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used hestia keepsake in third region to get scorch in the game
removed gigaros but didn't need it anymore
It's carrying my speeds rn
supay 62f surface is at least tolerable since ephyra gives u a lotta boons but underworld? unless u get lucky with artificer and family dispute ur getting like 2-4 boons by the end of erebus
What about the playstyle? Do I use ospecial over oattack or other way around?
i use both tbh
Mostly just ospecial
equipped night also for free omega crit and to help with early game
hence why i use both omega moves
once u get a decent rush boon and a good damaging source like blitz or scorch u don't need to omega
just spam dash ez game
typhon took like 30 seconds never doubting Poseidon again
On Black Coat, Poseidon can be crazy
I'm so sad that I wasn't able to get Ares' infusion
im on a 20 loss streak so i let my gf pick my build in every way and she wins
Power of girlfriend
I was locked in, can't let pookie lose
Damn right, nice win btw
Ty lol
This looks like it shouldn't work
I was so scared the whole time, she chose nem keepsake for Oceanus too when I was last killed by grandpa
:(
no attack boon and level 15 thunder rush, wtf lol
Your very own chaos below trial
She had something cooked up, idk what but it worked
supay 62f underworld redo without any hitstun whatsoever except frigid rush pull in tartarus shop ez game
@regal shard this how u play supay on high fear, pray for gigaros dash then blitz immediately right after 
also forgot to highlight epic chaos healing boon
no antler π
nah im fine
that arctic ring must have been clutch
yeah i got arctic ring immediately after getting blitz and static shock
glamour gain was my first boon tho funnily enough, got blitz right after that
hera attack was so good on rivals scylla
got the omega special and attack in for more range and started running around the stage
early game was hell tho, little to no dmg in plus i had the get stunned every time u take dmg curse
lost a dd cuz of that
Yeah, hera is the goat in the sirens fight. You apply hitch to all of them and then I like to take my anger on the drums.
I like her sprint in their fight. You just run around for like 10sec and then do you buisness
for me i just take my anger out on scylla tbh
biggest pain in the ass tbh, and charybdis balls exist
i no hit rivals scylla, cerberus and chronos (very real)
55 Fear Clear - Mom Skull :D Getting back into the swing of things on the Hades II front. I hope to get the 62 fear before the end of the year
Torches PB lets goooooo
Turns out the key to Rivals Chronos is to Night Bloom one of the little healing adds and never leave its range
...bah, that second screenshot was supposed to show the fear setup. Here's what it should have shown:
16/24 62f runs done, not even close guys!
random triple legendary at underworld speedrun
I know it's nothing special, but this is my first time defeating Chronos, so happy rn π
congrats!!!!!!!
Aye ggs!
Night 110 or so and I just had my first no-hit Chronos win π€
Who other than Hecate and Chronos have a voice line for that?
Uh i dont imagine anybody else would other than maybe Prometheus given he also has post defeat diologue
Just done my 20f on Momos ! Poseidon works everywere it is so broken. Any body tips for 20f on flames ?
Whenever I think I'm getting the hang of Unrivaled Chronos I just look at my damage lol. I did it, though
Try Moros! The typical gameplay loop is to get your Omega special up and then attack until you need to put it back up. Hera is an amazing pick for the special (though Zeus will also work great) and for attack you can go something like % (apollo for the big blasts) or my favorite flat damage option, Poseidon (as the splashes will hit once when the initial shot hits enemies, and then once again on explosion)
Mel torches are a bit safer than Moros, as you can stay at range with attacks, but Moros can kill WAY faster
Oh I see ! Iβve done 32f w/ blades but I kinda suck at torches and I have no idea what I can build them with
I did 32f (underworld) with morrigan just bcus big damage is nice
But yeah this for torches imo
All of the torches play pretty differently- Iβd recommend watching videos of people playing an aspect to see how they use it
(Boated has great stuff)
I think I will do This w/ poseidon bc poseidon builds are always messy so I donβt have to do much
Make sure to grab froth since your attacks/specials will be hitting enemies rapidly
which torches are you interested in trying out first?
I would like to do suppay but I dont know what to max first
Nice, it's Supay fun!...... sorry... LOL. I wrote a detailed guide to supay mechanics and build suggestions if you're interested. Feel free to hmu if you have questions
https://mobalytics.gg/hades-2/builds/soup-ay-recipe
#technicallyanimprovement but not much of one because this is the extent I can manage while playing like a sane person lol
Am not great at this game but at least not TERRIBLE. Vow of Rivals complete. Now time for just, base 32 fear clear.
I love Scorch daggers so much
Side note, fully upgraded Path of Stars Total Eclipse does not muck about. Esp with Aphro + Hest and Hestia + Demeter duos
I just 0-hit Eris and 1-hit Prometheus! π
(hits received, that is)
feeling really good about that, been trying to bleed less health on the bosses on the way up - I've got the underworld bos moves pretty well memorized, more or less
Eris is such a wildcard for me(Fitting?). Sometimes I effortlessly 0 hit, others she takes a Death Defiance or two @.@
She's easy to dodge but if you mess up once it's an easy 60 damage
100%. I'm an Art dagger simp and a lot of it is "Wait, I thought I had parry"
I immensely dislike art dagger
It was the first aspect that clicked with me way back in beta and it just stuck around
All hail the boatman. Ft. A demonstration of power against prom (in vow of rivals)
yay big bro defeated, also some other guys but who cares about them
How many tries did that take you?
Another zeus W
BRO, WHAT!!? I just beat 45 Fear first try... I really need to get better at the Rivals Chronos fight but holy... How did I do that??!
I know it's with Medea so it's not actually that hard but idk man, that was sick.
Medea can be scary!
I know lol. I'm still so confused how a "lets see how difficult this'll be" run, turned into a "How tf did I just do that?" run
No clue how that was first try lol. Got Heinous Affront in the Tartarus shop too lol
Medea is the most broken aspect
I know it is. Thatβs why 45 fear with it is probably not that impressive but oh well, Iβm happy with it.
45f is still better than what 90% of the playerbase is ever going to do
Generously speaking, lol.
People here are not an accurate representation
Fair
I'll watch people do 62f casually, feel bad about myself, and then see my friends still struggling to get their first win
I've failed so many times that the rest is easy I just really suck at vor chronos
Same
Third phase makes me so anxious
I find it easier than 2nd atp
Second phase wears you down, and then you arrive in third phase with low health and canβt afford to choke
(And then you do)
Pretty much
I just wish I had friends who actually played this game..
You have us
And that is exactly why I joined these servers lol. I'm glad to have a good community for a game a love lol.
anyone know what PolyphemusStomachAche is in most dmg inflicted? also new cast dmg record
We do nothing but rant about this game
Yup lol. I mean, it's just what you gotta do with such a good game. So much to talk about anyway.
Exactly
Huh. Weird. Maybe it's when he grabs a bad sheep to chew on....!??!?
hmm I think you're right. some sheep dmg him in that fight when he eats them. no idea the game tracked that dmg lol
I'm surprised they tracked it and didn't make it, like... have a proper readable name, haha. Maybe Post it in #h2-tech-support as a minor bug
Thanks Chaos for helping me to distract of multiple failed attempts of Nergal Surface 35F with a chill Supay run
Chaos knows what I like 
Also, kudos to them for giving me Gorgon Amulet on Tartarus when I had two DD
Thanks, Chaos 
well that was a good warmup run lol sub-15 50f supay with 35 damage taken from chronos (ignore the hot pot + evade evade evade)
hitting heat rush in like room 2 certainly helped lol
hey i gotta warm up before going all the way lemme lock in
THERE IS ACTUALLY NO WAY I JUST BEAT 45 FEAR FIRST TRY AND 50 FEAR ON MY SECOND TRY IN THE SAME DAY... How am I able to do this..?
Absolutely insane lmao maybe you don't need my advice
How tf did I just do that.. I'm actually in awe.
where's the 62f clear coming with medea?
Next run easy
surely you'll get it third try
Surely
With or without vor chronos
With and frenzy 2
Hell yeah
I gotta do some surface stuff tmrw. My best on surface is 24 because I just don't like it as much. It is fun though and rivals Typhon is cool.
I'm still in shock tho.
Real I do not like high fear surface I cheesed it first try with Mel staff
Amen
max frenzy, hordes, fangs, return, wards, and grit olympus is 100% a run killer
u are guaranteed to time out unless good skip rng
and if u get skips u can still get screwed over by natural athena spawn and aetos
lol, makes sense.
I still don't know how I did that though. Maybe hitting 100 hours gave me a random buff π.
fast time too! gg
The 50 fear one is somehow faster too lol.
Tysm though!
Maybe I need to do a medea 50f now
after no playing medea for a minute, I just started trying to fear speed run it. Medea so fun honestly. it's just tiring on the thumb
(controller player)
I play controller and never had too much trouble, then again I only play for a few hours at a time on it
New 62 Fear time PB! ππΎββ‘οΈ Medea π
https://youtu.be/kVDNtTlI3fU?si=-DDgx5aRUHykkhXB
Medea Speedrun for the weekly speedcord challenge
not a victory but i think i installed the wrong hades
oh the mod
Did a double take so fast I broke my neck
nice
50 Fear! Moros Fear PB, insane carry job from Conservation + Abundance + Panacea Moon Water. An Ephyra sideroom Hermes Shrine into expedited Path of Stars let me go to Polyphemus with 9 Moon Waters, and i had enough damage to win the run because moros and zeus are gross. Poseidon attack is surprisingly strong on Moros, I think the wave also triggers on the moros explosion.
Very greedy Hecate keepsake pick into typhon, was fishing for Fine Lines and didn't want to prime out. The build probably just needed better safety/consistency so droplet would have been a better choice, fine line fishing was evidently win more in this scenario.
This is my first win and attempt at 50F moros after a 2 month hiatus, so I'm overall proud of the run, but my macro could have been better. I'm always impressed and amused by how long Moon Water can abuse the Tight Deadline timer, nearly 100 seconds (500 damage) here.
@pliant tiger @half lintel @coarse island @wary fog @old mountain 62 FEAR DONE RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WE'RE SO BACK
now run 67f circe with me twin π₯
Nope never going above 50 again
I think I enjoy high fear more than luthien and I am literally never joining you in 67f stockholm syndrome I'm so sorry π
not everyone is that much of a masochist /affectionate
full dds too holy moly 
I lost pin in the final seconds if u wanna watch the p3 fight
My fastest run yet on a complete whim
Could've been faster but I decided to take as many rooms in Tartarus as I could to turn on Tall order
Its really nice to see how many people play Eos despite the lack of content creators covering the weapon
Eos is REALLY good
esp for high fear, it's just average for stuff like speeds but it shines so much for fear fr...
Oh I know lol, I love Eos its really good
in another universe where I got literally one shop DD during tartarus it would have been my first 62 fear clear, it got crazy close I just fumbled π but it's rly good, I love Eos... always excited to talk abt Eos
I also figured you know lmao I just like being enthusiastic abt it
criminally underrated weapon
with night arcana that daybreaker can hit hard also
I'm gonna play it at 40f and for speeds soon so maybe I'll change my mind
lmk how it goes! should be more fun than trying it at 62 lmaooo no matter what
and it's weirdly fun for speeds, it's not amazing but crazy high flat damage room 1 is neat. shreds minibosses and Hec boonless
It's still my least played aspect
Hmm actually should I go for Night or Huntress on Eos...
what are some other criminally underrated aspects btw? I wanna learn them
fate's whim or rerolls? if fate's whim, both π
yes I use sacred ashes in Elden ring too
Hmm dang now I need to rearrange my arcana
Though additionally what would you choose with rerolls
Shiva
this was my loadout for Eos 62 fear: https://h2crossroads.pages.dev/ArcanaDeck/?deck=WyJjMSIsImMzIiwiYzUiLCJjNiIsImM3IiwiYzkiLCJjMTAiLCJjMTEiLCJjMTIiLCJjMTMiLCJjMTQiLCJjMTUiLCJjMTgiLCJjMjQiXQ==
I wouldn't recommend Unseen at lower fear necessarily, but for high fear Eos specifically it's actually really good π enough magick regen for your entire run, and boons are scarse with forfeit and denial on. ends up being abt equal to boatman in value for Eos specifically. grab boatman or excellence for lower fear stuff prob.
also wayward son is good if you aren't using max scars
It hurts to look at
rerolls are more rigid, tbh you'd prob just do the default loadout. you can grab night instead of furies, but Eos does well with olympian damage too and furies is better for that
Eos is an amazing fate's whim weapon tho, super flexible, so I don't rly play it w rerolls ever anymore
oh absolutely
did you see my Hel loadout lol
Genuinely what is wrong with you
I.........can see the vision with the hel one tbh
it does make sense, I won with it lol, it's just. weird
but autofire hel = no sorceress cause no omegas
and the base damage is so ass that no huntress is fine
no wayward since scars
so may as well grab excellence lol
I dont think hel can even use the omega attack reliably at frenzy2 LOL
π
oh yeah, never
but omega special is usable! I just didn't want to use it, it's kind of a waste of time ngl, autofire goes hard.
my biggest source of damage was non-omega special >:)
I need to play skulls more tbh and im.....kinda leaning to hel as my main aspect on it
outdamaged scorch with +255% pyro technique lol, somehow
I dont want to touch medea, it has only 1 real moveset, mel and pers look somewhat interesting but both feel quite samey
if you like torches that makes sense, Hel is just a torch without the need for magick but with awful build variety (feels absolutely awful without scorch, splash, or static shock)
also yeah, Mel and Pers are essentially the same moveset just with different boon preference. I like them both tho, and I love possessed array, which Hel can't get
Hel for fear is p safe and solid once it's online, but if you want to play fate's whim there's a lot of rerolling... it feels glacial until you get a boon on it, which means high fear erebus is rough
yeah i felt that, I felt fates whim hel is a ton of run resets
it...... really got on my nerves ngl π
but it is by far the safest imo
I dont like resets much tbh but i still need to see
lets take this to builds and combats lol
@graceful epoch
32 done on momus and twilight curse got to be on the top damage charts
good stuff
whens the next 62f coming
Chickened out of the 62F surface and did Rivals 3 instead
Probably for the best. But had a nice hitless Typhon fight
yo vang do u wanna see me grind out 62f speedruns
finally achieved sub 10 on all weapons
with a 2:30 erebus, I almost trashed the run, but I had goated oceanos and tartarus
this took an embarassingly amount of attempts for someone whos done 65f before π
i was tired of getting nowhere on 67f and was like "maybe i try a 62f" and i almost do it 2nd try then im here several hours later finally clearing it
and for eos of all things this shouldve been so much faster than i did like omg im ass π
Just because its slightly less excruciatingly difficult doesnt mean its not excruciatingly difficult, gg
arachne dress run! i am astounded by how little damage i took lol, it was very very fun. achievement get!
20f w/ torchs done ! thks for the tips !
yep just get psychic whirlwind and nergal is a walk in the park
starting to notch back up the fear! I used god mode for a while when I was grinding through the quests, so now I'm trying to get back into the heavy "don't get hit" mindset and climb the fear ranks. My next step will be a couple of ranks on the shop cost fear, maybe some others.
this build actually cooked wth
Imagine if it had been with Raki ;D
LETS GO!! GGβs!
wait i sent the wrong photo π
THIS cooked
THERE ya go damn
Please game, make it be the Nergal run
Ooof, my hands hurt.
It wasn't 
I got Froth on the special right at the end rofl. But it completely tore Typhon to shreds.
good stuff
I love watching things burn
Welp i am joining the pokemon gathering contest. This is 14/24 62
490 hp could be lucky but it looks fine otherwise
There should be an achievement for this
(not really on topic for the channel, but where else am I gonna post a screenshot lol)
fyi i did use zagreus his keepsake in 3rd region for the specific purpose of rolling a good dionysus or maybe athena boon and maxxing it
An story of perserverance, after multiple attempts with Nergal at 35F Surface with no success... I've got Psychic Whirlwind on Ephira and then the game got quite easy
Ahh yes, and I also learned that keeping the attack button pressed after a Dash Strike does not count as start charging the Omega Attack
When echo just casually hands you Fire Away to top off the perfect cast build.
New best time
Solid run, I respect the shiva
You should use the omegas more tho
Yeah if you're gonna go with shiva abuse its strong suits
Which reminds me I need to do a grit 3 hordes 3 run on shiva to see how big I can get the numbers
Gl
Alas I have to wo*k
Events kinda conspired to make me just wanna spam attack
You had aphro attack buffed to the 9's
Yeah but I had a good combo going with cast special attack
π
Finally nudged this damn aspect below my arbitrary self-imposed threshold, and of course it was Great-Auntie I have to thank for it
Everything after Thermal Dynamics was gotten in laaaate Fields and didn't end up making that much impact π
Wow only a 40 damage chronos, should've taken antler
dead before he could deal damage
Ig scorch nvm
But like still, antler propoganda
I am immune to antler propaganda π«‘
Itll get ya one day
You should totally try it
I have tried it! Every time I just break my armor/etc and get terrified about it and end up slowplaying π₯²
That's why I'm immune.... I got inoculated by trying it :P
You have to be super aggressive playing antler
I'll simply die, I guarantee it -- when I play aggressive I'm taking like 150 damage on Chronos haha
yea ill probably try going further than 52
Melinoe explaining her axe run
ask if its psychic whirlwind or a creative build
she doesnt understand
explains diffrence
she laughs "its a good run"
its psychic whirlwind
so close to getting a sub 13 62 fear last night
And here I was being proud of my 62, you're insane lmao
Jesus christ, yeah good luck with that
I like how that was kinda also a scorch run despite getting PA (it looks like somewhat later in the run)
More funnily i have exactly 0 gold on this run
Fr
Speedrunning 62 sounds insane to me
your 62 was super clean, should be proud!
scorch is deceptively good on medea. especially this run because I had both volatile array (2nd stack of scorch on skull landing) and PA (3rd stack of scorch on O attack retreival)
I am, ty
Oh, that's a good point, I think so much about Volatile/Posessed as damage sources but they ALSO apply effects huh
In hindsight I totally should've antlered it
you definitely could've, but that would've been a major flex to antler your first 62 haha, do it on the runback 
Took me hundreds of runs to get that far, 5th or 6th attempt at 62 chronos I was not gambling it
If I ever go for it again tho 100% will
antler just makes P3 chronos so scary and stressful.
but if you're playing circe and have howling soul going in, you can literally just cast and run away since it sticks to chronos. (granted you have the time to spare)
If I do get there with circe again I feel safe enough
Do you get value from antler if you do the run away strat? /gen q
But other aspects probably not
You have to run away in p3 regardless
.....true.
well in this particular case, I'm assuming you have circe zeus cast + raki.
raki will already be on top of chronos, howling soul cast sticks to and follows chronos,
result: antler storm ring will melt chronos while you chill
Would you take gale over raki at 62
100% for circe always take raki imo
Damn cause I prefer gale for it
he's by far the best for cast placement, and helps a lot with erebus timer becuase you can actually get a lot of leash damage in
I know we talkin UW but imagine if Circe's blessing also increased the number of blocks
I don't think you needed those 12 blocks in the run you actually won
You're probably right lmao
I think I took two hits of damage between the end of hecate and the start of p2
I just looked back at your 62 victory screen. gale is definitely causing you to underutilize leash.
here's my 65 UW with circe
Jeeper
leash damage is always #2 or #3 on my damage boards when running circe. it's super good. especially in first two regions when your damage is lower
Yeah definitely erebus was the major run killer for me
Until I got kings ransom in midshop
62s are like: erebus timer - sirens - chronos P3, everything else is relatively smooth sailing.
Yeah pretty much
Sweet jegus I almost died but also I got a new time record.
God am I gonna make myself run raki for 67 π
Maybe 67f is just different enough of a beast ill just keep gale there
Best run against rivsls 4 chronos ive ever had, on a higher fear than i usually do aswell, i owe supay a formal apology and a box of ambrosia
my first time beating Chronos on my 2nd time getting there
Aye good job!
Supay is kind of an awkward weapon but I made it work.
Easy run with help from the hottest male olympian
https://youtu.be/4zBdZkEOF2w
Look @south monolith I'm using your weapon
Aspect of Nyx but I ignore the aspect's mechanic... Again
Also holy, 100 times 
Coolish 
this would actually be a good way to separate gale from the +10% dodge/move gift
kinda god roll except I never found froth for origination lmao
room 1 exhaust riser kinda goes wacky
starting the +32 fear grind. was certainly a build of all time
... you can definitely get npc rooms in chaos trials
Stabbing Rush Stabbing Rush Stabbing Rush Stabbing Rush
Dedicated stabbing rush build, yet itβs not anywhere on the damage board π
Isn't it just under "Rushing"?
Oh youβre right Iβm blind
specials still beat it though (on Mel torches too, which is some insane cooking)
Mel torch special spam is a thing apparently
It's actually really strong especially with the 3rd special hammer
nah its +1 special
Victory by Darren Korb, Olympus Aflame finished rank 1 on my recap 
probably because it's a great chaos trial
boom.
RAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! ||TYPHON DED!!!||
Yippie!!!
ENDING FINISHEDDDD
tried a little speedrunning, my time is probably not the best but lvl 30 boon is funny
Good attempt honestly, did you try doing it entirely by yourself or did you follow a guide?
Solid for a starting attempt
I just tried myself, honestly kinda obvious since I doubt any route recommends fighting zagreous
I just saw him and though that triad would deal with him quickly enough... it didnt
Lmao fighting zagreus in a speedrun is devious
*Fighting zag is devious π
I need to do more fun runs I never have a reason to fight him
I'm doing only fun runs for a while, never saw him once yet, but I'll try fighting him if I do. He is legit a pretty rare interaction ngl
And fighting him in act1 or 2 where it's worth the most to do so means it will take a lot of time and potentially kill you....
There are some youtube guides and a discord server if you are interested in more speedrunning
Why
I want to beat zag hitless
lol okay good luck
Yay!! I finally did it! 55 fear! Never again lol
Well done, now you can do 62
haha if only!
If you can do 55 with strength you can do 62 with dd's
supay is so fun late game but early game was so rough, also really proud of my sirens and chronos this run, i could probably go higher fear but i need to do more practice with rank 2 vow of frenzy (also decided to drop lovers this time around because i've been depending on it too much even though i definitely don't need it at this level of fear lol)
not close at all, had no attack boon till final shop lol
and kinda messed up the memory game
My first win ever in Hades 2. I was SO not expecting the boss to be that ginormous. Going after Chronos next!
first win ever being typhon is diabolical
oh wow Hephestus, unlike in mythology hes getting all the W's
first time beating frenzy 2 rivals prometheus damageless (I had lovers which took one hit), unironically find him to be easier than any of the underworld rivals now
my 3rd 50F surface clear, this one w Anubis on my first try using Fates Whim + Judgement. Small timer troubles against prom but the random Athena DD tanked it. Also got to rarify reckless abandon to heroic which felt fun. Fates Whim Judgement highrolls give so much value (time piece opens up shops through Debt, Pommed boons are just strong, you sometimes don't even need a real build), i'm gonna try it out more and not rely as much on god keepsakes
God this took a while cuz of the coats and Nergal. 50 Fear everything done π
uh chat is Supay actually insane??/ @main drift@rocky steppe
Diabolical run
Wtf is a wastrel
got a very nice hestia attack boon (somewhere like really late oceanus, no less) with the twin flames, into a few handy utility boons and ultimately the hestia/aphro duo for a very nice DPS 24 heat clear of the underworld
yooooo hell yeah
thought you were never gonna do it
maybe I need to do supay 62 now lmao and give up on blades jk blades first
I thought "hey let's try a random attempt to see how bad this really is"
that would be my 1st non-god mode 24F underworld clear I think, so I'm very pleased about that, especially after dying 3 times in a row to VOR scylla before that π
Gigaros start or do you truly hate fun
life tax start
needed to tank those wastrels somehow
Also real
619 damage to base typhon π
I respect the grind
that's a doozy of a fight
I suppose if you win then you win, one way or the other
congrats though! nice stuff
Yea
chronos is way easier, so is hades
Just wait until you unlock rivals
oh I did, and I'm probably gonna be stuck on them
I have to kil him 3 more times just to kill chronos
wth
Lmaoooo
That is nuts, good job
a while ago i completed my quest to get every aspect hitless and damageless for the underworld any% category. Here they all are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czICKq7iLJk&list=PLBl27q7BWtROrSoata706_Bfxt6uLNtXt
I'm working on one god only for Underworld any% right now. I only have Aphrodite and Haphestus left. I need to upload the others.
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guys, i think i might like ares
Only one aspect remains :D
I probably haven't truly forgotten how to play the game without JPom
two more and I can forget about this monster
Looks like I got out of my rut for this run at least.
Not bad
Im just glad i never have to touch medea again
Not even remotely close π
Nice one
17 to go
17 what
first 32 fear clear ever, on first 32 fear attempt
Peak gaming
perse skull lucking into possessed + level 10 born gain
Good boons too
if I understand the medals correctly, it amuses me that my fastest clear is also my highest fear clear
Yep lmaooo
aspects (i'm doing 32 with all of them)
Nice, i've done the same and it's heaps of fun
8/24 now 
Time, like health, is a resource
EFFICIENCY
Also, Rival Chronos with Frenzy 1 is a pb, so eyyyyyy
Awww I can't upload here? I just beat rivals chronos for the first time, I wanted to share footage.
Oh, I can now, here's the build.
Aaand there we go. Backstab crits were doing 800+ towards the end.
back-to-back victories
This build was so incredibly fun
congrats!
Imagine if I'd gotten Pyro Technique at ANY POINT DURING THIS RUN
I had, what is that, seven Hestia boons?
Not a single PT to be found in all of the Underworld holy goddamn
I guess this isn't a victory but I hope you enjoy it
genuinely 45 minutes into the toula only run and my computer restarted for no reason im so mad
yknow what at this point i think i need to be all in on toula only. i had ecstatic obsession before but this time its kitty cat and nothing else
oh god i had a huge revival from chaos too this sucksssssss
why am i doing this. i just spent 6 minutes in the king vermin fight and lost a dd because toula kept getting stuck on walls and there were 20 pot guys shooting mines
i understand sisyphus now
Why ARE you doing this
i have a bunch of podcast episodes to listen to so its something to do while those play 
one hour on the timer going into tart lmao
I think this was my best run.
I was going for the achievement of still having an Arachne dress upon reaching the final confrontation, and far surpassed my own expectations.
I had 188 armor, still of the Arachne dress.
Gale helped save a lot of hits.
Arachne's keepsake, the silken sash, gave 30 armor and +2 per location, which built up some. But then I switched to Hephastus keepsake and got a boon of +100 armor, iirc. But it turns out I didn't even need that.
toula only run in almost 2 hours. i did it so you dont have to
"toula only"
the ominous Dash-Strike 109
149 damage run invalidated
no attacks on the wards pylons in the chronos fight, i just had to wait until chronos stood next to them and toula's attack hit them as collateral. the single dash-strike and poseidon wave was because i tabbed out to change the podcast episode and tabbed back in and the game made me dash strike somehow. i genuinely would have reset if it happened any earlier but i was halfway through tartarus 
ill cry
Crabs can't cry, science fact
wtf is BloodMine
king vermin summons them in the oceanus miniboss fight. toula would run into walls for minutes at a time in that fight so 30 of them all spawned and clumped together to shoot 30 mines at me every 3 seconds
phase shift for the win, congratz
rather spicy for Momus.
Aspect of Shiva 65f Surface
Been forgetting to post clears here recently but this one was so sick I kinda had to
https://youtu.be/qwBVSzhBCBg
We somehow overcome the odds to beat timer in spite of Charipdys, one of the worst natural Athenas I've ever seen, Aetos, and no skips in Olympus. Burning desire is the core of the build, but Destructive was crucial to boss fights.
Also side note: I don't know why the game started lagging extremely bad during that one boat in Thessaly lol
And ...
I......dont even play medea much lol and it became my first 50F win
Working my way through getting a 40 fear win on all the weapons. Finally got my torch win. DIE YOU WRINKLY BAT.
@lethal flicker My 62 clear stats
Lightning, lightning, and freezing..... which cases lightning
Exactly
Yeah I totally expected to lose. Then everyone is talking about how Typhon has returned, but only a few NPCs are mentioning that I defeated him so it's a bit strange (sorry late response lol)
first room gave me thunder rush and honestly it carried through erebus for a sub 4 hecate
Certainly an interesting way to play charon
casts still did the most damage but I wasn't getting anything to make channelling ospecial faster or anything that did extra damage after ocast
To be fair it doesn't look like you got any good boons for charon
nope it was a bad jpom run in general but I cleared it
Jpom giveth and jpom taketh
i forgot to turn my fear down from 32 for a purely fun selene run and somehow pulled through
mel staff with aphro special and special not even getting to the damage board is crazy ngl
54 surface yay
forced myself to start playing with 5 minute timer, will probably try 56 denial after i beat underworld
zooooom
trust me the run was 90% improvisation
Nothing worked as it should
The aphro special was like my final boon
Just did a chronos rivals afk clear if yall wanted to check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwaenCm5y8E
Hey guys. This is the pinnacle of AFK clears in Hades 2 (unless rivals Typhon is somehow possible)! This clear took alot of rerolls and new runs. It involves Supay, a very juicy hot pot, death defiances, Toula and a very lucky paid dues from Hermes. Alot of rng goes into the fight as chronos can sometimes do the one shot move more than 3 times i...
finaly
WHAT THE HELL! madness
It was a pain in the ass to get this setup lol
Finally won on the surface on night 69 (nice) with this stupid ahh build
Just a ton of healing boons and a level 14 Geyser Spout (from my level 8 Sea Star)
I genuinely played very badly on the last boss and it just didn't matter lol. Took ~300 damage and didn't have that much more max hp but ended the fight with ~150 hp
Originally went into more detail but my scroll of text was deleted for saying ahh so I have to use tiktok language now for some reason 
No way I'm typing all that again lol
I do like hammers
first rivals 4 typhon win
I didn't have enough damage to outDPS the second red instakill, and I wonder what the minimal amount of luck would have been for me to save ten seconds over the run π€
Fear 32 surface
yay thats the 2nd ugly statue unlocked
How dare you impugn the honor of the second statue π
Ugly???
Buff melinoe statues are our savior
Dora knows what's up
Absolute banger of a run
no hit on chronos was very satisfying
Playing with only one leg does sound a bit difficult :P
I canβt even tell if this is sarcasm lmao
u can sit down lmao playing with one leg is fine
also are u playing this in school lmao
See, I was imagining Melinoe playing with one leg :P Obviously if she can cook up a spectral prosthetic like her arm, or Heph made her one, that would be fine, but then that would still be two legs (just one made outta other stuff)
this reminds me, i should bring my steam deck to school and casually beat 55f while in there lmao
First sub-15 minute run and got the achivement for getting to Chronos with a Archne dress
Xinth is the best weapon
I WILL not tolerate aspect of charon slander
Who is out here slandering charon
Me, just on principle, generally. You can assume that I'm doing it sort of as a baseline default vibe.
π
10/48 50f runs done, charon is charon lmao
oh my goodness why does this keep happening
steam keeps sending me the same damn screenshots
11/48 50f runs done, grievous carries ares so hard holy
12/48 50f runs done, aspect of trick knives (not really) strikes again! (bnb hit time)
Are you posting multiple runs now or can you do 50f in about 30 seconds
Finally...
Soupay
Peak antler gaming
Omg, after changed vows into some weird way, finally after so many attemps i did 32f surface with axe.
Aye gg!
Once again the (polish?) Is absolutely sending me I love translations of this game
Yup, polish. Translator also includes some jokes/references typical/undestand mostly by polish people (like, Artemis has the line about how she shouldn't drink nectar on hunter, cause she might mistook monster with boar)
Peak, I love how Typhon is now Tyfon and Eris is still Eris
- Mash Attack
- Win!
My final aspect for 32F wins on all aspects above and below, got tired of forcing hera fine lines so i threw on fates whim + judgement and let the build play itself. little too close for comfort but whatever. I equipped moon beam in fields and was never offered path of stars so that was funny. I don't think i even had a single level on the hex, big ups to me on almost completely ignoring the aspect for the final clear besides rotating omega moves.
I barely survive Typhon's fight but damn. I rarely play with coat but this was easiest and take less time than axe's clear.
And with that, my little personal challenge ended. :> I cleared 32f underworld and surface with every weapon. :D
I didn't earn this, I simply had a Hera start into a like room 2 or 3 hammer with Possessed Array
This is so stupid... it's nearly a full minute faster than my previous Persephone time NO WAIT MIS-MATHED it's literally over a minute faster im DIE
after days and days of trying hkdfhfhjhj
Congrats on the well deserved pb at some point id think a fast run needs to get a lil lucky
I guess π π
new underworld fear PB, fates whim judgement is good moros is good panacea conservation abundance moonwater is good
kinda cool mana regen system, lucid gain + winners circle on moros was enough even with exceptional talent, born gain would have definitely primed out
Ohhh I missed the Winner's Circle, v important element
can't say i've used winners circle exclusively for regen instead of the insane Omega cast damage multiplier but fates whim works in mysterious ways
I've gotten my first victory
Hell yeah!! That's a sweet hammer setup
I got a really nice solo dps setup, and this run was only meant to get me some items from chaos, not be my first chronos win lol
Strongest selene run
my logbook from clearing all aspects above and below on 32F. My fear choices were max rivals, timer, menace, fangs, and shadow as a baseline 28F, with max hubris for non-magick aspects and max wards for fast-hitting aspects. I'd mix it up for any remaining fear. for almost all of this i'd use god keepsakes in the first 2 regions to lock in a certain build, but im thinking fates whim judgement would also suffice. time piece in region 2 keeps shop boons on the table for the rest of the run even with max debt, and jeweled pom makes starting boons strong enough to cobble together a sufficient "build," if not getting outright lucky on gods to begin with
Now do all aspects π
Damn, you were doing most of these whimless?
Why would you play fates whim judgement, just playing fates whim normally is much stronger than forcing two gods unless you're medea
honestly the +2 fear from void feels free, i feel like my micro is sufficient to survive r1 while getting boons online
some of these were before i had the FW keepsakes unlocked
Absolutely diabolical
also running void is aura
Well...you can certainly try
Sure
i was thinking my next challenge would be all weapons or aspects at 40F with no god keepsakes allowed, but it seems kinda meta anyways lmao
TBF "all aspects 40F" is enough of a challenge on its own
thats true! π
i'll just get the logbook cleared w 40F using only FW + judgement, seems fun
ππππ
I'm doing it rn it's pretty easy
Girl u an antler propagandist I aint listening to a single word outta your mouth
40 ain't bad at all once you play higher
Not putting on grit, hoards, pain, or scars yes please
how supportive
Silly little Supay run with Air Quality Frigid Rush and Tropical Cyclone (ft Hazard Boom and Static Shock stravaganza)
back to back wins
56 fear now, figuring out how to use denial is gonna be fun
Hot damn! Honestly it should be nothing to you after 54
used FW + Judgement for my first blades clear with 40F underworld. Camping in the Eternity slowdown while charging my omega attack was very safe once judgement gave me the opportunity
somehow i first tried 56 fear surface what the hell
the watch was basically along for the ride lmao
i didnt know what to take for third region
didnt even find out till i got to the end of the run that a god can run out of boons from denial and still not offer a duo T-T
Denial is free
fairs i was way too intimidated by it
Especially with onion most of the time you don't get enough boons for it to matter
not using forfeit yet, debating whether i go past 56 after underground
last gasp and athena defiances is goated luck tho
54 no denial or ff is devious, well played
i prefer playing with max buffed enemies
π
might be a topic for #h2-builds-and-combat but i like taking the watch r2 to keep shop boons open for the rest of the run, but i havent tried zag keepsake r2 much to compare
my logic is ill just get used to the stupid amounts of speed and damage
I haven't started running for 62 surface so I can't say much about it
dont get hit very smart
Chrolex is the best keepsake for region 2
i just take zag keepsake almost every 2nd region cuz im a hades 1 stan
Knucklebones is probably best for region 3 sf
feels bad if i dont have scorch or smth to shred the p2 wards, but rivals sirens feels worst of the 3 non chronos underworld if i gotta choose
fairs, i sirens is a decent roadblock to me
I love that fight
i can acc get past cerberus pretty consistently, put every time i get hit by him it just feels like aoe spam
its not really dying, the damage just feels unfair lol
Although I have only run uw for the past 6 months up to 62 I'm about to get demolished my prom and herc
oh yea i usually soft focus heracles, is there like a definite best one to focus on?
Couldn't tell you it's my worst rivals fight by far
Hitless sirens and cerb in the same run? No problem
Two naked gay men tag teaming me? Really big problem
historians call them good friends
the fight must also be difficult
Can't imagine why
multiple runs im not that cracked
absolutely cursed born to win embryo run
after almost 500 hours i finally ran out of other stuff to do and finished 20 chaos trials for goddess of nightmares
yay 56 done
my first typhon
my first fear run, it's not alot, but it's a start
@wild iris you stole my scalding vapor give it back π. Eos 40F underworld FW + Judgment done, got lazy and facetanked too much p3 chronos damage
13/48 50f runs done, HOLYYYYYYY THE FIRST EVER SUB 9 50F SURFACE BABY LETS GO
forgot to equip raki lmao
What were the vows?
Yeah makes sense
Apollo

Tried to get Heinous but i'm beginning more and more like ARES + APHRO + HERA + NIGHTBLOOM. Carnal desire + indentured servant
not a traditional victory like these other fine gentlemen... but a victory for me nonetheless. π«‘
One of those times when Power Surge is allowed to pop off, dealing 320+ damage per tap of the attack button
turns out power surge just needs 19 lvl to be good!
I only got mirrored thasher in olympus, so it only popped off then
But as a non core boon? Kinda disgusting, sometimes
Tried Antler for the first time outside a chaos trial
Haha, I'm not as good as a player. ^^' I don't like some aspects (Mel daggers, shiva), some rarely use/play (nergal, eos, artemis' dagger) Idk if i want to spend time on it.
Nonethless, I'm kinda little pround of myself - in hades 1 I barely did 32h once and never happend again, I couldn't imagine doing succesfuly several 32f runs in hades 2 :D
Let's do this Dungeons and Dragons style
@lofty oriole
Insane π
Are you trying to do 50F 48/48 with sub10 for each?
Donβt think I tagged you. @pliant tiger
Finished the 50 Fear 48/48 challenge recently!
Using the coat was kinda painful for me ngl π
nah that'd be torture
might crash out right now
also a new 62f clear i see?
an eos clear nice
got my 24 fear run with no struggle
Yeah I forgot to record it. Very scuffed win
I recorded my losing run before the victory run which was pretty tragic π€‘
Got my left and rights mixed up for Triple scythe throw π
so typhon got deleted
Shiva is wierd, I like it but I prefer the regular jetpack aspects
was that my best run? no. was it my fastest run? no. was it the most fun run I've had? no. but it was a run that I managed to scrape a win from
generational fumble
I turned Hades 2 into a bullet hell dodging experience
The enemies were not very good at it
ended up getting lucky on anubis
This image kinda brings me pain so im just gonna say well done and leave it at that
Its mostly the calling card in summit that hurts
10+ streaks in greater chaos both ways, didn't expect surface to survive longer than underworld lol. died to prometheus and rivals scylla as usual
I took it in case I was unlucky and got a boon that disables the hera damage bonus from non-commons
Looks like you had Proper Upbringing, so that wouldn't have happened. It's not explicitly stated in the boon description, but it also rarifies all common boons that would have been offered to you
yet another scrappy-as-hell run saved at the 11th hour by getting Hera Legendary
she made me pay for it, though
that damage meter is hilarious
A 5:35 with no archne, artemis, possessed array and with a fig leaf scam in oceanus. The potential for a good time was there π
Artemis aspect + Poseidon attack + Aph mana are my fav combo now
62f clear when?
god no i need my healing
9/24 aspects
First win!
(Iβll get a proper picture once the switch decides to grace me with internet connection)
@pliant tiger Bleh. Terrible time management
Weβll get em next time πππ
Hate the cutscene combo so much βοΈ
Persephone Underworld 40F w/ FW + Judgement. Possessed Array + Boosted Ignition turned this into ranged medea. Possessed array magick doesn't count towards the 40 for heartthrobs, so i paid a +28% damage buff w sweet surrender to denial to find out, very cool
near damageless 62 
holy hell
ye didn't expect this to go that well for a first run today
what did 1 trap damage
Sub 7 Selene! Not quite beating out my Circe time but so close
What with the Poseidon build and a late Ripple Effect, I really wish I had gotten Success Rate in this run lol
edit: also who needs Zeus :PPPP
I think I used the hex all of three times max though sdfgjhfhjgh
Medea Underworld 40F FW + Judgement. Your typical medea Omega cast build + 3rd hammer from lucky echo. Missing Death DDs from Judgement was a lil scary into Chronos, but got enough DDs from Charon Wells
FINALLY!
Got the 62 Fear Nergal @pliant tiger
prophecy fulfilling supay run
how did attack even end up on the boards
inverted + dividing
oh bruh π
ye, i did have slow cooker offered but i kinda needed mana regen for the ospec use
I'm ashamed to say I skipped an Erebus Zag for this, but Testaments are finally done! He was showing up on every night that Knives had thirst so this is like weeks in the making
Have you been taking every Erebus contract sdkfjhgfjd
Yes, I don't know how people resist that
I took three zag contracts and then havent taken one since
the dialogue, the em4 music, it's too good. and it's free items if you win! idk maybe I'm insane
itβs great to take if you can afford to, I wish I took it more since the dialogue is fun
itβs just uhβ¦ hard to justify for speedruns or high fear π so I skip it a lot when doing those
You are as mad as a hatter but like I salute you for it
but I want to do more fun runs again and if Iβm doing that then hell yeah Iβll take it
I'm in the exact same boat I metagame too much
I can't even imagine him with frenzy 2 and max grit and pain
and time3 sounds like an autoloss if you can't blow him up
I haven't revisited the Surface since bumping Frenzy up from 1 to 2, I'm not sure I want to hdfjgjfgh
I thiiiink that specifically for olympus it can actually be faster than doing a normal room? iirc?
so in that context if youβre confident dodging him then itβs not a time loss
How the hell
but idek if thatβs true, Iβve just heard it lol, Iβve never tried it
I've done it with frenzy 2 time 3 it's pretty easy, pain and grit wouldn't be a problem either
yeah by zone 3 he should be very doable
I think itβs more a question of whether you lose time
in theory in thessaly itβs very doable and you wonβt time out, but if it doesnβt save you time itβs off the table for speeds
yeah i've done it in oceanus and it didn't burn that much time. it's really just erebus where it sucks. usually you can't even get origination going
i need to hyperbolic time chamber with him
New max fear record for me with... Ok, probably the safest aspect, but still lol
Build fail, hit new peak cash of 3663 tho
Still great no matter the aspect
Thanatos underworld 40F FW + Judgement. God pool filled in Erebus, aphro attack was late to the party by the time i was mostly dealing damage starting with the special. Early travel deal let me buy at least 3 extra boons
This was a deeply bizarre run with an absolutely craptastic Chronos fight but I finally got Thanatos below 8min
(I tried to ""play safe"" because I was like "oh the map RNG was so good, I better not eat dirt on Chronos for no reason", but in retrospect, that was Worse)
And now, I am free from axes forever because aint no way I'm bothering with the other three
tried to do as much damage as possible with one source in a single run and nearly hit 700k
max grit and hordes, rivals 4, wards, menace and shadow vows, every combat encounter/side room taken for as much total hp as possible
i think the limit is technically infinite but i didnt feel like farming out minibosses or final phase scylla for infinite ads lol
tbh that was pretty fun to do i might try to do this with both attacks and specials and maybe try to hit a million π
Mel Axe underworld 40F FW + Judgement. kinda worried about scuffed godpool starting with ares then heph, but ares attack was fine with the 3 hammers i got (my 2nd lucky echo today). I eventually got enough strike speed to viciously and repeatedly beat Chronos head in, the cerb fight was more annoying this time
Circe 62F. Two attempts prior, both dead to Chronos P3. This one almost suffered the same
nice
Nergal underworld 40F FW + Judgement. Big apollo run, wasn't able to use omega attack nearly as often against Chronos, too little damage for how long it took to charge. if this was actually an omega build the conservation moonwater i stored up woulda done work. good learning experience.
wouhou first typhon kill 
Got a close win against chronos with Hel aspect
didnt intend to do an omega special run
Nexus rush is busted I tell you. Not even packing a nuclear weapon into the cast slot could out-compete it
There's a prophecy for taking it to the end
I just took it for tartarus
Its just kinda boring
Ok then im concerned
i mean 18f u can win with anything
True
Yeah I'm playing with max hordes, grit and rivals just for punching bags
worst vows π
What is bro doing
where's fangs
what is people obessesion with max hordes
Playing for fun
in H1 nobody took hordes
I'm not trying to max out the fear meter, I can do 32 no problem
I only do it with supay tbh, although i generally play on lower fear
i can do 62 no problem π
Okay good for you
Cute, but like, the point flew over your head as to why I'm playing the game
If its fun for them then thats all that matters
It's fun to experiment and make busted combos
I will fully admit to changing sides the instant somebody uses them doing high fear to put down other people
Truee
Persephone skull is my fav skull tbh
basic take but my fav skull is medea
I best chronos 1st try
Aye nice job
The moros pin is op
taking the jewelled pom and getting pompompom from echo later on can have some silly results
Echo supremacy gang
I just made it lol, 2nd 55 fear win. Sun Worshipper MVP, all i did was run away from chronos lol
although this run she handed me an epic Drunken Stupor, so there's that
62F Circe first try this morning. Pretty nice Scylla fight for once
now do supay next
62F. Void3 and No Onion yeah? π
Tfw Toula is your main damage output until you get actual boons π
don't forget omega special
or u could reset for gigaros but thats the cowards way (i did it also)
Gigaros dash
Insane run
Aye
won this fun run while outside, damageless cerby and chronos
no forfeit for this run, took strength as well
breaker rush is the goat rush boon for supay
everything else is cheeks compared to breaker rush
yes, even nexus rush
not my best run but not the worst either
not in surface
fascinating fear setup
I will try further but not timer because i dont like speedruns @pliant tiger
Underworld is much easier than surface
timer 1 is 9 minutes per region
9 x 4 = 36 minutes per run
that is not a speedrun
it's free fear
I will try it then
π
And when you complete the characters hearts they give you timer
The in-game timer is always paused during character dialogues, if that's what you mean...? It's paused during a lot of things, like shops, between-region chambers, during some NPC encounters, etc.
A clock-timer symbol ...i dont know what is it because i havent try the timer slot
Oh, "time passing". That has nothing to do with the Time vow -- if you noticed, it's the same kind of symbol used on the seeds you grow in the Crossroads.
Ohhh ok
It also affects the cauldron recipes that take time to brew, if you've not noticed
Those are not in-run times
@worldly moat for the 3 statues
I think they mean more your choices of vows
Yeah but pain, scars, grit, and hoards make the game so much harder than it needs to be
LMAOOOO
Yes i agree but if you study the bosses moves you will manage it @worldly moat
The only hard bosses for me is eris and typhon
Dawg ive done 65f lmao, ig if you dont have rivals youre kinda forced to take the more problematic stuff
You can do 32F with no Rivals and still have it not look like those vows
I have completed 32 fear for underworld @crimson birch
I was more speaking to Plum's bit about being forced to take particular vows
AKA "you aint forced to take these ones specifically bruv ask me how I know"
32 under and 24 surface
u have rivals 1 unlocked right? turn that on
Is for alternate boss moves? @pliant tiger
Or if you really don't want Rivals π
forfeit?
The 3rd statue i manage to unlock it with aspect of moros
Yes :)
fascinating
I think if I were doing it today I might consider just bumping Frenzy to 2 instead, but that was what I used for my 32F
my typical 32f setup doesn't look like this btw
it looks like this
no rivals fear setups are funny, the bosses feel like a break
I am both speed and dodge
I think I dodged 90% of all my hits towards me from typhon
now get frenzy in the game
62F Circe underworld > Fear PB with this aspect and 2nd aspect to clear 62 fear
Got hestia cast, chaos cast damage, and glowing coal all in erebus, and then pyro technique at the end of oceanus. Only way it would've been easier is if I started with unseen ire and got deep dissent later, instead of the opposite
Circe with toula is crazy work, great job tho!
my first ever 62 was circe with toula
my first circe 62 was with toula too
Yall are freaks mine was gale
Toula requires some management, but it's neat
gale is kinda mid for high fear circe tbh, has double cast yeah but has ass psychic leash
Wait, Chasm with Smolder adds more Burn?
Apparently, yeah. I was told this recently.
I was surprised too. If anything I would have expected it to act more like Fang (makes the Scorch proc do more damage)
Mfw 30 damage regular enemy
Although ig i cant talk i cant even play the damned game rn π
30 damage per 0.2 seconds correct me if im wrong
absolute godsent for early game
it is in fact ridiculous early game
especially when dealing with high hp and armor enemies in early game
No I mean taking 30 damage from a regular enemy π
Its insane for early game yeah optimizing it from gale is the only reason erebus doesnt take 30 years
yeah but like circe is so safe just dodge, the casts are doing the work not u
its more cast damage and for scorch casts that means more scorch is applied, you can really notice it with cast dress
I find that waking up toula isn't a big deal with circe and the extra dd just feels nicer than raki
My first 62f clear I used toula with moros wands since I forgot to change it, so maybe I should just embrace using toula at this point
first time I decided to go with strength and on high fear. People are right about Medea damn
I fully expected to die on this run. I just did it to do Arachnes quest and wouldnt have cared past Erabus, but then I just happened to keep going
It's always fun when that happens!
the skull is honestly very annoying in vow of rivals Chronos though
Well that was the single most cracked run I've had so far
(Ignore the fact that Chronos did that much damage, I was playing like a idiot because I wanted the sub 15 minutes)
Jesus chr-- oh, on DDs, hahaha. Congrats!
That's some fun-ass legendaries! Did Demeter say anything super cool when she murdered your gramps for ya
The effect didn't go off
I was kinda just button mashing my mouse and forgot about the cast lol
Awww okay haha, well, I'm sure she put in work otherwise :P
I got her on the last 3 chambers of Tarturus
She did not do a damn thing 
Noooooooo
I feel like this turned out pretty well.
My first 50 fear! My hands are still shaking π
heard there was a list that keeps track of 50+ fears? is that still a thing?
Yes! https://h2crossroads.pages.dev/ but it's manual submission/approval
I dont know what people are complaining about when they claim that you need good rng to get these
absolute omega special
62F Mel Blades. Probably one of the easier Chronos fights, legit just facetanked him and let TK do the rest π΅βπ«
All aspects now cleared at 62 Fear
Love Allies as the second highest
Fear 32 done
Midshop in Olympus I took a Born Gain despite not really using the omega dash specifically thinking out loud "the only way I win this run is with Sun Worshipper" and it felt really good to get that payoff
But i had unlocked only hecate as rival(alternate face ..the other bosses are the same)
How do i unlock the others?
For most of them: beat both the underworld and surface rivals bosses that you have unlocked so far.
For Rivals 2 specifically: you need to have fought the rarer Rift of Thessaly miniboss as well as beating both Rivals Hecate and Rivals Polyphemus.
Ok i understand
didnt use high fear because it was just a little baptism for Hel, it was 2 seconds actually I didnt read it lol
Entirely forgot that rallying cry existed but here's my revenge run against Chronos for taking my 55f win away.. I'll get it eventually but until then I have completed the flames bounty.
Its not victory boasting but since the main chat doesnt allow pictures and I do want to boast about the size of this attack field

the Power of Loveβ’ can be used to create nuclear bombs with which to destroy your enemies
My 3rd 62F Aspect > Mel Black Coat
I have decided to embrace the fact that I keep leaving toula on even if gale is objectively better survivability
Also move speed from aspect + blinding rush + chaos meant I was absolutely zooming
Exceptional Talent only appeared before Typhon,and I only chose Task Force because Demeter's Godsent lines go hard, so I wanted more of them 
Not sure how I feel about Selene coat. The Hex doesn't seem that great.
-# But I also don't have Godsent Hexes on this save file yet
I find it to be "just okay" personally, though it's not bad if you get it upgraded out
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(no core boons other than special all the way up to Cerb shop, at which point I got the Apollo ghfhgh)
I think that Chronos fight took nearly two minutes
Peak
Antler wouldve made it sub 8
Or I just die :P Anyway I'm shooting for sub 7 on Nyx, it wasn't anywhere near making that
My best nyx is a 6.31 I'm so annoyed I missed the sub 6.30
It's soooo annoying when they're super close to a nice round number like that lmao
I don't think I would have tried so hard to sub8 Than axe if it hadn't been so close
I'm doing sub 7.30 for uw all aspects and I got a 7.32 on than
I went with Selene's Keepsake for Erebus, so I ended up getting the farthest upgrade and the Guardian damage one plus whichever were along the track
but having reduced Magick usage from Chaos really hampers Hex use 
Yeah, on Selene if you want to use the aspect gimmick you actually want to go all in on things that increase magick usage, since the fastest coat omega (special) normally uses so little
Now that's a personal attack
Ikr, antler let me down
Getting closer
If I'd gotten ER earlier in the run, or had slightly better map RNG...
What the hell
I had trick knives 3rd room and it still got outdamaged
Supay-ass run
I TOLD YOU I TOLD ALL OF YOU I KNEW IT WAS GOOD
I NEVER DISAGREED WITH YOU
EVERYONE ELSE IS RAGEBAITING ME
LMAOOOO
Been a death over strength guy the entire time I've played, but accidentally switched over and forgot to change it for this run. Realized in Thessaly i still had strength on and almost thought about resetting but thought I'd see it through! Probably gonna try using strength some more π
It's very good! Godspeed π«‘
chain reaction my beloved
i think im finally done with hades 2, outside of checking out new patches
Not gonna do 62?
nope, having no healing would be way too stressful for me
i spent enough time suffering on 50 heat
Fair
maybe ill end up getting bored and trying it on a different weapon down the line
besides that was a pretty perfect run to end on
561 damage to chronos is pretty crazy too
nightbloom constantly summoning an hourglass to heal me
And with this run, I have sub 10 on all weapons :D
Well under :D What is the final damage-done entry, the rush?
Yeah, dash and rush :D
Oh wait no that`s the sprint
I switched my game back to English to check lol
The final damage-done entry is the dash and the thing Melinoe does when she runs faster
Sprint?
My fastest run yet :) I can't compare to you here, but I'm happy, at first I thought I wouldn't even finish the game :D
100 armor, max health and 3dd??? I think you definitely have a lot of pbs coming up. GG
Circe 40F underworld FW + Judgement. Scuffed Erebus, spent all 4 DDs bc 45 seconds past deadline, but the endgame was nasty with power surge + mirrored thrasher + zeus attack blitz, also aphro on my doubled specials. last gasp was a funny compensation for my earlier struggles. Interesting Jeweled Pom interaction, since tough gain doesnt have level scaling, sacrificing it means the new boon will also start at level 1
your damage suffered looks like you stomped, well done!
type of run you could take white antler and not even stress
Mel staff 40F underworld FW + Judgement. Used up the hammer luck in the circe run but it definitely needed the help more than this one. This run was mediocre and boring but a win. pretty awful damage, but nexus rush made room clear quick enough that i could still take my time against bosses and play more safely without timer concerns. main takeaway was learning cerb and chronos telegraphs/timings for damage, gonna be useful on inevitable low boss damage runs like this
Perfect clear nothing went wrong fr fr
pls what does this mean?
Its a cosmetic thing late game
uhhhh i forget the name of it
they're a post credit thing you can spend resources on after beating the game
basicaly jsut says that you are rich
thank you guys, and what exactly will I do to beat the game? π¬
win runs repeatedly, follow along w the story it'll make itself clear
if you need help with clearing runs ask #h2-builds-and-combat (mention your not past the ending)
Okay, I'll just continue
im thinking more about it, im proud i got a win from decent micro instead of mostly boon/hammer luck
iconic, letsgo
tbh I think hammers are so much better in this game than h1 lol
a wins a win
(coming from someone who when on a 160 loss streak XD)
I'm used to making good enough decisions in h2 that poor micro gets glossed over, so kinda neat that in a pinch my mechanics can pull a bit more weight now
Also damn 160 is a lot! did you feel like you were at least learning something, making progress, and/or having fun?
my fastest run so far
aspect of thanatos my shayla
EXACTLY!!!
I usually play descura because I'm more comfortable with its gameplay but!!! I love the axe with aspect of thanatos
Charon better
I'm very thanatos pilled though so everything regarding him is perfect to me
π π π
thanatos hates to see me coming (especially because I'm a writer /silly)
if i have the same build on surface, that would be amazing 
manifesting it for you
TY!
Axe is still my pick for worst surface weapon
actually crispy torch run, didn't even freaking use the aspect

It's beautiful 
I had a lot of armor
half of those death defiance loses were purely from that 3rd typhon vow of rivals bs phase. Like I loved it the first time it was hilarious, its only funny the first time though
at least the morrigan still pulled me through ^^
6 dds oml
Second win, felt like it went pretty well
Didnβt even use a single death defiance
No death arcana?
Nope, didnβt have it on
Forgot
Oof
Didnβt need it anyways tho