#h1-builds-and-combat

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cunning urchin
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And since you have Lady Aphrodite boons, you have a good chance for Smoldering to have pretty much 98% uptime on Second Wind.

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But any of Second Wind, Greater Evasion, and Hyper Sprint are really strong on Excalibur because they give you even more eHP.

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You can get to Hades with like 3k+ eHP.

turbid needle
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Effective HP?

plucky harbor
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I think so

cunning urchin
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Yes.

turbid needle
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Friggin' Charon giving me 3 Ares boons in Styx after I've got Hunting Blades and Vicious Cycle.

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5 Sack'd. 🇫

zealous light
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Does the level/rarity of the actual base cast boon influence the stats of duo cast boons based off of it?

gusty rapids
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nah

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duo boons are always the same

untold vortex
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yes and no

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depends on the specific duo boon

turbid needle
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Aggy is correct.

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Sweet Nectar increases all Pom levels by 1, period.

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Regular Poms give 2 levels, super Poms give 3, no matter what your prereq Aphro and Poseidon boons are.

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But Hunting Blades' damage relies on your Slicing Shot damage.

zealous light
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Ah. That explains why the Slicing Shot boon persists even after I acquire Hunting Blades?

turbid needle
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The informative text on Duos and Legendaries is generally pretty good about outlining what they do, so if they specify a particular boon you can bet they'll rely on that boon's traits.

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Yes.

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Hunting Blades isn't a Cast on its own, it modifies Slicing Shot.

zealous light
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And why I could only shoot my pomegranate seeds after I purged Slicing Shot at the fondue fountain and still had Hunting Blades listed.

turbid needle
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Same with Ice Wine or Lightning Phalanx.

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Exactly.

zealous light
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And then reaquired Slicing Shot at the next area but with a higher rarity.

turbid needle
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Oh, that's a galaxy filament brain move, wow.

zealous light
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I literally only did it because my bro watching me play was like "does it let you purge your cast?"

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He was impressed that it even allows you to make that "mistake", and more impressed at there being possible motivation to do so. Although I was not paying attention to how much damage my Hunting Blades were doing before and after the rarity change so I really wanted to know.

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Thanks.

cloud vault
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How does the Epic +% talent work exactly?

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I'm imagining a scale where a d100 is rolled to determine rarity

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Does the Epic talent cut into the common, or rare, or is it something else

dry ember
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I think that's how it works yeah

cloud vault
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Makes me wonder if we are better off going for the epic+ instead of the duo talent

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Since epic boons notably have twice the base power of commons, for attacks anyway

turbid needle
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Hunting Blades does way more for a Cast build than Epic>Common Slicing Shot.

cloud vault
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Indeed, cast builds specifically are better off with duo

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Since they all for the most part want duos and legendaries

turbid needle
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Splitting Bolt does way more for a Malphon Lightning Strike build than Epic>Common Lightning Strike.

cloud vault
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Aphrodite attack on Arthur tho

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Anyway it's not you can't get the leg/duo with it. The chances is 10% less without it. Meanwhile the Epic boost is 20%

untold vortex
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it's all personal preference, the 10% is incredible if you're pushing for specific builds that make great use out of legendaries and duo's

turbid needle
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Why did I take an Ares/Demeter Trial with Malphon?

untold vortex
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you wanted pain?

turbid needle
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Also, I'm calling shenanigans.

dry ember
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Because Frost Strike Artic Blast Fists is awesome?

turbid needle
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Rare Crop boosted Lightning Strike to Rare but this exchange for Curse of Agony only gets me a Rare.

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I did have a Frost Strike exchange earlier but I lost to EM4 Dad last run with Aspect of Zeus so my objective this run is to fill Greece with lightning.

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Like a crossover between Static Shock and Touhou.

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Also, forgot to mention this, a while back (as in well before 1.0) Duo/Legendary spawn chance was nerfed heavily, to the point where God's Legacy brought it back up to pre-nerf chance. Between how powerful Dark Foresight is and Fated Persuasion, I don't see any reason to not run GL until you're using AP2 at extremely high Heat.

unkempt pagoda
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exchanges are somewhere in there too

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so basically, it all stacks

hallow ibex
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What is a good build for chirons bow

turbid needle
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Heartbreak Strike and Deadly Flourish is the primary build.

hallow ibex
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I seem to make it to hades with the bow over anything else so I'd give it a shot

turbid needle
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Lights of Ixions should be auto-grabs when you've got Exclusive Access and Fated Persuasion, right?

lone ledge
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another fun one is aphro attack with demeter special with arctic blast

hollow helm
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Heartbreak Strike/Deadly Flourish is the most optimal build, but Ares/Aphto Attack with Dio Special also works

gusty rapids
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dio special can be very fun w Chiron yeah

hollow helm
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the thing with Deadly Flourish is that it scales insanely well if you get both concentrated and relentless

gusty rapids
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especially with the duos

lone ledge
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yeah the crit build will give you the fastest clears

hollow helm
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Chiron deals a lot of single-target damage so getting something like Tidal/Passion Dash is ideal

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Tidal for the best AOE dash, and Passion in case you went Ares attack and want to do Curse of Nausea/Low Tolerance memes

lone ledge
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another one you can try is athena attack + dash with ares special, which can actually be pretty effective especially if you get dire misfortune + impending doom

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stack 8x doom then dash

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generally fists are the best weapon for that strategy but I'm willing to bet chiron could pull it off too

hollow helm
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ME it turns out, is pretty good

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biggest ME abusers are fists and Zeus shield though

hallow ibex
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||Really trying to beat Hades' 2nd phase || he's a pain in my rear and all the options here I'm gonna try

lone ledge
hallow ibex
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Lasers not the issue

turbid needle
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pots?

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or just in general

hallow ibex
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In general

gusty rapids
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pots and spin attacks are usually the hard parts for me wrt hades

turbid needle
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dunno what to say except keep going at it

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you'll learn his tells eventually

sonic juniper
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Learn to i-frame the spins

turbid needle
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if you can manage to get into his center when he does the 360 laser, you can get some dps in as that is a safe spot

gusty rapids
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extra dashes or hyper sprint can be useful to escape if u can snag them

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if not, what sketch said

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i framing the spins, tho thats harder

turbid needle
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not really, no

lone ledge
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athena dash is also useful for surviving the fight as you can deflect the skulls

turbid needle
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just dash to his back when you see the circle around him or smth

keen pike
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I think that's way harder than you're giving it credit for

gusty rapids
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athena dash is useful for everything because its athena dash

lone ledge
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athena dash was definitely my saving grace on my first run to completion

turbid needle
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athena dash is still my #1 boon

keen pike
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At one point you could've caught me saying I'd feel safer with just Athena's dash and no other boons Vs every other non deflect boon in the game

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Which is obviously hyperbole, but yaknow. 👀

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It's pretty good

turbid needle
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it do be

lone ledge
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since I do speedruns I normally end up going with tidal dash for the dps or passion dash for the synergy with crit builds (unless I'm running ME fists), but athena dash is still definitely the ideal dash for most builds

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very much appreciated at high heat

gusty rapids
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athena dash is my high heat crutch yeah lmao

lone ledge
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in general I rarely use any dash other than those three (will run hunter dash on nemesis though) unless I'm running some gimmicky build

turbid needle
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blade dash gilga is pretty funny

lone ledge
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yeah that's quite fun

opal lodge
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thunder dash is pretty good

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or can be

lone ledge
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it can be if you have the right boons to enhance it, otherwise it's pretty meh

turbid needle
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with extra zeus boons?

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ah, yeah

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seems pretty sad on its own

lone ledge
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with static discharge it's a lot better

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also pairs well with lightning reflexes

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however for dps tidal and blade dash are still generally better

fair cairn
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tried beowulf with hunting blade and it's ehhhhhhhhh

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going back to trippy shot

sullen valley
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aight what the here triggers the "Made Friends Along the Way" title

gusty rapids
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seeing every story room

sullen valley
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Aaah, neat!

lone ledge
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beowulf with aphro cast is good too

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especially since it can trigger privileged status when paired with demeter attack/snow burst

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also can count towards parting shot duo

still vigil
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what should i choose fer hammers if im runnin achilles cast build?

proven osprey
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I think they would not matter at all

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I mean you still have access to serrated/flurry jab which are powerful hammers

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But good hammers enhance attack while you're going for a cast build

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You could go hybrid I guess at low heat

cosmic hornet
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wait i thought high heat achilles runs hybrid build with artemis attack

gusty rapids
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they do

proven osprey
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Sure thing

gusty rapids
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most speed runs w Achilles also go hybrid

proven osprey
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But I think it's not high heat or speedrun anyway

gusty rapids
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flurry and serrated are usually the go-to, serrated can be a bit more situational since it has the reduced range but it’s very powerful

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u can never go wrong with flurry idt

proven osprey
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Hence you would not go full cast

gusty rapids
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tbh I can’t think of any other decent hammers, maybe extending jab? that wouldn’t be bad

cosmic hornet
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oh i see

proven osprey
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For me these 2 hammers are very good

gusty rapids
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achilles often can’t go full cast since it doesn’t have a reliable way of removing bloodstones rly

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like hera and Poseidon do

proven osprey
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Extended seems ok but it's actually garbage

gusty rapids
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oh rly it’s seemed fine the few times I’ve taken it w achilles

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why so

royal helm
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I don't think it's garbage... just bland and there's better hammers

gusty rapids
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that’s fair

proven osprey
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Yeah that's why I meant I'm a bit extreme lmao

gusty rapids
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I just can’t think of any off the top of my head

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should play spear more

royal helm
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I haven't played a lot with Extending Jab... but I feel like it frequently whiffs / doesn't autoaim well on pad

proven osprey
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But 40% is not enough imo. I think keeping your distance to get the buff would actually make you dps less

royal helm
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So you actually tend not to be able to get value out of the additional range unless you're playing on KMB...

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And, to me, playing on KMB is weird... don't have the habit/muscle memory

smoky sinew
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achilles offers something else though. You have rly good movement it's not all about cast

proven osprey
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I mean I like extended to hit across from pits in styx and that's it

royal helm
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kbm* oops

smoky sinew
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it's complete the way it is

raven aspen
royal helm
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You might honestly just be able to deflect EM4 hades spear with athena attack / flurry jab such that you only have to dodge the spin

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That sure would be nice, if so

proven osprey
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I would not try that lol

royal helm
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I might try it, at some point... but just with EM4 on

proven osprey
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Yeah testing it would be fun

royal helm
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Spear kind of struggles with DPS... so... if you can get away with Athena attack, you almost need/want Deadly Reversal

proven osprey
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But to me deflecting attacks are more a miracle than anything else

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Hades spear throw is so fast too

royal helm
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yep

proven osprey
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even with divine dash you have to be quick

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I need to practice EM4

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damn

lone ledge
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achilles has the best dps of the spears

proven osprey
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hot take

royal helm
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A bit of a toss up between Hades / Achilles...
Because the Achilles spear is forced to do its rotation every 4 attacks

gloomy zenith
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am i doing something wrong? i'm only in asphodel and i'm using maxed chaos shield with a level 4 aphro special, hitting all my bonus shields into one enemy and still barely doing any damage

royal helm
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But if you get Glacial Glare / Hunting Blades / Mirage Shot it probably just is more dps than hades

proven osprey
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Yeah but I'm considering realistic options lol

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No duo no hammer

royal helm
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yea... I have AP2 blinders on shadegrief

hoary slate
proven osprey
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I think thunder flourish is still the way to go on Chaos?

gloomy zenith
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ah. earlier when i asked which boons to use on chaos in this channel someone said aphro was good

proven osprey
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And since Zeus scales with Zeus

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more Zeus after

hoary slate
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just any damage that doesn't come from the basedamage should be fine

gloomy zenith
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lmao that's the opposite of what i was suggested

proven osprey
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I had a fun chaos run a while a go. Tempest flourish with Sea storm

gloomy zenith
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sea storm is amazing

proven osprey
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But for consistency I'd go Thunder flourish or Doom

gloomy zenith
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thank you for the help

sonic juniper
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Aphro is probably good as secondary, unlocks smoldering air, but yeah not as the shield special

gloomy zenith
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what is better for chaos, sudden rush or explosive return?

hoary slate
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return

gloomy zenith
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oki

hoary slate
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has high damage

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and an actually quite big area

sand vapor
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whats a good build for zag aspect sword? residentzag it really is meh when you compare it to the other 3

cloud vault
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The ME zeus aspect, do you put the ares on attack or special? It seems ares on special would be faster damage, but the auto deflection provided by constant special hits seems very good

lone ledge
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that way you can benefit from dire misfortune stacking

coarse moss
proven osprey
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Double edge into crit, builds around call/smoldering air, Merciful End

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Athena special in general is very good

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I would consider deadly reversal

lone ledge
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the sword probably has the worst hammers overall, but certain combinations are really good

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like cursed slash + flurry slash

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or double nova + super nova

heady peak
spark meteor
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would still go with hunter's mark

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divine dash is just too good in general and epic swift strike on arthur is spicy

heady peak
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I had an inkling this was the case but still wanted to confirm

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Thank you!

coarse moss
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i'm always iffy when taking hunter's mark. it doesn't work when enemy is alone, right?

heady peak
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Theseus got done it by it, so I guess it's time to shine has passed

turbid needle
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hunters mark slaps

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especially if you're using something like nemesis

sand vapor
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eh

gloomy zenith
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is explosive fire on hestia good?

sand vapor
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i will probably just stick with the crit sword

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its more fun anyways

gloomy zenith
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would it be better than rocket

turbid needle
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explosive shot on Hestia means u get AOE sniper shots

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its crazy

coarse moss
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it does feel like rocket became redundant when you can just do empowered shot

gloomy zenith
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true

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yeah this explosive sniper shot is baller

torpid moat
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hi so i have a choice to make and i dont know what to choose so, I have a boon from demeter and i can take either stubborn roots or killing freeze

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so what should i take

heady peak
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get roots, sell roots for gold, buy something else with the gold is what I would do

torpid moat
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so the heal ability

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ok

heady peak
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yeah I think the boon sucks tbh

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0.8 health per second when the boss hits you for 80

torpid moat
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yea ur right

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ok thx

gloomy zenith
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stubborn roots is diappointing

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so are more of demeter's duos imo

torpid moat
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should i take posseidons boon

gloomy zenith
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which one?

torpid moat
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i mean what is it good for

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idk

gloomy zenith
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what weapon

torpid moat
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i can go for money or posseidon aspect of arthur

gloomy zenith
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what do you have on attack and special?

torpid moat
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i have arty on atk and athena on special

gloomy zenith
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probably money

torpid moat
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ok

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is tidal dash good i happened to have to choose between posseidon and darkness and chose boon

gloomy zenith
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tidal dash is very good, though i've never used it on arthur

torpid moat
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i have no other good choice i mean

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next room is boss

gloomy zenith
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it'll probably be good, you just might have to adjust your spacing on attacks a bit

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so account for the push back

torpid moat
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ok

gloomy zenith
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but with arthur you do a lot of dashing, and tidal dash racks up damage fast

torpid moat
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ok

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idk what hermes is good for

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i mean using my special a little bit faster is good but idk

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i can choose money

gloomy zenith
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hermes gives extra dashes which are good. faster attack on arthur is also crunchy

torpid moat
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a youtuber said i should take hermes when i have the chance

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ok

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hyper sprint?

gloomy zenith
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i personally don't like it

torpid moat
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or faster attack

gloomy zenith
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faster attack for sure

torpid moat
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i think faster attack

thin jetty
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i personally find the extra speed and dashes from hermes really helpful!

torpid moat
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should i sell stuborn roots

gloomy zenith
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yes it is trash

torpid moat
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money good

coarse moss
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30% faster attack on arthur is soo good

near pelican
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@coarse moss Yessss, it's like butter. Makes blasting Hades in the backside while he's spraying his beam so easy.

coarse moss
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slow him with chill + hallowed ground mwahaha

torpid moat
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man tidal dash is soo good

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i clapped the heroes

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ok so any tips for last boss

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???

gloomy zenith
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when he starts doing his basic slash slash spin combos move behind him and back up

torpid moat
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cuz i have pretty good things 250 hp and no deaths so i really want to do thus

gloomy zenith
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then punish

torpid moat
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ok

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so like i dash and slash

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basically

gloomy zenith
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go behind pillar for the big flame circle attack. or if you're feeling cheeky, if you're able to go right next to him while he's doing the flame circle attack you won't take damage and you can wail on him

coarse moss
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his attacks are easy to predict but hit hard. so take your time to not get hit

gloomy zenith
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yeah don't rush in

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time isn't an issue

torpid moat
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yea im not taking the risk of getting into him

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i regret not having the athena dash

gloomy zenith
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he has two phases, so watch out for that

torpid moat
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i have 2 death defiances so i shall have a chance

gloomy zenith
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in his first phase he goes invincible for a time when he's at 2/3 health and when he's at 1/3 health

torpid moat
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also about the skulls

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how to deal with them

gloomy zenith
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in his second phase he goes invincible when he's at 1/2 health

winged bolt
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Is there some secret to using the final aspect of the spear? It just feels, at best, half as powerful as literally any other aspect in the game but maybe I'm playing it wrong

coarse moss
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it gets hard when theres a lot of bombs and minions on screen. kill bombs first i'd say

torpid moat
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ok

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imma try

gloomy zenith
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if you can kill the skulls before they explode then do that, but time your dash so you go though the circle they shoot out

torpid moat
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ok

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wish me luck im going

gloomy zenith
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good luck mate

winged bolt
near pelican
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Gods-speed!

coarse moss
winged bolt
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yea, I kinda felt that I really need to rely on the special more than I am, but even then the -50% HP is a ridiculous drawback

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it's like adding 10 heat to your run

coarse moss
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it sure does. could be a freebie if you're good at not getting hit though (not me) 😆

torpid moat
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he bully me so bad

winged bolt
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I read some history in here, looks like I should probably try to get aphro on att/sp early

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"Just don't get hit" DendiFace

torpid moat
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bruh he bamboozled me

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i thought he finnished but

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he combo

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i mean not ok

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still i got to second stage half life

coarse moss
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he bamboozled us all ainzwish lmao

winged bolt
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that's good progress!

torpid moat
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thx

gloomy zenith
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yeah, the game doesn't expect you to beat hades until after multiple tries

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each time you learn his attack patterns, and eventuially you'll beat him

near pelican
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Yeah his second stage combo maims if you don't know the timing.

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I like the sound it makes when you get hit by his spear tho

torpid moat
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slicing shot or blade dash

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which one is better

gloomy zenith
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slicing shot sucks unless you have the duo with artemis

torpid moat
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so the other one

gloomy zenith
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take blade dash

torpid moat
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ok

unkempt pagoda
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the biggest problem with blade dash is that it's not divine dash

smoky sinew
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first time doing the monthly challenges and I gotta say they are fun and they are another way to have fun with the game. Def looking out for the next ones!! (Couldnt do the bonuses though too hard 😦 )

rare kindle
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Do Erebus Gates count for god keepsake use?

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I ask because one time I had on Poseidon keepsake, but the next regular door was Aphrodite and the erebus gate was Poseidon

torpid moat
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clouded judgement or static discharge

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i have the duo from arty so i thing i should take static

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but idk

cunning urchin
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You could also watch some of the extra challenge wins and see if you can pick up anything that would help you. shadesmile

smoky sinew
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I tried the extra god many times and I got close 2 but I couldn't it. It's ok though and I understand you need to do something for them to be challenging and fun for everyone so the bonus is doing it's job perfectly fine^

rare kindle
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Also, any tips for Guan Yu?

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I’m currently trying an Athena spin attack + Athena dash build, and because I have ares special, I can also get merciful end

proven osprey
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I HAVE TIPS

zealous light
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I like Guan Yu a lot but when I see what my early boons/hammers are I make a decision to emphasize the spin attack or the special.

proven osprey
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^

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This is what I'm doing too atm

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for consistency

proven osprey
zealous light
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Also I generally tend to still pick up a decent amount of max health boosters despite the handicap to them. Getting over 100 HP will help you a lot vs Dad EX.

proven osprey
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Divine spin build is decent really, with quick or massive spin. Or both

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Spin builds are really good for calls too

zealous light
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Quick Spin and Massive Spin is my preferred to Flaring Spin or Winged Serpent but all of those are improvements to the spin attack so eh

smoky sinew
proven osprey
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huh

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It was for GY lmao

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But sure, what do you need help for?

smoky sinew
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oh

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it's ok I did them just without the bonuses i'll try again on the next ones

proven osprey
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The danger is EM4 obviously. You'll need a decent build to get to Dad so you can take your time

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There's no FO involved so you can play slow

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Since you have Ares keepsake, you can pray for Merciful End if Athena shows up

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Otherwise I'll build around a strong call

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Since Zag sword deals no dmg

gleaming bramble
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hey everyone. Is anything else than Zeus viable on adamant rail ?

smoky sinew
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thanks but as I told you I'm not gonna try it again E4 with time limit every styx room sword which is my worst weapon and no build freedom is too much for me

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I barely did the normal one with 30 seconds left

gleaming bramble
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i don't really care, but my prefered are lucifer and eris

rare kindle
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Yeah, Aphrodite or Artemis special also work, especially if you get the rocket bomb hammer

gleaming bramble
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yep, just got rocket bomb, and aphrodite just popped

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i guess that's destinyy 😄

smoky sinew
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for lucifer Athena and infinte ammo is super op

sonic mural
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why athena?

echo radish
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Deflecto beam

smoky sinew
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for Hestia Artemis or Aphro are good

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I think the beam dosent deflect but when you shout there circle around you deflects everything

zealous light
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Dio can be pretty nice on Rail's quick main attack.

smoky sinew
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I dont rly play eris so idk

zealous light
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Eris has a cool damage boost that works on like everything and can be a cast weapon.

gloomy zenith
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zeus is best on eris

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high base damage modifiers are good on hestia

proven osprey
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Too bad it was nerfed, huge loss for Eris casters

sonic mural
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yah but archilles is better than eris if ur going cast

proven osprey
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yeah

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But hybrid Eris is a thing

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mixed damage is best damage

smoky sinew
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though if you wouldn't like to start questioning your existance and why are you playing the most dumb build don't try Athena infinite ammo Lucifer

zealous light
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Heh, I don't approach the weapon choice that way since I always use whatever has dark thirst and if I'm going cast every weapon has something that boosts cast somehow.

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So if I'm on Exagryph and am thinking about cast, I pick Eris.

sonic mural
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then what do you go on sword?

zealous light
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I think my best time with Exagryph so far is still when I got really lucky using Stygian Soul but finding 2 extra permanent bloodstones through Chaos and getting the hammer for Triple Bomb and Targeting System. The main combo was Ice Wine cast and Aphrodite special, just three round bursts for a hail of slowing weakening poisoning mortars.

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Sword has Poseidon as a way to get more frequent casting while using Infernal Soul and is obviously fun if you can score exit wounds.

sonic mural
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ah right forgot about that

zealous light
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Although my most insane exit wounds build ended up being Hera bow when I managed to get 7 dang bloodstones for the Hades fight with quick reload and Artemis cast.

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3 from infernal soul, 2 from chaos boons, 1 from Artemis Legendary, and 1 from a pool in temple that hadn't worn off before I got the satyr sack.

echo radish
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Is Artemis cast really worth it?

zealous light
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Meh. It basically can't overshoot when using Hera so I like it.

echo radish
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Oh wait does hera attack penetrate or does it cast on impact

zealous light
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Hera attack CAN penetrate depending.

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Like I overshot it like crazy trying to use aphrodite with it.

echo radish
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Yea I was using ares, didn't have the best time

zealous light
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Hunting Blades makes it a lot better since it can loop back around.

echo radish
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That was the plan but I didn't get the duo

zealous light
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That's how it always happens ain't it?

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All my best runs are "whoops, got something good"

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or "wow, this WORKS?"

gloomy zenith
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what are some fun builds for hestia

echo radish
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I think demeter legendary is my favorite thing to force

zealous light
echo radish
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I'm guessing hestia needs you to take all the undamaged enemy bonuses

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Wait does breaking shield count as damaging an enemy?

gloomy zenith
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backstabs are actually quite good on hestia i've found

echo radish
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I've played hestia only once i didn't explore it too much cause I was wondering how I'm gonna make it work on bosses

zealous light
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With Hestia all I know is when I pick up a hammer my eyes search for either Explosive Fire, Ricochet Fire, or Spread Fire. You can only get one but they all benefit from a beefy first round.

coarse moss
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hunter dash, targeting hammer

gloomy zenith
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wait, you can dash strike with hestia?

echo radish
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You can dash strike with all guns

gloomy zenith
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i didn't know it worked with the single shot though

echo radish
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Or well all weapons

zealous light
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Dash Attack is still attack and yeah it works.

coarse moss
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oh dont forget chaos dash-strike

languid dagger
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get Artemis attack and Artemis dash-strike

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and Aphro on special

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easy build

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reload > dash > attack

zealous light
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Oh, Seeking Fire is another option for the hammers, it's only 10% but that's still something else stacked on there. Also helps you not miss with your boosted round and be more mindless with your shots and dashing trajectories which helps me since I already hate manually reloading and can't keep track of too many things at once with my smooth pomegranate brain.

solid cairn
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richochet is the best

languid dagger
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ricochet, ye

solid cairn
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piercing can be good for shield guys

languid dagger
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I actually found out that Hazzard bomb works pretty well too with hestia

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like with Aphro you can get 200% boon easiliy and then 300% from Hazzard that cover huge area with weak for heart rend

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it's also very fun to use

loud cloud
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Hey can I have some help

echo radish
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ah my kin

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sup

loud cloud
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So are spoiler? Weapons allowed

echo radish
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yep

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desc says spoilers allowed

loud cloud
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So should I get eternal chamber or flash fire on igneous eden

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It’s basically more range vs infinite ammo but no damage ramping

echo radish
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far as i know inf ammo has only one application

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deflecto beam with athena

loud cloud
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I don’t have that

echo radish
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so if youre going for the meme then sure otherwise flash fire is prolly better

loud cloud
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If I did I would get infinite ammo

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Since IMO Athena has the best attack boon, with really good damage boost, and deflection

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Deflection on the igneus eden makes you basically invincible to projectiles from the front

echo radish
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yea its a fun build

loud cloud
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Athena is my Go To attack buff

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I’m least likely to go for Dionysus

echo radish
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my fav is prolly demeter but also i havent actually done any runs with lucifer

loud cloud
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I had Demeter with Lucifer

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it’s ok I guess

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Really fast freeze stacks

echo radish
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though i think if you can score aphro or ares duos dio might be better

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since you can just blast for a bit and keep running

loud cloud
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IMO Ares is the best cast

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Especially ares+Artemis

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It’s OP

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Tracking blade rifts

echo radish
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i'd agree but my last three runs were with trippy fog and its insane

gloomy zenith
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it's like the second worst cast without hunting blades imo

loud cloud
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I really like it on bosses

echo radish
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like you dont need duos to make fog work

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but also if you get duos its even more insane

gloomy zenith
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the vast majority of enemies are too mobile to get base aries cast to deal good damage

echo radish
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jolting and chilling in fog with stagger and bonus damage and damage reduction

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its the dream

gleaming bramble
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trippy fog + zeus is insane. I got a run where I got lucky enough to have zeus/dio + zues/artemis, is was so fun

heady peak
loud oracle
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What are some tips to get faster runs? The fastest ive gotten was 14 minutes and 44 seconds with the demeter fists

dry ember
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Pause timer while making decision, always check for free rooms, buy Chaos gates, don't take TD so trial rooms can appear, pray for Thanatos, use the most optimized builds for the weapon of choice, and practice.

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Also you can take FO2 so enemies can spawn faster (though this is ever so marginally faster in my experience), EM2 so Hydra heads gather closer.

loud oracle
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Thanks!

cunning urchin
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@loud oracle this is a good guide. squirtnya https://youtu.be/z3Mmoo4oTKU

I hope you found this guide useful. I intend to put out other more advanced guides, including ones for specific weapons such as Beowulf. All links mentioned in the video are listed below, as well as timestamps. Any questions I'm happy to answer in the comments or on Twitch!

This was streamed at: https://www.twitch.tv/wriste13.
A written version...

▶ Play video
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Watch speedruns or high heat runs with the aspect you're struggling with and take note of the builds they're going for and any attack rotations they do etc. If you can't figure something out, ask them or ask somebody else who might be able to help.

dry shuttle
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I've got 50 hours into the game and my main goal atm is to complete all my relationships and finish runs faster. I currently don't have a sub-20 run. Any speedrunning tips?

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lol that's convenient

sonic juniper
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Free rooms save a crazy amount of time. If you want speed, you have to sacrifice power (skip non-free rooms that have things you like)

balmy portal
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though the best free rooms still give power

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like chaos rooms

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also try running with the timer on (9 minutes per floor)

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anytime it's ticking down while you're thinking, pause the game to stop it so you can think freely

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you'll see when it's ticking and when it's not

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be aware that both the "survive for 45 seconds" and the "Deal with Thanatos" rooms don't run the timer

turbid needle
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survive for 45 seconds rooms don't show up when u have td on

sonic mural
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for thanatos if you do have a menu(boon, well) that you can pull up, do that when waiting for him to disappear

turbid needle
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also open the codex when the than encounter stops

sonic mural
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he takes like 20 seconds its pretty dumb

turbid needle
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I go
finish encounter, move to exit doors → codex → pick up centaur heart → codex

balmy portal
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yeah the survive for 45 second rooms are disabled with the timer, but it's good to keep in mind they don't run it if you're going for speed - it means the fastest recorded runs are done without the timer

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since there's one more freebie room possible

turbid needle
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ye

dawn sequoia
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how does cold embrace work

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the beam fires at you so how do you deal damage with it?

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do you stand behind enemies or somethin?

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idont think so

forest marsh
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No, beam attacks can't be deflected

balmy portal
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you can spoiler here freely

vernal dune
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you have to put || in front of and behind spoiler'd text

balmy portal
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and to spoiler in discord you put ||around|| it

tame bison
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Ares/Artemis duo boon plus Demeter call, greater recall, aphro/Artemis duo boon, and all the crit buffs and support fire....

dry ember
balmy portal
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cold embrace works terribly, in general

vernal dune
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Crystal Clarity, on the other hand....

balmy portal
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it's best if you're using the ammo system, drop all your ammo, and then get on the far side

vernal dune
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now THATS a duo boon for the lasers

balmy portal
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but it's still awkward like crazy

dawn sequoia
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im just trying to get it

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for the prophecy

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was curios in 30% damage but when it says the beam focuses u

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idont get it lol

balmy portal
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it shoots at you, and ends when it reaches you

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so yeah the only way to hurt things is to get on the far side of them

rare kindle
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I still need a few more cast duos for the prophecy

woeful shale
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Will be using ||GIRUGAMESH|| fists for the first time. Athena crit stacking should be safe bet, right?

dry ember
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Do you mean Artemis?

frail schooner
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do you mean B l a d e D a s h ? ? ?

dry ember
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Honestly I don't know what's good and what's not on it. Everything sounds fine.

woeful shale
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Oh, right. Artemis.

opal lodge
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heart rend is pretty good

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merciful end as expected is good as usual

turbid needle
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blade dash ganf

woeful shale
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oh. right. the multi dash thing.

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The game gave me Zeus epic bolt dash and his legendary boon instead.

bright sandal
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Does Patroclus' Cyclops Jerky Select only benefit your attack and not your special/cast?

turbid needle
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just ur attack

versed spoke
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do you stop getting rewards (titans blood ambrosia diamonds) after 20 heat?

gusty rapids
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yes

versed spoke
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oh wow

gusty rapids
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unless you're on hell mode in which the limit is 25

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but yeah

versed spoke
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I mean. 25 is too close to 20

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Hmm. I didn't have to fight ultra hades all those times.

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But I did anyways. Oh well

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Does Charon have more attacks if you have extreme measures on?

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@gusty rapids

gusty rapids
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uh i dont believe so

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he stays the same

versed spoke
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So extreme measures Hades is the toughest enemy by far.

gusty rapids
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pretty much

rare kindle
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Be cool if there was an extreme measures specifically for charon

gusty rapids
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yeah

rare kindle
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But I guess it would ruin him being a secret boss

versed spoke
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I think that without extreme measures Charon and Hades are about same difficulty

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But, I like to think Charon is tougher

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Btw. How do you guys likethe aspect of Guan Yu?

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i mean

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how do you like it

gusty rapids
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personally i like it a lot but u have to get used to it, and its pretty crap unless its invested

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at low levels the health drop is just too severe

versed spoke
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So, what's your best weapon then?

gusty rapids
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probably rama or hestia

versed spoke
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do you get divine attack on them?

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hestia seems more like a zeus build

gusty rapids
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nah hestia's actually much different than the other rails

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artemis is the way for both of them really

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rama can go any percentage boon (like aphro), but hestia really likes to crit

versed spoke
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hestia is the one where you get 75% damage form special right?

gusty rapids
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no thats eris

versed spoke
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ok

gusty rapids
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that one you use zeus on yeah

versed spoke
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so hestia is the 150 sniper

gusty rapids
#

yes

versed spoke
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so, does one spam the reload shot? or empty the clip?

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I know the current speedrun wr is with hestia

gusty rapids
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uh for speedrunning im not actually sure i havent seen the vid, but for general play, or high heat play

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you spam the reload shot

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also the new world record is by eris, it just hasnt been approved by the website yet iirc

versed spoke
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cool, that's a fun fact

gusty rapids
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eris is generally considered to be the fastest weapon

versed spoke
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the eris with the no reload 3 burst hammer is a dream

gusty rapids
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yeah its great

versed spoke
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  • zeus attack, oh my god
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Well. Aspect of Guan Yu is the only weapon I've been able to consistently increase heat with, and eventually beat extreme hades

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Then at 20 heat there are no more rewards so I'm having to change weapons etc

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I originally hated Guan Yu, but hot dang, that with with divine attack, you can play a style similar to the shield, except that you deal damage and heal all at once

gusty rapids
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personally i loved putting demeter on the attack so you can slow enemies down a ton with ur spin

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giving u even more time to spin

versed spoke
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woaw.....

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thats sounds way legit

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the spin does block some type of ranged attacks

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so, it would be benefitial to use demeter

rare kindle
#

Guan Yu so wants to be max level before you play around with it

versed spoke
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for sure, its all maxed out

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My favorite is gilgamesh though. If you get heroic hermes boon, you can dash 8 times

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btw, what's the best cast boon?

gusty rapids
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yeah gilgamesh can get really funny with that lmao

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especially with blade dash

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wdym best cast boon? like the best cast out of all the gods?

versed spoke
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yeah

gusty rapids
#

that honestly depends on what you're going for

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they're all balanced enough that you can use any of them

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demeter and ares cast require a bit of work to do well though

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but other than that the others are pretty solid

versed spoke
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is the best weapons for cast the poseidon sword?

rare kindle
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I played around with curse of drowning for the duo prophecy, ended up being really powerful and I won that run

gusty rapids
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achilles, beowulf, hera are all good too

rare kindle
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Depends on the cast

gusty rapids
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poseidon isnt universally the best by any means

rare kindle
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Achilles is better for non sticking, Poseidon is good if they stick

dry ember
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There isn't a best cast aspect imo.

turbid needle
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exit wounds poseidon lol

rare kindle
#

I’m bad at Beowulf and I havent played around with Hera yet

versed spoke
#

Is beowulf as good as they say?

dry ember
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Everytime some one askes what is the best of X, the answer sounds like a cop out but it's true. There isn't a best aspect.

gusty rapids
#

^

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this game is pretty solidly balanced so the answer is often "it depends"

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lmao

versed spoke
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Man. I might say that Guan Yu and Eris may be contenders for the pound for pound best

turbid needle
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love that

dry ember
gusty rapids
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yeah im not good at beowulf lol

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need more practice

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hera is much more intuitive to me

dry ember
#

same

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load, shoot

turbid needle
#

I like how beo changes the way u think about bull rish

dry ember
#

my 2 brain cells can handle that

versed spoke
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lol\

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first thing i killed hades with was chaos shield

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so, the shield has that soft spot in my heart, even though its slow as hell to play with, all my longest runs are with shield aspects

dry ember
#

shield is good. zeus shield can be pretty fun with Merciful End also.

gusty rapids
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i need to try that

turbid needle
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and thunder flourish

gusty rapids
#

i havent done a single zeus shield run lol

turbid needle
#

free win lol

versed spoke
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Guan Yu makes me feel safe

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25 health = safe

gusty rapids
#

LOL

versed spoke
#

But seriously though. The punishment were healing items no longer heal you. That's just free heat when you use Guan Yu. Because Guan Yu heals at the same rate regardless of punishment.

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I'm also at the point were I'm no longer scared of Charon. I still respect the heck out of him though, not like i'm going to style on his butt, but, I used to be terified of the guy.

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I wish I could say " I can use any aspect easy" but I can't. Kinda feels like I'm lacking.

stray apex
#

What should i choose for first five heats?

versed spoke
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Whatever for sure you know you kick ass with

turbid needle
#

I can use any aspect other than zag spear, guan yu, or gilgamesh

versed spoke
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dude, gilgamesh is the most op gauntlet

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you can always get at least 5 dashes on any run

turbid needle
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feels jank

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not a fan

versed spoke
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ok, try this, go get the epic hermes boon, get 7 dashes

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there you go

turbid needle
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still didn't like it

versed spoke
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so get the heroic one, and get 8 dashes

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how can you not like dashing?!?!?!

turbid needle
#

id much rather use dem fists

versed spoke
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but da dash

turbid needle
#

but the nuke upper

versed spoke
#

gilga special is plenty strong

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and desh

turbid needle
#

you get 4 dashes but it wacks out the dash input

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and changes the sound effect which I cant stand

versed spoke
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you don't have to tap dash, you can just hold it

turbid needle
#

yeah exactly

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I hate that

versed spoke
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Start loving it.

turbid needle
#

I will never use gilgamesh again just to spite you devilish

versed spoke
#

Daddy... why did you eat my fries.. I bought them.. and they were mine

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fine

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Dashing is one of most if not the most mechanic in this game

turbid needle
#

hadeess why did you eat my dash inputs... I pressed the spacebar.. and they were mine

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but yeah you are them you ate my dash inputs

cosmic hornet
#

@stray apex you usually want TD1 and EM1/2 at least
if you have fast weapon go for DC2

versed spoke
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ha, I have hades on the switch and I play it while I make brown, makes all my brown come out nice and easy

turbid needle
#

🤨

versed spoke
#

I pity anyone who can't play hades on the toilet.

stray apex
turbid needle
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pact conditions

cosmic hornet
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tight deadline, the one that gives you time limit
extreme measures, makes boss harder
DC2, gives enemies 2 hit worth of armor

turbid needle
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tight deadline 1 (9 minute timer per region), extreme measures (tougher bosses), damage control (enemies take 1-2 extra hits)

stray apex
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Thanks guys @turbid needle @cosmic hornet

versed spoke
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yeah, I use Middle Management, the one where they get blue hearts and Jury summons, and that's a pretty simple heat to beat, thats like 6 heat right there

turbid needle
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npnp

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just use TD3 ez 6 heat

versed spoke
turbid needle
#

just gotta make it outta tartarus

versed spoke
#

he revives twice now, so you'll have to fight hades 3 times

turbid needle
#

asphodel is so short that it's basically free time

stray apex
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Oops

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I have only defeated hades with rail

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I have made it to final with other but couldnt beat him

cosmic hornet
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those heats doesn't affect hades

versed spoke
# stray apex Oops

If the shop seller guy has money laying around, and you pick it up, you have to fight him. He's tied with hades as hardest boss

cosmic hornet
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taking extreme measures 2 only affects furies and lernie

versed spoke
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I think extreme measures 3 makes thesus and bull dude easier

stray apex
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Charon is tough dude

versed spoke
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I think Charon can beat Hades, if charon was a playable character or whatever

gusty rapids
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the problem with em3 for me is the minotaur

stray apex
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That dude is sneaky and strong

gusty rapids
#

he becomes much tougher

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with em3 on

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theseus is annoying but not super difficult

stray apex
#

Theseus also moves in a cart with shield right

versed spoke
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oh man, its true, if you don't have ranged weapons, then extreme thesus would be difficult has heck

turbid needle
#

beyblade beyblade let it rip

versed spoke
#

Guan Yu

turbid needle
#

I had no trouble with the extreme boys on sord

versed spoke
#

You used the sword?

turbid needle
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all the time babey

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its in my name

stray apex
#

Guan yu is so tough for me

versed spoke
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I love sword with cursed slash or whatever

turbid needle
#

half of my clears are with sword

stray apex
#

No hit run is what i should do for guan yu

versed spoke
rare kindle
#

Guan Yu looks really dependent on hammers

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That hp loss is not easy to deal with

stray apex
#

Artemis attack and aphro special is my sword runs

turbid needle
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arty attack nemesis is the easiest to win with

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and go fast

versed spoke
stray apex
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Same for rail too

turbid needle
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u can use arthur by itself and win

stray apex
#

I get more hammers for rail than others

turbid needle
#

u (almost) always get 2 hammers per run

versed spoke
stray apex
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My luck is terrible

versed spoke
#

same

stray apex
#

So i dont go for anvil

versed spoke
cosmic hornet
#

you should always go for anvil

turbid needle
#

yeah

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crit after special

cosmic hornet
#

otherwise it will haunt you through your entire run

cosmic hornet
#

well

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almost always

turbid needle
#

u can cheese anvil by quitting out

stray apex
#

Whenever i choose anvil i regret it

turbid needle
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and manipulate it by casting

versed spoke
cosmic hornet
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i sometimes pick anvil when the other option is health/pom just to kick it out of the pool

turbid needle
#

oh I thought u were talking about the anvil in styx

cosmic hornet
#

OH

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MY BAD

#

yeah anvil bad

stray apex
#

Yes styx anvil

versed spoke
turbid needle
#

u can cheese it

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pick it and if you don't like what you get then quit out

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the only time it won't let you quit out is if you've fished, taken a boon from shop, or rerolled anything

rare kindle
#

I pick hammer on cast builds to get it out of the way

versed spoke
#

@turbid needle so if you quit the game you can jump back in where you left off?

turbid needle
#

yeah

versed spoke
#

I'm so happy right now.

turbid needle
#

as long as

  • you haven't fished
  • you haven't picked up a boon or a hammer
  • you haven't rerolled anything
  • you aren't in a boss fight
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you can even quit in the middle of room transition if you regret your choice or miss a gold pot

versed spoke
#

?!

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wow

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this is blowing my mind

turbid needle
#

this is especially apparent in asphodel

stray apex
#

What a man

turbid needle
#

not a man but thank u

stray apex
#

Oops sorry

turbid needle
#

it's ok

#

bzzt

versed spoke
#

I'm going to play sword a bunch now

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Sword is best close range weapon.

stray apex
#

I dont like arthur that much

turbid needle
#

sword is good when u spam dash strike

versed spoke
#

yes

stray apex
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Its chunky imo

versed spoke
#

I saw the fresh file speedrun wr and thats what he does

turbid needle
#

I love Arthur bc its beeg

stray apex
#

Haelian right

versed spoke
#

Is arthur your favorite sword aspect or nemesis? @turbid needle

turbid needle
#

they're both my favorites, but I think I like nemesis a little bit more

versed spoke
#

When I first used Arthur I thought it was super dope that it makes you change the pace of your game. But he more I raised the heat the more the game makes you go hard and fast.

stray apex
#

Nemesis is consistent

rare kindle
#

I haven't used nemesis sword at all

versed spoke
#

me neither

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but no wi will

sonic juniper
#

Arthur to me is only tolerable at FO0, faster than that I prefer Nem

versed spoke
#

since I've been missing out

bleak python
#

quick question, anyone got footage of Dionysus' old trial of god? the one where he basically nukes you over and over again

turbid needle
#

my favorite aspects for each weapon are:
nemesis, hades, beowulf, rama, demeter, hestia

bleak python
#

yea my friend's just getting into hades and when he didnt pick dionysus i thought he was goners

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but then it was this roof leak thing

versed spoke
turbid needle
#

ye

echo radish
#

yes

turbid needle
#

it's awesome

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especially if u get arty special on it

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yoooo heart rend

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I've never tried that

echo radish
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is gauntlet attack worth aphro though

sonic juniper
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imo nah

turbid needle
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just use passion dash 5Head

echo radish
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maybe dio so you can aphro somewhere else for low tolerance and splitting headache too

turbid needle
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passion dash actually slaps

echo radish
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guaranteed crits at that point

turbid needle
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dio attack arty special passion dash with all duos between the 3

echo radish
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whats the crit percentage

rare kindle
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Oooh, that sounds like the dream

echo radish
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12% from dio arty

turbid needle
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15 + 8*(1.5)

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I think?

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is arty special crit chance 15 or 20

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ooh it's 20

echo radish
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32% then

turbid needle
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nice

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and you get 7 times for that to proc

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LOL

echo radish
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do normal attacks crit?

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if you dont have pressure points

turbid needle
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no

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wait hold on

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with splitting headache they should

echo radish
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oh so 12% chance

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that sucks

turbid needle
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it's basically having arty attack

echo radish
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you could hunter's mark for atleast 30% increase in the crit chance

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but if your normal attack crits you'll lose it

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welp just aphro cast and athena dash for another duo

turbid needle
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who needs divine dash

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passion dash all the way babey

echo radish
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doesnt athena duo boost crit chance by 20%

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for 3 sec

turbid needle
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when u deflect an attack

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hmm maybe divine dash gets a pass

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artys duos are so good

echo radish
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nevermind just checked it

rare kindle
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Nah, because divine dash doesn't enable deadly reversal

turbid needle
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ah

echo radish
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it needs flourish or attack no dash

turbid needle
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passion dash it is then

rare kindle
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For it to show up at least

echo radish
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it was a good dream

turbid needle
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the game didn't give me the option to pom tidal dash EVER lmfao

bright sandal
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Does a keepsake's bonus "+20% chance to be rare or better" increase the chance for legendaries or is that static?

woeful shale
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Is it just me, or does life confirmation cancel out the reduced max HP gain from Hidden Spear? Took it and the next Centaur heart I got gave 35.

woeful shale
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Styx.

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Does that give 25 or 50?

fading garden
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I think boss rooms double. So if it was a boss chamber, it would be 50

woeful shale
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Oh, so that's what it does.

fading garden
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Yep. So if it was a boss chamber, it sounds like hidden spear was still doing its thing

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Are there any strange synergies with unshakable mettle?

weak violet
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Dont know lol

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Its really just a support duo, nothing much to it

woeful shale
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When you need to use lots of charged/long wind-up attacks and don't want to get interrupted?

unkempt pagoda
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what do you mean "strange"

wraith mantle
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for aspect of demeter fists is there a consensus on whether zeus attack or ares attack is better?? or does anyone have any other suggestions?? i'm trying to just get past like heat level 6 but i keep having almost no death defiances by the time i face hades lmao...

cunning urchin
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No concensus, no.

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They're both top tier Attack boons on Demeter Aspect.

weak violet
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I usually roll with a merciful end build for fists :l

wraith mantle
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Ahh okay thank you!! Fists is the only weapon that I'm having a hard time getting higher heats on... is it because i'm too reckless (probably yes)...

cunning urchin
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For Malphon, I would actually say focus on getting Divine Dash or a high rarity Divine Strike at first, and then take it from there.

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And just roll with what you get.

wraith mantle
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Okay cool!! I'll definitely try that out tonight. Thank you!!

cunning urchin
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Dash-Strikes don't have i-frames. You need to empty-dash to avoid attacks.

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I imagine that's something that happens a lot where you take damage.

wraith mantle
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Not me just learning dash-strikes don't have i-frames....

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The world makes so much more sense....

cunning urchin
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So be careful with when you Dash-Strike and focus more on doing empty dashes at first until you get more comfortable finding your spots for Dash-Strikes and stuff.

wraith mantle
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Makes so much sense!!! Thank you omg

weak violet
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Does kinetic launcher even work with explosive upper?

cunning urchin
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More regular Attack, fewer Dash-Strikes.

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Explosive Upper only affects Dash-Uppers. Pretty sure it overrides Kinetic Launcher for Dash-Uppers, but your regular Uppercuts will still shoot the projectiles.

weak violet
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Yeah cuz aren’t both of those usually the best hammers for fists, preferably talos or demeter?

fading garden
royal helm
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Zeus attack tends to be better just on its own... at common rarity, I think?

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But yeah, if you manage to get Merciful End... it's a very good build

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Just takes a lot more boons

fair cairn
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thoughts on aspect of arthur? it feels clunky and I dont find any particular boon working well with it

sonic juniper
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It's slow but hits hard and has damage mitigation. Not good with FO, but doesn't need a lot of boons. % attack increase and crit will help you chunk hard.

dry ember
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like every other weapons, it can be good.

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though Arthur is very self contained

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it doesn't need hammer, or any boon other than a good attack like Heartbreak Strike or Deadly Strike to get going

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but it also doesn't scale as well as other weapons imo

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but in the end of the day. 200 base damage is always good

proven osprey
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Mirrorless boonless weapon

echo radish
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rolled splitting headache and deadly reversal on zeus shield dio special and athena attack with pulverizing blow, it was crit town

tame bison
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Builds to make hidden Railgun not awful?

fair cairn
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Lucifer is very powerful what's wrong with it?

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get zeus/aphro attack

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stack their enhancements accordingly

tame bison
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Standing still to get damage off is pretty rough

main osprey
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eternal chamber so you don't care about ramping damage

fair cairn
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demeter attack

tame bison
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And for special...I guess Zeus Demeter would be good?

fair cairn
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demeter is good

tame bison
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I’ll give it another shot thanks

fair cairn
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but the problem is you cant get rocket from hammer

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so special will always be kinda awkward

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so go all in on attack, just use special if you need those duos

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for standstill ramp up try getting concentrated beam from hammer

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which should be easy because like half of the standard hammer upgrades dont show up if you use Lucifer

somber hemlock
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i really cant play with sword even on 5 heat, all weapon i can finish it with no problem at all, anyone can show me video best build with sword? really mad at this shadedisgruntled

dry ember
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Do you know how to dash strike spam?

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Double Edge Hunter Dash Deadly Strike on Nemesis

somber hemlock
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always use dash strike?

dry ember
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Yeah

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Kinda

somber hemlock
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which best aspec that suitable with dash attack play style

dry ember
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Nemesis

somber hemlock
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ill try later

dry ember
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Combo is Special Dash Strike x how many dash you have.

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I'm sure you can find vid on YouTube of people doing it also.

somber hemlock
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yes found it

granite lava
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I did not expect artemis' boon flowchart to be so complicated

fading garden
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There's a flowchart? What do you mean?

granite lava
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I'm making flowcharts for each god and I reached Artemis', and I feel she has the most complex one yet

main osprey
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definitely xD

opal lodge
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her legendary deserves its own flowchart

granite lava
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I'm struggling to not make it a bowl of spaghetti

main osprey
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make every arrow a support fire

fading garden
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Oh. I'd love to see the flowcharts when you finish

main osprey
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some of them are in #fan-works

fading garden
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They are lost in the sea of fanart

granite lava
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album so far

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why does it show aphro's ? hmmm

fading garden
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Ah, I see what you are doing

main osprey
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it shows the first one lol

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repost the link with < > on either side

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or with other text in the message I think

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it's discord trying to be helpful by getting the annoying eyesore of a link out of the way :P

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either that or that wasn't the album link

granite lava
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/a/ means it's an album

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@fading garden well you can click on the link if you want to see them

main osprey
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whooo boi

opal lodge
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lmao

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love artemis

granite lava
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but that also means her flowchart will be very useful

gusty rapids
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wait what is that for

opal lodge
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this is such a useful resource

granite lava
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exit wounds

opal lodge
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thanks ponywarrior

granite lava
fading garden
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I didn't know Athena's DD boons had requirements.

granite lava
fading garden
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Learn something new everyday

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Well, every night

opal lodge
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@granite lava i'm about 99% sure divine dash unlocks the DDs

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are you sure it does not?

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or am i looking at the chart incorrectly

granite lava
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it doesn't

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I basically datamined all the info

opal lodge
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i see

granite lava
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so I'm 100% sure

opal lodge
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that's quite strange

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the only reason why i bring it up is because divine dash > DDs was an extremely common boon route for most of my 40 heat clears

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i need to check some vods i think lol

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and reevaluate my life

granite lava
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keep in mind it might have been true before, like during blood price or nighty night

main osprey
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it's possible that it's been changed

opal lodge
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i am 1.0 person

granite lava
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then you had some other boon that qualified for it

gusty rapids
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divine dash does unlock dds

gusty rapids
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ive done it before

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and am looking at it now

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that

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yes

turbid needle
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I can attest from experience

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As well as the game does

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Divine Dash is enough to unlock the death defiance replenish boons

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Athena aid, on the other end, won't

opal lodge
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it's very strange that it would say it does not in the code

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should we shut up lmao

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(amir's gonna change it)

granite lava
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hmmm you're right, I checked their requirements and they include dash, but dash doesn't display that it unlocks it

turbid needle
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Oh, so that one doesn't show up as much

granite lava
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thanks for pointing it out I'll correct it

turbid needle
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Now THAT is wack

opal lodge
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ah ok phew

turbid needle
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But yeah, dash's enough

opal lodge
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i thought it was some patch change or smth

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and was scared we'd have to start taking phalanx shot for DDs lmao

turbid needle
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Wait I do that already

opal lodge
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me too but i dont have to like it

cloud vault
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I like Phalanx Shot

opal lodge
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i do too but

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i also like divine dash

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a lot

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i need me crutch

cloud vault
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Dash through the Shot when you cast

opal lodge
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🧠

turbid needle
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Thing is, casts take time before they appear

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Divine Dash doesn't

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Ergo, the better crutch is clearly the dash

opal lodge
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and divine dash has a radius of about 5 zags

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phalanx shot too but not all around zag

mighty ermine
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and leaves the room 10 minutes after zag

opal lodge
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and yes i am keeping zag as a unit of measurement

main osprey
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what about a Zig?