h2-victory-boasting

[pliant tiger]

wait until u fight rivals chronos and typhon

[obsidian fulcrum]

why are my typhon victories such close calls (i started the fight with "only" 374hp) 🤣

[pliant tiger]

no pyro technique :(

[obsidian fulcrum]

🙁 yeah i actually ran out of time on prometheus cause my damage felt flat, never recovered after that. But at least I made it!

[snow nova]

I finally did it! 50 fear.

[paper kindle]

medea for the win

[pliant tiger]

7/48 50 fear runs done, circe w/ storm ring gotta be one of my favorite genders

8/48 50 fear runs done, dtb said to do special spam but it didn't really work out so i did a mix of attack two times special and repeat and it worked well

and just to clarify, all of my 50f runs have max rivals and frenzy on (no rivals 4 on 50 fear speeds tho)

[regal shard]

ignore the damage suffered from chronos. It's wrong. It supposed to be million or sth

[desert moon]

Afluence in Erebus + Paid Dues in final shop is a really funny combo

[remote matrix]

Wow, with black coat even
I'm struggling to have an op black coat build going
Toughest weapon type to use for me.

[bitter flower]

all my good black coat runs are just special spam lol

[remote matrix]

melee = way worse dagger/ skull
range = way worse torch/staff
Only shiva has something going i guess

[remote matrix]

On which blackcoat aspect btw?

[bitter flower]

nyx I guess

[eager pelican]

just get like 500HP in fields from Uncanny Fortitude and Fight Fight Fight and 62F is ez trust me

[topaz arch]

nice chaos hp boon

💔💔💔

[eager pelican]

made me feel better after Expiring killed me mid-Hecate, that's for sure

[topaz arch]

LMAO WHAT

💔💔💔

[eager pelican]

fortune favors the bold

[twilit hound]

"access to 40% of your grasp" sure jan

[crimson birch]

Improvements on both but gosh darn it the Eos was so close

Gigaros Dash start into Zeus special on Eos is basically "time to play Supay" lmao, it's literally faster to kill the little whirly dudes with your dash than it is to actually use your attack

[rare parcel]

Kudos to Slippery Slope for appearing right before Chronos

[mystic marten]

I
am speed
also this is lowkey the least amt of dmg I've ever taken

[main drift]

how are you playing Eos? for speeds I’ve noticed that using the daybreaker is usually worth it, but in early rooms it may be worth skipping the omega special and just spamming normal specials while dash spamming

[crimson birch]

Daybreaker when I have a moment and then mostly normal special spam, yeah. It's been a bit of a muscle memory unlearning process from the other torches lol

[main drift]

ahhh yeah it is kind of the opposite of other torches. unless you’re checkmate/metal and play special spam mel torch

hm. I wonder how autofire Eos would feel… for my Hel run I rebound the autofire toggle to a mouse button, so once I ran out of magick I’d switch over to “just hold down special to use it on cooldown”

[crimson birch]

Would it screw with the Daybreaker stuff? 🤔

[main drift]

you’d have to toggle it on and off lol, so it would be janky
but if I rebind the button to toggle…

[pearl cipher]

I used to be skeptical of torches until I used moros to get my fastest times

[main drift]

torches are great 🔥
Eos specifically shines at high fear, imo. doesn’t need much magick, very high flat damage at the start, very safe

[pearl cipher]

Only nocturnal arm I dont like is the sister blades
Axe and Coat are my favs
I like torches alot
Skull is kinda boring with medea but still alright
I have fun with staff
Sister Blades are just kinda mid for me

[crimson birch]

Well okay this is a new PB, Shocking Loss carry lmfao

[main drift]

have you unlocked the hidden aspect yet? ngl I struggle to enjoy most blades, but that one….. 💙

[main drift]

OOOH that’s a nice time esca 👀 also hell yeah circe, and hell yeah success rate

[pearl cipher]

I just unlocked it. I heard its the best aspect for the weapon, but overall i still think sister blades rank at the bottom in terms of quality on average

[crimson birch]

I love that you have memorized the Success Rate icon

[main drift]

I uh. very possibly know all the icons other than hammer and hex upgrades ngl

[topaz arch]

i dont even have that memorized

[main drift]

also if you get comfortable with antler sub-6:30 is in your future easy, esca 😤

[crimson birch]

I am very uncomfortable 😂

[main drift]

it might have even worked that run ngl, not a ton of defense but you didn’t take much damage, and if your DPS is high enough he doesn’t get a chance to attack. so. some day perhaps

[crimson birch]

Snow Queen and Lovers and I still ate double the permissible amount 😔

Vamos a ver!!!

[main drift]

but that’s the thiiiiing is that you get hit less if he dies faster 👀

like uh. first half of phase 2, especially with lightning lance, you can kind of just ignore him? he gets no chance to attack, you can just chill in the safety zone while your cast gets him to 50% hp

[crimson birch]

I guess that would be the safe and smart thing to do on Circe lmao. Heroic Storm Ring after all.

[topaz arch]

i have a good image hold on

[crimson birch]

xhfglhxgjkdfghjks

[pearl cipher]

Antler always feels like a gamble since I always get scared that ill choke

[crimson birch]

I'm the dumbass who gets stuck on doors.... I will choke at the most unexpected time

[main drift]

I found antler terrifying until about night 300 on this save file.
then I started using it for speeds and grew to like it.
then I used it once with medea vs rivals chronos.
then I cleared my second 62 with it.
and now I’m addicted and won’t shut up about it 😔

[pearl cipher]

For me, ||jeweled pom, fig leaf, time piece, and knuckle bones|| have always served me well

[main drift]

I unironically believe it’s kind of a defensive keepsake 💀 in certain situations. I’m that far gone

[crimson birch]

You're irretrievably lost in the sauce 😔

[twilit hound]

new record for surface clear time!

[snow nova]

What's considered a fast underworld time? I got 7:11. I was zooming, but I feel if RNG was a little better, I could have easily gotten sub 6:45

[crimson birch]

There's a leaderboard here if you're interested!

[snow nova]

this is awesome thank you. sub 4 WR is friggen insane. close to top 100, i'm happy. thank you for sharing that link

[turbid breach]

first 32f with this setup as medea, second clear of it thus far

[remote matrix]

Seen a sub 4 recently.
Basically need good rng in Ocean, and a lot of keepsafe abuse to save time.

Like chaos room / shop chain, npc spawning to pause time, less waves, etc

[snow nova]

one more run. 6:25

[snow nova]

sub 4 is insane. i went as fast as i could and used a bunch of in game timer abuse and shaving 30% off of my best time is still mind blowing to me

[remote matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGZA4UtbNU

[cursive panther]

I BEAT TYPHON FINALLY

[rare parcel]

Supay being a very fun aspect volume 8515

[fickle yoke]

what is Traps here on the damage meter? is it really barrels or fire on the ground that enemies ran in to adding up to that much?

[crimson birch]

I do see that you have Poseidon in your pool, maybe the knockback pushed a lot of enemies into traps? 🤔

[fickle yoke]

he was on the rush yeah still feels like a lot

[crimson birch]

....wonder if the god statues on Olympus count as traps 🤔

[fickle yoke]

oh maybe, I do always hit those

[crimson birch]

I'm pretty sure that the ice (or crystal?) pillars you can smash and cause AOEs with might count as traps too

[hybrid lynx]

supay finally made sense

I wish the game showed dodged damage, that felt like one of my best rivals typhons yet

[rare parcel]

Supay gang

[remote matrix]

Hades series magic
Meet a new boss in each boime -> this is impossible -> finally beat it -> this is easy -> take the rival -> this is impossible again -> finally beat it ->this is easy.
Rinse and repeat 🤣

But not gonna lie the bullet hell in Rival Typhon is so insane i doubt i can beat it without using op builds + tanky setup XD...
I often failed Death Defiance run in Surface, but strength + weakness + damaga mitigation makes things way easier.

[cursive panther]

yea thats how I felt there the beam upgrades helped and dealt so much damage 😭

[turbid breach]

32 fear mel axe clear! getting more consistent on rivals underworld with frenzy 2 on

[hybrid lynx]

clearing the testaments in style

[turbid breach]

those that remain, anyway

not very many more, and most are typhon bounties while im trying to accustom myself to frenzy 2 rivals 4 underworld

[hybrid lynx]

my last one is daggers and I only play thirsted weapons so it will be a while before I get to try again. I had a bad run with Morrigan and died to R4 Chronos

[remote matrix]

if you struggle with Morrigan, try the classic Melinoe dagger XD
I have more successful run using it, and super high dps too with Aphere + 300% damage finisher.

[tall veldt]

60f Circe - Start was Howling Soul > Arctic Ring > Blitz Special > Hail Storm. Almost choked to Chronos

[snow lance]

Ok i can call that cheating honestly hahaha

[crimson birch]

Oh interesting. It makes total sense to name that boon "Eau de Vie" -- actually it's super relevant and a 💯 name -- but it isn't a direct translation of "Bounce Back" at all.

[bitter flower]

"Final Slice" -> "Lacération Magistrale" is similar (more like "Masterful Cut" in a literal sense)

[vague pine]

Hello again folks. My name is still DystopianTeddyBear, and about 2 or 3 weeks ago, I shared that I fully completed all aspects at 62 Fear for the Underworld route. It felt pretty good to share such an accomplishment…

Anyway I did it again for the Surface: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBMjqt3PQdNURXlC1nc4yvDlxLhJ9Uchi&si=NywnTY1qeRg7heo9

[paper kindle]

bros on a roll congrats

[rocky steppe]

Absolute madman behaviour

[vague pine]

So to my knowledge, I’m the second player to do this, the first being Aki.

But I don’t care about firsts. What matters is the accomplishment, for which this one was a lot harder than UW imo.

[rocky steppe]

Respect halved

[vague pine]

Fair enough.

[pearl cipher]

Holy cow. I haven't even gotten past 16 fear in the underworld. You cooked !

[rocky steppe]

You didn't get the reference my bad 😭

[vague pine]

Anyway, the playlist is organized by Weapon -> Aspect (Mel Staff to Shiva), so some runs are in 1.0, and others are 1.1

[vague pine]

Oh. Oops.

[rocky steppe]

I'm genuinely impressed I was just referring to a past incident

[vague pine]

Ah… got it.

I assumed it was a joke anyway

[remote matrix]

Do you mind ranking the aspects from easiest clear to hardest clear XD?

[vague pine]

In broad strokes, some aspects require more or less to hit than others, some aspects take more skill to wield, and some aspects suck at what they were intended to do at this high of a fear (and rely on Weapon-Agnostic boon stacking strategies).

[remote matrix]

Yeah i know these things can be subjective, but i'm just asking from your opinion :3

[vague pine]

At some point I want to make a video making a tier list / guide combo for high fear, but if I had to say what the top and bottom look like… Top 3 are Mel Staff, Circe, and Medea. Bottom 3 are probably some combo of Supay, Selene, Shiva, and maybe one of the Axes (not Charon) depending on how lucky you want to get with Psychic Whirlwind or Dashing Heave / Gigaros Dash.

But as shown here, all aspects can clear 62 Fear, and it’s currently assumed in Speedcord that with enough RNG and Skill, all aspects could clear 65, or even 67 / Max Fear.

[remote matrix]

Honestly i still dont get why they wanna follow Hades 1 and refuse to let us reroll hammer, despite it might be core gameplay loop for an aspect
Like even need 3 fate for 1 reroll would be worth it, and limited to rerolling once helps.

[crimson birch]

You don't really need to reroll hammers, top-level Fear is not.... most of the game.

[vague pine]

It probably wouldn’t matter because the current high fear strategy is Jeweled Pom start and reset until you hit what you’re looking for.

[remote matrix]

True, no reroll for high fear XD

[vague pine]

Though that would matter quite a bit for Any%, and lower fear / different speedrun categories (like 32 or Rivals 4)

[rare parcel]

That one was close

[rare parcel]

I am not sure if I'm onto something with this Hel thing

[crimson birch]

Mel flames nudged under the threshold. Turns out if you have this many boons that speed up the channel and also Metallic Droplet, Cardio Gain definitely can't keep up lol.

[crimson birch]

No, I think you're right, those are great things to have on Hel

[rain pier]

funny trial of origin finish

[rare parcel]

Ohh... OHH!

Now, if only the Phial would have hit Secret Crush

Still not complaining, never had a run where Hel's attack would be the main damage source lmao

[lyric oxide]

got an untouchable title, wasnt hit by any boss the entire run

[willow cosmos]

Working my way up. 12F and ||rivals Prometheus||.

[rare parcel]

I cannot even tell what happened on this run 🥴

(Bounce Back from Boon Boon Boon, and I also had Smolder Ring but last minute sacrifice)

[crimson birch]

"Technically an improvement"
"Who needs rarity"
"I should really learn Fields layouts"

[crimson birch]

Lol, were you just instantly proccing Blitz all the time

It didn't even rank 😆

[rare parcel]

I focused on Omega Special because uhhhhhhhh yes

[frozen turtle]

RAHHH FIRST SURFACE CLEAR

[crimson birch]

HELL YEAH (also Beach Ball nice)

[frozen turtle]

beach ball was surprisingly gud for typhon, mainly bc hes stationary

[midnight wadi]

didn't even realize i no hit chronos until he said "i struck not even once" or something like that

[topaz yarrow]

100% sea star lmao

[tulip bridge]

ive been playing this game non stop finally got my first clear the other day

[somber tendon]

not me fricken SHAKING after my first fight versus prometheus/herc combo made it out with no Death Defiances left and only 3 health i am in need of a band-aid

[lapis willow]

What's the highest fear run on Steam Deck?

[pliant tiger]

65 as far as I know and cleared by me and red

[lapis willow]

First time I tried Rivals Scylla with deadline she humbled me HARD

[lapis willow]

I meant to say fear, guess it's muscle memory I've only got about 100 hours in H2 lol

[pliant tiger]

yeah i can tell

[gilded ravine]

lol r we the only deck players

[pliant tiger]

dtb is a steam deck player but he hasnt cleared 65 yet

[gilded ravine]

ah i see

[rocky steppe]

I hate surface with a passion

[wary fog]

MEDEA 50F AAAAA that took so long i think this is the aspect ive struggled with the most so far lol

my respect for foolish has increased tenfold

had 5 seconds left im pretty sure lmao idk how i managed to run out of time on medea (actually i do i was really scared in p1 and p2 so i played insanely slow )

also took hail storm over epic double strike because it looked more fun

next up is selene coat 🌚

[wary fog]

first attempt. god i forgot how much i love the coat

lost all 3 dds to sirens, missed renewed faith and survive survive survive but who needs dds for chronos 🥱

momus next!

[remote matrix]

Low key think Rival Siren is tougher than Rival Cerberus and normal Chrono
Especially with melee builds

[pliant tiger]

yo u sure about that

[austere pelican]

Hello! Do you know how to get soot to wake up Morpheus, once the true ending is completed? Cause i read that it was in sysphus' chamber in the Tartarus but so far i've never seen it again (i used to when hades was locked there ofc)

[pliant tiger]

who the hell is morpheus

this ain't the matrix

[austere pelican]

lmao sorry

sleepy dude, but forgot his name cause it's been so long i had whas was necessary to wake him up!

[pliant tiger]

just visit his chamber enough times and youll get it

also do u have the incantation

medea will give u it if u don't have it

[austere pelican]

"His" chamber?

[austere pelican]

Yeah ofc

[pliant tiger]

hades

[austere pelican]

all i need is soot

[pliant tiger]

yeah just visit hades enough times

[austere pelican]

Well so far i've never seen it again, not since freeing him and the true ending

Okay, but you confirm it's not on the surface, it's in the underworld

[pliant tiger]

yes man hades can't go to the surface

[austere pelican]

True

Okay thanks

[old mountain]

I DID IT FINALLY

[untold cairn]

i was just trying to do born to win, didnt think i would get so much health

[frozen turtle]

more than 650 is crazy

[regal shard]

My 10th 62f

[frosty bridge]

I cant believe i did this lol

[pliant tiger]

teach me your ways, im the nyx 62f fumbler

[wary fog]

momus 50 fear beaten despite my best efforts to throw maybe one of the most atrocious 50 fear runs ive done so far. pan next i guess

[pliant tiger]

u had heph blast antler u were gonna be fine

[wary fog]

had like 160 armour going into sirens and managed to lose 2 dds, lost a dd to cerb, took whantler in tart as an attempt to throw because i played so horrendously that i didnt want it to be the run

[regal shard]

I have total of like 5 runs with coat to my name so I am probably not the person you want advices on the coat from 😅

[pliant tiger]

doesnt matter, u cleared 62f with coat and i havent

[wary fog]

this is the first time ive ever cleared with antler lol every other time ive taken it ive died in like p2

[regal shard]

I basically was playing the aspect and spaming 2 attacks into special

[regal shard]

The way I play the staff btw 💀

[regal shard]

Ok so the way I play is keep the distance and then spawn special to stagger enemies and then you jump them like a bawlder

also use nightspwan for aoe

[pliant tiger]

i see

[twilit hound]

void 2 and vow of pain was not the best idea but i made it

[west snow]

Got my fastest random underworld clear yet
Pan-seidon with aphro cast is just really solid
Fates whim run tho so hey, lucky me :)
got poseidon legendary at the last shop too lmao, this run was pr blessed
In game timer says 8:47.60!

[lofty oriole]

Finally got my first Night 1 victory. One of the worst builds ever with no Beach Ball/Freezer Burn 😭

Deffo not close at all 👀

[west snow]

thats wayyy cooler than mine holy, congrats!

[rocky steppe]

Did you dodge the eris?

[lofty oriole]

<9 mins is still sick 👏

[lofty oriole]

Yeah. Staying below 30% health usually does the trick

[rocky steppe]

very nice

[lofty oriole]

So just intentionally getting hit by the guardians

[pliant tiger]

yo nice one

[rocky steppe]

I did night 3 and then couldnt be bothered trying for a night 1

[pliant tiger]

got a night 2 but too lazy to get a fresh file clear

[lofty oriole]

I’ve done a few night 2s (thanks to extra DD) but cba for the night 1 for a while

[lofty oriole]

Yeah. Now you’re too busy with the 65s and 67

[rocky steppe]

fresh file is just so unfun

[lofty oriole]

Preach 🙏

[pliant tiger]

also 48/48 50 fear clears and 62f grinding

[oak horizon]

Congratulations man! 👏 The fact that you did this whilst we were streaming yday was impressive! Did you not care about the apocalypse camping?

[lofty oriole]

It takes so long and you’re doing tiny bits of damage

[pliant tiger]

also bbless clear huh, even more impressive

[west snow]

i actually have no idea what i said that upset the bot.
as i was saying, i was realising i was just barely over 7 minutes after cerb and realised i had to lock in cus i could go so fast on this. In truth i should have skipped the miniboss demeter that was offered right next to the final door, but i was tempted by getting arctic gale to help me deal with all the projectiles.

[lofty oriole]

Pffffft. I honestly didn’t think it would work out. It took so long 😭

[lofty oriole]

How dare you upset the bot 😂

#instaban

[rocky steppe]

dyno hates everyone

[west snow]

ok this isnt related to anything but arctic gale is such a comfort boon for me. it solves origination, creates a buffer to help deal with the bullet hell in this game, and just adds a nice slow effect to stuff that gets hit

[lofty oriole]

I like it

[west snow]

i absolutely did not need it and in hindsight it probably cost me like 30 seconds

[lofty oriole]

Especially if I get the Zeus Infusion

[west snow]

yeah that's the real good stuff

[lofty oriole]

Air Quality. I completely forgot the name lol

[rocky steppe]

air quality my beloved

[lofty oriole]

I just see Pink and click

Unless like 5 other boons I want are there 😂

[oak horizon]

Welp I guess I will post mine too.
My first 50f clear
I don’t like UW so I went Surface, was lucky and met Athena in a good location and got her 1 DD per location, also used Moros for 3 locations 😂

[lofty oriole]

Fact that you cleared 50F surface first is crazy

Good stuff 👏

[pliant tiger]

chinese players really dont like underworld huh (referring to the fact that the chinese high fear players play surface like 99% of the time)

[lofty oriole]

Oh fr??

Wild

@oak horizon You’re officially Asian too. hands card

[oak horizon]

I mean I already do the Asian squat…

[lofty oriole]

But fr congrats on Medea win

Now time for UW 50F

[oak horizon]

thank you

[pliant tiger]

yk what u inspired me to do fresh file grinding vangetsu

[lofty oriole]

Oh good stuff. I think I’m missing like all the coats for 50F surface lmao

[lofty oriole]

Enjoy wasting that hour better spent elsewhere 😭

Have a podcast or video on the side or smth haha

[rocky steppe]

I've done one 50f sf to prove that I can and it's enough for me

No plans to run it further I much prefer uw

[pliant tiger]

i speedrun 50f surface at least like every week

currently hold the wr for it rn

[lofty oriole]

I sorta prefer UW too for the most part. Though I prefer Rivals 1+2 on surface

[pliant tiger]

no video recording tho

[oak horizon]

Honestly not meeting Icarus on 50f is a good way to save your sanity

I can never forgive him for arriving when I least need him

[rocky steppe]

Nerd

[pliant tiger]

1/10 ragebait, not working

[lofty oriole]

On one hand paused timer and Protective Coating. On the other…a painful experience 😭 😭

[rocky steppe]

'How would you like another 7 waves of fangs enemies'

[lofty oriole]

I’ve died in his room a few times. But never died in the other allies

Thanks Icarus 🙂

[pliant tiger]

ive never died in icky encounters once cuz i always undo night before the enemies get a chance to kill me

[oak horizon]

As much as I’d like a hernia

No thanks

Please fly closer to the sun 🙃

[rocky steppe]

😭

[oak horizon]

Just give me Circe instead 😭

[lofty oriole]

Can’t kll me if I kll myself first

[lofty oriole]

Wild 😂

Speaking of painful experiences. This was surprisingly unpleasant too towards the end

No boons Moros

[pliant tiger]

oh a boonless clear

[lofty oriole]

Got two hammers unfort

[pliant tiger]

hammers arent boons tho

[lofty oriole]

Could’ve been a “nothing” clear

But eh. I’ll take it

[oak horizon]

that looks so painful

Not as bad as night 1 but still

[lofty oriole]

Surprisingly I kept running out of magic lmao

Maybe I should’ve ran Unseen arcana 🤡

[old mountain]

Leave my boy alone

[lofty oriole]

He needs to leave us alone

Jkjk

I want the armour and timer paused

[old mountain]

You wouldnt have to do Icarus rooms if you did uw :P

[oak horizon]

Sorry I mean I liked him first time I met him. It’s just a weekend of grinding 50f made me very much hate him 😂

[oak horizon]

I like boons 😭

[old mountain]

He's saved my 32f runs 90% of times and my 60f run once

[old mountain]

(I failed both at eris but meh)

[pliant tiger]

im getting scammed by no beach ball out of erebus💔

[lofty oriole]

Ooo what vows did you use for 60F?

[pliant tiger]

nah he hasnt beaten 60f yet

[lofty oriole]

Ahhhhh

[old mountain]

60f not beaten yet but i just beat 32

[lofty oriole]

Yeah I haven’t done a 60+ surface either. Promacles still terrifies me

[lofty oriole]

Seems like sensible progression 👀👀👀

[pliant tiger]

just do it with mel staff/circe ez win

[old mountain]

tho i went uw

[lofty oriole]

All the best 🙏

[old mountain]

ha sensible XD

[lofty oriole]

Totally sensible 👀👀👀

[old mountain]

150 losses to get 1 32f win btw

[lofty oriole]

300 losses for my first 50F about a year ago so dw

And even then i barely won lmao

[old mountain]

go to build chat so we dont clog this one XD

[lofty oriole]

First ever 50F victory back then. Went over timer by like 51 seconds lmao

[pliant tiger]

first ever victory? this aint fresh file

[lofty oriole]

Absolutely scuffed run

First ever 50 😂

[pliant tiger]

whens the 65f clear coming

[west snow]

goddamnit its been 2 runs since my last PB 😭

once again i could probably have skipped the miniboss or taken something other than moon wheel, but i was worried id run out of mana. something like the hermes keepsake might have brought this below 8:30. turns out omega special spam anubis is really good at going fast lol

[zealous elk]

@lofty oriole

[pliant tiger]

9/48 50 fear runs done, haven't played this aspect in a bajillion years lmao

nyx 62f done, making it my final weapon to get a 62f clear thus i have achieved 62f all weapons underworld

now what to clear next...

[lofty oriole]

Insane. Good job 👏 👏

[pliant tiger]

couldve been damageless chronos if i didnt get hit by triple scythe throw right at the end 💔

[coarse island]

Hell yea

[little fulcrum]

I WANT MORE DPS

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1396886065968709642/1396895306859413717/image0.gif

[crimson birch]

Squeezed in a Moros run over lunch.... the Scorch didn't even register lol

[graceful epoch]

Lion Fang + Cherished Heirloom in Tartarus is actually broken

[crimson birch]

You got it in preboss shop, huh?

[graceful epoch]

Exactly

[crimson birch]

I love that interaction 😆

[remote adder]

Huh

[crimson birch]

Hope you don't have Denial on

[remote adder]

I do not luckily

im just doing rivals for fear

My build is controlled burn staff of ||anubis||

[crimson birch]

Niiice

[remote adder]

its so gas

honestly controlled burn plus the special is NUTS

blackhole build lol

[crimson birch]

Sweet as. I agree with the Hailstorm take too.

[remote adder]

hailstorm is so good lol

hailstorm + demeter cast is just easy mode

got the next one

[regal shard]

Now I have 62f on all sister blades yay

[inner moon]

this is so broken, I was just face tanking spamming omega special

[crimson birch]

That spam lmao, 10x the next highest

[inner moon]

Lucid gain heroic lvl5 kinda carried

the spam is too fast

[remote adder]

I've beaten rivals typhon for the firs time :)))

[somber tendon]

not me just saying f it and absolutely wailing on typhon while i have barely any DD left 🥲

[graceful epoch]

the timer is a suggestion

[rare parcel]

Thanks, Embryo, pretty cool!

[cinder hull]

64F with Mel Coat? Whatever

Second try after I reset the first one with a Hex and Cinerary Circle start LOL

https://youtu.be/udlEq5lUOwo?si=B0UwKhWhVPY-kQsg And an attached video! Splendid!

[gilded ravine]

forbidden fear

[broken mountain]

not really a boast so much as just

Beach Ball top damage?!?!

T'was a very fun run

[crimson birch]

Nergal down at last 🫡

[twilit hound]

IT'S BEEN 84 YEARS FINALLY HEPH LEGENDARY BOON

[lunar minnow]

I'm So Happy right now :D
First Overworld on 24
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/784093850167672844/1442995296740184086/image.png?ex=69277598&is=69262418&hm=cfc1c99d1f2b2a0ffee1ce316fabbdb8530714f8baa68b74a654de68c37d6334&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=2048&height=1173

And then I just Wanted to try how far I would come with Fear 32
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/784093850167672844/1443023120859664404/image.png?ex=69278f82&is=69263e02&hm=693e92166efab92c59ec6bf87b2348caa6f24858617990da82fa25450f122cc0&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=2048&height=1173
And I won at my First attempt!

[hollow sentinel]

This was a lot of fun! I'm glad I branched out with a Special Artemis build.

[twilit hound]

thank you circe for making this run a bit easier halfway through, now I need to beat underworld at 36f

[crimson birch]

#technicallyanimprovement

Two things I want to note about this run:

1. I didn't get Exhaust Riser until the very last room in Fields and dashstrike still outpaced Blitz lmao
2. High Surf was my only source for Poseidon Waves

[errant notch]

62f speedy run

[coarse island]

Holy, that’s insane lol.

[errant notch]

ty!

[coarse island]

Np, gg’s

[rich gorge]

I wasn't expecting a PB, let alone under 9 min.

[tall veldt]

Moros - My first 62f clear with any aspect
Grisly gain + Furious Blaze = Wand machinegun

[wary fog]

who said pan is bad without trick knives. first attempt 50f pan eos next

[cursive panther]

I had a decent build

[rocky steppe]

Posiedon special, respect halved

[wary fog]

hes the first god that appeared i didnt get to pick

[rocky steppe]

I'm kidding lmao well done

[pearl cipher]

Run where I got 100 percent on Sea Star

[cinder hull]

Mel Staff 62F, all Melspects done

Also shoutout Rapture Ring for doing almost 100k

[crimson birch]

Rapture Ring is incredible with jpom

[sharp pewter]

I wonder why atk and dash strike deal almost no dmg until i remember ward

[broken mountain]

Great Chaos Below done!
Got a pretty lucky setup tbh

room 3 was a chaos gate that gave me +19 healing every time I left a room, so Scars 2 basically didn't exist anymore lol

[crimson birch]

Niiice... Scars + Rivals 2 is scary but damn

[broken mountain]

I had the worst time on Scylla, in the final phase I couldn't burst her down before the adds swarmed, so then the torch just targeted whatever it wanted to target and I was barely chipping her down

I dropped to 3 hp and stayed there for like 10 seconds before she died

...I then like ten minutes later remember I had dds and felt like an idiot for being so scared lolol

Now running Normal Chaos Below for the back-to-back wins prophecy

this loadout gave me DDs and Strength

at least i have Origination this time lolol

[frosty bridge]

41 FEAR DONE

[wary fog]

50f eos!! i was unaware of the daybreakers game i was so shocked to see omega attack top the charts with zero investment outside an attack boon than axe next up!!!

[cinder hull]

Hel 62F. Timer is a suggestion, I guess

[regal shard]

Jeez the whole run is damage race. This aspect is bad

[cinder hull]

Charon 62F. Very sloppy Chronos fight but everything else just worked out lol

[dark elk]

crazy attack build and yet casts dealt more. Zeus really is insanely strong huh

Also apollo utterly refused to give me good boons despite my begging. I guess that's fates whim for you. Still, no attack nor special until fields is harsh. And no legendary at all.

[topaz arch]

Malkin is imminent

rolled

[main drift]

LMAO

[topaz arch]

[main drift]

🎉 self-imposed all aspect challenges: COMPLETE!
40f rivals SF and UW: ✅
sub-7:30 underworld: ✅
sub-10:00 surface: ✅
62f underworld one aspect every weapon? ...in progress
this was incredibly fun, gave me a white antler addiction, and I love this game soooo damn much.
images in order = final clear (pan), yassified recordkeeping spreadsheet in-game weapon stats, then most picked boons + keepsakes cause I find that interesting and then Dyno said "don't spam images" and I cried. just trust me the stats are correct lmfao

[topaz arch]

omega special and trick knives coexisting this is incredible

[main drift]

I see no difference love is love

[frosty bridge]

41 surface done

[frosty bridge]

Speedrun PB

[sleek sleet]

blast duos are so fun

[regal shard]

😭 the final shop was clutch. I showed up there with 0dd left, 12 hp and no nothing but cast and rush

[pliant tiger]

w clutch

[crimson birch]

And you still Antlered! On 62F! with all of that circumstance!

[regal shard]

Also rushed and forgot to rarify the attack

[regal shard]

I lost all the dd in tart

i mean i lost 2 dd in tart

[crimson birch]

Incredible

[pliant tiger]

always antler it guys

[regal shard]

It's safer with antler i noticed

[pliant tiger]

the best defense is the best offense

whens the 65f clear coming?

[regal shard]

Idk, it scary

my pb is the fobidden fear

64

[pliant tiger]

ok now do 66f instead

66 + 1 = 67 ez game

[regal shard]

wait, what is 66? Is it even possible?

[crimson birch]

Probably as long as you do a non-meta configuration, I bet

--yeah if you "just" take max Void and then decrease one rank in any of the vows that always only worth one point per rank, that would do it

[somber tendon]

first time trying out anubis and i had a lot of fun with it! ❤️

also surely i can't be the only one who goes "bleeeehhh" whenever typhon sticks out his tongue right?

[crimson birch]

The most dragging-by-inches kind of....

I was on Apollo attack most of the run until Poseidon showed up with the sac in Chronos shop, and ER didn't show up until Cerb shop

But let's face it, it was a cast run lmao

[gaunt elm]

I was just prepping Mutual Destruction it wasn't that I completely forgot how to fight Rivals Typhon!

[crimson birch]

That's what you call value!

[gaunt elm]

Too long of a break 😛

[topaz arch]

its a good boon only natural

[broken mountain]

40 more hp than you needed

[topaz arch]

thats like 4% crit chance you didnt get

[broken mountain]

Take more damage, nerd

[ember apex]

Tried to please Arachbae for the achievment. Ended up almost with a no-registered hit run

[dapper kraken]

Forgot to take a screen cap, but first time beating Rival Typhon!

Als my first Persephone run.

I had an insane omega attack thanks to Apollo and Wide Grin.

[paper kindle]

nem twice artemis fountain rooms such as good 58f

[peak flicker]

Finally my second win. Again with the axe.

[hybrid lynx]

first r4 chronos at 32 heat. goofy supay build again, had a few denial heartbreakers

early lunar ray with just the armor buff is kinda hilarious against scylla, you can just omega, laser, tank, repeat

[crimson birch]

Four seconds off 😔 If only I'd gotten half of this build together before Cerb shop.... or maybe I should have taken amulet z3... or...

[twilit hound]

thanks echo for the new record on UW clear

[lethal flicker]

Blood Pinata!

[dapper kraken]

First Rival Chronos win

[crimson birch]

To get your first max Rivals victory on Hel of all weapons, incredible 😆

[dapper kraken]

It took like 3 attempts and was my first proper Hel run, but I actually found that I really enjoyed the playstyle.

[crimson birch]

It's a fun(ky) weapon! WILD for it also to be your first proper run with it

[crimson birch]

The "ignore Blood Triad except on bosses" build

[dapper kraken]

Another Rival Typhon win with probably the most insane Hex I ever had:

[rare parcel]

I've got so much money. Thanks, Trascedental Afluence!

All this for Omega Special being the top damage. Classic Hel run (Let's ignore I had a +87% Special from Chaos)

Also, once again, Secret Crush doing me a big favor with Hel lol

[crimson birch]

FINALLY

LMAO at Cinerary landing on the damage board sdfghjksfghjjfgh

[twilit hound]

First time I’ve seen Allies on the damage board

[sharp pewter]

I often see allies on dmg board tho

[crimson birch]

Really? Maybe I've just specced into Night Bloom in too many runs haha. I've seen them pop up a few times! Cinerary Circle is the only "whoa, what??" element of this board for me

[rare parcel]

Ohhh, ok

[wary fog]

50f thanatos done, what a fun aspect to play omg im a than axe believer now. kinda disappointed this was the run because i didnt get to really use the aspect it was just a heph blasts run 💔 also lost 2 dds to cerb somehow?? wild

next is persephone which i think could be really easy or really difficult its hard to tell

[broken saffron]

finally an aspect of pan build, that was failed at the start, but manged to end the run with.

[wary fog]

50f persephone done it was really easy i got p-array and born gain by erebus miniboss on my first attempt lmao. priming out halfway through chronos p3 was terrifying though, engagement ring clutched up next up is nyx

[snow nova]

insane you still had 1 DD left too

[broken saffron]

okay.........this...........shouldnt have worked. i know its low fear but: magick eating revaal, with no early gain boon, its absolutely insane i got this win

[wary fog]

last non-hidden aspect done!!! 50f nyx coat got totallly nervous WRECKED!! sorry. im sorry that was bad. im really sorry about that.

anubis next to kick off the last 6 aspects

[abstract pike]

65 Fear Moros surface done. Also my first 65 clear without getting DDs
https://youtu.be/SnXJtqCnM7A?si=kKSnXBPGiJT_I1XX

[crimson birch]

65 without DDs???

[abstract pike]

to be fair I had a lifetax start which I carried all the way into summit thanks to getting a good amount of armor throughout the run

[crimson birch]

Praise armor

[lone forge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/858185424505536522/1443504064997494804/image.png?ex=69294f6c&is=6927fdec&hm=a3cee6679907209f2a1c400ddb3f4bbca919cb89fc4ccc9cbbea9ca0781bccc0&

I haven't played with fear in months, first time I jumped straight into 32f and did it!

[broken mountain]

idk where else to post images, so I'm putting it here. Here, enjoy a screenshot of me getting Master Conductor in erebus midshop

[rocky steppe]

Heph attack on nergal is a build

[broken mountain]

ME WANT SMASHY

[rocky steppe]

REAL

[broken mountain]

although, after losing to Hecate twice with the same build, maybe Rivals wasn't the right vow to go with for the stupid smashy run

[rocky steppe]

Nergal is gonna struggle with rivals hec

[broken mountain]

(and still getting used to Frenzy)

[rocky steppe]

Rough

[wintry moon]

https://i.gyazo.com/85e8de3dcf0d3100b78d0566ff466d79.jpg

got the single biggest proc on a Heph blast I've ever gotten against Prometheus

https://i.gyazo.com/2dd51bbd6c9b2f0a2638b4af8a084115.jpg

never beat him in under a minute before this fight

[wary fog]

50f anubis done!! shoutout all the lone shades that hit the damage board

morrigan next and i fear it will be the last easy aspect for some time

[wintry moon]

was Anubis easy? I feel like that last fight with Chronos would be a pain in the ass with that one

[sharp pewter]

You can play anubis in boring way aka ospec spam

[wary fog]

i wouldnt call it easy but it wasnt too bad into chronos, in p1 and p2 the attack is great but in p3 its harder to get damage with it, i think i was helped alot there by incandescent aura

something like scorch or blitz attack would probably be better too for that fight

[frosty timber]

Somehow I just first-timed Rivals Chronos, I had absolutely no idea what was happening in phase 3 but we got there!

[lofty oriole]

Fun lil 53F run with Void 3 and Rivals 0

[pliant tiger]

so you CAN do 65f

i expect victory screen by next week

[lofty oriole]

Pffft no shot

Rival Chronos still hurts 💀

[worldly moat]

If i can do 65f you can do 65f 😌

[pliant tiger]

yeah 100%

it's not like only like 10-15 people have beaten 65f

[latent wing]

1 Omega move per second is amazing

[twilit hound]

ended up playing Hel like Circe because I couldn't get a good gain boon

[main drift]

oooh interesting… altho tbh, valkyrie mode isn’t essential for Hel, I’ve been fully ignoring it while doing Hel 62 attempts. ospecial is nice for room clear, but if you have a good attack and special boon and prime out/run out of magick you can just toggle autofire and hold down both buttons to spam special and attack on cooldown, works great

[topaz arch]

i think i had a nightmare last night about playing aspect of hel without the ospecial and dying and getting clowned on

[twilit hound]

honestly getting hazard boom from icarus while having howling soul helped a lot

[neon grail]

I always play wo/ Ospecial, it just complicates things

[topaz arch]

it is a little weird to account for high magic drain on a flat dmg wpn

[main drift]

just cardio gain propaganda tbh, since hestia is already good on it
but I prefer ignoring ospec the second I can, now

[twilit hound]

SUB 11 LET'S GO

[rare parcel]

This is why I take The Unseen when I use Hel with Fate's Whim

[runic trellis]

I decided to practice Poseidon Pan Blades on fear 40 to get ready for fear 50, because I heard it's a strong build. Took me almost 2 weeks of trial and error to beat it... I can't imagine any more vows on this, I barely made it.

[willow cosmos]

First ||Rival Chronos|| attempt, and somehow I won!!!!!

Took everything I had, though...

[crimson birch]

That's called efficiency :P

[latent wing]

Basically has 4 Apollo Lunar Ray for Prometheus, Heracles and Typhoon lol

[crimson birch]

My first ever sub-7. I have peaked, it is impossible for me to do any more

I have so many more clears on other aspects but Mel staff has a bunch of records on it lmao

[twilit hound]

and that's sub 13 on surface!

[thorn wolf]

hard carried by the casts. I totally messed up with aphro atk and blitz special lol, I'm not used to denial

[crimson birch]

Hey, if it works it works lol. And tbf it's Circe, not Mel

[long junco]

Finished it up today, thanks for the great game!

[forest kindle]

stinky damage from the hera divorce lol

[crimson birch]

That's wild lmao

[crimson birch]

Finally got a Selene improvement that wasn't, like, a one second improvement 😆

[peak flicker]

Third success ever, first time with staff.

[umbral violet]

holy damage on the omega special

[deft mesa]

Wonderig if I am the first person to get a 100 streak on Chaos Below Trials.

[paper kindle]

now we need great chaos below

[lone forge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/858185424505536522/1443708921863995664/image.png?ex=692a0e35&is=6928bcb5&hm=1a5c973b23705158dac6eeb9cd73378e7796273e01140edacecffeed1bd0af90& 32f surface, now I did UW and surface at least once in 1.0

[gilded ravine]

yeet 62f

[deft mesa]

Been thinking about it but fear really minimizes the gameplay loop for me.

[crimson birch]

Interesting, wdym by that?

[gentle hatch]

This is my second fastest run. Getting used to the faster enemies (well, kinda)

That's my fastest (no victory screen, sorry)

Is that good for a PB? 110 ish Nights in

[thorn wolf]

7 mins is pretty good yeah

[crimson birch]

It took me a million years to get there lmao, you're blazin

[main drift]

mutual destruction value, it was fully intentional to get to low HP trust 😆

[gentle hatch]

And there still is a lot of room for improvement. I need to learn how to survive with the Antler against Chronos, and if I manage to, I can shave around 30-40 seconds. Also not getting shapeshifted in Erebus would give me some 10-ish seconds, etc.

[crimson birch]

If you're interested in going all in on that kinda thing I believe there's a whole Discord server of it

[gentle hatch]

Yeah, I would like to dive in more into speedrunning this game, definetely my cup of tea

[crimson birch]

I aint in it but it's probably linked from the hades2 page on Speedrun.com

[lethal flicker]

Aspect of Circe is generally busted, but this game's RNG wanted me to fully appreciate how busted it really is

[regal shard]

3 armor dress clutch

Dodge chance from echo was 1000

[crimson birch]

That's a very funny build for Nergal

[crimson birch]

Interesting, Pin second?

[old mountain]

yeah i was full dd and card has screwed me over many times

[civic spade]

Allat just to not get hearty appetite 🥀

[copper salmon]

Rivals Scylla IS awful

[willow cosmos]

This morning, I beat ||Rivals Chronos|| for the first time. A few minutes ago, I beat ||Rivals Typhon|| for the first time. It's a really good day

Both were narrow victories

[crimson birch]

#efficient :P

[tidal mulch]

Happy thanksgiving to me

32 fear underworld and 24 fear surface cleared

[manic relic]

I've done it, sub 6 minutes with my favorite weapon

LAST ROOM ON TARTARUS ALMOST SCREWED ME SOOO MUCH

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SUB 5:30 LOWKEY

[crimson birch]

Finally nudged Eos below the 8min mark
edit: oh hey, nohit Chronos. But I guarantee if I'd taken Antler I would have died. Or slowplayed

[crimson birch]

I'm almost afraid to ask what happened lmao

[manic relic]

gigantic room with small skeletons

[crimson birch]

I HATE THOSE SO MUCH

[manic relic]

its crazy cause like, i wasnt really playing the game as much anymore and i just thought "what if i tried a run" then boom sub first try

BRO I EVEN GOT FIG SCAMMED ON OCEANUS I ALMOST FORGOT THAT PART

thats crazy

[crimson birch]

How tf people be getting times this fast even with fig scam smh

[rain pier]

finished with the Crimson Dress, sadly got the perfect health title tho

[crimson birch]

Not as fast as the Possessed Array run that I had earlier where I died 😭 but

[thorn wolf]

@wraith frost

like I've literally never seen that before

maybe one of these boons caused it??

[broken mountain]

I have no more prophecies! I am prophecyless!

(the last thing I needed to do was get Personal Loan, 'cause I really do hate that guy lol)

[twilit hound]

how the heck is master of revelry your last prophecy when unrivaled prowess and improbable outcomes exists

[deft mesa]

For me it feels like as fear increases the ratio of skill to build starts to be more build heavy. The randomness of the fear in great chaos can trap you in a bad build with a 5 minute timer. 100 runs would be too tedious for me.

[broken mountain]

oh I did those ages ago

I really hate that guy

[crimson birch]

I just can't resist Shimmering Moonshot

[sharp pewter]

Chaos: here your timer 3 forfeit grit horde vor1 supay enjoy

[deft mesa]

Exactly.

[deft mesa]

The chaos below trial has become my favorite way to play. The randomness of keepsakes constantly change the direction of a run. Getting god keepsakes that can add a fifth or sixth god to the pool created some builds I would never get in a normal run. I only got white antler 3 times the final area that made for some close finishes, any of the other areas I was stoked to get it.

[coarse island]

God I love this build so much

If only I could've gotten ripple effect

[crimson birch]

Did you cackle with mad power

[coarse island]

Yes lol

Also: THE MOST INSANE RUN I HAVE EVER DONE LOL. I 2 SHOT CRHONOS' SECOND PHASE

This build was actually just perfect

It was just for the bounty too 😭

The luck is all from my cat who was laying on my lap lol.

[inner olive]

IT ONLY TOOK ME LIKE 8 TIMES BUT FINALLY!!!! I HAVE KILLED HIM

[coarse island]

Good job!

[inner olive]

thank you its been a JOURNEY

[coarse island]

Yea, I was really excited when I first beat Typhon

I couldn't get past Prometheus for the life of me

[undone bough]

did my first Great chaos below and had the worst roll possible and somehow i made it. very proud tbh. Mel axe was the weapon given to me

[wary mango]

my first sub 15 :D

[bronze geyser]

I've beaten thypon on the first run before I went to my job this morning 🔥

[azure turret]

My fastest victory yet

[azure turret]

Nice

[thorn wolf]

my fastest 32F surface clear :]

[valid cosmos]

sub 8:00 with medea skull

[pliant tiger]

hecuba?

interesting

[grand quarry]

probably the scummiest run I've ever done if you look at the damage output

[rocky trout]

[peak flicker]

Sigh, it's the axe again. And still no Typhon kill.

Was a Judgment clear though.

[hybrid lynx]

32 fear surface

denial is such an interesting vow, it changes the game quite a bit

[crimson birch]

Yeah! It's almost like an alternate mode.

[tidal mulch]

I guess the holiday has been good to me, went from my first 32 underworld and 24 surface clears to my first rivals chronos clear lol

[crimson birch]

Got my sub-8 on Momus!

Notes:

• attack was my only source of blasts, but Seismic Servo lol. I only wish I'd gotten Caldera
• cast was my only source of scorch, but Pom Pom Pom lol

[peak flicker]

First surface victory

[true grove]

world first 65 charon for both surface and uw

[pliant tiger]

DAMN

yo join the speedcord and send that shi to the personal bests channel

theyll love it

[true grove]

can u give link xd

[true grove]

i have something better actually

i have the fastest 62 surface clear xdddd

[pliant tiger]

https://discord.gg/fkYQ48qp

[true grove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMxqr_lX-Q

[pliant tiger]

goddamn

[crimson birch]

*Typhon
But hot damn bruv

Going fast at 62F seems like... well, I guess you have to beat Time 3 but still.

[true grove]

time 3 is never a problem

until ur at 67 maybe

[crimson birch]

Yeah lol sub 14 damn

[pliant tiger]

i mean olympus tho

absolute nightmare to get through

[true grove]

depends what build u run

[pliant tiger]

same thing with thessaly

[true grove]

surface just needs coherent build

if u run random gods ur not getting out

xd

[pliant tiger]

even with no skips?

[crimson birch]

As in you don't run FW? :O

[true grove]

u always run fates whim

[crimson birch]

Oh, okay, I misunderstood your comment about random gods then haha

[true grove]

one way to manipualte god pool in thessaly is to just ignore gods u dont want and pray u get others

[pliant tiger]

fates whim is the goat

always gamble

[true grove]

yeah without fate whim the game is unplayable at high diff

jeweled pom is the most broken thing to exist ever

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1H1jNi23xPm2vFVV8 i also have other clears

[pliant tiger]

i can tell u love charon

[true grove]

yeah charon is the comfort

if i just want to chill and play 1 run i go charon

[crimson birch]

I love that there are so many different preferences and ways to play the game 🫡

[true grove]

i mean blades for example are just get trick knives or they are dead

not exactly balanced game

[pliant tiger]

i mean not really tbh

blades have cleared 67 without tk

[crimson birch]

Yeah, there's plenty of ways to play blades, and also non-High Fear ways to play the game!

[pliant tiger]

theres a 65 surface clear with regular special spam

[crimson birch]

Do you have a link to this? I'm curious about it because although ik it's pretty powerful, special-spam seems like a PITA for room clear, but obviously it's even more powerful than I imagined lmao

[pliant tiger]

wait gimme a sec

[true grove]

yeah but by an absolute goat

[true grove]

and surface is surface

[pliant tiger]

ok imma eat

peace

[true grove]

holy shi

[crimson birch]

Ahhh, that makes sense, lots of +AOE on the special

[true grove]

🐐

[tidal mulch]

Beat Rivals Typhon first try 🎉

[crimson birch]

With Winter Harvest too, that's iconic ngl

Were you going into it blind?

[grizzled loom]

first sub 10 surface

[crimson birch]

Who needs orig when you're doing that much damage

[grizzled loom]

for even more damage

[true grove]

origination is kinda the default arcana setup always

its just too good

[crimson birch]

I'm just jesting about Rixhi's victory having so much +dmg% and not a lot of curse haha

[true grove]

a

[lofty oriole]

Whew. 62 Fear Medea

Thank the Lord for Unseen Ire 🙏

[pliant tiger]

yes medea my goat

[lofty oriole]

Thanks 😄

Funny too cuz I'm pretty bad with Medea 😭

But the fast kill potential saved me a lot of time in Erebus/Oceanus

Anyways time for 65F practice 🤡

[cursive kestrel]

gods i love this aspect

[pliant tiger]

i expect ur first 65 to be medea

if not u ain't a real one

(my first 65 was with circe)

[crimson birch]

Man, I never use Psychic Whirlwind even if I get it

[wary fog]

same tbh, channeling the omega attack on axe always feels so slow 💔

[crimson birch]

Yeah! With the omega special, at least it extends your range, so I at least have reason to use it in cases where I need that extra range, but the only thing that the omega attack gives you is More Damage More Hit and like. That just ain't enough to motivate me sdfhjkgfkhfgjgf

Not into the whole damn channel

[valid cosmos]

kind of my default pet, she proved useful once I got the second hammer, but obviously, raki is better for damage output

[broken mountain]

Oatk without psychic whirlwind just feels awful

[thorn wolf]

@crimson birch

have you ever seen this before? the only thing I can think of is that it happened because of me having three duo boons, but it doesn't really make sense

[crimson birch]

I think I'm unobservant and am not really sure what the difference is haha

[thorn wolf]

the fireworks! right after the spear lands on his face

[crimson birch]

Hmm.... not sure. Maybe your cast hit the final blow and it's meant to represent the magic of it???????

[thorn wolf]

this is the normal one

[wary fog]

youre applying a curse known as death which is triggering harm for the afflicted duhhh

(i have no idea, maybe something with the combination of boons/run seed triggered an early version of the cutscene?)

[wary fog]

wait i think i might have a potential answer, if you look closely at the two im pretty sure its only a change in colour, the fireworks stuff is just blood in the normal scene. my hypothesis is that while typhon himself isnt affected by the colour change from the gusts curse his death particles in that cutscene are so the blood and gore effects with the blue filter became purpley with blueish-white bits in place of black

[thorn wolf]

ohhh huh

[crimson birch]

Oh you're right, the pentacle DOES appear, just dark red.

Asi:

You solved it! You didn't even need anyone's help :D

[wary fog]

im so smart im the best hades 2 player in the world

[peak flicker]

Such a bad run

[wooden ore]

practicing speedruns.... 7:30 🙁

[topaz arch]

zzz

[civic spade]

By far my favorite cast build, somehow got the first duo in the 3rd room of Erebus

[thorn wolf]

nice! casts are so cool

[civic spade]

Definitely my favorite build, unfortunately didnt get extra dose

Didnt get ocean swell either

[rare parcel]

Kudos to grandma's legendary for getting the final blow against Chronos

[crimson birch]

Anubis nudged juuuuust barely under the threshold, courtesy of Shocking Loss. No special boon until Cerb shop lmao but we got that funny Seismic Servo Heph attack after all 🫡

Am I burying the lede about the level 12 Zeus cast? maybe

[old mountain]

3rd 32f clear

[main drift]

HELL YEAH you’re on a roll
diff aspects each time?

[rocky steppe]

No he's still playing mog

[crimson birch]

It's amazing the difference that getting Pyro Technique makes lmaoooo

Also I could have technically Antlered this run, huh

But I think when I take Antler I also immediately take an IRL debuff that inflicts psychic damage DoT to me, the actual IRL human

Plus: scorch

[old mountain]

i did morrigan this time due to grave thirst

but nergal was the one before that one

[broken mountain]

Aaaand that's a PB for fear count

[rocky steppe]

Seeing 33 fear makes me irrationally angry for no reason

[broken mountain]

Gotta start somewhere lol

[rocky steppe]

I went 32-40-45-50-55-60-62 so it throws me off when I see a different number

[broken mountain]

I did my 32s and then spent some time getting used to frenzy 1 before trying anything else new

though my 32s had Hubris 2 on, so I guess I could have done higher this time

eh, whatever

[crimson birch]

Not particularly fast for Medea, but a bit of a personal victory because I am really that bad at skulls lmao

IDK how to break the habit of trying to multiclick before I special 😭

[thorny valve]

finally got a fresh file win 😭

[crimson birch]

And you did it without even having the meta whatevers!

[thorny valve]

true! it's rough not having bball but a clear is a clear 😌

[old mountain]

No blessing of strife fake (I'm kidding you did well )

[last stump]

42 fears (surface) on every aspect!

[cinder hull]

Selene 62F. Aspect = Ignored

[cinder hull]

Moros 62F. Aspect = Used like, a lot

[elder cobalt]

hooooly surface 40 fear first try

nergal + apollo attack + jewelled pom + weed killer is so good

[winter coral]

[lethal flicker]

Dakka dakka

https://youtu.be/QfpLxfXzmW4

[true grove]

0 dmg typhon

43s overtime too

[frosty inlet]

I joined this group just to say that the game is really fun. I've been playing since early access. Thank you for making this game.
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[cursive kestrel]

Poseidon legendary eludes once me again

[silent escarp]

I got the allied just before ||Typhon||

[cursive kestrel]

got king tide this time:)

[burnt latch]

Heph attack on Persephone is always so 😳

[upper mountain]

your horoscope for today is: BURN IN THE FLAMES OF HELL

[crimson birch]

Hel down at last! I actually didn't get the attack and special boon until mid Fields (this keeps happening) but the Chaos blessing + Gigaros dash + static really helped up to then

[thorn wolf]

is your goal sub8 all aspects uw?

[crimson birch]

Mmmm.... casually I guess? I don't know if I'll hold myself to that with, like, Charon, for example. My least fave (sorry)

[cunning temple]

thats aspect of Chiron literally and im all for it
Eris dealt 4 less dmg to me than (surface final boss) ||Typhon || this run btw

[thorn wolf]

wtf 🥀

[peak flicker]

Axe again... I'm not sure why I keep winning with the axe.

[topaz arch]

its a good weapon bruh

[silver river]

F16 with Aspect of Moros

First try

Grit 3
Hordes 3
Menace 2
Fangs 2
Rivals 1

[peak flicker]

No idea why I didn't really take any damage during the final fight. I was reckless af.

[fiery halo]

1 pop like every enemy in the game except bosses which were sooooo slow, even with blasts. look at the timer T-T

[rare parcel]

After 4 attempts with Medea at 35F, I finally got it, all it took was checks notes Zeus, because it is always Zeus

[topaz arch]

"time 3 hater"
finishes run in <20 min

[rare parcel]

Ohh, those are an oddity, normally is more than 20 minutes lol

[wary fog]

after a 2 day break im back with 50f morrigan finished i thought id enjoy this aspect but lowkey this was not that fun

next is supay... followed by nergal then hel...

also that clear was on my 500th night which is pretty neat

[halcyon verge]

finally beat all rivals bosses. after rivals chronos pistol-whipped me the first few times, i got rivals typhon on the first try. it definitely will be worse with frenzy in play, but it wasn't AS bad as i thought it was going to be. i didn't even run out of life tax. also, if phase shift has no supporters, i am dead. S tier hex for weapons with high magic consumption

[near canopy]

I completed 32 Fear for the first time!

[fiery halo]

aphro cast really tears up the whole game on its own on top of grouping enemies up for you.

[coarse island]

Lets goooo! 3rd try and first try using Fates Whim. Honestly wasn't that hard and I didn't even use paid dues that much.

I'm honestly so proud of myself lol

[crimson birch]

Them BLASTS

[thorn wolf]

Morrigan disrespect 😔
Congrats tho!

[near canopy]

Aaaand 24F surface cleared too, yaaay

[main drift]

FINALLY got my Hel 62 clear done
fumbled a bit in the Chronos fight ("brush stalker" was the p1 miniboss summon 😒) but it worked out
also, runic driver is such a good hammer, I was kinda shocked to see special deal more damage than scorch ngl
I didn't use magick even once this whole run xo
5/6 weapon types clear at 62 (UW), next up is blades

[cunning temple]

EM4 CHRONOS KILLED!!!! 2ND ATTEMPT OH MY GOOOOOD IDC ABOUT WHAT ANYONE SAYS THIS IS THE GAME OF THE YEAR FOR ME AUGHHHHHH I LOVE THAT FIGHT AND ALL THE VOW OF RIVALS FIGHTS AUGHHGHG THIS GAME IS SO GOOD

and that was my 50th run lo

[wary fog]

now why was i so scared of supay lmao that was probably my cleanest clear yet

early hidden helix probably helped but idk why i thought this would be impossible this is such a neat aspect

next up is nergal i really hope im wrong about that too

[coarse island]

Ahhh, don't we love a good Morrigan build.. I just wish I could've gotten Seismic Servo and Hestia for Chain reaction lol.

[static girder]

had my friend pick my weapon and finished with an insane double strike 🤤(also got zeus lego + 40% success rate. i love jeweled pom)

[rare parcel]

Thanks, Chaos for giving me Will (-55% cost of magic) + Magick Regen + Unseen + Glamour Gain

[wary fog]

50f nergal. i was right that sucked and i hated it. boooo 👎

two aspects left though which is really crazy. hel next up!!!

[wary fog]

50f hel done 2nd attempt!! 1 aspect left got offered incandescent aura before pyro technique but it worked out i guess. im not mad at all

last aspect is shiva im so ready

[boreal geyser]

not an impressive win perse but watching typhon get deleted by grievous blow procs was very fun

[wary fog]

50f shiva done... i should be happy but theres something missing... i didnt hit hostile environment 💔 was it all even worth it 💔

anyways oh my god thats 50 fear cleared on every aspect i kinda dont know how to feel lol the whole thing only took 11 days lol i finished the last 5 aspects all today

[coarse island]

GG’s. Insane accomplishment.

I wish I could get that good lol. I just beat 40F for my first time today.

[cosmic monolith]

I finally beat great chaos below!! Took 4 tries but could have been worse lol 🙂
Does great chaos below ignore vow of rivals? Thought it was interesting I didn't see it a single time

[pliant tiger]

nah u can get offered rivals u just got extremely lucky

[true grove]

@pliant tiger

wish i went antler

massive L for me

[pliant tiger]

a win is a win tho

also update to the 65f mel staff, lost only one dd to eris cuz no lovers

if i had lovers wouldve been damageless

[true grove]

u won the run?

[pliant tiger]

uh its in progress, its exam time so i have to actually lock in for exams (and this run)

ill update u when i have time to play

[wary fog]

new fear pb i guess? lol im really liking supay this is such a fun aspect

5 50 fear runs and a fear pb in one day ive entered flow state

[pliant tiger]

not even close

i expect 62f w supay by next week

[wary fog]

aye aye

[old oxide]

I have no clue how I survived... I mean I do. Artemis aspect, but at the same time 6 lives gone

[peak flicker]

Other than being incredibly stupid with not avoiding easily avoidable attacks in the final encounter, I think I did pretty well?

[topaz mulch]

50 Fear Clear on Persephone - So I decided to take another weapon for a spin, and the one I took was Mom Skull. I got mega carried by Stormring though (Even went and beat up Zag)

[latent wing]

i'm discovering the fireball mage build and it's quite fun

and Shiva's omega just helps constantly procing Hep's blast it's amazing

[worldly moat]

forgot what it was like to have fun in this game(67f has ruined me)

and if anything its good i did this since i do not remember how to fight rival cerb or gramps lmao

more practice vows than anything

might pivot to than for my 67f grind just cuz its super fun

which means also probably at least doing 62f with it just to get used to it

[pliant tiger]

15/24 unique 62f clears, supays now my 6th weapon and aspect to get 62s on both routes

bnb hit frenzy

[viral citrus]

"Fifty Times" is the count of my wins vs Chronos or both routes? Either way, a bit scuffed at the start... it wasn't until midway through Fields of Mourning that I got Lucid Gain and no luck with Prominence Flare either, but fully upgraded Phase Shift picked up the slack vs VoR Chronos.

[thorn wolf]

vs chronos
there's a separate one for the surface

[rocky steppe]

Not even close

[peak flicker]

I'm semi proud of how this one turned out. It took a while to come online, but when it did come online, it really did come online.

[cunning temple]

same as VoR Chronos, 2nd attempt clear, 929dmg taken from him ohhhh my god im going to faint literally i was SO hyped when i won ohhh my lord the hwole fight was so GOD DAMN COOOOL ||AND CHRONOS JUMPSCARE INSTEAD OF ZEUS|| OH MY LORD

[worldly moat]

ok yeah i do lowkey suck at this game lmfao

i like need to get better at these bosses omfg its such a mess

[pliant tiger]

65f clearer btw 💔

[worldly moat]

carried by mel staff what can i say 😔 the second i dont play a top tier weapon i fall apart

tbf i also havent fought any rivals stuff past scylla in like over a couple weeks 😭 so most of it is me trying to derust

[rocky steppe]

Axe hate gang rise up

[worldly moat]

than is super fun but like i can feel it turning into a purple mel axe the more i play it

[pliant tiger]

dashing heave?

[worldly moat]

• seething marauder 😔

also like how tf am i supposed to deal with the axe when the game forgets i can dash attack 😭

like so many times i literally dash attacked and the game said nuh uh and gave me atk1 like bro please i dont wanna be stuck for 3 years

[pliant tiger]

ur keyboard is sabotaging u

[worldly moat]

I play controller 🥀

[pliant tiger]

ur screenshot showed keyboard bindings mb

[worldly moat]

Oh yeah lol whenever I screenshot i do the windows hotkey thingy so it shows keybinds

[pliant tiger]

just f12 to screenshot if ur playing on steam ez game

[worldly moat]

Yeah but then I have to copy the image through steam instead of it already being on the clipboard 😔

Anyway now I get to cry as I learn than axe at 55f

Then maybe have the gaul to 62f it

[pliant tiger]

nah do medea first

[worldly moat]

I think my highest medea is like 45f or smth

[pliant tiger]

thats a sign for u to play medea on 62f

[worldly moat]

40f uw to be specific

[pliant tiger]

do 62f medea pls

[hybrid lynx]

first 32 surface with axe. I don't really like Nergal

[pliant tiger]

no wonder, you dont have psychic

nergal with psychic makes nergal go from c tier to sssssssssssssssss+ tier

[hybrid lynx]

do you like the hammer that takes away the combo and makes the first hit +1 times?

[pliant tiger]

oh hell no that hammer sucks

removes 3 hits in the regular attack combo aka 3 more hits to proc berserk

[worldly moat]

Why 😭

[pliant tiger]

because i said so and cuz medea is the goat

[west snow]

extremely funny circe cast run. fates whim, landed something close to 4.5k on non crits when i double hit with the o cast. not even accounting for the regular one lol. bonk :)

[worldly moat]

lmao

i once again face tanked most of gramps and went unpunished because this game is silly before 62f

i have learned nothing 😌 axe is a brain off type of weapon

[native spire]

boasting? more like maniacally laughing about how hard I was throwing this otherwise really good run lol

[peak flicker]

Oh, new best time.

[rocky steppe]

You can turn on timer 3 now

[peak flicker]

I don't think I'm that consistent lol.

lol, "Time 3 hater"

Also I'm not that fast in region 1

[topaz arch]

get pyro technique next time

[cursive kestrel]

final slice is probably the best hammer upgrade for Morragin

[knotty lake]

We love morrigan

[remote matrix]

Mel staff huge balls of destruction :3

Btw sry wrong quote again crab

[knotty lake]

Nice dub

[manic relic]

bruh i got cursed by hec and fumbled the sirens fight and still beat my pb this could have been soooo much better if i wasnt bad at this game

[viral citrus]

VoR 4 Judgement Supay underworld run done. A few resets required mainly due to Cerberus being same old annoying af self, but this time I had all my core boons by then and much better early run luck with setting up my god pool. Hestia the goat with her clutch infusion and associated maxed hex and infusion by the final boss.

Also a good call sticking with Apollo since Lucid Gain is just too good and early Howling Soul from pom keepsake was a great roll as well.

[thorn wolf]

sub12 32F with morrigan

[knotty lake]

Aye nice win

[knotty lake]

While i doubt this is super good compared to alot of runs here it was really fun and made me re-evaluate selene aspect

[crimson birch]

Yeah! Even if it's not, like, heavy-challenge-runner top-tier, it's still hella fun

[knotty lake]

Yeah im not into the super brutal 67 fear arm tied behind your back stuff, if its fun i like

No shade to people who do that stuff tho, just not for me

[cursive kestrel]

is this a good first time for using shiva?

[brisk mauve]

Took a while to get Voice & Vanity, but this finally done! great journey

[knotty lake]

Ggs

[lofty oriole]

Man I hate Nergal

Got pretty lucky with the Black Night Banishment but eh, the game's the game 🙃

[lofty oriole]

You and me both 🙏

[regal shard]

sub 14

Fields were long af.

[knotty lake]

Heartfelt condolences really carrying the run

[thorn wolf]

untouchable at 62F is crazy

[regal shard]

Boss fights are easier than thugs and satyrs. Because you get 3 free hits

[viral citrus]

OK, surface's turn for a VoR 4 Judgement Supay run. Again, quite a few resets, mostly due to Eris this time. Also, Demeter instead of Hestia this time, but I did get Air Quality from Zeus early in Olympus, which kinda helped.

[thorn wolf]

yeah but max rivals and frenzy 2 is still very hard !

[viral citrus]

Never doing Judgement Supay again. Also, forgot to equip Circe's keepsake, but it wasn't too big a deal.

[regal shard]

I had 3 nitro boost or sth but it didn't help with regular enemies xd

[lethal flicker]

unexpected hotness on this run. Crit lunar ray build

[thorn wolf]

ooh nice

[lethal flicker]

with the birb too

the auto aim on lunar ray dealing 2100 damage to a target, killing it, instantly swaps to next target. repeat

charges in 30 mana because I never got a sublime

[random olive]

i got my first ever victory!!!

[peak flicker]

I actually made a Hephaestus build work. XD

[willow cosmos]

Hephaestus can be crazy with the right build. It just takes some getting used to

[knotty lake]

Silly cast build

[cinder hull]

Genuinely very unfortunate that I didn't record this because it's by far my cleanest 62F clear. One hit vs. Chronos and kept the dress for the whole run lol

[crimson birch]

They should have a special message for when you save that silk on a high Fear run lmao

"stronger than steel"

[knotty lake]

Silksong

[manic relic]

i'm slowly doing 32 fear all aspects, this was fun i was zooming

long way to go 😭

[rare parcel]

So, fun thing: I got Statick Shock by mistake

[crimson birch]

Lmao what were you going for?

[rare parcel]

I think the choices were Zeus Attack, Zeus Cast (to replace Tidal, and I wanted originantion) and Static Shock

I think I was going to choose the attack, but my joystick is a bit sensitive and I ended up slipping, and I was like "Oh no! "

And then it appeared on the damage inflicted score... Thanks, Zeus, I guess

[sharp pewter]

Static shock doing static shock thing

[vague pine]

So I’ve labeled myself a “Mel Blades Believer” for a solid 3 months now. Here’s proof my belief was correct : https://youtu.be/8wx_Wy1qVJ4?si=2Dy8L_VJCwl9CS_Y

[crimson birch]

Ignoring instakill is easier when u don't have to aim 😔

[topaz arch]

dude how did you even phase the instakill you have 2 blitz boons what areyou doing man 💔 💔

[crimson birch]

I was angling for Hestia attack but she flat out refused to give it to me oml

I had no attack boon until Cerb shop lmao

[topaz arch]

how bad could the other options havepossibly been

[crimson birch]

The only other attack boon I remember being offered in the entire run was iirc a super early Poseidon attack

Sometimes the Fates just be like

[abstract pike]

65 Fear Nergal Surface. legit didn't know how busted unseen ire would be on nergal with hex armor
https://youtu.be/SiKVVOJTito?si=XLOa6r2CelZsN52x

[crimson birch]

Finally got my sub 7 coat!!

I'm laughing my ass off at Scorch > Blitz despite the fact that my literal only source of Scorch was the cast

[topaz arch]

your builds are a goddamn disaster

[crimson birch]

I jus roll with what the Fates gave me baby

[topaz arch]

why did you take PT with common scorch cast only what are you doing 💔💔

literally useless boon

[crimson birch]

Highly Flammable theory

[topaz arch]

im going to die in 4 years

[topaz arch]

i am genuinely appalled you have heroic blitz special you even hit the lightning duo

[crimson birch]

AND YET

[topaz arch]

maybe highly flammable is only the 2nd worst boon in the game

[crimson birch]

But yeah, part of the reason I ended up picking PT was because I forget the third option but the second option was Scalding Vapor, and I didn't want to remove Froth because I had Killer Current

Weird antisynergy

[topaz arch]

scalding vapor is a mess

[crimson birch]

I guess I'd be theoretically happy to see it if I had AQ?

AQ and no Killer Current lmao

[topaz arch]

duo boons with drawbacks have never worked out

[crimson birch]

I mean, technically Freezer Burn also removes a thing, people seem to like it okay. I don't think I've ever had a run where I was really hankering after it, though.

[topaz arch]

freezer burn at least makes sense for that

[viral citrus]

Ngl, I kinda hated this Medea run, feeling like it was safer to play with cast build rather than the attack -> special loop with no more DDs vs VoR Chronos. At least I got the Unseen I rank.

[cinder hull]

Anubis 62F, Apollo Attack can indeed go crazy

[weak verge]

Headsplitter Build

[old mountain]

500 damage is crazy im assuming you went in with full hp and life tax and came out with the 49 hp?

[rare parcel]

Full HP, 140 armor, Life Tax, yep

Charon is nice, but I still haven't figured out the strategy against Chronos with it lol

[old mountain]

charon feels realy chunky for me

[rare parcel]

I found myself spamming the Omega Special to charge Phase Shift, then getting two Omega Cast burst next to him (with the hammer that adds double Omega Special)

I had the Gale cast, so between that and Wounds, Origination was not hard to put

Good thing that against Typhon it feels way easier to use because... Well, Typhon stays on the same site unlike grandpa

[viral citrus]

Felt like doing a Dressed to Kill run, except this time I've managed to keep the dress the whole way through. Heph's boons lined up too well for me not to use Arachne's keepsake from Oceanus onwards. Also, The Morrigan is pretty much perfect for this kind of run. Excellent palate cleanser after that dreadful Medea run.

Also, one of my rare Strength runs.

[rotund badger]

had a really funky Aspect of Melinoe skulls run - i usually hate the skulls, but a whole bunch of stuff came together here: possessed array, fetching array, and exceptional talent came together to give me absurd burst damage - at times it felt like phases of chronos' health took only maybe 10 seconds to burn through

[cinder hull]

Supay 62F. I never have to play this godawful Aspect again

[neon grail]

unseen + toula is better for initial rooms imo

[pliant tiger]

ok now do supay 65f

[worldly moat]

Why dont you do supay 65f checkmate 😔

[pliant tiger]

i already did supay 62 two times

62 x 2 = 124

so technically i already did 65f

[sharp pewter]

Imma do supay 32f 4 times

[worldly moat]

Basically the same thing yeah

[cinder hull]

I’m not above doing most Aspects at 65 but it just feels so weak. The first Aspect at 62 so far where I was genuinely finding little to no humor or enjoyment other than the kinda funny whole-room-now-has-Hitch thing that OSpesh got me here

[pliant tiger]

true

supay is miserable at high fear without blitz or a good ass rush boon

once u get both tho easiest 62 of ur entire existence

spam dash ez game

but that's like a highroll

[cinder hull]

Yeh, Blitz got me my second-closest of the dozen or so attempts

Died to Chronos P3 after some skissues tho

And then I just never saw Zeus again so I got lucky with Hitch + Scorch. C’est la vie

[pliant tiger]

classic zeus scam

bro never appears when u want him to

and then when he does he pulls out the ungodly boon selection of ionic gain, power surge, and lightning lance

[regal shard]

How do people play supay on high fear? It doesn't have much damage. I remember rage quiting in the very first encounter

[pliant tiger]

pray for gigaros start or take toula for early game hitstun

my supay 62f clear was back when gigaros had hitstun

[rocky steppe]

Yeah I gave up after 50

[pliant tiger]

so i cheesed the hell out of it during early game

lucked into breaker rush and blitz shortly thereafter