#h1-discussion
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i like it
it's just not for me I guess
u dash like mad firing all this staf with poison or lightning
considering my last run was utterly terrible
there are barely any boons that synergizes with one another
I found a rapid attack and defelct for the bow. Quite fun.
yea, I just need to finish a run with bow
then one list down
fav run probably, hades's spear and magnet fist
why run to the enemy when you can be scorpion?
Still have to buy anything other than the bow. Just got it today.
welp, haven't really experimented with bow
I found that a Q build works almost better than doing left clicks with the bow.
you had me at shotgun
Just dash in people's face with the longest range weapon in the game
Whoops, I just learned not to spurn Aphrodite.
Dusa is bae.
I can't remember if the crit chance from bow stacks with Artemis
I'm pretty sure it does
ofc it is
I haven't experimented a lot with it due to my love with Chiron and Rama
Yeah I saw there is basically a quest list for getting each different thing from the gods, but I kinda already have favourites :D
RNG is against me tonight. I’m trying to get the gun’s 4th aspect, and I’ve done 5 runs with the gun. ||Zeus|| showed up in only 2 of the runs and didn’t bring it up at all.
I'm not sure getting knockback on sword was a good idea. Now I'm dashing after enemies non stop :D
Is your dash also doing knockback?
Oh that would be fun :D
And are you doing extra damage for slamming into walls or applying Rupture to knocked enemies?
Oh wait, if I have the festive fog rightclick, can I not put the mark thing on enemies?
No, but the fog deals a lot if damage on impact to compensate
Something to keep in mind I guess for the future.
@verbal violet same for Ares And demetra cast
they do not stuck in your enemies
and zeus cast can stuck in another)
Should I for a while just go with the "fated choice" options to get that done?
I pick fated choices if I feel like the run is already kinda botched.
You'll get it done eventually anyway.
Only exception was picking new duo boons when offered coz idk when I'll get the same combo again
Basically achievements that give rewards for completing certain tasks.
understood
well yes if i have all boons i need i can take some other for prophecies
but usually i try to avoid rooms i dont need
some boons seems pretty rare for me to ignore them
even if they are basic
for example it was rly hard to find exit wounds
Saw a tiny patch? Anything changed or just fixes?
@dull lotus devs on a break iirc so no changes soon
Yeah it was only a 22mb patch so figured probably something backend
localisation error mb
Hate hydra.
@verbal violet lerni is cool
I finished the game and maxed all aspects but the 4th one isnt unlocked
Lernie is cute @verbal violet
Yea, Lernie is good. Can't stand the trigger-happy witches on Asphodel though
Uuuh, I'm really tempted by cursed slash.
Does the health reduction count for all future upgrades or just the ones you have on pickup? If the ladder then I guess picking it early is a bit better.
@verbal violet u mean secret spear aspect or what
I mean the cursed slash. you gain HP per attack but max HP is reduced.
reduces both what you have and what you pickup iirc
yes centaur hearts become weaker
Ok, then it doesn't matter when you pick it up I guess.
yes
But it's pretty strong so far, specially combined with the shield call.
not big sword fan
I pick whatever is glowing purple.
dark thirst?
i do not need much darkness now
so i focus on bounties
it's kinda boring
but why not
I think I lucked myself into a really strong sword build. Pretty fun
beat 32 heat with it?
Not sure what that is.
do u have pact?
What's pact?
I'm currently struggling with plague rats as a sword user. now those are pain.
guys how is hades so good
its the best roguelike game ever made
i've played a lot of roguelikes, and even with the better ones like Dead Cells I end up getting bored after 5-10 hours max
Hades is the only one where every run just feels so different and my playstyle drastically changes with the different boons and weapon choices, and sometimes it's so different I feel like I'm playing an entirely different game
I can never get bored of this 🥳
Ah, didn't manage it :<
So, the keepsakes you can get from the gods, they're basically to make sure which boon you get first and then they are useless and you have to change them out on your way up?
@verbal violet well almost
they still add rarity chance if u find anothe boon from this god
You could take a look at the codex and pick keepsakes based on a duo you wanna try getting
and surrender
and choose weapon and trinket i need
to make proper run
collar can be better
What are good contractor upgrades to prioritize with diamonds?
lounge i guess
I skipped Erebus gate cause it’s expensive and im only at 2 heat atm
well of course u finish basic first
What about the ones that help enable gemstones vs the ones that upgrade room rewards?
even erebus
I like demeter but her buffs are kinda unimpressive :<
she is cool with cast builds
stuff like demeter and aphrodite is mostly for the base dmg
and status curse for dat extra 40%
y mb for status
I got the one that makes my boons common and now they upgrade every 3 encounters. seems nice if I didn't get it super early.
it makes them heroic if u got them before styx
@verbal violet if u lucky she will ubgrade boons u need
Does the lambent plume effect go away if you switch it out during the run?
yes iirc
yes
Awkward
I took one all the way through a run
And then switched it out for acorn right before the final boss
Whoops
the base dmg and dmg boost from status curse is better than stuff like hangover and doom, unless u got certain respective boons
well if u play through poison u stack it and pom it up
and if u keep it only for status
better take weak or freeze or even
how does athena status called
deflect/exposed
em4 isnt that hard
i never tried it
Anyone else on steam who received a patch?
yeah a little
Minor bug fixes I'm guessing?
just some fixes i guess
not enough to put in a full patch notes probably
28 mb
Fantastic game!
yup it is
"Foes drop bloodstones stuck in them faster" isn't that a negative?
Not really, means you can pick em up faster and reuse them either on the same enemy or others
and u want to use cast more often
Also faster procs of exit wounds
but if u want to hit them with ur sword u mb ignore that
exit wounds is hard to find
does aphro still have best scales?
Nowhere as hard to find as fully loaded in the nighty night update
thx
There was a time fully loaded had prereqs of both exit wounds and dual shot (now mirage shot)
thank gods they changed it
Yeah, I had to ask for help in order to finally get fully loaded then (based Peach
)
Survived hydra with 1HP. who needs more?
redacted need more than 1 hp to be beated)
i mean, you don't really need more than 1 hp to beat redacted
i'd usually recommend it, but its not required
i think i've done hitless redacted precisely one (1) time
had more than 1 hp tho, which was a shame looking back
yes to all three lol
ngl that kinda annoys me
i thought it's mistake
its been that way for a while, so i presume its intentional, but its weirdly inconsistent
yeah idk
presumably a balance thing, but i don't think it would be ridiculous if they allowed it to work
what's the exact wording on premium vintage?
?
don't have the wording in front of me, but it probably calls out room rewards specifically, yeah
still don't think it would be unreasonable to expand that
also they don't grant levels ofc
well it's not oly room reward
if u buy dio boon for nectar
he give you vintage
not usual
that's kind of a room reward tho since it comes from a boon
but i don't disagree; it ends up feeling inconsistent, even if it technically isn't
it sounds like an ever persistant bug to me
nah i'm pretty sure its intentional; its like how keys bought from shops don't grant fate
as the wording is "Max hp up whenever you pick up Nectar. Receive 1 Nectar now"
It should be any nectar, since the nectar dropped by picking up the boon works
VintageNectar.png
Vintage Nectar
Underworld Renovation: Collecting Nectar gives a random Boon +1 Lv.
Oh that one
nothing about reward nectar or something else
Those only affect room rewards, yeah
yeah same with the health boost from darkness and gold from gems
I am fairly certain that since 1.0 I've seen the Nectar from Dio give my boons a rank up.
Gotta watch out to not confuse vintage nectar and premium vintage
yeah the dio nectar works for some reason
its other nectar, such as from troves or bought at shops that doesn't
u can buy nectar in shop?
most likely because things resulting from boons are treated as room rewards
Guaranteed nectar works but random nectar doesn't, basically
i guess
||https://imgur.com/a/UvIfHGG|| - current wording for gem and nectar meta-resource boosts, the wording is the same for darkness and keys too
does anyone have an idea of the formula behind the sack spawning chance per chamber in Styx?
It'll be 25% then
it's neither of those things (I don't know exactly how it works either unfortunately, but I know it ain't that)
Aaah, I'm starting to feel the RNG, just questionably useful aphrodite upgrades.
from having a quick search ||it only appears after having cleared 7 chambers (it being the saytr sack) from there it's RNG||
Zeus has become super rare for me it seems.
I'm imagining that meme with euridyce and orpheus:
Me, my husband, and his 4 foot tall zagreus body pillow
I feel like 200 gemstones for 1 titans blood is not a good offer.
yes
As in, give Blood --> get gemstones?
Yes.
Yeah that's a bad deal until you don't need any more blood xD
I haven't even gained the ability to put blood in my weapons, which the game has been talking about for a while.
You’re gonna need all you can get your hands on
You need to || unlock all 6 weapons ||
yay i made bond with Tomatos!
I started unlocking || the companions ||and I’ve got nothing to upgrade them with cause I turned every single bottle of ambrosia I’ve gotten into blood
@hard pawn || companions are a spoiler, please ||
my bad
@hard pawn u still able to harvest more bottles
no worries ^_^
sleep is important so I hear
Hypnos certainly thinks so
I agree with Hypnos on that
Zagreus doesn't seem to think sleep is important however
He takes a nap every once in a while, so I've heard
decorative seats are all he knows
Maybe it's because he can never get eternal rest, so what's the point of temporary rest?
maybe 
hes just dtf (down to fight)
i rly love dev's idea about all Zagreus myths
Right? They took an almost forgotten, minor hunting deity and spun a tale about his grand escape from the depths
they took an obscure god and made him a hottie and an interesting character
bruh what
Wdym? Zagreus was a real deity
yes but he wasnt hades son
'real'
and he didnt escape and so on
actually its debated on what their identity really was, but one of the conclusions was that they were the son of hades
its pretty well documented
yes
and sometimes he was hades
and sometimes dionysus
and lots and lots of version
Not really, there're I think 3 or 4 versions?
Which is a small number for the greeks
and all this inconsistencies very funny embodied by devs in hymh
theres a few big interpretations but theres other small inconsistencies after that
Yes, the devs did throw in references to some of the other versions of the myth
Keep in mind that ancient Greece was a bunch of small towns each with their own dalects and gods, always arguing and fighting like a big happy disfynctional family
they adapted a several thousand year old story into a video game it doesnt have to be accurate lole
im just happy its not disney's hercules all over again
well it doesnt but it's still very funny idea
they even made Demeter not relative to most olympians to avoid some unwelcome question
"i do not talk about the game
game is pure devs fantasy" sounded like you were unhappy with it to me
no
i wanted to say that all my speech was about song
not the game
sry my english is bad and sometimes it's hard to explain what i want
thats fair
theyre all bangers
True
hymn
and sometimes dionysus
@static wadi It'll get addressed at one point in the game by both Zagreus and Dionysus.
@brisk trail that what i was talking about
they explained all inconsistencies of all myths with simple way
it was just some gods joke
most funny should be Zag reactions when he will know consequence of that "little joke"
when i hear the beginning of in the blood, good riddance, lament of orpheus and hymn to zagreus its like "hm yes the next 3 minutes are gone now"
Btw few days ago I couldn't even make it past Champions on Elysium using spear, but now have escaped twice using ||Aspect of Hades||, this aspect is realllllyyy good, especially with flaring or massive spin. Still not sure ||Aspect of Guan Yu|| will be as good as this, as the reduced health really detrimental
well for me GY is good but usually i played it with spamming Q
What boons you went for the Q? I almost never use Q on Spears, because of their very limited AOE.
Hmm how rare are calls? Seems like I had a few runs where at hydra I had no call.
not that much
i usually see at least one by the time i get to hydra, theres just a better boon usually so i don’t take the call
yeah, i feel like theyre the same as any other type theyre just overall less useful
only one i really instapick is zeus
yeah it’s pretty strong
its disgustingly good lol
with jolted for privilege its 👀 💦
esp with a fast weapon like fists
God jolted
and with aphro on something else, smoldering air 👀
usually i kill bosses before i charge call
I had the invulnerability one + faster charge + charge on getting hit + recover life on left click with sword. that was a brutal combo.
#humblebrag
wha
u know when u hit columns
there are stones falling on the floor
and Tomatos can stuck among them
wow no dmg charon!
ofc if i have 3 boons euro will upgrade 2 i need less(
beat lernie yesterday and then went all the way thru to almost beating theseus. pain
lernie can be rude sometimes
i dont know what qualifies as spoilers anymore lol
ive beaten the game several times and ||theseus|| is still the most irritating boss for me to fight
man this game is tough, can't even get to final boss
Hydra can be annoying because there tends to be a lot going on in a quite small arena.
😔
are you using death defiance or stubborn defiance
yeah i'm using dd
bc once i stopped using stubborn i started winning way more
The furthest I got was with that OP sword build, but I'm not sure I can get that lucky again.
I found the Daedalus Hammer to have consistently the strongest impact.
yeah daedalus definitely feels like the thing your entire build revolves around early on
not always
Poseidon sword basically gets nothing from hammers
Spear with tripple attack, bow with rapid fire, sword with life leech. It's pretty good.
when i play Chaos shield with Dio Q i do not need any hammers
Having double edge can be nice on poseidon as a backup
the only time it doesnt for me is when i keep getting the extra damage to armor ones 😔
I put Q on mouse4. So much better.
it can be good but i dont need them much
But in elysium pretty much every room will have a hammer as a choice until you take it so it’s better to do that to free up other choices
well ofc if i have no choice i can pick hammer
Also I never take cursed slash
other way i prefer poms hp or money
Double edge is the hammer with the strongest impact on the sword
On nemesis you’re dash striking anyway so it’s basically double damage
sword has insane hammer privilege
hoarding slash, cursed slash and double edge are disgustingly good
Exploding skewer, flurry jab, charged skewer for guan yu
Say, if I have 3 things from say Aphrodite and meet her again, will I only get level up options from aphro? Should I sell what is terrible? What effect does it have on other gods?
I barely ever sell boons I have and I'm not sure if I should.
Quick spin and massive spin also great on guan yu
cursed slash can be great in the right combo to make you into a tanky monster.
You need to completely build your run around it
i dont know how i feel about rail hammers tbh
If you get it in Tartarus that is possible, but if it shows up in elysium yeah that’s not happening
i won with delta chamber + seeking fire + demeter attack recently
but it felt like a complete fluke
Delta chamber is widely regarded as the worst hammer upgrade
I said earlier, I got lucky with the cursed slash and got athena's aid as well as a bunch call generator upgrades, so I could go invulnverable whenever I got hit and heal full.
cluster bomb is a banger hammer tho
A lot of good combos feel like flukes. Flurry bow + left click deflects was really good too but felt fluke-y
whats cursed slash
Flurry slash is also good with cursed
cursed slash is life leech.
oh nice
just used the fisticuffs for the first time. bangin' weapon
I think it's -60% health
Yes I was hoping for flurry on top, but I never got it Thunder.
But with that combo I ended up doing 4 bar calls multiple times a fight.
I recently got the next best thing which is flurry and hoarding
100 damage per swing with fast swings is pretty good
Btw, I was wondering how relevant are dots at all? 8 damage every 0.5 seconds seems kinda... bad when you can deal many times that with regular attacks.
doom can be extremely good
Dio stacks 5 times
ive had less success with hangover tho
I've had a lot of success with Dio, and it's especially good with duos
Yeah I think I got tripple spear attack and "your attacks cause hangover" and was just super underwhelmed.
the only time ive killed ||hades|| was with hangover
I thought it would be dot central now but it really wasn't.
Triple as in triple poke or triple dash attack
Tripple poke.
monkfish you should probs change that to redacted
Triple poke is underwhelming imo
i wish i had Dio/Ares Dio/Aphro duos with Chiron or Chaos aspect
yeah big agree
I dunno if that's a spoiler, it's like.. pretty obvious it's gonna happen? But oh well.
The final boss is better if you discover it on your own
i wish it targeted a little better
very rarely would you need the close range aoe compared to what other hammers give
Also: Weird thing that happened to me: I had conversation with Nyx where she talked about ||my mother || BEFORE the events where you go to bed and make certain discoveries and confront nyx about it. Made the situation very weird.
Happens. The whole bed cutscene has a wierd trigger imo
Also I think the game didn't expect me to go from beating the first boss to dying somewhere after the first boss to going straight to redacted because some of the conversations got odd. :D
So what's the deal with selling? Should I be selling boons? Is that a thing you should do? Do the slots "Keep" you from finding better ones?
Zagreus himself is now a selling point
Thanks SGG design team
He has obtained a simp
If you have all core boons (the ones that show up on the right) and you don't like one of them, having it actively prevents other core boons from showing up
T2 boons and beyond (the ones that have requirements) usually help you in the long run and you should keep those
No, not that right, the other right.
wow em4 SO COOL
Can someone help me me with the dark reflections quest?
?
There are upgrades i cant get
What's the quest?
You need to get all of the mirror upgrades
There are upgrades i cant get
@brisk trail like ||fiery presence||
what was the update for?
Probably stuff in #hades-patch-notes or was bug fixes
They wouldn't have added anything more to story anyway
I have a question. Where || can I catch first three fishes? || I have every other except of those 3
Ok, thank you ^^
and all they gives is darkness(
quick question: how do i take a screenshot ingame?
F11
thanks!
wdim "Wouldnt fly"?
@static wadi Like in general English language? It just means something won't work.
like it cant happen?
Won't be effective
well
wdim “Wouldnt fly”?
@static wadi it depends on the context, maybe it just means “wouldn’t fly”
it was moment when Zag ask what if he bring skelly to the lounge
skelly answered that wouldnt fly
i dont think he was going to fly anywhere
hmm
that means it wouldn't be allowed
That would be good to bring up in #hades-localization
yea
verb: When something won't go over well, won't pass muster, or won't work in a given situation, it is dismissed with the words "not going to fly" or "ain't gonna fly."
yup i already wrote in pm for some girl who works on that ty
yeah, events and convos are all over the place after 1.0
i got the nyx tells dusa not to speak with you convo again
waddup
Duwang gang?
@fallen violet @sage marten
Just paused the game and wanna say that holy crap, Cluster Bomb, Seeking Fire and Support Fire, Glacial Glare, Crystal Clarity, Crystal Beam = auto aim fiesta
on lasting consequences 1, anyone know if the healing hammer for sword heals 1 or 2 hp?
i'm pretty sure the healing from cursed slash (and guan yu) are unchanged with LC
how/can i interact with ||the fan shade after beating theasterius?||
can't find a prompt
go near them
the ||red|| one?
you don't actually talk to them, zag just says a voice line when you walk next to them
I don't understand whats the point of having no checkpoints options at all
thats incredibly annoying
it's part of the game
if you fall off a mountain you're climbing you won't conveniently drop at a nice ledge
imo it makes passing a run that much more rewarding
lol
If you quit and not give up it saves at the start if the room you're in
It's a Roguelite. You die, you start over, that's essentially how the genre works.
But other than that ^^^
Thanks to some fairly generous meta progression Hades is even nicer about it than a lot of other games in the genre.
I have to gush. This game made hella progress from 2018 to 2020
i found bug where i can report it ?
gameplay, environs, characters, and mechanics
There's a bug reporter in game, press f10
If you're on switch then #h1-tech-support
I dunno how much this gets talked about but I really dig how the narrative and the gameplay conceit/mechanics are so tightly connected and complementary
Welcome to Supergiant Games
yeah
imo its how storytelling in games is supposed to be done
vs. the semi-interactive-movie thing a lot of AAA games seem to be aspiring to
just wanted to say that you guys did good making hades. im having alot of fun with it. It has that good rouge like elements but still very forgiving for beginners.
Roguelikes are completely randomly generated every time you play them.
Roguelites are the same, but you somehow grow permanently stronger the next time around.
I see
just out curiosity is there any plans in the far future to add more content to hades?
i do not think tbh
I guess so i just wanted to ask.
"Now that Early Access is over, what's next?
Once we're sure our v1.0 launch has settled, our small team will be taking a break to recharge, and plan what's next. We'll be excited to say more about what's in store for us just as soon as we're ready."
from #hades-faq
gl with that
I like that when I try to set a new PB it never works
but when i just do a normal run i manage to beat my PB by 2 min
I see a lot of people discussing how many runs it took them to beat the final boss for the first time. My question is: how many time did you reach him before you finally beat him?
Hello. I want to buy Hades for a friend. But, I am currently region-locked in Taiwan. Is there a way to buy the game for my friend?
You can send him a steam wallet code
or ask for his account to buy for him from his actual account
the second is what I did
I probably reached him a dozen times. beat him on 28th try
I beat him on my 28th run, third time reaching him
I think i reached him like 5 times before beating him on 32
I reached him on 20. Beat on 21,22,23 Pepega'd from like 24-29 and am now on an 11 win streak
I have a porblem with Control key setting
I'm playing hades in epic games launcher.
here is the problem.
I can't change my key. it's just suddenly stop
and I can't click cancle or whatever button on the screen
anyone who knows this problem?
I need to do a fresh file run so I can say I beat him on 7 or something
Otherwise I beat him on my 150th or so attempt
Tho I did a lot of runs when he wasn't implemented yet
And it took me around 6 tries to beat him
I have a porblem with Control key setting
I'm playing hades in epic games launcher.
here is the problem.
I can't change my key. it's just suddenly stop
and I can't click cancle or whatever button on the screen
anyone who knows this problem?
@brisk trail probably better to go to #h1-tech-fixes
oh thanks
So, I've maxed my bond with Ares, gave him Ambrosia, and a chibi logo of him and additional words appear on his Keepsake. what does it mean? Will it have effects on his boons?
The chibis are just a bonus for maxing their hearts, they don’t do anything mechanically
Oh I see. Thanks!
Anyone know any tricks to unlock the final aspects? I've completed 100 runs, seen the full ending, but still don't have the final bow or shield.
||you need to max out and spend 5 titans blood on one aspect of each weapon to unlock the hidden aspect. For example to get bewolf you need to talk to chaos||
@unique stirrup
Requirements are pinned in #h1-story-discussion
It's fine
EM3 boss seems easier than the normal version lol.
What you just said is heresy
EM is real nice
How do you beat EM3 easier than normal T&A
its my favorite ||heat|| booster.
He just drives around and drops bomb. That is infinitely easier than his typical "I block everything and spam snipe shot".
I just dont notice any change.
taurus big swings are the only thing that is truly enhanced in this version.
And the slam explosion
hydra honestly isn't that bad with em
That said, I got Hunter DAsh early, and got 2 chaos things for increased dash-attack damage AND got the "-25% dash range but 3x dash attack"
but I also use shield, so take me with a grain of salt.
everything melts. It's the most broken thing I've seen as of yet.
Dash attack for over 600 damage? Yes please.
Added to Poseidon dash?
With spear? How did you get close to T?
Artemis builds tho
Oh, you used Artemis
@tawdry flower hunter dash
@inland lake Do you use a wireless controller? That might be the reason you cant catch fish as well
Demeter Cast builds 
emphasis on might
Multiple dashes + Hunter Dash + || aspect of gilgamesh dash attack || = too much damage
My fav cast is Dionisus AoE. Super damage and with the "3 sec automatically cast again" you can just spam it whenever it'S up
I love Poseidon cast with the 3 sec cd
lol
vanquished lernie
Does EM full also alter hades fight or did I just clear it first try?
depends on EM level
full
Full EM4?
You have to unlock that level
^
@frosty thistle no, im on PC, KB + M
How?
im just slow 😦
its ok
@inland lake Are you waiting for the bobber to actually sink?
Then sorry, cant help you, modding community might be able to help you somehow tho
if you want an invite dm me
@barren ocean im looking for the visual effect + sound cue
It will vibrate and move but you cant hook it until the bobber goes under
i got over 100 hours in this game now i cant do it 😔
Like theres a bunch of false pulls
F
ye i know
I caught my first || legendary fish || yesterday and was all excited and then it sold for 30 gems
There’s a list somewhere of what everything sells for
Yeah I had looked at it before just didn’t check then
any tips for sword bow or railgun run?
been a while since i've been here
this place has grown quite a bit since last i played, damn
First area is gems, second area is keys, third is nectar, fourth is a lot of gems, chaos is darkness, and ||surface is diamond/ambrosia/blood||
I’ve only caught like two of the areas common fish cause I go too fast and get guaranteed rare 
Anyone have issues unlocking final aspects? I'm 46 runs in on hell mode with 13 clears and always talk to everyone. On normal mode I've unlocked 3 of them after 33 runs. I also can't seem to progress Sisyphus quest. I'm really that unlucky?
Yeah Chaos refuses to tell me the phrase for the shield
Is there a way to force Daedalus hammer to be your first boon?
Nope
luck
It dips 0-5 times, then there’s a splash with a white effect
ah, darn
when it splashes with the white effect i pull?
yeah i do that
It will fake you out 3 times tops
dang good to know
like it says too early
As ginge said that means you’re pulling on a bob not a bite
If it’s not a bite at the very beginning it usually comes immediately after a nibble
Like within half a second for me
So if you’re going a few seconds without a bob/nibble, it won’t be a bite on the next one
got it thanks
It just takes practice ((it’s very similar to Animal Crossing fishing))
ok nice i know that
Timing is a bit more harsh than that but otherwise it’s similar
finished clears on shield spear and fists only left is sword railgun and bow
anyone familiar with those weapons and can give me tips?
what does everyone use for priority in picking rooms? Boons>hammers>poms>health>money>darkness
bow is awesome with the ||hera ||form, it's my favorite weapon, get a good cast (I like poseidon or artemis) and shoot for hermes/artemis rooms.
For boons, I avoid the door if it doesn't synergize well with my build
Hammers, boons, health/coin depending on biome, poms
the faster you get cast to fall off enemies the better with that bow. So hermes instant pickup and hermes faster drop off are key
bow is awesome with the ||hera ||form, it's my favorite weapon, get a good cast (I like poseidon or artemis) and shoot for hermes/artemis rooms.
@tulip ocean thank u will try it out
and if you can get the damage on falloff from artemis I believe, even better
its far better to just uses 3 sec recharge cast with Hera
not sure where to ask but the hades merch has the lowest shipping option at 37 USD ? is there gonna have other options later on ?
wait it stacks???
it does stack, faster falloff makes it fall off faster, instant pickup makes it fly to you
so you can remain in cover and still get your bloodstones back
for sword I did a similar build, as there's the aspect of ||Poseidon||
also ez bow wins is Chiron aspect + daedalus hammer 4 extra special shot
Note: Hermes legendary is hard to get. Plume usage recommended
hammer on bow? You don't really need anything but I like the +4 to special for big enemy nuking
il try it out this run thanks !
your cast will follow your main shot in 3 way shot btw if you get it, not all 3
bow has really good aspects which makes up for || aspect of rama || being physically painful to use
That dash-strike guan-yu run was the easiest ever. And that on EM3.
I haven't unlocked ||chiron ||aspect yet, need to do that
imo its the strongest non-hidden aspect in the game
I'll look into it, I need ||blood|| though...
for railgun, I find that I can't really enjoy using it unless I get a change to the special. That lob is too slow
but if you can get the hammer for never needing to reload, and attack speed up with like chain lightning or stacking doom then you don't really need special at all
i use maxed Zag aspect for exagryph, or || aspect of lucifer || occasionally
i'm working on upgrading aspect of hestia though
that's the one I unlocked, but it still feels subpar
@hard pawn what would u recommend for the ||chiron ||bow build?
bit of a tip, even if you get never needing to reload, you can still reload to boost that aspect
+4 special, gg apparently
i need blood to get the ||hera ||bow
from what I'm reading on ||Chiron|| bow
pair that with a status affect special I guess
prioritize +4 special daedalus, i usually end up with Artemis or Aphrodite special (though Dionysus or Ares (with the stackable doom boon) would also be good)
yeah maybe chill?
I mostly avoid Demeter rooms
I like dionysus special or zeus special on that bow aspect
Posideon Special + Sea Storm on Chiron
Ares main attack is nice cause you'll set up the doom while setting up the lock-on
Ok unlocked EM4. Now onto that. Maybe EM3 is harder without that ludicrous dash-strike setup.
btw, IMO, any melee weapon gets a big improvement if you get the Poseidon call
btw, IMO, any melee weapon gets a big improvement if you get the Poseidon call
@tulip ocean I feel like athena gives them
the first run i did with Chiron aspect i got Ares attack with Aphrodite special plus their duo || (weak targets get hit repeatedly by doom) || , all in like the first 5 rooms
it was gg like 6 rooms in lol
my first win with fists was ironically lob fog grenade cast with lightning hangover enemies repeatedly duo skill. I just hid behind walls most of the time
oh mine was lightning attacks with ||dio ||special and have ||athenas|| call so busted
athena call is good, but when you are right on enemies like you will be with sword or fists, poseidon lets you go invincible, hit an enemy 2-3 times for 600 damage each
my first win was just some weird fist run with a stupid amount of special damage ups
poseidon call is good, but significantly harder to use on kb+m lol
honestly in love with this game, so many options. Lack of ||blood|| makes me sad though as I want to try all the builds
thankfully most aspects don't need to be upgraded a bunch to be good, plus || i just trade all my ambrosia anyway ||
How can I ever give someone Ambrosia? I have Achilles on a "heart with a lock" for like 4 runs already and I never get the chance to use it.
That's an aspect of the game I heavily dislike. Progression often feels super RNG.
that's the entire game, Hades: RNG conversation
yeah, same place with Achilles here, where do I trade ambrosia? I may do it
You'll need to unlock his quest to hnlock his heart
how do you unlock X? RNG chat
I just want a damn pet for once.
Generally, ||talk to Pat||
I don't even get a quest from him.
ambrosia is normally given after a certain point, heart with lock just means talk more to progress or story
Achilles and || Patroclus || both use the same questline to unlock their hearts, its one of the longer ones and requires completion of either || Orpheus+Euridice or Sisyphus' || quest beforehand @dusky wagon
ez ||companion || is just spam Dusa with nectar and || buy lounge upgrades || @dusky wagon
what does ||companion ||do? just follows you?
|| they give you a summon ability (once per run by default can be upgraded for up to 5 per run using ambrosia), can be used with the summon button to summon the related character to help you in combat for a while (also, Sisyphus' drops some currency and health after he attacks so its especially useful to get first) ||
@hard pawn Thanks. Doesn't seem like I'll ever get one then lol. Maybe from Sisyphus then.
where do I trade ||ambrosia||? Or should I hold it? I've gotten ~12 so far
I'll definitely get them all, the amount of time I play this game I'll get them eventually
@tulip ocean You can trade it for blood. Depending how early you are, you might want to rather use the blood.
depends how much you care about || companions as it costs like 15 to max one out || though imo fully upgrading them isn't super important, at least when compared to weapon aspects
where?
you trade it in the lounge
I found it, I did not know it was there. I have been playing this game for days and missed that
maybe I'll trade in all and try ||Chiron ||bow
The last trade on the list is a one-time purchase that changes each run. Make sure you don’t trade down
check him after each run, he has special deals that can let you trade gems for blood, get better trade ratios, etc
gems for blood would be nice, I don't really care about lounge stuff atm
Yup, that would be a great one
i'd recommend avoiding that one until you've upgraded enough lounge things for || Dusa's quest || cause it is like 200 gems for a blood or something
Cause it’s 10 gems for a key, 5 keys for a nectar, 10 nectar for a diamond, 2 diamonds for ambrosia/blood
I've bought no lounge items, sitting on 1500
well maybe don't avoid it since its useful, but it is a setback for that quest
Which would be 1000 gems
If you like Dusa, specifically but items for the lounge category
never forget when i traded all my gems and stuff in to get enough keys to trade up to a diamond, then i walked in my room and had a 30 key prophecy finished 
glad to know this is here, I don't need keys anymore
|| bruh the title guy refuses to show up for me, i'm post-credits, pre epilogue, which from what i've seen is when he appears ||
But they’re easy enough to come by in base difficulty
@hard pawn have you maxed your relationship with ||Hades||?
yeah and once you get the || fated keys || upgrade, you'll go for key rooms a lot in normal runs
have you maxed your relationship with ||Hades||?
didn't know that was required, i've gotten him to two hearts so far lol
||Hades also gives you back all 5 nectars that you give him when you finish||
Random and silly question. How tall do you reckon Zag and Hades are 
Zag... 6 ft?
Zag is slightly shorter than an average male human afaik, Hades is a tall lad
Compare zag to standing humans like Achilles.
Zag looks pretty short imo
He's shorter than Achilles who I don't usually think of as a tall boi
Hypnos?
Thanatos?
|| than || is probably just a little taller than zag, gotta remember he floats most of the time
yah I was avoiding saying it so I didnt have to spoiler tag
Listen Im happy I get to romance death
I’m mad Nyx is trying to interfere with my best girl
assuming you mean || Dusa ||, she interferes with herself anyway
hi how do i get 500 gems easyly for diamonds from trade shop???
Easier just to fight the boss...
@neat crown fight the boss for diamonds the crystals take some time if you dont play with the 20% bonus etc
Finally, could escape using Bow >_>
Is there a benefit of maxing out (but not giving ambrosia) to anyone who doesn't have a summon? Like Skelly?
I did mean ||Dusa||. I maxed out the romance and then Nyx ||told her she’s not allowed to speak to Zag and to know her place||
Skelly ||has a summon||
Oh. It appears the wiki is outdated then or somethin...
i have found no use of ambrosia yet, do i need to give a lot of nectar before they take ambrosia?
Yes
like 5-6
You eventually get to a locked heart with someone
then perform a favor, then ambrosia
I've just given Ambrosia to Meg, got ||Companion||, but it appears there are still 3 hearts left to fill. Is it Ambrosias onward, or back to Nectar? And what purpose for maxing out?
@brisk trail || romance ||
Ambrosia onwards. That is ||romancing her||
Meg is pretty cheap. One ambrosia per heart.
Dusa got expensive. It went up each time how many I needed
Oh wow. I see. The benefits of it? For narrative purpose, or will it affect during boss battle?
Mostly narrative
Just spent 2 Ambrosias on ||Companion||, but gotta rest now. Can't wait to try tomorrow. This game is addictive.. x)
this game is so complicated lol
it bothers me not knowing how to be most efficient XD
I have Hades at a key hole heart. do I need to give him abrosia now or figure out what the favor is yet?
If it's a keyhole that means you gotta advance the story before it unlocks
Dusa got expensive. It went up each time how many I needed
she || offers to give them back ||
you physically arent able to give ambrosia/nectar if their hearts are locked
just have to progress the story.
Yeah
this game is significantly less complicated than most roguelikes
the wiki states ||companions ||are once per encounter.. that doesn't seem right
it's once per run unless upgraded
once per encounter, number of times per run depending on level
also spoiler mark ||companions||
The wiki is correct in that regard
Even when it is upgraded you can only use it once per encounter
but it is also limited per run
sorry I don't see anywhere in faq/readme how to spoiler tag and i'm a newb
||like this||
thanks!
How the hell do I get a bond with ||Persephone||? I've exhausted all dialogue options and done pretty much everything afaik - will not advance past the locked heart.
it's a waiting game
Just work on everyone else in the mean time
Anybody else think this would work great with Zelda? Given Nintendo collaborating with studios who do well on the Switch, I'd be extremely hyped if they got in touch with Supergiant for a Hyrule (Hades with Zelda skin). Maybe every time link dies he's sent to the past and every region is a day or something, and Ganon can be the final boss. Lots of enemies, mechanics, characters, honestly there's a lot up for grabs that they could use.
How the hell do I get a bond with ||Persephone||? I've exhausted all dialogue options and done pretty much everything afaik - will not advance past the locked heart.
|| pretty sure Persephone lock requires Epilogue completion, not just post-credits ||
I have that done already as well
How about ||Hades|| relationship?
Whys everyone is the game hot?
Bisexual/Pan fantasy fodder?
@tawdry flower as far as i know ||Hades will just pull you over sometime after true ending to talk about something. (Not going to say exactly what for the sake of you haven't reached it) but I dont know exactly what triggers the dialogue||
No, I meant is ||Hades relationship|| needed to unlock ||Persephone|| further
I’ve maxed out ||Hades|| and almost done with ||Persephone||. Almost all of her stuff after the lock deal with their relationship together
Oh well idk then i've only just recently ||unlocked the Hades relationship||
So I have 4 titan blood and can unlock my first aspects. What's a good one to focus on first?
@hybrid arch Hi there. Personally, I suggest getting 1 into every aspect first, just to fulfill the prophecy.
that gives you more bloods to work with iirc, which can be put into aspects of your choice
I’m a 400 hour Dead Cells player that just found this game for the first time. I’m smitten
I personally dumped all of my bloods into Zagreus's aspects because they're inexpensive to max out. Then, I worked towards others
that gives you more bloods to work with iirc, which can be put into aspects of your choice
@brisk trail how many blood does it give u for having all aspects?
No way
depends on your favorite weapon, i'd say Nemesis for sword, Zagreus for spear, Zeus for shield, Chiron for bow, Zagreus or Talos for fists, and Zagreus or Hestia for rail @hybrid arch
dead cells is awesome
5 for Zag
15 for 2nd aspect
16 for 3rd
15 for 4th
dammit I wish I put one blood on each weapon first
depends on your favorite weapon, i'd say Nemesis for sword, Zagreus for spear, Zeus for shield, Chiron for bow, Zagreus or Talos for fists, and Zagreus or Hestia for rail @hybrid arch
@hard pawn Chiron sucks at level 1
i just maxed out an aspect on my fave weapon instead
Go for hera bow and slowly level up Chiron instead
Chiron is fine at level one, it still nukes with any special upgrade and if you get lucky and get the +4 special hammer you're op
Hera requires more specific builds to be useful, or at least Stygian Soul
Hey, trying to buy a copy of Hades for my brother on Nintendo Switch that he can enjoy it while he's in college, however I already own it on Switch so I can't see if it's still on sale in the eshop. Can anyone with a Switch tell me if it's still on sale for $20?
ty for the quick answer 🙂
I'll have to hold off getting it for him because digital eshop card denominations are 20 & 35. Wish they had a gifting system.
Is there a guitar tab available of God Of The Dead OST?
I tend to like the sword the most so far, but Ive got the furthest with the spear haha
My top 3 is Sword, Bow, and Gun
Managed to beat the hydra for the first time and make it to the Minotaur and got wrecked.
i get furthest with shield
and beat it first and 2nd time with shield
gotta start the other weapons tho since i have better mirror upgrades now
need blood...
Whats the average number of attempts for finally beating the game. I'm just past 16
I think I did it on like 30 but I was playing hell mode
i beat the game for the first time on exactly my 25th run
look out gamers we have a god here
36th here. But it was Hell Mode. Not sure how much of a difference that makes. XD
huge difference
I beat the game on default on my 11th
I don't know what hell mode is
7th 🤧
Sea storm + Chaos aspect = a wave of storms
where is this "hell mode" in the options?
||First time I met hades I was not expecting the damn beams||
game's harder
...Dammit
I wish I could change that now in retrospect

Dusa is top tier
@storm jasper ||final boss|| is a spoiler in this channel, please spoiler tag your message!
it doesn't really matter, once you get to a certain point in the game you can basically set your future runs to being hell equivalent if you really wanted to
thanks 
Only big difference looks like hell mode takes away i-frames after taking damage altogether.
Plus minimum 5 heat that you can't turn off.
Yeah, it's 25% monster damage, 20% more monsters, 15% more monster health, -25% to healing, and the iframes.
And then the implications of basically your base game being heat 5, which means having to go higher heat for new runs
20th run and only saw redacted once
question
if you take either the porridge from eury with only one boon could it level up four times? or just once
I assume it levels only once, but never tried it
i had three one time thinking i'd get a double an i only got one level on each
i haven't tried with less then three
and as such want to encourage you to just to tell us but that's not in good faith
just once
Similarly, if you only have a single boon, taking the first option doesnt boost its rarity twice
so I'm better off getting the nectar then
what spells do people like with Hera? I've been playing it a few runs in a row
I imagine Dionysius cast does wonder with that aspect, but havent really tried it
tbf, Dio's cast goes with everything
Artemis cast, Artemis legendary, exit wounds, and greater recall from hermes lol
that also works on poseidon sword
yes
btw
it is clear as day to me that we should be able to fight the strongest and most noble character in a brutal boss fight
that being Bouldy
that's a funny way of saying Head Chef
tbh I'd rather have Meg as a playable
if we get a buddy i'll Hypno tagging along
with the running gag that Heracles would be more fun a fight for Zagreus than Theseus would ever be, I'd love a bonus boss against Heracles
with the running gag that Heracles would be more fun a fight for Zagreus than Theseus would ever be, I'd love a bonus boss against Heracles
@brisk trail with Twin Fists, to relive that boss fight in GOW3.
I mean
I never played God of War
I still would love to fight off against him or one of the titans though
like Prometheus would be an interesting concept
Yea, fighting Titans sound dope.
Though I think Sisyphus said something akin to Prometheus already undergoing his punishment for his sins in the original myth
so there goes that
can i see ur guys best setup for ||mirror of night||
i want to switch privilaged status for family favorite
All purple except gold and rerolls
I want to know if ||family favorite means that each boon i get no matter what gives me damage cuz if it is that would be way stronger wouldnt it?||
with the running gag that Heracles would be more fun a fight for Zagreus than Theseus would ever be, I'd love a bonus boss against Heracles
@brisk trail i said the exact same thing to my friend the other day
It's flat damage per different god boon you have, but PS is 40% for 2 debuffs
So realistically you might get to 20 or 25% flat damage, but at that point you'd easily be able to stack 2 status effects
got it
Depends on your playstyle. If you rely on one source of damage, getting two debuffs on one target may be too unreliable compared to a consistent damage up
and golden touch? it makes me want to save my coins till the very end
Yeah that's a personal preference thing
Wait, does having a cast stuck in them with boiling blood count as a debuff?
No
Darn...
So i assume the hades spear thing also doesn't count, then
no. it's only status effects you get as a result of boons
exposed, chilled, hangover, weakened, doom, ruptured, jolted
I guess some duo boons could result in one type of damage applying two debuffs...
Some of them do, yes
Sea Storm is the best one for that. Autorevenge is also a good alternative
Yeah, my playstyle suits a flat damage up more than a damage up reliant on taking specific boons
may have just accidently made my best build ever
I got ||the Ice Wine duo buff (dio, demeter) and I already had fog grenade, basically I was nuking areas with instant fog casts, I also had fogged enemies get zapped, zapped enemies get jolted, jolted doesn't expire. I was running fists but I wasn't even punching at the end.||
Cast builds: when the weapon you're using doesn't even matter anymore
Well, ||Unless it is the Hera bow||
what's best ||fist aspect||?
i hate them all equally
I'm using ||12 hits more special||
