#h1-builds-and-combat
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huh, interesting
try the spearpoint
it's really good vs poison
whats the spear point?
patroclus keepsake
i personally dont recommend spearpoint, id say just whenever you get hit with poison, you should pause and look for the nearest fountain
Yeah, good builds always factor in Satyr tunnels.
Tdash breaking wave gaming
would you dudettes say zeus is best for rama? i been wanting to try something else for rama but always end up going that route again
m not a guy. 
zeus is great on rama special
Aphro/arty atk is what you'd want on rama but you don't have to start with it because base atk rama is more than enough for tart
Lightning, Doom, Hangover are all great on Rama Special.
yep and even demeter
Poseidon 😈
Theoretically could do aphro special arty atk for heart rend but that sounds like overkill
my next favorite is chaos shield which i also end up using zeus for D:
It's not great, but it works.
dont like to play favorites but zeus seems to always be present
im getting bored of him
May I interest you in flood flare beo then
Because Zeus is absolutely awful for Beowulf
all the times ive done beowolf was with trippy flare on my cast
Trippy beo is good but requires a lot of rng
I always start Heartbreak Strike on Rama and then just pick up Lightning, Doom, Hangover for Special, whichever I see first.
Same
Drunken Flourish start is also pretty good and can quickly get poms on it that way.
for chaos or beo?
Rama
oh nice. i havent tried that yet i dont think, only time ive used drunken flourish is with chiron
I mean, Drunken Flourish is decent enough on Chaos, too.
Aside from Chaos Aspect not being decent exactly.
i most recently tried ares on chaos special that was pretty nice
There's plenty of ideas without Lord Zeus here if you want to take a look. https://www.leereamsnyder.com/blog/hades-build-guide
I still find it amusing how the guide singles out one Talos build as being from me when they're all from me except for Merciful End, and several of the other builds are also from me. 
Does hoarding slash apply before or after crit damage?
After
thanks
If I were to use mods or cheats to force delta chamber onto Lucifer, would that function or no?
Also: if I'm planning to take all aspects to 20 heat for bounties, any advice on which pacts to take at various levels
FO1-2, TD2-3
then standard stuff like UC MM BP1-2 EM3 etc
Thank you
Hoarding slash can crit wdym
The bonus hoarding damage is added at the end
I swear it do crit
i now trust you on all game knowledge so i believe you
I vividly remember looking at damage numbers when I had hoarding slash on and it only made sense if it crit but like
I’ll try to find video proof since that was probably a month or longer ago
Maybe I’ll make my own video proof
who needs a win streak when resetting for hoarding slash first hammer for science anyways
The speedrunning mod just guarantees your first hammer to be eternal chamber, you'd have to find something else if you want that to be defualt luci
Thanks but like I wouldn’t trust me
I’m going to try to force hoarding slash on nem to see
Definitively figure out what the heck hoarding slash does
It still crits, it’s just that the bonus hoarding damage will not be multiplied by 3
Yeah Hoarding Slash bonus damage is like the last thing. It’s added after crits
Don’t ruin my excuse to pick up hoarding slash for a run by backing them up 
I was more curious whether delta chamber would function if it was forced onto it
you can force it with codex mod but i have no idea
Also legacy is truly a scam
do triple jab or extending jab screw up flurry jab?
wiki says it doesn't
i don't think anything in the game is undead
Well, dead.
So I'm on zag rail with zeus attack, epic poseidon special and tidal dash and i'm being offered purple jolt and sea storm
i'm guessing it's just sea storm but purple jolt is very tempting
id take jolted
aphro and get her special
the spin gimmick isn't that great unless you get quick spin but still eh
look for charged skewer hammer
alternatively artemis special and look for chaos additive
i hate relying on chaos because they never give me what i want with that weapon
rather they hardly do anyways
i always see +cast on every run except beo
ME guan-yu 🧠
aphro special is better than arty special on its own but arty doesnt care as much about rarity and scales way better with her t2s, chaos, hermes, and wells
so i prefer arty
but if you have one on special youre going to want to other on attack tbh
that sounds terrible but ik it'd be good with bosses lmao
trying to spin atk a regular enemy just sends them away
i kinda want to do a spin atk guan yu run tho
I wrote a Guan Yu guide if you're interested. #h1-discussion message
Counterpoint: you'll get a lot of wall-slams from spinning enemies right against a wall.
true but that'd also mean i'd have to find breaking wave
Also nothing is gonna reach you, Tempest Strike knockback on Guan Yu spin is pretty ridiculous.
Wall-slams do pretty good damage even without Breaking Wave.
really? how much do they normally do without it
i've always found it pretty negligible
Scales with the biome. Enough to shred enemies. 
Wall-slam damage depends on velocity, too.
tempest strike hestia sounds like it'd do a lot of damage on wall slams lmao
I think the knockback on that is pretty bad.
damn
It is definitely a build where ideally you want to get all the t2 boons from Poseidon since that's where all your damage is coming from. So I think that Authority might actually be the better choice just to make sure you get more Poseidon.
super soaker gy lmao
@cunning urchin I was looking at your Demeter guide and you mention a build with curse of longing. I thought the consensus was that curse of longing isn't great if you're immediately reapplying anyway because it's less damage? Maybe I misunderstood how it works though
Also does authority reroll a gold into a gold or just into anything
Gold into gold
I kinda wanna try super soaker Rama special. Just keep them against a wall
Yeah, so you don't just keep attacking the same enemy, you just spread it quickly with the Dash-Attack > Dash-Upper combo. You generally wanna just spread Doom anyway unless you have Merciful End.
There's also downtime in boss fights where Curse of Longing will keep doing damage.
Merciful End is obviously a stronger build, so if you start with Doom, that's what you'd go for. But if you're starting with anything from Lady Aphrodite and pick up Doom along the way, Curse of Longing can be decent enough.
And Curse of Agony is strong enough on Malphon that if you start Heartbreak Flourish and see Curse of Agony, you just pick it up.
The first two builds in that guide are basically two branches of one build. And you just go with what you find along the way.
I wanted to try a Lucifer special build, since I always ignore the special when using Exagryph, any recommendations on what boon to use?
probably arte/aphro just for the raw damage
you need triple bomb
real talk: why does everyone hate gy spins so much
i get that its unsafe at high heat
but at lower heat you can just learn the aspect
and the damage output is honestly incredible even without hammers
at low heat i take massive spin over quick spin tbh
you get hit when using them
a lot
doesnt really matter the heat
just learn the aspect 
disagree
and if youre going to use spin then quick spin is better so
a. you dont get hit and
b. you shoot more spins
what does this even mean?
learn how to spin without getting hit?
like
timing
gy spins arent that much longer than a rama atk
rama attacks you can always shoot off early if you need to
and a big problem with gy spins is that you need to attack before you spin which adds a ton of frames
charge from dash strike
yeah but then it does pretty bad damage
you are generally better off using the special
rama also does less damage at lower charge
anyway why cant you build both atk and special
yknow, like the game is meant to be played
yeah but a lot of the time itll still kill what youre aiming at because it has busted damage
also there is no "way the game is meant to be played"
and also you use dash strikes in between specials on gy
yeah
its still just special spam
dash strikes do a solid amount
ok i just tried it gy spins take way longer to charge than rama attacks
even from dash strikes
and also getting hit from charging spin is more punishing on gy then it is on rama
gy special builds are just not fun for me
ok then dont use them
so true
that's about what i expected tbh
ew
sounds like a bargain
flurry spread is insane lmao
Or delta spread
does Swift Strike from Hermes affect the shield's Bull's Charge charging speed?
Don't think so? Not sure but pretty sure
hrm so is there something in the game that very gradually adds enemies even without the pact of punishment? for some reason i don't rmbr seeing the mini medusa heads appearing in asphodel until semi-recently. is that tied to story progression or smth?
i also seem to be getting way more armored stuff and more enemy spawns even tho i don't have those pacts enabled
runs over time will introduce a few more enemies
that progression stops very soon though
ah ok, do you know if it also increases enemy spawns? i swear the waves seem to be getting bigger
don't think so
hrm maybe just in my head then..
what run are you on?
also i'm getting a lot more armored flamewheels -.-
and have you reached the surface
yeah i'm very far into the game
huh weird
er don't rmbr exactly how many runs but maybe around 80?
the chambers changing should be done by like run 10 max
what lol
and then I think a few changes once you reach the surface
i reached the surface at run 30ish, i feel like i saw mini medusa heads around run 50-60? and then in my past 10 runs i swear i've seen more wave spawns. like usually it takes 2-3 waves (by wave i mean when you kill everything and then a new wave respawns), but now i'm seeing like 4??
maybe i'm just getting confused by my constantly changing pacts.. idk x.x
yeah just make sure you're not fiddling with jury summons
does benefits pkg mess with spawn increases?
and middle management says +1 increase but i swear there are more than just 1 additional enemy lol
I'm 90% sure it's not possible for BP to increase enemies per wave or number of waves
in fact I believe certain BP perks decrease enemies per wave
oh and MM only affects miniboss chambers and the changes are fixed
it says +1 but doesn't it spawn +2 in the tartarus bomber miniboss rooms?
oh that's just how MM works
the +1 thing isn't really the rule
I think only in styx does it simply spawn another miniboss
oh i see... dammit got scammed
yeah think of MM as just changing the minibosses
and since it affects just a few rooms usually not too bad for 2 heat it's really worth getting used to
yep that's the nature of BP
as i have no idea what anything is doing and no time to figure it out during the run
it's one of the hardest pacts for how much of a staple it is
someone recced it to me as an easy heat option but idunno lol
it's not easy but it's worth too much
so high heaters just kinda have to deal with it
rly? 2 heat for every armored thing is pretty bad imo
many of the perks aren't too bad
a few are awful and they're the scary ones but usually you're alright
which are the awful ones?
also does stuff like forced overtime apply to bosses & charon?
yep, applies to every enemy
cuz charon with high attack speed scares me x_x
arguably the worst perk is savior, the one that gives nearby enemies blue shields
sometimes it's irrelevant, other times you walk into a savior chamber and literally reset immediately
because you can't win
oh that bad?? dang
what about the increased dmg ones?
and how bad is jury summons / the life increase one
that one is terrifying but you just don't get hit
mm yeah that's what i was thinking. normal rooms are aight but bosses kinda scary
I think you're mixing things up
are you referring to the pact conditions now?
aka hard labor, jury summons, calisthenics program
ohh yeah sry i didn't realize the savior thing was a bp
yep no problem
hard labor is rough but kinda mandatory at high heat
you can avoid it at 32 but you want it maxed for 40+
which pacts do you think are the worst
jury summons is also rough depending on the build, its main issue is that it just slows you down
good timing because the other pact you mentioned is one of the worst
the calisthenics?
calisthenics program is devastating and should be avoided until 50+
it affects every enemy including bosses
the higher the heat the more CP hits like a truck
there's a reason the highest heat ever is all the pacts maxed except CP1
yeah annoying at low heat, game ending at high heat
ok that makes sense
the other pact that's horrifying is routine inspection
every level is only 2 heat and absolutely neuters you
what does that do?
ah lol yeah nvr choosing that one
so the very first level takes away your rerolls, legacy/pride, and dark foresight
all for 2 heat
hm how bad is dmg control
that heavily depends on the build
but in general I'd say it's worse than you think
I would take it if your main damage is a zeus thing like zeus attack rail
otherwise avoid
oh it sounds very bad to me lol
I applaud you for that
ah ok makes sense since those have rly high as
most players gravitate towards DC thinking it's free
hm so besides EM, FO, tight deadline, and maybe MM/BP, what's the next 3 easiest pacts?
i'm gonna start having to add some outside that soon and i rly don't want to lol
im not sure that its possible to get more than 3 waves per chamber, although that may change with ranks of js. what sometimes happens though is that when you kill an enemy another one will spawn in immediately after, and that counts as the same wave. the game has a limit to the "amount" of enemies that can be on screen at once
maybe approval process...?
amb

anyways i wouldnt take ap1 until like ~40, optimally
getting the stuff you want crossed out sometimes can be really detrimental
oh yeah maybe i've just gotten rly good at killing htem on spawn and it feels longer lol
Ap2 ri4 em4 optimal
Emotional dmg
rmacinty?
a prolific cheater
jk
he just has a funny clip showing why approval process 2 is awful
yoptimal even
oh lol
is em4 horrible hah
Is 10 heat for a reason
em4 free 10 heat
oh god i didn't even know it was 10 heat lol, nvr bothered looking
Em4 optimal 10 heat pact
its certainly still really hard below 25 and not worth it over other pacts but not in the same way it is at like 32+
honestly I'd say EM4 is a pact you shouldn't take at low heat depending on your other pact
not just based on a number
maxed em is 10 heat, em3->em4 is 4 heat
why?
like it's a combination of how TD HL LC FO interact
it's better to take it on high heat? o_O
well at a certain point you're just out of options
Cuz other options are awful
yeah exactly dont take it if you have any of these
it's often superdad or you lose your whole mirror and stuff like that
HS scary with em4 too
At low heat super dad is fun ngl
HS always scary
casual 3 pot stack
em4 makes it even scarier
Em4 and the double pot in 1 place is scary
i think 32ish is the point where pacts start to stack up with eachother
honestly i know HS is supposed to be free but i can't not step on traps so... rip
and then it becomes really obvious at 40 when most of the time youre taking fo2+lc4+hl5
hs is definitely not free heat
heh so if i want to fulfill my prophecy i just run only em4 and nothing else ? :P
but learning to avoid traps can make it a lot easier
pro tip: dont step in traps 😁 👍
unironically I feel that HS should only come on with LC4 SD
my prophecy to escape with running one of each i mean*
since it's too easy to get whacked in tart
agree
you know the room 
I love how this would make my time better because I wouldn't have to stand in lava in asphodel for so long
Of course then I just lose every lernie fight but whatever
tmw you have to run between 3 ely eggs to reset sd
f
Do you all favor heart rooms in Tartarus with lc4? I try to always have enough obals to buy a boon but I think I might just start focusing on hearts vs coins or poms
Just for bigger resets earlier
hearts are high priority on SD for me
For me it depends
Just kinda value or how comfortable i am
Im 100% taking erebus heart tho
But is that the case when you're as good as I am not as good as you are? Lol
Unless timer issues
early erebus heart op
itll always be case by case
frankly it's viable to just take pretty much every heart that shows up on SD
Coins can be health too
Erebus rooms stopped being free with forced overtime
like if i'm playing with an unfamiliar weapon i'll prioritize hearts more
buying UC fodder is more important than having enough hp
but you generally want to pick up as many hearts as you can see
if you're broke and need a fodder boon, picking up gold would be a priority
Coin can also be well items
Centaur soul 🦾
its fine to waste 60-90s on an early erebus heart if youre trying to play safe
jesus christ i just did HS and each spinning blade in styx hits you for 70 dmg :''''''''')
Breh I got wrecked by those
I toom am anvil and ot gave me cursed slash
I dies instantly
i thought blades base damage was 15 or 20. huh
either way
Contemplating 50 heat Arthur with shackle keepsake. Then you probably don't even need to Get the Boons
Related question: what happens if you reach Underworld Customs but have no boons to sacrifice?
This was meant to be in high heat. Stupid phone moving me to different rooms
You just oass to the next area
going to do a beowulf shield run, what is the cast core boon and attack core boon that i should generally look for
Pos cast + artemis core
Atk best other works, mirage shot is priority
Due to being bugged on flares and it doesnt reduce dmg from 2nd flare
You can do aphro flare + snow burst
And if you want a high roll
Swap to stygian soul, use trippy flare (which for whatever reason it receives double value from poms) and aim for extra casts/mirage shot
Could do slicing flare to be funny
WTF, something just caused me to take 150 damage in one instance during the Hades fight (regular). There also wasn't a skull stuck in me
this is why you avoid heightened security with every fiber of your being
yes it does
Heightened Security is fun.
heightened security is why lady athena far outclasses aphro who belongs in the dumps
sure footing op, weak can't compare
No idea tbh
you know weirdly enough she's starting to sound like the... worst god?
I didn't think anyone could beat ares in that respect but aphro looking worse and worse
i mean yeah every other god has a build
arty for zag bow, ares and athena for ME, zeus and poseidon for eris
dio is good for high heat eris and dem is just good in general
I heard that aphro is good with gilgamesh
but i mean aphro attack is easily replaced by a keepsake
makes sense that the two bottom tiers pair up
yeah true
hs is 400% increase, 15*5 = 75 so about right
i like demeter the least tbh
i use aphro for one purpose only, crush shot on hera bow :^)
Just weaken the traps 🧠🧠🧠
So first hammer on guan-yu should I take quick spin or massive spin
I’m not taking serrated because it’s funny super soaker gy
I think either choice is equally strong but I’m leaning toward quick spin
Quick
quick is really good on gy
It's better than massive as a first hammer. It's both a nice QoL upgrade and more DPS than massive because you can't charge that much
Getting both is obviously the dream
it turns the heal into an actual move you can use against enemies
and not just stuff that's spawning
in styx you can spam quick spins to full heal every chamber since it's so compact which is really nice
wtf i swear theseus is randomly still changing too... he just did a move that looked like dad bomb.... D: also his spin was yellow this time?? zeus buffed?
wait actually that's not possible technically cuz i have zeus... confused
after some story stuff they get a friendship move
bull runs into theseus' shield and creates a dad shockwave
agh omg
there's a voice line indicator for that, dont remember what it is
they did just go through a friendship arc lmao
also theseus' atks all get buffed some way after god call
but they didn't give any prompt before this battle so i got confused
oh yeah the new move just happens lol
who else is a yellow god... or is that constraint no longer applicable
cuz i def have zeus on rail rn
athena maybe
i dont think there's many other combat difference at this point other than em4
and other pact stuff i guess
i believe they say "delta strike"
maybe
"Bull horn!"
delta i think is the yeet?
How does Targeting System interact with Lucifer's Hellfire?
should be the same, whatever's in target radius when you first launch special
so i had a stupid idea
tartarus, go for dio special. asphodel, try for arty cast + pressure points, fish for duo, run shackle for the rest
rate the silly 1-10
rama
Wait is this for 50 or just whatever
That build sounds like excellent self-sabotage.
fun fact splitting headache kinda blows
I mean even if you think you don't need it not taking acorn into dad is still risky at 50
And yeah the duo kinda sucks
you respect the thought process tho right
Except on like Chiron I guess but Chiron kinda eh
The equivalent of that would basically be Zeus special start, aphro atk, fish for smair
Also find a call I suppose
But considering you said to also find pressure points it's basically the same
I respect the starting point of Drunken Flourish, anything beyond that, no.
hehe
That's the one thing you didn't come up with yourself.
no need to make it personal it's a joke build
I know.
But Drunken Flourish start and then Lady Artemis isn't a bad idea.
You'd want Hunter Dash and Deadly Strike, though.
I mean if it's ap2 then you might not have a say in what you get but I wouldn't take shackle at any point
Artemis' Aid with good rarity and a few poms on it is also amazing for EM4.
I still maintain that anyone who doesn't have confidence they can clear 50 somewhat consistently doesn't really have any business taking AP2.
Unless it's passion beo
Yes but also no.
unless i want to time myself to death every time i have to take ap2 to avoid em4 sadly
i'll check the pact again. i've done a crap ton of variations
js3 cp2 gaming?
unless i want to time myself to death
You're more likely to time out or lose because your build is utter garbage because you're running AP2.
i mean i think he'll eventually get a good build with ap2
ok ok hold on let me pull up my pact. there's a few things i'm willing to try wih ap2
RI0 AP1 you can actually go for things like Smair and just nuke everything.
And your Lord Hermes boons can actually be great instead of pointless.
Swift Strike? No? Reroll? Okay, here's a common Quick Recovery for you. Enjoy.
that leaves me needing em4
prob have to take em4 with that tho right
i'm scratching off em4 for now. pretend it doesn't exist
Pretty sure you could be done with 50 by now tbh.
bro
anyway. rn working with JS2 CP0 as my baseline, cuz JS3 is too much
i'm trying my damndest to avoid it
and you're still in that boat of "die in tart or die to dad" right
it's not bad but it's still a punch in the face with TD
rama is okay with js. it just slows me down and with bp2 it's a bit risky since i can die in tart quite easily
if i get slammed enough i die super easily
Rama can get JS3 clear times that make you think it was JS0.
50 unmodded pain moment
okay thanks nyaa but i'm not there yet. i'm not that good and i probably won't be for quite a while. i just want a 50 and js3 is not gonna do it for me
all my pacts without RI involve AP2. RI1 AP1 sucks... kind of defeats the purpose of taking off RI
I was replying to @twin cloak.
jury summons being one heat sucks balls.
yeah, i either run ap2, ri, js3, or em4 at this point...
i think i should just learn the stupid fight so i have a chance of getting a good enough build to win
I am not even good at the fight and I beat him on 51 with Rama.
learning em4 would be helpful but you can still get slapped with bad summons
sneak bb
yeah
I think my fight that run had Doomstone, so I just exploited that.
You could practice with just EM3 JS3 CP2 DC2 TD3 until you can do that comfortably.
Well, and FO2 of course.
if i'm running em4 i'm certainly not running js3 cp2
I used to do that pact often for practice or to test builds for high heat potential.
I didn't say to do JS3 CP2 for the actual 50 attempt.
what do i gain from practicing what i won't face
i think running em4 ap1 ri0 will cost me 3 heat to be put somewhere else between js and cp
Confidence, for one.
If you can do that pact consistently and get a sense of what builds are decent, it'll be a lot more comfortable when you're at 50 but go down to JS2 CP1 or J3 CP0 or whatever.
make a hell mode save so you can throw a heat on pl 👍
lol
spend another three months maxing it out
nah just do it with lvl1 rama and non max mirror
considering you can get to dad as long as you can get out of tart all you'd need is td3, fo2, and em4 to practice dad
later on start using SD so you can get used to your amount of hp and then put it back to 50
is there like a spreadsheet or anywhere i can find pom scaling stats for boons
thanks for the answer
I don’t have the link
I’m around
got any suggestions for a 1 heat run on Shield with Routine Inspection & Approval Process heat conditions?
Idk what aspect is the best.
and I'll have just about no boons probably. xD
@lucid oar
rip.
the quest, ye.
last 2 for Harsh Conditions.
can't find the Lyre either.
I think you buy the lyre from the house contractor
It’ll appear in zagreus’ bedroom at the bottom
don't have it there.
under Court Music?
I’m not sure, can probably find an accurate answer in the wiki
lyre is definitely under house contractor, under bedchambers stuff
you might have to hit a story beat for that
trying to improve fist pb and kind of new (2 weeks of playing) idk ifanyone has tips, ive seen like 5.x hades times and i am stumped as to how to approach that level lol
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oo ty
my current pb is this from the other night
like idk how to save 3.5 minutes
lmao
You’re already doing great
o ty, i watched the vid of hera bow record and just
all the things yhe was doing with like
movement/pausing and what rooms the timer stopped in i took note of
but other than that im like
button mashing with fist it feels
If this is divine strike and blade dash on fist, then simply using a better build will go a long way
here
wasnt even thinking
lmao
the worst of splits were tartarus and asphodel i think
my pb tartarus is 1.29 but this was a 2.18
asphodel was 2.05
so blade dash isnt great?
im guessing bc it applies dps slowly
That's top 10 for unmodded Gilgamesh btw.
wot
So it's evidently good enough to make top 10.
no way
it felt rly slow and i was bumping into walls often lol
like for context i speed other games so not brand new to this type of thing
and i can kinda feel when im being inefficient a
and it felt like i was like pathing badly in some spots etc
is gilgamesh bad?
ive seen rly low fist times
You should turn on EM2 to speed up the Lernie fight a lot.
mm yea my lernie avg is like
37-40s ive had a 26 once and then no other sub30
oh wow didnt know there were public rankings
Yeah, EM2 will reduce the distance between the heads a lot, so you can clear much faster and hit multiple.
mm i see yea thats big
Leaderboard is here: https://www.speedrun.com/hades#Any_Heat
Also I don't know if you know Meg setups, but that's a potential time cut for minibosses.
It’s def below average for top end speed
1:29 tart is gaming for fists
my furies is essentially has been time my maims so they pop right after invuln, insta call on invuln end
Gilgamesh is not very popular, so it's less competitive than most of the other aspects.
usually 14-18s depending on what boons i have
I don't mean the Furies boss fight, I mean the summon.
ohh
I’d recommend watching CherryDad’s speedrun videos, especially the modded ones
i do not know meg setups as in like how to position direction. i activate on tartarus
miniboss, asphodel miniboss if its the bobbleheads, flying pink cloud monster, heroes, cerb miniboss
i havent inlocked the ability to use on dad yet tho
think i need to max one more thing?
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thats so big
ive been just not using on witches
because i didnt know how to make it worth
Using battie: 
Using antos: 💪💪💪
Using Dusa: 🧠🧠🧠
I use skelly for all my speed runs
Yeah he’s terrible
my friend was like dont even bother getting
I don’t have it unlocked and I have 700 hours
he wants to die...
I bothered to because what else am I using my resources on
mm yea i definitely can see ive been losing seconds on my meg use
Aside from what's already been said, I would say focus more on your average times rather than your peaks to gauge your progress because your runs can swing a lot due to RNG. Like you can have a bunch of runs around 8-9 minutes and then one run around 7:00 and you didn't do anything different, you just got way better rooms.
If you're resetting, reset for pace rather than for builds.
yeah rooms big
id say my avg if i did not reset
like not at all
with gilgamesh probably around 9.45-10.15?
That’s pretty good
Sack rng will change that a lot
so ill try the other
There should be speedrun categories for fastest rta rather than fastest igt
yea cerb big
Well, sometimes you get a pace that's worse than what you'd like but you have a build that can potentially make up for it so you'd just go with that.
mny pb is on vermin btw
idk how much time loss that is
it was a fast kill so
probably not terrible
It depends
it was among my better vermins
With the right build it may only be a 5s time loss
I’ve had a sub 7 with tiny vermin before
Yeah that’s decent
All the categories are both IGT and RTA.
i saw it paused like ugh
but then i was like
pace is fine just play it out
so i did
and pbed
lol
Except for multi-run categories. Those are RTA only. But you can submit individual runs from that for IGT, too.
I should figure out a pact that doesn’t use cp2 would probably make me faster
RTA requires a lot of thinking lol
i would burn out on non igt
because with igt i can like
stop a run think or afk for a sec
rta is like every second stress
I think RTA practice can help with IGT because you learn to plan ahead better. But majority of speedrunners only really focus on IGT anyway.
yea true its hard because the reason im here is bc imstrategically not sure whats good
like
In RTA you focus on getting a build that requires as little menus as possible
i can learn mechanics and im conscious of when im wasting time
What I like about RTA is that free rooms are a little less free, so there's a little more consistency in your times.
very appreciated 
And out of the weapons listed, the most DPS is probably Beowulf
Also just watching runs, watching streamers, discussing builds with other players in the community.
What about talos
Talos is cheating
Oh yeah forgor
💀
There's the speedrunning server pinned in #self-promotion
ye i just joined it

RESOURCES DIRECTOR !!!!
But… it’s ambrosia to upgrade companions… resource director doesn’t need 20000 ambrosia
They only need like 10 total
Do suicide runs to get value deal from wretched broker to trade amb away
No. c
ye
No
I got Blizzard Shot, the last one needed from Poseidon's boons for his quest.
can I sell Floodshot now and start questing for Slicing shot combinations?
ye
can I sell Blizzard shot as well?
Yeah
It needs you to have it at some point
and not end with it?
the only thing that un updates it
like yes but trying to find hunting blades after already hitting your cast boons
is if you hit give up
are you certain certain?
100%
because it was a pain to get this.
i sold freezing vortex on the run i picked it up
They are correct
yes
Pressung give up puts you right back where you began
Exactly 10 is indeed like 10. 
I'm playing a pretty interesting setup I feel atm.
dionsysus special, chill auto attack, blade rift dodge.
with the mirror of night trait that gives +40% damage vs. mobs with 2 status afflictions.
got 4 dodges with rift too.
with added effects.
=0
pstatus
?
ah.
how do i hestia
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awesome
seems easy enough
hestia speedrunning kinda impossible no lie
guys.
Gift of the Song quest.
supposedly I gotta do it 210 times.
Is there a way to keep track of how many times I've done it?
no
so I know whether to do it on 1 sitting or something.
count
There's dialogue points with Orpheus but that's about it lol
What're people's thoughts on aphro smair
I get that it's not disgusting damage like zeus or dio, but interrupting an enemy's attack is really nice
Especially against dad
like you said, atk interruptions are nice but it's just underwhelming because of how little damage it does
it’s really funny in the heroes fight
just let theseus and the bull duke it out
Feels like it'd help a ton during dad fight, especially in em4
And if you have good damage like ME/eris/etc that short window is probably worth more damage than the call
wait, dio is disgusting?
I've been pondering how to finish his questline.
what're good builds for dionysus, and if you know, demeter?
Idk which weaps are best. =0
currently need from the daedolus hammer a few special-only boons to finish the infernal arms quests too, particularly spear.
do those work well together? =0
His call is big damage yes
Very big
Dionysus can be cast based with beowulf flare, but any fast attack is nice for hangover. Chiron is good for that. The thing with dio is that he feels really outdone by zeus if it isn't a cast build
Zeus has better flat damage + you don't really have to build it up, it's just there
Demeter is pretty meh. Putting chill and hangover together is an easy way to get privileged status online though, and there's some funny cast builds with laser spam
Those work with just about anything but ig would be best on achilles for the damage buff?
I have not played hades in a hot minute but thinking of picking it back up today for fun, what are peoples favorite builds to use these days?
Especially interested in Rama bow builds
what is beowulf flare?
Trippy flare
err?
dionysus cast on beo is trippy flare
it gets double the boost from poms as it says it does
You run stygian soul and hope to get more casts from chaos or other sources
and try to get mirage shot as well since it’s bugged for all the flares to be just cast again with regular damage
Merciful end rama /j
oh.
It says you need the aspect of hera or beowulf.
now I get what you mean.
I've been using every weapon there is still.
xD
Oooo, merciful end is a classic
soul?
As opposed to infernal soul
You only have 1 cast but it recharges with stygian
since trippy flare keeps your cast it’s better for being able to keep outputting damage
It’s on the mirror
RaME goes crazy
Shackle 💪
Shackle 💪
I still don't know how to best use the bow.
the build pathing is just odd.
last daedolus hammer I need is charged shot.
Dash strike and power shot
Using Bow is a rythym gaming
if you find triple shot it becomes a shotgun
If you find twin shot it’s also sweet
which aspect is best with it?
I only just learned that some daedolus ones won't occur when using X aspect.
They’re all pretty good
Chiron is only good before you habe to start running jury summons though
its been a few months or so since I last played, and all I can remember is that shield was my favorite weapon
You won’t find charged volley on chiron
ye, I only just learned that.
how do you build shield
Currently using Zag aspect
how does this quest work?
only thing unlocked for me is the Beo aspect
''Close At Heart'' ?
do I have to end the run by killing hades with the last keepsake I had?
zag shield you still want charged shot, probably run like aphrodite attack zeus call hope for smair iirc
beowulf you'd take flood flare and arte attack look for mirage shot
still want charged shot hammer on beo
normally what I do with shield is that I abuse my dash attacks and throw in a charged thing or two
For heat i prefer ferocious guard
I like ferocious guard second hammer or if no cshot first hammer
which gods do you recommend as shield
still want aphrodite attack and zeus call there
I run athena so everything deflects
or even merciful end on shield aint bad, doom strike athena special athena dash find merciful end
for zag and chaos shield, aphrodite atk and ignore the special, pray for charged shot hammer
zeus, basically find every zeus boon possible, pray for explosive return hammer. bonus points if you get aphrodite atk, cshot, dio/zeus call, and/or smair
beowulf, start poseidon cast, look for artemis and get her atk or any core if you can't, pray for mirage shot and cshot
first three shields can all run merciful end pretty well tho, zeus shield especially since you dont need divine dash
Wdym zeus you also aphro attack and ignore the special
oh true
first three shields all build the same
aphrodite atk and cshot
and then win
bonus points for smair
zeus special you can just throw out for autonomous damage wdym
cshot?
charged shot
ah.
makes your bullrush an 80 base damage pew pew
*first 4
what's the best shield build?
61 heat beo with cshot aphro atk!!!
or rather.
budget bow
since you already get +100% attack damage from loading cast and it puts you closer to mirage sho
Nah just ignore the cast and play cshot
Oops
Pray for grasps n stuff
Just ap2 into 3 grasps lmaoo
this is like the equivalent playing shackle beo
what's the best shield build with Zagreus aspect?
Cshot
gotta use this in order to get Charged Flight.
aspect of cshot
trying to finish the quest.
welp
I wish you could slot in 5s stygian soul on ri3
charged flight beo used to be meta right
I start Heartbreak Strike on Rama and then just pick up whichever I see first out of Lightning, Doom, and Hangover for Special. Hunter Dash is ideal, Divine Dash and Tidal Dash are also great. Try to get Strike and Lunge from Master Chaos. Bone Hourglass can be great in Elysium and the Temple of Styx because Rama benefits a whole lot from Cyclops Jerky, Nail of Talos, Nemesis Crest... and Aether Net and the healing items are always great.
I'm playing talos blizzard shot build found lightning rod and sea storm as well lmao
my zeus call is charging so fast
Nice!
That build is so much fun.
Taking notes taking notes
where my mirage shot though
Nah, it's decent enough. A lot of the time it's also just when you have so much money you just buy everything lol.
heavy knuckle my beloved
Heavy Knuckle on Talos is nice.
I wish I had an excuse to pick it up more often but demeter likes to hit a lot for special charge
it works on talos though
It's actually not too bad on Demeter either tbh if you have have a % Attack. And there's also Zag Fists.
Heavy Knuckle basically adds variety because the % Attacks become a lot better with it.
but like
whenever I pick up heavy knuckle
I think about spreadfire zag
and how it's the same thing but better attack speed
this is a hypothetical question but double strike or splitting bolt
you'd have to know you're starting with heavy knuckle tho if you're gonna build a % based atk on fists tho
modded helps with that i supposed tho
Should only take like 2-3 runs to get it, and you can still make it work without it.
true but if you're putting dio or zeus on the atk and you pick up heavy knuckle it gets a bit sad
it'll definitely work tho
Depends on double strike rarity
talos fists with pos cast + sea storm + lighting rod + zeus aid
lots of bolts everywhere
splitting has 40 base damage right, and typical lightning bolts deal less damage than that?
and like
splitting procs whenever they're hit with lightning, so it's basically double strike but better right
I want to like exagryph but man, after asphodel I dont feel like I do anything
what atk boon do you have
how are you building it
Epic zeus special is 45 dmg base
oh
Builds change from run to run but most commonly zues boons is what i normally choose for it, and then artemis
just get common zeus special every time
well splitting is more consistent i guess but at that point depends on the build then?
yeah it depends on the build
what I had is in victory boasting now
splitting bolt was the last boon I picked up before hades fight
yeah i wouldve taken splitting there
splitting has the good color so always take it
Download cheat engine mod for always epic start
Obviously
download cheat engine mod for always common start
i wanted to get into modding but it seems weird from all the new/old format stuff
i was a little intimidated looking into it that i avoided it
Old format doesn't exist anymore
oh? the video i was watching was talking all about it, maybe I was watching a dated tutorial
the mod is pretty easy to download
and there's also the modding server that can walk you through it
Most "old format" mods are deprecated and shouldn't be used anyway
I joined here mainly to ask about building the friendship system since i seem to be a little stuck but i wasnt too sure where to put it
ill have to check out the modding server sometime
Ask away
its ok in this chat? and should I put spoilers?
could ask in #h1-discussion tbh or maybe #h1-story-discussion i think and you dont have to spoiler in either
I mean it doesn't really matter too much
Ill just ask here then
First, Im not too sure what needs to happen before i can give sisyphus a ambrosia, i got his bar up to the next lock
Next Dusa also isnt taking anymore nectar's but i cant give her an ambrosia either
And now im trying to reunite achilles with patroclus, im assuming just to keep giving them nectar until they say something
- U need to progress story events so you can free him from his binding
- U have to do some lounge renovations
- Yea
Progress story events huh. Im pretty far along I think but maybe theres more I havent found
Ive decked out the lounge heavily and did the rennovations if thats what you meant
Yeah.
Well, this channel is builds and combat. 
I figured somebody would say it eventually
#h1-story-discussion probably the best place for you to get friendship advice!
@plain river it removes 2 boons but adds one boon when you take stygian
thoughts on king aurther aspect? is it good?
It's very solid and easy to build
And tanks a lot of pacts generally considered horrible to put on well
But it scales really badly
Excalibur is easily one of the easiest weapon aspects to get a clear with.
Only falls off in speedruns or at very high heats, like 40+.
hm i forget how are you supposed to dash during arthur swings?
i can get the second swing but not the third..
spam dash and youll get it
😩
That run was lost 
weary
Got a crash on styx and back to the house lmao
Lernie really went 💥
o thanks for video
It's like a rama shot
is dad call that good...? it seems like a worse version of athena call cuz it just makes you invis instead of deflecting?
It gives you damage
and movesped
ah ok guess i can't tell >.>
You have to look at the call itself rather than the keepsake to see more info about it
def gonna use that more hehehehe
@green birch
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