#h1-discussion

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static furnace
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lol

halcyon girder
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Freaking finally

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I beated my record

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13 minutes

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Now...time to beat it again

karmic pond
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Feather duster fan spotted dusa

wary mural
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quick help me zeus or aphrodite

gray apex
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In what context

wary mural
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the boons

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can choose between them

ocean wadi
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Aphrodite

gray apex
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Whats your weapon, whats your build, there isn’t a strictly better god

wary mural
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i have the shield guick bull charge and aphrodite cast zeus attack and dash

ocean wadi
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Aphrodite

wary mural
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what does weak even do

ocean wadi
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It makes enemies weak

wary mural
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no way sherlock holmes here

ocean wadi
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Lol you asked what weak does

karmic pond
wary mural
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ok

karmic pond
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You need a call to get Smair and Smair is broken

wary mural
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smair?

karmic pond
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Smoldering air, their duo boon

wary mural
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oh ok

lone kernel
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Aphrodite start into Zeus call and smair works on like everything

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Smair, rip current and Poseidon aid hard carried me through 32 and 40 heat once

wary mural
lone kernel
wary mural
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why cant i post a pick lol

karmic pond
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I want to use Athena or Poseidon call with smair more often but going for Zeus is just such an easy way to check off two goals at once

wary mural
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thunder flourish double strike or high voltage

karmic pond
wary mural
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i thing im gonna get double strike

karmic pond
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Double strike probably best there tbh yeah

wary mural
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lol the aphrodite attack killed me

lone kernel
gray apex
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Nice mirror

wary mural
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what weopon should i use

gray apex
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One that you’re comfortable with

wary mural
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i have played 1 game with evryone of them

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except the spear

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im going sword

lone kernel
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this is from 2/11/2021 lol

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people set me straight in victory boasting KEKW

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js3 em4 easy pacts

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god's pride but didnt even get a rare poseidon call

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point is, even with a jank fest mirror and pact like that

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poseidon smair

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hard carry lol

wary mural
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ares dash aid or curse of vengeance

bleak karma
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i was just about to dislike rama then it just melted hades

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then i went from not liking it to loving it

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triple shot👌

wary mural
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whats rama

bleak karma
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bow aspect

wary mural
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a hammer bow right?

bleak karma
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huh?

wary mural
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use a hammer on the bow

bleak karma
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no

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its another version of the bow

wary mural
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oh ok

bleak karma
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have u beat the game once

wary mural
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didnt now there where other versions

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no not yet

bleak karma
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dont look like this channel maybe

lone kernel
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Yeah Rama has probably one of the highest sheer damage potential of any in the game

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Chain shot Rama stonks aPES_Laugh

bleak karma
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does chain shot work in boss fights tho

lone kernel
fast willow
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phase 3 darkscreen randomly happened on crystal miniboss chamber

bleak karma
lone kernel
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Looks like you’re using a modded game, I’d ask the modding discord for help since im pretty sure that’s what happened

fast willow
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dont think this has anything to do with the speedrun modpack

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gone in the next room as well

wary mural
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bruh flurry jab spear so goddamn good

kindred silo
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yep

wary mural
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see what i did there hehe

devout terrace
bleak karma
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no

wary mural
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GODdamn

lone kernel
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I am an elite gamer

bleak karma
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u are indeed elite

lone kernel
rapid forum
reef zodiac
high island
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No that game puts me to sleep. dusa

karmic pond
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Who needs to deal damage

lone kernel
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charm doesnt last too long on bosses

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whereas zeus smair can do over half your damage output once you get jolted

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and doublestrike zeus smair is insane value

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even without smair lol

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but also aphrodite's the best and give her your nectar etc so i dont get fed to crocodiles again

high island
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Charm can do a ton of damage to Theseus and Asterius.

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Very entertaining.

lone kernel
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it still only lasts a second or two tho right

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on bosses

high island
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1/3rd the normal duration.

lone kernel
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ah so aphro aid needs a few poms but you can totally stunlock dad with it and smair

high island
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The pom scaling is actually amazing on it.

lone kernel
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i just like watching dad derp around with unhealthy fixation lol

high island
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1s for every pom minimum.

lone kernel
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its still 6 seconds at full bar right

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of charm

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also the "meg"

karmic pond
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Guess I'll give aphro aid a shot today

lone kernel
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Yeah that’s what I thought I hardly ever take aphro aid

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Aphro almost always goes on attack or special lol

karmic pond
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I always find myself going attack, special or dash aphrodite

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I've experimented with crush shot and it's not for me, the call I haven't given as much of a chance

lone kernel
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Yeah I like the call being emergency countermeasures and aphro aid won’t save me from thirty dudes

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Crush shot is absolutely insane on Hera now

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Snow burst and crush shot plays itself

karmic pond
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Oh yeah, crush shot is definitely good on hera, it just conflicts with my addiction to trippy shot hera bow

lone kernel
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understandable

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yeah crush shot by itself is tough since u gotta be close and stationary for a sec

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flurry cast helps it a lot if stygian

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also while we're talking about it, beowulf aphro cast if you sell your attack boon your cast becomes smol

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its a bug that'll basically make you lose if youre pushing heat

karmic pond
wary mural
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killed my first boss

lone kernel
reef zodiac
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Especially on EM3, because if you charm Asterius mid-spin, he will spin again immediately afterward

karmic pond
wary mural
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shield quick bull charge = op im my opinion

lone kernel
chrome wharf
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I had that with divine dash and it just ignored the last boss's laser attack

reef zodiac
chrome wharf
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not sure if that's just DDash

high island
bleak karma
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charged shot supremacy

wary mural
chrome wharf
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You need a hammer

high island
bleak karma
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lol

lone kernel
bleak karma
meager bane
bleak karma
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yes

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i think

wary mural
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nah

lone kernel
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Yeah, maybe not the worst idea lol

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But up to you

wary mural
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i stay here

chrome wharf
karmic pond
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Non ME divine dash ShibiYawns

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Tidal dash 👀

high island
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Bull Rush makes you invincible and any empty dash makes you invincible.

meager bane
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Even the devs said the divine dash boon are ones that let you go really far in the game

high island
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Right. It's designed to help you defensively.

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That's why it does practically no damage its own.

reef zodiac
meager bane
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Well the athena boons are build by that principle

wary mural
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well got a deflecting shield

reef zodiac
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Either way, smoldering Athena’s aid is gonna help a lot more 90% of the time

high island
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Pretty sure if they're about to do a tag team move and you interrupt one of them in some way, the other one will just remain in that pose until they do the tag team move or one of them dies. So it's pretty obvious, not out of nowhere.

lone kernel
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smoldering broseidon, god of the brocean vibecat

lone kernel
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or just go zeus

high island
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But it's good.

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Pom scaling is pretty bad now, though.

gray apex
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Nah

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Athena's aid is much more helpful

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Not a contender tbh

reef zodiac
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Athena’s aid is just an Aphrodite’s aid that is actually decent for normal rooms and also helps more for bosses

high island
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Aphrodite's Aid is way better in normal encounters. thanthink

reef zodiac
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No it’s absolutely not

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Charm doesn’t work.

lone kernel
high island
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It absolutely works.

reef zodiac
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The enemies don’t actually end up doing a noticeable amount of damage

lone kernel
reef zodiac
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Yes, that’s all it accomplishes

high island
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People just don't care to learn how to use it well tbh.

reef zodiac
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Which is done much better by Athena’s aid

high island
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I honestly don't rate Athena's Aid very highly after pom scaling nerfs.

lone kernel
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i think the other tricky thing i find w aphro aid is that without Smair you can get the boomstick shot

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but then you gotta be like, zeus rail or something to charge it fast enough for it to matter

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idk

reef zodiac
high island
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You can do that with any Call.

reef zodiac
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The only thing safer than a smoldering Athena’s aid is a smoldering rip current

reef zodiac
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Why would you need more than 2 seconds of invincibility?

high island
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Bruh.

wary mural
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just got charged shot

reef zodiac
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Like why is it so important that you can’t pom it up to absurd numbers? It’s not necessary

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Use your poms for damage

high island
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Because it makes it hardly any better than any other Call for i-frames.

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The pom scaling was what made it so good.

karmic pond
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By the way, never tested them together, does Smair work with ||Hades|| call?

reef zodiac
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Also, even if it’s not that good, which honestly it’s not, it’s still significantly better than Aphrodite’s Aid. I still think that without SAir, Aphrodite’s Aid is almost never worth picking because it’s better to leave yourself open to getting a call that actually does something

high island
# lone kernel aphro aid guide?

Kinda hard because a lot of it is just intuition tbh. Maybe I'll try to pay more attention to how and when I use it and on what enemies.

reef zodiac
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You need 50% for hades call

high island
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What? Without Smair, Aphrodite's Aid still does the best burst damage out of any Call. Artemis' Aid needs a few poms just to catch up.

lone kernel
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aphro aid on a meme beam build

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three megs in dad fight

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easy game

wary mural
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oops wrong person

reef zodiac
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And I know you’re really gonna disagree with this but honestly I’d generally prefer Ares Aid over Aphrodite’s Aid a lot of the time.

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That’s how bad I think it is

lone kernel
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Ares aid is doodoo!

high island
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I ain't even gonna comment on that.

reef zodiac
reef zodiac
lone kernel
high island
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Yeah, a Chariot taking down most of an enemy wave for you is worthless.

copper bobcat
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Zeus call with smair and Zeus boons is OP

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Even without poms

lone kernel
narrow hemlock
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hey guys can we have discussions that don't feel like "that's your opinion but it's wrong" 😕

copper bobcat
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Mhm, I love pairing him with Aphro for that reason

lone kernel
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Would it be better to pom jolted or the call if that’s my first two Zeus

copper bobcat
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Wouldn’t it be better to pom double lightning if u get it early

lone kernel
high island
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Call poms are typically best.

lone kernel
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Word!

copper bobcat
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Ye

bleak karma
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wait wtf i never pom my calls

lone kernel
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I always take jolted over Zeus attack and special on poms

bleak karma
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am i supposed to use non maxed call

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like not all 4 bars

lone kernel
karmic pond
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I never touch half the calls

lone kernel
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odds are it wont charge all the way in most standard rooms

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also smoldering air

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is a thing

lone kernel
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and is the best boon in the game

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or at least one of them

reef zodiac
bleak karma
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i always forget about calls and companions

karmic pond
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Demeter, Ares, Artemis and Aphrodite almost always go in a different slot, though sometimes I take Artemis call just to fit her somewhere for duo boons

copper bobcat
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Smair with clockets on rail is pog is

lone kernel
unborn remnant
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Aphro call is insane

narrow hemlock
bleak karma
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wait aphro call is considered bad?

reef zodiac
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Huh? I’m disagreeing with Nyaa. I’m sure she would let me know if she found it to be rude

copper bobcat
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I’m normal rooms

lone kernel
reef zodiac
bleak karma
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i see 3k dmg i have neuron activation

copper bobcat
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Against bosses it’s decent imo

bleak karma
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for me its good cus i never use calls in normal rooms

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so the one hit dmg is nice to have

high island
bleak karma
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ohhhh

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thx for the knowledge

unborn remnant
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Aphrodite call with privileged status nukes the theseus fight in record time

reef zodiac
bleak karma
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is demeter call bad

unborn remnant
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It does

reef zodiac
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Are you 100% sure?

unborn remnant
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yeah

reef zodiac
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Alright.

unborn remnant
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i think its labeled as a curse

bleak karma
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feels like demeter call doesnt do enough dmgbouldy

unborn remnant
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mostly good for crowd control

bleak karma
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ouch

unborn remnant
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and even then id rather have ares

high island
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Greater Calls can typically do more damage in theory, but you'll rarely ever find a time to benefit from the full duration of the Call.

unborn remnant
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Aphro is one of the ones who gets the most out of greater call

reef zodiac
lone kernel
# bleak karma for me its good cus i never use calls in normal rooms

okay, let's give you an overview of calls - there's a few that have defensive effects, a few that are offensive, and hybrid of both. IMO, the most useful calls are Zeus (pure offense), Poseidon (I-frames and burst damage) and Athena (invincible face tank easy game). Artemis and Aphrodite at full charge hit REALLY hard - as in, they're great in the dad fight, and questionable elsewhere. We were discussing how to get more value out of aphrodite's aid, since i had failed to really get much out of it. Demeter call is solid, slowing dudes down will help keep you alive, though don't expect the damage from it to carry you

unborn remnant
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during the boss fight

lone kernel
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as for me, im gonna go see if i can charm a chariot

reef zodiac
reef zodiac
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Yeah I’m not finding any evidence that charm counts toward PS

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Pretty sure it doesn’t

bleak karma
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well that sucks

high island
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It doesn't.

lone kernel
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what's awesome is that like, even 400 hours in

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charm the chariot

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is a new piece of data for me

bleak karma
high island
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Something important to keep in mind is that all Calls have huge defensive value because any Call activation gives a lot of i-frames.

bleak karma
lone kernel
reef zodiac
bleak karma
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nyaanyaa mewmew

lone kernel
bleak karma
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nice name

bleak karma
high island
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Ty. courte5AphroHeart courte5DusaBond

bleak karma
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wow never tried that

lone kernel
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mewmew. am funi.

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oh sweet it's a this emoji

bleak karma
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how am i supposed to romance death if he doesnt even show up in the housebouldy

unborn remnant
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Maybe I’ve just been running aphro with 2 other curses idk

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I also havent played in months

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sorry :/

high island
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Well, if you have Charm, you most likely have Weak.

unborn remnant
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THATS what I was thinking of

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I had the wrong status effect

reef zodiac
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Yes but importantly charm and weak do not active PS together

unborn remnant
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weak + a bunch of others do though

reef zodiac
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Either way, I won’t be running PS so it doesn’t matter to me bouldy

reef zodiac
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A bunch of bad things and jolted dusa

unborn remnant
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😐

high island
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Which are the bad curses?

reef zodiac
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That’s mostly a joke

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Ofc other curses are good

high island
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Well, which ones? dusa

unborn remnant
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yeah which ones

reef zodiac
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Which ones are good?

high island
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You first. dusa

reef zodiac
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No like is that what you’re asking?

high island
reef zodiac
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Exposed

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But beside that, my point isn’t that the curses are bad, as much as that they’re just not worth going for

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Hence why most people don’t use PS outside of specific builds

high island
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Exposed is great for activating Privileged Status, though. dusa

reef zodiac
unborn remnant
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so true dusa

reef zodiac
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You’re trolling me right Nyaa

high island
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What I said isn't untrue.

reef zodiac
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Yes…

high island
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It's also great in like two or three very specific situations, so it can't be bad. dusa

reef zodiac
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Also chill isn’t nearly good enough to excuse using any of the boons that apply it (beside snow burst)

high island
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Chill is amazing.

reef zodiac
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Frost Strike isn’t though

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That’s my point

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It’s never the worst option, but it rarely makes top 3 and never is number 1

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And hangover is just worse lightning with a few exceptions

high island
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It's been awhile without your hot takes here. dusa

reef zodiac
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You’re welcome

lone kernel
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I died once using beowulf to em4, beowulf bad aspect

high island
fast willow
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i beat 40heat gilgamesh before 40 heat rama, gilgamesh must be a great heat aspect so just use that lando

lone kernel
fast willow
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im sure it deals with em4 fine too

high island
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Zag Sword gives you Attack speed. Zag Sword + Cursed Slash is broken. And try to get Cruel Thrust for that for insane damage. dusa

high island
lone kernel
high island
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Well, not necessarily common, but just Chill + Cursed Slash.

lone kernel
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Yeah I was memeing then like..wait actually maybe that would work

high island
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Chill gud.

lone kernel
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Yeah

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Demeter aid comfy

high island
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Weak and Chill are by far the best curses imo.

reef zodiac
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Jolted

high island
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No.

reef zodiac
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What bouldy

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Static discharge is arguably the best non-Hermes boon in the game

high island
reef zodiac
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What

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This is not a hot take dusa

high island
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I don't think that's even in the conversation for anywhere near top tier.

reef zodiac
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How?

lone kernel
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Jolted bad

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Doesn’t activate privileged status

fast willow
reef zodiac
devout terrace
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Wat

high island
reef zodiac
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Static Discharge is a busted boon

devout terrace
reef zodiac
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Nyaa you have to be messing with me

lone kernel
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wait like the bolt from it has the 40 percent buff

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from ps

high island
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Not at all.

reef zodiac
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But that boon is so broken dusa

devout terrace
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Bruh I have a 53 Achilles where my 2 status boons are demeter special and jolted

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And that activated priv

fast willow
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i also thought that jolted is incredibly strong

reef zodiac
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I’m genuinely so confused

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Jolted is insanely good

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Imo it’s the best non-Hermes non-duo boon. Either that, heartbreak strike, or divine dash.

devout terrace
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Jolted is amazing because: insane rarity and pom scaling, scales great with global damage, amazing on rail because your attacks dont stun

lone kernel
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Funny how shooting something doesn’t stun it lol

devout terrace
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+its even better with FO2

reef zodiac
devout terrace
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Since fellas attack faster

high island
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Static Discharge is great, but there's a very simple experiment to highlight why it can't be anywhere near "best boon".

You have two boons: Lightning Strike and Static Discharge. Which one are you purging?

fast willow
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thats a strange arguement to me

reef zodiac
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Yeah

devout terrace
reef zodiac
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I don’t think that’s how I judge how good a boon is

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“You have mirage shot and you have crystal beam in Styx? Which are you purging? That’s right. Crystal beam better than mirage shot.” dusa

devout terrace
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You have athena dash and exposed, what are you selling thanthink

lone kernel
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If I only have two boons at the first purging pool, it’s not lookin too great for ol Lando tbh

high island
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No, it isn't. You can't say it's the best boon when it requires certain boons to even make work in the first place. It's great under specific conditions.

reef zodiac
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It’s about the utility. Jolted is the literal best boon you could get for any Zeus attack build, or any Zeus special build.

fast willow
reef zodiac
devout terrace
lone kernel
lone kernel
high island
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Mirage Shot genuinely sucks in some builds.

fast willow
high island
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Like it does practically nothing without a good Cast.

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It's amazing in some builds and pretty useless in others.

lone kernel
reef zodiac
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You clearly judge “best” differently. But that doesn’t mean we are wrong bouldy

lone kernel
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Mirage shot does not suck in meme beam build tho

fast willow
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tbh by your arguement nyaanyaa one could even claim that epic greatest reflex isnt a great boon because it isnt too useful on shield builds

lone kernel
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it’s like having an articuno that’s more like an articuno point tres

high island
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Epic Greatest Reflex is still amazing on shield, though.

reef zodiac
high island
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My point is that your methodology for determining what is "best" is completely flawed and devoid of any predictive power if you're putting Static Discharge at #1.

reef zodiac
fast willow
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wot

fast willow
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how is smouldering artemis call not bad

high island
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

reef zodiac
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Invincibility every 4 seconds is not “bad”.

high island
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^

reef zodiac
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It’s not as good as any other call

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Still very good

high island
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Free i-frames are never bad.

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Not as good as other options, but not bad.

reef zodiac
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Exactly

lone kernel
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Arty call not super awesome in general

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I like it on meme beam tho

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Have a full volley for each of dads health bars

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Heart rend or DR on it pog

high island
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You can't, in fact, compare boons that only work in specific conditions to boons that can always work because there's always a situation in which the former just doesn't do anything. They're in different categories.

reef zodiac
# high island My point is that your methodology for determining what is "best" is completely f...

If Beowulf can’t beat 61 heat (or at least has immense trouble doing so compared to Zeus), does that mean it can’t be the best aspect? I judge best based on dominance of the meta. Just as Beo is incredibly good at both speedrunning and high heat, Static Discharge is incredible for both as well. It is also the best possible boon you could get in any Zeus build and does significantly more than any other boon does for any other build outside of duos. It has prerequisites, but if a boon having prereqs means it can’t be the best boon then you’re really narrowing it down in a very unnecessary way. You can say that only T1 boons are allowed to be labeled the best but I strongly disagree. Static Discharge gives a massive advantage to many many different builds and single-handedly carries Zeus to being the best god for pure DPS (arguably its Aphrodite but I think it’s Zeus. But if jolted didn’t exist then Zeus would literally be bad).

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Wait yeah… if jolted didn’t exist then Zeus cores beside call and maybe cast would literally be bad

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Outside of a few situations

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But since jolted exists, Zeus is meta for so many weapons

high island
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You can say that only T1 boons are allowed to be labeled the best but I strongly disagree.
Except I don't say that.

reef zodiac
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You say that if you’d sell the boon over another boon then it can’t be the best, no?

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You didn’t literally say that but you basically said that.

high island
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No, I didn't imply that at all.

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You're drawing the wrong conclusions.

reef zodiac
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How

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Also, can you name a single T2 non-duo non-legendary boon that is better than static discharge?

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I don’t even know if I’d say rush delivery is better than static discharge since it’s not super consistent to get both it and hyper sprint. But I’m not sure about that

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I think the only (non-Hermes) boon that has an impact on the meta that’s equal to Static Discharge is Mirage Shot

high island
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Point is that you need to rate boons according to their categories. E.g., Static Discharge only has any value in builds that have lightning effects that can apply Jolted, so you can only rate it in that context.

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Outside of that, it has 0 value.

reef zodiac
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Right but if it didn’t exist then those builds, instead of being top tier, would be bad.

high island
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Well, for rating t1 boons, you'd also have to consider the t2 boons they can open up, naturally.

reef zodiac
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No other boon has such a huge effect on the meta and single-handedly carries a top tier build for both speedrunning and high heat, outside of probably Mirage Shot

high island
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So you can gauge e.g. Lightning Strike + Static Discharge vs Deadly Strike + Hunter's Mark.

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But just Static Discharge vs Hunter's Mark doesn't make a lot of sense without context.

reef zodiac
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But static discharge is incredible with both lightning strike and thunder flourish (and sea storm and sometimes Zeus’s aid depending on how fast your weapon is)

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And if it didn’t exist then both of those boons would be very fringe in meta play

high island
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And if Lightning Strike and Thunder Flourish didn't exist? courte5Wut

reef zodiac
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That’s two boons

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And even still, static discharge would be an incredible option for every other way of applying lightning

high island
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Point is that Static Discharge makes those two boons good picks, and boons like that make Static Discharge work at all.

reef zodiac
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That’s not even true though. Static Discharge would still be incredibly good, just used much less frequently. It would be demoted to Killing Freeze status, where it’s very strong but the ways of applying it are fringe

high island
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"boons like that"

reef zodiac
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Ok so you’re saying that the boon is bad if you remove literally every other Zeus boon

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Therefore it can’t be the best boon

high island
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...

reef zodiac
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I don’t judge “best boon” based on the criteria of the boon I would use if I was only allowed to use a single boon. The fact is that those other boons do exist and it’s thanks to Static Discharge that they dominate the meta

high island
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I don’t judge “best boon” based on the criteria of the boon I would use if I was only allowed to use a single boon.
Neither do I.

reef zodiac
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I know

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What’s your pick for best boon then? Judging from what you’re saying my guess would be heartbreak strike? But idk

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Beside Hermes

lone kernel
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ares aid

reef zodiac
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Guess we’ll never know

reef zodiac
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What would it be then?

high island
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There isn't one best boon because boons are in different categories.

reef zodiac
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Well I think you can say the best boon in categories. Or I can say what I think is the best boon in the game because it has the most impact on the meta, which is a way of choosing it that has nothing to do with categories.

lone kernel
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Jolted’s great

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But if I have Excalibur

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It’s not gonna shine like it would on Eris

reef zodiac
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Sure.

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But that’s not the point

lone kernel
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like you need military supercomputers to figure out what the absolute best build would be

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On Excalibur, I def want heartbreak strike and dem call to slow everything down so I can whack them with my giant stick

lone kernel
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But heartbreak strike Eris would be kind of a meme (probably could make it work, but not optimal)

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You get the idea

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Best boons are meme beam and ares aid tho

reef zodiac
lone kernel
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And taking what the game gives you and making it work is more important than theorycrafting, like you sometimes won’t get the boons you want and now what

high island
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No idea if I'd still agree with all of that, but this is one I made like a year ago or something? Also just kind of a rough average for all aspects (in a high heat context, if I remember right?), so if you look at any one specific aspect, it'd probably look very different. https://i.imgur.com/xWUPvie.png

lone kernel
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life affirmation is an aphro boon tho it’s in D+

lone kernel
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ok word I got worried for a second there

high island
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Different League.

lone kernel
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Oh word

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Noted

high island
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Life Affirmation value depends a lot on run timing, so it's in that category.

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Second category from the bottom.

reef zodiac
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Wait wait wait hold on

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Why is curse of agony in S+

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I couldn’t name a single aspect where that’s the best option unless I’m going for ME

high island
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Great damage, good pom scaling, potential for Merciful End. Why wouldn't it be?

reef zodiac
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It’s literally bad if you’re not going for ME unless it’s a weapon that mainly relies on special for damage

high island
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It's not, though.

reef zodiac
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What is a situation where it’s not?

high island
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...?

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It's great on pretty much all melee builds.

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I mean you could swap it with something in S tier, I don't care. It's up there anyway.

reef zodiac
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Would you ever start curse of agony on any fists aspect without the plan of forcing ME

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Or any sword aspect?

high island
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What?

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Just because you're going for an optimal build doesn't mean it's not great still without Merciful End.

gray apex
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So anyway

reef zodiac
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I would never start with curse of agony over another boon in any situation where I’m not planning on forcing ME

gray apex
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Isn't bouldy handsome

reef zodiac
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Literally ever

karmic pond
reef zodiac
high island
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It's not though.

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That's just wrong.

fast willow
reef zodiac
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What’s a situation where it’s the best option even if you’re not planning on forcing ME? Any situation

high island
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If you're just looking at Attack boons per se, Curse of Agony on Malphon still beats any other Attack boon, for example.

reef zodiac
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I’d rather have Zeus

high island
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Also I really don't know why you keep insisting on "if you're not planning for ME" when deliberately planning for a suboptimal build is not relevant to the tier list.

reef zodiac
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Especially because once I have Zeus I’m one boon away from Jolted and then I literally have a better version of Curse of Agony just tacked onto my already good attack boon

high island
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So... you're comparing going for an optimal Lightning Strike build to not going for an optimal Curse of Agony build. Okay.

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m out.

reef zodiac
reef zodiac
raw herald
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Pstatus zagluv

reef zodiac
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At the very least that puts the boon below lightning strike

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At the very least

raw herald
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Storm lightning is the best boon in the game

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Heroic is +8 bounces which is equivalent to 200% global damage if the only boon you have is lightning strike

reef zodiac
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Btw rmacinty we were arguing about whether Jolted was a contender for best boon and I figured you’d have an opinion on that since you are the biggest jolted fan I know shadesmile

raw herald
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And if there are 12 enemies in the room

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I’ll read up

reef zodiac
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I remember that I thought jolted was mid and you helped convince me that it was busted

full nexus
reef zodiac
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Still worse than other options in every situation

full nexus
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?

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There's no such thing as a boon good in every situation

reef zodiac
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When is it the best option on an attack slot that you plan to use for your primary damage

raw herald
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It’s extremely optimal if you don’t want to hit enemies all the time

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Ie if you are a new player

reef zodiac
full nexus
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Does not make sense

reef zodiac
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It is never worth using over another attack boon

full nexus
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Optimal does not make sense

reef zodiac
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How

full nexus
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Your concept can't stand, besides Hermes, there's no optimal boon that would fit any aspect

reef zodiac
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Zeus attack is optimal for Eris at low to mid-high heat. Dionysus is optimal once you’re using AP2 RI2 and can’t consistently get jolted and get poms on it.

full nexus
raw herald
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If ME wasn’t one of the strongest builds in the game, I’d be more concerned that curse of agony on its own isn’t particularly impressive

reef zodiac
marble badge
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Yes

raw herald
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But realistically, apart from epic aphro attack on all weapons that aren’t fists and rail, all attack boons suck in their own

full nexus
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Zeus attack is not optimal, it needs jolted

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Zeus alone is weak af

full nexus
reef zodiac
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Well maybe at high heat when you can’t get jolted but at that point wouldn’t you use a different option?

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I guess maybe you wouldn’t. So maybe we found an example.

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Still pretty niche tbh, especially compared to lightning strike

raw herald
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CoA w ME > LS w jolt > CoA > LS

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On fists

full nexus
reef zodiac
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Yes but the amount of luck/work required to get CoA w ME greatly exceeds that of jolted

raw herald
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Which is why it is stronger

reef zodiac
reef zodiac
high island
raw herald
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🤔 pretty sure me beats zap in speedruns

full nexus
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Sure does

reef zodiac
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Maybe. But do Demeter fist speedruns go for ME or jolted?

marble badge
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ME

full nexus
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ME

lone kernel
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MEmebeam

reef zodiac
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Oh, alright then

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I definitely remember being advised to do jolted over ME when I last played but maybe things have changed

full nexus
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But then again it's ME. When you want to look at the strength of one boon, it's probably better to see what it can do alone.

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Otherwise, you consider combos

high island
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I think non-ME builds are like 3 minutes behind or something on Malphon.

reef zodiac
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That doesn’t seem right

full nexus
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Yes

raw herald
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Unless ME fists have a 4:20, that’s untrue

full nexus
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That's why your question has no answer

raw herald
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Cause I have a 7:20 zap run somewhere

reef zodiac
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Yeah there’s just no way that’s true

high island
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I guess one of you caught up then. dusa

full nexus
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Build is cool but you know, rooms

reef zodiac
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That’s not my point

full nexus
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I'm answering the ME Malphon thing

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But we're talking about best boons and no one sent the divine dash copy pasta

raw herald
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Proud that stuck around for so long

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It was even in this weeks aotw announcement post

full nexus
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Lmao

lone kernel
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we covered this

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man maybe in the theoretical DLC we can get boons from slifer the sky dragon

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or is that too zeus derivative

full nexus
lone kernel
hollow basin
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Hey, why the patrocol room doesn't appear, there have been several runs already and it doesn't appear to me.

mint coral
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Bad rng

high island
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Just luck, yeah.

lone kernel
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How many times do you estimate patty has saved a run for you? (Question directed at anyone who feels like answering - for me prob at least 100 of 444)

bitter rover
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lately i run into him with full dd, then the very next chamber i lose them all

twin thistle
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these days he just leaves me to die

twin thistle
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bouldy patty why

devout terrace
versed mason
#

what's happening there

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oh i figured it out

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i didn't see the timer

twin thistle
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this is what happens when you get no free rooms in elysium bouldy

gray apex
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this is what happens when you game too hard

versed mason
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too much gaming

devout terrace
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1:10 overtime

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on 60 heat

gray apex
#

true gamer

vernal obsidian
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Wow thats a big win

versed mason
#

also you can give dad a huge when he does laser right? like go inside the spears?

devout terrace
#

but normally yes

versed mason
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ye

gray apex
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Yea on EM4 you get rekt

versed mason
#

understandable

twin thistle
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also dont block next to dad during em4 lasers or youll be knocked into a pot bouldy

gray apex
#

yea I've experienced that pain recently

devout terrace
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nah then you'II just feel empty

gray apex
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Then you up the heat

#

I may or may not be considering 60 Heat Beo

feral belfry
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Rip

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To your sanity

devout terrace
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you will die inside from the pom resets

twin thistle
marble badge
#

Just do rama

#

It's kinda free

gray apex
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Rama is probably easier

devout terrace
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rama EM4 🗿

gray apex
#

If you're good at EM4

gray apex
feral belfry
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Oh nvm

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Git at it then

devout terrace
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pom resets are literally the worst thing in this entire game

versed mason
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there's a heat that resets poms?

devout terrace
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if you have RI2 you are not getting more than 1-2 poms at best+needing poms to scale is absolutely terrible with AP2

gray apex
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Imagine resetting for a c2 nectar

devout terrace
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these include coins, poms and gods

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(and hammer)

gray apex
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And AP2 makes it worse

devout terrace
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+Aprooval process

#

if you have 2 pommable boons

versed mason
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ah

devout terrace
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and one of them is urge to kill

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and the other is your cast

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there is a 50% chance it will go into urge to kill

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on AP2

gray apex
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you're guaranteed to hit urge to kill 100% of the time

gray apex
#

That might be true but in reality it's secretly 100% to not hit your cast bouldy

karmic pond
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I used to use Olympian Favor over Dark Foresight for a pretty long time before realizing DF was just better bouldy

reef zodiac
#

How would you all rate the bosses from this game based on how well designed / fun they are? Including the EM bosses as separate from their non-EM counterparts

reef zodiac
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Imo, the ranking of fights in this game is:

Hades
EM Champions
Champions
EM Furies
Charon
Furies
EM Hades
Lernie
EM Lernie
Tiny Vermin

reef zodiac
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How well designed, fair, and fun they are

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EM Hades is fun at low heat but it’s a very unfair fight

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Which is part of the point, I know

twin thistle
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em asterius charge is sus bouldy

reef zodiac
#

Wym

twin thistle
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gimme sec

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sec*

#

you saw nothing

high island
reef zodiac
#

Nyaa I’m curious, how would you rank the bosses?

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If you have an opinion on it

high island
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Alecto is the best boss.

reef zodiac
#

Interesting

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EM Alecto or normal Alecto?

karmic pond
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Cerberus best boss

high island
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Alecto is Alecto.

karmic pond
reef zodiac
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I guess I could rank the furies separately. I actually think Alecto is my least favorite fury fight

high island
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Alecto always brings good luck. courte5AphroHeart courte5DusaBond

reef zodiac
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Alecto is definitely the hardest

twin thistle
high island
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She's kind, lovely, honest, sweet, comforting... courte5AphroHeart courte5DusaBond

twin thistle
reef zodiac
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Also she’s the bane of my hitless runs

twin thistle
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i hate this

reef zodiac
high island
reef zodiac
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Why was he going so fast? Is that how fast EM3 FO2 Asterius is? Has it been that long?

twin thistle
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wdym hes chilled bouldy

reef zodiac
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Oh god he’s fully chilled

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Oh no dusa

twin thistle
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also hes faster at the start of the charge

reef zodiac
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It’s been too long. I’ve only been playing on this other file to try to max it out

karmic pond
#

Asterius found out how to walk around walls

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Before you know it he'll figure out how to use doors too

#

Wait he already does that

high island
#

Also that looks like it's recorded at 30 fps, so at 60 fps there would be twice as many frames meaning he'd be twice as slow.

reef zodiac
#

Interesting bouldy

high island
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Yeah, that's how frames work.

twin thistle
#

bouldy though i was prolly playing at 40 fps here bouldy bouldy bouldy

versed mason
#

it's never your cast

gray apex
#

gotta save battery life

high island
full nexus
#

Not boasting or anything but I'm such an artist

versed mason
#

hades spear + massive spin lol

calm zenith
#

It's fun yeah

stone surge
#

important question

#

if I purge a boon, is it possible to get it again?

#

like say i got a common curse of pain, can i purge it and later get an epic one?

lone kernel
#

if it's to feed the purging pool for underworld customs and youre just hoping u get it back, yea

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but never purge core boons

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common doom still shreds on ME lol

stone surge
#

idk it's just i love getting epic booms

lone kernel
#

*core to your build, go ahead and sell casts you dont care about

#

yeah, but you get the same result with a pom

stone surge
#

and getting attack and special boons are pretty common right?

lone kernel
#

then that next ares boon

stone surge
#

ohhh

#

did not know that

#

wait so

lone kernel
#

can be something that enhances doom

#

yeah this is an approximation but

stone surge
#

a rare boon is basically a pommed common boon?

lone kernel
#

yeah

#

that's an oversimplification

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like poseidon dash is 35/42/55 i think

stone surge
#

that's epic

lone kernel
#

but yeah

stone surge
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*not rarity

#

just epic

lone kernel
#

that is by rarity

#

yeah

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boon rarity is just like

#

a free pom

#

Hermes really wants good boon rarity cause his stuff cant be pommed

#

rarity value is a case by case thing, but like

#

if you get the boons, youll be aight

#

early poms better than late poms since youre way more likely to get them on the boons youre building around

stone surge
#

thank you

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i did not know this

#

i'm trying for 16 heat

#

nice to know

lone kernel
#

also go to your mirror and max out dark foresight on the mirror (instead of god's pride)

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reason being that's a net 5 to 8 good room rewards

#

meaning like, 3 boons 2 poms 200 gold and a heart or so

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also makes underworld customs hurt less

#

which is a pretty easy 2 heat you should take if ur goal is 16

#

ok im done gl!

stone surge
#

thanks

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wait dark foresight is the more better room rewards right

#

already got it maxed

mint coral
#

pride is epic boons

calm zenith
#

You can yes

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I just purged rare dying lament only to pick up epic dying lament

lone kernel
stone surge
#

made it to styx

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16 heat

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i love twin fists

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wish me luck

lone kernel
#

Baller, I’m in elysium with this hunting blades talos build that’s kinda memes but so far so good

bleak karma
#

twin fists are fun yeah

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is demeter the only good fists aspect

lone kernel
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But in terms of what’s the best pick it and go fists, dem for sure

modern garnet
#

I'm love zag fists

#

It's cool to not get hit

lone kernel
#

Zag fists plume and second wind peak gaming

bleak karma
feral belfry
#

Final rank?

#

I had no idea this game had ranks

#

Do you mean the mirror?

#

Nvm I googled it

#

There are people here with 1k+ hours so, probably

chrome wharf
#

Unseen ones? yeah, seen a few screencaps with that.

lone kernel
#

I was streaming for a buddy who wanted to see that zag bow was actually good then he peer pressured me into taking Charon fight zadge

#

also my niece called me to tell me about how she watched the first harry potter and she doesnt believe me that i grew up watching them because i mixed up Fluffy and Cerberus Sadge

#

rough 20 min in hades for ol' lando

calm zenith
#

Why would she not believe you

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Does she think they are an obscure find

#

Its probably still one of the highest grossing children's series.

lone kernel
calm zenith
#

Oh a 6 year old lol

#

Makes sense

lone kernel
#

Yep lol

dusty nacelle
#

Howdy everyone this is literally my favorite game ever you guys did amazing on making it!

lapis shore
dusty nacelle
feral belfry
#

well blizzard shot is not good for cast builds, good to know

balmy scarab
#

Wdym blizzard shot is good

feral belfry
#

yeah nvm

#

It's hard in rooms

#

but I just beat the duo boss in like 25 seconds that was wild

#

slow big targets good, it's just hard to hit when people are zipping around because it's so slow

rapid forum
#

it's powerful, but it's slow. Enemies get hit once and then fling somewhere and prob won't get hit again. If you have killing freeze, artic blast or breaking wave, it'll make it great.

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it carried me in my 32 heat poseidon sword

lone kernel
#

talos fists blizzard shot peak gaming

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actually imma go run that

rapid forum
#

I've done that, pretty fun

calm zenith
#

Yeah Talos works well with it

lone kernel
#

I got smair with aphro aid I’m just memeing around lol

#

Going for ares broseidon duo

calm zenith
#

It does a ton of damage actually because the chill effect actually ticks fairly fast

#

The little whirlwinds that come off

#

The heroes are honestly easily countered

#

Especially non EM

#

You can straight overpower them with a Hunter's Mark build

#

Just toggle the mark between them

feral belfry
#

man I just lost to thanatos in the first time in like 50 runs haha

lone kernel
#

I just burned a Meg to not lose

#

Bad idea

chrome wharf
#

nah

lone kernel
#

I won

#

Needed the health

chrome wharf
#

see

peak acorn
#

I've come here to say that anyone who likes adamant rail is ugly thank you and goodbye

rapid forum
#

Understandable

modern garnet
#

😢

peak acorn
#

Also people who romance Dusa sicken me

lone kernel
#

To follow up on that Aphrodite’s aid convo from earlier, the Minotaur just killed Theseus for me lol

feral belfry
#

Here was my blizzard shot fight, actually was pretty fun against bosses

lone kernel
#

Selling curse of longing twice in a run KEKW

#

Gods legacy was kind to your ol pal Lando

#

Smoldering, seastorm, curse of drowning, sweet nectar, splitting bolt in one run kinda stonks

#

@rapid forum i've been told my casting style ("casting" used very loosely here) is sports broadcaster, idk maybe if the hermes cup is still a thing

#

i can commentate

feral belfry
#

speed running is kind of fun

#

got 13 min on my second run

#

goal is sub 10

real wadi
#

Nice

full nexus
#

Going fast is fun, I'd argue speedrunning a bit less

valid cipher
#

What are those three spots in the bottom of Skelle's room for?

chrome wharf
#

rewards for winning a run at 8 16 and 32 heat

valid cipher
#

Oh, so long ways off.

static furnace
#

when do i get to talk to bouldy

halcyon girder
#

Holy Christ Charon can kill you even if you have 80% god mode

static furnace
#

lol

#

i like your status

halcyon girder
#

Eh a soul for a soul kinda thingy I lost one of my death defiance and he lost his card

static furnace
#

XD

halcyon girder
#

And yeah

halcyon girder
#

I love how zagreus could literally over throw Hades cuz he has the blessings

#

But cant

#

Cuz he can die and lose all of it

brisk trail
#

Yo guys, can I get some spoiler free help?

#

Would it be worth ||selling three of my eight ambrosia for the aspect of Guan yu||

reef zodiac
#

If you don’t want spoilers, this is not the channel for you. No offense

gray apex
brisk trail
#

That's fair enough, didn't actually see it tbh, my bad

reef zodiac
#

No problem

halcyon girder
#

My thumb hurts

#

Because I fought Hades 10 pact

#

But I got what I wanted more diamonds

bleak karma
#

what else can i use these diamonds for after i freed sisyphus and orpheus?

#

any practical uses

mint coral
#

Achilles quest needs it too iirc and some work orders

halcyon girder
#

Or just make the lounge more lounger

bleak karma
#

i already bought the skeleton disco ball

#

and i dont think achilles is letting me finish the quest soon lol

halcyon girder
#

How about the rat?

bleak karma
#

the what

#

rat??

halcyon girder
#

The cage

#

That costs like 3 diamonds

#

For the lounge

mint coral
#

The bat cage?

gray apex
#

Buy it

#

It looks cool

halcyon girder
#

Yeah the bat cage

#

I literally collected 8 diamonds for both of those

#

Poor lernie

#

I basically punched and spear him or her to death

static furnace
#

is it posible to lose to thanatos

#

nah

#

he sux

reef zodiac
#

It is possible, yes. There are some asphodel rooms where it can actually be pretty hard to win

wary mural
#

what aspect should i unlock?

gray apex
wary mural
#

i like all the weopens really

bleak karma
gray apex
#

pog

bleak karma
gray apex
#

now you can see the whole house in one frame

bleak karma
#

zag bow is cheap and good

#

zeus shield is kinda nuts

wary mural
bleak karma
#

what u using

wary mural
#

zues shield and ares cast equals let it rip

#

oh yeah special deflect on the shield throw is kinda nuts

reef zodiac
gray apex
#

If you have hidden shield available you can skip Zeus shield bouldy

lone kernel
#

Both are pretty based

gray apex
#

One of them is broken

reef zodiac
reef zodiac
#

And?

lone kernel
#

also its tempting to max zag aspects because small number

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and not everyone does the math like we do here

reef zodiac
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Charged Shot Zeus is better than CShot Zag or Chaos

bleak karma
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charged shot beo is better than all of those

reef zodiac
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Ofc

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I am aware

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I got my sub 7 and my first 50 heat with Charged Shot Beowulf. It’s busted

gray apex
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You have a sub7?

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You mean sub8

lone kernel
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If I have yarn of Ariadne and exclusive access, will I get heroic boons offered? I imagine it would try to offer legendaries and duos

lone kernel
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I got three duos offered on it yesterday under those circumstances so wanna see how it works lol

gray apex
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Exclusive access itself doesnt increase the chances for Duos and Legendaries

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So it's the Yarn and just rng

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Or you might've had other stuff

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Chaos Favor / God's Legacy

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Miniboss

lone kernel
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I did have chaos favor and also yarn

reef zodiac
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It was a fluke. PB by 45 seconds. Doubt I’ll ever get a run that good again

bitter spoke
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is there a way i can play hades with better controls for pc

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or some mod

devout terrace
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what are you struggling with

reef zodiac
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Though I do plan to do some more runs soon perhaps, just need to max out this new file on PS5

bitter spoke
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coz using keyboard and mouse with only wasd is really tough

devout terrace
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Turn off aim at cursor for rail

gray apex
reef zodiac
bitter spoke
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and i dont have a controller right now and i need to keep borrowing it from a friend

gray apex
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rip

lone kernel
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It’s worth buying a knockoff PlayStation controller for like $20

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You don’t need it to be the Xbox elite

devout terrace
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Its just something you have to deal with, main thing is turn off aim at cursor for rail and fists

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Look at the bright side tho

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Rail special, triple bomb, cluster, trippy

reef zodiac
devout terrace
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Are all great to aim on kbm

bitter spoke