#h1-discussion
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secret em5 that buffs tiny vermin
secret em5 that buffs Charon**
is for the super barge fight
fjkfd ugh the barge
i've hit the barge in every run in my last 5 or 6 it's so annoying 😂
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enjoy the super barge then
thanks
😂
is heat 16 still considered low heat?
Depends on who you ask.
High heat leaderboard starts at 32.
I love the barge so much it's so fun
speedrun modpack do be blessed for deleting barge
no hitting the barge is so enjoyable
Barge is fun, I agree.
Just unfortunately has a bad reputation because it's bad in speedruns.
I don't speedrun at all I just really enjoy the barge compared to all the other asph minibosses
I didnt get barged today so i dont hate barge
Tomorrow ill probably get barged and will go back to hating barge
also, question about heat: when the lower heats have the same rewards displaying in the bottom left (aka not all of them), is there any reward from higher heat?
Nothing at all past 32, and nothing that isnt cosmetic past 20 or 25 in hell mode
Just bragging rights
If Heat gauge says you need 8 Heat, for example, then you'll get the 8 Heat rewards if you do a run with 8+ Heat.
You won't get the 9 Heat rewards etc.
Need to finish 8 Heat rewards first.
lol so i still have yet to escape with the sword
so there were like no rewards even on no heat but decided to do heat 1 anyways
rn i have the boon from artemis to boost dash strike and the hammer upgrade that dash strikes twice
and 5 total dashes rn
athena is being mean and wont give me dd
a reward is a reward in my books
0 Heat rewards are different btw. You need to do specifically 0 Heat to get them.
https://prnt.sc/p_JZwXLSvCQo can someone VERY experienced with the game please tell me, what, precisely, this does to the zeus disc?
Reduces cooldown between each hit to my knowledge
I picked up purple swift flourish earlier on zeus shield and it seemed visually to do that
Does it make the attack tick faster? Does it make it travel faster? Does it make the time between sending it/retrieving it animation faster?
Okay, so it makes the attack tick faster, thank you
I would like for someone else to confirm that though since I’m not 100% sure
^This would be appreciated
All of that, I believe. @brisk trail will know better than anyone.
im one flood shot and one divine dash away from having the most broken build yet
Hey I want to use merciful end with divine dash how would that work? So I just dash to trigger it?
the synergy is soooo good
Yes.
yes
That is the standard way of provoking ME for ME builds
One question I'd also have is whether it decreases the amount of maximum time the shield stays out by 10% as well
Like, it normally stays out 10 seconds, will it now stay out 9?
Huh. Seems a little too easy for it to make sense but I guess so
It's just such an incredibly vague thing to say something makes your zeus disc "faster"
Usually it’s harder to activate stuff than just dashing
hardest part of ME is getting all the pieces
The lack of ease comes from needing an attack or special core from athena to get the duo so you need multiple boons to fall into place
And you want impending doom as well
Etcetera
Not sure if it makes it travel faster, but it does speed up the animation of sending/recalling the disc
In practice, this does very little if anything
Well, if Baj isn't sure, no one is. 
Does it make it hit faster? I picked up epic swift flourish and it seemed visually like it was hitting faster but idk
The throwing speed was definitely faster
It's something I never bothered to really test, but it never seemed to have a faster hit rate to me
From my own experience in general, I am fairly sure that Swift Flourish speeds up everything about a Special including cooldown. I haven't verified that in a recording, though.
i feel like it hits faster but also i might not be the right person to say this
I'd have to record and check the difference manually to be sure, and that's too much effort when it's likely something that doesn't drastically change how I play the weapon
Fair enough
That's also why I never bothered to verify Swift Flourish details. I'll still roll for Hyper Sprint or Greatest Reflex anyway. 
Swift flourish isn’t something you’d generally aim for anyways
It’s just when it’s a difference between swift strike and swift flourish on zeus shield thanks to ap1 tbh
Out of the two Swift Strike is likely better anyways
Makes your standing strike a bit faster meaning you can block better on reaction without needing to spend a dash
Or just take the higher rarity for uc fodder
Higher rarity take isn't bad either to resell yeah
I think the correct choice between Swift Strike and Swift Flourish is to press confirm/click on whatever your mouse is on and move on with your life. 
though i dont care either way i just pick whatever sounds good
The correct choice between swift flourish and swift strike is alt+f4 tbh
my favorite choice of those is just tell him you want none of them and leave
Doing RTA made me realize how many choices will cost you more RTA if you sit there deciding than if you just click on something. 
Choice doesn’t matter
What does matter is having a faster time
Irl
So you can play more runs in the same amount of time
So you can have a higher chance of better rng
Like when you see blue laurels, just pick the door closest to you. 
I go out of my way to grab rerolls (and poms, build dependent) but otherwise don’t think about it
how to get gilgamesh
sword down, only rail left
if i put lv 1 upgrade into everything for malphon with i still get the awakening phrase(i did the other stuff) and can it also awaken gwan yu
aight thanks
Ooo new record! 20 mins and 5 seconds. Almost under 20 damn
I got hit by Redacted's spin attack while as we both were at 1 hp just as I was about to get the heavy hit from Arthur
I love big unga bunga damage but man that hurt
You can just call them Hades here, it’s not #h1-for-new-players
Yeah but something about Redacted is funny to me it's like he's some wacky scp
Hades the scp 
papi? …😅
also did it for lols
💪
for reference, ds4windows which does use vigembus seems to work for dualshock3 though
funny it crashes on this when it doesn't on my potato laptop that's apparently below min requirements for the game
i'm trying to get mort and i got thanatos to enough to give him ambrosa but he just stoped spawning am i getting unlucky or do i have to do something specific
he doesn't pop up 24/7 i think
ok good to know before i kept getting him every run
for gwun yu do i need to have 5 blood into the spear or into anything? and if i get lv 1 of the first 3 for malphon will it count for gwan yu
oh ok thanks
In a bout of insomnia I finally sat down and got my last couple of achievements needed to 100% Hades. I got a lot more emotional than I was expecting to, this game has been a big part of my life for just shy of 500 hours. So thank you Supergiant, you made an absolutely flawless game ❤️
good job i agree i haven't found this good of game since ghost of tsushima
You can 100% the game???
yeah
i'm assuming they're talking about steam achievements tho
but in game, you can def get all the house contractor stuff, music, codex, and resource ranks
just takes a ton of time and grinding
Yes I'm talking specifically about steam achievements in this case. Though I've also max ranked all the companions and a few other bits like that which aren't tied to achievements
Yeah that was my second to last, just had to go through them one by one. I could generally get a keepsake from rank 1 to max rank in a run or two
going though all the styx tunnels helps with that
Ye i do that
Thankfully that didn't take too long as I was speedrunning Hades for a while and it's hard to break out of that playstyle once you're used to it haha
Best time is 10:16
nice that's pretty good
By no means am I speedrunning at a high level but I'm pretty happy with that time. I'd like to get sub 10 one day though
Thanks!
what build did you use?
I go back and forth between Chiron Heartrend (which is my fastest) and Demeter Merciful End
ah i see
if you want a faster time, i'd recommend not using chiron because it's known for being slow but it's still definitely possible to get a sub10 with it if you want to optimize it more
Yeah I very nearly got an 8 minute run but got screwed by sack rng. I know Hestia was one of the main speedrun weapons back when I was actively speedrunning, not sure if that still is the case. I unfortunately suck with the rail lol
ah sack rng do be like that
hestia is still great for speedrunning
not the fastest, but one of the top
Which weapon is fastest atm?
Damn ok fair
god dammit croven
croven can't let anyone have the wr for more than a week
actually hera holds unmodded as well
iirc
Interesting, maybe I'll push for a sub 10 soon
gl with that
a sub10 is the gateway into "i can probably sub9" and then "i can probably sub8" lmao
And then after taking a break I'll start a new save file and re-learn how to slow down and just play 😂
Yup! As soon as I got sub 15 one time I was like "huh, how quick can I go?"
lmao i went all the way down to sub7 and got too lazy to go any lower
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Any other cast that's good for Hera Bow aside from Crush Shot?
Tried poseiden its a bit annoying with the pushing enemies everywhere...
second best would probably be phalanx shot i think
athena cast, aphrodite atk, get parting shot because the cast is so large that it can backstab from the front
yea athena cast i was thinkin 2nd best just got dmg
although this seems like a good idea, the reason why this isn't popular is because athena cast is notorious for getting launched across the room if you miss
yea... its funny on this darkness resource run i got oceans bounty epic and all the best chaos enhancers
phalanx and flood are the next best
then about to wrap up the run with no cast whatsoever
true shot probably isnt terrible
wait how is flood good on hera
flood was ok. Its dmg definitely. And if you start with poseiden keepsake then u gotta take it sometimes
i mean its good dmg and aoe
its dmg. Its not good
i guess that's fair
easy mirage access, for whatever thats worth
its annoying. But im doing limitless time darkness runs rn currently and not proficient in any other weapons to use the darkness buffs yet lol
its definitely worse than crush and probably phalanx, but also definitely better than the other options
i wonder how tripply shot will work. About to do the Minotaur + Other dude boss biome 3
i guess considering the other options are slicing shot and meme beam that's probably very fair lmao
same lmao
trippy might work. I have 5 casts too
trippy flare has the mirage bug on hera right
correct
yes
what's the mirage bug
amazing
on casts that are "flares", mirage does 2x damage instead of 1.3x
flares do 100% damage instead of 30%
so all casts for beowulf and trippy flare on hera
it's like the only reason why flood flare is always used on beo probably
if that bug didnt exist it'd probably be exclusively passion flare snurst
ye prolly
flood shot hera for the easiest wall “bug”s of all time
oops accidentally got the credits
super nova i think?
Super Nova, yes.
that's the bigger radius +20% right
yes
yeah def super nova then
Is crit an additive or multiplicative damage bonus?
most people typically dont, they just opt for aphrodite atk
but you can if you want
works better if you get sudden rush or charged shot probably
flood flare -> deadly strike -> mirage shot
see mirage shot bug here lol
get all the chaos for cast right?
chaos casts or cast damage
i think if given the option between +1 cast or +% cast damage, take +1 cast first unless the % is rare or epic
if you have 4 casts, the next one you pick should be %
k thanks
new shop on my 14th hades kill? :O https://prnt.sc/DiyxNwsU3qlk
What is this xD
Is this how people get their victory screens to look sexier?
Interesting how only 22% or so of people have the achievement for equipping a companion. I guess most people don't even know about it?
Game keeps them pretty non-obvious until you get one, I had to ask here how to do it
did Zag always do a victory sign when dying at the top?
when it gives me the option to mute hermes or keep his voice on does it matter?
is it part of an unlock or something?
That's an option? I love that lmao
yes he's asked me twice
i would send screenshot but i gotta do imgur every time and that gets a bit old
can I suggest
use Greenshot
it'll take screenshots at the press of a key
and it has options to direct upload to imgur immediately
hey first time beating extreme measures 3... oh thats not good
that's what I do
wait wat
is it just me or does Lernie's waves hit you even if you dash through them
having an innate 75% damage buff at max level to *all^ the damage you do is very very strong, and is relatively easy scaling
it’s not super complicated, eris just does more damage so its good
how is it "all the damage you do"
I guess I don't particularly understand the playstyle
it’s a global damage buff
so any damage source you have (attack, special, dash, cast, etc) gets increased
it’s fairly easy to adapt how u play around it
I'm not arguing that the damage buff is good
no
takes a lil getting used to but it’s not hard
But I HATE what it does to my controls
So I kinda am softlocked out of achilles
But hey, maybe Eris will be an easier dance than achilles
possible
I'll give it a shot
you can check out some runs on YouTube of it if u want to see how it plays
actually good idea
2 death defiances and one player who has never done extreme measures 4 vs hades on extreme measures 4 who wins?
i assume the answer is not me
What does EM4 even do
good luck
You HAVE to win
A diamond, ambrosia, or tblood is on the line (probably dia or ambrosia)
I still can't do perfect fishing, my reaction time is greater than 340ms
actually
fishing is relaxing
IS IT?
https://humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime gonna test my reaction time
actually, my reaction time is 190-250ish milliseconds
So why the hell do I never catch a legendary fish
alright im going to start the fight now
dont die
even though i never got the dionysus special
so i just instantly lose
he just asked me if i am ready, the quick answer, no. the long answer, no.
(Does ambrosia become worthless after you get all companions and the reunion epilogue btw? Just trade it for TB at that point?)
You'll have to tell me what EM4 does
So I can prepare
Max bonds with gods and other characters
On the other hand it's much more entertaining to find out yourself
That's what I mean with the reunion epilogue though
Is that the gods trigger that, but once I get that, then what
But after all that's done then yeah trade for tb
im out of death defiances... hes in first phase...
You get much more ambrosia than tb
oof't
no 🐟 :c
I mean- I mean I BELIEVE IN YOU
you GOT THIS
Em4 be funky
Lmao
you know its midnight so like that not on me if it was earlier i wouldve won if dionysus decided to be useful for once in his life then i would have had a chance etc
Definitely
it was not my fault is what im saying
Me every run I don't get merciful end: Damn, if only I got merciful end...
What do people mean by "Free room" in runs
easy room
i got like one duo and nothing i wanted
No hp deduction required
so like on this Achilles guide it says this : Room priorities (assuming Poseidon C1):
Free Room ≧ Hammer > Zeus ≧ Artemis > Poseidon > Pom(Tidal Dash Lv1,2) > Ares > Coin > Pom > Other
Like I see a room in tartarus with nothing but numbskull piles and the big club guys who take 10 years to attack and I think "Free room"
Oh, that probably means the free room that's the alternative to the charon shop at the end of the level
It's the "other room" than the end charon shop, where you get your item for free before the boss
You'll know for sure when you've already seen one charon option and gone past it, it will be the only 2nd charon
by charon do u mean shop destination?
There are only 2 charons possible in each level of the underworld, and they are both garaunteed to appear. One is somewhere in the middle of the run (not necessarily dead centered), and the second is right before the boss
oh i see
Yes, charon shop, where you buy things
i see
Free rooms are noncombat rooms
why does the next upgrade cost 2000 darkness im not that rich
Does chaos count as free room 
Not so free when you take damage but sure xD
I mean it's meant for speedrunning
No combat is free
Also if you're speedrunning you typically don't care about your hp anyways
i see
You should be skilled enough to clear
Can you know when a room is a fountain room before you enter it?
No
For modded yes
Tart survival rooms and than are technically considered free but that's completely rng
yea im trying to use that amazing guide u send @latent moon for achillesSpear. But its a speedrun guide and i am on 0 heat progressing with it currently so i am adjusting
I mean it's gonna use most of the same tactics anyways
thats what i figured. Not sure how important poms are and such
but im sure ill get a feel as i go
Poms are still important lol
poms are so weird, I have 14 hades kills and I'm still not sure how to value poms at different stages of my runs
Poms fall off at higher stages
I cant even use cast + my special effectively yet
It's like, if you can garaunteed up the level of a critical boon you're using constantly, very valuable. But if you have 20 boons and some of them you barely use...
the muscle memory is not there at all
alright im going to sleep now i wish you all the best of luck
so im trying to get used to my special w achilles rn
That's why you don't try to take as many boons as possible lol
gn gato
If you look at speedrunners at the end of the run some only have like 10 max
I mean sure, but sometimes you're forced to take something when you were fishing for something else
Me @ my merciful end runs
I usually purge boons pretty aggressively if they aren’t highly useful, that helps avoid the poms missing the boon you want
I guess I didn't literally mean 20, but yeah
This is a good point, I almost never use or even check that purge fountain, I'm shooting myself in the foot
Sometimes if I don’t want any of the boons (often Poseidon) I just take the rarest one and plan to purge later
This is also something I didn't consider- when I need to take a boon I don't want, I'll prioritize non-poms. Thanks
And the coin can definitely be worth
Me with UC lmao
When I first started I thought the pact for mandatory purge each biome would be awful but actually I find it not so bad as purging is better than I originally thought anyway
The story continues even after the epilogue party
Through the dialogues with the characters
Gods talk about it too
Muscle memory doesn't exist right bc how can your muscles remember things
Makes sense to me
If I hit "give up" do I keep the resources I got so far on the run or no
I'm assuming not but jw
(im not gonna use it on this run, I'm on a great cluster bomb eris run, just wondering)
Morning
No
Give up is as if the run never happened
You even keep the same starting seed
Wow, Rocket bomb + Cluster bomb is literally even better than Merciful end
it's doing so much damage
Literally over 1.3k a hit at this point (to be fair I do have 2 special-enhancing chaos boons) (and 1.3k is assuming all 5 hit shotgun-style, which most of them do)
have you heard of our lord and saviour, Guan Yu?
Not to mention this is all enhanced by Eris
I just killed theseus/mino in like... 15 seconds, maybe 30 max
1,655 hit
Yea a nice Clockets Eris build is usually much better than ME melee weps lol
Wait until you see Beo
Has to be one of my best fights
such intense power!!
I hate guan yu
Hunting blades is op
How do people get their victory screens to look prettier
i already have posidons keepsake, but is there any point to me giving him more nector? and ambrosa? like will it get him to give me rarer boons or anything?
its for story purposes iirc
Clockets always fun
boom
final exams are free if you're on good terms with the lecturers*
What is more fun
Playing hades or doing a challenging homework
As someone with ~900 hours in Hades I'll take the homework thank you 
Your homework is getting 10 victory royales in fortnite today
real
in #h1-victory-boasting there's a picture with me softlocked, Ares won't allow boons and says foes nearby. any help?
#h1-tech-support is a better place to post it, but you might just have to abandon the run. it seems that youre in tartarus so its no big loss
k
What's ez 32 heat weapon
Schelemeus wants to torture me I swear
There's a starter guide for 32 heat pinned in #h1-high-heat-strategies which includes some suggested weapons. In the end though the weapon to use will be what you're most comfortable and confident with
And don't feel like you have to use the pact setup in that guide, it works but there are lots of viable options for 32
best 32 heat pacts are also all different between all weapons
and even then you may feel some conditions simply don't work out in the end
I just need third statue and get back to grinding, heart rend on artemisr special
Since it hits multiple times, this means many chances to crit for big damage
Hey everyone
I honestly rely on the shield a lot but I've been trying to branch out
Ranged feels weird to me even though I've seen both ranged weapons recommended multiple times
Not even in a functional way, just in a preferred playstyle way.
how do i tell how much nectar i have given somone? does 1 nectar stand for 1 heart in the codex?
Pretty much yeah
ok so 5 hearts means 5 nectar right?
Mhm
Please don't ask the same question in numerous rooms. And I like hidden sword best
The objective strongest one is hidden shield, but outside of hidden aspects I like Chiron and Zeus myself
i can't figure out how to use the hidden shield well, which gods go well with it?
Basically, it's advantages are mostly that it's bugged. Like a lot. Ideally you want to aim for mirage shot, because it's bugged so it's second cast does full damage.
ah alright
But really you should just use whatever weapons you find most fun
Flood flare -> deadly strike -> mirage shot
on casts that are "flares", mirage does 2x damage instead of 1.3x
thanks!
Where i can talk to someone working in hades to report a translation error?
support ticket on their site
Zag actually has a great life btw
nice job, nice girl, nice house, nice friends, nice mom, nice step mom, cool relatives that boost his powers in a unique way each time, which makes his job unique each day
oh, i did it, thank you
i only did it cause the translation error are in the cover of the physical version, not in the game
like its so wrong that you read it and you dont know what the game is about
It happened again in MM Doomstone room but spawns in an asphodel shielded enemy
k
Why do people hate the Gilgamesh aspect? It's really fun and does tons of damage too
people don't hate it
It does get hate
Dstrikes are also slower
oh
Because it has a longer dash cooldown and shorter dashes
maybe hate is a strong word but dislike is definitely there
I like the aspect but I understand why people dislike it
im a gilga hater
feels incredibly clunky to play thanks to the dash mechanic changes and slow attacks
Heck yeah buddy
cherry
Maim getting proked by ME doesn’t make sense aside from it just being something that hangs over their head and drops later 
Gilgamesh Aspect is trying to be too many things that don't synergize and it's not good at being any of them.
Doesn't mean it can't be fun sometimes.
It’s kind of like saying zeus shield should be affected by ares rift boons
Using the same logic as you when you say maim should be proked be ME 
If you want YOU to do something, then do it.
I'm still pretty new to the game and only beat Hades a couple of times. And the Gilga aspect with ME was the fastest I've ever defeated him
any other fist with ME would've been faster lol
ares gang
what do u guys recon are the best aspects in the game?
nemesis blade, rama bow, gilga fists, chiron bow, hestia gun, zeuz shield
i won 40 heat due to gilga, who says it ain't up there
me
?
all aspects have been completed to at least 50 heat or something
just because you can do it doesn't make it good
amb beat it on 50 and i dont think she'd say it's good lmao
k ill do 63 instead
have fun with that
63 has only been beat unrouted once by angel
and i'm fairly certain she'd say it's not possible
63 modded as well, so it didn't have to use cp2
i'm assuming if you're playing unmodded and didn't start a hell mode save, you'll be using cp2 which is much more difficult
64 has been beat routed by rama
gilga doesn't compare even close to rama or zeus shield
It's kinda awkward to return after a long break. Good enough for first and second bosses to be easy, but just bad enough for the fourth boss to be difficult 😅
cp2?
calisthenics program 2
oh
enemies have 15% more hp per rank
ik
one of the worst pacts in the game
wdym?
15% per enemy is such a pain
every fight is longer
hades has 2.5k more hp per phase
and it's already gonna be em4
wait what?? i didn't know that every god has both a shot and a flare cast boon
i've almost always gotten the former
wait per phase? I thought it was the same throuought
the health bar gets refilled
it's not a total health bar being shown
without em4, it's a total of 5k more hp assuming cp1
He gets more hp? 🤨
flares is only for beowulf and trippy flare on hera
Never heard he got more hp
ik, i thought when refilled it doesn't add more health
all enemies get more hp
Ohh, okay. That I didn't know x)
huh
that's kinda odd
oh well
well he gets more hp to begin with because of the pact
that's literally just what cp does
So, uhh, I kinda suck at lambent plume, is it worth using on any weapon without any aspects??
wait i get it now
it's never worth using
the exception is maybe zag fists to stack dodge
Why not?
but you'd have to luck into a good build
you lose control of your build
god keepsakes are much better
Doesn't it go well with the Hermes boon that increases dmg based on speed?
... Well, Idk what I wanna use to kill Hades then
because dc2
acorn
Nope, don't have it. And I would only use acorn for the final boss 🤷
the limited 25 health oh god
Skelly's suck, though? 😅
Well, mine is at 50 🤷
yeah have fun with that lmao
... I think?
i mean could just level it up
collar gives you 50 more hp as well
Then I'd be stuck with a bad DD throughout a few runs 😅
i mean it's still better than nothing
Mine is 25 :c
And it's only temporary, no?
it's permanent until you take it off
Which is temporary, imo
i mean yeah but you only want to take defensive keepsakes into ely or styx anyways
and at that point you're not gonna take it off unless you want to switch to a different defensive one
You do? I usually take Hypno's for money 😂
And then acorn for Hades
thx
so you can take a defensive one into styx
Atm my only aspect I have unlocked is Nemesis (lvl 2), but I kinda don't like it :I
rip
... Don't wanna use the gun. I hate the reload.
I'd prefer the torment of the fists x)
Spear + deflect attack + 120% deflect dmg vs fury... I'm imagining sending their shootings back 😅
what's the condition for the olympians to unlock extra hearts?
It’s not worth it because you lose either control over your build early game or taking it later and not getting enough stacks for it to matter
... I had to take every path in Styx area .-.
Damn thats like a 3% chance ir something iirc
When your first successful run is with the spear, but you don't wanna use it .-.
spear fun
Someone said something about "god pools" earlier. Can you not get all of the gods on the same run?
They implied that using a keepsake to garauntee a god puts it in your "god pool", implying it's more likely to see that god later? Did I just misinterpret that, or is there some restrictions on what gods can show up once you've taken a god?
(why they don't tell you this in game I have no clue)
So what you're saying is, as soon as I take 4 different gods, those 4 gods are garaunteed to show up throughout the rest of the run exclusively UNLESS I boon another god into my "pool", in which case my god pool becomes 5?
makes sense
VERY good to know. I'm surprised I'm only realizing this now.
Thanks very much!
You can get all 8 gods in a run through rng and forcing
What cast is recommended for aspect of poseidon?
Phalanx/Crush shot
Divine phalanx (look for lightning phalanx) or aphrodite cast iirc
Artemis Attack /Pressure points are nicer options but it works ig
Whenever I spend any amount of time in this server, It just makes me want to play Hades even more. I got plans today man!
Arty special doesn’t do much except block you from getting the best sword special
I mean arte special is fine if you hit hunters mark
And I guess since you’re hitting special to get your casts back and they’re likely weakened already, hitting into heart rend would also be nice
true shot pos 
i see arte i instantly think artificer but no, its just artemis
have any of you guys played curse of the dead gods? if so is it good and worth getting?
DAMN IT...
I... need the prophecy.. don't I.. ;-;
Even though this duo makes my run actively worse
Actually, could this be good?
I meaning picking up demeter cast made your run actively worse to begin with
I'm on and off with it, but I have the one that makes the duration longer so it's a tiny bit nice at least
With Stygian cast, it makes it to where I can have 2-3 on screen at a time without having to worry about picking up bloodstones
But yeah, there are definitely better casts, objectively speaking
You don’t really change how you’ve been using the shield up to that point
Just remember to dodge and more specifically that you can block with the shield and you’ll be fine
Even posiedon's, which does piss-all damage?
It does like less than half as much as trippy shot or phalanx shot, what are you talking about
Okay, well if you want your cast to damage things, Demeter's is definitely better than some other casts.
But not most of them I wouldn't say
Is Poseidon strike only useful with Zeus duo?
Idk, pretty much anything?
Idk what that is
It damages me?
Yeah, there are very few times I want knockback unless I'm going for wall crush
There are a couple of posiedon boons that makes knocking people into walls do a ton of damage
Slows me down, then?
no just makes it harder to do more damage
Because enemies need to be where you're attacking to hit them 
I like going for doom with Chiron aspect
Though, it needs stacked up to be useful
There's a boon to get stacks on doom
I don't get what you mean by that. I just liked doing about 1k dmg with doom :p
Bow -aspect, should I just focus on stacking up on attack dmg?
No aspect
Stack up attack additive yes
I don't have a whole lot of titan blood atm
And dash strike additive
Hera?
Maybe. I was considering just doing with no aspect.
Like, the hammer effect that removes charging (attack), and then maybe either crit or deflect, and then try to stack up on it from there 🤔
I don't usually go for power shots, which is why I like this hammer :p
if you're not using a castpect, you only use your cast to 1) open duos 2) apply boiling blood 3) use flood shot for styx shredder
you hardly ever use it for raw damage unless it's a specific break point you want to hit, but even then it should be a relatively small amount
Because I don't main bow, I'm not gonna try to get used to its timing.
I prefer fists.
But I also wanna complete every 0-heat weapon run.
It’s not hard to powershot
Well, I don't.
Bow is just a rythm game
Well, have fun with that, then. I don't do it.
It’s fine if you don’t
if you want to clear with bow, even half-assing power shots so you get them sometimes is gonna get you farther
but you do you
It’s just a bit dumb to abandon any attempt to use it better
Why? I usually play with Chiron anyway. I don't see why it's bothering you so much .-.
the first hit is a considerable amount of damage anyways
Because I haven't unlocked it yet? .-.
it's more than 50% of your volley damage at a base level
well if you dont have chiron then if anything you should try to power shot even more lmao
unless you get flurry shot first hammer then that's fine
When do other people come on?
If your help doesn't go further than wanting me to use power shots, then I might as well come another time 🙃
Then why did you just spend 5 minutes asking me why I don't do them? ^^'
Original question was how to play zag bow
Which was answered
Was wondering for suggestions for aspectless bow run
Yes just stack up the attack additive
Yep.
And then you guys began talking about power shots.
I don't do dash shots, lol
i mean yeah just stack attack damage and whatnot
dash strike for faster charge
Do you want us to give bad advice instead?
I mean either way you charge it fully
On dash strikes
well like, power shots give more damage and you want more damage so i dont see what's wrong with that
I just want the hammer to remove charging and then stand further away and auto-shoot :P
it’s just powershotting it is charging it fully and getting timing right
flurry shot is also fine if you want to play it like that
I don't know anything about mods x)
What are you going to do if you don’t get flurry shot tho
Just die and start over until you get it?
True
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... Wut? The bot just warned my language... no idea why, though 🤔
Because you said a bad word obviously
hey on the 10th win, the one you dont have to fight hades, does it A. grant blood B. count as completed heat, so the i have to up the heat next time
... I don't remember anything that was supposedly bad... Disliking a boon??
yes
I didn't swear, though
I was just writing about a failed Poseidon + Zeus duo boon hunt, because I got the fishing boon because of story
The bot is pushing the pro-power shot agenda also 
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Super soaker is hidden aspect (Lucifer) rail, with a Poseidon boon on your attack
Maybe.
But I'm pretty sure I didn't write any curse words, or anything like that 🤔
Okay
Yes, another fists user
Honestly kind of offended you would swear at us just because we like power shots
We can play the game however we like

Using the bow better is a sin
using bow is a sin tbh
I think bow takes too long to charge, I want to get in the middle of the mayhem and do fat stacks of damage, dashing between foes
Okay, I'll take this into consideration
You might
you might lmao
have fun
some hidden aspects aren't too great but have fun lol
You will
If you quit and reload it’ll take you to before you entered the courtyard
I have a question regarding the Early Access builds: I seem to remember that Dashing used to have a small delay before going off, was that correct? Does anyone have footage of it by chance?
True, I still have a chance to back out
Arthur superior
You can even start a run
hit give up
And see how you like it
ye
And then giving up will return you to before the courtyard
Guan yu is fun imo
Just don’t go into your room after you spend the blood
Should I really back out though?
Start a run and see how you like it
titan blood is easy to get, but it takes a lot of time
Impulse purchase lol
The thing is, the reason I upgraded it to max is I feel like if I tried it at a lower level I would conclude that it sucks
50% reduction is way better than 75% reduction
It does
It starts at 70 and goes to 50
It does suck
except with more hp
But is GY bad in general? Can it be better than achilles?
im sorry im flopping like a fish here
Spear bad
SpongeBob real????
imo no lmao
guan yu doesnt get flurry jab
true, flurry jab is insane
and the best part of guan yu is the special with charged skewer
Achilles is the strongest spear aspect for general purposes
Guan Yu is one of the best aspects in the game for no-hitting a run if you get Charged Skewer. So there's that.
the spin is mediocre because of the charge time is kinda long, and you typically only get enough time inbetween waves
wait now you're making me think I shouldn't undo this
god this is so hard
You'll enjoy it, pretty sure.
Doing a no hit run is not something someone should spend 15 blood on this early
i mean if you want to do a no hit run, hestia is probably easier lmao
Imo
16 tb
Especially since there’s no reward for doing a no hit run
I'll get a lot more titan blood by the time I get to 45 heat
50 if you're using Thick Skin.
I wrote a guide for Guan Yu here if you're interested: #h1-discussion message
bounties cap at 20 heat
but yeah you'll still get a lot more
15 is pretty easy to get tbh.
Do you go thick skin with guan yu tho ?
so if you want to start using a new aspect, you'll be like "damn i have to use something else for like 8 runs before i can max it"
ideally yes so you dont die in tart with 25 hp lmao
disregarding hidden, yeah
Nemesis, Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Eris
Hidden Shield aspect is the best
eris and hestia are up to debate tbh
but apart from that yeah
wait really
yes
Crap, I have my zeus shield MAXED
until you get to like 60 heat lmao
Poseidon is much easier for clears than Nemesis. Nemesis has great DPS, though... for a sword.
it's like the 2nd best aspect in the game
zeus shield is still strong tho
Imo i would go full high confidence for max risk and reward
it's just that hidden shield is stronger in most other ways
yeah Zeus shield is the 2nd best, it's strong by its own right
Hidden sword superior
Zag shield best for aspect of cshot
Like, to nemesis
hidden bow vs hera is also up to debate as well tbh
Well, seeing as all I would have to do is level some of the good ones I already have, and I already have some levels... I don't know, I'm thinking max GY might be a valid investment mostly because I'm not starving for other unlocks
hidden bow is better at heat, and if you're ocaml you can speedrun with it lmao
Like, could Eris use it's last level? yes. Could it wait a few runs? yes
Hera way better for speed, hidden bow way better for heat.
you can get the wakening phrase for beo rn if you wanted to tbh
If you have an aspect for each weapon at or near max level you could get all of the hidden aspects rn
I think Hera is better than Hidden bow just because it's more consistent, since you only really need Aphrodite cast and that's it
Hidden bow w/o the right Hammer is just suffering
Hidden bow without explosive shot is suffering true 😦
You wanted a spear to just spam your special lol, and Guan Yu is great for that. Don't let anyone talk you out of it just because they personally don't like it. 
The aspect is perfectly fine until extremely high heats that like 99.9% of players will never do anyway.
I’m gonna come to your house and uninstall Hades if you don’t refund guan yu right now!!!
You know what? Yes. Yes. I'm keeping Guan-Yu.
FINAL DECISION
lmao have fun
I am now a Guan-Yu user
Guan Yu is objectively the worse thing you could possibly use and this is fact totally not a joke for sure
guan yu is fine tbh, it's just that the hp reduction seems so pointless lmao
makes it a pain
Beo be like: okay but you take 10% more damage
It's only really a problem at low levels and in high heat though.
guan yu be like: 25hp start lol
I like Achilles better personally since it's faster, but:
- I use a mod to guarantee Flurry Jab each run
- I haven't really tried Guan Yu yet

Imo 25hp start what makes it so fun
i mean yeah but it's' still a pain regardless
I see some players here fear Guan Yu's low HP.
Just dont take damage
Achilles is also way more adaptable imo
You know what Master Achilles says about that.
Skill issue
and hypnos would say to just not get hit
I have a question about modding Hades
Can I mod my game if I downloaded the PC version from the Xbox app?
you're probably gonna get a better answer in the modding server, which is pinned in #self-promotion
Yeah, ask here. Shouldn't be a problem, though, I don't think.
Ok
Can you go over 100% speed increase with plume , aspect of zag and other boons
it's in their FAQ section
easily
well yea it's super easy lol
Or is there a soft cap for speed animation
hyper sprint gives you a temporary 100% boost anyways
I should try that tbh
nope, if anything it's the other way around
speed is multiplicative so you're gonna go even faster
No dash challange
oh
I will be speed
max lambent plume + Heroic Greater Haste only gives you like 85% I think
so you're gonna need Ichors
I will go full bonus speed , dodge chance and RD i hope
Buy random ichor and ichor again
Repeat this every room
Arrive at dad moving at the speed of light
If you want a challenge that includes not dashing (for most of the run): #h1-builds-and-combat message
secret apollo boon pog 
routed eris moment
True
Thats harsh with high confidence
Easily would be managable with luck tho
Luck i mean athena attack or special
Just get tart midshop hypersprint
And tart endshop greatest reflex
Then you can dash again
Yea but deflect attack would be funnier
Also would help at most boss fights if you get common boons
Got charged skewer on my first hammer on my first GY run 
Since u dont have dash
Hacker
Good luck! 
Am i the only one hates arthur aspect ?
Big bonk is ok at all but
I need idk speed
I dont like it either dont worry
very bad for speedrunning, you're not alone
dionysus
grant me potent booze
for i am about to get hammered
hunter dash, hunters mark or support fire? running aspect of zag railgun rn with zeus primary and artemis special
all epic, no idea which is most useful here because theyre all really good
railgun
sir that's a m16 with a grenade launcher
considering hunter dash because rn i have 5 dashes
for hunter dash, if i continually hold left click while dashing around, uninterrupted fire, does that all count as dash strikes or not?
hunter's mark is good
yes
support fire or marked here
support fire would also work
it does but it only modifies the bullet, so the dash would modify the base 10 damage bullet
and for support fire, does every single shot fire an arrow?
but it's just another zeus, hunter's mark is the way to go esp if you have rocket bomb
yes
is rocket bomb the hammer upgrade?
i think there's an internal cooldown for support fire so it might not fire for each one? idk but you'll get a good chunk out of it
i took piercing fire
rocket bomb is better
i took support fire earlier when running aspect of zeus shield and it was nonstop firing arrows
i broke my heat pr with artemis and zeus combo on shield lol
Pick cluster + rocket bombs
Funniest build i have tried
Even had ares special doom
Didnt fire single shot it was a special fest
actually that reminds me, i wanted to ask
so if you're running some build that never uses special, primary, etc
if you dont pick a boon that boosts what you're not using, every boon is gonna have one of the options be to boost that thing you're not using - is it good to pick something early on so that you have more choices later on?
love it when i waste doom damage lmao
And I love it when sometimes you unintentionally become so op that you destroy theseus before asterius
I wanna get better with guan yu, should I just, avoid using the attack and focus mainly on the dash attack and special
yeah
You should focus on not getting hit
yeah you’re,, prolly right lmao
oh i was running bow and i think artemis told me the thing i needed
should I wait until I get it to a certain level or just go with the life reduction
Guan yu made me so dodgy that i finally manage to get no hit on lava in asphodel when i dash so quick
i mean it'd play the same assuming you dont take as much damage lmao
but yeah i'd recommend not playing until higher level
That’s not being OP though that’s just killing theseus first
but killing Theseus first is funny
i just killed both of them at the same time in like 30 seconds total
Yea killing asterius always better but if you are getting power killing theseus is funny yea
they just sat on top of each other right after i got chain lightning +6
On em3 I generally just get theseus out of the way early so I don’t have to deal with him and asterius at the same time
Chain lightning loses like 20% of it’s damage with every hit iirc
Spreadfire zagrail is cracked
took the anvil, lost piercing gained rocket bomb and cluster bomb
this gonna be fun
Rejected Eris gun, embraced Zeus special Zeus Shield ❤️
Reject nothing
Embrace everything
