#h1-builds-and-combat

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hearty elbow
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Yeah it's amazing

proven sierra
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I get it EVERY TIME I can

hearty elbow
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Makes the slow stronger and makes the size the field a bit smaller than the screen.

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It makes it a lot easier to maneuver and kite

proven sierra
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OK

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my incredibly fun fourth-aspect Twin Fists build

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there are two pics

hearty elbow
robust anchor
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ares is such a bro

proven sierra
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I used to hate Ares and Zeus boons

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and then i realized that it's just that for them to really shine, you need a few from them to synergize

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as one-offs, šŸ‘Ž

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as builds... residentzag

hard holly
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Eh, Zeus attack as a one-of is pretty sick on like, Rail and flurry hammers

proven sierra
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That's true, but even then it gets so much better when combined with other Zeus abilities

ember ermine
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Last run i had the ares dash with the blades in a bigger area, lasting longer, doing more damage and pulling enemies in

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And also extra dashes from hermes

primal cape
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So shadow slash on arthur is absolutely insane

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that's my #1 priority with daedelus

ember ermine
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Also, for artemis is just crit rate on attack a good one to go for with excalibur

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And also what aphrodite ones are good i’ve like never used hers

ebon tinsel
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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

bleak thistle
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whats a good build for the shield?

primal cape
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Support fire is brilliant with the same type of weapons that use zeus/dio

proven sierra
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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

primal cape
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but it's fair on everything else

proven sierra
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i prefer Artemis' attack on quick-attack weapons like fists and rail

hard holly
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Support Fire is good on fast-attacking weapons, yeah

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Its basically a second Zeus attack

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Which is sick

ebon tinsel
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thanks for the info

primal cape
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I feel exactly the opposite for artemis on excal, because when it does crit it hits for near 1.5k

proven sierra
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That's true

hard holly
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I prefer Artemis attack

ebon tinsel
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how does it hold up on higher heat levels ive only been to around 10?

hard holly
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Because youll get a lot of % anyway from hammers or chaos boons or the like

primal cape
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It will still be excellent if you're using it on rail & fists

hard holly
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And % boons are additive, so you dont get much out of it

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Crit however is multiplicative

ebon tinsel
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well thats good to hear thanks for the info guys

proven sierra
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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

ember ermine
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Oh i just got ā€œclean killā€ that one seems good

primal cape
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Yes, but I'm more concerned with boss hp

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then consistency of killing mobs

left wolf
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the long animation of those swings mean you are more likely to get chipped down hp-wise

primal cape
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Yeah I also try to get attack speed hermes to make up for it

left wolf
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thats one way to solve it but its very unreliable.

proven sierra
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my favorite Excal is attack speed + and athena swipe

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athena + holy aura + brilliant riposte is so so good fun

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esp. if you can get calculated risk zagluv

ebon tinsel
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you can dash during the swing wind up

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i find learning how to do that helps with excal

ember ermine
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Oh clean mill and heart rend. Any crits excalibur gets are going to be wild

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Kill

marsh dawn
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How much darkness does bouldy usually drop? Thinking about switching to dark regen.

hearty elbow
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Dark regen is just better in general if that helps

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Especially once you have upgraded Infernal Troves

bleak thistle
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whats the best mirror stats?

proven sierra
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dark regen is soooo good.

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it helps keep you healed

hearty elbow
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And super especially if you're doing a run on a finished bounty heat

marsh dawn
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I don’t usually get darkness though.

hard holly
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I played with dark regen once to get the prophecy done

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It felt so much worse

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Than the regular one

hearty elbow
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Darkness rooms don't matter, even with Dark Regen you dodge those lol

proven sierra
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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

marsh dawn
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I’m just wondering how much Bouldy usually drops since I’m doing bounties pretty much every run.

hearty elbow
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It's super random

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There's a number out there somewhere but it's probably not much lol

marsh dawn
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Okay. I don’t have him yet, but I was considering focusing on it.

left wolf
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bouldy is good for when you need a small burst dps and some hp

ebon tinsel
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isnt there an arguement for cthonic vitality and high confidence

left wolf
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darkness and gold are just added bonus

ebon tinsel
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argument*

proven sierra
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bouldy is also good because he's one of just two??? summons that work during ||REDACTED||

hollow coral
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excalibur hits like a tank but seems to suck any ideas on the boons to make it good?

hearty elbow
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High Confidence is well named. If you're picking it, you're speed running.

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If you think you'll get hit even once it's worthless

proven sierra
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i think i have more success rates with excalibur than any other aspect

ebon tinsel
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lol good point

hard holly
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High confidence is generally kinda worthless tbqh

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Just because its additive

hollow coral
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i had 3 defiance going into final boss and lost them all

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what you use with excalibur

ebon tinsel
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oh yeah 50 additive isnt much

hollow coral
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posideon blade seems way more consisten

marsh dawn
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Are all bonuses additive?

hearty elbow
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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

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It's your best burst option

proven sierra
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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.

ebon tinsel
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you can dash mid swing too

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or at the end of it kinda

proven sierra
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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.

hollow coral
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yeah but it is so slow

hearty elbow
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Greater Consecration is your friend. Damage hammers are kind of just overkill on Excalibur lol

proven sierra
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if you dash, you'll be safer

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also consider prioritizing the Hermes attack speed boon

hollow coral
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yeah i had that, i got to final boss but it just was so inconsistent

onyx parcel
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THE SWORD IS SO BAD

hearty elbow
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It's not THAT slow. It's just pretty slow and kinda committal. It's kinda like playing bow close range

onyx parcel
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DEAR LORD

proven sierra
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have you tried getting gud, my friend? shadesmile

hollow coral
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bow close range with the cast aspect is pretty damn god though

marsh dawn
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No weapons are bad. You just haven’t fingered it out yet.

ebon tinsel
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arthur is op im so confused why is everyone saying its bad XD

marsh dawn
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Fingered it out. Nice

hollow coral
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final form malphon should be amazing but everytime i try it it just seems painful to use even with the super high damage

ember ermine
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Excalibur is so satisfying to use

proven sierra
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@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

hollow coral
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yeah that would make sense

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i am mash happy

hearty elbow
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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

robust anchor
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big chunky sword

proven sierra
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@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.

ember ermine
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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

ebon tinsel
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suppose you have a point there you cant just spam on it

hollow coral
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course it depends what bow you use

hearty elbow
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Per hit

robust anchor
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i love slow fat number weapons

marsh dawn
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Rama has entered the chat

wanton cargo
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dark foresight or olympian favor?

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generally

ebon tinsel
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i wish beo was slow and fat

hearty elbow
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Lol, Rama is barely slow anymore

hollow coral
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yeah special on gilgamesh gloves was so ahrd to sue

marsh dawn
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It is with the right hammer upgrades

hollow coral
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hard to use*

proven sierra
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just takes some learnin

hearty elbow
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Though people will be stubborn and insist that they MUST POWER SHOT EVERY TIME GRAHHHH

hard holly
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BECAUSE THOU MUST

marsh dawn
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I’m sorry if I like my power shot to hit for 3k

hard holly
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TO PLAY BOW IS TO POWERSHOT

hollow coral
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i am surprised how effing hard the game gets with higher heats

turbid needle
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yeah rama got so much faster

hard holly
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Do not forsake the powershot, heretic

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As for fist aspect 4

hollow coral
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like anything past ten if you arent a god gamer will try your patience

hard holly
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Its good, just ignore the dash-upper until it gets an update

hollow coral
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best fist is first one imo

hard holly
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Or change the files yourself

hearty elbow
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You can just play a whole bunch and practice "right" and it gets a lot more approachable

marsh dawn
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Magnet fist is bae

hearty elbow
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Like at this point I find 32 to be chill.

hollow coral
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what do you run for 32 heat?

hearty elbow
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Anything

hollow coral
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that sounds so horrible

turbid needle
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its kinda the spirit of rouge likes to be hard until you learn them a bit

hearty elbow
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32 is my zen happy place "i have to try but not kill myself" heat

hollow coral
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how do you deal with say the hydra and magma etc

hearty elbow
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You die until you die less?

turbid needle
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you just learn the patterns

hearty elbow
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Everything is answerable, it's just a matter of learning through iteration

marsh dawn
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This is the way.

ebon tinsel
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em 10 is fun until final fight

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heat 10, em4*

proven sierra
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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.

hard holly
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There is a big downside to using it

hearty elbow
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EM10 SGG pls

hard holly
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The enemy hits harder

marsh dawn
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Without EM4, the bosses feel pretty samey.

hard holly
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A lot harder

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On the other hand, there is barely an upside

ebon tinsel
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lmao em10 lets go

proven sierra
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yeah but that's why you dash šŸ˜‰

hard holly
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Also dash-striking is inefficient damage-wise on gilgamesh, you want to get those meaty regular hits

marsh dawn
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Would be nice if there was a random heat mode. Go into the attempt without knowing the modifiers.

hard holly
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Even then its more efficient to just keep hitting with regular attacks with dashstrike resets inbetween

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Rather than using Maim and risk getting blown up by Hades

hearty elbow
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EM10: During the head spawn phases, Lernie summons more main heads. Only White Lernies spawn.

proven sierra
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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

hard holly
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If it were multiplicative, yes, itd be good

ebon tinsel
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gilgah has like 20 damage dash strike which is bad

hard holly
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In fact I have tested that

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But it is not

proven sierra
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also, yeah, it's less beefy than a regular hit... but you're also less vulnerable!!

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that's the whole cost/benefit thing

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hit for less damage, dodge more attacks

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it's a tradeoff

hard holly
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True, but you can fairly reliably avoid the big hits even while going for the regular attacks

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Just make sure to not get screwed by hitstop

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And avoid Maim because its bad right now

proven sierra
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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

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you can tell me my super fun and successful build isn't viable if you are min-maxing i guess

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but it was super fun and viable

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lol

hard holly
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Im more talking generally

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Mostly because I want them to make it multiplicative

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So I dont have to keep replacing the files every time it updates

onyx parcel
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I hate the sword so much

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Jesus

hard holly
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Also if you try EM4 with Maim youre gonna be in for a bad time

onyx parcel
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Least fun weapon in the game

hearty elbow
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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"

proven sierra
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SauCe, have you tried ||getting gud lolololol residentzag ||

onyx parcel
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šŸ—æ

ebon tinsel
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lmao

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least fun weapon? did you mean gun

proven sierra
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cant believe this needs said but "it depends"

hearty elbow
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Shield is so yawn

proven sierra
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i often hate the rail. pair the rail with poseidon smashes and/or support fire? I LOVE IT

covert hatch
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I love that everyone has a different answer for that question

proven sierra
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i hate the bow. least favorite weapon. had one of my favorite runs yesterday with it

hexed leaf
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Can anyone tell me their thoughts on Malphon zagreus aspect? The dodge chance one.

hard holly
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But yeah, pls make Maim multiplicative SGG

ebon tinsel
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bow is chad

hard holly
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Also Beowulf

ebon tinsel
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buff beowulf pls

hearty elbow
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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.

hard holly
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I just want to have a Beowulf option for all-in bullrushing

proven sierra
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dom scroll up, unovven and i just had a chat about it

hard holly
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Rather than relying on casts

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Oh no he is talking about the Zag one

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I havent played the Zag one

proven sierra
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OH

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oops

hard holly
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10% dodge chance is kinda meh when Im usually rolling with 50% dodge chance anyway

hexed leaf
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Oh? Aspect of Enkidu isn't good?? Darn that is why I wanted to invest in the Zagreus aspect.

hard holly
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Nah its good

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You just kinda ignore half of its mechanics and go for attacks

proven sierra
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pair that with the lambent plume, one of my favorite simplest builds

hearty elbow
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I don't think it's as good as any of the other 3 though

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Which is fine, all the fist aspects are great

hard holly
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Hm

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I think its better than Zag

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But again

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Im already rolling with 50% dodge chance inherently

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An extra 5% aint all that relevant

hearty elbow
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Even if Dodge was additive... that's the exact opposite of true

hexed leaf
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Well that is quite disappointing.

hearty elbow
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Each subsequent point of dodge (additive) you get is worth more than the last

hexed leaf
hearty elbow
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E.g. at 50% dodge, 5% dodge would prevent 10% of attacks that would have hit you.

hard holly
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Well yes

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Hence why I said 5% instead of 10%

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It prevents an extra 5% of all attacks from hitting you

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Which is kinda eh

hearty elbow
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? No, it would prevent an extra 10% of all attacks from hitting you lol.

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Which is insane

hard holly
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Wait Im confused

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If you get 50% dodge chance

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Then 10% dodge chance prevents 10% of the remaining 50%

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Aka 5%

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It gets worth less since its multiplicative

onyx parcel
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HOLYYYY

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You’ve got to be a maniac to unironically enjoy sword

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This is an objectively not fun and bad weapon

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This weapon is so ass

hearty elbow
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Right, it's multiplicative. I assumed you were going with Dodge being additive because how the hell else are you getting 50% lol

ebon tinsel
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sword gang where u at

hard holly
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Ruthless Reflexes

mighty ermine
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lmaooo

hard holly
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50% every time you dodge just in time

hearty elbow
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Nemesis is definitely conversation for best aspect in the game

hard holly
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So since I already have 50%

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10% aint gonna do much

wanton cargo
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sword is so fun what

hard holly
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But I guess not everyone runs Ruthless Reflexes

jaunty solar
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sword is never bad

onyx parcel
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Sword is so bad

jaunty solar
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its just nemesis and arthur is too good

ebon tinsel
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even pos sword is cool

mighty ermine
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sword ranges from fine to extremely good depending on the aspect or combo rotation

ebon tinsel
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sword does it all

mighty ermine
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it's not bad

hearty elbow
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Sword ranges from extremely good to Zagreus Aspect.

jaunty solar
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also buff beowulf please

wanton cargo
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even vanilla sword is versatile

jaunty solar
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its so bad

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no reason to take beowulf over chaos or zeus

wanton cargo
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long stabby stab, sustain damage, and an aoe, sword is great

jaunty solar
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yes

ebon tinsel
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sword can cast: pos sword can crit: nemesis sword can loose: zag literally does it all

onyx parcel
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Sword is so bad

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Sword is so fkn bad

hearty elbow
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lmao

onyx parcel
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I hate it here

wanton cargo
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then leave

jaunty solar
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zagreus is worthless but sword is solid early game nonetheless

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zag sword is really worthless

onyx parcel
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I need a good sword build

proven sierra
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truly, TRULY, there are no "bad" weapons my friend

onyx parcel
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I need it for prophecy

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I’m gonna win this once

proven sierra
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you just need to adjust your playstyle, your mirror talents, or your build

mighty ermine
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nemesis with literally anything

onyx parcel
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And never touch this cursed weapon again

jaunty solar
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just run nemesis with artemis lmao

trail otter
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Hearing all these sword hates hurts my soul

ebon tinsel
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or nemesis with aphro

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or nemesis boonless

trail otter
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Some good zag sword action is my jam

onyx parcel
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I don’t wanna spend blood on sword

wanton cargo
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literally everything works well with sword

trail otter
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Hate how they neerfd it -_-

wanton cargo
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all the daedalus sword upgrades are stupid good

ebon tinsel
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or nemesis zagless, just throw the sword at the boss and youll win

solid obsidian
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Hi guys, are there any builds that work with Chaos's Shield?

proven sierra
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there are good builds for everything lol

ember ermine
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I got a boon that’s ā€œyour 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

onyx parcel
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Why are y’all saying it’s good

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It’s so clunky to play

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I can never make this shi work I swear

mighty ermine
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if you rely on only doing full attack combos sure it's clunky

wanton cargo
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you click and it does damage in like a 180 degree zone in front of you

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like

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how is that bad

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and it does big chonk damage too

ebon tinsel
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on the topic of chaos shield is doom still the way to go or can you make an aphro shotgun build?

jaunty solar
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@onyx parcel you need to dash attack between hits otherwise it will be really clunky

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you NEED to use dash attacks for sword not to be clunky

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how is chaos doom build good tell me the theory

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i just do zeus doom with merciful end

ebon tinsel
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chaos doom used to be good cuz it hit everything and bounced right?

jaunty solar
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oh the bounce as aoe

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i dont play high heat so aoe is worthless to me

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zeus with doom and merciful end literally shreds bosses without mercy

jaunty solar
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here is me using the build against hades

silk anvil
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@hades devs, help me with the decay factor of lightning

solid obsidian
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never tried blocking myself lol

serene phoenix
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shadow presence or fiery presence for ka?

silk anvil
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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

onyx parcel
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I’m dashing a lot on sword

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Still doesn’t do shi

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How do I play sword man??? I just need it for the stupid prophecy

silk anvil
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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

static crest
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Can someone explain aspect of lucifer? Every time I tried it, it has been nearly useless and thoroughly unpleasant.

onyx parcel
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What a stupid weapon

solid obsidian
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Have you tried poseidon on sword?

serene phoenix
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should I run shadow presence or fiery presence on ka?

silk anvil
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Zeus > Ares. Ares stacking doom is lame and needs to be buffed.

worldly trellis
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I just did a zag sword clear on 5 heat, its not so bad

mighty ermine
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sword bread n butter is dash-strike spam into special, rinse repeat

solid obsidian
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I do shadow all the time

worldly trellis
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Just be sure to move constantly

mighty ermine
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for non-arthur, that is

solid obsidian
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more overall dps with shadow

serene phoenix
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I was thinking with ka cleaves it might be better to go fiery to 1 shot certain mobs

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but yeah you're right

solid obsidian
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i usually go with like attack builds with shadow but if it's like with the railgun special i might take fiery

serene phoenix
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also what do you think of high confidence

proven sierra
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ot

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it's great if you're highly confident!

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šŸ™‚

kind cloud
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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

ā–¶ Play video
solid obsidian
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Never tried high confidence, always prefered more survivability

robust anchor
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whats an aspect that doesn’t really care what boons you get

cunning urchin
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Any aspect if you're good.

jaunty solar
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@kind cloud i have impending doom there

mighty ermine
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@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

robust anchor
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i see

kind cloud
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whats an aspect that doesn’t really care what boons you get
@robust anchor
zeus shield (aka semi-autonomous rotating turret). the special works with everything.

mighty ermine
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but the instant activation allows for all the other normal doom damage to come through as well

jaunty solar
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impending doom with dire misfortune in fact

mighty ermine
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including impending and dire boosts, yeah

jaunty solar
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also zeus shield with athena deflect on special is really good for having two shields blocking everything coming at you lmao

kind cloud
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@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.

jaunty solar
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zeus shield triggers doom at every hit

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and i have double strike daedalus

mighty ermine
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why doesn't it? doom is being activated instantly constantly because of zeus special

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it makes sense to me

kind cloud
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zeus shield triggers doom at every hit
@jaunty solar
Ah, i see.

jaunty solar
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so it pairs extremely well with merciful end

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that was the theory

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it worked

ebon tinsel
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spear point or acorn for em4?

dry ember
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Either

jaunty solar
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collar for every final fight ever

dry ember
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I prefer acorn due to force of habit

kind cloud
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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.

ebon tinsel
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thanks fox

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collar kekw

jaunty solar
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i literally just take collar to every final fight

silk anvil
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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

jaunty solar
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it serves me well

mighty ermine
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collar is much less effective health than acorn, really

silk anvil
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of course at the point I need to figure out exactly how many punches can be landed within the span of 1.1 seconds

jaunty solar
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i havent leveled acorn and cant be bothered

mighty ermine
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unless you were to take five hits that only do 10 damage, which would be... unlikely with hades

jaunty solar
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i take collar cuz it also means extra health gained by death defiance

silk anvil
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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?

kind cloud
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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.

jaunty solar
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dont think of it as 50 health only

proven sierra
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collar is not very good imho

jaunty solar
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think of it as extra hp gained every defiance

kind cloud
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dont think of it as 50 health only
@jaunty solar
i know...death defiances, right?

hearty elbow
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Lol I miss those

mighty ermine
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@silk anvil depends on how well you can avoid being hit in succession

hearty elbow
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Though real talk Stubborn Defiance is a LOT better than Death Defiance, and a lot more abusable

jaunty solar
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i mean

kind cloud
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@jaunty solar
back when players could get like 7-10 death defiances, collar made sense.

jaunty solar
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if ur in high heat yea @hearty elbow

silk anvil
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@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

kind cloud
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now...not so much.

proven sierra
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Though real talk Stubborn Defiance is a LOT better than Death Defiance, and a lot more abusable
@hearty elbow ummmmmmmmmmmmm strongly disagree

silk anvil
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check m8

kind cloud
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because if you're playing with HL...acorn negates like 300 points of damage.

proven sierra
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i often use 2+ death defiances per-successful Hades clear

jaunty solar
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@kind cloud i cant be bothered with leveling keepsakes when i keep forcing builds with god keepsakes

tidal hawk
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I have just lost the game

kind cloud
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lol...you should level them up...

hearty elbow
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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.

tidal hawk
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On redacted with no daamge

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or build

mighty ermine
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at high heat SD is miles better than DD

silk anvil
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@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

tidal hawk
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because I went greed mode

kind cloud
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@jaunty solar
Just do 0 level runs and grind em out of the way
@silk anvil
yep

proven sierra
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@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

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high-key best strat there is to not use those until youve already gotten several boons from the god you want (IE asphodel+)

jaunty solar
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i dont tryhard hades, i just force builds i wanna play

hearty elbow
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Eh, what you're saying is technically true, but you're underselling the effect 1 boon can have though lol

tidal hawk
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Welp, hopefully I can win with my 50 damage at redacted

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Lol

kind cloud
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@proven sierra
depends. certain boons can completely make or break a build.

jaunty solar
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so forcing builds is my way of having fun

proven sierra
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that's true

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but so can certain keepsakes!

hearty elbow
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Owl Pendant, aka Divine Dash, Athena's Aid, or extra DD: the keepsake, says hi

proven sierra
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like the plume and butterfly

kind cloud
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yep

jaunty solar
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owl pedant is my first keepsake every run lmao

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im a scrub so i abuse deflect

kind cloud
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it all comes down to what play style and build a player is trying to achieve.

jaunty solar
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gonna try reversing that build in the video, gonna take athena special with doom attack

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and hopefully get double strike daedalus

silk anvil
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if you're not rocking hermes plume 24/7, you're wasting away again in margaritaville

kind cloud
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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.

proven sierra
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like IMHO plume and butterfly are only worth it if you rock them your entire escape attempt

kind cloud
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yep

jaunty solar
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yea

silk anvil
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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

jaunty solar
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mini hydras

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are fun xDDDDDDD

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also armor making enemies unstunlockable and forcing me to actually be good at the game

silk anvil
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That feel when flawless room and last enemy pulls some super pro level stuff just to nick your hair

proven sierra
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i always underestimate the bloodless

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and sometimes get myself stunlocked and take SO MANY HITS

silk anvil
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@proven sierra the bloodless are the blue boxing fools, right?; they're a force to be reckoned with

hearty elbow
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Rakers don't play

proven sierra
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@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

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i think skelly is a bloodless

jaunty solar
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is there going to be any more info on skelly after i || kill skelly || ?

hearty elbow
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||Skelly was Persephone the whole time||

silk anvil
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is there going to be any more info on skelly after i || kill skelly || ?
@jaunty solar
||kill him and find out||

jaunty solar
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xD

ember ermine
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The aspect of zeus with zeus boons is so much fun

jaunty solar
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i really dont feel like investing blood on zag aspect sword tho

unkempt pagoda
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i should hope so lol

jaunty solar
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its so bad

hearty elbow
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That's the meme

unkempt pagoda
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thunder flourish's internal cooldown was tuned specifically to zeus shield's attack rate

proven sierra
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@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

ebon tinsel
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feels bad died on 10%hp em4

jaunty solar
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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

proven sierra
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doom on Zeus special is really smart

hearty elbow
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I have a lot of respect for people who play Zeus aspect efficiently

jaunty solar
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i just randomly thought of it after i got ares on special

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it made sense

ember ermine
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Right now i have thunder flourish, high voltage and splitting bolt

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It’s wild

jaunty solar
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it also did a LOT of damage

hearty elbow
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It's soooooo fricken awkward and you have to think so far in advanced to not waste like 10 seconds repositioning

jaunty solar
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nah

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you can just use it for a second and recall it

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if your clicks are well timed you dont need to care about repositioning

unkempt pagoda
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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

jaunty solar
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idk chaos shield's own aspect seems worthless to me

hearty elbow
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Or at the very least how great Merciful End could be

jaunty solar
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if i run it i only run it for chaos to laugh occasionally

mighty ermine
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i actually got much better at zeus shield a couple days ago just from practice

ember ermine
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What does merciful end do

jaunty solar
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it triggers doom instantly

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like the damage

hearty elbow
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I know people are saying it's not that bad... but dang it feels prettttyy bad lol.

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(Chaos)

mighty ermine
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it's pretty fun but i can't say it handles faster opponents well at all regardless of how you handle it

ember ermine
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I just unlocked zeus shield so i’m not great at it but it’s so fun

worn sand
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does the new keepsake ||pom blossom|| stack with the boon ||Sweet Nectar (+1 bonus lvl from poms)|| ?

mighty ermine
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high heat tiny vermin with zeus shield is an absolute nightmare

ember ermine
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Is merciful end a duo or just a ares boon

proven sierra
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merciful end makes the Ares ability that lets multiple stacks of doom add damage useless, right?

jaunty solar
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druo

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duo

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with athena and ares

proven sierra
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also, that boon is useless anyway, right??? it like adds +10 damage per stack, hardly anything

hearty elbow
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Not useless but a lot less good yeah

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Some aspects can't always trigger deflect at the same exact rate as doom

jaunty solar
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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

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but idk

mighty ermine
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@proven sierra that's dire misfortune you're thinking of

jaunty solar
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never really tested without, the video above has both dire misfortune and impending doom

hearty elbow
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Impending Doom is the sauce with Merciful End though

jaunty solar
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yea thats what i ran

mighty ermine
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dire misfortune is definitely less underwhelming when paired with impending at least

hearty elbow
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I wonder how much they buffed it

unkempt pagoda
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does misfortune add damage, which impending increases, or the other way around

hearty elbow
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Patch notes just says they did

silk anvil
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Hmm; I forgot about zues Shield / spear spin when considering DPS calculations of ares+dire misfirtune

worn sand
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anybody know the answer to my question above?

jaunty solar
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you can run dire if you cannot find merciful with zeus aspect

mighty ermine
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impending increases the extra from dire iirc

jaunty solar
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@worn sand quote the question please?

mighty ermine
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which is why it's a good pairing

worn sand
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does the new keepsake ||pom blossom|| stack with the boon ||Sweet Nectar (+1 bonus lvl from poms)|| ?

hearty elbow
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I do not know

unkempt pagoda
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oh damn, that's way better than what i thought

hearty elbow
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Please discover for us

unkempt pagoda
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i just assumed misfortunate just added on top of impending's increase

solid obsidian
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Don't think sweet nectar will proc from pom, i think sweet nectar applies only to picked up poms but idk

silk anvil
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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?

mighty ermine
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@worn sand sweet nectar does not affect it

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someone tested this a few days ago iirc

worn sand
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aww

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thanks for the answer

solid obsidian
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yeah it'd prolly go broken fast af lol

hearty elbow
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Getting sweet nectar is a pretty huge cost, and most boons have serious diminishing returns for poms

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So it's be great but not broken i think

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Though I could easily see using pools of purging to get like level 30 Drunken Flourishes

unkempt pagoda
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didn't you see that one attempt with a heroic tidal dash at like lvl. 37

jaunty solar
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wait how does pools of purging synergize with leveling boons?

hearty elbow
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It synergizes with the random boon upgrade of the keepsake/nectar rooms

solid obsidian
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you get rid of the excess boons

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so pom upgrade just goes to the boon you want all the time

neon garnet
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how viable is a 'tank' build with aspect of arthur sword + damadge mitigation boons

hearty elbow
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Depends. HL0 -> Game breakingly broken. HL5 -> Pointless

jaunty solar
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HL?

proven sierra
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heat level

mighty ermine
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hard labor

solid obsidian
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@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

jaunty solar
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oh

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lmao

proven sierra
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is it YOUR CORE BUILD? all you're getting is DR? bad.

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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

neon garnet
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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

jaunty solar
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isnt the point of arthur putting your special down and attacking ruthlessly with insane damage swings lmao

unkempt pagoda
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basically

hearty elbow
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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

neon garnet
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i was using the special more to slow enemys and poke them xD

jaunty solar
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also ive said this many times but run artemis attack with arthur aspect

hearty elbow
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With HL5, you just spend a billion resources to take normal damage now... so grats?

jaunty solar
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its insane

proven sierra
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YES eebo

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that's what i'm saying

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get brilliant riposte. get the artemis/dio duo boon "calculated risk"

unkempt pagoda
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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

jaunty solar
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you could also run splitting headache with dionysus cast

unkempt pagoda
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dio cast doesn't do hangover

jaunty solar
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wait really?

hearty elbow
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I like Deadly Strike + Double Edge more for consistency

jaunty solar
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bruh

proven sierra
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dio cast does fog, which stuns

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there is an upgrade that makes folks in the fog take more hangover damage tho

jaunty solar
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i usually run aphro cast so i mustve forgot

hearty elbow
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Black Out. It's a global damage 60% if they're affected by Hangover and standing in Fog

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Wiki says 100... I haven't gotten it in 1.0 but I'm pretty sure that's not right.

unkempt pagoda
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the point of black out is to make your hangover stronger but it basically works as an additional global boost

proven sierra
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ah i thought it was hangover damage only

unkempt pagoda
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been trying to get black out eris for a while now

proven sierra
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didnt realize if they HAVE hangover in the cloud, they take bonus damage

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that's dope

jaunty solar
#

wait do you not ever get cast boons if you are running hera?

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never ran hera so idk

hearty elbow
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I cheesed the crap out of 49 Heat with Rama by abusing the Suffering multiplier with Deadly Strike and Black Out

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That's a LOT of multpliers

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(Black Out isn't multiplicative fwiw but with AP2 the lines blur between the two lol)

unkempt pagoda
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why would you not get cast boons while running hera

jaunty solar
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hera loads your cast into the arrow

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does the cast proc WITH the arrow?

unkempt pagoda
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the only thing hera changes is where your casts get shot from, in this case where the arrow lands

jaunty solar
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oh i see

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i dont run coronatch

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did one run with it

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wasnt fun

random light
#

Chiron and Rama Coronacht are pretty fun imo

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but weapons are always personal preference

jaunty solar
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i like literally every weapon except the two projectile ones lmao

hearty elbow
#

Seems like a pretty flimsy literally šŸ˜›

jaunty solar
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both of them do too little damage

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its probably because my builds are too bad

hearty elbow
#

Yeah damage is definitely not a weak point of Bow or Rail

jaunty solar
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rail did do alright damage when i turned it into a slug shotgun with daedalus

tidal hawk
#

heavy knuckle good?

hearty elbow
#

dece

tidal hawk
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Took it anyway

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for prophecy

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I am so dead on em3

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Fists are not my forte

kind cloud
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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.

tidal hawk
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Rail does damage with correct setups

jaunty solar
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yea

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thats why my rail does no damage

kind cloud
#

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.

covert hatch
#

Okay

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I'm taking a crack at EM4

kind cloud
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LEGOKESSSS!!!

covert hatch
#

I've got Aspect of Lucifer

kind cloud
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LEROY JENKINS!!!!

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I've got Aspect of Lucifer
@covert hatch
Oh no.

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lol

covert hatch
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Demeter on attack

tidal hawk
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Zeus and rail does good damage together

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tbh

covert hatch
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I'm between Concentrated Beam and Piercing Fire at my first hammer

tidal hawk
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EM3 SCARES ME

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HELP

covert hatch
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Or Eternal Chamber, but I figure that's probably not good?

kind cloud
#

i'd opt for concentrated beam (if it is the way i remember it).

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/haven't played lucifer since 1.0 released

tidal hawk
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Wow em3 is way easier than I thought

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Am I getting better at this game

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How

silk anvil
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They're just going easier on you @tidal hawk
(Probably a combination of a bunch of factors)

tidal hawk
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Its acorn

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lol

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Thats it

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I'm also getting his less anyway

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Even when my acorn ran out asterius or however you spell it only hit me like twice

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I also charmed Asterius

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And he took 1/5 of Theseus health

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in 1 hit

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LOL

hearty elbow
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Yeah that's about right

tidal hawk
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Did way better than before

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this build is sick

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Ima put it in here

silk anvil
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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

proven sierra
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^ i agree

onyx parcel
#

World splitter, cruel thrust, or flurry slash?

silk anvil
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I only ever have fun trolling dad with it

onyx parcel
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Does cruel thrust apply to dash strike?

solid cairn
#

is ares special still great on chaos shield

dry ember
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none of which lol

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no

jaunty solar
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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

dry ember
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what a terrible hammer

jaunty solar
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skips a boss phase always

smoky atlas
#

I see charm as a paralyze basically

dry ember
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ill take world spliter

onyx parcel
#

what a terrible hammer
@dry ember I can just restart

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Damn it’s that horrible huh

tidal hawk
#

ok

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problem

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How do I put builds

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in here

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it wont let me

jaunty solar
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post an imgur link

silk anvil
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@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

tidal hawk
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how do I make imgur link

jaunty solar
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upload it to imgur lmao

tidal hawk
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All I know is screenshot

dry ember
#

do you know how F12 in Steam work?

solid cairn
#

is ares special on chaos shield still effective

silk anvil
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If imgur is still down, you can upload an image to a discord server then copy-paste the external link to here

dry ember
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yes

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@solid cairn

silk anvil
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is ares special on chaos shield still effective
@solid cairn
I'd imagine it would be, even if the shields are more directed now

tidal hawk
#

I pasted it to my friend

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no link

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Why am I so dumb

solid cairn
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I mean what else would I go

dry ember
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right click

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copy link preview

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paste here

silk anvil
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^^ If you post it in a discord, you can click the image, then open it in external app (presumably a web browser)

silk anvil
#

The method kinda varies whether you're on mobile or comp

tidal hawk
#

IT DOESNT SHOW PREVIEW

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UGH

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and it doesnt work

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sick

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2 times the fun

silk anvil
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thanthink , strange, I would think that would work

tidal hawk
#

Ok anyway

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Its literally artemis special build

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with the shot on fists

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instead of the uppercut

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Kinetic Launcher

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With Aspect of Demeter so it hits like 5 times

random light
#

Demeter Fists are so spicy

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very fun to play

tidal hawk
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Super fun

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so much damage

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Why does artemis make anything good

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lmao

random light
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Because Artemis best deity

silk anvil
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I swear they mustve been changed or something because I thought demeter gloves was underwhelming shadegrief

tidal hawk
#

Demeter hits like

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5-6 times

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per special

random light
#

like memes aside, her boons are the most versatile and stuff like Pressure Points, Hide Breaker, Support Fire are good on practically any build

tidal hawk
#

when charged

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really good

random light
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Especially if you take Artemis Special

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drop some HEFTY multiple crits

tidal hawk
#

demeter low level kinda trash

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You need it hitting like

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3 times

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minimum

random light
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around level 3 or 4 it really becomes good

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at max level it's bonkers

silk anvil
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why not just hit someone 5 times with your special manually?

random light
silk anvil
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Let's say you get a crit, does it apply to all 5 hits? Or is damage calculated separately for each one?

random light
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separate

tidal hawk
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Ok here is why demeter is good

random light
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each one is a separate instance of damage but it's nigh instant

tidal hawk
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1 button press

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Does 5x your specials damage

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instantly

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no long animation

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literally just happens

random light
#

no waiting or mashing or anything

tidal hawk
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Just hit the button

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BOOM

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like 1000 damage

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easy

silk anvil
#

Sounds like why one would want to take up that Hermes boon for fast-rapid-casting... but uh.. does that boon even still exist?

tidal hawk
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yes

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I've seen it

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I dont take it

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never cast build

random light
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If Hermes shows up I usually go for faster attack speed on Demeter Malphon because y'know charge the ol' special

silk anvil
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Yer missing out @tidal hawk

tidal hawk
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Casts are

random light
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I mean I don't think any of the Fists are suited for cast builds

tidal hawk
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I prefer to use casts as room clearing

hearty elbow
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Talos is fine

tidal hawk
#

get Zeus casts go ham

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1 thing tho

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I like casts

random light
#

Poseidon Stygius is the best for cast builds, or perhaps Hera or one of the Rail Aspects

tidal hawk
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when its hera

silk anvil
#

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

tidal hawk
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Aspect of hera makes casts pretty fun

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I just did math

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its literally possible

solid cairn
#

btw do you guys think persuasion or authority is more useful

tidal hawk
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with crits of course

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Authority

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Wait

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reverse

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Persuasion good

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authority bad

random light
#

Can't wait for Hera, Hephaestus, and Apollo boons hopefully someday

#

Persuasion is switch boons and stuff right?

tidal hawk
#

Hera aspect fun

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Switch boon rewards

covert hatch
#

Hmm

#

Should I stick with Demeter attack or swap to Dionysus

tidal hawk
#

lets say you get 3 trash Athena choices

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change em

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now you possibly have 3 good athena choices

random light
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I've been using maxed out Authority but that's just because I haven't invested anything into Persuasion i'm working on it

tidal hawk
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I'm about to max persuasion

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Actually

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I can afford it

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lets go

random light
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Aspect of Red Stygius when

solid cairn
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hmm what about pride vs legacy

tidal hawk
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Pride

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easy

covert hatch
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I bet the slow is going to be important for EM4

tidal hawk
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slow?

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I am missing context

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Or am I dumb

solid cairn
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how do you even get em4

covert hatch
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Trying to decide if I want to swap to Dio attack from Demeter

tidal hawk
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Contractor

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Demeter attack is really good

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Dont switch it

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Hangover kinda bad

covert hatch
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Be nice if she would show up again

silk anvil
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Hangover kinda bad
@tidal hawk
Sacrilege

But yeah, demeter is nice because slowed enemies value cant be overstated

covert hatch
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I had to grab the Nectar boon from Dio but next shop gave me Ice Wine

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Sooooo worked out lol

stable grotto
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I really like artemis support fire for high hitting weapons like rail, fist and shield...am I overvaluing that boon?

jaunty solar
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support fire really accumulates with fast hitting weapons

stable grotto
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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

jaunty solar
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her cast is nice

covert hatch
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I think people use her Attack for the high damage bonus?

silk anvil
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Support fire is free [~+10*attackspeed/s] pretty good tbh

stable grotto
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Btw what's a good attack boon for bow

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Uhhh the second aspect

smoky atlas
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aphro has one of the highest % boost to atk/special

silk anvil
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@stable grotto chiron bow? I like demeter

tidal hawk
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Ew not hera bow

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Bad

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Hera or bust

smoky atlas
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aphro call is stronk too

stable grotto
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Cause right now I'm struggling with bow

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And part of it is finding a good attack boon

smoky atlas
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aphro, artermis

hazy slate
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yeah aphro or artemis

smoky atlas
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i like ares too, but not as much as the other As

stable grotto
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Is art a good pick for everything?

hazy slate
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maybe also artemis for special because zeus boon doesn't work with chiron special

stable grotto
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I feelike fast weapons don't benefit from crits as much

smoky atlas
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all the best gods have names start with A

hazy slate
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i feel like i get consistent results with artemis

smoky atlas
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and dionysus i guess, hes a bro

stable grotto
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Oh yeah I got the ice/dio cast duo boon....not good for bow

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Dio is great

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I undervalued him until I leveled up more

smoky atlas
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dio cast is amazing for hera bow, but if youre looking for normal atk, aphro/art are great

thick raptor
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Zeus still does pretty decently well with Chiron special, especially if you build up with secondary boons.

lunar stump
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hey, some quick build with the caos shield? I like dio for special but i want to try something else

silk anvil
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Zues doesnt proc multiple specials with chiron tho

stable grotto
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So aphro you take for raw numbers?

silk anvil
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So beware if you're wanting to hit someone with 9 seeking thunderbolts ;~;

covert hatch
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Triple Bomb or Flash Fire is better?

thick raptor
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Zeus has delay, but doesnt it still hit a few times usually or do my eyes deceive me?

silk anvil
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You get 1 thunderbolt per chiron shot

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It has an internal per-enemy delay of 0.2 seconds

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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)

thick raptor
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Oh yeah for sure. Thought I was seeing a second bolt get through when I was using it

jaunty solar
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whats a good rail build?

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never do enough damage with that thing

thick raptor
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Which rail?

hazy slate
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zeus attack helps

jaunty solar
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aspect of eris rail

lunar stump
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whats a good rail build?
@jaunty solar zeus attack always helps, dio attack is also decent

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i usually like to take a status special, aphro is the best imo

thick raptor
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Was just about to suggest aphro on special

lunar stump
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maybe demeter attack with the exploding chill at 10 stacks? even withous it cat stack chill pretty fast

thick raptor
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On attack, yeah dio or Zeus are solid. Demeter isnt bad if you can get the damage on 10 stack

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And even better with death at 10%

lunar stump
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damn kipple we are connected xd

thick raptor
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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

lunar stump
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I'm actually trying demeter rail right now

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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

thick raptor
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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

jaunty solar
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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

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zeus shield with merciful end

tidal hawk
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Who gives sturdy when attacking?

marsh dawn
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Hammer?

thick raptor
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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

jaunty solar
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daedalus

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but ive seen him give them only with spear spin attack charge

tidal hawk
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No I know there is a thing

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Sturdy when attacking special cast

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Am I crazy?

hearty elbow
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Lol, I thought I was memeing, but Nemesis + Cursed Slash with LC4 worked out

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(It's not good. Do not advise)

jaunty solar
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daedalus healing and guan yu are not affected by LC no?

hearty elbow
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correct

jaunty solar
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then theoratically i could run guan yu with LC4 for free heat

hearty elbow
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That is the strategy with Stubborn Defiance in a nutshell, yes

jaunty solar
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why stubborn?

glossy kraken
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anyone know of a good aspect of arthur build

hearty elbow
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Because you have a very finite number of mistakes you can make with DD + LC4

thick raptor
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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?

hearty elbow
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You can "heal" with Stubborn Defiance by killing yourself

lunar stump
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I'm running Lucifer's with Demeter's attacks and its hilarious, the freezing laser of death

random light
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On higher Heat, Stubborn Defiance tends to be the go to

jaunty solar
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anyone know of a good aspect of arthur build
@glossy kraken just take artemis attack with anything else you want

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and you are good to go

hearty elbow
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Also Patroclus/Touch of Styx are very very good

thick raptor
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Arthur works well with an Aphro special and find some hammers for more special speed/damage.

jaunty solar
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oh yea what does patroclus give when you have stubborn anyway

random light
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When in doubt, force Athena for the best dash in the game XD

jaunty solar
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i mean yea

random light
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I actually don’t know what Kiss of Styx does with Stubborn

jaunty solar
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with fast hitting weapons except the rail you can force athena attack for almost invinvibility

random light
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What does Pot of Greed Kiss of Styx do?

jaunty solar
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or athena special with zeus aegis

hazy slate
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i dont think it does anything actually

random light
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On Stubborn specifically

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Really? That’s unfortunate.

thick raptor
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I havent considered using Zeus aegis with athena special before.

jaunty solar
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its basically a second shield

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especially useful in elysium when you cannot stun lock archers who have armor

hazy slate
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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

smoky atlas
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does athena special make arthur aoe a deflection dome

jaunty solar
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i dont think so

lament creek
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kiss of styx gets replaced with touch of styx

jaunty solar
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cuz its not a hit, its an effect

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kiss of styx gets replaced with touch of styx
@lament creek so what does that do

lament creek
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i think makes your hp after revive higher

jaunty solar
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oh

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i see

brittle maple
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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?

hearty elbow
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It's as if you casted them yousrelf, but at the point of impact of the arrow

spark lotus
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WIki says Bow attack has pierce effect, but when I last tried it didn't ignore foes' shields. How does that actually work?

smoky atlas
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its more than 1 instance for sure, which is why you can 1shot shielded enemies

onyx parcel
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I was wrong

hearty elbow
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Pierce means it goes through enemies. It doesn't pierce shields

onyx parcel
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Sword is actually decent

hearty elbow
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Lol, after all of that?

tidal hawk
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Oh boy oh boy

onyx parcel
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At least World splitter

tidal hawk
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I cant wait to do a challenge room

onyx parcel
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Is decent

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Lol

tidal hawk
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For a water boon that sucks

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So excited

brittle maple
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so if i had deadly strike, it'd only crit on the damage from the base bow shot?

hearty elbow
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Correct

brittle maple
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alright cool, ty

lament creek
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nice thing about it is that you can kill armored enemies in one shot

spark lotus
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I'm kinda thinking about trying to win a run using only dashes

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What do I choose - Ares, Zeus or Poseidon with Sea Storm?

hearty elbow
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Poseidon, Razor Shoals, Sea Storm

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Zeus is probably better if you get everything, but it's miserable if you don't

spark lotus
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I see only one reason for Zeus to be better is that he wouldn't knockback enemies away from me

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Damage would be worse I suppose?

hearty elbow
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If you get Splitting bolt, Lightning Reflexes, Static Discharge, and Double Strike, Zeus will way overperform Poseidon

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But Tidal Dash's base damage is great

spark lotus
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If I have prerequisites for Sea Storm I can have every Zeus support boon, can't I?

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So they affect Sea Storm

covert hatch
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Woof

hearty elbow
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They do yeah

covert hatch
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I'll give myself credit, I had him down to 1/5th on my first shot at EM4

spark lotus
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This build could actually do some damage lol

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The only thing I'm worried about is that I can't rely on Athena much

hasty garnet
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Man, I'm not real big on the Bow, but aspect of hera is pretty nuts with the right cast

livid comet
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hmm, anyone tried out the new keepsake yet? decent to build around or no?

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||The pom one I mean||

hasty garnet
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hera with Festive Fog is ruining things pretty hard

livid comet
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wot, I think that's the other keepsake that I haven't yet gotten

spark lotus
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@livid comet It's kinda good in Styx

livid comet
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lol

acoustic rapids
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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?

livid comet
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yeah, but not great to have over Olympian keepsakes prolly

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I run Olympian keepsakes on the regular

spark lotus
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Before Styx it only grants about 3 weak poms per... Sector?

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But in Styx every small encounter counts

acoustic rapids
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oh that doesnt need to be hidden then :p

livid comet
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nope, it's one weak pom per 4 encounters

spark lotus
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Yeah, and it's about 12 rooms per Tartarus, Asphodel and Elysium

livid comet
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iunno how levels are broken up tho so you might be right

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yeah, it's alright in Styx

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It'd be nicer if I could select two/three boons for it to boost

spark lotus
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But at that point you already have many boons so it levels up random stuff

livid comet
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exactly

spark lotus
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I still take it though

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On low heat

livid comet
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do you run it from start to finish?

spark lotus
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From Styx to finish :)

livid comet
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yeah

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I reckon even Elysium to finish might work well

spark lotus
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If you don't want force any more gods so yeah

livid comet
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since I'm usually built by then

jaunty solar
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god keepsakes are great if you want to casually force builds

livid comet
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thoughts on dark foresight and the legendary boosting talent?

spark lotus
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Is dark foresight the one with +hp for darkness?

livid comet
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no that's the one that increases chances for gold laurel rooms

tidal hawk
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I might quit the game

lament creek
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legendaries are kinda specific to the build so take the legendary boost if you're hunting for a specific one

tidal hawk
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Tbh

spark lotus
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I prefer having everything for rareness and for legendaries

tidal hawk
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What just happened

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was the highest tier of BS

unkempt pagoda
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personally i go olympian favor/god's legacy

tidal hawk
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I used artemis greater call for Asterius to go no

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and block the entire thing

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he took 100 damage

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compared to 1500

lament creek
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yeah that happens

spark lotus
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Olympian Favor and Gods Legacy

tidal hawk
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So salty

livid comet
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oh, he had invuln?

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yeah

tidal hawk
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Yeah

livid comet
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keep an eye on those hp bars

spark lotus
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@tidal hawk he has invulnerability window at 50% hp

mighty ermine
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yeah you gotta get used to timing greater calls around invuln thresholds

lament creek
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small divisions on health bars would be nice

tidal hawk
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Ok so I thought invuln was only if you are doing X damage to the boss

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to prevent insta kill

livid comet
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no

tidal hawk
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DANG

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Its set?!?!

lament creek
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its on specific thresholds

tidal hawk
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That sucks

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now I know

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I guess

spark lotus
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Yes all bosses have invulns

livid comet
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it's always at 50%, ||Hades ||is every 33%

tidal hawk
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You mean redacted

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I dont know who that is

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kek

spark lotus
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@livid comet ||On second phase its different||

tidal hawk
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Yeah anyway

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EM3 is stressful

livid comet
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Uh yeah, well redacted is something else iirc

tidal hawk
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so I wanted to insta kill him

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but invuln said no

unkempt pagoda
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meg and alecto are quarters, tisiphone is thirds

livid comet
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second phase is souch easier than first phase omg

unkempt pagoda
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hydra is thirds

mighty ermine
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knowledge is power

marsh dawn
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Is Pressure Points high priority on like every build? Feels like my damage skyrockets when I take it.