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For invul call Poseidon is infinitely better
personally i dont like artemis call
you can, but doom attack is huge increase to dps for one boon
chain shot lets you deal with multiple enemies and lets you shoot through walls
what does the demeter special do?
each arrow applies chill
ah
and it also gives the second highest damage increase to special
alright ill give it a shot ๐ค
oh yeah I totally forgot about that as well
I've been using the one hammer upgrade for the rail that turns the special into a missile and it's actually pretty good
Kinda was ignoring it every time I found it
It's literally my favorite hammer in the game
oooo boy, with heroic artemis special on chiron bow and relentless volley, do I take clean kill or deadly reversal
Im leaning towards clean kill because the crits are already there and I don't really have other damage sources except for doom
man I cannot emphasize how powerful ares attack and chain shot are on chiron bow
especially with impending doom, it's a very a solid source of damage
Clean Kill.
Yeah I took clean kill
deadly reversal is almost useless after I thought about it
I also have pressure points so I'm already at 25% crit chance
Nice, theseus/asterius didn't touch me once
oh yeah, 420 max hp
fesh
poseidon legendary is good tho...
Crap, after grabbing the darkness from hades, my hp jumped to 427.... run ruined
Time to nuke the run from orbit and start again new.
why ruined?
They don't even give a give-up option a
after killing him
because my hp was 420
After taking darkness from hades, I have 427
why does it matter?
Because I'm a dweeb
and like ending with 420 hp
:
I could have made puns like "here's my aspect of chronic bow run"
Athena dash? more like athena hash.... Sorry if this is inappropriate for the server I just like dumb puns
what is hash?
google it, Im already off topic for this server
It's a joke, @clear dome
What are the common builds for chiron bow ? Artemis secondary I guess but is there any else ? Maybe Zeus' Secondary might work ? Also what's the deal with clouded judgment ? Why is the % so low compared to poseidon's boiling point, I know that it's both when you deal and receive but still it seems super low
Thunder Flourish doesn't gel with Aspect of Chiron.
With the other two Aspects, when you shotgun your Special you get lightning strikes on every arrow that launched, but with Chiron you get maybe 3.
Oh right there's the internal cooldown I forgot about that
There's some underneath-the-underneath mechanics at play, but generally speaking the best Flourishes for Aspect of Chiron are Artemis, Dionysus, or Aphrodite.
Artemis for big deeps, Dionysus for big poisons stacks (pair with this Aphrodite and Low Tolerance for 8 Hangover stacks), and Aphrodite for her Legendary to stunlock Hades.
how does the cool down work with sea storm if you have Poseidon on special?
Oh yeah, the special with dionysus insta max stack hungover that seems nice
It's gone back and forth, @shadow oriole
Artemis on special isn't my ideal either. Demeter works really well because of its high damage increase and chill stacks
There have been patches where you get a lightning bolt on every Tempest Flourish arrow, and some not.
Ugh I hate buying a chaos room from the well and then the next room makes me decide between my first hermes or the chaos I just bought
Transitioning into Asphodel?
I'd argue 690 is for casuals and 69 is for pros
nice
daaaamn, 32 heat demeter fists going into styx with 4 dds
Thanks!
Been pretty ideal, athena attack and dash, epic artemis special, chaos boons to attack and dash attack, chaos boon for 95% gold, deadly reversal, long knuckle, epic swift strike, breaching cross... I already have my 32 heat for fists but this has been a blast. Now I gotta just not screw up styx.
Wow styx has given me epic poseidon call and 3 more dashes so far.... it's just one of those runs
rare support fire...
That was the least stressed I've ever been on 32
Let's see, Demeter aspect twin fists, Long Knuckle and Breaching Cross hammers, Epic greatest reflex for 5 athena dashes, epic poseidon call, Chaos's Abyssal influence (+95% gold), Caustic Lunge (+84% dash damage), and extra DD: https://imgur.com/27J2mCn
I just realized I have less total darkness than the cost of my next fated persuasion
Not gonna tell you how to play 'cause you did it on your own, but Explosive Upper is Demeter's best Hammer.
Oh don't get me wrong
I was praying for it
but breaching cross was the best of the second hammers
Then I take back what I said, well done on your accomplishment.
Is the darkness in the left corner what I have invested in the mirror?
Top left corner? Yes.
So my total darkness since I started is slightly more than the cost of the next fated persuasion...
I know darkness farming is a thing, I just don't find it too fun
It'd be a fun late game thing if they made beating 32 heat with every aspect of a weapon unlock something
@BadScientist#5152 When you use Fated Authority, you should remember "temporaily rewards" from past rooms - sometimes reward pool is just don't have Boon. Usually happens if previously you gained any god blessing.
Here tip for ya: if one of next chamber already offers Pom/Heart/Coin then you have higher chance for goodies on roll & near 100% if you inside 3-door chamber.
Myself don't use Fated Authority for more gods, rather use to get god which fits in current build because exist limits in certain game phases. Quality > Quantity.
On a 32 heat streak now. Eris rail with Triple bomb and Inescapable blast, 4 athena dashes, and epic quick recovery and clouded judment, and rare poseidon call: https://imgur.com/3L3qjEr
how do you get so many epics ๐
also can you explain why you choose that companion?
over something like skelly
@dense locust 
Well, if you keep Lasting Consequences low, each boulder heals for a lot, but it also deals a good chunk of damage, can be used to iframe, and gives you gold
To be fair though, I haven't given the other companions much of a chance because I never got great results with them
i see ๐ค ty
Things like nourished soul from demeter and certain boons from chaos also amplify the rewards the boulder gives. The healing is honestly the main reason but the other reasons I listed are not to be discounted
Also in the last two runs I posted, luck was pretty strongly on my side
Man, after the last time I posted on here I had a Massive run on wins, 10 wins with 3 in a row! Massively impressed with myself.
2 Things, one, my best clear time of 21:19:46 with Arthu, that bad boy is so OP!
And 2, I didn't get a picture for it. Strangely I have a defect where if I press print screen on the final win page, it somehow gets a screenshot of a boon page earlier in the run. I didn't notice until after I had quit out. Real shame, it was an amazing run.
I did get a picture of my fave run though, with Heart Seeking bow. Didn't like it at first, but that boy can get massively OP too with the right upgrades. https://imgur.com/HqbGS97
I have to set up my build, alt tab, and then immediately go back to hades, and then ctrl+print screen to get the proper screen shot
But you can also revisit old runs in the administration room, although it is displayed differently
Ah okay great, thanks, I'll have a butchers and see what it'll display. Would love to see the list of boons I had for the run.
itll show you that
Nice
Any hammers?
With how many heat have you guys succesfully completed the game using Guan Yu's spear?
50%
ok
GY is very reasonable when maxed out
seems more "doable"
you just need Athena attack to ensure nothing can get past your spins
did you even use Cerberus keepsake?
oh ok
with 3 death defiances, it's not that big a deal
true
and I used Skelly cause I played without healing, because of the heat modifier
he makes Erebus practically free, plus you can heal off him
I guess I'm just not used to the spear then
it takes getting used to
understandable
but then again, I can't time my spins well rn
I lost 2 DDs in Tartarus during the 32 run
cloning fast miners, and then Alecto put me in a blender
alecto is a run ender for sure
tisi and meg are pretty much avoidable
but alecto never stops
yep
Alecto tests burst dmg basically
If u can fast end a phase before final, Even boldy can do a lot
I think it's better than the one with extra elite guys
or where elite guys get an extra ability
and I'm going with Zeus' ring just to be sure I deal multiple damage in one shot
if I fail miserably I'm telling you guys
ok changed my mind im going in with Than keepsake
I'm going to suffer
What build? There are some builds that can win w/ just 300 hp effective Imo
styx with 1 DD + toothy left
Smash'em
Good enough man, that was good considering it's 32
I'm still warming myself up for it, not gonna be pretty when I attempt It
gl
it was meg
and i encountered sisyphus
in chamber 12
the boons are in order, I got hammer 1 chamber
I think this one might be it
completely ready for obliteration, just waiting for Athena special to complete it
I just beat the Elisium champs in 1 minute and a half
I still got the 3 DDs
I'm still with Than's keepsake since Tartarus
And I'm going to Styx with it
I'm at 15%
2 only
I'm a starter still
only tight deadline with 9 min
and Hera's bow
https://imgur.com/jIVQ4KC
its the same run
rn i have Athena special and no dash still
but got like 3 duos which are saving me
Zeus + Poseidon, Athena + Ares and Zeus + Ares
I'm basically spilling damage
Get jolted and I think u'll just win
how do u guys win with doom? is it best for slow or fast weapons? it feels useless without the athena duo, and even then it feels very gimmicky... feels like a downgrade from every other attack/special boom
Aoe weapons imo
it's weird
I use it on slower moves generally.
Like, Bow special, sword nova, fist uppercut. Thnigs I use frequently but not usually back-to-back.
I like doom to stay safe, keep poking ppl from far and kill them without getting hit
I don't use it that much but it's nice to stay afar
Just killed Hades, will send print for the run
It was the one with the best boons I've ever gotten
fist special is probably not a good example since it does decent damage and, therefore, benefits from percentile scaling
not to mention the kick hammer
Chiron bow and Chaos shield's specials are good doom carriers
low damage, multiple hits
perfect for Dire Misfortune
Yeah, but I mainly use Talos Aspect? So I don't use it as frequently as I probably should. even still, in between uses it lets the Doom tick and then I can reapply it pretty quickly.
don't you usually special once and dance around attacking?
the buff lasts for what, 10 seconds?
I see your point though
My usual flowchart is special to get the enemy in (doom usually applies AOE here), attack/cast for a little whilel, use the Doom damage hit noise as a cue to Special again.
talos lasts like 4s, kinda underwhelming as well compared to something like eris
wow, so short
thats the final thingo
3 duos
got jolted
Athena's one that does the reflect get higher damage
explosive triple shot since elysium
basically a grenade
yesterday I made a shotgun run with the bow also
I love using it with some absurd manners it feels so good
I'm gonna lunch, and then I'm going to try more heat stuff
fated authority vs fated persuasion which is better?
FA helps get the boons you want, FP helps get the rooms you want
it all depends on what you want
I found FA to be more useful with Family Favorite, since you're picking whichever rooms and gods you're given
and FP better with Privileged Status, since you want a few specific gods and their statuses
how about death defiance vs stubborn defiance? i suspect stubborn defiance is better unless you can no-hit up to the final area
I think SD is just plain garbage
DD is just better generally
you don't usually drop dead every room
and reviving with 30% is nothing
DD gives you 50%, and you get 3 of em
and you can refill from Athena, well, and Patty
Maybe SD is good if you're trying to get good with some weapons and learning patterns
I don't see how
If you still suck with some weapon or doesn't know how certain enemy work, you're going to die a lot
i generally drop dead once or twice on every non-fury boss fight so like
it gives you a use per rroom, so each death is less punishing.
so SD works as a overtime
i've blown through all my DD by the time i reach elysium
Patroculos is there to help you
ok, but if you're in a tough room, you can only drop 1 SD
Patroculus*
you can't drop 3 and then refill later
Think of it that way:
you're fighting Shield morons
they're pretty rare, but a pain in the as to get uset to
if you have SD, you can try to learn how to counter them without losing the whole run
but, in contrast, it will be harder to beat the game itself
idk man i switched to SD and i went from dying midway through elysium to nearly beating the final boss so it can't be totally arse
see, that's the thing, the run as a whole is harder with SD
you're sacrificing a run to learn how to counter certain enemies
because you can't drop 3 SDs against a boss
idk
I wouldn't use it bc I'm alredy used to the enemies
but if I weren't I would give it a try
I've gotten to the Minautor and Thesius (I believe that's who he is, right?) about 3 times died each. My strat is to try rushing to kill the minotaur, and then kill Thesius, but I always die when i'm 1v1ing Thesius, any tips?
What phase of Thesesus usually gets you? Can you get him down to half-health or no?
Yeah, I can usually get him down to half health, but I usually get overwhelmed when he's attacking and invoking a god, and I need to circle around him to hit him around his shield, and I end up just kind of running into things and dieing.
Is it possible to get Fully Loaded with Hunting Blades (because you can't get Exit Wounds:?)
the only way i can think of is having a different cast beforehand then exchanging/selling it for ares cast
When he lifts his arms up at the start he's not blocking at the front anymore, so you can get some damage in then, and strafing back and forth should let you dash to dodge most calls
and iโm not entirely sure if that works
I'm a fan of Stubborn Defiance because I hate to lose one of my DDs early on and then feel like I've already wrecked my chances but have to keep playing.
Stubborn is awful for me because I rarely even lose a single DD until the final boss, and he takes like 2 from me sometimes
Need that multiple DD insurance
and even after selling your cast, youโd have to find ares cast and then hunting blades, so itโd be a lot of rng involved
Yeah the change to Fully Loaded is super cancer with how it hurts Hunting Blades
Basically locks you out of a legendary
It hurts pretty much all non-Poseidon Sword cast builds a lot
Which is weird since it was done to nerf Poseidon Sword's Artemis cast build
the fact that extra casts are tied to a single god is what hurts cast builds
That too, but dual shot was already a part of Artemis and its incredible so its not that bad
But now you can't just go dual shot > legendary anymore
which, again, hurts non-Artemis casts
It hurts it 10x more now than it ever used to
@steel sable The Champions are by far the hardest fight for me. Strats I've started to come up with:
Don't focus on the minitaur first, I don't know why but I've had success taking shots at both of them while focusing on avoiding both of them.
Spear special is awesome at getting shield guys including Theseus since you can recall it to hit them in the back.
Hard to dodge Theseus spears when I get distracted, but surprisingly easy if I keep my eye on the reticle and make sure I'm moving or dashing when it glows.
When Theseus calls on a god, forget attacking and just focusing on dodging until the god stops shooting. It doesn't go on forever.
This can work really well or really bad I guess, waiting for the hammer
https://imgur.com/ibFH1j0
Oh, alright. Thanks Toralyzer.
im surprised Demeter`s trash boons can work sometimes 
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/638357994261839882/697151076696326236/unknown.png?width=1620&height=911
32 is so damn hard man, i cant do it ๐ฉ
need secret build that makes it easy, please share
it took ~1.5 month to complete it
cause im not so good in this game
main idea that you take gun and stack multiple debuffs in every attack
interesting
S tier is Poseidon\Zeus combo
Wait a sec guys, what does chain shot do w/ triple shot, on the bow
For real
u know what, I can give away the 4 extra special shot for an experiment. I hope it's worth it
Holy, it CAN bounce to a single target
that's gonna be worth
Happy little experiments~
ill recommend to use adamant rail cause its not so clunky as a bow
Oh i'm just using whatever dark weapon is rn
after you start, you collect as much 25 hp hearts, as you can. reroll every golden room to this
But I love the aspect of hera on the bow so much fun
And I use persuation
but you can stack some effect 7\11 times with every special use
@proven tartan but if you focus on Centaur Hearts that much by rerolling, what about boons? ๐ฎ
@naive tusk stay in lava and die if you got some trash
then repeat again until you have something better
Thanks for the chuckle 
Hmm, I presume spread fire doesn't work well w/ hestia dash build, right
thats for completing 32th heat. you can judge your success rate by the first 2 boons you get
start 32 heat run, get darkness/gems 3 times in a row
๐
i hate it
if at least you could change them to boons with the thingies
I started with +150 gold item, then changed to Charon`s Bone Hourglass
Its perfect to get Erebus boon in first 3 rooms
but if you fail to get it, you should restart
Pure ||virgin|| build lul
https://imgur.com/URSU4Ze
Is someone has obtained a second time the Posedon's fish boon ? I would like if there is conditions to obtain it again
Ive seen poseidons fishing boon come up randomly here and there,I dont think theres any real requirements on it maybe you need a poseidon boon maybe you dont I just know it does reappear in runs.
kinda wish theyd just add a fishing keepsake personally but then again I only care about that for chaos fishing which I hear exists but I cannot confirm it with my own eye
ive seen the chaos legendary boon twice and ive seen zero chaos fishing spots
Welp this probably is my most intense run ever
https://imgur.com/P3ONvQV
Entered styx with 0 dd. Existed styx with 1 dd purchased and a bit more than 200 health.
It appears iframe and dodge saved me.
And I accidentally kept that 50% lasting consequences from The Guanyu run last run, and it hurts the hourglass regen
Vengefull mood is obtained on chamber 7, and it pseudo-carried the chambers since I can perma stun them
Yeah, I can usually get him down to half health, but I usually get overwhelmed when he's attacking and invoking a god, and I need to circle around him to hit him around his shield, and I end up just kind of running into things and dieing.
@steel sable I normally keep dashing until the god fades away, then I dash to go at his back and stab him as much as I can, and since normally I have a Dionysus boon it's enough to get him ded
I'm a fan of Stubborn Defiance because I hate to lose one of my DDs early on and then feel like I've already wrecked my chances but have to keep playing.
@tepid nymph That's why I always spare 200 Obol, that Styx drink saved me so many times rn
How many of you use Meg's keepsake? If you get Positive Outlook, does it make it more viable, or you think it's bad/good anyway?
...Oooooh, you know what would be a cool Keepsake from Hades? Something that is like one of the Olympians' Keepsakes (save for Hermes) that, for one time only, Zagreus is granted a pity boon from Hades, a choice of random 3 that all somehow function like Hades' various attacks.
It only works once, is affected by rarity-altering boons and items, along with a single legendary.
it should work like a Chaos boon, but both effects
Hades cast that shoots boiling blood up to obscene levels but deals no damage
Skull Shot. Cast stones release a damaging shockwave when returned.
Haha, so I'm a weirdo (re: feedback) and I have to just give up this winstreak so I can try hard stuff before I get bored ๐
How do I progress Artemis, Aphro and Zeus?
spam nectar and wait for the required lines'
assuming maxed nectar:
with artemis, you only have to keep triggering her dialogue normally and you'll eventually get there
zeus is a little trickier, you have to also get duo boon dialogue with him and demeter (and maybe artemis?). there's different duo convos depending on which god is providing the duo boon in question, so to be safe try to see both
i'm not entirely sure of the prerequisites for aphrodite, but if i had to guess, it probably has something to do with the potential relationships with ||than, meg, and dusa||. i already had all of these other questlines done, and already saw aphrodite's lines about them, so aphrodite unlocked her hearts quickly for me
Nice!
so hard to play when I'm coughing so much but I did it
eguh
time to take a break ๐
you could do 4 runs in the time i did my fastest run
I mean a non-routed normal run in under 20 minutes is still good
I'd say that you become truly "fast" when you can consistently do under 20 minute runs, most of the time
this time is just because of our work on this nonsense
here it is
sloppy but hey I'll take it
Having a great time with Hera's bow over here. Finally a way to one-shot enemies that have armor! And - with Art boon where the cast seeks foes - having my arrow kill one enemy and then the green arrow zoom out of there to another enemy is really cool.
I love having a way to power up individual shots with the bow so it doesn't get tedious
Hera bow is really fun
its great. try it with trippy shot and all the duo boons it
Glory to Artemis
https://i.imgur.com/pt2ei8N.png
It was pretty funny cause I did a trial between Poseidon and Art and the boon from Artemis replaced the one I had just gotten from Poseidon. I was like yeah, no hard feelings, you know you're my real homie.
THWACK
Thanks Onyx!
@fallow niche that speedrun of 4:58 was truly something!
But is there any bug involved there? Apart from having many shop-chamber rooms by luck possibly skipping some encounters and the Artemis crit boons
There is no luck in that run until Styx
I manipulated the RNG to give me a predetermined path
Mind you, that's not easy to do and I've been practicing for a very long time, but its better than some game breaking bug
Since I get to play the game and all haha
Practicing to master speed-running with the Adamant Rail?
Yeah
So you may see me cast before entering rooms there
That's me increasing the RNG counter to a number that I want to get a specific next chamber
LOOL I don't get why the random casts before entering rooms, that was so funny!
Mind you I cannot see the number in-game but I've run it enough that I got a feel for what it should be haha
you didnt even use the skip on hydra that run
aww that sucks
Before if you dealt enough damage in the first 2 seconds of the hydra fight you could instantly kill it
No phases
It would just die
First 2 seconds before triggering the Hydra's Impervious phases, eh?
The impervious shields only could go up after 2 seconds into the fight
So if you killed it before then, they would never go up
And the fight would be over
Now it would also spawn ALL of the extra heads at once once it died, from both phases, but the in-game timer would stop and that was the benefit
Ah, so you can basically ignore hitting the extra heads and just go for the exit?
No, you had to kill them too
The timer just stopped so you could take your time if you wanted
The fastest I've seen the hydra fight be done in its full entirety, no skip, was 23 seconds
Uh I think its like a thousand?
If I were to count the speedruns
Wow, 1,000 escapes !?!?
Lord Hades must be really getting a feeling about Zagreus escaping 1,000 times!
lmao
"You're bound to my domain"
Zagreus: nope
Mind you I restart the save file so they're not actually counted, I think I've done like 300-400 ones that are recorded however
You spent that much time escaping, I can actually ask for your thoughts in your experiences!
even though my escape attempts was 99
Oh wait nevermind, it's 100 escapes!
I also mostly play on 32 heat so my experience may be a bit skewed
Right now, the next major update is estimated to be on June
Which actually impacted my choices of how I do my subsequent escape attempts
Yeah, its a very long break
Between updates
But these are strange times so it makes sense
Right now...
Every escape attempt, I make sure to buy the Titan's Blood or the Diamond inside the Temple of Styx.
That's a decent idea to start with
I'd wanna stock up loads of Darkness, Ambrosia, nectar, Titan's Blood and Diamond so I can prepare for the next major update
and every time inside the house
I'd look for the current special with the broker to see if I can get either Ambrosia, titan's blood or diamond with a special price
I don't think there is going to be a whole lot added next update that'll use all those, you should work towards unlocking everything you don't have now if you aren't already
And yeah the broker has some good specials sometimes
Yeah @fallow niche , I believe I unlocked everything.
Administrative chamber, check.
Oh nice
Malphite weapon, check.
Reuniting Nyx and Chaos, check.
Reuniting Orpheus and Eurydice, check.
Entire mirror not yet. Full for the purple, not yet for the yellow
the yellow pair I mean
I don't think I had anywhere near enough darkness by my 100th run for all 10 Fated Authorities
Unless they changed something about darkness in the last update
My total darkness as per the 100th run is 35,372
Ah yeah
Me in styx:
Changes all rewards to charon's obol so I can buy Titan's blood and Diamond
HAHAHA economical run I must say
Fated Authority is absurdly powerful so still work on that
I mean, I don't mind completing runs a little slower just to get that big items everytime
It's like making every run count with the best
I like going fast so I just do runs haha, but I get ya yeah
My average time to complete a run was normally 25 minutes
If its the "economical" run I'm speaking
but if I want to put those bounties in styx out of the equation
it will be under 20 minutes
Yeah that's a very good speed
and my fastest ever run completed is shockingly, with the Stygian Blade
I'd had expected I'd go fastest with the Adamant Rail, but nope. 5 minutes slower
Which aspect?
Stygian Blade- Aspect of Arthur
Huh, arthur is a bit slow but it does chunk
It's raw DPS is so powerful, like 3 times more than Adamant rail
although yes its slower
Slowest weapon by far is bow
which led me to completing the fastest run by... 16 minutes 1 second
Using Artemis boon on attack
For Adamant Rail I usually rely artemis boons on special, not on attack
because I feel the attack damage is too low
compared to firing 3 bullet specials with daedelus hammer
then for attack I choose Ares- Inflict doom haha
Whatever works man
I usually try to get priv status on my casual runs unless its a weapon that doesn't apply it easily
Anyway, I kinda wished something would be added in Hades
In terms of voice lines
- Voice lines of Theseus, Zagreus and Minatour (in the subsequent encounter) after the last encounter in which they were both killed in under 1 minute
then it'd look realistic that these guys know they can get wrecked that fast
What do you think?
Also, I'd love another:
- Voice lines of Lord Hades and Zagreus knowing Lord Hades didn't even get 1 hit on Zagreus on the last encounter.
not necessarily need to be fast
Our times for each boss are 10 secs for first one, 23 secs for second, ~15 secs for third, and 30 secs for final
So we'd hear them every time
lmao
One run, I managed to kill Lord Hades. It was very slow battle, but Zagreus was not hit even once. Still at full health
I'm surprised his dad doesn't acknowledge that HAHA!
Wait, has anyone ever defeated Lord Hades before without being hit at all?
Yeah no hit should be acknowledged, that would be good
And yeah
I have a bunch
Esp on ranged weapons
Its not too hard on bow
many cast builds also have that luxury
I love how this game allows for people to set their own goals to accomplish, giving an enormous amount of replayability
@fallow niche 2 minutes for me for final boss, 1 min for each phase
counting his three impervious shields
Of course any game could allow for people to set their own goals, but this one feels way more satisfying
Hello @dense locust ! My name is sean893, nice to meet you!
I've been looking for you! Finally after 892 other seans, we meet
There's 892 other seans?!?
I guess if the first sean was just sean and the second was sean1, you'd be the 894th
No i was just making a very bad joke
well the real secret is that hey arent numbered sequentially so hes actually the 7th
The real secret is the system in how they number themselves
@fallow niche Where do you get your seeds for speed runs?
I might dip into speed runs one of these days because I'm running out of personal goals
@dense locust it's a great joke! At least I can understand it!
@dense locust We just search for them manually
But when we do find a good one we post it in our discords
Like just google hades speed run seeds?
Err, no
I don't think they're posted anywhere you'd find on google
By "seed" we really mean save file
Also can you use just one of the 3 slots for speed runs and keep the other two for different files?
yeah
here's our main discord
I have my entire route for the seed in there
in #speedtech
current WR is 4:25
Nice thanks
np
Do you know anything about how people create seeds for speed runs?
We just start a new run and see how the first ~3-4 chambers look
like methodology behind finding seeds and then also how to post a save file
I've gone through dozens of new runs to find a good "seed"
I imagine there is a WR for each weapon
What's currently on the leaderboard there is, but not for all of them yet I don't think
I intend to compete for the few that aren't atm
Oh, only rail is on the board atm
Speedrunning leaderboards, resources, forums, and more!
So yeah you can post any time with any other weapon and get the record for that
Last question, is there software to help log a given run to find a good seed, like keepsake and door choice
So that I dont have to manually write everything fdown
No, we have one modder and Kossetsu is busy being a weab 
Your save files are in your documents
save games folder or something
But as far as logging a seed, I should keep pen and paper at hand to quickly note which door i took in which chamber
Yeah that's what I do
Some people type it in a notepad
Tho our current seed is probably as good as its going to get for rail atm
Yeah i've watched a couple of those, it's hard to imagine getting a better seed
So I have Ice Wine, and Demeter Special
considering how many factors have to line up in the first place
Shot.
3
I assumed they weren't speedrunning.
my brain was like 
You sure?
I could also get more Demeter-boosted-Demeter Aspect. On the other hand, Ice Wine could deal a good amount of damage...
ice wine wins runs by itself
any chance to boost the dps on that just increases your demolishing of the underworld
First time getting it, it's real good.
Honestly you'll probably be fine with any of them
I know I'm just angery I have so many good options
if you can, find a +1 cast chaos later, or try to buy a +1 cast item before the final boss in styx
with stygian soul, the dps goes crazy
keep in mind the caustic defiance can be refilled
im just kidding, it sounds like you could probably win already without any of them
i mean im not kidding about it being able to be refilled
Gets presented with Shrouded Grasp
yeah reroll for something that will make the run hard
but i'm just trying to make you doubt the other decision
well ok then I wonder which one I'm getting
Bobert is right, you've made this too easy on yourself
where's the potential for growth
Reroll into 80% more foes for 100% more darkness, for 5 rounds
or more trap damage and then dont avoid traps
Yeah just try and win the next chamber while standing on a trap the whole time
Quick Spin spawn, Divine Strike, get another Artemis core boon so you get Deadly Reversal, ????, profit.
get arti on special as well
aight ill try that. hope i get the quick spin hammer ๐
I usually go artemis special, athena dash, athena or poseidon call, cast is whatever but aphrodite is good, aphrodite attack, deadly reversal and heart rend duos, as much survivability as you can. Charged skewer hammer and then maybe quick spin or breaching skewer
or serated edge, doom on special, divine strike, then grab the duo for crazy dash strikes
guan yu lvl 1 is literal trash
somehow i managed heat 3 with it
I mean I still dont like it fully upgraded. just get cursed slash on sword if you want low health stuff
i can still heal off my spin even with lasting consequences on 100& right?
But at 32, heat choice and keepsake order matters a lot as well
yeah
but it's not good to rely on
oh
at least in my experience
No, you want that spin heal on 100% LC.
see schpoon and I have different playstyles but they are both equally valid
One mistep trying to heal and you take like 10 blades worth of healing in damage
That's good
I personally would take benefits package to zero
benefit package is fun, why wouldnt you take it
Fun is relative
yeah when enemies spawn more enemies it lets you heal more
Extreme Measures is fun, Benefits Package is 10 pounds of TNT in a 2 pound box.
Nah, it's good at 2 and 3.
It's just probably top 3 hardest Pact option.
that aren't super solid
Yeah I was exaggerating, but it is an early run killer. Maybe that's a good thing in the long run because it saves you time
If you can't handle 2 in benefits early on, you're probably on a losing run
Im gonna do a 32 guan yu right now just for fun
Finally got 32 heat fists on hellmode
the only problem I have with benefits is when enemies get tons of health in Tartarus so it takes minutes to clear the room
A lot of my 32s end up being dumb
glass cannon
Deflect dash
Demeter?
not even glass cannon
Crit after deflect
just cannon
haha waited
Wws were hitting for 20
Yeah true
Does the rarity of the weak on attack affect it? Because Eurydice upgraded it to heroic
So I just had 3 dds and a pile of health
And killed him before he killed me
I didnโt even try to dodge
weak is always the same. there is a boon to upgrade it though
Any call?
No call
dang what max hp?
295
I really gotta use weak more....
Just the little icons, but I could screenshot the actual mirror and pact if you want
The icons are fine
I had a similarly easy run last night with my signature athena fists last night. One of my least stressful runs at high heat
god dude
so fun when thins align
im so unlucky again
i have a dash boon by athena and somethign useless by poseidon
and im at meg
in a 32 run
๐
this shits already over
just die and go again
why do i need 500000 darkness in the first zone
Hey I've got less than 25k in the mirror
But at 32 heat, rng becomes a lot bigger of a factor
Ahhhh, that's what I thought, hard labor at 20%
because 20 damage spin hits is insane
Maybe I should try that, I really just dislike tight deadline that I almost never use it
oh for sure
I only ever play with deadline
if I can't do it fast enough it's not a build I want to be playing anyway lol
That's what I love, your heat build can be almost as impactful as your boons
yeah deadline sucks. it makes Elysium so much less fun
See I'm the opposite, I can win with builds but I have to slow play them
yeah that's how my husband plays
I suppose it'd be a good way to branch out
the other day he came up to me and he was like "I just won in 26 minutes!!" and I was like wow that's fast... for you
lol
his 32 heat run with the bow took almost an hour
yeah
we are the same
ohlol
this is why I get more than one turn at a time lol
Pauses.... WHICH BOON SHOULD I GET!!??
Yeah i'm actually the same way
Ill pause and look up the wiki
make sure im doing everything ideally
I only ever look at the wiki to remind myself of the new artemis prereqs lol
maybe ask a question on this discord
they aren't even up to date last I checked
unless they were edited
You need both tier 2s for the legendary now right?
it's so weird how runs at this high heat are either like... man somehow even tartarus feels impossible
or that was easy, I just facerolled hades
It's like I said, RNG becomes a way bigger factor. At lower heats, even 20 and below, they give you a lot of tools to manipulate rng or the enemies aren't strong enough yet that you need ideal builds
getting athena dash as my first boon I think was the biggest factor
and then aphrodite attack
I was reaaally hoping for aphrodite legendary
but it wasn't in the cards
brilliant riposte
I remember because it took me forever to get athena's legendary because I didn't like brilliant riposte and never took it and didn't realize it was a prereq
Exactly, I really never want it so I find it hard to justify taking it
which is nice with 2x benefits package on
because you really don't want high damage witches with seeking missiles
with 2x forced overtime
eew god
lol
Even with athena dash
I wonder if the missiles seek them back if you deflect them
I started with acorn
normally I do coinpurse but I've been getting annoyed at the fury sisters
so I just didn't want to have to worry about it
I also took off underworld customs because I just hate how it feels
even though I know it's probably better than some other 2 ticks of heat I take
I just do NOT like being forced to sell boons
maybe because the runs I have the most fun in are the ones where I get lots of duos and legendaries, and selling boons sometimes means a run that could be like that gets derailed
yeah underworld customs can be a huge pain, but it can also be free heat with luck and a fated persuasion or two
I've had a number of runs where I got 2 or 3 essential boons to the build I wanted, only to have to sell one
I don't like having limited choices or having to sell boons
really just I like having all the boons
all the time
@stiff flume oof use that fated persuasion
Limited choices is even worse
but if you had it on and done the seed enough times, you start to understand what you'll get and it can work
I don't mess around with seeds and whatever
But yeah I tend to stay away from both of those for as long as possible
Well mostly I just mean that if you choose give up instead of letting yourself die
I'm not paying super close attention otherwise
giving up means you run with the same seed again?
yeah
ahh
wait really
If you ever do a run and get a hammer in the first room but none of the hammers you want for that weapon, it's a good idea to just give up and choose a different weapon to see what it gives you
Yeah and the boon types even carry over to different gods
So if you force artemis room one and get common attack, epic special, rare cast, and then you choose athena keep sake instead, you'll get common attack, epic special, and rare cast
im not sure what happens if you choose a keepsake that doesnt force a god's boon; I think it defaults to the choice you'd have without a god's keepsake
try it out, it's only the first room
Also I think altering heats might affect it
god i think if i can get my DD restored in elysium this run is still salvagable
LOL nevermind dead
๐
haha
Yeah the number of times that i've said that...
But if it comes true, it's usually true
minotaur clipped me with his big spin
Iโm actually shocked there isnโt a dialogue line about it lol
damn that thing hurts
Like if you enter Elysium with 0 dds
Zagโs like โbetter hope I run into Patroclus!โ
Other times i'm at 4 hp, I get my dds restored, and then Theseus kills me 3 times
He says exactly what Iโm thinking often enough
know whats weird, i find the buffed version of zone 3 boss easier than the normal one ๐
I bet the devs play tested and just added the in lines they were thinking themselves
My favorite is โfffffffuuuuโ!โ
Because itโs always the same as what I just said out loud lol
the dude just riding round and round throwing stuff is less annoying than him chucking spears
I bet they just recorded Darren playing it lol
Now that I disagree with @stiff flume, although I've gotten a lot better at dodging everything they throw at me
Because if you get hit by a bomb that bounced off a wall and no longer has a aoe indicator
it hurts a lot
sometimes i think im right behind a pillar but then the spear still hits me, or i misstime the dodge
Athena dodge helps a LOT in either fight
SO many times I grab a Daedalus and Iโm like โthere it is!โ basically in unison with zag
er dash
It's funny going from full forced over time to none, or vise versa because I screw up the timing on when to dash to deflect the spear
forced overtime is my biggest killer i think, im not running it anymore
its so easy to die with it on
the swordmen in elysium are so quick already, also some boss attacks
My relationship with forced overtime is very on and off lol
I got to a level of heat where having the second rank of FO on was harder than taking 3 points elsewhere... and then somehow having even more heat meant it was easier to take 3 points out of other things and put them back into FO...
And back and forth
At 32 I have both ranks though
So itโs probably worth getting used to it all along the way
That describes me at anything 32 heat and higher with any weapons and aspect
Ill have full benefits package and the 4th chamber in I rage quit because it's just ridiculous
and then ill swap things around, 3rd chamber in, accidentally dash onto two spike traps and then rage quit and remove that heat
that's me in Tartarus
I'd take Erebus and accidentally dash into a projectile, instant abandon
Or be offered the ideal boon for my weapon at epic level, except that I have the limited choice heat on...
more so for hammers
My happy medium is 1 level benefits package, 2 FO
how does LC work with FP?
so you could get your desired boon unblocked if you reroll
Yeah its happened more than once for me before
๐ nice
other times they just give you the same choices
But its one of the reasons I pretty much exclusively roll with fated persuasions
and then just prioritize keys
they fixed that in the recent patch
you're guaranteed at least 1 new option each reroll
But that new option can be crossed out
oh right, LC
Its funny that common sure footing feels 10x better to me than epic phalanx shot
casts are usually trash annyways
Poseidon cast is fire, trippy shot is one of the best boons, if you can get the artemis/demiter duo boon then crystal beam is amazing, same with blade rift and its duo boon
blizzard shot demolishes bosses
Poseidon sword lets you clear rooms super fast with artemis cast as well
usually I just use the cast for extra damage, but if you can get some of the stuff that makes them really good then you can watch stuff die really fast. they also scale really well with poms
if you see trippy shot it takes a bit to get the aiming down but it kills things super fast, the duo boons with zeus or dem make it do crazy damage as well. on top of all that it has some pretty high damage reduction
And like all casts, giving it a few poms helps it a lot
You do need to get another boon for the damage reduction.
yeah I should have mentioned that, but the cloud does stagger enemies so you can just keep hitting them at take like 0 damage in a lot of rooms
Doesn't stagger armored enemies, and certain enemies can attack between recovering from the Fog stagger and it triggering again, especially with Forced Overtime.
true, but its amazing if you can stay outside of there range
alright alright, 35 heat going into styx with 171/274 and 3 dds
nice
Eris rail, rocket bomb and triple bomb hammers, epic quick recovery: https://imgur.com/hvvbwdT
Im pretty scared about styx tbh, if I can make it through without too much damage, I'm pretty okay with Hades. Would like an athena or poseidon call. If I get heart rend, I'm honestly a little scared to dash in to use it with only 2 dashes
Dash in to apply weak that is
got em
Eris Rail, Triple Bomb Rocket Bomb hammers, relevant boons not shown include aphro cast and epic quick recovery for damage reduction, 2 athena dashes, epic storm lightning and epic swift flourish: https://imgur.com/vs2kfMC
The splitting bolt barely had any impact because I got it pretty much just rocketed hades and ran away
Starting keepsake was zeus, next was athena, but it also does require quite a bit of rng
Wait actually I think the second was artemis
zeus attack and artemis special was two I wanted the most. I got super lucky starting with rocket bomb in room 1 and then getting triple bomb in elysium
And then I got 64 health and that 80% special damage from chaos, again very lucky (although fated persuasions help a TON), and I really wanted more than 2 dashes from hermes but I settled with quick recovery and the +30% to special speed.
I would have given a DD for heart rend instead of splitting bolt after I got empty inside
honestly, styx treated me very poorly
i find styx very hard with rail
since your attack doesnt stun enemies
and poison arrows are so damn fast
it did give me splitting bolt but cost me a dd in the process, and the rest of the options were poms, dio boons, hearts, coins, and the aphrodite boon that i bought for 810 coin that gave me empty inside
yeah I also found myself doing dumb things like dash attack at the enemy because I play a lot of twin fists
and then immediately getting hit for like 60 by the big rats
yeah luckily between zeus attack and my buffed artemis rocket bombs, I could dash around to remove all of the blue shields from the death pact, and then triple bomb fools for huge damage
whats the base crit chance with out any bonuses?
damn
Ooo boy, demeter aspect mittens with epic artemis special and +55% to special damage in tartarus....
Oh and explosive upper of course
oof. that just speaks to me
Demeter aspect... this is disgusting: https://imgur.com/y0PTkjU
fated persuasions and my mirror choices are all that i can say
and also if I get crappy luck, i'm not usually posting that build
so you're only seeing when things go well
I'm critting 600 per special hit. 600 x 12 = 7200 damage...

unfortunately i now have to sell my athena dash
so i am actually kinda screwed
because i essentially have 1 boon now
just punch them really hard
That's been the strat so far
I've actually only come across 3 total boons that can be sold for underworld customs going into elysium
leaving me with just that epic artemis special. all i need
sorry, it's heroic now after it got upped
heh
luckily a charged explosive upper still kills anything so far
Persuation is basically a min/max complex player's dream
which ability?
U mean persuasion?
yeah, but now I know what you are talking about
Last mirror choice, allows u to reroll boon offers and well offers and boon sell offers
the
keys giving you a persuasion
can you reroll both with those? chamber rewards and also boon options?
or does that depend on which one you chose in the mirror
or wait
im confused

you get one or the other
if you have authority on then keys give authority rerolls, if you have persuasion then you get persuasion rerolls
tyty
and if you take the heat that disables them, keys don't give you anything
do keys do anything other than reset darkness btw? they seem basically useless now
I still think routine inspection is worth at least 3 heat
outside of the occasional trade
Imagine having a run which almost all boons are common
ye the stuff that affects boons should be worth more
the sacrifice one especially
that thing is brutal
After you've unlocked all of the weapons, the key's are only useful for resetting the mirror darkness and trading in
ty
@dense locust do u think taking 300 dmg to 40% overtime hades with minimal defense option is good or bad
Hell mode ofc
Fist, ofc
Hey @dense locust
what am I looking at in your screenshot
and why
What kind of monster are you
I ended up losing that because I had 1 boon going into elyisum and patrolcus didnt come through
although the seed is still there for me
Noooooooooooooooo
you mean you dont want to kill everything with a shoryuken?
That's all i did
also expect a ping in spoilers
but charging it up was a problem against theseus
@naive laurel what do you mean by 300 dmg
But it was critting for about 700 per demeter hit towards when I chose to give up
Ok I guess Imma repost those links earlier
Pardon my repost
https://imgur.com/P3ONvQV
Entered styx with 0 dd. Existed styx with 1 dd purchased and a bit more than 200 health.
It appears iframe and dodge saved me.
And I accidentally kept that 50% lasting consequences from The Guanyu run last run, and it hurts the hourglass regen
https://imgur.com/fJKeyIJ
Vengefull mood is obtained on chamber 7, and it pseudo-carried the chambers since I can perma stun them.
I think ive taken vengeful mood one time in all of my runs on this file
How did vengeful mood help you permastun them?
I think Doom deals staggering damage
i'm ~35 runs in and i've started clearing hades with most of weapons at base difficulty. I saw that you can also unlock aspects for each weapon. Is it recommended to just focus on few and max them out or should you unlock them all to have more variety?
gotta get them ALL
@dense locust oh I mean I perma stagger them with fist, and vengeful mood does the dmg I need to kill
Tho I got the zeus fist first then Ares venge later, so It's more towards elites
I wanna do the guan yu quest and take stubborn defiance with it in case i do a dumb move early but its just
Goodn't
Guan yu is good but only after being leveled
Quick spin and massive spin on guanyu ia almost an instant win
That moment when ur spin has nore dps than special
Attack
Special attack is still attack, similar to dash-attack, just in special attack's case Not every weapon has one
Ugh, I just had a weird Gauntlets moment
Imagine spamming the spacebar and holding the D key while you're holding attack. Today I learned that the Gauntlets' attack button override the Dash...
https://imgur.com/a/l88SnsZ
I beat the game for the first time!!
i was so sure that i wouldn't be able to when i got all sorts of jank stuff to get it off the prophecy list x)
Nice job! Congrats!!
Ooo
thank you!! I lurked this channel a lot for tips! x)
Ice Wine and Deflect Call sounds like an interesting combo...
Imagine High Tolerance.
I was honestly going for Athena dash and Aphro call, but they gave me neither what I was going for x3




