#h1-discussion

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lone kernel
modern pollen
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damn i made an edit of that and just realized i cant post it

modern pollen
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so i think demeter might be broken

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achilles prediction that zagreus is god of darkness is wrong since erebus is god of darkness

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he might still be god of blood or hunting because zagreus means great hunter

nova nymph
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demeter has no chill

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we need a fire-based god to counterbalance savage grandma

tropic arrow
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Bruh

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How does Excalibur work

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It just never feels right

lone kernel
tropic arrow
lone kernel
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If so: you’re Ganondorf

tropic arrow
modern pollen
lone kernel
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He’s super slow and chonky and can kill you in two attacks

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you gotta lean into ganondorf mentality

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like you start w bonus life, your base attack can take Tartarus easy

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Athena attack on it is quite fun

tropic arrow
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The thing is

lone kernel
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But don’t try to play it sneaky, get in the mindset of i am here with a big stick to smash faces with

tropic arrow
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The last hit is pretty heavy

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But I always get hit and interrupted

lone kernel
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60/80/200

tropic arrow
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So no last hit for me

lone kernel
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dash strikes

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or wind it up sooner

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but those first two strikes do good damage as is - have u tried Athena attack that’ll help u get it off

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Also super based with deadly reversal

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Your other sword aspect muscle memory may make it tricky to overcome at first

chrome wharf
# nova nymph we need a fire-based god to counterbalance savage grandma

My fan theory is that Hades was the original fire god, but his powers were overwritten when he took over the underworld. It still shows through since his attack causes boiling blood, and the lasers are pretty hot too, plus he has the red color scheme.
If we want more mythological-based, Hestia and Hephaestus are fire-related

modern pollen
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yeah but hestia and dionysus were never shown together and since dionysus is already in there to get to 12 olympians you can't have hestia

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i'm glad i played hades because it inspired me to make a comic retelling all the old greek stories

nocturne ginkgo
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Hey uh sorry to bother yall, but uh: does anyone have Divine Protection active on their current run right now? I wanna get an image of the active buff (the band with shields revolving around) for reference purposes but i cant find an image on google

modern pollen
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i found this

nocturne ginkgo
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...wait isnt that visual the one thats used for pure immunity or smth

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And right now Divine Protection looks like a golden band of light with revolving shields

twin thistle
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yeah its a bit different from that

modern pollen
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idk i've never used divine protection i never gets legendary boons

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i got the poseidon one but pretty much every one gets that one

twin thistle
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yeah getting huge catch is a scripted event after grabbing the fishing rod

modern pollen
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i wonder if its possible to get it if you don't have the fishing rod

twin thistle
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doubt it

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aint even fishing points before that anyways

modern pollen
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yeah

warped atlas
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I've been trying to 100% the game and I finally just got the last steam achievement!

void vigil
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congrats!

narrow hemlock
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alma hit the react you bean

modern pollen
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noice

narrow hemlock
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thanks :3

warped atlas
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thanks, this is definitely one of my favorite games i've ever played

modern pollen
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my brother says he doesn't like hades when a. he's never played it and b. he has horrible taste in game

warped atlas
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Why doesn't he like it then?

modern pollen
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idk

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he says he's played it but i checked he has 0 seconds on hades

warped atlas
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honestly I know lots of siblings who don't like stuff, and their only reason for it is that there sibling does

modern pollen
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yeah

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but he's missing out

warped atlas
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I agree

modern pollen
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and he says he doesn't like roguelikes or dungeon crawlers but he plays minecraft dungeons every day same with spelunky

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so thats bs

chrome wharf
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I didn't want to play it for the longest time bc I heard they made Hades (the god) into the antagonist and I liked him

modern pollen
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i don't know how i feel about that

chrome wharf
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joke's on both sides because game hades ended up my favorite character anyway

fringe dust
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anyone know how hades runs on windows 11? im being prompted for an upgrade and I was curious

vapid narwhal
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if something runs in 10 it runs on 11

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for games they are not any different

sly panther
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will there ever be a content update

raw herald
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Highly unlikely

twin thistle
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when chaos offers double minus dash then double roiling then another minus dash dist plus tart enshrouded bouldy

shadow quarry
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will a 32% healing boost make 2 heal from cursed slash 3?

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and also, if i mash dash with the athena one will i be invunerable through the whole thing

vapid narwhal
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athena dash does not give you extra invincible frames

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it gives you deflect during the dash, but you are invincible throughout the dash animation regardless, as long as you dont dash strike

shadow quarry
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????

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ooh

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i get it

full nexus
shadow quarry
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i am always invincible when dashing exept when dash-striking

vapid narwhal
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dash strike will end the iframes

halcyon girder
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Okay yeah I turns out to get the autograph is actual rng

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Not six times

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I think

vapid narwhal
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yeah it's RNG

halcyon girder
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Hey guys is the cosmic egg any good?

mighty rose
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if i already have the boons i want from the other gods' keepsakes, absolutely! it's great to go in with no health penalty and the rarity increase is great

devout terrace
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(well)

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Usually not worth I would say, cool for the prophecy

gray apex
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If it guaranteed a Chaos Gate it would've been so nice

full nexus
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It does not force chaos

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So it's more meme keepsake than anything

gray apex
halcyon girder
twin thistle
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if nothing else it buffs duo/legendary chance ig

halcyon girder
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Neat I finished the first stage in 4 minutes

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So what happens if the god hood thing got up to 100%?

vapid narwhal
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god mode? it caps at 80%

halcyon girder
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Oh

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Neat

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Also I beat Tartarus in 3 minutes that's the fastest I have ever done

gray apex
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Nice

teal oriole
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Есть здесь канал для русскоговорящих?

high island
grizzled needle
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Cool

chrome wharf
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ae

spare tiger
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They easily could have gone back on that

thorny mirage
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I mean zag also directly says he is the god of blood at the beginning of some runs

high island
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The video is from last week.

thorny mirage
fast willow
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hades says that zagreus is the god of talking back to him (hades) so now thats canon in my mind

devout terrace
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lmao

brave portal
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God of daddy issues

devout terrace
high island
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God of Blood and by extension family probably includes talking back to your parents.

unborn remnant
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Something about this whole crew being able to fit in a call is really cool still

fast willow
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to apply exposed do you have to actually deflect an attack or is it like ME where hitting them with the deflect boon is enough

marsh rivet
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Just hitting with a deflecting hitbox will apply Exposed

strong ridge
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does a duo count 4 fam fav

marsh rivet
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nope, it just counts the (non-chaos) gods in your pool

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so it does include hermes

strong ridge
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awsom

lone kernel
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meme run with all the gods

marsh rivet
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I think you can only have 7? I'm trying to think, I don't think there's a way to leave Tartarus with 5 gods already

twin thistle
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can you get three before mid shop thanthink

high island
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You can get boons from all the gods in one run. That's an extra challenge in a Monthly Challenge. dusa

marsh rivet
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Oh, nvm, it's pretty easy to leave with 5, if one of the gods in the last shop is the 4th and there's also a random god offering

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No matter what though, Theseus will have a god to call since the 8th would be in styx

high island
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He'll default to Lady Artemis if you get there with boons from every god anyway.

twin thistle
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wonder if six is possible with enough fated authorities and hammer start thanthink

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from tart

marsh rivet
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Oh huh, how do you get 8 in Elysium?

twin thistle
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just keep rerolling away from your keepsake god and get 5 from midshop then get keepsake god thanthink

marsh rivet
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Authority, okay that makes sense

twin thistle
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thats some big rng tho

high island
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You could do that before you meet Lady Demeter, or before they added Lady Demeter to the game.

high island
marsh rivet
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Wait really? I actually don't know explicitly what the shop rules are

high island
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m just going by the fact that I've never seen it or heard of it. The only known way to find boons from 5 gods (excluding Master Chaos and Lord Hermes) before Asphodel is to have boons from 3 gods at mid-shop, then find a new god in the shop and a different new god in the exit.

strong ridge
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boldy

fast willow
high island
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Not a god.

strong ridge
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to some

high island
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But also not a mortal.

fast willow
marsh rivet
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He grants boon, therefore.

high island
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I'll admit there's some ambiguity.

brisk trail
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is exagryph the best for beating Hell mode the first time?

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trying to beat it this stream so I wanna know which is the best:D

strong ridge
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i think u r stuck w sword for a 1 r un clear

marsh rivet
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Yeah, probably safest bet is Zeus start

brisk trail
brisk trail
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but i haven't beat the game yet so i could be wrong and lucky

strong ridge
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spear special probably

brisk trail
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i made it 2 times out of my 6 deaths but both those times i had 1 hit hp:D

strong ridge
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nise

brisk trail
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malphon is the most fun for me but idk how hard it is to use in hell

strong ridge
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hell mode isnt that much different than the normal game

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just turns off chunk damage protection basicaly

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and pact obv

brisk trail
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is hell mode the optional harder difficulty?

twin thistle
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yeah

strong ridge
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ye

brisk trail
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nice

wary cypress
twin thistle
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you can just turn on the pact though

strong ridge
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it is the the way 2 64 HEAT but that does not matter for like all players

twin thistle
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first clears can be pretty much carried by merciful end on zag aspects other than rail which you want zeus/jolted

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hell mode can also make stuff like 50 heat easier since you take stuff like js and cp anyways so the extra 1 heat from the hell mode pact can replace some more annoying things

high island
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Coronacht > Heartbreak Strike > Win.

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Easy.

marsh rivet
high island
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What about the jump from 63 to 64? You have to make a new profile just to add 1 Heat. That's pretty big. dusa

marsh rivet
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Lol, that was the cost for 50 heat for me in the beginning too

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My progression was 49 in EA, then finish a hell mode save, then 50, then actually learning how to do 50

high island
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I dunno. Never done 50. Was more interested in high heat. dusa

full nexus
devout terrace
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55 talos when

full nexus
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I want to, lv 1 GY 50 heat too

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but atm I'm just too tired

fast willow
marsh rivet
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You can do EM3 AP1 RI2 TD2 at 49 heat (with DC2)

high island
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There's nothing left with only 1 Heat, that's why you need Hell Mode.

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'Tis the only way.

lone kernel
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em5 when

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Charon throws skelly at you now

high island
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"Come on, Charon. Throw me."

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I feel like that's a pretty reasonable pact for people doing their first 49 Heat.

chrome wharf
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looks great, gonna give it a stab dusa

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no UC ez

high island
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People complain about BP2 enemies and the timer a lot, so... there won't be any problem with that.

chrome wharf
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🌹 start?

high island
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courte5EternalRose start, yes. Of course.

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I see somebody isn't subscribed to Lady Aphrodite's Twitch channel.

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You should fix that. courte5AphroHeart courte5DusaBond

marsh rivet
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Oh, a rose. I saw a ping pong paddle

chrome wharf
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no nitro sadge

lone kernel
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hahah the ping pong paddle keepsake from a random shade

fickle bloom
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has anyone ever thought abt creating a mod or smth with the gods not in the game like hephestaus, hera, hestia , and apollo

narrow hemlock
sour elk
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I didn’t notice my SD got popped and I accidentally lava’d myself to death hoping to reset it shadegrief

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Good run, lunch break

stable dagger
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Daily reminder that Artemis is an SSS tier character in an S tier game and is in fact the best girl of all supergiant properties

hearty bramble
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new keepsake idea... Head Chef's keepsake. it is just a really big gyro and it heals you

hearty bramble
high island
hearty bramble
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Ahh good choice

high island
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It's more than a choice, it's fate.

stable dagger
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Big demon Girl is best pyre girl

devout terrace
brisk trail
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pyre in hades discussion smh my head 🙄

lone kernel
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wait, you didnt pick AphroditeSticker

signal aspen
chrome wharf
stable dagger
high island
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I haven't said anything that Lady Aphrodite doesn't already know. courte5AphroHeart courte5DusaBond

twin thistle
gray apex
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Lol

pure karma
high island
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Pyre.

pure karma
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thx

high island
signal aspen
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RI2 moment

high island
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Even with RI2, that's like actively avoiding boons.

twin thistle
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semi boonless 40 heat

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duh

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also im a big stupid dumb

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i rerolled a styx door to try to get another heart

high island
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Oh, you have two Chaos boons.

twin thistle
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and now i forced myself to take dem cast

high island
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Why do you have Authority with RI1+? courte5Wut

gray apex
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Authority bouldy

twin thistle
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well... close enough

gray apex
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This is some good memery

twin thistle
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bouldy i rerolled a whole single door in elysium into a heart okay

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tbh persuasion better for chaos but uhhhhh

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yes

gray apex
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I'm gonna try that

twin thistle
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also no patty is sad

gray apex
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But Rama

high island
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Nothing about this run makes sense.

twin thistle
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maybe

gray apex
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It's a masterpiece

signal aspen
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4 Meg charges bouldy

high island
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Oh, it's not even Rama. I thought it was Rama. Now it makes even less sense.

gray apex
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Lol

twin thistle
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well i skipped a lot of mini bosses bouldy

high island
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I can see that.

twin thistle
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couldve used em on just reg elysium rooms

high island
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No, EM doesn't affect regular Elysium rooms.

twin thistle
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okay im bad at dad fight without acorn and patty bouldy

gray apex
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ded?

high island
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Not ded fight. Dad fight.

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Shorthand for God of the Dad.

twin thistle
high island
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Would have won if you had Passion Dash instead of Hunter Dash.

brisk trail
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been finding i take divine dash less and less often

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glad that i'm not using it as my primary crutch

modern garnet
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Dad of the God

brisk trail
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why's the shackle on?

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would it not be for like, crazy boonless runs

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or maybe i'm getting its use case wrong

gray apex
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Well it's in use rn, and I'm avoiding attack boons to keep it that way

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Rama Special with Chackle doesnt do anything because the base dmg is already low so I took Dio

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And Artemis' dash is also in effect so more dmg

high island
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The Hestia speedrun WR has Shackle and no Attack boon.

gray apex
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Shackle gud

high island
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+100% Attack damage is a lot.

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No.

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Good that you removed that.

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I was about to have you fed to my sacred crocodiles. It seems you live another day.

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Or night.

gray apex
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It's true

high island
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Not having been fed to my sacred crocodiles is a good quality to have. You should put that on your resume.

gray apex
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This is more of a legit build than a meme

strong ridge
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why is thunder dash such a puny zap sound

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it’s funny

stable crown
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What is the use of Hades keepsake? Is it any good?

gray apex
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It's viable for other things aswell, it's more that you'd rather force a god you need in Tart and Aspho to get your build going, and in Elysium + Styx you'd rather take a defensive keepsake

stable crown
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Ohh.. i didn't know about dmg bonus.. thought it just made you invisible

gray apex
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It also boosts your movement speed

stable crown
gray apex
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You mean the Thanatos Butterfly?

potent fulcrum
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When you drop Bouldy but then Tisiphone changes the chamber and all your stuff is out of bounds 🥲

gray apex
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You could also try Zeus Shield, since your Special can do all the dmg and you can focus on blocking and dodging

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Although I'd say the first two are easier

twin thistle
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just use ze hestia

stable crown
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Charged skewer? I'll try it out. I always skipped charged attack upgrades for some reason they seem slow and unfit when a lot of enemies are there. I'll try hestia as well.. that was always my least used aspect on the gun too lol. It's just a one shot buff compared to the other three that give a lot more

marsh rivet
twin thistle
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charged skewer doesnt really slow down your guan yu special since it already takes a awhile to throw. you can also do a partial charge and itll be faster

stable crown
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This last run with the gun i picked up 5 shot missile special + Poseidon special boon + the dmg boost from slamming into barrier and splash. It was a one hit special with like consistent dmg in 1000's

marsh rivet
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The minimum charge is significantly shorter than the normal animation time for special

celest shell
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Lol I hadn't played in months and realized I stopped playing right in the middle of a run

whole comet
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when it comes to max heat

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i c the unseed 62 guy uses meg keepsake for more dmg

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seems like the best choice, if you're good at avoiding dmg?

lone kernel
twin thistle
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well more like at 62 heat youre constantly at under 35% health and meg is a reliable source of damage

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and you gotta deal with td3 with literally everything else so you kinda need the damage

raw herald
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And because you have no build, +40ish % is more valuable

twin thistle
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god keepsakes with ap2 op

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and no persuasion rerolls dusa

whole comet
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even if someone could no damage all the time get than keepsake bonus dmg all the time

marsh rivet
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Not just at close to max heat

whole comet
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assuming with skull earring u just purposely get to low hp at chamber 1 or 2

marsh rivet
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The idea being that your own Stubborn Defiances put you in the Earring window

whole comet
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skull earring might still give u a faster run overall?

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butterfly needs time to build up more % dmg

marsh rivet
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You don't have to get hit to activate it

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Well, besides losing your SD once

whole comet
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while skull pretty much can be active almost the whole run

marsh rivet
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butterfly needs to be on for multiple biomes, yeah, and you are just going to get hit in BP2 FO2 rooms, it's kind of inevitable

whole comet
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just wonder, hypothetically speaking

twin thistle
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generally its better to just use god keepsakes for consistency

whole comet
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would skull always do better than butterfly

twin thistle
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62 heat is a special place

whole comet
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even if u manage to gain butterfly bonus all the room

marsh rivet
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But with AP2, even Athena keepsake in Asphodel loses a lot of value. If your damage is a lot of non attack or special damage, then Earring gives you a solid chunk of global damage

gray apex
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Butterfly is unreliable

whole comet
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and able to stick with either meg or than keepsake the entire run

twin thistle
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idk about the whole run for meg

marsh rivet
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You need the damage more in the beginning of the run than at the end as well

twin thistle
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starting aspho maybe

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in tart you kinda just wont get hit enough

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and like

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high confidence exists

marsh rivet
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For instance, Earring is a natural fit for a Shackle start run that gets a boon it can't get rid of

whole comet
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can butterfly build up infinite?

twin thistle
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well

marsh rivet
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no? There's finite rooms lol

twin thistle
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youre kinda limited by chambers

gray apex
whole comet
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well, i mean, assuming u no damage all room

strong ridge
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not my hades

whole comet
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u can get like 40% right?

marsh rivet
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something like that yeah

twin thistle
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if you're speedrunning youre also tryna get free rooms

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aka no butterfly

whole comet
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does make it sound like butterfly is bad vs skull lol

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or bad in general

strong ridge
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well it also needs god tier play to see the big numbers

conversely megs rewards not that specifically

gray apex
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Butterfly good for memeing

whole comet
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Thorn of Thanatos
Get 30% bonus damage with the Pierced Butterfly

strong ridge
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ya

whole comet
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luckily it's just Steam, not end game message

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could be hard to no damage 15 rooms on 32 heat?

twin thistle
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depends on the pact and aspect

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hestia would be pretty easy

strong ridge
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hazard bomb eros will get u good

twin thistle
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just skip fo2 and bp2

chrome wharf
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If you don't take TD and FO and use a ranged weapon you can slowly kite

whole comet
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no damage on boss too lol

chrome wharf
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Esp if you get Demeter on a ranged attack

whole comet
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actually, 15 rooms

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can it be done b4 hydra?

twin thistle
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yeah

whole comet
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never count those non-battle room

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so dunno if i actually get pass 15 rooms fighting

twin thistle
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tart can be like 13 encounters if you get a skippable midshop and no fountains

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and take no chaos

whole comet
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ic

chrome wharf
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Does Erebus count as a room

twin thistle
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should

whole comet
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yeah i think so

chrome wharf
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that almost sounds like a "duh obvs" question lol

twin thistle
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could get 14 room in tart then

whole comet
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only if u get an erebus offer b4 boss

twin thistle
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room 12 is the pre boss shop room so add one erebus there and boss

whole comet
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but really

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it's a lot harder than it looks when trying to no damage lol

stable crown
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When does patroculus drop message for Achilles? I am on my 95th run and thats the only quest left now

whole comet
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did u reunite Orpheus and Eura yet?

stable crown
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Yeah

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Finished the epilogue too

whole comet
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then, if ach and pat both have full nectar

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just keep talking to both

stable crown
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Yeah.. they dont accept anymore. Ach no longer gives ! , Pat does but it's been going on for 10+ runs

whole comet
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well u gotta expire all their dialogues

stable crown
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Hmm.. guess I'll speedrun them for a few runs till i get pat. Is there any specific chamber number thay patroculus appears in?

whole comet
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u can check the codex too

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if both got to the point of asking u to deepen their relationship, then u should be close

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if they still have the "talk to them" with a counter, then gotta deal with that one first

spare tiger
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And have you freed Sisyphus as well as Orpheus?

stable crown
spare tiger
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Thats one of the last lines in their story

halcyon girder
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I beated my record of 20 minutes to 19 minutes

whole comet
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It’s pretty fun to see deathless runners got annihilated by armor shield guys lol

modern pollen
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imma try max heat with god mode on to see how far i get

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wait can god mode cap out or can i just keep going until i don't take damage

brisk trail
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It caps out at 80% I think

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And good luck

modern pollen
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damn

brisk trail
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Also it would be non-hell mode max heat

modern pollen
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the a button is gonna be destroyed

brisk trail
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Because god mode is disabled in hell mode

modern pollen
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yeah i haven't tried out hell mode i was gonna wait till i got to the epilogue

chrome wharf
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Max heat with god mode on is the same as HL1 with maxed everything else

twin thistle
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is god mode multiplicative with hl though thanthink

hardy geode
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Beat the game without a boon but didn’t get the 100% Olympian free title lol
Instead I got the boon purger one

twin thistle
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when 100% olympian free doesnt have clear message priority residentzag

hardy geode
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It’s annoying because you also need to make sure you don’t over 400 health, go to all 3 story rooms/ midshops, and don’t have over 1000 obols

twin thistle
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bouldy my 40 heat hestia olympian free was replaced by minotaurs toughness

hardy geode
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That sucks

twin thistle
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hard labor

modern pollen
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oh

rigid stag
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whats youre guys fave weapon?

modern pollen
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exagryph but varatha is a close second

rigid stag
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mines the fist, aspect of demeta

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u do some insane dmg if u build it correctly

kind swan
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Hera Bow for me

modern pollen
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coronacht is just too clunky for me this game goes so fast for you to just stand there and wait for the bow to charge up

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the hera detonation is pretty good tho

chrome wharf
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base bow based bow

twin thistle
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thanthink idk. aspect wise sword:nemesis, spear:guan yu achilles, shield: beowulf, bow: zag/hera/rama, fists:demeter/gilga, rail: eris/hestia

modern pollen
twin thistle
#

hestia special aint any better than eris'?

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arty special with clockets/hazard bomb is cool though. still moreso for eris

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well maybe not hazard for eris

modern pollen
#

i use hazard bomb a lot so eris doesn't really work for my build

chrome wharf
fast willow
twin thistle
#

tbh id prolly go aphro special for hazard hestia for the consistency. well unless i get rush delivery/chaos flourishes

vapid narwhal
#

think god mode is applied last to the final damage you take

#

so an 20 damage attack is 40 under HL5, and would be just down to 8 under a max out god mode?

gray apex
#

I think so

craggy pumice
#

Is chain shot good on Rama?

devout terrace
#

Not too beneficial

#

Almost any other hammer is better

#

But it technically doesnt do nothingbouldy

#

Same with any other bow actually

rapid forum
#

my recommendation for chain shot is when you have poseidon attack

#

it is really fun

vapid narwhal
#

I like chain shot on zag bow if I didnt get twin or point blank

#

for Rama not very useful

rapid forum
#

yea same

gray apex
#

Chain shot Zag bow is nice

devout terrace
#

I had it in my zag bow 50 clear because of AP2 crossing out perfect and flurry while I had twinbouldy

spare tiger
#

But then again Spear is always fun

rapid forum
marsh rivet
#

Rama and Zoos.

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It feels bad to exclude Chiron, kind of like cheating lol, but I honestly don't play it that much anymore.

#

after Retrash snagged my standing WR with his absurd one-shot AP2 run LOL (it's been since beaten one more time at 53, and there's no way I'm grinding 54 Chiron)

gray apex
#

dew it

strong ridge
#

go

gray apex
#

worth

marsh rivet
#

I was too demoralized for spending the better part of a couple of weeks to figure out how to make 51 work only for him to take it back in one run a couple of months later ;_;

#

I am not worthy

gray apex
#

in one run

marsh rivet
#

(spoiler: Chiron is kinda stinky lol, these numbers are dumb)

gray apex
#

Just get the build Painkakke got on his 50

marsh rivet
#

LOL

#

Dad.exe could not be found, pls help

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Lol, he wasn't even actively trying to beat it. It was just Chiron AotW in speedcord and the record was 51 so he just +1'd and AP2 blessed him with Curse of Nausea Chiron

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(it's Retrash so he almost certainly started Coinpurse)

stable dagger
#

Daily reminder that the only member of the pantheon we should all worship is best girl Artemis, The Goddess of the hunt

thorny mirage
#

sorry

#

I’m a scion of aphrodite

modern pollen
full nexus
#

I love how the daily reminder is literally daily

strong ridge
#

its not a spontaneous reminder

full nexus
#

Prerecorded 👀

sour elk
#

Excuse me, all of you are spelling Demeter incorrectly

devout terrace
#

athena hidden bae fight me

#

this is from an ME grinder btw

tall panther
#

how do I go fast with malphon?

modern pollen
#

what

devout terrace
fast willow
#

who even needs the concept of a best girl when everyone knows who best boulder is

tall panther
#

I somehow wrote got instead of go

devout terrace
#

doom on attack, athena on special+dash

fast willow
devout terrace
#

impending doom at some point

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breaching cross>explosive upper>kinetic launcher

#

god's pride or legacy can work, doom+hermes really important so I'd go pride but its up to you

full nexus
#

(for Demeter aspect)

#

Speedrunners overlooking other Malphon aspects smh

devout terrace
#

thats just for every fist bouldy

full nexus
#

Explosive upper Talos bouldy

tall panther
#

I see

devout terrace
#

god I wish zeus attack was more viable

#

but you need like 5-6 zeus boons

#

which is impossible

tall panther
#

attack, jolted, extra bounces

devout terrace
#

attack-jolted-splitting pre req-splitting-billowing/call

tall panther
#

what more?

#

ah

devout terrace
#

smoldering air at some point ig

sour elk
#

Lightning Strike with Heartbreak Flourish is my personal fav on malphon

devout terrace
#

its absurdly strong

#

especially with explosive upper

sour elk
#

That I shall when I try going for 40 heat on malph!

tall panther
#

blood vial as the starting keepsake?

#

on the merciles end build you described?

sour elk
#

Athena starting is also good

full nexus
#

Yeah you want to pom doom asap

tall panther
#

do I ever go chaos?

strong ridge
#

yes

tall panther
#

and what do I aim for in chaos?

#

Special dmg I guess if you aren't gonnna respond

high island
#

Flourish and Lunge.

#

Both apply to your Dash-Upper.

sour elk
devout terrace
#

you get all the good stuff from chaos

high island
#

The curse that you take damage when using your Special doesn't proc when you do a Dash-Upper, by the way.

devout terrace
#

and non of the bad stuff

marsh rivet
devout terrace
#

dash specials (dash upper and dashing flight)

GET chaos special buffs
DO NOT take damage from chaos special curses
DO get chaos dash strike buffs
DO NOT take damage from chaos attack curses
GET hunter dash buffs

tall panther
#

k, thanks

high island
#

"ZAP" on Malphon is so cringe.

modern pollen
#

oh its greek

modern pollen
sour elk
#

Say that line out loud every time you go for a Chaos buff and your primordial auncle will bless you

tall panther
#

I think I got the race in the bag

#

every weapon sub 15 so far

gray apex
#

Nice

brisk trail
#

god i wanna try beowulf so bad, but i hate shield sooooo much

lone kernel
#

but it can do like 500 damage a shot with one boon

brisk trail
#

i have like 3 chaos games under my belt

#

i've already put a ton of blood into chaos shield so now i'm just waiting for the waking prompt

lone kernel
#

Word

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If you need tips on how to use it (controller remap being the main thing) feel free to give me or this chat a shout 🙂

placid anchor
#

can curse of pain stack with frost flourish?

vapid narwhal
#

You can only have one core boon on special

frigid fossil
#

how many childs i have to sacrifice to an altar for hypnos relationship to unlock?

vapid narwhal
#

It tells you that if you choose another the previous one will be replaced

clever thicket
#

How does Alecto gain rage? Can I do anything to prevent it?

full nexus
#

Nope

#

She can charge it with an attack or whenever she takes damage

#

And then in her last phase, permanent rage

#

The attack being the one that emits projectiles in a star pattern

clever thicket
#

So basically just try and kill her asap

full nexus
#

Yeah

clever thicket
#

Aight, thanks

#

Also, is there a specific thing that I need to have done before I unlock fishing, or is it just completely random?

full nexus
#

I only remember you can buy the rod at the contactor

#

I think you should just keep playing, nothing hard to unlock

clever thicket
#

Yeah guess ur right

#

started a new save on that hard difficulty (forgot what it's called, the one that starts you on 5 heat)

full nexus
#

Probably requires something to buy first like a Tartarus upgrade. Maybe reaching the last biome too

#

Yeah it's hell mode

clever thicket
#

Definitely lives up to it's name ;p

#

What about unlocking aspects? atm the menu to spend titans blood's doesn't show up

twin thistle
full nexus
full otter
#

ayyy just got a legendary fish

#

just 1 left now

wary cypress
#

Oooh which?

full otter
#

hippocampus one

#

wasn't expecting it

wary cypress
#

Nice! Congrats

#

It's RNG right?

full otter
#

thanks

#

i'm pretty sure you have to catch soon enough or you can't get a legendary fish, but even if you do it's not guaranteed

wary cypress
#

Ah gotcha

#

So like a perfect catch

full otter
#

yeah exactly

wary cypress
#

Ahhh... Ok

lone kernel
#

If you’re on switch use joycons for perfect catch easier (literally only hold right one and close your eyes and hit trigger when it buzzes)

wary cypress
#

Hahaha yeah I'm on the Switch Lite

#

I try to listen out for the audio cue

#

I just wish the fishing points would appear more often (I have only ever gotten Poseidon's legendary once)

lone kernel
#

Yeah you need sunken treasure or oceans bounty for it to pop and odds are you don’t take those lol

wary cypress
#

Yeah LOL

#

I mean I want to finish the run so I probably won't really pick them. Haha..

whole comet
#

u prolly would only do it when that run is more focus on completing the fish codex and purposely go for that

full otter
#

yeah

wary cypress
#

Oh yeah

#

Will the run still count if you quit midway?

full otter
#

also if you're going for a run for darkness and gems if you haven't maxed out your upgrades yet

whole comet
#

but well, you're welcome to do it on 32 heat i guess? XD

wary cypress
#

I mean will the fish still be in the codex?

whole comet
#

once u fish, u can't quit until u enter the next room

twin thistle
whole comet
#

u could only give up at that point, which loses all ur progress

wary cypress
#

Right but it won't discount the fact that you got the fish, right?

whole comet
#

the moment u fish, quit is disabled

twin thistle
#

yeah give up just throws your current run away as if you havent started it

wary cypress
#

Ahhh

whole comet
#

i believe even u got the fish, it still won't let u quuit

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u gotta go to next room

twin thistle
#

you can just quit at the beginning of the next chamber

wary cypress
#

Ohhh right

whole comet
#

acorn to quit during boss fight? legal

#

fish and quit? that's breaking the rule! XD

twin thistle
#

if you just no hit bosses you can quit too lol

whole comet
#

well the acorn trick, i wonder if that's an oversight

wary cypress
#

What's the acorn trick again? Just have it so that you don't get any hits? Then quit?

whole comet
#

in short, since acorn prevents u to take damage, u can still quit safely after taking 5 hit, and restart the boss fight

#

so, if you have a bad start at boss fight, u could just restart and retry

wary cypress
#

Ahhhhh cool!

#

All these tips I wish I knew earlier lol

whole comet
#

well, i suppose it's not an exploit

twin thistle
#

in the end its a single player game

wary cypress
#

Yeah

lone kernel
#

That’s a thing?!

#

I could grind em4 and git gud you say

#

😶😶

whole comet
#

pretty much

thorny wyvern
#

does anyone remember what the trigger is for a god to say "what" when you pick up a boon from them?

whole comet
#

though, the save file thing did require u to do things not in game

#

so a bit... out of the line

clever thicket
#

Anyone got a good build for Coronacht/Aspect of Chiron?

signal aspen
#

heartbreak strike start

#

then take either arty special or dio special

#

whatever comes first

#

then get the duo boons

twin thistle
olive goblet
#

Pimp chimpin

clever thicket
#

Does the slow from Demeter work on bosses?

#

I assume it doesn't

signal aspen
#

yeah

twin thistle
#

yes

clever thicket
#

It does :O

wary cypress
#

Has anyone used Charm on redacted before? I love it when I have a bad build but is close to winning. XD

marsh rivet
twin thistle
#

just get dio room 3. ez

marsh rivet
#

So yeah in both situations I'd prefer to start with the special boon, even if it's less flexible as a result. Both resulting builds end up better.

#

Fwiw Deadly Flourish also poms incredibly well

twin thistle
#

a bit easier to get the duos faster with heartbreak strike start though thanthink

#

since nat arty or dio in tart lets you have the prereqs right away when you swap keepsakes in aspho

marsh rivet
#

Yeah but heavy poms on Hangover is better than a duo boon

twin thistle
#

yeah thats true too

#

ig also starting their keepsakes means a better chance for it to be rare

marsh rivet
#

Also Deadly/Drunken Flourish starts let you kind of happenstance into surprisingly effective builds. E.g. Lightning Strike + Jolted + Lightning Rod With Deadly Flourish.

#

The normal equity you get from Smoldering Air with Chiron is cut because Chiron's god gauge generation is already dummy thicc

frigid fossil
#

Seriously does anyone know how to unlock hypnos heart?

#

He is the last one I have to complete

twin thistle
frigid fossil
signal aspen
#

no

frigid fossil
#

Nevermind it says it is not required.

twin thistle
#

wait a sec thats the autograph bouldy

#

hypnos' heart is just from talking to him a lot

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and seeing him talk to than and hades

frigid fossil
#

Im at the point that he was commended from hades for his good work. But still it doesnt trigger the dialogue to unlovk

narrow hemlock
#

you need more dialogue

#

the heart wont unlock until zagreus talks to him again

#

generally rule of thumb is if a thing isnt unlocking yet, there is still more you need to see

whole comet
#

when u start seeing Hades and Than start praising Hypnos, then you're close

last veldt
#

Took ages for me

whole comet
#

well, hades and than have unique dialogues too

narrow hemlock
#

it is one of the longest ones to finish out i think, purely because of how much back and forth conversation is involved that relies on having thanatos at the house

whole comet
#

so the dialogue pools are big

karmic turret
#

What's a good build for Rama?

#

Just unlocked it

marsh rivet
#

Smoldering Air is a good one to learn with. Heartbreak Strike.

karmic turret
#

rama is a good wep right? guess i should ask that first

#

i was inbetween this and arthurs sword

marsh rivet
#

It's got a huge learning curve, and there's a lot to the aspect, so I'd recommend trying it out for a while first to see how it feels

high island
#

Rama is one of the very best.

marsh rivet
#

Most important step 1 is get a feel for powershot timing

#

Your general approach to rooms would be to special as many enemies as you can convently then fire a power shot into either the beefiest enemy or into multiple enemies

modern garnet
#

Rama + explosive shot my beloved

marsh rivet
#

That's... ill advised lol.

modern garnet
#

If you hit multiple enemies with a power shot you do get big big damage

#

Don't do explosive shot rama on your FIRST rama run

marsh rivet
#

Explosive can be fun with triple but it just doesn't doesn't do that much by itself. You lose Rama's power shot, and its intrinsic pierce (which lets you hit multiple targets a lot more consistently than explosive)

high island
#

You don't lose the Power Shot, though. You can still power-shoot. dusa

marsh rivet
#

You'll need a time machine to see the end of it though

high island
#

Explosive Shot Power Shots honestly aren't too difficult to do with FO0.

#

Since thankfully your enemies also move in slow motion. dusa

karmic turret
#

im not the best with power shots so far

whole comet
#

lol FO2 XD

karmic turret
#

is arthur easier to use for beginners?

high island
#

Dash-Strike Power Shots to be exact.

#

I don't think Rama is that difficult, but Excalibur allows for a lot of mistakes. Very tanky.

marsh rivet
high island
#

Well, you can still win pretty easily without ever getting the Power Shot timing right and still do good damage. But Power Shots are definitely better.

twin thistle
#

rama is pog for high heat

#

but tryna powershot with fo2 usually doesnt turn out well dusa

high island
#

I'd suggest you try to land them as much as you can, but don't fuss over it when you don't get one. You'll get there with practice.

marsh rivet
#

Lol I don't have the time or energy to go into the full argument but it's pretty frustrating I think to imply Rama isn't that hard in general because you personally didn't find it that difficult. You end up alienating the very large number of people who are currently having difficulties with it, across a lot of skill levels.

The aspect is demonstrably difficult. It's easy for you. There's a difference.

lone kernel
#

git gud with rama: spam a status on special, go pew pew

#

practice on skelly a bit

#

the dash strike timing is different from regular zag bow

full nexus
#

Wooooooing

#

Chooof

high island
#

The difficulty you're referring to comes at like 40+ with FO2 etc. That has zero relevance for newer players at lower Heats.

#

Excalibur is one of the easiest to win with, but that doesn't mean Rama is particularly difficult to learn compared to other aspects.

#

The aspect is demonstrably difficult.
Except you can't actually demonstrate or prove it. It's fine to have a difference of opinion, but maybe don't try to make it sound like anything more than that.

marsh rivet
#

I mean clearly the opinion of dozens of people who've all shared this opinion over and over again only for you to indirectly belittle their efforts and skill level by claiming the aspect is easy because you think it's easy don't matter. So yeah. Can't demonstrate it.

high island
#

I've never belittled anyone's efforts or skill level.

marsh rivet
#

That's not your choice to make!

high island
marsh rivet
#

I am saying, right now, that it feels like your belittling my efforts because I still think Rama is incredibly difficult to play. For me.

high island
#

I said literally nothing about your skill or effort, though. thanthink

#

There's no such implication, either. You're misinterpreting me.

#

Anyway, it's derailing the chat.

rapid forum
#

man, I wanna do spread fire rail dusa

#

wish the RNG is kind enough

high island
#

Might have to reset for it or just do a couple runs to hopefully find it, yeah.

rapid forum
#

I don't like resetting so I'll just kill dad to reset it

high island
#

That's what I would do, yeah.

celest shell
#

I'm just glad I'm feeling comfortable with every weapon now

#

The rail/sword were my weaknesses but now I like them too

high island
#

Maybe start Passion Dash, then if you find Spread Fire, you can just pick up Deadly Strike and Heart Rend, but if you don't find it, you can still pivot into Lightning Strike + Smoldering Air or Drunken Strike + Low Tolerance or something.

#

Tidal Dash with Spread Fire can be a bit annoying.

strong ridge
#

aprho rocket cluster funny

brisk trail
#

bruh what the hell the furies fight with heat on the bosses is all 3 sisters? 💀

twin thistle
#

more like one with the others using support abilities

#

tis in support is pretty annoying when facing alecto tbh

strong ridge
#

sometimes they do triple team i think

rapid forum
#

should I get Curse of Longing beside ME?

strong ridge
#

400 coin so

twin thistle
#

good money not good damage thanthink

rapid forum
#

Good bragging rights

lone kernel
rapid forum
#

the options were Dire misfortune and battle rage

#

I was using zag sword

#

I got longing anyway

#

just cause

lone kernel
brisk trail
#

i finally think i have a main build

#

heart rend rama with explosive and triple shot

fast willow
#

is it just me or is the hitbox on guan yu special way bigger than its visual indicator

high island
#

It's much wider, yes.

full nexus
peak zealot
#

OMG. I finally did it team. I spent about a hundred runs chasing this build and finally got the nuts blade dash build. I don't think I've ever seen hades die so fast. Build below. Sorry for brags, but I have to post this somewhere:

  1. aspect of gilgamesh
  2. rare blade dash lvl 16
  3. rare engulfing vortex
  4. rare black metal lvl 6
  5. epic greatest reflex (+3 dash)
  6. epic rush delivery (+100% damage)
  7. common hyper sprint

You have no idea how hard it is to get 3 specific hermes boons with reasonable rarity

gray apex
#

Perfect Hermes bouldy Havent seen one of those in 20 years

eternal marlin
peak zealot
#

fair

rigid stag
#

heya peeps! how are ya today?

timid dew
#

Hey there. Do I need to upgrade the blade to unlock Arthur's aspect? And do I need to give nectar to Nyx too?

timid dew
#

I've only just done my first escape

tall panther
#

yo, If I just share the profile#.sav with my friends, will I and my friends have the same start of a run?

#

or do I have to share the temp too?

high island
#

Yes, that'll be enough.

#

The temp save is mid-run.

tall panther
#

k, thanks

high island
#

But if their last save on that profile was mid-run, they'll have to load that profile and "Give Up" once to basically tell the game to load the permanent save next time.

tall panther
#

can I just change the name of profile1.sav to profile4.sav and will that work?

high island
#

Yeah.

tall panther
#

I doubt they have anything on save 4, but I will ask them once we all are ready(I guess some of them will need a bit of help loading the save)

high island
#

They might have to create a profile 4 first by starting a new game in order to load your save, not sure. I've had four profiles for so long now.

tall panther
#

I'll check I guess

#

I never made a fourth profile

#

so it should stay truthful

#

it works

grizzled needle
#

What can I do after beating the game?

marsh rivet
#

Continue beating the game but harder/faster/better/stronger

#

With different builds/aspects.

halcyon girder
#

Okay I think I might beat my record

#

Nvm

main stratus
halcyon girder
#

I finally beated maxed out Extreme measures

lone kernel
#

try to clear every weapon with meme beams?

#

do epilogue

#

see a victory screen and think that sounds nifty, imma try that

#

If youre finishing with multiple defiances left, you can add heat

#

You can play another game

#

You can compose some fanfics

#

There is all of the options vibecat

fast willow
#

you didnt list the most important option

#

which is talking to bouldy bouldy

lone kernel
#

you’re right, my apologies

#

Feeding myself to @high island’s crocodiles now

fast willow
#

i thought they were lady aphrodite's crocodiles thanthink

lone kernel
halcyon girder
#

Yeah my mistake I tried 3 extreme measures with the last spear of vagratha I think that's how you spell it

full nexus
#

Varatha

halcyon girder
#

Yeah that

#

I unlocked the last spear and it didn't turned out great

full nexus
#

it's the name of the spear though

halcyon girder
#

I got the aspect of Guan yu

#

The stats of it really F's you up real bad

full nexus
#

yeah, painful when not maxed

halcyon girder
#

70%

#

Also I got Thanatos bond and now gonna finish mageara only 2 hearts left

lone kernel
#

GY basically needs charged skewer

#

and even at max that hp nerf hurts

halcyon girder
#

Yeah but it damage is good

lone kernel
#

Yeah, it’s a glass cannon

#

I think it was designed with the spin attack to heal being used a lot but the meta shifted to charged skewer go brr

tall panther
#

died on the fists, What I didn't expect, But I Didn't expect to win on them either

lone kernel
#

is coo you can try again

grizzled needle
#

Wdym

tall panther
#

actually all of us died on fists

#

so we will most likely redo it

#

tbh I wasn't expecting fists

lone kernel
lone kernel
tall panther
#

since I was expecting to go left to right

#

we rolled sword second

#

pb'd 12:43

grizzled needle
lone kernel
#

10 clears

#

but then you can start adding heat

tall panther
#

overall, the first batch of the race went decent

#

but the first run was a disaster

#

all of us died

#

a random entered the vc and started screaming that we're a disgrace

#

had to move to the vc for the usuals only

#

god was it scuffed

lone kernel
#

yeah people can be toxic for no reason on the internet

tall panther
#

it was definetly a 14 years old

last veldt
#

Damn RNG gave me epic Zeus special on Chiron in the 2nd chamber and then I didn't see another Zeus boon until Elysium!!

#

I was looking forward to a full on lightning run and ended up with some mashup of Zeus, Artemis and Aires

tall panther
#

buenos aires?

#

didn't know they added him already

clever thicket
#

What Eurydice food should I take in which situations? And why?

brisk trail
twin thistle
#

you want to pretty much always take refreshing nectar

brisk trail
#

typically if you're gunning for a specific upgrade, you may not luck out

#

usually i take nectar in case i haven't yet seen hermes or i'm gunning for a duo

twin thistle
#

in addition to increasing the minimum rarity of boons to rare which is very good for hermes, it increases the chance for duos/legendaries

brisk trail
high island
#

They're sacred.

lone kernel
#

They’ve eaten me like 7 times already

tall panther
#

oh god

#

that reminded me of a cursed article

#

I read online

#

about 3 african brothers

stable dagger
#

Daily reminder that the pure heart of the Goddess Artemis is the only thing that can save our sinful souls

signal aspen
#

cool

brisk trail
#

loll i tried 16 heat and got absolutely destroyed

lone kernel
signal aspen
#

have you tried not getting destroyed?

brisk trail
#

i went from 5 to 8 to 16

lone kernel
#

Would you like tips on optimal 16 heat loadouts

brisk trail
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i chose the legendary over hunting blades and it screwed me over

signal aspen
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whats your pact?

lone kernel
brisk trail
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and the magma soo annoying i really hate em 2

gray apex
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Try EM2 HS

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Should fix it

lone kernel
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you’re learning how to scale your heat; it takes practice like anything

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@brisk trail how comfortable are you with tight deadlines

brisk trail
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im doing tight deadline 2

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7mins

lone kernel
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Word what else is on your pact

brisk trail
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wait let me see

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wwit i gained an authority i wasnt listening

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what is rank advancement

lone kernel
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Late game thing to spend your house of hades money on after you bought everything

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Darkness gems etc

brisk trail
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ah okay

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for hunting blades is stugian or infernal better

brisk trail
whole comet
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CP1 u prolly wanna replace it

twin thistle
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cp is not gud

whole comet
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i suggest u might as well do EM3 now

gray apex
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Underworld customs is easy to deal with aswell

lone kernel
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HL2 LC2 is not ideal - way easier to stick to one or the other. You’re probably also a little too early for LC4 and stubborn defiance, but that’s an option. Customs isn’t bad, and benefits package prob wouldn’t be the worst either

twin thistle
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yeah can do customs and get rid of cf and cp

brisk trail
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do u need maxed out spear too?

twin thistle
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wdym?

brisk trail
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like maxed aspect

whole comet
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not

twin thistle
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makes it easier but not needed

brisk trail
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sometimes i use the bow too but like heart rend is kinda not bad but

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i seem to barely crit

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and the arrows fly into the wall

twin thistle
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zag bow?

brisk trail
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i also accidently took chain shot once and it completely ruined it haha

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oh no i meant seeking special one

twin thistle
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oh chiron

brisk trail
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yah

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i dont like the other ones

twin thistle
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chiron fully upgraded? its not as great with artemis special without being lvl 4 or 5

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also tbh the aspect is rather hammer dependent

gray apex
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If it's low level try Low Tolerance isntead

twin thistle
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not having concentrated volley makes a pretty big difference

brisk trail
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i prefer spear really its my favourite weapon

lone kernel
# brisk trail i prefer spear really its my favourite weapon

Get Achilles leveled as high as you can. Start Poseidon keepsake, take tidal dash. Spam special and attack, hammers prioritize flurry jab and Zeus attack if it pops up, or alternatively you can take a cast (ares or Demeter) and then force artemis in asphodel to get the homing one which if you use after Achilles raging rush, does 2.5x damage from base (so meme beams do 22 per tick rather than 10 or whatever

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If you mean guan yu, learn other weapons first, the health penalty is pretty severe to deal with while pushing heat

whole comet
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I think Achilles cannot learn explosive shot, right?

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It’s a be of the strongest hammer upgrade

twin thistle
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only zag and hades have explosive launcher

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well that was a bit disappointing

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only like 1.2k a big stacked doom

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dont mind the 52 rerolls bouldy

chrome wharf
strong ridge
twin thistle
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lol 3.6k doom

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heartrend 5k thanthink

strong ridge
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brillant repost

twin thistle
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think i might try merciful end

strong ridge
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yayaya

covert knoll
lone kernel
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By default

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Flurry jab Achilles slaps

whole comet
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btw, when u tp with achilles special, u're immune, right?

deft bolt
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hey guys

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whats a good build for aspect of beowulf

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i'm currently using aphro's cast

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is there anything better?

last veldt
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That's pretty good

gray apex
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Flood Flare Mirage Shot

twin thistle
last veldt
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I also like Trippy Flair because it deals less damage but in a wide area. The big downside is that you don't get casts back as fast most off the time.

twin thistle
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trippy flare has double pom scaling so it probably does more damage

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though trippy is rather inconsistent since you need a lot of stuff to make it work

last veldt
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Though you typically don't want to load all 3 into it at once

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Or you end up a bit starved

gray apex
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Yes with Trippy you go Stygian and look for Chaos instead

twin thistle
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with trippy you mostly want to use stygian soul and get extra casts

last veldt
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Good point

twin thistle
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otherwise its really not worth

deft bolt
gray apex
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Attack

twin thistle
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tbh doesnt matter that much but you pretty much never use special anyways

deft bolt
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yea lmao

twin thistle
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can be better to just grab like aphro or athena attack since higher damage without having to crit

deft bolt
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i managed to win my first run with beowulf without the faster charge, with 3 aphro cast

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dealing 1k dmg

last veldt
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You can reserve special for support like Dionysus or Aeries

twin thistle
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but artemis attack can enable some hunters mark stuff which can give some big numbers but its better to go for pressure points and support fire for fully loaded

last veldt
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Yeah I mostly get Artemis for access to Hunter's Mark

deft bolt
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so i should be using poseidon's Flood Flare and arthemis's attack boon, and get the duo boon mirage shot?

gray apex
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Yup

last veldt
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That would work

deft bolt
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aight and what keepsake?

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Poseidon?

twin thistle
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poseidon start

gray apex
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Poseidon Start yea

twin thistle
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then arty

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elysium/styx you can go either tooth/acorn/collar for safety or sigil/hourglass/purse

deft bolt
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i change to arthemis in asphodele right?

twin thistle
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ye

deft bolt
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aight i'll try it next run

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tyty

gray apex
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Also look for Charged Shot

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Gud hammer

deft bolt
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oh rlly

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where does the casts apply tho

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where the shots land or where you stand?

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cuz last run i didnt take that hammer because i didnt know what it did with beowulf

gray apex
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The shots would land where the tip of your attack hits

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The casts I mean

deft bolt
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ah ok

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and also

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would poseidon's cast knock the enemies away from the whole damage area or whatever you call it?

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or do you use the single cast with less recharge time

gray apex
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Nah, the cast doesn’t actually knock enemies back on this aspect

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So loading all your casts is fine

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They would all hit

deft bolt
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ooook

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you use the 3 casts right

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from the mirror

gray apex
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Yes

deft bolt
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ya its rlly good

gray apex
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Mirage Shot is also bugged on Beo

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The second projectile does 100% of the dmg instead of 30%

deft bolt
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lmao

gray apex
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So just getting those 3 boons with a lot of poms on the cast would be good enough dmg for bosses honestly