#h1-discussion
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like you legit dont have to aim
Most kbm players use it for rail and bow
it way worse no?
Yall have auto aim too no?
It’s the same iirc
I imagine it’s fairly similar
im not sure if there is a setting idk about but i miss many of my shots but when i watch someone they just click attack and dont have to aim at all no?
i might be bugging and watching high level players so it might look like they aimbotting so idk
Like on switch yeah unless we shoot in the opposite direction it locks on
yea exactly
Idk about Kbm
Go to settings and turn off aim at cursor
i feel like i lose so much time sometimes just from missing a shot on some stupid enemy that is like hiding somewhere
I assume so
That’s basically turning on auto aim, so you want to do it for rail and maybe bow
i kinda like the skill experssion of aiming but goddamn if it helps i might roll with it a bit
For other weps i wouldnt recommend it but ive seen it used with sword
If you remove aim at cursor you’ll get the roughly same effect as switch I think
yea that makes sense
goddamn mb im too used to it
got it
We can race if you want to test it
Hey just curious
dude my avg time is like an 18
What’s ur main weapon
i might not have a chance
Oh it’ll be a close one then
i actually got a 13 first time running fists
i dont really main stuff i play what has the bonus
but i stuck to like 3 weapons the most
spear bow and shield
now i like fists havent really tried sword a lot
but im thinking of trying out the nemesis one
actually its been so long since i had the bonus on sword
is it like a 1/6?
Ye
i wanna try my first 32 rn i appreciate the offer but imma have to turn it down sorry
Yea don’t worry about it
Nem is quite nice but tough to get into at first
I find it more enjoyable than fists
With fists?
i havent had the chance to do a lot with sword i just never really liked it it wa a meh weapon you have to start with
i got an ego from jumping to 16 with fists so yea imma try and fail to be expected for a 32
I jumped from 20-33
32
16 to 32 is not that uncommon
Yeah
You could it
We believe
imma try to force it to get more patient with the fists cuz i usually rush in and tank stuff like a morornty
Just be careful what you pick
I think the wildest I've seen was like, 10-ish range to 40?
Holy what
Did they win
gonna be a mireable failier but will try
That’s big
Eventually
Mustve been my alt
ty
What build are you planning to run?
10 to 40 is pretty crazy
once you get to lesser your options on the boons it gets pretty unfun tbh
but ig you can get 40 without doing that
That’s one of the ones you do last
ye you shouldnt have to pick that
i actually im procrastinating and still havent looked into it
What aspect are you planning to use?
Just dive into it and improvise
might just run zeus attack into artemis really shouldnt overthink it
Best way to learn the game: f around and find out
Yooo ZA
i only have like 1 dice roll bro its gonna be so ahh to get the jolted 😭
legit
Good luck
Don’t forget to put the win in #h1-victory-boasting when you do beat it
I wanna see
Be wary of the timer
dont expect much cuz i dont
im running 7 mins should be good
first time phase 4 hades lmao
NO
3*
Em4 kinda hard
if not more
Em4 stinky
You just made your job 4x harder
Imo just do it
F around and find out
Just don’t take EM4 HL5 and FO2 at the same time
itd be a good place to die i feel you
bro what are these acronyms 😭
Who know you might win
FO2= forced overtime 2
It’s a lot of heat so itll make the rest of the pact lighter but you have to expect to die at the end if youre not decent at the fight
EM4=extreme measures 4
yea im running 7mins per floor
id say first 2phases arent insane
Thata tight deadline 2
they do
They do
A lot harder
And he gets more hp overall
he spaws weird stuff*
But just try it
Yeah just try
yea i will
imma lose my death defiance on floor3 and maybe hydra cuz of the lag i get there
You’ll be a real gamer then you’ll jump to 50
Remember that these are harder too
then will buy one and have 2 for the final fight
chiron 50heat run
i havent thought that far bro my highest is legit 16 from an hour ago
before that i had a zeus 8 i think
#raisingbythepoweroftwo
i nailed down the floor 3 fight pretty well tbh
the hardest part gonna be clearing the rooms withotu taking hits tbh
especially floors 2 and 3
Divine dashhhhhhh
legit gonna get that first
Are you gonna finish Tartarus with that damage?
thinking of running whatever attack i can get if its decent for the fists and then get artemis trinket next floor
lightwork
If you think you’re decent at the boss fights you can take no healing and run stubborn defiance instead, but that will make EM4 even worse
if haelin can do it
i dont even have that unlocked but nah i dont like it
i first thought it was 1 death defiance every floor and not chamber
actually pretty crazy for higher heats im assuming
Bud he’s reallyyyyy good at the game compared to us
It’s a requirement basically
lmao ik but its fine
And then there’s the CHADS that beat 64
It’s a beast of it’s own for sure
Heat gets exponentially harder, it’s a big spike at 50 already and many don’t even make it there
So yea it’s miserable and an insane skill requirement for the select few who attempt. Probably thousands of resets if unmodded
Well it’s also thousands modded
once it gets to mirror and boon restrictions it feels more of a pain in the ahh than an actually challenge but you could say that adapting to what you get is the challenge which i cant say anything to
i legit be overthinking this game a bit much i have like 50escape attempts and ragequit the game a year ago cuz i couldnt beat it
At that point you’re pretty used to the boon restrictions and run enders. You’ll have to start dealing with the loss of the mirror which means losing you defiance and second dash. Paired with no healing, tanky enemies and a tight timer. You’re essentially fighting against impossible odds.
The jump from 62 to 64 took a year or two to bridge if im not mistaken
the last 2 points were the mirror werent they damn.
3month ago was another victor too
rama
The rama one is pretty insane. For the longest time we thought only shields could do it because of the single dash. Although we’ve had a korean guy do 61 heat non hell mode rama quite a long time ago
But it is technically seeded
yea the rama dude legit a demon
like you know its over if you step on lava for a split second
how fast they activated that athenas call after accidently stepping on magma is just mad to me
playad good
I remembered I can play Hades. I'll get back to it. Tell me a random aspect y'all
Zag bow
I'm ngl when I played non-Rama bow after like 2 months of playing ONLY Rama I realized how slow hidden aspects become 😭
yooo same. I mained Rama for months and when I tried Zag bow for the first time it felt sooooooooo nice.
best hammers for spear? using achilles so probably smth like flurry jab or extending jab
Flurry jab yeah
Helpppp.. do i grab a heroic zeus attack (will replace demeter attack) or do i grab clouded judgement
What weapon
what build
Gauntlets
...why do you have dem attack
Do you have the heavy knuckle hammer
Is was that or artemis and i like dem more
Even if i have nothing working with zeus?
The rats!
Ouch
Ots been a rough run lmao
Yeah at charon for 450 i was saving for it
Grab the attack and pray that 2nd zeus gives you static discharge
indeed
Wanna know something fun.. i kept demeter hoping for that one boon that makes chill explode… all i got was decay… since the fire place
I cant spell it
Aspho
apshodel
Yeahhh
just use zeus
What keepsake did you start with btw
Hermes
Yeah plume ain't the best lol
I was told to use it instead of thanatos
Sacrifices build consistency/keepsake choices
I mean
That's not wrong but that bar is lower than hades's house
Butterfly is baaaad

The "optimal" method is god keepsake 1 (core of build) > god keepsake 2 (support/duo) > defensive keepsake for 3 and 4
If you know what you are doing plume runs can pop off with like zag fists and mirror upgrades to help the early game
Oh i dont try that hard, hades is my go to brain turn off game
But you still are praying to get a decent build
Yepp
Dang.. i found the bag.. but didnt get enough for zeus… do i go into another room?
If you still want some rng you can do like, coin purse/shackle start then experiment from there
How much hp/defiances you have
185/ and 3
Apparently i skipped a lot of health this time lol i usually try to get 200 or more
What tunnels do you have left/how much gold you missing
2 normals, athena and pom: 1 big boy, coin, im missing 20 gold
Is the rng for that zeus boom worth it?
Anything else good in the shop?
Miniboss rooms aren't the worst
Compared to normal rooms
But also eh you could prob just go
I can buy an athena, or one 300 pom and one 100 pom
Athena is a 450 or 150
Oh wait zeus right lol
Hmm, if you wanna gamble you could do coin I guess?
Get zeus and you have athena for a possible dd recovery
Or just go
It would take a while with just zeus attack but just tell yourself is dodging practice
185 hp/3 dds is good
Like okay gameplay wise i can do hades on a bad run just its slow
And he has thighs... Plus I loved his skin and the screen effects of his power
Exactly!
Yeah
The only downside is the usual "takes longer = more time to get hurt"
What if i do the poms and get his attack to level 4?
What do you have from athena rn?
Nothing lol
Could take her call or dash if the slots are available
Uhh no
then theres that
Huh
it gives you more boon rooms
Ohhhhhh
and hammers and hearts and coins
Ima go for the zeus boon because dopamine when legendary
hehe
Dark foresight swaps your ratio of 50:50 to 70:30 in favor of gold laurels basically
You are gonna see like 5 blue laurels across the entire run
I have been so focused on darkness i keep forgetting keys so i dont have all the mirror yet,
Could trade gems for them
wait have ya bet the game.
Oh yeah i have, i like making new save files lol
Im on my 12th escape attempt and have only lost twice
ah makes sense
Oh the jolted dmg?
ye
Is that worth over clouded?
But artemis call is so strong!
NOT COMPARED TO JOLTED
mhm
Call is always amount of hits over dmg done basically
So wouldnt spamming max call be better then jolted?
So every punch and lightning strike is already better
youll only charge it at most 12% faster. Jolted is like a 50% damage boost
Arty call is dubious
dubious
Max calls take a while to charge, crit chance
How do you have image perms
bro just said dubious
Heheheh dubious
You can whiff it on a dad darkness or impervious bubble
Everyone has embed perms
Wha?
mhm
If you use jolted you can also just use artemis call for iframes instead
Truee
what dash do you have?
Big chariots my nightmares
None
Flamewheels are whatever
theyre annoying
They kill themselves at the smallest crash with a wall
theyre not even dangerous theyr just annoying
gasp
Its the run where hades doesnt fight back xD
God dammit xD
LOL
No I don't have
gg people
yes you do
Im just too gooddd
omg hunger games
Ooh
ooh indeed
Im sorry SomeNoob!
It was like a whole 30 minutes!!
Artemis call is really strong, I was really shocked when I experienced it
Me too!! I also felt the same when i dod max call Poseidon
Winter break moment dw
- h1 is a good game, I like talking about it
Well persephone has returned in 12 escape attempts.. i only last 2 and those were the very first ones where things were still being unlocked
Now for the run 1 win
Create a new file and win on first run
Is that possible?!
Ye
3 is the quickest i have done it, usually i do it in 8 runs
It’s pretty hard tho
That sounds like a challenge! Oh gawd i hate the sword lol
Its so fun.. now my next challenge
Figure out how to consistently beat em4
I have beat it once
It’s a pretty fun fight, so if you just fight it a bunch you can prob learn it pretty well
ahh well that didnt go very well
died to floor3 boss with 2 death defiances
lost my first one at a mini boss for some reason
they get extra moves now and i didnt know of it
didnt get jolted or my artemis special which was pretty bad ngl
got athenas dash which helped a lot for clearing
if only i knew they get extra moves how does that make sense
the minitor doesnt spin usually does he?
You have extreme measures 3 activ3
even with the added armor version
He gets the changes for his miniboss fight too
before i attmepted with all the modifiers i usually ran with extreme measures 3 only
and i dont remember a spinning attack
But yeah he is not affected by middle management which buffs the other minibosses
ik he has area of effect on his slam third move combo
Nah beyblade is em3 only
ohhhhhhhhhhh
shi
yea it was pretty fast too and i didnt know of it
almost reached styx 32heat first attempt
wouldve been a close one
Nice
i might commit and just try again later since i did get pretty unlucky
tbh even though you have essentially nothing, there are some tweaks the game makes for the first run that actually do work in your favour (though unintentional)
like how you can only find Ares, Athena, Dionysus and Artemis
which means you essentially start off the run with a full god pool consistency wise
since there are no hammers for double edge, and no chaos to boost strike damage, you're kind of pigeon-holed into building towards Merciful End
and starting with a full godpool really helps with Merciful Ends consistency
You also always start with divine dash so you do have some safety
Even with mono dash sword
And if you have played regularly with any level of forced overtime you gain bullet time
this might be more personal preference but since the game defaults Theseus's call to Artemis if you have all the gods you can see in your build
Theseus has to use Arte call and I like that one but also I haven't done it monodash ever
Hermes is also out of the question which is really bad but it does technically buff your ME consistency alongside hammers not being able to show up
Does merciful end work with Lucifer? How to play it? I had Ares attack and Athena special and dash. I found the Ares doom triggers faster than I can deflect.
wdym exactly by "does it work with Lucifer"?
like
does the duo work?
or
does this build work well?
Anything can run ME, but not everything will run it as well as other weapons
and in lucifers case you have better options
Hades is kicking my ass rn lol
I just started a new playthrough
I've never beaten it
Don’t worry it gets easier
But uh
Maybe go to #h1-for-new-players
@static spruce
I’m assuming ur new? Idk
dude but like nah rail is so much easier than fists its actually crazy
ig it literally is stronger and thats nothing new
fists feel like you really gotta learn those openings very well know when to go in and out you generally need more time to master them ig
thats what makes rail easier
and the damage ofc
kinda crazy
from 1heat to 32 on the rail
legit 40 doesnt even seem crazy on it
Eris go burrrrrrrrrr
It sounds like I didn't leave much info yet about my gameplay in the mobile version
When I was playing the game, I could unlock the weapons, but like in order to play the game, only 1 weapon of the weapons could be used in order for me to reach the end
I wonder what will change when I get to play the game in the Switch
I could only pass with the Eternal Spear
Exactly
I mean how to best use it for ME if it's viable?
Merciful End:
The duo boon between Ares and Athena. It allows for the doom effect to drop immediately instead ion lingering over enemies. It will drop when hit with an attack that can deflect (ie Athena boons).
ME=Merciful End
CORE BOONS:
Ares attack
Athena Special
Athena dash
IMPORTANT BOONS:
Impending doom
COMPLEMENTARY BOONS:
Pressure points
Zeus call
Billowing call
Deadly Reversal
Game plan:
Equip Ares keepsake
Grab Ares attack
Play through Tartarus as usual, ensuring you minimise the amount of duo boons you can get so you have a higher chance of getting ME. If you see Athena, PRIORITISE IT ABOVE ALL ELSE. Grab the special. Know you’re eligible for ME, and every single chance you get you should fish for the duo. If you don’t get it, grab impending doom and divine dash.
Asphodel:
Grab Athena attack and repeat Tarrtarus. If you see Zeus in any room, grab the call and get billowing call when you can.
Elysium and Styx:
Grab chronic coin purse and Acorn respectively.
Pray you get ME.
Once you get it, grab the important and complementary boons. And shred. And melt everything.
Here
It’s a basic guide
To like every merciful end build
Yes though on rail like Lucifer, I wasn't sure how to optimally play Merciful end. Are you meant to dash strike with Lucifer? I use using Athena on special, the deflecting balls was quite useful
Same as ever
Use attack to apply doom
Use dash to proc ME
Lucifer does not have a dash strike. ME is defined one of the worse options for it. You can put Zeus on your attack and grab any % special and you’ll do better overall. ME is mainly meant for melee weapons.
If you wanna try it on Rail use Zag rail with spread fire
It’s not viable 
You can use it
It's bc in mobile I could only win every boss with only one of the weapons of the unlockable weapons but that's very specific
I only had more chances to win the game while using the Eternal Spear
I used to read a manga about someone that wanted to be like his father, but that the father was a sword owner but also used to create swords with him (but that were very special across the story's world), and his father made 7 swords until he dies from a assault and gets robbed that the person doesn't know the style of the execution, and his son had to take his sword
And then goes on a journey to recover the robbed swords
Are you perhaps talking about Kagurabachi?
It has the exact storyline
Yeah, and the crazy thing is that in the mobile version of Hades of Netflix that just left, I could only use one of the weapons of the unlockable weapons in order to have more chance to win but that's very specific
I only had more chances to win the game while using the Eternal Spear
And the Eternal Spear is known for something in the game
Being used by Chiron, Hades and Achilles
?
It's crazy bc Hades also used it
ah
i finally beat the bull and theseus for the first time
in 42th run
it took me skelly revive and 2 death defiences tho
and i had to replenish those in elysium d
i died in next map
i suck at this game D
tbf i only had 10 runs or something this year , i did 30 last year and gave up also i had to give back my controller so couldnt play it
Until all of a sudden I found out I had more chances to win the game while using it in the mobile, where there was times that it was easier to fight bosses and reach them without having taken much damage from enemies and the weapon was used by Hades😳 (while meanwhile KB Chihiro is using his father's sword, and his eyes are RED)
I wonder what will change about it when I play the game in Switch, if I will keep beating the game only while using the weapon or I will already be able to beat it with all in Switch as part of a change
Yeah
<@&456908176877551658>
epic
I love this game
Lets goo! congrats
ok now what the hell are you talking about
how is chihiro playing a part in hades
I found them related to my experience.
In mobile
i see
I managed to kill bull and bring theseus down to 20% on my 11th run, one death defiance, forgor about skelly
If only i had that
Mannnn
as a beginner do i keep playing hades 1 or download hades 2
If you’ve started it you might as well keep going
Also
Just in case you keep continuing this game go here so you can avoid spoilers
okay thank you
Ultimately the decisions up to you, but I recommend enjoying Hades 1 for a good while
also is the boss at the end supposed to be really hard?
i literally cant get it to below half hp
its so annoying
Well it’s the final boss
There’s two phases
That’s not many
I have same question
He’s derpy like that
Why necessarily?
most australians say mate
but its also in Britain
i honestly pictured the Hades family to be British
I’m joking Yk
Yeah that makes more sense
Maybe Hades is secretly British
I never remember which is which but cthonic gods (aka the UW people) have one accent while the olympians have another, is a conscious choice.
Ik is british/US accents
Olympians are british and Chthonics are American
There used to be a pinned message about it but the channel it was pinned in is hidden now
Land down under, just like australia
guys in my 43th try this morning i beat asterius and theseus with 2 death defiences
and somehow reached hades first time
died at start of phase 2
had 1 dd and skelly
If you haven’t beat the game, I would recommend travelling over to #h1-for-new-players to avoid spoilers
Its okay, spoilers dont bother me. as a matter of fact i actually kinda came here to ask aobut them
does hades attitude change when you finally make it out?
Yep
cause he never directly says that he hates you
just that you are weak
and a let down
and annoying
He becomes a tad warmer
and like everything else
And starts to treat you with some
Respect
As expected when your son absolutely beats you over and over again
and whats the lore reason you cant stay at the top. ive actually already been told this and just cant remember. like youre a dead thing so you literally just cant exist on the surface or something?
Zagreus is tied to the underworld, and so cannot exist outside of it
Not just that he’s dead
but you do see youre mom before oyu go back right?
His being is tied to the underworld
For like a few minutes and then
roblox death sound
well a few minutes is more than nothing
Long enough to see the sunrise
and it seems the canon would indicate you continue to escape even knowing this
Yup
so its worth it
You wanna know why?
what do you mean why?
its his mom
he can only see her when he escapes so
isnt that why?
That’s not the only reason…
You wanna know?
yeah
Spoiler warning
of course
Ok
im just curious as to what it could be
He eventually convinces Persephone of coming back down to the underworld
After 10 runs
oh thats sick
And after that
Hades uses him as a way to test the underworld’s security
Zag pretty much gets employed lol
i guess thats a reason
And in the epilogue Zag does runs so he can meet the gods and bridge the relationship between them and hades
And the underworld as a whole
thats a better reason
how do you get the final level of friend ship btw
i have those ale thigs
things
super nectars
well why wont they tell me it
There are hints sometimes
damn thats rough
And some are just “you talk to them”
What do you like?
oops
Language
punching, stuff
i guess
i got like 30 runs in
but yeah i kinda just run over everything
thats the plan
so if i need to like
kill 10 things in one arrow shot
it will NEVER happen naturally for me
i like the sheild and i like the fist
i know the story, you find mom , you die etc
I mean, you don't have to do favors
who pinged me man
consider it a curse, but yeah basically he cant leave the underworld
Hmm this is really cheap on the switch rn
Steam sale
I don't mind doing them. I just don't wanna do a bajillion different things hoping it's a favor. I'd rather just do it and be done with it
Okay I looked up a guide just to sate my anxiety.
There's nothing you really gotta go out of your way for
The only one like that seems to be skelly
technically shield and fist hidden aspect do need you to do something specific
Hermes is also annoying
hermes seems like the easiest ngl
outside of like hypnos or thanatos
or ares who is the one i wanted to do
I also just kinda like his item lmao
Yeah fair enough
so its it wouldve happened naturally
i like the zag effect on the fists
so the feather was a natural choice for me to grab
Also do the passive effects of the keepsakes for higher boon rarities always apply or only on the next guarenteed boon it gives you
cause it seems kinda weird that people would just carry these things around after maxing them out
vs something like any of the other ones that just have passive effects like cerberus, achilles, hermes keepsakes
The rarity stays for all the boons of the gos
You use them for the guarantee next god tho
even on the shelf?
As they provide build control
Once unequipped is gone
you take the keepsake to guarantee the next boon not for the rarity
weird
Rarity is just a bonus
"why would someone carry this crap around for all this time when theres no reward for maxing it out"
fwiw?
For what is worth
is there a cap on the mirror upgrade for better rarities?
cause im deadass about to full send on the rarity upgrade to try and get 100% rare upgrade
thats still pretty good considering the keepsakes
Rares is not worth over the other upgrade
duos and LEGENDARIES
Yeah yeah
Can use it to get the fishing legendary
Ive carfullly read both sides and decided my upgrades
ah i just checked
i know why i didnt choose it
The thing is rarity barely matters if you don't see boons
But you will always see boons
And there are better sources of meta resources
So i think why im doing this side is because the other side didnt make sense
more boons are way better than rarity
way better
it increases my bubble rewards?
it increases the door rewards that benefit you in that same run, centaur hearts and boons and gold etc
oh is the other side saying theres a chance to get two rewards instea d of one?
so less darkness and key and gemstone room rewards
OH I SEE
OH I DIDNT THINK ABOUT THT
i htought it was just saying i got more rewards cause all of them are in the bubble thing
yeah dark foresight is one of the strongest mirror upgrades
welp
Dark foresight swaps the ratio to 70:30 in favor of gold laurels basically
YOU CAN ONLY GET TWO HERMES INTEREACTIONS PER RUN?
He also doesn't count towards the god pool due to this
the only gods i like IN THE GAME more than him are Poseidon and Ares
poseidon is cool and ares is... me
"good job killing all those guys"
Also, with thousands of lines of dialogue
SURELY theres special dialogue for beating the game on your first escape for a save
like "wtf how did you do that"
surely
Should try it
i aint that guy
if anything the true nature of hades is much more in line with me personally
just dont quit, no matter how many times i lose
ill be back again
speaking of not being that guy
yeah heat, wtf is that
that is redonkulous
i took one look at the upgrades: "you will have some reduced healing"
okay fair enough, how far does- oh just all of it, you can just not be able to heal... thats... cool.... dont think im gonna be messing with this to much lmao
Less healing is interesting actually
You get to use the alt side of death defiances
You can get a third in styx shop
One of the items is always a 50:50 between the anvil and a third hermes
That’s the only way you can get more than 2 thou
It reduces healing by 100% at the last rank
Oh okay
Or +max hp
You can use stubborn defiance (1 revive that regens each room, 30% hp)
And use that as your healing
So for most players you're playing with a large max HP deficit
There are ways to increase it
Kiss of styx (recover 1 death defiance) changes to touch of styx
Which increases healing of stubborn by +10% per copy
Well yeah but without healing you're basically stuck at 30% you're mad HP right?
Patroclus's version is +50% instead
I didn't know patroclus until I accidently saw him in the book
The idea is that before a room finishes and you are at lower than 30% you use stubborn on purpose
So you enter next room with a total of 60% basically
But that doesn't put you at full right
Wait 60%
30% and stubborn would come back
your 30% + the next rooms stubborn
You can also do the funny athena thing
Taking her "recover 1 defiance" boons in a room where you used stubborn will give you a death defiance
Then next room stubborn comes back as usual
That sounds pretty doable
She also has 2 of these boons
So you can end up at 2 defiances + stubborn
Or less likely you get chaos's legendary
Which does the same
Oh you can't just keep rnging that boon? Dang lmao
I don't really try broken things. I just want to overpower everything
The idea of using no healing + stubborn is that it makes rooms a lot more tolerable at 32 heat+
Because rooms become harder and bosses are more predictable
Boss become more predictable?
They are just a matter of practice after all
They don't change wildly each time
Enemies at high heats will have varying buffs and amount of enemies
Yeah I feel like I learned the bosses pretty quick
Mostly from the benefits package pact
But I also just choose "big number" upgrades everytime
If it's anything except Athena dash I just choose highest rarity
But I think I'm not alone in preferring that dash
Hers is the best defensive dash so fair
And the only one lol
The other popular is tidal dash for best dmg
I mean it makes you're dash a better dash
DMG optimization is cool but the reasons why people use dashes is to avoid or dodge things. And making it a deflect is just...
I like the spinning blade things though
Cause I just sit under hydra head
You can avoid dmg by killing them before they attack :p

Truly the building strat of all time
tbh dashing as only a defensive and movement tool falls away pretty fast
pretty much every weapon would rather dash-strike than standing strike
yeah but then you wouldnt hope for another dash
youd just hope for more dmg
like ares bloodlust
?
or something like that
what
like if your plan is to kill them before you need to dash then you wouldnt be getting a dash to do that, youd augment your dmg
so if youre gonna need to dash it should be a good one
Tidal dash does so much damage that
is it really that good?
you add it to kill them faster
lmao
yes
it’s a high damage dash with good aoe
absolutely wrecks styx on it’s own and it great damage everywhere else
i just figured you meant "it did the highest dmg" just comparitively, i didnt know it actually packed ehat
but tbh i was really impressed with the poseidon cast too
so im not surprised
it’s actually so good that some builds can prioritise it over getting their striking core early (namely crit nemesis and achilles)
crit based nem builds can just start with tidal dash and work out artemis and aphrodite later
We love the styx shredder
whats a nem build
and achilles can split two ways between artemis/ares hunting blades and zeus/athena w/ lightning phalanx so you can just take tidal dash and figure out your other cores later
Nem = nemesis sword
the aspect
(attack gains crit chance after using special)
Is balanced by being a sword 
and achilles is the respective spear aspect
? what do you mean by this
um
Sword stinky
swords are not stinky
sword is a good weapon for speed and heat trust 😁
It’s a little needy on the hammer side of the equation
im glad none of the favors are weapon locked
:57 second ely 
Late to the convo, but non-ff / non-arthur sword stinky
Y FF sword when you could FF bow 
Because it's faster unless your name is pseudo
What’s the ff wr atm
17:41 by nitrostarch
Is that rta or igt
Rta
Figures
especially w/ bow in the mix
but if you just took the sword runs I wonder what the igt would be
11-ish minutes at ultra high-end
Lowkey crazy that a no mirror no aspect no speedrun pact no hammers no hermes gamemode comes within a ~minute of my pb with all of those things 
😔
like I know my sword has a lot of work that can be done but like
I'm not playing ff, I'm playing the first run 🗿
@wide drift missed uuu hru, how's hades been for u
Howdyyyyy, its been cool, i beat the second floor and got to the half of the third floor
And im now pretty much hopping between games
Namely last epoch, hades, doom and some monster hunter world
monster hunter world, bet together haha
let's goo u can do ittt
If i have Freezing Vortex, and i sell my Slicing Shot, does the Freezing Vortex just fizzle?
Yeah it just stops working
Noted
It’s more like there isn’t anything for it to work on anymore tbh
The duo specifically modifies slicing shot / slicing flare
It's an upgrade to the Slicing Shot, not a totally seperate boon
It’d be the same w/ lightning phalanx and blizzard shot and hunting blades and crystal clarity
Just killed a boss quickly enough to get Hermes’ Plume to activate lets gooo
Yes (tentatively)
second try at 40heat just lost to father phase 2 em3 he was like 4 hits away
i had tooth and 1 death defiance
nahh but thats so sad
i played it so badly
didnt have reflect dash to be fair but damn that couldve been so easy
had 3 mins on the clock
hestia has to be nerfed btw
very cozy heat weapon
my highest is 54 with hestia, I've enough practice to do 58 with em4™ but I'm grinding h2 rn 😔
its pretty hard starting out dont let that stop you the game is really fun
for sure its all fun and games till you need to do jury and the blue shield pact to get more heat
im pretty far from that tho thankfully
h2?
you actually don't do the blue shield pact
ever
Yea for sure. I’m having fun. Just need to actually get back there now 
im running a little bit of a scuffed setup just to get some healing cuz im really bad and get hit randomly sometimes
the current hestia modded record is 60 which is everything max except ri3 dc0
hades 2
oh wow i thought it was 58 by the youtuber i forgot his name already
gotchu
pretty sad ngl
arthur™
It’s a huge time sink and you have no reliable way to multi hit enemies to remove it
If you made it that far it’s a matter of time before you get it
yea i can see many aspects not taking dc
Ideally drop RI and AP and take LC4 HS and JS or dump HS and JS2
i usually run shackle start but i think running aphro might be better?
can you handle using stubborn defiance and running lc4?
Yea you should try Aphro but only after dropping RI
Honestly you can keep AP1 because Hestia doesn’t need many boons but I would still drop it
my first run had no AP or RI but i really struggle to clear effeciently tbh and taking something like jury summons is gonna be really painful same with HS i cant play around it in floor 2
that first level of ri is worse than you think, I'd remove that and add js1 cp1
i need the healing ngl thats why i kinda shifted it
stubborn defiance IS your healing
Learning Stubborn Defiance is not that bad
reload cancelling?
i mean its 40 heat and im expecting to die more than once athades
You’ll get it just needs a bit of getting used, it’s a smaller hp pool but more margin for error in rooms. Your bosses need to be cleaner overall tho
You should cancel the animation with your dash or Special. It makes hestia feel a lot better
Can do it with cast too
i was full health going into floor 3 but died once to an enemy room and once to the boss which i had acorn for so that was probably the choke that lost me the run tbh
for sure yea
i usually attack reload after dashing immediately
then special once every 2 attacks cuz thats how the cooldown lines up
it also doesnt waste any time (the special) if you do it in the reload animation
fyi my first 50 heat clear didn't have hl5 specifically because of that
sometimes i forget about the special ngl
This sounds good, might just need more tries, you made it to the dad fight so you have what it takes
i lowkey ego ed that hl5 i was like ill just dash away
so your saying less hl more ls?
i cant have that LS4 tho i cant imagine not healing at all
ty
getting used to stubborn defiance with lc4 is huge if you want to push past 40
If youre set on keeping some healing id say keep AP1 and take some js and maybe cp, but drop RI for sure
i did have 3 mins when i was like a few hits away from killing hades so maybe i should take my time with some rooms
but if i say that i might get too lazy i fear
But id recommend doing an LC4 run on 32 heat for practice
yeah ri1 has to go
i think imma have to get used to the bosses more for 40+ to be viable for me but i understand what you mean tho
And it’s too early for RI2
you have no idea how helpful dark foresight is until you get it back
nor do i have the one where it gives me more rooms of hammer and pom types
ah then that's your mistake 🗿
dark foresight is one of the strongest mirror upgrades
not a bad idea i just feel like this run is close enough for me to go for it btw sorry for the slow reply im going back to see what all the acronyms mean
the 25% damage is juicy
maybe i could go for ri2 lmao
i have like 10k dark tiers only
might need to shift it a bit but idk if i can max that
You can get really good builds on AP1 RI0 which help a ton for rooms and such
You’ll also just have more hp and gold to spare
i don't recommend ri2 but if you wanna try it then drop ap1 so you can at least get better hammers
ngl the 2 runs i did i got insanely lucky and got aphrodite on the first room with a common attack boon
which kinda sucked cuz i had shackle at that time but luck was not that bad except for the dash
are hammers really worth on the rail that much
Understandable, I think if you give it more tries you’ll start to see the infuriating runs lol
only 4 hammers are like decent
maybe 5
and i dont think they make that huge of a difference
ricochet and explosive shot are great for hestia
the special hammers are always good
lol yea imma skip to changing my keepsake and maybe looking for RI2 AP0
The nice thing about Hestia hammers is that there isn’t one that bricks your build so no harm in taking them
ap1 doesnt feel insanely bad tho imma keep it a buck it can be sometimes frustrating but its not an insanely big deal since i have to sell a boon anyways sometimes
is the piercing one any good?
yea thats true
It’s nice but not always useful imo, it pierces shield guys in Elysium which is neat
it's ok but you have to go out of your way to line up enemies, ricochet just does that for you
it must be somewhat frustrating not putting some free heat on when you look at my setup from your prespective lmao
NOwAY
Tbh when I look at my early heat clears it’s basically the same lol
man fk elysium
Then I wonder why I made it so hard for myself
you only say that cuz of the skill gap
let me show you my first ever 32 heat clear
i mean yea i am probably but i just havent gotten used to stubborn
send it
absolutely horrendous pact
That’s a very nice screenshot
jesus christ wtf
38 minutes is calm
fyi the (close call though) victory title is for finishing with less than 5% hp and no defiances left
40 mins but 32 heat
yeah a message that i was dumdum 😂
Lemme see if I can find my 590 min game where I accidentally went afk for two days XD
lmao
basically @naive flicker it's ok to not instantly be good at the game, take your time and try out different pacts until you find the best combination for you
