#h1-builds-and-combat
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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.
You can get to Hades with like 3k+ eHP.
Effective HP?
I think so
Yes.
Friggin' Charon giving me 3 Ares boons in Styx after I've got Hunting Blades and Vicious Cycle.
5 Sack'd. 🇫
Does the level/rarity of the actual base cast boon influence the stats of duo cast boons based off of it?
Aggy is correct.
Sweet Nectar increases all Pom levels by 1, period.
Regular Poms give 2 levels, super Poms give 3, no matter what your prereq Aphro and Poseidon boons are.
But Hunting Blades' damage relies on your Slicing Shot damage.
Ah. That explains why the Slicing Shot boon persists even after I acquire Hunting Blades?
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.
Yes.
Hunting Blades isn't a Cast on its own, it modifies Slicing Shot.
And why I could only shoot my pomegranate seeds after I purged Slicing Shot at the fondue fountain and still had Hunting Blades listed.
And then reaquired Slicing Shot at the next area but with a higher rarity.
Oh, that's a galaxy filament brain move, wow.
I literally only did it because my bro watching me play was like "does it let you purge your cast?"
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.
Thanks.
How does the Epic +% talent work exactly?
I'm imagining a scale where a d100 is rolled to determine rarity
Does the Epic talent cut into the common, or rare, or is it something else
I think that's how it works yeah
Makes me wonder if we are better off going for the epic+ instead of the duo talent
Since epic boons notably have twice the base power of commons, for attacks anyway
Hunting Blades does way more for a Cast build than Epic>Common Slicing Shot.
Indeed, cast builds specifically are better off with duo
Since they all for the most part want duos and legendaries
Splitting Bolt does way more for a Malphon Lightning Strike build than Epic>Common Lightning Strike.
Aphrodite attack on Arthur tho
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%
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
Why did I take an Ares/Demeter Trial with Malphon?
Also, I'm calling shenanigans.
Because Frost Strike Artic Blast Fists is awesome?
Rare Crop boosted Lightning Strike to Rare but this exchange for Curse of Agony only gets me a Rare.
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.
Like a crossover between Static Shock and Touhou.
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.
from what ive heard, it rolls per rarity, per boon slot.
i.e. duo/legendary chance is rolled first; if that fails, then the game rolls your epic boon chance. if that fails, then rare chance, and if that fails, you get a common boon
exchanges are somewhere in there too
so basically, it all stacks
What is a good build for chirons bow
Heartbreak Strike and Deadly Flourish is the primary build.
I seem to make it to hades with the bow over anything else so I'd give it a shot
Lights of Ixions should be auto-grabs when you've got Exclusive Access and Fated Persuasion, right?
for chiron bow try ares or aphrodite attack with dionysus special and go for the duo
another fun one is aphro attack with demeter special with arctic blast
Heartbreak Strike/Deadly Flourish is the most optimal build, but Ares/Aphto Attack with Dio Special also works
dio special can be very fun w Chiron yeah
the thing with Deadly Flourish is that it scales insanely well if you get both concentrated and relentless
especially with the duos
yeah the crit build will give you the fastest clears
Chiron deals a lot of single-target damage so getting something like Tidal/Passion Dash is ideal
Tidal for the best AOE dash, and Passion in case you went Ares attack and want to do Curse of Nausea/Low Tolerance memes
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
stack 8x doom then dash
generally fists are the best weapon for that strategy but I'm willing to bet chiron could pull it off too
||Really trying to beat Hades' 2nd phase || he's a pain in my rear and all the options here I'm gonna try
shield is what I used for my first run, can block the lasers
Lasers not the issue
In general
pots and spin attacks are usually the hard parts for me wrt hades
Learn to i-frame the spins
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
extra dashes or hyper sprint can be useful to escape if u can snag them
if not, what sketch said
i framing the spins, tho thats harder
not really, no
athena dash is also useful for surviving the fight as you can deflect the skulls
just dash to his back when you see the circle around him or smth
I think that's way harder than you're giving it credit for
athena dash is useful for everything because its athena dash
athena dash was definitely my saving grace on my first run to completion
disagree, but that's imo
athena dash is still my #1 boon
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
Which is obviously hyperbole, but yaknow. 👀
It's pretty good
it do be
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
very much appreciated at high heat
athena dash is my high heat crutch yeah lmao
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
blade dash gilga is pretty funny
yeah that's quite fun
it can be if you have the right boons to enhance it, otherwise it's pretty meh
with static discharge it's a lot better
also pairs well with lightning reflexes
however for dps tidal and blade dash are still generally better
aight what the here triggers the "Made Friends Along the Way" title
seeing every story room
Aaah, neat!
beowulf with aphro cast is good too
especially since it can trigger privileged status when paired with demeter attack/snow burst
also can count towards parting shot duo
what should i choose fer hammers if im runnin achilles cast build?
I think they would not matter at all
I mean you still have access to serrated/flurry jab which are powerful hammers
But good hammers enhance attack while you're going for a cast build
You could go hybrid I guess at low heat
wait i thought high heat achilles runs hybrid build with artemis attack
they do
Sure thing
most speed runs w Achilles also go hybrid
But I think it's not high heat or speedrun anyway
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
u can never go wrong with flurry idt
I meant that cast builds suffer at high heat
Hence you would not go full cast
tbh I can’t think of any other decent hammers, maybe extending jab? that wouldn’t be bad
oh i see
For me these 2 hammers are very good
achilles often can’t go full cast since it doesn’t have a reliable way of removing bloodstones rly
like hera and Poseidon do
Extended seems ok but it's actually garbage
I don't think it's garbage... just bland and there's better hammers
that’s fair
Yeah that's why I meant I'm a bit extreme lmao
I haven't played a lot with Extending Jab... but I feel like it frequently whiffs / doesn't autoaim well on pad
But 40% is not enough imo. I think keeping your distance to get the buff would actually make you dps less
So you actually tend not to be able to get value out of the additional range unless you're playing on KMB...
And, to me, playing on KMB is weird... don't have the habit/muscle memory
achilles offers something else though. You have rly good movement it's not all about cast
I mean I like extended to hit across from pits in styx and that's it
kbm* oops
it's complete the way it is
https://youtu.be/7slMWvGKEaA
ME build with Zeus shield aspect, unlikely didn't catch Billowing strength, not so bad, but with fists works better
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
That sure would be nice, if so
I would not try that lol
I might try it, at some point... but just with EM4 on
Yeah testing it would be fun
Spear kind of struggles with DPS... so... if you can get away with Athena attack, you almost need/want Deadly Reversal
But to me deflecting attacks are more a miracle than anything else
Hades spear throw is so fast too
yep
achilles has the best dps of the spears
hot take
A bit of a toss up between Hades / Achilles...
Because the Achilles spear is forced to do its rotation every 4 attacks
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
But if you get Glacial Glare / Hunting Blades / Mirage Shot it probably just is more dps than hades
yea... I have AP2 blinders on 
you're using a percentage scaling on 15 basedamage per shield.
I think thunder flourish is still the way to go on Chaos?
ah. earlier when i asked which boons to use on chaos in this channel someone said aphro was good
Yeah this channel is cursed
just any damage that doesn't come from the basedamage should be fine
lmao that's the opposite of what i was suggested
I had a fun chaos run a while a go. Tempest flourish with Sea storm
sea storm is amazing
But for consistency I'd go Thunder flourish or Doom
thank you for the help
Aphro is probably good as secondary, unlocks smoldering air, but yeah not as the shield special
what is better for chaos, sudden rush or explosive return?
return
oki
whats a good build for zag aspect sword?
it really is meh when you compare it to the other 3
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
use athena attack + dash with ares special
that way you can benefit from dire misfortune stacking
in my experience, hammers make or break the zag sword run. world splitter, double edge, piercing wave etc
Double edge into crit, builds around call/smoldering air, Merciful End
Athena special in general is very good
I would consider deadly reversal
the sword probably has the worst hammers overall, but certain combinations are really good
like cursed slash + flurry slash
or double nova + super nova
Right now I need to use hunter's mark to activate privileged status, but one of these boons needs to go, which one? Weapon is arthur sword
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would still go with hunter's mark
divine dash is just too good in general and epic swift strike on arthur is spicy
i'm always iffy when taking hunter's mark. it doesn't work when enemy is alone, right?
Theseus got done it by it, so I guess it's time to shine has passed
eh
is explosive fire on hestia good?
would it be better than rocket
it does feel like rocket became redundant when you can just do empowered shot
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
so what should i take
get roots, sell roots for gold, buy something else with the gold is what I would do
should i take posseidons boon
which one?
what weapon
i can go for money or posseidon aspect of arthur
what do you have on attack and special?
i have arty on atk and athena on special
probably money
ok
is tidal dash good i happened to have to choose between posseidon and darkness and chose boon
tidal dash is very good, though i've never used it on arthur
it'll probably be good, you just might have to adjust your spacing on attacks a bit
so account for the push back
ok
but with arthur you do a lot of dashing, and tidal dash racks up damage fast
ok
idk what hermes is good for
i mean using my special a little bit faster is good but idk
i can choose money
hermes gives extra dashes which are good. faster attack on arthur is also crunchy
i personally don't like it
or faster attack
faster attack for sure
i think faster attack
i personally find the extra speed and dashes from hermes really helpful!
should i sell stuborn roots
yes it is trash
money good
30% faster attack on arthur is soo good
@coarse moss Yessss, it's like butter. Makes blasting Hades in the backside while he's spraying his beam so easy.
slow him with chill + hallowed ground mwahaha
man tidal dash is soo good
i clapped the heroes
ok so any tips for last boss
???
when he starts doing his basic slash slash spin combos move behind him and back up
cuz i have pretty good things 250 hp and no deaths so i really want to do thus
then punish
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
his attacks are easy to predict but hit hard. so take your time to not get hit
he has two phases, so watch out for that
i have 2 death defiances so i shall have a chance
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
in his second phase he goes invincible when he's at 1/2 health
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
it gets hard when theres a lot of bombs and minions on screen. kill bombs first i'd say
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
good luck mate
good luck!
Gods-speed!
guanyu spin is 50 damage per hit if you charge it to max. pretty strong. really need the hammer for spin speed imo. seems athena attack is great for making safe spaces. the special is pretty good too for killing smaller things
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
it's like adding 10 heat to your run
it sure does. could be a freebie if you're good at not getting hit though (not me) 😆
he bully me so bad
I read some history in here, looks like I should probably try to get aphro on att/sp early
"Just don't get hit" 
bruh he bamboozled me
i thought he finnished but
he combo
i mean not ok
still i got to second stage half life
he bamboozled us all ainzwish lmao
that's good progress!
thx
yeah, the game doesn't expect you to beat hades until after multiple tries
each time you learn his attack patterns, and eventuially you'll beat him
Yeah his second stage combo maims if you don't know the timing.
I like the sound it makes when you get hit by his spear tho
slicing shot sucks unless you have the duo with artemis
so the other one
take blade dash
ok
the biggest problem with blade dash is that it's not divine dash
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 😦 )
Do Erebus Gates count for god keepsake use?
I ask because one time I had on Poseidon keepsake, but the next regular door was Aphrodite and the erebus gate was Poseidon
clouded judgement or static discharge
i have the duo from arty so i thing i should take static
but idk
m glad you like them! I designed the extra challenge to be challenging even for our high heat veterans, so don't feel bad about that. I'd need a couple tries to do it, too. Maybe you could try the 10 god extra challenge, though, if you want to do an extra challenge. 
You could also watch some of the extra challenge wins and see if you can pick up anything that would help you. 
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^
Also, any tips for Guan Yu?
I’m currently trying an Athena spin attack + Athena dash build, and because I have ares special, I can also get merciful end
I HAVE TIPS
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.
Divine strike is really good, but you should not go for ME without Ares on attack
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.
Divine spin build is decent really, with quick or massive spin. Or both
Spin builds are really good for calls too
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
for the challenges? im listening
The danger is EM4 obviously. You'll need a decent build to get to Dad so you can take your time
There's no FO involved so you can play slow
Since you have Ares keepsake, you can pray for Merciful End if Athena shows up
Otherwise I'll build around a strong call
Since Zag sword deals no dmg
hey everyone. Is anything else than Zeus viable on adamant rail ?
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
I barely did the normal one with 30 seconds left
which aspect?
i don't really care, but my prefered are lucifer and eris
Yeah, Aphrodite or Artemis special also work, especially if you get the rocket bomb hammer
for lucifer Athena and infinte ammo is super op
Oh I thought you were, ok!
why athena?
Deflecto beam
for Hestia Artemis or Aphro are good
I think the beam dosent deflect but when you shout there circle around you deflects everything
Dio can be pretty nice on Rail's quick main attack.
I dont rly play eris so idk
Eris has a cool damage boost that works on like everything and can be a cast weapon.
I like this reasoning
Too bad it was nerfed, huge loss for Eris casters
yah but archilles is better than eris if ur going cast
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
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.
So if I'm on Exagryph and am thinking about cast, I pick Eris.
then what do you go on sword?
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.
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.
ah right forgot about that
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.
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.
Is Artemis cast really worth it?
Meh. It basically can't overshoot when using Hera so I like it.
Oh wait does hera attack penetrate or does it cast on impact
Hera attack CAN penetrate depending.
Like I overshot it like crazy trying to use aphrodite with it.
Yea I was using ares, didn't have the best time
Hunting Blades makes it a lot better since it can loop back around.
That was the plan but I didn't get the duo
That's how it always happens ain't it?
All my best runs are "whoops, got something good"
or "wow, this WORKS?"
what are some fun builds for hestia
I think demeter legendary is my favorite thing to force
Blisters on my thumbs from reloading so much?
I'm guessing hestia needs you to take all the undamaged enemy bonuses
Wait does breaking shield count as damaging an enemy?
backstabs are actually quite good on hestia i've found
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
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.
hunter dash, targeting hammer
wait, you can dash strike with hestia?
You can dash strike with all guns
i didn't know it worked with the single shot though
Or well all weapons
Dash Attack is still attack and yeah it works.
oh dont forget chaos dash-strike
get Artemis attack and Artemis dash-strike
and Aphro on special
easy build
reload > dash > attack
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.
richochet is the best
ricochet, ye
piercing can be good for shield guys
I actually found out that Hazzard bomb works pretty well too with hestia
like with Aphro you can get 200% boon easiliy and then 300% from Hazzard that cover huge area with weak for heart rend
it's also very fun to use
Hey can I have some help
So are spoiler? Weapons allowed
So should I get eternal chamber or flash fire on igneous eden
It’s basically more range vs infinite ammo but no damage ramping
I don’t have that
so if youre going for the meme then sure otherwise flash fire is prolly better
If I did I would get infinite ammo
Since IMO Athena has the best attack boon, with really good damage boost, and deflection
Deflection on the igneus eden makes you basically invincible to projectiles from the front
yea its a fun build
my fav is prolly demeter but also i havent actually done any runs with lucifer
though i think if you can score aphro or ares duos dio might be better
since you can just blast for a bit and keep running
i'd agree but my last three runs were with trippy fog and its insane
it's like the second worst cast without hunting blades imo
I really like it on bosses
like you dont need duos to make fog work
but also if you get duos its even more insane
the vast majority of enemies are too mobile to get base aries cast to deal good damage
jolting and chilling in fog with stagger and bonus damage and damage reduction
its the dream
trippy fog + zeus is insane. I got a run where I got lucky enough to have zeus/dio + zues/artemis, is was so fun
I just won the lottery
https://i.imgur.com/wsSJC9A.png
What are some tips to get faster runs? The fastest ive gotten was 14 minutes and 44 seconds with the demeter fists
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.
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.
Thanks!
@loud oracle this is a good guide.
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...
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.
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?
lol that's convenient
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)
though the best free rooms still give power
like chaos rooms
also try running with the timer on (9 minutes per floor)
anytime it's ticking down while you're thinking, pause the game to stop it so you can think freely
you'll see when it's ticking and when it's not
be aware that both the "survive for 45 seconds" and the "Deal with Thanatos" rooms don't run the timer
survive for 45 seconds rooms don't show up when u have td on
for thanatos if you do have a menu(boon, well) that you can pull up, do that when waiting for him to disappear
also open the codex when the than encounter stops
he takes like 20 seconds its pretty dumb
I go
finish encounter, move to exit doors → codex → pick up centaur heart → codex
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
since there's one more freebie room possible
ye
how does cold embrace work
the beam fires at you so how do you deal damage with it?
do you stand behind enemies or somethin?
idont think so
No, beam attacks can't be deflected
you can spoiler here freely
you have to put || in front of and behind spoiler'd text
and to spoiler in discord you put ||around|| it
Ares/Artemis duo boon plus Demeter call, greater recall, aphro/Artemis duo boon, and all the crit buffs and support fire....
Batman is Bruce Wayne
cold embrace works terribly, in general
Crystal Clarity, on the other hand....
it's best if you're using the ammo system, drop all your ammo, and then get on the far side
now THATS a duo boon for the lasers
but it's still awkward like crazy
im just trying to get it
for the prophecy
was curios in 30% damage but when it says the beam focuses u
idont get it lol
it shoots at you, and ends when it reaches you
so yeah the only way to hurt things is to get on the far side of them
I still need a few more cast duos for the prophecy
Will be using ||GIRUGAMESH|| fists for the first time. Athena crit stacking should be safe bet, right?
Do you mean Artemis?
do you mean B l a d e D a s h ? ? ?
Honestly I don't know what's good and what's not on it. Everything sounds fine.
Oh, right. Artemis.
blade dash ganf
oh. right. the multi dash thing.
The game gave me Zeus epic bolt dash and his legendary boon instead.
Does Patroclus' Cyclops Jerky Select only benefit your attack and not your special/cast?
just ur attack
do you stop getting rewards (titans blood ambrosia diamonds) after 20 heat?
yes
oh wow
I mean. 25 is too close to 20
Hmm. I didn't have to fight ultra hades all those times.
But I did anyways. Oh well
Does Charon have more attacks if you have extreme measures on?
@gusty rapids
So extreme measures Hades is the toughest enemy by far.
pretty much
Be cool if there was an extreme measures specifically for charon
yeah
But I guess it would ruin him being a secret boss
I think that without extreme measures Charon and Hades are about same difficulty
But, I like to think Charon is tougher
Btw. How do you guys likethe aspect of Guan Yu?
i mean
how do you like it
personally i like it a lot but u have to get used to it, and its pretty crap unless its invested
at low levels the health drop is just too severe
So, what's your best weapon then?
probably rama or hestia
nah hestia's actually much different than the other rails
artemis is the way for both of them really
rama can go any percentage boon (like aphro), but hestia really likes to crit
hestia is the one where you get 75% damage form special right?
no thats eris
ok
that one you use zeus on yeah
so hestia is the 150 sniper
yes
so, does one spam the reload shot? or empty the clip?
I know the current speedrun wr is with hestia
uh for speedrunning im not actually sure i havent seen the vid, but for general play, or high heat play
you spam the reload shot
also the new world record is by eris, it just hasnt been approved by the website yet iirc
cool, that's a fun fact
eris is generally considered to be the fastest weapon
the eris with the no reload 3 burst hammer is a dream
yeah its great
- zeus attack, oh my god
Well. Aspect of Guan Yu is the only weapon I've been able to consistently increase heat with, and eventually beat extreme hades
Then at 20 heat there are no more rewards so I'm having to change weapons etc
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
personally i loved putting demeter on the attack so you can slow enemies down a ton with ur spin
giving u even more time to spin
woaw.....
thats sounds way legit
the spin does block some type of ranged attacks
so, it would be benefitial to use demeter
Guan Yu so wants to be max level before you play around with it
for sure, its all maxed out
My favorite is gilgamesh though. If you get heroic hermes boon, you can dash 8 times
btw, what's the best cast boon?
yeah gilgamesh can get really funny with that lmao
especially with blade dash
wdym best cast boon? like the best cast out of all the gods?
yeah
that honestly depends on what you're going for
they're all balanced enough that you can use any of them
demeter and ares cast require a bit of work to do well though
but other than that the others are pretty solid
is the best weapons for cast the poseidon sword?
I played around with curse of drowning for the duo prophecy, ended up being really powerful and I won that run
achilles, beowulf, hera are all good too
Depends on the cast
poseidon isnt universally the best by any means
Achilles is better for non sticking, Poseidon is good if they stick
There isn't a best cast aspect imo.
exit wounds poseidon lol
I’m bad at Beowulf and I havent played around with Hera yet
Is beowulf as good as they say?
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.
Man. I might say that Guan Yu and Eris may be contenders for the pound for pound best
love that
Yeah it's good if you can use it well. It's not as straight forward as it sounds.
yeah im not good at beowulf lol
need more practice
hera is much more intuitive to me
I like how beo changes the way u think about bull rish
my 2 brain cells can handle that
lol\
first thing i killed hades with was chaos shield
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
shield is good. zeus shield can be pretty fun with Merciful End also.
i need to try that
and thunder flourish
i havent done a single zeus shield run lol
free win lol
I also have aspects that I've yet to use
Guan Yu makes me feel safe
25 health = safe
LOL
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.
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.
I wish I could say " I can use any aspect easy" but I can't. Kinda feels like I'm lacking.
What should i choose for first five heats?
Whatever for sure you know you kick ass with
I can use any aspect other than zag spear, guan yu, or gilgamesh
dude, gilgamesh is the most op gauntlet
you can always get at least 5 dashes on any run
still didn't like it
id much rather use dem fists
but da dash
but the nuke upper
you get 4 dashes but it wacks out the dash input
and changes the sound effect which I cant stand
you don't have to tap dash, you can just hold it
Start loving it.
I will never use gilgamesh again just to spite you 
Daddy... why did you eat my fries.. I bought them.. and they were mine
fine
Dashing is one of most if not the most mechanic in this game
hadeess why did you eat my dash inputs... I pressed the spacebar.. and they were mine
but yeah you are them you ate my dash inputs
@stray apex you usually want TD1 and EM1/2 at least
if you have fast weapon go for DC2
ha, I have hades on the switch and I play it while I make brown, makes all my brown come out nice and easy
🤨
I pity anyone who can't play hades on the toilet.
TD1 and EM1/2 and DC 2 what are those?
pact conditions
tight deadline, the one that gives you time limit
extreme measures, makes boss harder
DC2, gives enemies 2 hit worth of armor
tight deadline 1 (9 minute timer per region), extreme measures (tougher bosses), damage control (enemies take 1-2 extra hits)
Thanks guys @turbid needle @cosmic hornet
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
btw, the final level of extremem measures gives you 4 heat because it makes Hades into an unstoppable killing machine
just gotta make it outta tartarus
he revives twice now, so you'll have to fight hades 3 times
asphodel is so short that it's basically free time
Oops
I have only defeated hades with rail
I have made it to final with other but couldnt beat him
those heats doesn't affect hades
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
taking extreme measures 2 only affects furies and lernie
I think extreme measures 3 makes thesus and bull dude easier
Charon is tough dude
I think Charon can beat Hades, if charon was a playable character or whatever
the problem with em3 for me is the minotaur
That dude is sneaky and strong
Theseus also moves in a cart with shield right
oh man, its true, if you don't have ranged weapons, then extreme thesus would be difficult has heck
beyblade beyblade let it rip
Guan Yu
I had no trouble with the extreme boys on sord
You used the sword?
Guan yu is so tough for me
I love sword with cursed slash or whatever
half of my clears are with sword
No hit run is what i should do for guan yu
what's a sword build that you like that's very realiable and easy to pull of on most runs
Artemis attack and aphro special is my sword runs
Here's the thing about Guan yu though. The hammers that benefit it the most, you'll get them on most of your runs. Something about the RNG makes them drop a bunch
Same for rail too
u can use arthur by itself and win
I get more hammers for rail than others
u (almost) always get 2 hammers per run
If you have 2 hammers and get the anvil in the final shop, you can get 3 hammers, but its gamble
My luck is terrible
same
So i dont go for anvil
is nemesis the second sword aspect? I forget
you should always go for anvil
otherwise it will haunt you through your entire run
Yes
u can cheese anvil by quitting out
Whenever i choose anvil i regret it
and manipulate it by casting
Same. Except for that one time many days ago.
i sometimes pick anvil when the other option is health/pom just to kick it out of the pool
oh I thought u were talking about the anvil in styx
Yes styx anvil
what?!! tell me more
u can cheese it
pick it and if you don't like what you get then quit out
the only time it won't let you quit out is if you've fished, taken a boon from shop, or rerolled anything
I pick hammer on cast builds to get it out of the way
this the greatest thing I've ever heard
@turbid needle so if you quit the game you can jump back in where you left off?
yeah
I'm so happy right now.
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
you can even quit in the middle of room transition if you regret your choice or miss a gold pot
Woah man
this is especially apparent in asphodel
What a man
not a man but thank u
Oops sorry
I dont like arthur that much
sword is good when u spam dash strike
yes
Its chunky imo
I saw the fresh file speedrun wr and thats what he does
I love Arthur bc its beeg
Haelian right
Is arthur your favorite sword aspect or nemesis? @turbid needle
they're both my favorites, but I think I like nemesis a little bit more
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.
Nemesis is consistent
I haven't used nemesis sword at all
Arthur to me is only tolerable at FO0, faster than that I prefer Nem
since I've been missing out
quick question, anyone got footage of Dionysus' old trial of god? the one where he basically nukes you over and over again
that sounds insane
my favorite aspects for each weapon are:
nemesis, hades, beowulf, rama, demeter, hestia
yea my friend's just getting into hades and when he didnt pick dionysus i thought he was goners
but then it was this roof leak thing
demeter is 3rd gauntlet that special hits 7 times or something?
ye
yes
it's awesome
especially if u get arty special on it
yoooo heart rend
I've never tried that
is gauntlet attack worth aphro though
imo nah
just use passion dash 
maybe dio so you can aphro somewhere else for low tolerance and splitting headache too
passion dash actually slaps
guaranteed crits at that point
dio attack arty special passion dash with all duos between the 3
whats the crit percentage
Oooh, that sounds like the dream
12% from dio arty
32% then
it's basically having arty attack
you could hunter's mark for atleast 30% increase in the crit chance
but if your normal attack crits you'll lose it
welp just aphro cast and athena dash for another duo
when u deflect an attack
hmm maybe divine dash gets a pass
artys duos are so good
nevermind just checked it
Nah, because divine dash doesn't enable deadly reversal
ah
it needs flourish or attack no dash
passion dash it is then
For it to show up at least
it was a good dream
this was my single gilg run https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/364243718477185035/782101495809048607/unknown.png
the game didn't give me the option to pom tidal dash EVER lmfao
Does a keepsake's bonus "+20% chance to be rare or better" increase the chance for legendaries or is that static?
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.
Was it an erebus gate?
I think boss rooms double. So if it was a boss chamber, it would be 50
Oh, so that's what it does.
Yep. So if it was a boss chamber, it sounds like hidden spear was still doing its thing
Are there any strange synergies with unshakable mettle?
When you need to use lots of charged/long wind-up attacks and don't want to get interrupted?
what do you mean "strange"
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...
I usually roll with a merciful end build for fists :l
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)...
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.
And just roll with what you get.
Okay cool!! I'll definitely try that out tonight. Thank you!!
Dash-Strikes don't have i-frames. You need to empty-dash to avoid attacks.
I imagine that's something that happens a lot where you take damage.
Not me just learning dash-strikes don't have i-frames....
The world makes so much more sense....
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.
Makes so much sense!!! Thank you omg
Does kinetic launcher even work with explosive upper?
More regular Attack, fewer Dash-Strikes.
Explosive Upper only affects Dash-Uppers. Pretty sure it overrides Kinetic Launcher for Dash-Uppers, but your regular Uppercuts will still shoot the projectiles.
Yeah cuz aren’t both of those usually the best hammers for fists, preferably talos or demeter?
Well, i guess in this case I mean obscure/unexpected
Zeus attack tends to be better just on its own... at common rarity, I think?
But yeah, if you manage to get Merciful End... it's a very good build
Just takes a lot more boons
thoughts on aspect of arthur? it feels clunky and I dont find any particular boon working well with it
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.
like every other weapons, it can be good.
though Arthur is very self contained
it doesn't need hammer, or any boon other than a good attack like Heartbreak Strike or Deadly Strike to get going
but it also doesn't scale as well as other weapons imo
but in the end of the day. 200 base damage is always good
Mirrorless boonless weapon
rolled splitting headache and deadly reversal on zeus shield dio special and athena attack with pulverizing blow, it was crit town
Builds to make hidden Railgun not awful?
Lucifer is very powerful what's wrong with it?
get zeus/aphro attack
stack their enhancements accordingly
Standing still to get damage off is pretty rough
eternal chamber so you don't care about ramping damage
demeter attack
And for special...I guess Zeus Demeter would be good?
demeter is good
I’ll give it another shot thanks
but the problem is you cant get rocket from hammer
so special will always be kinda awkward
so go all in on attack, just use special if you need those duos
for standstill ramp up try getting concentrated beam from hammer
which should be easy because like half of the standard hammer upgrades dont show up if you use Lucifer
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 
always use dash strike?
which best aspec that suitable with dash attack play style
Nemesis
ill try later
Combo is Special Dash Strike x how many dash you have.
I'm sure you can find vid on YouTube of people doing it also.
yes found it
I did not expect artemis' boon flowchart to be so complicated
There's a flowchart? What do you mean?
I'm making flowcharts for each god and I reached Artemis', and I feel she has the most complex one yet
definitely xD
her legendary deserves its own flowchart
make every arrow a support fire
Oh. I'd love to see the flowcharts when you finish
some of them are in #fan-works
They are lost in the sea of fanart
Ah, I see what you are doing
it shows the first one lol
repost the link with < > on either side
or with other text in the message I think
it's discord trying to be helpful by getting the annoying eyesore of a link out of the way :P
either that or that wasn't the album link
/a/ means it's an album
@fading garden well you can click on the link if you want to see them
like look at this https://imgur.com/ZDxV5Ds

whooo boi
wait what is that for
this is such a useful resource
exit wounds
thanks ponywarrior
you're welcome
I didn't know Athena's DD boons had requirements.
@granite lava i'm about 99% sure divine dash unlocks the DDs
are you sure it does not?
or am i looking at the chart incorrectly
i see
so I'm 100% sure
that's quite strange
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
i need to check some vods i think lol
and reevaluate my life
keep in mind it might have been true before, like during blood price or nighty night
it's possible that it's been changed
i am 1.0 person
then you had some other boon that qualified for it
divine dash does unlock dds
I can attest from experience
As well as the game does
Divine Dash is enough to unlock the death defiance replenish boons
Athena aid, on the other end, won't
it's very strange that it would say it does not in the code
should we shut up lmao
(amir's gonna change it)
you're right, I checked their requirements and they include dash, but dash doesn't display that it unlocks it
Oh, so that one doesn't show up as much
thanks for pointing it out I'll correct it
Now THAT is wack
ah ok phew
But yeah, dash's enough
i thought it was some patch change or smth
and was scared we'd have to start taking phalanx shot for DDs lmao
Wait I do that already
me too but i dont have to like it
I like Phalanx Shot
Dash through the Shot when you cast
🧠
Thing is, casts take time before they appear
Divine Dash doesn't
Ergo, the better crutch is clearly the dash
and leaves the room 10 minutes after zag
and yes i am keeping zag as a unit of measurement
what about a Zig?


