#h1-builds-and-combat

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dull flume
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Oh wow

covert hatch
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Still in the first area

dull flume
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What weapon though?

covert hatch
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Hera Coronacht

dull flume
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Wait, the casty one?

covert hatch
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Yeah

dull flume
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If it was any other weapon I'd say the hammer

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but I seriously just got a two win streak thanks to Hera's bow and artemis casting

covert hatch
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I've got crit basic attack, lightning cast, and bonus armor damage on crits

dull flume
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Oh yeah, do the trial

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you want her "Extra ammo" and "Damage when shards dislodge"

covert hatch
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I was honestly puzzling out a build for those two featuring the Posideon blade

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But yeah fingers crossed I can swap out lightning for artemis cast

dull flume
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Lighting works too!

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Basically any cast works except aprhodite from what I've found

covert hatch
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No swap but uh

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Burst shot?

dull flume
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Which one's that?

covert hatch
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Second projectile on cast

dull flume
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Daaang!

covert hatch
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Seems deeeeeeec

dull flume
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That sounds incredible

covert hatch
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Fingers crossed that, should I manage to get back to the end, it doesn't crash this time lol

dull flume
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When I last fought you know who, I had 6 spell slots, the crit cast, and "damage on dislodge"

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I can not believe how fast both forms of him went down

gloomy scroll
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well if it's any consolation lionheart I just finished a positively busted exit wounds + extra cast + poseidon sword run

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^

dull flume
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I may try that next

gloomy scroll
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it was busted

dull flume
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I really love these aspects

covert hatch
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They're so good

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They were exactly what I was hoping would be added

dull flume
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The other Bow Aspect is amazing.

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Just arrows for days.

covert hatch
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The only ones I'm meh on are the Rail ones

dull flume
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Yeeeeah

covert hatch
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But I just haven't brained out how to use them

dull flume
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The rail's only good one is the zag aspect for the extra ammo

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I have heavily mixed feelings about the blitz disc

covert hatch
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Should I be swapping relics after the first floor?

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Currently on the Adamant Arrowhead

dull flume
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I almost always do

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Oh yeah, then yes

hard holly
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Depends, if youre using the stacking one, no, otherwise yeah

covert hatch
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There's no way to get that to retrigger right

dull flume
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If you have a god relic, most certainly do swap

hard holly
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Nope

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You can guarantee another god by swapping, so thats recommended

dull flume
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If it's the butterfly or Hermes: no. If it's any of the god ones? 100% yes

covert hatch
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Swapping computers wiped my save so all I have right now is Posideon lol

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For god relics

covert hatch
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Question

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Suppose I pick up Twin Shot

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That won't duplicate my loaded casts right

dull flume
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You hit harder but it only casts the spells once

covert hatch
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I'm between that and double special

hard holly
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It probably doesnt

dull flume
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I tried it

covert hatch
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Side note, I do already have double damage power shots

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How bad does it hit the range

gloomy scroll
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hey uh

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festive fog hera bow

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is stupid

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this has been a psa

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I one shot each hydra head

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and phase

covert hatch
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oof

turbid needle
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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?

lost rose
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DM to me!

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You can use imgur to share images here, for future reference!

opaque yacht
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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?

stable oyster
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No, you can leave

opaque yacht
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Oh, I thought everything closed before volfredthink Okay then

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Wait was it changed or I just noticed this after 80 escapes? LULW

stable oyster
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idk

atomic panther
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It's been like that for as long as I can remember

stable oyster
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I still haven't ever done it, but others where talking about it for a while

opaque yacht
covert hatch
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And that's final boss down

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Hera is uh, real good lol

rugged horizon
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so what happens to an epic boon if eurydice upgrades it?

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it goes to heroic?

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answer epic is the max

turbid needle
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It becomes Heroic.

honest lagoon
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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.

fossil wing
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@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.

honest lagoon
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Done

formal hill
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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?

rugged horizon
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@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

errant narwhal
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@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...?

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I’m not entirely sure how bounties work... someone feel free to correct me

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they work how heat or a large sum or darkness previously were. now, you’re rewarded a chthonic key or a diamond

lost rose
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I think she means literally unlocking the ability to equip aspects

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like, getting it so the option is there in the weapons room

errant narwhal
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ohh

rugged horizon
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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

errant narwhal
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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

lost rose
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kjdfhgd don't look at me

errant narwhal
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aaaa

lost rose
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i just squish the bugs

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actually i don't even squish them, i scoop them up and take them into another room but that's beside the point

errant narwhal
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put a plastic cup over them and slide a paper under them

formal hill
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sorry, i suppose I should have been more clear, ><;;

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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

turbid needle
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I do that with spiders, Ellis, but flies and other pests get the banne

native ether
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pssst bot is ded again

grand patrol
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hahaaaa im clownsive bc i replied like it was gameplay channel bc there were no emojis

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Its My Job To Add The Emojis

native ether
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i thought it was the gameplay channel too cause it looked like normal conversation XD

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styxbot pls

median ridge
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wow i had the worst run ever

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spear continues to be utterly useless at anything

turbid needle
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You should look out for Quick Spin.

median ridge
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9 dds and over 400 health was not enough to beat hades

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unless the spin becomes instantaneous its never going to be quick enough to stop me from getting bombed by everything

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also the base spear damage is pitiful compared with other weapons

turbid needle
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It is very quick.

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Fully-charged spin attack is 100 base damage.

median ridge
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ive done quick spin runs before. still didnt save me from getting my spins cancelled by everything attacking me

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i do like the adjustment to the dash attack

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spins are worthless against the faster enemies in the game particularly in asphodel and styx

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styx was awwwwwful with 15 base damage and no aoe

subtle shale
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wow the pact is completely different now, just started checking the update out

split yoke
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Spear is my most used weapon

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I nvr use the spin attack

elfin pulsar
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i like spin for hitting spawning enemies

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and the double spin hammer upgrade is fun too

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its so completely useless if ur playing with the enemy armor pact tho

turbid needle
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What. Double spin?

elfin pulsar
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i meant both the spin upgrades, fast and massive

turbid needle
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Oh, gotcha.

elfin pulsar
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thats a sick idea tho

turbid needle
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Kinda ripping Double Nova, though.

vague hearth
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Chiron bow + immediate relentless barrage is a fun time

turbid needle
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Oh yeah.

vague hearth
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First clear!

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Chiron bow is fantastic!!!!

turbid needle
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Well done!

manic ermine
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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

turbid needle
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No Splitting Bolt?

rugged apex
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Chiron+Tempest Flourish+Sea Storm is super, super hilarious.

turbid needle
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Blood and darkness.

manic ermine
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I have splitting bolt, but that shouldn't be doing the damage of the original bolt should it?

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its also creating the splitting bolt projectile for four hits

turbid needle
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Nope, does a flat 40.

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Oh.

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Game's haunted.

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enjoy while it lasts

manic ermine
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This was a zeus blessed run, I had legendary by fury, and only zeus boons till styx

frosty pier
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Has anyone noticed that shield dash attack sometimes just miss completly?

rugged horizon
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im a bow main, so im not sure, but reading the effects of the other weapons they feel underwhelming in comparison

frosty pier
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Bow got the best sounding ones

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Shield got the shaft in comparison.

errant narwhal
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what, the aspects?

atomic panther
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The sword got one that gives, at full rank, +50% damage to casts

errant narwhal
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I love the blitz disc huhu it’s the first thing I unlocked

atomic panther
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The blitz disc is also incredibly fun

errant narwhal
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get some chaos boosts and crits on that bad boy

atomic panther
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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

errant narwhal
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and play catch with it while recalling it lol

frosty pier
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Zeus's bush trimmer tick damage in a second with what 8?

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it is slow imo(

errant narwhal
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It gets faster when u recall it

atomic panther
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8 at base, yeah, but it also applies special boons (and can't be blocked, I think) so it adds a fun utility

frosty pier
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nonononononononononononon i'm a beast of habbit and breaking the playstyle of dash-attacking like a madman will literally break me xD

atomic panther
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You get to attack while the blitz disc is out

austere spire
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How to prevent Hades from using any of his moves at Phase 2. Check out the link above.

hard holly
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The blitz disc is fine, but on the weaker side. But yeah, shield definitely got shafted with the aspects

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Though Nemesis Aspect I also kinda rubbish, since it seems to go up to 35% only

manic ermine
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only 35%

hard holly
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Yeah for an effect that only lasts 2 seconds after using special, that's honestly not worth it

carmine zinc
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The bow that shoot cast is really good with ares cast

hard holly
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Wait, does it just spawn the bladerifts at the feet of the target you hit?

blazing mulch
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yeach

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thats the point of the aspect

stable oyster
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The other bow aspect is also super fun

trail sinew
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What i can do with dimonds?

steep lark
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If you charge one cast it will hit where the arrow lands

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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

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I personally like arts seekers with bow cause then you just have this swarm of needles one shotting things

turbid needle
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Diamonds are for the house contractor. Such as buying music to play in the house

tough echo
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Ok. Getting the hang of most of the Aspect so far.

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I would like to ask for some tips of using Hera's and Zeus' Aspect, if anyone would like to share.

trail sinew
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If there any Way to upgrade aspect faster? I mean its like what? 2 kays per full run?

tough echo
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I only know two other ways:

  1. The wretcher broker at House of Hades.
  2. Charon shop at Temple of Styx
trail sinew
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Yeah for 1500

proud storm
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you get 5 occasions to get diamonds or chthonic keys, so to speak

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per run

stable oyster
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It’s meant as an end game thing

proud storm
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generally you'll get 2 or 3 keys per run

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4 if you're lucky, only one if you're not

trail sinew
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And how many lvl of aspekt is there?

tough echo
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I'm betting on 5 level.

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I've only reached 4 with Chaos' Aspect.

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So far.

analog sail
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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

tough echo
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I've calculated at least 30 keys for 1 weapon.

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*estimated at least

solid solar
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Huh. Zag aspects only have 1 level

steep lark
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ok so with the gun the new rocket upgrade does it feel underwelming for anyone else?

solid solar
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Are other aspects different?

proud storm
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zag aspects are powerful enough to only need one level

solid solar
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That's not wrong

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I upgraded spear and oh boy

tough echo
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Yes, the rocket launcher is underwhelming.

steep lark
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I feel really stupid for picking it cause its not great

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is triple bomb still on gun?

proud storm
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yes

steep lark
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good

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I know it wont appear since I grabbed launcher but I'm glad its still there

solid solar
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Man I love triple bomb I was hesitant to pick it for so long but Damn it's good for some bossses

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Just lay down bombs and keep running around

steep lark
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I love triple bomb with art special

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or doom

hard holly
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Yup it is there

kind marten
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Triple bomb still works with rocket launcher. I had it yesterday. I honestly didn't think rocket launcher was that bad.

hard holly
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Its good if you get a good boon for room clearing

proud storm
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my rail runs are either an absolute nightmare or super fun

hard holly
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Less good for bosses, arguably

proud storm
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no inbetween

steep lark
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oh

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Interesting, I didn't think triple would stack with launcher

hard holly
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I kinda dont like the Zag aspect on bow

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It doesnt make the weapon more powerful, it just makes it less fun, if I understand it correctly

steep lark
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Zag aspect?

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isn't that just base bow?

kind marten
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Base bow can also be upgraded. That is the Zag aspect

hard holly
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Yup

steep lark
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right doesn't it just increase power shot time

kind marten
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yup

hard holly
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If I get it right, yes

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So, its the same, but less timing reliant and arguably less fun

steep lark
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could be useful

hard holly
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I wouldve preferred if it did that and kept the previous powershot timing as a super-powershot timing

steep lark
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I could seeing it being useful

hard holly
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Which does even more damage

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I mean its good for those who struggle with the timing, and its fine that that option exists

steep lark
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Theres a few times I've been like a fraction of a second off

hard holly
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Im just a bit miffed because I play bow precisely for its narrow timing

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Its what makes bow fun

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I can obviously just not upgrade it, but its a bit lame that I have to skip an aspect alltogether

steep lark
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Rocket launcher feels very not good to aim like all my basic shots hit but the launcher misses

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idk the zag aspects seem about the same across the board

hard holly
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The others make the weapon better and/or more fun

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The bow one just makes it less fun, while not increasing its power

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Granted the shield one isnt exactly exciting either, its just a 10% damage reduction, but still

kind marten
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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?

steep lark
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yes

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you do

kind marten
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Seems odd to have green checkmark then. But ty, I can get some easy peasy keys/gems.

hard holly
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I do wonder how theyll handle aspects going forward

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Cuz people spent some not that easy to obtain resources on them, so you cant change them all willy-nilly

steep lark
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And it doesn't seem like you can get key/diamond on repeat runs

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so you have to trade for them

hard holly
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You just need to go on higher heat

steep lark
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I get that? but that still means theres a finite number you can get from runs

hard holly
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Oh thats what you mean

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There is, yes

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Im pretty sure its higher than the total amount needed, however

steep lark
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And this is personal but a majority of the weapons do not feel fun to use

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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

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Now I do have a question does each aspect of a weapon have its own clear?

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bounties

blazing mulch
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There are heat perks which doesn't rly change difficulty till you take another one so. But idk about which heat level you talk

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Yes, each weapon have own bounties

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Aspects are just 'mods', so no for the second part

steep lark
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Dang I was hoping they would it woulda been fun

hard holly
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I mean, if you dont use most of the weapons, you also dont use their aspects

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Its not like you have a harder time upgrading

steep lark
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True but I also want to try the aspect to see if they make the weapon more fun

blazing mulch
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Well as you can notice when you take an aspect you just got an boon so it's still the same weapon

hard holly
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You can do that in the Skelly room and Alt + F4 without saving

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Its how I tried most of them

steep lark
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oh true

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I didn't think about that

blazing mulch
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Yeach, the game only save when you enter an room

steep lark
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dang I wouldn't have wasted a decent handful of keys

hard holly
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I think the only upgrade I havent checked out is Chiron Bow

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Which I should it looks fun and powerful, but

steep lark
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It is so much fun

hard holly
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It kinda feels "cheaper", I guess?

steep lark
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it is 100% it makes run almost too easy

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at least on low heat levels

hard holly
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Alright, Im half-way through asphodel and I gotta say, Im not really impressed

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Damn, why do I get only attack upgrades from the hammer on a special run

hard holly
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Alright, so post-run impression of Chirons Bow is that its kinda ... mediocre?

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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

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Granted, unlike Shield special the bow special, especially when you hit all shots, is actually worth using

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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

hushed parrot
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Does the Hermes Plume not work in the Satyr tunnels?

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🤔

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I'm using it there for the first time and I'm not getting the timer or any dodge rewards

atomic panther
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The tunnels aren't considered encounters for the purposes of keepsakes. The keepsakes only count rooms that you get rewards in as encounters

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Although the not getting dodge rewards is probably a bug

hushed parrot
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So I'm guessing it would only work in the final rooms of the tunnels where you get the rewards?

atomic panther
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Yep!

hushed parrot
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Yee, I see

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Thanks

elfin pulsar
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had a chiron aspect run at 15 heat and it felt like it made most things so easy

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had dio special and aphro attack

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and their duo boon

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also got the double special hammer, which meant one attack+special applied the +50% damage boost and max poison stacks

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definitely the best dps i've done with a range weapon this patch

turbid needle
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^

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I love that set-up.

elfin pulsar
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the only thing I had trouble with was the boat event with the extra enemies

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definitely want ur special to be spreading for that

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also some of the cramped rooms in the 4th level were kinda scary for the same reason

hard holly
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I had a Chiron build with Athena epic special boon ,and it felt kinda meh

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The main issue is that each special did somewhere around 200 damage to one guy

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But if I was playing regular bow, I could easily have been hitting upwards of 300 to multiple

stable oyster
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Yes but consider Zeus

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Because remember it chains

atomic panther
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Zeus doesn't work to that level of effectiveness with bow special iirc bc it only procs once per enemy hit

hard holly
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I was under the impression that Zeus did not work with bow special

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Yeah

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Which is especially bad with Chiron

atomic panther
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Zeus special does work with Zeus aspect, though

stable oyster
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That’s odd

hard holly
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Likely hardcoded

stable oyster
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Dio procs multiple times tho

hard holly
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Yeah but each dio hit isnt that strong compared to just buffing the base damage

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And even that felt kinda eh

stable oyster
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No I’m just saying it’s odd Zeus doesn’t

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I think dio is bad

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For main dmg

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Good for supporting dmg

hard holly
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Oh yeah

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I think its hardcoded

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Perhaps they were just worried that it would break things

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Iunno

stable oyster
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I mean, it would

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but im still sad

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I have a new pathway to break things tho

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wait nvm they removed freak accident

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Ok I have a third way to break things

gloomy scroll
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Nice

manic ermine
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Zeus used to trigger on every hit of the barrage

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Now it can only damage once, but if you have the boon that repeats lightning strikes, you can get extra hits

open geode
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i love it when i fight my way out of temptextdata. biomname with temptextdata.weaponname 🤣

grand patrol
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thats the hades slogan, battle out of temptextdata.biomename

kind marten
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"+ 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?

native ether
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Oh nice there's a new thing for bounties

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Looks great minus the buggy names :p

dull flume
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That quick reload tho'

elfin pulsar
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so im on 12 heat right now when the bounty only needed 2

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why am I not getting bounties

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is it bugged or do I need to be at the level it says?

lost rose
elfin pulsar
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good to know

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also dear god the upgraded hydra with 800% trap damage is scary

gloomy scroll
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also is it just me or did they nerf exit wounds hard with the advent of the aspects?

rugged horizon
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@elfin pulsar basically it seems you have to go up 1 heat at a time for the bounties to work properly

open geode
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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

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not on the current run

pastel jolt
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@open geode That's a known bug that'll be fixed in the next patch!

elfin pulsar
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even doing a different weapon at 2 (what the pact said) I still got darkness from meg

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sent another bug report

proud storm
analog sail
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Didn't you know the game runs at 6E15 frames per second?

elfin pulsar
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with the chaos aspect, charge shot and sudden charge you can turn the shield into the bow

native ether
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It's the bow but it can block

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Welp

elfin pulsar
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its surprisingly fun

wet ocean
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Lol, I just saw that decimal thing myself and nearly posted it 🙂

opaque yacht
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I just got one of the worst rng in a run

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I got THREE boons up to Hades

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And zero that work good with the bow cast aspectkarmikFeels

lost sigil
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That's unfortunate. I just picked up the Chrion bow and doing a run now

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it's insanely powerful with duo boon from aphordite and zeus, and with jolt

elfin pulsar
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3 boons in a run...

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thats impressive

opaque yacht
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I still got to Hades though, special with crits and daedalus upgrades is almost broken

lost sigil
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did you kill hades? 😄

opaque yacht
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Nah I quit the game before the battle

lost sigil
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I'm trying to get the herart rend boon, not looking promising though

opaque yacht
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And ofc I got the treats for cerberus in the last room karmikSmile

grand pollen
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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.

lost sigil
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I really struggled with Tisiphone

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and the other 2

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she's the hardest one for sure

grand pollen
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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.

opaque yacht
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I think I obliterated all three volfredthink but I had only three heat active

worn owl
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I'm not getting bounties while at the correct heat level

vague hearth
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So I tried using the zagreus aspect levelup with the attack speed boost

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It's

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something, I guess

worn owl
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attack speed? what is that on?

vague hearth
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I meant to say max ammo

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I was thinking of my followup and made a mistake

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It's probably gonna be better with the shotgun upgrade than the attack speed upgrade imo

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Although

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A zeus run would probably work really well with it

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zippity zap time

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The rocket upgrade is nice, and I can see strengths to using either bombard or rockets, so I appreciate that

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Chiron bow is

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So nice to use

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I'm gonna try the nemesis blade and achilles spear soon

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I've heard the rush is treacherous in asphodel

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I still feel like the regular attack for the adamant rail is underwhelming no matter what I do

lost sigil
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ok so duo zues aphrodite boon, with an electric attack on main and jolt dmg and passion dash isnice. so many stacking damage

vague hearth
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I should have known

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I barely ever use zues so I keep forgetting about his boons

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hmmm

lost sigil
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had 4 death defiances left against hades

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justface tanked him lol

vague hearth
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what would be a good special to synergise with that?

lost sigil
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the special is the duo boon

vague hearth
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perhaps the deadalus upgrade with the slow

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there's a duo boon for specials?

lost sigil
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yup, increases special damage and applies weak

vague hearth
#

what

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That's incredible

lost sigil
#

super nice with chiron bow

vague hearth
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I had my first clear with the chiron bow recently

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I think it might honestly be a bit too strong

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But

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My first item was a hammer that gave me relentless barrage so that's probably biased

stable oyster
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I really like it, but I’m not sure if it’s speedrun viable

vague hearth
#

I honestly love it

stable oyster
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Same it’s super fun

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Have you tried it with Poseidon special

vague hearth
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I always had a problem with the bow special and I love wha the chiron aspect does with it

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Oh, absolutely

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It rinses anything and everything

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And the only drawback is that it sometimes knocks them out of special range

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which just encourages more aggressive fighting

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I love it

stable oyster
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So the current thing I’m testing is Poseidon special with the Poseidon-Zeus duo

vague hearth
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I obliterated most of the bosses insanely quick

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and still had a death defiance left after clearing

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Then I tried upgraded zagreus aspect adamant rail

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got the attack speed and triple bombard boost

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forgot about zeus attack boon so I decided on athena attack instead

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Which admittedly isn't as good in practice as it is on paper

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the inaccuracy is more of a problem than I expected

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but I ended up getting artemis cast with fully automatic casting and fully loaded

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as well as a good aphrodite special buff

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so I was able to get by just fine

lost sigil
#

that sounds nice synergy

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is this with the gun?

vague hearth
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yeah

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It really was

lost sigil
#

I honestly feel bow is too good. I need to try more weapons

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Shield with damage reduction should be nice

native ether
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3 boons sounds strange given that there should be 3 offered in Styx (2 from the chambers, 1 from the shop)

lost sigil
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full weak/ damage reduction build.

vague hearth
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The only part which didn't work all that well was the athena attack boon

lost sigil
#

deflect?

vague hearth
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I had the opportunity to get a good dionysus attack boon and I probably should have taken it

lost sigil
#

yea can't see how that would work

native ether
#

atm honestly the rail is the best weapon in the game. Hestia Aspect + Spread Shot is an instant win.

lost sigil
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Dio attack boon is nice at epic qual

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is heroic better qual than legendary?

vague hearth
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I love the spread shot and poseidon attack combo

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Heroic is the best quality of normal boons

lost sigil
#

I will try the rail tomorrow

vague hearth
#

legendary boons are unique

native ether
#

dunno how good Eris Aspect is atm given that it was just nerfed

lost sigil
#

I see. Thanks for the info

vague hearth
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No problem, my man

lost sigil
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I am still getting my head around duo boons, knowing how to get them and stuff

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been using the wiki

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game has changed so much since I last played, real nice

vague hearth
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I know

lost sigil
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peace out anyways guys, good luck with your experimenting

vague hearth
#

I was just thinking about how the game felt when it first came out

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And how much it's changed

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I remember when the blade was an actual joke and now it feels great

lost sigil
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lol yea

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so clunky

vague hearth
#

Or the casts being really annoying to hit with

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Or aphrodite being stupidly overpowered

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The game feels so much better

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So many changes that have improved the game

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And it just feels amazing

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And every weapon feels great

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I honestly can't wait to get home to play more

rugged horizon
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  • Fully Loaded (Artemis): rarity set to Legendary
  • Support Fire (Artemis): no longer Legendary; effect now scales with rarity
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has anyone seen support fire yet?

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ive gotten fully loaded on nearly every single run, but havent gotten support fire once

tranquil ice
#

Hera Aspect bow and Blade Rifts are a really tasty combo

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Got the seeking rifts + Burst Shot so now each loaded shot spawns 6 Blade Rifts on top of the enemy

vague hearth
#

I've yet to see support fire, I think

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What's its effects?

rugged horizon
#

each atk, cast, special fires an extra homing shot for X dmg

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it was the old legendary for artemis

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im now seeing fully loaded a lot but support fire like never

atomic panther
#

Did it get removed or just moved around?

rugged horizon
#

it got changed from legendary to scaling

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and fully loaded from scaling to legendary

gloomy scroll
#

does secondary fire work with hera aspect?

rugged horizon
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thats why im trying to get it to figure that out

gloomy scroll
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cause I can't see it

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when I shoot

rugged horizon
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but i havent seen it so i can't say how it functions

gloomy scroll
#

on the other hand this run shreds

rugged horizon
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oh the secondary fire yea it does work with hero

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hera

gloomy scroll
#

like I have sniper and explosive shot plus festive fog

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ok sweet

rugged horizon
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but they overlap a lot so its hard to notice

gloomy scroll
#

I basically 4 tapped asterius

rugged horizon
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but for example with aphrodite you can hear it go off twice

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seriously ive gotten fully loaded like every single time, theres no way my luck is that good

gloomy scroll
#

I just got triple shot I have broken everything

turbid needle
#

nerf minotaur

gloomy scroll
#

OOOOOOOOOH I JUST GOT FULLY LOADED

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this is disgusting

solid solar
#

I don't get what does fully automated casting do?

gloomy scroll
#

hold button it goes automatically

solid solar
#

I don't follow

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Don't you need to press button to cast?

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Or do you mean spits out all 3 or whatever shards?

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Like machine gun

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Never tried caster builds so I always avoided that part of Athena but with new bow 8t got me curious

gloomy scroll
#

my six shot does a third of hades' health

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that was the easiest fight of my life

rugged horizon
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@solid solar basically instead of having to press RMB for each blood stone, pressing and holding RMB will fire all the blood stones sequencially

autumn tapir
#

they also shoot faster

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not very useful on the new bow

solid solar
#

Right.

zenith trail
#

so exit wounds can hit multiple enemies at once?

#

is this intentional?

grand pollen
gloomy scroll
#

exit wounds 7 cast hera bow

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true shot

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won again

zenith trail
#

hey what happens if you have 2 trove trackers at the same time?

rugged horizon
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1 at a time now

zenith trail
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thank

brave bane
#

What gods do people like to go for with the bow?

hard holly
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Aphrodite is the best one probably, Artemis is also nice

opaque yacht
#

Goddess of hunt with the bow duh

zenith trail
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Whenever I use bow I try to stack as much attack damage as possible, Artemis is good for that.

brave bane
#

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

opaque yacht
#

@brave bane wtf that’s literally my current run

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Except like I said I managed to get only 3 normal boons so my casts are garbage and I have a regular dash

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And I have only Hades left so rip

brave bane
#

I have no dash or attack boon, I have an epic Zeus cast with the Artemis extra cast projectile and +3 casts boons

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And 359 hp thanks to an Aphro boon

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So is 359 HP and 4 extra lives good enough going into the final boss?

opaque yacht
#

I purged my zeus cast because it works kinda wonky with that cast charged bow

brave bane
#

Fair enough

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It's great clear with double projectile

And I'm using Chiron Bow not the cast one

opaque yacht
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Ah I c

brave bane
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Special build with special projectiles seek the target

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Is real good

opaque yacht
#

Also I’m not sure if “your cast shoots a second weaker projectile” works very well with this bow

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dusa I mean it doesn’t work at all but you still can get it

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Oh I didn’t get the seek the target thingie

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Sounds really strong

brave bane
#

It's good with any of the damage boosting specials

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It's probably pretty bad with Ares or Dio

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I want to try it with Zeus

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And double lightning strikes

opaque yacht
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I have Artemis crit special, it’s pretty good with that build because you get crits consistently

brave bane
#

Yep that's what my run just was

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With doubled special projectiles

opaque yacht
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Yeye

brave bane
#

So you kept seeing huge bursts of damage when a bunch of the seeking projectiles crit at once

opaque yacht
#

Well it can’t beat Ares spear special that I had last time with ~550 dmg dooms

brave bane
#

Ares spear is such a good build

opaque yacht
#

Ye and if you get special bounces

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Oof

tough echo
#

They didn't tweak the rocket launcher?

grand pollen
#

Crazy good run, super fun

elfin pulsar
#

335%...

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did not realize poms scaled that well

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what rank is ur aspect? thats the crit nova one right

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very sweet run there

grand pollen
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Rank 4 nemesis aspect IIRC, possibly rank 3 though.

elfin pulsar
#

bet you didnt attack much anyways

grand pollen
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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.

rugged horizon
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ok 46% more enemies chaos + max miniboss boost on the murder boat

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turns out that is kind of hard

elfin pulsar
#

max miniboss and the upped normal enemies alone feels super tough to me

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with chaos thats just gg

rugged horizon
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only lost 1 life XD

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but damn my fingers are sore

elfin pulsar
#

nice

rugged horizon
#

whats worse is it drained the heat clock a lot

elfin pulsar
#

thats kinda bs

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didnt think about survival rooms with the clock

grand pollen
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Oh I lied, I had rank 2 Nemesis, forgot to upgrade it again after my game crashed.

rugged horizon
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yea the murder boat and survivals really beat down the clock

elfin pulsar
#

reminds me of the original plume

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where they are actually impossible to clear

rugged horizon
#

30s to beat hydra fml

elfin pulsar
#

is it even possible to do much better?

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since u gotta wait for the head spawns

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oh u mean thats all u have left

grand pollen
#

Hydra is a lot faster if you have the Pact for it on, everything is grouped up more.

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Though I personally take a lot more damage too

manic ermine
#

There is a way to cheese hydra that saves a lot of time

grand pollen
#

?

manic ermine
#

If you deal enough damage in a singke hit you can skip phases

rugged horizon
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yea couldnt beat it in 30s

rugged horizon
#

thanatos drains a lot of time too

atomic panther
wet dagger
#

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?

frosty pier
#

@wet dagger I think now it's after the Big Bad.

manic ermine
#

I learned that Hades super laser doesn't hit you if you stand right on top of him

frosty pier
#

I think he also does not that pulse attack

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I guess this is as close as they get to hugging eachother.

kind cloud
#

i don't understand aegis' blitz disc ability, i'm reluctant to use my keys to unlock it.

manic ermine
#

It turns your special into are's blade vortex effect and has no animation locks

kind cloud
#

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?

manic ermine
#

You need to click the larger tab to equip the aspect, unlock button does not equip the selection

naive cobalt
#

I love the blitz disc, because it can be recalled whenever I want

copper briar
#

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

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The little rats and chariots for example

wind vale
#

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) 🙂

turbid needle
#

I'm kinda enjoying every bit of Hera aspect with the dinoysus cast

wind vale
#

yea feels great to get the highest damage cast without that delay

turbid needle
#

it's more about the aoe...

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rest of the casts feel awkward with it

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Ares is too slippery without homing

wind vale
#

i mean most cast have some aoe

turbid needle
#

rest feel like they don't hit

wind vale
#

and yea ares just goes off everywhere

turbid needle
#

probably Athena/Zeus is pretty good I guess

wind vale
#

aphrodite also seemed good but i only tested it in one room

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as in i reset and tested every cast switching keepsakes

turbid needle
#

I feel like Dio is best, then Athena then Zeus then the rest really

#

but then thats just me thinking about it

wind vale
#

i always hated zeus

#

not sure what should make him better now

turbid needle
#

welcome to club, I feel his numbers are too low as they are

wind vale
#

i mean his cast but yea numbers for everything seem bad

#

tho i still want to try his shield aspect with his special

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but else the only broken zeus build i had before the update was fast firing gun with poseidon on attack and zeus duo

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(got that from someone here, forgot who)

turbid needle
#

the only thing that makes zeus any good boon

#

is basically Bellowing Strength

wind vale
#

yea his only utility

#

bellowing strength was the buff on call use, right?

turbid needle
#

yes

#

the one that increases damage

wind vale
#

yea thats good tho i still wouldnt take him to get it since i would hate for him to appear more often

turbid needle
#

I love that about 1500 damage cast burst with hera aspect LUL

wind vale
#

the casts dont get buffed from power shot, right?

#

just clarifying since then im gonna try to go with instant shot

turbid needle
#

nah, they are not

wind vale
#

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

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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?

turbid needle
#

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...

wind vale
#

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

turbid needle
#

hmm

#

I mean that I was faster than he could possibly run

#

I was having like +70% move speed

wind vale
#

yea that sounds good

#

oh another stupid question - did the casts from the final boss always deal no damage and just debuff you?

turbid needle
#

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

wind vale
#

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)

turbid needle
#

ah diamonds...

#

well 5 heat bow run done

wind vale
#

nice

turbid needle
#

and I probably used one of the most hated heat modifiers right now ...

#

Extreme measures, Middle Management, Snake oil

wind vale
#

what is middle management

turbid needle
#

increased amount of elites in mini boss rooms

#

so if there is 1 mother of souls

#

you fight against 3 mother of souls LUL

wind vale
#

oh thats nice

#

but its not 2 minotaurs, right?

#

🙂

turbid needle
#

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

wind vale
#

but would be hillarious

#

but multiple megagorgons already happened with more enemies from chaos and doesnt seem too bad

turbid needle
#

yeah, just make sure you don't take more enemies modifier...

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otherwise

#

oh it's such a great day

#

GET ZERG SWARM'D b... in Murder boat

wind vale
#

i always take that

#

about the dimonds - im trying to figure out if i should take from olympus or the exalted

quiet ledge
#

is bosses dropping darkness bug still present?

lost rose
#

shouldn't be

covert grove
native ether
#

well... ummm... dang

lost sigil
#

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*

native ether
#

its the opposite

#

your shot will never be empowered afaik

#

cause you need to trigger a manual reload

lost sigil
#

Counter productive

lost rose
#

you can manually reload with infinity reload

native ether
#

Is that new to this update?

#

cause before you couldn't

lost rose
#

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

lost sigil
#

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

lost rose
#

that sounds like it would be vaguely broken lol

lost sigil
#

too op I guess

native ether
#

Given how busted Spread Shot and Hestia is atm I'm glad that's not possible lol

lost sigil
#

haha

#

for science

native ether
#

even 1 fully empowered spread shot can with the right build delete a quarter of Hades' health.

lost sigil
#

I'm working on it in my current run

lost rose
#

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

lost sigil
#

I'm testing now, just picked up a Daedalus

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yea nope, it doesn't work.

native ether
#

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

lost sigil
#

you can still proc the empowered shot though as you can still reload so it's not a complete waste

#

zero synergy though

lost rose
#

valid
but you can reload

#

sounds like a feedback to me

native ether
#

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

lost sigil
#

The reload has always felt clunky to me anyways but I guess that's just down to my own play style

stable oyster
#

Play bow

lost sigil
#

oh I love bow, it's my favourite

#

Chiron is nice

stable oyster
#

I can see why lol

#

Yea it’s fun

lost sigil
#

Trying the new aspects though, it's a nice way to mix things up 😄

hard holly
#

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

stable oyster
#

It was

hard holly
#

Oh, was it changed?

stable oyster
#

Got nerfed yea

native ether
#

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

stable oyster
#

Fixed interaction between hesit aspect and spread fire

#

It’s in bug fixes

hard holly
#

Awww

#

Thats rubbish

stable oyster
#

I was sad but also happy

#

Lol 400 base dmg on an instant attack

native ether
#

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

stable oyster
#

Might as well make chaos aspect work with explosive return

native ether
#

That would be amazingly busted lmao

stable oyster
#

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

pastel jolt
#

i just unlocked chiron aspect for the bow and it's looking pretty nice with artemis special

lost sigil
#

are people upgrading their aspects with Cthonic keys or just unlocking more aspects for the weapons?

hard holly
#

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

pastel jolt
#

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!

solid solar
#

Actually it's pretty great

pastel jolt
#

oh my god

#

it does stack and it is delicious

solid solar
#

Yeah

pastel jolt
#

i just erased the soulcatcher boss

hard holly
#

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

rugged horizon
#

no its not guaranteed'

lost sigil
#

upgrade that chiron yo

hard holly
#

Not always, but I think you can always use a sequence that guarantees it

#

By eliminating options

pastel jolt
#

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

pastel jolt
#

this setup is not working nearly so well in styx

stable oyster
#

styx to your guns

hard holly
#

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

pastel jolt
#

hey guys pls be proud of my this is the first + only time i've killed hades since the big bad update went live

stable oyster
#

wow you really made him ill

#

also 2 duos wow

#

sweet run

glacial osprey
#

I love the new sword Special animation it looks fantastic but I am slightly sad I can no longer T pose on the haters

native ether
#

I've been dumping all my keys into the rail, but I've only been unlocking things on the rail

glacial pasture
#

homing special bow + chaos gate special damage up + 100% more special shots + artemis heroic chance on crit for special = bliss

ebon tusk
#

Does the rocket aug and the triple bomb aug for the rail stack? Or are they exclusive?

proud storm
peak smelt
turbid needle
#

@ebon tusk They stack.

#

Also, "aug"? Is that a 20XX reference?

ebon tusk
#

More of a Deus Ex reference, but also that yeah.

drowsy plover
#

Does anyone know the scaling from additional keys spent? I'm reluctant to start investing in an effect until I know

copper briar
#

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)

hybrid frost
#

Does anyone know how the exogryph aspects, which all revolve around re-loading, work with infinity chamber?

stable oyster
#

You can still reload with infinity chamber, and it empowers your next shot

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You need to trigger a manual reload

hybrid frost
#

Ok, cool.

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Thx.

brave bane
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Does Pulverizing Blow for the shield also remove Poseidon attack knockback?

stable oyster
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No, unless they changed that

brave bane
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Can confirm it doesn't, thanks

stable oyster
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I remember because I was so sad when it happened to me

night rock
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do you keep the bonus damage from pierced butterfly if you swap it out in the middle of a run?

autumn tapir
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no

stable oyster
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No

night rock
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ty

native ether
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Unfortunately no. I'd use it if it did.

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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.

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Prevents you from getting hit for 150 health in less than a second.

stable oyster
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Yes, but so does dodging- Hypnos

native ether
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Broken Spearpoint means I don't have to play as well :kappa:

stable oyster
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No it means you can tactically tank dmg to maximize dps

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Big brain

shy ruin
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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

stable oyster
charred ruin
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I can't seem to find good builds for the spear and railgun. which aspects are good with them?

hollow matrix
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Rail gun zeus attack is always solid

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Spear uhhh

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Spear i always find to be super reliant on what hammer i get

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So i tend to go general purpose till i get my fist hammer then specialize

charred ruin
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the new form with the sweep isn't good?

hollow matrix
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The punishing one?

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Its good yeah

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Its just spin attack gets very unreliable once enemies have high health and armor cause they have no flinch

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So usually you want a soin attack hammer boon to help

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But i find it better than nothing

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So i usually go with hades aspect

charred ruin
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the one with the special teleport?

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that makes the next 2 attacks stronger

drowsy plover
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Achilles Aspect was how I got my first spear win! It's so good, spear with the mobility of a shield ❤

limber cipher
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How am I supposed to get 5 billion darkness for the 10 rerolls?

drowsy plover
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turn off the lights.

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(really though, I think they're gonna rebalance darkness costs)

limber cipher
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🔦

turbid needle
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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.

hollow matrix
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I mean the rerolls are meant to be darkness sinks

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I don't think they'll rebalance those any time soon

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as for the rest

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I don't know what they'll do

unique pebble
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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. 😦

vagrant hearth
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Booooo. Theseus and Beefboy still beat me more often than not. shadegrief

worn owl
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Divine strike, curse of pain, merciful end, and blitz disc is pretty insane

bronze sorrel
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Any tips for the rail? its the only weapon I can't seem to beat the game with.

hushed crescent
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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/

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Love the spear, saved me, after 36 trys, I guess, that zagreus aspect is pretty strong, lvl1 +30% is pretty op I shall say

manic ermine
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Rocket bomb damage is up to 80 now

bronze sorrel
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Oh? Maybe a build focused on that then?

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both the new aspects on the rail seem kinda underwhelming

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at base damage the Erys aspect only adds 1 point of damage

kind cloud
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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.

manic ermine
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Eris aspect shines because it boosts all damage, even things that are usually hard to scale like cast/dash/call effects

bronze sorrel
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hmmm

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I hadn't realized. I thought it was only on the attack

hollow matrix
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Rail + zeus is still a thing

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Its pretty reliable and easy to obtain and will carry your through the first 2 zones

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Then the rest is just building properly

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Im trying to figuire out how to make hestia aspect work honestly

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It feels a bit weak and doesnt really synergize with zeus like eris

tepid fiber
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okay so

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what do you spend diamonds on?

kind cloud
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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?

atomic star
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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)

proud storm
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Skelly's Law

lost sigil
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hestia works well with spreadshot

lost sigil
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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

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can a boon that you have already been offered and skipped appear again?

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Just answered my own question, you can 😄

wind vale
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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

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that seems to have happened with other weapons before but i wasnt really sure i maybe misremembered

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that is not some mechanic i am missing but a bug, right?

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just asking before i report nonsense

lost sigil
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@wind vale I have never came across this before, but don't think I've tested enough to notice

turbid needle
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@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...

hollow matrix
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Yeah dash shotgun just feels better

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Also generally i dont like builds that are too reliant on rng

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Like slapping zeus onto rail is simple and works

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I guess the chips fall where they may tho

turbid needle
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but then it feels like it got ninja nerfed

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and it lost it's animation

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honestly Hestia Aspect meanwhile strong, is in weird spot... just like the old hammer it basically was

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manual reloading feels weird

lost sigil
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ya I am not a fan of manual reloading, too clunk for me

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Chiron so much smoother

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just cleared with a Chiron build, highest crit on hades 5280

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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

worthy dust
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Hooo boy that was a spicy one

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wave on every attack, and rapid attacks made for fast kills

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The third hammer upg was a waste and I wished I had spent my cash at Charron buying boons instead

lost sigil
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nice

worthy dust
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I hate the sword special, if you are wondering why I don't have an upgrade for it lol

lost sigil
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it's very meh

naive cobalt
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I love it

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Especially if I can get swift flourish for it

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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.

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Poseidon/Dionysus does open up guaranteed epic boons, which is nice, tho

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And after the nerf to hunter's mark, I feel like pressure points is a lot worse than it used to be.

latent lotus
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Sword special with deflect is practical invunrability

naive cobalt
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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.

lost sigil
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yep, I got 2 in my Chiron run

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pretty lucky

fleet oracle
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rail + chain lightning

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+jolt

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= enemies doin half the work for you

worthy dust
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I received a double Epic to Heroic upgrade the first time I encountered Euridyce

lost sigil
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curse of pain and my main attack, weak from aphordite

worthy dust
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Lvl 5. Thats gas

lost sigil
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a lot of useless stuff in there, couldn't find a dash attack, but it didn't matter lol

worthy dust
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lol

gloomy scroll
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is that... 6 DDs

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because that is terrifying

naive cobalt
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No Athena DDs or lucky tooth? Smh

proud storm
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i keep forgetting the asphodel murderboat with middle management is an experience

turbid needle
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I love New and Improved Murderboat.

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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.

fleet oracle
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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

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doing a full goddess of the hunt run

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and its so much crit damage right now

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350 damage on crit hit

lost rose
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That's so funny schpoon, I feel like I never see murderboat anymore 😂

lofty cedar
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I love the murderboat

turbid needle
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Speaking of, "Time for another voyage on the Barge of Death."

lofty cedar
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I love the music during it

turbid needle
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The Bloodless and the boss version of the main Asphodel track are underrated.

lofty cedar
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Yeah, The Bloodless is like one of my top 3 songs in the soundtrack

placid plinth
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Hey peoplez. What is your most favorite aspect for each weapon?

turbid needle
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Nemesis, I don't use the spear, Chaos, Chiron, and Eris.

lofty cedar
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I need to use other weapons more

turbid needle
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I haven't NOT used the spear. I've got 20 clears with it.

lofty cedar
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I'm gonna use the shield next run

unkempt pagoda
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i haven't played hades in a while waiting for the new update and now i can't beat the final boss anymore >:V

pastel jolt
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i'm wondering if aspects will make me actually want to use the shield

inland pebble
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I haven't used the shield at all in this update. Chiron Bow is my best best friend now.

unkempt pagoda
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but i really like chaos shield with explosive return and chiron bow

turbid needle
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I haven't tried Zeus Aspect, but if you can't get down with Explosive Return nothing really changed with this.

pastel jolt
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chiron bow is great fun

turbid needle
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Chiron made me love Coronacht.

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Now Varatha is the only weapon I'm not super amped to play.

unkempt pagoda
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but chaos shield does still suffer from input buffering issues (which i find is the worst problem of playing shield in general)

inland pebble
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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.

turbid needle
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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.

inland pebble
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I love the feeling where I can bully Theseus back by constantly putting him in a corner 😈😈.

lofty cedar
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I've had one Poseidon boon in my last like 5 runs

pastel jolt
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chiron + artemis is pretty sweet bc of Many Crits

inland pebble
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Have anyone tried Chiron with Zeus Special? I see like the thunder only activates once? 🤦‍♂️🤔

pastel jolt
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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

inland pebble
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That's why I have been using Sea Storm instead

pastel jolt
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even chiron's aspect won't save your shots if you fire them directly into a wall

inland pebble
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Poseidon in Styx = not using your attacks first. Easy. You have less spreading arrows, so just aim the special more careful.

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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.

placid plinth
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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

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And since I'm just a slave of Dark Thirst I can't start a run

hard holly
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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)

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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

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Zags aspect for bow is probably the worst because it doesnt make the weapon better, it just makes it less fun

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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

stable oyster
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Chaos aspect is good because it increases the chance that you get an instant shield return

hard holly
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With explosive return, yeah?

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I feel like explosive return loses effectiveness when you have to bullrush first

stable oyster
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Yea

hard holly
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So the faster shield return gets kinda counteracted by having to charge and finish the animation first

stable oyster
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If you are going bullrush build you still want to work In instant return specials because it’s free dmg

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Especially with doom

hard holly
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Nah, because even "instant return" takes time to cast and, well, return for a bit

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Id much rather have a dash attack and start the next bullrush just as my bullrush is ending

stable oyster
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It takes very little time

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I’m actually doing a frame by frame of it sometime soon

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You can combine it with dash and get it basically instantly

hard holly
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Really now?

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When I played around with it I either couldnt special, or the special locked me out for half a second

stable oyster
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I’ll get the frame data soon

hard holly
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Thats interesting

stable oyster
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Fun fact? You know the window after rail special where you can’t attack? Hestia’s shot can still fire during that

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So if you have Hestia shot it almost no drawback to fire special before you start shooting

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This might be a bug but sgg if you read this pls keep it in