#h1-builds-and-combat
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I get it EVERY TIME I can
Makes the slow stronger and makes the size the field a bit smaller than the screen.
It makes it a lot easier to maneuver and kite
OK
my incredibly fun fourth-aspect Twin Fists build
https://imgur.com/a/bsnhFfh <- um this is an album
there are two pics
#h1-victory-boasting heads up š
ares is such a bro
I used to hate Ares and Zeus boons
and then i realized that it's just that for them to really shine, you need a few from them to synergize
as one-offs, š
as builds... 
Eh, Zeus attack as a one-of is pretty sick on like, Rail and flurry hammers
That's true, but even then it gets so much better when combined with other Zeus abilities
Last run i had the ares dash with the blades in a bigger area, lasting longer, doing more damage and pulling enemies in
And also extra dashes from hermes
Also, for artemis is just crit rate on attack a good one to go for with excalibur
And also what aphrodite ones are good iāve like never used hers
is support fire decent? its like a single target zeus attack right? i ask because i dont see many people talk about it, im terrible w gun and fist but i tend to go for it on those weapons
whats a good build for the shield?
Support fire is brilliant with the same type of weapons that use zeus/dio
for me, with excalibur, it hits so hard i don't want to go for artemis' modest attack bonus, the crit rate is too low and the attack is too slow. i want a BIG % boost from Athena/Aphrodite
but it's fair on everything else
i prefer Artemis' attack on quick-attack weapons like fists and rail
Support Fire is good on fast-attacking weapons, yeah
Its basically a second Zeus attack
Which is sick
thanks for the info
I feel exactly the opposite for artemis on excal, because when it does crit it hits for near 1.5k
That's true
I prefer Artemis attack
how does it hold up on higher heat levels ive only been to around 10?
Because youll get a lot of % anyway from hammers or chaos boons or the like
It will still be excellent if you're using it on rail & fists
And % boons are additive, so you dont get much out of it
Crit however is multiplicative
well thats good to hear thanks for the info guys
From my perspective, if you can get +100% on it, though, especially if you can also get a Chaos bonus to attack, you'll kill most things in a few hits anyway, crit or no
Oh i just got āclean killā that one seems good
the long animation of those swings mean you are more likely to get chipped down hp-wise
Yeah I also try to get attack speed hermes to make up for it
thats one way to solve it but its very unreliable.
my favorite Excal is attack speed + and athena swipe
athena + holy aura + brilliant riposte is so so good fun
esp. if you can get calculated risk 
you can dash during the swing wind up
i find learning how to do that helps with excal
How much darkness does bouldy usually drop? Thinking about switching to dark regen.
Dark regen is just better in general if that helps
Especially once you have upgraded Infernal Troves
whats the best mirror stats?
And super especially if you're doing a run on a finished bounty heat
I donāt usually get darkness though.
I played with dark regen once to get the prophecy done
It felt so much worse
Than the regular one
Darkness rooms don't matter, even with Dark Regen you dodge those lol
flyinx: once you start re-attempting heats you will, plus infernal troves. PLUS, you have a winning ratio at Wells of Charon if you ever get both 1) the option to buy money for blood AND 2) the ability to buy darkness
Iām just wondering how much Bouldy usually drops since Iām doing bounties pretty much every run.
It's super random
There's a number out there somewhere but it's probably not much lol
Okay. I donāt have him yet, but I was considering focusing on it.
bouldy is good for when you need a small burst dps and some hp
isnt there an arguement for cthonic vitality and high confidence
darkness and gold are just added bonus
argument*
bouldy is also good because he's one of just two??? summons that work during ||REDACTED||
excalibur hits like a tank but seems to suck any ideas on the boons to make it good?
High Confidence is well named. If you're picking it, you're speed running.
If you think you'll get hit even once it's worthless
i think i have more success rates with excalibur than any other aspect
lol good point
i had 3 defiance going into final boss and lost them all
what you use with excalibur
oh yeah 50 additive isnt much
posideon blade seems way more consisten
Are all bonuses additive?
Don't always go for the triple strike on Excalibur. In stressful situations, don't forget you can always just Dash-STrike > Strike, which stun locks super well and is reasonably fast
It's your best burst option
use the special ALL THE TIME. if you keep getting hit, consider stacking it with the two Dinoysus damage reduction effects (and/or Athena's and/or Aphrodite's). dash between each of the three big swings to stay mobile.
yeah - you want to get that third swing out - it hits REALLY HARD - but swinging three in a row makes you really vulnerable. gotta dash.
yeah but it is so slow
Greater Consecration is your friend. Damage hammers are kind of just overkill on Excalibur lol
if you dash, you'll be safer
also consider prioritizing the Hermes attack speed boon
yeah i had that, i got to final boss but it just was so inconsistent
THE SWORD IS SO BAD
It's not THAT slow. It's just pretty slow and kinda committal. It's kinda like playing bow close range
DEAR LORD
have you tried getting gud, my friend? 
bow close range with the cast aspect is pretty damn god though
No weapons are bad. You just havenāt fingered it out yet.
arthur is op im so confused why is everyone saying its bad XD
Fingered it out. Nice
final form malphon should be amazing but everytime i try it it just seems painful to use even with the super high damage
Excalibur is so satisfying to use
@ebon tinsel i think it is less mash-happy-able than other builds, you gotta be a bit more intentional with your timing. bit of a learning curve
Bow close range is very good in general. Pretty similar mentality to Excalibur though. You have to be pretty cognizant of enemy's positioning and animations
big chunky sword
@hollow coral idk it's maybe my #2 or #3 aspect so far. this is the build i ran on it to great success last night: https://imgur.com/a/bsnhFfh (two pics if u click the link) - TIPS: you gotta DASH. you gotta use the special.
Also artemis crit question. Is the crit applied per attack or per hit on an enemy. Like will every enemy in the same sword swing take crit damage or just one
suppose you have a point there you cant just spam on it
course it depends what bow you use
Per hit
i love slow fat number weapons
Rama has entered the chat
i wish beo was slow and fat
Lol, Rama is barely slow anymore
yeah special on gilgamesh gloves was so ahrd to sue
It is with the right hammer upgrades
hard to use*
just takes some learnin
Though people will be stubborn and insist that they MUST POWER SHOT EVERY TIME GRAHHHH
BECAUSE THOU MUST
Iām sorry if I like my power shot to hit for 3k
TO PLAY BOW IS TO POWERSHOT
i am surprised how effing hard the game gets with higher heats
yeah rama got so much faster
like anything past ten if you arent a god gamer will try your patience
Its good, just ignore the dash-upper until it gets an update
best fist is first one imo
Or change the files yourself
You can just play a whole bunch and practice "right" and it gets a lot more approachable
Magnet fist is bae
Like at this point I find 32 to be chill.
what do you run for 32 heat?
Anything
that sounds so horrible
its kinda the spirit of rouge likes to be hard until you learn them a bit
32 is my zen happy place "i have to try but not kill myself" heat
how do you deal with say the hydra and magma etc
You die until you die less?
you just learn the patterns
Everything is answerable, it's just a matter of learning through iteration
This is the way.
Its good, just ignore the dash-upper until it gets an update
@hard holly disagree with this! just... don't spam it. dash-upper ONCE, and then spend the next ~10-15 seconds dash striking. then, when maim expires, dash-upper again. even if the buff is minimal, there's no downside to using it. and it is still a buff.
There is a big downside to using it
EM10 SGG pls
The enemy hits harder
Without EM4, the bosses feel pretty samey.
lmao em10 lets go
yeah but that's why you dash š
Also dash-striking is inefficient damage-wise on gilgamesh, you want to get those meaty regular hits
Would be nice if there was a random heat mode. Go into the attempt without knowing the modifiers.
Even then its more efficient to just keep hitting with regular attacks with dashstrike resets inbetween
Rather than using Maim and risk getting blown up by Hades
EM10: During the head spawn phases, Lernie summons more main heads. Only White Lernies spawn.
Also dash-striking is inefficient damage-wise on gilgamesh, you want to get those meaty regular hits
@hard holly not if you have a beefy dash upgrade like buffed Ares dash or Poseidon dash
If it were multiplicative, yes, itd be good
gilgah has like 20 damage dash strike which is bad
also, yeah, it's less beefy than a regular hit... but you're also less vulnerable!!
that's the whole cost/benefit thing
hit for less damage, dodge more attacks
it's a tradeoff
True, but you can fairly reliably avoid the big hits even while going for the regular attacks
Just make sure to not get screwed by hitstop
And avoid Maim because its bad right now
sure. idk man i (at just 9 heat) beat Hades in 20 minutes dying just once the entire time and i was maiming and dashing constantly
you can tell me my super fun and successful build isn't viable if you are min-maxing i guess
but it was super fun and viable
lol
Im more talking generally
Mostly because I want them to make it multiplicative
So I dont have to keep replacing the files every time it updates
Also if you try EM4 with Maim youre gonna be in for a bad time
Least fun weapon in the game
People focus too much on "viable." Anyone who's asking the question probably has enough to improve that the answer is "yes, you just have to learn how to do it"
SauCe, have you tried ||getting gud lolololol
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cant believe this needs said but "it depends"
Shield is so yawn
i often hate the rail. pair the rail with poseidon smashes and/or support fire? I LOVE IT
I love that everyone has a different answer for that question
i hate the bow. least favorite weapon. had one of my favorite runs yesterday with it
Can anyone tell me their thoughts on Malphon zagreus aspect? The dodge chance one.
But yeah, pls make Maim multiplicative SGG
bow is chad
Also Beowulf
buff beowulf pls
Can anyone tell me their thoughts on Malphon zagreus aspect? The dodge chance one.
@hexed leaf All fist aspects are vaguely equally good. Maybe not the last one. Hard to tell so early.
I just want to have a Beowulf option for all-in bullrushing
dom scroll up, unovven and i just had a chat about it
Rather than relying on casts
Oh no he is talking about the Zag one
I havent played the Zag one
10% dodge chance is kinda meh when Im usually rolling with 50% dodge chance anyway
Oh? Aspect of Enkidu isn't good?? Darn that is why I wanted to invest in the Zagreus aspect.
pair that with the lambent plume, one of my favorite simplest builds
I don't think it's as good as any of the other 3 though
Which is fine, all the fist aspects are great
Hm
I think its better than Zag
But again
Im already rolling with 50% dodge chance inherently
An extra 5% aint all that relevant
Even if Dodge was additive... that's the exact opposite of true
Well that is quite disappointing.
Each subsequent point of dodge (additive) you get is worth more than the last

E.g. at 50% dodge, 5% dodge would prevent 10% of attacks that would have hit you.
Well yes
Hence why I said 5% instead of 10%
It prevents an extra 5% of all attacks from hitting you
Which is kinda eh
? No, it would prevent an extra 10% of all attacks from hitting you lol.
Which is insane
Wait Im confused
If you get 50% dodge chance
Then 10% dodge chance prevents 10% of the remaining 50%
Aka 5%
It gets worth less since its multiplicative
HOLYYYY
Youāve got to be a maniac to unironically enjoy sword
This is an objectively not fun and bad weapon
This weapon is so ass
Right, it's multiplicative. I assumed you were going with Dodge being additive because how the hell else are you getting 50% lol
sword gang where u at
Ruthless Reflexes
lmaooo
50% every time you dodge just in time
Nemesis is definitely conversation for best aspect in the game
sword is so fun what
But I guess not everyone runs Ruthless Reflexes
sword is never bad
Sword is so bad
its just nemesis and arthur is too good
even pos sword is cool
sword ranges from fine to extremely good depending on the aspect or combo rotation
sword does it all
it's not bad
Sword ranges from extremely good to Zagreus Aspect.
also buff beowulf please
even vanilla sword is versatile
long stabby stab, sustain damage, and an aoe, sword is great
yes
sword can cast: pos sword can crit: nemesis sword can loose: zag literally does it all
lmao
I hate it here
then leave
zagreus is worthless but sword is solid early game nonetheless
zag sword is really worthless
I need a good sword build
truly, TRULY, there are no "bad" weapons my friend
you just need to adjust your playstyle, your mirror talents, or your build
nemesis with literally anything
And never touch this cursed weapon again
just run nemesis with artemis lmao
Hearing all these sword hates hurts my soul
Some good zag sword action is my jam
I donāt wanna spend blood on sword
literally everything works well with sword
Hate how they neerfd it -_-
all the daedalus sword upgrades are stupid good
or nemesis zagless, just throw the sword at the boss and youll win
Hi guys, are there any builds that work with Chaos's Shield?
there are good builds for everything lol
I got a boon thatās āyour god gauge charges up faster when you deal critical damage: faster gauge gain on critical: 0.35%ā
Am i missing something or is this completely worthless
Why are yāall saying itās good
Itās so clunky to play
I can never make this shi work I swear
if you rely on only doing full attack combos sure it's clunky
you click and it does damage in like a 180 degree zone in front of you
like
how is that bad
and it does big chonk damage too
on the topic of chaos shield is doom still the way to go or can you make an aphro shotgun build?
@onyx parcel you need to dash attack between hits otherwise it will be really clunky
you NEED to use dash attacks for sword not to be clunky
how is chaos doom build good tell me the theory
i just do zeus doom with merciful end
chaos doom used to be good cuz it hit everything and bounced right?
oh the bounce as aoe
i dont play high heat so aoe is worthless to me
zeus with doom and merciful end literally shreds bosses without mercy
Curse of Pain with Impending Doom and Merciful End on Zeus Aspect Aegis is pretty good ngl
here is me using the build against hades
@hades devs, help me with the decay factor of lightning
never tried blocking myself lol
shadow presence or fiery presence for ka?
Y=a(1-b)^x
I may be applying the decay factor a bit incorrectly, but my mind is currently struggling with the concept of how to encapsulate decay-per-bounce rather than per-time
Iām dashing a lot on sword
Still doesnāt do shi
How do I play sword man??? I just need it for the stupid prophecy
But let the record show that if you're able to hit 8 times and get 4 lightning bounces for each hit in 1.1 seconds with common lightning fists, your effective overal damage is about the same value you get from Heroic Ares doom + stacking doom.
GG
Can someone explain aspect of lucifer? Every time I tried it, it has been nearly useless and thoroughly unpleasant.
What a stupid weapon
Have you tried poseidon on sword?
should I run shadow presence or fiery presence on ka?
Zeus > Ares. Ares stacking doom is lame and needs to be buffed.
I just did a zag sword clear on 5 heat, its not so bad
sword bread n butter is dash-strike spam into special, rinse repeat
I do shadow all the time
Just be sure to move constantly
for non-arthur, that is
more overall dps with shadow
I was thinking with ka cleaves it might be better to go fiery to 1 shot certain mobs
but yeah you're right
i usually go with like attack builds with shadow but if it's like with the railgun special i might take fiery
also what do you think of high confidence
zeus with doom and merciful end literally shreds bosses without mercy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwmyeE-fzM0
@jaunty solar
yep.
But i honestly don't understand why it's so good. merciful doom is supposed to do 40 damage now (used to be 50). but it's somehow doing like 2k damage. i don't get it. but i'm not complaining.
Curse of Pain with Impending Doom and Merciful End on Zeus Aspect Aegis is pretty good ngl
Never tried high confidence, always prefered more survivability
whats an aspect that doesnāt really care what boons you get
Any aspect if you're good.
@kind cloud i have impending doom there
@kind cloud merciful end's gimmick is that the damage displayed on the duo itself is extra damage from activating the doom early with something that can deflect
i see
whats an aspect that doesnāt really care what boons you get
@robust anchor
zeus shield (aka semi-autonomous rotating turret). the special works with everything.
but the instant activation allows for all the other normal doom damage to come through as well
impending doom with dire misfortune in fact
including impending and dire boosts, yeah
also zeus shield with athena deflect on special is really good for having two shields blocking everything coming at you lmao
@kind cloud i have impending doom there
@jaunty solar
Sure but even then...epic impending doom does like around 90% on top of regular doom after delay.
@kind cloud merciful end's gimmick is that the damage displayed on the duo itself is extra damage from activating the doom early with something that can deflect
@mighty ermine
Yeah, I know that. But still doesn't explain the 2kish damage it's doing over a few seconds.
why doesn't it? doom is being activated instantly constantly because of zeus special
it makes sense to me
zeus shield triggers doom at every hit
@jaunty solar
Ah, i see.
spear point or acorn for em4?
Either
collar for every final fight ever
I prefer acorn due to force of habit
btw, speaking of zeus shield...i recommend trying out poseidon special with razor shoals plus poseidon/zeus duo boon sea storm. get empowering flight hammer upgrade for special.
Get a curse attack (athena/demeter/dio) on attack and charged shot hammer upgrade.
Those 2 hammers synergize REALLY WELL.
And charged shot's attack goes through shields!
Deploy shield. stand behind it and act like a sniper.
it's beautiful.
i literally just take collar to every final fight
Even with a decay factor of 0.9, if you manage to get 8 hits in the span of 1.1 seconds, which should be quite doable, you're able to put out 226.837 to Ares' 235.
Consider the fact that both of these numbers come from heroic boons, and ares needs two heroic numbers to reach that value, I think zues' value really outshines em
it serves me well
collar is much less effective health than acorn, really
of course at the point I need to figure out exactly how many punches can be landed within the span of 1.1 seconds
i havent leveled acorn and cant be bothered
unless you were to take five hits that only do 10 damage, which would be... unlikely with hades
i take collar cuz it also means extra health gained by death defiance
unless you were to take five hits that only do 10 damage, which would be... unlikely with hades
@mighty ermine
Is acorn less effective health than spearpoint?
i literally just take collar to every final fight
@jaunty solar
i used to.
but you have to realize that it gives only 50 health.
max acorn stops 5 hits. even if we assume hades does only 30 per hit...it negates 150 points of damage.
150>50.
dont think of it as 50 health only
collar is not very good imho
think of it as extra hp gained every defiance
dont think of it as 50 health only
@jaunty solar
i know...death defiances, right?
Lol I miss those
@silk anvil depends on how well you can avoid being hit in succession
Though real talk Stubborn Defiance is a LOT better than Death Defiance, and a lot more abusable
i mean
@jaunty solar
back when players could get like 7-10 death defiances, collar made sense.
if ur in high heat yea @hearty elbow
@silk anvil depends on how well you can avoid being hit in succession
@mighty ermine
What I'm hearing is that with spearpoint, my EHP can technically go to infinity
now...not so much.
Though real talk Stubborn Defiance is a LOT better than Death Defiance, and a lot more abusable
@hearty elbow ummmmmmmmmmmmm strongly disagree
check m8
because if you're playing with HL...acorn negates like 300 points of damage.
i often use 2+ death defiances per-successful Hades clear
@kind cloud i cant be bothered with leveling keepsakes when i keep forcing builds with god keepsakes
I have just lost the game
lol...you should level them up...
It's a really different playstyle, to be fair, but Stubborn lets you make a whole lot more mistakes in a run than DD does.
at high heat SD is miles better than DD
@kind cloud i cant be bothered with leveling keepsakes when i keep forcing builds with god keepsakes
@jaunty solar
Just do 0 level runs and grind em out of the way
because I went greed mode
@jaunty solar
Just do 0 level runs and grind em out of the way
@silk anvil
yep
@kind cloud i cant be bothered with leveling keepsakes when i keep forcing builds with god keepsakes
@jaunty solar forcing builds w/ god keepsakes is less efficient than you think, because you might be trying to force a build BUT you get the God you want only once due to your keepsake and now you've wasted a keepsake slot that you could have been getting an actual benefit from
high-key best strat there is to not use those until youve already gotten several boons from the god you want (IE asphodel+)
i dont tryhard hades, i just force builds i wanna play
Eh, what you're saying is technically true, but you're underselling the effect 1 boon can have though lol
@proven sierra
depends. certain boons can completely make or break a build.
so forcing builds is my way of having fun
Owl Pendant, aka Divine Dash, Athena's Aid, or extra DD: the keepsake, says hi
like the plume and butterfly
yep
it all comes down to what play style and build a player is trying to achieve.
gonna try reversing that build in the video, gonna take athena special with doom attack
and hopefully get double strike daedalus
if you're not rocking hermes plume 24/7, you're wasting away again in margaritaville
gonna try reversing that build in the video, gonna take athena special with doom attack
@jaunty solar
This is how i usually get merciful doom especially on zeus shield. ares attack and athena deflect.
like IMHO plume and butterfly are only worth it if you rock them your entire escape attempt
yep
yea
like IMHO plume and butterfly are only worth it if you rock them your entire escape attempt
@proven sierra this is correct; and also because butterfly becomes dang near impossible in zone 2+, because you will inevitably always take a bit of cheeky damage
mini hydras
are fun xDDDDDDD
also armor making enemies unstunlockable and forcing me to actually be good at the game
That feel when flawless room and last enemy pulls some super pro level stuff just to nick your hair
i always underestimate the bloodless
and sometimes get myself stunlocked and take SO MANY HITS
@proven sierra the bloodless are the blue boxing fools, right?; they're a force to be reckoned with
Rakers don't play
@silk anvil i think the term applies to both them and the yellow guys who shoot pink floor-sliders, but i was primarily thinking of the blue boxers yeah
i think skelly is a bloodless
is there going to be any more info on skelly after i || kill skelly || ?
||Skelly was Persephone the whole time||
is there going to be any more info on skelly after i || kill skelly || ?
@jaunty solar
||kill him and find out||
xD
The aspect of zeus with zeus boons is so much fun
i really dont feel like investing blood on zag aspect sword tho
i should hope so lol
its so bad
That's the meme
thunder flourish's internal cooldown was tuned specifically to zeus shield's attack rate
@jaunty solar get the plume, get the Hermes boon that gives damage bonus based on speed, get Hermes boons that improves speed, and baby you got a stew going
feels bad died on 10%hp em4
The aspect of zeus with zeus boons is so much fun
@ember ermine try putting doom on special with athena attack and merciful end, its also really fun
doom on Zeus special is really smart
I have a lot of respect for people who play Zeus aspect efficiently
it also did a LOT of damage
It's soooooo fricken awkward and you have to think so far in advanced to not waste like 10 seconds repositioning
nah
you can just use it for a second and recall it
if your clicks are well timed you dont need to care about repositioning
zeus shield is weird for me in that i can never get good results with it but i know exactly how great it could be
idk chaos shield's own aspect seems worthless to me
Or at the very least how great Merciful End could be
if i run it i only run it for chaos to laugh occasionally
i actually got much better at zeus shield a couple days ago just from practice
What does merciful end do
I know people are saying it's not that bad... but dang it feels prettttyy bad lol.
(Chaos)
it's pretty fun but i can't say it handles faster opponents well at all regardless of how you handle it
I just unlocked zeus shield so iām not great at it but itās so fun
does the new keepsake ||pom blossom|| stack with the boon ||Sweet Nectar (+1 bonus lvl from poms)|| ?
high heat tiny vermin with zeus shield is an absolute nightmare
Is merciful end a duo or just a ares boon
merciful end makes the Ares ability that lets multiple stacks of doom add damage useless, right?
also, that boon is useless anyway, right??? it like adds +10 damage per stack, hardly anything
Not useless but a lot less good yeah
Some aspects can't always trigger deflect at the same exact rate as doom
merciful end makes the Ares ability that lets multiple stacks of doom add damage useless, right?
@proven sierra on zeus aspect with how often it procs doom it might be worth something
but idk
@proven sierra that's dire misfortune you're thinking of
never really tested without, the video above has both dire misfortune and impending doom
Impending Doom is the sauce with Merciful End though
yea thats what i ran
dire misfortune is definitely less underwhelming when paired with impending at least
I wonder how much they buffed it
does misfortune add damage, which impending increases, or the other way around
Patch notes just says they did
Hmm; I forgot about zues Shield / spear spin when considering DPS calculations of ares+dire misfirtune
anybody know the answer to my question above?
you can run dire if you cannot find merciful with zeus aspect
impending increases the extra from dire iirc
@worn sand quote the question please?
which is why it's a good pairing
does the new keepsake ||pom blossom|| stack with the boon ||Sweet Nectar (+1 bonus lvl from poms)|| ?
I do not know
oh damn, that's way better than what i thought
Please discover for us
i just assumed misfortunate just added on top of impending's increase
Don't think sweet nectar will proc from pom, i think sweet nectar applies only to picked up poms but idk
Idk why they feel the need to specify "after 0.5 seconds" is that purely so people know when to synergize with the instant-doom-pop?
@worn sand sweet nectar does not affect it
someone tested this a few days ago iirc
yeah it'd prolly go broken fast af lol
Getting sweet nectar is a pretty huge cost, and most boons have serious diminishing returns for poms
So it's be great but not broken i think
Though I could easily see using pools of purging to get like level 30 Drunken Flourishes
didn't you see that one attempt with a heroic tidal dash at like lvl. 37
wait how does pools of purging synergize with leveling boons?
It synergizes with the random boon upgrade of the keepsake/nectar rooms
you get rid of the excess boons
so pom upgrade just goes to the boon you want all the time
how viable is a 'tank' build with aspect of arthur sword + damadge mitigation boons
Depends. HL0 -> Game breakingly broken. HL5 -> Pointless
HL?
heat level
hard labor
@neon garnet you could give it a try mate, with like weak, and other dmg mitig, heck i'll try it when i get on and play
is it YOUR CORE BUILD? all you're getting is DR? bad.
but do you have a good offensive build AND you got 3-4 DR boons? pretty good! you should be using your special all the time anyway
yeha i just fully upgraded it i have been using it as i use normal sword but it poped into my head and thought others may have tried it
isnt the point of arthur putting your special down and attacking ruthlessly with insane damage swings lmao
basically
With HL0 you're taking so little damage once you stack Myrmidon Bracer, Aura, Weak, Sturdy, that you don't have to respect mechanics anymore, just swing swing swing
i was using the special more to slow enemys and poke them xD
also ive said this many times but run artemis attack with arthur aspect
With HL5, you just spend a billion resources to take normal damage now... so grats?
its insane
YES eebo
that's what i'm saying
get brilliant riposte. get the artemis/dio duo boon "calculated risk"
deadly strike + shadow slash is all you need on arthur. if you can, get heartbreak flourish to fish for heart rend. get divine dash too for funsies
you could also run splitting headache with dionysus cast
dio cast doesn't do hangover
wait really?
I like Deadly Strike + Double Edge more for consistency
bruh
dio cast does fog, which stuns
there is an upgrade that makes folks in the fog take more hangover damage tho
i usually run aphro cast so i mustve forgot
Black Out. It's a global damage 60% if they're affected by Hangover and standing in Fog
Wiki says 100... I haven't gotten it in 1.0 but I'm pretty sure that's not right.
the point of black out is to make your hangover stronger but it basically works as an additional global boost
ah i thought it was hangover damage only
been trying to get black out eris for a while now
didnt realize if they HAVE hangover in the cloud, they take bonus damage
that's dope
I cheesed the crap out of 49 Heat with Rama by abusing the Suffering multiplier with Deadly Strike and Black Out
That's a LOT of multpliers
(Black Out isn't multiplicative fwiw but with AP2 the lines blur between the two lol)
why would you not get cast boons while running hera
the only thing hera changes is where your casts get shot from, in this case where the arrow lands
Chiron and Rama Coronacht are pretty fun imo
but weapons are always personal preference
i like literally every weapon except the two projectile ones lmao
Seems like a pretty flimsy literally š
Yeah damage is definitely not a weak point of Bow or Rail
rail did do alright damage when i turned it into a slug shotgun with daedalus
heavy knuckle good?
dece
Yeah damage is definitely not a weak point of Bow or Rail
@hearty elbow
that's kinda too simple, no?
should be better framed/contextualized as damage per unit of time to discharge (or damage x time)
the more damage in less time, the better.
hence, nemesis doesn't do huge damage in base but its abilities when stacked make it ideal for speedrunning.
Rail does damage with correct setups
absolutely. everything in the game does damage with correct setup.
But the key ancillary consideration for many is time (and not in the sense of tight deadline).
like...trying to do rama's attack is kinda fool's gold.
LEGOKESSSS!!!
I've got Aspect of Lucifer
Demeter on attack
I'm between Concentrated Beam and Piercing Fire at my first hammer
Or Eternal Chamber, but I figure that's probably not good?
i'd opt for concentrated beam (if it is the way i remember it).
/haven't played lucifer since 1.0 released
They're just going easier on you @tidal hawk
(Probably a combination of a bunch of factors)
Its acorn
lol
Thats it
I'm also getting his less anyway
Even when my acorn ran out asterius or however you spell it only hit me like twice
I also charmed Asterius
And he took 1/5 of Theseus health
in 1 hit
LOL
Yeah that's about right
I feel like charm doesnt last long enough for charmed enemies to ever attack eachother. They take the whole duration just trying to figure out they're no longer attacking me and should be aiming elsewhere
^ i agree
World splitter, cruel thrust, or flurry slash?
I only ever have fun trolling dad with it
Does cruel thrust apply to dash strike?
is ares special still great on chaos shield
I feel like charm doesnt last long enough for charmed enemies to ever attack eachother. They take the whole duration just trying to figure out they're no longer attacking me and should be aiming elsewhere
@silk anvil i just always use aphro greater call
what a terrible hammer
skips a boss phase always
I see charm as a paralyze basically
ill take world spliter
post an imgur link
@silk anvil i just always use aphro greater call
@jaunty solar
I even mean with aphro greater call
I see charm as a paralyze basically
@smoky atlas
Yeah, it works wonders when you can buff your charm chance and have dad perma-pacified
how do I make imgur link
upload it to imgur lmao
All I know is screenshot
do you know how F12 in Steam work?
is ares special on chaos shield still effective
If imgur is still down, you can upload an image to a discord server then copy-paste the external link to here
is ares special on chaos shield still effective
@solid cairn
I'd imagine it would be, even if the shields are more directed now
I mean what else would I go
^^ If you post it in a discord, you can click the image, then open it in external app (presumably a web browser)
The method kinda varies whether you're on mobile or comp
, strange, I would think that would work
Ok anyway
Its literally artemis special build
with the shot on fists
instead of the uppercut
Kinetic Launcher
With Aspect of Demeter so it hits like 5 times
Because Artemis best deity
I swear they mustve been changed or something because I thought demeter gloves was underwhelming 
like memes aside, her boons are the most versatile and stuff like Pressure Points, Hide Breaker, Support Fire are good on practically any build
why not just hit someone 5 times with your special manually?

Let's say you get a crit, does it apply to all 5 hits? Or is damage calculated separately for each one?
separate
Ok here is why demeter is good
each one is a separate instance of damage but it's nigh instant
1 button press
Does 5x your specials damage
instantly
no long animation
literally just happens
no waiting or mashing or anything
Sounds like why one would want to take up that Hermes boon for fast-rapid-casting... but uh.. does that boon even still exist?
If Hermes shows up I usually go for faster attack speed on Demeter Malphon because y'know charge the ol' special
Yer missing out @tidal hawk
I mean I don't think any of the Fists are suited for cast builds
I prefer to use casts as room clearing
Talos is fine
Poseidon Stygius is the best for cast builds, or perhaps Hera or one of the Rail Aspects
when its hera
Also, I'll have to cronch numbers on whether or not it's better to instant 1000 someone with 12 fist punch between damage, or talos pull and do 1000 with good ol left-clicke
btw do you guys think persuasion or authority is more useful
Can't wait for Hera, Hephaestus, and Apollo boons hopefully someday
Persuasion is switch boons and stuff right?
lets say you get 3 trash Athena choices
change em
now you possibly have 3 good athena choices
I've been using maxed out Authority but that's just because I haven't invested anything into Persuasion i'm working on it
Aspect of Red Stygius when
hmm what about pride vs legacy
I bet the slow is going to be important for EM4
how do you even get em4
Trying to decide if I want to swap to Dio attack from Demeter
Be nice if she would show up again
Hangover kinda bad
@tidal hawk
Sacrilege
But yeah, demeter is nice because slowed enemies value cant be overstated
I had to grab the Nectar boon from Dio but next shop gave me Ice Wine
Sooooo worked out lol
I really like artemis support fire for high hitting weapons like rail, fist and shield...am I overvaluing that boon?
support fire really accumulates with fast hitting weapons
Also what are good skills for afro....I feel like Ignore her the most as I don't like charm as a stat....I do like her call on bosses
her cast is nice
I think people use her Attack for the high damage bonus?
Support fire is free [~+10*attackspeed/s] pretty good tbh
aphro has one of the highest % boost to atk/special
@stable grotto chiron bow? I like demeter
aphro call is stronk too
Cause right now I'm struggling with bow
And part of it is finding a good attack boon
aphro, artermis
yeah aphro or artemis
i like ares too, but not as much as the other As
Is art a good pick for everything?
maybe also artemis for special because zeus boon doesn't work with chiron special
I feelike fast weapons don't benefit from crits as much
i feel like i get consistent results with artemis
and dionysus i guess, hes a bro
Oh yeah I got the ice/dio cast duo boon....not good for bow
Dio is great
I undervalued him until I leveled up more
dio cast is amazing for hera bow, but if youre looking for normal atk, aphro/art are great
Zeus still does pretty decently well with Chiron special, especially if you build up with secondary boons.
hey, some quick build with the caos shield? I like dio for special but i want to try something else
Zues doesnt proc multiple specials with chiron tho
So aphro you take for raw numbers?
So beware if you're wanting to hit someone with 9 seeking thunderbolts ;~;
Triple Bomb or Flash Fire is better?
Zeus has delay, but doesnt it still hit a few times usually or do my eyes deceive me?
You get 1 thunderbolt per chiron shot
It has an internal per-enemy delay of 0.2 seconds
That prevents a veritable barrage of lightning from nuking someone out of existence (otherwise 64*9 damage every .5~.75 seconds would be ungodly powerful)
Oh yeah for sure. Thought I was seeing a second bolt get through when I was using it
Which rail?
zeus attack helps
aspect of eris rail
whats a good rail build?
@jaunty solar zeus attack always helps, dio attack is also decent
i usually like to take a status special, aphro is the best imo
Was just about to suggest aphro on special
maybe demeter attack with the exploding chill at 10 stacks? even withous it cat stack chill pretty fast
On attack, yeah dio or Zeus are solid. Demeter isnt bad if you can get the damage on 10 stack
And even better with death at 10%
damn kipple we are connected xd
For chaos shield, ares is a good choice for special. I can never seem to do well with it overall though, so usually stick with Zeus shield
I'm actually trying demeter rail right now
For chaos shield, ares is a good choice for special. I can never seem to do well with it overall though, so usually stick with Zeus shield
@thick raptor never tried, also noted
Particularly if you get them shields bouncing to everyone, and a slow enough option that the delayed doom is probably a great choice with it
For chaos shield, ares is a good choice for special. I can never seem to do well with it overall though, so usually stick with Zeus shield
@thick raptor see the video i posted earlier
zeus shield with merciful end
Who gives sturdy when attacking?
Hammer?
I havent played with merciful end yet, I've neglected ares as an option until recently and really am liking the blades more than I used to
Lol, I thought I was memeing, but Nemesis + Cursed Slash with LC4 worked out
(It's not good. Do not advise)
daedalus healing and guan yu are not affected by LC no?
correct
then theoratically i could run guan yu with LC4 for free heat
That is the strategy with Stubborn Defiance in a nutshell, yes
why stubborn?
anyone know of a good aspect of arthur build
Because you have a very finite number of mistakes you can make with DD + LC4
I've been stuck on making use of ||persephone|| until Styx and switching to the acorn on my runs, as well as just using Bouldie summon for emergency health. Any solid trinkets I may be overlooking?
You can "heal" with Stubborn Defiance by killing yourself
I'm running Lucifer's with Demeter's attacks and its hilarious, the freezing laser of death
On higher Heat, Stubborn Defiance tends to be the go to
anyone know of a good aspect of arthur build
@glossy kraken just take artemis attack with anything else you want
and you are good to go
Also Patroclus/Touch of Styx are very very good
Arthur works well with an Aphro special and find some hammers for more special speed/damage.
oh yea what does patroclus give when you have stubborn anyway
When in doubt, force Athena for the best dash in the game XD
i mean yea
I actually donāt know what Kiss of Styx does with Stubborn
with fast hitting weapons except the rail you can force athena attack for almost invinvibility
What does Pot of Greed Kiss of Styx do?
or athena special with zeus aegis
i dont think it does anything actually
I havent considered using Zeus aegis with athena special before.
its basically a second shield
especially useful in elysium when you cannot stun lock archers who have armor
im not entirely sure as I havent tried it but with the way stubborn defiance works, kiss of styx would be useless if you have stubborn defiance
does athena special make arthur aoe a deflection dome
i dont think so
kiss of styx gets replaced with touch of styx
cuz its not a hit, its an effect
kiss of styx gets replaced with touch of styx
@lament creek so what does that do
i think makes your hp after revive higher
so how exactly does the hera bow work? does it count all the damage as one big instance or separate instances for the attack and however many bloodstones are in it?
It's as if you casted them yousrelf, but at the point of impact of the arrow
WIki says Bow attack has pierce effect, but when I last tried it didn't ignore foes' shields. How does that actually work?
its more than 1 instance for sure, which is why you can 1shot shielded enemies
I was wrong
Pierce means it goes through enemies. It doesn't pierce shields
Sword is actually decent
Lol, after all of that?
Oh boy oh boy
At least World splitter
I cant wait to do a challenge room
so if i had deadly strike, it'd only crit on the damage from the base bow shot?
Correct
alright cool, ty
nice thing about it is that you can kill armored enemies in one shot
I'm kinda thinking about trying to win a run using only dashes
What do I choose - Ares, Zeus or Poseidon with Sea Storm?
Poseidon, Razor Shoals, Sea Storm
Zeus is probably better if you get everything, but it's miserable if you don't
I see only one reason for Zeus to be better is that he wouldn't knockback enemies away from me
Damage would be worse I suppose?
If you get Splitting bolt, Lightning Reflexes, Static Discharge, and Double Strike, Zeus will way overperform Poseidon
But Tidal Dash's base damage is great
If I have prerequisites for Sea Storm I can have every Zeus support boon, can't I?
So they affect Sea Storm
Woof
They do yeah
I'll give myself credit, I had him down to 1/5th on my first shot at EM4
This build could actually do some damage lol
The only thing I'm worried about is that I can't rely on Athena much
Man, I'm not real big on the Bow, but aspect of hera is pretty nuts with the right cast
hmm, anyone tried out the new keepsake yet? decent to build around or no?
||The pom one I mean||
hera with Festive Fog is ruining things pretty hard
wot, I think that's the other keepsake that I haven't yet gotten
@livid comet It's kinda good in Styx
lol
probably more correct to put this in #h1-for-new-players but with people going specific builds, do you rely on holding an ||olympian keepsake||? Or is it just theoretically what would be optimal if RNG blessed you?
yeah, but not great to have over Olympian keepsakes prolly
I run Olympian keepsakes on the regular
Before Styx it only grants about 3 weak poms per... Sector?
But in Styx every small encounter counts
oh that doesnt need to be hidden then :p
nope, it's one weak pom per 4 encounters
Yeah, and it's about 12 rooms per Tartarus, Asphodel and Elysium
iunno how levels are broken up tho so you might be right
yeah, it's alright in Styx
It'd be nicer if I could select two/three boons for it to boost
But at that point you already have many boons so it levels up random stuff
exactly
do you run it from start to finish?
From Styx to finish :)
If you don't want force any more gods so yeah
since I'm usually built by then
god keepsakes are great if you want to casually force builds
thoughts on dark foresight and the legendary boosting talent?
Is dark foresight the one with +hp for darkness?
no that's the one that increases chances for gold laurel rooms
I might quit the game
legendaries are kinda specific to the build so take the legendary boost if you're hunting for a specific one
Tbh
I prefer having everything for rareness and for legendaries
personally i go olympian favor/god's legacy
I used artemis greater call for Asterius to go no
and block the entire thing
he took 100 damage
compared to 1500
yeah that happens
Olympian Favor and Gods Legacy
So salty
Yeah
keep an eye on those hp bars
@tidal hawk he has invulnerability window at 50% hp
yeah you gotta get used to timing greater calls around invuln thresholds
small divisions on health bars would be nice
Ok so I thought invuln was only if you are doing X damage to the boss
to prevent insta kill
no
its on specific thresholds
Yes all bosses have invulns
it's always at 50%, ||Hades ||is every 33%
@livid comet ||On second phase its different||
Uh yeah, well redacted is something else iirc
meg and alecto are quarters, tisiphone is thirds
second phase is souch easier than first phase omg
hydra is thirds
knowledge is power
Is Pressure Points high priority on like every build? Feels like my damage skyrockets when I take it.
