#h1-builds-and-combat

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onyx parcel
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Insane at max level, that is

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With a crit build

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SHEESH that damage on special

lethal chasm
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yeah for sure i know its a TB sink haha

onyx parcel
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Is insane

lethal chasm
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trying to get variety as for my blood namean

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*-as

cloud barn
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yall

lethal chasm
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if i sink into one rn itll be uhh... demeter or chrion

cloud barn
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fists is best with demeter, athena, of aphro

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the boons, not aspects

lethal chasm
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but guan yu

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yea demeter is nice for sure

cloud barn
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zeus and artemis boons will get you killed in elysium

lethal chasm
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i prefer zeus and zolted alll day tho

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lol lightning rod?

placid topaz
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lol im waiting to try guan yu again when i get it to 50%

lethal chasm
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afk game

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i havent even tried guan ;x

cloud barn
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athena is higher DPS than zeus on fists

onyx parcel
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Zeus attack was what I played exclusively on fist

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Before I discovered the beauty of crits

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Now I just can’t stop

cloud barn
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as 90% of attacks can be deflected

lethal chasm
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yea i do artemis too

placid topaz
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i like zeus for the last section

onyx parcel
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Heart rend is so much damage

cloud barn
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becoming free damage

lethal chasm
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but u can do zeus/artemis for dat sexy lightning rod

placid topaz
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those small rooms + zeus = fun

lethal chasm
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i got it 4x runs in a row

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one run 2x

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couldnt take it

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bc legendary hermes that auto returns

onyx parcel
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Put aphro on attack, Artemis on special

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That damage on a charged special is thru the roof

placid topaz
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actually i havent tried athena on attack with fists yet

lethal chasm
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i like athena on special

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ish

cloud barn
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do it

onyx parcel
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Athena attack on fist is good

cloud barn
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athena attack on fists is busted as hell

onyx parcel
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U can deflect most attacks

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Cause fist is so fast

cloud barn
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hades spear thrust is deflectable for some reason

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free damage

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and spear throw, and skull shot

lethal chasm
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just beat him w 33 health i dont think i got a useful boon the entire time

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w legend shield

cloud barn
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which aspect

lethal chasm
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legendary aphro special in tartarus

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beowulf

cloud barn
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ah

lethal chasm
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not sure if supposed to censor that lol

cloud barn
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beowulf is p good

lethal chasm
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poseidon cast

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it is but i got 0000 good boons

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lol

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had to beat him w bare bonez

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(500 dmg chunks w.e)

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lol

onyx parcel
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I’m enjoying chaos shield a lot now

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I used to enjoy it a lot

lethal chasm
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chaos seems SUPER hard

onyx parcel
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Then it got really boring

lethal chasm
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i want to sink into it

onyx parcel
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And now it’s fun

lethal chasm
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but i cant play it

onyx parcel
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i want to sink into it
@lethal chasm do it

lethal chasm
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i tried

onyx parcel
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Just bull rush and special it’s not hard

lethal chasm
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i mightve even done it i dont see it over beowufl >_>

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w doom stack somethin maybe

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dio? idk

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i need to get into blocking w shield lol i play it like fists

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dash attack dash attack

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lmao.

smoky atlas
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dont even have to block with shield

lethal chasm
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tru but i dont do it instead of eating hits.

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lol

smoky atlas
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do a quick short rush in a corner

onyx parcel
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Fist with merciful end is insane

smoky atlas
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then run up and special

onyx parcel
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My first EM4 win was with chaos shield merciful end

lethal chasm
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i havent got fist w merciful end lol i tried

onyx parcel
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Drove a truck over redacted’s face

lethal chasm
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strongest redacted truck ive done was achilles demeter cast i thiink?

placid topaz
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what does merciful end do again?

lethal chasm
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i like cast builds dont play achilles enuff

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but eris is half of achilles >_>

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so hard to justify in my head

smoky atlas
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when you do anything with athena it procs doom

onyx parcel
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what does merciful end do again?
@placid topaz abilities that deflect immediately trigger doom

lethal chasm
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deflect activates doom

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so u can dash on mfs

onyx parcel
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Which means insane amount of damage

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Very quickly

lethal chasm
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stacking doom w rail is wild too tho

placid topaz
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oh wow yeah thats pretty good

lethal chasm
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w weaken dmg % and faster doom proc and doom keeps ticking etc

placid topaz
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thats a duo athena/ares boon, right?

lethal chasm
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ye

placid topaz
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ok next fists run im forcing athena/ares lol

smoky atlas
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so basically if you have ares attack and athena dash, you can spam dash attack for giga dmg

lethal chasm
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i needa beat w gilgamesh

placid topaz
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i still have to max out their keepsakes anyway

lethal chasm
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weird playstyle w it lol

hazy slate
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you need athena on special or attack for merciful end

lethal chasm
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dash attack iz bad

smoky atlas
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divine dash doesnt trigger?

lethal chasm
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it does

hazy slate
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its not a prereq

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is all

lethal chasm
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oh

placid topaz
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ok athena on special/attack it is - thanks for the heads up

smoky atlas
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ok was about to say i could swear divine dash worked last time i tried

lethal chasm
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ive only had it once lol

hazy slate
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i think it was updated recently

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to not be a prereq anymore

lethal chasm
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i need max guan so i can try it

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_>

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lol

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disservice to guan yu no reason he would have lower health than arthur smh

placid topaz
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what are some solid survivable with decent output builds for guan yu?

lethal chasm
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i saw one on yt earlier didnt click it tho

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haelian

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charge skewer.... i forget what boons

solid portal
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any good Chiron builds that people like here?

lethal chasm
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i have yet to clear w chiron interested aswell

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im sure zeus tho

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or doom stack if possible

hearty elbow
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Deadly Flourish + Heartbreak Strike

hazy slate
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zeus doesnt work well with chiron

lethal chasm
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werd

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hm

solid portal
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deadly flourish who gives that one, its familiar

hazy slate
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as the zap has a cooldown of 0.2 seconds

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artemis gives deadly flourish

lethal chasm
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art

solid portal
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right

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of course

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heartbreak too right?

lethal chasm
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my chiron only has 3 arrows 😭

solid portal
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mine too

hearty elbow
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Heartbreak is Aphrodite

solid portal
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oh!

lethal chasm
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not sure if wanna run chiron w 3

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tbh

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id run zag

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just me.

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or certainly hera

hearty elbow
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You can also do Drunken Flourish (Dionysus) with Heartbreak Strike or Curse of Agony (Ares attack), for a shot at their duo boons

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Yeah, Chiron is definitely one of the worst aspects at level 1

hazy slate
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aphro dio duo is more hangover on weak targets right?

lethal chasm
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yea for sure

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at weakest

solid portal
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that sounds good

hearty elbow
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@hazy slate Yes

lethal chasm
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aphro dio i forget i think

hazy slate
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whats ares dio duo?

hearty elbow
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Hangover ticks faster

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.35 vs. .5

lethal chasm
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.35

solid portal
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so pair dyo with whom for bow in your opinion

lethal chasm
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have had to pass on it a lot lately

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lol

solid portal
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aphro?

lethal chasm
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dio on spcial he saying

solid portal
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so weak and drunk

hearty elbow
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Aphro or Ares. Aphro scales better with the Bow's damage

solid portal
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yea dio on special makes sense

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ares doom is overated with bow

hearty elbow
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But Ares is fine, and lets you play way safer

solid portal
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safer ?

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less dash?

lethal chasm
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rama ur fav aspect @ ledger

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lol

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?

hearty elbow
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You don't have to go for power shots, you can just Hangover things from across the map and run around while they die

solid portal
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lol

hearty elbow
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@lethal chasm Yeah. I like all the bows though, Hera the least

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I'm just riding a meme since I was like, one of the only people who actually enjoyed Rama and did well with it in Blood Price. People probably got sick of hearing me defend it lol.

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Not necessary anymore, fortunately, praise SGG

spark portal
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Beside use Chiron bow are there any pointers on how to do 30% with the butterfly?

lapis matrix
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Guan Yu

hearty elbow
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Guan Yu special

lapis matrix
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Also works well with that

hearty elbow
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is probably by far the easiest aspect to do it with

lapis matrix
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Was it 30%?

hearty elbow
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Something like that

lapis matrix
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I thought it was 24

spark portal
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How is guan yu good? I feel like I get hit a lot more when I have to charge the special

hearty elbow
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You can do it from way over there

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It shines with Charged Skewer. It actually make the minimum throw speed faster

spark portal
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Hmm, okay, thank you, I’ll try that out after I finish this run.

sour bramble
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Just got my first win by abusing crit damage on hazard bomb like I said in discussion, and now I have no idea what I want to do to try and win this run.

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Any ideas? Rapid fire bow crits, maybe?

hazy slate
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that can work

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get the rapid fire bow hammer, artemis attack, maybe use base bow for more crit

sour bramble
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I kinda want to go through with the sword but either I suck with it or it sucks without big upgrades.

hazy slate
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also use double bow

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nemesis sword is nice

placid topaz
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im bad with sword ><

hazy slate
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use aphro attack and artemis special

sour bramble
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I have like, ONE Titan Blood.

placid topaz
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need to unlock arthur so i can brute force it

hazy slate
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and nemesis costs 1 titan blood i think

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get aphro artemis duo

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and just spam special and dash attacks

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it just works

sour bramble
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I think in all of my 22 runs (yes i did 22 runs and only 1 win) I've only ever gotten ONE duo

hazy slate
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oof

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theres a mirror thing that increases chances of duos and legendary

sour bramble
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I need more keys.

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I need like

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More everything really

hazy slate
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uh, use the weapons that get extra darkness

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thatll help a lot for getting more mirror talents

jade rover
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chaos boons are a good way to get darkness too

pallid sand
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Does Stubborn Roots heal through the -100% healing heat modifier?

hearty elbow
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Yes

jade rover
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It'll say whether it's effected on the boon when it's offered

pallid sand
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tbf patroclus's healing didn't say it was effected and it was

jade rover
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oh, oof

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On average, should I spend my money before taking|| chiron's money,|| or after?

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since you lose that shop

thorny basin
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prolly before unless you are saving up

high geode
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So how exactly does Dire Misfortune work? Is it just every time I apply doom before it drops? Does that mean its good with the Doom on Bow special?

jade rover
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yeah, Dire misfortune and, say, chiron work well together

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it just adds damage to the doom if you inflict doom on an already doomed target

hazy slate
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especially good on chiron special

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well, once its fully upgraded

lethal chasm
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@ 20 runs guy, around that lvl is when i started to win most of the tme

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keep grindin lol

cloud barn
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i dislike that the cast focused aspects usually focus on infernal soul, as I really like stygian soul

lethal chasm
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i havent even tried styg

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and run a number of cast builds

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doing achilles run rn no cast at end of tart, go for ares hmz

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got skewer and demeter on attack gg

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can kil redacted w that prob lol

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demeter are kinda my fav cast builds idk might roll dat way

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i havent got blizzard yet i dont think maybe go toward that

jade rover
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pickin' up 500 darkness in one drop is pretty neat, thanks Chaos

swift pawn
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Is there a good set for the bow?

hearty elbow
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Artemis/Aphro attack works for all of them. There's a lot more than that but the question was pretty general

sharp anvil
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I just had a run with a level 14 heroic Athena's Call. 38.34s of invulnerability when it's used as a greater call

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6.39 base duration

solid portal
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slow clap

sharp anvil
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Very high IQ build

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I stood still and attacked with Chiron special without tagging him. Once the call ended, I still did the same thing and called again after like 10s because I was tanking hits

jaunty blaze
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hey does artemis dash strike buff boon effect gilgamesh dash special?

main osprey
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nope

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only dash-attack

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@jaunty blaze

junior harbor
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for the love of god. what is the timing on hade's spin attack to dodge it. I swear to god, it's RNG whether I can dash throuugh it or not

cloud barn
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if you dash-attack you lose your I-frames

junior harbor
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🤦‍♂️failbag

main osprey
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(though if you dash, and attack halfway through, you still have the i-frames from the first half)

junior harbor
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Ok well, that might be part of it.

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It's mainly during EM4's 3rd phase.

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I don't think i was dash-attacking during the spins, I was double-dashing through them/away from them.

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and I would mash the dash button, so I don't know if I was losing i-frames between dashes

main osprey
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there are a few frames between each dash

junior harbor
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Feels like Hera is so hard to use vs em4

cloud barn
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on hera the rapid fire daedalus upgrade is good

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you can load multiple casts, run away, and get your damage off in one tap

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instead of needing to dash attack, as that has end lag

junior harbor
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I'll see if I can pick that up next time I do a hera run. I want revenge on EM4.

cloud barn
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also

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Twin Fists have a special property that dash-attack upgrades also effect the dash-special, however I'm not sure if this is also true for the hidden aspect

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about the earlier conversation

junior harbor
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I did have a near-perfect Hera build once. I linked it in #h1-victory-boasting yesterday, 8pm-ish . Too bad it wasn't vs em4

thorny basin
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oh

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that explains a lot

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didnt relize dash attacks break iframes

cloud barn
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@jaunty blaze @main osprey pinging to clear stuff up, the earlier response that dash-attack bonuses do not affect the twin fists dash-special is incorrect, however note that this is unique to the twin fists

main osprey
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are you sure?

cloud barn
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yes

main osprey
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fair enough

jaunty blaze
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wow, really, woulda been nice to hear that earlier

cloud barn
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under Fighting Style

main osprey
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apologies for the misinformation, Bep

junior harbor
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Does that apply to the hidden aspect of the fists too?

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and the maim proc?

cloud barn
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I don't have a definitive answer, however my guess would be that it applies to the initial hit but not the maim proc

junior harbor
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last question for now. Does Ruthless Reflex actually give 50% dodge?

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Or is it some other value that isn't listed.

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Because the wording is "If you Dash just before getting hit, gain +50% damage and dodge chance for 2 Sec.", and I'm just uncertain about how its worded.

main osprey
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it gives that much dodge chance

junior harbor
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'Cause 50% dodge chance would make me heavily reconsider my choice to never use it.

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Yikes.

main osprey
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though iirc, dodge chance is multiplicative

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and/or has a cap

junior harbor
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Hm...

main osprey
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I don't remember exactly how it works

junior harbor
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Still better than not picking up an epic-tier dodge and having to get smacked >50% of the time during hades

cloud barn
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depreciating return? Idk how it works, just mentioning the phrase to see if it jogs your memory

junior harbor
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Cause I suck at that timing.

jaunty blaze
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diminishing returns

cloud barn
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thats it

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diminishing, not depreciating

main osprey
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essentially, that's what it is

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though that's not what the actual math is

junior harbor
main osprey
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perfect, thanks

sweet heath
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yea I think its multiplicative for each source, so if you have like 50% dodge and 15% dodge its (1 - 0.5)(1 - 0.15) = .425 = 42.5% chance to get hit / 57.5% chance to dodge

main osprey
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yeah! that's it, thank you

void zenith
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Zag bow is better than Chiron after all. If only for the charged volley

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I'll upload a vid in a sec

cloud barn
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what?

void zenith
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I got a 48 sec hades kill

cloud barn
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cool, but you can't say that one thing is better than another based off a single point of data.

cloud barn
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I think the level 8 heroic deadly flourish had a bigger part in that, though charge shot definitely accentuated it

void zenith
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Well, I'm not saying zag is definitely better than chiron

cloud barn
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Zag bow is better than Chiron after all. If only for the charged volley
@void zenith

void zenith
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But I like doing this kind of stuff much more

cloud barn
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it's fine if you didn't mean it in the first place, but text doesn't communicate tone

void zenith
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Well, that was just like my opinion, man

main osprey
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but text doesn't communicate tone

cloud barn
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then say "i think" before it

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don't state it as fact

sweet heath
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one of the reasons I think chiron is so good is that even with mediocre drops its still really good

cloud barn
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yep

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it's insanely consistent

main osprey
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also Chiron + Heartbreak Flourish + Unhealthy Fixation is just fun

cloud barn
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yep

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I think chiron can be used with any special upgrade, provided some extra support boons

main osprey
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Chiron + Tempest Flourish + Second Wave

cloud barn
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ye

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oooh hang on

shut heron
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Why non ones like legendary bow?

cloud barn
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i gotta find a run

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hm?

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the hidden aspect?

shut heron
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Yes

main osprey
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soooooo ssssslllllloooowwwww

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imo

cloud barn
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It's good, just too slow for my taste

sweet heath
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yea you end up having to mostly use the special

shut heron
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Ye understandable

void zenith
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All bows are very viable

sweet heath
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the primary fire with the musical thing is awesome

void zenith
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Bow in general is a great weapon

sweet heath
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if only it were good to use

half crater
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||rama|| isn’t a bow, it is a melee weapon

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been said before ofc

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but still true

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it’s a very good melee weapon tho

void zenith
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Tbh, you can even make Hera do silly damage off the volley, without even bothering with the casts

half crater
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why would you do that lol

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just play zag/chiron instead

void zenith
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If you don't have an optimal run, you have to make do with what you get

half crater
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true

void zenith
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My point is that all bows are good, but I came to prefer Zag over Chiron even after playing 30+ runs with chiron

half crater
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i don’t really play hera without keepsaking a good cast first boon

void zenith
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because not having a charged volley is such a big detriment

half crater
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chiron fun

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and you don’t need to be quite as precise to get results

cloud barn
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ye

half crater
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but honestly i’d agree zag is prolly better

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imo ofc

cloud barn
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this is the run i wanted to find earlier

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took a bit because i had to restart steam, wasnt screenshotting

junior harbor
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One day I want to see a rama-power shot-crit. If someone has a video on hand, @ me or dm it to me lol

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like, not even a whole playthrough of a build. just a quick clip of someone 1shotting a boss with it

half crater
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you can’t one shot bosses in this game sadly

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you hit invulnerability phases

junior harbor
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Yeah ik. but seeing like 5k dmg on a crit is pretty satisfying

half crater
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believe me; i’ve tried

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agreed

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there’s a screenshot of an 8k with arthur somewhere

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dunno about one for rama

junior harbor
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YIKES

half crater
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found it

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yup

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not my screenshot btw

junior harbor
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Rama build, got early twin shot, now i have to pick between explosive shot, chain shot, or point blank shot

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Idnk which to pick

half crater
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explosive

junior harbor
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going to be faceing EM4 with this

half crater
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explosive twin is the dream on rama imo

junior harbor
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and hermes room next.... if i get atk speed...

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YIKES. 1.2k dmg on a hit

half crater
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nice

junior harbor
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no atk speed, but +3 dashes. I can reroll, but do I?

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I need the dashes for Hades, so nvm

half crater
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depends whether you’re gonna need those rerolls for something else

sweet heath
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+3 dashes is always good

half crater
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yeah prolly a good idea

sweet heath
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you can just nope out of any situation

half crater
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EM4 hades eats up your dashes like nothing else

sweet heath
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yea with two dashes I often mess up timing dodging his spin attack and can end up getting hit twice

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with 4+ dashes i can just mash the button rofl

half crater
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button mashing is the goal of all builds tbh

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if i get to the end and have to actually use skills to beat hades, i have failed

junior harbor
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There's something viscerally satisfying about deleting rooms in the styx with tidal dash + any of the knockback dmg boons

reef galleon
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whoever came up with ||phase 3|| on EM4 is a ||game developer working at Supergiant Games||

dark quail
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So i used em4 once and barely lost, what are the main differences between normal and em4 boss?

reef galleon
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more ||phases||, two spins in a row, spear throw and charge, more health, ||cerberus summon||, ||bloodstone summon||, ||HP recovery from urns||

jade rover
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||Em4|| put me at 30 hp from completly confident full health triple DD. I miss Chaos aspect

junior harbor
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YO I DID IT

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DEATHLESS EM4

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Rama explody build OP

jade rover
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Is it me, or is artemis kinda. Meh

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Like, if you take, for example, deadly strike, if you crit exactly at the listed 15%, you end up doing 92% of the damage that heartbreak strike does, without the added benefit of inflicting weak (if I did my math right).

sweet heath
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not to mention that the damage is less consistent so there is more overkill / underkill

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but if marked is bouncing around a bunch of enemies I think the numbers become more favorable

jade rover
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Yeah, I'm sure that the more artemis boons you end up with, the more the math tilts in her favor, what with pressure points, clean kill, all that.

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Still, you lose consistency, build flexibility, and utility.

worldly trellis
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"We make a decent team." -Than

sweet heath
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lol

worldly trellis
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Chiron is wild

jade rover
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oh, chiron is for sure an A+ tier weapon at least.

worldly trellis
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First time using it, just maxed it

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I'm going for dire misfortune special

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really hope its as stupid as it is in my head

coarse tendon
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I got the +400% dmg to armor with special using chiron, that thing 1 shotted armored mobs

jade rover
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Try to also get aphro duo with that @worldly trellis

sweet heath
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yea I generally agree about artemis but I haven't really figured out her builds yet / what situations its good in

tepid bear
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hey does rare crop work on boons gotten afterwards?

worldly trellis
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Way ahead of ya, already got heartbreak strike :))

jade rover
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Nope @tepid bear

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unfortunatly

tepid bear
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ah damn it, I got lucky with my previous run then xD

dark quail
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What are good boons for chiron?

jade rover
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I like Zeus special, ares attack is pretty good, you can go a lot of ways. Stacking specials like demeter and dio aren't bad.

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Honestly, I coming to the conclusion that running Ares and Zeus is the way to win, like, every run. Very very few situations don't benefit heavily from them in some combination or another.

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On the Artemis front, I'm not sure I understand why increasing rarity or level of Artemis boons doesn't ever increase crit chance.

worldly trellis
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Yea that honestly discourages me from leveling Arti attack/special

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especially because the % dmg is already so low to begin with

jade rover
#

It has to be, sort of. Even as low as it is, Artemis still out damages other strike boons on average

empty veldt
#

Aphrodite beats Artemis @jade rover

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on average, even counting the crits, aphrodite beats Artemis

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Unless you got some T2 boons on artemis like clean kill

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or got external attack up sources like chaos

jade rover
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I know, I said that above.

sudden swift
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guys what hammer that you pick for demeter aspect twin fist?

void sun
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If you can get the one that makes your special into a projectile always take that imo

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The extra special hits still work with it so you can just spec fully into special

spiral tree
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NOOOO

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man

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EM4 is tough

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redacted final final form

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man

cloud barn
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just had a thought

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currently than's cthonic companion is pretty underwhelming, as it takes ages to proc

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but what if the damage carried over past shields? it would fit more with the theme of death in general, as you cant protect yourself from it

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to specify what i mean by "carried over past shields" just so there is no ambiguity, I mean that the shield still absorbs some damage, but excess is still dealt to their health

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I don't think it would be too broken, as Meg's and Achille's companions both have their niche: Meg's is consistent AOE and Achille's consistent single/duo target. Than's is currently inconsistent AOE, so I feel it needs something to stand out

empty veldt
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Thanatos = God of Miss

cloud barn
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yes

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or if that doesn't work, maybe instead of aiming at an enemy at the start then staying there, the circle locks onto a single enemy then follows that enemy until the damage triggers

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could be a cool animation, Than hovering over an enemy then slashing around at the damage

empty prairie
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What's some good choices for the sword? I can't seem to get something that works well enough to beat redacted. Even the Champions give me fits with it.

cloud barn
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you don't really have to say redacted here, as it's a spoiler zone

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read the channel description

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you can still say it if you prefer tho, might help a slip up in another channel

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which sword aspect are you using?

empty prairie
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I've currently got zag maxed and can unlock 2 and 3 if needed.

cloud barn
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hm

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do you have heat yet or are you focusing mostly on sword?

empty prairie
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I've got heat.

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Sword and shield are the only two I haven't won with yet.

cloud barn
#

ok, then honestly I would recommend unlocking the hidden aspect and using that

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the default moveset is pretty meh on sword

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IMO

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other views are probably healthy before doing that

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as it can be a bit of a grind

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hidden sword aspect has slower, higher damaging attacks, so it can take a second to get used to, but it passively gives you +50 max hp and you can use a defensive zone with the special if you choose

empty prairie
#

There's no way to force the dialogue to unlock the hidden aspects, right?

cloud barn
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do you have spear hidden aspect?

empty prairie
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Don't have any hidden aspects yet. :/

cloud barn
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ah

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spear has to be the first, its kinda weird

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do to the r/hadesthegame subreddit and go to the sub description post, near the bottom is a hidden aspect guide

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I don't really wanna link it because it's an adobe program and ik that can be fishy

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it looks cool tho

untold vortex
empty prairie
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Ah ok. I was wondering why they hadn't popped up yet.

cloud barn
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yeah, I mean it makes some sense in lore but it's pretty cryptic gameplay-wise

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I literally beat 20 heat with the bow before getting any hidden aspects, because I don't like the spear much

empty prairie
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Spear is oddly specific when it comes to good builds, in my limited experience.

cloud barn
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yeah

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I don't read guides, just made my own boon tier list of sort

empty prairie
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Yeah, guides seem counter intuitive for a game like this. Takes away the fun of the trial and error.

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But man I can't figure out how to make the sword not suck for me.

cloud barn
#

honestly

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i only use hidden aspect sword

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the default moveset is my least favorite in the game

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by far

empty veldt
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Default sword moveset = Only Dash strikes

untold vortex
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except with nemisis and poseidon where you also use the special sometimes

empty prairie
#

I'm using nemesis now with the hammer that heals and it's not half bad.

cunning urchin
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Good builds only really require 1–2 good boons, and everything after that is extra.

cloud barn
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yeah

cunning urchin
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E.g., Malphon with Divine Strike is already a good build that can take you through all the bounties for it.

empty veldt
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@empty prairie Isnt lifesteal considered one of the worst hammer upgrades on any sword aspect?

cloud barn
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nope

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its great

cunning urchin
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Popular opinion isn't always right, anyway. Cursed Slash is great.

empty veldt
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But its definitely not good on Arthur right

cloud barn
#

naw

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its great

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the extra health is a great buffer and it heals per enemy hit, not per swing

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the special damage reduc helps too

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less healing needed

empty veldt
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Base sword moveset hits faster, i would assume that you heal more with faster moveset

cloud barn
#

yeah

empty prairie
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I can definitely see it maybe falling off at higher heats but with flurry slash it's keeping up pretty well and I'm playing super recklessly.

cloud barn
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but consider

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base moveset sucks ass

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poor range

empty veldt
#

like Arthur can hit 4 enemies at once, healing for 8

cunning urchin
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I've no personal experience with Cursed Slash on Excalibur. But there's no one really pushing high heat with Excalibur, either.

cloud barn
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excalibur gives you more range to work with

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you dont have to be in the enemy's taint to damage them

empty veldt
#

but 4 fast swings is easier to pull off as opposed to multihit with excalibur swings

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i would assume

cloud barn
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it aint tho

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you can dash after starting the 3 swing combo

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so you start it before the window

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and time it

empty veldt
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i know that

cloud barn
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i think you're not quite understanding how horrible the base moveset of the sword is

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easily the worst moveset in the game

empty veldt
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oh no no

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i know that the base moveset for sword is actually garbage

cloud barn
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the range of excalibur more than makes up for the swing speed

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that's my final thought

empty veldt
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For lifesteal specifically, i'm just trying to imagine which one gives more reliable healing

cunning urchin
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I don't even agree with that tbh. Stygius's 3-hit combo isn't half as bad as people make it out to be.

cloud barn
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it really is

empty veldt
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I mean i still use it, i dont avoid the combo like the plague

cloud barn
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the third hit has nearly as much delay as excalibur's

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in comparison to the first 2 hits

empty veldt
#

oh i usually dash after 2 combo to avoid the third combo on normal stygius

cloud barn
#

yeep

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same

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the third hit combo is just atrocious, a ton of delay, cant dash with it

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with excalibur you can dash with it for some meaty swings

cunning urchin
#

You can dash inbetween the regular 3-hit combo of any Stygius aspect. That's not specific to Excalibur.

cloud barn
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lemme test

cunning urchin
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Maybe I should do a no-dash-strike 40+ with Nemesis or something just to prove a point. thanthink

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Actually, Zag sword. Why not.

empty veldt
#

Kekw

cloud barn
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from what i can tell it's between our claims

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it doesn't follow the combo, but the dash-strike does the same damage

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with a similar hitbox

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or i might be wrong

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hang on

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lemme test some more

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ah, yeah it does follow combo

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combo 3 moves you forward, dash attack doesnt

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i concede that you can dash with it, however I still believe it is the worst moveset in the game

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when i say "moveset" I mean that I take all aspects with the same general moveset and group them, then choose my favorite

empty prairie
#

I just completely face tanked the Champions without moving the joystick. I'm coming around on the sword now.

cloud barn
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like for the shield, I group zagreus and chaos aspects and leave zeus and beowulf seperate

cunning urchin
#

EM or no EM?

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EM3 with melee is so awful.

cloud barn
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EM3 with hidden aspect sword is easy

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as you can get free backstabs

cunning urchin
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Well, EM3 + FO2, anyway.

empty prairie
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No EM for now. Though I wonder how well it would do against it. I finished at full health.

cloud barn
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I don't use FO much, i think the only run I've won with it was the 32 heat for the skelly statue

cunning urchin
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EM3 FO2 is a pain for Excalibur at high heat.

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I never turn off FO2.

cloud barn
#

ah

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makes sense

empty prairie
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Attack speed from Hermes, weak on attack from Aphrodite, flurry strike, heal on attack, nemesis sword.

cloud barn
#

personally the reason i leave it off is I know it will mess up my muscle memory, so leaving it on 100% of the time makes sense

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what attack boons do you go for on excalibur? I'm curious

empty veldt
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I run FO1 with EM3, but i havent run EM4 with FO2 yet.

cunning urchin
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Heartbreak Strike, Deadly Strike, Divine Strike. Any of those.

empty veldt
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too much pain

cloud barn
#

yeah, those are generally what I go for as well

cunning urchin
#

That's the meta, yeah.

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Personally, I use Heartbreak Strike every time if I get to choose. But that's not always the case at high heat.

empty prairie
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What is FO?

cunning urchin
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Forced Overtime.

empty prairie
#

Oh.

cloud barn
#

I don't pay attention to meta, but it makes sense that the meta is that

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because it's damn good

cunning urchin
#

Heartbreak Strike + Divine Dash + Zeus' Aid + Smoldering Air is the ideal build for me.

cloud barn
#

I don't really like zeus' aid, and I don't rely on duos

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I prefer athena's aid, broken with pom blossom

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if you get it early that is

cunning urchin
#

Zeus' Aid is amazing for DPS. And Smoldering Air is practically free if you're already running Heartbreak Strike anyway.

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Unless you run CF AP etc. But even with those, the odds aren't half bad.

cloud barn
#

what do those abbreviations mean

cunning urchin
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It's not a matter of "relying" on it but having the potential in your build.

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Convenience Fee, Approval Process.

cloud barn
#

ah

cunning urchin
cloud barn
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makes sense, i have that chat muted

cunning urchin
#

But they're just initialisms, so it's pretty straightforward.

cloud barn
#

ye

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I personally play the game more casually, which is why I don't read guides unless i need to

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like the hidden aspects

cunning urchin
#

I wrote a newbie build guide because there was a lot of demand for it. It's pinned here in this channel.

cloud barn
#

makes sense

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also, when I say that I think default sword moveset is the worst one, I am not being objective and I don't intent to come off as objective. I realize that it has its niche, but that niche is the weakest one to me personally

marsh pumice
#

Sword is my least favorite weapon, except Arthur aspect dusa

cosmic vale
#

not sure where to ask this, so ill just do it here
how does one get ||the benefits package for the pact of punishment||

fluid trench
#

i like sword but mostly because it's a very mashy weapon i can turn my brain off for lmao

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bp was... shouldn't that be default

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i know you need to unlock the whole mirror for the mirror condition but i don't see why bp would be gated behind anything

cosmic vale
#

i don't know how to access it if that's the case

glass rapids
#

Afaik benefits package is there as soon as you get the pact with the rest of the conditions

cloud barn
#

BP is the thing that unlocks EM4 right?

glass rapids
#

No, it's a condition that gives armored enemies unique abilities

cloud barn
#

ah

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yeah that

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is it not there by default?

fluid trench
#

it should be i think

cosmic vale
#

oh

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i thought it was for the player not the enemies
i didn't read that one prophecy very well

cloud barn
#

understandable

empty prairie
#

Is it just me or are the fists like dummy simple to win with?

marsh pumice
#

Just you squirtyay

empty prairie
#

Yay I'm special.

cloud barn
#

well

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they are simple

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not easy

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punch good and dont get hit

#

i have made a breakthrough with excalibur

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which was probably obvious

cunning urchin
#

?

cloud barn
#

Pierced Butterfly

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i just killed meg in about 8 damaging hits

cunning urchin
#

Furies don't have a lot of HP.

cloud barn
#

yeah

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but

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8 hits

#

about 4 2nd hits and 4 3rd hits

echo summit
#

imho fists and sword are the hardest weapons for me to use... also for some reason bow dash attack is a pain to use, like you need to hold it for a wee bit

cunning urchin
#

The Dash-Strike is similar to the normal bow attack but charges faster.

#

For slightly less damage.

#

You should charge it for a Power-Shot.

cloud barn
#

also longer range

marsh pumice
#

Just don't use dash strike on bow, simple

cloud barn
#

no

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dash strike with bow is great

echo summit
#

what im saying is that i find DOING the dash strike on bow really hard since it seems i need to hold it and then dash for some reason

marsh pumice
#

I prefer special squirtheh

cunning urchin
#

It's the other way around. You input Dash first and then hold Attack.

cloud barn
#

well you see

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with chiron

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dash strike charges faster

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and because you focus on special damage the lower damage doesnt matter

echo summit
#

@cunning urchin thanks for telling me, that should make it a hella easier to pull off

cloud barn
#

so you can literally dash, dash-attack, shoot the dash attack as soon as the first dash ends, dash right after, special.

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and still get good range

marsh pumice
#

I use zag bow so squirtheh

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I don't need attack squirtyay

cloud barn
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well thats your problem

#

wait what

#

why use zag bow if you dont attack

#

the crit doesnt apply to special

marsh pumice
#

I know, I use charged volley squirtheh

cloud barn
#

ah

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can you not use charged volley with hera?

#

gives more options

marsh pumice
#

But hera is not fun squirtyay

cloud barn
#

why not?

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you can get more thingies from chaos, load em all up in one

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then shoot the enemy with 5 razor blades

marsh pumice
#

It's just a waste squirtyay

cloud barn
#

though it does limit you to infernal soul

#

waste of what

#

blood?

marsh pumice
#

I use Stygian

cloud barn
#

yeah

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i like stygian more as well

#

but do you find yourself using cast often in the later areas?

#

genuine question, i usually dont

marsh pumice
#

In later areas you don't cast, you one shot squirtheh you cast for bosses

cloud barn
#

why do you use a "heh" emote so much

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do you feel superior to others because of your preferences?

marsh pumice
#

No, I just love to use emotes :)

cunning urchin
cloud barn
#

makes sense, just wanna warn you that the combination of smug emotes and the noir-style avatar give off that kinda vibe

cunning urchin
#

It does? thanthink

cloud barn
#

to me at least

#

putting a smug emote after simple statements of preference

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the emotes alone aren't the issue, the placement is more what gives off the vibe

gilded nymph
#

how do you create new seeds?

cunning urchin
#

Die or win a run.

gilded nymph
#

ok thanks

gilded nymph
#

also

#

how do chaos options work after you take the boon

cloud barn
#

basically you have a penalty or conditional penalty for X rooms or encounters, and once that many rooms or encounters passes it switches to the positive effect

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i say rooms or encounters but it's mostly encounters, I only mention rooms because one of the possible penalties is "Room rewards are hidden"

gilded nymph
#

I didn't explain myself properly sorry

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so you know after you take the boom you get 1-3 options to choose for the next room

cloud barn
#

ye

gilded nymph
#

yeah is there anything behind the choosing of these rooms

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so for example, I can either pick zeus/poseidon boon from next room or use a chaos gate

#

when i use the chaos gate

#

what would the room options be

cloud barn
#

I can only remember it being the common rewards, IE nectar, darkness, key, or gemstones

#

but that may be wrong

half crater
#

you get the chaos gate instead of the zeus/poseidon room, so the next room will be random

marsh pumice
#

you can get gods in chaos room

cloud barn
#

I didn't really think about it until now

half crater
#

nah it can be gods/story rooms/shops whatever

cloud barn
#

ok cool, ty for clarifying

cosmic vale
#

i kinda wish you could make some of the daedalus hammer effects permanent

cloud barn
#

well i mean

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goes against the point of a roguelike

#

but i know what you mean

#

some daedalus upgrades feel so much nicer than the non-upgraded version

cosmic vale
#

like i'm talking about stuff like rapid fire coronacht

#

yeah

cloud barn
#

I also wish there was an area you could give yourself specific boons and/or daedalus upgrades just to test stuff out

cosmic vale
#

mainly the ones that just replace the normal attack with something that loses an effect it has but is more fun overall

cunning urchin
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There is. It's the area outside the House in the Underworld. dusa

cosmic vale
#

like the one i mentioned above, flurry slash (?), pulverizing blow etc

cloud barn
cunning urchin
#

You can go there and pick up boons and hammers as you like while fighting hordes of enemies. dusa

cloud barn
#

true, idk how i missed it dusa

cunning urchin
#

It's extra fun if you add pacts like LC4, FO2, HL5, AP2, . . . dusa

cosmic vale
#

also speaking of
is there like a keepsake that has to do with daedalus hammers

cunning urchin
#

No.

cosmic vale
#

unfortunate

cunning urchin
#

Hammer upgrades have some of the greatest effect on your runs.

cosmic vale
#

i mean kinda but i'd argue that some boons can have bigger ones

cunning urchin
#

"some of the greatest" dusa

#

If you had your favorite hammers right from the start, picking up new hammers would be kind of whatever. You'd already have what you want.

#

But like this, you can experience the joy of finding the upgrade you want whenever you do. dusa

cosmic vale
#

but like

#

boons are manipulable

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to a pretty big extent

unkempt zephyr
#

40 heat artur run starts.Bless me god)

cosmic vale
#

whereas hammers are not and a lot of the time just offer an alternate thing rather than an objectively superior upgrade

half crater
#

40 heat artur run starts.Bless me god)
@unkempt zephyr good luck!

#

i can't even crack 32 with arthur lol

unkempt zephyr
#

whereas hammers are not and a lot of the time just offer an alternate thing rather than an objectively superior upgrade
@cosmic vale I disagree. Just some of them you have not yet appreciated. And have not made such builds in which other upgrades would be needed.

primal hazel
#

Does athena dash trigger ME?

cosmic vale
#

im talking about some of the ones i like specifically with that

#

being an alternate thing

half crater
#

Does athena dash trigger ME?
@primal hazel yup

#

doesn't work as a prereq tho, so watch out for that

#

you gotta get divine strike/flourish

primal hazel
#

Ik

lone lava
#

Yeah you can use it to proc the doom but you can't have the dash as your only primary athena boon since you won't get the duo

primal hazel
#

Picked up the dash last
I was wondering because it seems to not trigger her curse

half crater
#

exposed?

#

it triggers that

primal hazel
#

Yep

#

Tf

marsh pumice
#

GY Spin attack is so good, that low health thing is a bit hard tho.

primal hazel
#

So uhm what's fun to run with eris?

cunning urchin
#

Lightning Strike or Drunken Strike is the go-to for Eris.

unkempt zephyr
#

if you have Peer take drunken. of if you plan to have peer

cunning urchin
#

@marsh pumice I just get Heartbreak Flourish on it + Zeus' Aid and go for Smoldering Air. Anything else is just extra.

#

Best hammers are Charged Skewer or Serrated Point, easy to switch your build to Dash-Strike if you get Serrated.

unkempt zephyr
#

40 heat not so hard with out timer) probably its my choose for artur xD

cunning urchin
#

Serrated Point clears faster, but it requires practice because of the decreased to dash distance.

teal lance
#

I just got the craziest build ever.... Aspect of Chiron bow, 1 daedalus hammer that gave me +4 arrows to my special, 1 hammer that increased special arrow dmg for every consecutive arrow. That's just the start, I got artemis's flourish for crits & aphrodite's attack... with the duo boon that increased critical damage to weak enemies. So basically... I shot an enemy to weaken then used my special & deleted everything in sight. I also got a chaos boon to increase special dmg & other stuff, every time I used my special I took down like 1/6th or more of Hades's health.

gilded nymph
#

are there any fist builds that work with any heat

unkempt pagoda
#

merciful end

gilded nymph
#

it feels so hard to react to attacks while melee range

unkempt pagoda
#

curse of agony, divine flourish, divine dash

#

dash strike to hell and back

cunning urchin
#

Divine Strike only is enough for getting all the bounties for Malphon.

unkempt zephyr
#

@unkempt zephyr that's more for #h1-high-heat-strategies. squirtnya
@cunning urchin I know) i just try create build that work on any heat on artur. becaus i artur mainer. and 40 heat nice plase to check this. What best build for artur.

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with +100 damage EM4 and 40 speed.

cunning urchin
#

You'll want Divine Strike, Curse of Agony, or Lightning Strike on Malphon—with Divine Dash or Hunter Dash.

#

And in any case, Deflect on either Attack or Dash.

unkempt zephyr
#

Im already easy deal on 32. im pref combo with artemis special. and ONLY athena attack.

cunning urchin
#

For Demeter Aspect, add Heartbreak Flourish or Deadly Flourish to that.

unkempt zephyr
#

im need my 6.5k crit in back to kill dad in EM4

cunning urchin
#

Yeah, 32 still kind of let's you do whatever. 40 is very different. Divine Strike is a solid choice on Excalibur, that's for sure.

gilded nymph
#

what is curse of agony

cunning urchin
#

"Doom Attack".

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From Lord Ares.

unkempt zephyr
#

Hermes. probably second best god for artur. to have second dash.attack speed. and healing after dash.

gilded nymph
#

hmm

solid cairn
#

I have an idea

gilded nymph
#

and what fist aspect do you go?

#

demeter?

solid cairn
#

aphro dash and heart rend on arthur

#

to apply weak quick

#

since special is too slow

#

yes you dont get the crutch i frames

unkempt zephyr
#

since special is too slow
@solid cairn if you dont use aniamation cancel. yup. its slow.

proven osprey
#

So i went for 4th aspect of fist

#

dio on attack

#

the dmg I dealt were like, near 0

unkempt zephyr
#

dio on attack
@proven osprey its good if you can dash strikes good. i close 32 on dio claws. but its hard man. no deflects. damage huge on group of enemy.But solo damage strugling with out 2 duos.

gilded nymph
#

also @cunning urchin what hammers do I want

proven osprey
#

yeah GWvertiPeepoSadMan

#

I want to play dio, what weapon would you suggest ?

unkempt zephyr
#

I want to play dio, what weapon would you suggest ?
@proven osprey I show you in Private message. ok?

proven osprey
#

yeah peepoHappy

cunning urchin
#

@gilded nymph any aspect except Fists 4. I'm not very fond of those.

#

Breaching Cross is #1. Long Knuckle is also great. Basically any of the Attack hammers.

#

For Demeter Aspect, Explosive Upper is on about the same level as Breaching Cross.

void fjord
#

on demeter aspect i suggest going for long knuckle since hitting multiple enemies at the same time builds the special faster

#

so instead 12 hits, you ideally do only 6 or less

marsh pumice
#

@cunning urchin ehhh... but I'm using Spin attack on GY, so Quick Spin and Massive spin hammers is better.

cunning urchin
#

Breaching Cross is still way superior to Long Knuckle on Demeter Aspect. Long Knuckle is great, though, on any aspect.

gilded nymph
#

ok thanks

#

and last thing, for demeter what other boons do i want

#

anything on zeus and artemis specfically?

cunning urchin
#

Support Fire.

gilded nymph
#

I expected that much

cunning urchin
#

Deadly Reversal.

void fjord
#

well since i run ruthless reflex more, long knuckle is better for me as compared to breaching cross

#

the special should be aphrodite

#

no exceptions

#

unless ur doing a merciless end run

cunning urchin
#

Heartbreak Flourish and Deadly Flourish are both just fine.

#

Frost Flourish and Divine Flourish aren't too bad, either.

marsh pumice
#

damn, Heightened security is the worst pact option squirtyay

gilded nymph
#

why heartbreak over deadly boredhub?

#

I can see both working

#

like aphro attack + artemis special

void fjord
#

frost flourish isnt really that great neither is divine

cunning urchin
#

They're perfectly fine.

void fjord
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heartbreak does more dmg overall

unkempt zephyr
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Best choose for demeter its artemis dash. if you can dash special good.becaus its fork for demeter special. and best if you find chaos on dash strike.its how in past speedruners go and do some insane numbers.its still works good. but they find ares curse +dash ME.

void fjord
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they're fine as boons to sell @cunning urchin

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on demeter atleast

cunning urchin
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You can do 40+ with any of them. I don't really get your point.

gilded nymph
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so you do artemis dash + aphro special?

cunning urchin
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Divine Dash is #1 for Malphon unless you do low heat speedruns or whatever for the damage. Hunter Dash is good, though.

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It's pointlessly restrictive to say Heartbreak Flourish is the only good choice.

little pine
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Does anyone have any tips for using fists? They feel incredibly bad vs hades compared to other weapons, close range makes it feel like I get hit way more often

cunning urchin
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Go for damage after his spin attacks. He has a lot of recover there for you to get some hits in.

gilded nymph
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yeah his attacks have a lot of windup

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you can dodge them with timing instead of dashing out of range

cunning urchin
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But if you have the DPS, you can just mash Dash-Strike tbh and kill him that way.

spare flare
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Is there a definitive rundown on which aspects offer the best DPS?

cunning urchin
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Probably Fists 4 with Merciful End.

unkempt zephyr
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Is there a definitive rundown on which aspects offer the best DPS?
@spare flare Best its player reaction and experience+knowleg

unkempt pagoda
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eris is a contender, but i agree that fists4 ME is extremely strong lol

cunning urchin
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Actually, maybe Eris. Eris holds the speedrun record at any heat right now.

unkempt zephyr
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becaus if you realy good you can do better damage.avoid. best run was 3m 51s and it was sword.

cunning urchin
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I don't know what patch you're talking about. 1.0 WR is 7:16 IGT with Eris.

unkempt zephyr
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yup. but still cap of human can do fast run was Nemesis sword.

unkempt pagoda
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probably blood price or nighty night?

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don't think there was a sub-4 in blood price though

cunning urchin
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3:51 was definitely fully routed.

spare flare
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I know how games work, Oversky, but thanks, anyway.

unkempt zephyr
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even its be seed.it show how much power be in hands.

unkempt pagoda
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wasn't seeded speedruns the norm before 1.0? i wasn't really following speedrun antics back then

spare flare
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So the real answer is no. Got it.

cunning urchin
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Power in skipping as many rooms as possible with the right route and getting as many Dash-Strike and Strike boons as possible from Master Chaos.

unkempt zephyr
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and best speedruner still vorime. sword nemesis 3m 51s blood seed. and Rail eris 7m16s 1.0 unseed

cunning urchin
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DPS from routed builds has no real relevance to normal, unseeded runs, anyway.

unkempt zephyr
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its dosent matter. its Luck run unseeed +or luck run from seed.

cunning urchin
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There's no "luck" in a routed run. All the RNG is manipulated.

unkempt zephyr
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its still hard to use seed.harder than normal run. becaus if you dont know HOW seed work you words empty. becaus 0.2. of second create a route. and if you dont do rigth. start again.

cunning urchin
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Seeded and routed mean different things. Seeded just means you know the first boon/hammer. Routed means every chamber layout, shop item, boon, hammer, NPC room, Chaos Gate, etc., is just as you manipulated.

unkempt zephyr
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Seeded and routed mean different things. Seeded just means you know the first boon/hammer. Routed means every chamber layout, shop item, boon, hammer, NPC room, Chaos Gate, etc., is just as you manipulated.
@cunning urchin Seed change if you do all in same time.its hard to say.

solid cairn
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damn, Heightened security is the worst pact option squirtyay
worst pact option that gives 1 heat*

cunning urchin
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

solid cairn
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I think approval process and routine inspection are worst overall

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and not fun

cunning urchin
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I like AP and RI.

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I also like HS.

solid cairn
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I see you like a lot of things I do not

cunning urchin
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Only pact I don't like is EM3. squirtmeh

spare flare
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Heightened Security seems fine to me. It's Tight Deadline that has me concerned.

solid cairn
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TD2 is free

unkempt zephyr
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its hard to say. but seed still change if you dont do dialogs.scips.time when you enter. time to clear room. Seed run alote harder than usual run. just try once. look video. or save game. try run. load save again and try to do same thing. and you see.Seed changes. @cunning urchin

solid cairn
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TD3 is kinda sketch ngl

spare flare
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I despise time limits, even when I have little trouble with them.

cunning urchin
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I know how seeds work. Thanks.

solid cairn
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they made time carry over which was something I suggested a long time ago but got downvoted

cunning urchin
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I don't normally like time limits at all, but for some reason, TD in Hades is a lot of fun.

unkempt zephyr
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Its in both seed or unseed. luck. but seed harder to do. i saw this. how vorime in march do eris with shootgun dash build. its takes 2- 3 weeks.

solid cairn
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honestly if people ask what pacts to go first I say TD2, EM1-2 and MM

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the heat to difficulty ratio is super in your favor

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HS isn't that bad with SD so that's probably why you like it

cunning urchin
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I liked HS way before they added SD lol.

hearty elbow
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Wait... Seed is harder to do? How do you justify that. You get to pick what you want lol.

cunning urchin
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I like when the traps actually feel like threats.

solid cairn
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I hate worrying about losing an entire DD to a trap I may or may not see

cunning urchin
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Hmmm. But the traps are always in the same locations.

hearty elbow
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Seeded runs take longer than unseeded runs because people plan to do content way harder than they would normally be able to do because they get to pick a broken hammer in room 1. Unseeded runs, you don't push nearly as hard, so you typically plan to do them in one sitting

cunning urchin
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So it forces you to actually pay attention to that and learn how to deal with the traps.

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Instead of just tanking the damage because it doesn't matter.

solid cairn
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I guess for teaching good habits its alright

marsh pumice
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or just dont take HS

spare flare
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SD?

mighty ermine
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stubborn defiance

solid cairn
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stubborn defiance

spare flare
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Oh, that. I don't mind Heightened Security either way. Just don't step on traps, you know? Hypnos advice.

cunning urchin
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stubborn defiance

solid cairn
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hypnos is twitch chat

unkempt zephyr
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Oh, that. I don't mind Heightened Security either way. Just don't step on traps, you know? Hypnos advice.
@spare flare or take athena less traps damage. or take artur and special on traps.

solid cairn
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we need to get the hypnos va to say "just dont get hit 4head"

hearty elbow
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He gives the best advice.

spare flare
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It's not even just to us, either.

cunning urchin
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Lady Aphrodite gives the best advice.

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Hypnos can be second or something. Doesn't matter.

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Only 💗 matters. dusa

gilded nymph
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need help choosing a boon

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I'm using eris

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either epic support fire or dio artemis duo

cunning urchin
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Duo. Even when you don't care for a Duo, you can sell it and buy 3 new boons for the money.

unkempt zephyr
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Probably i beat 40 heat hades EM4 rigth now on artur.Good bless me please. dont do alote of mistakes.

cunning urchin
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Good luck!

gilded nymph
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the money is worth passing up epic support fire on eric?

autumn wing
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I am having a tough time getting my first clear with both the sword and the spear. Can anyone recommend any easy builds for those weapons?

gilded nymph
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also I'm doing a dio attack eris build

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your first clears can be done without a good build

cunning urchin
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I honestly don't know how Splitting Headache works. I don't really tend to use builds that would unlock it.

autumn wing
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for sure xD problem is I am kinda bad with those weapons and I dont really enjoy them and maybe I am using them wrong

cunning urchin
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But just in terms of value, the Duo should be the right choice, either way.

autumn wing
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thanks I will have a look at that 😄

gilded nymph
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@cunning urchin you get 7.5 crit

cunning urchin
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If it adds crit chance to any source of damage, get that, yeah.

gilded nymph
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and if I get aphro dio duo it will give me 9 crit

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wait no

hazy slate
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Pretty sure aphro dio duo is more stacks of hangover on weak enemies

gilded nymph
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yeah

hazy slate
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You’re thinking of arte dio duo

gilded nymph
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no no

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i wanna use both

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they work well with each other

hearty elbow
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They work as described, and very well with each other

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Coming from someone who does Splitting Headache a lot lol

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Though I did check, and Hunter Dash is not sufficient to qualify, so it's pretty hard to get both

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And not gimp your build

unkempt zephyr
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and if I get aphro dio duo it will give me 9 crit
@gilded nymph 1.5 *8= 12% crit. its additive.

hearty elbow
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Yeah, it's 12

unkempt zephyr
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if athena DS with artemis.+dio with artemis.also add aphro.its can be 20+12% additive crit chance to all attack. but in high heat some problems with this. that why i have only 20+8 on my artur.athena attack and claws athena attack+dio dash and artemis special or call. only 28% additional crit for all attacks. but artemis call have already 35%crit. with this its total 63% crit for aid.

hearty elbow
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The appeal is also for adding crit to things that only scale with global damage

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A 7.5% or 12% multiplier on Hangover is really sick. It also works well with Hunter's Mark and Hunter's Instinct.

unkempt zephyr
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yup.

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i love dio + artemis. 500-700 crits in eris easy to have.

silk anvil
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Artemis left click has been letting me down recently; I did a spear run where I was aiming for the @cunning urchin build (heartbreak flourish/shield dash/smolder air/Zeus call), but got neglected by all the gods I wanted :c

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I'm also waiting for the triple-spear thrust to pay off in terms of wave clear thanthink

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I understand we're only a lesser god, but it feels a bit ridiculous to spend 10~15 seconds on a single enemy residentzag
-Achilles spear +100% damage
-cast and lodge blood
-rare arty crit (what's that? 15% to crit, +%20~30 damage?)
-backstabes + damage
-divine dash + dash makes does exposed

And yet enemies still look blankly at me while I try and talk them into dying

cunning urchin
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Varatha relies a lot on hammers.

silk anvil
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I need to stop picking the triple jab and expecting it to do me any favors. Have you found a pairing that works well for it? It just seems unweildy to me @cunning urchin, in the time I could poke down three mobs with the triple stab, I feel like I could just as easily / more efficiently use the triple-dash-strike with Varatha and take out more mooks

marsh pumice
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triple jab is just.. ehh.. trash

austere shadow
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That one leaves you too vulnerable imo, unless you have Hermes' triple dash or the one where you get movement speed after dashing

cunning urchin
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I only really play Guan Yu, and I don't pick Triple Jab on that.

silk anvil
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I've not experimented a whole lot with it (only grabbed it twice on Ach. Aspect) but does it change the base jab moveset (animation+timing)? Or only the animation?

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I only really play Guan Yu, and I don't pick Triple Jab on that.
@cunning urchin
I tried a Quan yu, and was rudely denied charged throw and fast spin

Which leads me to my next question:
Have we always been unable to re-roll hammer-time?

cunning urchin
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I only really care for Special hammers or Serrated Point on Guan Yu. Maybe a spin hammer if the other options aren't what I'm looking for.

silk anvil
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I'm tired of Daedalus Nay-Naying on me and giving me pure regret

cunning urchin
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Daedalus Hammers were never something you could reroll, no.

austere shadow
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There's always the anvil

silk anvil
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shadegrief alas, I am just a lucky fool then @cunning urchin ..
Maybe the new options are throwing me off by polluting the pool with more garbo

marsh pumice
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anvil is good if you got bad hammers

silk anvil
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There's always the anvil
@austere shadow valid. Is also 100% of the time going to nuke the hammer-upgrade I did want, give me two worse ones, and leave me with 3 unusable hammers and a lifetime of misery to fight the greatest boss of em all: ||my inner deamons||

cunning urchin
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Charged Throw is my favorite hammer for Guan Yu, but that doesn't mean that you need it. The Special is plenty strong on its own, and there's also Breaching Skewer.

silk anvil
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Charged Throw is my favorite hammer for Guan Yu, but that doesn't mean that you need it. The Special is plenty strong on its own, and there's also Breaching Skewer.
@cunning urchin glad to see you favor GY; and yeah, being a spear thrower with it is just loads of fun; I feel like the special GY experience is what people mean when they talk about Shield special :c

cunning urchin
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It's just the one I know how to play because it's the only one that was good in previous patches lol.

silk anvil
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But shield special just ain't special to me, even with daed's upgrade to make it so. Really sad I missed out on 400% dmg shenanigans

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It's just the one I know how to play because it's the only one that was good in previous patches lol.
@cunning urchin , you dont reckon Achilles' static damage buff is worthwhile? I feel like it being consistent and easy to apply should count for something

cunning urchin
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I can win with the others, but I haven't used them much at all. So I couldn't really speak from experience.

silk anvil
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though I have noticed a lot of talk about Hades recently, which I thought was interesting

cunning urchin
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All the spear aspects are good.

austere shadow
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It just launched late september so

cunning urchin
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I just can't say much about them. I used them a bit when finishing up my spear bounties over the last few weeks, but fundamentals just carry me through it anyway lol.

silk anvil
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@austere shadow <.< oi, ye know what I mean

cunning urchin
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Mostly used Guan Yu, though, because I actually felt like I kinda knew what I was doing instead of just winging it.

silk anvil
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@cunning urchin , do you always go for that smoldering air build?

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I lost the link/post/whatever where you mentioned other builds you go for depending on the weapon

thorny basin
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i need to try guan again. i really love the heavy attack moveset on arthur

unkempt zephyr
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I die in 40 heat..on artur. that was so good build ...jesus. last 2 urns deal 180 damage total...

solid cairn
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I've gotten sidetracked from high heat

half crater
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this is why i am terrified of heightened security lol

solid cairn
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my best is like 21

half crater
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not sure it’s worth it, even at 40

marsh pumice
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it never worth

half crater
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particularly with EM4 oof

unkempt zephyr
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its was not usual 40 what ppl do)I am a bit sadomasochist

half crater
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looks like you made good enough time you could’ve run TD2

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might wanna give that a go

hearty elbow
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That's -3 heat

half crater
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TD1 is basically free regardless

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yeah

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wait -3? they weren’t running any at all before

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+3

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or is that what you meant lol

hearty elbow
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I meant -3 from somewhere else

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Yeah lol

half crater
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oh yeah

hearty elbow
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Hard Labor or FO1 probably

half crater
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i thought you were doing the real player thing and counting down from TD3 lol

hearty elbow
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Lmao, I do do that, but only when you approach 50

half crater
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i mean, technically from 32 onwards it’s more efficient to count down