#h1-discussion

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tepid light
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that would be the dream, yess

fading loom
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aphro attack, arte cast, athena special + dash?

stiff obsidian
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yea

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ideally

fading loom
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sounds.. difficult, but fun

tepid light
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ofc even if you can't get deadly reversal, it's still aphrodite strike arthur

stiff obsidian
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  • and get heart rend
tepid light
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so you shouldn't have too much trouble

fading loom
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arthur my beloved

stiff obsidian
tepid light
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oh smair, someday i will learn to love you

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but today is not that day

stiff obsidian
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smair artemis call goes hard 💯

fading loom
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i looove smair

upper wolf
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arte attack on arthur sucks

fading loom
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smair + any of the on call buffs just feels Good

upper wolf
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you either deal no damage because you don't crit, or you deal no damage because your crit was overkill and thus useless

tepid light
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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

upper wolf
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on an aspect that is already very dependent on the clunky third swing to kill, it's hell

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also aphro helps with tanking, and arthur is good at tanking

fading loom
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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

tepid light
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i once again must mention unkillable arthur

upper wolf
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because arthur dash attack doesn't hit ever

fading loom
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fair enough

upper wolf
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the hitbox is stupid

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it's just frustrating tbh, whereas the standing strikes are slow and clunky but still pretty satisfying

fading loom
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aside from obviously athena, which dashes are particularly good? i know poseidon is good with specific builds

tepid light
upper wolf
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I think optimal arthur play is still full dash attack because double edge is also stupid and ME is extra stupid

tepid light
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they're basically a league above all others

upper wolf
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But it's a pain

tepid light
fading loom
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arthur is just silly and dope. i like it 🙂 but i'm also only on ~20 heat

rustic vale
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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

upper wolf
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fwiw arthur has a 50 heat ? clear. Although I think it's one of those runs where you don't use your weaopn anyway

stiff obsidian
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or maybe thats modded

tepid light
fading loom
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i never plan to go super high heat anyways tbf

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like, if i even go that high, i'll cap out at 32 for the statue

tepid light
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fair enough

fading loom
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thank you all for the build advice!

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unrelatedly, is mom pom worth it if i get all four gods in tartarus?

upper wolf
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no

fading loom
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dang

upper wolf
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you still either go for a god keepsake to get the guaranteed boon and the bonus rarity

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or you go for coin purse

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or you go for something defensive like tooth or acorn

stiff obsidian
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since you are prioritizing skips anyway mom pom is counter intuitive

tepid light
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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

rustic vale
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since you get maybe 1 or 2 levels in asphodel max

fading loom
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gotcha, gotcha

rustic vale
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and then switch over to like hourglass something defensive

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for elysium

fading loom
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if i put acorn on for elysium, it'll work in both elysium and styx, right?

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it's not just one boss?

rustic vale
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yeag

mint coral
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Yeah it works for both

fading loom
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dope, dope

rustic vale
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honestly if it's em3

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I wonder how spearpoint would go

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especially with fo2

tepid light
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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

fading loom
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that's fair, greatshields kill me more than the champs do

rustic vale
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spearpoint might be your play since it works in other rooms as well and 2 heroes attack way more often than Hades

tepid light
rustic vale
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Lernie kills me way more often than heroes do tbh

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40 heat is a blast trust

stiff obsidian
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i very rarely die to heroes now

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just dumb elysium stuff

tepid light
fading loom
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honestly, lernie is my best boss, i do worse vs em furies than them

rustic vale
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I feel like if I get to heroes at 40, my build is going well enough for it to not be an issue

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but Lernie is Lernie

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and the Lernie tax is real

tepid light
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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

tepid light
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that is terrifying to look at

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what heat is that

fading loom
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yeah, i find tis the easiest depending on my build as well, although i'm still not great at her

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i tend to just dps race my way through the furies honestly, which is probably not smart

stiff obsidian
tepid light
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well, respect to you

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maybe i can reach that level too someday

tepid light
stiff obsidian
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if you consistently beat cp2 em4 hl5 you def probably can beat 50 already

fading loom
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oh yeah alecto destroys me bc of them

tepid light
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and vice versa

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so i guess we'll just have to see

stiff obsidian
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em4 50 doesnt need ri or ap btw

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but it does need stubborn

tepid light
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stubborn defiance?

stiff obsidian
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yea

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and u dont want to use that yea?

tepid light
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correct

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why does it need stubborn, though

stiff obsidian
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lc4

tepid light
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ah

stiff obsidian
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i mean if you want to use dds you can play guan yu :troll

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and tight deadline 3

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if you are ok with ap1 you could do tight deadline 2

tepid light
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pain pain only pain

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i'm not looking forwards to any of those options

stiff obsidian
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it is heat after all

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lmao

tepid light
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I fully expect to just stop climbing at some point where the modifiers are just too insufferable to handle

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Probably around late 40's

mint coral
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Mort looking at you:

stiff obsidian
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thats what i thought too 😭

quasi dust
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I forgot i had him ngl💀

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why do i always forget abt companionszagcry

rustic vale
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idk cuz you're not using meg or antos

quasi dust
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i used antos in my previous run

rustic vale
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battie so strong you can't forget and antos so cute

quasi dust
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he's cool

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i need to use battie more tho

stiff obsidian
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i keep forgetting to not use companion

quasi dust
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i keep forgetting to use companion

torn phoenix
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i keep accidentally using companion

quasi dust
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that too lmao

mint coral
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Start spamming the button as soon as you enter a miniboss chamber

quasi dust
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will do

mint coral
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At least with mort it will work

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Messing up B.ball is painful ron

stiff obsidian
rustic vale
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is there even enough room for bball to escape mort

mint coral
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On non-mm nah

rustic vale
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like I get escaping meg on an unfortunately timed dodge

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for mort is huge

mint coral
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Meg'd a bit too early so it aimed at zag

nocturne kelp
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I somehow got a notif in here...

rustic vale
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like 12 hours ago

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was the last time someone pinged you here

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unless the message got deleted

nocturne kelp
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No, it was a random notif abt companions

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Like, I just got it rn

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Shrugs

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Gets off discord

rustic vale
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oh like server on mute but somehow a notif got through

mint coral
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Was it that stupid AI feature

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Discord now does summaries about what's being talked

nocturne kelp
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Yeah that one

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I was so confused

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Except its the companions

mint coral
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I think you can turn it off somewhere in settings

nocturne kelp
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I'll check

stiff obsidian
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i deleted mobile discord so i cant check anymore

rustic vale
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I have mobile discord but I've never seen those

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I just stole that image from someone else to photoshop

stiff obsidian
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go to notifs

mint coral
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I'm still on old discord so I don't have the feature

stiff obsidian
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🥲

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lucky

rose roost
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you could just install an older apk

mystic lark
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Only on android though

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Idk, new layout is nice

stiff obsidian
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everyone uses android

stiff obsidian
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i keep replying to random messages unintentionally

rose roost
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yea i hate that one

nocturne kelp
mystic lark
rose roost
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nd the search is weird too

nocturne kelp
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Like really annoying

mystic lark
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I have new layout for like half a year now

rugged pivot
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Dionysus's favor requires forging bonds with at least 6 different characters, and gifting a minimum of 10 Ambrosia to any number of characters

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So this is what the wiki says about Dionysus's favor

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I have already done both of those steps now I'm doing suicide runs over and over talking to him

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But nothing happens, what am I missing

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Nvm after 20 attempts he finally decided to give me the right voiceline

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I hate this rng stuff

latent yacht
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i just got cluster bomb + rocket bomb and holy s#it this has to be the most broken combo in the game

rustic vale
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Definitely up there

torn phoenix
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beo unmodded is something else

plush eagle
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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?

latent moon
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tdash does proc it

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it's just not a prereq

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maybe this one, only sea storm update that mentions prereq

plush eagle
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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.

steep condor
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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 meaningzagsad

stiff obsidian
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‼️

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you can do it

fervent radish
steep condor
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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

latent moon
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no td3 might be part of the problem but hard to tell tbh

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other than that it might just be like

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mechanical skill

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if you're dying in normal rooms, js3 might be part of the problem

stiff obsidian
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keep hs0

lavish sorrel
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And AP1 is fine on builds that don't require much, so hestia in this case

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Imo

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Unless for some reason 90% of your plan is getting clockets

fervent radish
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Dc sucks on hestia imo

lavish sorrel
fervent radish
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Nicer pact imo

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You can take ap2 if modded too

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(Even if not modded if you’re ok resetting for an attack)

lavish sorrel
fervent radish
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no yeah that was a pretty cracked run

fading sail
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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?

mint coral
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no

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actually, maybe not taking the midshop?

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I don't remember if those can offer npc rooms after

fading sail
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I was also kinda thinking that maybe shops hurt the chance

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But just an idea

fading sail
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Btw does Patroclus show only on certain chambers? (E.g. chambers 36-38)

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For some reason it feels like he shows up just a few chambers before the boss

latent moon
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story rooms can't be in like the first or second chambers of a biome or something

fervent radish
west relic
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Was there an update lately? The bosses had new attacks and I went against some new enemies I’ve never seen before

fervent radish
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Sounds like the pact of punishment

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hades doesn't get updates

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(anymore)

latent moon
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nah that's just the game

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after your first victory, sneak and i believe wringers can be encountered

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and after a certain story beat, the heroes get a new move

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and ofc the different furies and hydra forms

west relic
latent moon
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you've never got 1 clear?

covert hare
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What VA you guys think was the most expensive to hire overall

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I think Orpheus or Euridice since they sing

west relic
fading sail
west relic
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Ah

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Then I keep dying to hades lol

latent moon
covert hare
latent moon
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anything else would just be like stuff you didn't see before lmao

west relic
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But I’ve beaten Hydra so many times and have never seen his barrage of mortars

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Nor have I seen the chain hands

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Till this last run

latent moon
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huh i thought wringers were after first clear

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guess not

west relic
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Trust me. I want a clear lol

latent moon
covert hare
latent moon
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those come with just doing runs, win or lose

west relic
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May try the next run using evergreen acorn

latent moon
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you should be using that for hades

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best defensive keepsake in the game

west relic
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I just got it so I will

steep condor
steep condor
steep condor
stone rune
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its never rlly ok on hestia

steep condor
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i managed dc1... until i diedzaglol

stone rune
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i wonder what the game would be like if it was good

latent moon
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ofc you can do without it but it does take off a good chunk of heat

steep condor
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oh, i thought ap was an avoid as long as possible thing

latent moon
latent moon
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it's also 40 heat

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so like it's getting to that point where the other options aren't also that great

steep condor
steep condor
# covert hare Or maybe Zagreus since he is the character that talks the most

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

fervent radish
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Literally take ri3 before dc prob

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AP2 is also not terrible if you get a chonky attack atleast

latent moon
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Ap2 at 40 is incredibly sus

echo minnow
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once again complaining about how long its been since ive seen thanatos

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i miss my wife :(

cyan patio
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@void vigil well i heard its not for everyone but it looks cool to me

void vigil
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Every game can be hit or miss but it’s very fun

cyan patio
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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

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i want this and bg3

void vigil
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I played very little of bg3 but I have hundreds of hours in this game

cyan patio
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is it only on pc?

prisma wind
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They're both very good games (though very different)

cyan patio
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yeah but its been praised

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as well as hades

void vigil
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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

prisma wind
cyan patio
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i never saw it on console, i always see it on steam

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next to like terraria or isaac

void vigil
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its on like every console and platform except for gog

cyan patio
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nintendo lmao

void vigil
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?

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yes its on switch

cyan patio
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last nintendo i played was 2ds

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ITS DOWNLOADING

stiff obsidian
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‼️

echo minnow
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where is this lad it ' s been liike five hours

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thanatos come hoooooooooome

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pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase

cyan patio
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the combat is just mwah

steep condor
echo minnow
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YEAH SAME

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LIKE BRO . BRO

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this is so sick and twisted

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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

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but no ! he hates me !

echo minnow
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THANATOS FINALLY SHOWED UP

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WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOO BACK

echo minnow
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do they have adhd meds in the underworld

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hypnos needs some

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desperately

quasi dust
echo minnow
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every time i see him i straight up shriek

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whenever i am on call with my friends it scares them so bad 😭

quasi dust
echo minnow
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i miss him ddudeeee

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mywifeeeeeeeeeeeeeee m ywiwwwfee

quasi dust
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I mean true but still- zagcry zagcry

echo minnow
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i like side hustle tbh ( <-- guy who is always broke )

echo minnow
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im so sad i miss thanatos

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sorry one day i will shut up about him

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but today is not the day

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maybe hes mad at me for giving sisyphus gifts idk

steep condor
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don't worry he's just mad at you for liking you too much

quasi dust
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Tsundere moment

echo minnow
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this guy

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i need him to explode

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he needs antridepreesents

rugged pivot
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I have ||skelly's, dusa's, Meg's|| companions, I'm pretty sure one other companion is from ||Than||

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Who are the other two from?

upper wolf
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Bouldy and Achilles

rugged pivot
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Thx

rancid axle
stiff obsidian
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it be like that

quasi dust
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Our neighbor's kids came over and I let them play Hades

rancid axle
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How old were they?

quasi dust
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I don't think they liked itshadegrief
Tbf from what they've told me, the games they play are completely different from hades so that's understandable

torn phoenix
quasi dust
rancid axle
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Oh nice

quasi dust
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They play fortnite mostly from what I've heard idk

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So that checks out

last veldt
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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.

quasi dust
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Hades is hard to love at first I will admit

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But once you get it there's no stopping frfr

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It also just depends of its really your kind of game or not

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It's okay to not like it obv

brisk trail
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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

quasi dust
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I barely remember but it was probably February 2021 or 2022

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My dad bought it on switch cuz it was on sale

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At first I wasn't really engaged, I don't remember how I got do obsessed with the game but I did eventually

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And here we are

brisk trail
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At first I thought the game was insanely hard because his steam deck was at the beginning of the game

quasi dust
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Funnily enough my dad doesn't like it at all even tho he was the one that bought it💀

brisk trail
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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

void vigil
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I was a fan since transistor so I got it day one on epic

torn phoenix
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I got hades after buying my friend it and wanting it for myself

rancid axle
fervent radish
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No JS and maybe less HL idk

latent moon
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That's a bad trade off

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Your build doesn't exist

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Js is fine

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There's just no reason to take it earlier when other things exist

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But other things doesn't include ap2

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You'd rather take js2 or 3 since you'll actually have a build to kill them fast enough

fervent radish
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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

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JS is just a slog with hestia and hestia doesn't really need more than an attack

latent moon
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Hestia is like one of the faster aspects out there lmao Js is super manageable

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Ap2 at 40 is just super unnecessary

fervent radish
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I didn't say it was necessary, just that it was an option if the other pacts aren't desired

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Since hestia is one of the least boon greedy weapons in the game

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Hestia 40 could be doable with shackle

latent moon
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even with shackle you dont want to take ap2 lmao

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like unironically you dont take ap2 until 50 why would you want to take it at 40

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this is the same argument as taking ap/ri and whatnot at 32 heat

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there's very little reason to take it so early

plucky gull
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how do i unlock the aspects again?? i forgot lmao

mint coral
fervent radish
latent moon
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ap2 and ri at 40 is wild

fervent radish
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My shackle comment was to emphasize how unreliant hestia is on anything more than an attack boon

latent moon
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i mean yeah but there's not really much of a reason to shackle at 40 unless you're starting with dash

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or your attack got ap'ed

fervent radish
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I'm talking about a boonless run at 40

latent moon
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boonless 40 and shackle 40 are different things lmao

fervent radish
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Ok to clarify, I meant that hestia could probably do 40 heat without an attack boon and with shackle

latent moon
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i mean yeah that's shackle 40

fervent radish
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ok

latent moon
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it's totally doable

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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

fervent radish
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yeah

stiff obsidian
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its the same as regular hestia

latent moon
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hestia isn't a needy aspect but that doesnt mean ap2 is a good idea to consider lmao

stiff obsidian
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except you dont have acorn

latent moon
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yeah

fervent radish
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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

latent moon
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i mean sure you can do that but i wouldn't tell others to do that lmao

stiff obsidian
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for 40 heat you can do ap1 js0 easily

latent moon
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ap1 is fine yeah i agree with that, ap2 is build begone

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lightning strike replace

latent moon
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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

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you dont need to reroll since you mainly only need like 2 or 3 boons

fervent radish
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If he was having trouble with some of the other pacts, I was just suggesting it as an option

latent moon
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but like why would you take ri2 lol

stiff obsidian
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ri is the devil

fervent radish
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Ri does suck

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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

stiff obsidian
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ap2 is that bad

fervent radish
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I didn’t say AP2

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AP2 is rough, but it’s a tradeoff

stiff obsidian
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im pretty sure you said ap2

fervent radish
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I suggested ap2 as an option at first, but ap1 isn’t that bad

fervent radish
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Beo?

stiff obsidian
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yep

fervent radish
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Real

stiff obsidian
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the very next run i get tart artemis and pos again

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lets see if i get ap2 mirage

fervent radish
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See beo is different because you need more stuff to get going imo

stiff obsidian
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oh that wasnt in reply to the convo btw lol

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i just had that rn and thought it was funny

fervent radish
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Ah got it

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It’s pretty funny

carmine beacon
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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.

upper wolf
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very very worth

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one of the best pom targets

native blade
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^

carmine beacon
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Ok thanks then!

steep condor
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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

fervent radish
latent moon
steep condor
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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 itzaglol

steep condor
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fish got away toozagsad

stiff obsidian
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that was intentional

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i fished by mistake

steep condor
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i thought it was intentional for dramatic effect

stiff obsidian
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there should be an ingame toggle to turn off fish

rugged pivot
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There should be a place at home to train at fishing

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I want to be a better fisherman

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I only get perfect catches right after the fake bobs

dry mauve
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i only play this game to fish

tawdry fossil
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I've caught like 2 fishes in my 70 hours of playing this game

fervent radish
tawdry fossil
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Yes

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I j upgraded the kitchen for no reason I gotta put it to use

fervent radish
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Lol ye

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Alright so

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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

stone rune
#

wat

fervent radish
#

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

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Then repeat

stone rune
#

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.

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i cover the fish with my thumb

fervent radish
#

Idk the counting works for me

rustic vale
#

huh

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I just let my ears take over

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and focus my eyes a zagreus or so above the bobber

stone rune
#

wouldnt it have been funny if they made zeus actually usable

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as a prank

rustic vale
stone rune
#

im convinced zeus is the worst aspec tin the game

rustic vale
#

The beo in question

stone rune
#

i have probably hundreds of hours in this piece of garbage unusable aspect

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and not a single half decent result

rustic vale
#

Bad worksman blames their tools shadeeyeroll

brisk trail
#

..........

formal citrus
#

Does sweet nectar affect pom porrage?

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It does not

tepid light
#

the jazz salt is delicious

latent moon
#

im sure you'll change your mind fast enough

tepid light
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or arthur

native blade
#

Gilga stays winning

covert hare
#

Gilgamesh has the record of making people uninstall the game most quickly

latent moon
stone rune
#

probably

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but those arent real aspects

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nobody has ever played gilgamesh or chiron

tepid light
#

.....oh, never change, jazz.

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me going gilgamesh or chiron in my next run out of spite

fallow hatch
#

I beat Mr redacted a couple of times today, so I finally judged myself worthy to be here

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I’m now watching that great doc supergiant made with noclip

untold onyx
#

decided to go down an extra tunnel for the first time in ages and got so punished lmao

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tiny vermin zagcry

stone rune
#

live tony reaction

untold onyx
#

still beat the run but my goodness

tepid light
#

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

untold onyx
#

true true

proper tusk
#

trying to do 32 heat with spear is wearing me down

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where is my damage output supposed to come from

stiff obsidian
#

which spear

proper tusk
#

feels like its basically required to get a big cast with an epic cast buff from chaos to be able to do any damage

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been using achilles

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because hades does even less damage

stiff obsidian
#

you want flurry jab

proper tusk
#

yeah

stiff obsidian
#

it is miserable without it

proper tusk
#

i don’t like that its barely a viable weapon unless you get a specific hammer

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i did three other weapons first try on 32 heat but spear is just giving me nothing

stiff obsidian
#

serrated can work too

proper tusk
#

i’m thinking about just completely switching gears and doing guan yu and spamming special

stiff obsidian
#

that wants charged skewer

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pick your poison

proper tusk
#

atp i just want to do something different

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does merciful end work with spear

stiff obsidian
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it does

proper tusk
#

ok i might give that a try

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it made sword and fists easy

dry mauve
#

spear definitely is much better if you have the right hammers vs not, but its totally doable at 32 without the right hammers

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sometimes its just the weapon not clicking with you tbh, and takes some time to get used to a playstyle that works for you

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im still pretty bad at sword compared to the other weapons

proper tusk
#

i used to love spear

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but i feel like its so much harder to make it work than it is with any other weapon

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all my best builds with it have been at not 32 heat which doesn’t help

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at 20 heat i had a 900 damage phalanx shot which was great

native blade
#

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

proper tusk
#

my first ever spear clear had a 300 damage dash strike with serrated edge

native blade
proper tusk
#

but also it’s bad and i hate it

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ok that’s enough complaining for me

native blade
#

Ye, it has a ton of variations with its attacks too.

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And ranged.

dry mauve
#

just an awkward weapon overall

native blade
#

How do you feel about fists?

proper tusk
#

my 32 heart sword clear was with arthur and i barely used attack at all

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completely relied on splash dash

native blade
#

Lel

proper tusk
#

hm maybe i should try that with spear

native blade
dry mauve
#

fists feels easier to control than sword, though it also suffers from being somewhat unsafe sometimes

proper tusk
#

wonder if its feasible to get splash dash + sea storm + zeus legendary

dry mauve
#

its easier to stunlock regular enemies with fists though

stone rune
#

fists suck sword good

native blade
#

What’re the Jazz Weapon Rankings?

dry mauve
#

i mean bow has significantly more range

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its much easier to not take damage with bow for me than sword

stone rune
#

shield rail bow sword spear fists

lavish sorrel
#

Sword good 😌

dry mauve
#

i dont like the sword dps pattern very much

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its probably my worst weapon as a result

stiff obsidian
#

sword suscksk

dry mauve
tepid light
#

fists good sword suck

lavish sorrel
dry mauve
#

like that build is a huge amount of prerequisites

proper tusk
#

oh yea splash dash doesn’t enable sea storm

dry mauve
#

if you just take splash dash + ruptured you have a pretty powerful boon combo that is significantly easier to put together

native blade
stone rune
#

its good

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idk

stiff obsidian
#

being good

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good hammers good aspects

proper tusk
#

rail is safe and good damage

lavish sorrel
dry mauve
#

like can just do artemis attack, splash dash, ruptured, whatever and probably win

native blade
lavish sorrel
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I don't like it but rail is good

dry mauve
#

clockets is high roll and absurd but even without clockets rail is still good

native blade
tepid light
#

sword good fists better

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all together now

native blade
lavish sorrel
stone rune
#

fists suck

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worst weapon

tepid light
stiff obsidian
#

sword worser

stone rune
#

useless garbage

lavish sorrel
#

I like playing fists but they suck zagSnooze

stiff obsidian
#

worsest weapon

dry mauve
proper tusk
tepid light
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fists good sword suck

dry mauve
#

both of them have huge percentage buffs already so they really benefit from crit chance

proper tusk
#

it took me a long time to get warmed up to bow and rail

tepid light
#

everyone agrees

lavish sorrel
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I thought you were saying that for rail

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That one's on me 😅

dry mauve
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np it was part of an earlier convo

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leninheads was trying to figure out a build to highroll 32 heat on spear since its their worst weapon

tepid light
#

keep saying it, let's piss off jazz more

stiff obsidian
#

fists suck sword sucks

tepid light
stiff obsidian
#

bow sucks rail and shield sucks

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and spear sucks

tepid light
#

tru

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if they all suck, nothing does

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i suck, you suck, we all suck

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we're all bad gamers

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might as well play whatever

native blade
#

I suck.

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Wait…

lavish sorrel
#

I still suck at the game ZagSalute

stone rune
#

fists uck

tepid light
stone rune
#

true

tepid light
#

as i said

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everyone sucks

native blade
stiff obsidian
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not me

tepid light
stiff obsidian
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sorry i cant hear you over the sound of my skill

tepid light
#

that's not your skill

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it's your suck

echo minnow
#

going one whole day without hades

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i can ' t take it anymore

stiff obsidian
#

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…

echo minnow
#

i kid you not that is me right now

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i was on it for 12 something hours yesterday and am now suffering severe withdrawal

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i miss thanatos so bad oh my god

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maybe reading fanfic will help

rugged pivot
#

Dam...

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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

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I'm only missing 4 trophies pretty much

void vigil
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Which ones?

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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

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I also took a big break during early access

brisk trail
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...........

nocturne kelp
rugged pivot
# void vigil Which ones?

-Max out all keepsakes
-earn all companions (only missing ||Achilles|| and ||Bouldy||)
-Achille's/Patroclus's quest
-Sisyphus quest

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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

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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)

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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

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Besides just accepting Sisyphus and Patroclus whenever I get the chance to talk with them in Tartarus or Elysium

maiden narwhal
#

hera cast embeds, right?

mint coral
maiden narwhal
mint coral
#

Aphro too, but it can be shot at certain angles towards walls so it doesn't lodge

maiden narwhal
#

i think aphro embeds if you're close enough?

mint coral
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Most commonly referred as wallbug

maiden narwhal
#

would you say aphro best cast on hera?

maiden narwhal
upper wolf
mint coral
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Is like hit the enemy with cast and have it hit the wall

maiden narwhal
#

but only if there's a wall?

mint coral
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Might wanna slow it down but you can see what I mean better

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(i'm getting so much mileage out of jazz's vid lmao)

maiden narwhal
#

good grief the damage

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how does chain shot work with aphro hera bow?

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guess i'll find out

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well

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barge of death was a bad place for that

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i learned nothing

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aw the arrow bounces but the casts don't

formal citrus
#

Still kinda helpful because Hera is good at taking down single things, so it patches up a weakness nicely.

fallow hatch
#

How do I use the hidden aspects for any weapon?

#

Whenever I get one they seem kinda bad

mint coral
#

Which one are you trying

fallow hatch
#

None of them because I lost faith

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But the one I really got mad at was Beowulf

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Because I got it early on when Titan blood was still hard to get

upper wolf
#

beo is the strongest aspect in the game if you know how to build it :

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get flood shot

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go for artemis (attack is best, but anything other than dash is good)

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get their duo, Mirage Shot

dry mauve
#

it has an uh, interesting playstyle

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but its very strong once you learn it

upper wolf
#

try to be lucky enough to get Charged Shot

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put all your poms into your cast

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And then it's just a bow but with like 5 billion damage

fallow hatch
dry mauve
#

you dont necessarily need charged shot for beo to be good

upper wolf
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load one-two stones, dash strike, charge the bull rush, release, see everyone explode

dry mauve
#

imo hidden shield and bow are very strong weapons once you get used to their quirks

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rail is solid, spear is also solid but takes a LOT of getting used to

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sword is okay, fists are considered not the best

maiden narwhal
#

anyone else find it super annoying that saving in the weapon room doesn't save your keepsake?

upper wolf
#

yeah

maiden narwhal
#

why'd they do us like that

rustic vale
maiden narwhal
rustic vale
#

it saves when you

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enter zags room & stuff

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But if you go into a run & hit give up

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You’ll notice when you load back in

maiden narwhal
#

also he says "i should check the garden" literally when you're mid dash into your room

rustic vale
#

It’s just like when you first entered the training room

maiden narwhal
#

and when you go back, that instance is gone

rustic vale
maiden narwhal
#

this is how i lose my acorn

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and then the run

fallow hatch
rustic vale
#

Wdym

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you shouldn’t be able to jjst

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Lose acorn

maiden narwhal
#

i mean i forget it doesn't save keepsake and start tartarus with acorn on

mint coral
#

Just press give up then?

maiden narwhal
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so i don't have it for ely

maiden narwhal
#

and also.. annoying

rustic vale
#

Idk I think not starting with your god would be pretty noticable unless you’re in the havit of just starting with whatever

maiden narwhal
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i don't force god

rustic vale
maiden narwhal
#

because someone here
or everyone here
says "until 32 you don't need a build"

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so i'm going to get to 32

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without a build

dry mauve
#

I make a habit of walking back into zags room

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To save

maiden narwhal
#

ok cool i'll make that a habit

rustic vale
#

Because you see idiots on reddit do it after throwing themselves at a wall for ages

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until one attempt sticks

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right

maiden narwhal
#

no no i dont mean like that

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i do my best to path smart and end up with good synergies

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i'm just not going to force a build

rustic vale
#

& for high heat/speedrunners players who actually know what they’re doing you don’t really need a build

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but for your average player forcing is way better than not

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Even if you can build whatever syngeries you find it’s going to be a lot worse then

latent moon
#

which is like 55+

rustic vale
#

Intentionally building it

maiden narwhal
#

or echoed the attitude idk

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paraphrase

dry mauve
#

I've been doing bounties on my new file at 25 heat with no forcing and it's not super hard

latent moon
#

i mean it's totally doable

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i just wouldn't tell people to do that

upper wolf
#

i mean if you end up going for the meta builds anyway it's not worth

dry mauve
#

But I've also played higher heat with forcing a lot a few years ago

rustic vale
#

It’s just not preferable

rustic vale
latent moon
#

it's more of like "you can if you want it'll just take more time" or whatever

maiden narwhal
#

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

dry mauve
#

I do think if you're struggling try out the builds people think are good

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
#

If you're still doing well feel free to experimemt

maiden narwhal
#

if i hit a wall i'll probably starting doing m.e or something boring

latent moon
#

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

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
#

I don't think forcing ME is good

latent moon
#

just rng into ME

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easy

dry mauve
#

It's strong but too specific to come together

#

So it's a pain to do consistently

latent moon
#

ME every once in a while isnt so bad tho

maiden narwhal
#

sometimes the gods can be cruel

latent moon
#

if it fails you can be like "well what did i expect"

maiden narwhal
#

but usually me comes together

latent moon
#

and if it goes well then it's yay lmao

maiden narwhal
#

even if you take dash first

dry mauve
#

I really like boons that are either just good or good without too many other requirements

maiden narwhal
#

and once you have m.e it's like autopilot

stiff obsidian
#

give me a build to do

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i will play it

dry mauve
#

32 heat ap2 no God keepsakes

maiden narwhal
latent moon
stiff obsidian
latent moon
#

yeah that is a build

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CoD achilles

stiff obsidian
#

curse of drowning more like

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drowning

latent moon
#

zyru said CoD might be the 2nd best cast build on achilles

stiff obsidian
#

i will just play guan yu

maiden narwhal
#

curse of drowning is like cats' belly

latent moon
#

smh

rustic vale
#

My

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20 heat gameplay took ages because I choose to play every aspect with shackle and not taking cores

maiden narwhal
rustic vale
#

Cuz

#

I tried to do the same thing

maiden narwhal
#

but 25 is being a pain with shackle coinpurse hourglass

stiff obsidian
#

cast builds just dont work for me

latent moon
#

have you tried casting

maiden narwhal
#

because hourglass in ely means you gotta be good

stiff obsidian
#

i have trouble hitting cast

rustic vale
dry mauve
#

Think about how easy things will be if you do force now!

maiden narwhal
rustic vale
#

Yeah

latent moon
rustic vale
#

I have 25 victory screens

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At

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those

dry mauve
#

People have done like 50+ heat moonless I think

latent moon
#

you can just take acorn into ely and styx

dry mauve
#

Boonless*

maiden narwhal
#

extend two shops

latent moon
#

i mean yeah that's smart

dry mauve
#

It's very good on cast builds

latent moon
#

but hourglass just isn't as beneficial on most aspects

#

say for like, nemesis you take hourglass

dry mauve
#

Less good on other aspects but can still be useful if you don't need anything else

latent moon
#

you can only benefit from jerkies (mostly attack but special works too) and ichors if you get rd

stiff obsidian
#

ok i ask again

maiden narwhal
#

so if you're not forcing for 25

you'd do shackle coinpurse acorn acorn?

stiff obsidian
#

guan yu bad what should i play

dry mauve
#

Also touch of Styx or whatever

latent moon
#

shackle if needed afterwards

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then acorn -> acorn

dry mauve
#

That's another hit from the well besides jerkies

latent moon
#

or keep shackle throughout

latent moon
maiden narwhal
#

so if not shackle, then what in asphodel?

latent moon
#

but it's 25 so i doubt it

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unless you're doing lc4 at 25

dry mauve
#

I've been doing coinpurse, mom, acorn, acorn, but the pom isn't very good

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
#

Idk what else to take though when I'm playing casually

latent moon
#

oh i didn't know it says to use that at 25 lmao

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
#

No I play slow

maiden narwhal
#

ah

dry mauve
#

Most of my runs are 20-25 min igt

maiden narwhal
#

yeah i get you

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i haven't done that once in 700 hours

dry mauve
#

So I only turn on td2 most of the time

latent moon
#

coin purse -> god keepsake -> acorn -> acorn makes sense if you dont need shackle lmao

rustic vale
#

Now I would never recommend this

stiff obsidian
#

@rustic vale recommend something

latent moon
#

but if you dont want to use god keepsakes then aspho is kinda well

stiff obsidian
#

to play

latent moon
#

idk lmao

latent moon
#

yeah idk

#

nothing else is useful

latent moon
#

tooth if you need it

dry mauve
#

Maybe pom, coinpurse?

stiff obsidian
#

what is that

#

just a zagbow run

#

?

dry mauve
#

Since tart is longer

stiff obsidian
#

oh shackle

dry mauve
#

And less boons so pom lands more

rustic vale
stiff obsidian
#

ok supersoacker

#

cant spellt

latent moon
stiff obsidian
#

spell

#

how do i make hades not lag

rustic vale
maiden narwhal
#

coinpurse shackle acorn acorn?

stiff obsidian
#

i there no graphics setting i can reduce

latent moon
#

esp if youre doing lc4 SD

maiden narwhal
#

aaaaah it doesn't save heat for each aspect/weapon

#

hades 2 pls gib

rustic vale
stiff obsidian
#

i think i should not play if i am not finding anything fun

dry mauve
#

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

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
#

Is tooth last?

rustic vale
#

I mean

#

RNG manipulating Anvil

latent moon
rustic vale
#

Is an option to make it less bad

latent moon
#

tooth i slast

dry mauve
rustic vale
#

can essentially force anvil

#

by

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rotating through rng

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until you get the one that works

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
#

Oh, that sounds a bit silly

rustic vale
#

it works for eury rarity/poms and bouldy boons too

dry mauve
#

I've just been buying the swap when it shows up and trying to beat dad with it

latent moon
#

becauase that's not a good idea

dry mauve
#

SD is better on lc4

rustic vale
dry mauve
#

You need to get better at bosses though

rustic vale
#

And you can quit out of the rooms & load back in

dry mauve
#

Since you can't just burn all your DD vs the boss for a massive hp pool

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Yeah I get the rng manip now that you mention it

rustic vale
#

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

dry mauve
#

Seems a bit lame though

latent moon
#

you can't buy anything else in the shop when you want to rng manip tho

rustic vale
#

it’s time consuming if you don’t get what you want early

latent moon
dry mauve
#

Also I don't think perfect hammers are required for me to beat regular dad at lower heat

rustic vale
#

It’s not really that useful since most of the time you have good hammers anywyas

dry mauve
#

As long as I don't get garbaged by the worst possible hammers it's fine

rustic vale
#

on sword it can make bad rng 100* better

maiden narwhal
rustic vale
#

and otherwise you can aim for perfect

#

but you don’t ever need to use rng manip

#

it’s just a thing that exists

dry mauve
#

It's like only sword that is unplayable with bad hammers for me

rustic vale
dry mauve
#

Since it's my worst weapon and the -hp hammer sucks

rustic vale
#

of any weapon

dry mauve
#

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

latent moon
dry mauve
#

Td2 should be free

#

I play slow and even I can do td2

rustic vale
maiden narwhal
upper wolf
#

Take HS. Don't listen to the crowd. It's fiiiine, surely

maiden narwhal
#

i feel boss fights will end me

stiff obsidian
#

switch to stubborn

maiden narwhal
#

i almost never need defiances for mobs

stiff obsidian
#

if you are going to push heat switch to stubborn as soon as you can

rustic vale
latent moon
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i wouldn't turn up hl

dry mauve
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UC is fine

latent moon
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it's already fo2

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oh yeah UC

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i didn't notice that lmao

rustic vale
latent moon
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fo2 and high hl is literally 40 heat

maiden narwhal
dry mauve
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If you need more heat CF is an option

maiden narwhal
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never ever playing hs again

latent moon
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i think there's plenty of heat sources to go around atm tho

dry mauve
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DC is okay on certain aspects but garbage otherwise

latent moon
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td2 and uc takes 4 heat

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could do lc0 if you want lmao

latent moon
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also true

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if you want to do 32 heat on lc4, then SD is needed

stiff obsidian
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unless you are pushing guan yu heat then just stick to dds ig 💀

maiden narwhal
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oh stubborn

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ok

latent moon
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yeah

maiden narwhal
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switching now

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sooner the better

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i only ever played it for the prophecy

dry mauve
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Getting used to lc4 SD is good eventually

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Do you know the Athena trick?

maiden narwhal
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i do not

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pls tell

dry mauve
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If you have lost your SD then Athena can give you a DD

latent moon
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in that room

dry mauve
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In the next room you will have both a regular DD and SD

maiden narwhal
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good thing they're never patching again

dry mauve
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So it's good to intentionally die if you're about to pick up an Athena boon

maiden narwhal
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got it

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so i can theoretically have tooth sd dd?

dry mauve
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Yes

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But take acorn

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It's better imo

maiden narwhal
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oh yeah

latent moon
maiden narwhal
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yeah unequivocally better

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dad can kill you in 2 hits

dry mauve
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Also if you're low hp you can intentionally die to just heal up to 30%

rustic vale
maiden narwhal
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that's two defiances