#h1-builds-and-combat

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primal hazel
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It's not the best
Since you want percentile more than tick damage

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But I find it fun

proven osprey
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yeah

pliant palm
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For what weapon ?

proven osprey
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the eyed shield

royal yarrow
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@rigid zodiac where's that recommended noob builds guide you mentioned? I could use something like that

rigid zodiac
royal yarrow
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thank u 🙏

magic stone
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Are Talos fists good?

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They sound fun and I’m thinking about giving them a shot

primal hazel
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They're fun

pliant palm
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They are fun

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Ye

magic stone
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Okie

primal hazel
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Ig power wise they're ok
At least they got they're magnetic buffed

magic stone
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Yeah I used to use em and hearing the buff they seem pretty nice

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Well ima sleep now

pliant palm
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I wonder if thalos is better than zag

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Depends on the build, I guess

primal hazel
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Not with 100% dodge

pliant palm
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Kek

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Should try that, one day

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Need to get the plume achievement too

thick osprey
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whats a fun way to play the shield?

tall yarrow
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I made a level 23 boon that was fun

solid hazel
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Which boon?

tall yarrow
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Heartbreak flourish

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And I got special hits twice and hits a larger area (sword)

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It was melting everything

primal hazel
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Zeus with thunder flourish and explosive catch

pliant palm
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Beowulf with any cast except dio c:

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Or ares

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Frick ares

hard kelp
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i gotta say, i love hangover builds

pliant palm
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Hangover build + the ares/dio duo

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So good

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I still hesitate, tho. For rama I never really l know if I should take aphro, ares, or artemis for the attack. Aphro means easy Privilege status, but the artemis/ares duo with dio are better, Id say

pliant anvil
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why ares on rama attack?

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Aphro/artemis are the best two choices. Artemis is higher burst, aphro is more consistent.

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especially since that increases shared suffering's damage

hard kelp
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i had been using rama dio special. but i just finished a dio attack rail run

pliant anvil
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have you tried zeus on the rail? I think outside of hestia it's hands down the best attack boon for it

hard kelp
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i have. i did that early on alot in my game play. but then i started falling in love with dot builds

pliant anvil
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ahh

hard kelp
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after i level up some specific aspects, ill try out some cast builds

split orbit
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So what is everyone's "Melt Everything" Builds? Mine was a Hunting Blades hera bow run.

pliant anvil
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Besides the typical eris rail zeus build? I like hunting blades on achilles because it get's the 150% damage boost and there's no waiting for stones to drop

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or zeus shield + zeus special for easy shield clears

pliant palm
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Ares for the duo

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@pliant anvil

pliant anvil
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duo with...dio? Or aphro?

pliant palm
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Dio

pliant anvil
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On rama?

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Why?

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Rama isn't about quick hits

pliant palm
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Wat

pliant anvil
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Rama is about tagging them with your special once, then quickly firing off attacks to clear groups at once

pliant palm
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Lol

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No

cyan forge
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What’s a good railgun build

pliant palm
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Not at high heat

pliant anvil
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Oh, high heat? I didn't know you were talking about high heat.

pliant palm
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Well

outer cave
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alright beowulf is poggers

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i have dio cast now

pliant anvil
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High heat is a different game, I thought you were talking about general builds for it.

pliant palm
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High-ish

outer cave
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i do so much damage

pliant anvil
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I still don't think it's very effective. You'd be better off with like, chiron.

limber valley
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Tailesque's 56 heat rama did special -> attacks

pliant anvil
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Tag once, then get max stacks

cyan forge
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What’s a good railgun build for just level 1 heat

pliant palm
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Im not saying to not use attack

outer cave
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zeus attack

pliant anvil
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Yeah, because most of the damage from rama comes from the shared suffering.

outer cave
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for railgun zeus attack is great

cyan forge
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I should use Zeus

turbid needle
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After trying zeus attack on rail it feels hard to use anything else

pliant anvil
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better to go athena/aphrodite on special to get heartrend or deadly reversal

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How high heat are we talking?

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Like, 32? 20?

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Higher? Lower?

pliant palm
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My highest with rama is 40

pliant anvil
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ah. well, I guess if it works for you, it works for you.

pliant palm
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Im just wondering overall what the best choice is

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Cuz well, all 3 seems good in there own way

cyan forge
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I’m using one heat since I just beat game

pliant anvil
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I just think it's wasting rama's potential for duos by focusing on a secondary damage source that doesn't do much

pliant palm
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And Im having trouble deciding what to take for 45

opal lodge
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rama is about power shotting at high heat

pliant anvil
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@cyan forge take any rail, and put zeus attack on it

opal lodge
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the special is to set up room clear

pliant anvil
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Yeah, that's why I'm having trouble believing that dio on special is a good choice

opal lodge
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dio on special is a very good choice

pliant anvil
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On rama?

opal lodge
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splitting headache pretty good

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yeah

pliant anvil
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But they're doing ares duo

opal lodge
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dio special + artemis attack was the build that cleared 55

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hmmm

pliant palm
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Dio is defo the best for special

opal lodge
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i don't rate the ares duo at all

pliant palm
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No doubt about that

opal lodge
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that sounds like a haelian meme

pliant anvil
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Unless I'm mistaken on what @pliant palm was running

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I mean, in general the ares/dio duo is pretty good

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it's just a 37.5% increase iirc

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but rama isn't good at getting stacks, any other bow would be better I feel

opal lodge
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just doesn't really help you vs bosses

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you can always just get curse of vengeance + artemis attack + dio special

pliant palm
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Rama is the best one at getting stacks

opal lodge
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and go for both duos anyway

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rama is pretty good for getting stacks

pliant palm
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On multiple enemies

pliant anvil
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I mean, it does because it's just faster ticks, which means faster damage.

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Eh, I guess.

opal lodge
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but if you're relying on your special to be your dps you're not doing rama

pliant palm
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Well idk

pliant anvil
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I just wouldn't rate the dio/ares boon very highly for rama

pliant palm
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I did 40 heat mostly relying on special

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Worked well

pliant anvil
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because again, rama is attack focused

pliant palm
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Ofc I still used the attack often

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Wasnt JUST spamming special

pliant anvil
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I feel like with your build chiron would just be an upgrade

pliant palm
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Thats... Not true

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The attack of rama is better

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And you spread dio curse faster with rama special

pliant anvil
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but you're focusing on hang over damage

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you can quickly tag an enemy, special, and repeat

pliant palm
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Rama is still better

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To spread hangover

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And I hate chiron with FO2

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The special animation takes too long

pliant anvil
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eh, like I said, if it works for you, it works for you. I just don't think relying on the ares duo boon is particularly effective when you can get so much more from the attack because of shared suffering

pliant palm
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Well

opal lodge
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rama is better at spreading hangover but curse of nausea rama is a meme

pliant palm
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I can agree with that

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Guess I just need to do some testing

opal lodge
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tailesque has some godly rama vods on YT

pliant palm
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Eh, i feel like people underestimate curse of nausea

opal lodge
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power shot is the way

pliant anvil
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I mean, I can see how rama is better for spreading hangover

pliant palm
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Or hangover dmg overall

pliant anvil
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CoN is great, it's just a 37.5% damage increase, which matters if you focus on hangover damage

outer cave
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ok so what would be the ideal rama build

pliant anvil
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and it's a multiplicative damage increase because it's just faster ticks

opal lodge
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IMO for low heat aphro special heart rend build is the best

pliant palm
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Artemis atk, athena dash, dio special

outer cave
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what about for high heat?

pliant palm
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I guess ?

opal lodge
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high heat heart rend still works but dio special is probably better for taking off DC hearts

pliant anvil
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I think after thinking about I would also run dio special for the crit chance increase. More consistent damage/crits with artemis usually benefits it a lot.

outer cave
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how do i build gilgamesh

pliant anvil
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I think you can still do a standard ME build on it, but I don't have a lot of experience with it.

pliant palm
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Athena dash

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Then win

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c:

outer cave
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im dumb what does ME stand for

pliant anvil
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Merciful End

pliant palm
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To win with gilgamesh, I guess the easiest would be an heart rend build

pliant anvil
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it's an Ares/Athena duo

pliant palm
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Artemis attack, aphro special

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Maybe ?

pliant anvil
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that also sounds about right tbh

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it does decent attack damage

pliant palm
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And ofc athena dash

pliant anvil
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yeah because rapid dashes

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oh, and take the +damage/dodge dash

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because it gives you two extra dashes

pliant palm
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Yup yup

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VERY important

pliant anvil
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no reason to pass on 50% dodge and 50% more global damage

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(which can be combined with Maim to make a low quality eris basically)

outer cave
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is the +dmg/dodge hermes dash

pliant anvil
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no, it's in the mirror

outer cave
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oh yeah

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that one

pliant palm
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Everything is low quality compared to eris, lel

outer cave
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forgot that existed

pliant anvil
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ruthless reflex or something

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that's true 😛 everything is low quality compared to eris

pliant palm
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Its only very usable with gilgamesh

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Sadly

pliant anvil
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yeah. Relying on hermes to give you dashes is a big oof

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on the other hand it can teach you to time your dashes better

pliant palm
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Some attack are just awful to dodge with one dash tho

pliant anvil
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oh yeah for sure

pliant palm
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Mostly think about EM3 asterius, or hades

pliant anvil
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like hade's multi swing if you're in a bad place, or Asterius's swings/spins, or meg's ground explosions

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yeah

pliant palm
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But even againt like the chariot, it can be bad

pliant anvil
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yeah when it rushes through the middle of the room

pliant palm
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And if you use forced overtime

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Gl hf

pliant anvil
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anyways, it was fun debating about Rama, TIL something about it.

pliant palm
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Ill prob try 45 tomorrow

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50 seems... Way way too hard

primal hazel
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Yoo firing hera fully loaded and then five seeking casts coming out of it looks so sick

outer cave
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ok i didnt think explosive shot would make the draw speed THIS slow

still vigil
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has anyone used casts with melee weapons minus beo?

mighty ermine
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poseidon and achilles aspect absolutely

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talos a little too

unkempt pagoda
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curse of drowning would hope you were playing a melee weapon

cunning urchin
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I still think Blizzard Shot is #1 on Talos, and Talos is #1 for Blizzard Shot.

mellow warren
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does anybody know how hera bow works with twin shot? does it duplicate the cast damage on a loaded shot?

rare kayak
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which one’s blizzard shot

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the pos dem duo?

proven osprey
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@mellow warren it does not

cunning urchin
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Yes.

rare kayak
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hm

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havent had that one in a while

mellow warren
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@mellow warren it does not
@proven osprey boo! 😄

proven osprey
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Imagine triple Blizzard shot

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Absolute doom

mighty ermine
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lol, twin and triple shot as just, ultimate mirage shot on hera

keen portal
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Can someone please explain to me what on earth ||are the skulls Hades throws as soon as he reappears ||???

rare kayak
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id that four shots or six

keen portal
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And how to dodge them since they are hone onto you at really fast speeds

rare kayak
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its just his version of his cast

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if you get hit u take dbl damage for a while

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and to dodge them... just learn his patterns i guess? lmao

keen portal
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Ohh

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I thought I figured how to beat Hades but the most dangerous thing are the skulls

rare kayak
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they dont have as good turning speeds so perpendicular to their flight path is the best way to dodge

keen portal
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Yes but he reappears at random locations and shoots them instantly

proven osprey
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Asterius has a better turning speed

keen portal
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No wind up

proven osprey
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What a chad

rare kayak
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the only times he actually instantly fires is when he fires them off to the side before thrusting at you

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single cast shots have a little bit of windup

lean knot
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Yes but he reappears at random locations and shoots them instantly
@keen portal you can see his footprints in the snow, then you can dodge laterally. timing takes some practice

fading skiff
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is there a tierlist for the best infernal arms and aspects?

pliant anvil
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Not really. You could check the speedrunning guides for a general idea of what's fastest though

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Personally, and I think most people would agree, eris is best in general

outer cave
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i think all of them are usable

pliant anvil
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They're all definitely usable and good.

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You can't really go wrong picking any aspect

silk hearth
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how do i use eris? i know u take zeus attack but im not sure about the rest

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also is the combo special - attack till no more ammo and special again?

devout ether
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special often, not just when out of ammo

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There is no real secret, it's just use special often, get the buff, deal massive damage

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You play it like any other rail, just dealing way more damage

opal lodge
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your special damage is very significant, especially in tartarus

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you can sometimes just buff once, then chuck a special at one half of the room while you clear the otehr half

silk hearth
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oki

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what do i build for special/dash/call?

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any duo boons or legendary boons i shld get

devout ether
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literally anything bruh

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Artemis does wonders on special

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The real thing you need to look out for is cluster bomb and rocket

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Triple bomb is also great

silk hearth
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aite

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thanks

mighty ermine
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tidal dash in particular is popular with eris

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opens up sea storm, and tidal dash's huge base damage combined with eris boost just skyrockets

silk hearth
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oh so eris boosts all dmg

mighty ermine
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yeah, attack, special, dash, call, etc.

silk hearth
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ah okay

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sea storm looks strong too

devout ether
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oh so eris boosts all dmg
@silk hearth Yes, which is why it really doesnt matter what you pick, you're gonna deal monster damage anyways

silk hearth
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nice

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its ares urge to kill but 4x stronger

pliant anvil
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not exactly. Urge to kill is only attack, special, and cast

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whereas eris includes stuff like doom or zeus lightning or hangover

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and calls

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and support fire

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Also, waiting for your special buff before firing is a mistake, Always be shooting, you'll clear rooms faster.

queen patrol
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i think guan spear is the strongest

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jeez that thing wrecks

outer cave
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the strongest spear maybe

queen patrol
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yeah

open heron
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i dont really get the other spears

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the dash spear is just... weird

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and who wants to spam spin attack

queen patrol
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posiden sword/guan spear/deme fist/forgot the gun one but the one that u go into ur special for more damage

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best weapons in the game i think

oblique temple
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I really like the aspect of Lucifer actually

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The beam damage ramp up is NUTS

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I’d you can get the triple bomb hammer and always be spamming bombs it’s killer

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Combine that with Demeter attack and the ability that makes it so chill causes decay

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And Demeters cast

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You really wanna focus Demeter with it though, Demeter and Athena is a great combo as their duo makes your cast home on enemies better, and Demeter Zeus is really good because it makes your jolted effects not expire

solid cairn
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Achilles spear is better I think

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Eris is the best weapon in yhe game IMO

solid igloo
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I'm still learning better builds. I used to run aspect of Hestia on Exagryph or Nemesis on Stygius. I'm looking for better builds on everything. I'm not a huge fan of Exagryph though. Any suggestions?

solid cairn
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Eris

unkempt pagoda
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zeus/dio strike with eris

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or, rocket cluster with... anything

open heron
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extending jab, breaching skewer or winged serpent on guan yu

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hm

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i dont really know whats best here on floor 1

mighty ermine
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breaching skewer

open heron
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i just want 200% special dmg 😦

formal hawk
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Hey guys, just thought Id share a guide I made with y'all

untold iris
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I just had an amazing shield run which was on track to be my fastest clear by far, but I got a 5 sack in styx 😦

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still ended up with a 14 minute clear, but it was kind of sad knowing it could have been much better

vagrant olive
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can someone help me out with my addiction to grandma's aimbot lazers?

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it's just such a good cast boon that I've been banking on finding demeter over the past 5 run

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but i kinda wanna use other cast boons too

dry ember
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you can stop that addiction by going aimbot slicing shot

vagrant olive
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elaborate please

dry ember
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Hunting Blade (Artemis and Ares duo)

vagrant olive
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oh artemis

dry ember
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it makes Blade Rift seek targets

vagrant olive
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I acutally haven't seen ares and artemis for 2 irl days while playing hades

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somehow

dry ember
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you will, eventually

vagrant olive
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it's just been all demter, zeus and posiden

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but I've had 1 run where I met artimes 5 times

untold iris
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you can break your addiction when you realize that you get -50% damage by taking demeter cast :^)

vagrant olive
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but the aimbot

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true tho

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anyway ty guys for the tip, im off to die agian.

dry ember
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god speed

vagrant olive
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also what boon do i need for hunting blade

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ik ares cast

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but which artimes boon?

dry ember
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any of the core boons I think (attack, spec, dash, or call)

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but let me check

vagrant olive
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cool, ty

dry ember
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yup, one of the core boons, and you are there.

vagrant olive
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great

river river
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Hey couple of speed running questions. If i am running a zeus/poseidon Eris Build, and get offered a 2 god trial encouter, in tarturus should i take it? basically it was early in the run where it would have potentially given me boons that i needed

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is there ever a scenario where i am taking a trial room in a speed run?

pliant anvil
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@river river for speed running? I'd say no, as they cannot give duo boons AND they usually take longer I think.

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because the room doesn't pause time, and doesn't start the encounter until you pick a boon

river river
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ok that makes sense....do you mean they wouldnt give duo boons because it was too early in the build, or does a trial room just not give duos in general

pliant anvil
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trial rooms cannot give duos period

dry ember
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^

river river
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ah cool

pliant anvil
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that being said, if you're just pushing your PB, and not on a WR grind, it might be an early powerspike for you

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i.e. I've gotten VERY lucky and picked up splitting bolt before in before the hydra

dry ember
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I can't see a scenario where you take trial in Tartarus tbh

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you kinda need lightning strike as first boon

river river
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yeah im just looking for sub 10...im at 11:02 rn

dry ember
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taking trial just for Pos Dash is questionable.

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just take it in Asphodel, you can still make sub 10.

pliant anvil
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I think I did solely because I had the pre-reqs for splitting bolt, but that's it. It was a risk, and it paid off imo to get splitting bolt that early

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that being said, it's super rare and not worth it usually

dry ember
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I guess if you get a specific Zeus/Pos trail and you don't have pos dash, maybe

pliant anvil
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it'd be like expecting to get rocket/cluster every run i.e.

river river
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thats what i thought...

dry ember
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you can look for dash + jolted/storm lightning

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but still

pliant anvil
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yeah, trials are a no no if you're grinding for WR

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they waste so much time

river river
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yeah so on the hammers...if i dont get rocket cluster, what are my next best options

dry ember
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Delta Chamber squirtdevious

pliant anvil
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Flurry shot or delta chamber I feel

river river
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ricochet? seeking?

pliant anvil
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I like flurry because it dumps the mag way quicker

river river
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yeah the extra ammo is good also

pliant anvil
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and I think seeking applies to the zeus lightning bolt, but I'm not 100% sure

dry ember
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flurry delta triple, maybe piercing

pliant anvil
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it feels like it does

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yeah piercing is also good

dry ember
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most hammers help, so there is that

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just don't take Hazard Bomb, no matter how janky you want your build to be.

pliant anvil
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yeah I wouldn't say there's a bad hammer, except for hazard and spread

river river
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yeah that was an obvious trap lol

dry ember
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yeah that was an obvious trap lol
I did take Hazard Bomb Eris during a race lmao

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I died, fwiw

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just... don't

pliant anvil
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yeah lol

river river
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cool thanks for the help

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back to grinding this out

pliant anvil
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GL

river river
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oh also....for heat...i know EM 2 is the way to go...but for forced overtime should i be at 20 or 40%?

dry ember
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afaik, up to you. for WR attempt, FO2 is kinda the way to go.

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for just personal runs, I find FO doesn't matter

river river
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cool

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oh shoot more questions lol

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does hyper sprint's speed boost work with the speed damage boost from hermes?

opal lodge
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yes

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that is very strong

river river
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niiice

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ty

opal lodge
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hyper sprint + epic rush delivery gives you +100% damage for hyper sprint duration

river river
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thats pretty legit

pliant anvil
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yeah it's crazy good

ornate prawn
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so i just need stubborn defiance and dark regeneration for the dark reflections prophecy
anything i should keep in mind when taking those mirror talents?

pliant anvil
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since you get one SD per run, if your HP is below 30%, make sure to die and get more HP

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and athena/demeter boons that refill your SD grant you an extra SD if you take them after having used SD iirc

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so you can hold up to two SD that way

ornate prawn
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demeter?

pliant anvil
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Ice Grandma

ornate prawn
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no i mean i didn't know she had SD-refilling boons

pliant anvil
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I think she has one or two at most iirc

placid topaz
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i thought it was just athena and chaos

pliant anvil
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It might be, I thought she had one

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maybe I was thinking of nourishing soul

ornate prawn
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so i can only use the athena defiance boons to pick up a defiance if i've already used my one for the room?

pliant anvil
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yeah

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and they'll give you an extra charge because changing rooms will also give you one

crisp solstice
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also keep 200 gold on hand for kiss of styx in the wells

pliant anvil
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oh, I was thinking of the athena/demeter duo, which can be time consuming, but really good with SD for safety

placid topaz
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stubborn roots can help but its so slow

pliant anvil
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yeah, like I said, slow, but safe

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especially since with dark regeneration you're looking for darkness to heal and the heal isn't very good unless you pick up poseidon/chaos boons

ornate prawn
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oh i was gonna do them in separate runs lol

pliant anvil
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ahh ok

ornate prawn
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been slowly knocking out the last ones i need

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just had a nice ruthless reflex run thanks to hermes giving my dashes back

crisp solstice
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does anyone have suggestions on how to play Chaos shield? I've heard it's good but idk what to do with it

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im guessing just bull rush -> special for big damage

pliant anvil
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zeus and beo are both pretty good

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beo is a cast based build, and zeus shield is very good with zeus special

opal lodge
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aspect of chaos you bull rush special

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but in tartarus especially you can sometimes just special and not even need the extra shields

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explosive return and charged shot are good hammers

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zeus/ares on special are good

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artemis is good on attack

silver sky
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Is everything that counts as a "trap" already there, or can they be things placed by enemies?

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Like for example, would hades' green big urn things in his second wave count as a "trap"

river wing
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it would

silver sky
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good enough an answer for me

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...Yet I accidentally just misclicked and got a different boon. Wow.

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Wooooooow.

stark ore
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Also why Heightened Security can be awful, when it’s active those urns hit for 150 damage

river wing
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i havnt really explored that much. not sure if other stuff like jar which throws mines would count as traps

open heron
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my first run with heightened security i got sniped for my last life

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didnt realize the urns hit so hard

cerulean pendant
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Who else has huge problem distinguishing attack's animations and VFX? The game is getting ridicules if i have signed the pact with more enemies. Most of the times i cant see the HUD element of being aimed.

I think it was a bad decision to give the same colour pallet both on the environment and the feedback VFX

silk hearth
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yea its quite hard to tell them apart so i dont take more enemies if i can

warped hemlock
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christ, how in the hell do I use the fists? I swear every time I try and use them it's always a disaster and I have to pull out all the stops to even have a chance

river wing
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don't do the last punch in your combo

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so hold down attack, and dash before you finish the combo. this way you can attack continously.

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the last punch has a huge end lag.

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zues attack is great on it.

warped hemlock
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I'm not even able to use my punch effectively, I didn't get any boons that would benefit attack, I had to go with a special build, and the special leaves me so vulnerable. after every attack. Not to mention it takes much longer to use it.

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If I'm forced to use special should I just throw the run? Like, is there any effective special build or is the special just a lost cause?

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I feel like I've been on this one run for over an hour, that's how slow and tedious it's been, and I still have no DDs

mighty ermine
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the dash-upper special is much more flexible than normal specials

opal lodge
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is the dash upper impacted by chaos dash strike boons

mighty ermine
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i wish i could remember, i think i used to know

opal lodge
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me too tbh

river wing
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you can dash away before you land on the floor when you special.

opal lodge
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only one way to find out i guess

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i think hunter dash increases it but i also can't remember that either LMAO

warped hemlock
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After taking my time with the special in each chamber, it feels endless. I know the dash-upper is fairly good, if you can get a good build for it, but I couldn't get anything both my special and my attack are pretty trash tbh.

opal lodge
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i feel like we need to start writing some of these down

warped hemlock
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welp time to fight the big man himself and attempt to whittle his health down bit by bit, and then get swiftly kicked back down to below.

river wing
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you probably already know this, but dash-upper chains into special very smootly

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if you use that poke and dash away, that's already 100 base damage which isn't the worse.

warped hemlock
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Yeah. It would be nice if I had any damage buffs from boons, but the only one I have is from poseidon and that's a fairly minor damage boost, not even a 50% increase, compared to others which can get to be pretty high

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correct me if I'm wrong, but building damage buffs from special and attack boons are fairly important with fists right? Like, without that you're sort of handicapped.

river wing
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o isn't poseidon special good? it's second after aphro

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i mean it's important with all weapons.

warped hemlock
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It's poseidon attack, not special unfortunately. With Poseidon special you can play ping pong with enemies and the wall or other enemies and it can stack pretty powerfully.

river wing
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oh yea. poseidon attack is really low. it isn't good unless you stack many poseidon boons.

warped hemlock
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With fists it's especially important though, because comboing is a main mechanic with that weapon, but the downside of comboing is that it takes time and leaves you open to counterattacks pretty easily.

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And you have no range so there's no outranging the enemies.

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Like, if you can't make those two to three hits count when you get them on an enemy you're in for a long fight of whittling them down, and with me personally, long fights make me impatient and I get greedy and I get hit, and that adds up. Ideally I should really look up builds, but I'm bad at memorizing things, so I sort of just get what I'm given. The most strategizing I do is getting certain gods to make sure Theseus doesn't get them. And I couldn't do that this run because I was focusing on other things, so he got Aphrodite and I basically got destroyed, and barely survived that fight

cunning urchin
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Dash-Strike boons buff Dash-Upper, yes.

warped hemlock
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And I lost, the only chance I had at beating him was to make use of the special healing daedalus hammer for the fists, it's possible to abuse in the ||Hades|| fight (I'm spoiling that under the impression I need to), but I was too tilted to stand a chance at making that happen.

cunning urchin
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I didn't get any boons that would benefit attack
You will always be offered one of Attack, Special, Cast, or Dash until those slots are filled.

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So if you have Special, Cast, and Dash, you'll 100% be offered an Attack.

warped hemlock
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Oh, perhaps the boons I was offered didn't benefit damage then, so I took others in their place. Or maybe I took some other options in place of one of those offered.

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Oh, nevermind, I'm dumb, I already mentioned the attack boon I got was poseidon, the special boon I got was Zeus, and the cast boon I got was Dionysus which is honestly one of the better cast boons imo, but hitting with it is the problem

cunning urchin
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Yeah, Tempest Strike is terrible on Malphon. Should never take that.

warped hemlock
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I think I meant that I didn't get any good beneficial damage boons associated with my attack or special.

cunning urchin
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Thunder Flourish is also bad on Malphon.

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Cast doesn't matter very much.

warped hemlock
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If I don't take one of the 2 (attack/special) when offered am I guaranteed to get another in the future from another god?

cunning urchin
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Yes, they'll keep offering you those priority slots until you fill them.

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1 priority boon offer is guaranteed.

turbid needle
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I did well with the kick upgrade for the special and the aphrodite special, then I used the ||hades keepsake|| that's pretty useful

cunning urchin
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One of those things that makes life a whole lot easier and builds way more consistent once you know how it works.

turbid needle
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Mess of poseidon boons with a high level rupture and the poseidon legendary

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Yeah especially because it ||clears poison dear god that saved me so much damage||

cunning urchin
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E.g., if you get any Attack, Special, and Cast in Tartarus and you take the Owl Pendant into Asphodel, you'll 100% get Divine Dash.

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Tip for poison: just pause immediately when you're poisoned and look where you need to go and how to safely get there.

warped hemlock
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I can finally afford to get my last mirror power now, the thing that lets me refresh boons offered from gods, so that should also help.

cunning urchin
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Yeah, for sure.

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Persuasion is really strong.

turbid needle
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I use the other one but I like both

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I'm up to 7 rerolls I like having lots of them, the other one is so expensive

warped hemlock
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Darkness is hard to come by unless you go for that instead of higher heat, but where's the fun in no heat right? I just got lucky and got an epic chaos that benefitted gems and darkness, and then got two troves for it that I cleared pretty quick and that was enough lol.

cunning urchin
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I use neither apparently because for some reason I've decided to do 32 all weapons mirrorless lol.

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3/6 done. squirtdevious

warped hemlock
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Yeah, the most I got to was like, 25 heat maybe? on the pre-1.0 file, and that was with 1 weapon lol, and I'm taking my time more in this file now because I want to experience everything, but I've finally got all that I needed to really take my time with out of the way, so I can focus more on heat, but I think I've gotten rusty now.

cunning urchin
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I never deliberately farmed Darkness, either. I just did bounties and high heat and whatever I felt like running.

river wing
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That high routine inspection ;( seems really hard

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No double dash too

warped hemlock
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Man, Forced Overtime though

river wing
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Is easier than no mirror

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I think is the general consensus

cunning urchin
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I got a Greatest Reflex from Lord Hermes in Asphodel. So I had my two dashes back lol.

river wing
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1 lvl of routine inspection makes you.so much more susceptible to rng.

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Greatest reflex zagluv

warped hemlock
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Oh, probably, but I'm not that hardcore yet. Lol. I need to warm up to that. Forced Overtime is my first step in that, and man, for some reason the first run I did it, I just think I didn't notice it because the run was so good, but in this last run with the fists, it felt insane lol. I had only just started with FO on my old file, so I still need to warm up to it, but I'm always happy to die more lol.

cunning urchin
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That's why I turned off CF to buy more boons and whatever to make up for the loss of Dark Foresight to some extent.

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Yeah, FO2 is pretty brutal compared to FO0.

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FO1 is in that weird place inbetween lol.

warped hemlock
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I am tempted to just give myself as much heat as I can and go for it because I want to train myself, but I also don't want to hate playing the game lol. I place it pretty casually because I typically don't have much time to game or sit down and practice, so I think I've done it once and got decimated.

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So right now I'm keeping it on 10 heat and trying to clear it with that with each weapon (I only have managed to clear the fists with no heat thus far lol). I haven't yet decided what to add to it after that for a slow build to a more challenging run, but I have a ways to go before I need to add to it. I also decide each weapon I use based on darker thirst, I don't know if that's a good plan, but it's what I've been doing so far, so I can at least get some extra stuff.

cunning urchin
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A good plan for what?

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Always depends on the goal.

warped hemlock
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I don't really know, I sort of want to get gems and pimp out my underworld, but I'm also sort of just trying to progress in every aspect of the game as much as I can. So really, there isn't any particular goal, other than, progression I guess?

cunning urchin
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That's a goal.

silk storm
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What do we think of aspect of Lucifer?

plucky harbor
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Greatest super soaker ever

olive sleet
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my god aspect of Arthur + athena's deflect boon on attack in fkin op.. lmao

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just playing baseball against witches

sacred folio
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About the spear's minispin: does anyone found the correct timing of minispin yet? I believe 0.26 second is correct (it's from the game's files after all)

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I'm about to edit the wiki to write the timing numbers down. But I'd like to ask for some confirmation here.

frank dew
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Personally i love lucifer

teal juniper
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I just got hermes legendary with poseidon sword and rapid fire cast, soooo fun

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poseidon cast as well

calm bluff
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What Call do people use to chunk bosses? I've been using Aphrodite since it's good at all ranks.

toxic rose
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Zeus is best overall

fast moss
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What does the ambiguity bonus do?

barren otter
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nothing

untold vortex
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it bestows you with the power of knowing bouldy believes in you and that you'll accomplish great things

fast moss
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Hmm.

unborn pebble
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I don’t even know what set off the bot?

untold vortex
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A swear most likely

fast moss
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Not sure when I'll play again, will probably take a break for the rest of the day but next time I'll use the bow. Any recommendations for aspects and what boons to try to go for?

dusty ridge
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meta bow is chiron

unborn pebble
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Achilles Aspect Spear with a multi-stone cast build

dusty ridge
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with stuff like dio special

untold vortex
unborn pebble
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Like, say, Dio or Demeter cast

fast moss
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I love Chiron yeah, but so far I've done badly with it. I'm playing a bit too agressive I think.

unborn pebble
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Speaking of Chiron

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My current run-in-progress made me realise why they nerfed the base damage on the special.

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Because I got a hammer first thing and got the Concentrated Fire on it’s special...

dusty ridge
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@fast moss not an expert of the bow either (far from it), but with dio special you can use the regular widespread shot to deal damages through hangover when you're facing a lot of small enemies

unborn pebble
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First boon was an Epic Artemis Special

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And I only have the damn aspect at lvl 3 so far!

fast moss
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Yeah I know. First win with bow was with zagreus aspect, and I had poison special. It was good for rooms with lots of weak enemies, like the skulls.

unborn pebble
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But I can’t recommend Demeter Cast + Achilles Aspect Spear highly enough.

fast moss
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Wasn't specifically asking for a newbie guide @untold vortex , just wanted a random fun build to try. But I'll take a look at that guide.

brave mica
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Trying to play with Serrated Point. Do attack dmg increase dash attack?

dusty ridge
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oh, if you want a random build try ares bow with the doom stack boon and ares + athena duo for insta-proc doom effects

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plus other doom buffs

unborn pebble
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It does, SjuSju

untold vortex
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What's the wording on serrated point again?

unborn pebble
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Tripple hit, reduced dash range

untold vortex
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(exact wording)

unborn pebble
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I can’t recall if it decreases individual hit damage

brave mica
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crit build here i come

unborn pebble
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“Dash attack hits 3 times”

untold vortex
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Then yeah it affects dash strikes

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It won't affect regular attacks

frank dew
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yeh only dashes

proven osprey
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It's an amazing dps tool

untold vortex
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Hammers that affect a specific thing only affect that thing

proven osprey
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use it at your own risks vs Hades tho

frank dew
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its abit risky but it does ALOT of dmg

unborn pebble
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And +% boons on Attack Damage from Chaos, or the Dash from Artemis increases the damage of all 3 hits

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As does the +% dash damage boons from Chaos

brave mica
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and can pick attack or dash attack dmg from Chaos

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same with Artemis

untold vortex
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Yeah since attack boons also affect dash strikes bittie3

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(there's an exception with Hermes attack speed and bow though)

unborn pebble
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If you’re going for a Serrated Point Crit build I’d heavily recommend Artemis Attack with the Athena Dash, Athena Special, and hopefully extra dashes from Hermes to later try and acquire the Artemis-Athena duo boon

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That should set you up for a decent amount of defence to try and get through Hades

brave mica
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yes have to pray for a Divine Dash

unborn pebble
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Just remember to be careful in how often you press the attack button when you’re dashing about

brave mica
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and extra dash

unborn pebble
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As dash-attacking cancels your invulnerability frames.

brave mica
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thanks will keep that in mind

unborn pebble
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(And holding down attack while dashing stops them from being generated in the first place)

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I learned that the hard way with the fists hollowpain

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“I got Athena Attack and Athena Dash, I’ll be fiiiine,” I thought.

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I was, in fact, very much not fine. hollowpain

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I tried to Dash through the Phase 2 beams to get in the close-and got stun-locked through my 2 death defiances before getting one-shot by a spin I couldn’t dash through in time.

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This was on my old save, mind, with 20% god mode damage reduction.

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That was a fun experience.

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Starting on a fresh save after launch of 1.0 is one of my best decisions ever. The conversations line up a lot better, for one, and I didn’t misprioritise my Blood spending for another.

eager grail
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I’ve yet to beat dad without Athena. Any build recs outside of Athena?

calm bluff
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I always have Athena dash. The amount of projectiles it reflects is great.

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The rest can be w/e

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Other than Athena, Dionysus and Aphrodite are good for keeping curse effects on enemies. Since most of the other ones get consumed or are hard to keep up

eager grail
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Does Demeter freeze count as a curse effect

calm bluff
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Oh right, forgot about that one. Yeah, that's a good one too

eager grail
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The last weapon remaining to have at least 1 win with is the rail. I cannot figure out the strategy with that thing. I’m so bad at reloading and it feels really underpowered

calm bluff
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Rail is more about the special than the attack

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The rail has some good special upgrades and you primarily use that with filling in with casts/attack in between

eager grail
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Which aspect do you prefer

calm bluff
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Or I guess at higher heat you'd be dodging mostly

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I haven't unlocked any aspect yet since I'm still working on my mirror, other than the Zag ones. I'd say without knowledge on the hidden aspect, Eris doesn't look bad

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but hoo boy, the 300% special damage hammer but you hurt yourself

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That was an experience

eager grail
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Lol

calm bluff
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Like by the end, I think I was doing 1000 damage per shot or something ridiculous

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And it was like launching a nuke

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Such a big radius

frank dew
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1000 is not that high

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and eris is pretty much the strongest weapon atm

calm bluff
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Well, it's high to me for single target damage.

frank dew
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hestia can do the same with just a regular dmg boon

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if not more

waxen comet
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@eager grail Do you mean Chill or Decay? Chill is a curse, Decay is not

turbid needle
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I think only curse is a curse

weary quarry
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guys

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how do I put the spoler wwarning bar

spare flare
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|| on both sides.

weary quarry
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how do I use the ||hades|| keepsake?

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cause I have no idea how I am supposed to use it

spare flare
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Spoilers are allowed in this channel, anyway, you know?

frank dew
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you use it as a call

weary quarry
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am I supposed to dodge stuff with it?

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should I greed with it for that 8 second invis

spare flare
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It confers an empowered attack, too.

weary quarry
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damn really?

frank dew
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that all depends on situation

spare flare
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At full charge, it's more power, and it doesn't kick you our of invisibility, so a lot more power.

#

Hestia is absolutely not as strong as Eris.

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Also strong? Yes. Plenty viable at high Heat? Yes. A fine alternative? Yes. An acceptable playstyle choice? Of course.

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Not as strong, though, no.

olive spruce
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how do people get these huge damage numbers?

spare flare
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With Exagryph, take Thunder Strike, add extra goodstuff like Static Discharge, Heartbreak Flourish with Smoldering Air, Deadly Flourish with Lightning Rod and Double Strike, whatever.

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By critting, mostly.

frank dew
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yeh mostly crits or just having weapons that do big hits

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it doesnt mean they do more dmg in terms of dps just bigger hits

olive spruce
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the most I've ever gotten was Arthur with a Chaos attack boon, a high % attack boon, and shadow slash

primal hazel
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It's not always about "bigger hits" when accounting for dps

spare flare
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Crit mod is 3 + H + K.
H = IF("Heart Rend",1.5,0)
K = Clean Kill value

frank dew
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Zeus is all about the little stuff adding up

primal hazel
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The patches haven't hit the switch yet right?

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Luci lob time still seems the same to me

spare flare
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Right.

olive spruce
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I don't think so

primal hazel
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Eugh

turbid needle
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Anyone here speedruns with eris rail? I've been trying to get sub 10 for some time, my PB is 11:15, pretty much always getting 11:XX. What are possibly some things that new players do wrong that I lose so much time on? (about 5 mins compared to WR.) I've been using hypnos keepsake and patroclus for elysium and styx, since I dont think there is anything that helps. (I've seen people use hades' one, but I don't know why, it doesnt seem to do much). Any advice?

primal hazel
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Pause when deciding which doors to take

turbid needle
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yeah I do that

primal hazel
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Or in general
Also take every shop and npc room

turbid needle
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I think I keep using attack wrong.

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yeah those are basics, I think about the more advanced stuff

primal hazel
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Woah sry princess xD

turbid needle
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if anyone here gets consistent sub 9/10 can you dm?

primal hazel
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Ask @cunning urchin and @mighty ermine

turbid needle
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thx

spare flare
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Godel, look up.

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I just explained Hades' trinket.

cunning urchin
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Thunder Signet in Tartarus, Conch Shell in Asphodel, Sigil for the rest of the run.

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Lightning Strike, Tidal Dash, Sea Storm, Splitting Bolt, and just whatever else you can get for more damage on those two abilities.

turbid needle
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nyaanyaa I feel like when Im using eris rail I use too much ammo, lose time on reloading.

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should I just shoot with dash?

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I think it can save like even up to 30 seconds overall if done well

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(at least I think thats how the wr did it)

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and ofc you should reload when using special if u can

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Although I think I mostly lose time in elysium, since Ive been getting like hydra 5 flat, which seem sgood for sub 10

primal hazel
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Why does eris hate me
I never got rocket bomb and cluster fire together

cunning urchin
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I dunno, I just kinda held down Attack and dashed into everything, using Special when reloading etc., when I wanted to get sub 12 and accidentally got 9 min with a 3 sack lol. I'm not a speedrunner or Eris player.

turbid needle
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lmao trying to get sub 12 and getting 9 min

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nice

proven osprey
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Eris is so dumb, I got a sub 12 with EM4, just spamming dash strike

cunning urchin
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You can just watch Eris speedruns for their attack rotations.

proven osprey
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But of course speedrunning requires precision

turbid needle
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thats what im doing, although it woul be easier for someone to explain than me guessing xD there definitely is some trick to that!

cunning urchin
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Maybe that will help some. You might be wasting a lot of time not clearing rooms efficiently and clearing the last wave far away from the exit.

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Also, any obols you need to spend on healing, you're not spending on getting more damage.

proven osprey
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hey

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high confidence

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healing is dmg squirtyay

cunning urchin
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What's that? I only do mirrorless. squirtdevious

proven osprey
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oh excuse me

cerulean orchid
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Question - I just got the blizzard shot duo and?? Am I missing something with it?

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I don't know if it's just not clicking with me but it does not seem that great

proven osprey
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this is blizzard shot

unkempt pagoda
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shotgun with it

cerulean orchid
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yeah see that must be it. I've been running stygian

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didn't know what to expect when i got it

turbid needle
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Does aspect of hera stack with quick reload?

proven osprey
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you have to build around cast yeah

turbid needle
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right, but maxing out aspect of hera and then adding quick reload was my question

proven osprey
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I was answering CustodiaDivina

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But maxed Hera is 5s, I don't know if quick reload overwrites it

turbid needle
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ah ok, my bad

proven osprey
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also you might as well use non lodging cast

unborn pebble
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So I only recently got back into Hades about a week and a half ago after an absence since mid spring. I was wondering why Chiron Bow got its special that nerfed in that recent patch, and now having a run in progress of it at lvl 3 with Concentrated Fire and an Epic Artemis Special I fully understand.

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The absolute HECK are those numbers?!?

cunning urchin
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All the bows were buffed a lot in 1.0.

unborn pebble
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And I only have 6/8 possible arrows so far!!!

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Well, relentless volley would but it at 10, I guess...

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Ahh

cunning urchin
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The nerf was just some adjustment to that. It's still a lot stronger than it used to be and one of the strongest aspects.

unborn pebble
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Makes sense.

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Also for the meme of it, AchilleSpear or ErisGryph with a Cast build? Yummy!!!

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I recently had a lvl 2 AchilleSpear run with Artemis-Demeter Duo, a 6-Pom Demeter Cast and a 2-Pom Glacial Glare (and 2 +1 Cast boons from based Chaos).

still vigil
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So

unborn pebble
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I think I saw a final number of 6899 for the casts when papa Hades toppled over

still vigil
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I'ma try winnin 32 heat with dio gilgamesh

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Maybe

unborn pebble
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This game hits different now 😐

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Hmm

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Dio Attack?

still vigil
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Those are lrg numbers

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0/10 would not recommend

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And yes

unborn pebble
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Large numbers as in rare result?

calm saddle
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Dio attack on Gilgamesh?

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sounds interesting

unborn pebble
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Makes sense, I got the cast as my first boon and got 2 nectars and a Pom before anything else.

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Is GilgaMaim considered a curse?

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Because if Yes that is a very easy way to proc that mirror damage boost

still vigil
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What yer were talkin about about yer cast is what i was refferin to by lrg numbers.
I'm relying on my getting aphro atk , dio special to have peer pressure and bad influence, and

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Maim is not considered a curse

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A debuff but not a curse

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Curses are god specific

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Like Marked, Weak, Doom etc

calm saddle
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privileged status doesn't work off maim unfortunately

unborn pebble
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I fon’t know if it’s a 32-heat build, but DioAttack+ArtemisSpecial+DuoBoon?

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Aphro Cast and hope for that duo too?

calm saddle
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splitting headache and low tolerance build?

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kinda weird but it works

still vigil
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I dun think a lot of atks in this game like dio on atk

unborn pebble
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Yup

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Probably not

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Was more thinking of the meme-maim hit

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But is Maim even crit-able?

still vigil
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He doesnt scale the atk % and doesn't synergize particularly with things thatre slow or have high base dmg

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Meme is crittable

unborn pebble
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Does it Scale with Special?

still vigil
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You have to apply yer curses first

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No

unborn pebble
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Ahhh

still vigil
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Maim is its own thing

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Other wise itd be godly

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So no

unborn pebble
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Yeah, and given that my suggestion sort of relies on 4 diff gods, even I see it’s not really viable at 32 heat.

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Would, however, be a fun meme if you could get a Heartrend+Low Tolerance+Splitting Headache up on the maim.

still vigil
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Perhaps!

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You should try it while I'm try to see if Dio Gilgamesh could work fer snowballin crowds

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Actually it does work

unborn pebble
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Maybe lower heat and swap to Aphro Attack + Dio Dash

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And then... Artemis Special, Dio Cast?

still vigil
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For?

unborn pebble
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GilgaMeme

still vigil
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Ahhh

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What makes a meme build?

unborn pebble
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In my opinion? A long-shot concept that is either hilarious and usable or unlikely but stronk.

still vigil
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Ahhh

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So would dio gilgamesh be a meme build?

unborn pebble
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Your build? No.

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It seems very sensible in regards to what I know of higher heats

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Which is mostly PANIKPANIKPANIK-Oneshot-Ded

still vigil
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XD

unborn pebble
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So defenses are a must.

still vigil
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welll it does have a glaring disadvantage

unborn pebble
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And if you go AphroAtk+DioSpec+DioCast

still vigil
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Ah yea

unborn pebble
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You have a lot of of damage reduction

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And possibly also slows

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Athena dash is still pretty much a must xD

still vigil
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Ehh that seems like itd be relying on too many stars to line up

unborn pebble
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If you feel comfortable enough to try and force the boons? All depends on your heat distribution

still vigil
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Icic

unborn pebble
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And your build is likely at a point where it doesn’t really care about rarity as much as it cares about boon number

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Ohh, with only Aphro-Athena-Dio you could try and force Demeter Call for the Ice Wine

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As the slow would help

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(Also doesn’t hurt that Rare Crop exists)

still vigil
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But yea dio gilgamesh can mow down crowds cause of peer pressure and bad influence, causing shields to go down quicker and have a 50% dmg boost until the last two enemies.
Getting the legend or the dio cast related boons really help offset yhe dmg drop in boss fights as i observed

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Explosive upper shines in a dio gilga build

unborn pebble
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And as a point on the damage, even if you don’t get Ice Wine, Demeter’s Freeze DOT is so good vs bosses

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Makes sense.

still vigil
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Hmmm icic

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Dio and dem do synergize well on gilga

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Especially if ya get certain hammers

unborn pebble
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I haven’t really played with it much, I did enjoy a Quake Cutter+Draining Cutter build on ArtemiSpec Talos fists

frank dew
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if you are running dio on that you should have it as your call

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its easy enough to maintain uptime on it and does far more dmg than any other option

still vigil
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Ive had it as a call and i dun like it much on gilga tbh

unborn pebble
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I guess that sort of depends on how you use the call?

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I don’t tend to go for them much, so I prioritize Utility or Defense over offense on them.

solid cairn
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beowulf is now one of my favorite aspect

unborn pebble
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Hence Aphro/Athena/Demeter/Poseidon tend tk be my picks for it.

solid cairn
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specifically stygian soul beowulf with trippy shot and at least one extra cast

unborn pebble
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Ohh, that sounds dope.

still vigil
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Gilgamesh strikes much slower than the other aspects, and with things like max JS or DC in the way id rather have dio on other slots

solid cairn
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the combo is dash strike dargon rush

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it feels really good

still vigil
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Oooo

unborn pebble
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I’ve heard good things about Beo but the one run I’ve had with it so far I barely managed to complete on low heat

solid cairn
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when you get into a rhythm it's great

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you also have to keep track of when stygian is recharged

unborn pebble
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Mostly because I got Aphro Cast at start and tried to force a swap into Trippy Shot xD

solid cairn
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for aphro you want infernal

unborn pebble
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I had Infernal

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So it went OK

still vigil
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Aphro cast is nice

unborn pebble
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That whole rub was just weird

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I got the beginnings of one build

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And then the game decided “Nah, get explitive, you’re getting nothing more in that Build Path now.”

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Happend twice

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Salt was me 😐

frank dew
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i love when that happens

still vigil
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Every time i try building for poseidon

frank dew
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especially when it forces you to take a god that just doesnt fit at all with what you are doing

unborn pebble
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YUP

still vigil
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Gotta improvise

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Like a god

unborn pebble
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Damn Hammers were usually the culprits

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“I’m Dragon Rushing and have seen neither hide nor hair of a Hermes Attack Speed boon. Why are you giving me Special Hammers?!?”

frank dew
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i feel like its kinda sad how theres no hammers that benefit cast builds

still vigil
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But also 72% of my wins consistin of builds bein jank hurts my pride

frank dew
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like theres obviously the faster charge dragonrush but aside from that

unborn pebble
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There are

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Wat

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Ok, separating, then

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AchilleSpear Specials

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Spin Pulse also works to keep stuff away

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The one time you may want Poseidon on the attack xD

still vigil
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Louts say hi

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And any ranged enemy fer that matter

unborn pebble
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Oh, I know. Did the mistake of going Spin Pulse+AthenAttack on that.

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I did however get AthenaDash

still vigil
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Kinky

unborn pebble
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And ArtiSpec

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It’s that cast build I mentiobed earlier

still vigil
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Icic

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So

unborn pebble
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Elsewise

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Eris Specials work for Casts too

still vigil
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Does anyone use arty cast and why

primal hazel
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It's fun on hera

unborn pebble
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I wanna see what happens with Beowulf

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Also that

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I also wanna see that one

primal hazel
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It's just crit flare

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On hera it looks hella sick

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The arrow ends and five green seeking arrows emerge

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(had the legendary)

solid cairn
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beowulf stygian is so fun

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it takes getting used to

unborn pebble
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Nice

still vigil
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Ooo

unborn pebble
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Hmmmm

primal hazel
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Unfortunately I didn't get mirage shot

unborn pebble
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Beo with AthenAttack+Dash, ArtyCast and Duo?

still vigil
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I've yet to build for ares outside of ME

primal hazel
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That would've been sick
Artemis call but way better lol

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Cause on a stick

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Well it's not hard to be better than artemis call tbf

still vigil
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Oof

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But not wrong

unborn pebble
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It is too situational

proven osprey
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here we go again

still vigil
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Uh oh

primal hazel
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It's not even situational
But I have to hold myself back

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For Astaos sake

unborn pebble
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The times I’ve used ArtyCall

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It’s either been to enable a duo

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OR because I know that I will need better burst in “Oh CARP!!!” situations

primal hazel
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Bruh this is the fourth time in 150 hours that I've seen chaos legendary
And I don't even want it
Why god

still vigil
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Gods

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Why gods

primal hazel
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OR because I know that I will need better burst in “Oh CARP!!!” situations
@unborn pebble got

T
.o

Hold myself
Bacc

unborn pebble
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I mean, DM away zaglol

primal hazel
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I've done it too many times

still vigil
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I think Arty is [redacted] but eh

primal hazel
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It's only not the worst because there's demeter call

mellow warren
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what am I doing wrong if artemis call is my favorite? super reliable high damage against bosses

primal hazel
unborn pebble
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Oh them’s fighting words, boya

primal hazel
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It's not reliable high damage

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It's 3k I'd you're lucky

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And only onax bar

unborn pebble
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Demeter Call for Slowing Utility

primal hazel
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Which you won't get in regular encounters

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1 bar is 100dmf with a chance to be 300

unborn pebble
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And Duo enabling

still vigil
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Aphro could be considered reliable high dmg if that was the case

primal hazel
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Zeus call is way better at 1 bar

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Poseidon does way more damage

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Dio provides utility and doesn't force you to be close

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Also it's basically like a bad aphrodite call
Cause it has 2.5 guaranteed at max and charm @mellow warren

unborn pebble
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I actually dislike Dio Call because I can’t just dump-n-kite with it like Demeter’s

primal hazel
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Obvs you can still like it and use it if you find it fun

unborn pebble
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Then again, I dislike going for Poison Builds

primal hazel
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Not gonna knock that

mellow warren
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@primal hazel I guess I will have to try those more, I've been using artemis call kinda like an extra companion during boss fights, with max bars

still vigil
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Dio seems to generally be a mid to close range god imo

primal hazel
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I actually dislike Dio Call because I can’t just dump-n-kite with it like Demeter’s
@unborn pebble dios call auto targets

unborn pebble
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I Mouse-n-Keyboard

primal hazel
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@primal hazel I guess I will have to try those more, I've been using artemis call kinda like an extra companion during boss fights, with max bars
@mellow warren aphro is better and more reliable

unborn pebble
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I can aim :V

primal hazel
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To get the full 3 k you have to be luck

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To get the 2.5 k and charm you haven't

mellow warren
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cool

primal hazel
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Also since all the arrows auto targets individually they are p jank at aiming

mellow warren
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yeah it's not great against 3rd boss

still vigil
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And better hope there aren't any stray adds in hades fight x.x

primal hazel
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If you're going for an artemis build(on which you'll take aphrodite) just take zeus call, lick up the smoldering air duo and spam call
Free dps

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yeah it's not great against 3rd boss
@mellow warren it's not great

unborn pebble
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On my old save, pre 1.0, I have been saved from Elite Champion Archers in Elysium by that Random ArtyCall soooo many times

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Usually I picked it up to sell

primal hazel
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I'd like them to buff it
I like the idea of if

still vigil
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Gasp what if they buffed aphro call and gave it a lil aoe upon contact

primal hazel
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I mean artemis

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Aphro is fine

still vigil
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I'd like an splash charm very much

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Hey

primal hazel
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It's like an additional companion

still vigil
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I can dream

primal hazel
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no

still vigil
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But splash aphro call

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Would be godlier

primal hazel
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You quick dumb boi question

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How can I make sentences that are crossed out?

still vigil
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~~

primal hazel
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Only know this and ||this||

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Weird I did that

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Why ~doesn't~ it work

still vigil
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~~ like this with those squiggky line

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Ya need two

primal hazel
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Oh

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Thanks a lot
i appreciate your help

still vigil
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Now back to my crack pipe dreams

primal hazel
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Jk
I actually appreciate your help

still vigil
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Np

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Splash charm

cunning urchin
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Artemis' Aid Greater Call can do some excellent burst damage with backstabs.

still vigil
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Let's make it happens

primal hazel
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Artemis' Aid Greater Call can do some excellent burst damage with backstabs.
@cunning urchin imo still too conditional

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Most other casts do that even without having to crit and backstab

still vigil
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Not gonna doubt ya since yer better at game but seems like a lot of set up

primal hazel
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Sry @proven osprey

proven osprey
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Artemis' Aid Greater Call can do some excellent burst damage with backstabs.
@cunning urchin I don't know how many times I've read this sentence from you lol

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The channel is a time loop

primal hazel
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Agreed

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Our own personal groundhog day

cunning urchin
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It's not a lot of setup to backstab with it. All the bosses turn their back on you very regularly. Can't backstab Lernie, but you can still easily burst through a phase.

primal hazel
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Not gonna doubt ya since yer better at game but seems like a lot of set up
@still vigil setup would mean you can control it

still vigil
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Oof qwq

primal hazel
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It's not a lot of setup to backstab with it. All the bosses turn their back on you very regularly. Can't backstab Lernie, but you can still easily burst through a phase.
@cunning urchin the arrow aim is jank tho

cunning urchin
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Just literally stand behind them lol.

primal hazel
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Where'd you put it on a ranking then?

still vigil
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Okay hear me out tho

primal hazel
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I'd still say it's one of the worst isn't it?

proven osprey
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Better than Ares, not negociable

still vigil
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Arty call but pierce one time

primal hazel
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Ig yeah

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Arty call but pierce one time
@still vigil two times

still vigil
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Three times and that's my final offer

primal hazel
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Ok
I'll take that

unborn pebble
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If it pierces once or twice, it should be able to retarget the same enemy (but as a low prio thing)

still vigil
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This^

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Now that's some situational dmg i can get behind

unborn pebble
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Hmm, slightly higher base damage a projectile or two less on the greater, and pierce twice with priorities assigned on the retarget of the seeking?

primal hazel
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Now that's some situational dmg i can get behind
@still vigil haha get it

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Behind

gray shore
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...

still vigil
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...

unborn pebble
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Boooo

proven osprey
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that was good

cunning urchin
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Its value depends a lot on the build and aspect.

unborn pebble
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It was cragly and forced. Like high intensity bouldering :V

primal hazel
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that was good
@proven osprey someone appreciates

still vigil
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ArtyHermes focused Arty call here we come

gray shore
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that was good
@proven osprey some low brow humour in here

primal hazel
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My brows are always low

mellow warren
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bouldy humor rocks

still vigil
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..

primal hazel
proven osprey
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I won't say anything because the bot would censore me buy you get the idea

gray shore
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Need to put some eyebrows on Bouldy

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quick, whilst he's asleep!

still vigil
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Or eyes period

primal hazel
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Don't be so hard on us guys

unborn pebble
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Bouldy has eyebrows. Stone just failed to include his best features in the Crop.

gray shore
unborn pebble
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Hence them being known is very rare :V

gray shore
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I'm just gonna mute RollingStone

primal hazel
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Don't get sedimental

gray shore
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until the punfest is over

primal hazel
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That would be terrable

mellow warren
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stone cold

still vigil
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I'm pretty stone-faced when it comes to puns in all honesty.

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Now who actually uses ares call and why

proven osprey
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beyblade duels with Asterius

still vigil
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You will lose 100% of the time

unborn pebble
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Once, but only because I didn’t get anything else defensive and because I already almost had the legendary with the cast.

proven osprey
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nope

unborn pebble
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The meme of Maximum Beyblade was a bit forced but it worked out.

proven osprey
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because you do it with second wind

unborn pebble
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Cast-Dash-Call

still vigil
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Astaos really like defendin certain calls thatre....situational

unborn pebble
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And yes, I also got the dash when fishing for the legendary

proven osprey
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Astaos really like defendin certain calls thatre....situational
@still vigil I hate Ares call

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I was just like "quick, find a joke"

unborn pebble
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Only regret is that I didn’t manage to fit both Artemis and Demeter

primal hazel
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No need to dig for it

unborn pebble
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I did get Arty Duo

proven osprey
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oh boi we deletin messages right here

still vigil
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Hmm?