#h1-discussion
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Even in styx, if you see a path with Demeter in it you can just go there first and then go through the rest of them to progress the rarity
and that was it
I don't know if that'd hold up with timed pressure, I never take that tag
It chooses a boon (or multiple) that you have at time of grabbing it and sets them to common rarity and slowly brings up their rarity
it also has the funny interaction with exclusive access
ooo
it goes common to epic immediately
iirc the minimum is epic right?
It can’t target Hermes boons, or any non-purge-able boons
yup
which ones are non-purge-able o.o
All chaos boons, and any boons that give you an instant boost
useless access my love
Like how premium vintage gives you a nectar
or the dd boons from athena
poseidons boon that drops darkness and other goodies
Demeters boon that instantly heals you and boosts future heals
It’s actually good for you
if you could come up with a new chaos curse
cuz those boons tend to be ones where rarity doesn’t really matter, so narrowing down the options improves your odds of it hitting good ones
enemies attack and move faster
combining with FO2 and BP
what about for the next 2 boons, you lose one option
what's this
A summary of exclusive access’s effects from the best boon info source
aka if you have max of that one pact, you just don't get a boon
https://cpecific.github.io/hades-wiki/ boon wiki
Imagine getting ap2’ed into such a curse
wait local have you played hades 2
What is exclusive access
ouch
pos-dio duo boon
Poseidon/dio duo
duo boon between poseidon and dio
ah
is the only boon in that wiki that has a message from the creator lol
You know what’s a little annoying
how some hammers and boons have range values on that wiki
and the rest don’t
like it’s really nice to know the range/radius of some of the hammers but then others are just missing it
And it’d be nice to know the range of default strikes and specials for reference
range as in the % variation?
no range as in the ingame units that something covers
Like charged shot has a range of 800 or 900 and explosive return has a diameter of 550 iirc
No clue
That’s the problem
There aren’t reference points aside from other hammers or boons
it’d be really nice to have the default sword strike range as a reference
but you know what’s interesting?
Apparantly black metal (the ares boon that boosts the area of blades) doesn’t actually boost their area as a +% as displayed in game but rather is a flat boost to the area of all blades
odd
There's no way to influence Daedalus Hammers, right?
I think I’m remembering the name of the boon correctly
which boon is the most under rated in your opinion?
Aside from taking specific hammers that are incompatible with other hammers, no
something like dying wish imo
(I can't really decide over/underrated stuff considering my limited playtime)
what that one do again?
Overrated is a lot easier than underrated tbh
aoe explosion on death, aphro
I'm trying to find the Spear's "Chain Skewer" hammer modifier for a prophecy, it's the only one I'm still missing
Some special hammers block it out
don't play achilles or gy
It says it's incompatible with the aspects of achilles and guan yu?
(60 hours)
oh its lament lol
You cannot get the hammer on those
Dying lament is on taking damage
Okay fine
wrong one
So, Aspect of Hades, then?
aphro revenge is wave of despair
check the wiki rn lol
lmfao
My bad
ok completely unrelated to this convo, but who's your favorite voice actor in hades
Logan, by far
I’d honestly also put that on my underrated list
Hades has better odds than zagreus so yeah
https://youtu.be/cX56xOTAbiA?t=102 mandatory watch tbh
Though each of our games is quite different, one thing they have in common is the wonderful voice of Logan Cunningham, who's brought so many of our characters to life. Here's a special message from him, along with a brief look at the different roles he's played!
Play Hades on Switch: http://supergiant.games/hadesswitch
Play Hades on Steam: htt...
(idk who plays who ._,)
ah gotcha
(timestamped for the hades roles but he plays an insane amount of characters across all the games)
hades/pos/achilles/charon/asterius/narrator
real
zag's va is also great
Darren korb right
This game has some banger VAs
yup
Music composer of sgg and Orpheus's singing voice
also skelly
the other shared characters I remember are dusa/aphro Persephone/Demeter Zeus/Chaos
and I believe nyx/artemis?
Are there any characters in the game that don't share a VA with another character?
Cerberus :p
I mean Cerberus is a good boi so he doesn't count I don't think
he has 3 different doggos listed iirc lol
also apparently dio and ares also share lol
Hypnos is done by Greg?? damn
who is greg
Writer of sgg
ah
lol hermes and sisyphus too are shared
and theseus
from what can I see only patroclus/eurydice/Orpheus don't share VA's with someone else
well, Orpheus's speaking VA
oh Thanathos too
Are they all dogs?
That's adorable
who's better, Alecto or Tis (forgot how to spell the rest of her name ._.)
https://fixvx.com/SupergiantGames/status/1326938618271657986?t=VzD0bxuSQp426PZoJ0pbXg&s=19 found one of the doggos (1:50)
Hades is our first game with a big fully-voiced cast of characters! Our voice cast includes actors we've loved working with for years, plus some incredible talent who joined us to help bring our characters to life. Here's a quick hello from everybody! (Minor spoilers) #HadesGame
lmao
as in easier or character wise
character
altho imo tis is the easier fight
oh I agree but I play that fight like a dumbass
alecto has shotgunned me more times than I'd like to admit
Is it just me or is Hades' phase 1 harder than his phase 2
There is a contractor upgrade to make Theseus shut up?
Yeah
Not you
No
😭
Learn to speedrun so he doesn't have time to say his voice lines
you should be able to press a button during diologue and have zag interrupt
“I don’t care” button for Theseus would go hard
like he has different ways for each character
(And it just doesn't work for cerberus)
"look I don't really care, let's just fight already"
"yes, I died, no need to rub it in"
"no I am not a murderer"
It’d also be funny if you could just shut him up by attacking him mid dialogue, but it just got deflected
Is it weird that I don't have the same problem with Theseus that everyone else seems to
"no I am not flirting with you, I just want to have dinner with everyone" (that ones a bit personal lol)
I don't mind his stubbornness
Not at all
everyone is entitled to their own opinions
Out of curiosity, who are everyone’s top 3 characters?
Character wise, not gameplay wise
dusa, arti, and prob astarius
Dio, sisyphus, and zag
I forgot zag lol
Bg3 crossover confirmed
bg?
Baldurs gate
ohh
Artemis, Apollo, and Hypnos for me
Wait is astarion, I'm tripping
out of the house of hades, who is the most ready to throw hands
not who's the strongest
Hypnos gets props for making me realize that lists actually do help a lot with adhd
but who would attack first
Skelly
imo either dusa or meg
Meg and Achilles are the fighters
But would they start fights?
like I think dusa would be comedically aggressive to anyone who messes up the house (except cerberus cause good boy)
Meg? 100%
I can see that
shed 100% be the first
But she isn't, thank the fates
altho maybe that's why she isnt
Who is the most tragic underworld character
(aka not in the house)
If Alecto got into the house, she’d probably spend an unhealthy amount of time trying to make Skelly suffer
and fail
Of course
without zag's interference prob Patroclus?
honestly for me it's either tis or patroclus
Not sure about tragic, but Orpheus had it rough at the start
Imagine being sent to prison over burnout
sys seems happy, alecto is 100% fine with her situation, eurydice seems happy, thesius and astarius are 100% gay /j, but those two seem to be kind of sad
Tis is chill with her job
yeah but the way she is, "its all she knows" that sort of thing is always sad imo
cause like
idk
Is there anyone in hades that isn’t tragic one way or another
Well, Cerberus exists
fair
but some def more than others
Dusa doesn’t seem like it either
Eh, still more tragic characters than not
I mean
overworked
but it's by choice
being a workaholic must suck
especially how she seems to be unable to make friends
Fair
and the whole firing thing was stupid
like
I hate the fact that that was realalistically the only way to get her to take a break
cause it shows that dusa have major issues with that sort of thing
Anyway it's midnight
discussing random things about this game is fun
but I need some sleep lol
It is
Well, later
About Demeter's rare crop boon (the one that makes a random boon common then progressively increases its rarity), can it target a boon that is already common?
yes
ah, ok
What does "The Big Five-Oh" winning condition stands for?
50th clear
I should've saved my svreens
Just do it again 
Hades is about one of the 100 men that is unironically willing to fight the gorilla, so the rest tries to stop him and end sacrificed to the gods
would theseus voluntarily fight the gorilla 1v1?
He would but he's employed by the gorilla to stop the man
pretty sure it still lodges into the first enemy
Lodging with zeus cast is weird
But to answer this, no
zag is so cute
So, about the Hades fight
I mostly struggle with his Phase 1, he almost always procs at least one defiance out of me, and if I add any amount of heat he can potentially straight-up kill me before I even phase him
And whenever I do reach his second phase it's usually not nearly as bad
so you have trouble fighting his summons?
That, and for some reason his normal attacks feel harder to dodge in phase 1 than in phase 2
Maybe because I'm trying to juggle his summons and himself at the same time
yeah because the triple starts up faster so you can always dodge on reaction
breaching hammers can help with that, the summons have a TON of armor but very little hp
I never actually understood how Armor works
also check wells of charon in styx, they can have extra armor damage
It's just extra HP that stops enemies from flinching until you break it, right?
armored enemies also have upgraded moves often
most notably in elysium styx 👆
armored archers shoot multiple volleys vs unarmored ones
and dad summons are called super elites
so they have even more armor than the usual ones
I see
Also armor will cap overkill dmg
I usually don't like bringing armor breaching because Hades himself doesn't have any
I suppose it could be useful if I find it early on
I only take it if there's nothing better
Except fists
Where breaching cross is its best hammer
long knuckle my beloved 🫀
Guys, I completed the mission of the 3 skull statues, using god mode, but I didn't receive the achievement. Do I need to do it without god mode? I saw a platinum guide that said it wouldn't be a problem to use it
Ooooo thx
phase 2 is easier
Is there any downside to ||taking the ambrosia back from Dusa||?
nope
What is "The Epilogue" and how do i reach it
How far have you progressed the story?
well, moms back, Hades gave me his keepsake, thats about it
Okay so, you need to "forge bonds" with the olympian gods, which involves maxing out their affinity with Nectar and then doing some ambiguous task for them. I reccomend consulting the wiki for that
you need to make bonds with at least 6 out of the 9 of them iirc
ok thank youu
Okay question? I get Aphoridte's bond by ||Forging bonds with Dusa, Meg and Thanatos||, right? Well ||I just got Dusa to 7 hearts and I notice there's 3 more after that, unlike everyone else so far. Does that mean I have to get her to 10 hearts to unlock Aphrodite's bond?||
yeah
||her bond in specific happens after maxing out her hearts then having one more convo with her in your room||
||who, Dusa or Aphrodite||?
dusa
oh
is it bad that I let dusa keep the ambrosia dispite knowing that there was no consequences
What the hell is going on, I took Demeter's Keepsake in order to grind out her legendary boon for the prophecy
I got her on the first room and now she has yet to appear a second time
I'm at Styx
yeah you know it then
But apparently the Keepsake doesn't influence this?
keepsake makes it so you get them into your pool
it can also bypass the natural 4 gods cap
Then why isn't Demeter appearing anymore
Rng happens
Sometimes they just show up once and never again, even if they're in your god pool
Oh is sticky bot gone
How long has sticky bot been gone lmfao
Bot gone? So if I say hades 2 it’ll be the moderators that scold me? Neat!
i am currently using aspect of hera bow, does it activate ravenous will if i load all my casts? same question for beowulf shield, if they are different in that regard
both work with all casts loaded
it does activate? great
putting together a dyonisus/zeus build, i need to get a few more bonds forged and figured i could see what kinds of builds i can get going
The bot never scolded anyone specifically lmao

It didn’t even read messages
Okay, I've got like, 3 prophecies left to fulfill, at least as far as what the game has revealed to me
Reuniting Orpheus and Eurydice, Learning the Lyre, and all Chaos Boons
lmao
I was fighting Charon and I beat him, and then I happened to be standing on the exact spot he was trying to move to so he could give me the discount card
So it ended up with him awkwardly dancing around me until he gave up trying to move to that location
i play with em4 so much on my phone that when im on a new run on my computer im like "wait where's asterius big crash landing thing"
Wait, Hades is on mobile?
Netflix??
huh
and hades is like one of the 3 actually good ones
First I'm hearing of it
steam has pc -> mobile remote play I guess, though there is a significant amount of input delay and obviously requires owning the game on pc
IPhone only, and yes, you need a Netflix account
well that is what i meant by be faster :P kill things faster by playin better
em4 is fun tho and people do higher heats where they have to do it so surely i can eventually learn to do 32 heat even with bad heat choices B)
oh of course
warning you it will take twice as long than if it wasn't on
you do whatever with your time
I refuse to play without em4
I found a work contract called "Eldest Sigil Restoration" that costs 3142 darkness specifically
That's a very specific number
It used to cost A LOT more
How much, exactly?
8888 iirc
Does the wiki mention that anywhere?
Probably not
The Hades wiki is pretty mid tbh
you can say that again
if you buy the anvil and get a hammer that's required for a prophecy does it count or nah?
What in the build is this
i used owl for attack and i got 2 aphros, one of which i used for speicla
but idk how to proceed from here
i already lost a defiance
Level 1 guan-yu is a hell of a drug
When it plays segments of songs and not just individual notes
Peak build
Drug that has you soberly stare at the death screen
Yeah
Like adderall
yep
ikr
yeah it’s doing that
but orpheus hasn’t been appearing 😭
Just had skelly pull a prank on me where ||he asked me to kill him with Zag Aspect sword specifically, and then he'd be permanently dead, but the permanent death was a lie||
gottem'
You got got
Bro took me 40 minutes to complete 18 heat run😭
What's a really good cast build to pair with Poseidon sword?
arty cast and work towards mirage shot or athena cast and work towards lightning phalanx
What's mirage shot?
Lightning Phalanx seems obvious
And I still need to unlock Arty's last heart so I'll go that route I think
artemis+poseidon duo boon
Just did a run where I got Arty cast and Pos dash before Asphodel, ended up getting a total of 4 duo boons that run, none of them were mirage shot

Everytime someone says this it’s like “my brother in Christ, you opened all the unnecessary duos”
Wdym?
don't take boons that open up unnecessary duos
Wait
Do I have to AVOID certain boon combos to avoid mid duos when I eventually try high heat?
If yoh open the requirement for a duo you don't want, you're potentially turning on ap1 right? You're robbing yourself of a choice
Think of it like that, same way sometimes you grab a core boon even if you don't want it, that way no more show up
Seems I still have a lot to learn
Its honestly minor stuff, that goes a long way
Yes
Alright, which ones should I be looking for, and which ones should I avoid?
pends on the build lol
Mostly Demeter
Avoid Demeter at all costs
Wait is she really so bad?
Name one good duo from Demeter
I would have assumed cold fusion at least was good
Ice Wine can only be used in builds dedicated entirely to Dio cast
Crystal Clarity is what makes her cast usable and it's still beyond useless
Cold Embrace is a direct nerf
Blizzard Shot is a direct nerf
Cold Fusion is of no use when you can constantly apply Jolted anyway
Freezing Vortex is a direct nerf and it blocks Hunting Blades which makes it even worse
Stubborn Roots is the most eh thing ever because you get a suboptimal healing only after you use a defiance
Unless the entire purpose of your build relies on Demeter you avoid her like the plague
alright fine
I like Demeter in the lore and in the actual mythology but no thanks on the gameplay
im always gonna grab that legendary for the voice line alone
The legendary is pretty cool ngl
What are some boons I want to look for then?
the ones that fit your build
Now that depends on the build
A build I'm eager to try is Dio atk + Art special + Aphro dash on Demeter fists. I wanna try Splitting Headache + Heart Rend on it for some odd reason
As much as I know it'll probably not be worth it anyway
I just wanna know what keepsake I should take at the start of the run
I just wanna push heat right now, I don't care what build I come accross
I don't know anything about good builds though
thats the one thing i dislike about hades, you have way too much freedom, and you can literally push the same build consistently, so yeah having a build in mind goes a long way in pushing heat
Achilles Hunting Blades + Mirage Shot seems a pretty reliable one
The tl;dr is fast, low dmg weapons prefer stuff like zeus and heavy dmg/slow hitting prefer aphro/arty for the % (or crits)
From there you can look at the boon index to what you can add
A duo or what not
Or static discharge for zeus

Cast builds are similar
Grab whatever cast you want and check any possible duos
And focus on casts/cast dmg from chaos/Charon wells
But yeah if you wanna ball for builds you can start purse/shackle/tidal dash then build accordingly
What would Persephone's stat curse be if she could offer boons
some sort of wither for a mix of slowing+dmg over time
So Dem+Dio
Don't steal one of dem's only good boons
But seriously now what would it do
i was serious
either wither for a debuff, or blossoming for some buff like dmg amp
Your special plants a seed that increased your dmg dealt and mov speed when you strike the target
Hold on keep cooking
What about effects that seed the enemy and every second it drains a bit of health to yourself
Nooo don't add life steal
Or plant seeds on the spot and picking them up grants some sort of buff
Yeah somethign like that, or the seed spreads to nearby enemy, you can stack the dmg amp up to 3
Sgg is gonna make them get you a -70% hp reduction or something 
😭😭😭😭
Not necessarily like lifesteal, but maybe heal 1 or 2 hp on enemy death
That's pretty strong
Hey, am i dealing more dmg when the enemie has 3 bloodstones or is 1 enough?
1
Thank you
was just in the house of Hades and I caught the man himself seemingly doing what I assume to be determining where Shades might spend their afterlife
Like, there was a line of shades just pleading their case to him, I love this kind of little stuff to make the world feel alive
Trying to do heat 10 for the spear
I tried EM4 and Hades whooped my ass
I had 3 defiances left going into the fight and he still killed me
yeah there's a reason em4 is worth 4 heat
it's the highest amount you get from a single modification
Would it be better for me to find that 4 heat elsewhere?
yes
I can probably handle TD2
Could do em3/td2 then a random 1 heat
Just set my PB time of 14 minutes on 9 heat
you can definitely handle td2
That's enough for td3 lol
^
Isn't TD3 more than 10 heat if I combine it with EM3
If you can clear it you can repeat it till the heat catches up
So you can clear 10/11/12 with the same pact
Wait, going more than 1 above my personal best heat can give me all the rewards?
It gives you the lowest available
So clearing this pact (12 heat) will give you the bounties of 10 heat
Then next run 11 heat bounties then 12 heat
But earlier I did 0 heat on the rail and it didn't count until I cleared that, even though I had done higher heats than that before
0 heat is the exception
If you clear to 20 heat (the limit) but haven't cleared 0 the game will mention you skipped it
Yeah
i love stealing from charon with level 1 guan yu with no hp upgrades in tartarus
wow i only lost 1 dd soemhow
Okay I tried TD3, it went swimmingly
im trying to get a few runs in, but my game isnt registering my controller. t works fine with other games (specifically RL), but when iboot up hades it refuses to work. any ideas/workarounds?
I want to try 16 heat now, so I can unlock the second statue
My PB is 12 heat with EM3 and TD3
I was wondering if I should just do EM4 or something else
But I'm not particularly used to Hades's third phase
Something else
EM4 is unnecessarily hard for 16 heat
What should I be looking at then
EM4 is a huge build check. Unless you have "a good build" you literally can't do enough DPS. Unless maybe you have practiced it a lot and can get in a bunch of hits safely.
Mix between MM/BP1/UC @fossil furnace
I don't like UC very much
Are you using dark foresight
yes, why?
Just in case
ok wow
I just did Heat 16 on my first try
oh god final statue is Heat 32
I'm scared
I wanna take a stab at it now
But 32 is a big number... what even do I run?
Should I finally take EM4, then?
Should I ask about this in #h1-high-heat-strategies or is here fine
Nah
Either channel works
High heat strategies has a heat guide pinned for which heats to take, and it also has a guide for general 32 heat tips
Building tips for each aspect/weapon, gameplay tips, building tips
I wanna try EM4 anyways, I can get to Hades outside with like 5+ minutes on the timer if I get lucky with finding the sack
It's just a matter of actually winning the hard fight
I would check the guide for it’s recommended pacts for the other options you want to turn on
Is it really that daunting to take EM4? The guide is practically saying it's as bad as Approval Process
decided to play again since ive been playing hades 2 a lot recently. played to the epilogue way back when but made a new hell mode profile and just played a quick 10 runs, which is what it took me to win one with the forced heat 5
kinda weird adjusting back from 2 to having fewer of the weapons have charged attacks
idk if its the untoggleable tougher enemies or what but jeez enemies can be damage sponges
I want to take it anyways, feels weird taking on the highest difficulty the game expects me to clear and then just not making the final boss a worthy challenge
It is
I do think em4 is worse
Damn
Oh
I don't mind throwing a few more attempts at this than I'm used to
I feel like having a losing streak right about now anyways
I mean it’s bound to happen if you crank it straight from 16 to 32 anyways
it’s a doable shift but I’d hardly expect you to knock it out first try
Maybe I'll get lucky lol
i think i regret hell mode solely because forced enemy hp increase makes me want to rip theseus apart with my teeth
hes not hard but unupgraded aspects and barely any metaprogression makes fighting him take like ten minutes
Honestly this is the biggest problem about hellmode
like my ability to do basic pattern recognition allows me to hide behind a pillar but that stupid blond boy only shows his back for fifty milliseconds and he has a shield
i dont have a time limit ingame but, im going to die someday.
ngl, I think Thesus with EM3 is easier in a vacuum, his chariot doesn't block attacks like his shield does and his attacks are debatably easier to dodge, and I think he has less health in his second phase than he does by default
But of course, Asterius exists
Asterius carries the difficulty of EM3
honestly normal theseus and asterius are extremely easy to beat damageless with any weapon that isnt base sword as long as you arent on a time limit, its just a matter of not falling asleep and getting hit by asterius phase 2 or forgetting theseus exists while dealing with asterius first
its just annoying how much hp they have
How much extra HP does Hell Mode give them?
if i am correct about how pact works and applies to bosses, you cannot disable them having +20% hp
every enemy has +20% hp enabled forever since the run where the game begins with narration before you enter the house the first time
+15%
15% then mb
It’s still annoy as hell though like
which is horrible because …+15% hp on everything when you have NO DAMAGE and NO METAPROGRESSION
is like
one of the worst pacts actually
Well yeah it just is one of the worst pacts under normal circumstances too
like to make a worse one on theyd have to be actively thinking “lmao lets force them to have on ap”
it basically makes it so that if you get a winning run relatively early on its gonna take at least 45m and you just cant go faster unless you actually happened to roll a perfect build that has broken damage
realistically, all hell mode does is slow down early game progression
technically late game as well but by then the assumption is that you're good enough at the game where the hell mode pacts don't really bother you
hell mode fresh file runs tho, that's where it actually matters lmfao
because while the first two bosses are fine, the regular enemies in asphodel take forever to kill and it takes as long or longer after that depending on how your build develops
it just makes runs. slow
if you know what youre doing its not that horrible but its just so damn slow
regular bomb skeleton enemies just take forever to kill with barely any mirror progression and certain unupgraded base aspects
its hell because im thinking about my actual real life mortality as i play
finally freaking unlocked the hidden fist aspect
only took like 90+ runs 
i also just played out of my freaking mind, i had 9 hp left and went 4 encounters hitless to preserve my death defiance, the last of which was theseus
okay, I'm making progress
16 to 24 took 3 attempts
I cleared 28 on my first attempt after that
What's funny to me was, Meg, Asterius, and Hades were actually commenting on how much Heat I pumped into that run
I can't find any reference of this on the wiki
Alright, I think I'm within striking distance of Heat 32
I want to do EM 4 though
Not because it's what I think is easiest, just because I want to honor my first 32 clear with an appropriate climax
have fun
oh I will
I just won a shackled run (aka no attack special or cast boons)
nobody told me spread fire was a LITERAL SHOTGUN
I LOVE SHOTGUN
also 2 chaos curses at once goes hard
In h1, I only ever had 2 at once, h2 let me get 3, peak gaming
fought charon in tartarus, ended up beating him with 9 hp and no death defiances left, somehow managed to make my way up to patrocles and get all them back 
real
I love Patrocles
patrocles is the true homie
Can someone help me come up with a better strategy for Heat 32
I wanna clear this and then never touch the pact ever again
Huh
Beowulf shield
I was already chatting about it in #h1-high-heat-strategies
ah nice
honestly forgot you existed when I made that message lol
is that what you're named after?
Yeah
I think like ~10% of my successful attempts overall have been done with shackle under those conditions
25/270 or something
at least one with every aspect
it's pretty interesting
harder to build off of
especially w/o 3 stars
also I saw that pizza guy on yt and gave me some kinda whiplash
like on a comment
Je ne comprends pas
Who?
Is this like a common Hades video commenter or something
no they're in discord
oh alex
I knew them from discord and saw them on a 64 heat run
@lavish sorrel cameo
i mean hollow knight felt like a dead giveaway lmao
Idk a lot of roguelite players play hollow knight
It’s like
crazy
I don’t see the connection between the games but I see it all the time
🍕
pffft
I’ve never been wrong in my life
what video lol, i usually don't leave comments
uh I think the third ever max heat run
you mentioned catching a sturgeon
oh playad's unmodded 64 rama win
yeah that comment kinda blew up lol
it was also that i caught the video early when it didn't have a lot of views yet
fair
Wonder how wide the bridge between hades and other games would be
like
Who here plays X game yk?
I've seen a good bunch of isaac players in h2 discussion
I think there’s generally a lot of crossovers between roguelites
Which makes sense
And then beyond that indie games do a lot of crossovers for playerbases too
I wonder if anyone else plays wynncraft
and celeste with hades lmao
The beheaded is in like 5 games at this point
Most of the common chatters here are roguelike players and play multiple ones
Hey, how do i can get more than 5 stacks of poison?
low tolerance duo boon, dionysus + aphrodite
weak enemies get +3 more stacks of hangover
Ah i see, thank you 👀
whats the most hangover dps anyones ever gotten?
I don't think that's an interesting question because it just devolves into play eris, get hyper sprint, get rd, and then buy all the ignited ichors in the world, discounting potential duos one could get or other usual sources of global scaling
with enough ichors you can get all of the damage you'd ever want or need
also keep in mind that hangover damage on an enemy depends on the last applied source of hangover on that enemy, meaning that if you want to maximize hangover damage then you need to have only a dionysus call as a source of hangover
Wouldn't it involve that weird bug with peer pressure

Do i just need to kill the final boss 9 times to get the ending or have i do something else too?
the "ending" needs you to finish 10 runs
but there's an epilogue that needs you to unlock 6 of olympians' last hearts
Alright, thank you 👀
Man. Escape attempt 16, consistently making it out of Elysium but dying either in the Styx or to Hades himself
I think that last attempt was killed by an unfortunately timed Chaos Boon, making me throw away a Defiance on the Bone Hydra 😭
I started off so strong, too! Barely took any damage in Tartarus or in Asphodel until the boss lol
How come H1 is only on IOS and not Android?
it's only on ios and available through netflix, you may as well just buy it on pc
The fact that Hades has a mobile port at all is crazy
That it's limited to Netflix iOS is even more so
what weapon you running?
Fists, Aspect of Demeter
based
If anyones missing lord hades, zagreus, or Zeus in steam trading cards im selling them so i can get my last 4 cents for Witcher 3
I wouldnt ask if i wouldnt need
I would sell all my items for 1 cent so i get the last 4 cents if i could lmao
Steam guard just wont let me
Starting the download
dont leave us hanging
Demeter's legendary boon is the last one I need for the prophecy, what's a good weapon to use her for and what other boons should go along with it?
@rustic vale
If it’s the last one you need just go for it and don’t worry about the build
I like multitasking, ideally I'd use a weapon that I still need some hammers for
It's more efficient
I like knowing what boons synergize with others
Screw it, I'm gonna do enkidu fists with demeter boons
I'll just do it without heat
Great question

Honestly if you’re trying to use dem in a build the only real conventional build that does is crush shot hera for snow burst
Oof
Alright, maybe if I still need more of her after this
Hopefully I don't though
She's the worst out of the bunch, right?
Generally but
But?
You need ravenous will, arctic blast or killing freeze for dem’s legendary so
Given Hera is bow you might as well take her strike boon, then snow burst if it comes up otherwise ravenous will > killing freeze > arctic blast
rare crop is also a good option if none of the above pop up
If you find posiedon just take tidal dash
Ares, Artemis, Dio and Poseidon are all good 3rd and 4th god options here because they can’t open duos with demeter, increasing your odds of finding Winter Harvest
(Or phrased another way, zeus and athena can massively get in the way of you finding Dem’s legendary)
For this build anyways
Anyone know of some good variety streamers who played Hades? I only saw a couple, and they both tried to get the exact same build every run, and then claimed the game is repetitive. I don't want to say they were playing the game wrong... but I can't find how that can be enjoyable
Honestly don’t know too many who are actually good at the game
There are a few who are in the speedrun discord but they’re not too consistent (at least about posting that they’re streaming)
Yeah, I just wanted to check out some VODs, since I was curious how non-roguelike players fair
Actually I forgot the self promo channel exists there cuz I don’t check it often lmao
I mean, speed runners are gonna be aiming for the same build as well
Same type of build atleast
The gameplay will be better though
same build for their aspect of choice*
Oh yeah, I meant first time players who exclusively try one thing. One streamer I found never even tried out anything but sword and fists
Goodness
He just... took the same Zeus keepsake every run, to get the Zeus dash, and tried to get cursed slash. And that every run for a 6 hour stream
Funny
Of all weapons and they chose the only one where it’s bugged
I don't think he even unlocked the bow, since he said he doesn't like ranged weapons?
you can’t unlock the rest without unlocking bow 💀
I hope more streamers play Hades 2 once it's finished, in a healthy manner
Well he didn't do a single run with it atleast
You have to unlock them in a set order if I’m not misremembering the start of the game
It’s a shame cuz bow doesn’t even really play like a ranged weapon
Again, I don't dictate how other people derive their fun, I just don't understand how someone doesn't try different builds in a roguelike
The second streamer I found also exclusively used bull rush builds. Like he beat Hades once, then just said "if this build worked the first time, it'll work again"
Gigabrained grindsets from both of them
Well neither of them got to the credits, because they felt the game was repetitive
I understand doing a handful of runs just to get the build you’re aiming for to properly come together but to just repetitively hit your head against the wall the same way
“Game is too repetitive” > is literally choosing to play it repetitively
Idk I play pretty much the same build on each aspect
But they only used one aspect thoigh
I think the one guy exclusively used zag shield for a 4 hour stream
I think I would have an issue with that mostly because thunder dash on sword is an ineffective build, not because they tried to get the build over and over again
It’s normal to just keep trying what seems to work
I think it’s kinda crazy cuz that portion of the game is like the prime time for experimentation
But sticking with what works is understandable
only problem is thunder dash sword with cursed slash is uber disfunctional
It’s antifunctional
Put the Aphrodite cast on it and watch it destroy enemies
Rush Kick is great
Speaking of Rush, if a call makes you move faster, does Rush Delivery boost its power?
Can someone explain Hades' keepsake to me
Invisibility sounds like it just makes it so enemies can't target you, but someone gave me the impression that it does more than that?
It gives +100% dmg for its duration
Also allows you to stalk doing darkness so time save for Speedrun
do not get blown kiss with this, learned the hard way
It’s really strong👍
What exactly is so useful about it
Granted, I don't like any of the bow aspects, I'm not very fond of the bow in general because I suck at the power shot timing
Being able to load casts into your strikes is just a heap of extra damage on the bow chassis
Like
Your casts just pop out with your strikes
It’s more damage, and gives you a bunch of ways to scale your damage because your casting and striking are attached to the same action
You don’t really need powershot timing for bow to work well tbh
It helps a ton but bow is strong just baseline
Well I haven't felt it, I'm terribly inconsistent at the timing and rooms take much longer for me than with literally any other weapon
Have I done my dash-striking on bow spiel with you
Cuz
Standing strikes are so abysmal on bow
Dash attacks on bow feel even more clunky than normal attacks
Sometimes when I try to fire again after a dash attack, it just doesn't load an arrow
dash + powershot 
oh huh
Dash strikes are just faster standing strikes on bow, it’s a tad odd to hear them considered clunkier
are you trying to standing strike immediately after dash striking?
Either that or trying to chain dash strikes
Chaining dash strikes should be seamless
After I'm done with the run I'm on, I'll try to record it to show you
quick question about the yarn of ariadne. if i have two, will both of them be used on the next boon (making the extra one useless) or will it mean the next two boons i obtain are upgraded?
Next two boons
This also works the same way with refreshing nectar from Eurydice
I gave it some practice in the courtyard, I promise it's not nearly as consistent as this when I'm actually in a run https://streamable.com/oiqy8b
See that was smooth though
You just need the practical experience in combat
you can also hold it just a teeny bit longer than you think you need to if you want to powershot consistently (if I’m eyeballing the timing correct)
you hit it more often than you didn’t which is solid
okay, I'll try it the next time I use the bow
For now, I wanna try a sword aspect
which one is the best? In low heat
Nemesis
Zagreus’s bonus doesn’t really vibe with the majority of sword gameplay being dash striking
and poseidon doesn’t really offer enough compared to nemesis
Aspect of Zagreus Stygius tutorial:
- Flurry Slash
- Cursed Slash
Is there anything to say about Arthur? It feels kinda slow to me but I've heard people say it's not bad
Um
It exists
People find it fun
If you’re not going to use nemesis you might as well use arthur because your other options are bootleg nemesis and bootleg nemesis
I don't mind using Nemesis, it's just that it's the only sword aspect I don't have maxed yet
Poseidon is Nemesis for casts and Zagreus is... Zagreus
It's at level 3
Nemesis is still the best sword aspect at level 1
I see
How much does Heart Rend partake in Nemesis gameplay btw
Should I take Artemis keepsake to lean more into crits?
a lot
Generally nemesis is more consistent if you take aphrodite to start off
I think Poseidon sword is fun. Zeus cast or poseidon cast and then try to get extra casts and exit wounds. It's not the strongest but it's always fun
The crit rate nemesis offers is strong as is, but having the consistent, strong boost to all your damage from aphrodite is generally better than taking a lot of regular strikes to kill normal enemies
Zeus cast, Bad News and Exit Wounds and you're set
yeah but more crits is more fun than consistency
It’s nicer to have to consistent damage from aphrodite and the higher crits than more common crits and lower consistent damage
I raise you fun is subjective and I’m trying to recommend what will function best here
heh I agree. I just like seeing those big numbers
I mean in that vein aphrodite is a better option then
I actually feel dumb for never considering Aphro attack on Nemesis. I cleared 32 heat with it, but I used Artemis attack
You’re gambling harder because you’re critting less often for higher damage numbers
Artemis strike can be better if you hit a ton of chaos additive
Since we're talking about Zeus cast... Zeus leaves much to be desired from the so-called king of the olympians
Zeus cast itself is super strong in Tartarus for clearing out heaps of skulls. Doesn't scale well for the other biomes unless you get a bunch more Zeus stuff like jolted, the extra bounces, and the legendary
In general. His attack only works in 2 weapons at best, special probably on his aspect only, cast isn't really good unless you're on a stream of skulls...
Call is fine tho and so is dash
Call is more than fine
Feels like Zeus's purpose in a run is to spam Jolted
His call is more than fine and the arguements about the strike and special just seems really weird if you look at literally any other god
yeah, if you get tons of Zeus boons, then he becomes good though. Hard to contorl but fun when it works
Most of the other gods are putting up the same numbers for core usage on builds
And zeus is easily one of the most splashable on builds that don’t primarily take him
Idk man I don't think the strongest character lorewise should be a more of a support
For videogame purposes the gods are supposed to be balanced 
Zeus gets running with like 2 or 3 tier 2 boons or call while Aphrodite for example is heavenly by simply getting an epic strike
Zeus literally just needs jolted
“2 or 3 tier 2 boons” is a stretch
and status curse boons are prioritised by the game when they roll boons so you are more likely to see jolted than any other t2
How would you change zeus to make him this dominant part of his own builds
Like
I think flat damage from calling down lightning does just fit the whole vibes right but you obviously can’t overtune the flat damage lest rail go bonkers
Hard to say. Would mention the internal cooldowns but that'd just break the game instead
balanced and also different. it would be boring if all the boons were just big damage
Always felt it weird to have cooldowns for abilities that work best when spammed but let balancement be a thing
I mean the cooldowns on zeus strike are like
exactly enough for rail if they don’t have a little leeway
Zeus cooldowns are pretty unimpactful and properly balanced imo
Mostly a thing I can't really think of a way to properly balance. Any changes to strike could make rail never look at it again or just marry the boon. I don't really like it being basically a "rail boon"
Zeus strike works on fists and spear too
Other weapons would only use it on Tartarus due to the skull streams and then let Customs consume it
that’s just not true
Spear makes good use of it and fists does if you don’t think about merciful end opportunity costing the hell out of it
Spear definitely on Guan Yu. Not sure about the rest though
…achilles and zag spear make excellent use of it
I hadn’t even considered guan-yu when I sent the message
Achilles and Zag? Aren't those special oriented
nah
both really like flurry jab, which is fast enough to take advantage of the lightning
it does not but chain lightning with static discharge is good damage
No but lightning strike works really well on the flurry jab chassis and also opens up lightning phalanx
which is one of the two best cast builds for achilles
Achilles builds have hardwired me into not seeing anything outside of cast spamming
Both primary cast builds on achilles hunt for flurry jab and strike at points
casts are basically the solution for bossing bc it sucks otherwise
yall im looking a guan yu… how bad is it…
Has cleared max heat
It has?
i mean i technically have 0 heat open for spear if its that bad💀 cause ive heard really bad and good things about it
what was the build?
Don't know. I think Shackle and the Aspect person know it
Max heat is virtually impossible to play with a set build tho
Yeah it has
I thought only Rama bow and Zeus shield have ever done it
The first one abused the mac glitch with athena strike but after that I’m not sure for the following glitchless clear
Nope Guan-Yu has 2 unmodded wins as well
Where can I see them?
I’ll find the spreadsheet again
This might take me a little while thou
Wait
I’m crazu
It hasn’t done it unmodded why did I think it had
lowkey the redacted aspects made me enjoy certian weapons way more
Oh there’s a second zeus shield submission
Gilgamesh my beloved😭😭😭
Gilgamesh is the worst fist aspect btw
my current favorite weapon by a long shot
does it look like i care
i forgot bout that
Here’s specifically the glitchless speedrun modpack guan-yu completion
No Mac deflect glitch this time.
Greatest thumbnail by Mysterra, thank you.
So you can see the build there
People will really get mad when fun doesn't match with effectiveness
i dont mind
its still pretty alright
am I crazy or do legendary and duo boons show up just fine without Gods' Legacy?
The run was modded so it doesn't appear here?
They show up just fine
correct
Gods' Pride it is
the rarity of legendaries is more finding all the pre reqs than the chance itself
10% extra chance is pretty unimpactful for legends and duos
because Pride does make a massive difference
I got stopped from sending the modded heat leaderboard cuz I sent too many links too fast
20% epic is consistent across the board
oh I see
20% epic also works for hermes's funny 3% chance for epics
A 10% chance per boon option on miniboss rooms is like a 27.1% chance per boon
12% odds for regular rooms make it a bit higher than that
and everyone knows how insane good rarity on hermes is
So, Guan Yu and Eris have both made it to max heat before?
Speedrun modpack thou
Epic Swift Strike Flurry Slash Cursed Blade my beloved
I love rush delivery scaling
with the modpack I mean, yeah
Which really just removes a bunch of run rng but ywah
The videos are linked to each submission
So you can watch them
are Demeter and Eurydice my best bets at getting a heroic boon?
what does Mac mean???
Just pulled out my calc the odds of at least one boon option being a legendary/duo for normal rooms is 32%
The operating system for computers
what does that even change??? Am i stupid
On the mac version of Hades Guan-Yu has a glitch with Athena strike where spinning clears the entire screen of projectiles
or reflects them all
Damn
Hence why there is a mac glitch submission and a glitchless submission from playad
im between a few Guan Yu builds i wanna try then
Not really the case
Aphrodite Flourish, Athena Flourish, and a sea storm build


