#h1-builds-and-combat
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Some weapons have a hard time applying privileged if your attack is Artemis
^
It depends
Right now the speedrunning build me and the other runners are using uses Family Favorite because we're using Artemis attack + dash
Sometimes like with nemesis sword, you want aphro attack and that’s already one status
We just can't realistically apply PS
So it’s very recommended
Yeah nem sword is a PS weapon most of the time
Slower weapons like Arthur are a toss-up
Poseidon sword is either depending on what you're doing
Tbh Arthur may be better with FF because having the first hit do more damage is vital
Arthur is just so strong I think you can do whatever and its still good
^^^^^^
tis a shame that crush shot is a really good option for PS but it just sucks so much
Case in point, the run I posted above
Like legit LOL
Lemme get the link real quick
Crush Shot is buggy, but I have fun with it on PS
Tbh if people can argue about which is better, the alternate mirror thing is mostly a success
thats probably true cinder
Just gotta buff stuff up so there’s a reason to pick some of them
Still works because defensive aura is busted
The alt mirror has some really good options and I really like that its here now, it just needs more balancing
i really hope sgg considers reworking where casts originate on hera because you legit cannot run crush shot
Looking at you, fiery presence
Hey, Stygian Soul with Electric Shot is sweet.
hmm
Stygian Soul in general is nice if you aren't running say Hera bow or Poseidon Sword
And yes
that is the spiciest thing since the last time i went to jamaica

Okay, Electric Shot's biggest problem is that it yearns for the abyss, right?
It must be free?
huh
Well, instead of having to fetch it again, just have it spawn on you.
Yeah, that helps a ton
Going to try that meme later
I have to see how terrible it is
Zeus cast is the legit worst one
Like, don't, I was trying to save a run that was going nowhere LOL
That's entirely possible.
Out of all the casts, he's kinda the worst
Aphro cast is NUTS
y e s
Aphrodite cast CHUNKS
aph goes through walls half the time while also not hitting the target
its been a problem for a long time
I wouldn't say nearly that often it happens
they're not gonna fix it properly for a while
It happens once in a while for me
i like the zeus build but his cast is the weakest thing he gives, aphrodite's cast is ELITE. i was surprised at how effective it is.
And I'm still fine because its so good
yeah
thats the worst
needing a duo to be functional is kinda hmm
... I erased Demeter cast from my memory, why did you have to remind me it exists LOL
vicious cycle is great you dont need hb
without his legendary or hb its GARBO
nah
I posted the suggestion for high confidence and the realized I already did a feedback post on it a while ago
Okay, are we going by vanilla boon?
it needs one or both
as long as you have vicious cycle and artemis legendary, you can wipe out entire stages
Like, first pick-up?
even with black emtal and engulfing its pretty fine
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wut, no
^
i strongly disagree
Nah, it can be mediocre supporting damage.
what are your average run times if you think that thing is acceptable
like oh my god it takes years to clear rooms
Like, that run I posted was 40 minutes and I was screwing around LOL
it does so little damage
My average is like 25-20 minutes
isn't that everyones average
Mine is 15 minutes normally
Eh, some are faster
Been getting faster
Assuming my build was bad
I don't use HB-less Slicing Shot as my primary DPS.
^
that's how it starts cinder
I could speed things up but I refuse to use Meg keepsake for whatever reason
you def shouldn't be using ares cast as primary dps without a castpect
like I use Skelly or Sisyphus keepsake otherwise
ares is really low down there
how are you ever at that point though?
like why wouldn't you take a doom effect if you have nothing
i cant imagine wanting to buy into hb/vc that early
I usually will.

it doesn't apply status so its not really useful outside of its own build too
Casts I think you mean boiling blood-applying octahedron
athena cast is actually hype when you use it right
maybe i just have an irrational hatred for athena as a goddess
big chonker
^
hm
yeah maybe 
How good is Aphro cast
is it really tho
Like, Achilles Spear LOVES that
No kidding
That's how I got my first 32 heat run LOL
achilles spear is for the insane, the absurdly skilled, and the masochists
For Athena cast
you don't kill any rewards
You don't lose the rewards.
You only need to go to 20, and you don't kill anything
wait what
when you complete 32 heat it just fills in the lowest reward slot
^
That's how I forgot it somehow skipped the Heat 0 bounty
like if you need to complete 10 heat then after your 32 heat run it will tell you to do 11 heat next
Does it still skip the 0 Heat bounty?
Yup
you get the rewards from the lowest incomplete level
I skipped straight to like 13 on Fists and my 0 heat bounty is still available
Source : Had to do a 0 heat fists run
Forge: Ares cast is garbage!!!! It does no damage and it’s only good in 1% of cases!!!
Me: haha funny red swords go spin
Oh that's what you meant
ye
@solid cairn the duality of man
like you have to do 0 heat, not that you miss out on it
f
Yup, penguins
I see, I see mb haha
I love that meme format
^
It does clear 1, but not 0 for some reason, yeah
No clue why too haha
At least you don't miss out, which is good
probably something to do with how the pact is programmed
Can confirm, had to redo several 0 Heats after clearing 20.
Something something spaguetti code
am i the only one that remembers at some point the community consensus on art dash was that it sucked
it does in most cases
It mostly does
hm
you can't just use it on any build
And it's still kinda meh outside of Rail/Sword
dash striking with bow is great
I think it's because 0 heat is a different state from counting heat?
Unless you are holding the Hestia rail
its EXTREMELY good on the right buiild
Or maybe nemesis
wut
and eris even tbh
ah
yeah the current WR is zag aspect rail with artemis attack and dash @hearty pilot
rail dash attacks shoot multiple times at once
i thought you had to dash for each bullet
nope
interesting
you shoot twice or something like that
... Oh lord if you needed to LOL
dash BANG BANG
And it works with spread shot
whats wr mean?
World Record
Got the WR back! Pretty insane I'm only 1 second off my PB with the hydra skip!
this is it
Is it actually multiple? Sometimes I feel like it just removes the shooting cooldown so the second shot comes out incidentally
6:25
jeez
Reminder that this guy has not done a speedrun for any other game
We're getting that record lower tonight tho 
So my opinion on Zag Rail kinda just went from useless to actually good, crazy how things change uh
@rancid shore its multiple yeah
Zag rail is either really good or a worse eris
the speedrunning community terrifies me 
we just really like going fast and big numbers
Huh. I feel like I've done dash attacks where only one bullet came out
me too
Its because of how it works
which is whyim surprised its multiple
if you attack at the wrong time you get a normal attack
Now speedrun a marathon of every weapon 32 heat
its real jank
Every aspect I mean
@solid cairn post-release im doing that
Would runner choose order
i wonder whats the record for 32 heat bow
there is no category yet so we'd have to decide cinder
I wish they'd let you skip narration or the pre-run Hades bullies you cutscenes
where do i find this information
there is no 32 heat bow this patch yet
Either way they’re gonna do zag sword first
ah
in fact there are only like 2 runs atm
oop
last update we had a bunch though
I had 3rd place and was going for first until I got sick
f
So you mean I could submit my 32 clear and it would count as first place? 
Eris rail may be the potential best speedrun weapon for any%
let me look at bow's highest, should be fairly slow though since bow is the slowest weapon
bow isn't bad, its just not as fast because of the draw anim
im a filthy whore for coronacht so when i eventually get to 32 heat i wonder how bad i am at the game compared to everyone else
32 Heat bow ain't easy
yeah i imagine bows not super fast
I’m doing 32 heat with guan yu lol
Hypothetically, could you submit an hour long run and still place on the leaderboard if there aren't many on there yet
Especially with Tight Deadline
the any% speedrunners fear us 32 heat speedrunners
32 heat players in general actually
the what now
we are the truly powerful
... I'm kinda tempted
You have convinced me to get zag rail to level 5
No
oh ok
I almost have everything that I will actually use maxed
h e r a
Any?
actually idk
They're all good
any should work
^
Oh, none have been added to the board apparently
The best bow aspect for 32 heat is Hestia rail
where do i find this information forge
LMAO
If you have a 44 minute 32 heat bow speedrun add it to the board
record it
please
let it be #1

https://www.speedrun.com/hades @hearty pilot
Speedrunning leaderboards, resources, forums, and more!
Watch me get record with guan yu
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I guess I can say I have the WR at 17 minutes then if we're just talking about recorded runs that weren't added to the board
cool
But its not on the board
wait are you supposed to save the whole run
btw if you can consistently beat 32 heat, you're far better than 99% of players @hearty pilot
IE : That one run
most people can't manage that
i dont know how to basic computer stuff like uhhhh what is obs
I believe if you stream it on twich it should be recorded
Do you need livesplit for these
Tho that also required OBS doesnt it
well it is time for me to go back to nemesis sword
I don't stream so
you FOOL i dont know how to stream for twitch either mwahahaha
lmao
this is a cry for help
I just setup OBS for recording
I just set the output for 720p since I don't want massive files on my hard drive
meanwhile Sink records in 4k
yeah OBS should be fine tbh
like a monster
I have never done extreme mesaures hydra before
flying lernie
idk what to put my heat into
he do be chasing you
@turbid needle I was helping him with his runs last night and the dude ran out of HDD space like 6 times in the middle of runs
LMAO

had to clear all the recordings out once an hour
lol
im curious-- is there any reason that not recording your entire run could cause doubt as to actually speedrunning the thing
oh god mode?
is that why
That too
I am on constant 12 heat and after update I have been just doing runs with extreme measures, packages and middle-management all filled up.
People have faked speedruns for other games too
Its just standard procedure for all speedrunning
can't wait to do 8 more heats. 
Speedrunning leaderboards, resources, forums, and more!
ah
Its the actual official website
We have a page admin and everything
Last update was great we had a ton of people from around the world competing for 32 heat especially
Tons of weapon aspects were used
There's an icon for God Mode on the block on the right side of the clear screen if you have it.
And then Haelian blew them all up.
Some dude with Taiwan lit a fire under everyone by choosing 100% hard labor and 100% lasting consequences to get the fastest time
and just NEVER got hit
Dudes a legend
jesus
Fresh File is a category 
🤔
wait does 100% lasting consequences mean that you can't heal at all or all healing is halved because idk how math works i think it can be both sometimes
No healing at all
Can't heal at all
50% is halved
hm
Nobody uses it right now though
Unless you get Darkness/Centaur hearts
u gon die
That was last update
lol, bruh
kjjkl
lmao blarg you're great
i swear 100% sometimes means half but i cant remember the phrasing that causes that
apparently never according to google
uh you may be thinking of 100% more which would mean the base value is half of the new total
yeah probably
its about perspective on that one I can see how the mistake could be made
brainfarts occur 
im fairly sure i have some sort of dyscalculia i only look for the shiny purple colors on my boons lmao
these numbers mean nothing to me 
To be fair, Purple is good in this game
and blue
except blue cheese

do we have something against grape fanta
the most dangerous drink.
because that is an epic purple drink
wok has been dead all along 😭
do most 32 heat run uses tight deadline cause im thinking of how elysium must be hell
Yes Tight Deadline turns off Hades trap rooms
The rooms where Hades has a time limit where you stay in them
^
and he constantly spawns enemies
but it doesn't turn off Thanatos
Nope
oh trove trials?
But Than does stop the timer
no, not trove trials, the actual rooms that have a similar effect
^
yeah
Like, everything goes red and Hades gets triggered and you have to survive for 45 seconds
i call it the erebus plucking because he described it as plucking shades directly from erebus himself
why he doesn't do that every room is beyond me
🤷♂️
good thing that the red timer stops during Thanatos encounter
Anything besides Jury Summons and Calisthenics Program are fair game for a 32 heat speedrun
Those two just make it take sooo much longer
but rip the usual timer
^
I've been running 15% Calisthenics, but Jury Summons is the worst.
speaking of timers, lambent plume not scaling with any heat seems mean
It's not just more enemies, it's more enemies AFTER the normal ones
Plume needs a buff generally I'd say
Which takes THAT much more time
I should slowly rise up to 20 after I do 12 heat on every weapon tbh
thinking on picking up the heat that increases the speed of enemies
(which reminds me of a bug where I didn't change my heat gauge, so after update the gauge was on 80% speed up for enemies and it actually speed them up that much)
Forced Overtime
once you get used to FO its weird to go back
^^^^^^
Yeah
i changed from 20 to 40 and i think im getting the hang of it now
but i also have yet to hit elysium so we'll see
I got so used to max FO that it became harder to dodge some attacks since the timing felt off
Lmao same
can't wait to relearn the attack patterns, but still get hit quite a lot by Asterias since I don't know personal space with him during fights.
isn't his attack animation bugged?
it doesn't match with the timing at all with FO
at least thats what i noticed
Asterius is a fine fight
His EM3 fight tho is
uh
oh god the spin
why is it so HUUUGE
Yeah I play on EM3

tornado bull man
Also the moment when Theseus bombs do not have the marker and hey look there goes my death defiance because the marker didn't show up
laughs in ranged attacks
covers like half the damn arena
though I learnt to consistently win the fight for 12 times in a row now
Asterius could use a very small range nerf.
Like, that bug alone made me look at the damn bombs themselves
considering I haven't been dying dumb ways and actually doing well after fully upgrading my stuff and actually knowing what combos work well.
Wakey Wakey update patch notes: "We heard people complaining about Asterius's spin attack range, we understand. Buffed to +50% range." @turbid needle
Oh, dying in dumb ways is how to learn. Source : Dying in Tartarus when starting out to the basic enemies 
or in short: I have done too many runs with Demeter's Twin Fists, oh gosh oh frick.


at the very start I was consistently dying on Hydra, about 5 times before actually learning how it works.
Someone remind me to get a bunch of Twitch emotes on Nitro some time tonight. I need my Saitama and Wrex stress emote.
I am honestly thankful I randomly got a nitro for no reason from someone

Where did you even get that
a crop from a twitter post
ever since then several other servers i'm in added it to their emojis because its so good

geckChamp
Nice
it's nice.
And uh real question. What you guys think is probably the least liked heat option?
NO CHOICE
No Choice
maxed out benefits package
Eh
h e i g h t e n e d s e c u r i t y
also good
ah I forgot it's existence for a bit there. 
lol
honestly why it has to taunt so greatly
Security is awesome
I used approval process on my 32 heat runs 
it's free heat
security is great yeah
yeah twas a joke
just don't step under the guillotine
Security is lowkey one of the better heats to turn on to learn on how to position yourself
although fb's jars and skulls count as traps
unless you aren't good with Hades urns
Not wanting to take tight deadline doesn't leave many other options
the skulls counting as traps is so weird
yeah its weird
wait the onces that Hades throws?
Wait the skulls are traps?
Guan Yu spear is so ridiculous
... the skulls are traps, WHAT
Hitting 4-5K crits on hit alone, and its AOE
the energy blasts
yeah
that release if you dont kill them
Yeah sure
So just to clarify, the shockwave circle is a trap but the projectile skull isnt?
Yeah
yee
Spear is prob the only thing I've found posidean boons useful on
^
i like poseidon on bow attack iff i have distant memory and/or sniper shot
that is a rare scenario
Razor shoals on Guan Yu special is really strong
what weapon is the best you guys think?
Maaaaybe Poseidon fists for that sweet sweet duo synergy, and same with Chiron bow
there isn't a best
I love poseidon because he gives him free stuff (also gave me a diamond today actually too, which I kind of feel happy about)
its largely playstyle
yes but let's say you were just starting
hmm
poseidon's boons suck outside of his dash
chaos shield!
poseidon dash is legit broken strong
would you recommend the sword or the bow or the shield
but that's it
prolly the shield
Glad I'm not the only one noting about the Poseidon dash LOL
@vivid relic shield, any aspect
ah ok i'll try that on my next run
the free damage immunity is so busted
shield is very very solid starting weapon
Poseidons special attack is really decent with spear
And shale is good too, pretty much poison kills most units
chaos shield is a good speedrun weapon
Shield is by far the easiest beginner weapon
I thought poseidon dash with the fists was a really bad combo since I kept dashing to the enemies and knocking them away...
Shield > Bow > Sword > Rail > everything else imo
yeah fists are the exception probably @atomic mist
if poseidon had more damage, rupture scaled better but boons didn't push as much and his damage didn't come from needing walls (cough, typhoon fury, cough) he would be way better
like aph being the highest dmg god is odd
The lack of push on bosses kills poseidon
This kills the Poseidon
lmao
On run 70(?) with like 40+ escapes
This might be the second run ever I've liked poseidon
I mean if you do it with fully charged up Demeter's aspect fists you can actually knock them out of the park
but otherwise yeah no way to push them around like any other enemy
i wish the push worked on bosses but the knockback is so much that you cant follow up at all
Only other run I liked with poseidon boons was a cast duo with demeter run
but i like the idea of poseidon's niche being punishing enemy movemenet
i think thats a solid theme
With most melee weapons, poseidon gets you killed -_-
Did a sword run with poseidon legendary
Poseidon is great against any other enemy (except bosses ofcourse)
Giant rats kept getting bounced into me
Like, Poseidon legendary isn't even all that great, the most use I had out of it was to sell it for that sweet obol value LOL
i dont wanna start this discussion again cause it got kinda heated but FP is helping me with no choice
thank god the rerolls move the striked boon
second wave is good for like rupture but
It's underwhelming for a legendary boon
its such a strange combo
Yeah, his legendary is terrible unless you're using a very specific build + weapon
because most of the time you aren't able to capitalize on that
Imo, razor shale > his legendary
^
What is FP?
fated persuasion
Even if you do, more often than not his legendary is overkill

Or, as is the trend with Poseidon, useless against bosses
hey, guys, look he is using FP!
Honestly still kind of sad it just rerolls placement and rarity
I love how OP you can get with it though
It is guaranteed to roll at 'least one new boon now
i think in its current state FA is better but i think FP's base concept is better
Did a run earlier where I had 3 duos (basically all of demeter's cast duos)
FP needs more charges.
so im running FP cause im lazy
And possibly more ways to force boon spawns (without God's Chosen).
I feel like one choice changing to another is still a bit weak.
did sgg ever clarify why they keep renaming the heat options
It helps when you're shooting for a specific duo / legend
Lore reasons
wait really
The pact of punishment is a contract, and the terms in it are what you use in the game
so is someone actually coming into zag's room and inspecting his mirror
So they have to be related, name wise, to office things
Also, hitting 5K on crit Guan Yu special is so fun. Some combos are just ridiculous
Could be LOL
almost beat the nemesis run. Went through all of styx with 1 DD but just barely didn't kill him
nice
trying zag rail rn
awh
Is there any point in building normal attack for rail?
In all my rail clears, I just went bomb
Hestia?
Lightning, Hangover, Hestia, and Spread Fire Eris.
Have not been able to get attack > bomb dmg
Normal attack on rail can be great. Artemis, Zeus, Demeter all work good
Dio as well
Then you have the hammer aspects for it like Spread fire yeah
Hm. Maybe with Hestia I guess it makes sense
Ooh, Demeter too, maybe.
i love rare crop coming before you have enough boons to cultivate anything :)
Hestia is nuts for that lol
I've been running with eris aspect so never saw a point in attk dmg
But even normal rail works fine for attack
with the hestia aspect am i the only thats constantly reloading it bc thats what i thought im supposed to be doing lmao
... If anything, you WANT attack damage with eris
I use exclusively Hestia lol
it's the hybrid aspect
i only use the empowered shot for hestia but idk if thats like what im supposed to be doing or not
^ you are fine
Bomb dmg is basically immediate and you can get it to like 500 - 1k dmg a bomb with Eris
in like 98 % scenarios, you want to hit that reload for each shot to be powered up
Whereas shooting normally does like 200 dmg and takes awhile to unload clip
Bomb damage is a bit slow unless you get the Rocket hammer
Compared to rail attack damage
It is good damage tho
and not wrong to build special on Eris
On Hestia you will explode things up
So like 2K dmg every 1 sec or so in AOE
No kidding
You can get that damage and more with Hestia shots
With like Artemis Attack, Hunter dash
Do you reload every shot on Hestia?
ideally, yes
One shot, manual reload, one shot, manual reload
repeat as much as needed
And short burst shotgun hammer?
doesn't work
😦
It would be busted
It'd be way too op
Time to kill Hades in like 10sec again. 5K crits, here we go 🙂
You could get like 10K crits LOL
😮
Since Hestia usually reaches 2K
how are you doing 5 or 10k damage? what's your weapon and boons?
times 5, yeah
Oh, I'm getting 5K in a single hit.
most damage i've ever done is with ares vicious cycle and that got up to around 3.5k
With guan yu special
guan yu special is basically the exploding launcher hammer upgrade from the start
Yup
but then what's the boon? artemis?
yup
yup
You get insane damage form the get go, and can build towards it
Yeah, poms are nice
anything else?
Usually want Aphrodite for statuses, but outside of that you don't need much of anything. Maybe athena for the duo with say, the dash
what about the one hammer grade that does 400% damage to armor?
Chaos special boon, and battle rage + urge to kill is nice too
oh yeah, forgot about battle rage from ares so another 200%
You only really need Charged Skewer
And urge to kill
Battle rage is really great with Hestia
Basically battle rage + charged skewer + urge to kill + chaos boons + clean kill + pierced butterfly + either Pos / Aphro or Artemis special (with a few poms)
I have breaching skewer too, but its kind of useless since you take down armor in 1 hit already anyway
^
The other spears feel kinda of lack luster compared to Guan Yu. Hades spear is nice but getting a OP combo is much harder.
Hades spear kinda relies on spin hammers to be effective
hades not working on spin attacks makes it reaaaally bad
Yeah. Not getting those spin hammers on a hades spear run makes the run super painful
Achilles is wack
which im not sure why because there should be a spin aspect and it might as well be the biggest spinner in the game
achilles seems interesting but also h
I thought the Achilles charge buff would go up with upgrades
But to be honest, it kinda works with most hammers
+2 buffed attacks sucks though
Even the returning one, the crit applies if you do the rush
Enough to do a spin, and works on casts as well
Hell, even for two regular attacks it's a good chunk of damage
Hades buff doesn't work on spin attacks? Odd
The only build I could work with on normal Zag spear
Is the range extension + ares doom on attack
Dash attack, doom everything from half a map away, and hide
it does not, or at least thats what i determined from skelly numbers
also is it just me or does poseidon increase the attack speed for the bow
May try getting flurry jab next time I run spear
^
It sure feels faster
It's worth it
Doing just special spam with Guan Yu is fun but gets kinda boring
But I doubt it actually increases the attack speed
The thing about Flurry Jab : It's fast enough to add an extra attack to your dash-attack
So you get much more damage than it says
im not sure why poseidon might be causing a placebo effect of all people
Peeps desperate for Poseidon attack to be useful ever
ATTACK specifically
Special, Dash, Cast and Casts are all good
I had it on a run earlier today and it wasn't awful. Good for pushing away the chariots in elysium...
Oh, forgot about needing clean kill too in Guan Yu 5k special build
RIP old Zag Aspect Varatha.
Was getting 100+ damage pokes with Black Out and Flurry Jab.
what happened
Got reverted to increase speed, range, and damage on Special.
Instead of Attack damage
Used to be +10 base damage to Attack and Dash Attack.
It made me like the spear again.
And before that, wasn't it like... increased attack range or something like that?
There's been so many changes I can't keep up
Though, breaking wave with poseidan and his special or cast on a ranged wep is pretty good
Stuff takes like 700+ dmg from just bouncing around in the Satyr / rat maps
whoever mentioned poseidon dash being surprisingly good... u rite 
On Epic rarity, level 2 poseidon dash deals 70 damage
70
that's a lot for a dash
pos really be like knock em all against the wall
his dash combined with razor shoals and typhoon fury is so damn good
i hate that sgg focused on wall damage as opposed to movement punishment with poseidon 😔
movement punishment?
you mean damaging enemies when they move?
but zeus dash with jolted is so good too
rupture doesn't do that enough i feel
or slowing them
the theme is good
rupture does a lot when it's combined with typhoon fury
yeah i just dont like that poseidon requires walls
i just got a chaos boon that promised one dd after 4 encounters of cursed attack
i had an attack build on bow
f
and i freakin took it
attack curses with hera aspect make me cry
because you can only special and special without chiron is just dfjklakjlfajk;
started using closeup armor shredding volleys on bombers and wave throwers
real death im tellin ya
😄
soon i died to a stray bomb
first encounter even had a damn trove in it
im like "ok game...ok"
ofc didnt open THAT
i actually reeeeally wanna like the bow volley cause it looks so cool
but it also misses a lot, like the arrows go around many enemies its weird
Chiron solves all of those issues 🙂
is it the 3 seeking arrows/
yeah i guess thats more focused damage
for now the good ol volley can be our close up sawed-off thingy
actually more like a bolt pistol, gotta hit em point blank with it to do damage 😆
Woah, my quickest run was 26 mins, that 6 min sounds real impressive
And then a hammer on it is +4 more, so you can get +11 seeking arrows
Completely melts people
26 in 8-9 heat
I stacked pierced butterfly up to 46% damage today, which is a personal record ❤️
Has anyone found aspect of hera useful (bow)? I find its pretty underwhelming
thats the cast one ?
doesn't the game auto=pause the timer when you're selecting something?
@wicked raft I love Hera bow
Hera? Underwhelming?
yes when selecting but not like after you clear a room when seeing which room you want to go into
or in shop
:o, why would you ever want to use hera over Chiron? Or even base bow
I have yet to use hera
Hera bow is one of the strongest weapons imho, you can stack like 1000 damage in a single show
Hera is the "tactical nuke" of bows
*shot
Find a good cast, buff the cast, big damage. That's all you need
chiron i dont like cause the bows special is super slow imo
and still havent gotten shotgun rail hammer upgrade after 3 rail runs
Dio cast with Hera bow is about the strongest hera build
so i dont ever like using it unless i wanna clear projectiles
Dio cast with Hera is insane
0...o, going to have to try Hera next then once I get more bloods
Artemis cast with Hera is also nice
^
Should I use the regening cast then or the 3 casts ?
But Dio takes it
I usually use stygian soul
You want Infernal 100%
So thought Hera's ability is counter productive
I think both cast variants can be good depending on your build
yeah stygian doesn't work
If you want to use Stygian Soul with Hera you really need to get those extra casts. But that's somewhat unreliable so...
but yeah stacking in 3 Dio cast shots is amazing
it really depends whether you want 1 big shot or many moderate shots
Is there a max number of shots you can stack into hera?
Nope
nope
No
About as many casts as you have
So you can have 8 and load all of them up in one shot
How does that work with Stygian
I think you need to wait for reloads for Stygian
but can you stack them over time ?
yeah
So I could technically stack a 100 cast shot? lol
That I don't know
actually
If you have 1/1 bloodstones you can only load 1. It doesn't consume it
Oh ok, thanks rustiest
Lol my name is such garbage
Thanks! rip epic one shot hades attempt. haha
lmao if you think your name is garbage you should see mine
😄
You do have a point there blarghhh
My twitch username is literally ToHeckWithNames
so yeah
Don't have to mind it too much
and it ain't bad honestly
I guess not
man, playing with just a few mirror talents is the real hell mode isnt it
costs so many keys to get the new talents, theres a 30-key tier after the 20-key one
Welcome to old Budget Cuts, and old Hell Mode
i cant even bear routine inspection
im not even using that cause i dont have it unlocked for w/e reason
i need my darkness dumps >:(
They changed that.
good
yeah thats what it used to be but now its just talents being g o n e
Redid Budget Cuts, the old Pact option, but before they changed it to Routine Inspection.
you have to unlock all talents
oh
because it starts with the bottom talents being removed
i guess it DOES make a lot of sense
No cheesing around here
but id have expected to still see it grayed out
no im not looking to cheese extra bounties by removing "nothing"
yeah its weird to just have empty spaces
in fact i play without dd so thats reverse cheese
o_o
What in your opinion are the worst pacts ?
Like I should select them last
if possible
the heal-on-room is my real lifesaver tho
+2 hp on entry
just beautiful
couldnt have done w/o it
no choice or whatever it is now kinda blows
meg told me something about extreme measures
I officially completed 69 runs
extreme measures buffs the bosses in... interesting ways
The 3 furies fuse into one Megafury
its sometimes two
i mean, alecto alone is a pain when you have to stop her rage as melee
cause of all the waves of red orbs
they only made her rage once instead of four times
yeah but if the bar fills up as she shoots the rings i think she can rage early
75 runs in
and i had to hit her twice or more to stop the bar
I used to think Alecto was the easiest but not anymore. She can be really hard to deal with on some weapons
And I finally unlocked the bouldy companion
on the fists she could be a real pain
companions are really not made evident
tis a shame
there should be like a starter companion to introduce it bc rn it feels like an afterthought
wanna hear something funny when i met alecto for the first time my jaw dropped but i killed her with a real op dio rail build...next run there's tisi and that time i almost dislocated said jaw
im like wow i need to learn new patterns...AGAIN
rip
I hate tisi
tis becomes super easy if you get used to being behind her at all times
I kinda like the current keepsake system. There's already a lot going on in the early game and which keepsake would even be the starter one? Maybe the last one, idk
Not keepsake, companion
the keepsakes are decent, though i dont think they feel active enough
mayhaps a nyx companion bc she made them
and also maternal figure
Yeah I could see it. It'd be cute if Hypnos had one, maybe a sheep or something
oo
hypnos should have one that provides tutorial tooltips LUL
My favorite is skelly's companion and the bouldy

Skellys companion is great for boss battles


