#h1-builds-and-combat
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ohhh
Does it stack per bloodstone?
nope
lightning phalanx
only issue is chasing down your casts
and it won't do single target damage as good as hb
"Aspect of Nemesis Blade
Winning combo
Lodge a bloodstone, then Special → Dash-strike(s) → Repeat. This can be tricky to aim, so practice on Skelly."
Why "lodge a bloodstone"? Just to get more damage with one cast right? Nothing else specifically?
And I found out my dash strike with sword barely every hit 😂 Am I that bad?
did you use arthur ? Its dash strike hitbox is weird
also the bloodstone is because of the mirror of night
with boiling blood
the entire existence of beowulf
it's a "meme" because you need a lot of rng for it to be strong, and even then it'd still underperform other cast builds lol
esp for achilles, where hunting blades and lightning phalanx do a much better job than it and needs less resources
No with Nemesis
In my mind it would automatically target the mob but actually need to get the right direction and the hitbox doesnt seem very large hh
are you on kbm or controller?
What is kbm? I play on Switch, I like to play in my bed haha
Keyboard and 🫎
yeah there's not much leniency you kinda have to aim right at them lmao
it sounds like you just misunderstand how boiling blood works
...yeah
Well I never cast :/ I will check out later, I should start casting I guess haha
it's a mirror upgrade that gives you bonus attack/special damage against anyone with your cast in them
hence why you lodge your bloodstone
Aaaah got it
alirght thanks
Hi guys, I’m watching the Demeter fists guide of HeckMayster on YouTube. Quick question: once the doom proc’ed, next attack will apply doom again? So with merciful end, every single Athena dash and/or technique + ares attack will proc doom?
yes, with
the doom effect on the enemy will trigger and disappear each time an enemy is hit with an attack that can deflect, allowing you to re-apply the doom effect and repeat the cycle
Ok got it thanks
so, i'm mostly running hades spear atm, and my go-to for that is either artemis or aphrodite on attack, and aphro on special if not attack. either way, i pray for zeus (or force him in asphodel) on my cast/call so i can get smoldering air. is it worth changing my mirror to god's legacy, or is having epic on my core more important? (or is this strat just bad in general and i should rethink it)
If you don't get good hammers, going for rod or smair (or both) is not bad
i like better hermes/chaos odds overall more so I'd keep pride
One or two duos is not that bad with yarn/nectar/rerolls
rod?
Lightning rod
true... i end up super hammer reliant which is sad
Zeus-aryemis
oh, is lightning rod good? i've not tried it yet
That's a spear thing
Rod is goated
dope, i'll give it a shot later
that needs the.... red mirror for the cast, right?
i forget the names
Even if you want 1 for boiling blood that still 2 casts for passive dmg
Yeah need infernal
good to know
And if you are building for smair you are getting static discharge/double strike most probably
When in doubt double down on zeus 
when i get the luck, yeah
somehow my runs with zeus get like... one or two zeus boons
every time
aphrodite loves me though so i get the duo chances
Are you using dark foresight on the mirror/know about god pool
don't remember which mirror is which, let me check. i think i know about how the god pool works? up to four naturally, you can force a fifth but generally shouldn't?
Aight yeah you know about it
yeah, i'm using dark foresight too, just checked
Zeus just hates you then 
REAL
well, i'll keep going with that strat, thank you for the tips! i'll try out rod later too
You can also do merciful end lmao
merciful end is pretty neat, but i feel like i Always build into it for fists, so i avoid it on my other weapons
so real
i'd love to try fresh file speedruns someday, though
and i know that's the strat
so i'm thankful
#h1-victory-boasting message regarding the "missed time by miliseconds" 
Wait
Bp1??
Why did I do that
bp propoganda for speed
Bp makes it so armored enemies show up earlier
I don't remember what started it tho
Someone getting sub 1 ely I think? Or aspho
magnil sub1 ely 32 heat unmodded
lmao mine was for near sub8 as well
once i beat my pb by 00.00.03 😌
improvement 
How many near sub 8s we have lmfao
8 min rly trolling
yes
im guessing eris isnt that good when its low level right ? 15% doesnt seem much
hestia is worse at low level
damn, thats the one i unlocked first without upgrading it
i guess i could upgrade it once, wont hurt
or unlock eris
what would be the best choice ?
I'd only use hestia if at minimum lvl 4
if you only have the blood to unlock/lvl up once go for eris
alright thanks
and on god pool what should I aim for ?
ares / zeus / dio ?
on attack ?
start zeus yeah
look for static discharge
grab tidal dash in aspho if he didn't show up in tart
usually aphro or arte special
best hammers are rocket and cluster (and delta chamber defense wise)
pom discharge and dash
i personally am not a huge fan of splash dash eris though it could just be skill problem
i find myself knocking enemies out of my special
i just got my first no hit lernie
thought i was about to give him my tax since i was 6hp
guess not
How does MM change Basket Ball? Teleporting?
what is that one
middle management
no what is basket bal
B.ball I assume
oh
butterball???
yeah teleporting
it’s still free as ely midboss
it doesn’t teleport instantly or anything
so u can just wipe it
I couldn’t remember how mm changed it since I’ve had mm on forever
do you have flat damage on the attack
namely either ares or zeus
dio would still feel underwhelming but it is better than other choices lmao
try merciful end
i had it although my deflect was on the attack, not the dash
ill give it another shot another time, i dont wanna run it today anymore
Hi guys, so I start to understand a bit more how to speedrun Demeter fist. Basically Ares + Athena + ME.
I was wondering if I would go for the same build for a non speedrun? Cause Im still beginner. I see some people starting with Zeus for instance
yes
Alright, always non changing build strategy right
Ares attack, Athena special and dash, ME. And that's it (I didnt get a close look at the call and cast yet)
Then poms, Hermes
Oh exactly, now I remember (I watched a 1h40 video on this yesterday haha)
Bonus but not mandatory on a normal run if it doesnt drop I guess?
yea
it's not mandatory for the build to function but that's where your damage scaling is
would be ideal but if it doesn't oh well
also btw just because a build is used for a speedrun doesn't mean it's specific for speedruns
you can still use those builds for casual clearing
zap fists work fine, less rng dependent and less damage than ME
Ye that's why I was asking in the first place, I didnt know about this :p
Then one thing I didnt think about, what would you prioritize with poms if you get your full build? Impending then Ares attack?
considering you'd generally get impending doom later, that'd be the case
Athena boons dont need upgrades, right?
i'm pretty sure you'd want the attack to be like about level 4 or something before you start pomming impending doom
since you need a good base for the % of impending to be useful
Aaaah ok so attack first. Not impending
Right
yeah not needed
Well I guess I can do maths to compare % and flat :p
if you want you can upgrade the special if you're on dem fists since the charged upper is kinda chunky
but youd still prioritize doom and impending
Good point thanks
Now I need to think about cast and tomorrow I can finally play, I will try all of that
Do you get the three cast charges or the one cast charge that comes back directly to you at the mirror? (I dont know the names sorry, my game is not in english)
cast isn't important for ME builds
I guess it's a good bonus
speedrunners use infernal (3 casts) since it lets them snipe more enemies at various ranges
Even if not important I mean
infernal also lets you pick up lightning rod if you happen to get that somehow
stygian (regen cast) gives you better hermes odds so you can get +dashes or rush delivery more likely
with your cast, you dont want to open up extra duos since your priority is ME
How do you know that? Is it written somewhere?
infernal soul has flurry cast and quick reload
stygian has auto reload
or whatever the faster regen time is
I mean how do you know it gives you better Hermes odds
infernal adds 2 boons, stygian adds 1 boon
by taking stygian there's 1 less hermes boon that can be offered
it's like a marginal difference
Ok got it
before you get ME, you can take zeus or athena cast since those deal good damage and dont open up duos
Talking about this, it is strictly forbidden to take anything else than Ares attack and Athena special, right?
Also, the guy I was watching said Ares is more likely to give ME than Athena. Is there any evidence of this?
no
who are you watching
if you have ares keepsake then yes
HeckMayster I think he's called
keepsakes give +10% duo/lego chance on that god
after you get ME, you can take artemis for deadly reversal, which will let you crit on doom
you can also take poseidon for curse of drowning, but you'd have to take infernal soul for it to deal meaningful damage. you'd also need to put in some poms for it to deal damage, which might be difficult to do late in the game
regarding casts^
Hmm maybe that's what he meant without explaining then. But I think he already changed for Athena's keepsake or Hades call at that time of the run
just use this https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPvQPqeeFE--dGgK62iVHx6Gwy7c8trb75RkEd9uK0I/edit#heading=h.xevsj9s4pz8n
I found the video in this particular guide actually, and the guy also helped writing or proofreading the guide :p
I watched the whole 1h40 video yesterday and read a bit of this, I need to read again
there’s only so much u can get from reading and watching
the best way to learn is to talk and ask questions in speedocrd and just play the game
like here there are maybe 3 people who are active and can help you
My girlfriend punished me for playing too much last week hahahaha, couldnt play yesterday and cant play today. So I'm reading and watching stuff until I can play again tomorrow hahaha
check pinned in #self-promotion
This is the speedrun discord server pinned?
yes
Cool thanks
The only cases where this are true are when you have ares keepsake or if you have another duo/legendary open for one of your gods
If you have divine protection and deadly reversal open, you’re now 1/3 as likely to get Merciful End from athena boons
but otherwise, under normal circumstances, either god will have equal chances
I've finally tried the Demeter fists Ares/Athena thing
I got my full build before the Elyseum boss
Lost at the Elyseum boss, wtf Im so bad
When I watch speedrunners they destroy Thesee in 10s, and he beat me xd
How do I unlock the 4th aspect of every weapon other than the Varatha?
Could be experience/better build
#h1-story-discussion pins
Build is done: Ares attack, Athena dash/special, then Merciful End, Zeus call
How many poms on attack?
5
Did you get impending doom and pom it, did you get good hermes
Didnt drop impending
Hermes I got the 20% speed and the rush thing
(Sorry Im bad with the english names lol)
Nah is fine I get them
Rush delivery is great, but ideally not with just +20% speed 
Ye. I think I just suck at the game haha. Need to improve
How did you approach the fight?
Did you try to fight them at the same time/or something else
I tried to get Thesee and the bull together dash attack dash attack all the time, call whenever available and special sometimes
Also how is your mirror looking (just for this I mean mainly death defiance and +hp)
Both max
Yeah this was gonna hurt
The only thing I need to upgrade at the moment is the reroll dice
I just unlocked the second reroll after this run
Road to 3rd one now...
I got Athena dash pretty late in the run but I got ME quite fast so I guess that's not too bad
For easier heroes fight go for the minotaur first and put yourself between a pillar to avoid Theseus' spear throw
Once asterius is dead go for Theseus
That way the bull isn't annoying you at theseus phase change/dealing with the shield
Ok so basically what I was doing before. I just thought I had an overpowered build after watching youtube hahaha
And I already lost 2 death defiances before I got to Theseus
Tbf you probably could do it, but lack of experience will hurt
Also that 
What keepsake were you using?
Ye I think...
Ares then Athena and then I forgot to change so I still had Athena
What would you recommend for 3rd zone?
Ah, that also hurts
Go for the acorn keepsake if you have it (from asphodel ! Room)
Otherwise default to lucky tooth (revive) or collar (+50hp, usually if you have more than 1 revive left only)
Oh right the acorn one... Let me check if I have it lol
Oh ye I have, just didnt upgrade it but 3 hits is already not bad I guess
I will try that
Yeah might as well level it up now
Ok I got a perfect run where I got my full build before first boss… well, all except ME. And I got legit like 8 chances to drop it during the whole run and it never came 😭
ME moment
I might sound stupid but I was using dash and then quickly after the attack. Actually pressing both buttons at the same time is SO much easier and efficient
So I beat hades with only 1 death defiance lost
Feel like this stupid thing I just understood took me to another level lol
With fists you can just hold down the attack
I spam dash attach (same time)
Yesh if you hold the attack and dash you'll get a dash strike
Now I need to practice dash+ attack and dash alone cause always dash attack makes me vulnerable sometimes I don’t have the right timing after two dashes
Bur fwiw, dash the attack still has some value for defense
But I’m so happy with my run
Also gg
Will go to 4 heat next, I go 1 by 1 to farm titan blood
Do you know or do you have a guide on what heat I should go for at low level?
Check #h1-high-heat-strategies pinned messages
Also I changed this compared to my last run. Last run I was using the 2 heat where enemies are not hit once so I was thinking “well it’s only two strikes more I have to make” and for this run I disabled this one I feel like it was a good choice to disable it lol
ah ok thanks
Oh yeah damage control is deceptively awful
the timer is by far the easiest one to use
5 mins can get tight but 7 / 9 minutes you have a lot of time
I finished my run in 25mn. Is it enough? Didn’t see if I cleared each zone in time
you have 9 mins per biome
25mn and I didn’t try to go fast
36min total / 28 / 20 mins respectively unless my brain is braining
(Well my fights couldn’t go faster though lol)
Pretty good for no ME yeah
i often feel like im going slower than ive ever went yet finish with 18min
No me in like 8 rolls wtf
im just farming titan blood rn
For better chances at ME taking a cast (that doesn't open duos) helps
Yarn of ariadne/refreshing nectar/chaos' favor are all a +10% for duos/legendaries too
And well, it'll also get easier once you have persuasion maxed
Is chaos favor only 10%?
Yeah
Ohh I've been scammed
Doesn't matter the bonus to rare
I think I had the area cast lol (didn’t use it btw, another room for improvement)
And dyonisos call
Not using the cast is fine
Taking dio's call was bad
Opens duos with both ares and athena
I got the dionysos/athena duo boon in the Styx 😭
supersoaker ?
both are some of my worst weapons
I thought only attack and special count for special
depends on the duo
ME is one of the special cases
It has pretty nerfed requirements
You could use the dash to open it before 
Oh ok
That would be so much easier lol
Do you have the codex upgrade?
Cause Athena dash is broken
It has a list of boons and its requirements for each
I don’t think so
Check the work orders/or the codex directly
Let me check
Go to a page of an olympian/chaos and see if there's text that says "press button to open boon list"
My last page is locked I guess it’s this one?
Cool thanks
Also someone said the hammer upgrade giving three fists instead of one is not good for the build. But he didn’t say why. Not sure if it’s true or not
Three fists??
Wait, heavy knuckle ig
Yeah not good
Makes your attack slower for no real upside
Ok got ME this time. 21mn clear. The step up between before watching / reading guides and now is huge lol
I didn’t optimize my path at all though, I’m just clearing runs now lol, which is already good for me
one day youll end up with a sub 18 run and youll be wondering how you did it
Oooooh 16.58
Hahaha the progress is real I’m so happy
I got lucky look the build though
That build is so much fun
Faster than you thought 😬
So i litterally did 25 > 21 > 17 in three runs
And now can upgrade my Demeter fists to lv 5. I think now I’m gonna focus on unlocking meg companion
There is a lot of fat you can cut off just from basic gameplay improvements
Buildcrafting, dps patterns, pathing, etc.
Also I’m not really speed running, for instance if I see a darkness room I will go for it since I’m still farming lol. I’m not optimizing my path at all
It’s a half speed run let’s say cause I try to go fast but not optimizing
But I got lucky on this run I got my whole build before Tartarus boss except for impending
I got ME room 4 I think lol
Eh i mean even when i blast 20 heat pacts to pass bounties i can get sub 15 mins occasionally
Even if you're not speedrunning you naturally pick up speed as good gameplay
I was on heat 5, I go 1 more for each run to farm titan blood hh
Right. + I put the time restriction for the heat. I put 9mn cause I was afraid of 7 but I guess I can go 7 easily now
Personally id crank it to td3 (5 mins per zone) asap
Why?
Cause I still have a lot to do, like farming and stuff
I’m not focused on speed running yet
Im not a speedrunner myself, but fast gameplay is just good in general
It’s fun right
I personally think it's fun
But I will go for speed runs soon for sure haha
I just have too many other goals first
But as soon as I unlocked all the stuff I’ll go for speedrunning
Plus it's technically free heat if you clear under the bar anyways
Only because i have experience, sub 5 tart may be a little hard at first
Tight deadline doesn't instant kill you though
Drains 5 hp per second past the deadline
tartarus can be a bit rough for time if you dont have a good build
Yes I think so. I think I will try 7 first and see how it goes
I’m already super happy of what I’ve done in 5 runs i literally x10 my level lol
Yeah the improvement level up in this game is crazy
speed moment
at this point it's a lot more mechanical than rng for lowering times so you'll improve a lot lmao
In my last run there are some rooms where I was looking for enemies for like 10s lol
Numbskull/bomb pot enemies have awful pathing sometimes
Don't get me started on bombers in asphodel
tbf that's still kinda mechanical lmao
bombers kinda rng but like
i dont think that's the overlying problem of runs lmao
As much as I loved dead cells (and it’s a French game so I’m proud of my country hahaha), Hades doesn’t have that frustration part that I felt with dead cells. I can’t remember the last time I got that much addicted to a game (if we don’t count LoL 😑).
I’ve already played more hades in one week than dead cells in 3 years lol
same tbh
to me it was the ability to choose your builds better
DC i'm at the mercy of not hitting the weapon i like and being forced to play with a weapon that i hate
deadcells is way more unforgiving at the start imo
Me too I think. If I remember there are 3 bosses? Only beat 2
Better gameplay (well it’s totally subjective but anyway)
First time I heard Eurydice song I just stayed in the room for a while lol
is that credit song?
No the song when you get into the room of Eurydice
Is it after 10 clears? Cause I have 7 now (including 3 in my last 3 runs yeaaah)
Well I’ve watched Demeter fist build, now it’s quite easy lol
do feel free to experiment though
don't get too attached to a specific playstyle i think
Well I’m this kind of player… like in LOL I’m otp haha
fists are definite the weapon of all time
I plan to train on nemesis sword and maybe Zeus shield later
Ok let’s go for a 6 heat run now let’s see how it goes. Won’t beat the 17mn for sure I want to chill a bit haha. As long as I clear
Imo it's easier to get an early clear in dead cells
There's less meta game upgrades that impact the run overall in dead cells
So you're kinda at "full strength" with dead cells
maybe that's my personal bias with dc
Hades overall is an easier game tho
felt like it took ages and ages to get my 0bc clear and i felt like i wasn't making progress
Oh i guess with dead cells the health potions upgrade matters a lot lmao
even when i maxed it out it was hard for me 
i think i only made it to last biome like a few times
dc gameplay is hard.
It def is lmao
I just think you're more likely to get an early clear with dead cells than hades
You can get like lvl 3 potion in about 10 runs and clear after that probably but hades needs more grinding for mirror and generally takes at least 20 attempts
Hades is a shorter run length tho
maybe i'll give dc another shot
You can do both
i havent played hades in like 2 days thats a new pb for me
Ok 20mn with a so so build (needed time to complete the core stuff, didn’t even have a call in the end) + had to clear the five rooms of the Styx lol
I guess I won’t lose anymore run now
dc potions kinda hades mirror of night
@hushed saffron i also thought sub 5 in tart was tough but i found myself quite often clearing it in 3 to 4 minutes
experience a bit with 7mins and youll see what are your usual times
they also keep improving
Tart can be hard sometimes
At high heat at least
But asphodel and Elysium are free
And Styx can be free depending on the number of tunnels
Ok "free" is exaggerating
But basically the main bottlenecks are Tartarus and getting 4-5 sacked
tart has too many chambers
And way too many <expletive> skulls and witches
Armored can get real bad with bp2 FO2 too
unarmored are fine to me since i run the sword a bunch, one special and theyre dead but armored it takes 2 to 3
so bad
The difference is in the time waste
Unarmored skulls/witches have a really low rating
So they'll just keep spawning
Usually only one at a time
insert let me leave clip
That's an even weirder situation because armored numbskulls shouldn't spawn in trials
And that's in the code
oh there's another clip
@tight basin you're the great sage of clips, where's the one with two witches spawning one by one in tartarus ?
oh you're alreayd on the case
If you're going for time, armored is always better than unarmored
godspeed
at the beginning of that looong room with a split in the middle
You can peruse my channel if you want lmao
I hate this room btw
X trap?
nah
A few other funny unarmored enemies is blue swordmen
Idk man I gotta get a haircut now lmao
well best wishes to your hair then xD
Nvm I gotta wait a bit anyways
But I don't remember any clips of unarmored witches because like
They kinda just exist in every run lmao
hi
It’s honestly broken but you only need 1 level in it for it to do it’s job
Beo is the fastest aspect in the game but zeus is really good too
and the only broken thing in the game
Ok I just tried a sub 5, I made it easily (total 17mn) with a building which was not good (no Athena at allafter Tartarus). I guess I can regular clear it
Since subx is used for speedruns so often I thought you meant you cleared sub5 
Ah sorry hahaha
Imagine the step up from not clearing at all yesterday to sub 5 today haha
So how do you call the sub 5 per zone?
I mean the speedrunning term would be your tart split but it’s not often really mentioned
Cause nobody cares once you're advanced I guess haha
No they care a lot more on speedcord
But I’m not there anymore and it’s never used outside of speedrunnig
usually td5 ? either that or td3 i think are the most used terms
Question: So my demeter aspect is finally lv5, my mirror upgrade is max, I got the keepsakes I need (not all max but anyway...). What else do I need to speedrun? I know I dont have companions yet, I'm gonna rush it
but some could help you with that question a lot more than i do since i dont speedrun yet
you kinda need companions
Td5 doesn’t exist
Meg I guess
blowing up miniboss armor/5k damage vs heroes is pretty powerful
yeah i know, i meant it more as td5minutes but i guess its td3 that is used
Ok I'm green now
Have you got your work orders?
Oh right, not all...
Ok so I'll go farm my gems too
oh yeah work orders for blue laurel rooms and pots
is there something i dont get with work orders ? i just invest in the ones i think are the most pleasing visually
Yeah, since it’s in uniform with every other use of abbreviations
I havent checked farming strategies yet, I guess it goes with Poseidon
Work orders as in run upgrades
outside of the work orders in the leftmost tab they're just cosmetics
which are the best ones to use ? i got the key into the roll dice and the nectar into boon upgrade
i guess having them all wont hurt
key for dice
It’s best to just have them all
but having all is best obv
honestly maxing mirror was harder than filling work orders
¯_(ツ)_/¯
alright, i just find it tougher to get diamonds than to get blood to be honest
maybe because i grinded bounties so i wasn't getting big darkness from bosses
have you got fishing rod/ gems from bosses / treasure troves?
shouldn't work orders cost like 9 diamonds total or something
i got fishing rod but not the gems from bosses
Since the trade broker exists
Every upgrade to how many out of run materials you can get
Is a boost overall
more gems means more of other resources
More for sure
I think they mean the ones relevant to gameplay
Ah. I dont know then
do i go arte attack or exit wounds here? this build is crazy already
this is hera bow btw
ah nvm wounds is too cracked
Honestly with explosive shot i see the strike angle
I would take strike tbh
Especially as level 1 hera
ah true
Exit wounds is almost exclusively boss damage
And also worthless if you wallbug which is pretty easily to do even accidentally
wallbug?
?
I could be wrong though
Especially considering you need the sustained damage from bow strikes
is wis "worst in slot"?
Yes
because explosive hera is totally fine
like
ideally you're playing up close anyways
so min charging
Explosive is definitely a zag bow/rama option but for hera it is less rad
Still rad just less
it is not a rama option
I wanted death playing explosive rama wtf
Im just kind of a hater of this hammer 🙃 sorry
flurry, twin, triple, perfect, point blank, and explosive are all good choices on hera
explosive rama takes 4 years to charge
Explosive/ flurry rama thou
6th win in a row, finally unlocked credits. And 8 heat statue at the same time.
I had troubles with the <5mn heat for this run, I lost 2 lives at Tartarus boss and 2 lives at Elyseum boss because I was overtime so I was losing 5hp per second. But I managed :p
Congrats on the credits
Thanks :p So basically 7 runs with the new build. First one is when I came here and you replied to me because I lost at Theseus haha. Then only wins
The key factor for me was to press dash attack at the same time instead of dash then attack for the assault. Game changer
Gonna keep farming titan blood and ambrosia, unlock companions and we will see.
dash and then attack for a delayed dash strike can be good tho since you'll have more iframes and then deal damage afterwards
That's a bit of a concern with ME, I wonder if pressing dash attack at the same time always proc the ME
I guess it does but Im thinking maybe if the execution is not good
oh if youre doing ME then just spam them together
No skilled build haha
ok m b
advantage of playing a game that is on final version for years : you can easily answer most questions through links 
np np
Find the weapon you like the most, find the aspect you like the most (but I'd say check if it's good lol), then check what Juncoril sent you and check specific guides for the build you chose
I've done that and I went from "difficult to clear" to under 20mn clear 7 clears in a row (which is not specifically good, but I stepped up x10 by just reading and watching info lol)
And asking questions here
And +1 heat each run, I just cleared the 9 heat one, i'll go for 10 now
But I've done 3 runs with the <5mn per zone, it's stressful, even though I succeeded I'll go back to 7 just to feel more relaxed haha
Does anyone have any tips on how I can get better with the adamant rail? I can work with literally any of the other weapons but I never seem to get any better with Exagryph
If controller get reload off r3 already
Also how much rail sucks depends on what attack boon you are using
Which boons do you reccomend?
If normal rail just slap zeus attack on it
After that get static discharge/add tidal dash from poseidon
Pom these 2
Best hammers are cluster + rockets
Delta for defense
Triple bomb/targeting system as whatever
Thanks man I'll give it a shot
Oh yeah if you have the blood for the aspects
For zeus route use eris
If you have the blood to reach lvl 4/5 hestia you can go aphro attack instead
Just constant reload > attack should get you wins
(if a little boring/slow)
Alrr thank you
Noooo after 9 consecutive clears I lost at hades with 12 heat, I played so bad. Really need to step up my skills. I feel like the Demeter build is a cheat code cause you can easily with with no skills 🤣
is this dem fists 
definitely a build of all time
if you're open to changing things up, try zeus fists
Zeus shield you mean?
Fists with zeus attack
it's pretty nice because you can very naturally go either attack oriented or special oriented angles
put arte or aphro on special for that % scaling and good duos
Zeus fists is often weaker than a good ME run but it doesn't cry to death if you don't get a part of it
You only need atk + jolted (+poms) to win
it helps break up the monotony of playing me fists and makes me hate the game less because getting bricked until ely/styx is very hard
Ah you mean the Zeus Poseidon build. Haven’t tried yet
Don't need poseidon really
I just slap divine dash on it and call it a day
Or blade dash
You play Demeter aspect?
Many things can be slapped on Zeus fist ime
Yeah
If you mean to go for sea storm
I'd say don't bother 
Elysium is hard within 5mn at some heat point for me…
Elysium ? Huh. What's your build ?
Demeter fist ares/athena but I didn’t drop ME
Do you have any good resource to understand how to get Meg companion? I read you need to give 5 elixir then I don’t get it, I’ve already read stupid stuff lol
wiki should have it
basically donate nectar until you get a specific dialogue then donate ambrosia until she gives you the plush
Her favor to unlock the lock (and thus gifting ambrosia > getting companion) is pretty much just keep talking to her
You need to get certain dialogues
i just keep giving her things until she likes me enough
i didnt even know you could have a companion lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61B_93hCwpU
sorry if we cant post links, but i was looking through the speedrun discord and decided to watch this vid
what aspect is this rail ? modded ?
Hades Speedrunning Leaderboards: https://www.speedrun.com/hades
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Rowo is an abbreviation for the Rail One Weapon Only speedrunning category, which requires clearing with all 4 Rails in a row.
0:00 Reset
0:32 Lucifer
15:05 Zag Rail
31:30 Hestia
45:42 Eris
the first part of it
i just seen its lucifer aspect but it looks so strong
damn, i just watched some of his eris and mine definetely doesnt hurt like that
and i have a similar build
and his aim is great i dont get it lol
controller magnetism go brrr
honestly the special control is way more impressive to me
the strangest part is that eris is the 3rd fastest here
well yeah without ME you deal no damage, it's normal
That's just how ME works
it's feast or famine
I can’t donate anything anymore and I’ve talked to her several times so I’m not sure I should go on or if I missed something
nah it's RNG
RNG hell
... RNG tartarus I guess ?
Anyway, nothing else to do but play and pray
you need to get lucky with your house dialogue
it do be like that sometimes
Got to Tartarus boss without even the ares attack (I start with ares keepsake lol)
honestly i think killing meg then taking a bath is faster but i haven't actually rta timed it
it's definitely more interesting
i mean angelic stood in lava during her 64 heat so you're not alone
I love smoldering air so much
One of the boons of all time undoubtedly
i think smair is way too good
you can throw it on just about anything reasonably easily, so it's less interesting i think
i mean you're not wrong lmao
free damage and iframes
the only ones that dont would be castpects for speedrunning
why not castpects?
dad call
dad call gives 100% more damage in a short burst
and castpects are all burst weapons basically
no they just take acorn into styx for speed lmao
keep up high confidence
hourglass is a bit sus since most of the time you dont see wells in styx
except like the midbiome one
but it'd have to be really good for you to take hourglass
but also castpects take hourglass into elysium for that reason lmao
they benefit the most from wells
Yesterday I took distant memory into ely
i wanted to thank you bananas for your 32 heat guide, it's really helpful
np
do you have a 40 heat guide
it's gonna be like the same thing lmao
same builds more or less
add hl5 cf1/js1 hs ap1 onto the fo2 pact on the guide
depending on the aspect you can do dc2 instead of ap1
or like some combo of cf and js
ok yeah that's what i am doing
I would forgo dc2 and ap1 for cf and js
but also like fists and non hestia rails can deal with dc2 fine
This is worse than lightmode
lmfao
tbf i hit mirage shot on my second ever 40 heat run in tartarus with ap1
Thanks I make sure to take my photos in a completely dark room so it’s the only light in the room
Tbf that’s your experience and the SSG Giant notoriously comes to my house and tampers with my gamefiles to mess up my rng
skill issue
Relatable
Amir watches and controls all the runs as always

I think it's better but idk, my eyes don't scream at brightness
It’s not actually brighter than the previous version, is it?
i dont think so but the colors are definetely messing with my retina
It looks bleached
alright i need help right now to know which gods to focus
im using eris rail and rn i got:
- Attack zeus epic
- static discharge epic
- aphro special rare
- hermes attack faster
pos dash ?
yes
if this is heading into asph you pick pos keepsake and click tidal dash
pom static discharge and dash and go win
yeah this is an easy tdash take
would it be worth it to buy yarn in shop with pos keepsake ?
to get a better tidal dash or rare is fine too ?
of course i get barned
not the barn
but yeah i will say yarn is worth
better hermes and/or tidal dash is always good
considering it's a "late" tdash, a good rarity would be nice starting point
praying for a 2 sack rn i cant lioe
hehe
damn
i thought i was faster than 18mins
still good !
i just got close to the best build i couldve gotten on sword but no patty and i took godfights so no pb 
16 flat
although i did do my fastest dad fight, barely over a minute i think
1:20 something like that
its time to say the thing
64 heat isnt that bad, just hit the rng
Do we need to beat Meg in a run to have her after the game?
Cause I reset like 10 times, she's never here
yes
Ok yes, I proc'd her three times now
But impossible to give Ambrosia (she already came to my room)
Guess I have to try again and again 😦
man
fo2 is tougher than i thought
i cant manage to keep my defiances
idk why
everything hits me
making me tilted
turns out, everything being 44% faster screws up your internal timings lmao
yeah, but the thing is that im not that much faster than on no heat
i died on heroes at 12 mins
which is my average
i mean you're getting hit more and probably playing safer
and getting hit means hit stun, which is no damage
fo2 is faster, but you need to be good at fo2 for it to be faster lmao
fo2 is faster when you can actually blast encounters and bosses that fast
try fo1 first
work your way up to it
unless you were already doing fo1 beforehand, at that point start learning lmao
alternatively just power through
ill clear my sword bounty for 4 heat and then ill do td1 and fo1
lmao
let me get something straight
if i wanna gain time, i should choose :
- boss foes over normal foes
- Shop / ! rooms
- anything else than the duo god rooms
Am I correct ?
sure
Also get lucky for fountains/chaos 
the less fights you have to do the better
i'm still stuck in the mindset of looking at room rewards 😔
oh yeah right, chaos counts as a "free" room ?
could've got a sub 9 if i took midshop instead of ely mini
yes cuz there's no fighting
Also menu Than is nice
alright thanks
lets try this again, first sub 3 min tart
barge 
thats it for me tonight, choked a sub 12 when the rng god was with me
2 sack too
Guys, any guide on which heat to take first to make things easier? Im grinding 1 per 1 one till 20 (Im at 12 now it's becoming a bit difficult, though not too bad)
there's a heat leveling guide pinned in #h1-high-heat-strategies
it does take em3 a bit early, but you can substitute that with other things probably
Yours?
the spreadsheet
my guide is specifically for 32 heat
there is a section for heat leveling, but that just uses the spreadsheet lmao
yeah you can replace that with other things lmao
just go like 3 heats higher and take those heats instead of em3 i guess
is it worth it to invest in chaos gates for that?
wdym by "invest" ?
...i meant buy lights of ixion at the well
wasn't paying attention when writing that msg sorry
np np
and yes, unless it would give you a bonus chaos
a chaos before the end shop
in which case it doesn't let you skip a room, it just gives you a bonus chaos room
It will still take only 3 seconds max
A 3 second timesave is a 3 seconds timesave
On like beo and hera you it would probably be worth taking the extension if it's in tart or aspho
oh, true
I would consider practicing the fight more 
3s timesave when it means I don’t get extra cast or cast damage?

The chaos bonus could very well be extra timesave
oh yeah if you care about chaos you take the bonus chaos boon
but if you're on idk, nemesis ME, might as well go
4th run maybe where I try to get a new record
ME hasn’t dropped once…
I even made a run till the end to try to get ME but nope 🤣
it'll be easier once you max out the mirror
Everything is maxed except my dice
5th run no Athena Tartarus I guess I must reset this too
yeah you can fish for ME until lernie and still get a good run
But I need to get special + ME + dash isn’t it a lot if I didn’t get at least special?
I’m 400 darkness away from last dice
athena in tartarus is great
At this level its best not to reset
but it's not too often, and it is ok to get it later
What if youre on big PB pace but you haven’t practiced how to play without ME?
Go to settings
Should be in the settings somewhere
I did play without ME but it’s slower for sure, can’t be pb without it I think
You can definitely pb without ME
Oh right thanks
Well at least now with timer I’ll have a better idea of my perf
If I aim at a sub12 what should be my timer for each zone approximately?
Roughly 3:00, 5:20, 9:30, 10:45, 11:59 for Tartarus, asphodel, elysium, Styx, dad
I was on a good run despite getting ME just before Theseus but I got 4 rooms at the Styx lol
Let’s go again…
how does one play demeter malphon
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got u

Ok 13.34 new pb. I was two minutes late after Elysium
Elysium moment
I lost too much time at asphodel (or whatever it is called)
Got lucky on Elysium rooms but asphodel omg…
You mean time per zone?
Is there a way to see in game? Cause I check during the run but I forgot already
Or record the run
You can but idk how
I think you either need 3rd party stuff for capturing the screen data or just set up a camera pointing at your screen
You could take a screenshot after each boss kill to keep track of the time lmao
Xd
I’ll try a few more runs before sleeping and check tomorrow for recording stuff
I’m shooting off a msg to speedcord now asking how switch speedrunners capture their runs
I wanna try to sub13 first
I’ll get back to you if I get an answer
Thanks 🙏
Ok 12.58. This time no impending doom no call no luck on Elysium. Only better thing is that I got only 2 rooms at the Styx. I don’t know how I got a better time though lol
So I’ve noted down my splits: 6.41/10.06/11.34/12.58
Do you have hades keepsake yet
Yes I forgot to use it… I took acorn which is totally useless lol
is 10:06 -> 11:34 elysium
Yes
god damn that's a good elysium
Really xd
Surely it’s 6:41 aspho 10:06 ely
I had a patrocle but and 1 or 2 shops and that’s it
However I got a mini boss that I killed in legit 4 seconds
The splits I gave are extremely rough
100% no I’ve noted down my times every split
A good elysium can majorly change a run
Oh yes sorry I’m stupid I forgot the first timing
You’re telling me you left Tartarus in nearly 7 minutes and almost PBd?
Ok yeah
that makes a lot more sense lmao
But yeah it’s very rough
Cause I’ve noted on my phone I didn’t see the top of the list 🤣
3.34/6.41/10.06/11.34/12.58 there we go
this is ME fists right
Yes
The ratio is roughly 3:2:4:3 for tart:aspho:ely:styxdad,
I got me before Elysium
ME before lernie fight is like the main thing you wanna aim for yeah
So my split time makes sense? Nothing specific?
Yeah
Oh, I always thought Elysium would be faster than Tartarus. Although my experience is mostly high heat, and BP2 in Tartarus is rough
nah even in high heat tartarus is faster
or like about the same at least
I wanted to start with an elite room but I misclicked the room beside lol
But turned out well in the end lol
I'll see how long I take next time I run high heat
For now I'm trying sub 10 all aspects. Currently at Guan Yu
tartarus is just long and bp can suck sometimes
Going in order
Elite archers suck so much
Btw I speed run at 0 heat, not 9 😂
Which is worse in dad fight : EM4 MM bball, or BP2 double armored archers ?
run minimum 6 heat
And the goal is to beat the run
em2 and fo1
But damn, that's so much slower
I run 6 heat. Is very doable
6 is what, FO2 but no EM ?
em2 is a faster lernie fight since it's a smaller arena
fo makes enemies spawn in faster
FO1 should definitely take off a nice chunk
Why I do 0 heat is because I don’t like the other hydra map
em2 fo1
FO2 is harder to get used to, but worth it in the long run
6 heat which hydra map we get?
Oh, fair
i mean if you want a faster time you'll learn it lol
Yes of course but too lazy for now haha
same with learning fo
You could still run EM0 and FO2 if you specifically don't want lernie
What is it? Not easy for me to understand cause my game is not in English
Extreme Measures and Forced Overtime
Let me check


