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quartz crow
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"upgraded rarity"

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or something idr what it says

naive tusk
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@chilly violet the animation will be different once combo is ending

quartz crow
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does that increase legendary chance?

torpid turret
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Are you talking about the yarn

quartz crow
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both

naive tusk
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It will look like a cross slash

torpid turret
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Yarn doesn't increase legendary chance

quartz crow
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both so if not one how about the other

chilly violet
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oh i see it

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honestly doesnt feel impactful at all

torpid turret
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What is the other thing you're talking about?

quartz crow
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no i mean refreshing necter and that well of charron

torpid turret
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Refreshing nectar is yarn in disguise

naive tusk
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I thought Yarn of Ariadne / Refreshing Nectar increased the chance for Legendaries to appear on selection screen

quartz crow
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th is yarn

dense locust
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Compare to a lot of the hammers, an extra +60% damage dash attack is bad

naive tusk
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They always appear when I get them curiously enough

dense locust
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Especially considering the low base damage of the attack to begin with

quartz crow
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just trying to complete fate lists

torpid turret
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Yarn basically upgrades one boon in the selection, usually common to rare

quartz crow
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and if increasing rarity of next boon doesn't help give a legendary i want to save my money

dense locust
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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

naive tusk
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How about if you have multiple Yarns?

torpid turret
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Haven't tested that much

dense locust
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I got 1475 darkness from hades with my lesser darkness upgrades @torpid turret

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Wait I forgot again that I had 2 boons from chaos

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Either way, i'm almost to my lasted fated persuasion

naive laurel
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Welp, getting a exit wounds on chamber 7 might be a good indicator of what rngesus want me to go for

dense locust
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Multiple yarns affect consecutive boons but don't stack for one instance of a boon

naive laurel
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cuz boons can only be "upgraded" once

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There

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there's a wiki page for it iirc

dense locust
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It's like refreshing nectar

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And if you 2 yarns and refreshing nectar, then the next 5 boons will be upgraded in rarity

naive tusk
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OK, so in this example:

  • Heartbreak Strike (common)
  • Life Affirmation (rare)
  • Sweet Surrender (epic)
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If I had 2 yarns, both 1st and 2nd option get upgraded to next rarity

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It would appear like this:

  • Heartbreak Strike (rare)
  • Life Affirmation (epic)
  • Sweet Surrender (epic)
dense locust
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Wait really? But it only uses up one yarn per boon

naive tusk
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Right?

dense locust
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I think that's the case despite the number of yarns you have

torpid turret
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I can test it now

naive tusk
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OKi

torpid turret
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Since I already have a route

naive tusk
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That'd be great to know for sure how they work

dense locust
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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

spare zealot
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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

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so that 0 stays a whopping 0

dense locust
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But having more yarns has no impact on the next boon you find

quartz crow
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"created by heartful peach" don't mind me having all of the tree diagrams on separate tabs for multitasking

naive tusk
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@torpid turret Could you please mention me your results? I'd really like to know squirtyay

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Actually, there's a pic I made combining all of them into 1

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It was at the end of my album

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If you prefer having only 1 pic open

dense locust
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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

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But I think yarn rarity upgrades do stack with keepsake rarity upgrades, or miniboss room boons

naive tusk
chilly violet
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I love this thank you

naive tusk
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You are welcome, Coconut head squirtyay

dense locust
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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

quartz crow
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just need to put that on phone thx

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@naive tusk does peer pressure mean you need aid or you can't have it?

dense locust
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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)

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But peer pressure will not appear of those boons if you chose to get aid

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At least that's how I read the diagram. I didn't actually know that

torpid turret
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Setting this up is certainly harder than expected, still testing

naive tusk
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It means that Aid won't trigger Peer Pressure appearance

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Aid will trigger the others' appearance

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So if you get Aid, next time you meet Dionysus he might offer Bad Influence, for example

torpid turret
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Ok I have the setup finally

naive tusk
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But he won't be offering Peer Pressure ever if you only have Dionysys' Aid @quartz crow

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Yay

quartz crow
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rerolls are expensive. it didn't show up ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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how come room rerolls don't increase...

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is hermes outdated?

torpid turret
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No yarn

quartz crow
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why do rerolls increase though

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doesn't a key give you one?

earnest ravine
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Submitting feedback things is scary, how do people do this all the time

dense locust
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1200 darkness from theseus @torpid turret ๐Ÿ˜„

earnest ravine
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And yeah, a House Contractor upgrade later adds that ability.

dense locust
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I've got 708% to darkness

earnest ravine
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hoooooooooooo

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That sounds delightful

naive tusk
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@earnest ravine Demeter's Legendary now also requires 2 tier 2 boons

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I just found that out a few days ago ๐Ÿ’”

earnest ravine
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OH! Did that change recently?

naive tusk
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After the last patch

dense locust
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Whoa big news

quartz crow
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meanwhile that's on my lists of boons to get (artemis one)

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so you need both?

dense locust
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Are these things laid out in their patch notes?

earnest ravine
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The one on the 24'th? Because I didn't see a mention about that.

naive tusk
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I had to ask someone else to verify that as I was datamining with them together

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It is there

earnest ravine
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Am I allowed to edit Feedback posts for clarity or is that frowned on

dense locust
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Killing freeze and arctic blast?

earnest ravine
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Because that's news to me as well.

naive tusk
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  • Winter's Harvest (Demeter): increased prerequisites (it should not be offered as early in a run)
torpid turret
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Got muted for posting links sorry

naive tusk
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Not in the latest patch, but the one before that one

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Proxybot thought you were spamming links hehe

naive tusk
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Sorry about that, Sink

torpid turret
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No yarn, one yarn, 2 yarn

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100% positive that they are all the same offering, 2nd yarn wasn't used but changed the offering

dense locust
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Gosh I really should read those things more thoroughly. @naive tusk Is it any two tier two or specific ones?

naive tusk
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@earnest ravine You can edit it if it doesn't change the overall thought about it

torpid turret
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I did RNG manips to make sure it offered the same boons every time

earnest ravine
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Oh, so the same one that increased Artemis'. I guess it never really stood out as much, considering it still made sense.

torpid turret
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The 2nd yarn changed cast into epic special

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Very strange

naive tusk
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You need Arctic Blast and Killing Freeze together for Winter Harvest to appear

earnest ravine
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Yeah, okay, coolio. Just wanted to mention I didn't know about Demeter's new reqs but still think Artemis' are silly

torpid turret
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So looks like yarn will upgrade all commons at least

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And a 2nd yarn will actually upgrade 1 rare to an epic without using the yarn

dense locust
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So yarns effectively change the given boons

torpid turret
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No same offering with 1 yarn, having 2 yarns changed cast to special

naive tusk
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Wow, it's really strange that the 2nd yarn changed the cast to another boon at epic

torpid turret
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I did RNG manips so im positive the 2nd yarn changed the boon

dense locust
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wow that is next level interactions

torpid turret
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Same enemy pattern every time

earnest ravine
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Yarns are really weird value to try and consider during a run, then.

dense locust
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Hold on, so just the fact you were holding a second yarn changed the boon type?

torpid turret
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Yes

dense locust
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Wowza

torpid turret
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It did not use the second yarn tho

dense locust
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Yeah

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which is why it's blowing my mind

naive tusk
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And it changed it without the yarn being consumed

dense locust
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i guess it can change the seed

torpid turret
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And looks like it will upgrade all commons with one yarn

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Seed was the same

naive tusk
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Thanks for verifying Sink friendly

torpid turret
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I did rng manips so that room was consistent

dense locust
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well

torpid turret
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Left with more questions then answers

dense locust
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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

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Sorry maybe changing the seed is not the right language

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Because im sure it will do that every time

torpid turret
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Yeah it's strange

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Just as what boon you pick will change future boon offerings, without changing the route

dense locust
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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

torpid turret
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Yep man this game is deep

dense locust
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Which begs the question, does it also affect future decisions?

naive tusk
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It's a shame the 2nd yarn didn't upgrade all boons to epic

torpid turret
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A shade turning around changes the next room. Welcome to Hades

dense locust
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It'd be kinda cool if you had the decision to use both yarns on one room to doubly upgrade the next boon choice

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but that's an unnecessary amount of choice and complication

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Now what does 3 yarns do....

quartz crow
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dion is done wooo

naive tusk
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I actually had 3 yarns and a nectar active together at once one time

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I had a good laugh

quartz crow
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wait poms do reroll

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i have to take that out of the feedback

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hammers don't right?

earnest ravine
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Hammers don't, yeah.

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unless that also changed in a patch note that slipped by me >.>

naive tusk
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Nope, they can't be rerolled

quartz crow
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made a mistake. thought i didn't see the reroll icon on em

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maybe didn't have enough poms or it doesn't tell you you don't have enough like it does for selling

dense locust
earnest ravine
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Absolutely incredible

dense locust
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Hade's darkness was worth 2490 XD

naive tusk
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Yay

dense locust
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6k darkness run, I can finally afford that dumb 4th fated persuasion

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And the last contractor offering โค๏ธ

torpid turret
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Idk why but Hade's made me laugh pretty hard

dense locust
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Ah crap i knew the contractor would hit me with another upgrade

stable onyx
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u could have used 3 more bouldies for more darkness bouldy

naive tusk
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Neglected Bouldy is a sad Bouldy bouldy

quartz crow
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a diamond for 2 titan blood

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new offer and prob the worst one yet

dense locust
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I know please don't remind me... although each one was only worth 100

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But it was also probably worth a thousand happiness points for bouldy....

earnest ravine
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He just likes getting out of Tartarus from time to time

dense locust
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I know I feel guilty enough already!!

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But to be fair to me, I've used him 99% of the time so...

stable onyx
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when you farm darkness do you just carry cosmic egg?

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or do you get the poseidon trinket for the reward bonus

dense locust
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I do personally just for the extra bump in rarity, but it has probably a negligible impact

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Ill also carry anything that I haven't leveled to 3 star

rich cedar
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@dense locust what rail aspect do you use?

dense locust
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Um, well my favorite is eris

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And it's probably the aspect/weapon combo i've used more than any other

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I like how it increases all sources of damage, making it very flexible in any given run

rich cedar
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Alright i Will try it

dense locust
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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

naive tusk
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Why?

dense locust
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Then ultimately, triple bomb as the second hammer, artemis special, athena dash, aphro cast, and then duos for artemis/aphro and artemis/athena

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Mostly because its the build I've been able to get the most heat with

naive tusk
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I mean, why exactly Thunder Strike?

dense locust
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Oh because the constant chain lightnings is great for small mobs

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and can also gain jolted and zeus's legendary

lament coral
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because Zeus attack doubles your rail attack damage even in common form

dense locust
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for even more damage

lament coral
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it's 10 damage + 10 from Zeus

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for comparison, common Aphro attack is 80%, only 8 damage

naive tusk
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That's better squirtyay

lament coral
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and Zeus bounces, too

dense locust
naive tusk
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Hello, Zeppman!

lament coral
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hello? bouldy

dense locust
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Was trying so hard to get heart rend but was never allowed

naive tusk
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I don't like to take Eris because I never get Rocket Bomb when I play with it

dense locust
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I like eris the most because even if you don't get rocket bomb, that 60% increased damage works for anything

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I've had a poseidon call as my main damage source before with eris

lament coral
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I used to run Eris at lower heat, but past 20 I found myself using Zag more and more often

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no need to waste time lobbing the special, just keep shooting

naive tusk
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My fave is Hestia yikes

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I like to run with Zag Aspect as well sometimes. Love watching bolts and green arrows fly around

dense locust
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Hestia is a ton of fun but I just can't seem to make it work for 32s

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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

quartz crow
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oh no...

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is it just me or did this test prove true

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does guan yu with reduced healing modifer reduce the healing?

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or am i just killing stuff so fast the healing doesn't get enough dmg ticks

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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?

earnest ravine
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That one, more than likely. It's only 1 per hit.

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If you wanted to be extra sure, you'll see it heals 1 per hit even with maxed out Lasting Consequences.

quartz crow
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100% healing reduction means none or half?

lament coral
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I used to believe in Delta Chamber, but practice has shown that it just doesn't measure up to Infinity

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100% means no healing at all

earnest ravine
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Guan Yu is entirely unaffected by Lasting Consequences, so feel free to roll with it.

quartz crow
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oh i got max health reduction cause of guan ๐Ÿคฆ

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thought the hearts were healing

lament coral
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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

quartz crow
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maxed out pact must be the hardest thing

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you can't get hit at all

lament coral
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it's basically impossible

torpid turret
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Time for a dash only run

quartz crow
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but for guan...

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maybe

lament coral
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oh, did you mean maxed out LC?

dense locust
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Dash only run with poseidon dash I could totally see

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But obviously it depends on heat and what not

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Maxed out pact with guan yu starts you out with 25 hp... one trap and you literally die

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but that's probably also the case with any aspect/weapon combo

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because you effectively don't get any mirror upgrades right?

torpid turret
dense locust
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Haha that looks fun

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what is your dash doing at that point

torpid turret
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It is haha

dense locust
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and are you allowing any other boons

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that aren't modifying the main set

torpid turret
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Allowing things like pos wall slam, legendary, pressure points etc

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Can only attack with dash tho, so no revenge boons

dense locust
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Okay, I imagine by styx, you'll be clearing rooms in seconds

torpid turret
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haha yeah

dense locust
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Whats the dash damage as of now

torpid turret
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Hopefully see Eurydice so I can get heroic dash and an extra dash

dense locust
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Hades will be annoying but not all that difficult

torpid turret
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My hermes was only common

dense locust
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Hmm, ideal hermes would be the +3 dashes and then maybe evasion?

torpid turret
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102 base rn

dense locust
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haha

torpid turret
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lvl 5 before even leaving tartarus haha

dense locust
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And then you're also darkness farming?

torpid turret
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Yes since nothing else from chaos will help this build ๐Ÿ˜›

dense locust
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true

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too bad dash attack doesnt add

torpid turret
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Already got 2 darkness chaos boons and another light of ixion rn

dense locust
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I gotta try that next run. My darkness farming build last time was pretty much poseidon dash for damage but not exclusively

torpid turret
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+125%, +197%, and +250% awww yessss

dense locust
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I'd love to see a crit

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I'm really enjoying these darkness farming runs just for the sole reason of being able to build whatever silliness I want

torpid turret
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ikr hahah

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Really want Eurydice here

dense locust
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Here's hoping

torpid turret
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Rip nope

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3 dashes is alright, but I'll prob sell it before elysium so I can get offered a better one

cunning urchin
dense locust
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Yeah I will often sell a common hermes dash boon

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Especially if I can afford to get greedy

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@cunning urchin That looks like a lot of fun

torpid turret
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Ok sold it, please RNG

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Another light of ixion as well

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biiiig

cunning urchin
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Maybe on higher heat. He actually died too fast, it wasn't satisfying lol.

quartz crow
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ok so you have to finish the game to raise the bounty level?

shadow oriole
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yeah going all in on Poseidon cast is amazing. bosses just melt

quartz crow
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meanwhile i barely beat the game kind of

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so if i want more stuff i need to do that...

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guess it's better to farm necter then

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necter and keys

cunning urchin
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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.

torpid turret
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1003 darkness from a trove lmfao

cunning urchin
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Nice.

dense locust
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Ahhh yeah

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lemme know what the big boss gives you

torpid turret
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No hermes that elysium rip

rich cedar
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Rip

dense locust
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I love how having the mirror trait for healing with darkness is just absurd

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when you darkness farm

stable onyx
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i feel like darkness healing is always good compared to getting 3 hp at the end of each stage

torpid turret
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I have boons to sell, so I can buy the 500 one

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Had to only take boons that do not give me any damage lol

quartz crow
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you know pact isn't that bad

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more enemies = more gold

torpid turret
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+2 dashes baby i'll take it

quartz crow
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stronger enemies = faster death resets

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but what even is the max ammount of dmg that can be dealt in a single blow?

dense locust
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More enemies = more gold?

quartz crow
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trove enemies drop gold

torpid turret
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Lmao killed tiny vermin so fast with this build

quartz crow
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you can enter the special area with heat that goes over the meter right?

cunning urchin
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Death resets?

quartz crow
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shop reset, npc reset

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you know. suicide runs

dense locust
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Trove enemies don't drop anything; the speed in which you defeat a trove challenge determines how much it drops

quartz crow
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i could have sworn they drop gold

torpid turret
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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

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Suicide runs for what?

shadow oriole
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to get a better seed

quartz crow
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reseting the house

dense locust
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Turn down for what?

quartz crow
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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

cunning urchin
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I'd much rather just take whatever challenge comes my way, but that's just me.

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Well. We've all been at the point where we only beat him once. You'll get there.

quartz crow
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15keys for blood sounds more efficent to me

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but as you progress more terrible deals show up

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now it's a 1/10 chance

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ugh

torpid turret
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@dense locust He actually went down pretty quickly

dense locust
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@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

quartz crow
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i just want nyx to talk about aurthur already

torpid turret
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1730 darkness

dense locust
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@torpid turret Show final screen

quartz crow
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or do i need to upgrade guan atleast once

dense locust
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with boons if you can

torpid turret
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I already went back to house sorry

dense locust
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ahh np

torpid turret
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I only had Epic dash and the wall slam creates a blast one

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Unfortunately didn't see much pos that run

cunning urchin
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15 keys for Titan Blood? I get 2 in maybe 20~30 minutes just clearing the game once. thanthink

torpid turret
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It can be way better

dense locust
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The poseidon legendary

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oh wait no

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thats double push back

torpid turret
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Wave breaker I believe

dense locust
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Yeah

quartz crow
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how th do you get 2

torpid turret
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Like 6k darkness that run

cunning urchin
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1 from the Furies and 1 from Hades.

quartz crow
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...

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you might as well get 3

dense locust
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@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

quartz crow
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why do diamonds even show up in styx shop

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might as well have ambrosia

cunning urchin
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Yeah, I understand that.

quartz crow
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you farm gold only to find you get 50% value

torpid turret
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You only finished a run once, you don't really have to worry so much about collecting stuff so soon

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Get some more runs under your belt, it'll come naturally

quartz crow
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nah

dense locust
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@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

cunning urchin
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I think early on Darkness and Gems are way more helpful than Titan Blood.

quartz crow
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im getting everything and i only have godmode on as a handicap

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it helps farming

torpid turret
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@dense locust Yeah, I'm doing the dash run again haha

stable onyx
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what happens when you activate god mode?

quartz crow
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it is annoying when you suicide

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dmg reduction

torpid turret
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No point suiciding a run really lol

dense locust
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@torpid turret lol gonna do a different god's dash this time or just try and get the perfect poseidon dash

stable onyx
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do you still get rewards?

quartz crow
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yah

torpid turret
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Just to buy stuff in shops, you are worrying about all the high level resources way too soon

quartz crow
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heard it doesn't work in hell mode

stable onyx
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soo its just a ez mode

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that you can enable any time

torpid turret
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Poseidon again since I only got 2 relevant boons that run

quartz crow
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got dusas pet

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next is megs

dense locust
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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

cunning urchin
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Is there a list of titles you can get for clears and what they mean?

dense locust
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There are titles you get for a clear that are acquired if you satisfy the requirements

quartz crow
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im just using it till it gets to 80%

dense locust
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IDK if there is anywhere that lists what those requirements are though

cunning urchin
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I only ever get Favored & Envied.

torpid turret
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I got boon purger last run haha

dense locust
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Hmm, no idea what brings about that one. I know Death Defier is earned by using at least 5 DDs in a completion

stable onyx
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i had 6 slots once lol

dense locust
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Haha that makes sense given your restrictions. I don't think I've earned that one yet

stable onyx
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2 legendaries from chaos same run

dense locust
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That's extremely rare

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Should have its own title

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but you don't need more slots to earn Death Defier

stable onyx
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yea

dense locust
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Just need to have died 5 times

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There's also master fisher

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Which im guessing is earned by perfect catching 3 times in a run

cunning urchin
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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.

dense locust
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That makes sense to me

quartz crow
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is it just me or did the shop prices get expensive

dense locust
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Maybe you have the heat on that increases shop prices?

quartz crow
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2 titan blood for one ambrosia? could have sworn it was 1 for 1

dense locust
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Oh the pawn shop dude

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No it's always been that price

torpid turret
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That shop is designed for excess resources being traded for needed resources

dense locust
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As far as I've been playing at least

torpid turret
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Not really recommended for a new player to waste their resources on, unless the deal is a good one

quartz crow
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so i have to reach the end in order to stinking raise heat

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wish i didn't scatter all those upgrades

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it shows im missing an artifact

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wth is it

stable onyx
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show pic

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or just check codex

quartz crow
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it's after ambrosia

dense locust
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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

stable onyx
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oh i see

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you mean the stuff you collect

quartz crow
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i won with talos

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that thing is insane

stable onyx
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it might be the onion

quartz crow
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i just know guan has the best survivability

cunning urchin
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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.

quartz crow
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meanwhile i wasn't minmaxing for variety

cunning urchin
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Guan Yu can be difficult to use in my opinion.

stable onyx
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you need the faster charge up to use the heal effectively

quartz crow
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meh. I've gotten to styx with it yet i think i had godmode at the time

dense locust
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Exactly, guan yu is awful until you pump like 10 blood

quartz crow
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you do relize a small spin is going to give the same healing right

dense locust
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Whereas poseidon sword gains an ability that can be very strong with cast builds after just 1 blood

quartz crow
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i have everything except aurthur now

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because i don't trust the wiki it's outdated

stable onyx
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arthur is by far the best sword

cunning urchin
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Poseidon just lets you spam casts from afar, pick up ammo, cast again. Easy.

stable onyx
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that sword slaps with crit on your attack

cunning urchin
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Sometimes use your special to get your ammo back.

dense locust
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Its a great choice to get up a few heat levels

stable onyx
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and you can get really tanky

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really fun playstyle

quartz crow
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how do you get it though

earnest ravine
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Instructions are pinned in the Spoiler channel.

stable onyx
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ah you gotta interact with some people

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the more you play you will see the ! pops up

quartz crow
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nobody mentioned it was in pins or i didn't pay attention. could of sworn they said it was being discussed

dense locust
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level 1 poseidon aspect sword is especially strong with the artemis boon Exit Wounds

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Unlocking arthur is pinned is spoilers

earnest ravine
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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.

quartz crow
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proceeds to check how many blade aspects are filled...

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none

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i can level posidon once

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what's that gonna do?

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20% total?

dense locust
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It gives you the ability to dislodge casts from an enemy by hitting them with your special

quartz crow
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ik but was i supposed to upgrade it

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did anyways

stable onyx
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i say farm up some titan blood and use arthur sword in its full glory

dense locust
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You can, but like I was saying, it's one of the best aspects at level 1

cunning urchin
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Upgrading it gives extra cast damage.

earnest ravine
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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.

dense locust
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Compared to other aspects at level 1 on all of the weapons

quartz crow
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oh lvl 1... not lvl 2

stable onyx
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demeter fists are too good

quartz crow
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talos is good at lvl 1

earnest ravine
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Talos ones are also super fun

stable onyx
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she must be good at fisting back in the day

quartz crow
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here's the thing

lament coral
rich cedar
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Bow of zag best aspect

quartz crow
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you know those rock stomping thwomp wanabes?

stable onyx
#

i liked the chiron aspect for bow but its not really good for clearing encounters but good for bosses

dense locust
#

Poseidon aspect sword with any cast that sticks in enemies and the boon Exit Wounds is a strong combo

quartz crow
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have you seen procs hit them when they are flying? (doom dion...)

earnest ravine
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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.

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And yeah, I have.

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They can die mid air.

quartz crow
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do you know what talos special does to them?

earnest ravine
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It happened once on the miniboss version and I got really confused

quartz crow
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it hits them midair

earnest ravine
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...oh my god

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That's great but it's PROBABLY a bug.

quartz crow
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plz no fix

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it doesn't pull everything

dense locust
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It's a pretty minor interaction ultimately

quartz crow
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it's aimbot

dense locust
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so i don't see any reason of removing it

earnest ravine
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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.

quartz crow
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with wall hacks

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another thing i found

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you can pull enemies into barriers

torpid turret
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@dense locust Got pressure points and hunters mark this time haha

quartz crow
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so if you could keep pulling a lout away from you lol

dense locust
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@torpid turret Praise Hades

quartz crow
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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)

earnest ravine
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You can absolutely pull them into traps and lava

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it's really funny >.>

dense locust
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@torpid turret Time to sink poms into pressure points

quartz crow
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1k% armor dmg on fists is kind of ridiculous

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i had artemis on special ๐Ÿ™‚ with that

dense locust
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@torpid turret Are you taking any boons for attack/special, etc. or rerolling them when it doesnt give you a choice?

torpid turret
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Trying to avoid it

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But if I have no choice I take a boon that doesnt effect the build then sell it later

quartz crow
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norm dash for armor and special for dmg

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also worth noting you can oneshot armored enemies since it's 2 hits

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idk if it was artemis but pretty sure default oneshots skulls

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armored skulls

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nvm it could've been family fav

earnest ravine
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Sounds about right, if the first hit strips the armour entirely?

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Lines up with what I remember from my own runs with that hammer.

quartz crow
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it's just special not dash strike

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the dash strike armor strips

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unless it has the same hammer for each one

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it could prob be used in speed running

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so annoying when an enemy is far away. but with talos just bring em to yah

torpid turret
#

Not very viable for speedrunning

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Can get a sub 10 but it just doesnt output enough damage

quartz crow
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๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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wouldn't pierced butterfly be mandatory if you were trying to do all punishments maxed

earnest ravine
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Still very fast by a lot of standards, but speedruns are kinda off the wall right now.

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And not really, most people would want to manipulate the RNG as much as they can with god keepsakes.

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(i still use butterfly though because i'm not that hardcore about my run seeding, I'm just there to get clears)

dense locust
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With speedruns you have to consider what build can output the most damage the fastest given a near ideal build

quartz crow
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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

dense locust
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Some boons/hammers are great in any given run

torpid turret
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Yeah haha we've hit a point where sub 10 is not very fast anymore

earnest ravine
#

Current WR is like, 4 minutes or something right? Or did we get sub 4 a few days ago?

dense locust
#

3:59....

torpid turret
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3:59

earnest ravine
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can't remember if I dreamed that or not lmao

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GOD okay, that's wild.

torpid turret
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When we started my competition the WR was 6:02

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By the end 3:59 and a lot of new PB's

quartz crow
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tempted on seeing how well he used it but then I'll just get jealous

dense locust
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It's just awesome that there are aspects to this game that can create their own communites

earnest ravine
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Watching speedrunners is honestly a good habit, if you're a visual learner.

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I picked up a lot of tricks and interactions from seeing other people play so I had a leg up when I started.

torpid turret
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The comp went incredibly well I'm really surprised

dense locust
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I'd imagine even finding seeds is the main goal for some players

quartz crow
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i don't like copying

torpid turret
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Started with a $175 prize pool and a nice gamer made it a $275 prize pool

earnest ravine
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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.

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Not saying "only go for speedrun builds" but more "learn the habits and patterns that enemies and players can do through observation".

quartz crow
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observation skills stink i keep rewinding shows

dense locust
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It's all about how perfectly can you beat a given seed vs other players, and it involves a different set of skills

earnest ravine
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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.

cunning urchin
quartz crow
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till i feel i read every word and understood it and didn't miss anything important

earnest ravine
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and that's a PRETTY run, Nyaanyaa

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Fingers crossed you get those boons

torpid turret
#

I speedrun waaaaay different to how I casually play

quartz crow
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thought the markers were for saving a preset but nope ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

torpid turret
#

It's a whole other world tbh

quartz crow
#

isn't speedrunning all about reflexes

torpid turret
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@dense locust Terrible run but 1836 darkness final

quartz crow
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so if you don't have those reflexes it's impossible

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^me

torpid turret
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I don't know

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At a core I find speedrunning this game pretty easy

dense locust
#

I'd say its also about finding the ideal route to kill enemies as they spawn

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in every single room

quartz crow
#

I can't even beat clubstep in GD

dense locust
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@torpid turret did you see my post with nearly 900% to darkness?

quartz crow
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then you watch other people play and they make wave go straight

torpid turret
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I do not believe so

quartz crow
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inhuman i say

torpid turret
#

3 more Fated Authority and I'm done with the mirror wooooo

dense locust
earnest ravine
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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.

torpid turret
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^

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Nice one

earnest ravine
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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.

torpid turret
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It's a little more optimized currently with the WR being sub 4

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It's routed Tartarus, Asphodel, and Elysium

quartz crow
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It would be torture if they brought bastion's dual pistols to here

torpid turret
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So technical skill cap is much higher than it was previously

quartz crow
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higher skill cap means bigger audience?

torpid turret
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Being able to pull off the route that far into the run is not an easy task

earnest ravine
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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.

quartz crow
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fire as fast as you pull the trigger make people look like robots

earnest ravine
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the fact that y'all've routed out to Elysium is STILL ridiculous though

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and i commend everyone who can do it that far

torpid turret
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I personally enjoyed speedrunning a lot more before it got routed that far

dense locust
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@torpid turret Hades gave 2490 I believe with that run

torpid turret
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It's quite the grind now

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Now that the competition is over I think most of the runners are taking a break lmao

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Everyone went hard during the comp

quartz crow
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routed?

dense locust
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Like I said, Speed running is an aspect of the game that some people find very enjoyable and that's awesome.

earnest ravine
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When's the Torture% competition

dense locust
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It's not for everyone but it's great that its there

quartz crow
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i like going fast but not fastest

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that's too much processing power

earnest ravine
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And @quartz crow manipulating how rooms spawn in a generated run by killing enemies or doing certain actions to guarantee certain paths.

torpid turret
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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

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Twin Fists is an option, or the next released aspect while it's new and unknown

earnest ravine
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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.

dense locust
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I just got Perfect Clear title, which I assume is beating hades without taking damage

quartz crow
#

has anyone achieved max heat?

earnest ravine
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Someone apparently did last patch. I don't know if it's happened since Nighty-Night hit, though.

torpid turret
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Anyways I'm off for the night, have fun lads

quartz crow
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title?

earnest ravine
#

Night, Sink!

torpid turret
#

If you haven't already I highly recommend watching the 3:59 run on speedrun.com

earnest ravine
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uh, when you clear a run, you get a special little accolade sometimes depending on actions you've taken during a run.

dense locust
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@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

torpid turret
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It is amazing

quartz crow
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oh... speedrunning doesn't use pact does it

torpid turret
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@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

earnest ravine
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It does!

quartz crow
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fast enemies?

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is godmode allowed?

earnest ravine
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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.

torpid turret
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No god mode is not allowed

quartz crow
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why?

torpid turret
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Tight Deadline stops survival rooms from appearing in a run @earnest ravine

dense locust
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Hey speaking of which, did you ever find out if FO actually increases spawn rates?

earnest ravine
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OH. I forgot about that aspect, too, whoops!

torpid turret
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And Extreme Measures 2 moves hydra heads closer together so still faster even though hydra skip is axed

earnest ravine
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I knew there was some reason beyond free heat but couldn't think of it properly

torpid turret
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I did not, I looked but couldn't find any info

quartz crow
#

or does godmode make it slower

dense locust
#

I imagine it's still ideal because enemies will move towards you faster

torpid turret
#

God mode is just against the leaderboard rules

earnest ravine
#

it sure feels faster than my runs without FO for my lower heat weapons, but that could just be confirmation bias.

quartz crow
#

what leaderboard :/

torpid turret
quartz crow
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oh the speedrunning community

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the people that ruin the fun out of games

torpid turret
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As is the case with most games, using stuff like that wouldn't count as truly beating the game I suppose

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Ruin the fun? I haven't had more fun on a game until I joined the speedrun community for this game

earnest ravine
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That's a little rude.

quartz crow
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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

dense locust
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I fail to see how that ruins the fun of the game in any way whatsoever

quartz crow
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it doesn't

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but speedrunning can only go so far

torpid turret
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Not seeing the relevancy

quartz crow
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forget it

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i just hate pros

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jealous

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they are monsters

dense locust
#

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

quartz crow
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well yah but still... they arn't human

dense locust
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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

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They just practice a lot

quartz crow
#

sounds like overkill

lament coral
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that's speedrunning for ya

earnest ravine
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If they find it fun, that's what matters.

quartz crow
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is there an autistic speedrunner?

lament coral
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the current record is 3 minutes and something

dense locust
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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

earnest ravine
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Prrrobably? I know of a lot in the Tetris community because of the circles I run in.

dense locust
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It's 3:59

earnest ravine
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I dunno about the Hades community. Most of the time that's not something you ask because it ain't relevant, usually.

quartz crow
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cause autism vs no autism is supposedly different thought process

earnest ravine
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and i know for sure I ain't good enough to call myself one lmao

dense locust
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I have no idea how you brought autism into this conversation

untold vortex
#

yes, there's plenty Jex
someones conditions whether they be physical or otherwise is kinda irrelevent with speedruns tbh

quartz crow
#

it requires thinking

dense locust
#

If you apply yourself towards a specific goal and practice efficiently and effectively, you'll get better

earnest ravine
#

Please think very very carefully about how you're going to try and continue that line of thought.

quartz crow
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I'm autistic so if nobody is autistic that speedruns successfully it drops hope down into Tartarus

torpid turret
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Not that I know of

earnest ravine
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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.

dense locust
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Speed running has a very clear and specific goal so practicing to reach that goal is very much obtainable by people that apply themselves

torpid turret
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^

earnest ravine
#

Autism isn't a detriment in general, but this game's got enough room in it to not be concerned.

quartz crow
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i like 100%ing

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have you ever done that?

torpid turret
#

Anyone can speedrun this game if they wanted to

earnest ravine
#

allll the time

quartz crow
#

it's soooo satisfying

dense locust
#

Speed running is something that some people find extremely gratifying, while others find it extremely tedious

torpid turret
#

I'm currently taking a break from speedrunning to 100% my save (until new content is added)

quartz crow
#

meanwhile i keep switching games i only 100%'d 2 both on wii. NSMBW and A boy and his blob (remake)

dense locust
#

Yeah, 100% all of the unlockables in this game is another goal that many find very gratifying

torpid turret
#

Gonna have to level all my keepsakes soon

dense locust
#

Getting to a certain heat for every weapon is another goal people find gratifying

torpid turret
#

Then 32 heat all weapons. It's getting real

quartz crow
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100%ing hellmode must be the best

cunning urchin
dense locust
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@torpid turret I've been using darkness farming to level up all of the keepsakes I never use

torpid turret
#

I need to start

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3 rerolls left but they are monumentally expensive, so I'm sure I have time

quartz crow
#

i want to use godmode until i can beat hades consitantly

dense locust
#

I got my 4th fated persuasion tonight. 25k darknes....

cunning urchin
#

Frost Flourish and Trippy Shot will be heroic soon too. This is fun.

torpid turret
#

I have 4 persuasion / 7 authority atm

dense locust
#

@quartz crow That's a great strategy, and you'll also unlock resources to makes Zag stronger along the way

earnest ravine
#

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.

quartz crow
#

the trick to success is picking the right upgrades isn't it

earnest ravine
#

Yeah!

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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.

dense locust
#

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)

cunning urchin
#

That and knowing attack patterns, so you don't get hit needlessly.

dense locust
#

I'd argue the right to cry foul on RNG is heat 36, but I've been trying to find exactly where it is

earnest ravine
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(looking at you routine inspection and Approval process)

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Pretty much as soon as you have to start putting those on is when I'd say it's more RNG than not.

dense locust
#

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

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Which is an aspect of this game that I love

quartz crow
#

you guys ever try the hardest achievment in bastion?

earnest ravine
#

The hardest achievement is living with yourself if you ||leave Zulf behind||

quartz crow
#

. . .

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last dream all shrines

earnest ravine
#

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.

quartz crow
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i think i only tried the first though

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the idols are bs

earnest ravine
#

Here it feels like it adds to the gameplay and changes it, instead of feeling mainly like a challenge.

quartz crow
#

regen + invulnerability phases + deflect chance

dense locust
#

@torpid turret lol yeah im at the same, 4/7

torpid turret
#

Niceeee

#

We're almost done man

dense locust
#

Darkness farming is going faster than I thought it would

quartz crow
#

ive been using dark thirst for variety

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it's really nice having rng choose what you use

torpid turret
#

It sure is

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Really breezing by

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Love it

quartz crow
#

except aspects arn't rng

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so just swap the aspect after you die

torpid turret
#

That's what I do sometimes

earnest ravine
#

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.

quartz crow
#

that a site?

earnest ravine
#

Yeah. You tell it to pick a number between a certain range and it does it

quartz crow
#

found an app to do that

torpid turret
#

Yup I just let it pick a random number and use the corresponding aspect

quartz crow
#

be nice if you could have an rng preset and you just roll each one

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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

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dunno if someone made a program that does that

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but not just 1/2 1/4 for aspects and 1/6 for weapons

earnest ravine
#

There are, yeah. random.org even ahs a coin flipper.

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So you could just say "hey flip 12 coins for me" and go.

quartz crow
#

like a sequence of rng in the form of a preset

lament coral
#

why would you wanna do that?

quartz crow
#

just cause

earnest ravine
#

Can't argue that

lament coral
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but it'd be terrible

earnest ravine
#

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.

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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.

dense locust
#

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

lament coral
#

being able to customize the modifiers, it can't be that bad

dense locust
#

Never realized how fun an achilles aspect spear cast build could be

#

Man chaos hates me this run...

lament coral
#

is it really? I always found it egregiously annoying to use, having to do the stupid fly around thing before throwing two casts

dense locust
#

Spent like 5 keys trying to get +darkness% and still nothing

lament coral
#

Poseidon always seemed better

earnest ravine
#

The jump is a really nice mobility tool and the bonus damage is no slouch.

dense locust
#

I had an ice wine cast build with it today and it was awesome

cunning urchin
earnest ravine
#

D:

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What happened, did you get a little too overconfident?

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because that's scary

cunning urchin
#

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.

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And I forgot to switch back to Death Defiance after getting one clear with Stubborn Defiance for the prophecy.

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(Close Call, Though) has priority over Favored & Envied, it looks like. Had 21 boons but got the former title.

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No more death defiance and less than 5% HP? Something like that probably.

dense locust
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Yeah stubborn defiance is a death wish ironically

opal bay
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Favored & Envied is for when you do a lot of God Trials though.

cunning urchin
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Oh is it? I just saw that I only got it on clears when I had 20 boons or more.

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But I guess that makes sense.

opal bay
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yeah you need to do about 3 of them I think

dense locust
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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...

weak rivet
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Huh i had a very heavy finish last night but i dunno if i got close call, though

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I had no dd's left and like 13 hp

cunning urchin
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Did you get a different title? What was your max HP?

weak rivet
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Had triple rocket though, absolutely melted the third boss

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Uhh

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I'd have to get out of bed and check

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It was at like 1 am i was half asleep

cunning urchin
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Hrm, all the button prompts show as DS4 buttons now, but I'm using a Xbox One pad for Hades. Made a bug report.

quartz crow
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ruthless vs great reflex?

weak rivet
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Yeah just checked i didnt get any titles

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Ohp Orphy is singing lament i guess i can keep the game open

cunning urchin
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They're both good. I think it depends on the build you want.

cunning urchin
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I tend to prefer Ruthless Reflex for melee, and Greater Reflex for long range builds.

quartz crow
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50% dodge chance is great

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i dash alot so it tends to proc

cunning urchin
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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.

dusky grove
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yup

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survived my first ruthless run thx to him afterall

cunning urchin
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Not getting extra dashes can be pretty tough though.

dusky grove
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i mean after defeating Hades for like 20 times, you will form nerve'o steel thou

cunning urchin
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24 and I was sweating on the last one lol.

dusky grove
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ah

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but still need good builds

cunning urchin
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Hmm. What's an interesting Zag sword build to try.

stiff flume
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just normal sword? ๐Ÿค” hard to make something really interesting with that

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i think someone in here goes poseidon stuff with it somehow

clear dome
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athena

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or maybe go ares

cunning urchin
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Athena on attack?

stiff flume
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last time i ran normal sword i just went artemis attack and got the hammer that gives you rapid attacks

clear dome
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yes, but i think everyone does thst

stiff flume
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pretty fun

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but nothing really special

opal bay
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Poseidon Sword, dash only.

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I mean Zag Sword, dash only.

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and poseidon's dash.

stiff flume
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would be cool if you could reliably spawn hermes

clear dome
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haelian?

stiff flume
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+3 dash runs are ๐Ÿ˜ฉ ๐Ÿ‘Œ

dusky grove
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hermes has high chance to spawn at asphodel

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like everytime

opal bay
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also in shops

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think he has higher chance than any boon to appear there

dusky grove
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Fasty dude steals everone's chance XD

stiff flume
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his boon isnt in the same pool as the others

weak rivet
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IM TRYING OUT BENEFITS PACKAGE WHAT IS THIS LMAOO

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IVE NEVER BEEN THIS SCARED OF A NUMBSKULL

stiff flume
weak rivet
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IT'S STUPID FUN THOUGH

dusky grove
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wait till you get some popper

clear dome
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nah cloning skulls are worse

weak rivet
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Oh i full know im gonna get annihilated in elysium

stiff flume
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have you tried the one yet that enhances bosses? my reaction upon seeing first boss was the same as zag's

cunning urchin
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I'm thinking maybe I'll try an Aphrodite-only run. Sell any other boons that I can't avoid picking up.

weak rivet
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But i trust my favourite weapon and sheer stupidity

quartz crow
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ok rocket hammer for rail with deflect is insane

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the aoe shoved meg's spray into her noggin

weak rivet
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no u

opal bay
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can't wait for Crail to find speedy teleporting flamewheels

weak rivet
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OH NO

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OH NO

cunning urchin
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Hydra seems to be a lot easier with Extreme Measures on 2.

opal bay
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tellmemore just pray they don't appear, otherwise keep going.

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oh definitely

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due to hydras being so close it's so easier to hit them all at once

quartz crow
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i really like having limited choices maxed

clear dome
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weird

dusky grove
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guh

weak rivet
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I did the thing with limiting choices but then internally cried when triple bomb got blocked

cunning urchin
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Also most of the bloodless spawners fall into lava.

dusky grove
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yup

weak rivet
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Hammer: offers both spread fire and triple bomb
My Exagryph lover butt: NOOO

dusky grove
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use the cast-shotgun

stiff flume
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spread fire is my favorite hammer in the game i think

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once someone told me you can hold down left mouse button while dashing

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๐Ÿ˜ฉ

dusky grove
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goes well with my aphrodite cast XD

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3 cast and alr 1k5

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๐Ÿ˜ฉ

quartz crow
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is it even possible to have all hammers in a run?

dusky grove
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pray for dedaelus to always drop his hammer ?

clear dome
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impossible

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only 2 hams are available per run

quartz crow
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i really hate it when thanotos spams his bell

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he started with the aoe and now i hear bong bong bong

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stinking kill stealer

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i suck at rail cause turned off aim assist

dusky grove
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imagine wasting all your defiances just because you want to beat Than :>

quartz crow
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if he does not come back to the house im killing him in his sleep

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he came back

cunning urchin
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Than is great.

dusky grove
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dot

lament coral
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I wish he didn't spawn extra enemies

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he's supposed to help, not hinder

dusky grove
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wow, speaking to you guys sure is lucky

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just got a Than

dense locust
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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

cunning urchin
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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.

dense locust
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Or you're playing a slow damage over time build

weak rivet
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Most times im able to do it but when i see i wont do it im just like

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JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL

cunning urchin
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Yeah that too.

weak rivet
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"you spawned em than you deal with em"

dense locust
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Or you're in elysium on 32 heat and are terrified

lament coral
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I mean, sometimes he appears early in Asphodel and you have to deal with armored enemies with BP

cunning urchin
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No, it's Thanatos. Jesus is from a different game.

lament coral
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obviously, he can one shot em, but I can't

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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

weak rivet
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Than: aoe
Enemy: oh wats this pretty purble circle

dense locust
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at least in elysium, if he one shots a bunch of the soldiers, you can come in and clean up the little floating things

clear dome
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jesus is the son of zeus, he is the cousin of zag @cunning urchin

lament coral
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exactly, you can play clean up in Elysium

weak rivet
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Would be fun if he had quotes for that

lament coral
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that at least allows you to break even, which is good enough to get the reward

dense locust
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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

weak rivet
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SORRY THAN YOU MAY BE INVULNERABLE BUT THIS THOT ISN'T

cunning urchin
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He's quite vulnerable underneath that cool exterior. Very kuudere.

weak rivet
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Suggestion: a [HELP ME] button for when you're chased by flamewheels

cunning urchin
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That would be LT/L2/whatever it is on keyboard.

weak rivet
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Oh right we already have a help button xD

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I meant a specified LOOK OVER HERE button for than encounters /j

clear dome
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add a cheat code to avoid all firewheel rooms tbh

cunning urchin
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Though I imagine Meg would just stay and watch for awhile for her own amusement before helping you with those Flamewheels.

clear dome
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indicator that this is a flamewheel room

weak rivet
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enters a room
vrrr vrrr vrrr
oh no
MEOW
OH NO

clear dome
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why does the chariot say meow?

lament coral
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because it is small

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although, it is odd the the big chariot doesn't bark

weak rivet
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That's because it plays the thomas the tank engine theme

surreal tapir
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I hear Than and I am summoned

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yall ever just get a Than encounter and beat him and then he just DOES NOT SHOW UP

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the audacity really

tawdry sail
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Yup. Several times

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Had 10+ runs without Than before he showed up in escape attempts

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But never in House though

surreal tapir
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well that's terribly unfortunate

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Every run I go on I'm just internally hoping for Than to come

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gotta finish all those hearts yanno

cunning urchin
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Hmmm. Aphrodite, Athena, or Demeter on Guan Yu attack?

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Let's try Demeter.

rich cedar
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Aprohdite

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always aphrodite

cunning urchin
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That's what I normally get, yeah. Epic Frost Strike is pretty good so far though.

proven zenith
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how do I assign myself hades role ?

clear dome
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#bot-commands

proven zenith
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thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

turbid needle
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Athena attack is Guan Yu's best spin boon.

cunning urchin
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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.

turbid needle
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when do u unlock guan yu spear

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i still cant see it

rich cedar
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Equip achielles spear and go talk to achielles

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Ive had 3 runs now

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starting with arrowshard

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trying to get artemis legendary

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and it just doestn happen

gray lintel
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third boon Exclusive Access

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feels good man

gray lintel
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oh god I just got the rocket + the cluster bomb

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it fires a shotgun of 5 rockets

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i did not expect this

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this is crazy with posideon special

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with Blizzard Shot this run is now Torgue Approved

round summit
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for me, the best change for some weapon + boon is Explosive Arrow + Aphro's cast

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It's like a really precise shotgun

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with a Weakness bonus

gray lintel
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right now i just have a rocket shotgun

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which i am okay with

round summit
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sure it be exploding people also

rich cedar
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@round summit exploding arrow + dual shot

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is realy good

static prawn
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side note: I've read the chariots meow because they're Nemean chariots. Same place as the Nemean lion

stable onyx
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do you guys sometimes get that glitch where you cant click on your boons at the end of the run

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on the showcase screen

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anyway i had a really good run with chrion bow

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couldnt take proper ss tho

naive tusk
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It has been happening lately

turbid needle
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Homing Bruiser Witches on an Artemis trial.

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One biome away from going full Japanese bullet hell.

lament coral
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I hate how they keep tracking after flying past you

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why can't my stuff track that well?

brave dune
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Because you don't get a benefits package

rich cedar
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What is artemis trial?

turbid needle
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Homing circles.

unkempt pagoda
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make the circles crosshairs

turbid needle
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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.

rich cedar
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RIP

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Im starting to burn out on the grind

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Id rather just be able to unlock all the weapons and play with them

dusky grove
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man this run was clutch

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just trying to farm but then it turned out to be my record ๐Ÿ˜ญ

rich cedar
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I found 2 other titles

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"close call, though" which is if you surive the last 1 with 0 dd and under 10 hp i think

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and olympian caller

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which i think is for just spmming your f key

stable onyx
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so used the alternative mirror skills for the prophecy

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turns out ruthless reflex is pretty good

rich cedar
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haha i just did that too

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i cheated a bit though because i used arthur

stable onyx
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i used arthur aswell lol

rich cedar
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Your runtimes are really fast

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Your slowest time is like my fastest

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its like mini railgun then

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just better

weak rivet
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Godddddd

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Support fire with the hammers that make you rapidfire and chain the damage, on Coronacht?

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Exagryph has nothing on THIS machine gun

static prawn
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new: aspect of Rambo

naive laurel
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Try adding that too double shot

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got a run like that yesterday, pretty easy win

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well, today, technically

round summit
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I'm having a run where I inverted most of my Mirror choices bc Fates said so

naive laurel
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It might work out

round summit
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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

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I hope it doesn't get ruined by ruthless reflex

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having 1 dash only just gets on my nerves

naive laurel
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ruthless is pretty good early game for dmg, and late game for dodge chance

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u just have to land pixel perfect dash for the spin attack tho

wanton dew
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Does aspect of chiron also sinergyze with support fire

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if so damn

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imma still not going to play it tho

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aspect of hera gang

lament coral
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@naive laurel hey, were you asking for run titles?

naive laurel
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I...don't think that's me?

lament coral
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oh, my bad

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someone was asking for a list of run end titles but I can't remember who

round summit
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u just have to land pixel perfect dash for the spin attack tho
I was doing Eris' Deleter Gun

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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

round summit
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oohh

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nice

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I'm scared to go through it and find unreleased content

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BUT I'm more curious then scared

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sooooo I'm going to look it up

lament coral
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just look up Fisher King and scroll up and down from there

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I looked through just the list of the titles and there were no spoilers

latent junco