#h1-discussion
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Works
smoldering air or static discharge
I’m at shop
or high voltage
I’m taking discharge
boss fight
time
Air
Asterius just trashed me but that’s thanks to everything stupid I’m trying to do 
I mean
4 dd’s
You’ve got quite a bunch of hp to burn through
last time I used three of my dds against hades I couldn’t even get him to phase 2 😭
That was last time
poison time
Just avoid them
okay
I won’t be talking much
both your special and your shield rush have great aoe for styx
use the special to clear out small rats ahead and damage bigger guys as you defend yourself
Zeus and Pom or Hermes
Hermes
Well actually
It depends on what you already have from hermes
couldn’t afford it
took Zeus and Pom
I got double strike
full health and 4 dds going into hades
If you play it safe that should be loads
my fingers hurt like hell rn
I’ll do it tmrw
nvm
doing it today
2nd phase no dd used im shaking
Sweet
If you want to post a victory screenshot #h1-victory-boasting
Is where it’s at
nah it’s too late
I already quit
I’ll do that tmrw
shield is op
and also the plus one dash
I just blocked the attacks
and when he stood still I used festive fog
ngl the summons did more dmg than him
27th? attempt I think
Why is the lifesteal blade/ revenge combo so stupid op
I am talking about hades 1
Is the bot broke
Damn
so people don't just walk in and drop spoilers
but also this isn't op lmao
it's a pretty common new player trap
New players and cursed slash goes together like peanut butter and jelly
cursed slash isn't good bc it doesn't apply to dash strikes, which is what you want to do on sword
I can't send images here?
Excuse me?
send img to other discord, right click, "copy link"
i mean you can still make it work but that doesnt make it good lmao
Have fun with the 4 min Hades fight
also dont use #h1-victory-boasting just for image perms
Which channel then?
you can just DM a bot and post it here
Ah kk
Anyways yea this build will take so long to kill hades
Gonna stack on revenge damage
Oh never mind I got 4 different s boons to help with my god guage
Btw a defensive keepsake is better going into Styxdad rather than a damage keepsake
Btw whose boon should I go to now?
options?
Oh my goodness please explain your profile picture. I am very curious
Cause I have 4 boons that help recharge my god guage and it's Athena
prob hermes for mobility
Oh it's just a meme from arknights lol
Also I'm taking quick recovery
Thanks!
btw can you fight charon in the final plane?
Nope
You can only roll the bag at midships in non-styx biomes
at least i'm in second phase now with max hp
LMAO IT ACTAULLY WORK
can i just string the lyre 210 times to complete it or does it only progress a certain amount each escape attempt?
I'd do a bit each time and also talk to Orpheus
you can do it in one go but still need to talk to orpheus a few times
is technically better to do it in one go cuz zag stays in the playing animation longer after each talk but for sanity purpose just spread it between runs
Or set up a Steam Input macro 👀
I used to play it like 5 times between runs
Maxed out Forced Overtime can get really out of hand, jeez
Learned that the hard way
yeeeeeep
I think I also had a few ranks of Hard Labor in that run
Didn't even make it to Hades
Died to a Snakestone
hiyo
And of course, Hypnos had a specific quip for that death
He sure is good at rubbing it in
No, the green floating laser crystals
oh
They're nasty with certain pact conditions
those guys are mad annoying you cant even stop their attack when they have that stupid sheild and then they have like 18 zillion lazers around you hitting you for 9999 damage every 0.000000001 seconds like goodness chill already
Is there a "hidden" reward system for not gettong hit or clearing rooms fast?
Not that I know of
Ive seen that theres some rewards for clearings rooms faster tho
No “hidden” reward. Only two keepsakes that rewards fast clear and no hit
Where did you learn this
It says in the game
What about not gettong hit in rooms/bosses?
Where
One of them rewards fast clear the other no hit i think
A boon or??
The keepsakes
A keepsake, the things you get for gifting one nectar
Thanks❤️ so only keepsakes for clearing rooms / no hits?
Correct
if you finish the run fast you get a unique run clear message on the victory screen
Hidden reward of having a lower number on the timer your victory screen, or getting your victory screen at all
Can you explain in another? Not understanding that message🥲😅
Clearing rooms faster means your ingame timer on your victory screen will be lower due to you just clearing faster 
And
Clearing rooms without getting hit will likely lead to you getting your victory screen because you notably aren’t taking damage and dying 

Aside from that the game doesn’t really keep track of hitless or speed (aside from the aforementioned keepsakes)
I see... its just a thing Enter the gungeon does, thought there is a similar thing here
what build is the easiest to beat heat 32 with?
I want to know too… tried with zag shield, but theseus and asterius on EM3 beat me. Zag shield felt very good until then tho
my first 32 heat win was with zeus shield
So zeus shield, zeus special and every other zeus boon?
i dont even remember was the boons were, since i didnt even pick them, sorry
FSR 3.1 and Frame Generation Support ?
You may ask why because hades/hades 2 is not high end hardware demanding games but many people playing this games on steam deck.
These technologies are increase battery time well because device using less power while maintain same performance.
FSR and FG are must technologies in these days.
It’s really going to depend on your weapon of choice
Then I can put you up with everything else from there
Or you can use this from Bananas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_JXPaAt8fegie6Ss2x5tVeaR-FzoFlIgp0etd3yLHI/edit?usp=sharing
Bananas’ 32 Heat Basics Guide Background A lot of people struggle with getting their first 32 heat, and this guide is to make getting that first one a lot easier. It’ll go over pact choices, mirror, and builds. For context, I have a respectable amount of experience with heat. I don’t play high h...
It’s pinned in #h1-high-heat-strategies if you need to come back to it
literally no one:
StickyBot: https://i.imgur.com/3QnF9lP.png
Nah it’s always
Literally someone:
StickyBot:
sometimes it be doing it randomly with no message lmao
and i love how it sends them to the spoiler allowed channel
It’s most often just doing it after a few messages were sent to ensure
That nobody from h2 gets stuck here
so should i leave?
since it does a way better job at the bottom of the channel
i wasnt really complaining, just thought of a funny meme
The main thing is to get confused h2 gamers out of here so h1 gamers can talk about h1 in peace
if you’re a h1 and h2 gamer you’re fine to be here just talk about h1
im a h3 gamer
EM4 ||I managed to beat Hades phase 2, sighed with relief that I was done, then the music kicks in. Who let Hades have a Phase 3 and why was the music so good that it almost managed to distract me and cause my death?||
I didn't know EM4 had that, it was awesome. So good I didn't got spoiled before locking in that EM4
is a nice surprise
I have a question for tight deadline.
Does it apply to bosses too?
That's the main thing I'm concerned about
are you referring to forced overtime?
No tight deadline
The one where you get 9 min to clear each underworld region.
I'm just concerned bc ion think I can beat hades or the hero duo in that time frame
yes, tight deadline does indeed run thru bosses
Oh boy.
Not using that one then lol
Does forced overtime apply to bosses? Yes right?
yes
Sad… gotta do more damage and less speed heat then
You’ve never had a run under 36 minutes?
not everyone can yeah
also, just because theyve done it, doesnt mean they can constantly do it
hey guys, i FINALLY got ares to give me the war gods bloodlust prophecy after exactly my 100th run. i have about 15000 monsters killed but it didnt say i had completed the 10000 needed to fulfill the prophecy. do i need to get a new 10000?
No, everyone can
ok, anyway yeah, do you currently have the prophecy listed as incomplete? @mortal vortex
talk to ares again
it might not be complete right away if ares got other dialogues queued, give couple tries
sweet
one more thing
i have all of the olympians and persephone at the locked heart
how do i get the epiologue of the story to happen
you need maxed out relationship with them
gotta do their favor
6 of them i believe
not all
All on the wiki
yeah, all of it should be in the wiki
ok cool
Also for the 6 gods, dem counts as one when reaching the lock
each character has the favor
Cuz her favor is the epilogue
right
Yeah you need the bond
you need ambrosia to max them
Aka the sticker
ok
cant max them without ambrosia
Hermes is ez
Okay I legit think this game is messing with me.
I have been getting the same witches mini boss in the 2nd area for the past five runs I've done.
I am sick of them I miss the power couple so bad man
remembering all of them right now is a nono from me
fair
id have to recheck the wiki to refresh my memory
Don't bother with aphro if you haven't maxed even one of the romance candidates
Dio might happen naturally, especially if you are doing dusa's bond
the game knows your weakness (not really, just unlucky mate)
Do you know the meg setup?
It makes them a lot easier when you destroy all their armor at once
I've been terribly unlucky this game have been messing with me.
It's even more annoying when I'm going with the bow and I don't have Athena boons.
if the witches circle is really giving you that much trouble, consider bringing any athena core boone
i still have no idea wtf is the meg setup xD, is it related to battie?
Bow special is pretty nice at clearing projectiles
Yeah
that explains why, shady for life
You can line them up to hit all of them with Meg
i actually have zero recollection of me using anything but shady
i know i tried the others at least once, but i truly do not remember using them
I'm using chiron bow though so it's more difficult for me to handle lol.
slap athena on the special 
I swear on my next run imma scream if I get witches mini boss again lol
lmao
Shady is hilarious but not having to play the miniboss is so good
i just like the healing
gold is also nice
night spindle basically pays for itself as well
How many hours does it take to farm until the last rank
depends on how fast you can clear lol
I am planning to get it but I am a bit discouraged by the sheer amount of darkness
but a while
it wasnt really meant to be completed, it was just something more for those who needed to dump resources
thats why the sheer amount of darkness
My recommendation is always to find some other goal like high heat or speedrunning to pursue while you rack up darkness on the side
9 mins is doable..but 5 mins is brutal.
I honestly dunno if 9 min is doable especially after reaching the third area lol.
I feel like it really depends on the weapon.
maybe typically, I reach the Satyr Temple at around 19-21 min mark
isnt impossible, but it does require you to be cautious with the build
cant just pick anything, you need a good dps
yep.. you gotta pick between Attack, Special or Cast. and build around it
just had a run where i was offered 1 hermes
second was the 500 in the styx shop which doesnt really count
All aspects can do sub 7 minute runs
yeah is def doable, is just tied to personal skill
I think with good build knowledge most people can get a sub 20 minute run
On any aspect
I have never done runs that short lol.
48-58 min at max but I tend to take longer in the 3rd area.
Those stupid big chariots and butterfly balls >_>
i just cant bother to quickly run to the door or pausing at exits
Probably build concerns
i like taking my time
You don’t have to do that
Fair enough
that rush stresses me out
can i do it? absolutely.
do i want to? no
all my runs are sub36 and i still dont run td1 xD
i just hate knowing im on a timer
It gets less brutal
I mean…
A) that’s nothing zany or unusual
B) you can totally clear sub20 with a dash focused build
and quite a few builds are split between attack/cast like achilles/hera/beo
I mean they overall focus on casting but easily incorporate and build their attack as a part of it
hey
the game's story progresses after you die in a run
is it a good viable thing to die on purpose repeatedly to progress the plot?
or is that bad and wastes time that could be used to get resources?
it will progress if you win too
dying isnt really necessary
it will just happen most of the time, especially early on
mfw i died just before killing the final boss
F
i think i kinda rushed it at temple of styx
got lucky and only needed 2 rooms to get past cerberus
yeah, you really got to have a specific build in mind if you're doing 5mins deadline
plus getting a "+dmg to armor" hammer upgrade really speeds up your run.
Not really. Shackle on many weapons can easily clear sub 20
You… don’t really need something specific even
ofc it depends on your mechanical skill atp but
builds aren’t everything
i guess. and maybe your luck at satyr temple. I always spend 10 mins on that area
I spend close to 3-4 and I’m not really a speedrunner
lot of people use the speedrunning mod, which guarantees the sack at 2
not everyone though, and getting sub20 is definitely not something you ever need to know about speedpack for
yes, i did not say everyone
i dont know how people spend long in the satyr area when its so enclosed and risky, it feels like the last place i want to try and be all methodical in
you dash twice and 40% of the mash in rats dies on the spot
pos dash my beloved
idk man, the trap placement is kinda of malicious there. if you dash through a pressure plate, you almost always land in guillotine. and the enemies are quite tanky.
i find myself not trying to be cheeky with the traps and just moving around them as fast as normal
You get a feel for it & something needs to trip the traps for them to fall anyways
not to be dr obvious here, but perhaps avoid dashing thru the trigger then?
Is not terribly difficult to run every zone sub-5 so long as you know how to build and have some mechanical competency
of course, but when you try to be zoomin, you sometimes forget it.. then you get a meaty 30 dmg (or 150 with the pact)
comes with knowledge, knowing where the traps are in each room
Simply don't use HS 
Also I can't hate styx traps cuz they make anthony in FF not take forever
i spent 2 defiance on a chamber (with the trap pact) once.. was not my best moment. lol
Yeah pots aren't fun
that HE triggers with the lasers
At least is faster stubborn procs in the rest of the game (cope)
2 forced gold rooms while cursed by chaos for no gold, game really hates me today xD
man i came to hades again but i never got a god call so im relying on chiron q spam
sometimes the rng in this game really hates me
yeah it be like that, refer to the message above yours xD
as does my pinky.
what do you use your pinky for
Am I missing something or is the darkness grind for security rank one of the most extreme grinds in any games?
the modding gods have listened to me, time to mod h2
https://thunderstore.io/c/hades-ii/p/Gunjou/Hades_II_Approval_Process/
I got everything finished. I got enough recourses for every rank apart from darkness at 300+ hours
is just something else you can aim for while you play the game, not a "i need to finish this now" type of thing
Well
I finished everything else
The only things I got left to do.
Blood for weapons levels.
Darkness fish
Did you find out who hired Skelly?
And darkness for security rank
Long time ago
Codex nearly complete apart from the last fishes. 32 heat runs. Every achivment, every song and the entire trader
and im at security rank 12. Gamma agent
burns through 8 death defiances on 32 heat
dies to 5 sack anyways
man i can't keep up with +40% overtime
old man reactions
Welcome to the club
8, is that 3 from pat, skelly and a bought one?
Add athena here and there I assume too
Started a new save file for h1 in honour of h2 and escaped on my 21st run 💪 new high score!!
2 bought ones, 1 athena one, 3 zag ones, 3 pat ones wait
i can't even do math
Come to lc4 + stubborn strats 
sobign
Bros got the lc4 cult set up
I mean it works for a reason lol
how much heat is lc4 again
CF2, JS3, EM4, BP2, MM, UC, FO1, DC2, TD2
Em4 moment
lc4 would cover EM4 tbh
We love em4
Was gonna ask, do you want em4 for the challenge or for the heat
Challenge
If it's the latter just turn it off
I'd use em4 even if it gave no heat
doing rama bow
Like I asked
Do you want 32 em4 win or just a 32 win
32 win yeah
Yeah turn em4 off lol
use the guide
yeah i should...
i...I just lost to hades phase 1 at 0 heat.
Also yeah, bananas's guide good
where
I havent done that in. god knows how many runes
i started h1 again this week
thank
i did that too after loading
turns out not playing for a year kinda suck
Can't even remamber when I last lost to him first phase 0 heat
I was not even doing a challange run or anything. BUild was not good but still. Brb gonna re consider all my life decisions that lead me here
Hades 1 feels so easy nowadays
And now. I feel like I might be the only person with a foil badge on steam
Got the hades card badge to lvl 6
I strongly dislike those hand things.
Especially when they have armor they be moving too fast for my liking >_>
Real
What song should I get with my diamonds? What is the best song to hear in the lounge?
What’s the best aspect for every weapon?
Which combo do you find to be the most fun or most OP?
Speed:
Sword - Nem
Spear - Achilles
Shield - Beowulf
Bow - Hera
Fist - Demeter
Rail - Eris
Heat:
Sword - Nem
Spear - Guan-Yu
Shield - Zeus
Bow - Rama
Fists - Demeter
Rail - Hestia
Thank you
Btw for both speed and heat rail can go either way. Hestia and Eris are both stupid good at both speed and heat
i cant get patrocles or achilles to talk about each other anymore
its the last acheivement i need
How 'bout that RNG, eh? Just need to keep talking since it sounds like you've met the prereqs
why is this serrated edge spear deadules hammer making my dash minus like 60% its supposed to be 25% no way this is 25 %
that’s what I said when chaos decreased my dash distance by like 30% 😭
Being good at heat means better heat rewards?
means better success at tackling higher heats
it does not get better
unless you have a shield
Hey i just had a idea for aspect of nemesis, would athena special and ares attack work so you could have merciful end?
Yes it’s a popular nem build, and divine dash really ties it together bc you can proc doom in the same dash strike that you apply it
Since sword hits first and then dash
So then maybe ares attack? Im finding new builds to use cuz im bored
Yeah ares attack, Athena special to unlock merciful end, and Athena dash to make it better
Yeah that’s what I used for Nem 45
I e never used sword before lol i got spear and cleared with that
do u guys know any mods or admins from the hades modding discord
From using zagspear i got so used to my special being godawful
Is the link not working rn
You just need two hammers to make it pretty good 
Someone clearly never found explosive launcher + charged skewer
I don’t know it don’t work for me
I asked discord support
They said I might be banned
It wasn’t working the last time I told someone to use that link
But I never joined it
I think that was me
I need to ask a mod or admin to help I guess
I hadnt gotten explosive launcher once until yesterday
Does anyone know why that if your on phone and listening to music or any other audio it crashes the game
I wanted to see if it was a known issue that could be solved by like
Turning off the game volume
Or flicking this setting or that setting
Before I did
You're the first person to report it here in this channel since the Netflix release. Though I've not been keeping an eye on #h1-tech-support or #h1-tech-fixes, both of which I'd completely forgotten about until just now
Imma be honest. Didn’t know either existed
Same, same ✋
where do I go to submit a bug report
Could probably try this form, but I'd look into the aforementioned tech support channels first: https://www.supergiantgames.com/contact/
Supergiant Games is a small independent game development studio in San Francisco, known for its award-winning titles Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion.
I just scrolled up a decent bit and didn’t find anything
Says it doesn’t exist
Bah orpheus... Cant wait till ill nvr need to gift him anything again...
He is so nice! Far better than Dusa…
Don't f10 work?
you can't f10 on mobile lmao
and idk if there's a thing for bug reporting in the game
Oh Oops, didn't read they were on mobile
Except for unknown last keepsake hes the last person i have to give nectar to
Kinda like dusa, she reminds me of well me when i was younger
lol, well i hate having to find Dusa everywhere and gifting her thousands of nectar+
Wasted about 10 on bouldy... Before i realized he dont have an entry in the codex
Those are NOT wasted… bouldy believes in you and you should believe in bouldy
That is true, but would of preferred giving those nectars to other characters first. Want to mark things off the check list
So why dont you like dusa?
She wants VERY much nectar and nectar+
Greedy
Guess yeah i did notice she required more ambrosia than other characters. But work hard, play hard
From a gameplay point of view they are actually wasted on everyone else, not bouldy 🤣
Pardon me for prioritizing lore
Bouldy forgives you
reconsidering going back to fo2 because fo0 feels off now, are there aspects other than arthur sword which have a very bad time at fo2?
rama can be pretty difficult if you're not experienced on rama and fo2 together
but it's totally doable, just gotta get the hang of it
it's less of a problem on rama compared to arthur bc rama actually has damage to back up the slower charge
beowulf in asphodel can be a pain in the ass without charged shot
namely this clip lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6AmMFEEE_w&pp=ygUSY3VyYiB5b3VyIGFzcGhvZGVs
gotcha, i'm convinced
only played rama for the first time yesterday so it's not like i'm acclimated to fo0 with it yet luckily
yeah
i swear mid point asterius does not exist
why you looking ?
oh you want to unlock gilgamesh
yep
the full price of the zagredrip is 6 dollars below 666
its a 50% so yeah
Who got footage of my beo gameplay
yo guys quick question but what boon pairs well with aspect of Eris ?
Hypnos is my favorite character and I have to say I like his advice everytime I die
Jokes aside I genuinely do like his character design visually and character wise
Lightning strike is a pretty straight forward pick for eris (and rail in general). Tidal dash is good damage by itself, but include the buff from eris and you have a menace of damage option. Aphrodite special adds more damage to those specials while openning smouldering air if you pick up zeus or dionysus call for yet more dps
with zeus strike you’re going to want static discharge from zeus for more dps, it’s really a massive boost but it’s hard to tell that it is without a dps meter installed
is there a prerequisite i need to do to reunite Achilles and Patroclus?
Needs orpheus and Sisyphus quests done iirc?
that havent done because idk how to 
Keep talking basically
i bought the lyre a bajillion years ago and gave orpheus like 3 nectars idk what else i need
orpheus is always mid singing when i talk to him. That or not there at all and hes always like “im singing atm talk to me later”
The lyre needs 210 plays for you to learn how to play it but it’s not necessary for that part of the story
given im only allowed 10 minutes a day for me to play on my phone im screwed beyond belief
ill just spam the lyre for those 10 minutes ig-
is there any point in farming resources that arent darkness once i max out everything else?
nope
you dont "farm" them anymore, just stockpile them
is the special trades for the wretched broker too slow?
i dont think i ever used broker
i mean whether or not if it worthwhile to farm the gems when the boxes come up
maybe a few titan blood, but thats it
it depend if you need them or not
if you need the gems then yeah do the trove
then dont
but i didnt know if its worth it for special trade in the broker sometimes has for darkness
cause you swap titan blood for 500
eventually you gon need darkness for the ranks, but thats so irrelevant i just ignored it and bought whenever i could afford it
if you care about ranks then yeah focus on darkness
for some reason i have beaten the game twice with the twin fists and i still havent gotten aspect of gilgamesh and have had countless encounters with asterius using the fists and i still dont have it
follow the guide pinned on #h1-story-discussion
Exchanging stuff for darknes fs just to get ranks
Idk you surely haven’t beaten the record of like 3 months of play to get it
That’s the extreme of bad dialogue rng
i mainly use the fists cuz its the easiet weapon aside from varatha for me to use on mobile so im just unlucky
Also does unhealthy fixation apply to all aphrodite boons that apply weak?
Cuz im tryna do like a chiron aspect aphrodite build with weak applying most of the dmg
its pretty good with dionysus boon too
especially with a buffed attack
…the dio boon in question being dio call rather than strike
I would hard push for lightning strike due to the straight damage and aoe it gives rail strike where hangover doesn’t really achieve the same results at all
unlike other fast hitting weapons, rail strike is almost a little too fast and a little too single target to make use of much else
hmm ig thats fair
but it pairs reallly well with aphrodite or Ares boons since its mostly a hugge damage increase
Hey kinda new around here but I already finished the main story
Any tips for beating high~ish heat (30-40)?
I don't have much technical knowledge of how the game works I'm just kinda balling atm
What are your favorite aspects? I can suggest a build/pact for them
for 32 heat there's always bananas's guide in #h1-high-heat-strategies pins
You’re in luck because both are really good for high heat
Beowulf is my personal favorite
I can reach em4 hades with full revives but either I don't have the damage or the time to beat it
You definitely don’t need to turn on EM4 below 50 heat if you don’t want
Yeah but it's cool
Beowulf has the easiest EM4 fight of any aspect tho
The best Beowulf builds are flood flare + deadly strike + mirage shot, or just passion flare
Sounds about right
Last time I got really close with Zeus using dyo special and aphro attack +the duo
The best build for Zeus is Thunder flourish and static discharge
But I ran out of time since I wasted time setting up the build
If you get both of their duos, hangover on attack becomes substantial but with higher levels of approval progress and routine inspection, lightning strike is just more reliable. Drunken strike eris is a build though
Special + jolted?
Yeah
Sounds right in theory but I couldn't get it to do that much damage
Another viable build is epic aphro special
And then look for ER
Is it?
It’s has beaten 64 heat
I thought the Demeter special + frost explosion can be good
How does blocking work with circular attacks?
Nah, you good pancake Zeus special build is a far more popular build and I believe a little stronger
You just need to be facing Asterius and it will block
Same for the dad spin? I just face the direction he started?
Yeah
However, spear throw can pierce your shield since the attack will appear behind you
You need to block towards the center of the attack
Works for aoe circles in the Meg fight too
Lernie slams too
You can block those??
Block OP
99% sure
So it seems
You can just about anything
I was just using it as a dash that deals damage mostly
Elysium enemies 
Does the special speed boom affect the rpm of the Zeus shield?
Chiron?
I just spent 20 keys on the mirror then came back and it was 15 keys for titan blood at the shop
very sad day
So that maybe
also how do you get the last ares thing
But you always want Rd
Does Chiron reach a level of speed/heat where it just becomes bad zag bow? Or is the special always worth using
I can’t find a good clip of me blocking it but I’m almost certain you can
I'm still surprised you don't take em4, it was the first thing I thought to add
Em4 is really hard
Both Chiron and zagbow are at 60 with a special and attack build respectively
I really hate EM4
Engulfing vortex, how do you get that ares boon
Chiron is pretty much exclusively played like bad zagbow for speed
That 4 heat is nice though
Take Ares dash or cast, then just look for more ares
It's the difference between + 0 and 80 damage no?
Thanks
Yeah but it’s also the difference between 100% guarantee of clearing a run and 50%
I regret not taking em4 earlier though since I have to learn it now
Most people don’t run em4 til 56 heat+
Simply don’t get sneak double Bball on fists smh 
🗿
I’ve seen 50 pacts with em4
Beowulf
Also what hammer things are best for the shield
If you like the fight do it, but just be prepared to die
Charged shot
Explosive return on Zeus
I personally prefer sudden rush on Beowulf heat to preserve the mobility but your preference
Cshot bad for high heat beo, good everywhere else
Beowulf handles EM4 better than many aspects handle regular Hades
Yeah me too
Not bad for Zag or Chaos tho
I’ve been right then
I’ve been using charged shot/explosive turn on Zeus shield
I always thought it was better because i could lock things in the shield and then spam charged shot
Bull rush iframes are very nice to have
But then you’re not triggering explosive return
Atleast for heat, it’s better to preserve mobility and crowd control afforded by normal bull rush
I thought for sure it's a must
I’ve never had them at the same time
I haven’t even finished the base game yet
(I have no idea what a heat is)
farthest ive gotten is the bull in Elysium
The miniboss?
is safe to assume is the miniboss yes
I beat it and got killed 2 waves after
yeah the miniboss
then died to a trap…
My runs usually end with me on a spike trap or a witch kills me
All g. Cshot is an ok take if you’re going to run an attack focused Zeus build. There’s a set rhythm for Zeus special builds which relies on grouping with the bull rush
yeah gotta get better at that
It kills the safe rhythm of the aspect
Zeus
Very funny run because I don't think I've ever made this many decision making mistakes in a single run.
Speedrunning modpack + first boon epic
Look at 20:00 for what I kinda mean. That room is really bad with cshot
Why? It's just an extra phase to the final boss
It's also not really harder than the second one
If anything it's p1 that's hard because of the adds
I thought you were talking about cshot
EM4 takes a lot of time so a lot of high heat runs time out there.
I love 100 damage spear throws from off screen
Shield makes it safer but it’s still rough from stuff like Cerberus and more pots
You also can’t always see the lasers off screen
Yeah I feel that
Oh also how big is the difference between white and blue boons?
Mainly for dark foresight vs the other one whose name I forgot
Oh, only ever use dark foresight
Huh
I'm using the other one since I still need the resources but I guess I can change it for runs above 20 heat
Speaking of, is the early speed bonus of family favorite worth the damage loss in the second half?
Family favorites is more consistent throughout and it’s only 15%
15% is quite a lot
So I guess the opportunity cost of taking boons with statuses can be worth more than the 15%
I thought it was multiplicative
I love Zeus shield
If you know for certain you’ll get 2 curses you can take pstatus
You’re right
I just sat in the corner blocking while my special shredded the fury on the first fight
Real
Zeus shines with a more active playstyle but yeah
The issue is that few build will want to take 2 status effects intentionally, so contorting your build to fit pstatus can be a negative
Do more damage, pause when making decisions, always take chaos, shop, midboss, story rooms.
what
Ngl I don’t know how damage is calculated
pretty much everything is additive
Yeah that's the opportunity cost I was talking about
crits/move speed/trap dmg/dmg reduction are multi
Also like what should I do with nectar once I’ve gotten all of the keepsakes that I can get
keep giving them
Yeah Pstatus is that bad
5% per god
you get to know the characters better
15% less than PS is not noticeable
is that better or worse
you also get your boost from god 1
You also have it on every hit
So 25% is the used value
so 15% always + 40% sometimes
No
why would you intentionally go for 25%
Without Dark Foresight, you have a 50/50 chance of seeing gold laurel rewards (boons/poms/gold/etc) vs blue laurels (darkness/gems/keys/nectar).
With Dark Foresight, that becomes 70/30, which is actually a 40% increase instead of the 20% that it says
is that a thing people do
You aren’t dancing around gods and leaving your pool empty
if you leave your pool empty you can find every god during the run
if you cap it you only find the ones you need/were forced into you
To who tho?
idk go for characters you're interested in getting to know first
you can romance 2 of them(4 technically, 2 are one-sided)
you can also start story sidequests revolving around the 3 special rooms
ones with the exclamation mark
25% always or 40% sometimes
they give you nectar and cool items as reward
ok i'll try it out
Alright
also for completion's sake
bro why am i so bad, i seriously cant beat 16 heat ghahha
at the very least 20 nectar -> 1 titan blood so if you don't like story progression farm to that
16 can be relatively easy but it always depends on what you choose to take
i'm just banging my head at em4 rn until i learn the final boss and just pick the inconsequential debuffs
blaming the pact is always true
bruh i want that stupid second skelly statue
it is tho, 32 is a huge jump in difficulty but 16 heat is still very very doable
Shadow / Fiery presence and PState / FF are probably the most balanced things on the mirror where both sides have significant utility for similar challenges (unlike DDs / SD or Thick Skin / HC which do both see use but always for different purposes)
i have not touched enemy health damage or healing after i did the achievement
for all I know the pact is smth like hp/ri/ap stuff
thats the only ones i up....
can you manually crank up godmode via changing game files
speaking of, what's your current pact @stoic summit
There are some really bad conditions that will seriously mess you up lol
i don't wanna torture myself by grinding out god mode for heat 32
As long as you know which conditions to avoid, you can get creative for the rest of your pact imo
For the lower heats
i got jumpscared by em4 a few times, i'm now grinding darkness and achievements
what are the things you wanna avoid?
the random enemy buff thing or stronger elites?
uh like max on hard labor, 1 on lasting consequences, 2 on jury summons, max on calisthenics program, middle management, 1 on forced overtime, heightened security
is that bad...?
start learning extreme measures yeah
how tf do you do extreme measures!
em4 is actually pretty fun i have to turn on my brain for hades again
i see the stupid achievmewnt but idk where that stupid thing is
i die to the dog too many times
oh you don't have it unlocked yet?
it's just buffed bosses
Worst: Routine Inspection, Approval Process, EM4, Damage Control on some weapons (it’s easy on others)
Still bad: Jury Summons, Calisthenics Program
wait you have to unlock em?
how many runs you have?
yeah
you need to meet both of meg's sisters
is em4 not worth running
wait no i have extreme measures
it's 4 heat to learn a boss fight
oh lol
ive beaten it with that but i didnt get the achievment
If you enjoy it, go for it. But no, in my opinion it is not worth the heat until very high heat
do i need to max it actually?
I really need to pay more attention in the hydra fight
alecto + tisiphone is agony
i hate alecto oh my goodness
for the achievement you have to do lvl 3 no?
I keep dying to just me being stupid
aka buff up theseus fight
half my screen is ads by the time she perma-rages
i only beat EM4 once and i was satisfied. but i also never went past 32 and only really did a lot of 20 runs
Achilles won’t let me give him any more nectar
https://i.imgur.com/UQgfOtx.png actually use this lol
I definitely understand if you enjoy EM4 because it makes the final boss really feel hard on every run. I always do EM4 for my regular runs
thanks
they are prob way better once you turn off +enemies and +hp lol
the achilles spear gets me too much
so what should i do just to beat 16 heat? should i just do extreme measures also and do both?
runs up into my face and hits me for 40 twice
Definitely relatable
tight deadline 2 is doable
100 dmg spear to the face is pretty nice
turn off extra enemies/hp/traps from this pact
I love 105 damage right through my 200+° block
with the power of rerolls and keepsakes, you can guarantee a good build most of the time
wait is there no 64 heat? or do i just not have it for some reason its only at 63
i can go down to 15 minutes with arthur/nemesis
hell mode exclusive pact
64 is in hell mode
just playing normally
oh fr fr
why is it exclusive
to make it "harder"
does the 1 extra heat signify something
(the pact is often free)
Hell mode is worth using for like 40+ heat iirc
i recently saw that person beating 64 heat, mad impressive
The bad part is the required JS1 CP1
it disables the bubble that pops up if you take too much dmg quickly
oh
and yeah its main use is at 40+
cuz you are already gonna use js1/cp1 so might as well take the free heat
bruh i thought i was good at this game lol
people beat 64 heat with guan yu
i mean ive barely played ik ik
Oh wow that's huge
Yeah it’s absolutely insane
you get 75 hp the whole game
There’s a reason people almost never take RI1 alone
The first level taking DF is way worse than the second level
wait no 50. 25 base and full heal from skelly's tooth
So if you take RI1 you might as well take 2 for the full 4. RI1 for 2 is almost never worth it because of how insane DF is
wouldnt acorn be better then?
Yes
Yeah because it’s a good aspect
bruh dying is mad annoying because if your alive then you can theoretically win but then you die because you're bad
Both, but only the spin is viable for 64
Angel used acorn for Ely and Styx in their 64
yeah thats the video i saw, didnt realize it was 9 months ago lol
The special is great up until the highest heats
athena attack and just stand in the spin
Then you need the spin
they made a rushing shield into a frisbee
Nobody uses it as a frisbee tbf
spinning disk then lol
guan yu's blade was massive
and i can't believe they just dropped the "mythical hero" theme for the gun and just went with the devil
he camps inside it as self defense
I mean, you’d use it in speedruns or very high heat runs in some situations to save time
Ohh
is that a bad thing?
guan yu is mostly special spamming
is it just me or when i re-roll boons i get like MAYBE one changes
Are there only a few boons that god could offer you?
i dont think so, do certain boons go off limits?
yes
...
some boons are barred behind others
well yeah but thats like 4 or seomthing
you can't get jolted without electric damage for example
gods have like 8 others
There is only one thing I wish the Athena attack boon did
And you can’t get storm lightning without chain lightning, nor double strike or high voltage without bolts, nor clouded judgement or billowing strength without a call, nor splitting bolt without storm lightning, high voltage, or double strike
When you’re holding the shield to block I wish it could reflect the beams from the gem things
i try to change ares boons and i never get stupid curse of pain
love the games where you just pick up a load of zoos boons and win because zeus
Yeah that’s just bad luck
In that case you may want to avoid opening his other boons before you get curse of pain
bruh like only one will change and its mad annoying i dont want your stupid no rarity aid ares!
I guess just do a few more runs because it sounds like you got unlucky
Sometimes it just takes a few runs before you get the build you wanted
Lmao
getting unlucky is the only thing im good at 😭
Not to say that you don’t have a right to be annoyed by that
Yes
yeah figured
But actually I had it in my highest heat clear so it must be the best call 
is dionysus's aid actually good? it seems trash every time i use it
Yeah it’s great
It’s one of the best calls, along with Zeus’s aid which I would probably prefer but idk which is better
is good for spamming
It does hardly anything in regular rooms
yeah true like the charm sucks and all but against hades
Are you using the greater call?
maybe?...
That would be the problem
whats the difference?
The greater call is a waste
a lesser call gives a boss a full stack of hangover on its own
or an enemy
So a greater call is just using 4 bars for the effect of maybe 1.5
For most calls, you should not bother with greater calls
Oh is fiery presence even useful, on many weapons I feel like both it and backstab are useless
Also, if you didn’t know, every single call gives you a couple of iframes right when you use it
It’s great on some weapons
Hestia for example
the greater call ones are for the single target stuff
aphrodite or artemis
demeter is also nice but demeter call is terrible from my experience
Yeah those are the only greater calls worth using
But on stuff like Beowulf both seem useless
Why?
Especially for speedruns
Isn't it extra damage against full health enemies?
Adds an extra 60 damage to my charged shot
Or even just extra 38 on my rush is pretty good
I guess
Or extra idr how much on my dash strike
saves precious time in Tartarus
To one shot an enemy instead of two shot
Literally half as many hits
Exactly
It still matters into Elysium with Hestia tho
113 extra damage per attack on undamaged enemies
brah
aspect of chiron run and i only get attack boons
im only in tartarus but fr
also only got bow for the last 3 chosen weapons
alr i got drunken flourish
hangover run time
Best way to play the weapon
for reference this is the pact I was using for zeus frisbee
lasting consequences 2
conv. fee 2
jury summons 1
EM 4
benefits package 2
m. management
customs
forced overtime 1
damage control 2
timer 2
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32 heat```
Decent pact. Zeus can deal with hard labor, fo2, and some approval process/routine inspection if you’re pushing past 40
Oh I would automatically take that yeah
routine inspection sounds absolutely horrible
Just learn to play safer
I mostly take damage to bosses
It’s ok. I’ve been ramping it up gradually
I don't think I'll ever use it
1 is losing build control which you don’t need a whole lot of on Zeus
2 you mostly have to play safer in tart since no thick skin
3 is quite rough since you lose casts(no boiling blood) and either second dash or RR damage/dodge
4 you have to clear on one life
So I would really take stubborn defiance anyways unless you’re really only dying to bosses
only dying to bosses
Fair enough
I often get past lernie hitless and only then start thinking about damage
I would use ruthless reflex and learn to play with monodash
for real??