h2-victory-boasting

[solid yew]

Just giving my opinion. 58* fear is cool.

[neat jewel]

Pretty decent Pee Array setup too with Lucid Gain in the pool and Weed Killer but if I was playing for it then I would've had to force myself to not take Static Shock (or not purge magick like I always do lol)

[lofty oriole]

Ralsei is cool 👌

[neat jewel]

Hestia attack looks so sick on Axe wow

[lofty oriole]

Surprisingly strong option yeah

Zeus or Hera are deffo preferred but I’m happy with how this turned out

[pliant tiger]

fun sidequest before the main quest, broke chronos' ankles holyyyyyy

[neon grail]

65f surface w/ moros

[pliant tiger]

u are def ready for 67f

[neon grail]

bro has 4 hammers but no ripper or furious

killing stroke + shimmering + epic heph strike pretty crakked tho

[pliant tiger]

i sacrificed furious in tart endshop but i got extremely unlucky and didnt get ripper

instead i got freaking counter barrage and exhaust riser

exhaust riser still good tho just not on this build

[neon grail]

does furious increase your dps output like ripper ?

i really don't know

[pliant tiger]

i mean probably since it reaches enemies faster

[neon grail]

but it doesn't change the attack rate

yeah since the rockets reach enemies faster, it'll increase the dps a bit

[pliant tiger]

i legit cant play coat without shimmering

shimmering, save me please

[pliant tiger]

oh yeah first hammer offered ripper but shimmering was there so i took shimmering instead

[neon grail]

I legit can't play any coat except nyx, I keep bumping my head into enemies

[lofty oriole]

Woahh nice! 👏

[analog oasis]

Well I did it after doing a night of failed 67s

[plucky widget]

cast runs are just so much fun

[open osprey]

typhon got nuked

[coarse island]

OMG, I'M ALL OUT OF REACTIONS BUT LETS FRICKING GOOO

[lofty oriole]

I was there 👏

Insane P3 👏 👏 👏

[pliant tiger]

larper

boo this kid

https://tenor.com/view/larp-larping-mahito-jujutsu-kaisen-larper-gif-5475157444924658810

<@&456908176877551658>

[misty tulip]

persephone moment - 406 hp, 42% dodge chance, god rng run

[coarse island]

Niceeee

Have you done 62f yet? I feel like you’d be able to pretty easily ngl

[misty tulip]

surface yes (2x), UW no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KK4wjBDruU&t=397s

my other clear is on there too

I still have to learn R4 chronos

[worldly moat]

choosing to do circus over UW is dubious work

[analog oasis]

I did circus

[coral hamlet]

Unlocked last statue 💪

[worldly moat]

statement still stands

voluntarily going through thessaly and olympus is insane

[coral hamlet]

Getting tall order on 67 is awesome

[coarse island]

Ikr? So glad I got it in tart endshop

[coarse island]

Niceee

[neat jewel]

If only you got Rallying Cry too would've been sick

[coarse island]

Do UW

[coarse island]

IK, I wanted it so badly but Ares was a coward

[wanton furnace]

Hi?

[neat jewel]

Got "Coffin Nail" instead 😭

[coarse island]

I honestly should’ve taken meat grinder too since more of a chance to master conductor but oh well

[coarse island]

Hola

[wanton furnace]

How are you?

[coarse island]

Odd question but over the moon.

[wanton furnace]

Really?

K baii

[coarse island]

?????

Alright then.

[wanton furnace]

Mb, in my country it is 6 am in the morning and I have not slept yet

[misty tulip]

tomorrow I'm beginning practicing R4 chronos on a 62 seed I saved

[coarse island]

Fire

If you need a savestate I could make one as well

Or you could use the no ex3 no deep dissent max fear copy I have.

[coral hamlet]

These were my last two runs to make it happen.

[misty tulip]

thanks, I got one already that has like 4 minutes and all DDs going into chronos on a circe run

good for practice

[coarse island]

Noice

[misty tulip]

tonight I'm just having fun doing runs like these. Also posideon the GOAT

[coarse island]

Rallying Order goes so well with anything rlly

No sprint of soupay is criminal though

[misty tulip]

I actually turned dark side into an actually useful hex

[coarse island]

It’s good for invincibility

And heartthrobs

[misty tulip]

I only got to try that busted ass combo against chronos but I cheesed phase 2 so hard

actually I think that was a 0 damage fight

[coral hamlet]

I’ve never gotten a sprint on supay lol.

[coarse island]

[misty tulip]

heat rush on supay

[misty tulip]

heartthrobs is like the 1 build I've never done before

[analog oasis]

Did i read that correctly?

[olive vigil]

It’s a relatively underwhelming exodia when you get it all running

[olive vigil]

Like imagine each finger of exodia had its own card that’s heartthrobs

[neat jewel]

New ugliest 58f win just dropped, Phase Shift (and getting the 2 best hammers) saved my ass lol, if I just had Ice Strike Sworn Flourish Smolder Ring instead of Sworn Strike Flame Flourish Arctic Ring this would've been so much easier lol

Also there was a moment in Fields where I waited like 30 seconds for a Sandskull to proc my Pin and wasted like 10% of Evade

[gilded ravine]

this game kinda ez

[neat jewel]

Howling Soul 🗣️

[gilded ravine]

it did kinda work out

storm on lock kinda good and larger cast size helps when target enemy dies

[neon grail]

65f surface w/ eos

[neat jewel]

⚡ ⚡ THIS SHALL COME AS A SHOCK ⚡ ⚡

[neon grail]

got tcurse in the second room & spammed my way through victory hehe

pretty much all my surface clears are twilight curse / wolf howl / total eclipse godsent spam lol

[manic relic]

spooky number

[keen furnace]

Glorious Disaster is a wank..... Tooo much investment but yet so little satisfying. Would rather go full Zeus Zap Cast than this. Longer cast animation, can't make progress without Winning Circle.

[lofty oriole]

Mel Axe 65 Fear

[manic relic]

i did NOT deserve this win thankfully parray born gain and athena are broken

[misty tulip]

Seems about right

[coral hamlet]

I’ve only ran supay twice and both times the rush options were meh

[coral hamlet]

What’s the medal thing above the continue button?

[manic relic]

The rank

[coral hamlet]

How do you get rank?

[manic relic]

You upgrade it at the crossroads at the taverna, it's just a resource dump for late game

[lofty oriole]

Good time too 👌

[eager pendant]

I didn't do a vor4 for soo long and got such fun run

[sour widget]

Smolder ring Circe is really fun. Sadly you didn’t get mirrored thrasher that would’ve been great for incandescent aura

[barren forge]

Got my 1st 60 fear using anvil ring 🙂

[pliant tiger]

ah yes no origination 🔥

[lofty oriole]

Love to see Wantler gaming

[neat jewel]

MORE Howling Soul 🗣️🗣️

[barren forge]

Still suck at building things. Too much to remember for me

[lofty oriole]

What was the other 2 fear, Scars 3?

[pliant tiger]

howling soul is not ass and i will stand by that

[barren forge]

yup

[neat jewel]

Yeah I appreciate the tracking of it it's just so goofy when it flies away

[lofty oriole]

I like it...when I don't have Vow of wards 💀

[pliant tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/judge-attack-meme-memes-meme-judge-attack-gif-1916375399852880962

[lofty oriole]

Ngl though it can be super nice in P3 when grandpa keeps running away

[barren forge]

my fav hades boon after the dash one

[pliant tiger]

im shocked that its not deep dissent

absolutely goated at both chronos and typhon

[barren forge]

I treat it as a requirement at high fear

esp p2 chronos with all the healing

[pliant tiger]

requirement?

[lofty oriole]

Deep Dissent >= Gigaros > Life Tax > Everything else > Nothing > Cinerary Circle

[pliant tiger]

deep dissent isnt necessary to fight chronos but its really nice to have

[pliant tiger]

cinema circle disrespect is crazy

damn larper

[lofty oriole]

Selenery Circle start being the absolute worst start

Somehow get this way more than any other start smh 💀

[barren forge]

sign to immediate restart for me lol

[lofty oriole]

The best combo route after rolling Selenery yeah 🫢

[pliant tiger]

me when i get ares first god

[barren forge]

also I don't play a lot of omega builds so it's kinda useless

[pliant tiger]

ares is actually short for ares(et)

no wonder hes so ass

[barren forge]

he's good tho, just not as the first god

[pliant tiger]

does he know?

[lofty oriole]

Wow how dare you disrespect a Top 15 God

[pliant tiger]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-lobotomy-vOlhmdyXQ9fK4HTBKw

[cursive panther]

genuinely wished I had Seismic Servo

[halcyon pawn]

So this was one of the persephone runs of all time

[coarse island]

You can’t be doing cinnamon roll cinema circle like that..

[pliant tiger]

exactly

[coarse island]

That is true though

[coarse island]

wtf are these memes..

[pliant tiger]

i have many more in my gif gallery

[rotund hamlet]

wheres "gale hater" from

[pliant tiger]

https://youtu.be/gnVH99yDbUI

this

the fact that gale can block anything but traps

i have beef with whoever made that decision

[rotund hamlet]

oh i did see this lol

cant live with her cant live without her

[neat jewel]

inb4 Hades 2 patch QoL update: Gale now blocks trap damage

Oceanus steam/Thessaly oil/Fields thorns say hi

[pliant tiger]

truly a love/hate relationship

i love her but i hate that she cant block hits as soon as u enter a room and the fact that she cant block traps

[gilded ravine]

funny pet is funny

[pliant tiger]

wouldve prob won 67f surface already if those didnt exist

[gilded ravine]

just gotta get the typhon shmoves

[pliant tiger]

i alr did a practice run with strength no lovers and it was successful so i think i can def beat typhons ass

[gilded ravine]

nice

[pliant tiger]

after surface 67f im probably gonna quit the game

cuz with that done i already achieved everything that i wanted to do in this game

[rotund hamlet]

same i'm out after my uw 67

not that i'm putting lots of attempts/practice in

[pliant tiger]

sub 5 uw, sub 6 surface, and 67f above and below

the holy trinity

[fleet lantern]

YAY MY FIRST WIN

I cooked Chronos hard, literally

[pulsar pilot]

I did not expect this build to be so good! Typhon didn’t stand a chance! Had him down in like 30 seconds.

[analog oasis]

Third run of the day

Tried Raki

Going well

I like the dollar store wantler

[static cloud]

holy

closer and closer

[eager pendant]

VoR 4 underworld also done! Still, the only weps where I can able to do it relativly smooth is supay and medea. Ik, supay is considered as weak type wep but for me is still the best for mid fears run, i just like it.
Zeus' special + sparkle romantic ft. king ransom carried this run very hard as you can see. xD
I find underworld vor much, much harder than surface vor - Hecate, SCYLLA ESP in previous run she took all my 3 dd and Chronos hit hard, are mobile asf and have an absurdly aoe attacks - much more annoyin imho than their surface counterparts.

[open osprey]

How

[static cloud]

fine line ocean swell and hammer upgrade

[cursive panther]

ehh wanted to get cast boons with Circe didnt want Aphor and Hestia sadly

[coarse island]

Please don’t use Raki… just Frinos it up

[analog oasis]

Made it to Sirens with Raki first Raki run though

[coarse island]

Kinda sad to think that you’ll be quitting since you’re one of my better Hades 2 friends but you deserve it, you’re goated.

[coarse island]

Put the Frinos in the bag 😭

4% crit is not worth it

It’s always Gale or Frinos unless you’re using Circe

[analog oasis]

Hecuba is never touched

[coarse island]

Because Hecuba isn’t worth it compared to Gale

[analog oasis]

I honestly don't think Hecuba cleared 67 yet

[coarse island]

Nope

[neat jewel]

*Toula on Supay!!!

[analog oasis]

Strength exists

[coarse island]

The only reason you’d use Hecuba is on a super heavy magick dependent weapon but even then.

[coarse island]

Fair actually

Toula’s goated

[coarse island]

Toula’s better because death exists.

Also like, renewed faith with 4 DD’s goes hard

[analog oasis]

If I can reliably get past Sirens and incidentally to gramps twice with Nerg... a win may be coming soon.

[coarse island]

Yurp. Btw do you have a capture card?

[analog oasis]

No. I do not

[coarse island]

They’re not expensive, get one.

[analog oasis]

Im content with it being a personal record though

[coarse island]

Don’t you want it recorded for confirmation from the entire player base though?

[analog oasis]

I can't afford to put any money on that atm. Have worse issues like medical problems costing me 1k a month

And most capture cards are 200 or so

[coarse island]

Really???

I found one for $25

[coarse island]

Because those are 4k 60fps, you don’t need that lol. Get a 30 fps 1080p one and they’re a lot cheaper. Doesn’t matter much for the quality.

[analog oasis]

I see

[analog oasis]

I can upload more than hades content too at that point

Like Pokémon battles where I use Slaking

[rare parcel]

Still trying to learn Frenzy 2 lol

[neat jewel]

One of my smoothest runs ever, would've been 0 boss damage but I got hit by the Cerberus circle for the first time ever lol, weird build too where I didn't get Sworn Flourish until endshop, would've been even easier if I got it and Hereditary Bane instead of Nexus Rush and Dying Wish (both those in Erebus too lol), or if I got the vaunted Support Fire + Air Quality (didn't get offered Support Fire, did get Killing Stroke though, and Air Quality was Denial'd by Static Shock)

I went from Hel enjoyer to Hel hater to enjoyer again lol

[sour widget]

Do you still not run rivals 4?

[neat jewel]

Yeah I'm gonna be doing more 50-58s while practicing Rivals 4 on Custom Chaos

[sour widget]

“I like to do high fear but I don’t like to lose”

“And big mean chronos make me lose”

[neat jewel]

He's SO mean and scary

I fought him like 5 times last night on my custom chaos and my setup was like 200 HP + DDs + Pin and I didn't win once

Like I know all his patterns from when I beat him before and from watching a billion H2 videos but massive skill issue lol

Gonna fight him like at least 5 times a day for practice

[olive vigil]

I shut him down for my last few 45s cause I was tired of losing

[coarse island]

https://tenor.com/view/egghead-one-piece-luffy-gear-5-shock-gif-11395242091125831425

Is that.. HEL?!

[coarse island]

Bro what is this gif… I sincerely apologize for whatever this is 😭

[coarse island]

Also have you watched boated’s vid? Absolutely goated guide

[neat jewel]

Yup watched it a few times, just gotta put in the work for muscle memory now

[coarse island]

Yea, makes sense.

If you’d like, I could try and give some pointers on specific moves if you’re ever struggling with any.

[neat jewel]

My main problem I noticed yesterday when doing some practice was Orbitals in P2

[coarse island]

You could send me clips of your attempts too if you’d like an I could try and help that way as well. Although, it’s entirely up to you.

[neat jewel]

Like in P1 it's more simple just hug the wall but in P2 it messes me up

[coarse island]

That’s fair, there is a lot of area denial on p2, especially without Deep Dissent

[abstract pike]

Finally getting around to posting my Max Fear clear featuring a RCD judgement pull.
https://youtu.be/KyLonyC1ot8

here's the drawing thumbnail. Any suggestions on Text placement?

[neon grail]

65f surface is Hel, they said

[sour widget]

Damn Hel with no omega special or heph duos is crazy

Hitch special really is just that good

Hitch everything and then BEAT THEM WITH HAMMERS

[neon grail]

Hitch & Runic Driver go crazy in biomes

No need for anything else

[sour widget]

Yeah runic driver is amazing

Did you get anything good early from red citrine?

[neon grail]

Origination!!!

But I didn't have Furnace Blast then, got it in Olympus

[sour widget]

Origination during olympus is definitely good though

[neon grail]

Yeah, Olympus & Promakles w/ no origination is definitely an experience

[neat jewel]

Stalkers and Land-Dracons in Spiller rooms

[sour widget]

I’m legit listening for sound queues to know when to dodge cause I can’t see a damn thing

https://tenor.com/view/scooby-doo-fog-gif-13014637

[neat jewel]

I should really start playing with 2 earphones in for stuff like that lol

[sour widget]

Me learning for the first time that you can tell where Hecate is by sound queues

Since I almost always play with just my left headphone

(So that means if I don’t hear her she’s on my right )

Also you could 100% turn on rivals Typhon with all those DD’s

[neat jewel]

I've had 1 or 2 surface 58s where I thought for sure it would've been a win at 62 because the build was good enough that I could've DPS raced Typhon without knowing how to do the fight properly tbh

[sour widget]

I got really close on a 58 with rivals 4

I just still have yet to do pain 3 rivals 4

I did pain 2 though I think

Scars 3 is also one of my limiting points

[neat jewel]

Yeah that Hel run was totally saved by Travel Deal on shrines giving me healing + DD

Seeing "Fresh Sustenance MAX, restore 0" is just painful

[sour widget]

Buy it just to flex on the brokies

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kat-kitty-kitten-rober-gif-1250302461018253483

Me and Toula

[keen furnace]

that was close. Those sniper-automat, rocket launcher and dragon in Thassely are annoying as heck

[neat jewel]

Sexy duos

Why Fleece when you were primed out though

[lofty oriole]

Honestly a pretty strong way to play with PosAtk Runic, Hitch and Static

Your start is so miserable though 💀

[sour widget]

Yeah I’ve done it before just often I end up not getting hitch or I take something like twisting crash or uhhh the one that makes specials faster

So omega special is a lot less of an inconvenience to use

But I do love runic driver

And just having pos attack with Valkyrie is so good on bosses. But I’m thinking from the speed perspective and not fear

I ought to do a 50+ with Hel

Still working on getting used to Pain 3 and Scars 3 for 58+. I’m getting a bit more comfortable with rivals 4

[neat jewel]

Finally back on Anubis, I still hate not knowing what to do while the zone is doing its work lol

I wish the Ospec was a bit weaker but only cost 10-20 magick, 30 is way too much to be spamming it while also using the Oattack

[sour widget]

No arc flash

[keen furnace]

Still has some mana to spam O.A and O.S

[neat jewel]

Ikr I was thinking oh yeah this is another use case of Arc Flash aside from Supay but I only saw 2 Zeus boons, luckily they gave me Blitz and Static Shock

Was really hoping for Hera special too to be able to spread the damage from the zones but I got an early Epic Ice Flourish and just took it

[keen furnace]

Nah Rush with Hera on Supay is better. Spread like a charm

[pliant tiger]

i prefer having special on supay cuz then you can have so much better rush boons for bossing like thunder, heat and breaker rush my goat

[sour widget]

Yeah heat rush is really strong on bosses due to their larger hitboxes letting you keep it on them while moving, especially Cerberus and Typhon.

Nexus rush is insanely strong on room clear but very held back by bosses

Thunder rush is alright but doesn’t do as much damage, if I’m correct, and can’t hit multiple enemies so it becomes a lot weaker on room clear while also not being as strong on bosses

[lofty oriole]

Do it!

[sour widget]

Oops

Naughty language

[lofty oriole]

Honestly as much crap I give Hel, it’s genuinely fun when you hit everything 😂

[sour widget]

I do forget sometimes I’m in SGG server and not the speedcord

[lofty oriole]

Lmao it be like that sometimes

[frail vale]

My first victory after 17 hours playtime, idk if that is slow or fast for a new player. This game is my first roguelike btw

[keen furnace]

Lunar Ray and Hex Critical. Such run saving

[coarse island]

It took me like 10 nights less with 100 hours in Hades 1 previously so you’re doing great!

[sour widget]

I’m surprised you took so few boons. Or just got so few offered during your run

Like when I’m not playing with any vows that reduce my boons I usually get way more

But 18 minutes for a first clear is definitely among the faster that I’ve seen

[desert steppe]

typhon clear, took 5 or 6 runs!

@marsh condor did it :3

[neat jewel]

I got myself hit by things Cerb has NEVER hit me with today lmao, the outside circle and the spinning radius circles, still Hel is now my 8th aspect with a 58f clear

[lofty oriole]

We love to see it

[sour widget]

Last gasp gaming

Didn’t even need Athena

[neat jewel]

Yeah I think I went damageless in Tart lol meanwhile I still haven't beaten super gramps on custom chaos lol

I was just spooked about how badly I played Cerb so I went Amulet

[cursive panther]

all im gonna say is I'm glad Supay is getting buffed next patch I ALMOST DIED

[pliant tiger]

who said it was getting buffed

[sour widget]

It’s not

That’s early access footage and I find it kinda silly that they couldn’t get fresh footage

So now we got people, myself included, who didn’t play EA and legit thought that we were getting extra ospecial projectiles

[cursive panther]

oh

[sour widget]

Supay doesn’t need a buff anyways

[lofty oriole]

Honestly hoping it doesn’t get nerfed for the 4th time this time around 💀

[sour widget]

I feel like post-launch the most we’ll see is some minor buffs but idk

I don’t know if they’re unhappy with some standout weapons being too strong or too weak

I get power creep being an issue if you only buff but it’s not like they’re gonna keep buffing stuff over and over again

[analog oasis]

Getting better at Sirens when Charybdis gets the Feature

[cursive panther]

wanted to try something diff and do a special rockets build with coat

[analog oasis]

This is great. A third time seeing gramps with Nergal

[analog oasis]

And a 4th now

[rotund hamlet]

damn another rough timer

[analog oasis]

Barely any skips

https://tenor.com/view/ting-lu-pokémon-man-horse-meme-scarlet-and-violet-raid-den-gif-10221561092050708457

[frail vale]

I do have close to 700 hours in elden ring and a bunch of hours in the other souls games, so maybe that skillset transfers over to this game or something lol

[frail vale]

I must be doing something wrong because I feel like this is a normal amount of boons for me

[sour widget]

Granted I had Selene but like this is what I’m usually looking at

Granted this was with vow of denial disabled

But even with vow of denial that pretty standard amounts of boons for me

Didn’t even have travel deal or I’d have way more

So I had more boons without travel deal with vow of debt turned on. So idk I seem to see usually other people on high fear also take less boons

[olive vigil]

yeah that’s vow of debt for ya

and denial means like 5 boons per god

[sour widget]

I was saying with vow of debt on. Granted I did have time piece and boatman but still just feels like they should have been able to afford at least a few more boons

And I wasn’t purging anything above like one tonic

I think the rest was just ashes and stuff

I just doubt I had twice as much gold as they did over the run

[olive vigil]

travel deal maybe?

[sour widget]

They had it I didn’t

[olive vigil]

Mystery solved

[sour widget]

That’s what I said

What

I think you got it backwards the point I was making

I was saying that their 13 boons felt very low for somebody playing on 0 fear who will be likely to take as many boons as physically possible

AND they had travel deal

Whatever, it’s not important

[frail vale]

I think what happened is since I’m brand new to the game and don’t really know wtf I’m doing, I guess I just decided to just go for and buy more max health and poms instead of boons, which in hindsight actually sounds kinda dumb of me to do lol

[marsh condor]

proud of you!

[marsh condor]

no hit typhon with circe aspect

new personal best + first sub 8 + first sub 9

if anyones wondering, all those fails are great chaos belows

[rare parcel]

Am I doing better with Frenzy 2?

Wait, no, Epic Hard Target

[lofty oriole]

Props for actually using the aspect 🫢

[rare parcel]

I just think Sky Fall is neat 🥔

(Actually, I'm hoping for Sky Fall buffs, even if I actually like using it )

[rare parcel]

Tranquil Wolf, wiiiiiiii

[valid echo]

First time trying anything over 32 and got the win

[rare parcel]

All the damage I took against Rivals Typhon was because of babality

[gilded ravine]

smoked

[neat jewel]

Got frustrated with Hel 58f surface so switched to a stupid fun run (where I was apparently doing a no dodging challenge too) with Air Quality + Reckless Abandon + Static Shock + Gusts, sadly no Exhaust Riser

[neat jewel]

Side rooms

[gilded ravine]

it's a good thing tart minibosses are not mandatory nor do they actually help in high fear due to forfeit

sometimes i'll go off the standard path just to feel smth

[analog oasis]

Wait, what's horror?

Is it the timeout?

Nevermind

[sour widget]

That’s the big beefy Typhon guys, right?

The “oh crap put down a cast ASAP” ones

[analog oasis]

Too relatable

Had those rooms in Oceanus with immediate pinhead spawns

[sour widget]

And then you still get hit cause you waked slightly too close to them

Boozers, dracons, horrors, pinheads, wailers, mourners

[analog oasis]

Almost died on entering one of those.

[sour widget]

The “oh crap use the cast” gang

[analog oasis]

Would've been a stupid loss on a 67.

[sour widget]

Oh and slicers and harpies

[analog oasis]

Or basically anything that wants to kill you

[neat jewel]

Yeah Horror is the mini-Spawn, Stalker is the mini-Twins

[sour widget]

Well but like all the ones that will bum rush you instantly

@analog oasis let me find the clip of the light speed boozer one sec

[neat jewel]

Also the way their animation slowdown happens when they enter a cast always get me

[sour widget]

Bro skipped like 15 frames of animation to hit me INSTANTLY

[analog oasis]

So I made it to gramps twice in a row today after the game gave me a Selene start like 10x upon first playing after work.

[sour widget]

It’s just the issue with the camera being too zoomed in to see enemies that can hit you from outside your vision area

I wish there was an option to adjust zoom cause then I’d just constantly have it all the way out

[analog oasis]

Switch has that on System Settings docked

[sour widget]

? You mean like you can adjust the camera position in a game?

[analog oasis]

Screen

I assume you were meaning screen size

[sour widget]

No

I mean as in zoom the camera backwards so I can see the level more

Like how in some fights like cerb the camera is super far out

Like I get the point of not having it but I wish it was a thing cause I feel I either am losing time or taking BS hits to not being able to see everything

[analog oasis]

Hey, you were the one who asked Nyx to buff them.

[sour widget]

“vow of screw you zoom in 50% so you literally can’t see anything before it’s already hit you”

[analog oasis]

Yeah that one

[sour widget]

Add that to give us 69 fear

[analog oasis]

I wanted a Vow of Strife

Where Eris is guaranteed to appear at least once to bless you in a random region transition

[sour widget]

I mean I don’t see what that would change vs just adding an additional pain level

It would just potentially delay when it takes effect

[analog oasis]

But 69 Fear

[sour widget]

Vow of GIRTH. Makes enemies larger lol

That would just be cruel

[analog oasis]

Blessing of Strife on a "67" would likely require hitless

[analog oasis]

Thats a Fangs perk

[sour widget]

I know I’m making terrible ideas

Make everything bigger so then you literally just can’t stand anywhere in the map without being ready to i-frame an anchor

[lethal flicker]

Vow of losing aspect ranks

[desert steppe]

@marsh condor TYPHON DEATHLESS!!! i love moros so much

[sour widget]

It’s a shame you got Cut Above and Cutting Edge at the very end those are so good on torches

[desert steppe]

ill look out for them on later runs

[sour widget]

Good build, only change I’d make is swapping Apollo and Poseidon on attack and special. Poseidon special on torches carried me hard on early high-fear runs

Since Apollo makes the attack explosions larger and they benefit more from % buffs while the special benefits more from flat damage due to small but frequent hits and the splashes can hit multiple enemies

Granted that’s Eos

Also damn I sucked at rivals Typhon

[sour widget]

@tacit zephyr

Some of these are a little inconsistent like Fish House feels like maybe more of a blue, the divided rooms is maybe a green (this is all just my opinion from my relatively minimal speedrunning)

The blue ones are the best since they’re so small almost never have a second wave

[tacit zephyr]

Ooh! Thank you!

[tacit zephyr]

The yellow hexagons are max number of side chambers in a visit?

[neat jewel]

Bro why am I playing WORSE after practicing Rivals 4, that's 302 damage to regular Chronos

[sour widget]

Yeah

[sour widget]

Slow oceanus but I think it was a new Hel PB

I think Oceanus I only got a mid shop and a gold-trade nemesis

So pretty bad RNG

Also this was lame, ended up just 7 gold short of apollo

Took poseidon for king tide chance was hoping to pivot to getting back burner if travel deal didn't give me another poseidon

Twisting crash ospecial really does just shred bosses

Just realized I forgot to change off frinos though lol

[cunning leaf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1419106203765833739/1487480964236968077/ezgif.com-optimize.gif

[sour widget]

Appreciate it

I will make much use of this

[neat jewel]

Frinos Antler

[valid echo]

Second 42f run done. Didn’t even get a rush boon until fields so I’m pretty stoked on surviving rivals Scylla

[sour widget]

Soup

[neat jewel]

3 time piece uses left 🤑

Hereditary Bane is so good

[valid echo]

Oops I kept hitting take out of habit when I should’ve sold all the poms

[neat jewel]

Tbf taking poms is valid when you have Hereditary Bane

[valid echo]

Also didn’t realize how good gigaros is until this run

[neat jewel]

Especially on Supay

In fact I hard reset for it with Supay lol (not necessary but a big help)

[analog oasis]

Facts

[sour widget]

Had Fuscia dress until the very end when I tanked an instakill so was getting about 300% cast damage for most of the run

Chronos decided to be super rude and give me horrible patterns

[brazen night]

My second Dress to Kill, first since release!

[sour widget]

Why do I keep just picking up a random weapon and setting a new PB

Pretty fast chronos kill

[sour widget]

@cunning leaf I made a smaller version

Better for reaction use

[cursive panther]

big and wide anubis

[lofty oriole]

62F Circe sub12 clear 🙏

Heads up for everyone. If Chronos goes into invulnerability during Triple scythe, he continues where he left off after 😅

[analog oasis]

Thats just unfair

New personal best with Nergal

[marsh condor]

yesssss

[hasty minnow]

@sour widget

2nd run completion

And yes having paralysing revival was rough

[sour widget]

Practically back-to-back love to see it

Congrats @hasty minnow

[hasty minnow]

Hades I experience coming in clutch

[sour widget]

See you took the advice on Hestia

[hasty minnow]

Ty

[plucky widget]

attempted unrivaled typhon for the first time :DDD

dash on my attack and dash was probably my sole salvation

[analog oasis]

Yikes

[olive vigil]

fast

Well for me who doesn’t have the balls to do antler on frenzy 2

[plucky widget]

cmon :(

[coarse island]

Good job!

That’s always a very chaotic fight

[coarse island]

Just needed fig and antler a you should have had enough time, granted you have to play a lot better.

Also yippie, 6th best submitted high fear run on the crossroads!

[olive vigil]

damn sun worshipper, go off

[open osprey]

my first 16 fear clear!

[thorn geyser]

Holy, haven't played with Hel in a while, forgot that they could get this good

[gilded ravine]

hit ET from erebus midboss

[neat jewel]

Fresh file clear, took too much damage to Cerb to get under the 30% lol (and Snea Snar came up big giving me a lot of extra health)

World record is like 11 minutes though that's crazy

[lofty oriole]

Ooo congrats! Yeaaa trying to do mental maths to avoid blessing of strife can be annoying for fresh file 😅

[neat jewel]

Yeah I think there's conveniently placed thorns in Fields endshop and also Cerb has summons but I simply forgor 💀

Just had to eat 25 damage paw slams lol

[keen furnace]

34 what a pain in the RNG

[analog oasis]

Yeah. But its still my best so I'm proud of it

[tacit zephyr]

Oooh. I think I just had my first time beating Eris on Frenzy with all DDs remaining

[neon grail]

65f surface w/ mel skull

[coarse island]

Ofc

[manic relic]

not bad for a first time DASO

[pliant tiger]

fun side quest 🔥

paid dues carried (lost little to no gold)

[sour widget]

Paid dues is that boon I get so rarely cause I forget it can entirely crutch a run

That and legendary chance being legendary chance

I see it so rarely

[pliant tiger]

90% of the time i get paid dues im running low on gold

[manic relic]

62 circe too close for comfort i played really badly but oh well

[lofty oriole]

Sheesh Ares dash made it to the damage board 😮

[manic relic]

I'm a stabbing rush enjoyer I think it's good

But honestly also surprised it got there

[cursive panther]

was hoping to get Nervous Wreck

[sour widget]

Nervous wreck glamour gain is so fun especially with Curse of the Afflicted from Medea

[lofty oriole]

<@&456908176877551658>

[manic relic]

i'm doing something i might regret, a mono god challenge (not counting non-core gods)
starting with apollo because it is what rng deicded, im also so sad i didnt get exceptional talent (1/9)

[neat jewel]

Is Solar Ring one of the casts that doesn't overlap with Circe? Or is it just Sword and Tidal?

[manic relic]

Pretty sure it works with circe if you overlap

[drifting fractal]

100% trigger on Sea Star is very fun.

[sour widget]

Snea Snar

New all-aspect surface PB

[charred cypress]

Nice fig scam

[sour widget]

Goated fig scam

Hadn't even noticed I was scammed

[charred cypress]

Yeah I've been through a lot of those, so I'm used to it lol

That's some nice damage with Supay tho

[analog oasis]

Have another!

[plucky widget]

what do you mean by fig scam? you're scamming the fig leaf?

[analog oasis]

When it doesn't proc because Dionysus was too busy being a drunk.

[plucky widget]

that clarifies nothing for me

[analog oasis]

There's a chance Fig Leaf does nothing in a region

[plucky widget]

oh. is that a good thing?

[analog oasis]

And when this occurs, you get no room skip

So a time killer

[plucky widget]

... that sounds like a bad hting

[analog oasis]

It is bad.

[plucky widget]

oh ok they called it goated so i was baffled

[analog oasis]

It's used in speedruns mostly to crunch time.

[plucky widget]

and you also said nice so

[analog oasis]

Keepsake Effect
A single encounter in 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Region(s) may be blissfully free from foes the rest of this night.

[plucky widget]

can you say that in non hardcore gamer lingo 😭 crunch time?

why would you call it goated if it's bad?

[analog oasis]

Sure. Basically when racing through the games rooms, Fig Leaf can activate and help you effectively skip a room. This helps in clearing areas faster and getting better clear times on said runs.

[plucky widget]

no ok that sounds like. that makes sense im confused why you said 'nice' or 'goated' to the fig leaf 'scamming' when that sounds like. it'd be bad. bc you didnt save any time w/ it

[analog oasis]

Not practical for high Fear sometimes if you're doing Time Piece to get gold because of Vow of Debt.

[plucky widget]

i googled it- huh. ive never had the fig leaf not work for me . it sounds like restricted this happens mainly on high fear. is there a vow or something i'd miss why would it not activate like that. that can't be like. a glitch

if it was a glitch it'd be insane not to fix it

[analog oasis]

Works perfectly fine even on max Fear for me.

[plucky widget]

OH. so it is just a glitch. HUH

[analog oasis]

Not a glitch

It may not activate

[plucky widget]

OH it's really just random. I think i read the keepsake description as it being like 100% chance of at least one room. but it can just not 😭 ??

[analog oasis]

Keyword in the keepsake description being may be free of enemies with emphasis on may.

[plucky widget]

OOF 😭

[analog oasis]

Yeah. The inconsistency is why most players will take Chrolex in r2 for High Fear or Calling Card or something else.

[plucky widget]

hm noted.

[analog oasis]

Reason why Chrolex is goated is because Vow of Debt effectively becomes free Fear.

[plucky widget]

I didn't consider that actually. I've been avoiding the vow of debt but like there's no reason for me to do that lmao

[analog oasis]

Keepsake Effect
While at Fates' Whim, you can purge most rewards for gold crowns up to 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 times this night.

5 times is only if Demeter and Hera's duo buff it

You can easily get 1,000+ gold with it so no reason not to use it.

[plucky widget]

i mean i do use it i just didn't consider that it'd be way easier to use the vow of debt and just. negate it with this

[olive vigil]

Should have taken antler

I’m so fast without hordes

[sour widget]

New Soup UW PB. Got fig scam and forget a field layout cause tree was too far away

Lost like 10 seconds running across the field

[olive vigil]

Level 14 thunder rush, based

[sour widget]

Could have easily out damaged this if I didn't suck at using trick knives

Uh I forget to press the right things and just mash cause brain off

And then I went to get the parry and was stuck in an attack and missed it

Got too greedy

[sour widget]

That went a bit better besides getting time frozen in P1

Wicked onslaught flutter strike RIPS

[sour widget]

This was also probably one of my fastest siren kills and one of the only times I ever stopped jetty from getting away

[sour widget]

1 Second faster

[neat jewel]

Gah damn if only the attack and special were swapped

+18 Power and +15% on Hera special

Oh wait no TK so it's fine

And Wicked too

I'm just too "reset-seed-until-TK-when-using-non-Morrigan-blades-pilled"

[sour widget]

Valid

[sour widget]

Dammmiiiitttt 3 seconds off an UW PB

Game refused to give me cutting edge or sun worshipper or else it might have gone under 6:15

I also should have parried those orbs

[frail vale]

First surface clear

[late crane]

NICEE

fighting Typh for the first time is scary www

First time here too!

[neat jewel]

I am deadarse getting worse at this game after spending so much time practicing Rivals 4, look at those damage taken numbers

[neon grail]

62f charon uw (echo saves the run)

[neat jewel]

I can't decide if only getting 1 Apollo boon but it being Super Nova is lucky or unlucky

[neon grail]

Actually Solar Ring too but had to swap it

Didn't highlight Super nova since I got it in the final shop

Played chronos fight really sloppy in order not to timeout

[hasty minnow]

another erebus clear

3rd clear of it

[desert steppe]

fourth void lens + absolute insane DPS 😭

[cursive panther]

That sounds kinda satisfying

25 magick extra

[desert steppe]

it was fun! health bars were melting within seconds :3
would be completely unsustainable without floodgain though

[cursive panther]

Now add Icarus' explosive intent and that makes it 35

[desert steppe]

wasnt lucky enough to get it 3:
i got it on an earlier run but i didnt have uhhh fine line

plus it was underworld so yk, didnt matter much 😭

[cursive panther]

Ohhhh makes sense

[sour widget]

If only you had sudden burst that would basically be a god build

I see you did have epic racing thoughts in there that’s huge

[desert steppe]

:D twas an awesome build

abusing flood gain is my favourite hobby

[olive vigil]

[sour widget]

accidentally panic dashed and should have just taken the damage. King tide, arterial spray, slippery slope and success rate before Eris is insane

Bro wouldn't sit still

Holy all-aspect PB by nearly 30 seconds. Literally my first ever time playing artemis on surface

[neat jewel]

Basically aspectless too lol

Can Poseidon Waves backstab?

[sour widget]

uhhh idk personally

[gilded ravine]

i think so but no idea tbh

[sour widget]

Well as you can see I used it... twice

At least in boss fights

This was the moment the nerves hit

Bit sloppy, could have waited longer before channeling the parry but it's alright

[manic relic]

mono god aphro, my steam recording bugged out 🙁 maybe i'll have to do aphro again (2/9)

[pliant tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/cinema-absolute-cinema-peak-cinema-salmon-jjk-gif-6981231960394212546

[robust sapphire]

Moros can be fun, apparently

[sour widget]

Moros was ever not considered fun?

Also damn you ought to start running strength

Would have taken lion fang or antler though tbh. More damage than fleece since it also applies to blitz and non-omegas

[robust sapphire]

I rarely play with flames, and never Moros basically

My bad lol

[robust sapphire]

Some runs are like this, some runs I die to rivals Eris so Idk

[robust sapphire]

Non-omegas? What are those? /s Also since I had the keepsake boon the fleece was +60%

[sour widget]

Fair enough, though also means lion fang would have been at 40% global damage buff

[robust sapphire]

True

[olive vigil]

Hand of Hermes lol

[olive vigil]

Moros is one of the best aspects in the game

[robust sapphire]

Yep, just got my 20 fear testament with it first try

Now only blades' testaments remain

[olive vigil]

get it

spoiler alert trick knives good

[neon grail]

mel coat 62f surface yippee

[olive vigil]

storm ring go brr

[pliant tiger]

almost nuts hit

[olive vigil]

Wild that blitz isn’t on the leaderboard

[neon grail]

took heaven strike after sky-dracon

had wave strike since mid thessaly

[pliant tiger]

am i having a bad memory or is that exhaust riser you just had

[neon grail]

Yea first hammer is exhaust riser

[pliant tiger]

oooh man

[neon grail]

Thought to restart at that point tbh

[pliant tiger]

bro why would u reset pos exhaust riser

[neon grail]

I was expecting shimmering / ripper / furious

Swapped messenger + wayward w/ night to activate moon

It's definitely worth it

[simple cypress]

came back to the game after not playing for a while and cleared 62 fear yay

why is apollo sprint so much better than all the other sprints

also echo gave me a hammer LOL

[pliant tiger]

you are ready for 67f

[simple cypress]

65f already seems like a big jump, idk abou 67

i could give 65 a few attempts for fun

also i feel like getting a hammer in the first chamber makes such a huge difference in these runs, is there a way to mitigate that? do people tend to reset if it isn't a hammer?

[cobalt cosmos]

I think Hepheaestus is pretty goated

[neon grail]

Blasts are the most fun, that's for sure

[simple cypress]

yes, another heph enjoyer!

[olive vigil]

It’s not easy to do but if you can get heph legendary on Thanatos axe it’s so fast you just go brrrr but it’s with an axe lol

[cobalt cosmos]

axe is goated though

[sour widget]

Funny build from echo hammer

If only I was playing Pan

[cobalt cosmos]

Hepheaestus my goat pt2

[pliant tiger]

casual surface 62f time pb

i didnt record the full run cuz its 1 am but i have the typhon fight

https://youtu.be/XmXAob7mXtM

sub 1:30 rivals typhon fight with max grit is absolutely insane bro what

[analog oasis]

65 is only hard in the first 2 regions the becomes a joke with all the arcana cards

I beat it both ways with Nergal to bypass Vow of Scars

So all in all, 65 is achievable for you

[gilded sable]

sub 9 62 yippeee

[simple cypress]

oh cool, which arcanas did you use? i'll give 65 a shot, 67 seems insane though

[worldly moat]

Depends, basic picks is strength + persistence but ive seen some people argue persistence + artificer + runner/messenger is better for erebus

Ive done 65 both ways on mel staff

[worldly moat]

And if ur doing a mana weapon sorceress is a requirement

[sour widget]

Artificer definitely provides some extra starting consistency. Cause sometimes Erebus showers you with boons and sometimes it’s the Mojave desert without a boon in sight

Least gives you some extra chances at major rewards

[analog oasis]

You know, I really am the worst Nergal user

But that was my best so far for 67 Fear

After doing 67 with Moros, I wanted to do it with Nergal.

And I feel like I'm close

[olive vigil]

Incorrect I’ve not gotten past 45

[analog oasis]

I can't beat 67 on Nergal but 65 is a joke

[olive vigil]

if you say so

[hasty minnow]

Trick knives gaming

[rotund hamlet]

have you tried

[olive vigil]

Lost a few 50s

Not with nergal haven’t gone past 45 there cause it’s not my cup of tea

[rotund hamlet]

lol same, ive got almost 1000 nights and only 4 nergal

[olive vigil]

It was like the third to last aspect I did for all 45s

[analog oasis]

I got 500 on this save and less than 16

[rotund hamlet]

ugh the dream of undo night after you die

[analog oasis]

Exactly what I do

Nergal is like, the EASIEST aspect tbh

[rotund hamlet]

maybe ill plug in a controller just for that

[analog oasis]

65 both ways

Did my first Surface 65 too on Nerg

Very easy and fun aspect that doesn't matter about damage, just tank it; you can heal.

[olive vigil]

Antler gaming and I never lost life tax

[keen furnace]

finally, some good run with Apollo sub cast

[valid echo]

First 50f and the finish was so stressful. I needed more magic but kept not getting any

[open osprey]

this was one of my craziest runs

[neat jewel]

62 fear first try! Practicing without all the best survivability tools (Blinding Rush, Nitro Boost, Wolf Howl, Deep Dissent) made me feel invincible vs Chronos when I happened to hit all of them (and all the damage tools I needed too)

[lofty oriole]

Shimmering Nyx with Hera and Static is such a godlike combo

[neat jewel]

I had Danaid for Hecate then got Sworn Flourish in Oceanus midshop the stars simply aligned

[pliant tiger]

ass prom and typhon fight

[frozen sequoia]

first 32 fear clear

[pliant tiger]

https://youtu.be/0TxVA6x4Jvc

my friends are unhinged af

[analog oasis]

What next? 67 first try incoming??? 👀

[neat jewel]

Either 62 underworld with Mel Staff/Circe/Supay, 62 surface with those/Nyx, or MAYBE even 65 underworld with Nyx (tbf if I get that lucky again a 65 is very doable for me) 😅

[analog oasis]

65 is easier than 62 in Tartarus

[pliant tiger]

https://giphy.com/gifs/brain-gojo-sukuna-zjyuSLHgxcd2rTncgM

[neon grail]

62f underworld w/ mel coat

rapture ring carry

got echo scammed (first time i think)

i think i forgot to ospec from cerb fight on lmao

[analog oasis]

Just saying

You have more Arcana on a 65 than 62 in Tart if I'm not mistaken

[worldly moat]

not like half of it matters

hence why judgment already sucks, by the time you get to r4 you barely have more arcana than you would in a standard 30 grasp setup and like half of what judgment gives you doesnt matter depending on the weapon or like at all

like yes please give me eternity, sorceress, divinity on mel staff when i dont have furies, orig, or death yet 🙏

you have to take minimum like to r3 assuming goated luck to be as strong as 62 is out of the gate and what you get extra doesnt matter enough

[worldly moat]

also shoutout wayward being a dead hit as is

and if your r2 is scuffed enough where you have to break whim for renewed faith athena gamble chances are you wont hit what you want at all since then rerolls are in the pool

[manic relic]

after some failed attempts due to me being dumb, mono hestia done (3/9)

[analog oasis]

I likely get lucky then on winning runs because after r1 winning runs always pull Death (rip strength), Furies, Orig.

[worldly moat]

yeah which is not your average hit and having to hope for that compared to 62 which just gets it out of the gate is just kinda silly

then you get into the whole timer snowballing that one rough hit can cause

[analog oasis]

I always start Strength and the one where Prometheus is on it (I forget its name)

[worldly moat]

yeah strength and persistence

i think the ideas have developed more to a poing where non mana takes artificer, persistence, then runner/messenger/sorceress(if youre on omega weapon) depending on what you want

[analog oasis]

Nowadays I don't use any Arcana since I'm grinding 67

[worldly moat]

arcana is a crutch frfr

after running so many 67 tries going back to 62 feels like a treat

[analog oasis]

I keep getting closer and closer

[worldly moat]

oooo nice

[analog oasis]

I got him a little under half last night

[worldly moat]

my pb was p3 chronos to like 1/3 of his health left and i timed out cuz i got too scared in p2

[analog oasis]

Then he used Triple Scythe and ruined my day

That move is my absolute bane

He did like 50 some damage or something per hit

[worldly moat]

getting used to dodging it proper is super important yeah

at least once you get it down its stupid consistent

[analog oasis]

My brain just freezes and after beating 67 twice i now realize it all depends on him not doing that

Going for a third with Nergal

Got used to Charybdis Feature though

[sour drift]

i got to the epilogue!!!

also randomly i havent run into charybdis in like forever

[robust sapphire]

This was arguably most fun I had with Circe

Great boons + King's ransom on storm ring, double strike, lightning lance. + Mental block

Pardon my abysmal dodging, I knew I'd won at this point

[pliant tiger]

dress persephone gaming 🔥

turned down parray in favor for twisting crash, didnt regret it at all

[gilded ravine]

parray on perseph (lame, not true to aspect)
twisting on perseph (peak, true to aspect)

[pliant tiger]

https://giphy.com/gifs/true-correct-why-is-he-olLyDUpnv5z3xhmeyB

https://giphy.com/gifs/DYC4Ako9o16854pPyO

[pliant tiger]

https://youtu.be/t6qLLCvlwco

[timber musk]

did an aspect of charon run after a long break and honestly prob one of my better ones on 21 fear with Hoards 3, Frenzy, Shadow, Fangs 2, Menace 2, Grit 2 and Wards 2

[sour widget]

Ended up dying cause I still suck at pain 3 scars 3 but holy moly freezer burn

[light elk]

I beat Chronos for the first time!

[lofty oriole]

Congrats!

[lofty oriole]

Clean P1 😮

65 Fear Nergal 🦁

[cursive panther]

what a juicy build I got here

[olive vigil]

Sub 8 babyyyy

[neat jewel]

That time though lol, plus having 13 fire

[cursive panther]

I got the unlucky number 13

[analog oasis]

Been doing some low Fear runs to get better at Blades and Coat

[neat jewel]

⚡ ⚡ A STORM IS COMING ⚡ ⚡

[analog oasis]

Huh?

[neat jewel]

Godsent Twilight Curse voice lines lol

I love Twilight Curse

[keen plover]

Well.
As far as Steam is concerned (& probably as far as PlayStation will be)...
I've done it.

[cursive panther]

congrats

[keen plover]

However, I know for a fact that there's still work to be done.

[analog oasis]

Put it to 67 and watch the magic happen

[sour widget]

https://tenor.com/view/hornet-dunk-gif-5163567144698048097

[neat jewel]

First time playing for speed in forever, didn't get Lucid Gain until late Erebus so got a bad start (I think I was at 2:15 after Hecate), then accidentally toggled auto-fire at the start of the Chronos fight which made me fail sub-7

Also missed on Sudden Cleaver, Exceptional Talent, and Ripple Effect

Probably would've been like 6:30 or better if I got Lucid Gain first boon and didn't goof up the start of Chrobo

[desert steppe]

i would fight through hell a million more times to pet this little doggo

[neat jewel]

Oh also now that I think of it I totally forgot Fig Leaf exists

[marsh condor]

50f is low to you guys?

[marsh condor]

why 14f for speedrun?

[neat jewel]

Frenzy 2 to make enemies spawn faster, Shadow to make the Shadow-Spiller miniboss faster, Time 3 for no reason

[marsh condor]

oh so it wont spawn those root enemies

[neat jewel]

Yeah it turns them into Shadow Wailers that you don't have to kill unless it spawns one in as it dies

[marsh condor]

could also argue hitch

[marsh condor]

today
Sub 10mins surface
Trust

[neat jewel]

On surface there's no benefit to Shadow just fyi so just Frenzy 2

[marsh condor]

frenzy 2 prometheus and eris
The battle of raw determination and hope

[desert steppe]

frenzy 2 prometheus sounds worse than forced ot em4 hades by a goddamn mile

[sour widget]

Goofy ass info bar

[marsh condor]

theres a lot you need to know

[abstract pike]

VOD commentary for a 4:54 32Fear mel skulls run
https://youtu.be/DXJqUq1cpWA

current PB, hoping for sub 4:40 one day

[sour widget]

RNG was ass and never got light smite or success rate but good LORD the plasma stonks

That has to be the fastest I've ever shredded him

Absolutely disgusting damage

[sour widget]

Just short of the sub-8 but fumbled over my buttons

44 second typhon was decent

[sour widget]

I think it's impossible to morph more than 2 tentacles on charybdis cause it looks like the morph ball just refused to go to more than 2 tentacles

Freaking sucks that I got charybdis cause this was a stupidly good build. Master conductor in thessaly is insane. Might still get a PB from really fast olympus or something idk

I think I still get sub-4 out of thessaly which is a good time for me. Just shows how good the build is that I'm still on a PB pace with charybdis (or shows how much I usually suck)

[open osprey]

Hades 2 through steamlink is weird but fun lol

[sour widget]

It's so damn good why did I have to get charybdis damn it

[sour widget]

That sounds... awkward

And not even a fake joystick its a fake d-pad

[open osprey]

I kept opening up the codex on accident a bunch lol

[open osprey]

Gawd damn bro got scrapped

[sour widget]

Got a better clip one second

Bro got one attack cycle off

Okay that's enough clip spam lol

I'm not intentionally going for zeus ares every time just that's literally all the game is giving me every time

And I don't hate it but hermes hasn't give me success rate ONCE

In 5 runs where I had eligible boons

[open osprey]

Wait bro is running wantler in the summit? Why?

[sour widget]

2 seconds short of the sub-8

[open osprey]

Rip

[sour widget]

Because that's literally what every speedrun ever does

Cause 30% crit chance is absurdly strong

People even run wantler on max fear

[open osprey]

Ohhhh. I get hit to much to take advantage of wantler

[sour widget]

Yeah if you don't get hit the health isn't an issue

Lovers arcana lets you take the 3 hits

But if you just kill the boss fast who cares

The normal enemies are more dangerous than the bosses tbh

I've lost more runs to getting body slammed by a horror or shot by those serpent things

[open osprey]

I agree

Especially on higher fear

[sour widget]

ehhh it depends because the bosses can definitely be the easier part if you take the time to learn them properly

I have not

And so I die more often to like rivals sirens and promacles

That's at like 50+ fear

Those two bosses are really difficult due to the randomness of patterns introduced by having multiple bosses

[open osprey]

I haven’t really gotten into high fear yet (20-32ish range as of rn) (and no rivals) but I know the regular boss fights pretty well

But I tend to rush them and tank all the damage they do

[sour widget]

You can definitely do that with the non-rivals bosses when you're not running scars or pain

But scars or pain requires you to just do everything you can to not get hit

[open osprey]

I’m afraid of scars (I heavily rely on healing keep going)

[analog oasis]

Level 1 you barely notice

[neon grail]

62f surface w/ persephone

had so much defence just slacked my way to victory

p.array w/ no gain or mana hehe

[neon grail]

GG!

[lofty oriole]

Thanks!

Rolled Psychic and then GG 😵‍💫

[lofty oriole]

Did you get Stalwart?

Oh I see it nvm lol

Ggz 👏

Love Handles pushing heartthrobs to the damage board is pretty nice

[neon grail]

That's the way of the true nergal user

[lofty oriole]

Surprised myself tbh since I’m pretty bad with axes

Psychic hard carries 😂

[neon grail]

Ye, if only I had chain reaction or sunny disposition too, but I didn't have those gods

[pliant tiger]

https://giphy.com/gifs/true-correct-why-is-he-olLyDUpnv5z3xhmeyB

[analog oasis]

I'm worse

[analog oasis]

Is to me. First try with Nyx Coat

[marsh condor]

Dang
My records 32 uw and 31 surface

[marsh condor]

No gain boon torch clear at pb fear

[lofty oriole]

There’s no real concrete definition for “high” fear tbh since everyone perceives this game differently. But 32 is still an impressive achievement 👏

[rare parcel]

My record is 50F with 4 aspects and then I gave up

[lofty oriole]

53* 🫢

You got <20 minutes for some of them so I’ll count that as 53 😂

[pliant tiger]

https://giphy.com/gifs/true-correct-why-is-he-olLyDUpnv5z3xhmeyB

[lofty oriole]

It’s so jarring seeing this since it’s actually my name 😂

[pliant tiger]

we just casualing revealing our government names 💔

[lofty oriole]

It’s pretty common

[neat jewel]

#justhit

2 runs right before this where I was playing well and didn't lose any DDs before Chronos despite a bad build which led me to reach Chronos with 2 minutes left? L

This run where I lost a DD to Sirens because of tilt but I got Zeus + Hera (+ Demeter) (+ Hestia for moral support)? W

Also Blitz 42k despite me only getting it right before Cerb, Zeus you are crazy

[lofty oriole]

Let’s goooo

🥜 🥜

[neat jewel]

Earlier in the day I tested my luck with Supay 62f attempts for like 45 minutes and only made it to Scylla once, evidently I had to do another hour's worth of attempts to reach the lucky attempt

[lofty oriole]

Can be a real slow starter without Gigaros or early boons 😭

I also think im the only one who prefers Hera sprint over Pos sprint for Soup since it makes stuff like Sirens so much quicker and bearable

[neat jewel]

@sour widget Another member of Nexus Soup cult has arrived!

But yeah the damage falloff vs single bosses is palpable

[sour widget]

Nexus soup cult? Nah it’s hestia soup cult

[lofty oriole]

I do love me a Nexus sprint

[sour widget]

Heat rush and sworn flourish feels like best of both worlds

[lofty oriole]

although I did win my 65 Soup with Heat rush soooo I’m a fraud

[neat jewel]

Best case scenario is having Nexus and then getting a sac at endshop lol

[sour widget]

Thunder rush is also great

Basically same damage as storm ring but always active

And can accept double strike

[lofty oriole]

Honestly just give me everything from Zeus on Soup and I’m happy

Static Rush Blitz Ring Spark ⚡️

[analog oasis]

My categorization is as follows: 1-19 is Low Fear, 20-31 is Medium Fear, 32-60 is High Fear and 61+ is Insane Fear

[sour widget]

Thunder rush, heaven strike, sworn flourish, storm ring

Glamour gain

[lofty oriole]

When Soup finally feels fun to play 👌

[sour widget]

That’s my god build personally

[lofty oriole]

Buuuut Room 1-2 is just bleh

[sour widget]

Yeah unless you have Hera, Hestia or Poseidon room 1 it sucks

[lofty oriole]

Speedcord and crossroads have really twisted my perception of “high” fear lately lol

[sour widget]

Yeah like I have to remind myself I’m still in the 1% of players by even having cleared 50

[lofty oriole]

Thanks to raijy, I had to keep reminding myself that 65 is still high fear 😂

[lofty oriole]

Yes you are. Maybe even lower iirc

[neat jewel]

When I first cleared 50 I thought of counting every unique 50f clear on crossroads to get a sense of how "good" I was lol

But there's way too many, I did count 62s yesterday and I counted 77

[sour widget]

Would be way easier to tell if nights champion was a steam achievement

[lofty oriole]

Impasta syndrome 🤪

[lofty oriole]

Truuuuu

Honestly should tbh. I think 32F is significantly easier than 32H

[analog oasis]

I cleared 67 2 times and 65 4 times and 62 plenty with Moros. Three 65s with Nergal one being my first Surface. So yeah. High enough Fear but for Raijy its another day and could do it in her sleep or in her coffin.

[sour widget]

Well that and GCB is harder than 32 UW

[lofty oriole]

It be like that sometimes 💀

[neat jewel]

I do wonder how many people who are 62 level don't know about crossroads/are too lazy to submit though (cause I know from the speedcord that some of those top players are too lazy to submit their clears lol)

[lofty oriole]

True it can really screw you over

[analog oasis]

What is GCB?

[lofty oriole]

We lost contact with the Chinese community during early access so I dunno how well they’ve been doing

[lofty oriole]

The chaos trial where it randomises everything

Can’t remember if it can give you Void4

[analog oasis]

Oh

[analog oasis]

Chaos: I decided today to give Scars 3 and Void 4 because screw you, O Daughter of Hades

[lofty oriole]

Speaking of crossroads, have you seen the changes to the site today 🤡

[sour widget]

Great Chaos Below. I got confused at first too lol

[neat jewel]

Ah yes April Fools day, April... 2nd?

At least it's April 2 for me already right now lol

[sour widget]

Australia moment?

[neat jewel]

🇵🇭

[pliant tiger]

OY PHILIPPINES

[neat jewel]

PILIPINS

[pliant tiger]

MY FELLOW FILIPINO WHATS UP

[neat jewel]

YOOOOO

Frick I can't say I'm #1 PH player like I was in Mario Kart World for a few weeks

[frail vale]

don't know if this is the right channel for this, but end credits has been reached

[nova crater]

👏

[sour widget]

Ah nice figured east/Southeast Asia or Oceania

You’re living in the future, what’s it like?

Did anybody get pranked on April fools

[lofty oriole]

H2crossroads deffo pranked me. I thought the site got hacked 💀

[neon grail]

62f persephone uw

[sour widget]

What happened?

[sour widget]

Bad weapon bad

According to this dude apparently

[neon grail]

weapon sucks so bad did both 62f sf & uw first try

[sour widget]

Totally not a high tier weapon at all simply be being a skull

[neon grail]

yea getting a 2sc heph blast, or level 7 epic rapture ring is totally balanced

[sour widget]

Yeah definitely balanced

Level 9 hereditary bane balanced

It’s only 90% extra hitch damage

At common

It is hilarious to me that Pom scaling is more than rarity on hereditary

Like who the hell designed that scaling

[neon grail]

they probably thought weapon aspect doesn't do much, so tried to compensate wih extra pom levels, but tbh it's totally cracked w/ jpom now

[sour widget]

Yeah Jpom broke so much of the balancing

[neon grail]

you can win with anything using this weapon

[sour widget]

Gambling

[neat jewel]

Does every skull from Wide Grin get the Boosted Ignition bonus?

[neon grail]

idk really

it looked like the best hammer available

[pliant tiger]

well u still can, im filipino but im in qatar

anyways casual sub 15 mel skull

the phasing with this build was actually crazy

chronos looked like any% chronos for a sec

he got no hands

i was recording this run but then i ran out of storage so the recording stopped 💔

[neat jewel]

Ts why I DON'T background record lol

(just assuming you ran out of storage because of recordings lol)

[pliant tiger]

nah its fine i just switched the obs folder to a different place

run wasnt meant to be serious main goal was to get medea pity for 67f surface 💀

[olive vigil]

Wide grin

[olive vigil]

Yes

[sour widget]

It’ll take a while before I end up with terabytes on my hard drive