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@chilly violet the animation will be different once combo is ending
does that increase legendary chance?
Are you talking about the yarn
both
It will look like a cross slash
Yarn doesn't increase legendary chance
both so if not one how about the other
What is the other thing you're talking about?
no i mean refreshing necter and that well of charron
Refreshing nectar is yarn in disguise
I thought Yarn of Ariadne / Refreshing Nectar increased the chance for Legendaries to appear on selection screen
th is yarn
Compare to a lot of the hammers, an extra +60% damage dash attack is bad
They always appear when I get them curiously enough
Especially considering the low base damage of the attack to begin with
just trying to complete fate lists
Yarn basically upgrades one boon in the selection, usually common to rare
and if increasing rarity of next boon doesn't help give a legendary i want to save my money
well in that case, by all means take it, but there are just some hammers that are worse than others no matter which way you look at it
How about if you have multiple Yarns?
Haven't tested that much
I got 1475 darkness from hades with my lesser darkness upgrades @torpid turret
Wait I forgot again that I had 2 boons from chaos
Either way, i'm almost to my lasted fated persuasion
Welp, getting a exit wounds on chamber 7 might be a good indicator of what rngesus want me to go for
Multiple yarns affect consecutive boons but don't stack for one instance of a boon
It's like refreshing nectar
And if you 2 yarns and refreshing nectar, then the next 5 boons will be upgraded in rarity
OK, so in this example:
- Heartbreak Strike (common)
- Life Affirmation (rare)
- Sweet Surrender (epic)
If I had 2 yarns, both 1st and 2nd option get upgraded to next rarity
It would appear like this:
- Heartbreak Strike (rare)
- Life Affirmation (epic)
- Sweet Surrender (epic)
Wait really? But it only uses up one yarn per boon
Right?
I think that's the case despite the number of yarns you have
I can test it now
OKi
Since I already have a route
That'd be great to know for sure how they work
I'm almost positive that each yarn has the effect that you illustrated, but that it will affect the next two boon choices you find due to having 2 yarns
heh, the routine inspections pact is essentially free for newer players who don't have the mirror maxed yet. It strictly starts from the bottom regardless of whether you have any darkness spent in them
so that 0 stays a whopping 0
But having more yarns has no impact on the next boon you find
"created by heartful peach" don't mind me having all of the tree diagrams on separate tabs for multitasking
@torpid turret Could you please mention me your results? I'd really like to know 
Actually, there's a pic I made combining all of them into 1
It was at the end of my album
If you prefer having only 1 pic open
All I know is that having consecutive yarns gives you 2 instances of yarn on your boon display on the left, and that the next boon you find will use one of them and the next boon uses the other
But I think yarn rarity upgrades do stack with keepsake rarity upgrades, or miniboss room boons
@quartz crow https://imgur.com/cIv07cc
I love this thank you
You are welcome, Coconut head 
And having yarn going into a miniboss room that holds the potential legendary or duo for a boon almost guarantees a legendary or duo, especially if you can reroll it once with fated persuasion
just need to put that on phone thx
@naive tusk does peer pressure mean you need aid or you can't have it?
The 2nd tier of boons in dionysus' diagram will only appear if you get any of the ones in the first 1 tier (left most boons)
But peer pressure will not appear of those boons if you chose to get aid
At least that's how I read the diagram. I didn't actually know that
Setting this up is certainly harder than expected, still testing
It means that Aid won't trigger Peer Pressure appearance
Aid will trigger the others' appearance
So if you get Aid, next time you meet Dionysus he might offer Bad Influence, for example
Ok I have the setup finally
But he won't be offering Peer Pressure ever if you only have Dionysys' Aid @quartz crow
Yay
rerolls are expensive. it didn't show up ๐ฆ
how come room rerolls don't increase...
is hermes outdated?
Submitting feedback things is scary, how do people do this all the time
1200 darkness from theseus @torpid turret ๐
And yeah, a House Contractor upgrade later adds that ability.
I've got 708% to darkness
@earnest ravine Demeter's Legendary now also requires 2 tier 2 boons
I just found that out a few days ago ๐
OH! Did that change recently?
After the last patch
Whoa big news
Are these things laid out in their patch notes?
The one on the 24'th? Because I didn't see a mention about that.
I had to ask someone else to verify that as I was datamining with them together
It is there
Am I allowed to edit Feedback posts for clarity or is that frowned on
Killing freeze and arctic blast?
Because that's news to me as well.
- Winter's Harvest (Demeter): increased prerequisites (it should not be offered as early in a run)
Got muted for posting links sorry
Not in the latest patch, but the one before that one
Proxybot thought you were spamming links hehe
Sorry about that, Sink
No yarn, one yarn, 2 yarn
100% positive that they are all the same offering, 2nd yarn wasn't used but changed the offering
Gosh I really should read those things more thoroughly. @naive tusk Is it any two tier two or specific ones?
@earnest ravine You can edit it if it doesn't change the overall thought about it
I did RNG manips to make sure it offered the same boons every time
Oh, so the same one that increased Artemis'. I guess it never really stood out as much, considering it still made sense.
You need Arctic Blast and Killing Freeze together for Winter Harvest to appear
Yeah, okay, coolio. Just wanted to mention I didn't know about Demeter's new reqs but still think Artemis' are silly
So looks like yarn will upgrade all commons at least
And a 2nd yarn will actually upgrade 1 rare to an epic without using the yarn
So yarns effectively change the given boons
No same offering with 1 yarn, having 2 yarns changed cast to special
Wow, it's really strange that the 2nd yarn changed the cast to another boon at epic
I did RNG manips so im positive the 2nd yarn changed the boon
wow that is next level interactions
Same enemy pattern every time
Yarns are really weird value to try and consider during a run, then.
Hold on, so just the fact you were holding a second yarn changed the boon type?
Yes
Wowza
It did not use the second yarn tho
And it changed it without the yarn being consumed
i guess it can change the seed
Thanks for verifying Sink 
I did rng manips so that room was consistent
well
Left with more questions then answers
if it changed the type of the boon offered simply by holding a second yarn, it's kind of effectively changing the seed just for that small little decision
Sorry maybe changing the seed is not the right language
Because im sure it will do that every time
Yeah it's strange
Just as what boon you pick will change future boon offerings, without changing the route
But the mere act of holding on to a buff that shouldn't have any impact on the current situation IS affecting the current situation
Yep man this game is deep
Which begs the question, does it also affect future decisions?
It's a shame the 2nd yarn didn't upgrade all boons to epic
A shade turning around changes the next room. Welcome to Hades
It'd be kinda cool if you had the decision to use both yarns on one room to doubly upgrade the next boon choice
but that's an unnecessary amount of choice and complication
Now what does 3 yarns do....
dion is done wooo
I actually had 3 yarns and a nectar active together at once one time
I had a good laugh
Hammers don't, yeah.
unless that also changed in a patch note that slipped by me >.>
Nope, they can't be rerolled
made a mistake. thought i didn't see the reroll icon on em
maybe didn't have enough poms or it doesn't tell you you don't have enough like it does for selling
Absolutely incredible
Hade's darkness was worth 2490 XD
Yay
6k darkness run, I can finally afford that dumb 4th fated persuasion
And the last contractor offering โค๏ธ
Idk why but Hade's made me laugh pretty hard
Ah crap i knew the contractor would hit me with another upgrade
u could have used 3 more bouldies for more darkness 
Neglected Bouldy is a sad Bouldy 
I know please don't remind me... although each one was only worth 100
But it was also probably worth a thousand happiness points for bouldy....
He just likes getting out of Tartarus from time to time
I know I feel guilty enough already!!
But to be fair to me, I've used him 99% of the time so...
when you farm darkness do you just carry cosmic egg?
or do you get the poseidon trinket for the reward bonus
I do personally just for the extra bump in rarity, but it has probably a negligible impact
Ill also carry anything that I haven't leveled to 3 star
@dense locust what rail aspect do you use?
Um, well my favorite is eris
And it's probably the aspect/weapon combo i've used more than any other
I like how it increases all sources of damage, making it very flexible in any given run
Alright i Will try it
I'd recommend starting with zeus keepsake if you have it for the zeus attack, and then getting rocket bomb as a hammer if you can
Why?
Then ultimately, triple bomb as the second hammer, artemis special, athena dash, aphro cast, and then duos for artemis/aphro and artemis/athena
Mostly because its the build I've been able to get the most heat with
I mean, why exactly Thunder Strike?
Oh because the constant chain lightnings is great for small mobs
and can also gain jolted and zeus's legendary
because Zeus attack doubles your rail attack damage even in common form
for even more damage
it's 10 damage + 10 from Zeus
for comparison, common Aphro attack is 80%, only 8 damage
That's better 
and Zeus bounces, too
This was the best build I've had, with rocket bomb and triple bomb hammers and eris aspect: https://imgur.com/tjbA2bk
Hello, Zeppman!
hello? 
Was trying so hard to get heart rend but was never allowed
I don't like to take Eris because I never get Rocket Bomb when I play with it
I like eris the most because even if you don't get rocket bomb, that 60% increased damage works for anything
I've had a poseidon call as my main damage source before with eris
I used to run Eris at lower heat, but past 20 I found myself using Zag more and more often
no need to waste time lobbing the special, just keep shooting
My fave is Hestia 
I like to run with Zag Aspect as well sometimes. Love watching bolts and green arrows fly around
Hestia is a ton of fun but I just can't seem to make it work for 32s
Eris will just always have a soft spot in my heart because over numerous runs with it, despite the boons and hammers I get with it, I was usually able to make it work even though I didn't get anything close to what I was hoping for
oh no...
is it just me or did this test prove true
does guan yu with reduced healing modifer reduce the healing?
or am i just killing stuff so fast the healing doesn't get enough dmg ticks
it's 1 healing per tick of dmg. and i maxed the thing out to test and i could heal so was it .5 or 1?
That one, more than likely. It's only 1 per hit.
If you wanted to be extra sure, you'll see it heals 1 per hit even with maxed out Lasting Consequences.
100% healing reduction means none or half?
I used to believe in Delta Chamber, but practice has shown that it just doesn't measure up to Infinity
100% means no healing at all
Guan Yu is entirely unaffected by Lasting Consequences, so feel free to roll with it.
you can still heal using built-in abilities, like Guan Yu's spin or hammers, like sword's Cursed Slash and fist's kill on special
it's basically impossible
Time for a dash only run
oh, did you mean maxed out LC?
Dash only run with poseidon dash I could totally see
But obviously it depends on heat and what not
Maxed out pact with guan yu starts you out with 25 hp... one trap and you literally die
but that's probably also the case with any aspect/weapon combo
because you effectively don't get any mirror upgrades right?
https://i.imgur.com/xSrkyHt.jpg Yeah its happening strongdong
It is haha
Allowing things like pos wall slam, legendary, pressure points etc
Can only attack with dash tho, so no revenge boons
Okay, I imagine by styx, you'll be clearing rooms in seconds
haha yeah
Whats the dash damage as of now
Hopefully see Eurydice so I can get heroic dash and an extra dash
Hades will be annoying but not all that difficult
My hermes was only common
Hmm, ideal hermes would be the +3 dashes and then maybe evasion?
102 base rn
haha
lvl 5 before even leaving tartarus haha
And then you're also darkness farming?
Yes since nothing else from chaos will help this build ๐
Already got 2 darkness chaos boons and another light of ixion rn
I gotta try that next run. My darkness farming build last time was pretty much poseidon dash for damage but not exclusively
+125%, +197%, and +250% awww yessss
I'd love to see a crit
I'm really enjoying these darkness farming runs just for the sole reason of being able to build whatever silliness I want
Here's hoping
Rip nope
3 dashes is alright, but I'll prob sell it before elysium so I can get offered a better one
Hades is way too easy like this. https://imgur.com/a/9a0UwVm
Yeah I will often sell a common hermes dash boon
Especially if I can afford to get greedy
@cunning urchin That looks like a lot of fun
Maybe on higher heat. He actually died too fast, it wasn't satisfying lol.
ok so you have to finish the game to raise the bounty level?
yeah going all in on Poseidon cast is amazing. bosses just melt
meanwhile i barely beat the game kind of
so if i want more stuff i need to do that...
guess it's better to farm necter then
necter and keys
For the keepsakes? I would try to get all of them yeah, that helps a lot. But more than that I think just focus on learning attack patterns and how to use the weapons.
1003 darkness from a trove lmfao
Nice.
No hermes that elysium rip
Rip
I love how having the mirror trait for healing with darkness is just absurd
when you darkness farm
i feel like darkness healing is always good compared to getting 3 hp at the end of each stage
I have boons to sell, so I can buy the 500 one
Had to only take boons that do not give me any damage lol
+2 dashes baby i'll take it
stronger enemies = faster death resets
but what even is the max ammount of dmg that can be dealt in a single blow?
More enemies = more gold?
trove enemies drop gold
Lmao killed tiny vermin so fast with this build
you can enter the special area with heat that goes over the meter right?
Death resets?
Trove enemies don't drop anything; the speed in which you defeat a trove challenge determines how much it drops
i could have sworn they drop gold
Enemies have a small chance to drop some gold, really not gonna make a big difference for the time its going to add to a run
Suicide runs for what?
to get a better seed
reseting the house
Turn down for what?
i only beat hades once so it's going to be a pain if i have to keep on beating him to increase heat level
I'd much rather just take whatever challenge comes my way, but that's just me.
Well. We've all been at the point where we only beat him once. You'll get there.
15keys for blood sounds more efficent to me
but as you progress more terrible deals show up
now it's a 1/10 chance
ugh
@dense locust He actually went down pretty quickly
@stable onyx On a normal run, it's tricky but the 3hp per room is probably the safe bet. I was commenting about how when you are doing a darkness run where every bit of darkness you find is multiplied by 6-8 times that ever time you find darkness, it's pretty much a full heal
i just want nyx to talk about aurthur already
1730 darkness
@torpid turret Show final screen
or do i need to upgrade guan atleast once
with boons if you can
I already went back to house sorry
ahh np
I only had Epic dash and the wall slam creates a blast one
Unfortunately didn't see much pos that run
15 keys for Titan Blood? I get 2 in maybe 20~30 minutes just clearing the game once. 
It can be way better
Wave breaker I believe
Yeah
how th do you get 2
Like 6k darkness that run
1 from the Furies and 1 from Hades.
@cunning urchin The thing about that is blood can only be acquired by beating a boss with weapon or heat that you haven't done it on before, whereas you can collect keys without having to beat a boss
Yeah, I understand that.
you farm gold only to find you get 50% value
You only finished a run once, you don't really have to worry so much about collecting stuff so soon
Get some more runs under your belt, it'll come naturally
nah
@torpid turret Yeah darkness runs are a lot more fruitful than I thought. I suppose I was discouraged at first because I only tried it a couple times and never got lucky with chaos
I think early on Darkness and Gems are way more helpful than Titan Blood.
@dense locust Yeah, I'm doing the dash run again haha
what happens when you activate god mode?
No point suiciding a run really lol
@torpid turret lol gonna do a different god's dash this time or just try and get the perfect poseidon dash
do you still get rewards?
yah
Just to buy stuff in shops, you are worrying about all the high level resources way too soon
heard it doesn't work in hell mode
Poseidon again since I only got 2 relevant boons that run
God mode is great if you're finding the difficulty of the game frustrating. The beginning of the game can also be the most frustrating because you're at your weakest and the most limited in your choices for your build so it's a great way to farm a bit until you're a bit stronger, and then can turn it off
Is there a list of titles you can get for clears and what they mean?
There are titles you get for a clear that are acquired if you satisfy the requirements
im just using it till it gets to 80%
IDK if there is anywhere that lists what those requirements are though
I only ever get Favored & Envied.
I got boon purger last run haha
Hmm, no idea what brings about that one. I know Death Defier is earned by using at least 5 DDs in a completion
i had 6 slots once lol
Haha that makes sense given your restrictions. I don't think I've earned that one yet
2 legendaries from chaos same run
That's extremely rare
Should have its own title
but you don't need more slots to earn Death Defier
yea
Just need to have died 5 times
There's also master fisher
Which im guessing is earned by perfect catching 3 times in a run
Apparently getting 20 different Boons and clearing the game gives you Favored & Envied. All my clears that have 20 or more Boons have it, the ones that have less don't.
That makes sense to me
is it just me or did the shop prices get expensive
Maybe you have the heat on that increases shop prices?
2 titan blood for one ambrosia? could have sworn it was 1 for 1
That shop is designed for excess resources being traded for needed resources
As far as I've been playing at least
Not really recommended for a new player to waste their resources on, unless the deal is a good one
so i have to reach the end in order to stinking raise heat
wish i didn't scatter all those upgrades
it shows im missing an artifact
wth is it
it's after ambrosia
When I started out, I used the poseidon aspect on the sword a lot because the aspect with just 1 blood is a huge upgrade vs a lot of the other weapon's level 1 aspects
it might be the onion
i just know guan has the best survivability
My easiest clears have all been with Poseidon on low heat. Just single-mindedly focusing on cast, and maybe getting a good Special/Dash/Call.
meanwhile i wasn't minmaxing for variety
Guan Yu can be difficult to use in my opinion.
you need the faster charge up to use the heal effectively
meh. I've gotten to styx with it yet i think i had godmode at the time
Exactly, guan yu is awful until you pump like 10 blood
you do relize a small spin is going to give the same healing right
Whereas poseidon sword gains an ability that can be very strong with cast builds after just 1 blood
arthur is by far the best sword
Poseidon just lets you spam casts from afar, pick up ammo, cast again. Easy.
that sword slaps with crit on your attack
Sometimes use your special to get your ammo back.
Its a great choice to get up a few heat levels
how do you get it though
Instructions are pinned in the Spoiler channel.
nobody mentioned it was in pins or i didn't pay attention. could of sworn they said it was being discussed
level 1 poseidon aspect sword is especially strong with the artemis boon Exit Wounds
Unlocking arthur is pinned is spoilers
Nah, just was trying to inform! Since it came out relatively recently, the devs gave a guide on how to unlock it and pinned it.
proceeds to check how many blade aspects are filled...
none
i can level posidon once
what's that gonna do?
20% total?
It gives you the ability to dislodge casts from an enemy by hitting them with your special
i say farm up some titan blood and use arthur sword in its full glory
You can, but like I was saying, it's one of the best aspects at level 1
Upgrading it gives extra cast damage.
Good thing you like Fists, at least? They're pretty fast to go up heat levels with. If you focus on Heat aspects that don't tangibly affect your gameplay (mainly shop prices, trap damage, or mirror talents if you don't have a lot invested), early bounties are easy to knock out.
Compared to other aspects at level 1 on all of the weapons
oh lvl 1... not lvl 2
demeter fists are too good
talos is good at lvl 1
Talos ones are also super fun
she must be good at fisting back in the day
here's the thing

Bow of zag best aspect
you know those rock stomping thwomp wanabes?
i liked the chiron aspect for bow but its not really good for clearing encounters but good for bosses
Poseidon aspect sword with any cast that sticks in enemies and the boon Exit Wounds is a strong combo
have you seen procs hit them when they are flying? (doom dion...)
So yeah, in that case? I'd say try and farm up early bounties as you can. If you HAVE to, just beat the first boss on slowly rising heat and die in Asphodel. I'm pretty sure it will give you the first rank of titan blood every time.
And yeah, I have.
They can die mid air.
do you know what talos special does to them?
It happened once on the miniboss version and I got really confused
it hits them midair
It's a pretty minor interaction ultimately
it's aimbot
so i don't see any reason of removing it
The pull is inconsistent even on the same enemy type, it's kinda weird. I'm not sure why some get hit sometimes and not others.
@dense locust Got pressure points and hunters mark this time haha
so if you could keep pulling a lout away from you lol
@torpid turret Praise Hades
and you can use that to pull em into traps (havn't tried) and pull elysium souls away from where they are going (have tried)
@torpid turret Time to sink poms into pressure points
1k% armor dmg on fists is kind of ridiculous
i had artemis on special ๐ with that
@torpid turret Are you taking any boons for attack/special, etc. or rerolling them when it doesnt give you a choice?
Trying to avoid it
But if I have no choice I take a boon that doesnt effect the build then sell it later
norm dash for armor and special for dmg
also worth noting you can oneshot armored enemies since it's 2 hits
idk if it was artemis but pretty sure default oneshots skulls
armored skulls
nvm it could've been family fav
Sounds about right, if the first hit strips the armour entirely?
Lines up with what I remember from my own runs with that hammer.
it's just special not dash strike
the dash strike armor strips
unless it has the same hammer for each one
it could prob be used in speed running
so annoying when an enemy is far away. but with talos just bring em to yah
Not very viable for speedrunning
Can get a sub 10 but it just doesnt output enough damage
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wouldn't pierced butterfly be mandatory if you were trying to do all punishments maxed
Still very fast by a lot of standards, but speedruns are kinda off the wall right now.
And not really, most people would want to manipulate the RNG as much as they can with god keepsakes.
(i still use butterfly though because i'm not that hardcore about my run seeding, I'm just there to get clears)
With speedruns you have to consider what build can output the most damage the fastest given a near ideal build
saw a video covering aspects like guan yu and listed names of who is insane with it. one of them was that guy that speedruns all sorts of strange stuff
Some boons/hammers are great in any given run
Yeah haha we've hit a point where sub 10 is not very fast anymore
Current WR is like, 4 minutes or something right? Or did we get sub 4 a few days ago?
3:59....
3:59
When we started my competition the WR was 6:02
By the end 3:59 and a lot of new PB's
tempted on seeing how well he used it but then I'll just get jealous
It's just awesome that there are aspects to this game that can create their own communites
Watching speedrunners is honestly a good habit, if you're a visual learner.
I picked up a lot of tricks and interactions from seeing other people play so I had a leg up when I started.
The comp went incredibly well I'm really surprised
I'd imagine even finding seeds is the main goal for some players
i don't like copying
Started with a $175 prize pool and a nice gamer made it a $275 prize pool
It's not copying, more giving you a chance to see things that enemies do or that players can do that you can't really process when trying to play yourself.
Not saying "only go for speedrun builds" but more "learn the habits and patterns that enemies and players can do through observation".
observation skills stink i keep rewinding shows
It's all about how perfectly can you beat a given seed vs other players, and it involves a different set of skills
Like heck, watching a friend play is how I was able to figure out each melee attack actually just gives off a small projectile, and that's what you're able to reflect with dashes. Fixed his timing by loads when I pointed it out.
This is getting really good. Now to hopefully pick up Scintillating Feast and Ice Wine. https://imgur.com/a/nKKarGn
till i feel i read every word and understood it and didn't miss anything important
I speedrun waaaaay different to how I casually play
thought the markers were for saving a preset but nope ๐ฆ
It's a whole other world tbh
isn't speedrunning all about reflexes
@dense locust Terrible run but 1836 darkness final
I'd say its also about finding the ideal route to kill enemies as they spawn
in every single room
I can't even beat clubstep in GD
@torpid turret did you see my post with nearly 900% to darkness?
then you watch other people play and they make wave go straight
I do not believe so
inhuman i say
3 more Fated Authority and I'm done with the mirror wooooo
@torpid turret https://imgur.com/Q3vISvQ
As far as I can tell, while having faster reflexes helps for this game, it's a lot more about decision making and knowing enemy patterns than being able to do, like, 3 frame tricks.
like you're gonna be nearly button mashing to go WR pace because you're blazing through rooms. But that's only after you've made yourself able to read the stuff to the point you CAN go that fast. If that makes sense.
It's a little more optimized currently with the WR being sub 4
It's routed Tartarus, Asphodel, and Elysium
It would be torture if they brought bastion's dual pistols to here
So technical skill cap is much higher than it was previously
higher skill cap means bigger audience?
Being able to pull off the route that far into the run is not an easy task
Yeah. The whole seeding thing makes it a lot tighter but it's still like, knowing how to kill the enemies in a certain way in order to generate those rooms.
fire as fast as you pull the trigger make people look like robots
the fact that y'all've routed out to Elysium is STILL ridiculous though
and i commend everyone who can do it that far
I personally enjoyed speedrunning a lot more before it got routed that far
@torpid turret Hades gave 2490 I believe with that run
It's quite the grind now
Now that the competition is over I think most of the runners are taking a break lmao
Everyone went hard during the comp
routed?
Like I said, Speed running is an aspect of the game that some people find very enjoyable and that's awesome.
When's the Torture% competition
It's not for everyone but it's great that its there
And @quartz crow manipulating how rooms spawn in a generated run by killing enemies or doing certain actions to guarantee certain paths.
The next competition I host will most likely be something new to encourage strategizing not routing, although it may come down to routing in the end anyways
Twin Fists is an option, or the next released aspect while it's new and unknown
It's a lot of weird under the hood knowledge, but if you give up and restart a run repeatedly, you'll probably start mapping out how that run can go conciously or subconciously.
I just got Perfect Clear title, which I assume is beating hades without taking damage
has anyone achieved max heat?
Someone apparently did last patch. I don't know if it's happened since Nighty-Night hit, though.
Anyways I'm off for the night, have fun lads
title?
Night, Sink!
If you haven't already I highly recommend watching the 3:59 run on speedrun.com
uh, when you clear a run, you get a special little accolade sometimes depending on actions you've taken during a run.
@torpid turret I imagine it's difficult to find a happy medium there considering how much of speed run meta comes from taking the fastest time and then making slight changes to improve it
It is amazing
oh... speedrunning doesn't use pact does it
@dense locust That's why I want the comp to be centered around something new, because there won't be a clear winning strat right off the bat like the last comp
It does!
You use Forced Overtime to max because it increases spawn rates and Tight Deadline because it's free heat. You also use, uhh. Extreme Measures I think 2 because that Hydra fight is still faster without Hydra skip.
No god mode is not allowed
why?
Tight Deadline stops survival rooms from appearing in a run @earnest ravine
Hey speaking of which, did you ever find out if FO actually increases spawn rates?
OH. I forgot about that aspect, too, whoops!
And Extreme Measures 2 moves hydra heads closer together so still faster even though hydra skip is axed
I knew there was some reason beyond free heat but couldn't think of it properly
I did not, I looked but couldn't find any info
or does godmode make it slower
I imagine it's still ideal because enemies will move towards you faster
God mode is just against the leaderboard rules
it sure feels faster than my runs without FO for my lower heat weapons, but that could just be confirmation bias.
what leaderboard :/
The speedrun.com leaderboard
As is the case with most games, using stuff like that wouldn't count as truly beating the game I suppose
Ruin the fun? I haven't had more fun on a game until I joined the speedrun community for this game
That's a little rude.
you make a level in levelhead (a mario maker inspired game) and then the speedrun guy takes the top place and nobody can beat them
I fail to see how that ruins the fun of the game in any way whatsoever
Not seeing the relevancy
Speed running in Hades is a completely different aspect of the game and has little to do with the inherent goals that SGG has built into the game
well yah but still... they arn't human
It's apples and oranges. I know some speed runners that were approaching 4 minutes with the meta rail build but still hadn't hit 20 heat with any weapon
They just practice a lot
sounds like overkill
that's speedrunning for ya
If they find it fun, that's what matters.
is there an autistic speedrunner?
the current record is 3 minutes and something
That's my entire point. The aspect of speed running is almost like its own game and has little to do with the intended way of playing Hades
Prrrobably? I know of a lot in the Tetris community because of the circles I run in.
It's 3:59
I dunno about the Hades community. Most of the time that's not something you ask because it ain't relevant, usually.
cause autism vs no autism is supposedly different thought process
and i know for sure I ain't good enough to call myself one lmao
I have no idea how you brought autism into this conversation
yes, there's plenty Jex
someones conditions whether they be physical or otherwise is kinda irrelevent with speedruns tbh
it requires thinking
If you apply yourself towards a specific goal and practice efficiently and effectively, you'll get better
Please think very very carefully about how you're going to try and continue that line of thought.
I'm autistic so if nobody is autistic that speedruns successfully it drops hope down into Tartarus
Not that I know of
Ah! Okay, that does clarify. You should be fine, just try and find a method that works well for how you enjoy playing. It's why I latched on to the Zeus shield aspect so hard. It was my niche and I burrowed in.
Speed running has a very clear and specific goal so practicing to reach that goal is very much obtainable by people that apply themselves
^
Autism isn't a detriment in general, but this game's got enough room in it to not be concerned.
Anyone can speedrun this game if they wanted to
allll the time
it's soooo satisfying
Speed running is something that some people find extremely gratifying, while others find it extremely tedious
I'm currently taking a break from speedrunning to 100% my save (until new content is added)
meanwhile i keep switching games i only 100%'d 2 both on wii. NSMBW and A boy and his blob (remake)
Yeah, 100% all of the unlockables in this game is another goal that many find very gratifying
Gonna have to level all my keepsakes soon
Getting to a certain heat for every weapon is another goal people find gratifying
Then 32 heat all weapons. It's getting real
100%ing hellmode must be the best
pew pew pew https://imgur.com/a/m50XzpD
@torpid turret I've been using darkness farming to level up all of the keepsakes I never use
I need to start
3 rerolls left but they are monumentally expensive, so I'm sure I have time
i want to use godmode until i can beat hades consitantly
I got my 4th fated persuasion tonight. 25k darknes....
Frost Flourish and Trippy Shot will be heroic soon too. This is fun.
I have 4 persuasion / 7 authority atm
@quartz crow That's a great strategy, and you'll also unlock resources to makes Zag stronger along the way
I did that for a while, and there's no real shame to it. As long as you're having fun and don't focus on the deaths, it feels less like... Iunno, a grind, when trying to learn the boss patterns? It's a tool to be used if you want it.
the trick to success is picking the right upgrades isn't it
Yeah!
Mid run, it's all about desicion making. Pretty much any run is clearable, until you get to like 32 Heat at which point you've got full right to cry foul on RNG.
Eventually, when everything is unlocked, a lot of strategy is involved in picking the upgrades you want and the detriments you want (from your heat level)
That and knowing attack patterns, so you don't get hit needlessly.
I'd argue the right to cry foul on RNG is heat 36, but I've been trying to find exactly where it is
(looking at you routine inspection and Approval process)
Pretty much as soon as you have to start putting those on is when I'd say it's more RNG than not.
But it's true, at 32 heat and below, you have a lot of options to manipulate RNG in your favor that it doesn't feel like much of a detriment at all
Which is an aspect of this game that I love
you guys ever try the hardest achievment in bastion?
The hardest achievement is living with yourself if you ||leave Zulf behind||
Half-jokes aside, the idols weren't really a thing I did when I was playing. Didn't appeal to me as much as the Pact does nowadays.
Here it feels like it adds to the gameplay and changes it, instead of feeling mainly like a challenge.
regen + invulnerability phases + deflect chance
@torpid turret lol yeah im at the same, 4/7
Darkness farming is going faster than I thought it would
ive been using dark thirst for variety
it's really nice having rng choose what you use
Having the game decide the weapon, at least, does narrow it down somewhat if I feel like I haven't done a non-favourite-weapon run in a while.
Yeah. You tell it to pick a number between a certain range and it does it
found an app to do that
Yup I just let it pick a random number and use the corresponding aspect
be nice if you could have an rng preset and you just roll each one
instead of rolling 50/50 for each mirror talent you roll 50/50 x12 and just use what numbers show up as they appear. one button press vs 12 min
dunno if someone made a program that does that
but not just 1/2 1/4 for aspects and 1/6 for weapons
There are, yeah. random.org even ahs a coin flipper.
So you could just say "hey flip 12 coins for me" and go.
like a sequence of rng in the form of a preset
why would you wanna do that?
just cause
Can't argue that
but it'd be terrible
Uhh, that site that Sink and I suggested pulls actual randomized data in order to give results, and you can have it do repeated rolls if you want in one click? But I dunno if that app you found can.
I have done more stupid things in this game for a laugh, tbh, having randomized mirror talents isn't the WORST thing in the world.
My favorite thing lately has been to choose aspects for weapons I very rarely play and do a run on 20 heat with them and see what happens
being able to customize the modifiers, it can't be that bad
Never realized how fun an achilles aspect spear cast build could be
Man chaos hates me this run...
is it really? I always found it egregiously annoying to use, having to do the stupid fly around thing before throwing two casts
Spent like 5 keys trying to get +darkness% and still nothing
Poseidon always seemed better
The jump is a really nice mobility tool and the bonus damage is no slouch.
Yikes, that was close. New title too. https://imgur.com/a/qIZeEa0
A bit, but also it became difficult to see lol. Also Hades doesn't like to stay in Festive Fog, so my DPS wasn't as good as elsewhere.
And I forgot to switch back to Death Defiance after getting one clear with Stubborn Defiance for the prophecy.
(Close Call, Though) has priority over Favored & Envied, it looks like. Had 21 boons but got the former title.
No more death defiance and less than 5% HP? Something like that probably.
Yeah stubborn defiance is a death wish ironically
Favored & Envied is for when you do a lot of God Trials though.
Oh is it? I just saw that I only got it on clears when I had 20 boons or more.
But I guess that makes sense.
yeah you need to do about 3 of them I think
It's ironic that I just did a 0 heat fists run trying to darkness farm and was upset to find the standard blood, diamond, ambrosia, and blood...
Huh i had a very heavy finish last night but i dunno if i got close call, though
I had no dd's left and like 13 hp
Did you get a different title? What was your max HP?
Had triple rocket though, absolutely melted the third boss
Uhh
I'd have to get out of bed and check
It was at like 1 am i was half asleep
Hrm, all the button prompts show as DS4 buttons now, but I'm using a Xbox One pad for Hades. Made a bug report.
ruthless vs great reflex?
Yeah just checked i didnt get any titles
Ohp Orphy is singing lament i guess i can keep the game open
They're both good. I think it depends on the build you want.
I tend to prefer Ruthless Reflex for melee, and Greater Reflex for long range builds.
Yeah, it's really good. But sometimes I'd rather have the second dash for greater mobility. Ruthless Reflex + extra dashes from Hermes is amazing.
Not getting extra dashes can be pretty tough though.
i mean after defeating Hades for like 20 times, you will form nerve'o steel thou
24 and I was sweating on the last one lol.
Hmm. What's an interesting Zag sword build to try.
just normal sword? ๐ค hard to make something really interesting with that
i think someone in here goes poseidon stuff with it somehow
Athena on attack?
last time i ran normal sword i just went artemis attack and got the hammer that gives you rapid attacks
yes, but i think everyone does thst
would be cool if you could reliably spawn hermes
haelian?
+3 dash runs are ๐ฉ ๐
Fasty dude steals everone's chance XD
his boon isnt in the same pool as the others
IM TRYING OUT BENEFITS PACKAGE WHAT IS THIS LMAOO
IVE NEVER BEEN THIS SCARED OF A NUMBSKULL

IT'S STUPID FUN THOUGH
nah cloning skulls are worse
Oh i full know im gonna get annihilated in elysium
have you tried the one yet that enhances bosses? my reaction upon seeing first boss was the same as zag's

I'm thinking maybe I'll try an Aphrodite-only run. Sell any other boons that I can't avoid picking up.
But i trust my favourite weapon and sheer stupidity
ok rocket hammer for rail with deflect is insane
the aoe shoved meg's spray into her noggin
no u
can't wait for Crail to find speedy teleporting flamewheels
Hydra seems to be a lot easier with Extreme Measures on 2.
just pray they don't appear, otherwise keep going.
oh definitely
due to hydras being so close it's so easier to hit them all at once
i really like having limited choices maxed
weird
guh
I did the thing with limiting choices but then internally cried when triple bomb got blocked
Also most of the bloodless spawners fall into lava.
yup
Hammer: offers both spread fire and triple bomb
My Exagryph lover butt: NOOO
use the cast-shotgun
spread fire is my favorite hammer in the game i think
once someone told me you can hold down left mouse button while dashing
๐ฉ
is it even possible to have all hammers in a run?
pray for dedaelus to always drop his hammer ?
i really hate it when thanotos spams his bell
he started with the aoe and now i hear bong bong bong
stinking kill stealer
i suck at rail cause turned off aim assist
imagine wasting all your defiances just because you want to beat Than :>
Than is great.
dot
I remember when they introduced benefits package and I decided to do a run with two levels in it and nothing else. Felt harder than a 20 heat run
I think when you can't beat Than, it's a good indictator that you have poor build synergy or just aren't prioritizing damage buffs on your primary attack enough.
Or you're playing a slow damage over time build
Most times im able to do it but when i see i wont do it im just like
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL
Yeah that too.
"you spawned em than you deal with em"
Or you're in elysium on 32 heat and are terrified
I mean, sometimes he appears early in Asphodel and you have to deal with armored enemies with BP
No, it's Thanatos. Jesus is from a different game.
obviously, he can one shot em, but I can't
it's even worse if he uses the AOE skill when you're facing a bunch of ranged enemies, since they tend to just clump together
Than: aoe
Enemy: oh wats this pretty purble circle
at least in elysium, if he one shots a bunch of the soldiers, you can come in and clean up the little floating things
jesus is the son of zeus, he is the cousin of zag @cunning urchin
exactly, you can play clean up in Elysium
Would be fun if he had quotes for that
that at least allows you to break even, which is good enough to get the reward
I've had runs at high heats where I'm literally just trying to hide and then come in and clean up the floating dudes so that the round ends
SORRY THAN YOU MAY BE INVULNERABLE BUT THIS THOT ISN'T
He's quite vulnerable underneath that cool exterior. Very kuudere.
Suggestion: a [HELP ME] button for when you're chased by flamewheels
That would be LT/L2/whatever it is on keyboard.
Oh right we already have a help button xD
I meant a specified LOOK OVER HERE button for than encounters /j
add a cheat code to avoid all firewheel rooms tbh
Though I imagine Meg would just stay and watch for awhile for her own amusement before helping you with those Flamewheels.
indicator that this is a flamewheel room
enters a room
vrrr vrrr vrrr
oh no
MEOW
OH NO
why does the chariot say meow?
That's because it plays the thomas the tank engine theme
I hear Than and I am summoned
yall ever just get a Than encounter and beat him and then he just DOES NOT SHOW UP
the audacity really
Yup. Several times
Had 10+ runs without Than before he showed up in escape attempts
But never in House though
well that's terribly unfortunate
Every run I go on I'm just internally hoping for Than to come
gotta finish all those hearts yanno
That's what I normally get, yeah. Epic Frost Strike is pretty good so far though.
how do I assign myself hades role ?
#bot-commands
thanks ๐
Athena attack is Guan Yu's best spin boon.
I still haven't tried Athena on it, but I can see it being strong especially on high heat. Demeter worked great on it though, and Heartbreak Flourish to go with it.
Equip achielles spear and go talk to achielles
Ive had 3 runs now
starting with arrowshard
trying to get artemis legendary
and it just doestn happen
oh god I just got the rocket + the cluster bomb
it fires a shotgun of 5 rockets
i did not expect this
this is crazy with posideon special
with Blizzard Shot this run is now Torgue Approved
for me, the best change for some weapon + boon is Explosive Arrow + Aphro's cast
It's like a really precise shotgun
with a Weakness bonus
sure it be exploding people also
side note: I've read the chariots meow because they're Nemean chariots. Same place as the Nemean lion
do you guys sometimes get that glitch where you cant click on your boons at the end of the run
on the showcase screen
anyway i had a really good run with chrion bow
couldnt take proper ss tho
It has been happening lately
Homing Bruiser Witches on an Artemis trial.
One biome away from going full Japanese bullet hell.
I hate how they keep tracking after flying past you
why can't my stuff track that well?
Because you don't get a benefits package
What is artemis trial?
Homing circles.
make the circles crosshairs
Asterius just opened with spin attack and Theseus carpet bomb'd the perimeter. One more hit clipped from Asterius and then one bomb and 200 health and the run was gone.
RIP
Im starting to burn out on the grind
Id rather just be able to unlock all the weapons and play with them
man this run was clutch
just trying to farm but then it turned out to be my record ๐ญ
I found 2 other titles
"close call, though" which is if you surive the last 1 with 0 dd and under 10 hp i think
and olympian caller
which i think is for just spmming your f key
so used the alternative mirror skills for the prophecy
turns out ruthless reflex is pretty good
i used arthur aswell lol
Your runtimes are really fast
Your slowest time is like my fastest
its like mini railgun then
just better
Godddddd
Support fire with the hammers that make you rapidfire and chain the damage, on Coronacht?
Exagryph has nothing on THIS machine gun
new: aspect of Rambo
Try adding that too double shot
got a run like that yesterday, pretty easy win
well, today, technically
I'm having a run where I inverted most of my Mirror choices bc Fates said so
It might work out
I though I would be obliterated fighting the three Furies but turns out I'm alredy at the Big Baddie with 2 DD and 1 Athena replenish
I hope it doesn't get ruined by ruthless reflex
having 1 dash only just gets on my nerves
ruthless is pretty good early game for dmg, and late game for dodge chance
u just have to land pixel perfect dash for the spin attack tho
Does aspect of chiron also sinergyze with support fire
if so damn
imma still not going to play it tho
aspect of hera gang
@naive laurel hey, were you asking for run titles?
I...don't think that's me?
oh, my bad
someone was asking for a list of run end titles but I can't remember who
u just have to land pixel perfect dash for the spin attack tho
I was doing Eris' Deleter Gun
someone was asking for a list of run end titles but I can't remember who
Wasn't me but I sure wanted to know also
oohh
nice
I'm scared to go through it and find unreleased content
BUT I'm more curious then scared
sooooo I'm going to look it up
just look up Fisher King and scroll up and down from there
I looked through just the list of the titles and there were no spoilers

