#h1-builds-and-combat
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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
44
use meg on minibosses, it'll strip the armor immediately and the hp is really easy to get through
wait relentless over triple ?
yeah that's not good idea
rama once you get thru tart most of the time your special's damage is like eh
you want to be putting out those huge chunks
whaaaat thats crazy i had no idea. i always figured it was one bolt per hit
it's a 0.2 sec cooldown, so you're not getting as much as you think
it's also why thunder flourish on chiron isn't meta lol
yea thats actually terrible lol
well thunder flourish is still really good
because you can get static discharge
but that's generally the extent of it lol
double strike moment
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
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
i'll just dm it
oh
aight then
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
i deleted it because it's an hour's worth of stuff i gotta get through and i dont want to clog the channel
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
it's just like mostly boon choices
meg is very helpful
most of the time you meg minibosses heroes and dad
i used to end every run with 5 megs
now i end with 0
ill copy n then u an delete it or dm it if u want
i dont want to cover like gameplay mechanic because you can learn from watching other top players or just through more experience
got it
rama is super hard to learn
i'll just dm each chunk whenever i hit the character limit in messages lmao
probably hardest other than like flurry hera idk
flurry hera is easier if you have a controller i think lmao
controller not real
true
ur the best haha
pstatus?
I hate the fists sooo much
worst weapon moment
basically like none of your attacks got any bonus damage
ohhh whats the alt to that?
I dont like standing directly next to the enemies
you end with 25
Those things have 0 range
at this point (from when i noticed it) you have a 20% damage boost from just playing the game lmao
long knuckle moment
Even then its not v far
Thats why my fastest runs are on bow and gun 😭
longer than sword lol
i played modded and started long knuckle for my 32 heat dem run lmfao
I hate the sword too
fair enough
I always avoid playint it if i can
but why
piss i have an essay due
because fists suck
you suck
yeah
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
i LOVE the fists just bc of the feel of playing them
and there is not a single build in the world that doesnt benefit from hermes
hermes goat
except he sucks
without long knuckle tho im like 100% worse lol
because that loser will never ever give me rd
priv status is only used in builds that revolve around hangover
yea hermes is a necessity
hangover bc you want weak anyways for low tolerance
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
do you take aph special on drunk eris
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
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
cant wait to post that one
pash dash moment
mistral dash :((((
i despise mistral dash. idk why exactly. it just annoys the crap out of me whenever i get it
probably idk
js1 cp1 is a 38% increase in normal rooms
but 15% in bosses
js2 cp0 is 40% in normal 0% in bosses
cp 
50 heat running 
lmao it's not great at all tbh it's only niche is pstatus for beo, and even then it's like the worst possible option for it lmao
otherwise, you just take it because you dont have anything better to do, to fill a slot, or to just inflict chill
mistral shoots forward
and there's a 0.1% chance of low tolerance
so you can keep some distance
oh yeah
makes sense
and i guess you dont want dio in your pool bc snow burst
or
youd prefer dem in yoru pool
also
is flood flare just base flare with a bit more damage and going through walls and big aoe
cause like
passion does weak
generally all the other ones do something
but doesnt it not do knockback
does serrated point count as 3 hits for raging rush boost
or is it 1 since it's 1 attack
yeah
it's a super tiny knockback lol
also like flood is used because it opens up mirage easily
if mirage wasn't broken, passion would be used
so like
if you got like super ultra hypermodded you'd do passion and get 2nd pos 3rd arty?
depends on your skill level at that point
you lose a ton of aoe and styx becomes more challenging
depending on the type of room, with flood flare you can hit like the center wall and kill everything in the room
with passion, you need at least 2 shots
I always thought it was really easy to learn after buffs, but people do say that a lot. I'll just assume they're all wrong and I am right. 
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.
huh i've only seen builds with hangover take it
Err...
other than passion beo
Passion Flare says hi.
but like drunk eris and fists would take pstatus
idk what other ones would work
or at least work well
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.
Zeus with Heartbreak Strike/Flourish start etc.
Just you'll see most people starting Thunder Flourish on that of course.
well that's certainly an option i guess lmao
zeus shield
Heartbreak Flourish and Heartbreak Strike start are both strong on Zeus.
i guess thats 60+ heat though
or you need dstrike
And Weak can often go with either Family Favorite or Privileged Status.
theres a pretty high heat clear with shackle and heartbreak flourish
you just need good chaos at that point
weak should go family favorite because the only god in your pool should be Aphrodite
In fact, who needs a mirror when you have Lady Aphrodite on your side.

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.
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.
Weak + Lightning kinda likes either one because you're typically going for Static Discharge anyway.
Weak + Hangover a lot better with Privileged Status.
Weak + Poseidon usually better with Family Favorite but Razor Shoals can make it pretty good.
Weak + crits doesn't really for Privileged Status at all, naturally.
Weak + Doom can take either, I guess. Depends on aspect really. Sometimes you wouldn't want Doom in the first place.
Ares is the god I use the least
I just don't see the use compared to other gods tbh
Or maybe I just haven't found the right builds
could a Heart Rend build work on Demeter aspect? (Aphro atk, Artemis special)
Yup!
Can also do something like Drunken Strike, Deadly Flourish, Passion Dash with both Heart Rend and Low Tolerance as another build.
What are some fist builds you guys recommend that dont involve zeus
merciful end
Or hangover
I tried to do a merciful end build once
I didnt get the duo boon 💀
I had the mirror upgrade for duos too
Unfortunately
zeus atk is like the alternative if you dont want to do ME lol
generally considered better than hangover on fists
mainly because of jolted
Honestly ive never really understood what jolted does
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
whenever they attack, they take damage basically
Jolted enemies take damage when they attack
I see
it has really good pom and rarity scaling
How does it work w the demeter duo?
It sticks around for 10 seconds rather then ending as soon as they attack
it's good if your jolted source is one something that you dont use often
Ahh ok
Normally jolted ends when it proks and hits them for damage
w/ cold fusion it sticks around even after
Any suggestions for a rama bow build?
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
idk if that's the meta but it sounds like it makes sense idk
hunter dash not tidal dash
but otherwise pretty much correct
typically start zeus for his special because shared suffering can get through tartarus and kinda asphodel if you have a good hammer
and if you get jolted early it's free damage
best hammers are twin/triple -> point blank/perfect shot
if you want to start aphrodite for the attack, look for any sort of flat damage on the special (dionysus, ares, zeus)
Thank you 👌
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bxwSsTPubI
here's a good starting point for it
Community Discord: https://discord.gg/zN7cc8Z
My Twitch channel: https://twitch.tv/sleep_soul
Text version of this guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16aaLsNytmQFv9JCJN4huTzGqQAREDGezD_fkQe5b4Ms/edit
Collection of other guides: https://www.speedrun.com/hades/guide/1i726
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Leaderboard Categories
1:36 Getting Star...
it goes over basic speedrunning tactics and a build for 1 aspect of each weapon
mirror and pact as well
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
Needed more of a tactic guide, fast buttons im good..
Awesome ladds apriciate it
tactics is just like, take every free room lmao
have a good build
pause before making a decision
Oh so just dont waste mutch time on them boons rooms where you clear stuff
yeah
Like always take shoop, and that stuff
once you're in front of a set of doors, pause when the rewards show up so you can buy some time to think
yeah always take midshop and story rooms
👍
don't take trials or erebus generally, but you can probably get away with one of those for a sub10
i'd only take a trial in a speedrun if you're building for merciful end
ares athena duo
it's kinda inconsistent to get fully up and running, but it's an extremely strong combo
ares attack, athena special, get duo, get divine dash, hopefully find impending doom
Aha, im relatively new to Hades, so sorry if i ask some stuff that is probably basic for you ladds
there's some exceptions for midshop no?
eh
like
ME again i guess
actually speedcord said to take shop if it's athena vs midshop iirc lol
interesting
they said to highroll it yeah lmfao
Is it better to take chaos gate or mid shop in Tartarus if I have full health and enough gold for a boon?
For speed running
It depends on the weapon and what boons you already have. Chaos doesn't give you much on some weps like Fists
Shop and just pass through probably if RTA. 
Unless Cast build I guess.
And when in doubt, cry and blame Amir for forcing you to make this choice.
Ok Imma try Eris for the first time. I've always hated playing rail tho, y'all have any tips?
Not for the first time lol
I was thinking hestia lolllll
Anyway I hear that Eris is supposedly nuts?
Ok... It gave me a hammer first, would I want Delta, piercing or cluster?
if the reason you don't like rail is the reload, delta chamber is nice
I'll give it a shot (lol pun unintended)
cluster bombs is silly if you can combine it with rocket bomb later
a bit late but this was assuming you were actually using eris and not hestia
Yeah I was lolll
I failed horribly tho
Tis fine, rail just really isn't my weapon lol
My brain turns off when I play rail
Hmmmmmm
Let's play some Demeter on Arthur
Hmmm actually jo
*no
Let's do Hades spear
With Athena :DD
OOOH I JUST GOT MASSIVE SPIN
It's my favorite Hades hammer
It's so overkill but it's beautiful
Not really a fan of hades spear
Idk man, Hades spear is easily in the top 4 spear aspects
can I open my god pool back up again by purging the last boon of one of the 4 gods I wound up with?
no
but you can force a 5th
bummer
how does this work?
ah, nice, I like it
so if you use a god keepsake between regions
and then pick up that god
they're added to your pool
you can get an indefinitely large pool
haelian recently did a 9 god pool video
I take it Hermes isn't affected by god pool?
makes sense
family favorites?
oh right
You can hit 9 gods without forcing if you enter styx without a full godpool
Advice on good zag bow builds? I'm thinking heartbreak strike to make crits mega huge
that works yeah
get some other artemis core that isn't her dash to get heart rend
or you can do deadly strike + passion dash for heart rend
Ooooh ok
How does putting Artemis on attack work? Does it just add to the crit chance so it's 25%
?
Is it worth it to reroll for a duo if you have it unlocked?
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
depends on how crucial the duo is
if it’s like mirage shot or hunting blades yes
heart rend you could prob roll once for
slot filling works too
oh
but arty call kinda not that good
its like a worse aph call
also, not necessarily this run but in runs that depend on decent hermes don’t take a call until after 2nd hermes
I also have Zeus in my core so I can go for smoldering
ngl i think arty is the worst call for smair
other than ares call
it does like
100 damage
every 5 sec
O_o u rite tho
arty really likes greater call
Compared to zeus or dio call which are significantly better 💪
what is the zeus core
electric shot?
Tdash
XDDD
Also that moment when I get the WRONG DUO
I got lightning rod
Which is literally the worst one I could've gotten
Reroll time I think
Tdash is tidal dash
Zap dash is zoos dash
O H
Thank you
So zap dash
I'm quite new to the community, so much appreciated
THERE WE GOOOO I GOT HEART REND
W
Ok so apparently arty call works pretty well with heart rend, duly noted
that would definitely be some fat stacks
Y e a h
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
pom blossom will like
never hit anything
it's pretty not good
and tooth absorbs less damage
for dad
Ohhhh that makes sense
and also only works once you've lost DDs
For Elysium would you still recommend acorn?
depends
do you feel you need the protection from a defensive keepsake?
because in ely it's often good to take hourglass
there's multiple options
also
ely is kinda like
you can just take almost whatever
CHECK THE WELL
^^^
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
😭
LOLLLL will do
Oh other question
Does Dodge/damage% gained by plume or butterfly stay after you unequip?
afaik no
I feel like that's a dumb question but I gotta know
wouldn't really make sense anyway
Imma try to replace arty call with dio
idrk much about calls but i don't think there's many scenarios where you would want arty's?
You can’t get call replacements
you can sell
You need to sell the call to pick up a new one
i think they meant sell and force dio
Maybe
Ohhhh that's actually good to know
because gambling on a lego like chance even if it were possible isn't fun
I didn't mean that lol
oh
Acorn is better defensively the tooth, pom blossom is too unfocused by styx
Hourglass or some defensive keepsake
O O F
Nope
Which aspect
rip
Zag
Ah rip
i think like
Guess I'll go for piercing
the only one that isn't entirely useless is charged
but it'd be useless by ely right
that's for like tart
i think
Ok actually I'm not that upset
Tagged with attack then specialed
On butterfly ball
Did like 1800 because I have arty special
Def not the typical start but it worked once so that's good
*strat
Second wind or greater evasion??
K so the only zap thing I have is dash, is clouded judgement or double strike preferred?
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
double strike probably
uh
do i take 73 epic atk from athena
i have shackle rn
i think ill just styxshackle
wth 329 aspho exit?
random good pace
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.
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)
Still doing no reset runs?
ish
didnt actually take it
im not happy with this flayed losing 2 dds thing
god damn it
2:30 ely
Have you considered not getting hit?
Consider that we high heat players once collectively complained about only having 7 minutes IGT for all of Elysium. 
Well, that's with JS etc. to be fair, but still lol.
easy
Congratulations! 
Oh yeah, Dying Lament is great for Heartbreak Strike start especially, forgot to mention that.
makes rat room slightly less soul crushing
Also pairs well with Pressure Points + Hunter's Mark and can help hit breakpoints on some enemies.
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?
def not 4 seconds, but it's a relatively short window
maybe about half a second but i never pay attention to it
maybe less
I mean if Hermes wasn't a total tightwad I'd never pick it, but here I am, lol
take it if there is nothing else
@vagrant crane What would a hangover build look like and how good is it?
hangover builds are like
drunk eris
chiron
drunk fists
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
they can be rather good
pretty sure eris high heat something or other wr is drunk eris
chiron just isn't that great but that's its best special based build
i think you can do drunk zeus
and it'll like work ish on fds sword
oh
flurry jab dio atk good on spear i think
yeah but it's just strictly worse than zeus^2 lol
hangover builds are safe and consistent but dont have too much dps
tends to be on the slower side generally
because all you need are poms, certain aspects take it at high heat like fists and eris mentioned above
but you can do it
i mean you can do a lot of things
gilga pos atk
the only time i've done drunk zeus was because the account didn't have a zeus keepsake yet lol
and the 40 heat run as a challenge
vengeance lmao
vengeance works?
yeah
it's good for chiron
that isn't speed pact
oh
js1 
this was @plain river 40 pact
ap1 40 real
did u get marked
uh
i guess 12% isn't that bad
lmao have fun
halting is fun
yep
Anyone have a decent build for the Zag Rail aspect?
you can play it like a bad Eris
zeus on attack + aphro on special + zeus call + smair is one I like
What is Smair?
sorry smouldering air (aphro + zeus duo boon)
Ohhh okay that makes sense. Lol
Alternatively to that, you can look for spreadfire and build up a +% strike on it since it has extra ammo
Anyone have a strong Beowulf build?
Best cast is pos cast by far
It doesnt so as much knocback as his other stuff, but you use it to get quick access to mirage shot
Which is bugged on flares so its double dmg
You can also do passion flare + snow Burst or something similar along with privileged status
I thought Trippy Flare was BiS for beowulf Lol
Okay so Poseidon cast here I come lol
You use stygian soul so you need extra casts from chaos, mirage shot too so 3 gods
But the best thing about trippy is that its poms are bugged
They are double of what its shown
That explains a lot lol
So trippy is fun but kinda a pain
So should I wait until my Beowulf is lvl 5? it's lvl 4 rn
It doesnt matter
Doesnt matter
Alright Lol I'll give it a shot then
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)
weak is much better on its own than doom
doom without ME kinda is annoying
also curse of longing is not very good
i see
so instead of going with Ares i can go for athena,apro and arthemis
im just using stygian blade for now so arthemis is must, will try to see how i can get better boon with apro
it mostly depends where that boon is going to go
aphrodite offers really high %, doom is a very high flat damage number that's best used with merciful end
aphrodite on fists attack of like base 15 damage kinda sucks, but ares attack would work pretty well
interesting so different weapons have diff way of working with it ok
yeah
i'm mainly using nemesis sword for now
stuff that hits fast with low base damage want a flat damage attack like dionysus, ares, or zeus
nem wants % or can do neMEsis
something that hits slower but for more damage wants a % modifier
anything that's melee like shield, fists, sword, and spear can all do merciful end tho lol
i got ME like 2-3 times in my runs
ME is generally what you want to go for if you want to maximize dps, but it's pretty rng dependent
okay
ares attack, athena special, get duo, get athena dash, try and get impending doom
ME is best on nem?
what's with the whole shackle thing then
prob because the 100% is good
and can carry the damage before you get dedge prob
it might be more like tidal dash into shackle
on the other hand tho speedrunning is a whole different thing for the most part lmao
too many nuances and you reset if you dont get what you want
shackle is also way more fun for speedrunning imo
💪
First run I do after months not playing was a perfect (boon wise) Lightning Phalanx build lmao
I was barely playing right until the end and it did so well.
I wonder if I could fit Deadly Reversal in there
If I got divine special and tidal dash, for mirage shot
I even got Ancient Recall somehow
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?
No
Ruthless reflex isn’t worth it
Greater reflex is way way better
you don’t appreciate that 2nd dash till it’s gone
I straight up could not function without second dash
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.
So whats the exact Zag Fist build? Of what I'm aware it's just Zeus/Athena
Playing demeter
or plume dodge meme
I dont have Demeter leveled up yet, just using Zag Aspect
Welcome to the server! 
Meta build is Merciful End.
Curse of Agony > Divine Flourish > Merciful End + Divine Dash.
What aspect do you want for that? Demeter?
every fists aspect
fists = ME
dem just happens to be the best fists aspect
So the ME Build Haelion shows in his video from like a year ago is fine to follow?
The only time Ruthless Reflex is better is on Gilgamesh.
Probably. I have no idea if whatever specific video you're talking about was haelian doing a serious Merciful End build or a meme build.
It was in his video for "The most overpowered builds"
is that the one that has poseidon electric shot
I mean haelian definitely knows what he's talking about.
ikr tier 0 chaos shield :)
Uh for the fists build I just remember him saying ME. I dont remember exactly what other boons he recommends
Well, I just told you the boons you need.
Oh Im just answering Jazz's question
Avoid picking up core boons from other gods that open up other Duo Boons.
Until you have Merciful End.
You'll also want Impending Doom after you get Merciful End.
Poms on Curse of Agony and on Impending Doom.
So I assume I want to use my special attack after almost every combo?
Ngl those pom graphs almost never offer any practical info.
No. You take Divine Flourish just to unlock Merciful End. You'll want to trigger your Doom with Divine Dash though.
Ohhhh okay
they don't want you to learn the secrets of bronze skin scaling https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1028112977100017666/1082716405788582029/output.png
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
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.
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.
Gods' Pride is actually the better pick, but Legacy is fine too.
Ohhhh okay. So is the logic, if you're only wanting 1 Duo boon it's best for Gods' Pride over Legacy?
From Lord Hernes: Greatest Reflex at rare/epic or Hyper Sprint + Rush Delivery is what you want.
also doom rarity good
doom epic does double from rare
Curse of Agony, Impending Doom, and the Lord Hermes boons benefit too much from epic rarity in this case.
did you know
heroic lvl1 curse of pain does less than heroic lvl1 curse of agony
agony is 50/75/100/125 while pain is 60/80/100/120
how does the doom stack boon work with the aphro duo
the one that makes subsequent doom procs do less
Check the pom scaling up to level 100 
Ngl I didn’t realise that agony and pain scaling didn’t work like all the +%’s
please no
please YES
wait does %atk not get affected by rd
I want my 2.3-2.5* scaling on agony
and MSV multiplies all flat effects
it's either or tbh
jazz not writing lmao or lmfao for 3 messages challenge: impossible
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
i think ocke used/uses pride
i mirror my environs
More or less impossible then Drunken try to not get correct challenge?
pride v legacy is just "do i want to reset more or do i want to get the funny duo build consistently"
reset for high roll ofc
pride v legacy is "why am i not playing hestia?"
L + dc2
The grammar in that message is giving me a headache.
yeah pretty much
higher end beo players reset more
im doing a mercifull end ascpect of demeter build, is rush kick good?
Not really.
This Malphon guide has a section for "hammer hierarchy" with notes on all of them: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPvQPqeeFE--dGgK62iVHx6Gwy7c8trb75RkEd9uK0I/edit?usp=sharing
ah. And i geussing you cant purge hammer upgrades?
Hits 7 times for standing Special, 6 times for Dash-Special.
Assuming the aspect is maxed.
As others have said, not really no. Not unless you want to. Its viable with Gilgamesh at least.
gilgamesh and viable don't go together
Gilgamesh isnt a heat pushing or speed pushing aspect though
It's fine it's just a meme
You still have to try to die at 0 heat with it usually
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
You can stop using Maim at any time
It's like playing GY spin builds. It can be really effective but it's a meme.
i want to try a spear build, any reccomended aspects?
Achilles
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
Achilles Spear SpeedRun Guide 2021/07 by 185 Original guide in Japanese: https://hackmd.io/@fdpnI50NTZC0-T-yGpY5Dw/HJ2lg7BCu Foreword This guide is written with the assumption that you will get Flurry Jab as your first hammer. It does not touch on other builds like Serrated Point start. It is a...
ik it's for speedrunning but it should give a general idea of build ideas
sorta
So how does one know when it's worth to run Gods' Legacy over Gods' Pride?
Depends on what you want
if you want funny duo build run legacy
but for high performance pride is generally better
... This is why I'm asking. What does it depend on? So I can make these decisions as I try out new builds and stuff.
if you want to use a specific duo boon and dont really want to sweat too much use legacy
otherwise pride
/preference
thats how i see it
like if I want to try out a crystal clarity meme run i'd just go legacy to make it more likely
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
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.
Do you know any other builds that work like that?
basically all of them, when you want to play optimally
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.
yeah but if you're proccing 50 damage dooms instead of 100 damage its really not that good
and then you need impending rarity, and hermes for +dashes
etc etc
its less consistent but has higher highs
which again, only matter if you want to tryhard
if you want to attempt ME, and don't care about speed or heat or whatever, go ahead with legacy
Lol fair enough. Im just trying to find a build I enjoy with each weapon.
A lot of higher level players prefer pride over legacy because they reset runs if they don't get good rng lol
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
Ahhhh okay that makes sense though if their running high heats.
isn't Beowulf the top tier weapon for Speedrunning?
I thought I seen someone say that somewhere lol
I mean yeah but you can still use fists
For like, wr fists time lmao
Overall, beo is better
I just cant fully see how people enjoy Beowulf so much. It's fun to an extent for me lol
I hate how you rely so hard on getting Mirage Duo though
Big nuke is funny
funy weapon
Well beo is still decent without mirage
Yeah I had a run on Beo where I had 6 casts and I 4 shot each phase of Hades
Definitely was hilarious.
For speed you def want mirage before lernie
If you want to play casually, mirage-less beo is still fine
Thats one of my favorite Hera builds. I like doing the Artemis Hera build as well
true shot 💀
I heard that the Beo Trippy build is very inconsistent though.
Yeah it looks like a lot of fun
The Pom bug on Beo as well as the Mirage shot bug is just nasty though.
To bad I feel so clunky using Beo
the trick to feeling fast using beo is to just spam rushes
Just get the boons
Dash strike into the charge
You'll start the rush faster because you put down the shield faster compared to a standing attack
That's trippy flare lmao
Artemis is just good on the attack because it opens up mirage and the random crits are nice lmao
sweet nectar
306 damage on your trippy. Thats nasty.
It's prob closer to like 500 lmao
160 I think
Something like that lmao
also im never running beo again this sucks
I cant think of any Chaos boon thats worth
Yeah favor is really good for ME for good Hermes and higher duo chance
And good impending rarity right
But otherwise skip chaos
Esp if it's against an Athena door
Also consider taking trials for Athena and/or ares
I got Ares and Athena on my first room at the start of my fist run. This is just sad.
how is that sad
if you started ares, take athena
and vice versa
the other will be guaranteed to show up because of keepsake
Well the more you know
decent chance it'll appear on midshop too for better rarity
depends how early in the run you are
was in 2nd room
was it hammer start?
yeah
hammer start into darkness/gem/key/nectar
yeah i'd take whoever's keepsake you're not using
idk if that'd be a good idea for speedrunning, but i dont think you're speedrunning so it's fine lmao
just had the worst c2 of my life
Nah I'm not.
some aspects can get away with it relatively fine, like beowulf, hestia, rama, chunkier aspects
i stopped to break two pots cause i thought new wave
lmao
halting:
-28% isn't that bad
halting has ruined too many rooms for me
i mean if it's no reset then that's your best choice unless you wanna double roll
also slothful isn't much better
prob worse tbh
i reset
i thought you were doing no reset
lmao fair
Huh didnt find ME and Im just about to fight Hades
extremely unlucky run I feel
No impending doom either
What other fun/good builds exist for Spear or Fists?
for achilles spear there's hunting blades
or meme beams
or lightning phalanx
hunting blades and meme beams kinda plays itself, lightning phalanx is a bit more involved but still pretty strong
meme beams is not as consistent but isn't that hard to get going
safest tho
for fists, you can do zeus attack -> some aphrodite core -> dio/zeus call -> smoldering air
dio call wants a lot of poms, zeus call (and attack) you want static discharge and every other supporting zeus boon possible
So I just finished the run with the ME fists
I found ME in the last shop
and got my fastest clear idk how. Lol
I felt slow af.
lmao even without ME the doom drops can be pretty good
also depends on your hammers tho
whats your time?
without ME you prob would've still beaten it lmao
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.
What are good hammers for ME build?
well for fists in general, breaching cross is just really good
+900% dash strike damage on armor is just stupid good
Oh, yeah that sounds great, especially with ME
explosive upper on demeter fists is good
Yeah I dont have demeter fists yet
yeah then the 2nd hammer doesn't matter too much
concentrated knuckle resets on dash strikes so it's kinda bad lol
long knuckle is nice safety tho
So wait, why do people use Achilles Spear?
150% damage boost kinda dummy strong
for 4 attacks and cast
and having spear recall replaced with raging rush makes it better
casts have really good pom scaling and having any % boost to them is just really good
Oh I only have lvl2 achilles lol
So is the playstyle just, Use special, then cast?
that's still a 75% boost or something i think
spam special twice -> 2x dash strikes -> repeat
you generally dont use your cast that much until you get something good like phalanx shot, slicing shot, etc
and then you want to find good duos
like slicing shot -> hunting blades and whatever i said earlier
Wait but isnt the Hunting blades build a cast build? Or am I just dumb? Lol
it is
achilles is just very versatile
you can do a pure attack based build if you want because you get a free bonus to your attack
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
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)
is that true or false?
it is
very high learning curve tho
Whats so hard about it?
But the attack pierces doesnt it?
every bow attack pierces
unless you have explosive shot
and technically chain i guess since it doesn't pierce anymore lol
Wait so the charge up skill is just the special on Rama?
well
its why it's difficult
when you use the special, it inflicts shared suffering
and any enemy inflicted with that will take 60% (max level) of the attack damage you just dealt
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
if enemy 2 was also inflicted with shared suffering, it'll take 160 and enemy 1 will take 60
that's the whole gimmick of rama
and it follows the trend of hidden aspects being slower but hits harder
Seems like a range version of Beo just without the casts. LOL
So I assume Fiery Presence is better with Rama?
yeah it's considered better
Awesome I'm gonna go do a couple things then try out Rama then
make sure to have good enemy line ups to hit multiple because otherwise it'll take forever
also dash strike into your charge
otherwise it will literally take forever to power shot lmao
Oh also whats a good build for Rama?
wait what
why
only standing strikes on spawning enemies seems worthwhile
it's a 15% difference
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
thanks MiKE
one shotting off spawn is faster
and fishing for backstabs on enemies kinda inconsistent
also if you have good enemy grouping, the 75% is better than the 60% shared suffering
and with enemy grouping, youre not likely to backstab
also, hitting shared suffering on a different enemy and using fiery on another will do more damage
So what I got from that, if I practice Rama a lot I can git gud.
Sounds good to me lol
lmao do it
My highest heat rn is like 12
Been messing around with all the aspects to find the one I enjoy the most to push to 32+
So heart rend on Rama wouldnt be bad at all, eh?
If I got Artemis Main attack, with Aphrodite Special
I thought it would be pretty damn good lol
It’s better off having the consistency of aphrodite attack
Wait wtf is the Special on Rama
since rama is even slower then regular bow, you’re hitting and therefore critting less often
Aphrodite attack consistently kills enemies faster
zeus
*zoos
zoos
Oh I meant more in the way of how it works
It's completely different from every other bow
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?
it exists to apply shared suffering and to kill tart enemies and flame wheels
bonus damage from dashing???
dash strikes do less damage
Well like from Artemis, the dash striking boon.
Because in the paragraph that Banana posted in it said "because Rama relies on dash strikes and getting dash strike damage is just good"
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?
no
There isn’t any bonus damage from dash striking
It’s just charging faster
unless you get a dash strike boon
It’s like the same window as dash striking on any other weapon
Ohhhhh okay