#h1-discussion

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mint coral
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epic is the highest it can go under most cases

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heroic needs either a swap, ambrosia from eurydice or demeter rare crop

limpid ocean
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i meant heroic not legendary whoops

mint coral
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still, can only get heroic through those 3 cases

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yarn will still increase chance for legendary/duos tho

rustic vale
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You… don’t have to use all your revives on one boss?

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Plus there are numerous ways to get your dd’s back
Charon wells
Athena boons
Patroclus

umbral summit
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If every chamber was equal difficulty and equally likely to kill you, then SD would be great. However, chamber difficulty is very lopsided, so being able to have multiple stronger revives in a single chamber is much more useful

rustic vale
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SD’s main utility comes from being your main healing with lc4 tbh

umbral summit
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Hades is usually the hardest fight in a run, and if you have 3 DDs that's more than 150% extra effective HP

mint coral
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no healing + whatever benefit package decides to mess with you do be scary

rustic vale
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I don’t remember the last time I played Hades
Time to be rusty

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Nyx telling me some bs about achieving the mirrors full power sooner then expected
I guess I finally caved last time I played and maxed fated authority

mint coral
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authority gaming

lapis lagoon
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How do u gift thanatos

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I met him twice and there was no option to despiye me having nectar

umbral summit
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He'll eventually start showing up in the house after you encounter him on escapes enough times

rustic vale
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Murder him

mint coral
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meet him at the house and pray he isnt talking to someone else

lapis lagoon
umbral summit
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Also gift him before you talk to him when you see him alone

lapis lagoon
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Yeah ikik

umbral summit
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Sometimes he teleports away at the end of the conversation

rustic vale
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Ig it’s time for
Try to do funny flurry slash meme run

lapis lagoon
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Dusa taught me well

umbral summit
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Not hoarding slash meme run?

rustic vale
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Flurry slash c1

rustic vale
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God flurry slash by itself is horrid

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Rng manipulating for +10% movespeed bouldy

rustic vale
umbral summit
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I'm trying to do a no core boon run for Hades's alternate voice line, and I'm hoping to get a cooperative pool in Styx

rustic vale
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No core boon?

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I know of no boon runs
Never heard of no core boon

umbral summit
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Hades has an alternate line if you have none of the 5 main boons when you fight him

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Have to minimize your boons, then sell them before fighting Hades

wraith ginkgo
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I thought if you had no boons of any kind

umbral summit
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He only checks your main boons for the line

rustic vale
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So there is one for no purgable boons and one for no cores

wraith ginkgo
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oh

rustic vale
rustic vale
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Actually

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Noooooo

fallen fjord
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i want gainz

rustic vale
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Rng manipulation doesn’t work for next chamber I am in shambles

wraith ginkgo
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both are good

fallen fjord
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should i unlock the 3 diamond ones first or wat

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they dont seem super gr8

rustic vale
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They’re both decent

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One gives a suitable amount of gemstones on boss kill
The other lets you access erebus gates if you have the heat to, which have better rewards then normal chambers but only if you clear hitless

wraith ginkgo
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I would say erebus gate first because iirc they boost the rewards that you get so they'll be better than normal rooms in terms of rewards but they re a lot harder

rustic vale
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If you care about getting codex completed you need erebus

fallen fjord
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i mean biome one sure

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i guess

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maybe 2

wraith ginkgo
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the gems are good for completing the house contractor

rustic vale
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Nevermind I literally just can’t deal with flurry zag sword it’s so ew to use shadegrief

latent moon
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i'd get that or vanquisher's keep first

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the gems you get adds up a good amount

rustic vale
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Does boonless use fathourity or persuasion

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I don’t remember

latent moon
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authority

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just pray you dont get a core boon you actually use

rustic vale
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Foresight or

latent moon
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hm

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i did shackle beo 40 with foresight

rustic vale
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cuz yeah less boons = good
But less money hammers poms heart

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Wait poms don’t matter

gray apex
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I’d take Foresight

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Ideally you get 1 boon per biome anyway

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Because Authority

rustic vale
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Aight

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Spreadfire zagrail boonless time

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Oh wait

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The real make or break of boonless is styx tunnels

gray apex
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They’ll be fine

latent moon
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authority and hope you get a low sack

gray apex
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Usually you have leftover rolls still

rustic vale
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Aight

gray apex
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You’ll probably need 1-2 rolls for Tart and 1-2 rolls for Aspho, in Ely it’s all 2 exits except 1 room, unless you get into a tight situation you might not even need a roll there

rustic vale
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C8
Purple strike from chaos (pretty sure thats ok for dad dialogue)
1:12.28
Spreadfire zag w/shackle

latent moon
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zooming

rustic vale
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Just rerolled 5 times only to be force to take athena shadegrief

latent moon
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f

gray apex
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If you just want the Dad dialogue you can also take stuff like Vintage, Nourished soul etc lol

rustic vale
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Wait I have a

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Nevermind

latent moon
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remember that you can still sell stuff afterwards

rustic vale
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Forced to take dem

gray apex
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How much heat is it

rustic vale
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12

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Rta heat

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Fo2 bp1 td1

latent moon
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rta uses bp1?

rustic vale
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Idk

latent moon
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isn't bp1 a scam if you get bad perks lmao

rustic vale
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I know bp1 because it makes armoured enemies spawn earlier yeah?

gray apex
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It was tested for a while but it’s not worth it overall

latent moon
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yeah that's what i figured

gray apex
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If you wanna gamble on it, it’ll probably be with specific weapons only

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Like Hestia

rustic vale
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I mean

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Spreadfire zag is killing things with minimal issue

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For now

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Sub20 second meg fight

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+163% strike damage pushing damage high

lapis lagoon
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Any tips for elysium and the elysium boss?

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That’s my only roadblock in this game so far

rustic vale
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Focus fire 1 of the pair

umbral summit
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If you're still learning the fight, I suggest killing Asterius first, on the opposite side of the arena from Thesius

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Hide behind pillars when he's targeting you (or just move laterally if you have movement speed or lots of dashes)

rustic vale
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Dash dash dash

umbral summit
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Save any damaging keepsakes or calls for when Theseus goes into phase 2

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Can often kill him instantly if you have a greater call and a keepsake

rustic vale
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by keepsake you mean companion yeah

umbral summit
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yeah, that

wraith ginkgo
rustic vale
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Than is slow

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Use meg

wraith ginkgo
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really?

rustic vale
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Yup

wraith ginkgo
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I may try it out

umbral summit
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Than is good for that fight specifically since they stay still for predictable amounts of time

rustic vale
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Meg is good in general
Than is too slow

umbral summit
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Meg is better for the rest of the run, though

rustic vale
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I mean than is fine for heroes fight specifically because it’s like the entire arena that it hits

wraith ginkgo
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I just have than to deal with hades and theseus

umbral summit
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Thanatos is also overkill on most enemies

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Either overkills their shield or phase changes and wastes damage

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Only Heroes and Hades have enough HP to really benefit from the higher damage

wraith ginkgo
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yea

umbral summit
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and Hades jukes Thanatos much easier than he does Meg

wraith ginkgo
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I find it best to use than while Hades is using the laser wheel attack

limpid ocean
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for keepsakes that manipulate who gives me a boon, does that effect ones from shops too? last area?

rustic vale
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It doesn’t affect shops

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If you equip a god keepsake in styx or brought one over from ely without proking the one from ely then yes it’ll force them in styx

umbral summit
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If you already have a god pool of 4 and you use a god keepsake, does it make it a 5th in your pool or replace one of the ones you already had?

rustic vale
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It doesn’t replace any in your pool

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A 5th in your pool
Or a 6th
Or a 7th
Or and 8th

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No rerolls entering styx so

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Fingers crossed 2 sack

umbral summit
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Could also do a god boon or 2, then hope for well in last 2 tunnels instead

rustic vale
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Hype hype hype

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Walking to dad with no boons

umbral summit
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4 hallway sack 😦

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and no wells in final hallway

rustic vale
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So

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Finished off dad phase 1

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But I have 24 hp

frank torrent
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so what do i have to do in erebus gates?

rustic vale
frank torrent
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first time i've found one on high enough heat

frank torrent
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ok

rustic vale
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take damage once and you lose the reward

wraith ginkgo
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don't get hit

frank torrent
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i got hit

wraith ginkgo
frank torrent
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now i get 1 hp

rustic vale
queen gorge
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Does the physical version of the game for PS4 have the cool little booklet?

frank torrent
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so i currently have a hera build with aphro cast, posideon attack, and dio in my pool

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is there a god i should force in for asphodel

frank torrent
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ah yep

fallen fjord
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or hourglass if u have anything good item wise

lapis lagoon
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Any tips for the actual level tho?

raw herald
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dont let the exalted souls respawn

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the little egg things

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and attack the shield ones from behind

lapis lagoon
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Ok

raw herald
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they always spawn facing to the right

lapis lagoon
raw herald
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yeah theyre annoying as hell

wise pecan
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wait there is a speedruner server??

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ops sorry for the ping

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😭

raw herald
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oh youve already joined

wise pecan
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is your pfp real?

raw herald
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sadly no

wise pecan
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one day you will get there buddy

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if thats possible

umbral summit
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lol

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Bought a 300 obol Pom at the Styx shop with no boons

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Got 295 obol from it

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Zagreus: Stronger still.

limpid ocean
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if you have a god keepsake equipped, use it, complete the region, will it proc again for the next region too?

hearty ermine
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yo ive been trying to get the gaunlet hidden aspect but cant seem to get it no matter what is it 5 upgrades or 5 titan blood into the upgrades cause aasterius still wont say the line

rustic vale
umbral summit
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Just finished Hades to my satisfaction. Finished everything except high heat and the Resource Director

hearty ermine
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did u get the ending where all the gods meet up aswell?

umbral summit
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Long time ago

hearty ermine
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oh nice

umbral summit
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This was my last run, for the boonless run

hearty ermine
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i still gotta do that

umbral summit
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166 total escapes

sick whale
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hi, i am new to the game

red hound
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hey people i have maxed out dusa's hearts by giving her all the gifts i could but i still haven't got the scene in the bedroom i was told about, it's been about 20-25 runs and i had both meg and than in the house at the same time, to no avail
than and meg are both already maxed out, am i missing a trigger?

umbral summit
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Did 20 x6 +32 heat, finished all journal entries, finished all subplots (as far as I can tell), finished all prophecies

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Completed all work orders, filled out the mirror

hearty ermine
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congrats bro

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mad respect

umbral summit
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Escaped at least once with every aspect and every boon/hammer

sage turret
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I’m working on 100% achievements and I have all except maxed out all keepsakes

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I did the math and it’s gunna take another 5-6 hours of grinding…

limpid ocean
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is razor shoals or wave pounding better?

sage turret
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My current strat is to only do the Tartarus level because it gives you 12 level clears and all the monsters are easy and then die in the lava at the start of asphodel

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Rinse and repeat

twilit lodge
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My strategy is use god keepsakes tart and asphodel to get an actual build, then use the keepsake you want to level in ely and styx

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And do all tunnels if feeling froggy

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Pos attack bouldy

frank torrent
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got forced into taking someone

twilit lodge
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Hera special bouldy

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Using the Hera special ever is a downgrade

lyric fiber
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Found this while searching. Aged like a fine wine.

limpid ocean
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is fated authority or persuasion better?

twilit lodge
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Persuasion

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Authority only for memes and boonless runs during Styx

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In general you wanna use purple mirror for everything except mirror talent 1, 9, 10, 12

frank torrent
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so in my pursuit of avoiding spoilers in this game

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i had remained unaware that theseus had guns

twilit lodge
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Blame Poseidon

edgy zenith
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i have a question

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why is my keepsake epic

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im using the thanatos one

twilit lodge
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Keepsake or companion

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If companion it’s because you leveled it up

edgy zenith
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why

twilit lodge
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If it’s keepsake.. ig same thing? But I don’t remember the keepsakes having rarity

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Because it’s not that strong

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And other keepsakes are better

edgy zenith
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i usually go pierced butterfly for the first two floors and lucky tooth for elysium and styx

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cus im bad

twilit lodge
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You know when you unequip the butterfly the bonus damage goes away

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Get all of the keepsakes from the Olympians

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And the keepsake from Eurydice

edgy zenith
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oh lol

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i have all the keepsakes except the mom

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i havent beaten the game yet its hard

twilit lodge
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Using Olympian keepsakes is best for area 1 and 2 because you get to pick two gods to show up guaranteed

frank torrent
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as i was told by about 10 different people, using olympian keepsakes to force in more gods is better than butterfly

edgy zenith
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😿

twilit lodge
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So you can actually make a build

edgy zenith
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whats the best olympian?

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i like aries most

twilit lodge
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And then for Elysium and Styx you can use the acorn so the bosses are safer

wraith ginkgo
twilit lodge
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Ares is not great to use “just because”

edgy zenith
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WHAT

twilit lodge
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He’s mainly only good with a certain duo boon setup

wraith ginkgo
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I like dio or demeter

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and artemis

edgy zenith
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who’s doo

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dio

twilit lodge
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If you’re using a weapon that hits a lot of times, Dionysus or Zeus is best for attack

edgy zenith
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oh

twilit lodge
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If you’re using a weapon that hits hard, you’re better off with Aphrodite or Artemis on attack

edgy zenith
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i like dionysus cus of the extra damage you get from the two effects thing

twilit lodge
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For your dash Athena and Poseidon are best

edgy zenith
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i like the spear the most

twilit lodge
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The two effects thing is a bad mirror choice for general use

wraith ginkgo
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spear is good

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I like the hammer where the spear throw just explodes

edgy zenith
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how do you get secret aspects?

twilit lodge
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Family Favorite gives you damage that is always active and has no requirements

edgy zenith
wraith ginkgo
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flurry jab is good

frank torrent
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my favourite is the bow, it's got two really good aspects

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and idk about the secret yet

twilit lodge
edgy zenith
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i use the first aspect because i wasted all my blood on the stupid sword

edgy zenith
fallen fjord
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can someone actually explain underworld customs for me?

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i dont get it from the wiki or in game

twilit lodge
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You have to purge a boon in the room after a boss

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To keep playing

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So you have to sell one

edgy zenith
twilit lodge
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Have you ever opened a pool of purging?

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It’s not really worth using at low heat unless you’re doing a boonless run or something

fallen fjord
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heat guide is telling me to use it at 12

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seems cray

twilit lodge
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How often do you have to take boons that don’t really help, after all? Easily every run

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Which guide?

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Nvm I know which one

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As long as you’re using dark foresight you’ll be fine

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Don’t sell off cores if you still need to get your duo though

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Open core slots means you are guaranteed to get one core boon each offering

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Less chance of duos

limpid ocean
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for thunder fluorish on zeus aspect, does thunder come down every instance of damage, or only when i catch / throw shield?

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hmm, thanks

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i think im gonna keep drunken then

twilit lodge
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Zeus special on Zeus shield is a very strong build

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The pulses are slow enough that the cooldown isn’t an issue

frank torrent
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the last 3 times i've started going for a merciful end build i've forced ares and athena has shown up within 2 chambers

twilit lodge
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That’s good luck

wraith ginkgo
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yea

stiff pike
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I like how the wiki doesn't mention that skelly's favor is a prank

wraith ginkgo
raw herald
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huh hera is back on top

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rip beo

limpid ocean
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does cthonic keys fated work with fated persuasion also?

twilit lodge
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Yes

latent moon
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god dammit croven

gleaming grove
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When you only have 3 core boons and still win😎

buoyant valley
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can you continue to stack on lambent plume in styx after finding the sack?

latent moon
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yes

gleaming grove
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Yes

buoyant valley
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god why did I never think of that until now

latent moon
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doesnt it only proc on the last room tho

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so like it's pretty negligible anyways

buoyant valley
fallen fjord
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why cant i go back to greece?? i want to fish after the mini end game

wraith ginkgo
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you can still get overworld fish after bringing back persephone due to the small ponds of water in the final bosses arena.

fallen fjord
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but i like going to golden greece area

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is this going to end?

latent moon
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start a new save file lmao

latent moon
fallen fjord
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well its wonderful going to green pastures

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and fishing areas

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on surface

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............

latent moon
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ah yeah you can't go back up there once you reach 10 wins

wraith ginkgo
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yea

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it sucks

fallen fjord
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dude that really sucks

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like why

wraith ginkgo
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

fallen fjord
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its a visible reward

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rude

latent moon
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because you die anyways after a period of time so it'd be a "waste of time" i guess idk

wraith ginkgo
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most likely that

fallen fjord
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but there are many fish spots 😦

latent moon
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there's 3 fishing spots in the dad fight lmao

stiff pike
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You know you get less fish since you cant visit the fishing spot beyond dad when you finally get the ending

latent moon
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yeah

stiff pike
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I wonder how a backstab build will do

latent moon
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kinda a pain to do because they're kinda inconsistent, but you'd still be stacking damage anyways

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so itd be fine

stiff pike
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i dunno i wanna try aspect of nemesis since she appeared in hades 2 trailer

latent moon
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for nem you could do heart rend, ME, or deadly reversal

stiff pike
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wait

latent moon
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shadow slash doesnt work on dstrikes

stiff pike
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aspect of nemesis isnt backstab?

latent moon
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no

stiff pike
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now what

latent moon
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arthur

stiff pike
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i dont have 4th aspect

latent moon
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ah welp

stiff pike
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im gonna go achilles spear

latent moon
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oh yeah achilles can backstab easily

stiff pike
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i have no titan blood

latent moon
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it do be like that

stiff pike
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honestly tabbing out of the game is very wack

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first room fish this run is blessed

twilit lodge
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The 3 spots in Greece and the 3 spots in dad arena are the same three spots

stiff pike
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false i got it before

twilit lodge
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Did you ever get a fish in dad’s arena and in Greece?

stiff pike
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not both at the same time but yea

twilit lodge
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So doesn’t sound like you missed out on anything :v

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I’ve never seen a fishing spot in dad room before 10th clear so

latent moon
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i lost a fish in greece because i lost dad fight lmao

twilit lodge
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Guess I’m unlucky

rain grotto
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hi yes, i am here for the bisexual gods

stiff pike
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ohh i thought nemesis blade did backstab because nemesis crest

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does lernie have no backside

latent moon
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nope

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butterfly ball and lernie cant get backstabbed

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prob some other stuff too

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thwomps maybe

stiff pike
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well thats my build out the window

latent moon
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there's other enemies bouldy

stiff pike
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i lost a dd at lernie

latent moon
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lernie tax

wraith ginkgo
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rip

rustic vale
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I mean your build should be able to hold up despite that

latent moon
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^

stiff pike
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well just like what you said earlier

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backstab is inconsistent af

latent moon
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you should still have other good sources of damage anyways

stiff pike
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well my build is arty strike reflect flourish and 2 chaos backstab boons

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what do you think

latent moon
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aspect?

stiff pike
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magnet fist

latent moon
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ah yeah this isn't gonna end well then

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more backstab on a base 10 atk isnt exactly noteworthy

stiff pike
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its just 1 heat should be fine

latent moon
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yeah probably

rustic vale
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or 25

latent moon
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for fists?

rustic vale
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I believe

latent moon
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it's 15 lmao

rustic vale
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Bruh

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Someone other then nyaanyaa correcting me shadegrief

stiff pike
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theseus lol

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are the stoopid crystals also backless

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Pause.

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tiny vermin pog

latent moon
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They're a rock that shoots lasers they don't have a back lol

twilit lodge
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Arty strike fists bouldy

brisk trail
latent moon
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using a greater call in a trial is difficult tbh

twilit lodge
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I would never even think to do the bottom lol

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Also yeah that

latent moon
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and the than one, it's not too difficult but also some people just aren't fast enough lmao

twilit lodge
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Need some proud bearing or something to pull that off

latent moon
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js3 as well prob

twilit lodge
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Also lots of than rooms don’t even have enough enemies

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Meanwhile anyone can turn on god mode and get a clear if they bang their head against it long enough

tulip pumice
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hey is the gun good

latent moon
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yes

wraith ginkgo
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ye

tulip pumice
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ok

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I'm a spear guy but I'll try it

latent moon
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lightning strike, aphrodite/artemis special

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tidal dash

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assuming eris or zag

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or luci

tulip pumice
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Oh I love tidal dash

latent moon
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for hestia (assuming you have hestia at a good level), start tidal dash then pick up aphrodite atk when you see it

tulip pumice
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I should probably be in the new players chat lol

latent moon
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yeah probably

wraith ginkgo
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yes

rustic vale
sterile light
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for sea god's spite

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do you need to find poseidon in the same run as you beat Theseus and Ast?

twilit lodge
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No

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Just talk to him after you’ve beaten them

rustic vale
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Can’t wait for Super Giant Games to team up with Epic Games and let everyone experience Zagreus default dancing

sterile light
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:S

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and I'm also not progressing the Queen's Plan quest

sturdy nimbus
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I guess you are not making progress on Hermes?

sterile light
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how do you progress Hermes?

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he's locked

sturdy nimbus
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gotta encounter him while having his keepsake

sterile light
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oh sweet

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that's one of the keepsakes I never used lol

sturdy nimbus
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lol, I never used it before the prophecy as well so I was just so confused as to why his bond progression is locked for so long

twilit lodge
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And it has to be max level

sterile light
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gdi

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now I gotta do a bunch of fist runs

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time to become speed

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damn

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plume doesn't proc on troves

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is rush delivery any good (got plume)

latent moon
#

Yes

sterile light
#

how does it math out?

latent moon
#

Best hermes boon (only if you get hyper sprint too)

sterile light
#

does it just add your speed bonus to the damage bonus?

latent moon
#

However fast you're moving, you deal that much extra damage

#

If you're moving 100% faster you're doing 100% more damage

#

I think

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Well

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100% more damage assuming epic rd

#

If it's common, 100% faster is 50% more damage

sterile light
#

yeah I got epic

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I've also got max zag fists

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👀

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so I also got hyper sprint

twilit lodge
#

Nyoom

latent moon
#

Based

#

Big damage

sterile light
#

I'm also rolling for merciful end but it just never shows up these days

#

Got Ath on Strike and Ares on special

#

:/

twilit lodge
#

Holy backwards ME Batman

rustic vale
#

Common rd is 50% of your extra movespeed
Heroic is 125% of your extra movespeed

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Movespeed is multiplicative

royal fern
#

whats a fun guan yu build?

rustic vale
#

Charged skewer + aphrodite or artemis on the special

sterile light
rustic vale
#

or quick spin massive spin pos strike sea storm

sterile light
#

plus quick spin and ath on atk

#

beeg shield

royal fern
#

thanks guys

rustic vale
#

ME guan-yu shadesmile

royal fern
#

is 16heat hard for guan yu?

rustic vale
royal fern
#

got charged skewer on the first chamber <3

rustic vale
#

and about how you build your pact

sterile light
rustic vale
#

Since you can make some really scuffed pacts or some really nice and tidy pacts

royal fern
royal fern
twilit lodge
#

Sure wish my phone would stop autocorrecting boons

royal fern
#

died on hades lmfao

wide solar
#

My 10 year old brother is fighting Meg this is hilarious 😂

sterile light
#

I got a run where I wound up with Quick Delivery, Hyper Sprint, ME and Curse of Longing, as well as Greater Haste

slender ingot
#

im thinking about getting hades, is it worth it?

wraith ginkgo
#

I say yes

queen gorge
#

Yeah

wraith ginkgo
#

Hades is one of my favorite games that I've ever played due to all of aspects of it and I think all of the awards it has won is well deserved

slender ingot
wraith ginkgo
#

go ahead! you can also ask your questions here in the server as well and you'll still be able to avoid spoilers, for the most part

rustic vale
hollow ermine
#

So I know Artemis requires ambrosia for her last heart, do the other Olympian gods require ambrosia as well?

queen gorge
#

I bought the game for my brother

wraith ginkgo
hollow ermine
#

Ok, thanks!

tired karma
#

It's funny how weak is zagreus without the help of gods
Who can he even beat on his own

raw herald
#

Hades

tired karma
#

He would die against some random mini boss

raw herald
#

Uhh

hardy bridge
#

Started playing the game again and almost won against Hades on my third try cuz i got the healing boon for the sword.Too bad i didn't have enough health.

#

It's crazy how good that boon is

stiff pike
#

i am pissed

#

when i was doing to lyre sidequest i was always one off so when i return and was going to play once before going i hear a new sound

#

it happened twice now

#

out of the two possible times

stiff pike
#

ya

cyan sky
#

hello everyone

stiff pike
#

hello

unreal jewel
#

Hellooo

queen gorge
#

Hiya

cyan sky
slender ingot
#

I already have 1 key, should i save it and get a better wepon or get the bow?

sturdy nimbus
#

He also grew up in a very unhealthy environment.
His dad constantly scolds and shuns him, he gets assigned to do a job that he's very much not suited to and gets fired, he had a very rough and bumpy romantic relationship with meg, etc.

#

If zag didn't discover that letter from Persephone, he'd be doing nothing on the house and just gets scolded by dad for any reason he can or cannot find.

sweet knoll
slender ingot
#

i just got nector for my first ever time, who do u guys recon i should give it to?

#

im in the shop rn

unreal jewel
brisk trail
#

Definitely feels like Hades is a step above all the bosses prior to him

#

I keep getting to him but then dying, sometimes not even before getting him to phase 2

#

I've beaten him once and the build was truly godly (and now im using EM1 and cant seem to kill him again)

#

Quesiton - am I able to get the 2-heat rewards before I collect all the 1-heat rewards for a given weapon?

latent moon
#

No

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If you do 2 heat while you have 1 heat rewards left, you'll get the 1 heat bounties

bitter swan
#

Is there a way to force the Achilles Hidden Spear aspect interaction? I killed myself 20 times and it just never showed up. I invested 3 levels into the Aspect of Hades spear

twilit lodge
#

No

latent moon
#

so you dont meet the prereqs

rustic vale
#

It’s 5 aspects for gy, not 5 titans blood in the weapon

bitter swan
#

oh I understand

#

thanks for the help

sweet knoll
bitter swan
#

Tiny Vermin solos all three of them

uneven monolith
bitter swan
#

that's Nyx's power

uneven monolith
#

Considering the mirror has two faces and is said to reveal Zag's true powers, I read it as what he inherited from both chtonian and olympian lineage, but is his to keep

bitter swan
#

thanks for helping

slender ingot
#

i have 5 keys right now, and i am using the bow. Do i buy a new wepon or should i get the next mirror thing with the keys?

#

if anyone can pls help that would be great 🙂

bitter swan
#

I mean it's pretty simple

#

do you like the bow?

#

If you like the bow then feel free to focus on the mirror

sturdy nimbus
#

can't go wrong either way

#

both of them still make you progress through the game

sweet knoll
#

^^^
you can unlock the weapons fairly quickly

slender ingot
#

do the wepons get better the more keys the cost?

#

also when do wepons go into the empty wepon spaces? or do i need to get all the wepons before them

sturdy nimbus
#

no, the increasing cost is only there to give the player a sense of progression

sweet knoll
raw herald
sweet knoll
bitter swan
#

so whatever fits your playstyle should be the "strongest"

slender ingot
#

ok

latent moon
sweet knoll
#

each run one weapon will be chosen at random to receive extra darkness, so it might be worth it to switch even if it's not your "favorite"

latent moon
#

but they're all pretty viable anyways

sturdy nimbus
#

I've always been running whatever weapon has Dark Thirst until only recently

#

my game just really loves giving it to the 5th weapon for some reason, which makes my run count on it the highest amongst all weapons by like 15%

brisk trail
#

Charged shot practically singlehandedly won me the run, blitz disc def helped tho

latent moon
#

Cshot moment

fallen fjord
#

which weap is the run done with

#

I should maybe try to play something else besides bow today

tired karma
#

Shield + athena is a super easy clear

gray fossil
#

do i need to do runs in heat mode

#

to complete the story?

slender ingot
#

how do i get the final 2 wepons to appear in there places?

rustic vale
#

Have you bought the bow yet

unborn remnant
#

I somehow just killed asterius & theseus on the same frame

limpid ocean
#

It's so much fun and with thunder on the special it's absolutely nuts

#

I prefer minotaur rush + quick charge, charged shot is good but something about it is just weird that I can't explain

slender ingot
#

should i give my nector to hades, zeus or posidon?

limpid ocean
limpid ocean
#

Also, does acquiring more boons from a certain god make it more likely that more from that same god will appear later on?

latent moon
limpid ocean
#

I feel like it's a yes but not sure

gray fossil
#

i am already suffering in normal

#

heat will make me mald

#

💀

limpid ocean
limpid ocean
#

Just play better 4head

#

I mean a few of my first deaths to certain bosses were just because I wasn't familiar with their moveset

tired karma
#

Is hades ur fav game of all time

gray fossil
#

i am trying my best

#

i keep dying at the champs fight

slender ingot
#

should i gift chaos a nector?

#

or save it for zeus

tired karma
#

You didn't fight the golden armor champs with tornados and rockets yet

slender ingot
#

?

limpid ocean
#

I got stuck there for a while too

tired karma
#

Theus and minotaur have busted form on extreme measures 3

limpid ocean
#

I've only done EM1 so far

tired karma
#

1 and 2 are pretty easy

#

3 and 4 are hardcore

latent moon
#

em3 is a bit difficult lmao

#

not too bad once you get used to it

#

em2 sucks at high heat tho

tired karma
#

Can be ez on rail

#

Em3

latent moon
#

yeah ranged stuff is great for em3

tired karma
#

Who is more badass for u
Zagreus or Dante from DMC

jolly laurel
#

why can't i send images here?

earnest helm
#

U can

rustic vale
#

Like so

#

I should edit that image so the URL within it is the url of the image

rustic vale
#

Sounds like someone who joined the server a month or 2 ago

earnest helm
#

Agree with him developers should give u infinite hp

#

Since ur a God

rustic vale
#

If you manage to die with God Mode on idk

rustic vale
latent moon
rustic vale
latent moon
#

true

rustic vale
#

I get not liking roguelites but saying it’s useless because it has no checkpoints is bouldy

tired karma
#

The concept is very fun and unique
Especially when it's your first roguelite
But can be confusing at first

old dawn
granite kestrel
#

lmao

wide solar
#

Do you get anything if you gift Thanatos multiple times

granite kestrel
#

love

#

also a companion you can use in battle if im not mistaken

#

a limited amount of times

old dawn
#

first save run attempts on a 4k tv yay or nay

granite kestrel
#

is that where you start a new game and beat it in on the first run

brisk trail
#

Triple bomb vs. Delta Chamber vs. Targeting System?

#

I'm forced to take Targeting system this time for prophecy

#

But In general, what do yall like? I've beaten my first ever run with Triple Bomb before so it does have a special place in my heart

rustic vale
#

Which rail

granite kestrel
#

thats how i usually am lol. take the one that has a prophecy

#

makes run unpredictable sometimes

brisk trail
#

Zag, I don't like the description of the other 2 rails and havent unlocked the last (despite beating hades 3 times by now, not sure what I need to do to get that damn weapon form)

rustic vale
#

Triple imo

#

They’re all good options

granite kestrel
#

i forgot what rail i used, which ever one has the extra ammo, but i had the hammer upgrade that made it a shotgun basically, and with poseidon's boons, it made it so powerful. basically slammed enemies against the walls and did so much damage

rustic vale
#

Sf zag thougg

rustic vale
vital tapir
#

why sword hard

granite kestrel
#

ive found it really fun with the Arthur aspect

vital tapir
#

i would sooner win a run blindfolded than with arthur at 50 heat

granite kestrel
#

oh idk about 50 heat lmao. i think my highest heat is only 12

#

my sword is only at 3

wide solar
#

What is the best one at the mirror gods pride or legacy

raw herald
#

Usually pride, but depends on the build

formal sinew
#

Cluster + rockets

sterile light
#

Damn good purchase.

#

And that's even more than Hollow Knight

tired karma
#

my first 32 heat clear was with zag's rail
it's pretty good

formal sinew
#

I used to use Hestia Rail

sterile light
#

rail
ughh

#

abandon brain, use zag fist

#

👀

#

my highest heat clear was on GY at 16

tired karma
#

hazard bomb is the most fun thing for rail

sterile light
#

the first 4 is free on GY practically since it already slashes your healing down

signal aspen
#

what

sterile light
#

y'know

#

the pact that reduces the effectiveness of healing

#

GY basically negates it

brisk trail
#

Can I ever get a fish in the persephone area?

#

There's an awful lot of water there

rustic vale
cold oriole
#

Going to try and do one run per day until hades 2 comes out. I want to reach max heat b4 then

rustic vale
#

Unless I’m behind in hades news

cold oriole
#

Nvm. Well ill get as high as i can jaha

#

Still, main point one run per day :p

rustic vale
#

Best of luck to you with that

#

I’ve lost my drive for playing Hades shadegrief even if I haven’t 100%ed the game yet

#

Resource director escapes me I still need 200k darkness

#

GY doesn’t make LC4 free lol

#

Guan-yu doesn’t slash all hp regen

#

Just some

sterile light
#

I'm talking about the fact that GY's regen isn't affected by LC

rustic vale
#

You use guan-yu for the based special

sterile light
#

it's situational

#

ideally you won't be getting hit in the first place

#

grab charged skewer, aph/art on the special

rustic vale
sterile light
#

quick spin with athena attack is great for witches

#

I like to have it as a backup for dealing with projectiles

rustic vale
#

Then charge spin between waves

sterile light
#

^

rustic vale
#

Spin is viable without quickspin if you aren’t using forced overtime 2

sterile light
#

can get you some nice regen

rustic vale
sterile light
#

styx rooms are great for massive spin tho

#

esp the ones broken up into two sections

high island
#

You know what else is good for witches?

rustic vale
sterile light
#

zag fist

high island
#

Hades II. squirtdevious

rustic vale
#

meg

sterile light
#

lol, now WE are the witches

sterile light
rustic vale
#

Hopefully Nyaanyaa Mewmew isn’t going to correct me on everything in Hades II as well

sterile light
#

no chance

rustic vale
sterile light
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

I took an extended break from Hades after the ending got released

high island
#

I haven't mained Malphon since Blood Price patch in early access. tizomg

sterile light
#

I still remember when Hades bossfight wasn't a thing

languid jacinth
#

is there any way to get fish easier without the posidon boon?

sterile light
#

styx boons

high island
#

Also I've done like maybe 10 Hades runs this year.

rustic vale
#

I’m on an indefinite vacation from Hades shadegrief till I get drive to play more

#

Talking about the game makes me want to play it again but then picking up my switch and starting a run just doesn’t feel right

high island
#

Also still the most active chatter in the server despite only chatting in Hades channels and not really playing anymore. tizomg

gleaming grove
#

If I replace a core boons will I keep my duo boon?

rustic vale
#

Yes

#

replacing boons doesn’t get rid of any of your other boons

#

But replacing a cast boon which you have a specific cast duo for will make that duo obsolete

#

Lightning phalanx won’t do anything if you replace divine phalanx et cetera

#

If that makes sense?

gleaming grove
#

Ok thnku

rustic vale
weary abyss
#

god the spreader encounter in Asphodels in so damn annoying

wide solar
#

I finally managed to kill Hades with the spear. Thank the gods now I will never do it again

granite kestrel
#

my shade doesnt smile at me anymore

#

😦

brisk trail
#

Cthonic vitality or dark regeneration

latent moon
#

you get a fountain after a boss anyways, and healing per room is much more consistent

#

and if you want to win runs, you dont want to take darkness rooms anyways

#

also with dark regen, once you hit styx you dont get any hp back
chthonic vitality is just way more consistent

frank torrent
#

yeah, i've found to find good mirror upgrades you're usually better to look at the people doing 50 heat clears

latent moon
#

at 50 heat neither of those matter lmfao

#

lc4 gives you no healing

frank torrent
#

oh true

#

i've literally never used that pact

latent moon
#

if anything you just ask the 50 heat clear players lol

latent moon
#

when you stack other pacts on top of it ofc

#

bp2, fo2, etc

frank torrent
#

i'll probably get better at doing EM3 before i even consider using that one

latent moon
#

that would be ideal

frank torrent
#

also, would a dio hangover build be good for zeus aspect?

latent moon
#

if you're using lc4 you should probably be using em3, and lc4 sd needs to be good at boss fights

latent moon
#

but not recommended

frank torrent
latent moon
#

zeus special

#

jolted

#

any good % based atk that isn't poseidon

frank torrent
#

oh ok, that makes sense

latent moon
#

pref aphrodite atk and then zeus or dio call and hope to get smair

frank torrent
#

yeah, aphro seems useful

#

thanks

latent moon
#

best hammer is explosive return

#

other good ones are sudden rush, ferocious guard, breaching rush

#

prob others im missing

frank torrent
#

oh wow that deals a lot of damage

latent moon
#

yeah

frank torrent
#

just from the first room

latent moon
#

oh first room damage is bugged iirc lmao

frank torrent
#

really? hadn't heard of that

#

how is it bugged? just higher numbers than it should be?

latent moon
#

Fiery Presence only: Applies global first hit damage instead of just applying it to the attack and special (only in chamber 1)

#

well i guess you used the special anyways

#

so it didnt matter

frank torrent
#

true

latent moon
#

but yeah c1 damage is bugged, which is hilarious tbh

frank torrent
#

that's funny

#

so a cast build would seem incredibly good

latent moon
#

i mean cast builds are strong to begin with

frank torrent
#

true

latent moon
#

stuff like tdash doing a ton more damage is great for c1 lmao

frank torrent
#

breaching guard or ferocious rush? got both offered

latent moon
#

hm

#

what's the third?

frank torrent
#

charged shot

latent moon
#

oh boy

#

cshot is strong on its own and you can probably ignore the special if you take it lmao

frank torrent
#

i just had to get 3 good ones offered

latent moon
#

lmfao yeah

#

breaching less so tbh

#

issue here is that zeus shield wants the bull rush

frank torrent
#

i'd prefer to do a special run to fully try it out, so i'll try ferocious guard

latent moon
#

that's fair then

sterile light
#

you also eventually get the modifier upgrades that cause darkness to also increase your max HP

latent moon
#

yeah that's neat but it's also whatever lol

#

i accidentally got into the habit of taking darkness over gems in speedruns because i would always need more hp, but i've recently realized that gold is more important lol

slender fossil
#

I beat hades on… z-zero heat? that has to be wrong, right?

latent moon
#

why would that be wrong

slender fossil
#

because i cant be that new

latent moon
#

idk what point you're trying to say lmao

gray apex
#

Just do it with 32 heat

#

Problem solved

latent moon
#

true

celest cave
#

Well, I guess they're trying to say they're new here and they beat Hades in that... Difficulty?

slender fossil
#

thats a good point

frank torrent
#

finally unlocked giving ambrosia to than

celest cave
#

I'm new as well and must say I'm having fun, even if losing. Seeing those places... Somehow, I feel happy. Even happier with a certain something we can do every run. ^^

#

I mean, petting Cerberus.

latent moon
#

pet cerby any%

slender fossil
#

alright controversial take here

#

i hate theseus

latent moon
#

that's not controversial

celest cave
#

Uh...?

latent moon
#

that's a cold take

celest cave
#

Also, I'm finding it weird I can't find Megaera anywhere lately

latent moon
#

rng moment

celest cave
#

Guess she got tired of the beatdowns and let her sisters take over(?)

frank torrent
#

used all three death defied's on charon, probably not worth but i got a card

latent moon
#

just win

slender fossil
#

also I’m tired of my runs i keep manipulating rng with my god trinkets for the same build

latent moon
#

well then do a different build

#

not every aspect builds the same anyways

#

and some aspects can use different builds

slender fossil
#

i will in a moment

gray apex
#

When I started I did heartrend on everything

celest cave
#

Every deity spins around a concept.

gray apex
#

bad idea

#

dont do it

latent moon
#

do love myself heart rend fists

celest cave
#

Also, I just... Couldn't stop laughing about Poseidon's rejection call

#

"The sea spits back, you know?"

#

At any rate, I usually reject "picking" rooms. They make me uncomfortable. ^^"

latent moon
#

trials suck yeah

celest cave
#

I mean, I'm more like "Why can't you all get along? Geez..."

twilit lodge
#

They can’t get along because YOU picked one of them over the other

#

So good job

celest cave
#

But I said, I usually AVOID this kind of room.

#

If there's that and a room worth Gold, I'm going for Gold.

slender fossil
#

i pick whatever god is cooler in dou boon rooms not which one will help my build more

celest cave
#

Eventually both help you and make up, so that's that.

#

I just saw two gimmicks, as of now.

#

Artemis(the aimed "ceiling terror"-esque arrows)

#

And Poseidon(Floor waves)

latent moon
#

or you'd want to anyways

celest cave
#

As much as there's curiosity about the others, I often avoid to make a scene.

frank torrent
#

yeah i find posideon is irritating to dodge in that one, especially in elysium. i can never keep track of his thing

hardy spear
celest cave
#

I'll only do it if it's the only option.(also, when the game does that... Shame on Daedalus.)

twilit lodge
#

Literally never have seen a trial as the only door option

#

I don’t think it’s even possible

celest cave
#

Happened twice on me.

latent moon
#

yeah it's not possible

slender fossil
latent moon
#

the game wont force you into a trial

celest cave
#

So... I was sort of blind to the other door.

latent moon
#

yeah probably lmao

twilit lodge
#

That sounds more likely

latent moon
#

that can happen in tart

twilit lodge
#

Some Tart rooms have two exit and one exit layouts

#

Easy to miss a second exit sometimes if you’re not used to double checoing

celest cave
#

All-in-all... This was the best birthday gift a friend got me!

#

^^

latent moon
#

based

slender fossil
#

hades is currently my second favorite rougelike... i know its a rougelite but shhh

twilit lodge
slender fossil
#

i actually dont know what keepsake i should use, man im so carried by these gods

celest cave
#

SGG?

slender fossil
latent moon
#

rotation should be god->god->util/defensive->util/defensive

twilit lodge
#

The.. company that made this game

celest cave
#

Ah.

twilit lodge
#

The company whose discord server we’re on

celest cave
#

I'm not really good with acronyms.

slender fossil
latent moon
#

okay welp

#

have fun with that lmao

twilit lodge
#

It’s not an acronym it’s the initials

mental vale
twilit lodge
latent moon
#

wrong

#

feather duster all the way

mental vale
#

feather duster is ok

twilit lodge
#

Feather duster works on one jar max per room

celest cave
#

But I was being honest about the gift part - Simply, it has more mythological content than I'd ever think about.

twilit lodge
#

It is in no way okay

mental vale
latent moon
#

yeah

twilit lodge
#

No I’m just saying random things (/j)

slender fossil
#

ok then i got it

mental vale
slender fossil
#

im running feather duster this run

#

also not doing extreme measures 3 that fight is... its something

twilit lodge
#

Yes it only works on one jar per room

#

It is bad

#

The reason why the only suggestions you’ll get here are god keepsakes, coin purse, hourglass, acorn, sigil

#

Is the other keepsakes are bad

latent moon
#

and shackle

twilit lodge
#

You can use whatever you want but nobody is going to recommend a bad keepsake

slender fossil
#

haha yeah i use those

mental vale
latent moon
#

esp on fists

mental vale
latent moon
#

idk if it even reaches that far for it to proc lmao

twilit lodge
#

Distant memory is even worse than the feather duster

#

And that’s impressive

slender fossil
#

full feather duster run will go crazy i promise

twilit lodge
#

The feather duster at least acts like boosting your cthonic vitality mirror by 300% if you get the jar every room

#

Distant memory is just

#

Pointless

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Bad

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Subpar

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Not detrimental, is the best thing I could say about it

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Using it won’t actively make your run worse (other than due to the fact you’re not using a better keepsake)

slender fossil
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feather duster has done nothing

latent moon
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break more pots

slender fossil
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fair

latent moon
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The text of the effect is "Broken urns have a 3/5/6% chance to contain healing items.", but this is false; a maximum of one urn per room can have healing in it.

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you might actually not get 1 in a room lmao

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that's amazing

slender fossil
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when i attack i get hurt now!

twilit lodge
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It’ll be worth it when you open that jar with a sandwich in it

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For a whole 10 Hp heal

slender fossil
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attacking is overrated anyways

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but chaos offered me 50% extra damage on my m1 so i had to

twilit lodge
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You in fact did not have to

mental vale
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it feels so good when you get a sandwich tho

slender fossil
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i had to

mental vale
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chaos curses cant take you past 1hp so just dont get hit 😃👍

slender fossil
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i got a sandwich but... it was in a fountain room...

latent moon
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more hp

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easy

slender fossil
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i was max

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yoo sandwich healed me to max

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why dont more people use feather duster

latent moon
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because it's bad

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if you dont get hit you dont need the healing

frank torrent
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the goal of the game does appear to be not getting hit ngl

slender fossil
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but i get hit

twilit lodge
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If you kill things quickly with a real build you got by using god keepsakes

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Then you don’t get hit as much

slender fossil
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but im bored of putting on dionysus then aphrodite then artemis

twilit lodge
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Then put on different gods

slender fossil
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no

frank torrent
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do hades' vase things count as traps?

twilit lodge
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Yes

frank torrent
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i'll take athena's boon then

brisk trail
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Yooo I beat charon