#h1-builds-and-combat
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Well you just used regular spear
You usually need to heavily build around casts
Otherwise there just a side thing as you said
I restarted and haven't really upgraded much
@sour bramble somebody summarized all the stuff I explained yesterday about damage calculation. #h1-builds-and-combat message
pog dude
There's also that.
Nothing about how crit chance is calced tho it seems
Crit chance is additive.
there is no bad builds on low heat 
The critical chance from different sources are additive. e.g.:
An Attack from a rank 5 Heart-Seeking Bow's Aspect of Zagreus has +10% crit chance.
A Pressure Point boon of Epic rarity grants +5% crit chance
Together, they grant 15% crit chance per attack.
Only when the critical hit check succeeds, the critical
this game kinda ruined poe's movement for me
@sour bramble Where did you get your 150 crit from then?
okay, maybe 150 was a bit of a stretch
If you only die on the final boss death's defiance bonus damage is good xD
Vicious Skewer is +50% Critical chance on recovery
recovery?
yeah, when you pull the spear back
toss>recall
50% extra damage and 50% crit chance on the recovery
someone knows what "concentrated volley" actually does?
more damage
yeah, but it scales in the chamber as long as you dont miss?
On successive hits
or as long as you hit the same dude?
It scales per enemie doesn't it?
No it's from one special
yeah but what is succesive
Same dude I think
but does it disapper if I miss?
Wha
It only works on 1 salvi
or it just doesnt scale that time?
After that it resets
It doesn't keep ramping up more and more
salvi you mean chamber?
It's separate for each use of special
Every time you press the special button it resets
then it sucks right?
@sour bramble there was a bug before the patch yesterday that made Deadly Flourish + Vicious Skewer have way lower crit chance than expected. They fixed that in the test-branch but introduced a new crit bug. Both bugs are supposedly fixed in the current live build. But if you think your crit chance isn't right, you should do a bug report with F10 in game to let them know. 
Maybe something broke again that slipped by.
no, it's great
+3 dmg in one special doesnt seem to be good
There's better options but it doesn't suck
Like if I stand right behind someone and special them and hit with all arrows, first one does normal dmg, 2nd one does +3 more, third one does +3 more than that so +6, etc
its +3 BASE DAMAGE
even if you woulb have hit evry singleone
before percent bonuses
Ffs
Chill maybe english is not his native language
How many arrows in your special
Each arrow of your special that hits 1 enemy increases the next special arrows damage
That only counts for that special press for that enemy
oh, ok
Tbh I don't even remember how many there are hahaha, the patch only gave chiron one extra right
So base bow is like 9 arrows I think
Base bow is 9, Chiron shoots 8.
So 84 extra base dmg I belive
Concentrated Volley adds 84 base damage to Chiron. That more than doubles your
base damage—assuming all arrows hit the same target.
Yep 3+6+9+12+15+18+21
i try crit builds.some thing wrong realy.i dont know but artemis not good.
But the hammer that gives you additional shots should still be better right?
Comparetively
I feel like pinball chaos shield is better than dion now
you just take both hammers
Pinball? Dreaded flight on chaos is trash
stack a ton of posiden with zues duo and jolted, double knock back, watch everything slam into walls and die
The additional shields don't bounce tho so where's the point
Regular shield is better for that
Going to try out Chiron for the first time, anything i should grab typically?
Dreaded refers to bounce between enemies
You shotgun chaos
I mean you can make it work but then don't take additional bounces
@prime wigeon Heartbreak Strike, Deadly Flourish, Heart Rend.
Saws all
Alternatively: Deadly Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Heart Rend.
I dont know. But artimis now weaker than befor. old build dont work good now. problem what was in tech blanch was fixed(100% crit cance on artemis).But after than artemis stop do usual crits. crit now very rare
its feels....weaker than befor
I did two builds with Deadly Flourish in the current version, and it was fine.
you just spoiled yourself with 100% crit 
some one feel this?
chrion bow had 100% crit chance?
you just spoiled yourself with 100% crit
@marsh pumice im spoil bug from test brance.
@cunning urchin do you try crit builds after last patch? (artemis attack and special)
what do people like doing with spear, i have yet to find a build or aspect that really works for me
Spear 4 and just Spin to win 
becaus i try builds with mark on spear. and on luci. crits rare holy cow
Hmmm. Maybe Hunter's Mark was bugged and it's back to normal?
It worked normal for me.
if first boon I see is say Zeus, does picking his keepsake drastically increase the rarity of offered boons? or is it entirely random, when you get common boons or a bunch of rare+epic ones (in a normal room)?
@cunning urchin Thanks, should I bring rose and arrowhead in that case? Or something else?
Yes. Those two.
I use Eternal Rose first, Pointed Arrowhead second.
But either way works tbh.
Alright, thanks
Or just get lucky like I did yesterday, and get Heart Rend as your third boon in Tartarus.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/725021639506526249/765686730069114920/Hades_946.png?width=841&height=473
I did need to reroll, though.
ok i find whats wrong. i go in supprot.
So Chiron special got nerfed damage but more hits. I feel like depending on your build that one's kind of a buff.
It's a nerf. It's still top tier, though.
How big was the damage nerf?
Also if you go zeus or demeter wouldn't more hits help your dps more? Since it's a set damage per hit.
Down to 80 from 105.
Thunder Flourish has an ICD. It procs only once per enemy every 200 ms.
Frost Flourish relies on base damage.
Yeah, but I meant if you have that uhh
Arctic blast on 10 stacks
Not that I typically went demeter.
Hmmm hard to say if it's a buff or a nerf for that. I'd lean towards nerf, though.
You're still only proccing it on your 2nd and 3rd Volley.
True. It's up to 9 hits from 7, yeah?
Oh. Not as good as I thought then
But your base damage will be lower.
So it should end up being a nerf.
Maybe on bosses it would be a buff, but that seems unlikely. 
Yeah, true. I don't think it would end up offsetting the nerf then
Same with Ares doom stack
But faster application of Chill could help, anyway.
Not in terms of DPS but utility.
Mm
I vastly preferred Chiron to Hera before patch. We'll see if I change my mind now.
Man I seriously loved the concept of pom blossom but every time I used it, it just upgraded the same boon over and over
Id love if it was random
It should be random. 
F10 if it isn't.
Thats how is meant to be
Take the Conch Shell into Tartarus if you're farming.
and Chaos
I never bothered farming for Darkness.
Cast
Cast, yeah.
im running dio cast rn
Passion Flare + Infernal Soul.
Oh.
Stygian Soul then for Trippy Flare.
Aim for Ice Wine.
Charged Flight is still the #1 hammer, though.
ice wine sounds good
Ideally with Heartbreak Flourish.
why charged flight tho
Because it triples your special base damage.
The hammer that turns bull rush into a ranged shot makes it hera lmao
mhmm so charged flight/dio cast/aphro special
what about other hammer? thinking bullrush speed charged faster
Charged Flight on Beowulf was the best hammer in the game pre-1.0 when it was still +400% base damage.
+200% base damage now is a lot less, but it's still super strong.
Just try different hammers and see what you're most comfortable with.
dread flight work with charged flight or not
it does
Yeah, but I can't stand Dread Flight.
Shield throw bounces have a tendency to bounce towards nothing in particular.
So more bounces mean more whiffs.
Question: Rocket Bomb on Eris, yay or nay?
That just wastes time, and you can't Dragon Rush or anything while waiting for your shield to return.
@covert hatch yes, but what are the other options?
Delta Chamber and Piercing Fire
Delta Chamber.
I thought Delta Chamber was bad
You thought wrong.
Rather, that seemed to be the sentiment when I looked in here
Reloads waste time.
What was the change?
much faster burst fire, and cooldown between bursts is much less
Nice
Eris melts absolutely everything as long as you can attack.
and if you have more dashes it's even better
So any time you have to reload, you're not murdering everything in sight.
Yeah Eris is indeed filthy
@unkempt zephyr aaahhhh, so the problem is with Hangover crits now? Got it.
Can I get an explanation on how to effectively use Eris? I have only one blood in it but it seems... weak? Do I need a bigger investment to see the improvement?
Eris is easily the best aspect in the game right now.
Build is just Lightning Reflex and you're set.
15% increase hasn’t been doing much for me
It's +75% at max level.
@unkempt zephyr aaahhhh, so the problem is with Hangover crits now? Got it.
@cunning urchin yup...and i sad....
Lovely build holy cow....
I hope they fix this soon.
You get 2 Titan Blood per clear.
I haven’t been able to kill Hades yet so maybe it picks up later
I’m at maybe 30 runs?
Ahhh, yeah the game opens up a lot after your first clear.
No aspect
https://i.imgur.com/xDsTDQB.png
You can get blood from 1st and 4th boss. Buying in Styx for 1200 coins, or through trading.
these all look really good
I usually go for Bull Rush because of Elysium
Breaching rush isn’t very good
@sonic merlin there's a #h1-for-new-players channel if you want to get help with things without spoilers. There's also a basic build guide for new players pinned in that channel. 
I hope they fix this soon.
@cunning urchin yup becaus my dirty idea be chiron dio crit build. with aphro on attack and dio on special. and dio alone do great damage.but in build attack of Aphro start have 12+ crit chance. image deadly strike with aphro attack bonus
Depends on what level you are in
lvl 1
@cunning urchin At this point I’ve encountered almost every character, I don’t anticipate a lot of spoilers
Yeah, I wanted to look more into hangover + crit builds . . .
I'd usually pick Pulverizing and build around that I think
Breach is good if you usually have troubles in Elysium
I like Breaching Rush. I'd probably take that.
Anything that melts armor is good.
Not a huge fan of Dread Flight, personally
and i wana do this becaus now Chiron have 8 arrows. its mean full 8 stack of hangover in duo aphro +dio.
Yeah, I can't stand Dread Flight, personally.
I took pulverizing blow because it seems easy to build around
@cunning urchin Why do you recommend lightning on gun over Ares, Artemis, or Demeter?
Some people really like it, though.
Unless I'm already doing special things in a build, I don't take it
Would you take 58% attack damage or 70% more obols from chaos
Even if I'm building for special, I still might not
im on floor 2
Damage
I’m looking at your guide now btw
But it depends
Because Lightning Strike doubles your Attack damage even at common.
I took the double attack thing
The only issue I have with Lightning Attack is it is a flat buff to damage
Yes.
It gets outscaled, potentially
It doesn’t scale as well as % buffs
Dread flight is iffy
You have to build with it in mind imo
Yeah I would never pick Dread Flight on level 1 I think
+% attack boons are only relevant on Exagryph if you get Spread Fire.
Which guide is this btw? Sometimes when I try new builds I don't have any idea what to prioritize.
Otherwise, nothing comes close to Lightning Strike.
Oh, for Exa?
Yeah I think you can make a very strong case for lightning there
@sly night I like Pulverizing Blow personally. I think attack on Shield is underrated. If you can push an enemy into a wall you do a lot of damage.
Eris + Lightning Strike is the strongest build in the game right now.
The reason I like Artemis on high attack speed weapons is more crit opportunities
That doesn't matter all that much since there isn't actually a lot that rewards frequent crits, no?
Is there anything other than the mark?
It’s a 15% chance base I believe
@sonic merlin that only reduces variance, zero effect on average DPS.
Eris + Lightning Strike is the strongest build in the game right now.
@cunning urchin Another was Crit dio. but its more comlicated.but more powerfull....
and broken now...
Yeah, and to be fair reducing variance can be useful vs normal enemies
But I don't think it's a big draw
If you crit 15% of the time and you have a higher attack speed doesn’t that raise your average DPS?
I mean, average DPS would still be way lower than Lightning Strike.
No
Or am I misunderstanding this.
Ok I’ll take your word for it lol
Crit chance is multiplicative, btw right? So it’s not an additive stack to the sword aspect?
It does not raise your DPS with a fast weapon (you get more crits overall, but each crit adds less damage)
Crit chance is additive.
Other options raise your average dps more imo
If you do 15 dmg f.e. 3x isn't as much
You benefit more from flat dmg
I see
But if you do 200 in a bit that's already 600 without any boon
Well, if you do 15 damage you probably have a fast attack
The speed or power of your attacks do not matter for crits, only dps
A fast weapon gives a higher frequency of crits, which can help with some stuff like the marking boon
But to reach the 600 dance threshold of 1 you'd have to crit every attack and have like 10+ hits in 2 secs
It just gives you more less impactful crits
I mean, average DPS would still be way lower than Lightning Strike.
@cunning urchin Nope.Dio crit much High. i test it.becaus record and compare with each other on bosses. when i just face tank they. And Dio crit dps alote High.but Dio crit need 3 gods and 2duos. minimum.
The other thing I wish I had a handy cheat sheet for, aside from damage calculations between various boons, was which boons get the most improvement by being higher rarity comparatively. Never know if the Eurydice thing is worth it.
And aphro or playing for curse does more for you then
Yeah, but that doesn't matter if the DPS is the same
@unkempt zephyr I was talking about Lightning Strike vs Deadly Strike.
Just from hardee's weapon choice
My point is that the only metric that matters is here DPS, so we probably agree
opps. sry 
Dps is a general damage metric
@unkempt zephyr no. 🔫 
For Eurydice, I usually go for rarity-ups if I have lots of pom levels in things
But on that crit on low damage isn't worth it compared to other options for low damage+fast hit weapons
Yes, we agree there
But deadly strike good. if you play on special aphro. you take a mark. do attack shots and after BIG BADABOOM with special in marked enemy with crits.
@split wharf it's dangerous to go alone. Take this!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P6oZ6i8zmY6s7PM_AkX_g6bjZ601iP_xi9CxzEpujJ4/edit?usp=sharing
What “damage” does Eris buff? Does it buff any damage or just attack, special, dash, etc. Is Doom buffed, for instance?
All damage.
All
I prefer to use my gut rather than a sheet haha
The best weapons to go with crits are the ones that are high-risk but high DPS as a result
I would say
I pinged the wrong person lol.
That's not how that works
That’s... very good. Ok I understand lightning now
Let me try again.
But I think I know what you're trying to say
@sonic merlin it's dangerous to go alone. Take this!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P6oZ6i8zmY6s7PM_AkX_g6bjZ601iP_xi9CxzEpujJ4/edit?usp=sharing
Ping all kappa
Honestly I wish there was a bit more to reward you for frequent crits so rapidfire crit builds could be more of a thing
Speaking of pings. @pastel jolt why am I able to ping the Hades Weekly Challenge role? lol
rama bow: I have been offered epic divine strike, replacing rare deadly strike
Eh that would make other god less impactful
my first boon is ares, any weapon suggestions? I don't want to go merciful end fists or hunting blades
vs bronze skin, epic proud bearing on dio call, and reroll
You could just artemis all then
I don't actually know 
You can all in on a lot of gods, don't really see the issue
divine strike still only deflects along a thin line, as if you were just shooting a normal bow arrow
And doing so means no duo
Yeah, was more a rhetorical question to let you know. 
I'm just asking if it's worth upgrading rarity
Keep Deadly Strike.
Gods/builds have certain aspects they work better with
Athenas crit is either just additional damage if you take pressure points and support fire or you make a crit build which is worth it on slow weapons
Zeus attack isn't worth it on slow weapons
epic proud bearing on dio aid isn't particularly impressive but I can sell it I guess
You can make gods technically work on all but the difference is effectiveness
Yeah, I agree
@wide plover go for Curse of Nausea or Curse of Drowning.
I'm not saying make her an amazing fast attack goddess, just add like one option there
She's already amazing for fast attacks, though, yeah.
You can get it with pressure points
Well, that's sort of fair
There ya go
Also hunters mark to a small extent
I just don't like mark a lot haha
Deadly Reversal and Splitting Headache can do a lot of work, too.
Well, I kind of like it but it doesn't feel right to me that it's the only one if its kind
the other boons are ass
What are the other boons?
I think I might reroll but idk
Well that's like your problem man xD
Deadly Reversal and Splitting Headache can do a lot of work, too.
@cunning urchin what are those again?
+cast damage and +cast charge, and I don't do cast things now or probably ever
Obols then.
How many rerolls you got?
I swear, though, 90% of the time people share only 1 or 2 of the options, it's the options they don't share that they should take lol.
4
I'd reroll for sure
+70% obols is a lot.
Nah obols are poggers
Keep your rerolls for Duo Boons.
Yeah, but a reroll is super likely to be something good
+70% obols almost negate heat or charon prices (+80)
the only thing I'd be looking for from chaos is +attack
Also free chambers cause you can take more shops
Just as a function of there being tons of great Chaos offerings
Well, if you only care about attack maybe not
Chaos offering are really build dependent
+70% obols is a great Chaos boon.
it be
There's a good chance he'll a)not get one b) get less attack boost c)get a bad drawback
d) not be able to reroll when it matters
Yes
Its insane chaos boon. you can buy almost all if do not have heat about price. In every well.
Yeah, +70% is amazing.
Like, you have to remember.
for the aspect of Guan Yu can you just unlock 5 different non zagreus aspects or do you have to level them up?
Unlock
+70% is 170 obols per money room.
Just unlock is fine.
k thanks
That's KINDA nutty.
I don't usually go for money rooms at a 100 though
Also way more from troves
Especially early.
Money rooms are almost always worth it
Not in my experience
I didn't like money room in the beginning either
But as long as it's not boons you want money is better
(If it matters for the context of this conversation, I play at heat 12)
May color my perspective one way or another
Doesn't make it more right kappa
If you get Chaos money buff, Bouldie room and then throw on Cthonic Coinpurse when going to Asphodel you'll probably be able to buy out the entire rest of the game if you're passively taking obol rooms too.
Nah, I didn't read you that way, just clarifying where I'm coming from
@split wharf oh sry then m8
quick favor
Athenas aid and quick favor seem pog
It's alright, no harm done at all
I've done 52, which was WR at the time, and still hold the WR for Talos at 45 if it matters to this convo. 👸🏽
Quick favor is the auto charge right?
yeah
Ok calm down xD
Massive rep on the wr tho jesus christ
Hyper Sprint.
Quick Favor kinda doesn't do much.
Or reroll for Greatest Reflex.
Quick favor gets you quick favor though ;_;
Actually, yeah. Just reroll.
How does an Ares-attack fist build work? I've got Zag aspect equipped.
How's the sprint buffs from hermes btw? Usually just take additional dashes mostly
Yes.
Curse of Agony, Divine Flourish, Divine Dash, Merciful End.
Just spam Dash-Strikes.
Got it
wow that was the fastest ive ever killed a fury
Merciful End is ridiculous if you have divine dash tbh
Works on everything
Um, I noticed an interaction that I'm not entire sure is intended
aspect of archilles spear - you get 4 hits of bonus damage after using the special
what keepsake would you take with posideon auto and athena dash?
@fair plinth It's literally in the description dude
wanna buff my auto more
@primal hazel Deadly Reversal is +20% crit chance after Deflecting (Ladies Athena and Artemis), Splitting Headache is bonus crit chance per Hangover stack (Lady Artemis and Lord Dionysus).
Thanks
Reading "auto" for Attack makes me cringe. 
lol its a long engrained habit
Ain't no auto-attack in Hades.
For archilles spear, if you Special -> Retrieve -> 3 attacks (buffed) ->Special again (also buffed) -> Retrieve
the buff ends right there, it doesn't get refreshed by the second special/retrieve combo?
nope, achilles doesn't refresh the bonus
My go-to keepsake build is god keepsake in Tartarus, god keepsake in Asphodel unless I've got really good econ/chaos buff in which case I'll throw on the coinpurse, then lucky tooth in Elysium and Styx because I find it really easy to get caught out there, and if you manage to have all 4 DDs in the Styx boss it's pretty much a guarenteed win.
you need to go through all 4 boosts before you should rush again
I don't really use mechanical keepsakes much, honestly just go with what your heart feels is right.
High Heat meta for keepsakes is:
with EM3
god > god > acorn > acorn
god > coin purse > acorn > acorn
without EM3
god > god > acorn > acorn
god > god > coin purse > acorn
god > coin purse > hourglass > acorn
and melee will sometimes go
god > acorn > acorn > acorn
I like lucky tooth because I'm insecure and bad.
Edited for clarity.

Acorn gives you more effective HP in boss fights.
Lucky Tooth is a bit over 100 eHP.
ive collected the infinity stones
My condolences.
Hard Labor.
Just initialisms for the pacts. There's a list pinned in #h1-high-heat-strategies.
Oh, I genuinely can't remember if I actually use that.
+20% damage from enemies per rank.
I definitely don't use that.
HL5 is +100% damage.
I am a small baby child man who plays at 0 heat.
lol
THREE THOUSAND
yes
i didnt spend any money
alone with all 5 bouldy summons used in tartarus, golden touch, and +gold chaos boons
jesus christ that's like 160 bonus damage
You should buy me some stuff with all that money.
also i grabbed the sigil because i didnt have a call and wanted to see how it would do
How do I get the most out of cold fusion? Just got it in tartarus, I don't have a ton around it atm
The +87% doesn't apply to your Hoarding Slash bonus damage.
okay, that's not quite as scary
Still, that's like, around 200 damage per attack
Somebody summarized all the stuff I explained yesterday about damage calculation. #h1-builds-and-combat message
Kinda mental
That's also the second time I've posted that message today lol.
hoarding is flat damage, yes
cool
it's the only hammer that says "bonus damage"
I should just write a new guide or something. I keep repeating myself the past few days lol.
I've reposted the same message about Guan Yu like 10 times in 3 days or something lol.
here's what you do, okay
you give it a week, and see how many times you have to answer to the same questions
why do they not just win the game
then you take those questions, and put them into an FAQ
@sour bramble if you can't buy into acorn, at least take spiked collar over lucky tooth. If you have at least one deaths defiance spiked collar gives as much hp as lucky tooth
boom, easy money
hmmm it has come to my attention that I am close to getting the duo boons prophecy and that 3 of them are poseidon
60% of my messages
Same stuff
More if you have more than one dd and you get more healing from fountains with spiked collar
what's a weapon where main poseidon is passable
none
Not ideal but fun
im of the opinion that tempest strike sucks
Poseidon is good for mobs
I agree with you there
ye i knew that hoarding slash is flat damage, just wanted to specify
@cloud barn that really is like an exodia build haha looks very fun
but I gotta get poseidon duos
hang on i videod my hades kill, was pretty fast
@solid hazel Back in my first like 10, 20 runs I used to go through the entire game with only spiked collar tbh
prolly not speedrun fast but pretty fast
maybe some kinda wacky poseidon special run with gy might have something
@sonic merlin Lady Athena for Divine Dash, otherwise just keep going for tier 2 boons from Lord Zeus and get his Legendary. Maybe Cold Fusion if you can get it, but it's not that important.
Hoarding slash meme run is the only reason I can see to run zag sword
I looked at all of the other keepsakes and thought "well why would I take any of these over extra health"
considering the hitbox on that thing
same
Then I actually unlocked the good keepsakes
what's a weapon where main poseidon is passable
@red mist just go shield with double attack hammer
Either that or hermes movespeed to dmg meme run
What duos do you need?
@cunning urchin I got cold fusion, that was what I was asking--are there synergies with it I haven't considered.
basically poseidon duos
Bro
Spiked collar is really strong when you don't have access to thick skin
If you want help
also for some reason I don't have merciful end yet
At least provide info
even though it's a meta build
That 50 max hp in tarturus is a big deal
Snowden just apply chill and then apply jolted
lmao
Collar is trash (compared to other options)
watching back the footage i killed a doomstone that hades summoned before his invuln wore off
So run zeus and demeter on two abilities that you'll use
Bro you want to force gods in Tartarus
poseidon attack seems kinda bad because it's limited in effectiveness against bosses
might be good room clear, will slap in Styx, but it doesn't really do anything against a boss, it's like a weaker aphro attack with no debuff
@solid hazel there's nothing really meaningful there as far as Duo Boons. You just want to stack t2 lightning Boons to get your DPS up.
Urgh, wrong ping again.
I blame Discord.
Its fine, got what you are saying 🙂
You can make it work against bosses but it requires more effort than other builds
Uhh I still agree with you @cunning urchin even though I have no idea what you're talking about
I also don't have curse of longing, though that probably just comes naturally with merciful end
Good.
I mean you can do longing on me
But it's weird
tbh, in terms of poseidon, i actually REALLY like his cast
oh lol I have 5 missing ares duos
longing actually anti synergy with merciful
That's understandable. I'm so smart, mere mortals can never truly understand me. 👸🏽
I think he's fun but could be better
I've been trying to gun for vengeful mood for a while but requiring 3 boons is nasty
ME only needs: ME prereqs, ME and then ideally but not needed, impending doom
end cancels doom so longing no effect
and his special can be useful sometimes
Vengeful Mood is very underwhelming. You're not missing anything.
but i NEVER end up taking his attack
vengeful mood is basically the meme duo
@cunning urchin just need it for prophecy
Vengeful Mood is very underwhelming. You're not missing anything.
@cunning urchin except memes
I suppose poseidon attack on railgun with the shotgun hammer could be interesting if you want to feel like you've got the biggest boomstick
oof, hard decision here. Chamber 9, Archilles Spear, 190 obols.
Charon Shop
Daed Hammer
Erebus (Obols)
which would you pick?
id go hammer
Jesus
Shop.
spear has pretty good hammers
jeez this has to be someof the highest dps ive seen
Shop shop shop.
If not speedrun, doesn't really matter haha
Vengeful mood once turned a losing run into a funny losing run for me
Prolly still shop since you can buy boon
Shops still skip chambers.
How much money?
Skipping chambers means less fighting, means fewer errors.
i mean depends on ur heat lol
Shop trash if he has like 100 obols
Right but they probably won't plank at tartarus regardless
200
Low Heat, especially shop so you don't waste time on low heat and can go up fast. 
what's the preferred speedrun heat settings? FO2 TD1?
Hot take lol
incredible
hammer seems real attractive tho
Haha true @cunning urchin
just go hammer
triple jab with athena strike
Then just take whatever instead of asking
is greater evasion>hypersprint
for igt, td is off
Depends on what you want to do with your spear tbh
generally
You might go hammer and hit bad RNG
Rush Kick, Draining Cutter, or Long Knuckle. First hammer, and I am going attack build. Probably knuckle just for the 10% damage buff?
@unkempt pagoda why?
Shop trash if he has like 100 obols
I'll take shops with 0 obols just to speed things up.
TD disables survival rooms, which disable the in-game timer, so you want TD specifically off so these rooms can spawn
Depending on my mood, at least.
oh
We can't all be gods like you
for real time categories, TD is on like expected
High Heat TD2, I might skip shop and take a boon or whatever.
Also idc bout speedrunning
Prolly cause I'm not good enough lol
Low Heat, I'll just skip chambers and take the shop or Chaos Gate to speed things up.
speedrunning is definitely harder than 50 heat
It's actually very accessible to get a fast time in this game
different skillset but speedruns are perfection town
EM2 and FO2 are also on for speedrunning are on as well
I'll try once I completed most of what I want to complete
harder lernie is faster?
I see speedrunning as extra content besides heat pact and completion
speedrunning is definitely harder than 50 heat
Wut.
10:xx run after a bit
Don't afk
That's where you got me
i mean
You know how potatoes I am
speedrunning isnt hard
harder lernie is faster?
the thing here is the smaller arena, which makes the heads much closer together
Chamber choice..... Eurydice or TG (Zeus, Demeter--I have both so it would be good)
Nah 50 heat is brutal
getting a good time speedrunning is hard
ah I see
but 50 heat is just another level of difficulty
Which chamber do you think I should do?
whereas regular lernie you have to traverse a massive arena to kill each head
Yeah like being near the speedgods is a different story
Draining cutter is absurdly good sustain if you are worried about losing the run
If you so strong you don't care probably the long knuckle
But why
speedruns are always absolutely (in the math sense) harder since you're always being asked to save tenths of seconds here and there
But you can still get a much much faster time than any pb in #h1-victory-boasting without much trouble
Shots fired
The WR is kinda nutty rn though
Shots fired
I mean have you seen the times there hahaha
seeded or unseeded
do tell me
No I don't enter that channel
To be fair to them they probably don't care about getting fast pbs
vorime suddenly getting a 6:45 is pretty sweet
seeded or unseeded
Unseeded
That's some nonsense. I don't see the point in comparing how "hard" 50+ vs speedrunning is in the first place. It's kinda disrespectful to either to claim that either one is "harder". They're different things that require different skills.
I'm very slow at heat climbing since I want to clear with all weapons and ain't near my switch since a lot recently
true
I don't see most speedrunners beating my 52 heat any time soon. And I'm not about to beat any speedrun records myself.
50+ is trying to beat hades, speedrunning is trying to beat the WR
do I leave the legendary boon for a common?
https://i.imgur.com/avIkZua.png Only my attack knocks back
very different stuff
I've also zero interest in aiming for speedruns.
Btw are wrs just measured by fastest time or is heat also a factor?
agreed that they're different
do I leave the legendary boon for a common?
https://i.imgur.com/avIkZua.png Only my attack knocks bad
@sly night no
take legendary
Second wave to finish your fated list faster
you can read the rules for each categories here
https://www.speedrun.com/hades
50+ is trying to be in the top 6 high heat players lol.
Thanks onyx
the thing that makes speedruns tick is that there's only one absolute fastest route and any deviation is a fault
huh, i just got 5 gods in a run without even using an olympian keepsake o.o
does second wave do anything?
it does
I understand itll get me meta progression
Just the core build will almost always be the same
idg what it does
had athena/artemis/aphrodite and went into charon's shop, he had dio for sale and ares was next room
makes knockback effects apply a second time
5 gods o.o
How is that useful
Second wave is important for poseidon imo
Double damage essentially
ahhh okay
bonk em around
So it does the same thing as typhoons fury
Or rather double triggers
just 2x instead of 3x
No
More CC
as far as damage right
the thing that makes speedruns tick is that there's only one absolute fastest route and any deviation is a fault
Speedrun meta is unseeded right now. No one actually does seeded.
Seeded seems boring to me
yeah
I'd figure if you tell me speedrunners are so much better than high heat, you'd know at least that.
just die a lot and get seed that you want 
the point of speedrunning a roguelike is the thrill of a good run
I don't get any thrill from doing speedruns, personally.
same
The low difficulty bores me.
but i think that's why people do em
Bragging rights
But after a while someone gets the holy grail of seeds and sets an unbeatable record
Uhm
this shouldn't be allowed https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/369256100954112027/765968875279351848/unknown.png
if you dont change keepsakes you dont get a "gauranteed" boon from them in the next room after the bossfight ye?
It does seem crazy to me that at the highest level, rng plays such a huge role that top speedrunners do 1000 of runs to get pbs
But if they enjoy it more power to them
I agree. It shouldn't be allowed to get Parting Shot for having Athena and Aphrodite. That's like every other run for me. 
if you never get the boon from the keepsake's god, it can work in the next biome
but if you get the god, it's done its thing
Speedruns are a lot more popular than high heat because literally anyone can make it on the board.
If you can clear at all, you can't "fail" a run.
High heat, it's either pass or fail.
If you don't make it, you don't make it.
The low difficulty bores me.
@cunning urchin low difficulty of speedruns; heh.
The low difficulty of the enemies etc. Clearing isn't the goal, it's expected.
Lol this seems like a good time to leave the conversation...
what's the best aspect for blizzard shot?
Oh, you mean just speed running this game then
I'd still argue that being perfect is a challenge, but of a different sort
TAS bot when?
are any of the "after you take damage effects" something you would take?
except the dash one maybe
that recovers life
TBH id love to see TASbot play a seeded run
are any of the "after you take damage effects" something you would take?
@sly night not if you never take damage
Though I have been curious to see how well the Ares/Zeus duo works out if you have a lot of revenge effects
It's very amusing but not really a reliable strategy
wow deflect dash+Podiseon double knockback attack turns the big rats poison pools+Spinny death thingies into a joke
I agree. It shouldn't be allowed to get Parting Shot for having Athena and Aphrodite. That's like every other run for me.
@hearty elbow I wanna circle back to this why do you say you shouldnt be allowed parting shot? You like it too much? You get it too often? Etc
Artemis/Athena/Aphrodite is one of the most common core trios in the game, and while the other 2 duos are synergistic, the third is kind of a meme since it makes the first 2 less likely to happen.
Ah I think I gotcha
I'd still argue that being perfect is a challenge, but of a different sort
Yeah, I'm not saying it isn't. But it's not one I'm particularly interested in. I'd rather push high heat meta and solve pact combos with different aspects and stuff.
Respectable
Can you feel the god run ?
ok
i uploaded the hoarding slash hades thing to youtube because imgur limits videos to 30 seconds
Zagreus aspect sword, Hoarding slash, Flurry slash, Swift Strike +30%, Aphrodite Attack boon, Swift Surrender, a lot of Obols.
Also way more interested in testing my reactions against FO2 + Speeder that do +100% damage or whatever than testing how optimally I can hold down Attack with Eris. 
Can you feel the god run ?
@proven osprey 0 heat run? Yeah I can feel it. It would be a shame if you got clipped and died by something silly like lava
Parting shot with athena cast and hera bow = amazing, literally what you're building for
@proven osprey 0 heat run? Yeah I can feel it. It would be a shame if you got clipped and died by something silly like lava
@silk anvil Come on I'm farming
Parting shot any other time 😩
man, screw lava
@proven osprey I didnt mean it like an attack;-;
i always take damage that I shouldn't be taking to lava in asphodel
What parting shot
especially when i'm melee
(not really
)
It was more so asking a question and then saying "if so, good, because I almost had a run end just just before godhood by being bad at lernie"
I just got hammer first room
Which, having won against lernie by the skin of my teeth, I'm proud to announce that Poseidon 5x Rocket on 2nd rail aspect (Aris?) was fun
Eris.
It was only a fraction as glorious as I'm sure your GY BIG NUMBERS will be 
@cunning urchin I cant spell.
How can you not know the #1 aspect Eris.
Aeris
oh god, another obol run
Aerith*
:3
zag's going to be coming out of the pool of styx wearing a gucci belt and making it rain obols
lmao
How can you not know the #1 aspect Eris.
@cunning urchin because generally I'm trash with rail ;-; the manual reload gets me too much, so I kinda let it gather dust
@silk anvil you trash god. 
@cloud barn thanks Kronk
no problem gamer
It's not possible to be trash with Eris.
@cunning urchin thanks Alecto
does brilliant repost/deflect have any chance to help with hades or nah
@silk anvil except for you. For you, it's possible. 
Nya's identity exposed
Brilliant Riposte is great.
I only mean against haded
Lol, to be fair, most of everyone thought Eris was shrug before 1.0. Nothing really changed about it.
im right before him
I wouldn't say it's obvious how good it is until you really give it a shot
@cunning urchin said I'm good at something!
albeit good at being bad 
I wonder if people will ever tell us all three options they're offered instead of just asking if 1 of them is good. 
Is Huge Catch viable at 13 heat?
tru
Never. I'm going to only mention the worst boon on the table every time.
And tell us their build while they're at it.
Is Huge Catch viable at 13 heat?
@hearty elbow
63 heat Huge Catch only run
I have deflect dash
It begins
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OS? Option select?
one shot
Yes.
@sly night what is option #3?
something that buffs my special
I havee nothing that helps it
it gives it damage or somewthing
@proven osprey has somebody told you yet that Dash-Strikes cancel dash i-frames?
Just checking.
No
But I it's logic to me
Oof
I knew
Alright good lol. That's like the #1 thing people find out here like "omg really??"
Nobody told me but I'm a dash strike spammer myself
wait a second if I have 2x punch and double knockback does that mean each attack does 4 knockbacks?
aight
honestly, is there any reason not to spam dash strike
So I learnt with pain
got 800 gold entering asphodel
Idk man
rip, i got two chaos boons and neither gives more gold
honestly, is there any reason not to spam dash strike
if you spam special
@sly night I'd take Brilliant Riposte, personally. Maybe Unshakable Mettle at high heats when I'm worried about making it through the fight.
I need to test Hera with Athena's cast. It goes "bonk", should be funny
is there a point to give meg any more ambrosia after I get battie
are you greedy or what?
Bonking
what
poggers, i got an epic Ocean's Bounty
Sorry I cant read
To do the BONK
I thought for sure she had more options for ambrosia, but then again, I'm a fool
Alright good lol. That's like the #1 thing people find out here like "omg really??"
@cunning urchin I only found this out after a couple hundred hours lol. I thought I was just really really bad with Lucifer and Malphon for some reason. That may still be true but at least I learned the contributing factor.
Deepen your relationship with her, prolly
You should offer all your Ambrosia to Lady Aphrodite.
like what does giving meg more ambrosia do
romance
like what does giving meg more ambrosia do
@gilded nymph you can do the BONK with meg
We ain't no simp
@hearty elbow that's okay. As far as I'm concerned, nothing's changed until you beat 52 Heat. 
Zag says, "it's always nice to simp for your friends, I personally dont want this ambrosia anyway, I feel better about giving it to people I care about"
first hermes isnt attackspeed
@cloud barn I need to have a chat with Hermes, he tends to give me none of the boons I want, all the time >:c
same
same honestly
moment of truth
Same
about to find my 2nd daedalus
about hermes, how does rush delivery work ?
Like why is it so hard to get rush delivery QAQ
Lord Hermes ain't got time for your complaints. 
Lord Hermes ain't got time for your complaints.
@cunning urchin hes gonna make time
https://i.imgur.com/o7pxnHZ.png I feel good about my chances at hades now
I really don't like second wave
:c
I love it
yeah it was that or the wallslam
I prefer wallslam
If hes gonna make me his race-horse and tell me to go rough-up Charon, I can politely ask him to please give me his 1000% movespeed, and them his "bonus movespeed means more damage" boons @cunning urchin
it didnt matter really. The non bossfights were completely trivialized by 4x knockback lol
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it was just opinion
I know
The knockback is super nice for the final zone
That's why I said jk
so u dont get poison up ur arse
Second wave is amazing fer hades
why would it help on hades?
He can be knocked back into walls
so u dont get poison up ur arse
@sly night tidal dash; in order to get knockback you have to dash onto poison ;-; check m8
Oh I have tidal attack.
@cloud barn where's the shackle
or wtvr its called not dash
He can be knocked back into walls
@still vigil the knockback on Hades seems very hit-or-miss... is he un-knockable for certain animations?
why do I tickle with demeter fists and nemesis, what am I even doing
Sysiphus keepsake
It seems to depend on attaching poseidon to the right hammer and aspect @silk anvil
i have aphro attack and zeus call, why would i want shackle
No core boons in spesh and cast
Also memes
Well at least ure using shady
Like cluster rocket and poseidon? Gg the entire run
my gold is pretty low
Any bow except rama? Ehhh not so much
It seems to depend on attaching poseidon to the right hammer and weapon @silk anvil
@still vigil I agree... but for instance, my last fight with him, I had Eris Rail, tidal flourish, 5x bombs, and then bombs-> rockets.
Each hit rocket volley was about 1500+ damage. But sometimes I would point blank him, and hed stay on my tail. Other times, (notably just one time) did he fly across the map as I would have expected
ngl my favourite build is crit hazard bomb, i had no idea zagreus invented the nuclear bomb back in ancient greece
ngl my favourite build is crit hazard bomb, i had no idea zagreus invented the nuclear bomb back in ancient greece
@sour bramble
"Ancient?"
more like aspect of einstein bth
Oop
that's with lucifer right?
Can you even get hazard bomb with Lucifer?
Yeaaa I’m not sure why it does seem inconsistent. Maybe one of the pros can answer that
3 death defies
artemis spec, hazard bomb, hermes faster special, you've won the game




