#h1-builds-and-combat

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ashen pendant
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@ashen pendant try changing your button layout? I have Cast on LB on my Xbox One pad when I play Shield 4.
@cunning urchin

Good idea

primal hazel
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Well you just used regular spear

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You usually need to heavily build around casts

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Otherwise there just a side thing as you said

ashen pendant
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I restarted and haven't really upgraded much

cunning urchin
sly night
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pog dude

cunning urchin
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There's also that.

sly night
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first win with that "bad build"

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Athena's call is so good

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I got lvl 4

primal hazel
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Nothing about how crit chance is calced tho it seems

cunning urchin
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Crit chance is additive.

marsh pumice
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there is no bad builds on low heat zaglol

sly night
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ye p much

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I dont have reroll yet

primal hazel
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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

sly night
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this game kinda ruined poe's movement for me

primal hazel
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@sour bramble Where did you get your 150 crit from then?thanthink

sour bramble
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okay, maybe 150 was a bit of a stretch

primal hazel
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Did you mean crit dmg?

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Bro why tho

sly night
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If you only die on the final boss death's defiance bonus damage is good xD

marsh pumice
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Vicious Skewer is +50% Critical chance on recovery

sly night
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recovery?

sour bramble
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yeah, when you pull the spear back

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toss>recall

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50% extra damage and 50% crit chance on the recovery

versed quest
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someone knows what "concentrated volley" actually does?

marsh pumice
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more damage

versed quest
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yeah, but it scales in the chamber as long as you dont miss?

primal hazel
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On successive hits

versed quest
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or as long as you hit the same dude?

primal hazel
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It scales per enemie doesn't it?

lone lava
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No it's from one special

versed quest
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yeah but what is succesive

primal hazel
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Same dude I think

lone lava
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Each consecutive arrow that hits from one use of special

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On the same enemy

versed quest
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but does it disapper if I miss?

lone lava
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Wha

primal hazel
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It only works on 1 salvi

versed quest
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or it just doesnt scale that time?

primal hazel
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After that it resets

lone lava
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It doesn't keep ramping up more and more

versed quest
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salvi you mean chamber?

primal hazel
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Salvo

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One special attack

lone lava
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It's separate for each use of special

primal hazel
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Every time you press the special button it resets

versed quest
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then it sucks right?

cunning urchin
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@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. squirtnya

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Maybe something broke again that slipped by.

marsh pumice
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no, it's great

versed quest
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+3 dmg in one special doesnt seem to be good

primal hazel
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There's better options but it doesn't suck

lone lava
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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

cloud barn
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its +3 BASE DAMAGE

versed quest
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even if you woulb have hit evry singleone

cloud barn
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before percent bonuses

lone lava
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Ffs

primal hazel
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Chill maybe english is not his native language

lone lava
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How many arrows in your special

versed quest
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the normal ones?

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I doent have anything that grants me more

primal hazel
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Each arrow of your special that hits 1 enemy increases the next special arrows damage

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That only counts for that special press for that enemy

versed quest
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oh, ok

lone lava
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Tbh I don't even remember how many there are hahaha, the patch only gave chiron one extra right

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So base bow is like 9 arrows I think

cunning urchin
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Base bow is 9, Chiron shoots 8.

lone lava
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So 84 extra base dmg I belive

cunning urchin
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Concentrated Volley adds 84 base damage to Chiron. That more than doubles your
base damage—assuming all arrows hit the same target.

lone lava
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Yep 3+6+9+12+15+18+21

unkempt zephyr
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i try crit builds.some thing wrong realy.i dont know but artemis not good.

primal hazel
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But the hammer that gives you additional shots should still be better right?

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Comparetively

cinder flower
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I feel like pinball chaos shield is better than dion now

marsh pumice
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you just take both hammers

primal hazel
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Pinball? Dreaded flight on chaos is trash

cinder flower
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stack a ton of posiden with zues duo and jolted, double knock back, watch everything slam into walls and die

primal hazel
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The additional shields don't bounce tho so where's the point

cinder flower
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talking about the mobs

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they bounce of walls none stop

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lol

primal hazel
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Regular shield is better for that

prime wigeon
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Going to try out Chiron for the first time, anything i should grab typically?

primal hazel
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Dreaded refers to bounce between enemies

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You shotgun chaos

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I mean you can make it work but then don't take additional bounces

cunning urchin
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@prime wigeon Heartbreak Strike, Deadly Flourish, Heart Rend.

primal hazel
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Saws all

cunning urchin
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Alternatively: Deadly Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Heart Rend.

unkempt zephyr
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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

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its feels....weaker than befor

cunning urchin
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I did two builds with Deadly Flourish in the current version, and it was fine.

marsh pumice
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you just spoiled yourself with 100% crit zaglol

unkempt zephyr
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some one feel this?

cinder flower
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chrion bow had 100% crit chance?

unkempt zephyr
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you just spoiled yourself with 100% crit zaglol
@marsh pumice im spoil bug from test brance.

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@cunning urchin do you try crit builds after last patch? (artemis attack and special)

unique lichen
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what do people like doing with spear, i have yet to find a build or aspect that really works for me

marsh pumice
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Spear 4 and just Spin to win dusa

cunning urchin
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@unkempt zephyr only Deadly Flourish.

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Special.

unkempt zephyr
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becaus i try builds with mark on spear. and on luci. crits rare holy cow

cunning urchin
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Hmmm. Maybe Hunter's Mark was bugged and it's back to normal?

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It worked normal for me.

wide plover
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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)?

prime wigeon
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@cunning urchin Thanks, should I bring rose and arrowhead in that case? Or something else?

cunning urchin
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Yes. Those two.

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I use Eternal Rose first, Pointed Arrowhead second.

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But either way works tbh.

prime wigeon
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Alright, thanks

cunning urchin
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I did need to reroll, though.

unkempt zephyr
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ok i find whats wrong. i go in supprot.

worn citrus
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So Chiron special got nerfed damage but more hits. I feel like depending on your build that one's kind of a buff.

cunning urchin
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It's a nerf. It's still top tier, though.

worn citrus
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How big was the damage nerf?

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Also if you go zeus or demeter wouldn't more hits help your dps more? Since it's a set damage per hit.

cunning urchin
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Down to 80 from 105.

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Thunder Flourish has an ICD. It procs only once per enemy every 200 ms.

worn citrus
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Whaaaat

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Dang, I didn't know that

cunning urchin
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Frost Flourish relies on base damage.

worn citrus
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Yeah, but I meant if you have that uhh

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Arctic blast on 10 stacks

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Not that I typically went demeter.

cunning urchin
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Hmmm hard to say if it's a buff or a nerf for that. I'd lean towards nerf, though.

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You're still only proccing it on your 2nd and 3rd Volley.

worn citrus
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True. It's up to 9 hits from 7, yeah?

cunning urchin
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So you procc it just as often on most enemies.

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8 hits now.

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Was 7.

worn citrus
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Oh. Not as good as I thought then

cunning urchin
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But your base damage will be lower.

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So it should end up being a nerf.

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Maybe on bosses it would be a buff, but that seems unlikely. thanthink

worn citrus
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Yeah, true. I don't think it would end up offsetting the nerf then

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Same with Ares doom stack

cunning urchin
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But faster application of Chill could help, anyway.

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Not in terms of DPS but utility.

worn citrus
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Mm

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I vastly preferred Chiron to Hera before patch. We'll see if I change my mind now.

willow fossil
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Man I seriously loved the concept of pom blossom but every time I used it, it just upgraded the same boon over and over

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Id love if it was random

cunning urchin
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It should be random. thanthink

willow fossil
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I know

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Didn't feel like it

cunning urchin
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F10 if it isn't.

worn citrus
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True random is when it doesn't feel "random enough"

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:P

willow fossil
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Out of 15 boons having one lvl 7 felt weird

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And it was like every single game

worn citrus
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How do I get more darkness the fastest?

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Run already completed heat?

willow fossil
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Yeah

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And thirst weapon

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Sisyphus companion as well

worn citrus
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But that's still damn slow

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Dangit

willow fossil
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Thats how is meant to be

cunning urchin
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Take the Conch Shell into Tartarus if you're farming.

willow fossil
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Aim for poseidon

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Yep

marsh pumice
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and Chaos

cunning urchin
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I never bothered farming for Darkness.

willow fossil
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Me nether

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I guess people want the theme

frozen dock
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what should i build for beowulf?

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special or bullrush

willow fossil
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Cast

cunning urchin
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Cast, yeah.

frozen dock
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im running dio cast rn

cunning urchin
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Passion Flare + Infernal Soul.

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Oh.

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Stygian Soul then for Trippy Flare.

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Aim for Ice Wine.

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Charged Flight is still the #1 hammer, though.

frozen dock
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ice wine sounds good

cunning urchin
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Ideally with Heartbreak Flourish.

frozen dock
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why charged flight tho

cunning urchin
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Because it triples your special base damage.

willow fossil
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The hammer that turns bull rush into a ranged shot makes it hera lmao

cunning urchin
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And removes the CD of your Special.

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And reduces the startup a whole lot.

frozen dock
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mhmm so charged flight/dio cast/aphro special

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what about other hammer? thinking bullrush speed charged faster

cunning urchin
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Charged Flight on Beowulf was the best hammer in the game pre-1.0 when it was still +400% base damage.

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+200% base damage now is a lot less, but it's still super strong.

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Just try different hammers and see what you're most comfortable with.

frozen dock
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dread flight work with charged flight or not

unkempt pagoda
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it does

cunning urchin
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Yeah, but I can't stand Dread Flight.

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Shield throw bounces have a tendency to bounce towards nothing in particular.

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So more bounces mean more whiffs.

covert hatch
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Question: Rocket Bomb on Eris, yay or nay?

cunning urchin
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That just wastes time, and you can't Dragon Rush or anything while waiting for your shield to return.

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@covert hatch yes, but what are the other options?

covert hatch
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Delta Chamber and Piercing Fire

cunning urchin
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Delta Chamber.

covert hatch
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I thought Delta Chamber was bad

cunning urchin
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You thought wrong.

covert hatch
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Rather, that seemed to be the sentiment when I looked in here

cunning urchin
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Reloads waste time.

unkempt pagoda
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delta chamber was changed

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it's good now

covert hatch
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What was the change?

unkempt pagoda
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much faster burst fire, and cooldown between bursts is much less

covert hatch
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Nice

cunning urchin
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Eris melts absolutely everything as long as you can attack.

marsh pumice
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and if you have more dashes it's even better

cunning urchin
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So any time you have to reload, you're not murdering everything in sight.

covert hatch
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Yeah Eris is indeed filthy

cunning urchin
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@unkempt zephyr aaahhhh, so the problem is with Hangover crits now? Got it.

sonic merlin
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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?

cunning urchin
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Eris is easily the best aspect in the game right now.

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Build is just Lightning Reflex and you're set.

sonic merlin
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15% increase hasn’t been doing much for me

cunning urchin
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It's +75% at max level.

unkempt zephyr
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@unkempt zephyr aaahhhh, so the problem is with Hangover crits now? Got it.
@cunning urchin yup...and i sad....

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Lovely build holy cow....

cunning urchin
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I hope they fix this soon.

sonic merlin
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Ah that is a lot

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The issue I’ve found is titan blood is very few and far between

cunning urchin
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You get 2 Titan Blood per clear.

sonic merlin
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I haven’t been able to kill Hades yet so maybe it picks up later

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I’m at maybe 30 runs?

cunning urchin
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Ahhh, yeah the game opens up a lot after your first clear.

sly night
jolly osprey
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You can get blood from 1st and 4th boss. Buying in Styx for 1200 coins, or through trading.

sly night
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these all look really good

jolly osprey
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I usually go for Bull Rush because of Elysium

sonic merlin
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Breaching rush isn’t very good

cunning urchin
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@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. squirtnya

unkempt zephyr
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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 bonusshadegrief

sonic merlin
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Depends on what level you are in

sly night
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lvl 1

sonic merlin
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@cunning urchin At this point I’ve encountered almost every character, I don’t anticipate a lot of spoilers

cunning urchin
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Yeah, I wanted to look more into hangover + crit builds . . .

split wharf
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I'd usually pick Pulverizing and build around that I think

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Breach is good if you usually have troubles in Elysium

cunning urchin
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I like Breaching Rush. I'd probably take that.

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Anything that melts armor is good.

split wharf
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Not a huge fan of Dread Flight, personally

unkempt zephyr
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and i wana do this becaus now Chiron have 8 arrows. its mean full 8 stack of hangover in duo aphro +dio.

cunning urchin
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Yeah, I can't stand Dread Flight, personally.

sly night
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I took pulverizing blow because it seems easy to build around

sonic merlin
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@cunning urchin Why do you recommend lightning on gun over Ares, Artemis, or Demeter?

cunning urchin
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Some people really like it, though.

split wharf
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Unless I'm already doing special things in a build, I don't take it

sly night
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Would you take 58% attack damage or 70% more obols from chaos

split wharf
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Even if I'm building for special, I still might not

sly night
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im on floor 2

split wharf
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Damage

sonic merlin
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I’m looking at your guide now btw

split wharf
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But it depends

cunning urchin
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Because Lightning Strike doubles your Attack damage even at common.

sly night
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I took the double attack thing

sonic merlin
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The only issue I have with Lightning Attack is it is a flat buff to damage

cunning urchin
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Yes.

split wharf
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It gets outscaled, potentially

sonic merlin
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It doesn’t scale as well as % buffs

primal hazel
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Dread flight is iffy
You have to build with it in mind imo

split wharf
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Yeah I would never pick Dread Flight on level 1 I think

cunning urchin
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+% attack boons are only relevant on Exagryph if you get Spread Fire.

cosmic jackal
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Which guide is this btw? Sometimes when I try new builds I don't have any idea what to prioritize.

cunning urchin
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Otherwise, nothing comes close to Lightning Strike.

split wharf
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Oh, for Exa?

cunning urchin
split wharf
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Yeah I think you can make a very strong case for lightning there

sonic merlin
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@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.

cunning urchin
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Eris + Lightning Strike is the strongest build in the game right now.

split wharf
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That does make sense to me, ish

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Eris is a tonna damage

sonic merlin
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The reason I like Artemis on high attack speed weapons is more crit opportunities

split wharf
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That doesn't matter all that much since there isn't actually a lot that rewards frequent crits, no?

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Is there anything other than the mark?

sonic merlin
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It’s a 15% chance base I believe

cunning urchin
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@sonic merlin that only reduces variance, zero effect on average DPS.

unkempt zephyr
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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....

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and broken now...

split wharf
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Yeah, and to be fair reducing variance can be useful vs normal enemies

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But I don't think it's a big draw

sonic merlin
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If you crit 15% of the time and you have a higher attack speed doesn’t that raise your average DPS?

cunning urchin
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I mean, average DPS would still be way lower than Lightning Strike.

split wharf
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No

sonic merlin
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Or am I misunderstanding this.

primal hazel
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You want artemis on bigger hits so more damage

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Zeus on fast attack f.e.

sonic merlin
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Ok I’ll take your word for it lol

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Crit chance is multiplicative, btw right? So it’s not an additive stack to the sword aspect?

split wharf
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It does not raise your DPS with a fast weapon (you get more crits overall, but each crit adds less damage)

cunning urchin
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Crit chance is additive.

primal hazel
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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

sonic merlin
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I see

primal hazel
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But if you do 200 in a bit that's already 600 without any boon

split wharf
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Well, if you do 15 damage you probably have a fast attack

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The speed or power of your attacks do not matter for crits, only dps

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A fast weapon gives a higher frequency of crits, which can help with some stuff like the marking boon

primal hazel
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But to reach the 600 dance threshold of 1 you'd have to crit every attack and have like 10+ hits in 2 secs

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It just gives you more less impactful crits

unkempt zephyr
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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.

sonic merlin
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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.

primal hazel
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And aphro or playing for curse does more for you then

split wharf
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Yeah, but that doesn't matter if the DPS is the same

primal hazel
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It isn't thi

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Tho

cunning urchin
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@unkempt zephyr I was talking about Lightning Strike vs Deadly Strike.

primal hazel
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Just from hardee's weapon choice

split wharf
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My point is that the only metric that matters is here DPS, so we probably agree

unkempt zephyr
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opps. sry dusa

primal hazel
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Dps is a general damage metric

cunning urchin
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@unkempt zephyr no. 🔫 dusa

split wharf
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For Eurydice, I usually go for rarity-ups if I have lots of pom levels in things

primal hazel
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But on that crit on low damage isn't worth it compared to other options for low damage+fast hit weapons

split wharf
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Yes, we agree there

primal hazel
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At least in jades

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Hades

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Huh seems like we didn't before lol

unkempt zephyr
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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.

cunning urchin
sonic merlin
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What “damage” does Eris buff? Does it buff any damage or just attack, special, dash, etc. Is Doom buffed, for instance?

cunning urchin
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All damage.

primal hazel
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All

split wharf
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I prefer to use my gut rather than a sheet haha

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The best weapons to go with crits are the ones that are high-risk but high DPS as a result

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I would say

cunning urchin
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I pinged the wrong person lol.

primal hazel
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That's not how that works

sonic merlin
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That’s... very good. Ok I understand lightning now

cunning urchin
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Let me try again.

primal hazel
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But I think I know what you're trying to say

cunning urchin
primal hazel
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Ping all kappa

split wharf
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Honestly I wish there was a bit more to reward you for frequent crits so rapidfire crit builds could be more of a thing

cunning urchin
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Speaking of pings. @pastel jolt why am I able to ping the Hades Weekly Challenge role? lol

red mist
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rama bow: I have been offered epic divine strike, replacing rare deadly strike

primal hazel
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Eh that would make other god less impactful

wide plover
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my first boon is ares, any weapon suggestions? I don't want to go merciful end fists or hunting blades

red mist
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vs bronze skin, epic proud bearing on dio call, and reroll

primal hazel
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You could just artemis all then

pastel jolt
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I don't actually know shadesmile

split wharf
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You can all in on a lot of gods, don't really see the issue

unkempt pagoda
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divine strike still only deflects along a thin line, as if you were just shooting a normal bow arrow

split wharf
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And doing so means no duo

cunning urchin
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Yeah, was more a rhetorical question to let you know. dusa

red mist
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I'm just asking if it's worth upgrading rarity

cunning urchin
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Keep Deadly Strike.

primal hazel
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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

red mist
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epic proud bearing on dio aid isn't particularly impressive but I can sell it I guess

primal hazel
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You can make gods technically work on all but the difference is effectiveness

split wharf
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Yeah, I agree

cunning urchin
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@wide plover go for Curse of Nausea or Curse of Drowning.

split wharf
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I'm not saying make her an amazing fast attack goddess, just add like one option there

primal hazel
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There is an option

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It's called support fire

cunning urchin
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She's already amazing for fast attacks, though, yeah.

primal hazel
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You can get it with pressure points

split wharf
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Well, that's sort of fair

primal hazel
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There ya go
Also hunters mark to a small extent

split wharf
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I just don't like mark a lot haha

cunning urchin
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Deadly Reversal and Splitting Headache can do a lot of work, too.

red mist
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hmm, do I take +70% gold in asphodel or reroll

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this is chaos

split wharf
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Well, I kind of like it but it doesn't feel right to me that it's the only one if its kind

red mist
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the other boons are ass

cunning urchin
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What are the other boons?

split wharf
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I think I might reroll but idk

primal hazel
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Well that's like your problem man xD

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Deadly Reversal and Splitting Headache can do a lot of work, too.
@cunning urchin what are those again?

red mist
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+cast damage and +cast charge, and I don't do cast things now or probably ever

primal hazel
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Oh I tememver

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Dho

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Duo

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Athena and phro right?

cunning urchin
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Obols then.

split wharf
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How many rerolls you got?

cunning urchin
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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.

red mist
#

4

split wharf
#

I'd reroll for sure

cunning urchin
#

+70% obols is a lot.

primal hazel
#

Nah obols are poggers

cunning urchin
#

Keep your rerolls for Duo Boons.

split wharf
#

Yeah, but a reroll is super likely to be something good

primal hazel
#

No

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It's not more likely

#

Obols get you more boons among other stuff

unkempt zephyr
#

+70% obols almost negate heat or charon prices (+80)

red mist
#

the only thing I'd be looking for from chaos is +attack

primal hazel
#

Also free chambers cause you can take more shops

split wharf
#

Just as a function of there being tons of great Chaos offerings

#

Well, if you only care about attack maybe not

primal hazel
#

Chaos offering are really build dependent

cunning urchin
#

+70% obols is a great Chaos boon.

red mist
#

it be

primal hazel
#

There's a good chance he'll a)not get one b) get less attack boost c)get a bad drawback

cunning urchin
#

d) not be able to reroll when it matters

primal hazel
#

Yes

unkempt zephyr
#

Its insane chaos boon. you can buy almost all if do not have heat about price. In every well.

cunning urchin
#

Yeah, +70% is amazing.

split wharf
#

Not a huge fan personally, though I can see the appeal

#

Like, I think it's good

sour bramble
#

Like, you have to remember.

sacred owl
#

for the aspect of Guan Yu can you just unlock 5 different non zagreus aspects or do you have to level them up?

primal hazel
#

Unlock

sour bramble
#

+70% is 170 obols per money room.

cunning urchin
#

Just unlock is fine.

sacred owl
#

k thanks

sour bramble
#

That's KINDA nutty.

split wharf
#

I don't usually go for money rooms at a 100 though

primal hazel
#

Also way more from troves

sour bramble
#

Especially early.

primal hazel
#

Money rooms are almost always worth it

split wharf
#

Not in my experience

primal hazel
#

I didn't like money room in the beginning either

#

But as long as it's not boons you want money is better

split wharf
#

(If it matters for the context of this conversation, I play at heat 12)

primal hazel
#

I'm not saying you're a beginner

#

Just my view

split wharf
#

May color my perspective one way or another

primal hazel
#

Doesn't make it more right kappa

sour bramble
#

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.

split wharf
#

Nah, I didn't read you that way, just clarifying where I'm coming from

sly night
#

quick favor or hypersprint?

primal hazel
#

@split wharf oh sry then m8

unkempt pagoda
#

quick favor

sly night
#

Athenas aid and quick favor seem pog

split wharf
#

It's alright, no harm done at all

cunning urchin
#

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. 👸🏽

split wharf
#

Quick favor is the auto charge right?

sly night
#

yeah

primal hazel
#

Ok calm down xD

split wharf
#

It's been absurd in my experience

#

Favor

primal hazel
#

Massive rep on the wr tho jesus christ

cunning urchin
#

Hyper Sprint.

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Quick Favor kinda doesn't do much.

#

Or reroll for Greatest Reflex.

split wharf
#

Quick favor gets you quick favor though ;_;

cunning urchin
#

Actually, yeah. Just reroll.

sonic merlin
#

How does an Ares-attack fist build work? I've got Zag aspect equipped.

primal hazel
#

How's the sprint buffs from hermes btw? Usually just take additional dashes mostly

sour bramble
#

@sonic merlin You ever watch Muhammad Ali box?

#

Like that.

sonic merlin
#

What synergy do you go for?

#

Merciful end?

cunning urchin
#

Yes.

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Curse of Agony, Divine Flourish, Divine Dash, Merciful End.

#

Just spam Dash-Strikes.

sonic merlin
#

Got it

split wharf
#

That does seem pretty spicy

#

Press 2 buttons and win

sly night
#

wow that was the fastest ive ever killed a fury

sour bramble
#

Merciful End is ridiculous if you have divine dash tbh

primal hazel
#

Works on everything

fair plinth
#

Um, I noticed an interaction that I'm not entire sure is intended

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aspect of archilles spear - you get 4 hits of bonus damage after using the special

sly night
#

what keepsake would you take with posideon auto and athena dash?

primal hazel
#

@fair plinth It's literally in the description dude

sly night
#

wanna buff my auto more

cunning urchin
#

@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).

primal hazel
#

Thanks

cunning urchin
#

Reading "auto" for Attack makes me cringe. shadeembarassed

sly night
#

lol its a long engrained habit

cunning urchin
#

Ain't no auto-attack in Hades.

fair plinth
#

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?

unkempt pagoda
#

nope, achilles doesn't refresh the bonus

cunning urchin
#

Achilles doesn't buff your Special.

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Attack and Cast.

sour bramble
#

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.

unkempt pagoda
#

you need to go through all 4 boosts before you should rush again

sour bramble
#

I don't really use mechanical keepsakes much, honestly just go with what your heart feels is right.

fair plinth
#

ah

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understood

cunning urchin
#

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

sour bramble
#

I like lucky tooth because I'm insecure and bad.

cunning urchin
#

Edited for clarity.

sour bramble
cunning urchin
#

Acorn gives you more effective HP in boss fights.

#

Lucky Tooth is a bit over 100 eHP.

sour bramble
#

Does Acorn unlock LORE, though?

#

That's the REAL victory.

cunning urchin
#

Acorn can tank 400+ HP vs Hades.

#

And it scales with HL.

cloud barn
#

ive collected the infinity stones

cunning urchin
#

My condolences.

sour bramble
#

Remind me what HL is?

#

(Note: This isn't a reminder I have NO idea what HL is.)

cunning urchin
#

Hard Labor.

sour bramble
#

Oh, I genuinely can't remember if I actually use that.

cunning urchin
#

+20% damage from enemies per rank.

sour bramble
#

I definitely don't use that.

cunning urchin
#

HL5 is +100% damage.

sour bramble
#

I am a small baby child man who plays at 0 heat.

cloud barn
#

infinity stones

cunning urchin
#

lol

sour bramble
#

THREE THOUSAND

cloud barn
#

yes

#

i didnt spend any money

#

alone with all 5 bouldy summons used in tartarus, golden touch, and +gold chaos boons

sour bramble
#

jesus christ that's like 160 bonus damage

cunning urchin
#

You should buy me some stuff with all that money.

cloud barn
#

also i grabbed the sigil because i didnt have a call and wanted to see how it would do

sour bramble
#

god damn that's 190 damage on flurry slash without boons

#

that's actually insane

cloud barn
#

i have aphro attack

#

+87% rn

sonic merlin
#

How do I get the most out of cold fusion? Just got it in tartarus, I don't have a ton around it atm

sour bramble
#

google says that's 355 damage per attack

#

that's kinda scary

cunning urchin
#

The +87% doesn't apply to your Hoarding Slash bonus damage.

sour bramble
#

okay, that's not quite as scary

sonic merlin
#

What other boons/synergies should I look for?

sour bramble
#

Still, that's like, around 200 damage per attack

cunning urchin
rare kayak
#

wonder how hoarding works

#

is it flat damage

sour bramble
#

Kinda mental

cunning urchin
#

That's also the second time I've posted that message today lol.

unkempt pagoda
#

hoarding is flat damage, yes

rare kayak
#

cool

unkempt pagoda
#

it's the only hammer that says "bonus damage"

cunning urchin
#

I should just write a new guide or something. I keep repeating myself the past few days lol.

rare kayak
#

so thats 150 flat damage on a super fast attack plus whatever

#

cool

primal hazel
#

If you're lucky you get 50 flat

#

If you spend almost no money

#

5% of 1k

cunning urchin
#

I've reposted the same message about Guan Yu like 10 times in 3 days or something lol.

rare kayak
#

thats how discord is

#

wheres that one pic with the simpsons bus driver

sour bramble
#

here's what you do, okay

#

you give it a week, and see how many times you have to answer to the same questions

rare kayak
#

why do they not just win the game

sour bramble
#

then you take those questions, and put them into an FAQ

solid hazel
#

@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

sour bramble
#

boom, easy money

red mist
#

hmmm it has come to my attention that I am close to getting the duo boons prophecy and that 3 of them are poseidon

primal hazel
#

60% of my messages
Same stuff

solid hazel
#

More if you have more than one dd and you get more healing from fountains with spiked collar

red mist
#

what's a weapon where main poseidon is passable

primal hazel
#

I'm two away

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I like chaos

rare kayak
#

none

primal hazel
#

Not ideal but fun

rare kayak
#

im of the opinion that tempest strike sucks

primal hazel
#

Poseidon is good for mobs

red mist
#

I agree with you there

cloud barn
#

ye i knew that hoarding slash is flat damage, just wanted to specify

lone lava
#

@cloud barn that really is like an exodia build haha looks very fun

red mist
#

but I gotta get poseidon duos

cloud barn
#

hang on i videod my hades kill, was pretty fast

sour bramble
#

@solid hazel Back in my first like 10, 20 runs I used to go through the entire game with only spiked collar tbh

cloud barn
#

prolly not speedrun fast but pretty fast

rare kayak
#

maybe some kinda wacky poseidon special run with gy might have something

cunning urchin
#

@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.

lone lava
#

Hoarding slash meme run is the only reason I can see to run zag sword

sour bramble
#

I looked at all of the other keepsakes and thought "well why would I take any of these over extra health"

rare kayak
#

considering the hitbox on that thing

cloud barn
#

same

sour bramble
#

Then I actually unlocked the good keepsakes

marsh pumice
#

what's a weapon where main poseidon is passable
@red mist just go shield with double attack hammer

lone lava
#

Either that or hermes movespeed to dmg meme run

primal hazel
#

What duos do you need?

sonic merlin
#

@cunning urchin I got cold fusion, that was what I was asking--are there synergies with it I haven't considered.

red mist
#

basically poseidon duos

primal hazel
#

Bro

solid hazel
#

Spiked collar is really strong when you don't have access to thick skin

primal hazel
#

If you want help

red mist
#

also for some reason I don't have merciful end yet

primal hazel
#

At least provide info

red mist
#

even though it's a meta build

solid hazel
#

That 50 max hp in tarturus is a big deal

lone lava
#

Snowden just apply chill and then apply jolted

cloud barn
#

lmao

primal hazel
#

Collar is trash (compared to other options)

cloud barn
#

watching back the footage i killed a doomstone that hades summoned before his invuln wore off

lone lava
#

So run zeus and demeter on two abilities that you'll use

primal hazel
#

Bro you want to force gods in Tartarus

sour bramble
#

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

cunning urchin
#

@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.

sour bramble
#

god my internet is so bad today

#

cursed

sonic merlin
#

Its fine, got what you are saying 🙂

primal hazel
#

You can make it work against bosses but it requires more effort than other builds

solid hazel
#

Uhh I still agree with you @cunning urchin even though I have no idea what you're talking about

red mist
#

I also don't have curse of longing, though that probably just comes naturally with merciful end

cunning urchin
#

Good.

rare kayak
#

doublestrike

#

ooh baby

primal hazel
#

I mean you can do longing on me
But it's weird

sour bramble
#

tbh, in terms of poseidon, i actually REALLY like his cast

red mist
#

oh lol I have 5 missing ares duos

rare kayak
#

longing actually anti synergy with merciful

cunning urchin
#

That's understandable. I'm so smart, mere mortals can never truly understand me. 👸🏽

primal hazel
#

I think he's fun but could be better

red mist
#

I've been trying to gun for vengeful mood for a while but requiring 3 boons is nasty

lone lava
#

ME only needs: ME prereqs, ME and then ideally but not needed, impending doom

rare kayak
#

end cancels doom so longing no effect

sour bramble
#

and his special can be useful sometimes

cunning urchin
#

Vengeful Mood is very underwhelming. You're not missing anything.

sour bramble
#

but i NEVER end up taking his attack

rare kayak
#

vengeful mood is basically the meme duo

red mist
#

@cunning urchin just need it for prophecy

solid hazel
#

Vengeful Mood is very underwhelming. You're not missing anything.
@cunning urchin except memes

sour bramble
#

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

fair plinth
#

oof, hard decision here. Chamber 9, Archilles Spear, 190 obols.

Charon Shop
Daed Hammer
Erebus (Obols)

which would you pick?

primal hazel
#

Yeah attack feels bad

#

Depends on your build

rare kayak
#

id go hammer

primal hazel
#

Jesus

cunning urchin
#

Shop.

rare kayak
#

spear has pretty good hammers

lone lava
#

If speedrun

#

Midshop

cloud barn
#

jeez this has to be someof the highest dps ive seen

cunning urchin
#

Shop shop shop.

lone lava
#

If not speedrun, doesn't really matter haha

solid hazel
#

Vengeful mood once turned a losing run into a funny losing run for me

lone lava
#

Prolly still shop since you can buy boon

cunning urchin
#

Shops still skip chambers.

primal hazel
#

How much money?

cunning urchin
#

Skipping chambers means less fighting, means fewer errors.

rare kayak
#

i mean depends on ur heat lol

primal hazel
#

Shop trash if he has like 100 obols

fair plinth
#

how much does erebus obols give?

#

200?

lone lava
#

Right but they probably won't plank at tartarus regardless

rare kayak
#

200

cunning urchin
#

Low Heat, especially shop so you don't waste time on low heat and can go up fast. dusa

red mist
#

what's the preferred speedrun heat settings? FO2 TD1?

primal hazel
#

Hot take lol

rare kayak
#

incredible

fair plinth
#

hammer seems real attractive tho

lone lava
#

Haha true @cunning urchin

marsh pumice
#

just go hammer

fair plinth
#

triple jab with athena strike

primal hazel
#

Then just take whatever instead of asking

sly night
#

is greater evasion>hypersprint

unkempt pagoda
#

for igt, td is off

sour bramble
#

Depends on what you want to do with your spear tbh

sly night
#

generally

lone lava
#

Always fast

#

Fast > slow

sour bramble
#

You might go hammer and hit bad RNG

sonic merlin
#

Rush Kick, Draining Cutter, or Long Knuckle. First hammer, and I am going attack build. Probably knuckle just for the 10% damage buff?

red mist
#

@unkempt pagoda why?

cunning urchin
#

Shop trash if he has like 100 obols
I'll take shops with 0 obols just to speed things up.

unkempt pagoda
#

TD disables survival rooms, which disable the in-game timer, so you want TD specifically off so these rooms can spawn

cunning urchin
#

Depending on my mood, at least.

red mist
#

oh

primal hazel
#

We can't all be gods like you

unkempt pagoda
#

for real time categories, TD is on like expected

cunning urchin
#

High Heat TD2, I might skip shop and take a boon or whatever.

primal hazel
#

Also idc bout speedrunning
Prolly cause I'm not good enough lol

cunning urchin
#

Low Heat, I'll just skip chambers and take the shop or Chaos Gate to speed things up.

red mist
#

speedrunning is definitely harder than 50 heat

lone lava
#

It's actually very accessible to get a fast time in this game

red mist
#

different skillset but speedruns are perfection town

unkempt pagoda
#

EM2 and FO2 are also on for speedrunning are on as well

primal hazel
#

I'll try once I completed most of what I want to complete

red mist
#

harder lernie is faster?

lone lava
#

All you need to do is learn the meta build, take free rooms, don't afk

#

And tahdah

primal hazel
#

I see speedrunning as extra content besides heat pact and completion

cunning urchin
#

speedrunning is definitely harder than 50 heat
Wut. zaglol

lone lava
#

10:xx run after a bit

primal hazel
#

Don't afk

That's where you got me

cloud barn
#

i mean

primal hazel
#

You know how potatoes I am

cloud barn
#

speedrunning isnt hard

unkempt pagoda
#

harder lernie is faster?
the thing here is the smaller arena, which makes the heads much closer together

sonic merlin
#

Chamber choice..... Eurydice or TG (Zeus, Demeter--I have both so it would be good)

lone lava
#

Nah 50 heat is brutal

cloud barn
#

getting a good time speedrunning is hard

red mist
#

ah I see

cloud barn
#

but 50 heat is just another level of difficulty

sonic merlin
#

Which chamber do you think I should do?

unkempt pagoda
#

whereas regular lernie you have to traverse a massive arena to kill each head

lone lava
#

Yeah like being near the speedgods is a different story

solid hazel
#

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

primal hazel
#

But why

red mist
#

speedruns are always absolutely (in the math sense) harder since you're always being asked to save tenths of seconds here and there

lone lava
#

But you can still get a much much faster time than any pb in #h1-victory-boasting without much trouble

primal hazel
#

Shots fired

lone lava
#

The WR is kinda nutty rn though

#

Shots fired
I mean have you seen the times there hahaha

sly night
#

seeded or unseeded

red mist
#

do tell me

primal hazel
#

No I don't enter that channel

lone lava
#

To be fair to them they probably don't care about getting fast pbs

unkempt pagoda
#

vorime suddenly getting a 6:45 is pretty sweet

lone lava
#

seeded or unseeded
Unseeded

cunning urchin
#

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.

primal hazel
#

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

cloud barn
#

true

cunning urchin
#

I don't see most speedrunners beating my 52 heat any time soon. And I'm not about to beat any speedrun records myself.

cloud barn
#

50+ is trying to beat hades, speedrunning is trying to beat the WR

sly night
cloud barn
#

very different stuff

cunning urchin
#

I've also zero interest in aiming for speedruns.

primal hazel
#

Btw are wrs just measured by fastest time or is heat also a factor?

red mist
#

agreed that they're different

primal hazel
marsh pumice
#

take legendary

lone lava
#

Second wave to finish your fated list faster

unkempt pagoda
cunning urchin
#

50+ is trying to be in the top 6 high heat players lol.

primal hazel
#

Thanks onyx

red mist
#

the thing that makes speedruns tick is that there's only one absolute fastest route and any deviation is a fault

lone lava
#

Nah

#

There's rng in this game

fair plinth
#

huh, i just got 5 gods in a run without even using an olympian keepsake o.o

lone lava
#

You'll see different stuff go fast

#

In terms of boons and hammers

sly night
#

does second wave do anything?

cloud barn
#

it does

sly night
#

I understand itll get me meta progression

lone lava
#

Just the core build will almost always be the same

sly night
#

idg what it does

fair plinth
#

had athena/artemis/aphrodite and went into charon's shop, he had dio for sale and ares was next room

cloud barn
#

makes knockback effects apply a second time

fair plinth
#

5 gods o.o

sly night
#

How is that useful

primal hazel
#

Second wave is important for poseidon imo

cloud barn
#

so if you attack someone near a wall, it will do wall damage twice

#

also its fun

primal hazel
#

Double damage essentially

sly night
#

ahhh okay

cloud barn
#

bonk em around

sly night
#

So it does the same thing as typhoons fury

primal hazel
#

Or rather double triggers

sly night
#

just 2x instead of 3x

primal hazel
#

No

lone lava
#

More CC

sly night
#

as far as damage right

primal hazel
#

Typhoon fury is into walls

#

Wave is on knockback effevts

lone lava
#

Will be better if you get sea storm

#

The zeus poseidon duo

cunning urchin
#

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.

primal hazel
#

Seeded seems boring to me

cloud barn
#

yeah

cunning urchin
#

I'd figure if you tell me speedrunners are so much better than high heat, you'd know at least that.

marsh pumice
#

just die a lot and get seed that you want dusa

cloud barn
#

the point of speedrunning a roguelike is the thrill of a good run

cunning urchin
#

I don't get any thrill from doing speedruns, personally.

cloud barn
#

same

cunning urchin
#

The low difficulty bores me.

cloud barn
#

but i think that's why people do em

primal hazel
#

Bragging rights

sly night
#

quick favor+shield=can cheese any bossfight lol

#

with athena call

fierce thicket
#

But after a while someone gets the holy grail of seeds and sets an unbeatable record

primal hazel
#

Uhm

cinder flower
sly night
#

if you dont change keepsakes you dont get a "gauranteed" boon from them in the next room after the bossfight ye?

solid hazel
#

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

hearty elbow
#

I agree. It shouldn't be allowed to get Parting Shot for having Athena and Aphrodite. That's like every other run for me. dusa

wide plover
#

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

cunning urchin
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Speedruns are a lot more popular than high heat because literally anyone can make it on the board.

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If you can clear at all, you can't "fail" a run.

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High heat, it's either pass or fail.

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If you don't make it, you don't make it.

silk anvil
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The low difficulty bores me.
@cunning urchin low difficulty of speedruns; heh.

cunning urchin
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The low difficulty of the enemies etc. Clearing isn't the goal, it's expected.

solid hazel
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Lol this seems like a good time to leave the conversation...

wide plover
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what's the best aspect for blizzard shot?

silk anvil
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Oh, you mean just speed running this game then

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I'd still argue that being perfect is a challenge, but of a different sort

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TAS bot when?

sly night
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are any of the "after you take damage effects" something you would take?

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except the dash one maybe

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that recovers life

cloud barn
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TBH id love to see TASbot play a seeded run

silk anvil
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are any of the "after you take damage effects" something you would take?
@sly night not if you never take damage dusa

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Though I have been curious to see how well the Ares/Zeus duo works out if you have a lot of revenge effects

solid hazel
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It's very amusing but not really a reliable strategy

sly night
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wow deflect dash+Podiseon double knockback attack turns the big rats poison pools+Spinny death thingies into a joke

silk anvil
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I agree. It shouldn't be allowed to get Parting Shot for having Athena and Aphrodite. That's like every other run for me. dusa
@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

hearty elbow
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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.

silk anvil
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Ah I think I gotcha

cunning urchin
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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.

proven osprey
silk anvil
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Respectable

proven osprey
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Can you feel the god run ?

cloud barn
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ok

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i uploaded the hoarding slash hades thing to youtube because imgur limits videos to 30 seconds

cunning urchin
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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. dusa

silk anvil
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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

lone lava
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Parting shot with athena cast and hera bow = amazing, literally what you're building for

proven osprey
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@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

lone lava
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Parting shot any other time 😩

sour bramble
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man, screw lava

silk anvil
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@proven osprey I didnt mean it like an attack;-;

sour bramble
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i always take damage that I shouldn't be taking to lava in asphodel

primal hazel
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What parting shot

sour bramble
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especially when i'm melee

cunning urchin
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@proven osprey where is High Confidence? dusa

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Jk jk.

proven osprey
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yeah yeah GWvertiPeepoSadMan

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OH

cunning urchin
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(not really dusa)

proven osprey
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you're right

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But I was not aiming for special

silk anvil
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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"

proven osprey
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I just got hammer first room

silk anvil
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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

cloud barn
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i got another potential obol run

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flurry slash first room

cunning urchin
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Eris.

silk anvil
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It was only a fraction as glorious as I'm sure your GY BIG NUMBERS will be shadeembarassed

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@cunning urchin I cant spell.

cunning urchin
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How can you not know the #1 aspect Eris.

hearty elbow
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Aeris

sour bramble
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oh god, another obol run

cunning urchin
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Aerith*

cloud barn
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:3

sour bramble
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zag's going to be coming out of the pool of styx wearing a gucci belt and making it rain obols

cloud barn
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lmao

silk anvil
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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

cloud barn
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I got aphro attack too

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oh yeah, it's all coming together

cunning urchin
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@silk anvil you trash god. dusa

silk anvil
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@cloud barn thanks Kronk

cloud barn
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no problem gamer

cunning urchin
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It's not possible to be trash with Eris.

silk anvil
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@cunning urchin thanks Alecto

sly night
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does brilliant repost/deflect have any chance to help with hades or nah

cunning urchin
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@silk anvil except for you. For you, it's possible. dusa

fierce thicket
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Nya's identity exposed

cunning urchin
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Brilliant Riposte is great.

sly night
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I only mean against haded

hearty elbow
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Lol, to be fair, most of everyone thought Eris was shrug before 1.0. Nothing really changed about it.

sly night
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im right before him

hearty elbow
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I wouldn't say it's obvious how good it is until you really give it a shot

silk anvil
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@cunning urchin said I'm good at something!
albeit good at being bad residentzag

cunning urchin
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I wonder if people will ever tell us all three options they're offered instead of just asking if 1 of them is good. failbag

hearty elbow
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Is Huge Catch viable at 13 heat?

cloud barn
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tru

sly night
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its either unshakable mettle

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or brilliant reposte

sour bramble
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Never. I'm going to only mention the worst boon on the table every time.

cunning urchin
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And tell us their build while they're at it.

silk anvil
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Is Huge Catch viable at 13 heat?
@hearty elbow
63 heat Huge Catch only run

sly night
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I have deflect dash

cloud barn
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👀

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i got zeus call

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and aphro attack

hearty elbow
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It begins

cloud barn
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👀 👀 👀

proven osprey
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hey

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armor prevents foes from getting os right ?

cunning urchin
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OS? Option select?

proven osprey
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one shot

cunning urchin
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Yes.

proven osprey
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Imagine

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realizing it after +100hours

cunning urchin
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@sly night what is option #3?

sly night
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something that buffs my special

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I havee nothing that helps it

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it gives it damage or somewthing

cunning urchin
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@proven osprey has somebody told you yet that Dash-Strikes cancel dash i-frames?

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Just checking.

proven osprey
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No

cunning urchin
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Now you know!

proven osprey
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But I it's logic to me

primal hazel
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Oof

proven osprey
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I knew

cunning urchin
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Alright good lol. That's like the #1 thing people find out here like "omg really??"

proven osprey
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Nobody told me but I'm a dash strike spammer myself

sly night
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wait a second if I have 2x punch and double knockback does that mean each attack does 4 knockbacks?

cloud barn
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aight

sour bramble
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honestly, is there any reason not to spam dash strike

proven osprey
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So I learnt with pain

cloud barn
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got 800 gold entering asphodel

proven osprey
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Idk man

primal hazel
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If the attack does knockback

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Yes

cloud barn
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rip, i got two chaos boons and neither gives more gold

marsh pumice
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honestly, is there any reason not to spam dash strike
if you spam special zaglol

cunning urchin
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@sly night I'd take Brilliant Riposte, personally. Maybe Unshakable Mettle at high heats when I'm worried about making it through the fight.

proven osprey
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I need to test Hera with Athena's cast. It goes "bonk", should be funny

gilded nymph
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is there a point to give meg any more ambrosia after I get battie

marsh pumice
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are you greedy or what?

primal hazel
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Bonking

gilded nymph
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what

cloud barn
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poggers, i got an epic Ocean's Bounty

silk anvil
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Sorry I cant read

primal hazel
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To do the BONK

gilded nymph
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neither can I lmao

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like what does giving meg more ambrosia do

silk anvil
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I thought for sure she had more options for ambrosia, but then again, I'm a fool

hearty elbow
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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.

silk anvil
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Deepen your relationship with her, prolly

cunning urchin
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You should offer all your Ambrosia to Lady Aphrodite.

marsh pumice
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like what does giving meg more ambrosia do
romance zagluv

primal hazel
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like what does giving meg more ambrosia do
@gilded nymph you can do the BONK with meg

gilded nymph
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tempting

proven osprey
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We ain't no simp

cunning urchin
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@hearty elbow that's okay. As far as I'm concerned, nothing's changed until you beat 52 Heat. dusa

primal hazel
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Well simping is if you ain't bonking

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Or something

cloud barn
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oof

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first hermes isnt attackspeed

silk anvil
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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"

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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

cloud barn
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same

sour bramble
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same honestly

cloud barn
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moment of truth

still vigil
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Same

cloud barn
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about to find my 2nd daedalus

proven osprey
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about hermes, how does rush delivery work ?

still vigil
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Like why is it so hard to get rush delivery QAQ

cunning urchin
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Lord Hermes ain't got time for your complaints. dusa

cloud barn
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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its gamer time

silk anvil
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Lord Hermes ain't got time for your complaints. dusa
@cunning urchin hes gonna make time

sly night
gilded nymph
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I really don't like second wave

cloud barn
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:c

still vigil
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I love it

sly night
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yeah it was that or the wallslam

cloud barn
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i didnt get attackspeed

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and i got no rerolls

gilded nymph
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I prefer wallslam

primal hazel
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I really don't like second wave
@gilded nymph well I really don't like you then

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Jk

silk anvil
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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

gilded nymph
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double wave just gets them out of my range to kill

sly night
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it didnt matter really. The non bossfights were completely trivialized by 4x knockback lol

cloud barn
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👀 👀 👀

gilded nymph
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it was just opinion

primal hazel
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I know

sly night
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The knockback is super nice for the final zone

primal hazel
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That's why I said jk

sly night
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so u dont get poison up ur arse

still vigil
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Second wave is amazing fer hades

cloud barn
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👀

sly night
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why would it help on hades?

still vigil
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He can be knocked back into walls

silk anvil
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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

sly night
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Oh I have tidal attack.

primal hazel
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@cloud barn where's the shackle

sly night
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or wtvr its called not dash

silk anvil
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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?

still vigil
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HOWEVER

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Big however

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Or but

cloud barn
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hm?

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shackle?

gilded nymph
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why do I tickle with demeter fists and nemesis, what am I even doing

primal hazel
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Sysiphus keepsake

cloud barn
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yeah

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why

still vigil
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It seems to depend on attaching poseidon to the right hammer and aspect @silk anvil

cloud barn
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i have aphro attack and zeus call, why would i want shackle

primal hazel
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No core boons in spesh and cast

cloud barn
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yeah

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why would i use spesh and cast

primal hazel
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Also memes

cloud barn
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also

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i got athena dash

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👀

primal hazel
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Well at least ure using shady

still vigil
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Like cluster rocket and poseidon? Gg the entire run

cloud barn
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my gold is pretty low

still vigil
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Any bow except rama? Ehhh not so much

silk anvil
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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

sour bramble
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ngl my favourite build is crit hazard bomb, i had no idea zagreus invented the nuclear bomb back in ancient greece

silk anvil
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ngl my favourite build is crit hazard bomb, i had no idea zagreus invented the nuclear bomb back in ancient greece
@sour bramble
"Ancient?" thanthink

sour bramble
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more like aspect of einstein bth

still vigil
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Oop

gilded nymph
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that's with lucifer right?

sour bramble
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i did it with zag

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and the entire run was a cakewalk

silk anvil
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Can you even get hazard bomb with Lucifer?

cloud barn
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👀 👀

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patroclus

still vigil
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Yeaaa I’m not sure why it does seem inconsistent. Maybe one of the pros can answer that

cloud barn
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3 death defies

sour bramble
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artemis spec, hazard bomb, hermes faster special, you've won the game