#h1-discussion
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Achilles is fun for me, since I like zooming around
I mainly use it for not the intended stratigy
I use it more as a run away then an aproach
It's nice mobility for both
Also i just unlocked the final heart i needed for max bonds
I just need to actualy encounter another boon from them
I just have 1 heart from aphrodite left
Because it was locked behind getting all the romance ones done
And 1 of them is extremely slow
apparently aspect of chaos is the worst aspect on aegis..?
Hades won a Nebula award - https://nebulas.sfwa.org/sfwa-announces-56th-annual-nebula-award-winners/
nice
same 😔
it was so dumb how I died
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
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
The story is what makes me not care if I die
"oh cool I can talk to Achilles about Patroclus now, and max out my bond with Cerberus"
Is it just me or is doom just not that good?
Like yeah its free damage but its medoicre damage
I keep getting caught on that dumb spear spin attack
Dash but don't attack. iframes baby
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
Can i say i kindof wish some weapons got unique effects for certain boons
I get why they dont but i wish they did
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
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.
Artemis' call is positively overpowered... in a good way, I guess?
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
It took like half of phase 2 Hades' health bar
Ok, that's exaggerating, dad has like 17,000 health per phase, but still, that's a lot!
yea its strong with more crit synergies since crit does scale really well
with that dmg u could immediately trigger his next phase
😳
Also—Deep Pockets or Golden Touch?
golden touch is fine if u dont spend much in shops early on
ud need to bring 667 gold through floors to break even
Goddamn, that's quite a lot
yea
I'm too much of a coward to try escaping with Frost Fair Blade 
With 30 health, you'd get one-shot by Hades
When it's fully upgraded it only halves it, so it's technically easier than cursed slash
Hermes' boons range from worthless to god-tier.
Only one I would say is terrible is probably flurry cast
I've found the rapid-cast to be useful if you're using Demeter's Crystal Beams
then I'd say none of his boons are really worthless
Even without rerolling you'll usually get something good
the gap between his amazing boons and the others is big ngl
It is, they range from good to practically mandatory
u got like the swift and flurry stuff , haste, quick and auto reload are exclusivley good on cast builds ect
these are stuff I never want to see above the others
Yeah, having more dashes is incredible, but Sturdy or extra movement speed are relatively unhelpful
nah hyper sprint is one of his best boons
hyper sprint and more dashes are both super good imo
I like movement speed if it's epic, and then rush delivery as I'm pretty sure they work together
Is there any special dialogue if you leave the chamber in the middle of a Trove Trial?
u can do that?
I don't think you can
Perhaps I should try picking those more
I mean, the prompt appeared white when I came close to the door during a trial, so I think it's possible?
hyper sprint + rush delivery is good too
75% extra damage from Hermes alone is pretty nice
you could def do that in early access but they might have fixed it
Plus moving faster feels cool
iirc you can do that before it triggers spawning mobs
You can exit during Trove Trials at any time.
People trash on Meg and the other Furies, but remember: they haven't died any more than you have.
deaths to fate are bs and dont count 
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
it lasted the same duration as normal
That goes for all boss attacks.
i sometimes just charm him so that he doesnt do bad moves
I maxed all my relationships!
Pog!
Now it is time to max all the keepsakes and companions
a lot harder
i'll give it a few runs and see how it goes, extra challenge is always fun
since right now i'm on a streak
If you want to keep your streak, I'd be hesitant about enabling it lol
its only a 5 streak, not much lol
good boss fight though
EM4 enabled, time for pain 
Goood luck! I like it. It's fun. It's hard haha
I'm hoping it's hard, dad's not giving me much trouble currently
don't even end up using my stubborn defiance most the time
gl lol
Well, I'm about to enter the fight now, time to see how quickly I die 
I didn't even get to phase 3 
oof
em4 has extra health as well
so make sure you're not using something like calisthentics program which will make dad even more healthier and make the fight harder
Em4 isn’t that bad
I've only got EM4 enabled, no other heat options
Probably gonna keep it like this until I've done all the bounties
I noticed he pushed me away when I tried to hug the omnilaser?
On normal?
EM4
Yes
So no hugs
If it’s on normal it’s cuz of a knockback effect you got
EM4 is actually pretty nice cuz it’s proof that dad loves you
I kept trying to hug in EM4, so that at least partly explains why it didn't go so well
I thought I was just messing it up
Ye, just doesn’t work
sad 😔
Doom is really good
I like deep pockets because you can buy another boon in the mid shop easily
You can't leave if you are in the middle of a trove trial
I think you can leave before any of the enemies spawn tho
if i start a hell mode save do i have to mess with the pact immediately or am i free for the first run
also is hell mode just perma 5 heat or is there other stuff to it
you have forced 5 heat
ive been thinking of starting a hell mode file
you don't need to add more if you don't want to
You do the first run and then on the second one you can use the pact
mhm
5 heat always
you start with 5 heat - you can't turn them off
what are the conditions then
Hl1 lc1 js1 cp1 personal liability
last one is hell mode only
Ye
what does the last one do
personal liability
It means you don't get impervious after taking a bunch of damage
pl sounds kinda moot
if you take a bunch of dmg it sucks with or without impervious doesnt it
it's there & it fits
I guess
Pl stands for what? Im not hip and cool to understand yall's language
do hell mode & find out 
im on hell mode
damn she hasnt noticed what hell mode does yet
Im a coward 😎
it's just fun

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
^
how long does the shield last for
Like 1 or 2 seconds
Well havent u been stun locked 😔
Probably not 2 seconds
i dont think its possible to be stun locked
you can get stunned by some bosses & enemies
Final boss lasers
idk final boss laser makes me lose all my hp instantly
wha
👀what?
just dash
Hug him
and get away
Go up right next to him
if u get hit by it i mean ._.
doesn't always work
Worth the risk
can't do on EM4
so i havent observed any stun lock from that
literally can't do it
Dont mention that near me
you get pushed away
Yeah that pulse 😭
also not worth it if you have knockback 
but otherwise hugging is good
even better is making it so he can't use lasers
either by killing him too fast or by just charming him
and EM4 isn't that hard 
We got a gamer
epic gamer moment
nope
Im not gamer enough
I'm actually pretty bad
same
@half zephyr pls sock my hell file ty ty
but the music!
Intense as heck
I can't even get past heroes on my hell mode
it's a baby file
a true baby
When he pulls out the woof woof on me i thought he was on my side
not like my other baby file
there I'm having fun trying out 32
and my main is just chilling - not having gone past 13 =w=
👀 thats a jump and a half
well, I did 9 on baby file
and then I thought that was hard so I jumped to 16 to see how it'd go
Yes
and after 2 tries or so I got it
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 
Guys how do i get bettet at rama. I suck at it
im a rama player too :D
Good tips?
tag everyone with special then boom with ur attack
thats it
get artemis attack
Go for power shot or pray for point blank?
special is so easy to use on rama
if attack is too slow spam special & get a nice dmg dash
esp with controller aim assist
power shot is bad since u shouldnt full charge
press y then boom 30% extra dmg
twin shot and triple is the best
point blank is decent but not as good as the above hammers
Wym rama at max does 60% no?
Rama has better hammers than point blank 😳
twin shot is 2x dmg and triple is 3x if ur close enough
also point blank should be additive instead of multiplicative, but dont quote me on that
on main file I'm only missing 3 aspects 
I have lvl 1 poseidon, hades & hestia
rest are max
I am only missing gilgamesh, zeus, eris, and i believe zagreus shield
Why don't you like hestia
I haven't had the blood to max it yet?
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
I always manually reload
On all aspects
Sometimes I will shoot three bullets and then reload
no
Ye
wait really?
If you shoot all your bullets
oh
oh hm
shoot them all out, then do something else
Use your special
Delta chamber
Oh, you are talking about the bow
There is an auto shoot upgrade, I think
no for the rail lol
i know about delta chamber but its an upgrade
also with that u dont need to reload at all so its kinda diff
I mean it does reload automaticially when you try to attack with an empty chamber, no?
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?
dash upper
yeah but thats boring
thanks
Opinion: In the Champions fight, both normal and [i forgot], Asterius is more of a threat than Theseus
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.
Non em heroes fight is easy for me
I play way too aggressively and get hit by his spear throws 
Nice
Hence why EM3 is way easier cos you can melt them
EM4 is hard
yes
try to use aphro or artemis next time
I really hope we get a Zagreus mii costume in smash bros
cant find it kahdfjskdjflka. He was nearly dead too...
Jeez the end credits of this game are so simple but incredibly euphoric
so worth it
absolutely
EM4 attempt number 2 

Good luck
Damn, I was so close to phase 3 😔
what are the chances of getting two natural chaos gates in one biome?
because i got 2 chaos gates in tart
one in the room where you spawn and one in the chamber before meg
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
Imagine playing a game with only trackpad lol
interesting fact:
You can descend into chaos's chamber in the middle of an internal trove thing. had no idea
Lowish but entirely possible! Two Tartarus chaos gates is ideal isn’t it
oh nice
im playing with beowulf and both of them gave me an extra cast
pretty cool
nvm not a good run anymore
got to styx with no mirage shot
It's possible mostly in tart
poseidon and artemis didnt show up
since chaos gates have a cooldown
in tart, the cooldown is 10 chambers (overrided by ixion from well, ofcourse)
in asphodel and elysium i believe its 8 chmabers
bro i got this game a 4 days ago and i've already won with every weapon but the gun
im trying to farm the rewards like titan blood so im just slowly increasing by 1 heat
doomstones suck
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
In em4?
yeah 
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
because theres already too many enemies in the arena
the tiny things were the problem
Ah
They create lasers even when the doomstone is invisible
For doomstone i find you have to rush it down quickly
It can get really hard if you don't have enough dmg to kill it quick
try equipping spearpoint (patty's keepsake) for em4, it helps with stuff like doomstone and sneak and butterfly ball
I usually take lucky tooth or spikes collar for Hades, but I'll try it
All my runs consistently get to Hades and then die so close to phase 3 it hurts 
spikes collar isnt worth it most of the time
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!)
acorn is decent if you're confident about dealing with the spawns
I believe it works in both cases
Acorn is how many hits when maxed out? I haven't ranked it up at all
but its a meh hammer nevertheless, I'd rather pick pretty much any other spear hammer than vicious
5
Its very very good
Im surprised you dont have it maxed
acorn is really good
It saves much more than 100 health in dad fight
I'm not good at not getting hit, so I'm worried I'll burn through it too quickly
but em4 spawns can ruin it
well, i'm not good at not getting hit in em4
then use spearpoint
Doesn't really matter, as long as its dad hitting you, you're good honestly
or broken spear
But as soon as something like butterfly ball uses it up, its wasted
yeah I've recommended that too
spearpoint is great if you get butterfly ball or doomstone or sneak
Otherwise its eh
I got lucky w mine 
if I remember right I only got those stones
the ones that drop down
I'll work on maxing both those out then
the one that's with meandusa, but without meandusa
The dropping stones are so easy, I wish I got those 😔
it was super easy
meandusa and head
it's meandusa
?
yesh

i think she is talking about meandusa

lol
get on the game & zags just
<sigh>

maybe he doesn't want me to play 
oh great
32 & I get the forced huge catch

at least it gives me a purge boon
well
charons got a big slow atk
you got a big strong atk
you also have a field that slows him down more & your other boons & stuff
True, but man I'm surprised at how consistently I'm getting nohit Charons now that I'm using it
Still find it funny he hits harder than dad
well, dad doesn't do exercise every day unless we fight him - he just sits at a desk & does paperwork & listens to shades
smh dad

that feeling when you miss the mark in the pre-boss shop
and instead of getting a boon you waste 50 obols on 0hp
it was worth it to die
nice
So for EM4, is it still worth taking acorn/spearpoint even if they're both rank 1
Fourth times the charm? Got the spearpoint and a ton of health so hopefully it'll go better
Sitting on 533 max health rn
more health doesn't have to mean that you'll win 
I know 
hello hello hello
I often find that the more hp I got the more likely I am to die
@pulsar ridge are you still using zeus shield?
since it usually means I've focused too much on hp vs dmg
I'm using Arthur again now
Oh
Ol reliable
What is your build like
Mostly aphro I think? I don't have a lot of damage boons
Are you dashing in-between each swing?
Usually
usually boiling blood or the vases, and occasionally a spin
got him to phase 3, 23 health left and still got my stubborn defiance 👀
For the vases you should use a dash to destroy them
Or your special
For boiling blood you should learn the animation for it and when you see it dash to the left or right
got him halfway through phase 3 
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
yeah, I just mistime my dash sometimes for the spin
He won't do a second spin if he does the 2 swing combo into a spin
And when he does that and you are far away from him he will throw his spear at you
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
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
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"
what's approaching again, I didn't quite catch that
No zag usually says "guh-dong"
had to make sure you saw it the first time. and the second time. and the third time too.
Nice
I'm thinking of switching to DD, but I'm also worried I'll lose my free full heals from patty 
ok
only switch to dd if you havetroubles with bossing
Pro tip: kill lernie
ah, but they aren't lernie yet!
Pro tip: kill lernean bone hydra
I'm struggling with EM4, so DD might be good for that
Hol' up! Should I be running SD over DD??
DD prob helps for em4 yeah
or lernean bone hydra
If you die in normal chambers a lot then use sd
just play the rooms before clean
If not use dd
I don't like the wave spitter head
You also need sd for lc4
Oh pff lmao. I only ever seem to lose a DD in Elysium when I wrongfully choose the opposing god to Aphrodite 
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
Nectar baby
only need 10 more keys!
my first bouldy boon - +6% obols
Is Loyalty Card permanent or just for that run?
I have yet to beat Charon. I just get spanked by the big ol' oar
He's tougher than some of the actual Bosses for sure.
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!
Got 2 DDs and 341 health entering EM4, maybe this is the run 
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

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
I don't have enough diamonds lmao
I'm broke cos I just bought the thing that lets Orpheus visit Eurydice
Then get more diamonds 
That's the plan 😎
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
i've decided to never turn EM4 off again, this is so goddamn fun and its always super close

now to see if i can win streak it 
What is EM4
makes the Hades fight way harder but way more fun
It’s a heat you have to buy from the contractor
also has an absolute banger of a soundtrack for phase 3
And you can only buy it after credits
it's fun
I didn't think it was fun before I tried it myself though 
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
Yeah em4 is fun
I should use it more
i dont think i can get EM4 consistently without arthur 
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 
do any other characters comment on streaks? i know hermes mentioned it when i lost my 5 streak
hermes did?
No I don't think so
shame
would've thought hypnos would 
Nobody cared about my streak
the fallen 200
how do you even get a 200 streak
low heat
ah
I feel like I would get further if I didn't have hl5 
then again, hl5 is making me try to not get hit even more
i got a new record using the fists

Nice
That's 2 whole minutes
was hermes your bud?
i had a super long run just now cos of styx
i was already a bit behind schedule and the sack was in the last tunnel
28 minutes 😔

well, thats sad.
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
still 2 minutes ahead of TD though
eh????
it's 32 heat
oh.
i'm working towards epilogue myself, but i've yet to form even a single bond
lc4 just looks terrible
me too
and that stupid "spend 50 obols get 0 hp"
it's not that bad
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
is there any way at all to get above 30% once you use the SD
or are you literally just stuck there for the entire run unless you get a DD
use heart rooms 
and darkness rooms
though since they up your max hp technically no
I'm not sure if stubborn roots would do it 
probably not
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 
speaking of guan yu, i still need to max it out and then do some runs with it
i probably won't, last guan yu run i did was
I'm still not sure how I won
yeah...
but I did it for the prophecy
desperation maybe
I didn't want to lose my streak 
I do know I barely made it
and that I haven't touched it since
wot
unupgraded guan yu with thick skin off
well, thats.. such little health
yes
my streams are uh, frankly terrible
the quality is closer to seconds per frame than frames per second

Haven't started the run yet, was buying some songs
the unseen ones \0/
Good Riddance and Lament of Orpheus
Unseen ones afterwards, when I've got the diamonds
does Orpheus not sing along when he's in the house? 😔
nope
damn
...is there a reason you're playing like that>?
he will randomly decide to sing some days but you can't choose what
fates?
high confidence?
the guan yu prophecy
then you can have thick skin on..
you can even have it be maxed
it's just using the weapon
Yeah, I just turned it off to see how bad it is
and aspect
I don't see it
I wasn't seriously going to do it 
EM4 with guan Yu 
he sometimes sings, but it's random & you can't decide what he'll sing
the music for the music stand will always be instrumentals & orphy will stop singing if he's singing if you turn one on

both of you

I'm gonna do a few trash runs to unlock things, mostly gems
why not do serious runs?
GEMMMMMMS
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
ah
so... it's a mental thing
I never expect to lose 
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 
how do i unlock skelly's first locked heart? we don't really converse and he doesnb't want ambrosea
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."
after playing a crap ton of risk of rain 2 i unnecessarily rush myself and make stupid mistake
there, read my above comment
ah
i just remembered im on the fated list for unlocking all the bow hammers
-_-
hrmph
you can do multiple at once 
like working towards heat ones & god ones & the hammers
and fishing if that's not done 
Is artemis call any good?
yes
Yeah I love it
it's the highest dmg dealer & 2nd highest dmg dealer I believe
1st when you get critical
2nd when you don't

👀👀👀👀
it's up there in the top spots at least
Only good with greater call though
unless you need that extra oomph against normal enemy
but yes, greater call only
great against bosses
8 health leaving the furies fight, i love guan yu 
also goes through shields
perfectly fine

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
I mean, if I'm taking blade rift ofc I'm gonna buff it
I'll be doing all I can to get legendary
black metal, engulfing vortex
Yeah just saying you can’t slap it on any build
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
that happens all the time in here
it happens the second someone asks "what's the best weapon/aspect/etc"
opens the floodgates that
deleted meg with the quadruple trippy shot
Trippy shot with the hermes fast cast boon... it's like having triple bomb on gun but better
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
Yeah stubborn roots heals you
You can buy an item from wells that increases the amount healed by your sd, and you can get a better version of that from patty
oh so LC4 isn't as bad as I thought
it's just weird to get used to
doesn't help that I have hl5 on 
but it's fun in its own way
Nice
But this is even lower
chaos curse?
I remember the first time you posted this, how do you manage to cause this?
Yeah
chaos
Jeez
just don't get hit
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
neat
Interesting
pp man is 42 parallel universes ahead of us with this level of planning
sshhhh you're just being modest it's alright
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
😎
I have yet to do anything over em1 so I'm looking forward to all this
yeah I died, never again guan yu
Guan Yu isn’t good if you don’t put blood into it
nearly trippy shotted (lvl8) father to death. got him down to almost half on phase two
way farther than i expected
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
The game
Foxtrot is replying to potato
Gotcha
I was definitely talking to you, anime.
huh?
Not potato
Now I'm confused. The context said otherwise but alright.
Nope.
how?
Anime said something and i responded to that of what was said by anime
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.
^ lmao I’m so lost
Exactly. Me too.
oh fps...
i saw the numbers and thought you were talking about heat
but i was not speaking to potato
Ah, my apologies for assuming.
Btw what fps do you guys get in hades? I’m guessing you guys are on high end pc’s
i scrolled up and just noticed potato was in here.. did even know that was a member
Lol.
AnimeList, I can send a link to the specs of my laptop if you'd like? I get a stable 144fps
idk the fps. i know my monitor is a 240 but no way it's playing on that
Oh I agree. It's just that my laptop can run it at that comfortably and so it does.
I have it set at 2560x1440
That's resolution Foxtrot. You're playing in 4k?
Mine is in 1920x1080 with a stable 144fps, Vsync and Fullscreen enabled
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
I’m playing at 720p but my laptop can only go to 900p
goes up to 240 htz
Oh nice. https://imgur.com/gallery/XgDxniC That's my specs
Do any games even support 240hz
CS:GO lol
1070 nice
Must be nice to have a dedicated graphics card and not a horrible integrated one
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
was about to say
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
I just remembered I opened the game over an hour ago and haven't played it due to talking in story
Shadow, would you mind recommending a build or dumb run for me?
So I’m here again
Ah, I feel that pain.
Max zag fist + max rank plume + ruthless reflex
Or
Oh buddy that is one of my favorites lol
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 
Patron god Lucifer? What is this D&D campaign I didn't buy?
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
OH! Nice! Role Playing Abrahamic religion in a Greek mythology game. That's hilarious.
Well, we have both Arthur divine blade + Luci gun available to us
I could never resist the temptation
It’s all there already
Indeed. I have yet to attempt a real Cursed Slash run.
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!
Is the health gained apply to damage dealt or hits landed?
Per hit landed
Oh gross! Why would you- EW!

I'm pretty sure Arthur doesn't let you get the flurry hammer you want with a cursed slash either
I kept having cursed slash be offered to me
And Athena
So I decided to just give in & make a self healing tank
Adapt, Evolve, Overcome
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 
To be a walking self healing tank with a constant shield on wielding a cursed holy blade surrounded by your divine field
Mind giving me a crash course for the run real quick in builds-and-combat?
Oh. Just RNG it. Got it
Athena, maybe Artie or aphro
The hammer is rng anyways
I just for some reason end up with it like 90% of the time 
You just have to feel it
Alrighty!
Have fun & good luck 
Quick question
Does death defiance give me a do over each run? Or just that one time you buy it
you can reset them with a key (and something post end boss), that's why it's only semi
Btw why is the bow the 2nd weapon you unlock and it seems like the best one so far
also, this is the spoiler chat
lucky tooth is another death defiance, but i'd recommend pierced butterfly
if you want no spoilers head to #h1-for-new-players
What do you mean
well, you can get rid of the upgrades meaning they aren't actually fully permanent, now are they? 
Does death defiance not reset itself upon death?
no
So it’s not permanent
so with tooth: overall 4 death defiance
you get 1 use pr death defiance pr run
Yea that’s what I’m asking
unless you replenish it during the run
it re-upps your health during the run per death defience
When I start a new run it’ll be there right?
but you'll have it next run
Ok thanks that’s what I wanted to know
death is very loose in here
since you can die during the run & return to life & die & end up at the house
it's essentially a "continue"
you really have to let us know which death you're talking about when you use the word
run out of continues, you die die
ye, dd & sd =w=
there is stubborn defiance and death defiance.
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
Stubborn is "30% per chamber", Normal is "50% up to three times (Charon/Athena notwithstanding)"
It's the difference between being able to die a lot across a run, or in a single chamber
Should I get fated authority or fated persuasion?
I personally prefer Fated Persuasion
Rerolling doors seems harder to learn to use, ime
Honestly, if you can afford it, take the three Death Defiance stocks. You're much more likely to die at the final boss than at anywhere else.
What do you mean Charon/Athena notwithstanding?
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
Athena can also increase the amount that DDs heal you
While we're on this topic, what does Kiss of Styx Premium do if you already have full DDs?
Absolutely nothin
Oof, well that makes sense
That's why the other gifts are there
hot take: if you have either Full DDs or one under full, KoS Premium should add a DD (like the Legendary Chaos boon.)
would that make sense?
I literally only take the damage increase unless I have no DD's at Pat which doesn't happen often so MO POWER BABY
Nahhh then the other gifts would be worthless
I generally take the Hydralite Dark
Don't get hit and then you don't need healing.
Better yet, hit them harder so they can't hit you for longer.
since I may not die but I'm always low on health
The jerky's obviously there for people who aren't worn down by the previous chambers, like you apparently
Pat's offerings are a bit of an odd design decision but I respect it
Sorry, not trying to be rude. My philosophy is: hit them first and hard so they can't hit you
I usually take the extra damage, unless I'm super low, Elysium is hard bois
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.
people who are good generally won't have a use for Touch Dark, although Kiss Dark can be nice
if for some ungodly reason you're using SD
hell, Kiss can last until final boss if you're lucky
The jerky usually lasts me to the champions, which can save me a DD if I have em3 on
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||
Guess rng is just bad then
I reject thanatos by mistake can i change it?
there's no permanent progression locking for the relationships I believe.
So you'll be able to say yes to whatever he asked you later if that's what you mean
Also if you have max hp
To not make it unbalanced
Do i get any unlock or bonus for upgrading all the keepsakes aside from the trophy?
Currently missing only that one, im considering if it's worth it or not to go for
no
ok what the hell, i just have to say
arthur sword is insane
i just hit hades for almost 2700 in a single critical hit
yeah its good
but its really slow
so its not good with fo2 or td3
which means its not great for high heat
wait, are those pact conditions?
tight deadline is the timer thing, right?
yeah




