#h1-builds-and-combat

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tight basin
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there's an internal cooldown on thunder bolts, so you'll only get like 1-2 bolts per volley

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and yeah fo2 does increase projectile speed
fun fact, speed is multiplicative, so it's technically not a 40% increase but like a 42 or 44% or something

vagrant crane
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44

tight basin
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use meg on minibosses, it'll strip the armor immediately and the hp is really easy to get through

vagrant crane
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wait relentless over triple ?

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yeah that's not good idea

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rama once you get thru tart most of the time your special's damage is like eh

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you want to be putting out those huge chunks

ruby siren
tight basin
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it's a 0.2 sec cooldown, so you're not getting as much as you think

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it's also why thunder flourish on chiron isn't meta lol

ruby siren
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yea thats actually terrible lol

tight basin
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well thunder flourish is still really good

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because you can get static discharge

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but that's generally the extent of it lol

vagrant crane
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double strike moment

ruby siren
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thanks yall. definitely a lot of valuable info here. the bolt cooldown is so disappointing lol. ill prob continue taking it just bc it's so fun to use but i def wont be getting relentless volley with it anymore

vagrant crane
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it's still the best special

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dio or ares work but lightning is preferable

tight basin
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oh i just realized that if i'm gonna keep going through the whole video like this then it's gonna be a giant wall of text in here lmao

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i'll just dm it

vagrant crane
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what happened to it

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i wanna see it

tight basin
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oh

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aight then

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im kinda impatient and don't really want to cover how to play rama correctly, but i think you need to find more opportunites to get in your attack in (and not use tempest strike). spread shared suffering, get distance with dashes, then shoot

9:22 - you really want to pom static discharge over thunder flourish. it's a bigger increase, and it'll proc more often in general
11:05 - if you wanted to buy from the well, you should've just bought the cyclops jerky lol you bought everything else except that
11:56 - never roll more than once. it's a waste, and at that point you just cope with what you get, esp considering what you're rolling for isnt important. exclusive access isn't that important in the grand scheme of things tbh
14:17 - taking dio into aspho isn't important for reason stated above. would've taken athena or aphrodite into asphodel and sold tempest strike if you could
16:16 - calc risk isn't that great but considering you're having trouble with projectiles, it'll do. also considering you're shooting for EA, you might as well take one duo out of the equation. ideally, you would've taken premium vintage tho
16:45 - even tho hermes is guaranteed to come up again, poseidon isn't really giving you anything good other than like hydraulic might at this point. would take hermes and hope for more dashes or hyper sprint. i guess technically getting EA from pos will give better hermes later tho
17:45 - even tho you don't want flood shot, you should've taken it. given how boons are offered, it'll always offer you an attack, special, cast, or dash boon if any of them are missing. since you're missing a cast, every boon is guaranteed to offer you a cast boon
18:50 - lol
20:08 - you have meg summon for a reason lol. get them on top of each other and hit the summon when the thwomp comes down. you'll remove their armor completely and it'll be much easier to deal with. hitting the summon removes all projectiles from screen and gives you iframes, so it's a pretty safe strat

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i deleted it because it's an hour's worth of stuff i gotta get through and i dont want to clog the channel

ruby siren
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i was about to say! u can dm it haha if u want. but JESUS lmaooo thank u sooooo much 🥺 i rly appreciate u taking the time

tight basin
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it's just like mostly boon choices

vagrant crane
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meg is very helpful

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most of the time you meg minibosses heroes and dad

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i used to end every run with 5 megs

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now i end with 0

ruby siren
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ill copy n then u an delete it or dm it if u want

tight basin
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i dont want to cover like gameplay mechanic because you can learn from watching other top players or just through more experience

ruby siren
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got it

vagrant crane
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rama is super hard to learn

tight basin
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i'll just dm each chunk whenever i hit the character limit in messages lmao

vagrant crane
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probably hardest other than like flurry hera idk

tight basin
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flurry hera is easier if you have a controller i think lmao

vagrant crane
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controller not real

tight basin
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true

tight basin
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oh dont' use pstatus

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i just got a glimpse of that lol

ruby siren
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pstatus?

tight basin
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priv status in the mirror

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enemies with 2 curses take 40% more damage

deep wagon
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I hate the fists sooo much

vagrant crane
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worst weapon moment

tight basin
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basically like none of your attacks got any bonus damage

ruby siren
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ohhh whats the alt to that?

vagrant crane
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family favorites

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5% boost per god you have

deep wagon
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I dont like standing directly next to the enemies

vagrant crane
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you end with 25

deep wagon
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Those things have 0 range

tight basin
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at this point (from when i noticed it) you have a 20% damage boost from just playing the game lmao

vagrant crane
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long knuckle moment

deep wagon
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Even then its not v far

tight basin
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or you would've hat a 20% damage boost

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with priv status it was at 0

deep wagon
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Thats why my fastest runs are on bow and gun 😭

tight basin
vagrant crane
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i played modded and started long knuckle for my 32 heat dem run lmfao

deep wagon
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I hate the sword too

tight basin
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fair enough

deep wagon
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I always avoid playint it if i can

vagrant crane
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piss i have an essay due

vagrant crane
tight basin
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you suck

vagrant crane
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yeah

ruby siren
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ohhhh i see. i used to do runs where i would only take boons from 3 or 4 gods tops so priv status was more useful but ive def switched up since then

vagrant crane
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and

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you can only get 4 gods

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and hermes

ruby siren
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i LOVE the fists just bc of the feel of playing them

vagrant crane
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and there is not a single build in the world that doesnt benefit from hermes

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hermes goat

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except he sucks

ruby siren
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without long knuckle tho im like 100% worse lol

vagrant crane
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because that loser will never ever give me rd

tight basin
ruby siren
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yea hermes is a necessity

vagrant crane
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hangover bc you want weak anyways for low tolerance

tight basin
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drunk chiron takes pstatus because it starts with hangover on the special and wants to get aphrodite on the atk, so it's a 100% uptime on pstatus basically

vagrant crane
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do you take aph special on drunk eris

ruby siren
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yo i had this CRAZY build the other day. it was a run i wasnt even planning on filming but i started screen recording without my face in asphodel bc of how insane the build was getting. i dont remember the details but i know i had like 4 or 5 duo boons

tight basin
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the only exception to this is high heat beowulf, where you take passion flare and snow burst/frost strike/mistral dash
because it's a literal nuke and you dont need the instant 5% buff, so might as well make it 40% at some point lol

ruby siren
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cant wait to post that one

tight basin
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could take dash lol

vagrant crane
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pash dash moment

ruby siren
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i despise mistral dash. idk why exactly. it just annoys the crap out of me whenever i get it

vagrant crane
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it's weird

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js2 is faster than js1 cp1 right

tight basin
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probably idk

vagrant crane
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js1 cp1 is a 38% increase in normal rooms

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but 15% in bosses

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js2 cp0 is 40% in normal 0% in bosses

delicate hatch
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cp TrollDespair

vagrant crane
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50 heat running bouldy

tight basin
vagrant crane
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i feel like

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wouldn't nasty dash be preferred

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because it's not mistral dash

tight basin
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mistral shoots forward

vagrant crane
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and there's a 0.1% chance of low tolerance

tight basin
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so you can keep some distance

vagrant crane
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oh yeah

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makes sense

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and i guess you dont want dio in your pool bc snow burst

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or

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youd prefer dem in yoru pool

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also

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is flood flare just base flare with a bit more damage and going through walls and big aoe

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cause like

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passion does weak

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generally all the other ones do something

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but doesnt it not do knockback

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does serrated point count as 3 hits for raging rush boost

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or is it 1 since it's 1 attack

tight basin
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also like flood is used because it opens up mirage easily

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if mirage wasn't broken, passion would be used

vagrant crane
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so like

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if you got like super ultra hypermodded you'd do passion and get 2nd pos 3rd arty?

tight basin
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depends on your skill level at that point

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you lose a ton of aoe and styx becomes more challenging

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depending on the type of room, with flood flare you can hit like the center wall and kill everything in the room

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with passion, you need at least 2 shots

cunning urchin
cunning urchin
# tight basin priv status is only used in builds that revolve around hangover

Hmmm no. Hangover start, Weak start, and Chill start can all take Privileged Status, but depends on the aspect as well.

Rama wants to kill in the first Dash-Strike, so you just wouldn't get anything out of Privileged Status even with Heartbreak Strike start, while Family Favorite can help you get those one-shots.

tight basin
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huh i've only seen builds with hangover take it

cunning urchin
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Err...

tight basin
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other than passion beo

cunning urchin
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Passion Flare says hi.

tight basin
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but like drunk eris and fists would take pstatus

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idk what other ones would work

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or at least work well

cunning urchin
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And Chill start is just not something people do in general lol so you wouldn't have seen it, but Privileged Status is great for that.

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Zeus with Heartbreak Strike/Flourish start etc.

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Just you'll see most people starting Thunder Flourish on that of course.

tight basin
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well that's certainly an option i guess lmao

vagrant crane
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i mean

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on zeus

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you need jolted right

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like you're dead without it

tight basin
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zeus shield

cunning urchin
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Heartbreak Flourish and Heartbreak Strike start are both strong on Zeus.

vagrant crane
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i guess thats 60+ heat though

tight basin
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well

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no lol

vagrant crane
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or you need dstrike

cunning urchin
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And Weak can often go with either Family Favorite or Privileged Status.

tight basin
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theres a pretty high heat clear with shackle and heartbreak flourish

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you just need good chaos at that point

vagrant crane
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weak should go family favorite because the only god in your pool should be Aphrodite

cunning urchin
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In fact, who needs a mirror when you have Lady Aphrodite on your side.

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In a sense, I guess, Privileged Status on Weak start raises the floor of a lot of builds you can get while Family Favorite raises the ceiling of the often more optimal builds like Heart Rend on Nemesis or whatever.

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But like... Weak + Chill can be a really strong combo in general, but it's gonna do quite a bit less damage on any not-Hera aspect if you take Family Favorite.

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Weak + Lightning kinda likes either one because you're typically going for Static Discharge anyway.

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Weak + Hangover a lot better with Privileged Status.

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Weak + Poseidon usually better with Family Favorite but Razor Shoals can make it pretty good.

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Weak + crits doesn't really for Privileged Status at all, naturally.

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Weak + Doom can take either, I guess. Depends on aspect really. Sometimes you wouldn't want Doom in the first place.

woeful pawn
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Ares is the god I use the least

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I just don't see the use compared to other gods tbh

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Or maybe I just haven't found the right builds

delicate hatch
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ME is nice on basically all weapons

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Hunting Blades on Achilles is cool as well

solar siren
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could a Heart Rend build work on Demeter aspect? (Aphro atk, Artemis special)

cunning urchin
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Yup!

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Can also do something like Drunken Strike, Deadly Flourish, Passion Dash with both Heart Rend and Low Tolerance as another build.

deep wagon
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What are some fist builds you guys recommend that dont involve zeus

tight basin
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merciful end

plain river
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Or hangover

deep wagon
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I tried to do a merciful end build once

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I didnt get the duo boon 💀

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I had the mirror upgrade for duos too

plain river
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Happens

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Sometimes you just get bad rng

deep wagon
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Unfortunately

tight basin
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zeus atk is like the alternative if you dont want to do ME lol

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generally considered better than hangover on fists

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mainly because of jolted

deep wagon
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Honestly ive never really understood what jolted does

plain river
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Hangover simple, consistent
Dio strike -> aphro special -> low tolerance (not necessary) -> 8 trillion poms on strike
If you naturally find ares while building hangover, -> curse of vengeance -> curse of nausea

tight basin
plain river
deep wagon
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I see

tight basin
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it has really good pom and rarity scaling

deep wagon
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How does it work w the demeter duo?

plain river
tight basin
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it's good if your jolted source is one something that you dont use often

deep wagon
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Ahh ok

plain river
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Normally jolted ends when it proks and hits them for damage

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w/ cold fusion it sticks around even after

dull stag
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Any suggestions for a rama bow build?

delicate hatch
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i think it's usually some beefy % attack like aphro attack, zeus on special, ig tidal dash? and then probably just cram as much arty into it as you can

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idk if that's the meta but it sounds like it makes sense idk

tight basin
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hunter dash not tidal dash

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but otherwise pretty much correct

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typically start zeus for his special because shared suffering can get through tartarus and kinda asphodel if you have a good hammer

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and if you get jolted early it's free damage

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best hammers are twin/triple -> point blank/perfect shot

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if you want to start aphrodite for the attack, look for any sort of flat damage on the special (dionysus, ares, zeus)

dull stag
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Thank you 👌

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I would like to learn some tips and tricks for those fast runns that you ladds do, after im done with the story and get those weapons upgraded, miror, etc

delicate hatch
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it all results to just

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press button fast

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tbh

delicate hatch
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that alone should get you to like 10 min runs

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ye that's what i was about to say

tight basin
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it goes over basic speedrunning tactics and a build for 1 aspect of each weapon

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mirror and pact as well

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you can probably get like a sub8 or sub9 by just a lot of practice after watching this video, but i think anything lower than that would need more supplemental material

dull stag
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Needed more of a tactic guide, fast buttons im good..
Awesome ladds apriciate it

tight basin
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tactics is just like, take every free room lmao

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have a good build

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pause before making a decision

dull stag
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Oh so just dont waste mutch time on them boons rooms where you clear stuff

tight basin
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yeah

dull stag
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Like always take shoop, and that stuff

tight basin
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once you're in front of a set of doors, pause when the rewards show up so you can buy some time to think

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yeah always take midshop and story rooms

dull stag
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👍

tight basin
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don't take trials or erebus generally, but you can probably get away with one of those for a sub10

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i'd only take a trial in a speedrun if you're building for merciful end

dull stag
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Erebus i dont have yet

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Merciful end?

tight basin
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ares athena duo

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it's kinda inconsistent to get fully up and running, but it's an extremely strong combo

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ares attack, athena special, get duo, get divine dash, hopefully find impending doom

dull stag
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Aha, im relatively new to Hades, so sorry if i ask some stuff that is probably basic for you ladds

delicate hatch
tight basin
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eh

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like

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ME again i guess

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actually speedcord said to take shop if it's athena vs midshop iirc lol

delicate hatch
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interesting

tight basin
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i generally dont take midshop over artemis but it hurts lol

vagrant crane
weary karma
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Is it better to take chaos gate or mid shop in Tartarus if I have full health and enough gold for a boon?

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For speed running

valid dagger
cunning urchin
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Shop and just pass through probably if RTA. dusa

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Unless Cast build I guess.

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And when in doubt, cry and blame Amir for forcing you to make this choice.

ivory turtle
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Ok Imma try Eris for the first time. I've always hated playing rail tho, y'all have any tips?

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Not for the first time lol

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I was thinking hestia lolllll

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Anyway I hear that Eris is supposedly nuts?

vagrant crane
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eris is very good

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lightning strike

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you want tdash at some point i think

edgy jungle
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turn off aim at cursor if you're using a mouse

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you can still aim the special

ivory turtle
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Ok... It gave me a hammer first, would I want Delta, piercing or cluster?

edgy jungle
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if the reason you don't like rail is the reload, delta chamber is nice

ivory turtle
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I'll give it a shot (lol pun unintended)

edgy jungle
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cluster bombs is silly if you can combine it with rocket bomb later

edgy jungle
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a bit late but this was assuming you were actually using eris and not hestia

ivory turtle
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Yeah I was lolll

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I failed horribly tho

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Tis fine, rail just really isn't my weapon lol

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My brain turns off when I play rail

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Hmmmmmm

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Let's play some Demeter on Arthur

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Hmmm actually jo

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*no

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Let's do Hades spear

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With Athena :DD

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OOOH I JUST GOT MASSIVE SPIN

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It's my favorite Hades hammer

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It's so overkill but it's beautiful

opaque hollow
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Not really a fan of hades spear

plain river
opaque hollow
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There are....

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Only 4 spear aspects

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Oh wait thats the joke

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Lmao pretty funny

cobalt moat
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can I open my god pool back up again by purging the last boon of one of the 4 gods I wound up with?

cobalt moat
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bummer

cobalt moat
vagrant crane
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god keepsake

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first try

cobalt moat
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ah, nice, I like it

vagrant crane
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so if you use a god keepsake between regions

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and then pick up that god

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they're added to your pool

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you can get an indefinitely large pool

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haelian recently did a 9 god pool video

cobalt moat
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I take it Hermes isn't affected by god pool?

vagrant crane
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no

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hermes will pop up everywhere

cobalt moat
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makes sense

vagrant crane
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he counts for family favorites thiough

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unlike chaos

cobalt moat
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family favorites?

vagrant crane
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mirror boost

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5% per god who you have boon of

cobalt moat
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oh right

plain river
ivory turtle
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Advice on good zag bow builds? I'm thinking heartbreak strike to make crits mega huge

tight basin
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that works yeah

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get some other artemis core that isn't her dash to get heart rend

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or you can do deadly strike + passion dash for heart rend

ivory turtle
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Ooooh ok

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How does putting Artemis on attack work? Does it just add to the crit chance so it's 25%

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?

tight basin
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yeah

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i think 30% because zag bow is 15%

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and atk is also 15%

ivory turtle
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Ohhhh

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I was thinking about casts crit%

ivory turtle
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Is it worth it to reroll for a duo if you have it unlocked?

spare holly
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If you get a good hunter's mark you'll get so many crits! I did that recently with zag bow and just mowed down styx

vagrant crane
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if it’s like mirage shot or hunting blades yes

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heart rend you could prob roll once for

ivory turtle
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Heart rend

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Oh oof

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I decided to just go with art call lol

vagrant crane
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slot filling works too

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oh

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but arty call kinda not that good

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its like a worse aph call

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also, not necessarily this run but in runs that depend on decent hermes don’t take a call until after 2nd hermes

ivory turtle
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I also have Zeus in my core so I can go for smoldering

vagrant crane
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ngl i think arty is the worst call for smair

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other than ares call

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it does like

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100 damage

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every 5 sec

ivory turtle
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O_o u rite tho

vagrant crane
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arty really likes greater call

plain river
vagrant crane
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yeah

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zoos best call

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dio 2nd best call

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wait

vagrant crane
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electric shot?

ivory turtle
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Tdash

vagrant crane
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oh

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right

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that is not the abbreviation i am used to for that

ivory turtle
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XDDD

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Also that moment when I get the WRONG DUO

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I got lightning rod

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Which is literally the worst one I could've gotten

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Reroll time I think

plain river
ivory turtle
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O H

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Thank you

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So zap dash

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I'm quite new to the community, so much appreciated

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THERE WE GOOOO I GOT HEART REND

vagrant crane
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W

ivory turtle
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Ok so apparently arty call works pretty well with heart rend, duly noted

vagrant crane
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that would definitely be some fat stacks

ivory turtle
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Y e a h

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Ok so I know that apparently acorn is the best keepsake after forcing... But why?? I feel like either lucky tooth or pom blossom should be better lol

vagrant crane
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pom blossom will like

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never hit anything

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it's pretty not good

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and tooth absorbs less damage

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for dad

ivory turtle
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Ohhhh that makes sense

vagrant crane
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and also only works once you've lost DDs

ivory turtle
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For Elysium would you still recommend acorn?

vagrant crane
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depends

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do you feel you need the protection from a defensive keepsake?

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because in ely it's often good to take hourglass

delicate hatch
vagrant crane
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also

delicate hatch
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ely is kinda like

vagrant crane
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if ever you take hourglass

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before unequipping it

delicate hatch
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you can just take almost whatever

vagrant crane
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CHECK THE WELL

delicate hatch
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^^^

vagrant crane
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or else when you check the well going into styx after taking it off there'll be a braid and a stone sitting there taunting you with their 8 encounter duration

delicate hatch
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😭

ivory turtle
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LOLLLL will do

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Oh other question

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Does Dodge/damage% gained by plume or butterfly stay after you unequip?

delicate hatch
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afaik no

ivory turtle
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I feel like that's a dumb question but I gotta know

delicate hatch
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wouldn't really make sense anyway

ivory turtle
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Imma try to replace arty call with dio

delicate hatch
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idrk much about calls but i don't think there's many scenarios where you would want arty's?

vagrant crane
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it's like

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it does nothing on not full call

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and aph full call is better

plain river
vagrant crane
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you can sell

plain river
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You need to sell the call to pick up a new one

vagrant crane
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i think they meant sell and force dio

plain river
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Maybe

ivory turtle
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Ohhhh that's actually good to know

vagrant crane
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because gambling on a lego like chance even if it were possible isn't fun

ivory turtle
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I didn't mean that lol

vagrant crane
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oh

plain river
plain river
ivory turtle
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O O F

ivory turtle
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I only got special boosting hammers

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S a d g e

vagrant crane
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what asepct

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oh right

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zagbow

plain river
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Which aspect

vagrant crane
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rip

ivory turtle
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Zag

plain river
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Ah rip

vagrant crane
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i think like

ivory turtle
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Guess I'll go for piercing

vagrant crane
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the only one that isn't entirely useless is charged

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but it'd be useless by ely right

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that's for like tart

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i think

ivory turtle
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Ok actually I'm not that upset

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Tagged with attack then specialed

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On butterfly ball

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Did like 1800 because I have arty special

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Def not the typical start but it worked once so that's good

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*strat

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Second wind or greater evasion??

vagrant crane
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wind

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makes smair even better

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i love ixion

ivory turtle
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K so the only zap thing I have is dash, is clouded judgement or double strike preferred?

cunning urchin
# ivory turtle Advice on good zag bow builds? I'm thinking heartbreak strike to make crits mega...

With Heartbreak Strike start, the two main things I look for are Hunter Dash (or Tidal Dash if you see it first in Tartarus) and Hunter's Mark. Heart Rend is also something to look for, but Hunter's Mark actually matters more. Although if I see both, I'd pick Heart Rend anyway because Hunter's Mark has a better chance of showing up again.

If you picked up Tidal Dash, put a couple poms on that and also look for Breaking Wave from him. But still prioritize looking for Hunter's Mark from Lady Artemis, ideally with Pressure Points to open it up... although taking True Shot/Deadly Flourish to open it up is fine, too, but Pressure Points is the better pick if you have the choice.

If you don't have Hunter Dash or Tidal Dash before Asphodel, grab the Adamant Arrowhead to get Hunter Dash and/or Pressure Points + Hunter's Mark.

If you already have Hunter Dash before Asphodel, I usually go for Thunder Signet to get Zeus' Aid and go for Smoldering Air. But also still look for Hunter's Mark etc.

Best hammers are Twin Shot and Triple Shot (personally favor Twin Shot). If you already have one of those, then Flurry Shot is your best second hammer. Perfect Shot and Point-Blank Shot are also good options if you Twin/Triple/Flurry... and Perfect/Point-Blank are better than Flurry if you don't have Twin/Triple yet.

Also look for Strike/Lunge from Master Chaos as much as possible and buy Attack jerkies and anything else that buffs attack damage from Wells of Charon (i.e., Nail of Talos etc.).

Mirror should look like this, although taking Thick Skin instead of High Confidence is perfectly fine too, of course: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/725021639506526249/1081908869078458500/Hades_6154.png

vagrant crane
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double strike probably

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uh

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do i take 73 epic atk from athena

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i have shackle rn

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i think ill just styxshackle

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wth 329 aspho exit?

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random good pace

cunning urchin
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Other good Zag Bow builds are:

Deadly Strike start > Passion Dash > Heart Rend and also get Hunter's Mark. And all the usual stuff from hammers and Master Chaos etc.

Tidal Dash start > poms on Tidal Dash + Breaking Wave > Deadly Strike + Hunter's Mark (or rare/epic Heartbreak Strike if you see it first in Tartarus, but then still look for Pressure Points + Hunter's Mark in Asphodel). Can also take Shattered Shackle instead of Deadly Strike, but personally I would go for Deadly Strike there.

vagrant crane
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CLOCKETS TIME

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uh

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enshrouded is trolling

cunning urchin
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Keepsakes are most commonly:

god 1 > god 2 > Acorn > Acorn

Sometimes can go:

god 1 > god 2 > god 3 > Acorn
god 1 > god 2 > Hourglass (after checking the Well) > Acorn
god 1 > Hourglass (very rare) > Hourglass/Acorn > Acorn
god 1 > god 2 > whatever > Hourglass (if you see good stuff in the Well before Styx and have several rerolls)

cunning urchin
vagrant crane
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ish

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didnt actually take it

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im not happy with this flayed losing 2 dds thing

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god damn it

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2:30 ely

cunning urchin
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Have you considered not getting hit?

vagrant crane
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i didnt have enough juice

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and played like

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32 33 34

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:c i hate this biome

cunning urchin
# vagrant crane 2:30 ely

Consider that we high heat players once collectively complained about only having 7 minutes IGT for all of Elysium. tizomg

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Well, that's with JS etc. to be fair, but still lol.

vagrant crane
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lmfao

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i just need an 8s dad fight rn

tight basin
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easy

ivory turtle
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SMOLDERING AIRRRRR

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Thanks for the advice y'all!! Beat Dad :DD

cunning urchin
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Congratulations! dusa

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Oh yeah, Dying Lament is great for Heartbreak Strike start especially, forgot to mention that.

vagrant crane
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makes rat room slightly less soul crushing

cunning urchin
cobalt moat
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Quick Recovery: "After taking damage, quickly dash to recover some ❤️ you just lost" - How is "quickly" defined here? Half a second? 4 seconds? Some sort of scalar?

opaque hollow
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No clue

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Just as fast as you can

tight basin
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maybe about half a second but i never pay attention to it

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maybe less

cobalt moat
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I mean if Hermes wasn't a total tightwad I'd never pick it, but here I am, lol

tight basin
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lmao tbf it's not really a great boon

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it just exists

opaque hollow
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take it if there is nothing else

grand zenith
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@vagrant crane What would a hangover build look like and how good is it?

vagrant crane
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hangover builds are like

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drunk eris

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chiron

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drunk fists

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they take dio on atk or special whichever one is the fast one and then typically go for aphrodite on the slower harder hitting one with the end goal of low tolerance

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they can be rather good

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pretty sure eris high heat something or other wr is drunk eris

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chiron just isn't that great but that's its best special based build

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i think you can do drunk zeus

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and it'll like work ish on fds sword

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oh

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flurry jab dio atk good on spear i think

tight basin
tight basin
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tends to be on the slower side generally

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because all you need are poms, certain aspects take it at high heat like fists and eris mentioned above

vagrant crane
tight basin
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i mean you can do a lot of things

vagrant crane
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gilga pos atk

tight basin
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the only time i've done drunk zeus was because the account didn't have a zeus keepsake yet lol

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and the 40 heat run as a challenge

vagrant crane
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wtf was the ares core

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oh

tight basin
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vengeance lmao

vagrant crane
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vengeance works?

tight basin
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yeah

vagrant crane
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W

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real speed pact hours

tight basin
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it's good for chiron

tight basin
vagrant crane
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oh

tight basin
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js1 bouldy

vagrant crane
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js1

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trolling

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cf2 free

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just get the boons

tight basin
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this was @plain river 40 pact

vagrant crane
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ap1 40 real

vagrant crane
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did u get marked

tight basin
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uh

vagrant crane
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i guess 12% isn't that bad

tight basin
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idk the icon for marked lol

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nope i do not have marked

vagrant crane
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bit tragic

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finished homework time for more GRIND

tight basin
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lmao have fun

vagrant crane
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halting is fun

tight basin
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yep

simple ginkgo
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Anyone have a decent build for the Zag Rail aspect?

soft shoal
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zeus on attack + aphro on special + zeus call + smair is one I like

simple ginkgo
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What is Smair?

soft shoal
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sorry smouldering air (aphro + zeus duo boon)

simple ginkgo
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Ohhh okay that makes sense. Lol

plain river
simple ginkgo
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Anyone have a strong Beowulf build?

proper furnace
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Which is bugged on flares so its double dmg

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You can also do passion flare + snow Burst or something similar along with privileged status

simple ginkgo
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I thought Trippy Flare was BiS for beowulf Lol

proper furnace
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Too inconsistent

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Buut it can be super fun

simple ginkgo
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Okay so Poseidon cast here I come lol

proper furnace
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You use stygian soul so you need extra casts from chaos, mirage shot too so 3 gods

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But the best thing about trippy is that its poms are bugged

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They are double of what its shown

simple ginkgo
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That explains a lot lol

proper furnace
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So trippy is fun but kinda a pain

simple ginkgo
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So should I wait until my Beowulf is lvl 5? it's lvl 4 rn

valid dagger
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It doesnt matter

proper furnace
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Doesnt matter

simple ginkgo
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Alright Lol I'll give it a shot then

zealous brook
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does Weak effect > Doom effect? because my previous run felt slow with no proper duo boon for doom
i always got the duo for athena and art
this one felt easy with the duo boon of apro and art + unhealthy fixation legendary boon(got it at the very end at charon)

vagrant crane
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weak is much better on its own than doom

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doom without ME kinda is annoying

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also curse of longing is not very good

zealous brook
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i see

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so instead of going with Ares i can go for athena,apro and arthemis

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im just using stygian blade for now so arthemis is must, will try to see how i can get better boon with apro

tight basin
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aphrodite on fists attack of like base 15 damage kinda sucks, but ares attack would work pretty well

zealous brook
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interesting so different weapons have diff way of working with it ok

tight basin
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yeah

zealous brook
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i'm mainly using nemesis sword for now

tight basin
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stuff that hits fast with low base damage want a flat damage attack like dionysus, ares, or zeus

vagrant crane
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nem wants % or can do neMEsis

tight basin
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something that hits slower but for more damage wants a % modifier

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anything that's melee like shield, fists, sword, and spear can all do merciful end tho lol

zealous brook
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yeah happened to me alot of runs

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it felt weird

zealous brook
tight basin
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ME is generally what you want to go for if you want to maximize dps, but it's pretty rng dependent

zealous brook
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okay

tight basin
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ares attack, athena special, get duo, get athena dash, try and get impending doom

vagrant crane
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ME is best on nem?

tight basin
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idk probably lmao

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wouldnt be surprised if it wasn't tho

vagrant crane
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what's with the whole shackle thing then

tight basin
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prob because the 100% is good

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and can carry the damage before you get dedge prob

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it might be more like tidal dash into shackle

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on the other hand tho speedrunning is a whole different thing for the most part lmao

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too many nuances and you reset if you dont get what you want

gusty rapids
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shackle is also way more fun for speedrunning imo

plain river
last dirge
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First run I do after months not playing was a perfect (boon wise) Lightning Phalanx build lmao

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I was barely playing right until the end and it did so well.

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I wonder if I could fit Deadly Reversal in there

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If I got divine special and tidal dash, for mirage shot

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I even got Ancient Recall somehow

grand ruin
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I've developed a bad habit of over-dashing with Greater Reflex. Is it worth the trouble to re-train my brain for Ruthless Reflex's damage/dodge boost?

plain river
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Ruthless reflex isn’t worth it

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Greater reflex is way way better

vagrant crane
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you don’t appreciate that 2nd dash till it’s gone

acoustic skiff
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I straight up could not function without second dash

grand ruin
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It didn't help that I've been doing EM2/FO2 to train and I changed it when Fists had Darker Thirst. Broke my 26 streak on Lernie of all things.

bold echo
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So whats the exact Zag Fist build? Of what I'm aware it's just Zeus/Athena

vagrant crane
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or plume dodge meme

bold echo
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I dont have Demeter leveled up yet, just using Zag Aspect

cunning urchin
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Curse of Agony > Divine Flourish > Merciful End + Divine Dash.

vagrant crane
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what's the name of doom special

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curse of pain?

cunning urchin
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Yes.

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Agony > Attack
Pain > sPecial

bold echo
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What aspect do you want for that? Demeter?

vagrant crane
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fists = ME

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dem just happens to be the best fists aspect

bold echo
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So the ME Build Haelion shows in his video from like a year ago is fine to follow?

cunning urchin
cunning urchin
bold echo
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It was in his video for "The most overpowered builds"

vagrant crane
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is that the one that has poseidon electric shot

cunning urchin
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I mean haelian definitely knows what he's talking about.

drowsy saddle
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ikr tier 0 chaos shield :)

bold echo
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Uh for the fists build I just remember him saying ME. I dont remember exactly what other boons he recommends

cunning urchin
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Well, I just told you the boons you need.

bold echo
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Oh Im just answering Jazz's question

cunning urchin
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Avoid picking up core boons from other gods that open up other Duo Boons.

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Until you have Merciful End.

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You'll also want Impending Doom after you get Merciful End.

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Poms on Curse of Agony and on Impending Doom.

bold echo
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So I assume I want to use my special attack after almost every combo?

cunning urchin
vagrant crane
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but they're pretty

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i'll take any opportunity to post them

cunning urchin
bold echo
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Ohhhh okay

vagrant crane
bold echo
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So I assume it's best to bring Gods Legacy for this build seeing as it's relying on a Duo boon to really get rolling

cunning urchin
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But if you have have Merciful End and don't have Divine Dash yet, you can do Dash-Attack > immediate Special > repeat as a combo.

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If you input Special fast enough after a Dash-Attack, it'll come out as a Dash-Upper on the same Dash. Might take a little bit of practice, but it's not difficult once you get the hang of it.

cunning urchin
bold echo
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Ohhhh okay. So is the logic, if you're only wanting 1 Duo boon it's best for Gods' Pride over Legacy?

cunning urchin
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From Lord Hernes: Greatest Reflex at rare/epic or Hyper Sprint + Rush Delivery is what you want.

vagrant crane
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rarity matters more i think

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beo you take legacy

drowsy saddle
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also doom rarity good

vagrant crane
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doom epic does double from rare

cunning urchin
vagrant crane
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did you know

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heroic lvl1 curse of pain does less than heroic lvl1 curse of agony

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agony is 50/75/100/125 while pain is 60/80/100/120

drowsy saddle
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how does the doom stack boon work with the aphro duo

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the one that makes subsequent doom procs do less

plain river
plain river
vagrant crane
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life if % based scaling wasnt rng

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i just want my 100% atk

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please just 1 rdv

drowsy saddle
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please no

vagrant crane
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please YES

drowsy saddle
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wait does %atk not get affected by rd

vagrant crane
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why would it lmfao

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rd is additive

drowsy saddle
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ah

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wait i got it wrong nvm

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was thinking of mirage for some reason

plain river
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I want my 2.3-2.5* scaling on agony

drowsy saddle
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and MSV multiplies all flat effects

tight basin
cunning urchin
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jazz not writing lmao or lmfao for 3 messages challenge: impossible

tight basin
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legacy on beo is more consistent to get mirage earlier (or at all), but if you just hard reset for an early mirage then might as well take pride lol

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i think ocke used/uses pride

vagrant crane
plain river
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More or less impossible then Drunken try to not get correct challenge?

tight basin
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vorime also uses pride lol

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so pride vs legacy on beo is personal preference

drowsy saddle
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pride v legacy is just "do i want to reset more or do i want to get the funny duo build consistently"

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reset for high roll ofc

vagrant crane
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pride v legacy is "why am i not playing hestia?"

drowsy saddle
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L + dc2

cunning urchin
vagrant crane
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they r drunk

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it's in the name

tight basin
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higher end beo players reset more

quaint quail
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im doing a mercifull end ascpect of demeter build, is rush kick good?

cunning urchin
quaint quail
cunning urchin
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Right.

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I mean it's still a fun hammer, so no big deal.

quaint quail
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yeah

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also its funny kicking someone in the jaw like 8 times

cunning urchin
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Hits 7 times for standing Special, 6 times for Dash-Special.

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Assuming the aspect is maxed.

last dirge
vagrant crane
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gilgamesh and viable don't go together

last dirge
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Gilgamesh isnt a heat pushing or speed pushing aspect though

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It's fine it's just a meme

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You still have to try to die at 0 heat with it usually

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And its good for funny dash boon builds because Maim gives global dmg and you won't be attacking to interrupt your dash invuln anyway

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You can stop using Maim at any time

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It's like playing GY spin builds. It can be really effective but it's a meme.

quaint quail
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i want to try a spear build, any reccomended aspects?

tight basin
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Achilles

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i'm a bit busy so i can't elaborate more but here's this guide lol https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eAOEli9KqJOVyPD7U-6D1o1yZx1tDMQWLDcMJr8G84E/edit?usp=sharing

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ik it's for speedrunning but it should give a general idea of build ideas

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sorta

simple ginkgo
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So how does one know when it's worth to run Gods' Legacy over Gods' Pride?

opaque hollow
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Depends on what you want

drowsy saddle
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if you want funny duo build run legacy

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but for high performance pride is generally better

simple ginkgo
drowsy saddle
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if you want to use a specific duo boon and dont really want to sweat too much use legacy

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otherwise pride

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/preference

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thats how i see it

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like if I want to try out a crystal clarity meme run i'd just go legacy to make it more likely

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but a high-heat merciful end run would use pride as i need high rarities on doom and hermes and stuff which is more important

simple ginkgo
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Well earlier today when I tried the ME build for Fists, I was told Gods' Pride is better for the build since all the boons that you pick up scale really well with higher rarity.

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Do you know any other builds that work like that?

drowsy saddle
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basically all of them, when you want to play optimally

simple ginkgo
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Because to me it seems like God's Legacy would've been the better choice for me since you're relying on getting the ME duo boon.

drowsy saddle
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yeah but if you're proccing 50 damage dooms instead of 100 damage its really not that good

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and then you need impending rarity, and hermes for +dashes

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etc etc

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its less consistent but has higher highs

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which again, only matter if you want to tryhard

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if you want to attempt ME, and don't care about speed or heat or whatever, go ahead with legacy

simple ginkgo
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Lol fair enough. Im just trying to find a build I enjoy with each weapon.

tight basin
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They'd rather have better Hermes rarity for more damage because if they don't get the duo at a certain point they just reset the run

simple ginkgo
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Ahhhh okay that makes sense though if their running high heats.

tight basin
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Speedrunning too

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Not seeing athena in Tartarus can be a reset point lol

simple ginkgo
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isn't Beowulf the top tier weapon for Speedrunning?

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I thought I seen someone say that somewhere lol

tight basin
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I mean yeah but you can still use fists

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For like, wr fists time lmao

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Overall, beo is better

simple ginkgo
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I just cant fully see how people enjoy Beowulf so much. It's fun to an extent for me lol

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I hate how you rely so hard on getting Mirage Duo though

tight basin
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Big nuke is funny

tight basin
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Well beo is still decent without mirage

simple ginkgo
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Yeah I had a run on Beo where I had 6 casts and I 4 shot each phase of Hades

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Definitely was hilarious.

tight basin
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For speed you def want mirage before lernie

drowsy saddle
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who needs mirage

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just get more braids

tight basin
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If you want to play casually, mirage-less beo is still fine

drowsy saddle
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trippy beo is fun

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though i prefer trippy hera for ranged application

tight basin
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Pom bug go brrrr

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Just get cshot easy

simple ginkgo
drowsy saddle
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true shot 💀

simple ginkgo
#

I heard that the Beo Trippy build is very inconsistent though.

tight basin
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Yeah

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It's fun when you do get it going tho

simple ginkgo
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Yeah it looks like a lot of fun

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The Pom bug on Beo as well as the Mirage shot bug is just nasty though.

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To bad I feel so clunky using Beo

drowsy saddle
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the trick to feeling fast using beo is to just spam rushes

tight basin
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Just get the boons

tight basin
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You'll start the rush faster because you put down the shield faster compared to a standing attack

simple ginkgo
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A deadly strike Beo build?

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How did that one go?

tight basin
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That's trippy flare lmao

simple ginkgo
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Oh wait. I just looked at top boon

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LOL

tight basin
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Artemis is just good on the attack because it opens up mirage and the random crits are nice lmao

vagrant crane
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sweet nectar

simple ginkgo
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306 damage on your trippy. Thats nasty.

vagrant crane
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it's more

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by like

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a lot

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it'd be what

tight basin
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It's prob closer to like 500 lmao

vagrant crane
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512?

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wait

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what's epic trippy

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not 100

tight basin
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160 I think

vagrant crane
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160+292

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452?

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A lot

tight basin
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Something like that lmao

simple ginkgo
#

Are Chaos gates worth taking for ME build? Or no

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Im guessing no

vagrant crane
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i mean

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free room

tight basin
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For speedrunning yeah because free room hell yeah

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Otherwise it's pretty useless

vagrant crane
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also im never running beo again this sucks

simple ginkgo
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I cant think of any Chaos boon thats worth

vagrant crane
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the only thing is favor

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if you dont have ME or impending yet

tight basin
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Yeah favor is really good for ME for good Hermes and higher duo chance

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And good impending rarity right

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But otherwise skip chaos

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Esp if it's against an Athena door

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Also consider taking trials for Athena and/or ares

simple ginkgo
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I got Ares and Athena on my first room at the start of my fist run. This is just sad.

tight basin
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how is that sad

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if you started ares, take athena

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and vice versa

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the other will be guaranteed to show up because of keepsake

simple ginkgo
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Well the more you know

tight basin
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decent chance it'll appear on midshop too for better rarity

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depends how early in the run you are

simple ginkgo
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was in 2nd room

tight basin
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was it hammer start?

simple ginkgo
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yeah

tight basin
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hammer start into darkness/gem/key/nectar

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yeah i'd take whoever's keepsake you're not using

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idk if that'd be a good idea for speedrunning, but i dont think you're speedrunning so it's fine lmao

vagrant crane
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just had the worst c2 of my life

simple ginkgo
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Nah I'm not.

tight basin
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some aspects can get away with it relatively fine, like beowulf, hestia, rama, chunkier aspects

vagrant crane
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i stopped to break two pots cause i thought new wave

tight basin
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lmao

tight basin
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halting flourish isn't that bad

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esp early tart

vagrant crane
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halting:

tight basin
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-28% isn't that bad

vagrant crane
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halting has ruined too many rooms for me

tight basin
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i mean if it's no reset then that's your best choice unless you wanna double roll

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also slothful isn't much better

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prob worse tbh

vagrant crane
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i reset

tight basin
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i thought you were doing no reset

vagrant crane
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it was awful

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i stopped

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i literally had 0 motivation to play it was so bad

tight basin
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lmao fair

simple ginkgo
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Huh didnt find ME and Im just about to fight Hades

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extremely unlucky run I feel

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No impending doom either

tight basin
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it do be like that

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ME is pretty inconsistent

simple ginkgo
#

What other fun/good builds exist for Spear or Fists?

tight basin
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for achilles spear there's hunting blades

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or meme beams

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or lightning phalanx

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hunting blades and meme beams kinda plays itself, lightning phalanx is a bit more involved but still pretty strong

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meme beams is not as consistent but isn't that hard to get going

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safest tho

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for fists, you can do zeus attack -> some aphrodite core -> dio/zeus call -> smoldering air

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dio call wants a lot of poms, zeus call (and attack) you want static discharge and every other supporting zeus boon possible

simple ginkgo
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So I just finished the run with the ME fists

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I found ME in the last shop

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and got my fastest clear idk how. Lol

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I felt slow af.

tight basin
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lmao even without ME the doom drops can be pretty good

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also depends on your hammers tho

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whats your time?

simple ginkgo
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17:05

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My best time before that was like 23mins LOL

tight basin
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without ME you prob would've still beaten it lmao

simple ginkgo
#

Also for hammers I got long knuckle and uh I cant remember the name but the one that does +5 damage for each consecutive hit.

tight basin
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oh didn't have great hammers

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long knuckle's aight tho

simple ginkgo
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What are good hammers for ME build?

tight basin
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well for fists in general, breaching cross is just really good

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+900% dash strike damage on armor is just stupid good

simple ginkgo
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Oh, yeah that sounds great, especially with ME

tight basin
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explosive upper on demeter fists is good

simple ginkgo
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Yeah I dont have demeter fists yet

tight basin
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yeah then the 2nd hammer doesn't matter too much

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concentrated knuckle resets on dash strikes so it's kinda bad lol

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long knuckle is nice safety tho

simple ginkgo
#

So wait, why do people use Achilles Spear?

tight basin
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150% damage boost kinda dummy strong

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for 4 attacks and cast

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and having spear recall replaced with raging rush makes it better

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casts have really good pom scaling and having any % boost to them is just really good

simple ginkgo
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Oh I only have lvl2 achilles lol

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So is the playstyle just, Use special, then cast?

tight basin
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that's still a 75% boost or something i think

tight basin
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and then you want to find good duos

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like slicing shot -> hunting blades and whatever i said earlier

simple ginkgo
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Wait but isnt the Hunting blades build a cast build? Or am I just dumb? Lol

tight basin
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it is

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achilles is just very versatile

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you can do a pure attack based build if you want because you get a free bonus to your attack

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when you get hunting blades, the idea is basically like
spam special twice -> cast -> dash strike as many times until raging rush is done -> repeat

simple ginkgo
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Oh wait I just got Rama

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I've heard Rama is a lot of fun and pretty good as well

tight basin
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raging rush applies to 4 casts/attacks and it doesn't stack, so even if you have 1 charge left and try to activate raging rush, it doesn't work (i'm pretty sure)

simple ginkgo
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is that true or false?

tight basin
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very high learning curve tho

simple ginkgo
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Whats so hard about it?

tight basin
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one of the hardest aspects to learn

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a lot slower charge time

simple ginkgo
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But the attack pierces doesnt it?

tight basin
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every bow attack pierces

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unless you have explosive shot

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and technically chain i guess since it doesn't pierce anymore lol

simple ginkgo
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Wait so the charge up skill is just the special on Rama?

tight basin
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well

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its why it's difficult

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when you use the special, it inflicts shared suffering

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and any enemy inflicted with that will take 60% (max level) of the attack damage you just dealt

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so if i hit enemy 1 with shared suffering and attack enemy 2 and deal 100 damage, enemy 1 will take 60 damage and enemy 2 will take 100

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if enemy 2 was also inflicted with shared suffering, it'll take 160 and enemy 1 will take 60

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that's the whole gimmick of rama

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and it follows the trend of hidden aspects being slower but hits harder

simple ginkgo
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Sooooooooo. The charge up skill is the basic attack?

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I'm so confused

tight basin
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yeah

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because yaknow

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you charge the bow

simple ginkgo
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Seems like a range version of Beo just without the casts. LOL

tight basin
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kinda lol

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except you dont have a giant dinner plate protecting you

simple ginkgo
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So I assume Fiery Presence is better with Rama?

tight basin
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yeah it's considered better

simple ginkgo
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Awesome I'm gonna go do a couple things then try out Rama then

tight basin
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make sure to have good enemy line ups to hit multiple because otherwise it'll take forever

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also dash strike into your charge

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otherwise it will literally take forever to power shot lmao

simple ginkgo
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Oh also whats a good build for Rama?

vagrant crane
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uh

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wait

vagrant crane
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why

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only standing strikes on spawning enemies seems worthwhile

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it's a 15% difference

tight basin
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A beefy % attack, Aphro is very good (ideally not common), or you can go for Artemis because crits, any high rarity % attack can do except Poseidon (avoid that one), for the Special you want flat damage, it's not hard to come by, usually not worth forcing tho, Ares Dio Zeus are the main ones, you can go for Demeter and try to get Killing freeze, it can work pretty well, for the Dash there arent many options because most of them are either anti-synergy or just dont do anything, Artemis however is probably the best in slot dash, because Rama relies on dash strikes and getting dash strike damage is just good, Athena is a good one too because deflecting is nice, another important thing for Rama is hammers, ideally you want Triple Shot or Twin Shot for your first hammer, if not offered you can go for Perfect or Point Blank, and for the second hammer you usually want Perfect or Point Blank (assuming Triple or Twin first) but the order can be the other way here, if you get Perfect Shot as first hammer then it's fine too, hammers to avoid are Sniper shot (blocks Twins shot) and also doesnt do anything, and Repulse shot, Explosive is a bit of an odd one, it's nice in some scenarios but hard to play, Chain shot is okay, wont do much in bosses. Rama is difficult and needs practice but it's really good when it comes to heat especially, it's a good idea to watch vods of people who are good at it and try to implement their movement and decision making in your runs

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thanks MiKE

tight basin
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and fishing for backstabs on enemies kinda inconsistent

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also if you have good enemy grouping, the 75% is better than the 60% shared suffering

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and with enemy grouping, youre not likely to backstab

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also, hitting shared suffering on a different enemy and using fiery on another will do more damage

simple ginkgo
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So what I got from that, if I practice Rama a lot I can git gud.

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Sounds good to me lol

tight basin
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yeah

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like i said, rama is pretty hard to learn lol

simple ginkgo
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Dw I'll get to 32 heat by tonight with it

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LOL JK

tight basin
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lmao do it

simple ginkgo
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My highest heat rn is like 12

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Been messing around with all the aspects to find the one I enjoy the most to push to 32+

tight basin
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perfect for 32

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8 to 32 is doable

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with a good pact

simple ginkgo
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So heart rend on Rama wouldnt be bad at all, eh?

plain river
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Eh

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Tbh it kinda isn’t good on rama

simple ginkgo
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If I got Artemis Main attack, with Aphrodite Special

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I thought it would be pretty damn good lol

plain river
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It’s better off having the consistency of aphrodite attack

simple ginkgo
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Wait wtf is the Special on Rama

plain river
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since rama is even slower then regular bow, you’re hitting and therefore critting less often

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Aphrodite attack consistently kills enemies faster

vagrant crane
plain river
vagrant crane
simple ginkgo
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Oh I meant more in the way of how it works

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It's completely different from every other bow

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Oh also a question I've been meaning to ask. When it comes to Dash striking, how much of a window do you have to charge up and shoot after you dash before you lose the bonus damage from dashing?

vagrant crane
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it exists to apply shared suffering and to kill tart enemies and flame wheels

vagrant crane
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dash strikes do less damage

simple ginkgo
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Because in the paragraph that Banana posted in it said "because Rama relies on dash strikes and getting dash strike damage is just good"

vagrant crane
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i mean

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you should just

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click when you dash

simple ginkgo
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I do but I'm just curious whats the timing on it. Do I lose the bonus damage if I charge up for too long?

vagrant crane
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no

plain river
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It’s just charging faster

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unless you get a dash strike boon

plain river
simple ginkgo
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Ohhhhh okay

plain river
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maybe longer

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Dash striking is normally faster