#h1-discussion

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humble lotus
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Achilies can be okay

pulsar ridge
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Achilles is fun for me, since I like zooming around

humble lotus
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I mainly use it for not the intended stratigy

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I use it more as a run away then an aproach

pulsar ridge
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It's nice mobility for both

humble lotus
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Also i just unlocked the final heart i needed for max bonds

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I just need to actualy encounter another boon from them

pulsar ridge
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I only have max bond with Meg lmao

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just got it a run ago

humble lotus
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I just have 1 heart from aphrodite left

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Because it was locked behind getting all the romance ones done

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And 1 of them is extremely slow

fleet void
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apparently aspect of chaos is the worst aspect on aegis..?

humble lotus
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Its not that bad

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Well once its upgraded

severe shuttle
pulsar ridge
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RNG has blessed me

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Last 3 runs, satyr sack in the 2nd room of styx squirtyay

robust scaffold
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nice

humble lotus
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Dang it

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I got a great run only to die to hades

pulsar ridge
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same 😔

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it was so dumb how I died

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got caught by the vases in phase 2 just as his laser started and just took the phase 2 omnilaser beam straight to the face

oak ibex
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I just finished two runs on Hades. Man, I love this game so much. Especially the story aspect, but that part is because I am a literary nerd, though I think I mentioned that here briefly, haha

pulsar ridge
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The story is what makes me not care if I die

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"oh cool I can talk to Achilles about Patroclus now, and max out my bond with Cerberus"

humble lotus
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Is it just me or is doom just not that good?

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Like yeah its free damage but its medoicre damage

stoic flame
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I keep getting caught on that dumb spear spin attack

craggy vapor
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Dash but don't attack. iframes baby

oak ibex
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God, I could go on about how much I love the unique storytelling of this game, but I suppose that is a conversation reserved for #h1-story-discussion

humble lotus
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Can i say i kindof wish some weapons got unique effects for certain boons

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I get why they dont but i wish they did

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Mainly stuff like think about how cool it would be for if you used the spinn attskc on the spear it would spawn a stationary blade rift there afterwards

oak ibex
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Any Hadestown fans? Lowkey wonder what Zagreus and the rest of our Hades gang would be like in that universe.

As for the characters that already appear in both the game and the musical (Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades, Persephone, and Hermes), I think it would be interesting to mix both versions into one or something.

jagged wedge
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Artemis' call is positively overpowered... in a good way, I guess?

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For reference, I had Epic Artemis' Aid Level 5, with the +15% crit. damage, if my math isn't off, using Greater Call with that set up would do 5106 damage. 222 (one arrow) * 10 arrows (Greater Call bonus) + 666 (15 percent damage bonus from another boon) = 5106

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It took like half of phase 2 Hades' health bar

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Ok, that's exaggerating, dad has like 17,000 health per phase, but still, that's a lot!

robust scaffold
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yea its strong with more crit synergies since crit does scale really well

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with that dmg u could immediately trigger his next phase

stoic flame
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😳

jagged wedge
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Also—Deep Pockets or Golden Touch?

robust scaffold
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golden touch is fine if u dont spend much in shops early on

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ud need to bring 667 gold through floors to break even

jagged wedge
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Goddamn, that's quite a lot

robust scaffold
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yea

jagged wedge
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I'm too much of a coward to try escaping with Frost Fair Blade ASsmug

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With 30 health, you'd get one-shot by Hades

pulsar ridge
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When it's fully upgraded it only halves it, so it's technically easier than cursed slash

jagged wedge
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Hermes' boons range from worthless to god-tier.

pulsar ridge
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Only one I would say is terrible is probably flurry cast

jagged wedge
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I've found the rapid-cast to be useful if you're using Demeter's Crystal Beams

pulsar ridge
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then I'd say none of his boons are really worthless

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Even without rerolling you'll usually get something good

brisk trail
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the gap between his amazing boons and the others is big ngl

pulsar ridge
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It is, they range from good to practically mandatory

brisk trail
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u got like the swift and flurry stuff , haste, quick and auto reload are exclusivley good on cast builds ect

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these are stuff I never want to see above the others

jagged wedge
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Yeah, having more dashes is incredible, but Sturdy or extra movement speed are relatively unhelpful

brisk trail
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nah hyper sprint is one of his best boons

robust scaffold
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hyper sprint and more dashes are both super good imo

pulsar ridge
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I like movement speed if it's epic, and then rush delivery as I'm pretty sure they work together

jagged wedge
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Is there any special dialogue if you leave the chamber in the middle of a Trove Trial?

robust scaffold
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u can do that?

cerulean ferry
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I don't think you can

jagged wedge
jagged wedge
robust scaffold
pulsar ridge
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75% extra damage from Hermes alone is pretty nice

brisk trail
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you could def do that in early access but they might have fixed it

pulsar ridge
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Plus moving faster feels cool

green maple
jagged wedge
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Mhm, new record 24:24

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That's... not good.

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Also: 50 deaths... yay.

brisk trail
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You can exit during Trove Trials at any time.

jagged wedge
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People trash on Meg and the other Furies, but remember: they haven't died any more than you have.

pulsar ridge
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deaths to fate are bs and dont count shadedisgruntled

pulsar ridge
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TIL that if you out dps hades enough, he can do his laser attack while impervious from phase switching, so you can't hit him even if you're sitting on top of him

hollow hawk
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his laser attack doesnt last long while impervious though

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does it?

pulsar ridge
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it lasted the same duration as normal

high island
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That goes for all boss attacks.

green maple
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i sometimes just charm him so that he doesnt do bad moves

gray dust
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I maxed all my relationships!

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Pog!

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Now it is time to max all the keepsakes and companions

pulsar ridge
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how much harder is em4

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and is it worth it for that phase 3 music 🤌

robust scaffold
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a lot harder

ashen nova
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Well... it's worth unlocking for sure

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It's painful but fun

pulsar ridge
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i'll give it a few runs and see how it goes, extra challenge is always fun

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since right now i'm on a streak

robust scaffold
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oof its not fun :(

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i only did it like once just to try it

ashen nova
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If you want to keep your streak, I'd be hesitant about enabling it lol

pulsar ridge
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its only a 5 streak, not much lol

robust scaffold
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good boss fight though

pulsar ridge
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EM4 enabled, time for pain squirtheh

ashen nova
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Goood luck! I like it. It's fun. It's hard haha

pulsar ridge
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I'm hoping it's hard, dad's not giving me much trouble currently

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don't even end up using my stubborn defiance most the time

robust scaffold
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gl lol

pulsar ridge
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Well, I'm about to enter the fight now, time to see how quickly I die shadeembarassed

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I didn't even get to phase 3 shadeembarassed

robust scaffold
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oof

hollow hawk
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em4 has extra health as well

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so make sure you're not using something like calisthentics program which will make dad even more healthier and make the fight harder

half zephyr
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Em4 isn’t that bad

pulsar ridge
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I've only got EM4 enabled, no other heat options

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Probably gonna keep it like this until I've done all the bounties

half zephyr
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Just don’t hug daddy

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It’ll hurt

pulsar ridge
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I noticed he pushed me away when I tried to hug the omnilaser?

half zephyr
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On normal?

pulsar ridge
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EM4

half zephyr
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Yes

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So no hugs

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If it’s on normal it’s cuz of a knockback effect you got

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EM4 is actually pretty nice cuz it’s proof that dad loves you

pulsar ridge
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I kept trying to hug in EM4, so that at least partly explains why it didn't go so well

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I thought I was just messing it up

half zephyr
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Ye, just doesn’t work

pulsar ridge
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sad 😔

signal aspen
signal aspen
signal aspen
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I think you can leave before any of the enemies spawn tho

stiff musk
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if i start a hell mode save do i have to mess with the pact immediately or am i free for the first run

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also is hell mode just perma 5 heat or is there other stuff to it

half zephyr
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you have forced 5 heat

stiff musk
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ive been thinking of starting a hell mode file

half zephyr
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you don't need to add more if you don't want to

signal aspen
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You do the first run and then on the second one you can use the pact

half zephyr
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mhm

stiff musk
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okay

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so no heat for the first run?

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sick

half zephyr
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no

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5 heat

signal aspen
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5 heat always

half zephyr
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you start with 5 heat - you can't turn them off

stiff musk
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what are the conditions then

signal aspen
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Hl1 lc1 js1 cp1 personal liability

stiff musk
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since you dont mess with the pact on first run

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i see

half zephyr
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last one is hell mode only

signal aspen
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Ye

stiff musk
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what does the last one do

half zephyr
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personal liability

signal aspen
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It means you don't get impervious after taking a bunch of damage

half zephyr
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I can't spell that word rn

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ty

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I sleepy

stiff musk
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pl sounds kinda moot

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if you take a bunch of dmg it sucks with or without impervious doesnt it

half zephyr
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it's there & it fits

signal aspen
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I guess

robust scaffold
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how does PL work exactly

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not sure when u would take extra dmg with PL

viscid cape
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Pl stands for what? Im not hip and cool to understand yall's language

robust scaffold
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personal liability

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in the pact of punishment for heat

half zephyr
robust scaffold
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im on hell mode

half zephyr
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then read the description when you see the pact

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then you'll see how PL works

viscid cape
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shadefear damn she hasnt noticed what hell mode does yet

half zephyr
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I've got a hell mode file

viscid cape
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Im a coward 😎

half zephyr
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it's just fun

robust scaffold
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ive read it

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but its not clear ._.

half zephyr
signal aspen
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So in normal mode when you take a bunch of damage at one time you get a shield but in hell mode you don't get that shield

half zephyr
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^

robust scaffold
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how long does the shield last for

signal aspen
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Like 1 or 2 seconds

robust scaffold
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what

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thats so long

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no wonder

viscid cape
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Well havent u been stun locked 😔

signal aspen
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Probably not 2 seconds

robust scaffold
half zephyr
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you can get stunned by some bosses & enemies

viscid cape
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Final boss lasers

half zephyr
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you can say hades

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this isn't new player chat

robust scaffold
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idk final boss laser makes me lose all my hp instantly

half zephyr
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wha

half zephyr
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just dash

viscid cape
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Hug him

half zephyr
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and get away

viscid cape
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Go up right next to him

robust scaffold
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if u get hit by it i mean ._.

half zephyr
viscid cape
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Worth the risk

half zephyr
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can't do on EM4

robust scaffold
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so i havent observed any stun lock from that

half zephyr
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literally can't do it

viscid cape
half zephyr
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you get pushed away

viscid cape
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Yeah that pulse 😭

half zephyr
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also not worth it if you have knockback ia_think_thonk

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but otherwise hugging is good

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even better is making it so he can't use lasers

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either by killing him too fast or by just charming him

viscid cape
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Does shield block the laser damage

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?

half zephyr
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think so

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idk

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I never use block

half zephyr
viscid cape
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We got a gamer

robust scaffold
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epic gamer moment

half zephyr
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nope

viscid cape
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Im not gamer enough

half zephyr
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I'm actually pretty bad

robust scaffold
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same

stiff musk
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@half zephyr pls sock my hell file ty ty

half zephyr
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but the music!

viscid cape
half zephyr
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it's a baby file

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a true baby

viscid cape
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When he pulls out the woof woof on me i thought he was on my side

half zephyr
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not like my other baby file

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there I'm having fun trying out 32

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and my main is just chilling - not having gone past 13 =w=

viscid cape
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👀 thats a jump and a half

half zephyr
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well, I did 9 on baby file

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and then I thought that was hard so I jumped to 16 to see how it'd go

signal aspen
half zephyr
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and after 2 tries or so I got it

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so now I'm just playing with the 32 to see if I can do it on the 10th clear cuz it'll be 32 easy mode ia_think_thonk

viscid cape
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Guys how do i get bettet at rama. I suck at it

robust scaffold
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im a rama player too :D

viscid cape
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Good tips?

robust scaffold
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tag everyone with special then boom with ur attack

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thats it

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get artemis attack

viscid cape
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Go for power shot or pray for point blank?

stiff musk
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special is so easy to use on rama

half zephyr
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if attack is too slow spam special & get a nice dmg dash

stiff musk
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esp with controller aim assist

robust scaffold
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power shot is bad since u shouldnt full charge

stiff musk
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press y then boom 30% extra dmg

robust scaffold
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twin shot and triple is the best

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point blank is decent but not as good as the above hammers

viscid cape
stiff musk
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yes

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but base rama is 30%

viscid cape
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Rama has better hammers than point blank 😳

stiff musk
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and i havent put blood into it yet

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too poor

half zephyr
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I've only invested into 1 aspect on baby file bunnygirlroll

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max zag fist forever

robust scaffold
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also point blank should be additive instead of multiplicative, but dont quote me on that

half zephyr
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on main file I'm only missing 3 aspects ia_think_thonk
I have lvl 1 poseidon, hades & hestia

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rest are max

viscid cape
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I am only missing gilgamesh, zeus, eris, and i believe zagreus shield

signal aspen
half zephyr
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I adore the goddess, but I don't often reload manually, so it hasn't been top priority for me to get that aspect maxed

signal aspen
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I always manually reload

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On all aspects

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Sometimes I will shoot three bullets and then reload

half zephyr
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I just don't

robust scaffold
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i wish there was auto reload

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wait is there

unborn remnant
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no

signal aspen
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Ye

unborn remnant
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wait really?

signal aspen
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If you shoot all your bullets

unborn remnant
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oh

robust scaffold
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oh hm

half zephyr
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shoot them all out, then do something else

signal aspen
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Use your special

latent junco
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or just let go of the attack

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and then tap

gray dust
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Oh, you are talking about the bow

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There is an auto shoot upgrade, I think

unborn remnant
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How do you auto reload a bow

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like how would that work

robust scaffold
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no for the rail lol

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i know about delta chamber but its an upgrade

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also with that u dont need to reload at all so its kinda diff

brisk trail
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I mean it does reload automaticially when you try to attack with an empty chamber, no?

steep elm
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hey guys, just got back into the game pretty recently
if i have maxed out fists of demeter, will a normal upper or dash-upper do more damage?

signal aspen
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dash upper

steep elm
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thanks

brave thicket
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Opinion: In the Champions fight, both normal and [i forgot], Asterius is more of a threat than Theseus

signal aspen
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Yeah

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Theseus isn't that bad in em3

pulsar ridge
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Non EM Asterius is a pushover, on EM he will chunk you if he does the spin and you don't back off. Since I'm impatient I find regular Theseus the hardest part of both forms of the fight.

signal aspen
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Non em heroes fight is easy for me

pulsar ridge
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I play way too aggressively and get hit by his spear throws bouldy

signal aspen
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Nice

pulsar ridge
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Hence why EM3 is way easier cos you can melt them

brave thicket
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I use athena attack on my hestia exagryph on my first EM4 fight

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ded

crude surge
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EM4 is hard

latent junco
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yes

brisk trail
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try to use aphro or artemis next time

unborn remnant
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I really hope we get a Zagreus mii costume in smash bros

brave thicket
unborn remnant
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Jeez the end credits of this game are so simple but incredibly euphoric

pulsar ridge
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so worth it

unborn remnant
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absolutely

pulsar ridge
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EM4 attempt number 2 shadefear

half zephyr
cerulean ferry
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Good luck

pulsar ridge
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Damn, I was so close to phase 3 😔

signal aspen
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what are the chances of getting two natural chaos gates in one biome?

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because i got 2 chaos gates in tart

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one in the room where you spawn and one in the chamber before meg

buoyant merlin
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if there was another hades game would you want it to be a prequel or a sequel? I think the titans are too interesting to pass up so I'd go with prequel, but they'd be hard to impliment as bosses

alpine gate
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Imagine playing a game with only trackpad lol

pulsar ridge
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i've decided i'm gonna play dirty to beat EM4

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good old ME + Zeus shield

buoyant merlin
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interesting fact:

You can descend into chaos's chamber in the middle of an internal trove thing. had no idea

red coral
signal aspen
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oh nice

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im playing with beowulf and both of them gave me an extra cast

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pretty cool

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nvm not a good run anymore

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got to styx with no mirage shot

hollow hawk
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It's possible mostly in tart

signal aspen
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poseidon and artemis didnt show up

hollow hawk
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since chaos gates have a cooldown

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in tart, the cooldown is 10 chambers (overrided by ixion from well, ofcourse)

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in asphodel and elysium i believe its 8 chmabers

signal aspen
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good to know

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ty

fleet void
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bro i got this game a 4 days ago and i've already won with every weapon but the gun

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im trying to farm the rewards like titan blood so im just slowly increasing by 1 heat

pulsar ridge
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doomstones suck

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Hades spawned exclusively doomstones for the entirety of phase 2 and my build couldn't deal with them so I lost so much damn health

hollow hawk
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In em4?

pulsar ridge
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yeah shadedisgruntled

hollow hawk
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you can actually just hit the doomstone a lot in p1 and have a lot of tiny little stones in the arena, and hades won't spawn anything next time

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because theres already too many enemies in the arena

pulsar ridge
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the tiny things were the problem

hollow hawk
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Ah

pulsar ridge
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They create lasers even when the doomstone is invisible

hollow hawk
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For doomstone i find you have to rush it down quickly

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It can get really hard if you don't have enough dmg to kill it quick

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try equipping spearpoint (patty's keepsake) for em4, it helps with stuff like doomstone and sneak and butterfly ball

pulsar ridge
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I usually take lucky tooth or spikes collar for Hades, but I'll try it

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All my runs consistently get to Hades and then die so close to phase 3 it hurts shadegrief

hollow hawk
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spikes collar isnt worth it most of the time

buoyant merlin
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does vicious skewer work on the aspect of achilles when you dash TO the spear or only when it comes to you? (ping with answer if possible, thanks in advance!)

hollow hawk
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acorn is decent if you're confident about dealing with the spawns

pulsar ridge
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Acorn is how many hits when maxed out? I haven't ranked it up at all

hollow hawk
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but its a meh hammer nevertheless, I'd rather pick pretty much any other spear hammer than vicious

hollow hawk
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Its very very good

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Im surprised you dont have it maxed

half zephyr
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acorn is really good

hollow hawk
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It saves much more than 100 health in dad fight

pulsar ridge
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I'm not good at not getting hit, so I'm worried I'll burn through it too quickly

hollow hawk
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but em4 spawns can ruin it

pulsar ridge
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well, i'm not good at not getting hit in em4

half zephyr
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then use spearpoint

hollow hawk
half zephyr
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or broken spear

hollow hawk
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But as soon as something like butterfly ball uses it up, its wasted

half zephyr
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then you can get hit over & over

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but acorn is still better imo

hollow hawk
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yeah I've recommended that too

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spearpoint is great if you get butterfly ball or doomstone or sneak

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Otherwise its eh

half zephyr
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I got lucky w mine ia_think_thonk

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if I remember right I only got those stones

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the ones that drop down

pulsar ridge
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I'll work on maxing both those out then

half zephyr
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the one that's with meandusa, but without meandusa

pulsar ridge
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The dropping stones are so easy, I wish I got those 😔

half zephyr
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it was super easy

hollow hawk
half zephyr
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it's meandusa

hollow hawk
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?

half zephyr
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yesh

hollow hawk
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I literally said meandusa

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Idk what you're saying

half zephyr
signal aspen
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i think she is talking about meandusa

half zephyr
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lol

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get on the game & zags just

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<sigh>

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maybe he doesn't want me to play hehe

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oh great

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32 & I get the forced huge catch

signal aspen
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perfect

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easy win

half zephyr
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at least it gives me a purge boon

pulsar ridge
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Man Charon's such a breeze with Arthur what the hell squirtyay

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free 300 obols

half zephyr
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well

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charons got a big slow atk

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you got a big strong atk

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you also have a field that slows him down more & your other boons & stuff

pulsar ridge
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True, but man I'm surprised at how consistently I'm getting nohit Charons now that I'm using it

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Still find it funny he hits harder than dad

half zephyr
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well, dad doesn't do exercise every day unless we fight him - he just sits at a desk & does paperwork & listens to shades

pulsar ridge
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smh dad

half zephyr
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that feeling when you miss the mark in the pre-boss shop

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and instead of getting a boon you waste 50 obols on 0hp

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it was worth it to die

signal aspen
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nice

half zephyr
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meg deserves a win now & then

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and I deserved to die for that miss

pulsar ridge
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So for EM4, is it still worth taking acorn/spearpoint even if they're both rank 1

half zephyr
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BATTIE!

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woo

pulsar ridge
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Fourth times the charm? Got the spearpoint and a ton of health so hopefully it'll go better

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Sitting on 533 max health rn

half zephyr
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more health doesn't have to mean that you'll win ia_think_thonk

pulsar ridge
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I know shadegrief

unborn remnant
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hello hello hello

half zephyr
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I often find that the more hp I got the more likely I am to die

signal aspen
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@pulsar ridge are you still using zeus shield?

half zephyr
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since it usually means I've focused too much on hp vs dmg

pulsar ridge
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I'm using Arthur again now

signal aspen
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Oh

pulsar ridge
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Ol reliable

signal aspen
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What is your build like

pulsar ridge
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Mostly aphro I think? I don't have a lot of damage boons

signal aspen
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Are you dashing in-between each swing?

pulsar ridge
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Usually

signal aspen
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Ok

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Good

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What do you normally get hit by

pulsar ridge
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usually boiling blood or the vases, and occasionally a spin

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got him to phase 3, 23 health left and still got my stubborn defiance 👀

signal aspen
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For the vases you should use a dash to destroy them

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Or your special

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For boiling blood you should learn the animation for it and when you see it dash to the left or right

pulsar ridge
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got him halfway through phase 3 squirtyay

signal aspen
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You can tell that hades is going to do a spin when's white circle is around him so be prepared to dodge it and remember that he will do a second spin

pulsar ridge
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yeah, I just mistime my dash sometimes for the spin

signal aspen
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And when he does that and you are far away from him he will throw his spear at you

pulsar ridge
#

I'll keep that in mind

#

Honestly as long as he isn't spawning doomstones I am really enjoying EM4

#

It's a real challenge, but a fun one

signal aspen
#

Also after he heals for the first time Cerberus will come for you

#

If you stay in the middle of the map when he summons Cerberus you can go to the far right and hide there

#

That part right next to the water is a safe spot

pulsar ridge
#

oh I think I did that without realizing this fight

#

I'll do the same next time then

half zephyr
#

ever had that moment

#

when Than appears

#

and Zag goes "Death approaches"
followed by Than going "Death approaches"
followed by the big title appearing with "Death Approaches"

pulsar ridge
#

what's approaching again, I didn't quite catch that

signal aspen
#

No zag usually says "guh-dong"

narrow hemlock
#

had to make sure you saw it the first time. and the second time. and the third time too.

signal aspen
#

Bouldy approaches

half zephyr
#

speaking of

#

I had my first convo with bouldy

signal aspen
#

Nice

pulsar ridge
#

I'm thinking of switching to DD, but I'm also worried I'll lose my free full heals from patty thanthink

half zephyr
#

ok

brisk trail
#

only switch to dd if you havetroubles with bossing

half zephyr
#

it's time for the lernean bone hydra

#

again

signal aspen
#

Pro tip: kill lernie

half zephyr
#

ah, but they aren't lernie yet!

signal aspen
#

Pro tip: kill lernean bone hydra

half zephyr
#

I shall try my best

#

I have 50hp no sd

pulsar ridge
#

I'm struggling with EM4, so DD might be good for that

craggy vapor
#

Hol' up! Should I be running SD over DD??

half zephyr
#

died

#

was the lava though

#

not lernie

brisk trail
#

DD prob helps for em4 yeah

half zephyr
#

or lernean bone hydra

signal aspen
brisk trail
#

just play the rooms before clean

signal aspen
#

If not use dd

half zephyr
#

I don't like the wave spitter head

signal aspen
#

You also need sd for lc4

craggy vapor
#

Oh pff lmao. I only ever seem to lose a DD in Elysium when I wrongfully choose the opposing god to Aphrodite shadeembarassed

rose solstice
#

never really got the hearts for the social links, but can you get more hearts by just talking or do you have to gift nectar to advance

craggy vapor
#

Nectar baby

half zephyr
#

only need 10 more keys!

half zephyr
#

my first bouldy boon - +6% obols

open peak
#

Is Loyalty Card permanent or just for that run?

pulsar ridge
#

Just for the run

#

Gotta beat up Charon each time you want it again

open peak
#

Figured.

#

Thought it odd it didnt show up as a "boon" y'know?

craggy vapor
#

I have yet to beat Charon. I just get spanked by the big ol' oar

open peak
#

He's tougher than some of the actual Bosses for sure.

half zephyr
#

and back with the lernean bone hydra..

#

guh, need to be faster with the lava heads

#

oh for

#

I've managed to unlock megs & dusas hearts before thans

#

THAN!!

#

you're really taking your time this time!

pulsar ridge
#

Got 2 DDs and 341 health entering EM4, maybe this is the run thanthink

half zephyr
#

I got a Than encounter

#

maybe this will be the one

#

please open up your heart

#

GAAH

#

oh well, guess I better go try get another encounter then

#

some other time though

pulsar ridge
#

Phase 3, still got a DD and at 141 👀

#

Hell yes squirtyay

#

beat EM4 Hades

half zephyr
#

Now go buy the music so you can play it before you exit the game

#

Trust me - it’s great to get back into the game with the unseen ones welcoming you

pulsar ridge
#

I don't have enough diamonds lmao

#

I'm broke cos I just bought the thing that lets Orpheus visit Eurydice

half zephyr
#

Then get more diamonds coolcat

pulsar ridge
#

That's the plan 😎

fleet void
#

beowulf is actually bussin

#

never knew it was that damn good

#

i got the aphrodite cast first boon as well as chaos boon that increased my cast dmg sooooooooooooo

pulsar ridge
#

i've decided to never turn EM4 off again, this is so goddamn fun and its always super close

pulsar ridge
#

now to see if i can win streak it thanthink

dense shell
#

What is EM4

half zephyr
#

Extreme measures 4

#

Hades+

pulsar ridge
#

makes the Hades fight way harder but way more fun

half zephyr
#

It’s a heat you have to buy from the contractor

pulsar ridge
#

also has an absolute banger of a soundtrack for phase 3

half zephyr
#

And you can only buy it after credits

#

it's fun

#

I didn't think it was fun before I tried it myself though ia_think_thonk

#

I thought it was scary & that I'd never turn it on

#

and then I got really bored one day & did it

#

best decision ever

signal aspen
#

I should use it more

pulsar ridge
#

i dont think i can get EM4 consistently without arthur thanthink

half zephyr
#

I'm having a surprising amount of fun trying 32

#

but that might also be because I'm not scared of dying on baby file

#

I've got no streak to lose coolcat

pulsar ridge
#

do any other characters comment on streaks? i know hermes mentioned it when i lost my 5 streak

half zephyr
#

hermes did?

signal aspen
#

No I don't think so

pulsar ridge
#

shame

half zephyr
#

would've thought hypnos would ia_think_thonk

signal aspen
#

Nobody cared about my streak

half zephyr
#

the fallen 200

pulsar ridge
#

how do you even get a 200 streak

half zephyr
#

low heat

pulsar ridge
#

ah

signal aspen
#

Win 200 times in a row

#

Duh

half zephyr
#

I feel like I would get further if I didn't have hl5 ia_think_thonk
then again, hl5 is making me try to not get hit even more

warm charm
#

i got a new record using the fists

half zephyr
signal aspen
#

Nice

warm charm
#

my average runs would be 20 mins, and i got 18 mins with fists

#

wooo

half zephyr
#

neat

#

which ones

#

what keepsake

signal aspen
#

That's 2 whole minutes

half zephyr
#

was hermes your bud?

warm charm
#

imma check the run

#

aspect of demeter

pulsar ridge
#

i had a super long run just now cos of styx

half zephyr
#

daw

#

well, still nice!

pulsar ridge
#

i was already a bit behind schedule and the sack was in the last tunnel

#

28 minutes 😔

half zephyr
half zephyr
#

I keep forgetting I'm on TD2 instead of TD1

#

I take way too long in tartarus

#

I'm spending 5 minutes there instead of 4

pulsar ridge
#

still 2 minutes ahead of TD though

half zephyr
#

yes, but that extra minute..

#

then again, I haven't made it past Lernie yet

warm charm
half zephyr
#

it's 32 heat

warm charm
#

oh.

half zephyr
#

on my baby file

#

on my main file I'm long past epilogue

pulsar ridge
#

i'm working towards epilogue myself, but i've yet to form even a single bond

half zephyr
#

It's so weird having lc4!

#

get so many useless well items offered

pulsar ridge
#

lc4 just looks terrible

half zephyr
#

and that stupid "spend 50 obols get 0 hp"

half zephyr
#

just weird having it

#

if you're used to sd it's fine

#

I'm not used to sd

#

I intentionally chose athena with the aim of dying to see if I could get a dd

pulsar ridge
#

is there any way at all to get above 30% once you use the SD

half zephyr
#

I made it with 3hp & got offered the dang sd restore boon

pulsar ridge
#

or are you literally just stuck there for the entire run unless you get a DD

half zephyr
#

though since they up your max hp technically no

#

I'm not sure if stubborn roots would do it thinking

pulsar ridge
#

probably not

half zephyr
#

but if you use draining cutter/guan yu & I guess cursed slash

#

then ye

#

you can get moar

#

and there's the things that boost your sd healing I suppose, but I don't think they last - like patty thinkOwO

pulsar ridge
#

speaking of guan yu, i still need to max it out and then do some runs with it

half zephyr
#

have fun

#

it's an experience

pulsar ridge
#

i probably won't, last guan yu run i did was

half zephyr
#

I'm still not sure how I won

pulsar ridge
#

yeah...

half zephyr
#

but I did it for the prophecy

pulsar ridge
#

totally didn't die in tartarus

#

on 0 heat

half zephyr
#

I made it on my first run

#

I'm just not sure how

pulsar ridge
#

wh

#

pure luck i guess?

half zephyr
#

desperation maybe

#

I didn't want to lose my streak hehe

#

I do know I barely made it

#

and that I haven't touched it since

pulsar ridge
#

i'll probably get the prophecy then do the same

#

ready to go fight dad 😎

pulsar ridge
#

unupgraded guan yu with thick skin off

warm charm
#

well, thats.. such little health

pulsar ridge
#

yes

spark hornet
#

Uhmmm... you is brave, ry

#

GL

#

hell, stream it haha

pulsar ridge
#

my streams are uh, frankly terrible

#

the quality is closer to seconds per frame than frames per second

half zephyr
spark hornet
#

did you die yet?

#

o.O

pulsar ridge
#

Haven't started the run yet, was buying some songs

half zephyr
#

the unseen ones \0/

pulsar ridge
#

Good Riddance and Lament of Orpheus

#

Unseen ones afterwards, when I've got the diamonds

half zephyr
#

sad

#

it's just instrumentals

#

the unseen ones is best

pulsar ridge
#

does Orpheus not sing along when he's in the house? 😔

half zephyr
#

nope

pulsar ridge
#

damn

half zephyr
#

he can sometimes

#

but not to those songs

spark hornet
#

...is there a reason you're playing like that>?

pulsar ridge
#

With low health?

#

Prophecy

half zephyr
#

he will randomly decide to sing some days but you can't choose what

spark hornet
#

fates?

half zephyr
pulsar ridge
#

the guan yu prophecy

half zephyr
#

then you can have thick skin on..

#

you can even have it be maxed

#

it's just using the weapon

pulsar ridge
#

Yeah, I just turned it off to see how bad it is

half zephyr
#

and aspect

spark hornet
#

I don't see it

half zephyr
#

aah

#

well, have fun

pulsar ridge
#

I wasn't seriously going to do it shadefear

half zephyr
#

anyways

pulsar ridge
#

EM4 with guan Yu thanthink

half zephyr
#

both of you

pulsar ridge
spark hornet
#

I'm gonna do a few trash runs to unlock things, mostly gems

half zephyr
#

why not do serious runs?

spark hornet
#

GEMMMMMMS

half zephyr
#

and still get gems?

spark hornet
#

Well I find setting the expectation to beat it every time creats unessecary stress. I've actually made it to the end a few times tota;;y not expecting to and it felt great

half zephyr
#

ah

spark hornet
#

so... it's a mental thing

half zephyr
#

I never expect to lose ia_think_thonk
but I don't expect to win either

#

when I play my mentality is usually "how fast can I go this time?" and "please not the bow again 🙏🏻 "

#

subconsiously I guess I expect I'll win ia_think_thonk

spark hornet
#

how do i unlock skelly's first locked heart? we don't really converse and he doesnb't want ambrosea

half zephyr
#

but I don't really think about it cuz I'm too busy having fun & speeding along

#

"Skelly's favor is directly requested by him the next time he is encountered and his affinity gauge is as complete as it can be. He won't give you the quest until you've unlocked 4 non-Zagreus aspects of weapons. After you've done that, on your next run he should offer the new quest."

fleet void
#

after playing a crap ton of risk of rain 2 i unnecessarily rush myself and make stupid mistake

spark hornet
#

ah

#

i just remembered im on the fated list for unlocking all the bow hammers

#

-_-

#

hrmph

half zephyr
#

you can do multiple at once ia_think_thonk

#

like working towards heat ones & god ones & the hammers

#

and fishing if that's not done thinking

main stratus
#

Is artemis call any good?

half zephyr
#

yes

spark hornet
#

Yeah I love it

half zephyr
#

it's the highest dmg dealer & 2nd highest dmg dealer I believe

#

1st when you get critical

#

2nd when you don't

main stratus
#

👀👀👀👀

half zephyr
#

it's up there in the top spots at least

crude surge
#

Only good with greater call though

half zephyr
#

unless you need that extra oomph against normal enemy

#

but yes, greater call only

#

great against bosses

main stratus
#

I’m up to Theseus and didn’t have a — oh my b

#

I didn’t mean call I meant cast

pulsar ridge
#

8 health leaving the furies fight, i love guan yu shadedisgruntled

half zephyr
#

it's a decent cast

#

it's seeking, can crit

pulsar ridge
#

also goes through shields

half zephyr
#

perfectly fine

main stratus
half zephyr
#

not my top choice, but I'll take it if I have to

#

I'd much rather have flood shot/blade rift/crush shot/phalanx shot

#

even zeus' I'd take over artie

#

but it's perfectly fine

#

and a lodging cast which is nice

#

boiling blood is your friend

crude surge
#

I would rather have no car then unbuffed blade rift

#

For BB

half zephyr
#

no car

half zephyr
#

I'll be doing all I can to get legendary

#

black metal, engulfing vortex

crude surge
#

Yeah just saying you can’t slap it on any build

half zephyr
#

ye, but I was also saying what I'd rather take

#

if I'm gonna take an artie boon I'd much rather have pressure points

spark hornet
#

playing would you rather

#

hades style

half zephyr
#

that happens all the time in here

#

it happens the second someone asks "what's the best weapon/aspect/etc"

#

opens the floodgates that

spark hornet
#

deleted meg with the quadruple trippy shot

modern garnet
#

Trippy shot with the hermes fast cast boon... it's like having triple bomb on gun but better

spark hornet
#

I suppose the arrow WITH quad trippy shot... or even regular triple isn't so bad.

#

deleted hydra... oh and the double arrow hammer helped

signal aspen
signal aspen
pulsar ridge
#

oh so LC4 isn't as bad as I thought

half zephyr
#

it's just weird to get used to

#

doesn't help that I have hl5 on hehe

but it's fun in its own way

pulsar ridge
#

chaos curse?

craggy vapor
#

I remember the first time you posted this, how do you manage to cause this?

signal aspen
half zephyr
#

chaos

craggy vapor
#

Jeez

half zephyr
#

just don't get hit

signal aspen
#

Yeah

#

It was during my nem sword speedrun, having max HP lower than 10 removes the chance of getting cursed slash which gives me a greater chance of getting double edge

half zephyr
#

neat

craggy vapor
#

Interesting

#

pp man is 42 parallel universes ahead of us with this level of planning

signal aspen
#

I didn't come up with it lol

#

It was c_gull

craggy vapor
#

sshhhh you're just being modest it's alright

pulsar ridge
#

107 max health and a single DD entering EM4 hades

#

God I hate guan yu

#

At least I don't have to win to get the prophecy

#

😎

signal aspen
#

Imma do em4 guan Yu next

#

How bad could it be?

craggy vapor
#

I have yet to do anything over em1 so I'm looking forward to all this

pulsar ridge
#

yeah I died, never again guan yu

crude surge
#

Guan Yu isn’t good if you don’t put blood into it

spark hornet
#

nearly trippy shotted (lvl8) father to death. got him down to almost half on phase two

#

way farther than i expected

rotund lava
#

Man I used a hades config file on my laptop to lower some settings and the game went from an unplayable 24 fps to locked 70+

#

This game really needs options to lower and turn stuff off in the settings

spark hornet
#

I mean it is supposed to be hard...

#

idk

#

I see your point, tho

rotund lava
#

Hm? What’s supposed to be hard

#

Or were you talking to someone else

spark hornet
#

The game

craggy vapor
#

Foxtrot is replying to potato

rotund lava
#

Gotcha

spark hornet
#

I was definitely talking to you, anime.

craggy vapor
#

huh?

spark hornet
#

Not potato

craggy vapor
#

Now I'm confused. The context said otherwise but alright.

spark hornet
#

Nope.

#

how?

#

Anime said something and i responded to that of what was said by anime

craggy vapor
#

AnimeList was talking about the performance of the game on their laptop. Your comment underneath did not seem to make sense as an appropriate reply and if it was, you're then making the point that the game should perform poorly as it's "supposed to be hard"
That's why I'm confused.

rotund lava
#

^ lmao I’m so lost

craggy vapor
#

Exactly. Me too.

spark hornet
#

oh fps...

#

i saw the numbers and thought you were talking about heat

#

but i was not speaking to potato

craggy vapor
#

Ah, my apologies for assuming.

rotund lava
#

Btw what fps do you guys get in hades? I’m guessing you guys are on high end pc’s

spark hornet
#

i scrolled up and just noticed potato was in here.. did even know that was a member

craggy vapor
#

Lol.
AnimeList, I can send a link to the specs of my laptop if you'd like? I get a stable 144fps

spark hornet
#

idk the fps. i know my monitor is a 240 but no way it's playing on that

rotund lava
#

144? Sheesh

#

Ngl I’m fine with 60, anything over is overkill

craggy vapor
#

Oh I agree. It's just that my laptop can run it at that comfortably and so it does.

spark hornet
#

I have it set at 2560x1440

craggy vapor
#

That's resolution Foxtrot. You're playing in 4k?

#

Mine is in 1920x1080 with a stable 144fps, Vsync and Fullscreen enabled

spark hornet
#

i think that's more of a 2k res... i know my monitor doesn't go to 4k, but does downscale 4k signals to a 1440

#

i got a samsung g7, 27ince

rotund lava
#

I’m playing at 720p but my laptop can only go to 900p

spark hornet
#

goes up to 240 htz

craggy vapor
rotund lava
#

Do any games even support 240hz

craggy vapor
#

CS:GO lol

rotund lava
#

1070 nice

#

Must be nice to have a dedicated graphics card and not a horrible integrated one

spark hornet
#

240? not that i know of.

#

id like to know if there are any

craggy vapor
#

My step-father actually got the same laptop, just the next version which literally become available two weeks after I purchased mine. His has a 1080 and an individually lit RGB keyboard.

#

Anyways, I do feel this chat has severely gone off topic from it's intention. I believe we should return to Hades or head to off topic

quaint wind
#

was about to say

spark hornet
#

so this v-sync thing it sets frame rate to displays refresh rate, so does that mean since i have a 240 refresh rate it's playing at a 240 refresh rate?

#

in the game

craggy vapor
#

Go to general (please) in off topic

#

I'll be there

craggy vapor
#

I just remembered I opened the game over an hour ago and haven't played it due to talking in story

half zephyr
#

I tried sleeping

#

I failed

craggy vapor
#

Shadow, would you mind recommending a build or dumb run for me?

half zephyr
#

So I’m here again

craggy vapor
#

Ah, I feel that pain.

half zephyr
#

Or

craggy vapor
#

Oh buddy that is one of my favorites lol

half zephyr
#

Do paladin arthur with patron god Lucifer

#

You have to get cursed slash, at least 1 deflect boon & your hp should end up no higher then 200-250 max

#

You will be a walking self healing tank

#

The goal is to actually have less then 200hp & survive with the cursed slash hehe

craggy vapor
#

Patron god Lucifer? What is this D&D campaign I didn't buy?

half zephyr
#

Well, it’s cuz Arthur’s Excalibur is a holy blade with a divine field

#

Yet you’re cursing it

#

So you must’ve fallen from grace & now your patron god is Lucifer

#

It’s just fun

craggy vapor
#

OH! Nice! Role Playing Abrahamic religion in a Greek mythology game. That's hilarious.

half zephyr
#

Well, we have both Arthur divine blade + Luci gun available to us

#

I could never resist the temptation

#

It’s all there already

craggy vapor
#

Indeed. I have yet to attempt a real Cursed Slash run.

half zephyr
#

Ooh

#

Most will tell you it’s the worst thing to put on Arthur

#

And really they’d be right

#

But it’s fun

#

And great when you just wanna make a story!

craggy vapor
#

Is the health gained apply to damage dealt or hits landed?

pulsar ridge
#

Per hit landed

half zephyr
#

Every attack gives you 2hp

#

Not dash-strike

#

Attack

craggy vapor
#

Oh gross! Why would you- EW!

half zephyr
pulsar ridge
#

I'm pretty sure Arthur doesn't let you get the flurry hammer you want with a cursed slash either

half zephyr
#

I kept having cursed slash be offered to me

#

And Athena

#

So I decided to just give in & make a self healing tank

craggy vapor
#

Adapt, Evolve, Overcome

half zephyr
#

And then I built a whole story around it

#

The ultimate outcome

#

Is to end up with Athena legendary

#

Which I’ve ended up with on that build 4 or 5 times without consciously aiming for it

#

It was before I actually remembered what boons led to some of the legendaries hehe

#

To be a walking self healing tank with a constant shield on wielding a cursed holy blade surrounded by your divine field

craggy vapor
#

Mind giving me a crash course for the run real quick in builds-and-combat?

half zephyr
#

I’m not sure I can cuz I literally just don’t aim for it too much

#

It’s like

craggy vapor
#

Oh. Just RNG it. Got it

half zephyr
#

Athena, maybe Artie or aphro

#

The hammer is rng anyways

#

I just for some reason end up with it like 90% of the time hehe

#

You just have to feel it

craggy vapor
#

Alrighty!

half zephyr
#

Have fun & good luck hehe

rotund lava
#

Quick question

#

Does death defiance give me a do over each run? Or just that one time you buy it

half zephyr
#

each run

#

mirror upgrades are semi-permanent

rotund lava
#

Oh really?

#

Let’s goo

half zephyr
#

you can reset them with a key (and something post end boss), that's why it's only semi

rotund lava
#

Btw why is the bow the 2nd weapon you unlock and it seems like the best one so far

half zephyr
#

also, this is the spoiler chat

spark hornet
#

lucky tooth is another death defiance, but i'd recommend pierced butterfly

half zephyr
half zephyr
rotund lava
#

Does death defiance not reset itself upon death?

half zephyr
#

no

rotund lava
#

So it’s not permanent

spark hornet
#

so with tooth: overall 4 death defiance

half zephyr
#

you get 1 use pr death defiance pr run

rotund lava
#

Yea that’s what I’m asking

half zephyr
#

unless you replenish it during the run

spark hornet
#

it re-upps your health during the run per death defience

rotund lava
#

When I start a new run it’ll be there right?

half zephyr
#

but you'll have it next run

rotund lava
#

Ok thanks that’s what I wanted to know

half zephyr
#

death is very loose in here

#

since you can die during the run & return to life & die & end up at the house

spark hornet
#

it's essentially a "continue"

half zephyr
#

you really have to let us know which death you're talking about when you use the word

spark hornet
#

run out of continues, you die die

half zephyr
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ye, dd & sd =w=

spark hornet
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there is stubborn defiance and death defiance.

half zephyr
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ok, you continue doing that I'll go back to trying to sleep!

spark hornet
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stubborn re-ups your health from encounter to encounter, but you only get one. death is up to three "continues" that doesn't re-up your health

unreal atlas
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Stubborn is "30% per chamber", Normal is "50% up to three times (Charon/Athena notwithstanding)"

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It's the difference between being able to die a lot across a run, or in a single chamber

warm egret
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I reject thanatos by mistake and i want change it

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Can i change it?

hushed field
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Should I get fated authority or fated persuasion?

jagged wedge
modern garnet
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Rerolling doors seems harder to learn to use, ime

jagged wedge
jagged wedge
modern garnet
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charon wells and athena can give you more DDs

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*can replenish your DDs

jagged wedge
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Oh, that, well, if we're going to bring up those two, why not talk about Patroclus? That guy's saved my runs more time than I can count

modern garnet
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Athena can also increase the amount that DDs heal you

jagged wedge
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While we're on this topic, what does Kiss of Styx Premium do if you already have full DDs?

modern garnet
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Absolutely nothin

jagged wedge
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Oof, well that makes sense

modern garnet
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That's why the other gifts are there

unreal atlas
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hot take: if you have either Full DDs or one under full, KoS Premium should add a DD (like the Legendary Chaos boon.)

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would that make sense?

craggy vapor
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I literally only take the damage increase unless I have no DD's at Pat which doesn't happen often so MO POWER BABY

modern garnet
unreal atlas
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I generally take the Hydralite Dark

craggy vapor
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Don't get hit and then you don't need healing.
Better yet, hit them harder so they can't hit you for longer.

unreal atlas
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since I may not die but I'm always low on health

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The jerky's obviously there for people who aren't worn down by the previous chambers, like you apparently

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Pat's offerings are a bit of an odd design decision but I respect it

craggy vapor
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Sorry, not trying to be rude. My philosophy is: hit them first and hard so they can't hit you

jagged wedge
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I usually take the extra damage, unless I'm super low, Elysium is hard bois

craggy vapor
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It certainly can be. The frustrating thing for me is I only ever encounter Pat and Achilles when I have full DD's. When I need him during a run, no where to be found.

unreal atlas
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people who are good generally won't have a use for Touch Dark, although Kiss Dark can be nice

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if for some ungodly reason you're using SD

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hell, Kiss can last until final boss if you're lucky

modern garnet
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The jerky usually lasts me to the champions, which can save me a DD if I have em3 on

brisk trail
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After finding locked ||boulder guy files I can't meet him at all I have been on 15 escape attempts now and never met him||

cerulean ferry
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Guess rng is just bad then

warm egret
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I reject thanatos by mistake can i change it?

buoyant merlin
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there's no permanent progression locking for the relationships I believe.

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So you'll be able to say yes to whatever he asked you later if that's what you mean

simple thistle
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To not make it unbalanced

young epoch
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Do i get any unlock or bonus for upgrading all the keepsakes aside from the trophy?

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Currently missing only that one, im considering if it's worth it or not to go for

signal aspen
molten parrot
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ok what the hell, i just have to say

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arthur sword is insane

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i just hit hades for almost 2700 in a single critical hit

signal aspen
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yeah its good

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but its really slow

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so its not good with fo2 or td3

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which means its not great for high heat

molten parrot
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wait, are those pact conditions?

signal aspen
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forced overtime 2

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tight deadline 3

molten parrot
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tight deadline is the timer thing, right?

signal aspen
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yeah