h2-victory-boasting

[haughty summit]

is that how at the end of the 2nd phase you started Oattack and continued to gain life during the cutscene?

[winged sigil]

that's self healing, the apollo infusion boon

the point of the video is that chronos is ABSURDLY fast for no reason

[haughty summit]

oh I've never done chronos rivaled at high fear, so I just figured it was normal

[cinder hull]

Eos 62F. Don't mind the timer LOL

[rain raptor]

Have to say this is the most amount of hp i have ever had... didn't even use it lol

Fyi is this like a lot a lot? Record amount a lot or just decent a lot? 🤔

[crimson birch]

IDK if it's a record amount but it is certainly a lot!

[rain raptor]

Idk if this is a controversial statement but i still think Cerce staff is better than Medea skull... then again i play keyboard only, no controller no mouse, no trackpad.

[rocky steppe]

Medea is definitely better, playing keyboard only is insane

[rain raptor]

32 fear first try and it was... honestly disappointingly easy... 32 heat on hades was a lot harder but did it with aspect of Arthur of all things in 15:04

Circe is just much more consistent how i play tho.

[rocky steppe]

Circe is definitely easier but I did my 50f medea first try whereas 50f circe took longer

[rocky steppe]

Fear is easier than heat

You also have experience coming from the first game

[rain raptor]

Yeahhhhhh reached Chronos on the 4th attempt and beat him on 7th. Still lots of fun even if his extreme measures version is bs in my opinion lol

[distant gazelle]

No hit base typhon with this

also, wispy wiles is genuinely insane

[crimson birch]

Especially really good when you already have Zeus in the pool

[distant gazelle]

yep

all this omega special stuff was on heaven flourish

cardio gain forced me to use regular attacks a lil bit, but reckless abandon plus air quality made that good too

specially on the lim and oros

[lofty oriole]

58 Fear Nyx coat

Had no confidence with this weapon for Rivals 4

[thin nest]

So close ! I just cant get Hestias Legendary boon :3

[rocky steppe]

Damn you really tanked the antler

[worldly moat]

i also got last gasp from hades so i was fine face tanking lol

upon realizing i had death over strength i get to be stupid 😌

[rocky steppe]

Real

[lethal flicker]

Average Heinous Smite run

[lofty oriole]

58F Mel Axe

[worldly moat]

pb right after when i wasnt stupid and actually played strength and took the right keepsakes

[quasi wind]

:3

[rare parcel]

Kudos to Experimental Hammer for giving me Wide Grin and by extension, ruining Mel Skull's power

Thanks, Icarus, pretty cool

[old osprey]

does this count

[crimson birch]

I got curious so I did a 32F surface run... it was indeed more tiring than 32F underworld.

Also this was my first surface run with Frenzy 2 and ow, Olympus minibosses can actually hurt you

[rocky steppe]

Not bad ephrya

[indigo roost]

Second win (ever) :D

I had so much money it was ridiculous

[winged sigil]

unlocking the oath and instantly adding 6 fear for your next win is such a power move holy based 🔥 💯

[indigo roost]

The game told me to :x

[rocky steppe]

How big is your monitor 😭 😭 😭 😭

[indigo roost]

it's an ultrawide aspect

[rocky steppe]

And i'm out here on a laptop

[indigo roost]

I used Hordes, Grit and Scars

[old mountain]

Anything you are proud of for Hades 2 counts

[old mountain]

I sense a high fear player on the horizon

Gup geep gip 🔥 (your tag)

[olive vigil]

40s with pan, this would have been so insane with the pos and Hestia duos but it still worked

[severe belfry]

success rate is rather fun

[rocky steppe]

Insane first 6

[indigo roost]

Is it?
Which are the easiest?

[old mountain]

frenzy and time

[rocky steppe]

Time, hubris, frenzy (after a few runs)

Hordes grit and pain are the last vows I turn on

[indigo roost]

Yeah I don't think I want Pain ever

but when it comes to Hordes I feel like more targets usually boosts your damage potential anyway, with most builds

[rocky steppe]

Hordes just means bigger numbers at the end

The safest way to go imo is to play faster, the less time things are alive, the less chance they have to whack you

[indigo roost]

Oh Lord I just put Fangs on x2

[sharp pewter]

Fang 2 isn't that bad...until it is

[rocky steppe]

https://imgur.com/a/FW6OfrK

[regal shard]

why did you cast and then omega attack into the middle of the cast? Enemies are stuck at the edge of the cast which makes that omega attack useless

[noble ginkgo]

Type of level u get into when ur one hit away from dying

[rocky steppe]

@crimson birch I'm never forgiving u for this

[sharp pewter]

Premium service value

[rocky steppe]

I forgot I don't have purging pools

[old mountain]

rooms full of ward generating things T_T

[old mountain]

now get it sub 10 :P

[indigo roost]

Woop. 12

Piggy bank'd

[rocky steppe]

WHY DID YOU THINK I WAS RUNNING IT

[rocky steppe]

you took 2 keepsakes the whole run what

[indigo roost]

I was looking for specific things

[rocky steppe]

it doesnt work after the first region

[indigo roost]

What was crazy is that in the entirety of Act II I didn't get a single Hestia

I didn't use the rare up

[rocky steppe]

oh yeah thats thessaly

no wonder you keep rageing

[old mountain]

dont take gods r2 take them r3 or r1

[indigo roost]

What's that about?

[indigo roost]

The only thing I've raged about is bosses

[old mountain]

you seem to get less boons overall in region 2 (the boat) where as in region 1(the town) and region 3 (olympus) you get more

Oh i just said gods XD

i ment god keepsakes

[indigo roost]

Nah you answered my question, and I understood

I just wondered whether there was a glitch or something

[old mountain]

your getting up there in fear you might pass me before i can hades 2 again XD

[indigo roost]

I'm doing the 16 for the Underworld

[rocky steppe]

yeah cause ur taking the worst keepsake on one of the worst aspects with a pretty bad build 😭

@crimson birch SUCK IT

[old mountain]

now sub 6 :P

[rocky steppe]

I've done sub 7 all coats, might go for sub 6 shiva

[indigo roost]

Bad build?!
It's the fastest I've ever killed Typhon
You're such bait

[old mountain]

doing it with the worst coat smh

[old mountain]

hex builds are always weak

[indigo roost]

It's not a Hex build, that's just what showed up

[rocky steppe]

41 minute run? all heph? that's what I call a bad build

[old mountain]

ok half respect runner

[rocky steppe]

[indigo roost]

How many hours have you got in this?
(I think this is the right channel for this tbh, lol)

[rocky steppe]

More than 350 atp

[indigo roost]

<70

[rocky steppe]

70 and still playing like that is so sad

[indigo roost]

Did you mean Heph?

[sharp pewter]

Tbf 41 min run isn't a build problem anymore it is a playstyle problem

[old mountain]

no ment hex i saw atleast half your boons where star path

so i assumed thats what you where running

tho on aspect of pan dont recomend heph special

[indigo roost]

Fair enough. That makes sense. Though, I got the CD so low that sometimes it would trigger once on the way out and once when it came back.

I'm just playing around and discovering (most) things for myself

[rocky steppe]

@winged sigil Thank you for showing me how to play nergal

[quick vigil]

As long as you have fun, don't listen to the fear pilled gang

[indigo roost]

Ah excellent I'm fantastic at not listening

[old mountain]

hey im not fear pilled im just spiteful(iykyk) XD

[rocky steppe]

Are we bringing up the faker lore

[old mountain]

only slightly but not trying to reignite things

[rocky steppe]

dude is never comin back

[old mountain]

they posted once or twice after i wont say their new nickname but they got up to 43f

[rocky steppe]

ik their new name dw

only 43 is crazy tho after all that smack

[old mountain]

shhhhh #h2-builds-and-combat

lets not clog this chat with our beef XD

[indigo roost]

I got 16 done :)

[old mountain]

you are moving up quick gods damn

[quick vigil]

I think you can go quite quick to 32f

It's grinding above which gets hard

[old mountain]

yeah but for a 4th (i think) win and being on 16 is crazyy

[worthy ingot]

accidentally did a "hitless" run, an early paid dues carried hard

[old mountain]

errrrm not hitless to damage from chaos (kidding obviously good stuff mate)

[worthy ingot]

it's not really hitless at all, i just never ran out of gold

lol

[old mountain]

what could you ever mean its obvoiusly hitless if you never ran out of money XD

[quick vigil]

I like how you still picked tooth just in case

[worthy ingot]

shhhhh

[rocky steppe]

Hitless rivals typhon

[lofty oriole]

62F Pan. Absolutely sloppy Scylla but Echo saved the run

[pliant tiger]

i expect 65f by end of this week

[lofty oriole]

Not happening 😬

With that said, 62 Fear Mel Torches

Honestly just tryna beat the timer in P3 lol

[pliant tiger]

aw man

[crimson birch]

YOU DID IT ;D

[winged sigil]

yw! hope you enjoyed it

[pliant tiger]

oh my god i did it sub 14 62f baby lfgggggggggggggg @lofty oriole

3/6 weapons done with strength and antler in final region

[crimson birch]

Love to see naked antler

[paper tinsel]

HOW THE HELL IS EVERYONE BEATING 62 fear
I just struggled through 32 and I'm like 100 runs in T_T

[crimson birch]

100 runs is not that many!

(in the grand scheme of Fear climbing, anyway)

@pliant tiger whichth night you on anyway

[pliant tiger]

508 i think

nvm it's 539 nights

[lofty oriole]

Oh wild

[paper tinsel]

oh god

[lofty oriole]

Damage must've been crazy 👀

[pliant tiger]

frfr

[paper tinsel]

i guess you're right

[pliant tiger]

had a 2 minute chronos fight

[lofty oriole]

I struggled for my first 32 fear at 200 nights tbh lol

If someone like me can get a 62F dub I'm pretty sure anyone can 😛

Tryna work my way down the list but 62F Charon is pretty challenging so far 😭

[crimson birch]

That does sound pain

[pliant tiger]

supay

do supay first

[paper tinsel]

one day..

[lofty oriole]

Don't think I've made it past Erebus with Supay lol

[pliant tiger]

reset for gigaros dash and for a good rush boon

[lofty oriole]

I acc fell asleep tryna reset for Gigaros once 😂

Selene Selene Selene

[pliant tiger]

but nah seriously supay doesn't really need gigaros tbh

it can get by with omega special for early game

[lofty oriole]

You do if you're bad 🫢

[pliant tiger]

u still gotta pray for good boons otherwise rip

[rare parcel]

I somehow made it with Coffin Nail Cut Above as the main damage tool... Would it work on 62F? Probably not, but was it funny? Absolutely

[pliant tiger]

bro u beat 62f ur not bad

[crimson birch]

MFs comparing themselves to 67F runners or sth ig

:P

[rare parcel]

I mean, I'm at my 500+ night and I'm still climbing to 40F, you beating 62F is an achievement

[pliant tiger]

maybe ur just cheeks /j

[lofty oriole]

Could make it 43F if you turn on Timer 3 🫢

[rare parcel]

I'll go to 50F with Time 2 and you can't stop me!

[pliant tiger]

yeah ur just cheeks

[lofty oriole]

Doing 62F with everything except Timer 3 and Void 4 would go pretty hard lol

[rare parcel]

Let's see if my spite will carry me to that scenario

[crimson birch]

There's not enough vows to do that

--unless, as I'm belatedly realizing, you meant Timer 2 and Void 3

[rare parcel]

All vows - Time 3 + Void 3 would be 62F

Maths!

[crimson birch]

At first I interpreted as "no Void and no Time" 😩 but obviously you have been running Time 2 :P

[lofty oriole]

yesh i can maff 🤪

[crimson birch]

I can't 😆

[pliant tiger]

whats 1 + 1

[rare parcel]

I need to use to Droplet more

[crimson birch]

It's a good keepsake!!!

[gilded ravine]

twilight curse value

[crimson birch]

Forgot to post this earlier, my first 40F:

Still no Rivals ;D

[rocky steppe]

But why

[crimson birch]

Rivals stresses me out

And I wanted to see if I could make and beat a no Rivals 40F setup

It's deeply funny to me that 40F UW on an aspect I like is still significantly faster than 0F SF on an aspect I dislike. #loveconquersall

[rocky steppe]

It looks like my 32f speedrun setup

[crimson birch]

It's just my 32F plus some Pain and Scars

Oh, I guess I did add Forfeit back in, tbf

[rocky steppe]

Onion at 40 over slightly harder bosses is such a metal choice

[crimson birch]

I mean, if you're running Denial anyway, Onion is just... helping you not run through the god pool too fast ;P

Synergy!

[rocky steppe]

😒

[crimson birch]

I can't believe you zeroed in on onion instead of, like, the PainScars

The PainScars hit hard enough that I got scared and took 👻 🧅 Tartarus instead of an actual damage keepsake

[rocky steppe]

Pain and scars is fine, just don't get hit

Onion is unavoidable

[crimson birch]

Herein lies the crux of the matter: I am a nubcake and cannot simply avoid getting hit.

[rocky steppe]

To that I can only say skill issue

[crimson birch]

Girl what did you think bein a nubcake entailed

[rocky steppe]

:3

[regal shard]

This is clean

[crimson birch]

Holy moly

[manic relic]

13/24 aspects done

[manic relic]

no apollo legendary or weed killer but it was fun (14/24 aspects done)

[rocky steppe]

Doing 32 all aspects?

[manic relic]

yeah

[rocky steppe]

Noice

[brittle lodge]

So anyway, I started blasting

[manic relic]

15/24 aspects done
paid dues decided to show up just cause i decided to not go chrolex on region 2

[crimson birch]

Hermes is a damn troll

[rare parcel]

I got no Special or Gain boon until the end of Mourning Fields. Thanks, Vow of Forfeit, pretty cool

Also wow, at that channeling speed, I was tapping the button just a little more than normal and I was already throwing an Omega Special

[vagrant patio]

I am never doing a Greater Chaos Trial again. It seemed like taking Athena's Stalwart Stand might screw me over since my magick went down to zero, but this run would have been a failure without it.

[crimson birch]

Wow, for sure yeah. EFFICIENT health usage :P

[rare parcel]

I own an apologize to Droplet, the effects didn't seem that impressive but wow it makes a huge difference

Also, Wolf Howl with Ares Dash and Tremor is... Interesting, surprising it went that high in the damage dealt scoreboard

[harsh mica]

Whose attack boon is best for morrigan? I’ve seen some people use ares but it was pretty underwhelming for me tbh

[rare parcel]

Apollo is great because extra range, Hera can also be handy, but honestly, almost anything works imo

[sharp pewter]

Anything fate give me, apollo and hera is my favourite

[harsh mica]

Yeah I usually go for hera, but wanted to switch it up a bit. Got my first 32 fear done w/ hitch

[winged sigil]

morri has good base damage so you can run most stuff, i had zeus for my 62

best options are apollo and hera

[crimson birch]

I like Scorchigan :)

But I'm a Scorch fan in general, though this particular run was... weird

I feel like PT and FB are kinda antisynergies a bit? But iirc the other Dem boons being offered that one time were kinda meh so I shrugged and went for it

[winged sigil]

they are yes

pt is also anti synergy with hot pot

[crimson birch]

This one I feel like I haven't had as much trouble with, since if I'm going for PT I've typically got enough Scorch application going that I will never run out of "has Scorch" for the Hot Pot proc. But definitely a bit of an awkward situation with the other!

[neon grail]

fun chop chop lightning bolts

[pliant tiger]

thanatos is secretly a cast weapon

[neon grail]

yep best cast weapon after circe

[neon grail]

same, best hex fr #h2-victory-boasting message

[cinder hull]

Nergal 62F. Was worried I would need to get Psychic, but then this one just ended up working out. Genuine shoutout to Grisly Gain for making Chronos more bearable with the movespeed increase.

[winged sigil]

grisly actually has enough upkeep with nergal i was surprised

[cinder hull]

(I also did have Unseen on, but still, for this being Psychic-less, it felt really good)

[cinder hull]

And just like that, Nyx 62F means all Aspects cleared

[pliant tiger]

whens the surface arc?

[cinder hull]

Probably never lol. Might do it with some Aspects but prob just one per Weapon

[pliant tiger]

understandable

olympus alone is just pain

[cinder hull]

Yeh, like, this was overall just a fun challenge, but I think much further is just tacking more pain on lol

[pliant tiger]

so no surface arc (for now), what about 65s?

[winged sigil]

my 62 surface didn't have unseen and had psychic, it was keeping up no issue in normal encounters

[cinder hull]

Perhaps. Probably same boat where it’ll be more specific Aspects than anything encompassing. Mel Coat 67 would be really neat tho since it’s probably my favorite Aspect

[cinder hull]

Yeh, I’ve found myself taking Grisly more often in these kinds of runs

[pliant tiger]

nah do selene 67

[cinder hull]

I mean, it’d be roughly the same gameplan LOL

[pliant tiger]

pray for shimmering and then a good special boon

[cinder hull]

Literally, yeah lmao. I wouldn’t mind grinding it but I’d probably wait until doing either of the others first

[harsh mica]

0 arcana run :p

[winged sigil]

what was the 3 fear

why not use void4

[pliant tiger]

ig the number five is scary

[harsh mica]

Oh God I’m so dumb lol
It was the vow of time

[wet wasp]

hephastus op wombo combo 10k damage i dont even know how lol

[winged sigil]

that was not heph blast

in fact I can't tell what it was

[neon grail]

knuckle bones?

[winged sigil]

it shows as used before it hits

does it show as used up upon entering the boss or when it hits?

[quick vigil]

Wouldn't you need to carry it since Prometheus to have it used ?

[winged sigil]

so i pulled out a calculator and it is in fact knuckle bones

they're also running grit1

[pliant tiger]

hades 2 players can do math!?

[rare parcel]

I know, I'm shocked as well

[rare parcel]

You'll see, this run was different because it was not Psychic Whirlwind what carried... It was Iron Core what carried!

Apollo Legendary was right before Chronos, but the extra hits helped with the recover lol

[split torrent]

Finally I managed to become night's champion!
That was really fun!

[empty plume]

F32 Surface

[limber sapphire]

175 hours in☺️

[agile marsh]

Success Rate is literally a top 5 boons imo imo

[rocky steppe]

Who up kinging they ransom

[agile marsh]

truly a goated duo

[manic relic]

okay now paid dues showed up when i got chrolex
16/24 aspects done

[umbral quail]

First time vanquishing both vanquishing Prometheus and Typhon >:3

[agile marsh]

rare icarus W, Hazard Boom w/Circe staff ftw

[crimson birch]

"rare icarus W" I can't believe I'm witnessing this slander in front of my own eyeballs

[rotund hamlet]

icarus spawning 30 armored olympus enemies to offer me 8 pom slices and a cast that hurts me

[worldly moat]

the timer pause though 😌

[rare parcel]

Thanks, Iron Core, that was cool

[rare parcel]

So, fun thing: Trick Knives on Artemis helped me out to set Origination easily, Omega Attack > Dash Strike so it could set up Blitz > Cast > Omega Attack

It was neat

[crimson birch]

Nudged Nergal sub 8 despite the deeply salt-inducing Cerb fight

[rare parcel]

Ohh, ok, game, that was certainly a run

[rocky steppe]

Still no Time 3

[rare parcel]

And I won't use it. Hope that helps

[rocky steppe]

Why? You're comfortably within 20 minutes

[rare parcel]

#h2-victory-boasting message #h2-victory-boasting message #h2-victory-boasting message

Yeah... No

[rocky steppe]

Ah

[shy pawn]

I'm not gonna say I was playing on a particularly hard difficulty level, but I'll still be proud for no hitting Chronos

[rocky steppe]

No antler?

[opal nebula]

i had one hp and a dream. defeated chronos for the third time

[crimson birch]

EFFICIENT

[rocky steppe]

IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER

[shy pawn]

No antler.

[knotty lake]

Youve heard of the literal death defiance get ready for the usual portrayal

[regal shard]

got 62 surface on my third attempt

[abstract spoke]

Holy timer...

[regal shard]

isnt that average?

surface atleast

[abstract spoke]

I haven't cracked sub 20 on a run yet

[rocky steppe]

You'd hate to see my best times

[abstract spoke]

Love*

[winged sigil]

vow of time forces you to be sub 20

[winged sigil]

i have 5:07 on 32 fear lol

[abstract spoke]

That literally doesn't compute for me like how

[winged sigil]

https://youtu.be/x3hCdT4Crqs?si=Qrp3k5WEeO3dA-8-

the majority of vows we take for a 32 fear speedrun don't even affect how fast you go so it's just spooky anyfear

[abstract spoke]

It would be the argent skull...

[winged sigil]

oh btw that has spoilers for jpom since you said you haven't seen it yet

[rocky steppe]

5.30 uw and 7.41 surface, but ofc pizza has to show me up

[rocky steppe]

my best 32f is only like 6 smth

[abstract spoke]

Is there a separate speedrunning discord or is this what we got

[winged sigil]

there is actually

[rocky steppe]

There is, if you want an invite

https://discord.gg/dshjCbg8

[harsh mica]

Does Judgement still activate cards even if I have vow of void turned on?

[worldly moat]

yes, hence why its the goto strat for void3

although you should never be turning void on until you push past 62f

[cinder hull]

Quick little Artemis 60F run featuring the best Crystal Figurine you've ever seen

[blissful tundra]

Mel Skull 65F Underworld
Step 1: Take Calling Card Oceanus to rarify Pyro Technique
Step 2: Proceed to get offered literally every single Hestia Boon except Pyro Technique
Step 3: Learn how to play Freezer Burn
https://youtu.be/a_6rX4fpP3o

[topaz mulch]

**60 Fear - Underworld Clear - Circe **
I got so bored bashing my head into the wall that is surface 55+ Fear and said: "Screw it, time to visit grampa"

[winged sigil]

what was the 2 fear missing

[topaz mulch]

The final bit of Scars. I use the 60 to give me an idea of how "Perfect" I have to play for the 62

[winged sigil]

you'll get it soon 💪

[harsh mica]

Fun judgement run

[calm wind]

New fastest mountain clear
Just shy of sub-15, not bad

[lethal flicker]

Aspect of CleaveCast when it gets what it wants

Did you know, cleave casting triggers ocean's swell twice? Great huh?

[cunning leaf]

zooz ares hestia my beloved

[wary frigate]

Sub 9 on my first tryhard underworld run

[rancid flower]

Forgot this channel existed. Here’s my builds for my first Chronos kill and first Typhon kill on my new 1.0 save. Last time i played my original save was before Warsong

Underworld

Surface

[wary frigate]

Didn't think I had it in me ngl

[radiant needle]

Got that dog in him 💪

[rancid flower]

Nice!

I got all achievements for Hades 1 but never got the 32 heat statue (wasn’t linked to an achievement)

Hopefully I can redeem myself with 2 lol

[haughty summit]

what's the skull auto-seeker?

[rancid flower]

I’m trying to remember why I had so much max HP but I can’t lol. I had the persistence and centaur cards (both lvl2 I think) but that still seems really high

Maybe I was forced into a bunch of heart rewards idk

[cinder hull]

Fun Mel Torches run

[manic relic]

oh my god this aspect is some hot garbage
17/24 aspects done
by far the worst aspect so far to me, and i've already done pan, man this aspect is bad

[crimson birch]

Maybe I'll do a Selene 32F just to defend moonmama's honor

[rocky steppe]

Yes it's so bad

[manic relic]

You gotta use the aspect tho, not like a poor man's mel coat, gotta use those garbage omegas

[rocky steppe]

I've done all my 40f and speeds on it trying to like it and I just can't

[crimson birch]

1. Why would I have to
2. You don't even have an attack boon oml

[rocky steppe]

With and without aspect/ares godsent

Yeah miserable build too

[manic relic]

Yeah the build was bad

[crimson birch]

And this was with rerolls?

[manic relic]

But that's like after multiple attempts and it worked somehow

[manic relic]

Yeah but I did some miserable choices and I had denial on

But believe me I had better builds with this aspect and it still sucked

This just worked somehow

Anyway I don't wanna play this aspect ever again

[rocky steppe]

Real

[manic relic]

At some point I tried doing an ocast build with ares and Demeter cause I really didn't want to use the coats omegas and it was actually working better than other attempts but I messed up and died to promacles

[crimson birch]

I think at the point that you are doing ocast just to avoid the perfectly cromulent ospecial you have probably crossed into the territory of deep trauma-induced idiosyncrasy

[rocky steppe]

Ospecial is the only reason you can play selene at all

[manic relic]

And it still sucks

[crimson birch]

It was faster than my Mel coat 32F fghjhjhjdfg I don't know why this keeps happening to me

[manic relic]

Maybe I was being dumb trying to force ares, but I really wanted to focus on the hex as much as possible

[crimson birch]

I mean that's fair, I think I procced Sky Fall less than ten times in this run

[manic relic]

That's my point, I feel like focusing on the hex felt kinda bad

[crimson birch]

Not to get too randomly navelgazey but I feel like -- having the hex is a Nice To Have, but even if the hex is The Gimmick, I don't think it's meant to necessarily be Your Main Damage Source, yk?

Like, Sky Fall did come in clutch several times! It sped up my Cerb fight! etc.

But obviously it didn't even make it onto the board.

[manic relic]

At this point I rather play nyx or mel coat...

[crimson birch]

That's fair, I been kinda treating it like "mel coat but you trade the speed for a guaranteed hex" and I'm sure that for Fear stuff especially that's probably not worth

[manic relic]

I feel like if the omegas on coat were a bit better this aspect would already be significantly more fun to play, Skyfall by itself is fine and it can be pretty strong with a few path of stars

Also it doesn't help that the godsent for Skyfall is Ares of all gods

[crimson birch]

Yeahhhhhh frickin Ares

[rare parcel]

Thanks, Arc Flash, that was a fun run

[crimson birch]

Selene night! Selene night! /chant

I just realized that we were almost build twins lol (core boons wise)

[rare parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/brooklyn-nine-nine-oh-samesies-same-here-gif-16894864

Do I agree Selene is the worst coat aspect? Probably
Still my favorite coat aspect? Yep, I like Sky Fall, the sound just does something to my dopamine receptors

[abstract pike]

50 Fear speedrun PB 7:21:97

[crimson birch]

Jeepers creepers who even needs to fill out their cores ig

[halcyon pawn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/849525788005236766/1451779647514873940/20251219203300-01KCWX1KWZT9AWT8X19W7GJKCM.jpg?ex=69476aa8&is=69461928&hm=d21e0bbf15e09f80c6747b935c7e59e32c5030f0878bada79aef7e39c49bf5e3&

[abstract pike]

what are you talking about? don't you see my 15k damage from smolder ring???? jk jk

[halcyon pawn]

Is this Mel skulls??? I've never done a run with them that felt good, let alone a 7 and a half minute run, congrats 🔥🔥🔥

[abstract pike]

thanks! I only recently started running them more often. I think a time like this at 50 fear is only possible if you hit possessed array pretty early. mega damage if you do.
Still feels good without it, but you hope for looming ignition if not

[pliant tiger]

holy highroll

[rocky steppe]

Can you bring back your pfp border it looks weird without it

[crimson birch]

Boutta sub 5 this joint

[abstract pike]

it was a free temp reward, i don't have nitro.... i've been exposed as poor

[nova crater]

new highest fear! took me a few chronos deaths. kind of a close call in the end too

[crimson birch]

Pff you still had 10 extra HP that you didn't even need

[nova crater]

honestly never expected myself to keep going after 32 but its been nifty pushing higher

this was my fear

[crimson birch]

Rivals Chronos is 😰

[nova crater]

oml frenzy 2 rivals chronos is insane

pain and rivals 4 are mutually exclusive for me i think

[rocky steppe]

He hits for 70 minimum

Ask me how I know

[pliant tiger]

nah ur crazy

30 is min

88 is maximum

[crimson birch]

Would it be wild to run Strength with that set of vows

[nova crater]

i was running strength for a while. i did 40 fear with strength and made it to chronos with strength... but it was too much to handle

rivals 4 is the bane of strength

[crimson birch]

I can imagine...

[pliant tiger]

you sure about that? some people have beaten 62f with strength

[crimson birch]

That don't mean it ain't the bane of Strength, just means those other folks are mighty of sinew 😆

[nova crater]

there are people who can do insane stuff

i feel like around 50f might be the limit in terms of feeling "fair", i feel like after that itll feel like ill need good rng to do well

[rocky steppe]

I can rivals 4 40f with strength just not with antler

[nova crater]

idk what that limit is for more skilled players

[manic relic]

To me anyone who can do above 50 is like, a god

[crimson birch]

I don't think I can even do 50F, because at that point it's a choice between learning the Rivals fights or putting on The Worst Vows

[rocky steppe]

That's alot of people here tbf

62 is my limit tho

[manic relic]

I know

I tried a lot, but anything above 50 is insanely difficult to me

[rare parcel]

Thanks again, Arc Flash

Also, I... Don't like Ares Legendary doubles the speed, +200% Speed on Mel makes her so slippery

[crimson birch]

At least it wasn't on Mel coat

[rare parcel]

Mel Coat with Heph legendary + Sanguinary Savor + Apollo Dash at high level and rarity + Nitro Boost + Heroic Celerity from the Embryo

If you're going to be slippery, be slippery

[crimson birch]

Surely at some point in all of that you'll have hit the speed cap

[broken mountain]

WELL THAT WAS A BUILD

Press attack once
Light Smite just goes and kills enemies OFFSCREEN

I know, 'cause I'm running Return, so I'd run around and see little green orbs where I didn't even know enemies had been

Did everyone else know "your foe" in Light Smite's description means "ALL FOES"?

And in a second victory of the night,

I've officially done more in H2 than I did in H1. I have more hours in H1, but I never finished getting all the nerd ranks

[crimson birch]

IIRC the wording is something like 'foes in the vicinity' but the actual behavior is 'everyone on the map' yeah. Found this out only within the past week or two!

Apparently it used to have more limited range, according to one of the EA players?

[broken mountain]

Whatever the intended behavior may be, its current actual behavior is super fun and they should never change it

[woven flicker]

If then it had to be very early access, because i remember it working like that in early access too

[crimson birch]

Good to know that as a data point! I refused to download the game until 1.0, so I'm absolutely in the dark about any of this lol

[regal shard]

Static shock dealt more than attack

[pliant tiger]

new all regions pb, got charybdis'd and heracles in the surface and i got arty and nem in underworld

new surface pb tho

[rocky steppe]

Phone timer is diabolical

[pliant tiger]

do u think i can have an autosplitter in steam deck

[rocky steppe]

I was expecting something more official not a Samsung timer, it's absolutely sending me

[pliant tiger]

poor man's version of an autosplitter

gotta start and end the timer manually

[pliant tiger]

oh yeah i also got fig scammed in olympus 💔

[rocky steppe]

😭

Just make the speedrun mods time it

[pliant tiger]

who said i was gonna submit this run

i didn't record jack

[winged sigil]

it's just "in the vicinity" being stupid large

[woven flicker]

I heard if lights smite procs while you are fighting Chronos then ||Typhon|| gets smited

[lime marlin]

woooo i bet typhon on 12 fear with the twin flames

[graceful epoch]

i still think this weapon is overrated

[pliant tiger]

1:32 improvement wtf

[neon grail]

noice

[snow tangle]

I stepped on a thorn in the fields

[old mountain]

Nooooo T-T

[dapper kite]

proud victory

[harsh mica]

anyway, I started blasting my Ω special

[rancid flower]

@lime marlin Gonna delete this after you see it since it’s not a victory screen but here ya go

[rancid flower]

@barren ice

[lime marlin]

amazing

just two dudes
chillin' on a burning boat

[rancid flower]

Those poor enemies having to fight Melinoe just for a Demi-God and a flying, exploding shade to fall down on them from the heavens

[rare parcel]

Ok, I swear my controller has some issues when I use Aspect of Medea because sometimes the Special decides to take me downward right instead of... Where I'm moving the stick

Thanks, controller, I hate it

[rancid flower]

Wha controller are you using?

[rare parcel]

X-Box

[rancid flower]

Is there a way you can change the joystick sensitivity? Like change how far it needs to be moved in order to register for a game. I can’t remember what that term is

[agile marsh]

40F Morrigan "Summoner" run, lots of extra dmg sources from using mana while also proccing Blood Triad!

[gilded ravine]

9 second freeze

[crimson birch]

Damn. Does the Freeze cooldown start from when you apply the Freeze, or when the Freeze ends?

[split torrent]

Okay I think I am suffieciently warmed up now

[gilded ravine]

the 10sec window starts right when freeze is applied

so it's basically only a 1sec window where enemies are unfrozen with it

[rancid flower]

That’s why increasing freeze duration is so good

[crimson birch]

Sweet as

I realize it would be broken A.F. if Flood Gain also worked that way but imagine if Flood Gain also worked that way

[gilded ravine]

that was how i thought it worked before lol

kinda funky how it works :p

[crimson birch]

I guess it also makes sense on a thematic level for Poseidon's gain to have low and high "tides" but 😔

[barren ice]

Woah nice.

[rancid flower]

The only Magic Regen boons I always feel good taking are Aphrodite’s and Hestia’s. Apollo is a close third.

• I hate Zeus’s and Demeter’s magic regen.

• Ares’ is similarly annoying and clunky to use.

• I only like Hephaestus’ if I’m purely using it for damage reduction or if I’m already doing a tank build.

• Hera’s doesn’t have the longevity for a magic intensive build. Similarly, I don’t feel comfortable using Poseidon’s if I’m liberally using high mana moves.

[barren ice]

Ikr

[rancid flower]

Yeah it was so funny

I think I remove Heracles being glitched and i couldn’t talk to him but I could be wrong

[crimson birch]

You should actually feel very comfortable about using Poseidon's for high mana moves. It can restore you from 0.

Poseidon literally doesn't care how much your moves cost, and is ideal for bursts of extremely expensive magick usage.

[rancid flower]

So he lets you cast whatever you want while having 0 mana?

[crimson birch]

Yep.

As long as Flood mode is available, you can do anything.

[rancid flower]

But can you activate flood mode while you don’t have enough mana to cast an omega?

[crimson birch]

Yep

It literally doesn't care. If Flood mode is available, it's available.

The "low tide" ish cooldown phase is the only downside.

Everything else, he's writing you a blank check.

[rancid flower]

Gotcha. I guess I’d still be nervous about a scenario where I’m using a spam Omegas build and flood mode ends while at close to 0 mana

Not saying it’s a valid concern. Just me lol

[crimson birch]

No, it is valid if you're on something where you absolutely need to be using your omegas constantly

[rancid flower]

This was one of those builds lol. Ended up never getting my magic properly sorted but it was low fear so i still won

[agile marsh]

Mel!Blades uber attack run, Slow Cooker my beloved

[rancid flower]

Always fun to get back burner on Mel blades

[agile marsh]

i had to rely on light smite for back burner's proc most of the run until i got dazzle display at like the very end of olympus lololol

[rancid flower]

rip

[rocky steppe]

What's your highest fear?

[rocky steppe]

What vows are you running for 40?

It's a start

[agile marsh]

this is usually my setup

i find Void and Forfeit to be genuinely uninteresting vows that detract from the experience, so im really aiming to go past 40Fear

[rocky steppe]

Yeah I figured the hordes 3, no frenzy is crazy tho

[rocky steppe]

Get used to frenzy asap then

[agile marsh]

i dont really plan on going higher than 40

it all becomes just a bit Too Much after a certain point

[rocky steppe]

Fairrr

Taking hordes over return and wards too

https://h2crossroads.pages.dev/FearCalculator/?vows=WzAsMCwwLDYsMCwxLDAsNSwyLDIsMiwwLDYsMCwyLDIsMTJd

[agile marsh]

idc for wards, stop my hitstun from going through, which is really annoying on enemies who get buffed with frenzy from Fangs vow

[cinder hull]

(Wards doesn’t stop hit-stun but I also really, really dislike it regardless, so I get it)

[harsh mica]

Bonk 🔨

[rare parcel]

So, I took too much damage for my comfort during the last phase

[unique raven]

First 2 clears 😄

Time to learn the meta now

[manic relic]

18/24 aspects done

[rare parcel]

Beach Ball!

[shy niche]

Best run of my life... luck wise.

[rare parcel]

Icandescent Aura actually did some work, nice

[shy pawn]

Slowly ramping difficulty but getting there

[rare parcel]

Exceptional Talent right before Chronos lol

[dapper epoch]

https://tenor.com/view/damage-thats-a-lot-of-damage-jon-tron-gif-13054497

[rancid flower]

The run was feeling shaking in the first half of Olympus, but when I finally got my Hestia + Demeter duo I was balling

[worn nimbus]

i have 2 ss one earlier and one now

[pliant tiger]

sub 6 32f finally

[unique raven]

new PB

Thanks Hera for a doubling lvl5 boon

[worn nimbus]

this is not a technical win but it counts i surived on 4 hp against him

heres the offical win now

[unique raven]

Dream build and run but 3rd clear so yeah...

Sub 12 tho

[old mountain]

Blitz go brrrrrr

[unique raven]

probably could've gotten a sub 10 if I optimized other boons better for more damage, no point in getting health boons

[old mountain]

Sub 10 probs would have been if you got success rate

Or if your double strike was hit by kings ransom

[unique raven]

it was hit by it, echo doubled my level 16 heaven strike

[old mountain]

Ahhh it looks like it's ahead of it and wasn't hit but that makes sense

Assuming you pomed it after

[unique raven]

yeah, ideally I would've had one more hera boon to give up, but anyhow im content by that 3rd clear

[unique raven]

no, I had early hera boon that gives +2 lvl + heroic

[old mountain]

Ahhh

[worn nimbus]

i honestly didnt mean to beat the run i was just sidequesting

[broken mountain]

I did it
I found the one build for Tough Gain

[crimson birch]

I love this wombo combo lol it's so silly. Did you feel like you got value out of it?

[broken mountain]

It was not pleasant to set up, but once I got it, it was very silly

[crimson birch]

Obviously the Aura was hitting hard -- I guess you had the HP to tank it either way

Oh my god, I just realized.... you were literally aura farming

[broken mountain]

HAHAHAHAHA

[worn nimbus]

damn

[broken mountain]

🤔

^me, after farming aura

[worn nimbus]

thats a really silly build

[broken mountain]

I recorded my olympus, I'm rewatching it now. The chunks every time I let the Twins hit me, it's incredible

[thorn geyser]

Getting an Epic rarity Winner's Circle floor 2 is pretty good

[broken mountain]

that looks fun

[winged sigil]

can confirm winner's goes hard with tidal and solar ring 💯

[cinder hull]

Selene Fun Run

[worldly moat]

Selene and fun in the same sentence, unheard of

[regal shard]

This looks like a good build on paper but on practice it was not. Even with anlter it was weak af. Ig it was because I didn't have orig

[pliant tiger]

blitz and weak?

[regal shard]

it wasn't insta killing enemies

[pliant tiger]

nah i meant u said u had no orig but u had two curses

aka blitz and weak

[regal shard]

I was keeping distance in the chronos fight. So rarely triggered 🤷‍♂️

[winged sigil]

anubis 62 needs usage of specials to clear fast

also yeah origination that doesn't rely on being close to enemies

[pliant tiger]

sub 8 50f

and my first ever sub 5 LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

splits:
1:33/2:33/3:48/4:21/4:48

got the most legendary tartarus ever what

[neon grail]

damageless rivals chronos w/ nyx hera special spam

evadex3, snow queen, nitro boost & gale helped a bit 😉

[pliant tiger]

couldve antlered it

[neon grail]

I'm not used to antler much really

unless I have lots of armor

[winged sigil]

antler isn't necessary to learn unless you're aiming for 24/24 62 fear

[rocky steppe]

Where antler

[pliant tiger]

@lofty oriole

[half gate]

Somehow, I managed to beat ||Typhon|| before ||Chronos|| lol

[pliant tiger]

damn

[pliant tiger]

splits:
1:21/2:53/4:58/5:31/6:11

what was that thessaly and olympus

[latent wing]

does all skull aspect just eventually become medea?

how did Possessed Array got through EA? 🤣

[vale lark]

lesgo

[radiant needle]

Lethal snare + Trick Knives 🔥

Oh wait this is Aspect of Artemis

Still awesome

[rare parcel]

Wait, Trick Knives Special counts as an Attack for Lethal Snare?

[vale lark]

any time i saw a pom i used it on the hephaestus special blast thing lol but it was common boon so lv10 was still 4 seconds

[calm wind]

First sub-14 run and my new fastest run

[lethal flicker]

Turns out these two upgrades do work together in a way that it doesn't with charon

Also standard King's Ransom gameplay

[calm wind]

And then I topped it with a sub 12:30 run
Not bad

[pliant tiger]

whyd u keep jpom for the entire run

wrong wording, i meant equip not keep

the effect of jpom retains even if u unequip it so as long as u dont use a god keepsake

same thing applies for all fates whim keepsakes

[old oxide]

run to piss off that one guy who really hates the phial for some reason, I just couldnt think of a keepsake to take to typhon

[pliant tiger]

who hates phial

its free rarity

[crimson birch]

I hate having to take Phial, if that counts.

"Having to take" here implying that I ate so much damage that I needed bonus heals

[winged sigil]

ngl i played so much scars3 i deadass forgot that thing makes fountains heal you more

i rarely take it to rarify something really important in my build

[pliant tiger]

true

[crimson birch]

High fear truly changes the brain 😆

[pliant tiger]

besides lvl 4 makes rarity irrelevant most of the time

[crimson birch]

I've heard about Ephyra fountain shenanigans with Phial that can help better control what you hit with it for the rarify, but ngl I would still rather have jpom

[rancid flower]

16 fear alongside the quest to use Chaos' egg the whole time lol

[late flume]

ty for the tips guys, got through 32 fear 4 rivals

[rancid flower]

Thanks Echo

[rancid flower]

Well I died to Cerberus cause it was my first time doing his rival fight lol

[manic relic]

19/24 aspects done that was some crazy good luck lol

[cinder hull]

Anubis Fun Run

[ripe bramble]

i was hunting duo boons and got an interesting build, the summons deleted the bosses lol

[manic relic]

lv8 epic volcanic strike on the first chamber okay sure
20/24 aspects done
(we don't talk about the concave stone)

[blissful tundra]

65f Surface Mel Skull, any wave strikers?
https://youtu.be/YVeMiTtRiNU

[rare parcel]

I... I just removed Frenzy 1 and that happened

[crimson birch]

Waves second on damage board despite High Surf being the only splash source huh

[sharp pewter]

Pos cast is categorised as wave too iirc

[crimson birch]

Ope, good catch ( 🎣 :P)

[rancid flower]

super fun build

[rare parcel]

All this Blitz output just to be outclassed by Omega Special

[warped crypt]

Just finished all the achievements for Hades 2 - the grind was real

[civic spade]

New peak coin of 5054

New favorite build, crit machine + blackened fleece + fine line and ocean swell (if only i got ripple effect 💔 or exceptional talent)

[rocky steppe]

Should've taken antler or fang

[civic spade]

mmmmm, very true

[regal shard]

Hitch gaming

[mortal mist]

first time full compl,etion lesgo

[restive temple]

a build like THIS just halfway in?? oh, this is gonna be fun...

[restive temple]

this was a run in which I was IMMEDITELY SHREDDING everything

But it was also at (almost) 0 fear

How people (like in the replied-to post) can achieve EVEN FASTER runs on 60+ fear is just utterly beyond me

[rocky steppe]

My fastest 62 is around this time but some players like checkmate are just built different

[restive temple]

I've seen one of those when scrolling recently, and I straight up thought i recalled incorrectly when I remembered it afterwards

sub 5 minutes????

[rocky steppe]

May not have been 62, might have just been checkmates pb

62 record isn't anywhere near that low, it's closer to a normal speedrun time

Maybe a 50f clear, I don't remember

[pliant tiger]

62f time wr is a sub 11:30 by frei

[pliant tiger]

the wr currently is a sub 4 by foolish

hes truly built different

[rocky steppe]

And here I am with my 5.30

Need to go for sub 5 soon lowk

[pliant tiger]

im satisfied with my sub 5, im planning to push for sub 6 surface

[restive temple]

like... there's no way you can do that kind of time consistently, regardless of RNG, right?

[pliant tiger]

yeah

[restive temple]

this has to be a, like, 1/5 runs, yes?

minimum

[rocky steppe]

Consistently I do sub 6.30

Lower than that for me is mostly rng

[restive temple]

you people scare me

[pliant tiger]

considering i hit every skip except arty, oceanus fountain room and 2-2 fields the odds are pretty lower than that

[rocky steppe]

Yeah ideal run needs to have a lot of things line up

Easy time for any aspect is sub 7

Surface is more sub 9-sub 10

But I play surface uh never

[pliant tiger]

surface is even worse tbh

u have to pray that u get offered good chambers in ephyra

and then u have to pray to get a good thessaly and olympus

[restive temple]

I see people never go past 62 fear, but the cap is 67; which vows do people stay away from?

[pliant tiger]

both of those regions are time slogs

summit is fine so as long as u don't encounter tail

[pliant tiger]

62f is everything but void

some other folks and i cleared 65f which is that but with void 3 and judgment start

[restive temple]

judgement alone makes the difference between void 3 and void 4 pretty sizeable

don't know why it's only worth 2 heat

[pliant tiger]

yeah idk what the devs were smoking

[rocky steppe]

65 and 67 make 62 look like base fear

Never going to touch it tbh i'm happy with 62

[old mountain]

Weak :P

[pliant tiger]

also might push for sub 13 62f?

[rocky steppe]

😒

[pliant tiger]

weak ass ragebait

[old mountain]

Yeah that cuz it's easy to ragebait lúthien XD

[rocky steppe]

I do it for the love of the game

[full pulsar]

finally, 62f cant be that far right...

i guess you go straight to 55?

reseting ephyra was already so miserable though ugh

[old mountain]

True "falling" for rage bait just means you can hear their weak clapback XD

[pliant tiger]

just use rerolls and apollo keepsake start then

tbh charon is completely fine without jpom

just hit apollo gain and apollo special and ez game

[rocky steppe]

Oh it gets way worse

[rocky steppe]

I just love arguing

[old mountain]

Real

[old mountain]

It only gets worse from here

[full pulsar]

idk, im not sure im at the point skill wise to where I can not take enough damage for that

[pliant tiger]

huh

it's literally just equipping apollo and ditching fates whim

[old mountain]

Tho it'll be more manageable for you unlike me who started from 15f jumped to 60f went on a 150 loss streak jumped back to and then won 32f XD

[full pulsar]

I ran apollo keepsake for a while but kept getting stuck at eris, though im way better now

[rocky steppe]

You chose some of the worst vows possible

[old mountain]

I'm running the default ones T-T

[full pulsar]

ik but it feels just like switching the rng im looking fore

[old mountain]

Wards and all

[full pulsar]

with pom I can go longer without having to roll into geyser spout, a rushing and cast proc for origination and sudden/giga cleaver

like with this run I rolled giga cleaver & prominance in summit and geyser spout in olympus but I still had enough damage from jpom to keep up with timer

and getting hit less, with apollo keepsake I really need to hit everything by thesally latest, its more forgiving I guess

[full pulsar]

is it a bigger jump than from like

0 to 50 or smth

probably not but I dont know how hard the difficulty scales

[full pulsar]

why?

[pliant tiger]

50 to 62 is a bigger jump than 0 to 50 imo

[full pulsar]

really

I guess everything just needs to be way more tighter

[old mountain]

Cuz I'm mentally insane :)

And spite

[rocky steppe]

yep

[full pulsar]

what vows should I go for next

[old mountain]

-# There's actual lore behind it but we can't technically bring it up cuz of the rules

[full pulsar]

probably everything but scars 3, pain and void

[old mountain]

What you got already?

Pain 3

[rocky steppe]

id put pain on before grit

[full pulsar]

i have pain, ward, grit, and scars 3 turned of rn

[old mountain]

Oh I read your message wrong XD

[full pulsar]

so then wards, scars 3, and grit are turned off

is grit that scary

[old mountain]

It makes the game take longer

[full pulsar]

oh right timer

I haven't really had a problem with that though, like I've always had 2-3 minutes spare

though ig it increases my time by 30%

okay I'll try this

[full pulsar]

oh my god you take so much damage with pain on

[sharp pewter]

Well..it does say 100% more dmg

[full pulsar]

well yeah idk what i expected

I nearlly lost 2 dds on the boar 😭

[gilded ravine]

what is a damaging rush boon

[abstract pike]

if only i was 3 seconds faster.
improving the 32 fear pb

[shy niche]

really warming up to both Thanatos and base axe whenever I pair them with especially Nova Strike. Lots of damage and also range.

[pliant tiger]

medea would've gotten sub 6 💯

[tired shale]

i've just vanquished Cronos for the first time

[onyx oracle]

First time fighting Rivals Typhon so I wanted to make sure I had enough HP

[pliant tiger]

zag%

got the sub minute first try yay

[pliant tiger]

and then a sub 7:30 to complete the born to win prophecy

who said u needed antler to speedrun

[worldly moat]

ok the chronos practice is helping, im still super messy on scylla and i need to clean up p2/3 gramps but i can tell im getting better

super easy 62f at least

[pliant tiger]

oh ur back from the onion

surely onion is not the worst vow now right

[worldly moat]

not when selene start exist 😔

[worldly moat]

yep, and i have the chaos trial editor set up for practice on chronos and scylla, just wanted to get out a finished run

[pliant tiger]

now where's the sub 15 62f?

[worldly moat]

soon trust 😌

[worldly moat]

another quick 62f circe, i only dropped a dd cuz p3 gramps was mean and did slowdown into scythe throw 😔

tbf i shouldve wolf howled to dodge it i just keep forgetting i have anything selene gives me when its UW

[worldly moat]

aaaand a third

also hitless chronos 😌 sure i had lovers and snow queen but still 😔

3 in a row 62f circe is dubious work though, easy asf weapon istg

[spiral crater]

First 2 runs after 5 day break

[wicked tartan]

run

[broken mountain]

AT LAST

3 previous clears with circe on way lower fear means I've attempted this run THIRTY TIMES

[late flume]

Persephone SSS rank

[quick vigil]

It's not much, but I'm happy with that

[haughty summit]

sad arachne

[quick vigil]

Oops I forgot her lol

I just completed the prophecy so somehow thought I was done

I'll update later

[lethal flicker]

Get infused.

[quick vigil]

Only needs Narcissus' addition

[gilded ravine]

hell

[manic relic]

21/24 aspects done

[knotty lake]

Only got 20 fear bounties left, all typhon

[manic relic]

i wanted heph legendary soo bad
22/24 aspects done

[stiff fern]

This was supposed to be a simple Eris apple run

[rocky steppe]

'Scythe glazer'

looks inside

Mel torches

[stiff fern]

There's not a scythe in the game

[rocky steppe]

Yes there is

[stiff fern]

Where?

[rocky steppe]

Have you unlocked aspects yet?

[stiff fern]

Started to yes

[rocky steppe]

Axe, third aspect

[manic relic]

what was i cooking
23/24 aspects done

i dont even have origination what was this run

[rocky steppe]

Coat

[rocky steppe]

Yesss finally

[orchid lodge]

Look who I just beat and it was my first ever surface run

@rocky steppe

U was taking bets weren’t ya

[rocky steppe]

DAMN

Guess i'm losing money today

[orchid lodge]

Loll

[rocky steppe]

Olympus will get u tho dw

[orchid lodge]

Who do ya fight there

Also yee but is it impressive that I only got my death defiance removed from Eris on her last phase

[rocky steppe]

Prometheus, probably the hardest non rivals boss

[crimson birch]

I agree overall, but at least he doesn't have OHKOs or the ability to CC you into an OHKO

[orchid lodge]

So eris could one hit kill you?

[crimson birch]

Naw, not Eris, talkin about a diff boss

[orchid lodge]

I did get stunned a few times by her but I only died on last phase but I managed to dodge all her big explosions

[orchid lodge]

Ah then what was the +100% damage she had on her head each phase

[orchid lodge]

Wich boss

[crimson birch]

I mean it's a damage buff, but it's not a guaranteed OHKO, just a damage buff

Fought gramps yet?

[orchid lodge]

U mean chronos? Yeee I beat him with rank 2 or 3 melinöie daggers

[crimson birch]

He's the only boss in the game with OHKO moves, and if you roll bad RNG, he can in fact CC you into an OHKO

[orchid lodge]

Sheesh

And yee his cc moves were pretty wild in the second phase covering the whole map with time bubbles

[crimson birch]

I could definitely see arguing that normal Prometheus is more consistently difficult than normal Chronos, it's just that even normal Chronos can sometimes do a funni B.S. haha

[orchid lodge]

Also this is only like my 4th or 5th day of playing the game btw

[knotty lake]

First 32 surface run and i beat it (and several bad decisions beat me)

[orchid lodge]

Awesome

[knotty lake]

I had hitch special most of the way but vow of denial forced me into ares special at the last room b4 typhon bcus im bozo

[crimson birch]

I can't believe you willingly took max rivals max frenzy instead of putting some Debt or Hubris somewhere

Puttin on those uhh training weights

[knotty lake]

I always do max rivals

Max frenzy isnt too bad other than for my emotional state

I always underestimate psychic leash and then i beat a run and see it did 51k damage and im like wow okay

[orchid lodge]

I did it chat he got me to one health tho

@rocky steppe

[rocky steppe]

Nah wtf is this

[orchid lodge]

It was my first time against him too

[rocky steppe]

Dude might be goated

@crimson birch we're cooked

Ok surely u don't clear summit

[orchid lodge]

Bros cc fire moves were insane lol I definitely almost got cooked

Maybe I will if I get enough heals

[crimson birch]

I think it depends on which minibosses ainz gets

[orchid lodge]

Is it tougher then Prometheus or eris or chronos?

[orchid lodge]

I also fought the drake like right before Prometheus too btw

[rocky steppe]

If you've never seen it before? Yes

And also the minibosses

[orchid lodge]

Yee but I beat eris and Prometheus first try tho

So on a scale how difficult they be?

[rocky steppe]

Uh i'm not the person to ask lmao, eris is like a -1 she's that easy, prom is harder than final boss but only cause he's faster

[crimson birch]

Difficulty is always individual

[rocky steppe]

Final does a lot more damage and if you don't know how to dodge every attack ik a lot of people struggle more on him than on prom

[manic relic]

last but not least, my favorite aspect
i've never actually done 32 with this aspect, but since its my favorite i decided to try going above, and actually was able to beat something above 50 fear for the first time

still far from 62, but its an improvement
24/24 aspects done

[knotty lake]

Btw u know u can send screenshots to your phone right

[orchid lodge]

Nah i didn’t know that also it’s jus quicker this way for me

[knotty lake]

Thats fair tbh

Absolute clutch dub tho

[orchid lodge]

Also I just beat the rhino looking ahh monster

[knotty lake]

Ye gl

[crimson birch]

Ah, your first miniboss was Spawn of Typhon?

[orchid lodge]

Ig so

[orchid lodge]

They was the weird think looking thing so probably? 🤷‍♂️

[radiant needle]

Prometheus experienced the Wrath of the Heavens

[gilded ravine]

nice life tax

[worn nimbus]

used the phase shift and i absolutly melted chronos health

[worn nimbus]

max timer and frenzy finished with 8 mins to spare

[coarse island]

Second ever 50f And this was so easy when you actually set up a savestate for practicing Chronos. Also calling card carried :3.

[vale lark]

chain lightning with the axe special is broken

[sour cliff]

how did u get 3 heroics?

[rocky steppe]

Probably calling card

[pliant tiger]

frost doesn't have fates whim on probably

unless bro uses calling card only and not jpom

which is like top 10 dumbest decisions of all time

[old mountain]

Unless he calling cards R1 then burns it all in R1 then uses gods keepsakes

(still a dumb choice duh)

[gilded ravine]

smite your chronos

[rocky steppe]

Could you stop clearing 62's it's making me feel bad

[gilded ravine]

i lost my moros and eos vods so i gotta redo them

[agile marsh]

truly insane Moros O-Attack run, insane

[gilded ravine]

smite your chronos (again)

[pliant tiger]

6 second zag kill improvement

[pliant tiger]

got another sub minute kill but i actually recorded it:
https://youtu.be/G9LM4q_766w?si=wzVx3EsvLF6KpBbh

[quick vigil]

Lol

[neon grail]

close range charon not bad

[thorn spade]

Finally. Definitely not me being greedy running 16 fear for statue, lose all DD and got jumpscared by phase 3.

[lethal flicker]

Sadly didn't offer it

[fallen valley]

beat scllya for the first time:3 @old mountain are you proud

[old mountain]

W clear time

[rocky steppe]

Who is this person and why are you besties with metal

[fallen valley]

bc i am 🆒

metal is forcing me to beat h2 as my first pc game 🫡

[old mountain]

cuz they are also cool like us (australian)

[rocky steppe]

Metal is based asf

[rocky steppe]

If you're in tassie you don't count

[old mountain]

hes also a flaming queer

[fallen valley]

this is true

[rocky steppe]

Just don't listen to any of his advice he's lowk buns

[rocky steppe]

Damn like us fr

[old mountain]

betrayal

[fallen valley]

ive heard of his "odd" takes

[rocky steppe]

Am I wrong? Every tier list you make has been shot down by me and everyone else

[old mountain]

just cuz yall cant see the vision

[fallen valley]

im confused, is that a decent time to beat Scylla

[rocky steppe]

We can see the vision cause we've actually cleared 62

[fallen valley]

metal was surprised when i was in vc telling him

[rocky steppe]

Not fast enough for time 3 but decent

[fallen valley]

😢

[old mountain]

pretty good for a first clear

[fallen valley]

i gotta do better

[rocky steppe]

You do

Although I can clear the game in half that

[old mountain]

well he dosnt have frenzy so its a little slower

[rocky steppe]

Yeah true that

And also alot less metaprogression and no medea

[old mountain]

he probs wont like medea hes a axe user

[fallen valley]

🪓 chop=fun

[rocky steppe]

Ewwwww disgusting

People like axe for the same reason people like hexes

[old mountain]

also on this i coached him T_T

[rocky steppe]

He's cooked

[fallen valley]

I don't like hexes 😢

[rocky steppe]

Are you teaching him the actual metagame or metal metagame

[rocky steppe]

Good

[fallen valley]

They sound cool but I get no use half the time 😭

[old mountain]

im teaching him the ways

[rocky steppe]

😒

You're gonna ruin his life

[old mountain]

HE NEARLY SUB 10 SCYLLA WITHIN 25 RUNS T_T

[fallen valley]

Wait until I get good 🗣☝️☝️

[rocky steppe]

IT'S BASE DIFFICULTY YOU CAN LITERALLY DO NOTHING WRONG

[fallen valley]

Let me have this 😢

[old mountain]

you have potential my Apprentice

[old mountain]

its his first ever pc game

[rocky steppe]

I COULD HAVE A MONKEY CHOOSE MY BUILDS AND I COULD STILL WIN A THOUSAND RUNS IN A ROW

[old mountain]

run where you prio d tier boons when

[fallen valley]

Btw metal just did mnk run and died on the last hit of Scylla 😢 (mostly play controller)

[old mountain]

more m&k or i dont let you camp in my backyard fr fr

[rocky steppe]

I've been wanting to do a run where someone else makes all the choices for me

[old mountain]

follow my tier lists fr fr

[rocky steppe]

Make it like 40f so it's still easy

[old mountain]

and my original arcana setup

[rocky steppe]

😭

[old mountain]

lmk if you need a remider :)

[rocky steppe]

I do not

[quick vigil]

this has to be my weakest build ever, nothing made sense. I was just running around while my hex allies were fighting Chronos lol

[manic relic]

i was not expecting to beat 54 so soon after doing 52, and i didnt even lose a single DD just triggered the pin

next step is 60

[opal nebula]

that’s my fav thing to do LOL it’s like: reaches chronos RANDOM BS GOOO

[rare parcel]

I originally had Hera on attack, but I had a Certified Denial Moment ™

Also, it turns out all I needed to get a victory with this aspect is checks notes Rapid Hack as the first hammer and Epic Nimble Limbs, making it work as Aspect of Thanatos

[worldly moat]

id lowkey recommend just jumping to 62

since a run that would beat 60 would end up beating 62 too

my jump was 55 -> 62 and it was a bit hard getting used to full scars but it was nice getting the win a bit faster with the scars3 jump

[manic relic]

Makes sense, maybe I'll go 55 -> 62 as well, I hope I get as lucky as with this run eventually

scars3 is my biggest issue as well

[pliant tiger]

shrimply don't get hit

then scars 3 and pain 3 are free

[manic relic]

who needs this when you can get dodge% daze armor and pray the enemies simply miss you

[pliant tiger]

exactly

or just play nergal and face tank everything 💯

[manic relic]

not my favorite aspect

[pliant tiger]

or play supay and just press dash interact and cast only 💯

[rare parcel]

Every Vow is a free vow if you shrimply don't have a skill issue (I certainly have skill issue )

[true grove]

scars are always free

plenty of ways to pseudo heal

[rancid flower]

Ghost Onion is also completely unaffected by scars

[manic relic]

Onion, life tax, self healing (i think) and I don't remember what else

pin can pseudo heal you too

[neon grail]

chaos revival

boons

[rocky steppe]

Nergal

[rancid flower]

Poseidon infusion is like getting healed

[lethal flicker]

Stalwart stand

[pliant tiger]

dds

[worldly moat]

funny asf icl

scorch getting top on the boards when i had the cast for literally only chronos is silly

[mortal mist]

first surface clear

something tells me they want me to get aphrodite

[rotund hamlet]

whoa

[rocky steppe]

Me too

[mortal mist]

oh my