#h1-builds-and-combat
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Still in the first area
What weapon though?
Hera Coronacht
Wait, the casty one?
Yeah
If it was any other weapon I'd say the hammer
but I seriously just got a two win streak thanks to Hera's bow and artemis casting
I've got crit basic attack, lightning cast, and bonus armor damage on crits
I was honestly puzzling out a build for those two featuring the Posideon blade
But yeah fingers crossed I can swap out lightning for artemis cast
Which one's that?
Second projectile on cast
Daaang!
Seems deeeeeeec
That sounds incredible
Fingers crossed that, should I manage to get back to the end, it doesn't crash this time lol
When I last fought you know who, I had 6 spell slots, the crit cast, and "damage on dislodge"
I can not believe how fast both forms of him went down
well if it's any consolation lionheart I just finished a positively busted exit wounds + extra cast + poseidon sword run
^
I may try that next
it was busted
I really love these aspects
The only ones I'm meh on are the Rail ones
Yeeeeah
But I just haven't brained out how to use them
The rail's only good one is the zag aspect for the extra ammo
I have heavily mixed feelings about the blitz disc
Should I be swapping relics after the first floor?
Currently on the Adamant Arrowhead
Depends, if youre using the stacking one, no, otherwise yeah
There's no way to get that to retrigger right
If you have a god relic, most certainly do swap
If it's the butterfly or Hermes: no. If it's any of the god ones? 100% yes
Swapping computers wiped my save so all I have right now is Posideon lol
For god relics
You hit harder but it only casts the spells once
I'm between that and double special
It probably doesnt
I tried it
Side note, I do already have double damage power shots
How bad does it hit the range
hey uh
festive fog hera bow
is stupid
this has been a psa
I one shot each hydra head
and phase
oof
Had a Soul Catcher spawn out of area on my last run but forgot about the F10 bug reporting. captured a screenshot from the gameplay footage though but no way to post it?
Maybe I found a bug (maybe it is known) but just to make sure, when you open the infernal trove, all the rooms and chaos wells are supposed to close right?
No, you can leave
Oh, I thought everything closed before
Okay then
Wait was it changed or I just noticed this after 80 escapes? LULW
idk
It's been like that for as long as I can remember
I still haven't ever done it, but others where talking about it for a while

so what happens to an epic boon if eurydice upgrades it?
it goes to heroic?
answer epic is the max
It becomes Heroic.
Hi, i have a problem with the pact of punishment, i want to change the configuration (one made before the superstar update) but i can't access to it. Some videos show is now in the arsenal room but i don't know how to unlock it.
@honest lagoon please use F10 from your game to submit your issue. We would like to take a look and see if we can fix it.
Done
Hey I have a quick question (and pls ping me because I have the server muted) to get the ||weapon aspects|| I assume I have to beat the game with at least a single heat, right?
@turbid needle just did it, with only 2 boons, 1 epic one rare, the epic one didnt change even though it said it got the boost
@formal hill I don’t think so? I think chthonic keys are rewarded for beating bosses, or can be bought from the broker for other rewards that can be obtained from beating bosses...?
I’m not entirely sure how bounties work... someone feel free to correct me
they work how heat or a large sum or darkness previously were. now, you’re rewarded a chthonic key or a diamond
I think she means literally unlocking the ability to equip aspects
like, getting it so the option is there in the weapons room
ohh
seriously i think they buggered up on the odds for the legendary of artemis and the former legendary turned reg, i havent seen that one once, where as ive gotten extra ammo nearly everytime
I have no idea at all then, I’ve done that with the old pact by the update 🤔 you know better than me for sure
kjdfhgd don't look at me
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i just squish the bugs
actually i don't even squish them, i scoop them up and take them into another room but that's beside the point
put a plastic cup over them and slide a paper under them
sorry, i suppose I should have been more clear, ><;;
I mean like, unlocking the other ones, i admit i only briefly skimmed bc I was really excited to get out and do another run
I do that with spiders, Ellis, but flies and other pests get the 
pssst bot is ded again
hahaaaa im
bc i replied like it was gameplay channel bc there were no emojis
Its My Job To Add The Emojis
i thought it was the gameplay channel too cause it looked like normal conversation XD
styxbot pls
You should look out for Quick Spin.
9 dds and over 400 health was not enough to beat hades
unless the spin becomes instantaneous its never going to be quick enough to stop me from getting bombed by everything
also the base spear damage is pitiful compared with other weapons
ive done quick spin runs before. still didnt save me from getting my spins cancelled by everything attacking me
i do like the adjustment to the dash attack
spins are worthless against the faster enemies in the game particularly in asphodel and styx
styx was awwwwwful with 15 base damage and no aoe
wow the pact is completely different now, just started checking the update out
i like spin for hitting spawning enemies
and the double spin hammer upgrade is fun too
its so completely useless if ur playing with the enemy armor pact tho
What. Double spin?
i meant both the spin upgrades, fast and massive
Oh, gotcha.
thats a sick idea tho
Kinda ripping Double Nova, though.
Chiron bow + immediate relentless barrage is a fun time
Oh yeah.
Well done!
I think something might be broken with rng, I have 55% for zeus bolts to repeat again but I'm getting triple bolts every time
No Splitting Bolt?
Chiron+Tempest Flourish+Sea Storm is super, super hilarious.
Blood and darkness.
I have splitting bolt, but that shouldn't be doing the damage of the original bolt should it?
its also creating the splitting bolt projectile for four hits
This was a zeus blessed run, I had legendary by fury, and only zeus boons till styx
Has anyone noticed that shield dash attack sometimes just miss completly?
im a bow main, so im not sure, but reading the effects of the other weapons they feel underwhelming in comparison
what, the aspects?
The sword got one that gives, at full rank, +50% damage to casts
I love the blitz disc huhu it’s the first thing I unlocked
The blitz disc is also incredibly fun
get some chaos boosts and crits on that bad boy
I've been having a lot of fun putting a Zeus buff on the blitz disc and having it follow me around leaving a trail of destruction
and play catch with it while recalling it lol
It gets faster when u recall it
8 at base, yeah, but it also applies special boons (and can't be blocked, I think) so it adds a fun utility
nonononononononononononon i'm a beast of habbit and breaking the playstyle of dash-attacking like a madman will literally break me xD
You get to attack while the blitz disc is out
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The blitz disc is fine, but on the weaker side. But yeah, shield definitely got shafted with the aspects
Though Nemesis Aspect I also kinda rubbish, since it seems to go up to 35% only
only 35%
Yeah for an effect that only lasts 2 seconds after using special, that's honestly not worth it
The bow that shoot cast is really good with ares cast
Wait, does it just spawn the bladerifts at the feet of the target you hit?
The other bow aspect is also super fun
What i can do with dimonds?
If you charge one cast it will hit where the arrow lands
if you charge multiple sometimes they will all land on target and sometimes the first hits the target and the others launch at your feet
I personally like arts seekers with bow cause then you just have this swarm of needles one shotting things
Diamonds are for the house contractor. Such as buying music to play in the house
Ok. Getting the hang of most of the Aspect so far.
I would like to ask for some tips of using Hera's and Zeus' Aspect, if anyone would like to share.
If there any Way to upgrade aspect faster? I mean its like what? 2 kays per full run?
I only know two other ways:
- The wretcher broker at House of Hades.
- Charon shop at Temple of Styx
Yeah for 1500
It’s meant as an end game thing
And how many lvl of aspekt is there?
Considering you get 2 keys per weapon per heat level I'd say getting the aspects you like to max shouldn't be an issue
Huh. Zag aspects only have 1 level
ok so with the gun the new rocket upgrade does it feel underwelming for anyone else?
Are other aspects different?
zag aspects are powerful enough to only need one level
Yes, the rocket launcher is underwhelming.
yes
Man I love triple bomb I was hesitant to pick it for so long but Damn it's good for some bossses
Just lay down bombs and keep running around
Yup it is there
Triple bomb still works with rocket launcher. I had it yesterday. I honestly didn't think rocket launcher was that bad.
Its good if you get a good boon for room clearing
my rail runs are either an absolute nightmare or super fun
Less good for bosses, arguably
no inbetween
I kinda dont like the Zag aspect on bow
It doesnt make the weapon more powerful, it just makes it less fun, if I understand it correctly
Base bow can also be upgraded. That is the Zag aspect
Yup
right doesn't it just increase power shot time
yup
If I get it right, yes
So, its the same, but less timing reliant and arguably less fun
could be useful
I wouldve preferred if it did that and kept the previous powershot timing as a super-powershot timing
I could seeing it being useful
Which does even more damage
I mean its good for those who struggle with the timing, and its fine that that option exists
Theres a few times I've been like a fraction of a second off
Im just a bit miffed because I play bow precisely for its narrow timing
Its what makes bow fun
I can obviously just not upgrade it, but its a bit lame that I have to skip an aspect alltogether
Rocket launcher feels very not good to aim like all my basic shots hit but the launcher misses
idk the zag aspects seem about the same across the board
The others make the weapon better and/or more fun
The bow one just makes it less fun, while not increasing its power
Granted the shield one isnt exactly exciting either, its just a 10% damage reduction, but still
Does anyone know if you also get bounties the first clear with each weapon with no heat? I jumped to do heat straight away. It shows ???? for all the areas but it's also green with a checkmark which would indicate something I've already done. Did I start with extra currency and didn't notice, or is it just a UI quirk and I skipped a heat level 0?
Seems odd to have green checkmark then. But ty, I can get some easy peasy keys/gems.
I do wonder how theyll handle aspects going forward
Cuz people spent some not that easy to obtain resources on them, so you cant change them all willy-nilly
And it doesn't seem like you can get key/diamond on repeat runs
so you have to trade for them
You just need to go on higher heat
I get that? but that still means theres a finite number you can get from runs
Oh thats what you mean
There is, yes
Im pretty sure its higher than the total amount needed, however
And this is personal but a majority of the weapons do not feel fun to use
which makes getting the keys difficult cause its not fun and even more unenjoyable if I have to do it on higher heat ya know
Now I do have a question does each aspect of a weapon have its own clear?
bounties
There are heat perks which doesn't rly change difficulty till you take another one so. But idk about which heat level you talk
Yes, each weapon have own bounties
Aspects are just 'mods', so no for the second part
Dang I was hoping they would it woulda been fun
I mean, if you dont use most of the weapons, you also dont use their aspects
Its not like you have a harder time upgrading
True but I also want to try the aspect to see if they make the weapon more fun
Well as you can notice when you take an aspect you just got an boon so it's still the same weapon
You can do that in the Skelly room and Alt + F4 without saving
Its how I tried most of them
Yeach, the game only save when you enter an room
dang I wouldn't have wasted a decent handful of keys
I think the only upgrade I havent checked out is Chiron Bow
Which I should it looks fun and powerful, but
It is so much fun
It kinda feels "cheaper", I guess?
Alright, Im half-way through asphodel and I gotta say, Im not really impressed
Damn, why do I get only attack upgrades from the hammer on a special run
Alright, so post-run impression of Chirons Bow is that its kinda ... mediocre?
The main issue I saw is a similiar one to the chaos aspect, that being if Im already hitting people with the bow, Id rather keep hitting with the bow
Granted, unlike Shield special the bow special, especially when you hit all shots, is actually worth using
But ultimately the damage wasnt as high as if I had gone for a normal bow build, I wasnt really any more mobile or flexible, and rooms with a lot of enemies were a pain, since the special shots dont pierce unlike the regular shots
Does the Hermes Plume not work in the Satyr tunnels?
🤔
I'm using it there for the first time and I'm not getting the timer or any dodge rewards
The tunnels aren't considered encounters for the purposes of keepsakes. The keepsakes only count rooms that you get rewards in as encounters
Although the not getting dodge rewards is probably a bug
So I'm guessing it would only work in the final rooms of the tunnels where you get the rewards?
Yep!
had a chiron aspect run at 15 heat and it felt like it made most things so easy
had dio special and aphro attack
and their duo boon
also got the double special hammer, which meant one attack+special applied the +50% damage boost and max poison stacks
definitely the best dps i've done with a range weapon this patch
the only thing I had trouble with was the boat event with the extra enemies
definitely want ur special to be spreading for that
also some of the cramped rooms in the 4th level were kinda scary for the same reason
I had a Chiron build with Athena epic special boon ,and it felt kinda meh
The main issue is that each special did somewhere around 200 damage to one guy
But if I was playing regular bow, I could easily have been hitting upwards of 300 to multiple
Zeus doesn't work to that level of effectiveness with bow special iirc bc it only procs once per enemy hit
I was under the impression that Zeus did not work with bow special
Yeah
Which is especially bad with Chiron
Zeus special does work with Zeus aspect, though
That’s odd
Likely hardcoded
Dio procs multiple times tho
Yeah but each dio hit isnt that strong compared to just buffing the base damage
And even that felt kinda eh
No I’m just saying it’s odd Zeus doesn’t
I think dio is bad
For main dmg
Good for supporting dmg
Oh yeah
I think its hardcoded
Perhaps they were just worried that it would break things
Iunno
I mean, it would
but im still sad
I have a new pathway to break things tho
wait nvm they removed freak accident
Ok I have a third way to break things
Nice
Zeus used to trigger on every hit of the barrage
Now it can only damage once, but if you have the boon that repeats lightning strikes, you can get extra hits
i love it when i fight my way out of temptextdata. biomname with temptextdata.weaponname 🤣
thats the hades slogan, battle out of temptextdata.biomename
"+ The Minotaur: updated some attack timings (he should be slightly more effective)" Jesus, I just fought my way out of Elyseum with 1 Death Defiance and, like 10 HP left. What on earth did they do to this guy. He hits like a truck now. Was his timings just so bad before?
so im on 12 heat right now when the bounty only needed 2
why am I not getting bounties
is it bugged or do I need to be at the level it says?

also is it just me or did they nerf exit wounds hard with the advent of the aspects?
@elfin pulsar basically it seems you have to go up 1 heat at a time for the bounties to work properly
Uh, i talked to master chaos and a dialogue about the aegis with chaos aspect popped up.. but i usd shield of chaos last run
not on the current run
@open geode That's a known bug that'll be fixed in the next patch!
even doing a different weapon at 2 (what the pact said) I still got darkness from meg
sent another bug report
awesome. every decimal counts https://i.imgur.com/iytllMj.jpg
Didn't you know the game runs at 6E15 frames per second?
with the chaos aspect, charge shot and sudden charge you can turn the shield into the bow
its surprisingly fun
Lol, I just saw that decimal thing myself and nearly posted it 🙂
I just got one of the worst rng in a run
I got THREE boons up to Hades
And zero that work good with the bow cast aspect
That's unfortunate. I just picked up the Chrion bow and doing a run now
it's insanely powerful with duo boon from aphordite and zeus, and with jolt
I still got to Hades though, special with crits and daedalus upgrades is almost broken
did you kill hades? 😄
Nah I quit the game before the battle
I'm trying to get the herart rend boon, not looking promising though
And ofc I got the treats for cerberus in the last room 
Quick question for anyone who's tried it before posting something about it in feedback, has anyone felt Extreme Measures fights can feel incredibly different based on who the main fury is? I've barely struggled when the main one is Meg, beaten it probably 4-5 times now, but I just got a Tisiphone one, and literally burned through all 3 deaths defiances and lost.
I just like, after doing it once, fighting meg, and being fine, I was like cool, I'll run that heat pact a lot then cause I don't mind it, and then got her and just instantly lost. I don't mind fighting her normally, she seems fine, but adding the other two to specifically that fight seemed more brutal than the others.
I think I obliterated all three
but I had only three heat active
I'm not getting bounties while at the correct heat level
So I tried using the zagreus aspect levelup with the attack speed boost
It's
something, I guess
attack speed? what is that on?
I meant to say max ammo
I was thinking of my followup and made a mistake
It's probably gonna be better with the shotgun upgrade than the attack speed upgrade imo
Although
A zeus run would probably work really well with it
zippity zap time
The rocket upgrade is nice, and I can see strengths to using either bombard or rockets, so I appreciate that
Chiron bow is
So nice to use
I'm gonna try the nemesis blade and achilles spear soon
I've heard the rush is treacherous in asphodel
I still feel like the regular attack for the adamant rail is underwhelming no matter what I do
ok so duo zues aphrodite boon, with an electric attack on main and jolt dmg and passion dash isnice. so many stacking damage
I should have known
I barely ever use zues so I keep forgetting about his boons
hmmm
what would be a good special to synergise with that?
the special is the duo boon
yup, increases special damage and applies weak
super nice with chiron bow
I had my first clear with the chiron bow recently
I think it might honestly be a bit too strong
But
My first item was a hammer that gave me relentless barrage so that's probably biased
I really like it, but I’m not sure if it’s speedrun viable
I honestly love it
I always had a problem with the bow special and I love wha the chiron aspect does with it
Oh, absolutely
It rinses anything and everything
And the only drawback is that it sometimes knocks them out of special range
which just encourages more aggressive fighting
I love it
So the current thing I’m testing is Poseidon special with the Poseidon-Zeus duo
I obliterated most of the bosses insanely quick
and still had a death defiance left after clearing
Then I tried upgraded zagreus aspect adamant rail
got the attack speed and triple bombard boost
forgot about zeus attack boon so I decided on athena attack instead
Which admittedly isn't as good in practice as it is on paper
the inaccuracy is more of a problem than I expected
but I ended up getting artemis cast with fully automatic casting and fully loaded
as well as a good aphrodite special buff
so I was able to get by just fine
I honestly feel bow is too good. I need to try more weapons
Shield with damage reduction should be nice
3 boons sounds strange given that there should be 3 offered in Styx (2 from the chambers, 1 from the shop)
full weak/ damage reduction build.
The only part which didn't work all that well was the athena attack boon
deflect?
I had the opportunity to get a good dionysus attack boon and I probably should have taken it
yea can't see how that would work
atm honestly the rail is the best weapon in the game. Hestia Aspect + Spread Shot is an instant win.
I love the spread shot and poseidon attack combo
Heroic is the best quality of normal boons
I will try the rail tomorrow
legendary boons are unique
dunno how good Eris Aspect is atm given that it was just nerfed
I see. Thanks for the info
No problem, my man
I am still getting my head around duo boons, knowing how to get them and stuff
been using the wiki
game has changed so much since I last played, real nice
I know
peace out anyways guys, good luck with your experimenting
I was just thinking about how the game felt when it first came out
And how much it's changed
I remember when the blade was an actual joke and now it feels great
Or the casts being really annoying to hit with
Or aphrodite being stupidly overpowered
The game feels so much better
So many changes that have improved the game
And it just feels amazing
And every weapon feels great
I honestly can't wait to get home to play more
- Fully Loaded (Artemis): rarity set to Legendary
- Support Fire (Artemis): no longer Legendary; effect now scales with rarity
has anyone seen support fire yet?
ive gotten fully loaded on nearly every single run, but havent gotten support fire once
Hera Aspect bow and Blade Rifts are a really tasty combo
Got the seeking rifts + Burst Shot so now each loaded shot spawns 6 Blade Rifts on top of the enemy
each atk, cast, special fires an extra homing shot for X dmg
it was the old legendary for artemis
im now seeing fully loaded a lot but support fire like never
Did it get removed or just moved around?
it got changed from legendary to scaling
and fully loaded from scaling to legendary
does secondary fire work with hera aspect?
thats why im trying to get it to figure that out
but i havent seen it so i can't say how it functions
on the other hand this run shreds
but they overlap a lot so its hard to notice
I basically 4 tapped asterius
but for example with aphrodite you can hear it go off twice
seriously ive gotten fully loaded like every single time, theres no way my luck is that good
I just got triple shot I have broken everything
nerf minotaur
I don't get what does fully automated casting do?
hold button it goes automatically
I don't follow
Don't you need to press button to cast?
Or do you mean spits out all 3 or whatever shards?
Like machine gun
Never tried caster builds so I always avoided that part of Athena but with new bow 8t got me curious
@solid solar basically instead of having to press RMB for each blood stone, pressing and holding RMB will fire all the blood stones sequencially
Right.
https://imgur.com/a/mrzdsj2 Double Nova builds are way too fun
hey what happens if you have 2 trove trackers at the same time?
1 at a time now
thank
What gods do people like to go for with the bow?
Aphrodite is the best one probably, Artemis is also nice
Goddess of hunt with the bow duh
Whenever I use bow I try to stack as much attack damage as possible, Artemis is good for that.
Turns out stacking 2 +68% special damage Chaos boons with a Heroic tier Artemis Special Boon and the Chiron Bow/double special projectiles is... Really really good
@brave bane wtf that’s literally my current run
Except like I said I managed to get only 3 normal boons so my casts are garbage and I have a regular dash
And I have only Hades left so rip
I have no dash or attack boon, I have an epic Zeus cast with the Artemis extra cast projectile and +3 casts boons
And 359 hp thanks to an Aphro boon
So is 359 HP and 4 extra lives good enough going into the final boss?
I purged my zeus cast because it works kinda wonky with that cast charged bow
Fair enough
It's great clear with double projectile
And I'm using Chiron Bow not the cast one
Ah I c
Also I’m not sure if “your cast shoots a second weaker projectile” works very well with this bow
I mean it doesn’t work at all but you still can get it
Oh I didn’t get the seek the target thingie
Sounds really strong
It's good with any of the damage boosting specials
It's probably pretty bad with Ares or Dio
I want to try it with Zeus
And double lightning strikes
I have Artemis crit special, it’s pretty good with that build because you get crits consistently
Yeye
So you kept seeing huge bursts of damage when a bunch of the seeking projectiles crit at once
Well it can’t beat Ares spear special that I had last time with ~550 dmg dooms
Ares spear is such a good build
They didn't tweak the rocket launcher?
Just got a new PB on this update, https://imgur.com/a/v1gW53E
Crazy good run, super fun
335%...
did not realize poms scaled that well
what rank is ur aspect? thats the crit nova one right
very sweet run there
Rank 4 nemesis aspect IIRC, possibly rank 3 though.
bet you didnt attack much anyways
Not really lol. I have a youtube video of the run if you're interested, but not gonna post it here cause I feel like that self promotion is a bit much ;P Its in the actual tab for it.
ok 46% more enemies chaos + max miniboss boost on the murder boat
turns out that is kind of hard
max miniboss and the upped normal enemies alone feels super tough to me
with chaos thats just gg
nice
whats worse is it drained the heat clock a lot
Oh I lied, I had rank 2 Nemesis, forgot to upgrade it again after my game crashed.
yea the murder boat and survivals really beat down the clock
30s to beat hydra fml
is it even possible to do much better?
since u gotta wait for the head spawns
oh u mean thats all u have left
Hydra is a lot faster if you have the Pact for it on, everything is grouped up more.
Though I personally take a lot more damage too
There is a way to cheese hydra that saves a lot of time
?
If you deal enough damage in a singke hit you can skip phases
yea couldnt beat it in 30s
thanatos drains a lot of time too
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/473685187780411405/632079022477803550/unknown.png
This is the money Zagreus of good luck. Reblog to earn enough to buy out the shop in Styx with 830 left over on your next run
havin a stupid moment, someone help me plz (totalz at me)
When does the Pact of Punishment appear over the exit? After a certain number of runs or after beating Big Bad first time?
@wet dagger I think now it's after the Big Bad.
I learned that Hades super laser doesn't hit you if you stand right on top of him
I think he also does not that pulse attack
I guess this is as close as they get to hugging eachother.
i don't understand aegis' blitz disc ability, i'm reluctant to use my keys to unlock it.
It turns your special into are's blade vortex effect and has no animation locks
so i unlocked it but i only have zag's ability active (ie increased damage resistance) for the shield. was i supposed to select something?
You need to click the larger tab to equip the aspect, unlock button does not equip the selection
I love the blitz disc, because it can be recalled whenever I want
It's also fun to recall it and then run away from it through enemies, with e.g. ares dash, because you can outrun it for a while and everything chasing you takes damage
The little rats and chariots for example
gotta say one thing: i always used to say the best spear build is a cast build(like hunting blades or dislodge or whatever) and now the spear really supports cast builds(with achilles aspect) 🙂
I'm kinda enjoying every bit of Hera aspect with the dinoysus cast
yea feels great to get the highest damage cast without that delay
it's more about the aoe...
rest of the casts feel awkward with it
Ares is too slippery without homing
i mean most cast have some aoe
rest feel like they don't hit
and yea ares just goes off everywhere
probably Athena/Zeus is pretty good I guess
aphrodite also seemed good but i only tested it in one room
as in i reset and tested every cast switching keepsakes
I feel like Dio is best, then Athena then Zeus then the rest really
but then thats just me thinking about it
welcome to club, I feel his numbers are too low as they are
i mean his cast but yea numbers for everything seem bad
tho i still want to try his shield aspect with his special
but else the only broken zeus build i had before the update was fast firing gun with poseidon on attack and zeus duo
(got that from someone here, forgot who)
yea thats good tho i still wouldnt take him to get it since i would hate for him to appear more often
I love that about 1500 damage cast burst with hera aspect LUL
the casts dont get buffed from power shot, right?
just clarifying since then im gonna try to go with instant shot
nah, they are not
its just a bit annoying to aim but seems so good to combo
Also a clarification about that bounty stuff: do i get this right - every first kill of a boss for an area for each weapon and heat level gives 1 good reward and repeats give just darkness or whatever
weapon aspects dont matter
asking because the game kinda pushes to make be play 1 heat, then 2 and so on with each wepon but since i just tried to look at 0 heat and still get the good rewards im getting a bit confused
(for the first run that weapon on 0 after the patch ofc)
but basically thats the system?
yes, that's basically it
I'm playing at 5 heat already with bow
this feeling when I'm so fast that even minotaur couldn't catch me...
thanks - i was just confused with recieving stuff at my 0 heat run now
can he still be too fast for his own good?
i mean if you increased the enemy speed and stood next to a wall if he ran into you he would just hit the wall instead
hmm
I mean that I was faster than he could possibly run
I was having like +70% move speed
yea that sounds good
oh another stupid question - did the casts from the final boss always deal no damage and just debuff you?
not sure about that
I'm pretty sure it works like your own boiling blood
so it lodges inside character and you get dealt +50% damage
which is ouch level
yea i get that and ofc its best to avoid that
i just saw that i still had full health even tho i caught 2 of them
might be that i still had the effect from the new keepsake and just didnt notice it
but then im not too happy i got the debuff(also i should have noticed it being there since its quite visible)
nice
and I probably used one of the most hated heat modifiers right now ...
Extreme measures, Middle Management, Snake oil
what is middle management
increased amount of elites in mini boss rooms
so if there is 1 mother of souls
you fight against 3 mother of souls LUL
if you get 1 power couple (Megagorgon + Mega Skullcrusher) u fight 2 more power couples
no, no 2 minotaurs
it's already hellish kinda without that
but would be hillarious
but multiple megagorgons already happened with more enemies from chaos and doesnt seem too bad
yeah, just make sure you don't take more enemies modifier...
otherwise
oh it's such a great day
GET ZERG SWARM'D b... in Murder boat
i always take that
about the dimonds - im trying to figure out if i should take from olympus or the exalted
is bosses dropping darkness bug still present?
shouldn't be
So the new Double Nova and Hermes +30% special speed is pretty crazy https://clips.twitch.tv/SquareSpeedyCodTriHard
well... ummm... dang
that;s nice
So, my thinking with the adamant rail and the hestia aspect with infinity reload is you never have to reload to your shot should always be empowered. Is that right?
so your shot*
its the opposite
your shot will never be empowered afaik
cause you need to trigger a manual reload
Counter productive
you can manually reload with infinity reload
I Have No Idea
i had that thought too though and went to check it out the other day and found that i could reload
Does seem counter productive though, defeats the purpose of having infinity reload. would be nice if you could reload once and empower the shots indefinitely lol
that sounds like it would be vaguely broken lol
too op I guess
Given how busted Spread Shot and Hestia is atm I'm glad that's not possible lol
even 1 fully empowered spread shot can with the right build delete a quarter of Hades' health.
I'm working on it in my current run
anyways if any of you do want to try hestia with infinity chamber and you find it doesn't work i would be delighted to see that f10
tbh ive been avoiding infinity with Hestia because given that I have infinite ammo and the hammer says "you never have to reload" it implies the 2 upgrades dont work together
you can still proc the empowered shot though as you can still reload so it's not a complete waste
zero synergy though
given how often you want to trigger a manual reload though, you have no need for infinite ammo, so its likely the worst Hammer to pick up with Hestia
In general I think Hestia is a great upgrade... but its honestly really weird with how it interacts with everything
like one thing I noticed is Hestia shots don't explode if you have Explosive Fire
meaning they don't stun
The reload has always felt clunky to me anyways but I guess that's just down to my own play style
Play bow
Trying the new aspects though, it's a nice way to mix things up 😄
Hestia Rail is busted with spreadshot
Especially because as it turns out
The new dash attack on rail is 2 quick attacks, both of which get the Hestia bonus
If you do it on spread fire, its 2 attacks with 5 projectiles, all with the Hestia bonus
It was
Oh, was it changed?
Got nerfed yea
Uncertain cause afaik it could be a bug cause it wasnt in the patch notes
Adamant Rail (Hestia): empowered shot now activates only from a manual reload
That's the only listed change
But it only affects all the projectiles of a spread attack if you dash
which makes me think its possibly a bug
Doesn't look like its fully fixed tho
It seems like Adamant Rail + Hestia + Shotgun Spread is confusing or bugged: without a dash attack, your first shot is a single upgraded bullet and the rest are spread shots. With a dash attack, both are spread shots and upgraded. Maybe this is as intended, but changing one or the other would make the situation feel less wonky.
From feedback
Might as well make chaos aspect work with explosive return
That would be amazingly busted lmao
So many explosions
Even with just 2 it would be op
It is fully fixed, that’s how it’s intended to work
I think at least
Hard to parse
i just unlocked chiron aspect for the bow and it's looking pretty nice with artemis special
are people upgrading their aspects with Cthonic keys or just unlocking more aspects for the weapons?
I mean, making Chaos aspect work with explosive return would at least create a reason to use it
But honestly, Id prefer if they kept the spread fire interaction
Although, I like PearUhDoxs suggestion
If you can get it on every dash double-tap, its quite nice even on regular rail
if i'm reading it right, does this mean that chrion aspect and relentless barrage (100% more special shots) don't stack?
......one way to find out i guess!
Actually it's pretty great
Yeah
i just erased the soulcatcher boss
They do
Chiron simply limits the shots from the 10 you get
At the start
Its pretty great when you get it
And incidentally, I think you can guarantee Relentless Barrag from the third hammer
Im not 100% on that though
no its not guaranteed'
upgrade that chiron yo
Not always, but I think you can always use a sequence that guarantees it
By eliminating options
oh god, and i got hunting blades
i have 135% special damage, plus chaos gave me +61%, with +22% crit damage and exposed/marked status effects
oh i just realised i'm still on the previous patch
this setup is not working nearly so well in styx
styx to your guns
Yeah Styx is a bit painful
I do like the animation on Chirons bow
Especially when the arrows form a circle around the enemy, turn around, and hit them
hey guys pls be proud of my this is the first + only time i've killed hades since the big bad update went live
I love the new sword Special animation it looks fantastic but I am slightly sad I can no longer T pose on the haters
I've been dumping all my keys into the rail, but I've only been unlocking things on the rail
homing special bow + chaos gate special damage up + 100% more special shots + artemis heroic chance on crit for special = bliss
Does the rocket aug and the triple bomb aug for the rail stack? Or are they exclusive?
why wont you offer me the last 2 music box tracks im missing instead https://i.imgur.com/BS50zNB.jpg

More of a Deus Ex reference, but also that yeah.
Does anyone know the scaling from additional keys spent? I'm reluctant to start investing in an effect until I know
It slows down at some point
Some of the effects were 10% with the first 2 upgrades, the later ones 5% and cost more
So I think trying them all out won't set you back too far
The first upgrades cost 1/2/3 for rank 1 and each one after costs one more per rank I think
(might change at higher ranks)
Does anyone know how the exogryph aspects, which all revolve around re-loading, work with infinity chamber?
You can still reload with infinity chamber, and it empowers your next shot
You need to trigger a manual reload
Does Pulverizing Blow for the shield also remove Poseidon attack knockback?
No, unless they changed that
Can confirm it doesn't, thanks
I remember because I was so sad when it happened to me
do you keep the bonus damage from pierced butterfly if you swap it out in the middle of a run?
no
No
ty
Unfortunately no. I'd use it if it did.
I tried to use it today but I got smacked in the Hades fight because Broken Spearpoint is honestly a much better choice for survivability.
Prevents you from getting hit for 150 health in less than a second.
Yes, but so does dodging- Hypnos
Broken Spearpoint means I don't have to play as well :kappa:
hey, uhh, which channel do we report bugs in? just had a room where thanatos didn't, uhh, do anything. so it was thanatos: 0, zagreus: 33. lol

I can't seem to find good builds for the spear and railgun. which aspects are good with them?
Rail gun zeus attack is always solid
Spear uhhh
Spear i always find to be super reliant on what hammer i get
So i tend to go general purpose till i get my fist hammer then specialize
the new form with the sweep isn't good?
The punishing one?
Its good yeah
Its just spin attack gets very unreliable once enemies have high health and armor cause they have no flinch
So usually you want a soin attack hammer boon to help
But i find it better than nothing
So i usually go with hades aspect
Achilles Aspect was how I got my first spear win! It's so good, spear with the mobility of a shield ❤
How am I supposed to get 5 billion darkness for the 10 rerolls?
turn off the lights.
(really though, I think they're gonna rebalance darkness costs)
🔦
Before this last patch, all but one of the biome bosses dropped a big sack of Darkness, once you clear all of your bounties it begins rewarding Heat for bosses again.
I mean the rerolls are meant to be darkness sinks
I don't think they'll rebalance those any time soon
as for the rest
I don't know what they'll do
Hey guys, first time here, I was wondering, is there some kind of run history, where we can see what we achieved or did in our previous runs? Because I wanted to know a combo I made with Zeus Boons and I don't remember what I used or what I did at all. 😦
Booooo. Theseus and Beefboy still beat me more often than not. 
Divine strike, curse of pain, merciful end, and blitz disc is pretty insane
Any tips for the rail? its the only weapon I can't seem to beat the game with.
I don't know if I'm supposed to post prints of gameplay here, so I'm just gonna say I'm really happy I finally beat the game for the first time o/
Love the spear, saved me, after 36 trys, I guess, that zagreus aspect is pretty strong, lvl1 +30% is pretty op I shall say
Rocket bomb damage is up to 80 now
Oh? Maybe a build focused on that then?
both the new aspects on the rail seem kinda underwhelming
at base damage the Erys aspect only adds 1 point of damage
i'm floored by the modification of aegis, the one that lets you hurl it like an ares cast and then call it back is awesome. I have zeus lightning on my dash and ares doom on my attack and special. it's like a permanent cast if you zig zag all over the room.
Eris aspect shines because it boosts all damage, even things that are usually hard to scale like cast/dash/call effects
Rail + zeus is still a thing
Its pretty reliable and easy to obtain and will carry your through the first 2 zones

Then the rest is just building properly
Im trying to figuire out how to make hestia aspect work honestly
It feels a bit weak and doesnt really synergize with zeus like eris
question: i'm no longer getting any of the chthonic (sp?) keys or diamonds. is it because i'm not using any heat on this run?
I'm wondering: With all the concerns about speed running, what about an Infernal Pact option: "Hide and Go Treat" or "Always IN the Last Place" which causes the goal in the 4th biome to always be in the last wing (makes you full clear biome 4)
Skelly's Law
hestia works well with spreadshot
currently in a Chrion run, first item daedalus with special 100% more shots. just killed fury and I have curse of longing (duo boon, doom affects continuously hit weak targets), faster special from hermes, special inflicts doom and basic attack inflicts weak. it's pretty strong so far ;p
can a boon that you have already been offered and skipped appear again?
Just answered my own question, you can 😄
just need some clarification: i just did a 0 heat run with the sword after having done 1 and 2 heat before - these 1 and 2 heat runs had the bounties checked(havent tried if i can actually get them but ill believe the pact i cant) and after the 0 heat run they seem to have reset
that seems to have happened with other weapons before but i wasnt really sure i maybe misremembered
that is not some mechanic i am missing but a bug, right?
just asking before i report nonsense
@wind vale I have never came across this before, but don't think I've tested enough to notice
@hollow matrix hmm Hestia? best way is probably with Artemis and shotgun... though I'm not sure about interactions anymore with it... I remember it had distinct dash attack animation with shotgun before that was rocking everything pretty hard...
Yeah dash shotgun just feels better
Also generally i dont like builds that are too reliant on rng
Like slapping zeus onto rail is simple and works
I guess the chips fall where they may tho
but then it feels like it got ninja nerfed
and it lost it's animation
honestly Hestia Aspect meanwhile strong, is in weird spot... just like the old hammer it basically was
manual reloading feels weird
ya I am not a fan of manual reloading, too clunk for me
Chiron so much smoother
just cleared with a Chiron build, highest crit on hades 5280
forgive the sloppy game play but I had 6x deaths defiance so just face tanked. realised I could have killed quicker if i used my artemis call
Hooo boy that was a spicy one
wave on every attack, and rapid attacks made for fast kills
The third hammer upg was a waste and I wished I had spent my cash at Charron buying boons instead
nice
I hate the sword special, if you are wondering why I don't have an upgrade for it lol
it's very meh
I love it
Especially if I can get swift flourish for it
It's great with Artemis or Poseidon. If I get Artemis on special, then I hope for blight strike and pressure points. If I get Poseidon on special, then I'd be content with blight strike, but I really want the lightning strike and sea storm.
Poseidon/Dionysus does open up guaranteed epic boons, which is nice, tho
And after the nerf to hunter's mark, I feel like pressure points is a lot worse than it used to be.
Sword special with deflect is practical invunrability
Say, has anybody gotten Eurydice to upgrade an epic boon to heroic? I've tried a few times, but it never happened to me. I might try to go into her chamber with only two boons, one being epic, and see what happens.
I received a double Epic to Heroic upgrade the first time I encountered Euridyce
Lvl 5. Thats gas
a lot of useless stuff in there, couldn't find a dash attack, but it didn't matter lol
lol
No Athena DDs or lucky tooth? Smh
i keep forgetting the asphodel murderboat with middle management is an experience
I love New and Improved Murderboat.
Even when I play like garbage and eat two DDs, even when I'm kinda salty that I never see the Megagorgon fight anymore, I love Murderboat.
sword special hits twice, is really fast because of a boon, and does a tonna critival damage....oof. why do i even need the regular attack button at this point
doing a full goddess of the hunt run
and its so much crit damage right now
350 damage on crit hit
That's so funny schpoon, I feel like I never see murderboat anymore 😂
I love the murderboat
Speaking of, "Time for another voyage on the Barge of Death."
I love the music during it
The Bloodless and the boss version of the main Asphodel track are underrated.
Yeah, The Bloodless is like one of my top 3 songs in the soundtrack
Hey peoplez. What is your most favorite aspect for each weapon?
Nemesis, I don't use the spear, Chaos, Chiron, and Eris.
I need to use other weapons more
I haven't NOT used the spear. I've got 20 clears with it.
I'm gonna use the shield next run
i haven't played hades in a while waiting for the new update and now i can't beat the final boss anymore >:V
i'm wondering if aspects will make me actually want to use the shield
I haven't used the shield at all in this update. Chiron Bow is my best best friend now.
but i really like chaos shield with explosive return and chiron bow
I haven't tried Zeus Aspect, but if you can't get down with Explosive Return nothing really changed with this.
chiron bow is great fun
Chiron made me love Coronacht.
Now Varatha is the only weapon I'm not super amped to play.
but chaos shield does still suffer from input buffering issues (which i find is the worst problem of playing shield in general)
The game keeps giving me Poseidon. So might as well, putting him to good use. Chiron bow Poseidon Special + Sea Storm and Jolted = bosses permanently being washed away by sea tides.
I haven't seen Poseidon yet with Chiron (though this run gave me both him and Dionysus in Styx when I had neither), but that sounds like it would finally make knockback tolerable.
I love the feeling where I can bully Theseus back by constantly putting him in a corner 😈😈.
I've had one Poseidon boon in my last like 5 runs
chiron + artemis is pretty sweet bc of Many Crits
Have anyone tried Chiron with Zeus Special? I see like the thunder only activates once? 🤦♂️🤔
the main issue i've found is that it can be tricky to hit theseus with chiron bow, and also it really suffers in styx because of the cramped quarters
That's why I have been using Sea Storm instead
even chiron's aspect won't save your shots if you fire them directly into a wall
Poseidon in Styx = not using your attacks first. Easy. You have less spreading arrows, so just aim the special more careful.
Also, once you got a target on lock, the special arrows will pierce everything on its way to the target. So I have the habit of aiming for sth in the far back, then let the Spc arrows piercing everything in front of me.
Argh, I'm in the middle of analysis paralysis unable to decide if I should invest in Eris or in Hestia.
I liked Eris more, but it was before it was so severely nerfed
And since I'm just a slave of Dark Thirst I can't start a run
Best aspects would be Poseidon (probably, I havent played around with it yet but it looks sick on paper), Achilles (Hades unfortunately is kinda eh since it doesnt work on future spins), Zag Aspect or Zeus Aspect (both are kinda eh, theyre just shield with really minor upgrades), unupgraded Zag bow (upgrading it feels like a downgrade) and Hestia Rail (even post spread fire nerf)
Ones that are fine are Nemesis upgrade (only if you maxed it out, so idk about this), the zag aspects for all weapons but bow, Eris, Hades and the bow Aspects
Zags aspect for bow is probably the worst because it doesnt make the weapon better, it just makes it less fun
And chaos aspect suffers from wanting you to use special after a bullrush, when youd much rather just bullrush again as it does more damage, is safer, and generally more effective
Chaos aspect is good because it increases the chance that you get an instant shield return
With explosive return, yeah?
I feel like explosive return loses effectiveness when you have to bullrush first
Yea
So the faster shield return gets kinda counteracted by having to charge and finish the animation first
If you are going bullrush build you still want to work In instant return specials because it’s free dmg
Especially with doom
Nah, because even "instant return" takes time to cast and, well, return for a bit
Id much rather have a dash attack and start the next bullrush just as my bullrush is ending
It takes very little time
I’m actually doing a frame by frame of it sometime soon
You can combine it with dash and get it basically instantly
Really now?
When I played around with it I either couldnt special, or the special locked me out for half a second
I’ll get the frame data soon
Thats interesting