#h1-discussion
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Take Heightened security and regret your choices 5 seconds later
Well stop doing that
Thanks hypnos
what the max level for boon i tho was 4 but i got my common at 5
there's no max level for a boon
unless u mean rarity then the max rarity for a normal boon would be heroic
so can i keep upgrading them?
ye
well there's sort of a limit
But there is any reason to go up with lo rarity?
the amount of poms/upgrades u can get in a run
absolutely if the boon is good
if the boon is insignificant and doesnt do much dont waste a pom on it though
so normal pom increase of 1 (half is just random ) but there is double pom too right or that got removed?
i didn't get one ever only hear of the legned of the double pom
There is double pom, you can get it from erebus gates and styx
Erebus gates, expensive poms and sweet nectar duo
sweet nectar also allows +2 poms
If you have Sweet Nectar the double poms become triple poms
the miniboss poms in styx are double poms
Imagine if sweet nectar afected the pom keepsake (wich name i never remember) 
if only
it is le pom blossom
IF i want have a run with no boons I tried to start with the keepsake of the dude with the rock but evry time i get a god boon and the keepsake is usless anyway to avoide those?
Or the only possibilty is to spend Darkness at the mirror
For total boonless run you want the fated authority to re roll boon rewards
Tho you cant avoid mini boss boons
so what u do
(maybe with luck of erebus/chaos)
is u unbind the ability that the boon affects and not use that ability until u sell the boon
its wierd that u cannot sell them immidialty but if you try to upgrade boons that cannoot be upgrade with the pom you get only 115 gold
Is a random amount of gold i think
poms are regularly 100 gold
so thats profit
unless they are expansive poms in styx
how much is the discount for the loyalty card?
20%
is the only way to get discount?
Ye
there is no keepsake that increase your money gain by doing a challenge ?
Plutus or something like that. I know there isn't
Hermes boon gives a bit of money by each chamber
there's a mirror talent that gives you more money at the end of each biome
yo im ab to get the game any tips
"Dont get hit lmao'
you can try luck with the giving the drink to the rock you get 6% more coin if am not wrong
ok so what r boons
i have no idea what is the mini tunnel
Those small chambers before the last chamber with the reward
I thought you need to do all of them
Once you get the bag you can leave
Styx work this way
You pick a tunnel then kill any rats until the last chamber for your reward then go back to the shop
After that any other tunnel will have a chance to have a sack and a fountain
Once you get it you can just give it to cerb then styx is done
You can still do other tunnels but they wont have fountains
Boons are the abilities you get from the various Gods
Only took visiting Chaos like 20 times but I finally got the voiceline to come up again
Hopefully my game doesn't bug out a 2nd time
I got the pc to crash only 1 time proably was some audio memory leack issue
It didn't even crash I was just stuck in place and couldn't move at all
you got cliped inside an object?
do they reset each run
Yes
well the boons are random
u can have a set god pool of 4 excluding hermes
im so wxcited to get home from work to play
Yeah, one of the little boats in Asphodel
Or whatever you would call them
rafts, but yeah those are kinda wierd the balls for the level are solid objects too so there could happend wierd intectation with the moving platfrom
Yeah and of course it happens the 1 time I'm trying to get an aspect and it takes it away lol
Any tips for getting ||Thanatos|| spawns? Need to max their hearts for one of my last achievements
I'll finally have it after this run though
It's just random
As far as I know there's no real way to get him to show up more or less often in runs
yeah its random
Ah well, I'm only halfway through maxing the keepsakes so it'll come eventually
Just wanted to know if there was a method to get him to appear more
assuming you did all the dialoge in Tartarus with the guy with the rock?
there should be one without him with the guy with the rock that says he shouldn't re appear again for a while.
I’ve talked to Achilles like 15 times and he still won’t let me gift to him
It’s locked
what are u talking about?
Sisyphus I presume
@thorn marsh no idea. I just wanted to figure out at what dialogue he was
that has nothing to do with the rng of than showing up iirc
idk since then i got him evry times in my run in the frist room of tatarus and asfa thing there with the red staff. more rare occation at the eli thing
its rng
I must have a super seed
What is the status of Patroclus?
Eris Rail with Apro Special, I had Triple Bomb and Rocket Bomb on it
I also used a than at the start of the fight
Like 2 hearts
Arthur's has been really underwhelming for me
Can someone help me
Doesn't seem to be too useful if you're not getting hit too much, and without an attack speed upgrade it just feels weak
How do you complete dark reflections?
You have to beat Hades with both sides of the mirror filled, so one run with the red side filled, one run with the green side filled. I believe, I may be off
Idk if it needs to be one point in each side of the mirror, or maxed
You dont have to do the entire side, just make sure you use each one, so if you want you can set it to the mirror you usually use and then just swap one
You dont have to do each side all at once
Ah ok
Is there a way to track which mirror bonuses were used and which weren't?
I think there may be a prophecy for that I'll check after this run
Gotcha
wait a sec. so you can use the acorn to save scum boss fights huh 
does anybody know of a mod that lets you add whatever boons/daedulus buffs you want?
i cant find one on nexus
or just the start?
and start a new world
u could codex mod
oh thx
Give him more Nectar
Eris Rail
ANOTHER BEST CLEAR I LOVE THIS WEAPON
My first sub 15 
Yeah
clear usually means getting all the way to the end and beating the end boss
oh damn wtf go off
Beat the game
im just waiti g to get off work then imma start my first runs! so hype
i let it download while im at work it should be done when i get home
Have fun! Its a great game
Just note that this is a spoiler welcome chat #h1-for-new-players is the non spoiler 
can you take chaos portals with <22 hp if you aren’t holding the egg?
Shame
Dang, I wish it just killed you mid animation, would be hilarious
Theseus just called me out for hiding behind pillars lmfao
In asphodel and elysium you could activate enough traps to activate a defiance so you'd have enough health
I was gonna run guan yu, which took my health down to 15, and was wondering what would happen
Kinda sad it doesn’t kill you in the animation
Just lost a 13 win streak, forgot what it felt like
I wish it did, and that chaos would laugh at you for it
Running Guan Yu Level 1 without Thick Skin is pretty tough, good luck.
if hiding behind pillars wasn't allowed, there wouldn't be pillars here, suck it theseus
that's me when he says those things
ya, I’m in elysium with 30 max hp lol
making it to elysium with that little max health is solid. 🙂
:)
On a great run
3 defiances in the Styx
Shield of chaos +2 shields thrown after a bullrush, +200% special damage after a dash, +48% special damage from chaos, attacks and bullrush inflict doom, dash leaves a blade rift, battle rage

This might be the run
What boon did your shield throw get?
Niiiice. Did you get the Duo Boon?
Yeah, that little boon does so much lol
Dionysus build on shield is OP as fudgesickles
Just keep in mind, even walking into the Final Boss w/ 3 DDs can still go poorly.
Curse of Nausea while throwing multiple shields is pretty great.
Not gonna lie I had a case where I walked in with 4 DDs (Thanks Chaos) and still lost
Just stay calm and you got this
And +10% special speed
Don't get excited and take your time
Too bad the extra bounces don’t apply to the multi-throw :/
Just a question, is it just me or do the bonus shields from Chaos just come back to you immediately ?
Yeah I thought so
It would be broke as [REDACTED] otherwise
The bonus shields effectively don’t matter for getting your attack back if that’s what you mean.
No I mean they just hit an enemy once then go away
They don't bounce between enemies
Anyway
Yes, iirc.
Should I do the skull rooms first in Styx ?
Also, they give better stuff as well.
Poggers
These are all commands to improve performance?: /DrawBlendMax=8 /DrawLights=false /DrawColorGrading=false /DrawBloom=false /UseSwapEffectDiscard=true /UseLowResAssets=true
wat?
advanced options on steam
oh i got no idea
feels like a question for #h1-tech-support channel
Second Phase
3 Defiances
225 health

YES
YESYESYESYESYESYESYES
First victory !
Nice
Just a quick lesson for people struggling on Hades.
Don't get greedy
That is all.
I poked in and messages were a little ways back.
Yeah, the spin attack especially. He goes far enough with it that just dodging into him causes it to whiff more often than not.
What gets me more often than not in his fight is when he summons the adds on phase 1, as if I don't have armor break stuff usually they can take a second as Hades gives them rather bulky armor
His lasers if you have the time are best just dodged into to hug up dad because they miss if you're right on him, first half of second phase he can't get them turned around fast enough if you get behind him, free damage both cases. And if ya can't close the gap in time just hide behind the pillars
The pots can be rough if you don't take care of them though, as Hades can break them too
just use arthur, pots can't hurt you in holy ground
Or if you have any damage dealing dash, just dash through them
shhh, I'm advertising for arthur, I'm getting paid to do this
Or do both, damaging dash on Arthur
Arthur is amazing I agree, but for those that haven't had a clear yet can be a little hard to get.
Because it at bare minimum costs 12 Blood to get, 5 blood used to unlock at least 5 second aspects on weapons, 4 more blood put into the sword, and then another 3 to unlock it.
And if ya haven't beat Hades yet, you can only get 6 from bounties
Well, until you beat Hades for the first time, then doors really open up
I just need 6 more blood to have unlocked every aspect. Then I'm gonna set up all the hidden aspects on display and probably drop the game for a while xD
I also need to get to Asterius to get the awakening words for Gilgamesh too
You mean unlock every aspect then not fully upgrade every aspect.
Yes
I don't have the time or life to grind out a total of 306 Titan Blood
So having them all available is enough for me
I already completed the story anywho
I can't wait to grind out 306 Titan blood
Paperwork with Meg? Don't think so. I did a bit of tumbling with her in the bedroom though.
look up the vid, hilarious
Drunken Rail is sus
Ooo~ neat
consent is important
My best runs have been with him and the Shield
I almost beat Hades' first phase on like my 5th run with a crazy hangover build
His call is better than I gave it credit for prior. Don't even need to use the full call.
most call dont need full tbf
A lot of people think cast is useless, and I strongly disagree
Dio cast? or in general
cast is free ranged dmg
casts are awesome, you just have to think differently for cast builds
Well, it's another damage source, what's not to like
unless you want close range casts like a weirdo?
Even with no boon, it still does 50 damage and can cancel attack/special animations and be cancelled itself
hera moment
also Boiling Blood damage bonus is great for big health enemies.
Current anyheat speedrun wr uses a cast build, they are ridiculously strong when built correctly
most calls dont full call lul
I'm used to Artemis' where saving for full gives you double the arrows anyways xD
But yeah, I noticed.
oh
And the top of leaderboard for anyheat is pretty much all cast aspects with a little bit of Eris Rail sprinkled.
it use to just be eris
Then people realised that Eris is pretty stinky
"oops, all eris"
Poseidon's is good, especially if ya get the boon that adds an extra second or more, then you can use it like, whenever ya want
eris suffers in sub 6 consistency because of its needs for clockets and u can only hit that top end until as late as first room in elysium
while achilles can hit there top end way sooner
and so can beo
eris needs poseidon dash, jolted, cluster rockets
(unless im forgetting somthing else)
well not need but wants
Hermes
the only problem is clockets imo
I am rather curious what using the greater call in the trial of gods thing would do though, as I never get to it before finishing the room
And there's an achievement for it
it just acts like a regular call
the god just comments on it iirc
Ah
i used asphodel for that even if i play on switch
It is pretty easy to do in Elysium by just letting the enemies respawn until the full call is ready.
i think its easier in asphodel and faster if u fine with taking a dd or two just for an achievement
Just a question, the Aspect of Eris buff doesn't stack right ?
no
which is exactly why it doesnt stack
but it does apply to all damage that you do which is still great.
After having tried all the weapons, right now my tierlist is
Aegis >> Rail >= Fists > Bow > Spear >>> Sword
I really think the sword is useless, even though people have told me it has crazy damage if you use Nemesis and do DS > DS > Special repeat
Does like nothing lol I gave up a decent run to use defiance’s and take enough damage to use the greater call
Achievements pretty cool tho
You ever just backflip on someone so hard they die
Rush Kick is a really weird hammer
Fun with the aspect of Demeter though
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How do you die fishing o.o
lava
tried to pick reward, zag decides to fish
Just beat father for the first time
Do it again 
The team was mostly on vacation during that time, so maybe just wait a little longer for a reply.
The pact of punishment adds modifiers to a run in exchange for extra boss rewards (blood, diamonds, Ambrosia)
it's got an explanation when you click the question mark
Yeah
Just try it out.
Oh I hadn't thought about the vacation ! You're right I'll wait a little longer 🙂
Whatever you do, don’t turn all of them on unless you wish for a swift and painful death
^
usually when you try to get a reward you already using a weapon, you get darkness instead
but if you raise the pact by 1 heat every time, you get the regular boss rewards again
I have 165 hours in Hades and I still can't do EM4 and sometimes even EM3 with certain other pacts on
pacts make other pacts harder
EM3 is hard with +40% enemy attacks and +20% speed and attack speed
EM3 and nothin else is a breeze once you learn it
EM4’s music is incredible tho
I’m so glad I chose to buy it
5 diamonds is steep though
I'm in the faze of grinding for the themes at this point
All my weapons are maxed, bonds, companions
I’m still pretty early game tbh
How?
What game..?
Warframe
Neat
If I use eris rail and get the hammer upgrade that lets me rapid fire more specials, does the damage buff stack?
No
Damn
I’ve had The Unseen Ones stuck in my head for hours
Really boils my blood
In Hades, yes. In actual Greek mythology, he's her dad apparently.
yes
I was reading in to Zagreus earlier, a lot I didn't know about him. The stuff about Dionysus was crazy
Dio skin please
Yes, but this is hades we're talking about and on top of this there's very many differant interpretations of greek mythology
True, but that seems to be the foremost result when I was reading about it; Hades got me into Greek mythology again since GOW 2018.
Isn’t there a bit where Zagreus and Dionysus play a prank on Orpheus by making him think they’re the same person or something to that effect?
that would be beautiful. i feel like drawing that now
Yep , there is
Bruh, not a prank necessarily. It ties in to actual Greek Mythology, essentially Dionysus is derived from/combined with Zagreus in a lot of ways. It's a lot to get into but really cool
Yes, Zag even tries to take it back later in the game.
I have read nothing of actual Greek myth
And so I shall take Hades’ word as gospel
I would say, don't take any single telling of greek myth as gospel
Don't take any myth as gospel lol
Basically lol
Regardless of the interpretation, there are standardized beliefs of a lot of different stories. Greek mythology isn't really a lost form of storytelling
I’m just now reminded of that one Alan Watt speech from Everything
Everything is a weird game
everytime i try to gift someone it just opens a menu how do i actually gift them
Are you pressing the right button?
Are you using kbm or controller @worthy vault
controller
R2 is the button to press to gift people
It should come up as a prompt when you're about to talk to them
Something like, R2; -1
: gift
It’s always somewhat upsetting when Than or Dusa just vanish after you gift them something even when they had dialogue otherwise
Or when you talk to them first and forget to gift
Though I guess both scenarios are still rewarding
for some reason it doesnt work on controller but i just used keyboard for it and it worked
Weird
I'm beating the game by just dashing and omg dashing with ares blad rift, why is it so powerful lol
...has that Tiny Rat boss always been a thing, or was that added in the patch that dropped a few days ago?
The tiny rat boss has been in the game for a while yeah
He’s just weirdly uncommon compared to the dire satyr and giant vermin
And the giant snakestone
I forgot it existed
Also, what modifiers does hell mode put on? ‘Cause I assume it’s Hard Labour 1, Callisthenics 1 and Forced Overtime 1
I mean in the myths zagreus is an avatar of dionysus
HL1 LC1 CP1 JS1 PL
I'm just not gonna use the sword anymore
Arthur is the only sword aspect I like
Glad I got Rama and Arthur literally immediately after Guan Yu
Just got my first victory FeelsGoodMan, hands were shaking
Do it again 
Of course of course, feels like a huge load off though now Ima just mess around, farm and try to get Titan's blood and all that
Probably because he's not nearly as funny if he shows up frequently
^ he's gotta be unexpected
uh, what is the method to reroll the first boon/hammer you get when you start a run? I forgot
not using the dice
I just beat Charon with no boons except Poseidons fishing one, no hammers, and using Zags Sword Aspect, first time ever fighting him lol what a mess
If you get a boon first, you can get another by using a keepsake. Don't think you can reroll if the first is a hammer
except dying
The god pool is restricted to 4~5 gods, max
Resets by dying/winning
I don't think purging the boon works to expand the pool
Well done - not an easy fight for beginners!
His attacks are easy to read but hit wide and hurt like hell
It was super easy, it just took forever. Well, not super easy, I did go through two DDs at only a hundred health. I was just planning to die on the run, but I saw a chance to get the achievement
I can see him getting annihilated with an actual build
Yeah, again - easy read after several tries for me, but the damage output is painful
I shudder to imagine charon on FO2
thanks @wise oasis
I did my first no dmg hades fight 
i didnt use the acorn i promise
But still a 5 hit hades fight isnt bad it’s definitely improvement
Well done!
It's exceptionally hard to dodge everything
The screen gets chaotic after a while
anyone know if you use mods does it disable cross save?
mods have nothing to do with cross save
cross save is a Steam/Switch system level function
as long as your mods dont tamper with save file in any way it should be fine
Yep, modding the game doesn't mess with cross save
Gave myself several hundred blood with the god codex in my hell mode save and it worked fine
Ok, thanks
I just need some free purchases from the shops but didn't want to buy a copy on steam until I knew it would work
@ember cypress I'll explain here
I just wish the loyalty card worked for the diamond/Titan Blood in the Styx shop
But if the price raising pact doesn't, only fair the discount doesn't
As you might've gathered, Shady is a companion - a keepsake of sorts for when you max out ||Sisyphus'|| heart gauge
If you activate it, it deals large damage to a target, and provides resources (gems and darkness)
For whatever reason sisyphus is now more rare than the other two for me
So in doing that, you can gain more resources each run, allowing you to trade them in for more precious resources
I come across him like, once for every 5 times I come across Eurydice and Patroclus
Although on resource farms, I just wish that I could get any other trove than the health one when I buy the item that forces a treasure trove
The trick with resource runs is to always check wells, always fish, and never buy anything other than resources from charon
Also forcing poseidon, too
Ye
Because Poseidon both has one that just gives resources and one that boosts resources
And FISHING
Fishing is always fun foe me
How many different fish are in Chaos's realm by the way? I've only gotten a Projelly there (two times total)
3
3 every biome, 18 total
Ah, so every biome except Erebus
There's mati, projelly and I forget rhe legendary
To be fair, the game doesn't exactly let you into erebus often, and if you do it's often really hostile
I have gotten two from all but Chaos and Greece. Gotten only 1 from Greece
Don't think any fish will be there
I love greece fish
Ambrosia minimum, sturgeon grants blood
I mean, there's the river styx in the boss room for Charon
Great fish
Bass, sturgeon and I forget what else
First time Flood Shot Hera Bow, what's the best duo boon?
I got the bass I think
mirage shot
I was thinking of getting either Aphrodite or Ares on my attack (i have nothing on it atm), would Curse of Drowning be better than Flood shot on Hera bow
if not maybe I'll just get Aphrodite for protection
Uh I have no experience with curse of drowning on hera but I don't think it'd be really good?
idk if curse of drowning even works with the shot
oki
but in any way its not as good as mirage
It sucks trying to get the Greece fish by the way, because there's what, only two rooms they can spawn? As far as I'm aware they can't spawn in Persephone's garden
They can, actually
Ah, so three rooms they can spawn
Still
Later on, the arena is the only place where they spawn
Have you completed the game yet?
Yeah, past 10 runs
Yep
Yes, but Persephone said to check up on the garden while you're at it to make sure it's tended to :o
Yeah why would zag visit an empty cottage - the only reason you could, in the past, was for story progression
So yeah
The only place greece fish spawn now is one room
Hades arena
That sucks even more them xD
Honestly, though, the spawn rate is pretty frequent
I get a greece fish every 2/3 runs
They must boost it after the 10th run, because all the runs I got, I've only had 2 fishing spots, one in a failed run where I died to Hades explicitly due to low DPS, and I had Poseidon's legendary boon that boosts odds of a fishing spot that run, and one in one of the 10 successful runs
this might seem stupid but is there a way to check what weapons you beat what boss with
no i havent
Then you are rolling only on memory for now.
For bounties, there's a way to check; but no way to see how many times you beat a specifc boss
Unless you write it down
After you finish your first run they tell you on the pact of punishment
man
At least which bounties you have gotten
dang
No way to get the numbers
Lmao the pact is just "YA THOUGHT THIS GAME WASN'T HARD ENOUGH? YA THOUGHT WRONG"
Maxed pact is quite impossible
You can check your past runs in the admin chamber if you've got that unlocked
And as far as I'm aware, the record room only tells you whether you complete a run or not
And 59 heat is extremely reliant on RNG or RNG manipulation to get anywhere yes
It tells you what kills you too,
So you can gauge where you died :3
Max all heat and just play until you get the ultimate perfect RNG of all epic boons of the best variety and don't have to purge the important ones and don't take too much damage and get good rooms and bosses
But nowhere to explicitly check what they asked for, yeah?
It has been done before though
Lmao imagine HL20
64 heat?
Everyone one shots you
Does Hell Mode give 5 heat?
Hell mode automatically awards 5 heat
So maxing it out grants 64
It's been done, the run was seeded but it doesn't make it any less impressive
em54, 6 copies of all bosses at once in each boss room
Zero mirror upgrades is IMPRESSIVE as hell imo
Hell mode has 1 heat exclusive to it in personal liability
Fresh file run is one I'd hate to do
I get that ME is a valid strat, but... Single dash and 50 health still sucks
Sorry I forgot I don't have EM4 unlocked yet xD
EM4 is fun as hell
Love when people play it
Dragoon was doing it the other day and I laughed my arse off
I haven't messed with it but I heard final phase EM4 has the biggest banger track in the game
Oh, yeah, if you want to listen to it ahead of time, it's called The Unseen Ones
well vicious torment which is old hard labor went up to 500% damage
i hate thesus so much
Didn't what was forced overtime also go to +100%?
You'll get used to it

naw he just be blockin everything btuh
100% forced overtime is cursed
yeah, whipped frenzy was 100%
Timer with 1 second per region
Timer used to not adf the remaining time between regions
So td2 used to be quite cruel
I prefer it the way it is rn though
i think timer got added after the pact rework though
If you get to hades and you're at 1min left... That feeling must suck
Yeah think so
Like, you did everything right, but just was a tad slow
How td works now is great :3
TD3 can still be quite stressful
TD3 is still a challenge if I'm not tryharding
Heck, TD2 I struggled with when I got back into the game after two months of not playing
One of the scariest thing I've seen result from the pact in early access is bruiser elite snakestones
Holy heck they had yes much armour (even more effective hp than some bosses even)
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I saw that, but the timer doesn't actually seem to end the run, so it doesn't really seem to do anything??? At least not the part I watched
You take 5 irreducable dps once the timer hits 0 though
when the timer hits zero, your health goes down by the second
Huh. Didn't notice it going down
Then again, I didn't know it did that, so why would I be checking
Timer won’t kill you, it will just eventually reduce your hp to 1
I'm tempted to turn on God Mode to speed up grinding Heat relevant things, but at the same time as a Dark Souls vet, it feels like throwing away my honor
No worries, it's just slightly easier at first
You can just facetank more
I know, starts at 20% damage reduction, and if I recall, raises by 2% every death up to 80%?
And then when you get to 80% resistance like mine, I just turn it on when I lose all my defiances
Yeah if you want it to not go up, just pause and turn it off on the last second
And yes, TD has made Charon bring me home more than once
Huh, I thought it just reduce your hp to 1
Now that sounds dishonorable xD I feel like it is a bit cheap toggling it mid run personally
The toll of the bell strikes fear into me bones
And then you died from 1 hit
Lmao I'm dishonorable as hell, then
Nah Hypnos has a special line if you die by timer
But yeah, I'll probably turn it on for my Heat runs specifically to get Skelly's useless trinkets
My comfort build is God Mode + Stubborn Roots
I'll probably kill myself by timer like planned a little whole ago to get his line xD
Unless you face tank EVERY shot from hades, nothing will kill you
Add in Vengeful mood to win without doing anything
Regen happens faster than DPS
I've exhausted a ton of Hypnos's dialogue to where he now just says "you're on the list!"
try superhigh heat
Yeah, timer at 0 means you take 5 irreducable damage every second
How does one get stubborn roots?
I mean, you get a specific line for getting killed by every possible enemy, I think
Finally got the line for the dudes with clubs from playing 64 heat
Assuming it's the regen one
Demeter and athena
Athena/Demeter duo
Its not a good duo but it's a nice fallback
I'm very bad at getting duos, does it require specific boons from said gods or just having boons from said gods?
Check the codex entry!
Ah gotcha xD
There's prerequisites to get each duo boon
I forget that boons are in there a lot
Legendary boons too
I had stubborn roots for my first ever clear and ended up not needing it
I generally just get stubborn roots because I'm doing a crystal build and happened to have Divine dash
Legs have prereqs?
It just happens
They do, yeah
I assume excepting Chaos's?
Chaos also has prerequisites, actually
Ahh
So I just met it for his and didn't know it when I got Pauper's Defiance xD
The prereq I remember the most is hermes' and artemis'
Thankfully the prereqs for artemis's legendary actually are good boons
Support fire is good and pressure points works well
Exit wounds is just alright if you're not playing a cast-oriented build (or if you're playing with Blades/Lazer/Dio cast)
The chaos legendary prereq is having another chaos boon
Ah
So literally only able to get it on second chaos gate onwards xD
I imagine Hermes is similar given he's limited in availability?
Yes and no
Having the hermes keepsake equipped is one of the prereqs for the legendaries
Oh wow xD
Poseidon is likely the first most see I assume given he forces the fishing leg on you as a starting boon after catching X amount of fish
Also plume allows access to the best hermes boon in the game - RD when you first get your Hermes Boon
It's a good idea to have plume on
Well... Poseidon is special
The dude has two legendary boons
I assumed, one is the fishing one and the second probably does something actually useful for runs
Also himbo poseidon is best poseidon
Second wave is pretty bad, it only does more damage if you have sea storm
And knocking enemies back twice often is a hindrance
Ah xD
Chad "Poseidon is the himbo" stance versus Thad "Zagreus is the himbo"
what's the stance on "dio is the himbo"?
Dio is the frat boy and that's final
The prereq for a himbo is dumb, kind and handsome
Everyone in this game fits the "handsome" criteria
But Dio ain't dumb
Zagreus has "walking into a rake" and "greeting a venomous snake" as causes of death
If that doesn't qualify as dumb, I've no idea what does
You can't hold the snake thing against him
He's never run into a venomous snake before afaik
Honourable mention to "Walking into a wall painted like the exit", then
They add humorous causes of deaths down the line?
After Persephone returns to the underworld, you just die after you defeat hades
With varying causes of death
So in short, yes
Pretty sure that the old man is making them up ngl
I'll keep that in mind, as I think I'm close to getting her back, then.
He sounds extremely like he's being forced to improv a situation some times
The gods have no canon recollection of the narrator so I'd assume he's just narrating as he dees fit
Only zag responds to the narrator
Maybe Zag is narrator?
:0
please tell me one of the deaths is "thinking I can't think of anything else" in that case.
No idea
IT IS
WAIT, REALLY!?
He runs out of ideas in the end
I was joking!
It's hilarious
At the end there's like old age, and there's one where he just goes "Lord Hades claims that there is no escape. There is considerable credence to his claim."
And that's just that
old age, yet I assume he still looks young b/c god.
Yes
Removes one of your hammer boons and replaces it with two more random hammer boons
correct, but you dont get to pick
Removes randomly, btw
Do I choose which gets removed
No
Nvm
It's bad if you've got good boons but good if you have bad boons
anvil is really funny because it's part of a very short list of things that can instantly destroy your run
And it's bad on sword full stop
I couldn’t get heart rend to save my life
iirc, you can save scum of you haven't gotten the sack yet (just reset if it gives you bad)
Yeah then don't
it COULD work for the better
You could get dash nova cursed slash or something
Dash nova ain't bad on Poseidon
But you could also get triple shot point blank flurry shot, which would be OP
But cursed slash is... Cursed
also if you already have dash nova cursed slash, it literally can't give you dash nova cursed slash, right?
Yeah Dash Nova is the only bad one just because of its bug
Correct
Those are both decent
oh yeah ranged one can clear pots
Yeah just leave it and use your gold elsewhere
The only ones that are better are double edge and breaching slash
And all the others are much worse
good luck
If only you had taken that anvil... damn
Lmao there's a lot more than just "if only I got better hammers"
Nah that's all there is to it
Hammers are all that matter
Is the anvil able to be worthwhile?
There's a lot more than hammers
Bad hammer = just go jump in spikes in tartarus
Yeah. Nothing more than hammers
I play modded now, can't relate 
Lmao y'all trolling
Anvil can save your run but for it to do that, you'd have to be having a pretty bad run
Yeah, Anvil is only worthwhile if you don't like your current build
There's only 1/2 hammers that meaningfully affect each weapon
3 for the spear IMO but that's just me
Sometimes you want it to replace your bad hammer but instead it replaces your good hammer
Mmm well
Different depending on the weapon, bow has 4-5 but sword has 1
I couldn’t get heart rend
Yeah. Life isn't fun without risks
Heart rend is awesome! Maxing out the mirror will help with getting duos/legendaries
I had so many Artemis and aphro but man
Not a single one same with my previous runs
Well back to it ig, I hate the sword
Are you using gods legacy/dark foresight/god keepsakes?
And buying yarn/taking nectar from Eurydice to increase rarity chance?
Yea I did all that except I don’t have gods legacy
That's the main one then
Yea trying to unlock it atm
What’s the maximum encounter times we can have in an entire run? As in, how high can a fully upgraded Than keepsake can go?
So, 34 encounters. That’s not including Hades itself, right?
So, it’s 33?
I'm going to calculate it
Yep, 34 chambers that you are able to lose health from enemies, which includes all boss/miniboss chambers
Divide that by 2, multiply by 1.2... about 40% max dodge chance from this?
Hm
Heroic hermes boon grants 40% dodge chance, zag fists grant 15
95% dodge chance ftw
Just facetank everything
You can get 100% dodge chance on every aspect, just not full uptime
Isn’t dodge chance multiplicative though? Or so I’ve heard
It's additive
Yeah but this is full uptime!
You don't even have to do everything
Just get vengeful mood and stand there
True, but without the plume as well
Be ghostly
Fair enough, you do need plume, means that you can't reliably get your build
At 100%, that just mean full dodge? Can’t be hit at all?
With the Himbo stuff I'd argue Zag is a little too quick to piece things together to be a himbo
you just have to yell every 10 seconds and youre invincible
Not very challenging with both smouldering air and hermes' boon
you gotta get the hermes boons to heroic
Emotionally smart doesn't mean not dumb!
is he emotionally smart?
zag doesn't give me himbo vibes no
At the very least, he has enough awareness to apologize to Orphy when he realizes he was overly nosy
I dunno how to interpret the thing where he always just tells other people's secrets to the person the secret is about
he does that over and over again
Zag is objectively the himbo in this game
and it always works out for him I guess
No one fits better
not every game has a himbo
Where does he do that?
The heck is a himbo?
i brought skelly to tartarus viewpoint and he says stuff lol
the orpheus story, the achilles story
Sisyphus is a himbo
The quintessential himbo is Kronk from the Emperor's New Groove
A dumb, kind, handsome man
originally it was a male bimbo but people have made it a lot more complicated than that for no reason
and now there's something called a herbo
I agree on orphy but pat was asking about achilles and he just answers pat
Lmaowot
Somehow they realized bimbo was derogatory
How does Poseidon not fit Himbo better than Zag? Even Hades says he's probably the most unaware of everything
If it's a female himbo, it makes sense, since himbo is no longer just male bimbo, thus a new female companion was needed
That's just a hera bow
Ecks dee
Words have only as much, and what, meaning we assign them
True
Bimbo had always been derogatory due to being associated with being sexual with multiple partners, so making herbo as an alternative to himbo is fair in my book
I feel like Dionysius is very much a himbo
Fair enough
Chaos is eldritch entity tho
Semantics ain't my strong suit
Too smart. He's a party animal and drunk all the time, but he is smart
Chaos is your five year old nephew personified into an undying god older than the universe
I like how Chaos doesn't like being given direct answers just due to how imagining the many possibilities is more enjoyable for him
Or them rather
Chaos is super cool ye
Hades's boss music goes hard AF and I love it though
I think zag might be bi but that's just my speculation
Character not game
No speculation, fact. You can romance than and meg
Good thing we're in discussions
Oh yay that's pog
Yes, both meg and than are romance options
Spoilers allowed xD
Nah, that's not my experience. But he might be asexual
Dusa too :')
Technically Dusa too, but you get friend zoned hard xD
One time I have hypnos too many nectars and he said he died just to see him it was so cute
And then Nyx starts being mean to Dusa
Yeah hypnos is adorable
platonic relationships be just as valid as every other
I haven't finished the game but I don't mind spoilers
PREACH
But you canonically... have a fun time... with meg
Why is Nyx mean to Dusa?
Wtf why that sucks
I've accepted every relationship in both my saves, though
sorry, but saying Dusa 'friendzoned' Zag really irratates me for multiple reasons
"You are invisible to Zagreus, do not speak unless spoken to"
Because Dusa is a low class gorgon among heroes, gods and primordial beings
Lmao
Dusa is shorthand for medusa
I mean, she maybe, but she is like, the most polite person in the house.
One of the most feared and known monsters in greek history
Yea
It's wordplay on maid dusa
Most polite person is Achilles
^
Dusa is just vermin tbh
Dusa is a super close second tho
In death she wanted to escape what she was in life :v
You mean BOI isn't an appropriate way to address your rebellious son??
I mean, it worked for Kratos
Lmao
He gets scolded for calling Zag boi tho

#theblockbuttonexists
You're going to learn to 
Dusa hurts head
Remove the dusa haters with one easy trick!

I cant argue with that
Only ones I tend to not like is Nyx now and Thesius
Thesius because he's characterized right
Nyx?? Nyx is best mom
And Nyx because she seems to be a tad inconsistent from my view
Nyx is boring. Persephone is best mom
And theseus is just doing his job, man
She lost my favor with her treatment of Dusa
I wish there was a Minotaur bond :/
Thesius is doing it for the glory
How would he get approval ratings with his crowd otherwise
she definitely treats Hypnos poorly too
Yeah
gasp
Ok but Hypnos is Hypnos
Nyx slander
Tisiphone tho
From a mod
so do many people in the house 😭
Well I never
I remember when Persephone came back he was like "Wow! Your mom actually talks with you?"
Dusa was treated fairly. Hypnos is a punk, so he deserved it too probably
Because he never got any attention from Nyx
I still simp for Nyx even if she's the canonical step-mom because I'm not Zag 
Maybe Zag really is Nyx's son...considering all her children turned into punks
Like, I feel bad for the guy, he just likes to be social and mama Darkness does everything short of disowning him
Okay but can we talk about how well written tisiphone’s character is
Says zagreus at the end
Murder!
10/10 character development
She learns to say zagreus btw
You have to turn off EM for it
Sweet!
She's still not at that point yet
I really like Alecto though. She's a total bish, but she is fun
Eventually
Yeah she learns to say zagreus over time
Doesn't happen if you always have EM on, though
Am I the only Asterius fan..?
Have to be alone for the character development
hypnos is with you
SHORT ONE IS SLANDER AGAINST ZAGREUS
I think Asterius is cool, but I'm not a fan
Asterius is great, just wasn't a subject of current convo was all
Theseus is equally short without chariot!
I just feel bad for him being stuck with the king as a friend
His stupid Macedonian
Theseus is a king? I must have missed that
Lmao
King of Athens
Theseus is one of the more famous kings of greece
No wonder he sucks
Yeah, King of Athens, the worst part of Greece that also was super powerful
Like, he is literally Athens personified xD
I either forgot or just tuned out his dialogue when he talked
He just sounds like a guy who has nothing important to say
headcanon that hades put all the awful proud self centered clowns in elysium so they'd be as far away as possible from him
Patroclus the clown
Patroclus the sadboi
well patroclus is only there because of a deal achilles did, right?
Is he?
Ye
Yep, because part of the contract was to not speak about the contract
Off-topic: I think if they added another god ever, I think Apollo might be cool
Ye
Where you get a curse that makes them blinded for a sec and run in a circle lol
genuinly think ||thesius ||is harder then ||hades||
You don't have to spoiler but I agree
i just dont understand if im doing something wrong or not can play one handed asleep 1000 times to thesius kill the bull fight thesisus die instantly
Legit, I love how when Zag asks why Hades never elaborated on what happened with Persephone and he meeting, he just reacts in actual confusion like "I thought your mother told you what happened"






