you deal with wards on charon

[ripe seal]

I will have a youtube video up in like...a month lol

TLDR - once you have lucid gain and giga cleaver you just park yourself in the corner, ospec three times, then run and pick up the remnants

Then its little things like favouring Casts like Rapture/Arctic/Smolder/Engagement Ring and Arctic Gale just because they strip wards

[woeful totem]

Awesome 💕

[river crescent]

just got to the end credits for the first time. what an amazing game

[rocky steppe]

That's the old ending too unless you've done the patch preview

[lime oar]

got my first 36 clear... and dare I say quite fast, too!

pretty proud.

[river crescent]

wasnt aware they were doing story altercations with patches

or is it like adding additional endings

either way, i really liked it

[vital fern]

I beat Rivals Cerberus first try! That was by FAR the most stressful boss I've ever had to face good heavens. I went up like 3 octavs

[river crescent]

also shoutout aspect of moros carrying me i love flames

i used that aspect basically from the time i unlocked it until i beat the game

[rocky steppe]

Like 12 hours ago they released a patch preview 'fixing' the ending

[river crescent]

huh

idk what that means

like changing the cutscenes?

[rocky steppe]

Alot of people hated the ending so they added some events and cutscenes

[river crescent]

weird

[rocky steppe]

You can scroll through story discussion it's a mess in there

[river crescent]

idk i like the ending i think its a good way to explain post game stuff

although im not a hardcore fan or literary analyst so what do i know i guess

[carmine tapir]

LET'S GOOOOO!!!! I FINALLY GOT A SUB-10!

I've been chasing a sub-10 since H1 but only ever got a couple sub-12s.

After over 154 hours of playing the H2 Early Access and over 74 hours of playing post-release, on the the run where I first heard the Sirens' new hit Bewitching Eyes (or at least part of it, briefly lol) I managed to have my fastest ever Hades run. I think it was also my first time facing Frenzy 2 Chronos, since I haven't really played around much with Frenzy yet.

why is Gigaros Dash kinda chonky

top 5 damage in a non-zeus Madea build

[old mountain]

first aspect of morrigan win

if you cant tell i suck at eris XD

[thorn knot]

I LOVE HERA OMG

[royal elbow]

ok so as it turns out basic attack did a ton of damage too :p not just omega attack

[scarlet geyser]

3 health clutch the slow really messed up my dodge timing sometime he was fast sometime he was slow

[slim roost]

this was such a weird run. rivals typhon while doing born to win chaos quest

[main drift]

first sub 6!!!!!!! :D
sloppy at the end, did not phase gramps in time to cancel the oneshot, maybe droplet is the move over antler...? or just getting a single daedalus hammer/exceptional talent
but I'm so happy

[woeful totem]

Antler is the play definitely, congratulations!

Was this an apollo start?

[main drift]

it was! lucid gain start (which bridal glow hit instead of cast, geyser spout, or special lol)

I've been told droplet can fit into speeds sometimes for channel heavy weapons, but idk if it would replace antler or athena, and idk if it's really worth replacing either...? idk, I think there's plenty of room to improve but the run felt nice

[rocky steppe]

I'm trying to beat it now

[gilded ravine]

chaos sprint + apollo sprint + coat sprint go brr

[main drift]

I kinda wanted to react with a hermes winged sandal emoji combo, but all the shoes are facing the wrong way, and reacting with "foot emoji" is a bit............ I'm not gonna do that
anyway, nice run lol, some day I will join you in the 62 club

[gilded ravine]

soon™

[main drift]

I hope™
but I'm feeling confident actually, idk

[boreal geyser]

ik above 8 minutes isn't super impressive for most but for my first attempt at a speedrun its p good

[main drift]

honestly it IS impressive for most!! people here are just insane (I say affectionately) and play this game too much but for the vast majority of players that's fast as hell
for a first attempt that's fantastic :D and speedruns are fun, going for new pbs is addictive imo

[keen furnace]

I cast Deletus with Typhon by using Anubis.

[manic relic]

good old time piece into hermes legendary, literally impossible to lose

[thorn wolf]

almost hitless 😭 I hate you eris 😭

[blissful yacht]

this is horrible, lmao

[wraith vessel]

I did it. I defeated Rivals Polyphemus with a charge of The Lovers left.

[royal elbow]

bonk bonk bonkbonkbonkbonkBONK

[neon grail]

finally first 55f win

[robust sapphire]

No fear basically, but the Aspect of Charon is great fun

Would be funnier if I had reliable origination

I feel like I could clear at least 16 fear with it, if it is like the first game in terms of difficulty

[thorn wolf]

fear in H2 is so much easier

especially with the origination arcana. it's so easy to get two curses for a 50% global damage boost

[pliant tiger]

furies and origination are basically free damage boosts

[woeful totem]

Huntress

[pliant tiger]

plus they basically teach you to always use ur casts and get curses on ur builds rq

[pliant tiger]

huntress only applies to attacks and specials tho so it ain't global, still good tho

so all in all if u setup ur build properly you get a free 130% damage boost via arcana alone

that's cracked

[pulsar root]

i platinumed yesterday. just in time for patch1 😛

[earnest bane]

And there it is!

[plush crescent]

first fates whim run, this build was so easy i didnt need a single moon water

also the first time ive ever had fun with the skull

WHO IS BOOZER

[earnest bane]

You're gonna have a loooot of fun with the Jeweled Pom! 😄

[plush crescent]

how tf is he on my dmg chart???

ive never had a normal enemy on there before

[plush crescent]

fates whim is really fun, and it gives me an incentive to not just run zeus/aspect of circe over and over

[earnest bane]

I find it fascinating that in Hades I the only thing I cared about was very specific builds and going in a very specific direction, however in Hades II it's the opposite. Pom so fun, and you can still aim for stuff - it's just more random. And LOTS of fun!

[noble ginkgo]

holy crap what a insane highroll ephyra lmfao, i think i seen 12k number pop on typhon

[lyric oxide]

quite possibly my most ridiculous build ever

[plush crescent]

i made it all the way to (32 fear rivals) chronos with aspect of eos before realizing i didnt have a special boon...

[rare parcel]

Taking a moment outside of the 32F runs to see the story changes and I also tested the changes on Carnal Pleasure. They are nice

[plush crescent]

i finished the run with 2k gold, if only i had hermes legendary

this build was so insanely fun btw, i just mashed all my buttons and deleted everything

[visual coral]

godsent night bloom + sun worshipper + yargonaut from egg during rivals typhon is kinda bonkers, apparently

[spark sonnet]

360k scorch build hahahaha

[soft wigeon]

haha, Origination go brrrrrr

[plush crescent]

I love this aspect so much (also insanely lucky run)

also hitless chronos (not rivals)

[nimble nimbus]

65F Eos!
My first 65 fear . Start with Unseen Ire. Arcanas: The Artificer, The Messenger, Persistence. Toula.
https://youtu.be/3xAl5L4BWPQ

[gaunt elm]

Just trying my best to be One Punch Woman

[paper fjord]

light smite is so fun

[pliant tiger]

no strength or death is bold

nice one

[nimble nimbus]

I just can't refuse Messenger, also want Persistence for mana. So I decided that I don't really need it at Erebus, and will get it later.

[pliant tiger]

how does messenger work anyway? do u have to be in the cast to get the iframes or what

and does mel get iframes as soon as she pops the cast

[nimble nimbus]

There is an animation of placing cast. U get I frames BEFORE u actually place cast. And get speed bost before and a bit after u place cast.

[pliant tiger]

i see

well thats kinda cracked

ripoff mental block basically

[nimble nimbus]

I completely hated The Messenger before. But Rivals Scylla changed my mind. And now I'm too used to it.

[thorn cypress]

||zag card||

[signal obsidian]

lvl 34 blitz special on Nergal lol

[static badge]

32 fear with Morrigan!

[woven path]

YES! 60f is done!

[rocky steppe]

@crimson birch

[crimson birch]

1. bro
2. I'm laughing my ass off at the fourteen fear, fourteen!! What's that much even for

[rocky steppe]

Max timer frenzy and shadow

[crimson birch]

Oh huh I didn't realize that would get people all the way to 14, TIL. But damn. Nice. Did you get a lot of mileage out of the Apollo backstab?

[rocky steppe]

Maybe? No clue I was just going ham

[crimson birch]

I just noticed Gust making it onto the leaderboard lmaooo

[rocky steppe]

Gust carried

[nova crater]

rivals 4 is still terrifying

[sage tapir]

@rocky steppe idk if there's a better place to post this but here

[rocky steppe]

You're dashing right into an attack before the iframes start

[blissful tundra]

Nergal 62f Surface, night and day with Psychic but still was unfun
https://youtu.be/u0NAMxEtSw8

[worldly moat]

40 fear moros surface :D