#h1-discussion
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rama also kinda poops the bed for speed unless you're like 1 of 2 people
actually 1 of like 4
both my runs on rama i felt like i played awfully but the aspect is just so strong that it doesn't matter i played bad
rama is neat
fr
being awful at rama is still doing pretty well
it's so goddamn strong
i like zag sword cos i feel like i'm actually very good at it
even if it's not strong
it is 80ish% of my gametime tho
Nememememone sword is basically just better Zagsword
if you feel like you're good at zag sword, you'll be shocked to find out you'd also be good at nemesis lmfao
i should try nemesis sword
i was just taught speedrunning with zag sword plume
and i find it so fun
like unironically i dont think there's any build difference other than starting keepsake
but like
even with plume
is nemesis conch keepsake?
makes sense
which you want on zag sword anyways
i love tidal dash
It works well with me too
in my tier list tidal dash is third
it's only beaten by great catch (i love fishing), and trippy shot
i love trippy shot so much
it's so good
tidal dash 🤢
trippy shot just has so much like being better than the rest
my love of trippy shot is independent of nalei ngl
although they are a big fan of me liking trippy shot
that tracks
we do tend to like the same thing
why would you ever want to not see trippy shot?
it's so much damage
and you can pre trippy things very easily
not in high heat
i do think tidal dash in a vacuum is better than trippy shot but i think that trippy shot is so much better than the rest in a way that tidal dash is like on a similar level to divine dash and like passion dash isn't that much worse
what cast do u want in high heat?
ideally none
my highest heat is 20 cos i'm still pretty new (i have 20 heat on sword and like 10 heat on my next highest heat weapon_
dont want it to steal poms
do you just want it to lodge
20 is great
ohh u don't want it to pom
yeah basically
20 seems pretty easy on sword at least
i've watched nalei on 50 heat a few times and i could not do that
yea it does
20 heat lets the majority of your pact be on the free stuff
try 24
i realised that everything over 20 is exponentially harder
cos ur taking the stuff that rly sucks
up to like 18 you can have very free settings
like extreme measures 3 and 2 timer things with middle management
is already like 12 heat or so
ok i lied tdash is great
i feel like for my heat level the last timer heat is kinda free given i do most runs in like 17ish minutes but i get very stressed out by the timer
also tartarus is slower than anything else for me
i love tidal dash so much
it has some of the utility of divine dash if they're next to a wall anyway
i do know that blade dash is the highest dps
but tidal dash is very close
and gives you poseidon
and i like poseidon
more than ares
yea ares sucks for support
i lowkey find divine dash boring which is why i never rly take it
i'm still low heat tho
once i'm higher heat i will be much happier to see it
i just don't need the i frames rn
funnily im currently avoiding ddash
because ive become too reliant on iframed dashes
in my non sword runs i generally try to throw early to make it a challenge
like taking crystal beam
i kinda suck at non sword
i don't wanna sound cocky but i am very good at sword
i have never lost a run after beating my first run with sword
i think my worst aspect is the spear hidden one
i'm so bad at working out when to try heal
i can do the double dash tech thing every time cos i was taught that before i started a run
but i lost at like 10 heat which is embarassing
you have money and it's a free room
you take shop for sure right
i do have a weird thing with duo rooms where i can't take poseidon second cos i am tragically very colourblind
and can never see the poseidon waves
i refuse colourblind mods
they make every colour different
and i like the general colour scheme of hades
i am basically fine other than traps in act 2/3 and poseidon duo rooms
i think they outline stuff rather than recolor but i dont know much tbh
oh that's kinda fire
i like that
i generally hate colourblind settings cos they just make things weird colours
i don't wanna run modded hades tho until i'm top 10 in something
otherwise what's the point
i think my pb for zag sword was like 17th or something
it was 9:20 while i had like 20 hours in the game
i for sure can make top 10 in not that much time
upto lvl 4 i was like alright i dont hate it but now im being trolled
yes
you are being trolled
john hades hates you
and is personally making your rng bad
what is the easiest aspect for high heat btw?
upto 50 id say hestia
i have done a couple runs with zeus shield and it feels very strong easily
zeus also works
shield having a block mechanic feels very good for low heat
and zeus having a way to deal damage while blocking is kinda nuts
i have only done 2 runs but it felt easier than anything i have done
they hate you and they want you dead
zeus aid as well
like anything that isn't lightning strike ur happy with
fr
from my limited experience i have zeus aid as the best call, athena at second, dionysus at third
i like having agency while the call works
so i don't love poseidon/ ares things that lower the dps
you get some i frames from any call so even zeus can be a panic button
the damage can get crazy
i think rupture as a mechanic makes poseidon call much better
but i like being able to control my character properly in the call
i am also kinda new to the game so i can be objectively wrong
i like poseidon a lot more than ares
poseidon has good movement tech with the invelnerabily and with rupture it can stack up some very good damage
yeah ares call is dog 💩
for me zeus and poseidon are the two gods i wanna see more of whenever i get them
cos every zeus and poseidon kinda means just more damage
poseidon call is as good as you can move iwth it
can hit the same target 2-3 times i think
if u do it right
i can always get 2 hits with poseidon call, i would struggle for 3 tho i'm sure it's possible
i just think that zeus having jolted and poseidon having rupture means they are the two gods that scale upon themselves
like more zeus means more jolted and more poseidon means more rupture
in that order
jolted is for sure better
also drowning wave is crazy
and lightning rod
like the duo boons go hard af
more zeus doesn’t really make for more jolted, at least on rail
You’re probably maxing out on the frequency of application
i basically have only played sword so do not know about non sword applications
and on sword u do not want zeus attack or special
but for pos fs more knockback means more rupture procs
i think zeus has so many boons that scale upon zeus boons
lkke double strike
and uh the thing tha hits bosses witha lightning bolt
with jolted
also zeus call
and lightning rod
insane dps from my experience at least
lightning rod is so nuts for me cos i love seeing zeus and artemis
so the duo boon is kinda frequent
all my takes are somewhat speedrun focussed given my teacher is a speedrunner
it isnt
who cares that it doesn't lodge
for me
what is ap?
aproval process
what does that mean?
heat option
i am very bad with namesw
crosses off the boons
imo dionysus has the best cast, a very good attack boon, the second best call and strong drink early is pretty good
what is better?
idk lol
trippy shot is so much damage
i mean cast is build dependent
it's crazy
aphrodite is best on hera, ares is best on achilles, poseidon is best on beo
from what i learned from alexis, even the aspects that benefit from lodging a cast still want trippy shot
doesn't mean it's best
"best"
in low heat ig cuz it can 1shot tart stuff but idk what else u would use trippyshot for
alexis is a speedrunner tbf
i am too
although he does way more than me and i haven't played in a while but nothing's changed lmao
wanna ghost me on an aspect i'm not good at (non sword)
if you're willing to gamble on your build then dio beo is best but otherwise it's just not consistent at all and you need so much
whats ghosting
compared to just flood shot into mirage
not atm lmao
choosing options
basically
@latent moon choose an aspect for me to learn then
is this u wanting to ghost me?
yea
nice
Is this "ghost" as in "ghostwriting"?
alexis and i come from the competitive pokemon community
i think ghost as in closely follow behind or somehting along those lines
where ghosting is a big issue
oh
can you call btw
oh no lol
it's chill if not i can stream and u can type
yea
I'm still quite lost on the etymology. Oh well
theres no vc here tho
i added u
i'll stream
u can type
i'll talk
don't be weird about my englishness tho
i was thinking more like ud ask what to do occasionally and id tell you lmao 🤣
idk if i can join stream rn
rip
what weapon is eris?
i'll let u know at most decisions
found it dw
it's gun
imma force zeus?
dont mind dio completely trolling me rn
do i force zeus?
yeah
regular run, i only speedrun sword
my gun is only 6 heat
i'm doing extreme measures 2 cos lernie is so free
and forced overtime 1 cos i wanna learn fater move patterns
do over time 2 then
cuz you would have to learn it all over again when you go to 2
i like the idea
i'm doing just overtime 2 then
if i have no attack boon on the forced zeus
but uh
epic electic shot
do you have rolls
yea then roll for attack
gun without an attack is rly bad
i forgot to change mirror settings btw
make sure you land in your specials for the boost
like when you go thru rooms?
i have pom, health and erebus poseidon
i think i could do the erebus like 80% of the time
nah the starting max health
i have the speedrun settings on rn
lowkey on gun i could do erebus like 90% of the time
oh ok i misread
so idk what i pick
is this like chamber 3?
i think so ye
go for it then
sure
epic attack aswell
i did the erebus
flood shot
hydraulic might
sunken treasure
it's flood shot right?
or roll
i could take the tidal dash
hm
actually
take flood shot, you can get tdash later
and now youve opened up sea storm as well
i think i agree so ty
what does sea storm do
i just know that flood shot is a good cast
all poseidon boons also do lightning damage
so every dash would also do lightning
that's crazy
yea its insane
athena if you want divine dash otherwise heart
cuz ur on high confidence
money if ur confident with ur hp
like i wouldn't hate divine dash
but i'm low heat
and it's boring to divine dash
so pick for me
yea that would also lock u out of pos dash
so heart?
yea
i think tdash would make it even more free lol
cuz eris when it hits all the right boons just melts everything
can prolly play blindfolded
only room now is pom btw so i'm doing it
lightning strike or flood shot?
it was a quick room
atk ofc
i assume lightning strike
cool
forced gold room next so imma just do that
artemis on door
and shop
Shop for speed
hydralite that i don't need
night spindle cld be ok
but i have not used magenta yet
not needed save your money for shops
how much money you got
well regardless i think you would still go artemis here i think
my game crashed
be back in a minute
i have a good laptop so confusing that it crashed
ffs it didn't save anyting
from the run
pick another aspect to ghost me for then
😭
i was strong
also that is my second ever crash on this computer
i spent a lot on this laptop
run was going great as well
fr
pick something new so it doesn't seem like i lost progress
i have the blood to max anything i think
eris is the only aspect im good with
so doesn't matter if i haven't played it
pick somethign fun
idc if ur goood at it or not
also lemme change my mirror to be not the speedrun settings
ite i maxed it
i had not unlocked it
so i have not played it
what is my starting keepsake?
i assume this weapon is shot, reload...
Shoot reload special to animation cancel the reload 
It lets you start moving again
during the reload
what is my starting keepsake?
i assume it's not plume which is what is currently eqwuipped
0:00 - non hestia rail
0:12 - hestia
0:22 - fists
0:33 - hera lol
0:37 - zagbow and chiron
0:59 - rama
1:14 - beo
1:24 - zeus no cshot
1:34 - achilles
1:49 - gy
1:59 - non arthur sword
2:04 - arthur
oh ok cool
aphro on attack seems good given it's high base damage if i always reload
aphro is the highest % damage
i got not the attack
i got special, crush shot and uh
passion dash
i think i either take passion dash cos it's ok or roll
ur choice
roll for attack
ok
i still didn't get it lol
😭
flousrish
special ig
nah not worth it
passion dash is fine surely
special
ok
passion dash is isnt great but more importantly means you cant get tdash or hunterdash
also
craziest tart ive had
180 hp out of tart with 2 rolls and 3 goated boons + uc fodder
🤌
Got vorime’d huh
it's so easily zeus
is it
dem gives a +% strike for you to actually start dealing damage
so what do i pick
oh AND. 2 poms on atk
i numbers picks for me ofc
i mean yea dem sucks but
2nd highest % damage
if the atk isnt atleast rare or higher i woulndt bother
to be fair this is like the only case where you would
aside from Hera
nice
snow burst rare
my main issue is i never rly hit my first shot but i have to learn to hit that attack
it takes a while to get the reload -> shoot into muscle memory
is this with mouse? Fair enough
with mouse you just turn off attack at cursor
bruh choked so hard in phase 3
wouldve won

i did it again
made a savestate of this and then moved the file instead of copy
lost another savestate
Smartest high heat player btw
how to get secret aspect for bow?
guys i feel like this is the run that i finnaly beat hades
alright here we go
wish me luck
alr guys second phase wish me even more luck
i died...
damn
its just strong drink no?
nah athena call is sick
ig if u have delta its like fine? but like strong drink feels like it'd be nothing
yea i thought the same
fair
call took 5 poms, shouldve sold
i just cant beat em4 without patty and a broken build 
o actually i can and i die to overtime

still a throw
2 runs in a row died to p3
any tips for beating hades in general
My friend lost their one and only death defy in tartarus then proceeded to get the Athena duo that makes you heal over time and then second try hades
Holy crap the shield is op lmao

Combat strategy is something you have to learn, but in terms of building your boon layout, my recommendation would be to be aware of what boons you need as prerequisites for secondary and duo boons, and also try to use primary boons that support your weapon. Don't take something like doom, which works well on low fire rate attacks, on your gun, for instance.
alr thx
Just be aware of like, Zeus is flat damage. Aphrodite is high % mult. Ares is low firerate. Etc
any good builds for aspect of chrion?
Oh yeah big time
Get Zeus on your special
It'll make every single shot shoot the lightning bolt
Dionysis works too
so what just get the ligthing special for zues
Take a look at Zeus duos, find something you like
Idr builds enough to give like super good advice but you can always ask #h1-builds-and-combat
chain shot is good
on aspect of chrion?
woulding reletens volly be better
could take piercing for prophecty
so actually
You only get 1-2
Nooooo I was lied to
The internal cooldown for lightning bolts is 0.2s per enemy
well like for chiron it’s especially egregious
you think you’re getting 8 maybe even 12 lightning bolts
And you max out at like 2
i remember someone removing the internal cooldown for it but they still said it was mid but idk how much i trust them with that lmao
chain lighting could come be good here
Ok OK SURELY dionysis doesn't have an icd right
or thunder flourish?
dio?
I’d take thunder dash here just because neither other option works well
alr
Dionysus
Yup
My dignity has melted, my innocence shattered
hangover works really well when you can just apply all your stacks with one special and aphrodite strike lets you find low tolerance to max out at 8 stacks instead
what happend gng
if it makes you feel better, chiron was never good to begin with lmfao
and then all you really need to do is put all your poms on the special
I was wrong about Zeus special
plenty of other aspects to mess around with!
dude aphros call is broken
it's alright
I'm gonna go back to hades 2 where there are absolutely zero internal cooldowns
hades 2 easier then hades 1 ngl
Going back to a game with exactly like 2 less cooldowns than H1
You just drop lightning bolts, and chain lightning/support fire
should be decent enough for this run
alr
In hades 2 I can use the strongest aspect ||pan|| with poseidon and never need to worry about internal cooldowns because I'm using the strongest aspect in the game ||pan||
get poseidon on special
for chiron
easily the most fun one
its like the only aspect you get to use pos atk/special on
i want to try a chiron pos run
This statement should be considered a cognito hazard.
In Hades 1 you can use the strongest aspect in the game (Beowulf) and never have to worry about itc because you’re using beowulf
which weapon is that aspect for
Shield
just deleted tisiphone
im asumming its the secret aspect
Ye
i started a run and its just a black screen
now it just crasdhed
lol

also am i the only one who likes playing both hades 1 and 2 on pc
It lets you make really strong cast builds
Does a lotttttt of damage
All of those are good lol
which one is best for the build im using rn
yo zeus in tart we winning
also goddamn controller is a cheat code for bow lmao
Ye
Prob jolted
i do just fine
i like m&k better then controller
on any game
more freedom
also with the right finger placment you can do that on pc as well
you dont understand
as somone who used to be a controller glazer i do
but switching to pc opend my mind
yea zagbow 50 soon ✌️

With the right finger placement you can check your brain at the door as easily as controller with no finger placement whatsoever? 
I’ve played both
Pc needs leagues more from you
another thing m&k is just more comfromt for me really
i like it better
it takes skill and brain power
I think if I tried to play half as aggresively as I did on controller I’d get carpal tunnel within 30 minutes
with 2k hours in kbm and like 5 hours on controller, controller is miles ahead for bow
aggressively*
like i said i also just have more comfort with it
let me find the clip
They are also more comfortable with mouse normally if the 2000 hours weren’t clear 
Bow is just not the same
its all the same for me honestly
is that you on m&k
yes 😭
ur forced to be accurate on controller because it practically autoaims
idfk what to tell you man
oh my god
fr its so easyyyy
it feels so good
before this run i was just shooting skelly for like 5 mins
cuz its satisfying
It’s just snappy and you just need to have your thumb in the right general area
You see what I’m saying
And this was back when my bow pb was only like 9:54
im just shocked by the build
Hydraulic Might/zag bow/ fiery presence are why the first few hits are so massive
Actually does fiery presence even prok here
Or do I have the bloodstone in before it matters
It was a really front-loaded build back when I was significantly worse at the game than I am now tbh
i feel so small😭
You could probably do this too
gng im going to h2
yea
and have a half-decent hammer
like I don’t think this even had twin shot it was probably perfect shot
like ive beat chronos like 3 or 4 times and i havent beat hades once😭
why is chronos so much easier
I’ve heard a lot of really weird things about the difficulty of each respective game
I’ve just stuck to H1
I’ll probbaly be like a cranky boomer if I switch over
“Why doesn’t this work like this from H1”
its honestly not to bad
there are a lot of dif things
Ok but you’re switching between games early 
wdm
only 4 clears on Chronos and none on Hades vs like I’m really entrenched in H1
I think I’m more likely to notice the things that I really enjoy about H1 if they get changed whatsoever yk
dang
got both the hammers and rare jolt as well
sweet
holy build
Should’ve been 64
i will likely die to em4 lmao
gn
yea i died to first phase lol
just got stun locked by the sneak
but 2 volleys phases him
unfortunate
Yea
Join us
We turned shackle into a well item

I'm still fairly new to the game, but what exactly you wanting to figure out?
Like idk what weapon and what aspect to get
Oh and should I use nectar on the same god or not??
Best bet is to unlock all weapons and get to know them all. Whichever weapon you feel more comfortable using, aim for upgrading that one first
From what I have gathered, one nectar is good enough to get the keepsake of whoever you gave to (except for hades) but if you want the secret keepsakes, you need Ambrosia, and can only be given to some of the non-god characters (dusa/skully/Meg are some of them) and they need more nectar as well I believe.
For the aspects, I don't know what's needed to unlock them tbh
Oh ok thank you so much
I'm still learning myself xD how far have you gotten so far?
I’ve only gotten to the final boss once
Oh also when you get to the final boss regardless if you win or not you unlock something new which is nice
I won’t tell you what it is tho but it is really good
I haven't gotten that far lol, I'm stuck in the temple of styx lol
Fourth level, after Elysium. Bunch of rats and poison lol
Oh yeah that one is really annoying
Right? I'm getting used to using the cure function lol
I still don’t know what the cure thing does
I had a build that just helped me go through it all easily
Asphodel has the best music. Almost makes me forget how hard the zone is
It cures the poison on you, the pool refreshes after a few seconds
Sword: nemesis (main functionality is gained at level 1, subsequents improve it)
Spear: achilles (solid at level 1, but vastly improves with more more levels)
Shield: zeus (main functionality at level 1)
Bow: hera (lvl 1 functionality) zag (needs more levels, also isn’t as crazy absurd but is less input heavy)
Fists: demeter (needs more levels)
Rail: eris (always good) or hestia (hestia needs lots of levels)
The way to get the hidden aspects is written down in this message, and pinned in this channel
Whats the first companion i should try and get
I was about to say megs but it lowkey blows the rest out of the water
So it might set the bar a bit high
What about bouldy
should be fine
It really is
The main thing it has going for it are the additional resource generation
bouldy is my fav
It doesn’t get better 
There will never be a point in the game where you see barge and go “damn could’ve been a worse option”
When i first played this game in June 2025 for like 1hour or two i quit it from dying twice there😭
I just thought the bull was one boss
He just ran away half health
They can run away?
Oh god 😭😭😭
Find out
Yes
Is he nice?..
Im really scared
Atleast sometimes
Yeah he’s pretty chill
I guess? But he does respect zagreus a bunch and he is very polite
You can very very easily contrast him with his teammate Theseus
The Insult outweights the politeness
Holy the credits have crazy music too
What?
Have we played the same Hades
Asterius is a bro
Short one is too much...
nothing can fix this.
is it bc you're also short irl

No but words hurt my zagreus more than physical pain
Hes hurt but he has discipline
idk for all we know the zagreus in this universe might be controlled by a ff player
The zag of someone who returned the game within the 2 hour Steam refund window
"How many HADES runs can I beat and get a refund?"
banger video idea
Cant imagine myself beating one without extra death thingies
Always abusing the keepsake for +100 hp res on hades
What’s the record for ff rn
Was it 17-18 minutes rta or am I heavily overestimating
17:41, still by nitro
So it probably maxes out at like 7 wins
I somehow doubt you're getting more than 6 even with great rng
the first greece segment takes actual millenia and the 9 others also take a minute+ each 
Forgot about the greece segments
It’s 100% achievable you just need some more time in the game
Like at your stage in the game there’s definitely a ton of room to refine your combat skills, build skills and just general decision that would make it significantly easier to achieve that
I could beat a run no deaths but im lowk impatient so i just greed and lose atleast one death defiance
But i cant imagine this with no mirror upgrades etc
No mirror upgrades at all is a different story
If you’re talking about routine inspection you usually avoid turning it on in any capacity until like 45-50 heat
i have no idea what that is im heat 2 on all weapons
The heat option that removes your mirror?
Oh you were talking about fresh file
Yeah
That sounds rough to i only use the limited time one and the one that makes the fury sisters together
Chat hades has a lock And ive beaten the main story when can i give him nectar
Need to beat the game a bunch more times
Oh god
pretty sure i js no hit charon so that was cool
whats like the best companion, cuz i mostly see megs on so is that the best?
I love bouldy
I have 40 hours in this game since starting 10 days ago i need help
40 hrs in 10 days? Thats only 4 hrs per day, I think youre fine, no help needed
Thats with school and two training in a day
And other games
Yeah, youre totally fine 
anyone else here not like flurry shot with the bow? I just feel like the charging it up is a way easier rhythm to fight out of, it messes with my flow
force of habit
flurry is quite a powerful hammer on all three bows that can get it, just need to learn how to use it ||and learn to pseudotech||
I havent really enjoyed games after yakuza 0 nothing really was good but now finally hades got me aswell
I get like 1 good game a year then the rest is suffering
Hot take Lernie is as cute as Cerberus
I just did thanatos 7:55😭😭
Using a God's Keepsake Guarantees a visit from that God,
But if you run into that God again, Will the %Chance of Increased Rarity still be in effect?
Zagreus us suffering... plz halp... 🩸
While you have the keepsake equipped yes
Thanks king
Btw the game doesn’t tell you this but every boon/item/keepsake that boosts the rare chance also boosts your epic odds by 10% and your duo/legendary odds by 10%
Yes
The aoe, speed and damage are perfect to hit every minibosses and boss with the right set-up very consistently
Hades being an answer on Jeopardy just now lol
@untold depot Really ? lol Nice
Like, Literally the game. or like a Mythology question ?
The game
hell yeah lol
Yeah, I saw that. I'm upset that no one knew it...
How do i get the reach the epilogue achievement
The max amount of heat where you will still earn bounties at is 20 right?
Yep
I just tried borrowing some money from my beloved merchant in tartarus and dude absolutely obliterated me
Classic
Fwiw fighting him in tart is usually the best
You get way more time to use the rewards
If you only wanna fight him and win, pray it shows up in Elysium instead
His stats don't change
Tragic
just wondering is the bow the most op in the game ?
shield / rail / bow each have at least one top aspect for any given discipline (except fresh file), yeah
if I had to give arguments for "the most overpowered", that probably goes to shield
Really since I'm still very freshly in the game (4days) and i find a lot more success with the bow and long range combat especially in the first two stages
shield, you can hold down the attack button and nothing coming from that direction can harm you
Wait what
it's a damn shield, what do you expect
I definitely didn't know that fact i thought it only charges the attack
||people when they learn that a shield can be used as a shield
||
(dw you're not alone it happens frequently)
Well how am i supposed to know this game has no parry system
I thought shield won't have that ability
New information unlocked
Dw about it, I'm messing around. If I came across as rude, sorry! 
No not at all with this info i will try the shield again
Any recommendations for god preferences?
you can build the base shield similarly to base sword
cant go wrong with arti or aphro on the attack
the main damage-hammer you'd be looking for would be charged shot
Well i never built shield before most my runs were bow
that's the main caveat with the shields, they're rather hammer-dependent to have damage, and their selection is limited to 1 or 2 good hammers depending on shield-aspect.
I'm just used to long range and aiming mechanisms
Okay then i will put that in mind
idk why you are telling me that since i just told you what gods to use
Since u said i can build it like base sword which is a thing i didn't do either
Me see bow me get bow
“Bow” and “long range combat” in the same sentence 
there really is no good option for emojis for “I found this amusing” huh
it’s either like full send laughing or really weak half smile
Compared to sword shield and that glove and spear
I think Spear might actually play more long ranged than bow ngl
On avg across all its aspects
Not really since it's mostly it's Q that has long range
And tbh i like bow Q since well it stops many attacks that i hate
I am misremembering or doesn't the small tutorial each weapon gets when equipped mention the fact that the shield, in fact, blocks
Eh I can see how it can be missed lol
"hold attack to defend (release to bullrush"
Well tbh i didn't even read that part i was just what happens when i hold oh charge cool and moved on

Idk it’s definitely me being speedpilled but I usually play bow super close to enemies since all the best hammers for bow incentivise you too, while spear can actually make use of the range due to it being immediate so you can shoot them off from further off
and then look at like Hades/Guan-Yu being special focused and achilles being a castpect
versus like zag/hera/rama all playing close and chiron does too if you use it as God intended (as a discount zag-bow)
Hmmmm for few messages here ig I'm playing the game totally wrong
No wonder I'm still losing in elyseme
Eh I’m a speedrun and I only play a teeny amount of high heat but I think our levels of play might be worlds apart anyhow like
You should be able to get through the main story playing however you want
story
have no clue how I mispelled it that bad
When u say speedrun how long u usually spend?
I mean time
And other question like how many stages does it have
8-10 minutes on the in-game timer
which is what is used for like 90% of speedrun categories for Hades
8-10 minutes for the whole game???
1 escape attempt but yeah
I spend 10 minutes in each stage holy
Oh so it's a short game i thought it will be longer
Real-time is more like 20-30 minutes but that’s because decision making uses a lot more time than an actual combat ngl
tbf you aren’t done when you clear one escape attempt
well, kinda not really, still tons of other story once you escape
Oh i see
To even clear the main story you need 10 wins
Ohhh now we are talking now that's what i want
I like spending my night long hours playing it i find it really fun i was kinda disappointed when u said only 4 stages
As you get faster the difference between your in-game time and your real time gets way larger ngl
Which is good news to me
once you escape you also unlock a “heat” system which lets you turn on optional modifiers to start getting the boss drops again
Well I'm more into the fun and spending time so i have no issue with it
like titans blood/diamonds/ambrosia
I think my main save file has something like 480 wins and 700-800 escape attempts 
OHHHHHHHHHH i thought i will never see those again so i can upgrade my weapons too amazing
Let me check mine for a second
Well apparently i only have 35 escaping attempts i thought i had way much more tbh
Might have overestimated
I know mine are probably significantly lower than they should be because I’ve used give-up to start a run with the same seed more than a couple times
Okay you know what i never thought about this one
I just accept my death and try again 💀
I’m playing on my switch so I don’t have the speedrun modpack and I’m not recording my runs so like seeding isn’t an issue for me and sometimes you just have a really nice start
and you want to keep the first 3-5 rooms the same then rng manip the seed
so it goes way differently after that point
Tbh i just open pc open hades zone out for hours and enjoy it i didn't think much about most of what u are doing
I guess everyone enjoys the game differently you enjoy making the monsters suffer and those monsters enjoy making me suffer
Kinda like souls games
Sub7:43 when
guys i just called a saytr sack a grover sack
Anyone know a way to summon thanatos more often? Trying to get his companiom
Pray
idk thanatos almost always show up in my runs 
you cant
Can i not? I thought he was like the olympians and you see him each run
no, hes rng
Oh i had no idea
I hate this game now every other game feels dull
I thought it was ambrosia
i think he does show up a little more frequently after you max your relationship with him or i'm just really lucky.
Just lucky
They mean him showing up in runs


