#h1-discussion
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aphro attack, arte cast, athena special + dash?
sounds.. difficult, but fun
ofc even if you can't get deadly reversal, it's still aphrodite strike arthur
- and get heart rend
so you shouldn't have too much trouble
arthur my beloved
- and smair with zeus
smair artemis call goes hard 💯
i looove smair
arte attack on arthur sucks
smair + any of the on call buffs just feels Good
you either deal no damage because you don't crit, or you deal no damage because your crit was overkill and thus useless
but that doesn't give me the same rush as watching a whole ton of arrows come out at once and turn dad into a pincushion
haters mad
/jk
on an aspect that is already very dependent on the clunky third swing to kill, it's hell
also aphro helps with tanking, and arthur is good at tanking
similar question, if i have artemis and it's too late to get athena, is artemis dash attack buff generally worth it on arthur? or is it bad
i once again must mention unkillable arthur
bad
because arthur dash attack doesn't hit ever
fair enough
the hitbox is stupid
it's just frustrating tbh, whereas the standing strikes are slow and clunky but still pretty satisfying
aside from obviously athena, which dashes are particularly good? i know poseidon is good with specific builds
poseidon and athena are the big two
I think optimal arthur play is still full dash attack because double edge is also stupid and ME is extra stupid
they're basically a league above all others
But it's a pain
but me arthur me want big swing
arthur is just silly and dope. i like it 🙂 but i'm also only on ~20 heat
Athena’s going to give you damage so you kill every enemy in one swing rather than 15% of enemies with 3* more damage than you need to
fwiw arthur has a 50 heat ? clear. Although I think it's one of those runs where you don't use your weaopn anyway
arty dash
every weapon has atleast 55 unmodded i think
or maybe thats modded
from what i understand, that clear was the person just using dash strike
so basically yeah, just not actually using the weapon
i never plan to go super high heat anyways tbf
like, if i even go that high, i'll cap out at 32 for the statue
fair enough
thank you all for the build advice!
unrelatedly, is mom pom worth it if i get all four gods in tartarus?
no
dang
you still either go for a god keepsake to get the guaranteed boon and the bonus rarity
or you go for coin purse
or you go for something defensive like tooth or acorn
since you are prioritizing skips anyway mom pom is counter intuitive
yeah as much as i appreciate mom pom in theory, it's just not nearly reliable enough even if you're farming rooms in styx or something
more often it's purse
since you get maybe 1 or 2 levels in asphodel max
gotcha, gotcha
if i put acorn on for elysium, it'll work in both elysium and styx, right?
it's not just one boss?
yeag
Yeah it works for both
dope, dope
though i'm not sure how i'd personally feel about running across the entirety of elysium with an effectively useless keepsake up until the boss fight
that's fair, greatshields kill me more than the champs do
spearpoint might be your play since it works in other rooms as well and 2 heroes attack way more often than Hades
HAHA OH DON'T I KNOW IT
did you ever end up playing my pact, out of curiosity
honestly, lernie is my best boss, i do worse vs em furies than them
I feel like if I get to heroes at 40, my build is going well enough for it to not be an issue
but Lernie is Lernie
and the Lernie tax is real
im pretty sure im playing ur pact + everything else rn
my performance on furies depends entirely on which fury it is
if it's tisiphone, i can get through it with barely a scratch
if it's meg, i might take a few hits, but nothing bad
but if it's alecto
that's pain
oh jfc
that is terrifying to look at
what heat is that
yeah, i find tis the easiest depending on my build as well, although i'm still not great at her
i tend to just dps race my way through the furies honestly, which is probably not smart
60 but its basically 56 because i die irl to em4
christ
well, respect to you
maybe i can reach that level too someday
this usually works until you run facefirst into two buzzsaws from alecto and eat like 50 damage
if you consistently beat cp2 em4 hl5 you def probably can beat 50 already
oh yeah alecto destroys me bc of them
i dunno, we've long since established that i struggle with certain modifiers that everyone else thinks are easy
and vice versa
so i guess we'll just have to see
stubborn defiance?
lc4
ah
i mean if you want to use dds you can play guan yu :troll
and tight deadline 3
if you are ok with ap1 you could do tight deadline 2
I fully expect to just stop climbing at some point where the modifiers are just too insufferable to handle
Probably around late 40's
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1207803194659311637/1208448514472935576/VideoEditor_20240217_052217.mp4?ex=65e35261&is=65d0dd61&hm=6e9fff3ad54be0d88e6cb0727cdf10980a7881ba7833cd1f0084787806bc819e& that was way faster than what I'm used to
(darkness grinding run)
Mort looking at you:
thats what i thought too 😭
idk cuz you're not using meg or antos
i used antos in my previous run
battie so strong you can't forget and antos so cute
i keep forgetting to not use companion
i keep forgetting to use companion
i keep accidentally using companion
that too lmao
Start spamming the button as soon as you enter a miniboss chamber
will do
dont u have to wait for it to spawn
is there even enough room for bball to escape mort
On non-mm nah
When I mean fail at B.balm meg I meant timing spawn
Meg'd a bit too early so it aimed at zag
I somehow got a notif in here...
like 12 hours ago
was the last time someone pinged you here
unless the message got deleted
No, it was a random notif abt companions
Like, I just got it rn
Shrugs
Gets off discord
oh like server on mute but somehow a notif got through
I think you can turn it off somewhere in settings
I'll check
i deleted mobile discord so i cant check anymore
I have mobile discord but I've never seen those
I just stole that image from someone else to photoshop
go to notifs
me
I'm still on old discord so I don't have the feature
you could just install an older apk
everyone uses android
cant swipe to members list is the worst part
i keep replying to random messages unintentionally
yea i hate that one
It's annoying
Yeah, but I don't use that tab much, so I just stopped doing that after some time
nd the search is weird too
Like really annoying
I have new layout for like half a year now
Dionysus's favor requires forging bonds with at least 6 different characters, and gifting a minimum of 10 Ambrosia to any number of characters
So this is what the wiki says about Dionysus's favor
I have already done both of those steps now I'm doing suicide runs over and over talking to him
But nothing happens, what am I missing
Nvm after 20 attempts he finally decided to give me the right voiceline
I hate this rng stuff
i just got cluster bomb + rocket bomb and holy s#it this has to be the most broken combo in the game
it’s pretty strong
Definitely up there
beo unmodded is something else
Hey someone told me that Sea Storm got nerfed so that Tidal Dash no longer procs it. Is this true? If so, when did this nerf happen?
tdash does proc it
it's just not a prereq
as in regards to when, not sure but it's prob somewhere in #hades-patch-notes
maybe this one, only sea storm update that mentions prereq
Oh they meant it being changed so that it’s no longer a prerequisite, I misread what they were saying. Thought they were saying that it doesn’t proc.
40 heat is so hard. i did it one time but i can't do it again. bout to give up on this game, life no longer has meaning
what's your aspect/build/pact/mirror
been trying with hestia / aphro attack and nemesis / merciful end. since both of that didn't work out i've been trying various other things, like eris w zeus attack... nemesis w zeus attack... nemesis w tidal dash... etc
have also been varying the pact, basically hl 2 - 5, lc max, cf 1 - 2, js 1 -3, em3, cp1, bp2, mm1, uc1, fo2, hs 0 - 1, no ri dc ap, td3, pl
no td3 might be part of the problem but hard to tell tbh
other than that it might just be like
mechanical skill
if you're dying in normal rooms, js3 might be part of the problem
keep hs0
And AP1 is fine on builds that don't require much, so hestia in this case
Imo
Unless for some reason 90% of your plan is getting clockets
Dc sucks on hestia imo

Nicer pact imo
You can take ap2 if modded too
(Even if not modded if you’re ok resetting for an attack)
You even got clockets that run wtf
no yeah that was a pretty cracked run
Is there any in-game way to increase chances for Sisiphus/Eurydice/Patroclus rooms? For example by taking certain paths in chambers or choosing certain rooms?
no
actually, maybe not taking the midshop?
I don't remember if those can offer npc rooms after
they can
Btw does Patroclus show only on certain chambers? (E.g. chambers 36-38)
For some reason it feels like he shows up just a few chambers before the boss
story rooms can't be in like the first or second chambers of a biome or something
Funny you ask. Just today I had him show up in the second chamber
Was there an update lately? The bosses had new attacks and I went against some new enemies I’ve never seen before
nah that's just the game
after your first victory, sneak and i believe wringers can be encountered
and after a certain story beat, the heroes get a new move
and ofc the different furies and hydra forms
I haven’t beat the campaign yet
you've never got 1 clear?
What VA you guys think was the most expensive to hire overall
I think Orpheus or Euridice since they sing
No I have 28 attempts. Keep dying to the last boss in the third phase (trying not to give spoiler)
Definitely Bouldy
spoilers are fine outside of #h1-for-new-players
the only new stuff you should be seeing is like fury and hydra forms then
And oh boy do they sing
anything else would just be like stuff you didn't see before lmao
I guess
But I’ve beaten Hydra so many times and have never seen his barrage of mortars
Nor have I seen the chain hands
Till this last run
Trust me. I want a clear lol
new hydra forms are normal tho
Or maybe Zagreus since he is the character that talks the most
those come with just doing runs, win or lose
May try the next run using evergreen acorn
I just got it so I will
sorry for stopping to reply earlier everyone, it was 2am in my timezone and i was dionysusing
yeah the problem is js3 but if i don't take that the problem is hard labor
yeah it is a skill issue, i don't dodge enough, esp with sword
hadn't even considered ap tbh, but good point, might try that
it's ok w tidal dash but it's just... not fun
your pact looks good but not for my hell mode file. might try on non hell mode
its never rlly ok on hestia
i managed dc1... until i died
i wonder what the game would be like if it was good
oh yeah i forgot to mention that ap1 is pretty "standard" on 40
ofc you can do without it but it does take off a good chunk of heat
oh, i thought ap was an avoid as long as possible thing
this is more or less the "standard" 40 pact except dc2 is usually ap1
i mean kinda but it's not that bad
it's also 40 heat
so like it's getting to that point where the other options aren't also that great
it's good, they just didn't expect people to play for hundreds of hours and actually do high heat and sub5 speedrunning. i think
anyway back to what you were talking about before i barged in again
zag and orph are the same guy who is also part of the core team, so they didn't have to hire him
eurydike has a different va for speaking and singing
it really seems like they didn't spend that much money on vas. think that will have changed w hades2
That’s what dc is on hestia
Literally take ri3 before dc prob
AP2 is also not terrible if you get a chonky attack atleast
Ap2 at 40 is incredibly sus
once again complaining about how long its been since ive seen thanatos
i miss my wife :(
@void vigil well i heard its not for everyone but it looks cool to me
Every game can be hit or miss but it’s very fun
i saw a review basically saying some guy played it once, died. left for a couple months then got back into it cos of a friend
i want this and bg3
I played very little of bg3 but I have hundreds of hours in this game
is it only on pc?
They're both very good games (though very different)
Baldurs gate is a CRPG and hades is a roguelite which are very different, they can both be good and they can both be not your thing
Consoles as well
its on like every console and platform except for gog
nintendo lmao
‼️
where is this lad it ' s been liike five hours
thanatos come hoooooooooome
pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase
the combat is just mwah
recently i had the thing happen where you meet him during a run and he's not home anyway. was shocked and upset, heartbroken
YEAH SAME
LIKE BRO . BRO
this is so sick and twisted
i ended up giving ambrosia to meg before than somehow !??!?!?! ive literally barely been gifting things to meg i have been putting All ofmy efforts in to than
but no ! he hates me !
Than also appeared on my run after like 3 runs without him
pretty glad to see him ngl
every time i see him i straight up shriek
whenever i am on call with my friends it scares them so bad 😭
Mood
Lmaooo💀💀
I mean true but still-

i like side hustle tbh ( <-- guy who is always broke )
Same
im so sad i miss thanatos
sorry one day i will shut up about him
but today is not the day
maybe hes mad at me for giving sisyphus gifts idk
don't worry he's just mad at you for liking you too much
Tsundere moment
I have ||skelly's, dusa's, Meg's|| companions, I'm pretty sure one other companion is from ||Than||
Who are the other two from?
Bouldy and Achilles
Thx
Are the side hustle odds higher or something? Seems the only epic Hermes boon I get is side hustle lmao
it be like that
Our neighbor's kids came over and I let them play Hades
How old were they?
I don't think they liked it
Tbf from what they've told me, the games they play are completely different from hades so that's understandable

14 and 12. There was an older girl but she didn't play
Oh nice
I got my nephew Hades when he was 14. He hated it at first because he was used to games that basically just let you win fairly easily. After a while he loved it.
Hades is hard to love at first I will admit
But once you get it there's no stopping frfr
It also just depends of its really your kind of game or not
It's okay to not like it obv
When was the first time you played Hades and what happened? Like for me I was at a friends house and the friends dad introduced me to the game
I barely remember but it was probably February 2021 or 2022
My dad bought it on switch cuz it was on sale
At first I wasn't really engaged, I don't remember how I got do obsessed with the game but I did eventually
And here we are
At first I thought the game was insanely hard because his steam deck was at the beginning of the game
Funnily enough my dad doesn't like it at all even tho he was the one that bought it💀
I didn’t know that my family had it until I looked at our switch games apparently my brother played it once and wasn’t a fan of it
I was a fan since transistor so I got it day one on epic
I got hades after buying my friend it and wanting it for myself
It was on sale on Switch and it looked cool lmao
I mean, it would have meant no JS, so not a bad tradeoff
No JS and maybe less HL idk
That's a bad trade off
Your build doesn't exist
Js is fine
There's just no reason to take it earlier when other things exist
But other things doesn't include ap2
You'd rather take js2 or 3 since you'll actually have a build to kill them fast enough
As long as you get battle rage+any special boon (emphasizing that i would only take AP2 if modded), I think I'd rather have AP than JS
JS is just a slog with hestia and hestia doesn't really need more than an attack
Hestia is like one of the faster aspects out there lmao Js is super manageable
Ap2 at 40 is just super unnecessary
I didn't say it was necessary, just that it was an option if the other pacts aren't desired
Since hestia is one of the least boon greedy weapons in the game
Hestia 40 could be doable with shackle
even with shackle you dont want to take ap2 lmao
like unironically you dont take ap2 until 50 why would you want to take it at 40
this is the same argument as taking ap/ri and whatnot at 32 heat
there's very little reason to take it so early
how do i unlock the aspects again?? i forgot lmao
Unlock all weapons > do a run > check equipped weapon in the courtyard
thank
At 32 I think there's no reason to take them, but at 40, I would just consider it an option if I don't want to deal with JS
ap2 and ri at 40 is wild
My shackle comment was to emphasize how unreliant hestia is on anything more than an attack boon
i mean yeah but there's not really much of a reason to shackle at 40 unless you're starting with dash
or your attack got ap'ed
I'm talking about a boonless run at 40
boonless 40 and shackle 40 are different things lmao
Ok to clarify, I meant that hestia could probably do 40 heat without an attack boon and with shackle
i mean yeah that's shackle 40
ok
it's totally doable
most of the time you'd start with attack so you dont have a reason to shackle, but if you start with dash then yeah you might need to shackle
yeah
its the same as regular hestia
hestia isn't a needy aspect but that doesnt mean ap2 is a good idea to consider lmao
except you dont have acorn
yeah
Personally, I don't like dealing with extra enemies on hestia, so AP2 instead of JS is an option
I'm not even saying it's a good option, just that it's something one can do to make other pacts easier because all you really need on hestia is an attack
i mean sure you can do that but i wouldn't tell others to do that lmao
for 40 heat you can do ap1 js0 easily
but also if you know it's not a good option, then it's probably not a good idea to suggest that because like a lot of things aren't good options but you can take them if you want
like sure you can take ri1 or ri2 at 40 for hestia since it's not a needy aspect and it's super safe so you dont need the 50 extra hp
you dont need to reroll since you mainly only need like 2 or 3 boons
If he was having trouble with some of the other pacts, I was just suggesting it as an option
but like why would you take ri2 lol
ri is the devil
What makes something a good option is based on what someone personally wants to deal with in the game, and if they felt they would rather deal with less choice than more enemies, then it’s a good option for them
Ri does suck
Also, people aren’t dumb. If they don’t like a pact, they can choose not to use it. I’m just suggesting AP since I avoided it for a long time but it’s really not that bad, especially on hestia when you don’t need much
ap2 is that bad
im pretty sure you said ap2
I suggested ap2 as an option at first, but ap1 isn’t that bad
Beo?
yep
Real
See beo is different because you need more stuff to get going imo
oh that wasnt in reply to the convo btw lol
i just had that rn and thought it was funny
Is tidal dash worth poming? I agree with everyone it's either the best dash or close to it. But i don't know if it's worth poming for more damage or if it is only the knockback that carry.
^
Ok thanks then!
i tried ap1 and turning down other heat options earlier today and while i still didn't win, it did feel a lot easier, so i thought it was a good suggestion
i honestly hadn't considered taking ap before at all. thought it was good that dragonappendix pointed out it's an option because hestia isn't that needy. it wasn't obvious to me before
What was your cause of death
Ap1 is fine at 40, ap2 is the issue lmao
literally killed myself with hazard bomb somewhere in elysium when i realized i wouldn't make it, didn't have the motivation to go on and was curious wether hypnos would say anything about it
fish got away too
i thought it was intentional for dramatic effect
there should be an ingame toggle to turn off fish
There should be a place at home to train at fishing

I want to be a better fisherman
I only get perfect catches right after the fake bobs
i only play this game to fish
I BLAME MINECRAFT
I've caught like 2 fishes in my 70 hours of playing this game
Do you want tips for fishing
Lol ye
Alright so
If the first bob is real, it’s tough to get it within the perfect catch window, so don’t worry about it.
If the first bob is fake, then the basic rule is that real bobs happen ~2 seconds after the fake bob while fake bobs happen ~4 seconds after
wat
So after a fake bob, I kinda tense/prepare my finger to catch in 2 seconds. If there’s no real bob, I relax and wait for the next fake bob
Then repeat
Nyaanyaa's Fishing Guide
There can only be three fake bobs, so the fourth bob is always real if the first three were fake. Fake bobs have an interval of 2-5 seconds while the real bob has an interval of 1-2 seconds. So if it takes more than 2 seconds, it should be a fake bob. Meaning you should look for the real bob within a short time after you start fishing or within a short time after a previous bob.
Personally, I just look for the white flash above the bobber and ignore the bobber itself. Some players have said they have better success when putting their thumb on the bobber to not get distracted by that, so maybe you could give that a try.
A Perfect Catch means catching a fish within 340ms. Perfect Catches are 50/50 on being a legendary or rare fish. Any other catch is 50/50 on being a rare or common fish.
i cover the fish with my thumb
Idk the counting works for me
huh
I just let my ears take over
and focus my eyes a zagreus or so above the bobber
*chiron/ worstlos/gilga
im convinced zeus is the worst aspec tin the game
i have probably hundreds of hours in this piece of garbage unusable aspect
and not a single half decent result
Skissue
Bad worksman blames their tools 
..........
the jazz salt is delicious
try speedrunning gilga or chiron then
im sure you'll change your mind fast enough
or arthur
Gilga stays winning
Gilgamesh has the record of making people uninstall the game most quickly
No shot.
i mean sure but i'm sure chiron and gilga feel a lot worse to play than zeus
.....oh, never change, jazz.
me going gilgamesh or chiron in my next run out of spite
I beat Mr redacted a couple of times today, so I finally judged myself worthy to be here
I’m now watching that great doc supergiant made with noclip
decided to go down an extra tunnel for the first time in ages and got so punished lmao
tiny vermin 
live tony reaction
still beat the run but my goodness
tony's a pain but the fact that he can be knocked around like a regular enemy makes him a lot easier to deal with in some ways
true true
trying to do 32 heat with spear is wearing me down
where is my damage output supposed to come from
which spear
feels like its basically required to get a big cast with an epic cast buff from chaos to be able to do any damage
been using achilles
because hades does even less damage
you want flurry jab
yeah
it is miserable without it
i don’t like that its barely a viable weapon unless you get a specific hammer
i did three other weapons first try on 32 heat but spear is just giving me nothing
serrated can work too
i’m thinking about just completely switching gears and doing guan yu and spamming special
it does
spear definitely is much better if you have the right hammers vs not, but its totally doable at 32 without the right hammers
sometimes its just the weapon not clicking with you tbh, and takes some time to get used to a playstyle that works for you
im still pretty bad at sword compared to the other weapons
i used to love spear
but i feel like its so much harder to make it work than it is with any other weapon
all my best builds with it have been at not 32 heat which doesn’t help
at 20 heat i had a 900 damage phalanx shot which was great
I feel like I’ve said this before but I think Spear is a lot of newbies’ first love until they switch to their main
my first ever spear clear had a 300 damage dash strike with serrated edge
Sword’s so easy and balanced tho, no shade, just confused as to what specifically is your issue?
its really simple and attack being able to stunlock most enemies makes it easy to pick up
but also it’s bad and i hate it
ok that’s enough complaining for me
its unsafe
bad/awkward attack patterns leading to a lot of damage taken if you're trying to get max dps from it
just an awkward weapon overall
Huh, ok then.
How do you feel about fists?
my 32 heart sword clear was with arthur and i barely used attack at all
completely relied on splash dash
Lel
hm maybe i should try that with spear
Or… Gilga? 
fists feels easier to control than sword, though it also suffers from being somewhat unsafe sometimes
wonder if its feasible to get splash dash + sea storm + zeus legendary
its easier to stunlock regular enemies with fists though
fists suck sword good
Interesting… And Bow?
i mean bow has significantly more range
its much easier to not take damage with bow for me than sword
shield rail bow sword spear fists
Sword good 😌
sword suscksk
probably dont need to high roll duos
fists good sword suck
You-problem 
like that build is a huge amount of prerequisites
oh yea splash dash doesn’t enable sea storm
if you just take splash dash + ruptured you have a pretty powerful boon combo that is significantly easier to put together
What makes rail so good?
rail is safe and good damage
Clockets hammer combo mostly, as well as having range
like can just do artemis attack, splash dash, ruptured, whatever and probably win
Sword Good, Fists Better.
I don't like it but rail is good
clockets is high roll and absurd but even without clockets rail is still good
So literally everything you just said is the complete opposite for me lol.
say it more, say it louder
sword good fists better
all together now
Not how I play lol.
EXCUSE ME
Arty attack, are we talking about the same weapon? Unless you mean Hestia specifically?
fists good sword suck
sword worser
useless garbage
I like playing fists but they suck 
worsest weapon
on spear?
artemis is good on both achilles and hades imo
yea i don’t blame you
fists good sword suck
OH
both of them have huge percentage buffs already so they really benefit from crit chance
it took me a long time to get warmed up to bow and rail
everyone agrees
np it was part of an earlier convo
leninheads was trying to figure out a build to highroll 32 heat on spear since its their worst weapon
keep saying it, let's piss off jazz more
fists suck sword sucks
but sword suckier
tru
if they all suck, nothing does
i suck, you suck, we all suck
we're all bad gamers
might as well play whatever
I still suck at the game 
fists uck
you suck
true
no it's ok, you suck, and so do i
as i said
everyone sucks

not me
yes you do
sorry i cant hear you over the sound of my skill
Its been 18 hours without Hades, I can’t stop shaking and I’m having severe breakdowns. I woke up today trying to play Hades but the game kept crashing, I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I couldn’t go to school today, and I can barely get out of my bed to do anything. I’m sick to my stomach at this point, life is worthless. Its been 19 hours now without Hades. I can no longer take this torture. I'm unable to stop crying and shaking, I've had 10 mental breakdowns. I can't bear the torture of not being able to play a run. I’m starting to hallucinate, I need my Hades again. Please supergiant fix this. I have no more motivation to go on, my life is worthless. I cant take this anymore, Hades has been down for over 24 Hours, I am receiving extreme side affects of extreme breakdowns, extreme anxiety, depression and illness. 24+ hours without hades… I'm having a mental break down right now and I cannot control myself.. I tried touching grass and almost fainted. I miss hades and I have been surviving this brutal experience called “Survive without hades” for almost 36 hours now, put a note on my grave when hades is working again…
i kid you not that is me right now
i was on it for 12 something hours yesterday and am now suffering severe withdrawal
i miss thanatos so bad oh my god
maybe reading fanfic will help
Dam...
I'm actually kinda burned out of it already I'm thinking about of dropping it entirely and then come back like a couple of months later to finish the platinum trophy, I was grinding a ton just to get the plat but it's an absurd grind that I think it's more fulfilling to just have in short periods of time, since the game isn't changing, I just have to grind more keepsakes and more dialogues
I'm only missing 4 trophies pretty much
Which ones?
Yeah take a break if you’re burned out for sure, I keep coming back to it for one or two runs sometimes but I don’t go as hard as challenge runners
I also took a big break during early access
...........
BOULDY 🗣🗣‼️
-Max out all keepsakes
-earn all companions (only missing ||Achilles|| and ||Bouldy||)
-Achille's/Patroclus's quest
-Sisyphus quest
And yeah I'm in no interest of turning up heat, I just like to play chill without heat or maybe turn up extreme measures to see other bosses
Luckily I don't have to anymore, I have like 40 ambrosia and I have given all the nectar I could give, I'm only missing Patroclus I think, and I have all aspects of Zagreus maxed, they're pretty much the only ones I care about (besides the rail, of which I use Hestia because busted)
I already took a long break and came back like a week or something more ago, I'm burned out already of all the suicide runs and very specific things I had to do for trophies lol. Luckily these 4 left are pretty much just grind trophies with nothing to do in particular
Besides just accepting Sisyphus and Patroclus whenever I get the chance to talk with them in Tartarus or Elysium
hera cast embeds, right?
Yeah
including aphro?
Aphro too, but it can be shot at certain angles towards walls so it doesn't lodge
i think aphro embeds if you're close enough?
Most commonly referred as wallbug
nice ima practice this
ah i've seen that used in the chat. wasn't sure what it was, thanks
would you say aphro best cast on hera?
even if you use aimbot?
edit what i mean is, does it work if you use aimbot, or will the cursor snap onto the mob
yes
Should work yeah
Is like hit the enemy with cast and have it hit the wall
aah ok so as long as the mob is chipped, it'll take full damage and the cast won't lodge?
but only if there's a wall?
Might wanna slow it down but you can see what I mean better
(i'm getting so much mileage out of jazz's vid lmao)
good grief the damage
how does chain shot work with aphro hera bow?
guess i'll find out
well
barge of death was a bad place for that
i learned nothing
aw the arrow bounces but the casts don't
Still kinda helpful because Hera is good at taking down single things, so it patches up a weakness nicely.
How do I use the hidden aspects for any weapon?
Whenever I get one they seem kinda bad
Which one are you trying
None of them because I lost faith
But the one I really got mad at was Beowulf
Because I got it early on when Titan blood was still hard to get
beo is the strongest aspect in the game if you know how to build it :
get flood shot
go for artemis (attack is best, but anything other than dash is good)
get their duo, Mirage Shot
try to be lucky enough to get Charged Shot
put all your poms into your cast
And then it's just a bow but with like 5 billion damage
Ohh, that makes a ton of sense
you dont necessarily need charged shot for beo to be good
load one-two stones, dash strike, charge the bull rush, release, see everyone explode
imo hidden shield and bow are very strong weapons once you get used to their quirks
rail is solid, spear is also solid but takes a LOT of getting used to
sword is okay, fists are considered not the best
anyone else find it super annoying that saving in the weapon room doesn't save your keepsake?
yeah
why'd they do us like that
Cuz it’s not really saving there
"saved less than a minute ago"
filthy, filthy lies
it saves when you
enter zags room & stuff
But if you go into a run & hit give up
You’ll notice when you load back in
also he says "i should check the garden" literally when you're mid dash into your room
It’s just like when you first entered the training room
and when you go back, that instance is gone
Before you made any changes
yes exactly
this is how i lose my acorn
and then the run
Hidden Sword had potential as I could see, but I had now idea how to build it
i mean i forget it doesn't save keepsake and start tartarus with acorn on
Just press give up then?
so i don't have it for ely
yes but
sometimes i don't notice
and also.. annoying
Idk I think not starting with your god would be pretty noticable unless you’re in the havit of just starting with whatever
i don't force god

because someone here
or everyone here
says "until 32 you don't need a build"
so i'm going to get to 32
without a build
I mean yes it’s possible
ooh is that how that works
ok cool i'll make that a habit
Because you see idiots on reddit do it after throwing themselves at a wall for ages
until one attempt sticks
right
no no i dont mean like that
i do my best to path smart and end up with good synergies
i'm just not going to force a build
& for high heat/speedrunners players who actually know what they’re doing you don’t really need a build
but for your average player forcing is way better than not
Even if you can build whatever syngeries you find it’s going to be a lot worse then
ngl i dont think anyone has said that
but also technically speaking you dont need a build until like whatever record retrash has lmao
which is like 55+
Intentionally building it
so many people have said that!
or echoed the attitude idk
paraphrase
I've been doing bounties on my new file at 25 heat with no forcing and it's not super hard
i mean if you end up going for the meta builds anyway it's not worth
But I've also played higher heat with forcing a lot a few years ago
It’s just not preferable
Would agree
it's more of like "you can if you want it'll just take more time" or whatever
yeah i'm finding 25 a struggle but i'm p sure i'll finish it fairly quickly with decent rng and some focus. just not playing like an idiot
I do think if you're struggling try out the builds people think are good
no one told me to
i'm just seeing if i can
If you're still doing well feel free to experimemt
if i hit a wall i'll probably starting doing m.e or something boring
a good chunk of not needing a god keepsake to start is mechanical skill tho, so generally speaking experienced players can pull it off way more often
strugglin
but determined
I don't think forcing ME is good
ME every once in a while isnt so bad tho
sometimes the gods can be cruel
if it fails you can be like "well what did i expect"
but usually me comes together
and if it goes well then it's yay lmao
even if you take dash first
I really like boons that are either just good or good without too many other requirements
and once you have m.e it's like autopilot
32 heat ap2 no God keepsakes
any aspect?
CoD
i said build
zyru said CoD might be the 2nd best cast build on achilles
i will just play guan yu
curse of drowning is like cats' belly
smh
Honestly like
My
20 heat gameplay took ages because I choose to play every aspect with shackle and not taking cores
my 20 went easy with coin purse hourglass acorn
And like my jump to 32 heat was the same way
Cuz
I tried to do the same thing
but 25 is being a pain with shackle coinpurse hourglass
cast builds just dont work for me
have you tried casting
because hourglass in ely means you gotta be good
i have trouble hitting cast
nah shackle shackle shacke shackle
Think about how easy things will be if you do force now!
oh lol do those work?
Yeah
hourglass in ely is only good on like 3 or 4 aspects lol
...
People have done like 50+ heat moonless I think
you can just take acorn into ely and styx
Boonless*
i thought it was strategic
extend two shops
i mean yeah that's smart
It's very good on cast builds
but hourglass just isn't as beneficial on most aspects
say for like, nemesis you take hourglass
Less good on other aspects but can still be useful if you don't need anything else
you can only benefit from jerkies (mostly attack but special works too) and ichors if you get rd
ok i ask again
so if you're not forcing for 25
you'd do shackle coinpurse acorn acorn?
guan yu bad what should i play
Also touch of Styx or whatever
start coin purse
shackle if needed afterwards
then acorn -> acorn
That's another hit from the well besides jerkies
or keep shackle throughout
true but depends if they're on SD
so if not shackle, then what in asphodel?
I've been doing coinpurse, mom, acorn, acorn, but the pom isn't very good
kinda, the guide said to
Idk what else to take though when I'm playing casually
oh i didn't know it says to use that at 25 lmao
when are you playing... hardcore?
do you speedrun?
No I play slow
ah
Most of my runs are 20-25 min igt
So I only turn on td2 most of the time
coin purse -> god keepsake -> acorn -> acorn makes sense if you dont need shackle lmao
Now I would never recommend this
@rustic vale recommend something
but if you dont want to use god keepsakes then aspho is kinda well
to play
idk lmao
What if I don't want to force?
@stiff obsidian This
tooth if you need it
Maybe pom, coinpurse?
Since tart is longer
oh shackle
And less boons so pom lands more
32!
crazy
Or super soaker
maybe i guess but also more money at the start is kinda strong lmao
“Download more RAM free no virus”
coinpurse shackle acorn acorn?
i there no graphics setting i can reduce
i mean if you dont need shackle then tooth could work
esp if youre doing lc4 SD
Turn off damage numbers?
i think i should not play if i am not finding anything fun
I still need to fill out codex in my new file by fighting Charon and buying the hammer swap so my runs are going to be scuffed anyways, so I'm just doing nonforcing runs at 25ish heat for fun since that let's me farm all bounties without constantly adjusting the heat level
cool, tooth then
i hate losing defiances to lernie
Is tooth last?
Uhhh
I mean
RNG manipulating Anvil
if you're on DDs then tooth isn't good lmao
Is an option to make it less bad
tooth i slast
?
can essentially force anvil
by
rotating through rng
until you get the one that works
i play too chill (read : badly) for stubborn
Oh, that sounds a bit silly
it works for eury rarity/poms and bouldy boons too
I've just been buying the swap when it shows up and trying to beat dad with it
are you using DDs and lc4
becauase that's not a good idea
SD is better on lc4
Essentially casting and summons pushes rng by 1 rng amount or whatever for the seed
You need to get better at bosses though
And you can quit out of the rooms & load back in
Since you can't just burn all your DD vs the boss for a massive hp pool
Yeah I get the rng manip now that you mention it
so you take anvil, see if you like what it gave you, and otherwise exit to main menu load back in and cast/csummon one more time then last time
Seems a bit lame though
you can't buy anything else in the shop when you want to rng manip tho
it’s time consuming if you don’t get what you want early
sometimes you just want delta chamber and clockets, can one ask for so much?
Also I don't think perfect hammers are required for me to beat regular dad at lower heat
It’s not really that useful since most of the time you have good hammers anywyas
As long as I don't get garbaged by the worst possible hammers it's fine
on sword it can make bad rng 100* better
let me show you my pact
and otherwise you can aim for perfect
but you don’t ever need to use rng manip
it’s just a thing that exists
It's like only sword that is unplayable with bad hammers for me
Yeah I mean that’s because sword has the most unplayable hammers
Since it's my worst weapon and the -hp hammer sucks
of any weapon
how do i optimise this?
(this is 25)
I can make do with random hammers on the other weapons since I'm not at high heat
And on high heat I will not swap
not taking lc4 on DDs is a start
at least td2 or even td3 if you can
You now have a tool for high heat as long as it doesn’t ruin your experienc
2 yes 3 no
if not lc, then what? or switch to stubborn?
Take HS. Don't listen to the crowd. It's fiiiine, surely
i feel boss fights will end me
switch to stubborn
i almost never need defiances for mobs
if you are going to push heat switch to stubborn as soon as you can
Switch to stubborn or turn up hl instead
switch to stubborn or take lc2 td2
i wouldn't turn up hl
UC is fine
Lc down hl up ~ same thing
fo2 and high hl is literally 40 heat
took me 3 runs and athena to finish that LAST REMAINING PROPHECY pact
If you need more heat CF is an option
never ever playing hs again
i think there's plenty of heat sources to go around atm tho
DC is okay on certain aspects but garbage otherwise
cool
unless you are pushing guan yu heat then just stick to dds ig 💀
what is sd
oh stubborn
ok
yeah
If you have lost your SD then Athena can give you a DD
in that room
In the next room you will have both a regular DD and SD
good thing they're never patching again
So it's good to intentionally die if you're about to pick up an Athena boon
oh yeah
if you have the prereq*
Also if you're low hp you can intentionally die to just heal up to 30%
I mean if some game destroying bug comes out
that's two defiances

