#h1-builds-and-combat

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stiff flume
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i thought you'd want to enhance your special as much as possible when you go chiron

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and basic attack on zag bow

olive badge
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For invul call Poseidon is infinitely better

stiff flume
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personally i dont like artemis call

dense locust
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you can, but doom attack is huge increase to dps for one boon

stiff flume
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hmmm ye

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hmpf

dense locust
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chain shot lets you deal with multiple enemies and lets you shoot through walls

stiff flume
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what does the demeter special do?

dense locust
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each arrow applies chill

stiff flume
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ah

dense locust
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and it also gives the second highest damage increase to special

stiff flume
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alright ill give it a shot ๐Ÿค”

olive badge
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Plus since doom is a debuff

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You can apply privileged status

dense locust
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oh yeah I totally forgot about that as well

olive badge
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Attack to inflict doom as debuff

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Then hit with demeter special

stiff flume
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common rarity doom

dense locust
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not ideal, but bring it up to level 3 or 4 and you

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are probably fine

proper jolt
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I've been using the one hammer upgrade for the rail that turns the special into a missile and it's actually pretty good

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Kinda was ignoring it every time I found it

dense locust
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It's literally my favorite hammer in the game

stiff flume
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i find it hard to aim

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i love the 3-special one tho

dense locust
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oooo boy, with heroic artemis special on chiron bow and relentless volley, do I take clean kill or deadly reversal

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Im leaning towards clean kill because the crits are already there and I don't really have other damage sources except for doom

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man I cannot emphasize how powerful ares attack and chain shot are on chiron bow

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especially with impending doom, it's a very a solid source of damage

turbid needle
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Clean Kill.

dense locust
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Yeah I took clean kill

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deadly reversal is almost useless after I thought about it

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I also have pressure points so I'm already at 25% crit chance

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Nice, theseus/asterius didn't touch me once

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oh yeah, 420 max hp

stiff flume
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wow i can pick the poseidon legendary....

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๐Ÿ˜’

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great boon

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10/10

weak rivet
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fesh

clear dome
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poseidon legendary is good tho...

dense locust
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Crap, after grabbing the darkness from hades, my hp jumped to 427.... run ruined

turbid needle
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Time to nuke the run from orbit and start again new.

clear dome
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why ruined?

dense locust
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They don't even give a give-up option a

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after killing him

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because my hp was 420

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After taking darkness from hades, I have 427

clear dome
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why does it matter?

dense locust
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Because I'm a dweeb

clear dome
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....

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๐Ÿ˜

dense locust
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and like ending with 420 hp

clear dome
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:

dense locust
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I could have made puns like "here's my aspect of chronic bow run"

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Athena dash? more like athena hash.... Sorry if this is inappropriate for the server I just like dumb puns

clear dome
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what is hash?

dense locust
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google it, Im already off topic for this server

turbid needle
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It's a joke, @clear dome

azure lake
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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

turbid needle
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Thunder Flourish doesn't gel with Aspect of Chiron.

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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.

azure lake
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Oh right there's the internal cooldown I forgot about that

turbid needle
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There's some underneath-the-underneath mechanics at play, but generally speaking the best Flourishes for Aspect of Chiron are Artemis, Dionysus, or Aphrodite.

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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.

shadow oriole
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how does the cool down work with sea storm if you have Poseidon on special?

azure lake
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Oh yeah, the special with dionysus insta max stack hungover that seems nice

turbid needle
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It's gone back and forth, @shadow oriole

dense locust
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Artemis on special isn't my ideal either. Demeter works really well because of its high damage increase and chill stacks

turbid needle
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There have been patches where you get a lightning bolt on every Tempest Flourish arrow, and some not.

dense locust
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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

turbid needle
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Transitioning into Asphodel?

weak rivet
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@dense locust you gotta end with 690 next

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or 69 but thats for casuals

dense locust
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I'd argue 690 is for casuals and 69 is for pros

weak rivet
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nice

dense locust
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daaaamn, 32 heat demeter fists going into styx with 4 dds

turbid needle
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That's how I got mine!

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Good luck, @dense locust!

dense locust
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Thanks!

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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.

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Wow styx has given me epic poseidon call and 3 more dashes so far.... it's just one of those runs

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rare support fire...

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That was the least stressed I've ever been on 32

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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

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I just realized I have less total darkness than the cost of my next fated persuasion

turbid needle
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Not gonna tell you how to play 'cause you did it on your own, but Explosive Upper is Demeter's best Hammer.

dense locust
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Oh don't get me wrong

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I was praying for it

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but breaching cross was the best of the second hammers

turbid needle
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Then I take back what I said, well done on your accomplishment.

dense locust
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Is the darkness in the left corner what I have invested in the mirror?

turbid needle
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Top left corner? Yes.

dense locust
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So my total darkness since I started is slightly more than the cost of the next fated persuasion...

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I know darkness farming is a thing, I just don't find it too fun

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It'd be a fun late game thing if they made beating 32 heat with every aspect of a weapon unlock something

stiff flume
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what weapon was that 32 run?

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oh fists

brisk island
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@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.

dense locust
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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

stiff flume
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how do you get so many epics ๐Ÿ˜”

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also can you explain why you choose that companion?

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over something like skelly

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@dense locust GWcmeisterPeepoHug

dense locust
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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

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To be fair though, I haven't given the other companions much of a chance because I never got great results with them

stiff flume
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i see ๐Ÿค” ty

dense locust
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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

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Also in the last two runs I posted, luck was pretty strongly on my side

tulip portal
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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

dense locust
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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

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But you can also revisit old runs in the administration room, although it is displayed differently

tulip portal
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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.

dense locust
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itll show you that

stiff flume
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trying a 32 run and getting a grand total of 2 boons until first boss

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๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ‘Œ

sullen valley
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Nice

naive laurel
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Any hammers?

round summit
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With how many heat have you guys succesfully completed the game using Guan Yu's spear?

lament coral
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32

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using special charge, for the most part

round summit
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And how much health setback?

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like 55%?

lament coral
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50%

round summit
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ok

lament coral
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GY is very reasonable when maxed out

round summit
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seems more "doable"

lament coral
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you just need Athena attack to ensure nothing can get past your spins

round summit
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did you even use Cerberus keepsake?

lament coral
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and then quick spin, and either big spin or special charge

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no, I start with Athena

round summit
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oh ok

lament coral
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with 3 death defiances, it's not that big a deal

round summit
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true

lament coral
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and I used Skelly cause I played without healing, because of the heat modifier

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he makes Erebus practically free, plus you can heal off him

round summit
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I guess I'm just not used to the spear then

lament coral
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it takes getting used to

round summit
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last time I lost 2 dd on Lernie

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got mad

lament coral
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understandable

round summit
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but then again, I can't time my spins well rn

lament coral
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I lost 2 DDs in Tartarus during the 32 run

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cloning fast miners, and then Alecto put me in a blender

round summit
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alecto is a run ender for sure

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tisi and meg are pretty much avoidable

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but alecto never stops

lament coral
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yep

naive laurel
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Alecto tests burst dmg basically

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If u can fast end a phase before final, Even boldy can do a lot

round summit
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I'm going to try Hera bow with tight deadline

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since my biggest heat is 1

naive laurel
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That's gonna suck I think

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Any bow in TD is hell in hell

round summit
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I think it's better than the one with extra elite guys

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or where elite guys get an extra ability

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and I'm going with Zeus' ring just to be sure I deal multiple damage in one shot

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if I fail miserably I'm telling you guys

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ok changed my mind im going in with Than keepsake

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I'm going to suffer

stiff flume
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styx with 1 DD + toothy left

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๐Ÿ˜ฉ pls just one time

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just gimme the 32

naive laurel
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What build? There are some builds that can win w/ just 300 hp effective Imo

round summit
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styx with 1 DD + toothy left
Smash'em

stiff flume
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second phase hades ๐Ÿ˜”

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goddamnit

round summit
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k wait I got it now

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it was close

naive laurel
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Good enough man, that was good considering it's 32

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I'm still warming myself up for it, not gonna be pretty when I attempt It

round summit
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gl

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it was meg

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and i encountered sisyphus

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in chamber 12

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the boons are in order, I got hammer 1 chamber

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I think this one might be it

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completely ready for obliteration, just waiting for Athena special to complete it

round summit
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I just beat the Elisium champs in 1 minute and a half

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I still got the 3 DDs

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I'm still with Than's keepsake since Tartarus

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And I'm going to Styx with it

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I'm at 15%

stiff flume
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what heat

round summit
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2 only

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I'm a starter still

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only tight deadline with 9 min

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and Hera's bow

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rn i have Athena special and no dash still

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but got like 3 duos which are saving me

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Zeus + Poseidon, Athena + Ares and Zeus + Ares

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I'm basically spilling damage

naive laurel
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Get jolted and I think u'll just win

flat brook
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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

naive laurel
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Aoe weapons imo

lament coral
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it's weird

earnest ravine
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I use it on slower moves generally.

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Like, Bow special, sword nova, fist uppercut. Thnigs I use frequently but not usually back-to-back.

round summit
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I like doom to stay safe, keep poking ppl from far and kill them without getting hit

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I don't use it that much but it's nice to stay afar

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Just killed Hades, will send print for the run

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It was the one with the best boons I've ever gotten

lament coral
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fist special is probably not a good example since it does decent damage and, therefore, benefits from percentile scaling

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not to mention the kick hammer

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Chiron bow and Chaos shield's specials are good doom carriers

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low damage, multiple hits

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perfect for Dire Misfortune

earnest ravine
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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.

lament coral
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don't you usually special once and dance around attacking?

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the buff lasts for what, 10 seconds?

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I see your point though

earnest ravine
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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.

flat brook
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talos lasts like 4s, kinda underwhelming as well compared to something like eris

lament coral
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wow, so short

round summit
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thats the final thingo

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3 duos

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got jolted

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Athena's one that does the reflect get higher damage

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explosive triple shot since elysium

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basically a grenade

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yesterday I made a shotgun run with the bow also

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I love using it with some absurd manners it feels so good

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I'm gonna lunch, and then I'm going to try more heat stuff

normal pecan
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fated authority vs fated persuasion which is better?

lament coral
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FA helps get the boons you want, FP helps get the rooms you want

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it all depends on what you want

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I found FA to be more useful with Family Favorite, since you're picking whichever rooms and gods you're given

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and FP better with Privileged Status, since you want a few specific gods and their statuses

normal pecan
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how about death defiance vs stubborn defiance? i suspect stubborn defiance is better unless you can no-hit up to the final area

lament coral
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I think SD is just plain garbage

round summit
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DD is just better generally

lament coral
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you don't usually drop dead every room

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and reviving with 30% is nothing

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DD gives you 50%, and you get 3 of em

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and you can refill from Athena, well, and Patty

round summit
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Maybe SD is good if you're trying to get good with some weapons and learning patterns

lament coral
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I don't see how

round summit
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If you still suck with some weapon or doesn't know how certain enemy work, you're going to die a lot

normal pecan
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i generally drop dead once or twice on every non-fury boss fight so like

earnest ravine
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it gives you a use per rroom, so each death is less punishing.

round summit
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so SD works as a overtime

normal pecan
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i've blown through all my DD by the time i reach elysium

round summit
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Patroculos is there to help you

lament coral
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ok, but if you're in a tough room, you can only drop 1 SD

round summit
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Patroculus*

lament coral
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you can't drop 3 and then refill later

round summit
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Think of it that way:

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you're fighting Shield morons

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they're pretty rare, but a pain in the as to get uset to

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if you have SD, you can try to learn how to counter them without losing the whole run

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but, in contrast, it will be harder to beat the game itself

normal pecan
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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

lament coral
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see, that's the thing, the run as a whole is harder with SD

round summit
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you're sacrificing a run to learn how to counter certain enemies

lament coral
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because you can't drop 3 SDs against a boss

round summit
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idk

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I wouldn't use it bc I'm alredy used to the enemies

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but if I weren't I would give it a try

steel sable
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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?

green birch
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What phase of Thesesus usually gets you? Can you get him down to half-health or no?

steel sable
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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.

dusk moss
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Is it possible to get Fully Loaded with Hunting Blades (because you can't get Exit Wounds:?)

unkempt pagoda
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the only way i can think of is having a different cast beforehand then exchanging/selling it for ares cast

fallow niche
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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

unkempt pagoda
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and iโ€™m not entirely sure if that works

tepid nymph
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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.

fallow niche
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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

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Need that multiple DD insurance

unkempt pagoda
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and even after selling your cast, youโ€™d have to find ares cast and then hunting blades, so itโ€™d be a lot of rng involved

fallow niche
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Yeah the change to Fully Loaded is super cancer with how it hurts Hunting Blades

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Basically locks you out of a legendary

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It hurts pretty much all non-Poseidon Sword cast builds a lot

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Which is weird since it was done to nerf Poseidon Sword's Artemis cast build

lament coral
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the fact that extra casts are tied to a single god is what hurts cast builds

fallow niche
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That too, but dual shot was already a part of Artemis and its incredible so its not that bad

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But now you can't just go dual shot > legendary anymore

lament coral
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which, again, hurts non-Artemis casts

fallow niche
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It hurts it 10x more now than it ever used to

tepid nymph
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@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.

naive laurel
steel sable
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Oh, alright. Thanks Toralyzer.

proven tartan
stiff flume
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32 is so damn hard man, i cant do it ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

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need secret build that makes it easy, please share

proven tartan
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it took ~1.5 month to complete it

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cause im not so good in this game

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main idea that you take gun and stack multiple debuffs in every attack

stiff flume
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interesting

proven tartan
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S tier is Poseidon\Zeus combo

naive laurel
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Wait a sec guys, what does chain shot do w/ triple shot, on the bow

clever heart
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For real

naive laurel
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u know what, I can give away the 4 extra special shot for an experiment. I hope it's worth it

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Holy, it CAN bounce to a single target

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that's gonna be worth

naive tusk
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Happy little experiments~

proven tartan
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ill recommend to use adamant rail cause its not so clunky as a bow

naive laurel
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Oh i'm just using whatever dark weapon is rn

proven tartan
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after you start, you collect as much 25 hp hearts, as you can. reroll every golden room to this

clever heart
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But I love the aspect of hera on the bow so much fun

naive laurel
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And I use persuation

proven tartan
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but you can stack some effect 7\11 times with every special use

naive tusk
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@proven tartan but if you focus on Centaur Hearts that much by rerolling, what about boons? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

proven tartan
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@naive tusk stay in lava and die if you got some trash squirtyay then repeat again until you have something better

naive tusk
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Thanks for the chuckle shadesmile

naive laurel
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Hmm, I presume spread fire doesn't work well w/ hestia dash build, right

proven tartan
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thats for completing 32th heat. you can judge your success rate by the first 2 boons you get

stiff flume
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start 32 heat run, get darkness/gems 3 times in a row

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๐Ÿ˜’

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i hate it

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if at least you could change them to boons with the thingies

proven tartan
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I started with +150 gold item, then changed to Charon`s Bone Hourglass

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Its perfect to get Erebus boon in first 3 rooms

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but if you fail to get it, you should restart

naive laurel
gilded falcon
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Is someone has obtained a second time the Posedon's fish boon ? I would like if there is conditions to obtain it again

molten palm
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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.

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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

formal umbra
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chaos fishing exists

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Had it in my previous run

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looks just beautiful

molten palm
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ive seen the chaos legendary boon twice and ive seen zero chaos fishing spots

naive laurel
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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.

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And I accidentally kept that 50% lasting consequences from The Guanyu run last run, and it hurts the hourglass regen

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Vengefull mood is obtained on chamber 7, and it pseudo-carried the chambers since I can perma stun them

round summit
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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

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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

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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?

sullen valley
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...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.

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It only works once, is affected by rarity-altering boons and items, along with a single legendary.

round summit
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it should work like a Chaos boon, but both effects

weak rivet
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Hades cast that shoots boiling blood up to obscene levels but deals no damage

last nacelle
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Skull Shot. Cast stones release a damaging shockwave when returned.

weak rivet
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ohhh

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just makes me wonder what would other hades boons be like

dusk moss
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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 ๐Ÿ˜›

kind fiber
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How do I progress Artemis, Aphro and Zeus?

clear dome
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spam nectar and wait for the required lines'

unkempt pagoda
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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

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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

fallow niche
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@turbid needle I did it

turbid needle
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Nice!

fallow niche
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so hard to play when I'm coughing so much but I did it

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eguh

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time to take a break ๐Ÿ˜‚

unkempt pagoda
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you could do 4 runs in the time i did my fastest run

fallow niche
#

I mean a non-routed normal run in under 20 minutes is still good

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I'd say that you become truly "fast" when you can consistently do under 20 minute runs, most of the time

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this time is just because of our work on this nonsense

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here it is

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sloppy but hey I'll take it

tepid nymph
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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.

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I love having a way to power up individual shots with the bow so it doesn't get tedious

fallow niche
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Hera bow is really fun

shadow oriole
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its great. try it with trippy shot and all the duo boons it

tepid nymph
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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.

earnest ravine
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THWACK

turbid needle
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Hi everyone!

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I'm new here, Hades player. 99 escape attempts on!

unkempt pagoda
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๐Ÿ‘‹

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welcome!

turbid needle
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Thanks Onyx!

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@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

fallow niche
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There is no luck in that run until Styx

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I manipulated the RNG to give me a predetermined path

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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

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Since I get to play the game and all haha

turbid needle
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Practicing to master speed-running with the Adamant Rail?

fallow niche
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Yeah

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So you may see me cast before entering rooms there

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That's me increasing the RNG counter to a number that I want to get a specific next chamber

turbid needle
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LOOL I don't get why the random casts before entering rooms, that was so funny!

fallow niche
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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

shadow oriole
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you didnt even use the skip on hydra that run

fallow niche
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Hydra skip is patched out

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Its gone forever

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RIP my child

shadow oriole
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aww that sucks

turbid needle
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@shadow oriole Hydra skip?

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Meaning no need to encounter Hydra?

fallow niche
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Before if you dealt enough damage in the first 2 seconds of the hydra fight you could instantly kill it

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No phases

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It would just die

turbid needle
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First 2 seconds before triggering the Hydra's Impervious phases, eh?

fallow niche
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The impervious shields only could go up after 2 seconds into the fight

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So if you killed it before then, they would never go up

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And the fight would be over

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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

turbid needle
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Ah, so you can basically ignore hitting the extra heads and just go for the exit?

fallow niche
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No, you had to kill them too

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The timer just stopped so you could take your time if you wanted

turbid needle
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Ah, I see!

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@fallow niche , how manyescape attempts have you had in your all-time?

fallow niche
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The fastest I've seen the hydra fight be done in its full entirety, no skip, was 23 seconds

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Uh I think its like a thousand?

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If I were to count the speedruns

turbid needle
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Wow, 1,000 escapes !?!?

fallow niche
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Yeah

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my longest streak was 112 or something

turbid needle
#

Lord Hades must be really getting a feeling about Zagreus escaping 1,000 times!

fallow niche
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lmao

turbid needle
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"You're bound to my domain"

Zagreus: nope

fallow niche
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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

turbid needle
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You spent that much time escaping, I can actually ask for your thoughts in your experiences!

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even though my escape attempts was 99

fallow niche
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No problem, go for it

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I enjoy almost every aspect

turbid needle
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Oh wait nevermind, it's 100 escapes!

fallow niche
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I also mostly play on 32 heat so my experience may be a bit skewed

turbid needle
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Right now, the next major update is estimated to be on June

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Which actually impacted my choices of how I do my subsequent escape attempts

fallow niche
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Yeah, its a very long break

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Between updates

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But these are strange times so it makes sense

turbid needle
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Right now...

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Every escape attempt, I make sure to buy the Titan's Blood or the Diamond inside the Temple of Styx.

fallow niche
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That's a decent idea to start with

turbid needle
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I'd wanna stock up loads of Darkness, Ambrosia, nectar, Titan's Blood and Diamond so I can prepare for the next major update

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and every time inside the house

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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

fallow niche
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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

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And yeah the broker has some good specials sometimes

turbid needle
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Yeah @fallow niche , I believe I unlocked everything.

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Administrative chamber, check.

fallow niche
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Oh nice

turbid needle
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Malphite weapon, check.

fallow niche
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Even the entire mirror?

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All the rerolls?

turbid needle
#

Reuniting Nyx and Chaos, check.

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Reuniting Orpheus and Eurydice, check.

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Entire mirror not yet. Full for the purple, not yet for the yellow

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the yellow pair I mean

fallow niche
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I don't think I had anywhere near enough darkness by my 100th run for all 10 Fated Authorities

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Unless they changed something about darkness in the last update

turbid needle
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My total darkness as per the 100th run is 35,372

fallow niche
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Oh then you def don't have all 10

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Unless they changed how much they cost

turbid needle
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7 fated authority

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more than enough for me in a whole run

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useful in styx

fallow niche
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Ah yeah

turbid needle
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Me in styx:
Changes all rewards to charon's obol so I can buy Titan's blood and Diamond

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HAHAHA economical run I must say

fallow niche
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Fated Authority is absurdly powerful so still work on that

turbid needle
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I mean, I don't mind completing runs a little slower just to get that big items everytime

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It's like making every run count with the best

fallow niche
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I like going fast so I just do runs haha, but I get ya yeah

turbid needle
#

My average time to complete a run was normally 25 minutes

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If its the "economical" run I'm speaking

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but if I want to put those bounties in styx out of the equation

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it will be under 20 minutes

fallow niche
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Yeah that's a very good speed

turbid needle
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and my fastest ever run completed is shockingly, with the Stygian Blade

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I'd had expected I'd go fastest with the Adamant Rail, but nope. 5 minutes slower

fallow niche
#

Which aspect?

turbid needle
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Stygian Blade- Aspect of Arthur

fallow niche
#

Huh, arthur is a bit slow but it does chunk

turbid needle
#

It's raw DPS is so powerful, like 3 times more than Adamant rail

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although yes its slower

fallow niche
#

Slowest weapon by far is bow

turbid needle
#

which led me to completing the fastest run by... 16 minutes 1 second

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Using Artemis boon on attack

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For Adamant Rail I usually rely artemis boons on special, not on attack

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because I feel the attack damage is too low

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compared to firing 3 bullet specials with daedelus hammer

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then for attack I choose Ares- Inflict doom haha

fallow niche
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Whatever works man

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I usually try to get priv status on my casual runs unless its a weapon that doesn't apply it easily

turbid needle
#

Anyway, I kinda wished something would be added in Hades

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In terms of voice lines

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  1. 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
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then it'd look realistic that these guys know they can get wrecked that fast

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What do you think?

fallow niche
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Yeah would be cool

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Same with all the bosses, really

turbid needle
#

Also, I'd love another:

  1. Voice lines of Lord Hades and Zagreus knowing Lord Hades didn't even get 1 hit on Zagreus on the last encounter.
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not necessarily need to be fast

fallow niche
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Our times for each boss are 10 secs for first one, 23 secs for second, ~15 secs for third, and 30 secs for final

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So we'd hear them every time

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lmao

turbid needle
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One run, I managed to kill Lord Hades. It was very slow battle, but Zagreus was not hit even once. Still at full health

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I'm surprised his dad doesn't acknowledge that HAHA!

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Wait, has anyone ever defeated Lord Hades before without being hit at all?

fallow niche
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Yeah no hit should be acknowledged, that would be good

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And yeah

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I have a bunch

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Esp on ranged weapons

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Its not too hard on bow

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many cast builds also have that luxury

dense locust
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I love how this game allows for people to set their own goals to accomplish, giving an enormous amount of replayability

turbid needle
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@fallow niche 2 minutes for me for final boss, 1 min for each phase

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counting his three impervious shields

dense locust
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Of course any game could allow for people to set their own goals, but this one feels way more satisfying

turbid needle
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Hello @dense locust ! My name is sean893, nice to meet you!

dense locust
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I've been looking for you! Finally after 892 other seans, we meet

turbid needle
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There's 892 other seans?!?

fallow niche
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there should be at least that many

dense locust
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I guess if the first sean was just sean and the second was sean1, you'd be the 894th

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No i was just making a very bad joke

shadow oriole
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well the real secret is that hey arent numbered sequentially so hes actually the 7th

dense locust
#

The real secret is the system in how they number themselves

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@fallow niche Where do you get your seeds for speed runs?

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I might dip into speed runs one of these days because I'm running out of personal goals

turbid needle
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@dense locust it's a great joke! At least I can understand it!

fallow niche
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@dense locust We just search for them manually

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But when we do find a good one we post it in our discords

dense locust
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Like just google hades speed run seeds?

fallow niche
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Err, no

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I don't think they're posted anywhere you'd find on google

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By "seed" we really mean save file

dense locust
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Right

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but i still wouldn't know where to find those

fallow niche
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current one we're using is the last one posted in the seeds channel

dense locust
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Also can you use just one of the 3 slots for speed runs and keep the other two for different files?

fallow niche
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yeah

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here's our main discord

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I have my entire route for the seed in there

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in #speedtech

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current WR is 4:25

dense locust
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Nice thanks

fallow niche
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np

dense locust
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Do you know anything about how people create seeds for speed runs?

fallow niche
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We just start a new run and see how the first ~3-4 chambers look

dense locust
#

like methodology behind finding seeds and then also how to post a save file

fallow niche
#

I've gone through dozens of new runs to find a good "seed"

dense locust
#

I imagine there is a WR for each weapon

fallow niche
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What's currently on the leaderboard there is, but not for all of them yet I don't think

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I intend to compete for the few that aren't atm

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Oh, only rail is on the board atm

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So yeah you can post any time with any other weapon and get the record for that

dense locust
#

Last question, is there software to help log a given run to find a good seed, like keepsake and door choice

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So that I dont have to manually write everything fdown

fallow niche
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No, we have one modder and Kossetsu is busy being a weab lul

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Your save files are in your documents

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save games folder or something

dense locust
#

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

fallow niche
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Yeah that's what I do

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Some people type it in a notepad

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Tho our current seed is probably as good as its going to get for rail atm

sullen valley
#

Alright I have a big question

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Which one

dense locust
#

Yeah i've watched a couple of those, it's hard to imagine getting a better seed

sullen valley
#

So I have Ice Wine, and Demeter Special

dense locust
#

considering how many factors have to line up in the first place

turbid needle
#

Shot.

unkempt pagoda
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3

fallow niche
#

More foes? wot

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Oh wait this isn't a speedrun

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brain in wrong place

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yeah third

turbid needle
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I assumed they weren't speedrunning.

fallow niche
#

my brain was like NotLikeThis

sullen valley
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You sure?
I could also get more Demeter-boosted-Demeter Aspect. On the other hand, Ice Wine could deal a good amount of damage...

unkempt pagoda
#

ice wine wins runs by itself

fallow niche
#

^

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its real good

unkempt pagoda
#

any chance to boost the dps on that just increases your demolishing of the underworld

sullen valley
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First time getting it, it's real good.

dense locust
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Honestly you'll probably be fine with any of them

sullen valley
#

I know I'm just angery I have so many good options

unkempt pagoda
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if you can, find a +1 cast chaos later, or try to buy a +1 cast item before the final boss in styx

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with stygian soul, the dps goes crazy

sullen valley
#

Oh yeah I have like 2 Lights of Ixiom

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Aight then. I suppose I could do that.

dense locust
#

keep in mind the caustic defiance can be refilled

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im just kidding, it sounds like you could probably win already without any of them

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i mean im not kidding about it being able to be refilled

sullen valley
#

Gets presented with Shrouded Grasp

shadow oriole
#

yeah reroll for something that will make the run hard

dense locust
#

but i'm just trying to make you doubt the other decision

sullen valley
#

well ok then I wonder which one I'm getting

dense locust
#

Bobert is right, you've made this too easy on yourself

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where's the potential for growth

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Reroll into 80% more foes for 100% more darkness, for 5 rounds

shadow oriole
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or more trap damage and then dont avoid traps

dense locust
#

Yeah just try and win the next chamber while standing on a trap the whole time

stiff flume
#

what boons do i go for on guan yu for 32 run ๐Ÿค”

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cant relly think of anything

turbid needle
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Quick Spin spawn, Divine Strike, get another Artemis core boon so you get Deadly Reversal, ????, profit.

shadow oriole
#

get arti on special as well

clear dome
#

guan yu trash

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dont use it

stiff flume
#

aight ill try that. hope i get the quick spin hammer ๐Ÿ˜”

dense locust
#

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

shadow oriole
#

or serated edge, doom on special, divine strike, then grab the duo for crazy dash strikes

clear dome
#

guan yu lvl 1 is literal trash

dense locust
#

true

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don't use it until its at least level 4

clear dome
#

somehow i managed heat 3 with it

shadow oriole
#

I mean I still dont like it fully upgraded. just get cursed slash on sword if you want low health stuff

stiff flume
#

i can still heal off my spin even with lasting consequences on 100& right?

dense locust
#

But at 32, heat choice and keepsake order matters a lot as well

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yeah

#

but it's not good to rely on

stiff flume
#

oh

dense locust
#

at least in my experience

turbid needle
#

No, you want that spin heal on 100% LC.

dense locust
#

see schpoon and I have different playstyles but they are both equally valid

stiff flume
#

i can not have forced overtime if i ramp up lasting consequences

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๐Ÿ™

dense locust
#

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

clear dome
#

benefit package is fun, why wouldnt you take it

dense locust
#

Fun is relative

shadow oriole
#

yeah when enemies spawn more enemies it lets you heal more

turbid needle
#

Extreme Measures is fun, Benefits Package is 10 pounds of TNT in a 2 pound box.

dense locust
#

yes

#

2 levels in it should be 10 heat imo

turbid needle
#

Nah, it's good at 2 and 3.

dense locust
#

outside of a few builds that can handle it

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It just destroys runs early

#

that aren

turbid needle
#

It's just probably top 3 hardest Pact option.

dense locust
#

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

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Im gonna do a 32 guan yu right now just for fun

covert tide
#

Finally got 32 heat fists on hellmode

shadow oriole
#

the only problem I have with benefits is when enemies get tons of health in Tartarus so it takes minutes to clear the room

dense locust
#

Yeah yeah!

#

Post the build~

#

!

covert tide
#

Lol it was dumb

#

Weak on attack

#

Artemis special

dense locust
#

A lot of my 32s end up being dumb

covert tide
#

Heart rend

#

Weak effects more potent

dense locust
#

glass cannon

covert tide
#

Deflect dash

turbid needle
#

Demeter?

dense locust
#

not even glass cannon

covert tide
#

Crit after deflect

dense locust
#

just cannon

covert tide
#

Yeah demeter fists

#

No I just stood there and wailed on hades

dense locust
#

haha waited

covert tide
#

Wws were hitting for 20

dense locust
#

I was trying to figure that out

#

20!? did you have some damage reduction

covert tide
#

I sold bronze skin so that wasnโ€™t it

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Just weak + weak more potent

dense locust
#

Yeah true

covert tide
#

Does the rarity of the weak on attack affect it? Because Eurydice upgraded it to heroic

dense locust
#

I really gotta use weak more

#

not the damage reduction

#

only the increased damage

covert tide
#

So I just had 3 dds and a pile of health

#

And killed him before he killed me

#

I didnโ€™t even try to dodge

shadow oriole
#

weak is always the same. there is a boon to upgrade it though

dense locust
#

Any call?

covert tide
#

No call

dense locust
#

dang what max hp?

covert tide
#

295

dense locust
#

I really gotta use weak more....

covert tide
#

I also had snow burst

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So he was slower

dense locust
#

mmm that helps

#

do you have an image of the heats and mirror?

covert tide
#

Just the little icons, but I could screenshot the actual mirror and pact if you want

dense locust
#

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

stiff flume
#

god dude

dense locust
#

so fun when thins align

stiff flume
#

im so unlucky again

#

i have a dash boon by athena and somethign useless by poseidon

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and im at meg

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in a 32 run

#

๐Ÿ˜’

#

this shits already over

dense locust
#

just die and go again

stiff flume
#

why do i need 500000 darkness in the first zone

dense locust
#

Hey I've got less than 25k in the mirror

covert tide
dense locust
#

But at 32 heat, rng becomes a lot bigger of a factor

#

Ahhhh, that's what I thought, hard labor at 20%

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because 20 damage spin hits is insane

covert tide
#

yeah I don't like bumping hard labor

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but 32 heat is 32 heat ๐Ÿ˜›

dense locust
#

Maybe I should try that, I really just dislike tight deadline that I almost never use it

#

oh for sure

covert tide
#

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

dense locust
#

That's what I love, your heat build can be almost as impactful as your boons

shadow oriole
#

yeah deadline sucks. it makes Elysium so much less fun

dense locust
#

See I'm the opposite, I can win with builds but I have to slow play them

covert tide
#

yeah that's how my husband plays

dense locust
#

I suppose it'd be a good way to branch out

covert tide
#

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

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lol

dense locust
#

It just stresses me out

#

lol

covert tide
#

his 32 heat run with the bow took almost an hour

dense locust
#

Yeah I think mine was 48 minutes. I think you showed me his

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his was like 49

covert tide
#

yeah

dense locust
#

we are the same

covert tide
#

but in real life time

#

it was an hour

dense locust
#

ohlol

covert tide
#

this is why I get more than one turn at a time lol

dense locust
#

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

covert tide
#

I only ever look at the wiki to remind myself of the new artemis prereqs lol

dense locust
#

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?

covert tide
#

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

stiff flume
#

and i just realized i accidentally took dusa companion ๐Ÿ˜‚

#

rip run

dense locust
#

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

covert tide
#

getting athena dash as my first boon I think was the biggest factor

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and then aphrodite attack

#

I was reaaally hoping for aphrodite legendary

#

but it wasn't in the cards

dense locust
#

I always forget the required tier 2 for athenas legendary

#

riposte or something

covert tide
#

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

dense locust
#

Exactly, I really never want it so I find it hard to justify taking it

covert tide
#

I do like it in elysium

#

the witches just die

dense locust
#

Because it's still not guaranteed

#

yeah true

covert tide
#

which is nice with 2x benefits package on

#

because you really don't want high damage witches with seeking missiles

#

with 2x forced overtime

dense locust
#

eew god

covert tide
#

lol

dense locust
#

Even with athena dash

covert tide
#

I wonder if the missiles seek them back if you deflect them

dense locust
#

if you make one mistake you could die in a volley

#

what was your starting keepsake

covert tide
#

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

stiff flume
#

cant catch a break

#

never gonna run this one again

dense locust
#

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

covert tide
#

I don't like having limited choices or having to sell boons

#

really just I like having all the boons

#

all the time

dense locust
#

@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

covert tide
#

I don't mess around with seeds and whatever

dense locust
#

But yeah I tend to stay away from both of those for as long as possible

covert tide
#

I just play what I play

#

lets the gods decide

dense locust
#

Well mostly I just mean that if you choose give up instead of letting yourself die

#

I'm not paying super close attention otherwise

covert tide
#

giving up means you run with the same seed again?

dense locust
#

yeah

covert tide
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ahh

stiff flume
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wait really

dense locust
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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

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Yeah and the boon types even carry over to different gods

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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

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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

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try it out, it's only the first room

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Also I think altering heats might affect it

stiff flume
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god i think if i can get my DD restored in elysium this run is still salvagable

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LOL nevermind dead

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๐Ÿ˜‚

covert tide
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โ€œPatroclus can still fix thisโ€

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Is a mantra

stiff flume
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haha

dense locust
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Yeah the number of times that i've said that...

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But if it comes true, it's usually true

stiff flume
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minotaur clipped me with his big spin

covert tide
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Iโ€™m actually shocked there isnโ€™t a dialogue line about it lol

stiff flume
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damn that thing hurts

covert tide
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Like if you enter Elysium with 0 dds

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Zagโ€™s like โ€œbetter hope I run into Patroclus!โ€

dense locust
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Other times i'm at 4 hp, I get my dds restored, and then Theseus kills me 3 times

covert tide
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He says exactly what Iโ€™m thinking often enough

stiff flume
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know whats weird, i find the buffed version of zone 3 boss easier than the normal one ๐Ÿ˜‚

dense locust
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I bet the devs play tested and just added the in lines they were thinking themselves

covert tide
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My favorite is โ€œfffffffuuuuโ€”!โ€

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Because itโ€™s always the same as what I just said out loud lol

stiff flume
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the dude just riding round and round throwing stuff is less annoying than him chucking spears

covert tide
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I bet they just recorded Darren playing it lol

dense locust
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Now that I disagree with @stiff flume, although I've gotten a lot better at dodging everything they throw at me

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Because if you get hit by a bomb that bounced off a wall and no longer has a aoe indicator

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it hurts a lot

stiff flume
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sometimes i think im right behind a pillar but then the spear still hits me, or i misstime the dodge

dense locust
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Athena dodge helps a LOT in either fight

covert tide
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SO many times I grab a Daedalus and Iโ€™m like โ€œthere it is!โ€ basically in unison with zag

dense locust
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er dash

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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

stiff flume
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forced overtime is my biggest killer i think, im not running it anymore

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its so easy to die with it on

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the swordmen in elysium are so quick already, also some boss attacks

covert tide
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My relationship with forced overtime is very on and off lol

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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...

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And back and forth

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At 32 I have both ranks though

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So itโ€™s probably worth getting used to it all along the way

dense locust
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That describes me at anything 32 heat and higher with any weapons and aspect

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Ill have full benefits package and the 4th chamber in I rage quit because it's just ridiculous

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and then ill swap things around, 3rd chamber in, accidentally dash onto two spike traps and then rage quit and remove that heat

lament coral
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that's me in Tartarus

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I'd take Erebus and accidentally dash into a projectile, instant abandon

dense locust
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Or be offered the ideal boon for my weapon at epic level, except that I have the limited choice heat on...

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more so for hammers

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My happy medium is 1 level benefits package, 2 FO

lament coral
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how does LC work with FP?

dense locust
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It re rolls the three and eliminates 1

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at least as far as i know

lament coral
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so you could get your desired boon unblocked if you reroll

dense locust
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Yeah its happened more than once for me before

lament coral
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๐Ÿ“ nice

dense locust
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other times they just give you the same choices

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But its one of the reasons I pretty much exclusively roll with fated persuasions

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and then just prioritize keys

lament coral
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they fixed that in the recent patch

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you're guaranteed at least 1 new option each reroll

dense locust
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But that new option can be crossed out

lament coral
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oh right, LC

dense locust
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Its funny that common sure footing feels 10x better to me than epic phalanx shot

clear dome
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casts are usually trash annyways

shadow oriole
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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

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blizzard shot demolishes bosses

clear dome
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tbh have never tried building cast after 106 hours

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idk

shadow oriole
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Poseidon sword lets you clear rooms super fast with artemis cast as well

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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

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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

dense locust
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And like all casts, giving it a few poms helps it a lot

turbid needle
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You do need to get another boon for the damage reduction.

shadow oriole
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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

turbid needle
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Doesn't stagger armored enemies, and certain enemies can attack between recovering from the Fog stagger and it triggering again, especially with Forced Overtime.

shadow oriole
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true, but its amazing if you can stay outside of there range

dense locust
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alright alright, 35 heat going into styx with 171/274 and 3 dds

shadow oriole
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nice

stiff flume
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post build

dense locust
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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

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Dash in to apply weak that is

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got em

stiff flume
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was that fists?

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oh no eris

dense locust
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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

stiff flume
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๐Ÿ˜ฉ

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jelly

dense locust
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The splitting bolt barely had any impact because I got it pretty much just rocketed hades and ran away

stiff flume
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how do you get so many boons that fit together man

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my shit is all over the place

dense locust
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Starting keepsake was zeus, next was athena, but it also does require quite a bit of rng

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Wait actually I think the second was artemis

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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

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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.

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I would have given a DD for heart rend instead of splitting bolt after I got empty inside

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honestly, styx treated me very poorly

stiff flume
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i find styx very hard with rail

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since your attack doesnt stun enemies

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and poison arrows are so damn fast

dense locust
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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

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yeah I also found myself doing dumb things like dash attack at the enemy because I play a lot of twin fists

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and then immediately getting hit for like 60 by the big rats

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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

shadow oriole
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whats the base crit chance with out any bonuses?

turbid needle
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You cannot crit without some sort of modifier.

shadow oriole
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damn

dense locust
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Ooo boy, demeter aspect mittens with epic artemis special and +55% to special damage in tartarus....

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Oh and explosive upper of course

shadow oriole
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oof. that just speaks to me

dense locust
stiff flume
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why is all my stuff common and blue

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something isnt right

dense locust
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fated persuasions and my mirror choices are all that i can say

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and also if I get crappy luck, i'm not usually posting that build

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so you're only seeing when things go well

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I'm critting 600 per special hit. 600 x 12 = 7200 damage...

stiff flume
dense locust
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unfortunately i now have to sell my athena dash

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so i am actually kinda screwed

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because i essentially have 1 boon now

stiff flume
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just punch them really hard

dense locust
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That's been the strat so far

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I've actually only come across 3 total boons that can be sold for underworld customs going into elysium

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leaving me with just that epic artemis special. all i need

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sorry, it's heroic now after it got upped

stiff flume
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heh

dense locust
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luckily a charged explosive upper still kills anything so far

naive laurel
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Persuation is basically a min/max complex player's dream

shadow oriole
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which ability?

naive laurel
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U mean persuasion?

shadow oriole
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yeah, but now I know what you are talking about

naive laurel
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Last mirror choice, allows u to reroll boon offers and well offers and boon sell offers

stiff flume
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the

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keys giving you a persuasion

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can you reroll both with those? chamber rewards and also boon options?

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or does that depend on which one you chose in the mirror

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or wait

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im confused

shadow oriole
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you get one or the other

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if you have authority on then keys give authority rerolls, if you have persuasion then you get persuasion rerolls

stiff flume
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tyty

dense locust
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and if you take the heat that disables them, keys don't give you anything

stiff flume
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do keys do anything other than reset darkness btw? they seem basically useless now

naive laurel
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I still think routine inspection is worth at least 3 heat

stiff flume
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outside of the occasional trade

naive laurel
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Imagine having a run which almost all boons are common

stiff flume
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ye the stuff that affects boons should be worth more

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the sacrifice one especially

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that thing is brutal

dense locust
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After you've unlocked all of the weapons, the key's are only useful for resetting the mirror darkness and trading in

stiff flume
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ty

naive laurel
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@dense locust do u think taking 300 dmg to 40% overtime hades with minimal defense option is good or bad

Hell mode ofc

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Fist, ofc

sullen valley
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Hey @dense locust

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what am I looking at in your screenshot

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and why

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What kind of monster are you

dense locust
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I ended up losing that because I had 1 boon going into elyisum and patrolcus didnt come through

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although the seed is still there for me

sullen valley
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Noooooooooooooooo

shadow oriole
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you mean you dont want to kill everything with a shoryuken?

dense locust
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That's all i did

sullen valley
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also expect a ping in spoilers

dense locust
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but charging it up was a problem against theseus

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@naive laurel what do you mean by 300 dmg

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But it was critting for about 700 per demeter hit towards when I chose to give up

naive laurel
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Ok I guess Imma repost those links earlier

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Pardon my repost

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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.

dense locust
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I think ive taken vengeful mood one time in all of my runs on this file

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How did vengeful mood help you permastun them?

sullen valley
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I think Doom deals staggering damage

proud veldt
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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?

clear dome
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gotta get them ALL

naive laurel
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@dense locust oh I mean I perma stagger them with fist, and vengeful mood does the dmg I need to kill

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Tho I got the zeus fist first then Ares venge later, so It's more towards elites

stiff flume
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FINALLY

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thank you based heal spear

weak rivet
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I wanna do the guan yu quest and take stubborn defiance with it in case i do a dumb move early but its just

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Goodn't

clear dome
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when did you get the exclusive access?

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also guan yu is not goodnt

weak rivet
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I meant stubborn being goodnt

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But i also like to live dangerously

dense locust
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Guan yu is good but only after being leveled

naive laurel
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Quick spin and massive spin on guanyu ia almost an instant win

stiff flume
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i had those two

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๐Ÿ˜Œ

naive laurel
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That moment when ur spin has nore dps than specialresidentzag

stiff flume
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its weird that theres no category for the spin

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๐Ÿค”

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or does it count as "attack"

naive laurel
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Attack

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Special attack is still attack, similar to dash-attack, just in special attack's case Not every weapon has one

stiff flume
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ohhhh

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i see

sullen valley
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Ugh, I just had a weird Gauntlets moment

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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...

slate obsidian
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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)

tepid ridge
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Nice job! Congrats!!

sullen valley
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Ooo

slate obsidian
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thank you!! I lurked this channel a lot for tips! x)

sullen valley
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Ice Wine and Deflect Call sounds like an interesting combo...

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Imagine High Tolerance.

slate obsidian
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I was honestly going for Athena dash and Aphro call, but they gave me neither what I was going for x3