#h1-discussion

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late harbor
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and styx

stoic flame
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hey what does parting shot d

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o

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i forgor 💀

mint coral
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casts can backstab and get +35% bonus damage to backstab (only cast)

stoic flame
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ah

copper elbow
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52 runs in and achilles finally decided to let me unlock the hidden aspect for varatha

manic bobcat
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Tisiphone: Murderer.
Zagreus: Stop calling me a murderer or I will kill you to prove my point.

stoic flame
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i saw this meme on reddit just this morning

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you are being condemned to eternal twitter scrolling for stealing memes

manic bobcat
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oohhhh noooo

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But it was OC, your honor

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I promise

acoustic plank
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I finally cleared the fated list and there was no achievement

stable glen
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I just realized the game never saved my 40 heat fist and sword runs

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what the hell

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I have the victory screens

stoic flame
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rip

plucky latch
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You're a liar and Hades knows it

stable glen
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ill show my current stats after this run ends

manic bobcat
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it says best 40 on the side right there no?

plucky latch
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4 drop the 0

stable glen
plucky latch
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Also that's a picture from the past. Not his current runs

stable glen
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something happened with the save I think

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let me finish this run and ill see what it says

stable glen
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DAMN FO2 CHARIOTS

worthy geyser
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Am I doing something wrong? I haven't seen one legendary fish

carmine ravine
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Yes, that something is ||your luck||

manic bobcat
worthy geyser
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ahhhh right

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no I don't know how to do perfect cvatches

manic bobcat
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so it's timing based

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im assuming you know how to catch a fish

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perfect catch is exactly that, but faster

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a trick is to cover the bouy just enough with your finger and look for a flash of light atop said finger

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it improves your reaction because you don't need to worry about the fake bops

worthy geyser
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oh thank you!

fathom moth
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that was

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slightly different

forest falcon
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Also there can't be more than 3 fake outs

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When fishing

high island
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Excellent. courte5AphroHeart courte5DusaBond

wise oasis
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Got my third dose today, time to use my new powers to beat 65 heat sunglassesHQ

stoic flame
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😎

lofty cloud
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Am I the only one getting tiny updates for Hades on Steam every day? (< 80 Kb)

kind swan
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Omg, EM3 Theseus looks ridiculous.

granite cipher
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I need help

wise oasis
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what do you need help with?

dusky wedge
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Curse of Longing isn’t too shabby, ngl. It’s like one of those QoL thing, I just need to inflict Doom once, and just keep refreshing the Weak with Aphro dash or attack

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Neat

twin thistle
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well still gotta refresh doom or else the damage will be ass

dusky wedge
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And Smoldering Air is quickly becoming my favorite duo boon nowadays, just spamming Zeus calls is good, with Billowing Strength and Jolted

twin thistle
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yeah smouldering air is really good

dusky wedge
granite cipher
twin thistle
dusky wedge
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Just the whole run, not the whole game

dusky wedge
twin thistle
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tis a rougelite

wise oasis
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mirror upgrades stay

twin thistle
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amoung other things

granite cipher
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And now I died Im back in Taratrus

twin thistle
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ya

dusky wedge
high island
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It's decent.

granite cipher
twin thistle
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ya 🤷‍♂️

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thats how a rougelite works

dusky wedge
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The game itself is short, if you’re wondering. The gameplay loop here is that you traverse all the biomes (Tartarus, Asphodel, etc) over and over again

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That’s how roguelites are

granite cipher
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So I now play it from the beginning pain

twin thistle
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it can take less than 15 minutes to do a whole run if youre good and have the upgrades

granite cipher
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I just lost all my abilities

twin thistle
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not boons

dusky wedge
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The challenge here is basically you trying to complete it again with higher difficulty, or speedrunning it, if you’re into that

twin thistle
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you have permanent upgrades from the mirror in your room

dusky wedge
twin thistle
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are

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boons

dusky wedge
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The god abilities

granite cipher
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That wasn’t me

deft remnant
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the goal for me is making fun builds

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cast build, attack spam build etc

burnt breach
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👍

kind swan
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And for me rn, getting eight nectar to advance the story.

last veldt
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Trading keys for nectar is great for filling out hearts.

polar marsh
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If u got enough gemstones and u already used the gemstones for the cosmetics for the house

merry bane
cyan tiger
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noo

last veldt
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Does Supergiant collect any aggregated stats on Hades (e.g. average number of runs before first win). I'd be interested to know if i was ahead or behind the curve.

brisk trail
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what run did u get your first win?

last veldt
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40 ish, but some runs before that were farming and testing weapons/boons, so not expected to succeed.

brisk trail
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way behind then

last veldt
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80ish for credits and 115 or so for epilogue.

brisk trail
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if I had to guess probably like 20 would be the average

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25 maybe

last veldt
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Fair enough. I'd be interested in the true stats of they collect them. Boon choices would be fascinating too.

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And boon choices and people do more runs might tell an interesting story.

vapid narwhal
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20-40 is the usual range for first clears

fathom moth
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amogus

brisk trail
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yo is eurydice in asphodel still in game? I've done about 10 runs after a long break from the game and didn't see her once.

stoic flame
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blame RNGesus

brisk trail
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yeah I mean the chance of that happening seemed too low so I just thought they deleted it lmfao. Maybe there are some prerequisites for her to appear I weren't getting often

burnt breach
brisk trail
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im not a cheater

manic bobcat
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well it's cheating if you intent to use it as a cheat.
it's a feature if you use it to make the game more enjoyable to you.

brisk trail
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equipped the ares keepsake

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hoping for blade rift

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poseidon comes along and gives me fish 😭

limber fossil
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Fimsh

hollow wave
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Hey all

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I got a question about Hades lore

manic bobcat
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shoot

hardy ingot
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Do ask

hollow wave
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Is it ever confirmed when exactly Hades takes place? Ive always thought around modern times due to the food, gears in the areas between realms of Hades, etc

hardy ingot
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Hmm

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Not sure

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Lemme check

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Can’t find anything

manic bobcat
hardy ingot
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I’d guess it would be somewhat near the 19th century maybe

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Since exagryph would be a slight time stamp maybe

manic bobcat
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as for the world design, i think that's just so we have a bit more varied gameplay

hearty sierra
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I like how Lore Olympus does it

manic bobcat
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they dev didn't care too much about keeping things consistent tech wise, they just put things that makes sense for the game

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they said that in an interview

hardy ingot
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Lore olympus is great

hearty sierra
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Makes gods millennia quicker, technology wise than mortals

manic bobcat
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so i won't look into the existence of a literal machine gun as proof of hades happening in modern time

hardy ingot
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Oh yea no

hollow wave
vast nacelle
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yeah

hollow wave
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I need to get around to reading that

hearty sierra
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More of a retelling of how Hades and Persephone got together, but yes, I suppose "college Olympus" explains it as welll

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It's very pretty and I like the character design - but we're getting off topic

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If you're dating the game based on food, then gyros (the healing meal you get) originated in 1922

hollow wave
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Aren't there also Fast Food like fries? I remember seeing those

hearty sierra
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And... You can't really date it based on weapons

void vigil
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iirc greg said supergiant do have a specific point in time in mind when hades takes place... but they arent going to reveal it haha

hearty sierra
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I don't evem know where the banana spear came from or how it even stabs people

manic bobcat
hearty sierra
manic bobcat
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did you know that in the earliest stage of development, Theseus was supposed to be the main character?

void vigil
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theres some concept art of that stage floating around and its really cool

hearty sierra
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I mean, it'd work great

hollow wave
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Yeah but imagine seeing his face with every bit of dialogue

hearty sierra
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It isn't like any of the olympians who had well-established canon

hearty sierra
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But yeah my point is that they'd have lots of creative space if they picked theseus as protag as well

wise oasis
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He's an intentionallu annoying and unlikable character, he'd probably be closer to zag if he was the main character

hollow wave
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I feel bad for Asterius

wise oasis
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Although they'd be more limited since Theseus has much more written about him than zag

hollow wave
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Make Asterius the MC

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Better idea

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HYPNOS AS THE MC

void vigil
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sleeping simulator

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actually a game about welcoming shades to the house of hades could be kind of funny

hearty sierra
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Inherent nature of anything athenian

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Including the king

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You get to rewrite history into the most badass version of you

hollow wave
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Also

What are those skulls on Zagreus?

void vigil
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... a three-headed dog skull? gilmanangst

hollow wave
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what

void vigil
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you asked about the skulls

stoic flame
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lmao

quaint wind
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loving theseus's concept art

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dune sting metal diaper

stoic flame
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stop 💀

void vigil
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@brisk trail keep it clean, please

hollow wave
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Hey uh question is ||Temple of Styx|| considered a spoiler?

void vigil
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All spoilers are allowed in this channel

hollow wave
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Ah

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Well

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Suprised that realm wasn't as tough as Elysium or Ashpodel

covert zenith
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Poison and minibosses can be tough
Though I agree Elysium is harder

hollow wave
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Also those like snakestones were somehow easier to deal with then even their Tartarus counterparts

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At least 1 v 1 they were

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Should I get aspect of Poseidon or Demeter?

stoic flame
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i'd say demeter

south lagoon
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if you like doing cast builds then poseidon is fun. otherwise demeter yeah

hollow wave
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I don't really do builds in my runs

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Just go with fun stuff

south lagoon
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probably go with dem then

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i do think poseidon is fun to play but you get more out of it if you're building around your cast

hollow wave
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Aight

brisk trail
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but the build is the fun stuff 😔

hollow wave
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Maybe Posedion would be good to try and learn builds

south lagoon
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maybe worth a shot! doing builds doesn't have to be about finding the Objectively Best way to play, equally fun to just experiment with things

lone kernel
wise oasis
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meg can just spam meg summons

lone kernel
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but if you start off with like, splash dash

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or athena dash

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that'll be a good start like no matter what lol

hollow wave
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Splash Dash sounds like a theme park ride

lone kernel
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it basically is

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must have 2 dashes or more to ride

hollow wave
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Like at a Percy Jackson theme park

lone kernel
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the real theme park is when you get to styx with splash dash

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and do the hallway rooms in like

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two seconds

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and feel like a badass

hollow wave
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Wait wait wait

what if there was a update for a Percy Jackson NPC?

stoic flame
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no

hollow wave
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Yes

brisk trail
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maybe he does exist just on olympus where we can see or meet him

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funny I joined the discord and my game decides to crash

hollow wave
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I got a question

stoic flame
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is there a mod that adds more gods to the game?

hollow wave
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How do I deepen my relationship with Skully? I was told its by getting 4 non Zagreus aspects

stoic flame
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have you given him enough nectar?

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he will give you a "quest"

hollow wave
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Wait he wants to talk now

stoic flame
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epic

lone kernel
stoic flame
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yeah

lone kernel
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but given the size of the community, maybe?

stoic flame
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thats just hades 2 lol

lone kernel
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balancing it would be a challenge lol

stoic flame
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true

manic bobcat
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it's a single player game, i would argue balancing is the least of the concerns tbh

stoic flame
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but is there a mod that adds more boons to existing gods tho

wise oasis
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probably

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Id check around on nexus or ask in the modding server maybe

stoic flame
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hmm

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im not that into mods

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just asking for curiosity

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i like my vanilla games

hollow wave
burnt breach
stoic flame
wise oasis
stoic flame
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😔

burnt breach
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I did make a proof of concept for Hestia, with 5 working boons

hollow wave
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Apollo boons

burnt breach
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but we're missing too much key technology to make it right

manic bobcat
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The technology is not there yet

stoic violet
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Does Apollo's plume work in the last area? With all the mini encounters?

burnt breach
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hermes*

stoic violet
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Shoot, yeah

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Does it?

raw herald
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Only the last one in each chamber

vapid narwhal
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only the final tunnel room counts

stoic violet
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So it probably isn't worth it

vapid narwhal
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however the logic of how tunnels count are not consistent

manic bobcat
stoic violet
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Also how do I nickname myself for a specific server?

manic bobcat
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On phone or?

gentle mason
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Basically, each tunnel counts for Pom Blossom and for leveling keepsakes but only the last room counts for the Plume & the Butterfly.

manic bobcat
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Kay

stoic violet
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I need nickname ideas having to do with Gilgamesh fists..... Hmmmmm

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They're my favorite weapon

manic bobcat
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Gilgamesh, more like Gigameh, am I right

stoic violet
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Also it's my first time goin against full extreme measures Hades. Should I go acorn?

raw herald
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Tooth

stoic violet
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Okie

gentle mason
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Good luck

manic bobcat
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Acorn is fine i think

stoic violet
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I've got no clue what's gonna happen

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Uh, tooth or acorn? Idk what would be better

manic bobcat
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Either

raw herald
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Acorn can be eaten up by minibosses

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Very quickly

stoic violet
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Like the minions he summons?

manic bobcat
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Yeah but you can also dodge those attacks

raw herald
vapid narwhal
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acorn >>> everything else for 3rd / 4th boss survival

wise oasis
manic bobcat
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Hades attacks are harder to dodge

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Especially when he throws the spear and rush more often now

vapid narwhal
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tooth might be useful if you are on a high heat run with SD but did not get any extra DD via Chaos or Athena

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but otherwise, Acorn

manic bobcat
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It's a trade off, that's my point

stoic violet
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Um.... Is Achilles trinket good? Defence?

raw herald
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Ngl I've won against EM4 once during an actual high heat run, and I did take acorn

vapid narwhal
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for defence/survival, collar - tooth - acorn

stoic flame
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i forgot what his thing was

raw herald
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But that wasn't the acorn that won it for me

brisk trail
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ah yes escaping is a minor prophecy

vapid narwhal
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collar is less useful once you unlock Thick Skin

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so most of the time it's between tooth and acorn

stoic violet
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For info I have three DD

gentle mason
vapid narwhal
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acorn is better for both heroes and hades

manic bobcat
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Acorn or tooth is up to personal preference, then

raw herald
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Spearpoint is decent actually

manic bobcat
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Just pick either

stoic violet
raw herald
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I take tooth for EM3 because Asterius miniboss is hard

stoic flame
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spearpoint is good

vapid narwhal
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acorn is even better with EM3

gentle mason
stoic violet
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That's amazing

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So I'm right before the last area and still dunno what I'd wanna use... X3

stoic flame
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i think spearpoint will be a fair choice for em4 so that you dont get death combo'd

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also styx

stoic violet
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Okie

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Wish me luck

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HECK

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I only had two DD

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I couldn't see and forgot

stoic flame
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you'll be fine

stoic violet
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Hopefully I can buy one

stoic flame
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just dont lose one in styx

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because 1dd is a one dd too less

stoic violet
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SICK

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Two rooms in and I got the sack

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Do I go another to find another DD?

raw herald
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I wouldn't

stoic violet
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I'm fairly confident I'll be fine

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Other than if I get small vermin

twin thistle
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i like how i first got small vermin after like 50 clears but now it feels like it pops up all the time lmao

stoic violet
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I'm at the boss room!! Got like two more boons from other rooms

dusky wedge
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What does Decathlete on victory screen mean?

stoic violet
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I SO wish he dropped his cloak to reveal stupid buff arms like the Dedede fight in Star Allies with EM4

brisk trail
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I just harassed tisiphone with the sheild

wise oasis
stoic violet
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Heck, third phase, of course there was one

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I died

twin thistle
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rip

dusky wedge
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Didn’t even realize it

wise oasis
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Congrats!

brisk trail
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lol casually gets win streak

dusky wedge
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Low heat btw zaglol

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3-9 heat most of the time

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Just me messing around with cast builds

brisk trail
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casts aren't very great imo

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unless you get something with zues or artemis

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some of the boons kinda make it suck more

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60 damage is very low for me

dusky wedge
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You need to try some of the cast-focused weapons

raw herald
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Casts are good

dusky wedge
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Poseidon, Achilles, Beowulf and very powerful

raw herald
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A lot

brisk trail
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You can pom casts?

dusky wedge
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Get Mirage Shot too

raw herald
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If you get a boon for them, sure

dusky wedge
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Lightning Phalanx is good room clear

brisk trail
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I got the cast that does a burst and gives enemies weak

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I hated it

stoic violet
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What's the highest pact heat cleared? Just curious

stoic violet
manic bobcat
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61

brisk trail
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I died using it

manic bobcat
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Technically 64 routed but 61 is "natural"

dusky wedge
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It’s one of the more dangerous casts, but it has the highest damage per shot

brisk trail
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huh

stoic violet
brisk trail
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Sometimes I wish there were ways to practive with boons on skelly

manic bobcat
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Mod is your friend

dusky wedge
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Still don’t like it very much as well though, because it sucks on Poseidon, not AoE

gentle mason
stoic violet
brisk trail
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I play on pc with a gamepad

dusky wedge
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If I can mod the game on the Switch, I’ll do it in a heartbeat

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Easier to practice speed runs

brisk trail
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I don't know how to mod

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nor do I want to

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it sounds scary

dusky wedge
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Doesn’t Steam have easy modding solutions nowadays?

stoic violet
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Modding is ez once you do it the first time

dusky wedge
stoic violet
dusky wedge
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That’s what you want, right?

burnt breach
dusky wedge
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And that’s why I don’t want to try it

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Seems too much hassle

dusky wedge
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I would mod Hades, not my Switch though shadegrief

manic bobcat
# brisk trail it sounds scary

Modding mostly includes downloading things from nexusmod, copy pasting files, occasionally renaming things.
Very advanced I tell you. Should only be done by computer experts with 10 years of experience.

burnt breach
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exactly

hollow wave
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I wish Hypnos was romanceable...

dusky wedge
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Hackerman engaged

lone kernel
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Modding switch is super risky

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Easy to brick your switch and then Nintendo will laugh at you if you ask for help

brisk trail
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how yo get shield hidden aspect

wise oasis
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Talk to chaos, they'll give the phrase

gentle mason
brisk trail
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thanks...

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daniel

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Omg I'm so bad I can barely even do heat 16

stoic flame
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you'll get there

hollow wave
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Will Hades ever get any form of story DLC?

brisk trail
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DLC? you mean things I pay for to get extra content?

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not very downloadable when I can't afford it

wise oasis
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It will not, games complete

hollow wave
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Alright thanls

wise oasis
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Can always make headcannon

hollow wave
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Not really since I still haven't beaten the storu

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Im REALLY close though

wise oasis
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Sorry if I sound mean or anything, don't mean to

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Covid booster shot doing things to me

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On #3, first one gave me just a sore arm too

hollow wave
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What do yall think is the hardest boss excluding the final boss

wise oasis
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Charon

signal aspen
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bull man

hollow wave
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Bone Hydra

dusky wedge
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Charon

hollow wave
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Best Olympian? For me Artemis hands down

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Shes so adorable

signal aspen
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bouldy

stoic flame
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ah yes the extremely dignified olympian

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bouldy

fathom moth
vapid phoenix
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Best boons for malphon?

stoic violet
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So with the fists and lambent plume, how much dodge chance can I get?

vapid phoenix
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I’m running default malphy rn

mint coral
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normally plume goes to 32.x% of dodge chance (assuming you get each proc), you need other hermes boons if you wanna reach 100%

stoic violet
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They allow 100% dodge?

mint coral
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not always but yes

twin thistle
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pretty sure dodge is multiplicative

stoic violet
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I'm liking fists more and more

mint coral
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ruthless reflex is +50% dodge chance by narrowly dodging an attack for 2 secs

vapid phoenix
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Wait what do fists do for dodge?

mint coral
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zag fists give 15% dodge chance

vapid phoenix
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Oooo

signal aspen
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damage resistance is

last veldt
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Talos fists, draining cutter and the aoe landing great.

stoic violet
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Also how do you spell the name of the rail? Exagryph?

last veldt
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Add Poseidon special and it's pinball

signal aspen
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eggsagriff

twin thistle
vapid phoenix
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What makes Demeter so good on malphon?

mint coral
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demeter aspect of fists is great dusa

twin thistle
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fast attacks apply chill quickly but id go zeus probably thanthink

last veldt
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I don't think it is, but I assume since you hit fast you get to 10x chill easily on Hestia

signal aspen
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and uh

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uh

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idk

void vigil
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you can apply a lot of stacks of chill, i suppose, but i think people are talking about demeter aspect when theyre talking about demeter being good on fists

twin thistle
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fast weapons usually want zeus attack cuz lightning go brrr

last veldt
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Hang on, I'm confused.

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Right Demeter fists, not Hestia. My mistake.

vapid phoenix
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Kek

void vigil
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and what makes demeter aspect good is that giga cutter hits hard dusa

last veldt
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I've done whole runs with Talos where I literally didn't use attack once. Special and cast all the way.

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Talos and Crush Shot.

brisk trail
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why does eveyone sound british if they're greek

mint coral
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when i used talos i never noticed the extra cast damage lmao

last veldt
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Really?!

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I thought it made a big difference.

mint coral
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tbf when i used it i just readed "pull enemies" brought it asap and that was when i started the game

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aka when you dont use cast bc it seems useless dusa

last veldt
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It goes so well with Crush Shot. Pull em in, nuke em, get cast back.

vapid phoenix
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If I’m gonna go merciful end, who’s attack is better?

signal aspen
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dionysus

vapid phoenix
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I reckon ares on attack, right?

signal aspen
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yeah

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ares attack, athena special, athena dash

vapid phoenix
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Although Athena seems better with all the deflects

Guess I gotta get good deflecting with special dusa

ashen ether
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Hades music is good music

strong ridge
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big

mint coral
brisk trail
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mmmm in some cases yes but some cases no

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what does a greek accent even sound like

strong ridge
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y athena so strict with duo

mint coral
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"too op, pls nerf"

twin thistle
last veldt
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Kinda hard to type an accent in. YouTube will have "learn Greek" videos.

strong ridge
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some accents can be similar

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but ya talking cant beat it

last veldt
#

It's not similar to much.

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Not similar to Italian or Spanish for example (though they are a bit similar to each other by being Romance languages)

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Greek is greek and predates most lanugages around it.

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Which where derived from Roman/Latin.

ocean oyster
#

What’s better between Eris and Achilles?

twin thistle
#

uh achilles for cast build is better but eris in general is better than achilles

lone kernel
#

Eris requires fewer brain cells to get the same result

signal aspen
#

achilles needs flurry jab if you arent going for a cast build

lone kernel
#

Achilles slaps but if you don’t get the duo cast you wanted til late can be tough

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Eris literally Zeus attack to win

ocean oyster
#

Aight thanks

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And for the Mirror of Night:
Family Favorite vs Privileged Status
God’s Legacy vs God’s Pride

gentle mason
#

Family Favorite is more consistent and thus better. God's Legacy vs. God's Pride is a question of if the build you are going for needs Duos or Legendaries.

strong ridge
#

priv stat 4 boss
fam fav 4 rest of game

lone kernel
#

but for achilles, legacy for sure

#

if your goal is hunting blades/meme beams

vapid phoenix
#

Best boons for chiron bow?

signal aspen
#

aphro attack, artemis/dio special, and then get some duo boons

vapid phoenix
#

I’ve got base Chiron now atm cuz I have such little experience with the bow

vapid phoenix
twin thistle
#

lvl 1 aint great

vapid phoenix
#

Yeah I figured

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Same with hades spear

twin thistle
#

you kinda really want aphrodite for heart rend

vapid phoenix
#

Although I love these two aspects

#

Damn that’s a good duo

#

Never gotten this before even in my first save file

twin thistle
#

if you dont have much titan blood you can also upgrade zag bow

#

its really good actually

vapid phoenix
#

Oh I don’t have any titan blood

#

I’ll just stick with Chiron for now

#

especially since I really just like it’s design

lone kernel
#

Chiron bow at level 1 is nowhere near as good as at level 5, but it would still work reasonably well with Zeus special (2 lightning blasts per hit vs 3 from maxed bow is acceptable)

vapid phoenix
lone kernel
#

or just do that

#

hahaha

#

based

twin thistle
#

that works dusa

vapid phoenix
#

Well I haven’t actually chosen anything yet but

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I’ve got triple shot, concentrated and relentless volley

#

Triple shot seems bad

twin thistle
#

its better with other aspects

vapid phoenix
#

Is concentrated good?

lone kernel
#

Take relentless

vapid phoenix
#

Seems like it

lone kernel
#

Concentrated becomes good with max level

twin thistle
#

concentrated is the best. with max level chiron

lone kernel
#

But for now take relentless

vapid phoenix
#

K then. I’ll try to get both

lone kernel
#

That’ll play like a level 4 aspect, which is worth the hammer choice

vapid phoenix
#

Lol emotes

lone kernel
#

Whatever happens happens with the other hammer

twin thistle
#

triple + max zag bow = boss melt

lone kernel
#

What special you taking

twin thistle
#

or anything melt

vapid phoenix
#

Artemis

lone kernel
#

Heart rend

vapid phoenix
#

Yup

lone kernel
#

Aphro attack

#

Is super based

vapid phoenix
#

Yup

lone kernel
#

click button bad guy die

signal aspen
#

and take some chaos gates for poggers special damage

lone kernel
#

yep

vapid phoenix
#

Kk

lone kernel
#

I love chaos money boons lol

vapid phoenix
#

Oh for effs sake kek

#

First chamber rewards me to go to Aphrodite and chaos

#

Chaos might not show up again but I have Aphrodite’s keepsake on rn

lone kernel
#

zeus on the special is also a good option

#

just in case

vapid phoenix
#

Noted yotsubarogersaluteo7

lone kernel
#

and on heart rend, you want aphro attack artemis special not the other way around

#

but you could also artemis attack dionysus special lol

#

ok imma do a chiron run rn too

#

youve inspired me

vapid phoenix
#

Heh got no special boons from chaos

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Just attack, rewards and backstab damage

twin thistle
#

well you can backstab with chiron dusa

vapid phoenix
#

Yeah but it means chamber rewards are hidden

#

Ah well, screw it kek

hollow wave
#

Uh why did one of my keepsakes expire?

twin thistle
#

which

lone kernel
#

I love taking enshrouded in Tartarus

#

Always makes my build weird

hollow wave
twin thistle
#

also uh expire as in cant equip it?

lone kernel
#

Yeah you can’t take a keepsake off and put it back on in same run

twin thistle
#

^ zat

vapid phoenix
lone kernel
#

nice. i mean like, when i'll get a random demeter and think, what the hell, ice special this time (with like, eris rail, fists, shield etc)

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while i may have avoided dem otherwise

vapid phoenix
#

I GOT ARTEMIS

hollow wave
vapid phoenix
#

This is the run

hollow wave
vapid phoenix
#

Time to pump her full of gifts

#

BROOOOO

stoic violet
#

What rewards can I change into boons other than other boons? I wanna try and get as many Hermes as possible

vapid phoenix
#

ALL HER BOONS ARE EPIC

#

I got epic deadly flourish

signal aspen
hollow wave
#

Boo

#

Hermes is awesome

signal aspen
#

you can get a third one in the styx shop

lone kernel
hollow wave
#

Sidon my beloved

stoic violet
#

Hermes best boi.....

hollow wave
#

Wanna know whos a better boi?

#

Hypnos

signal aspen
#

bouldy

vapid phoenix
#

Special attack melts...

stoic violet
lone kernel
#

Yeah once you get heart rend you’ll be happy

#

Relentless volley is a good second hammer now, would highly eecommend Athena keepsake for asphodel to get a lil defense

vapid phoenix
#

Bruh

#

Found Aphrodite

#

She gave me a heroic boon

#

Guess which boon it is pepeannoyed

strong ridge
#

sorundr

signal aspen
#

yeah probably sorundr

vapid phoenix
#

Sorundr?

#

I got heartbreak flourish kek

stable glen
#

Does anyone else really hate FO2?

hollow wave
#

FO2?

stable glen
#

How am I supposed to dodge 3 purple lernie heads at 45 heat

#

Forced Overtime 2

vapid phoenix
#

There’s no element F?

raw herald
#

What aspect?

stable glen
#

Eris

signal aspen
#

just kill it lmao

raw herald
#

True

strong ridge
#

slapper on them looker

stable glen
#

3 damn purple heads at each side of the field, all shooting one after the other

vapid phoenix
#

Is different league good?

#

I reckon it is, no?

raw herald
#

Is that the damage reduction one

vapid phoenix
#

Yup

#

The higher ones

raw herald
#

Yeah it's pretty good I guess

vapid phoenix
#

Jeez I just melted tisiphone

#

The one I have most trouble with

stable glen
#

God I can't stand FO2

twin thistle
#

then dont use it ron

vapid phoenix
#

Should I stick to my aphro keepsake to try and find heartrend or Artemis’?

#

I reckon Artemis to pump up the insane crit damage dusa

#

Might need to pump up weak damage too though

#

I’ll do the switch after asphodel then

lone kernel
#

if you kept Artemis, then Artemis

vapid phoenix
#

That’d be stupid

lone kernel
#

Ok word

vapid phoenix
#

Went with basic heartbreak strike

#

Kept Aphrodite keepsake for asphodel

strong ridge
#

battle rage beo is a work of art

lone kernel
#

You shoulda switched to Artemis since you get a rarity buff and another Artemis boon would have been more helpful, but also if you get heart rend now it’s moot lol

#

I’m gonna start up a Chiron run myself here lol

vapid phoenix
#

I’m actually just lying on the couch facepalm_joy

twin thistle
#

at that rate imma finish my chiron run before you bouldy

vapid phoenix
#

Now I got chaos and Hermès

#

Why must I have to choose between two good options

twin thistle
#

well hermes will come up later anyways 🤷‍♂️

#

but he also might swap out another god you wanted dusa

brisk trail
#

Cursed slash is so stressful to use

strong ridge
#

r u runnin td

twin thistle
#

lol i picked distant memory in the beginning to level it so ive ended up with a hybird cast chiron build with ares cast with an extra bloodstone from chaos and artemis special with aphro atrack

vapid phoenix
#

LOL

#

I got another backstab bonus

#

Can that stack?

#

Idk if it’s additive or not

mint coral
#

crit damage/damage reduction are the only multiplicative things iirc?

#

maybe there is other things but idk

twin thistle
#

yo got my last achievement done

vapid phoenix
twin thistle
#

now i finally dont have to keep picking useless keepsakes dusa

stable glen
#

Does anyone know what could possibly have happened to my save?

#

I used to have 30 clears with the sword

#

now I have 28

#

and 27 with fists

#

now it's 25

#

I lost my 40 heat runs with both those weapons

#

30 -> 29 on spear and 33->32 on sheild

#

50-> 45 on bow

#

and 40->38 on rail

#

like what

vapid phoenix
#

Sweet surrender picardy

twin thistle
#

bruh this is just straight up a hunting blades build now

#

i have 4 bloodstones along with stygian rn bouldy

stoic violet
#

Is there any way to defeat Asterius in the midboss fight?

twin thistle
#

uh

#

by killing him before he kills you

stable glen
void vigil
signal aspen
stoic violet
#

It seems decay keeps damaging him even after he tells you to stop

stable glen
vapid phoenix
#

How’s Artemis dash with my build?

#

I shouldn’t even be asking tbh Artemis is what I need more of lol

brisk trail
#

I don't really like Ares cast as much in that it doesn't lodge

stable glen
#

send pic

vapid phoenix
#

How do I send pics...

stable glen
#

so just send it to like an alt or inactive account or private server and copy the link

vapid phoenix
#

Oh yeah as you can see I got a hammer

brisk trail
#

arte dash is good w bow yea

twin thistle
#

not as much for chiron though

brisk trail
#

oh its chiron

#

well

twin thistle
#

also uh

brisk trail
#

could be worse

twin thistle
#

i just got vicious cycle with 4 casts on stygian soul and hunting blades ron

#

on chiron bow

#

theres literally no point in using the special anymore

vapid phoenix
#

Lol

twin thistle
#

and i have aphro atk/arty special with hend rend even ron

vapid phoenix
#

Which hammer do you reckon is best?

#

Explosive shot I remember being pretty good but I doubt it for my build

twin thistle
#

triple is cool

#

explosive aint great for chiron for flexibility with marking

vapid phoenix
#

I’m guessing it’s better for zag bow

twin thistle
#

yeah really good with zag

brisk trail
#

Wouldn't the one that gives damage on consecutive hits of the special be good with charon bow

vapid phoenix
#

Yup

#

But all I got was triple, explosive and chain shot

frank rose
#

Godess of love is the best, and has all the best boons

vapid phoenix
#

Why yes I would bed the goddess of love dusa

torn geyser
#

Hangover and Doom on Rama seems really powerful

frank rose
#

No no no we need the goddess of love ❤️ she has the best boons

brisk trail
#

Aphrodite has some unnerving succubus vibes

vapid phoenix
brisk trail
#

Well a succubus just wants to manipulate and drain people

frank rose
#

Aphrodite is the best, I won’t hear a bad word against her 😦

vapid phoenix
#

That’s why Aphrodite is better

brisk trail
#

Dionysus thighs

#

Anyway bye for now

vapid phoenix
#

Not gay but I must gigachad

frank rose
#

Aphrodite gaves you the best boons and supports you all the way

brisk trail
#

Why are you simping so hard for an Olympian... They're all horrible

manic bobcat
#

They are hot.

#

Case closed.

brisk trail
#

I ain't messing with nobody that can have me dammed for all eternity

frank rose
#

Yous ain’t getting it, Aphrodite is the way to go

manic bobcat
brisk trail
#

Those weren't rare in ancient Greece

frank rose
#

She’s got the best boon boon boons

brisk trail
#

Now you sound like a shop

vapid phoenix
#

While I’m also an Aphrodite shill this is borderline cultish dusa

frank rose
#

Aphrodite brings you to the end with her kisses

manic bobcat
#

She literally doesn't

frank rose
#

Ah aphrodite..the boons you gave me and helped me through the stages…I’ll never forget you

brisk trail
#

😔

vapid phoenix
#

You ok dude?

brisk trail
#

He's gone

vapid phoenix
#

He’s gone off the deep end Kek

manic bobcat
frank rose
#

For without you, I really truely couldn’t make it to the end …

manic bobcat
#

@high island please take your cultist away.

frank rose
#

Aphrodite with her boon boon boons , then someone say eho! Eho!

brisk trail
#

I'm starting to worry what the end means in this context

vapid phoenix
#

He does a bit of trolling

brisk trail
#

A little bit

frank rose
#

Aphrodite boon boon boon, she want you in her room boon boon boon she wants a double boon

brisk trail
#

...

#

Yeah I'm getting more worried

#

Is this good?

manic bobcat
#

depens on weapon

brisk trail
#

fists

manic bobcat
#

no

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

manic bobcat
#

i see no green boon

#

i know it's bad squirtdevious

brisk trail
#

Artemis

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

manic bobcat
#

no

vapid phoenix
#

This is gone from confusing to funny

frank rose
#

Aphrodite likes to giggle and it makes her pink hair shake

vapid phoenix
#

Back to confusing

manic bobcat
# brisk trail fists

kidding aside, i think it could work if you get something like heavy knuckle.
otherwise, zeus on attack is probably better than aphro.
also which fists?

frank rose
#

Aphrodite aphrodite make you laugh make you think

brisk trail
#

You only like her because of the lack clothing

manic bobcat
#

bruh

vapid phoenix
brisk trail
#

bad argument

frank rose
#

Ah but her hair fills in for that, ooh and her boons

brisk trail
#

Bruh indeed

#

I actually quite like her weak effect

vapid phoenix
#

Weak is a great status effect

frank rose
#

Aphrodite will save us all

thorny knoll
#

Question about the hammer upgrade .. if I see it and don't take it in act 1, will I ever see that one again?

brisk trail
#

I mean yeah basically with damage reduction effects you become really survivable

modern garnet
#

you can pretty confidently skip hammers until, like, elysium

#

the game wants you to reach the final boss with 2 hammers

frank rose
#

You grassed me up! Aphrodite !!!

thorny knoll
#

Okay so I'd get 2 hammers in Elysium? Without having to buy one

vapid phoenix
#

Based nonsensical rambling ikneel

manic bobcat
thorny knoll
#

What if in act 1 the first hammer I see is for sale? And I skip that one

#

.. if that's even possible

modern garnet
#

if you keep skippin hammers you'll eventually end up with no hammers, but if you'd rather take somethin else then that's fine

#

ignoring a hammer will not reduce your chances of seeing another hammer

vapid phoenix
#

Ok but which hammer should I take dusa

Chain, explosive or triple shot

frank rose
#

Aphrodite, the queen of boons

modern garnet
#

which bow?

brisk trail
#

Chain

vapid phoenix
brisk trail
#

None of those are on your special so ig whatever

vapid phoenix
#

True

modern garnet
#

ah on chiron you really want the special hammers

vapid phoenix
#

Yeah

frank rose
#

Where you saying Aphrodite or boo-urns ?!

modern garnet
#

avoid explosive on chiron because attack isn't your main damage probably

thorny knoll
#

Just got my 2nd clear :) 1st rail 2nd Achilles

frank rose
#

Aphrodite married ??

#

Aphrodite is wise to us all and has brill boons ! 👍

vapid phoenix
#

Motherless behavior

manic bobcat
signal aspen
#

Oh no fizzy is back

frank rose
#

Aww #just one taste and I’m…diet aphrodite#

vapid phoenix
#

Lol what

#

YOOOO

signal aspen
#

Diet Aphrodite

vapid phoenix
#

I got atrophic defiance

manic bobcat
#

hes speaking the language of the gods

vapid phoenix
#

I wanted the special bonus damage boon but this is great

frank rose
#

Ooh no Muck back ! He kicked my ass the last time !

signal aspen
#

What

frank rose
#

Oh yes, Aphrodite !

#

You grassed me up aphrodite !

#

You didn’t need to tell the police about them illegal boons

manic bobcat
#

wtf

signal aspen
#

Oh yeah I forgot

#

I called the police on fizzy

#

I think that's what they are talking about

manic bobcat
#

snitches get stitches

twin thistle
#

welp. meme beam with both duos and bad news dusa

frank rose
#

Yeah, me and Aphrodite was going to get high on boon dust

brisk trail
#

I found out why hades dash uppercut is weaker then his normal uppercut

twin thistle
#

unlucky with no demeter or artemis in styx door tho

brisk trail
#

he uses his non-dominant hand

manic bobcat
vapid phoenix
#

If I’m at Max death defiance’s, will I just get an extra from atrophic defiance?

twin thistle
#

aint his attacks stabs and sweeps

twin thistle
#

chaos gives a whole extra

#

not a replenish

frank rose
#

Then Aphrodite was going use the xtra darkness to go shopping with

high island
#

Did she now? courte5Wut

manic bobcat
#

???????????????

signal aspen
#

Indeed

frank rose
#

Oh yes, Aphrodite likes going shopping for new clothes and Costa coffee

signal aspen
#

She doesn't wear clothes

frank rose
#

With all her darkness

high island
#

I'll have to ask her about that.

#

It's true that she likes coffee.

vapid phoenix
frank rose
#

Ooh yes, Aphrodite loves her double expressos with xtra boons

high island
#

She hasn't told me anything about double espressos.

frank rose
#

Ooh yes, Aphrodite loves double espressos with milk and boons

brisk trail
#

I thought that was DIO

high island
frank rose
#

But Aphrodite not allowed in most shops due to her “no clothes”

hollow wave
#

Anyone got tips for fighting Hades? My main problem right now is losing all my health before his second phase

signal aspen
#

Don't get hit

torn geyser
#

I just melted Hades 3 in 10 seconds with Zeus/Poseidon/Dionysus Lucifer

#

Whole fight took 1.5 minutes, probably would have been just 1 if not for his invicinbility

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

torn geyser
#

Zeus Attack, Poseidon Special, Dionysus Cast

#

Plus Sea Storm and Scintillating Feast

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

torn geyser
hollow wave
#

Oh yeah speaking of

Hades has taught me one thing

NEVER underestimate people who have shields as their primary weapons

torn geyser
#

So you are still working on your first clear?

hollow wave
#

Yes

torn geyser
#

What weapons do you have? If its possible for you to get Achilles Spear, it's a very powerful weapon.

twin thistle
#

meme beme dusa

hollow wave
#

Every single run I pray to Hecate to not get the Witches coven cause they absolutely destroy at least 1 Death Defiance

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

hollow wave
#

Can you please stop?

torn geyser
hollow wave
#

Question

What are heats?

twin thistle
#

thing you unlock after first clear

full nexus
#

it's better if you don't know

torn geyser
#

Heat is the difficulty modifer you unlock after your first completion

full nexus
#

it's pain

torn geyser
#

I would recommend trying a run with the Spear, Athena, Aphrodite, and Ares as your gods. Get Athena Dash, Aphrodite Attack, and Ares special. Enhance Doom as much as possible, and take the Explosive Launcher Hammer if you can

signal aspen
twin thistle
#

even if you dont have deflect, witch projectiles are gotten rid of easy enough with big area stuff like bow special and spear dash attack

full nexus
#

yesn't

manic bobcat
hollow wave
torn geyser
#

Aphrodite and Athena will give you lots of defense, and Ares deals good damage. You can add Dionysus for more utility or Artemis for more damage.

hollow wave
#

But Spear could be fun especially to mess with Hades

vapid phoenix
#

I wanna buy the hammer at the shop but uhhh

#

What if I get rid of my relentless volley Yotsuba

torn geyser
#

Fists is good too. It hits a lot, so consider using Zeus or Dionysus Attack to get lots of lighting and posion hits. Shield isn't my favorite personally.

manic bobcat
#

nothing ventured nothing gained

torn geyser
twin thistle
#

if you havent spent all your titan blood yet you can stick it in zag bow. zag bow is cool

vapid phoenix
#

I know

torn geyser
#

Yesterday I got Cursed Sword on Arthur at the end, which I thought was my doom. I actually stomped lol

twin thistle
#

cursed slash on arthur is big brain dusa

torn geyser
#

Not when it happens against your will lol

vapid phoenix
#

Guys pray for me

signal aspen
#

No

vapid phoenix
#

I LOST RELENTESS VOLLEY

signal aspen
torn geyser
#

But what did you gain?

#

The Bow has like the best hammers imo

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

vapid phoenix
#

I gain concentrated volley and sniper shot

#

But I have a level one Chiron now

signal aspen
#

SNIPER SHOT POGGERS

vapid phoenix
#

What is sniper shot?

frank rose
#

Aphrodite

torn geyser
vapid phoenix
raw herald
#

Concentrated volley is more DPS than relentless volley anyway, you got a good deal

torn geyser
#

I blocked that Aphrodite guy

vapid phoenix
raw herald
#

Actually maybe not, just saw that

vapid phoenix
#

As I only have 4 arrows otherwise

twin thistle
#

uh btw you can kinda save scum the anvil

vapid phoenix
#

It lets me quit out even after using the anvil

twin thistle
#

like that

vapid phoenix
#

but I get the same stuff

signal aspen
twin thistle
#

yeah but you can grab it then if it sucks just quit out

torn geyser
hollow wave
#

Oh

#

How do ya even unlock those? Just kill?

twin thistle
hollow wave
#

Fizzy stop

torn geyser
vapid phoenix
#

What

#

I didn’t get the same stuff this time

twin thistle
#

its uh kinda weird

vapid phoenix
#

I got twin shot instead of sniper this time

hollow wave
twin thistle
#

it often gives the same stuff but can give different

#

not really spoilers

twin thistle
torn geyser
hollow wave
#

I know

#

Was just checking before I checked pins

torn geyser
#

But you can't unlock them until after your 1st clear at least I believe

vapid phoenix
#

YOOOO

#

Got concentrated AND point blank shot

#

Lost chain shot Gigachad

twin thistle
#

pog

vapid phoenix
#

Time to face the final boss Yotsuba

#

Died

#

That’s enough hades for today pepeannoyed

#

Time for dmc

#

Family favorite or privilege status?

stable glen
#

and how confident you are that you can get two status curses

vapid phoenix
#

Fair enough

#

Will go family favorite for now though

stable glen
#

Got a question for y'all

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does knocking back enemies count as them "moving" to trigger razor shoals

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I remember I tried super soaker lucifer but didn't have razor shoals and it was kinda meh

stable glen
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So in theory...

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it could be really damn good

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if I get the attack damage bonus, than sea storm damage, than razor shoals damage, and then damage from knocking em into walls

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how good would second wave be in that? i'm not too sure how it works

signal aspen
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Second wave only good if you get sea storm

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And I don't know if second wave deals any damage without sea storm

stable glen
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but how does it work when you constantly apply knockaway with sea storm

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does it always proc double sea storm for each hit of the attack?

vapid phoenix
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Good boons for nemesis sword?

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I’m guessing Artemis although I happened to get aphro

signal aspen
vapid phoenix
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Then again Aphrodite is always good

stable glen
signal aspen
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Also get Artemis dash and chaos d strike and attack boons

stable glen
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i remember when I did a tidal dash, sea storm, 2nd wave and splitting bolt build

vapid phoenix
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I got the Artemis special

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Unfortunately, no attack available

stable glen
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tidal dash procced sea storm and splitting bolt

signal aspen
stable glen
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then after a short delay, there was another knockback and other sea storm and bolt

vapid phoenix
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Nope

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Wait

signal aspen
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Or reroll it if you have those

vapid phoenix
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Can’t I just restart the run

signal aspen
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No

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First boon is always the same