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g-girls with d?
i like that! she shouldnt be just female beauty yk? everyone can be beautiful

Also young angelina had very sculpted cheeks look again
All I'm saying is that beauty changes with the conventions adopted at the time beauty is discussed ^^
maybe they are just build different
i can't relate
it's like a very tiny line
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0a/dd/e2/0adde2000b77659b46d1af5f29d6a692.jpg
Bruh look how sharp her cheeks are lol ur cappin
with meg and aphro the line goes inside
it's like there barely any skin there
that's why they look old

no, sunken cheeks = old
and no young person would have sunken cheeks, unless they are very unhealthy
i'll tell that to my 15 year-old self 🥲
Why we talking bout cheeks
Cause apparently character design is an issue, I dunno xDD
why would I be intimidated by someone with bad cheeks, lol
you confuse high cheekbones with sunken cheeks
angelina jolie is an awful example that doesn't fit at all
Clappin cheeks
aphro is like willem dafoe
her cheeks sunk so hard to the point that her zygomatic bones stand out
this is what happens in old people
yes, Artemis
Bouldy has rock hard abs
Btw mods disable archivements right?
I dont think so
Has anyone had such a thing when Hades not regenerates himself fully in third stage?
With third stage you mean after you depleted his health once, right?
twice*
Ah. Extreme Measures, I assume. I have no experience with Extreme Measures 4, sorry.
I mean if you managed to hit him before the bar visually hit full then it wouldn’t go all the way
This happened two times in a row for now and the amount of missing HP was the same
What’s a scylassion, just got one for the first time
Legendary fish in Tartarus
A legendary fish
Huh, cool
50:50 chance off of a perfect catch to get one
What counts as a perfect catch?
If you catch within .34 seconds
Wow, that seems a bit strict… might make sense when I find out how much I get from selling this
Focus on hearing rather then seeing the bobber imo
Also keep track of how many times it’s bobbed under because it’s never going to be more then 4
Will do, thanks for the tip!
please dont post fanart without posting a link to the source, thank you!
You’re welcome
I love how as soon as I think where is persephone I get the first dream sequence
‼️
are mods easy to install? if I were to install the game on windows since I own it on xbox
I'm assuming they're from steam workshop tho 😔
Very easy
Like under a min
They from nexusmods
Persephones garden weeds are the true final boss
That would be funny if you beat 64 heat and you get to go back to the garden and that’s the final boss
i think you wont be able to get steam achievements doe
The biggest achievement is the friends we made along the way
I've gotten three duo boons offered to me thus far but blown kiss hasn't been offered once 😭 this run was literally just farming for blown kiss, that's the last boon I need to get to finish off aphrodite's prophecy
Does anyone know if I can complete an achievement on Switch and have it show up on Steam? Like if I get the achievement for using a God's greater call against them in a trial, but I fulfill that requirement on Switch, will I get the achievement on Steam the next time I boot the game up, or do I have to fulfill that requirement again on Steam?
Nah, the garden tools are a teaser for Shovel Knight True Final Boss
Listen, it’s not a bomb-ass indie game if it doesn’t have 1) fishing, and 2) Shovel Knight
So far we have one
Caught a Charp

Aren’t there legendary fish in this game
Do you get anything special or just like an achievement or something
When giving them to the head chef, he gives you stuff like Titan’s Blood, Ambrosia, Diamonds
aspect of chiron and ZEUS boon for technique was broken
the most fun I had with the bow i think
i think it ended up being so fun none of the other things i tried worked for me
I'm running out of build ideas
is Chiron aspect bow op or am I just really good
i just beat extreme measures 4
🤪
honestly, that's kinda how i imagine hades's and zag's relationship with each other... minus the part where hades is the villain
what heat were you on?
10 I only had the extreme measures thing up
i tried with traps damage up first but I got oneshot by the hand pot
lol !
banger
i hate this game because i wanna do like a run or two and end up playing until 2 am
I hate that one cuz it's like deceptively hard.
And then you get stuck in lava in asphodel or hit by an incoming arrow from elysium and are filled with hatred.
Aspect of Chiron is amazing, it's arguably the best aspect for the bow
it's literally the worst lmao
doesn't make chiron bad
but it's just not as good as the others
Aspect of Hera go brrrrr
hera's good for speedrunning and midheat, rama is good at high heat (and speedrunning if you're good)
laughs in never used hera, used rama twice, and zagbow twice
zag bow i have no clue but it's decent at both of those things i think
chiron doesn't excel in either speedrunning or heat
but it's pretty good for casual play and it's really fun to use
Wait really?
Whoops
I should've upgraded Hera lol
hera works fine at every level
just use crush shot and pom the crap out of it
and then get quick reload or whatever that hermes boon is
so boss fights aren't unbearable
Man if only I could master Crush Shot lmao
well hera solves every problem crush shot has
which is the short range
crush shot has high damage but short range
hera fixes the range problem
Crush Shot is Dionysus, yes?
Ahh
Wait got a question, so Aspect of Hera is better with Infernal Soul right?
yeah
unless you're using trippy flare, but it's generally not worth using trippy flare
Since Stygian Soul can't be rapid fired unless you get extra cast stores
yeah
I see... I am learning so much more about my terrible choices in Hades...
lmao it do be like that
At least I did the right thing and upgraded the right things for Exagryph and Malphon
I only got Aspect of Eris on the rail
And got Aspect on Talos on Malphon
you did not make the right choice on fists
Wait really?
I thought Talos was good
I haven't unlocked its legendary aspect yet btw
it's not really
I got Aspect of Demeter too by mistake
Demeter special go brr
the pull makes the special longer and more sticky, and doesn't really add much damage (unless you're building around the cast, but it's marginally beneficial)
Good thing I didn't invest too much so I can focus more on Demeter's aspect instead
dem is much better in the sense that you occasionally get a nuke
Ah, I was thinking that Talos is much better than Demeter because it takes away the main drawback of the fists
And that's the really low range
i mean like half the time it works
the other half the time you can't pull them because they're bosses
Oh yeah true, it doesn't work with bosses
Can you guys suggest me which aspects are the best to get, not including Legendary Aspects
Since I wanna get all of them
sword: nemesis
spear: achilles
shield: zeus
bow: zag or hera
fists: demeter
rail: eris or hestia
Nice thanks
I'm focusing right now on upgrading Eris as much as possible
for chrion what's better
Since 75% damage up is insane
the hammer enhancement that makes you fire more arrows or the one that increases subsequent hit damage?
Second
It stacks more damage
understandable
conc volley is best chiron hammer
in every situation
That feeling when you have no dd left and you find patroclus
how many heats is skelly's second reward
16
How do I get the locked heart for Hypnos?
No clue I'm playing the game blind lol
You'll get to it eventually
Concentrated if it’s more then level 3
Check Hypnos page on the wiki for the favour
“Completing Hypnos' favor involves witnessing a series of events between him and Thanatos. To start, Hypnos will tell Zagreus that Thanatos has said some things to him that make him feel as though he's displeased his brother, and Zagreus states he will talk to Thanatos on Hypnos' behalf.
After Zagreus confronts Thanatos about Hypnos, periodically between runs Zagreus will encounter the brothers engaged in conversation. Thanatos will repeatedly criticize Hypnos' work ethic until finally seeming to discover a way to help Hypnos focus. Thanatos then praises the quality of his brother's improved work and apologizes for treating him badly. Afterward Hypnos will thank Zagreus for speaking to Thanatos, completing his favor.
Other characters shall comment on quality of Hypnos' work. Dusa will ask Hypnos how he managed to keep the shades orderly and moving swiftly, but he will not divulge his secrets. Hypnos shall one day have his picture on the wall in the Lounge.”
This sounds so wholesome
Every character that you can gift (other the Bouldy) has their own favour to complete before you can gift them more
I mean like how can you start talking to Bouldy
No not always
I currently can't
you need to reach a point in sisyphus's conversations where he starts mentioning bouldy
You want level 10 snurst with a shackle zag flare
3.14159
What's that in the top right
Beowulf is best shield, change my mind.
wow you can fight ||charon|| thats so ebic 
I read legendary and throught it was in refernce to boons, since gods were named alongside aspects.
I'm not going to
Beo is easily the best until like 61 heat
Beo is contendor for best aspect in the game lmao
Lmao
Beo did 60
I guess technically yeah
But like point still stands lol
Beo is better until an extremely high heat point
Both
I'm pretty sure it does
If I was on my laptop I'd check lmao
I'd take lunge
Magma doesn't count as a trap does it
HS specifically mentions both separately doesn't it
It could if you got every skip
Idk I'd take it
Just don't step in magma
Lmao
Just don't step in it tbh
is there anyway to ensure i can get the charon boss fight?
Nope
you have like a 50% chance of seeing it in a run
is hades aid even all that good
oh word?
mainly used with Merciful End and castpects
because they have high burst damage
could probably make a case for clockets on rail
small call is 1.5 sec, big call is 5 sec
man the thing with this game is i came from ror2 where you can just pick everything up and it works
here theres like certain ways to make things work
i mean anything can work until a certain heat point
it's just that the more outlandish your build/idea is, the more skill you need to execute it
or you do what i do and put together what seems good on paper and end up with a mediocre build
I mean it’s pretty simple to put together decent builds that aren’t meta tbh
If it have big hit, it use big +%
If it have fast hit, it use flat damage
Good on paper, good in practice
*And avoid pos on strike and special
that much i know lmao
that’s all you really need for putting together a comprehensive build
unless…
and it should work well enough
poseidon on special not bad on like rail rocket tbf
other than that i'd avoid it on everything
unless to open up various duos
Any +% is good on rail rocket
Ew
so what would be good boons for something like fists
flourish makes it easier to set up wall bug on dad
Fast hit
Doom strike-> athena special -> Merciful end -> divine dash
Zeus strike -> aphro special -> zeus or dio call -> smouldering air
Dionysus Strike -> aphro special -> low tolerance, make sure you put like 600 poms on dio strike
Top to bottom in dps, bottom to top in terms of consistency
The duos aren’t necessary but they are really useful
welp i got zeus right out the gate so...
Should be forcing gods in via their keepsakes
for tartarus and asphodel
Unless you’re leveling other keepsakes
Not necessarily
Building ME is probably best dps but also uber rng reliant
The other build options are better if you don’t want to get annoyed by rng
You can't go wrong with a standard Zeus setup. Try to get his legendary asap.
Tbh static discharge is more important then splitting bolt
Jolted is 
doom strike is actually the worst for fists until you get merciful end
then it's basically the strongest in the game lmao
splitting bolt is just cherry
doom strike is bad until merciful end in general really
Doom strike is uber rng reliant
Doom feels really bad until ME yeah
dem or zag by the looks of it
zag 💀
Second probably
just take kinetic launcher for prophecy tbh
Just take a prophecy hammer
True
actuall
yeah just dont use the special
on dem you'd actually want to use the special and you dont want to debuff that
and on zag you dont really special
so take quake cutter
You aren’t losing out from having a neutral hammer on fists
One that doesn’t really do anything
just take whatever and figure it out later lmao
Nah
I didn't read any meta and did just fine
same
Picked whatever felt cool
Where did you get that from that it's the worst before Merciful End? That's definitely false.
It's pretty good even without me
i guess it isn't bad it's just more frustrating to use when you're building towards ME and you dont get it
if i know i'm not gonna end up with a duo and i have a choice between those 3 options, it would probably be my last pick
i love how athena give me anything BUT divine dash
if your other core boon slots are filled, her next boon is guaranteed to give dash
core boon meaning atk, special, and cast
in this situation
Comparison of rare Attacks at Lv.1 on Zag Fists. Was when the first strike in Zag Fist's 5-hit combo still had bonus speed in early access, so the others would be a little more behind. #h1-builds-and-combat message
funky
In my fastest run I got me only right before theseus and asterius fight
Ares strike still shredded enemies even before me
Hades Strike lmao.
I use that for 100% of my runs
extreme measure hydra is my least favorite boss
normal hydra is my favorite boss
wth
Wait till u try extreme measures hades
I love using a build that has Poseidon for EM3 heroes and watch them die to Rupture
Or other stuff in Elysium to die to rupture
I find EM3 easier than normal because no shield lmfao
das true
i just dislike it
its not hard or anything
its just very ew
Is that a question?
Razor Shoals.
Also lol at Innie sending links too fast. 
Even worse is using lightshot in 2023 rip
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if this is beo i'd take wave pounding because boss damage funky but otherwise shoals
actually is wave pounding less preferred than shoals on beo
Might depend on when you get it in the run.
true
Razor Shoals for Asphodel sounds comfy.
true
Will also help with Mirage Shot odds to get it out of the pool.
for me, bull not phasing at the same time as thesius kinda makes it a pain and i figure more boss damage would help me there
You were supposed to write "true" again.
true
false
goddamn bot
im trying to conversate here
anyways
theres something about having no death defiance and close to dying that encourages you to play well
And when u still die it feels worse
but you dont die, it feels incredible
when*
i killed ||rambo|| theseus and have been getting a lot of poseidon boons
this too
how do i get these enemies
what are they
Th*seus
not getting savior is just rng, Burner is asphodel only
savior can occur in every biome
It's so fun and entertaining to watch new players on twitch dying to basic stuff for some reason
because you remember you used to die to that stuff too lol
Just recently got back into Hades and it’s still as addicting as ever
Also wanted to ask what everyone’s best build is
Dunno if I should ask that here or the other channel
depends if you're going for heat or speedrunning lol
I was also considering any build that’s the most fun but sure
"fun" is subjective considering i like following meta builds that actually deal damage, others like to use other stuff that they think is fun and dont like following the meta lol
What’s your best build for higher heat?
me personally i like abusing beo bugs
at like 40+ passion flare beowulf is what i'd use
Ooh I actually like using that one too
funky part of passion beo is that it's like one of the few builds that can actually make good use of pstatus lol
and i like the funky sound
Nice
The builds with the high instantaneous damage are the ones I like the most
Know any other builds like the one you mentioned?
Me watching the younger generations of high heat players die to "Lernie tax". 
For the future, you can put multiple image links in the same message and it's fine.
does rarity matter for flood shot if im doing an achilles build?
Not really. Are you doing a Flood Shot build or just adding it to the build?
fs build
You'll want to go for Blizzard Shot, then.
no mirage shot? but instead with grandma?
Right. Blizzard Shot first. After you have that, you can maybe open up Mirage Shot and see if you can get it, too.
got it, thx
Mirage Shot is only ever a build priority on Beowulf.
Because it's bugged to do 100% damage on "Flare" boons instead of 30%.
ah right, the unfixed bug
still kinda new to the game, can you recommend some achilles builds besides blizzard shot and hunting blades?
Nyaanyaa's Achilles Guide (for Newbies)
For Achilles, a simple and powerful build is Tidal Dash start, then look for either Lightning Strike + Static Discharge or Deadly Strike + Hunter's Mark. Lots of poms on Tidal Dash and on Static Discharge/Hunter's Mark.
If you didn't find Lightning Strike or Deadly Strike naturally in Tartarus (avoid picking up other Attacks), take the Thunder Signet into Asphodel to get Lightning Strike. If you already have an Attack, take the respective keepsake into Asphodel to get Static Discharge/Hunter's Mark from them. If you already have that, too, you can just take Coin Purse into Asphodel for some extra cash.
Also look for any t2 boons from Poseidon that buff his dash. Ideally Breaking Wave, but Razor Shoals etc. are good, too.
When you enter Elysium, equip the Evergreen Acorn for the rest of the run.
Best hammer by far is Flurry Jab. If you want to be optimal, you'll avoid any spin hammers because they'll prevent you from getting Flurry Jab later in the run. (Since Flurry disables spins, so they're incompatible.)
You can make a good Cast build with any Cast tbh.
sure then, thank you again
Here's a general Cast build guide: #h1-builds-and-combat message
alright, will check it out
Hey so I have been on a run with chaos & got bonuses for my coin gain. Afterwards I got the hermes' "side hustle" boon, yet I am only gaining 10 coins per room. Is this by design to prevent players from accumulating too much wealth? I had 65+45 % extra coins and thought it was a smart choice, but I'm getting less than half of the coins I thought I'd get... :/
[edit: the bonuses work with troves, pots, enemy drops and rooms so idk why not with hermes' boon]
I find it odd that the gods adore Zagreus but still want to kill them just because Zagreus choose the other boon instead of theirs
They are very petty and love to get all the attention
If you pick someone else they see it as a threat/you disliking them
Basically they have brains of a teenager
Then there's Aphrodite
How do I unlock the gods locked heart
Dion, Aphrodite,Artemis are locked
again, dont repost fanart without linking to the original source. also, this would go in #fan-works or #h2-discussion
Yeah but I wanted to see how many coins I could get :d
Also I believe it's more likely that it just wasn't implemented, not a bug. I'm not sure tho
there's similar things with life affirmation not affecting than centaur hearts I believe
Also I got 420 coins at once at some point 
Hm, isn't a bug something like an error (or something unplanned) that happened because of something that was implemented? 🤔
Very sure those interactions, or non-interactions, are working as intended.
Complete their specific favours, can be found on their wiki pages
Than hearts aren’t classified as room rewards I’d figure
Which would explain life affirmation not working on them
i would still call that a bug; implementing something (in that case bonus to gold) and not adding some specific gold sources can perfectly work under your definition (if it was intended to be added, i have no idea if it really was). It's not like the feature wasn't added at all.
I feel like obol +% not working on side hustle was intentional tbh
Not really any evidence though, more of just a feeling
probably, my answer was more about the "bug" definition.
Mirage shot icy flare

It's just a random picture from google that works as a meme
Weird to search for the name of the author just to post it
First server where I've encountered something like this
Hades 2 channel also doesn't open the pics like this one
Making it just a link
For hestia heart rend, do you guys prefer arty attack aphro special or aprho attack arty special?
Consistency: Aphrodite
BigBoomDamage: Artemis
Arty has done pretty well for me but yeah I usually have to prioritize stacking attack ups
I do notice that between shields and inconsistency a lot of damage gets wasted on overkill
I think aphro would come out ahead on normal rooms where a good rng arty would edge out on bosses
anyone got a good rama build?
Does mirage shot work if you purge poseidon's cast and replace it?
Mirage shot isn’t specific to poseidons cast
You don’t need poseidons cast to get it
you can get it with any cast
And it works with any cast
Oh, my bad, I should have checked if the qualifier for poseidon was limited to his cast, that's just the only circumstance I've personally gotten it in
But yeah, makes sense, I figured you could since the effect isn't cast-specific just wasn't sure
Thanks
I took his cast as a throwaway because underworld customs has been heartbreaking on this run, but then the mirage just happened to show up
UC is like free heat until it's suddenly not lol, but I didn't put the odds in my favor by passing up too many boons on Tart and asphodel, I ended both floors with hardly anything I'd want to purge
Where is this art of Melinoe from
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1057825367987077130/1062385684347891742/image.png
running doom on malphon, is this worth keeping?
Are you building for Merciful End with Doom on Attack?
mhm
You'll want to get Merciful End before you pick up Impending Doom, generally.
Wouldn't purge it though tbh.
having impending doom before ME doesnt mess me up tho?
You'll want Heartbreak on Hestia, ideally. You don't usually go out of your way to build for Heart Rend, though. You'd want Hunter Dash from her first (unless you have Tidal Dash).
And then probably Zeus' Aid for Smoldering Air.
It could slow you down a bit if Doom damage is high enough to hit certain breakpoints without it, but it can also speed you up a bit when Impending Doom makes the difference to hit breakpoints.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Yeah this makes perfect sense with my experiences/intuition. I had a good run with heartbreak strike, the consistent damage was high enough that I never missed the crits even on bosses and it feels more consistent to build since it's not as thirsty for extra +% attack. Agree about heart rend not being as essential, I don't even rotate the special in very often without a good hammer for it.
Also switched to fiery presence for hestia and think I'm gonna keep it
Hunters dash always feels like the top pick for hestia for me over tidal, but I haven't tried tidal on hestia, I think it's just easier to build without trying to chase the knockback buffing goodies
You'll want to use the Special as much as possible to add damage.
So that's every other Reload.
You can just press Reload + Special at the same time.
Tidal Dash start is faster, but Heartbreak Strike start and picking up Hunter Dash and/or Smair along the way is strong and great for high heat.
Tidal Dash start speeds up Tartarus a lot.
Guys I’m trying to complete the night and darkness quest and I’m wondering if I can just kill myself over and over again until nyx gives me the dialogue I want
keep and keep fishing for ME
ME makes it super good
since it's a free dps boost then
achilles is my favorite aspect
Me on fists is like candy party in your mouth

extending jab or triple jab on achiless
yeah
What attack boon
zues
Triple
Extremely high HP revenge build vs Hades.
This is the most W way to beat hades
how much would yall make fun of me if i said i put dash on right click
how do u do strong attacks??
You know, that makes a decent bit of sense
shift
oh ok
how so
Do whatever works for you. 
does anyone know how to unlock hearts with hypnos? he's the only one i'm needing
thats the power of right click dash?
i guess so
i used the same button for jump in hollow knight and for some reason it just feels right
Just gotta go through a lot of dialogue with a variety of characters.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/764541705403760700/1062424893389545582/image.png
my friends too sus for this world
not this gif 💀
im a bit of a comedian
oh hell nah
and it has a public area in front of it
i feel bad for nyx fr
she's always in front of the door
what if he still had the sigil of the dead on...
"I hear you, boy!"
Hades has orpheus near him to blast some music in his ears
Feel bad for nyx who stands right next to zag's "door"
we don't get to see the hallway between zags room and the east hall, I like to pretend it's like a 3 minute walk from there to his room
Nah
Meg even comments on it and asks why he doesn't have any doors
she does?
oh i didnt got that dialogue
To be fair zag didn't have any action going on for a long time (or at all)
So he didn't bother to make doors
no sprints
ITS HEAT 32 AND IVE GOT 7 MINUTES PER BIOME
I really gotta go fas
I am required to proceed at an accelerated pace

One time it was literally like 31 of my kills and than got 0 lol
Dude got rekt 
here we go
im so done.
AND NOW THE GAME WANTS ME TO USE STYGIUS HAHA PLEASE KILL ME
you should activate windows
i aint payin fuh dat
that's why
NnnoooooooOooooOOOOOOO!
I was 👌 this close
I could’ve done it
I still had 5 seconds left - I could do that
I just used my ares called which destroyed that pot and it grabbed me just as the call ended
God damn it
I’m doing heat 32 for the first time in my life
It’s like…
I’m two attempts from actually finishing it
I’m always just that little bit short of something
if i have aphro on attack for nemesis, who should i put on special, or should i swap my attack?
defo not heavy knuckle there
ceoncentrated den
yea if survivability isnt a concern and/or you have global damage boosts
survivaibiliy is a concern
Arte on special
For heart rend
ye
knuckle den
any good boons for chaos shield?
aphrodite attack, zeus call, smair
find charged shot hammer
if you dont get offered zeus call, take any of his other cores and dio call if you find it
yall what if i just pump mad iron so i can go as zag for halloween
ignore the special
have fun with that
i mean yesterday was already arm day
now i just need to do like
billions more arm days
and maybe learn how to be artistically talented
better not skip leg day 😤
4 names are credited for cerberus 
you can always go as skelly
hm, hades is my most played single player game
with 172 hours
Hades is the first game in my life I’ll 100%
damn, low blow 💀
Doing my first EM4 run
"Alright I've gotta be careful. Don't plan for buying the Titan's Blood this time, just focus on making a solid build, you'll have to be-"
">306 health pre furies"
">with the Adamant Rail"
or not
annnnd rolled Triple Bomb for Lucifer Rail
Let's go
306 health pre-furies?!?!
jfc
Isn't that actually like, bad lol
Would mean you have like no boons at all
Ye
mans gonna be doing that run till 2024
not at all actually
I got an Erebus gate for double hearts, then picked up a Premium Vintage, rolled nectar out of two troves and bought a heart

Now at 356 going into Lernie
Epic Tidal Dash to pop the Lucifer Bombs feels so good
Now just gotta focus Ares for Dire Misfortune and/or Impending Doom and this might be one of the best builds I've had in ages
Speak of the devil, got both
and yes, strike
Heartbreak Flourish for bomb
Are screenshots of in-progress runs good? Don't want to clog the channel.
They're fine just don't spam the channel

Don't send it in #h1-victory-boasting either
yeee
Just doing the one because lol lmao
Oh, wait, I'm still new I can't upload images XD
Image link
Curse you, adequate server protections.
It's not because you're new it's because you have to send image links
listen I was just trying to finish levelling the butterfly for maxing keepsakes
Ruthless I'm back and forth on - For me, the damage buff afterwards feel very satisfying. Certain boon dashes make me regret it immensely - such as Poseidon right now XD
Ruthless is just never a good pick tbh
Ares Attack is because I don't use the attack on the Lucifer Rail much, and prefer to play slow and focus on the Special - so having a quick pop to apply a doom every now and again works better for me. My preferred boon for it is Zeus, but once I rolled Triple Bomb, I really just wanted it as a slot filler to roll tier 2 boons more effectively.
Impending Doom+Dire Misfortune makes it just as good as Zeus for single target now, at least. Biggest thing is just another status to proc Privilege, but then I rolled Razor Shoals anyways
I'm mostly shocked you didn't call me out for Vitality instead of Dark Regen lol
Think I might switch back into Greater Reflex after this run. I miss two dashes 
Also, am I crazy or is the EM3 fight actually easier then the base fight
Really? Huh. The vibe I was getting from reading online was that people preferred Dark Regen. I never saw any meaningful use case for it, since your biggest Darkness drops are from bosses, when you get a fountain after anyways.
Also, nothing more satisfying then dropping Theseus before he finishes his first call
Basically that yeah
Also darkness doesn't win you runs lol
Dark foresight works directly against dark regen
Also styx
Yeah. At my stage of the game, I've actually been debating turning Dark Foresight off back to generate "more" meta currencies(I've gotten almost everything meaningful, now it's just grinding gems and darkness for decorations and resource director), but I feel like it's actually faster to get more meta currency by just having your better build let you beat the game quicker
You get more meta game currency if you clear faster
You also won't end up with crap builds
So you'd actually win
Yeah. Been debating popping a few 0 heat runs just to get a bunch of darkness fast, but I figure that I may as well go until I hit a wall. I'm currently on like...28 runs clear in a row? Might as well see how long I can ride the wave at this difficulty curve.
I do have God Mode on mostly as an insurance - a way make sure I'm still getting the late game currencies while having a metric for myself to see if it was impactful enough(It's not perfect, but my self metric is beating Hades with all DD intact)
Overall though, been really enjoying everything it's got. Have had to put the game down to laugh at least half a dozen times.
My "in-game" streak is at like, 35, lol
I know it's meaningless, but I like tracking it for myself :P
Also, speaking of Ruthless vs Greater Reflex, and Stygian vs Infernal Soul
My previous rogueli(k/t)e has me always lean towards it being better to take the risk for a high roll - but I'm starting to feel that Hades is actually more about consistency. My heart tells me that I should be grabbing Ruthless and Stygian, to try and roll into getting more through Chaos and Hermes, but my brain is telling me that the other two might just be better in this.
I could also just be stupid, though.
ruthless is just never a good take, too many builds and weapons need the double dash to be good and consistent, which you mentioned being important
stygian vs infernal frankly doesnt matter much unless you're playing a castpect
at that point, infernal is basically always better unless you're playing trippy, and then again, trippy isn't very consistent
Yeah, I always switch to Infernal for Hera and Beowulf. Well I guess just Beowulf now, I never take Hera since I got Yama
the only times i've seen ruthless reflex picked is with gilga because you already get an extra dash or whatever, and beowulf high heat against em4
and even at that point, MiKe said ruthless even isn't great for that fight
In fact, the only weapons I haven't gone all in for the Hidden Aspect is Spear and Fists - I go Hades(But I really want to try out Achilles again since I've gotten better at Spear), and Demeter for the fists(Used to be a Magnetic enjoyer, but realized it's more effective to just murder things then stack +50% damage)
Speak of the devil, there's MiKE
It depends on your playstyle, for me it just wasn’t worth it in the dad fight because I focus so hard on bullrushing, I don’t rely on dashing away from stuff so it wont proc, I’ve had long fights where it proced like 2-3 times, I also like dash sliding and it feels kinda comfy when you have to strip dc, you can just jump from enemy to enemy smoothly. It’s tough to compare the two, the window for RR also isn’t massive so you could proc it but be forced to play defensive for a few seconds afterwards so you don’t end up making use of the buff. I might prefer RR for Heroes and Lernie tho, for heroes it’s quite better as long as you keep in mind what Theseus is doing and target him when he stops, if you don’t you might have to chase him around which can waste all that time that you made up from the extra damage lol. For Lernie the arena is just small you can just bullrush all over the place and get RR procs from everything.
Just clarifying
Might’ve said something similar before
also, just a note
HE CALLED THE DOG ON ME?
Wew. I don't think I'll do EM4 on most runs; Lucifer is the best weapon for my playstyle at the moment. Maybe after a few more runs through when I learn his attacks a bit better(Plus not having any weapons high enough on Heat to do it without exceeding Bounty anyways)
does increased enemy % also mean more money
Do you guys prefer aphro or arty for hestia?
Yes but that doesn’t mean it’s good
Iirc aphrodite on attack then artemis on special is hesty gameplan
Ps inconsistent plus the enemy should be dead by the time you’ve hit them with attack and special
Free obols
I'm in debate of if I hate Crush Shot or Crystal Beam more
yes
Good
at least with crush shot you can still apply boiling blood
Yeah but at least Crystal Beam has range
dash strikes with hestia aren't that inconsistent because you're more or less doing it anyways
and does like minimal damage
Having to deal 8 runs with Crush Shot to get Blown Kiss to roll was pain
and then only to discover with Blown Kiss it was still bad
Crush Shot is bad because I dislike using it's pitiful range for bad damage and having to play with it that many times made me dislike it even more over time lol
tmw it has the literal highest damage for a cast
The main crush shot using aspect wouldn’t even pick up blown kiss since it would literally be useless
also if you have to pick up crush shot for blown kiss, why didn't you just use hera
crush shot have good damage, and you have some weapon that let you use it without the usuall drawback (beowulf, hera); it's fairly good
Beowulf doesn’t have crush shot
so can't use that
I didn't have Hera yet at that point lol
I focused prophecies before learning Aspects existed lol
Crush Shot is best hera cast because it solves the range problem and crush shot has best damage and applies weak
I mean
And yeah I'll fully agree there
My Crush Flare run was amazing on Beo
“Best damage” there are arguably other casts that do better damage on hera but you don’t end up chasing your cast forever or high rolling if you’re using crush shot
Mmm
Me using Stygian on crush Shot runs was absolutely a skill issue on hindsight
Stygian on anything other then trippy shot/flare 
poseidon with crush shot is a valid thing to use
Plus, its Aoe
Crush shot doesn’t have a range issue if you use hera
Crush shot also is super beefy on all the other castpects thanks to their +% bonuses
Stygian was worth it for rolling Artemis Legendary + a Chaos boon and Hermes Reload
I literally couldn't see Hades name
That’s high roll though
I don't like Crush because range is why I use casts
I want to have a spacing option that tracks
Least fave shot is slice
There's def play styles like Hera where it's goated tho
Too slow and low for me
Slicing shot has it’s uses
It is kinda painful if you don’t find hunting blades
Blade Rifts are good if you focus hard on Blade Rifts, otherwise they're not great from trying out so far
Not too deep in it yet though
Slicing shot needs no support boons from ares, just the hunting blades duo
but you really need hunting blade
Crystal beam syndrome
Rolling the Aphro+Demeter duo boon made me so desperate to get rid of it I ended up having to sell Crystal Beam just to get basic Bloodstone back when I got it the first time
Dio/zeus is kinda useless because trippy shot or flare should be killing anything it touches anyways tbh
true lmao
i like it for bosses tho
There's probably a weapon or build it's good on but I just hate how it felt to use
F my knowledge
ah lmao
I mean
You might as well just try to play faster
There isn’t really any harm in it
i hate asphodel
I’m trying to play fast
cus of lava
just not that good lmao
It’s probably a mix of skill issue and build issue rather then just a plain skill issue tbh
not stepping in magma would help
What lava?
the lava in asphodel
Noooooo you ruined the funny
Asphodel has no lava
tf
not stepping in the magma would help
the devs didn't rerecord every voice line from lava to magma for you to call it lava
It’s magma
idc
cringe
All I know is you hate something that doesn’t exist in asphodel
We already have 1 dude doing the mechanical end of things
maybe he’ll show in for Hades 2
house contractor
no
there are so many cool god boons they could add
Being…
And anyways they had to save some gods for Hades 2
There are mods for adding more gods but I think everything in the core game is more then enough
yeah fair enough
im sad cronos is bad guy in hades 2
i can think of some cool ways he could be integrated
i mean he's an enemy of olympus why would he be put in a good light lmao
No no Uranus should be the bad guy in Hades 2
in some myths they make friends and live happily ever after
isn't he killed/imprisoned in the majority of them
which is like, widely accepted to be true
I don’t remember any myths where he isn’t locked up in tartarus or killed
Why can’t we go visit ole Granddad in Hades

Maybe the real myth was the friends we made along the way
Which myth has him make friends with his own children that he ate to prevent them taking his throne
im not joking its on wikipedia
in some writings he rules over the isle of blessed after the olympians let him out of tartarus
“Two papyrus versions of a passage of Hesiods' Works and Days mention Cronus being released by Zeus, and ruling over the heroes who go to the Isle of the Blessed; but other editions of Hesiod's text make no mention of such thing, and most editors agree that these lines of text are later interpolations in Hesiod's works”
The people who added it to his work afterwards
HAAHAHHA LAVA
you can leave after interacting with a trove
“Two papyrus versions of a passage of Hesiods' Works and Days mention Cronus being released by Zeus, and ruling over the heroes who go to the Isle of the Blessed; but other editions of Hesiod's text make no mention of such thing, and most editors agree that these lines of text are later interpolations in Hesiod's works”
I WAS RIGHT
relax its a joke
still was written
🤷♂️
Does that mean everything that takes place in Hades was actual greek mythology because they wrote it?
So the events in the Hades videogame aren’t myths because they are true
wow
Like
if thousands of years ago a random guy writes that theres a god of thunder named zeus it doesnt mean there was an actual god of thunder named zeus
same difference
and so
The events of the video game Hades aren’t myth because they actually happened irl

but they didnt
well to be fair the difference is it was a lot of people devolping these beliefs somewhat naturally over a long time
ye its open to interpretation
Like I agree there isn’t one way about any myths but
fax
its a fun way to examine historical context mostly
darren korb should write a song about that
yeah true
Tbh the first time I learned myths could have different versions (I was like 7) my mind was blown
yeah and you can believe what you want from that
like some peeps believed that cronos got out of tartarus
And apparently it never recovered. 
no chill
comeds out of nowhere guns blazing
Demeter in shambles rn
lmao
icy flare moment
Don’t do that
just live
Or at least get your hands on a DD first
Sisyphus when he ran out of DD’s and Hermes rolls up instead of Than
everyone tells me to use artemis
on everything
Where is this btw
Artemis isnt great on zeus
here sometimes and my mate tells me to use her
Here it would be only on the specific cases
Not everywhere
Generally for fast attacking weapons % boons like arty/aphro/athena arent great
Yeah
Or as great as like zeus or dio anyway
so zeus and dio are good for shield
Yes
For zeus shield
Zeus and dio and ares are all good
If you want Artemis on Zeus you'd take her atk but that's just because you happened to find her not because you wanted her attack
theyre like the few keepsakes i have maxed
Zeus on special -> static discharge -> zeus support boons -> aphrodite strike -> zeus or dionysus call -> smouldering air
Dionysus special -> aphrodite attack -> low tolerance + 8 trillion poms on dio special
im so bad at the game
Ares on strike or special -> athena on attack or special -> merciful end -> impending doom and divine dash
50 attempts and i've reached hades once lmao
dw me too 😔
Those are the 3 good ways to build zeus special
i cleared near 80 tbh
what weapon?
As of clearing 10* that many escape attempts a few days ago I will say I’m significantly better now
probably zeus, its an awful run by my standards now though
stubborn roots 😔
still pissed i lost this
dw youll get it soon
I’m not really surprised with how unfocused this build is
whats your favorite weapon to use? we could give you build ideas/tips if you want
lool fair enough
i was mainly trying for dio/poseidon but zeus and stuuf gave me duos so
prob zeus shield or hades spear
Exclusive access has it’s niche for darkness farming
Since guaranteeing purple eclipses
oh true
i have no idea how to play hades spear but generally zeus would be either ME or the smair run above
¯_(ツ)_/¯
lmao
achillies kinda the only spear i use
No
I never do on beo generally
Hades spear is cross your fingers for both exploding launcher and charged skewer
why do beowulf and guan yu give debuffs to zag but the rest dont
Only time I do is when I've cleared the 5 heads already and I just want it over with
They’re hidden aspects, they’re supposed to change things up
Gilga does too
mb
Also beo debuff basically non-existent
beo is excellent but it takes a little work to learn btw
Also +10% damage taken is negligible
yeah guan yu doesnt feel great
Once you level it it’s only 50%
until its maxed
i just realised how many beo speedruns there are
what youd wanna do on beo is take flood flare (pos cast), and then look for artemis attack. thisll let you get a boon called mirage shot, which is bugged on beo so it does double damage essentially
mhm
But I think the life stealing spin throws players off from trying to focus on the special for guan-yu
after calling my friend basic for using the bow lol
It’s popular
Imagine calling someone basic for using anything
id wait for styx
45 Beo?
bow good 👍
Divine Strike is gud
Bow 
especially hera (but im biased)
I’m biased for zag bow
i hate lernue
he has a family :(
Mistral dash works lmao
idgaf
but ill give you the cliche advice of focus on learning his moves
Take divine strike to block out the other dem t2’s
That is fair, if you’re not running cshot and just wanna apply the debuff you can use Ares or Dio attack too
i like lernie when he is anything except the wave one
slammer lernie is wholesome
Slammer lernie is anything but wholesome
yeah well that's pretty much what you're gonna have to do at this point right
Trans lernie is the least wholesome head
stop these funny athena words scare me
aw damn
as a trans person I aspire to be trans lernie. I will commit violence on anyone who threatens me and those I love. 😌
yes ofc
based
Based
deadly headbutts 💁
what are the options and how many rerolls


