#h1-builds-and-combat
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If you use two or more casts you mostly oneshot anything with trippy shot
hades's spin does 40 normally right? i'm not tripping?
I think it does 60, really not sure though
There might be a difference if you level it or if you hit enemies with the tip of the spear
Idk I used it like 3 times
What if you shotgun people with dio special
For dio special you can just go chiron
alright, cause i just got hit for 80
went back and checked and i got no HL on
good boons for hestia?
My goal is to get black out without havong to think about applying hangover ever
ahhhhhhhhhhh
Anything with good damage, artemis, aphro and so on
alright, i was being a dumbass
lost my acorn ticks to the summons like a loser mmmmm
You should be reloadong between every shot most of the time so I would not take zeus like with other rajl aspect
yeah
base damage
i've already been doing artemis and aphro, i was just wondering if anything else was good
You might be able to make poseidon with sea storm work if you really want to
If you manage to also get poseidon dash your attack will be outclassed though
It seems like more of a meme build than anything good
Rare crop needs to either be buffed to actually do what the description sounds like it does or it's description needs changed to more clearly say what it actually does.
Maybe a buff to the common one, but if you hit your main damage source it is really strong
rare crop picks 2 randoms boons, decreases the rarity to common, then buffs the rarity every few encounters
right?
Yea
It's description sounds like it reduces ALL of your boons to Common then buffs X boons rarity every three encounters.
yeah
If you get it early or keep your pool of pommable boons small it is strong. So it is a situational boon like most other stuff except something like athena dash or hermes bonus dashes
I mean it's far from garbage
But also I'll agree that the description isn't clear
The first time I took it I thought it'd keep proccing too
I like the boon though
I mean it has a description and then says Boons Affected: 1
That’s pretty unambiguous.
it could mean one random boons every few encounters
and regardless, if this many people are confused by it, the wording should be changed
I would rather it's fixed to actually do what it says instead of the description being made accurate to what it does now. As is it's only worth taking if you have exactly the number of boons it effects and they're all already Common.
Yeah same, it is absolutely worth taking if your main damage has low rarity
If you get it early enough it's quite good unless you already have epics
If it actually did what it said it would be an amazing early game pick.
Then prolly not worth it
It would be incredibly op
You can take it with 3 tunnels left in Styx and it makes a random boon Heroic
Which is fun
whats wrong with rare crop?
No clue. I think it’s fine
doesnt everyone know its a gamble unless you get it early?
wording is a bit misleading
quick q would you take common greatest reflex or epic swift flourish on chiron
is it?
epic sf no contest
gotcha
epic sf means 3-4 volleys per target instead of 2-3
Honestly I'd even give it a Heroic tier for 4 and make it start at 7 encounters and reduce the encounters per upgrade by one per pom power until it reaches 1.
It might be worth consideration if you have dio special and deal most of your damage with hangover, but prohably not
Having situational boons in the game is fine. For example, any of the Athena ones associated with giving you a Death Defiance charge or if you’ve ever taken Ares cast and hoped to get Artemis Ares duo. Or all your situational mirror skills
nvm lernie slam killed me
Lolk
quick question
so i finally got meg's companion summon
what happens when I fight her
can I fight her
You cannot use it during the Fury fight.
You cant use the summon. Thats all I think
It is.
Usually Zag'll just say "can't do that" or something like that, but occasionally Meg chimes in with "ha, not happening"
Can't use it against dad either @honest wing
There's two other bosses
yea
can't use it against the lava either which is most of the damage I take lmao
you can use it against dad. but ||he needs to give you permission ||first
i'm not sure what triggers that dialogue, though. it just happened eventually for me
same goes for the other companions, not just meg
Yea it's been a while since I got meg but no permission still
So I've kinda just given up hope
I just use her to clear satyrs nice and quick
Tiny Vermin is a beast
If I could choose whom to fight I think I'd choose vermin everytime
He's the easiest one for me
No annoying poison darts or lasers
U crazy
poison darts are annoyin
i've only fought him like twice
but he wasn't really a problem
the double minibosses are more annoying imo
Yeee, three shielded snake crystals is big rip
Especially on that map with a huge hole in the middle
They spawn on three corners
what are you talking about holy
now I'm scared for high heat stuff lol
I've only played with EM1 yet
my highest is 4 heat rn
I'm just upping the heat to farm titans blood
Everything else is 3 and 4
and now I'll also need ambrosia for the first time
can i use art + posideon duo with ares + posideon duo ?
Yes.
pushing up to 8 heat and kinda nervous now
Art poseidon sounds like itd be insane with hunting blades
Too bad I don't have this Heroic Auto Reload on a Cast build.
Asking for heroic auto reload seems like a bit much no?
Hey everyone, I have made flowcharts for each god and duos. Before I use them in my mod and put them up on the wiki I need help to do a final proof read. Here is the full album : https://imgur.com/a/UkOZNf6
If you spot any error please ping me, thank you.
@echo radish so yeah it's here
Probably put a space between the https and colon before it so it becomes a hyperlink
It showed as an hyperlink but I've edited my message anyway
Noice and thanks, bookmark
Keep in mind there might still be errors
I'm not a computer and it was very repetitive work, a few people have reported some errors before
so i own the game on switch but like im considering getting it also on computer to see if mouse and keyboard is fun but i realized i can just ask peeps here
I like kbm
Very sure Curse of Drowning is incompatible with Beowulf.

No longer sword liker, rip
its implied
@cunning urchin I can test to be sure but it does not show up as incompatible, neither is the beo cast
now I got two swords in my name instead of one
@heady radish did you ever get Curse of Drowning on Beowulf? 
What build is nice on Rail beside Zeus/Dio?
Which rail
eternal chamber poseidon attack lucy
Ah yes the hose
@granite lava also, relying only on colors for distinguishing different arrows and stuff will make it difficult or impossible for some people with color blindness. You could try using a color-blind-friendly palette and maybe making one arrow color striped, another one dotted, etc.
Basic gun version not lucifer
Zagreus aspect?
Let’s go with eris
cluster rockets
@cunning urchin I just tested and curse of drowning does show up with beo
as for color blindness the base game doesn't have a colorblind mode so I don't know why I should bother
Wait how do cluster rockets work with eris, aren't you supposed to shoot yourself?
Oh rip
it still has a sizeable AOE effect on impact
^
^
If you really insist I can just use white instead of god colors but it really feels superfluous to me
Just put stripes on your already existing arrows
oh yeah I was only thinking about duos
I guess different shades of grey would work?
you can get CoD. i have not tested it
how many hammers can u get a run? is there a guaranteed amount of hammer?
2
2 hammers, 3 with anvil
Always 2
1 in tartarus 1 in elysium
will the game rig it that i get 2 if i just keep skipping hammers?
1 before elysium and second one appears after elysium
same with hermes right?
ye
that's neat
oh r u also guaranteed 2 hermes as well
according to that chart in the pins, yes
@granite lava could just use one of these color palettes. Makes it easy, I think. https://thenode.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fig_1-Palettes-for-blog_v2.png
Make the squares blank instead of grey if you don't require it for duos
is there a whole page i can read on like
They're colorblind-friendly.
what the game tries to give you and when you can see a shop or sth
saving that for future reference
Do you guys change your Sword build for Piercing Wave at all? Take advantage of the range somehow
I don't like wave, it feels so lame
oooh, that's a really nice set of colour pallettes Nyaan 
it's one of the better sord hammers
Really? Idk never liked it
Like it doesn't do enough damage and it's too small to hit anything accidentally
piercing wave is good because it works with dash strikes
its probably the number 2 or 3 sword hammer depending on how you feel about breaching slash
Oh wait what it takes Dash strike buffs?
?
It makes a wave when you dash strike
^
What's the first Hammer in A? Not Breaching Slash.
piercing wave
yeah my phone is in black and white and those duo diagrams are hard to read
s+: double edge
arthur: shadow slash, greater consecration
a: piercing wave, breaching slash
the others arent important
And why tier is Cursed Slash for sure lol
ye
cursed slash, cruel thrust, dash nova
Cursed Slash and Flurry Slash are weirdly okay.
yeah but you gotta get both at the same time
and you kinda get into this trap
Cruel thrust made me cry
idk how to describe it but
Also dash nova ruined a perfectly good run for me
there's this desperation w cursed slash
unless if you're using arthur of course lol
I do like flurry though
cursed slash arthur slaps
Surprised it's C
personally biased against it
makes dash striking weird
I'm curious why you rank Piercing Wave so high.
Cursed build
Hate you, Fox.
it's basically an extra 30 damage on every attack
It doesn't scale, though.
that's like having hoarding slash w 600 obols
It doesn't proc Status Curses, doesn't scale with anything except universal damage-ups.
it does pierce tho
I think Hoarding Slash is a C-tier Hammer.
What did I do lol
and ur attacking a lot
What do you mean doesn’t scale? Like it doesn’t get the %dmg bonus off your strike or?
Nope.
Have you considered naming yourself dadhope
Weird it doesn’t?
Huh yeah it doesn’t weird
dash strike is 30 base damage, so an extra 30 damage is basically a +100% additive boost to it
which is p good
it doesn't matter that it doesn't scale bc it's still a +100% boost
bc additive
So it’s like 100% a dash strike build soon as you take Wave
it's already a dash strike build
the moment u pick nonhidden sword
double edge arthur is bonkers though
I need to work on my dash striking I think then haha
okay... whoever suggested super soaker Lucifer, I like you
I guess Poseidon strike Luci?
I think the way the hammers are color coded is so cool
I never noticed that til I pulled up a tiermaker for them
How are they color coded?
Also have you considered opening a church of dash strike or something
O
each weapon has their own vibe
well I don't even know half of those hammers xD
Is it just me or is Zeus special on Rama just absolutely busted?
It is
of gods
Yeah I don’t think it’s actually possible to lose with Zeus Rama
Poseidon strike luci + Zeus/Poseidon duo
didn't get the Zeus legend though, tried so hard
Dodge.
DR and Dodge give you more eHP per point the more DR and Dodge you already have.
It’s kind of a bummer tbh. Feels like using a cheat code.
Raise the heat
Agree lol
whats special about zeus rama vs heartrend rama?
Oh just realized I had Duo boon that makes everything epic
No wonder I saw epic dodge and move speed
Lol
epic
Mmm refreshing nectar from Eurydice? Heroic boons incoming? Yeah I think so right? Lol
Does that work?
don't think so
It does make it more likely to get duos and legendaries
I think I've always gotten atleast 1 duo out of nectar
Do I have to feed my chthonic companions ambrosia to be able to use them in the Hades fight?
You have to progress the story to get that
😠
More to do with Hades than the companions themselves
Though Shady can be used any time
But I’m not good at this game
So if you want a Companion for Hades, use Shady until you get the rest unlocked
Only got Dusa and Meg’s so far
If you want to use them at Hades before you lift that restriction, it has to he from people who don't work in the household. E.g.,
- Skelly
- Sisyphus
I was just surprised when it didn’t work and I died as a result
the surprise caught me too, but then i like it for story reasons 😆
I’ve only beaten him 3 times so I’m sure I’ll eventually learn what the story is
Just got so close with Varatha for the first time and I’m starting to get really irritated with the game again
Wait you beat dad thrice and have a companion already?
everyone hates varatha apparently. im exaggerating but thats what it seems like
Yes I’m nearing 80 runs
I get to Hades and then flub it
45 minutes of just collecting nectar and everything
do you really have to do with spear?
If I want those fated list bounties I do
I want to like Varatha, but I hate that exploding skewer is not default (I hate having to retrieve the spear), and its damage is so lacklustre .
before i had any aspects, i made spear work with chain skewer and vicious skewer
No more special builds for me outside of GY
I’ve was mostly ignoring the attack and just using the special. List of Dionysus and Artemis boons so things don’t fly at me so fast
putting doom on chain skewer, make clearing any room go vrrrr
And Hades aspect for that time when things have just generated into the room
the big spin is fun. and iirc it hits from behind cover
in the hades fight can sit behind pillar while you spin
Hmm super soaker luci still blows. Standing still is not a thing you do in this game
Hmm super soaker luci sucks? There’s a pun here.
what about spamming dash strike? the beam dont cut off when you do it
Oh interesting
So, is it just me, or is arthur sword the best weapon for aphrodite?
love is best weapon
You combine the weak damage reduction with the consecration damage reduction, and you get the best raw damage scaling on your attack as well
Love the 3rd hit doing like 500 damage
guys why does freezing vortex exist... like it feels like a straight nerf to blade rift
How is it a nerf, it's great
Activating ps from blade rift, sign me up
Also making them slow along with the rift so they stay inside it longer
30% decreased size and no damage increase or time increase the only bonus it gets is applying chill, which is fine but hardly duo worthy especially when hunting blades increases time and tracks enemies
I've never used it without black metal though so I might be wrong
Wait you can't hunting and freezing votrex together?
no
That was going to be my next run rip
i would consider freezing if you could
yeah if they could both stack that'd be cool but they lock each other out
It would be godlike if it could be used together
like I'd rather take regular cast in 99% of situations over freezing vortex
Maybe they should make demeter tier 2 skills a requirement for the duo
freezing vortex + killing freeze sounds nut
except enemies just leave it without engulfing vortex
Think rift would build up chill fast enough for like one or two blasts
@coarse moss lol knowing that let me win despite using 5 DD this run
I just don't understand why freezing vortex is as weak as it is, like if it even just added cast damage that'd be cool but it doesn't even do that it gives you this slow (not stationary) small rift with no bonuses besides adding chill
stationary blade rift would be amazing
@glass rapids hi! Unfortunately, your submission for Hades Is Comin' to Town only has Jury Summons 2 instead of 3, so I had to remove it.
Would you try again with JS3 and submit that? m sure you can do it! 
I believes you can 
I play High Confidence Guan Yu lol.
i would be terrified throughout tartarus
upgrading it goes a long way too like lvl 5 guan is a lot less scary than lvl 1 guan
I still want to do a mirrorless Lv.1 Guan Yu run in Hell mode.
you want to do wat?
It's fun.
Have you tried hot pokers in the armpits before? You may also enjoy that. 🙂
That would be painful, though.
some people are into that
Why is my shadow presence and fiery presence doing the same damage
Shouldn't fiery be higher?
I tried hestia with fiery and high confidence and it dealt 262.
Same with shadow presence and high confidence dealt 262
Am I missing something?
Fiery is only undamaged foes? So only procs first hit?
Yea tried it on undamaged skelly
No idea
Is it even possible to unlevel weapons? (Barring CheatEngine or fresh saves)
nope
If I used the dio keepsake in tartarus and keep it, do I get another guaranteed dio boon in asphodel?
No, but you’ll keep the increased rarity chance bonus (for Dionysus)
has anyone tried the Diogenes challenge? if so, any tips on completing it?
what is a good special boon apart from artemis to use on the chiron bow?
dio, ares if you get that boon that lets you stack his curse, demeter if you get artic blast
try getting duo boons with ares and aphro if you go dio
zeus might seem like a good idea, but the lightning bolt seems to have an internal cooldown so you only get like 2-3 per special at best
so don't go zeus
yeah zeus special has a single target internal cooldown
anyone tried zeus on chiron special? i know the internal cooldown thing, but 2-3 procs dont sound too bad, especially with jolted and double strike. and pretty good room clearing if you just special without the homing. just theory ofc
Do chain lightning attacks provide any benifit against solo enemies? Like bosses and stuff
I'm bored give ne a minute
no
And Zeus on special doesn’t sound bad, just there’s better options
I did poseidon on chiron once and no, you don't get 8 knockbacks in case anyone wated to know btw
8 knockback sounds epic in theory lol
Doom on Chiron special with dire misfortune maybe?
Depends on how good that boon is in general, haven’t really used it much personally
yeah that works well
especially if you get the extra delay for doom
zeus special on chiron seems fairly decent in tartarus so far
wanna know how many bolts appear on 1 target
2-3 like I said, it's pretty hard to tell
I'm pretty sure artemis and dio are both going to scale better though
especially since the hammer for extra special shots is not going to add much damage
if we consider thunder flourish epic, 45 dmg per bolt. 3 hits = 135 extra damage. and can apply jolted too hmm
I'm 90% sure you get 3 by now btw
nice!
im...not sure. youre prob more experienced
I'm still in tartarus, jolted should be fine
getting double strike is pretty risky
way too greedy and it only really helps with bosses
yeah. is the non-homing special great for room clear as i thought?
room-wide jolted sounds nice lol
but i guess that can be achieved with zeus cast
so I just got done with tartarus and for now the build seems good but nothing absurd like beowulf trippy shot
should I transition into lightning rod or keep going with pure zeus?
i'll leave it all to you xD
ah too bad. i love leaving 3 rods down while i run around
just killed hydra, I have double strike but not the legendary, dio special with a duo deals more damage to hyrda but zeus is absolutely playable
not sure if I am going to get much more damage though
maybe zeus have better room clear potential but worse single target?
the single target is fine, dio and artemis are just better
I don't really use the special to clear rooms with chiron
you get some aoe if enemies are standing on top of each other though
you don't deal enough damage for that if you only hit something with a single or two special arrows
im counting on the jolted since that does about 100+
if you are fighting flamewheels or rats absolutely but other than that you have to do enemies one by one with chiron
you need them to attack like 3-4 times to deal enough damage, it is better to just press special 3 times to kill them instantly without risking atatcks
just fought asterius, it definitely falls off but early on it is really good
still need the legendary
thanks for testing btw 😆
why did I pick em3
just died to theseus and asterius lol
overall the build seems decent enough but gets outclassed by artemis and dio
not sure about ares,I only played that one once
ah i see
I should have taken some attack with a status curse too, I don't think I ever got priviledged status off and I forgot to switch to family favourite
btw does anyone have an idea why you get guan yu before the other hidden aspects when the helth loss is so crippling at rank one?
they should just give you arthur
you loose like 70%
i'm guessing guan yu was the first hidden aspect they implemented
so it got the short end of the stick
still no reason not to change it to any of the others
cold fusion or lightning rod probably good boons to go for with the chiron zeus build
lightning rod yes, not sure about cold fusion. You only really focus on one enmy most of the time and jolted should not ever expire opn that enemy
if I also have lightning rod or something like zeus call I might pick it
but I would pick double strike and splitting bolt over that
yeah makes sense
not sure if the boon that makes lightning strike aoe bigger is better but that's also pretty bad lol
i think cold fusion might have bigger potential than that though. like, if hades is doing his 3 hit combo, your jolted fell off from his first attack and your repositioning rather than pelting him with arrows. he could have jolt himself 3 times
same for asterius
yeah true but that is a pretty small usecase
double strike and splitting bolt give damage constantly though
the best use for copld fusion are the crystakl things in styx with lasers, they die pretty quickly to it
but other than that I don't think it is good
yeah, other options seem more useful
What build should I go for when learning how to Beo? Also how critical are levels on Beo since I'm a bit short on blood.
dio is great damage
I wouldn't say you need levels, but they add quite a biot of damage
beowulf with dio is stupid amounts of damage
it should also be great with aphro but I never tried
f l o o d f l a r e
that as well
Is Flood Flare legit now? Is it Flood Stygian or Flood Infernal? Might test it out since Aphro feels hit and miss for me
I see, I assume it's Flood Flare into Waves Pounding/Rupture/Slam or Sea Storm as a build then, then trying to get Mirage as well
Which of the cast mirrors do I take, Stygian or Infernal?
stygian for dio, infernal for the rest
Alright I've got the mirror fully opened up now so I'm going to reset it and spend my darkness wisely this time. Any 'must haves' for getting my first escape?
Hello. I fail to get any dps out of the bow. What are good builds so I can finally get good times on a run?
First off all try getting used to getting off a powershot most of the time
You should also be dashing between shots so they fire faster
Good boons are the usual damage boons for attack(artemis, aphro, anything with a high damage %)
This is different for hera and chiron, they focus on the cast and special respectively
oki
what is best boons for aspect of rama?
big chunky attacks like artemis or aphro, and something that applies status on the special (demeter, dionysus, ares, zeus are all good)
seriously this is so stupid. every time I use the sword Hades wrecks me in the boss fight.
i feel u
It feels like I take 100% more damage than with any other weaponj
thanks man ❤️
Super Giant needs to buff this i dont know.
give it more range or whatever it´s so annoying
I can gun through with the rail, poke to death with the bow, block+burst with the shield or spam the fists but I cant do anything with the sword.
not even on heat 2 or so
if playing a certain weapon dont work for you....get tidal dash, and sea storm and any boons that improve knockbacks, and your weapon doesnt matter. dash is your main damage 😆
Low heat Nemesis is unstoppable
Poseidon is very strong too for cast builds
Hidden sword also destroys low heat
I just died against Hades with the sword.... again....
- _ -
I am so close to put in God Mode.....
Post your build?
sword is 100% viable against Hades, all aspects considered
one of the aspects is actually one of the easiest melee build to get clears
my highest heat is with sword
does draining cutter work in conjunction with kills that are the results of status inflicted by special?
like a special that inflicts doom which in turn kills them a second later?
No.
damn, ok thanks
sord :)
marvelous!
Now I just need an Attack boon...
somehow I've made it to Elysium without one
Your chaos boons are quite powerful
merciful end damage is just silly lol
Calisthenics 2 is one of the worst things
Guan Yu hammer: winged serpent, massive spin or serrated point
Massive spin actually could be good here
spin
Thanks!
s🅱️in
Casual all Zeus offering for guan Yu run. I hate this thing lol
Zeus cast slaps
Does %atk dmg chaos boon affect lightning strike dmg or just the hit dmg?
just hit
Ty
you know it's going to be a good run when you start off with two treasure urns in the first room
Bleh dead to boss with guan Yu all Zeus build. Mostly bc I can’t dodge tho
Tho lightning strike and dash really not ideal lol
I'm pretty sure if you took all the runs I've won with divine dash
and the runs I've won without it...
the former would be a much, much larger category
Does everyone go into a run with an idea for what they want to build? I've just been winging it up til now but not having much success
I feel like Aphrodite legendary is much easier to get compared to other legendaries
for low heat runs not so much
high heat is def necessary
I'm not even to the point where the term heat means anything to me so I guess I can keep on trucking, thanks tho!
if you havent gotten first clear yet, then yah you can basically experiment and build anything
lol, using Aspect of Hera. Just reached Asphodel.
- Haven't gotten any cast boons yet.
- First room in Asphodel is Daedalus hammer, my first daedalus hammer offer.
- But there's also an Erebus chamber with Pom upgrade...
I really don't think I need daedalus hammer, honestly, with aspect of hera
does power shots affect hera?
ARGH, got hit in erebus with a stupid kamakaze chariot
I mean, it affects the base damage
but aspect of hera you want to get boon for cast damage
However, unlike shield, the cast damage isn't increased
then the hammer which negates charging an attack at the expense of powershotting might be good
Yeah still no clear for me. 23 (?) attempts and counting
Arthur aspect, divine strike, hunter dash: do I take Boss Ares boon or Chaos gate? Kinda interesting
I think I’m supposed to take Ares
arthur you want attack % increase
because he hits like a truck anyway
with enough % increase on attack you can hit for 1000+ with third strike
Yeah i can try chaos and reroll to look
arty and chaos attack boons are the best for arthur
Or aphro too
take the chaos
chaos 💯
the other two will come back
It’s pretty likely that you’ll find at least one more Hermes boon
I usually get one in the ||charon shop in styx|| so try saving up some gold
Do you have an upgraded cast
I'm using Aspect of Hera, but I don't have a cast boon yet
second one would be fantastic, but I don't have a special boon yet either, so Maimed Shot would be horrible, I'd have no way to kill anything
I could try rerolling again
How close are you to the boss
I just cleared second room of elysium
Because facing it with that would be very difficult
Ok
I’d honestly just re-roll
You still have 2 and you’re in elysium
Yeah that’s what I’d do
That's 37 more health from every death defiance
Better privileged status or family favorite?
I use family favorite because it's easier to achieve
for instance my current bonus is 25%
with boons from areas, zeus, dio, athena, and chaos
but I don't have hangover from dio
and I don't have chill or weak
so getting 40% from privileged would be difficult...
obviously though 40% > 25% ;-P
so if you can get hangover and chill, for instance, things that last a long time
that's an easy 40% damage boost
What’s a good build for the sword that dislodges the red gems?
Ignite whatcha think: Fist/Zagreus aspect run. Nothing so far except Poseidon special. Next choice is boss aphro or boss Artemis.
I think Aphro...just get busted strike
I generally dislike artemis, so, yeah, aphro 😉
Artemis is always just meh to me
except for duo with zeus
with 3 casts, that lightning damage is nice
finished run
How are you guys able to post images here? I don't have the option
Link to imgur I think and discord will just upload the pic
Hmmm, Mirage Shot or Hunting Blades?
DAMN I FORGOT TO USE MORT AGAIN!
Arthur great. Never lose with the thing lol
taking hunting blades first
mirage does nothing for slicing shot without HB first
Oh wow
I chose Mirage Shot and suspected it wasn't working
I'll know for next time I suppose
Thank you
i dont mean exactly nothing
Did you know you can dash with Arthur and continue your big swings?
shame, hunting blades is like guaranteed win 😆
Not gonna lie, that was fastest Hades clear. I was using Rama and stacked Hammers that made the Attack wayyyyy too slow, so I went with the trusty Cast and Dash buffs 
Rama and Explosive brick your run. You can't change my mind.
No lies detected.
foxhope its funny you say that
hades3234 purposely took it yesterday to prove some point
idk what he was trying to prove
Well did he make his point?
Wonder if I should do a dash knockback run if I'm trying to clear with Gilgamesh
not a bad idea proto, but i love punching wretches
Explosive plus point blank is kinda funny lol
Lol Poseidon special Rama is pretty good
Got bored with Zeus Rama all@the time
Ares special Rama is pretty good too
My current run has Aphrodite attack, Zeus special
Yeah I have Ares Chain shot attack presently
Ahh yaaas epic Rupture
Okay here we go
My first winning run I did with Rama I took explosive shot, out of curiosity at the interactions
Yeah that’s rough lol
It looked like it did a ton of damage, but yeah, the slower charging hurts a bit
Rupture breaking wave and doom attack def doing the thing
@coarse moss tbf gilgamesh doesn't punch Keepo
is hades aspect spear good/fun? if so, what boons are good on it?
true lol
I think like all the non-achilles spears it's fun with good hammer rng and a slog without it
The hammer that speeds up your spin attack is fun.
i love spear, but i feel like i hade to play achilles
*have
because of how dang good it is
I like the serrated edge hammer, that plus a big attack damage% boon is good
i like the huge spin that hades aspect has. you can hit through walls and stuff. even in last boss you can hit from behind pillar
neat. i’ll try it out
All spears feel the same to me
but even for spin attack achilles is broken because of the huge damage bonus
Its pretty versatile with boons I think. If you get serrated edge hammer you can go Artemis and spam dash attack for max damage. If you get the spin attack speed up hammer you can go Aphro or Athena on your attack for damage plus defense
The ways I'd build for them just aren't very different in general is what I'm trying to say I guess
Is there any effective strategy of winning with the Guan Yu? Seems like a big downgrade to me, tho maybe I'm wrong
Exploding launcher does not exist for GY
Charged skewer is indeed the hammer you look for
Yeah that's right
Guess I'll look for that upgrade
And also will farm titan blood so the life decrease won't be so big
Other than that spin hammers are good, serrated risky but nice dps
Does anyone else ever check to see what their first boon is and then give up and pick their weapon based on that?
I can imagine the spin attack being so much more usable with quick spin
It's like with Arthur, it's got amazing moves but it's sooo slooooooow
I feel like Guan Yu's spin attack needs the same dash mechanics as Arthur's standard attack combo
Although I can't say bad things about Arthur when it literally has given me 4k crits
If you dash while charging spin with guan yu it just fires off and then you dash
That being said I've yet to beat the final boss with Arthur
That slowness came into play ngl
Arthur is my best sword aspect :zaglol:
Especially against the final boss
my current arthur run 😉
with 80% costs, I won't be spending anything, but I will be getting a massive damage boost
try arthur with chill. enemies in the hallowed ground with chill cant do anything while you backstab them lol
does chiron with zeus special work btw? like how many lightning bolts does it shoot when all 8 arrows hit?
oof
the cooldown is per enemy
so if you used normal bow special and hit 8 enemies, that's 8 lightning bolts
so good for normal bow special but awful for chiron
but if you hit the same enemy 8 times, that's one lightning bolt
its not 1, you get 3 bolts apparently. if thunder flourish epic thats 135 damage. not bad
Reminds me I've never seen the Dio/Athena Duo while using Arthur. Should be a good meme build
I don't know if you could shotgun normal bow's special at the same target and get 8 lightning bolts though
you would need to be very close
i might just restart this run and pick rail instead and try a zeus rail build since its apparently op
Is it possible to get two extra casts from chaos in one run?
yeah
because the different rarities are called differently, they are different boons
like that
I don't feel like a mouse has enough buttons for me to like mouse and keyboard play
why?
I want to dash, cast, attack, and special with mouse because like no other buttons feel right
WASD to move, Q to cast, E to use, R to reload, F to call, 1 to summon
then left mouse attack, right mouse dash, and side mouse (thumb) for special
I don't have side mouse
oh, well, there's your problem 😉
True
Like maybe if I had a 4 key mouse then maybe id like it but I don't think it's for me
i been using ps4 controller
Before I got pc version i was using switch controller
You never really know what you're capable of and how much damage you're willing to just eat until you have 1:57 to beat Theseus and Asterius
what heat level?
sometimes a run is so bad, you just need to stand in the lava
Question, a quick check of the wiki didn't offer me an answer to how different sources of Hangover work. Is it a maximum of five stacks no matter the source, or does each source have its own set of stacks? If it's max five, does it combine Hangover damage from each source, or only use the highest damaging one in your build?
Max stacks no matter the source
each stack has different damage depending on the boon it comes from
New stacks will overwrite old stacks.
So not gud to have multiple sources, basically
Righteo, figured that would be the case. Thanks for the reply!
So say I want a reroll on the anvil. I pick it up, and I don't like it. When I'm next to Charon and try to quit, the game wont let me, so I have to enter one of the combat chamber, then it allows me to quit. When I restart the game, I'm still in the combat chamber and I can't undo my choice.
huh it must not work on switch then
It sucks being a lowly console peasant.
I've been able to savescum it on pc
I love savescuming. Even the name is scumy
I have a really hard time noticing the difference between normal attack and dash strike with sword
they look and feel identical
I’ve never had that problem. The dash strike looks like a lunging thrust to me
the only difference is that dask-strike has a little star flash
yeah, it can be rough with excalliber sometimes
i usually just rely on how my inputs feel, but even that can be hard
u get in a rhythm for Arthur dash attack
So, about the whole "dealing more damage to undamaged enemies"
Do armored enemies count as undamaged until you start depleting their red health?
Or does it only count the first ever hit to the enemy
Just first hit, armour or not
So I just found out there's a priority mechanic in the game, and the way it's been explained to me is that you're guaranteed at least 1 priority boon if you don't have priority slots filled (attack, special, cast, dash)
So what I usually do is if I know for sure I'm not going to be using an attack in the game, like cast or special, I just avoid all boons for it and will take even mediocre boons over it.
But with the priority mechanic, should I be taking those priority boons even knowing I'm not gonna use it if my other choices are mediocre, given that it would give me more boon choice later in the run as they wouldn't be taken by priority boons?
It depends on the situation, but yes. If you're looking for non-core boons or tier 2/3 boons, filling out your slots first will make them appear faster
is this just because getting a core boon will unlock tier 2 boons and create more options, or is there actually a priority mechanic?
God this would've been such good info for me, because I always get annoyed seeing the same boons for a slot I'm not using over and over
I think it's a mechanic that guarantees at least one boon if they're not filled
lol Poseidon special Rama with Rupture, sea storm, and jolted is a sight to behold
have only played rama a few times but why sea storm isnt the attack on rama super slow?
The special is fast
And double knock back now lol
I'm still needing to get Divine Protection, as that's the last legendary boon in the game I still haven't acquired. x.x
What's a fun grandmama build that isn't meme beam
i prolly need to clear my prophecies now
chiron bow with Demeter special is fun
torn between 1 and 3
although I think I should go for the first one...
because I'm playing with -100% healing
Gets 2 Common Boons, both are what I want
Eh...
Wants to save them for better rarities for later...Remembers rerolling for rarity is a trap
...Bunk it, what else do you-
Reroll gave me a Duo boon
ooooooooo-
they fixed the savescumming at some point
now it rolls you out of the run as if you selected "Abandon" if you force quit it
and is disabled for quitting between saves
faster spin > massive spin
Can someone come to my house and kill Hades with something that isn’t the bow or gun please?
What builds work for someone who’s bad at this game?
Also I want to get the achievement for having stubborn defiance on and then I am never using it again
Cranberry: try Achilles spear with Aphro strike/doom special and Priveleged status
Also sword: aphro/Artemis strike, Athena dash, some special that applies a status, and maybe Poseidon/Athena call.
Also Dio call is great on sword/shield imo.
Thanks I’ll give those a whirl
I think mainly using deflect dash and a Call that provides invulnerability for melee helped me a lot
Except Ares call I hate his
Shield...you can try lightning strike and lots of Zeus boons. Same with gloves
Thought I had something going with this but I’m a failure
Athena and Dionysus everything
And Demeter strike
||Dio strike with doom special spear is also fine. Like Achilles aspect plus that stuff. It’s nice to have flurry jab tho to apply hangover faster||
Anyone know if ares is good on the special for Chiron bow?
I've tried and it worked! 
the first run i ever finished was with a hazard bomb build lol, stupidest build i've ever played but i really want to do it again at some point
Maybe not the best but it's effective
i'd say that you're not really getting anything from it unless you get that boon that does extra damage for each time you stack doom (dire misfortune)
aphrodite on attack, ares on special, get their duo + impending doom + dire misfortune could be ok probably
Artemis on special dio on attack?
Does dash-strike and dash-attack buffs work with the Bow?
They don't seem like they would
Or aphro on attack
yea cause you can still dash-attack/dask-strike with the bow
aphro/art on special (im enjoying dem on special with chiron atm tho), aphro/ares/art on attack imo
elisium archers, is there a trick I'm missing? when there's 2-3 of them up, they seem to be able to just constantly destroy my hp even when trying to dash immune their hits as much as possible
stun lock them/hide behind walls/dodge towards the arrow
how does one stunlock? other then smashing into walls?
You can stunlock by repeatedly attacking the enemies. This effect is notable when using fists, for example. Note that armored enemies cannot be stunned, you need to strip their armor first.
What are some good guan yu builds?
is this restricted to melee weaponry (and attacks specifically rather than specials/casts/attacks)?
Special/cast/attack all can stun, or stagger, really. Ranged weapon can certainly do that, too, this depends on the fire rate. Take bow for example, normally it's hard to stunlock because you need to charge the bow.
But wtih flurry shot, now you can stunlock. (again, if the enemy has no armor)
I finally manged to get all the Legendary Boons today!
I was missing Divine Protection!
Nice. Im missing grandma’s
The Rail, even Hestia Shots as senseless as it feels is the only weapon who cannot Hit Stun with its Attack. Special definitely Stun Hits though.
3rd win with Lucifer. Still think it’s garbage. Lol
luci is great
probs my favorite rail
hard to play well
since you dont get i frames if you attack and dash
you can get punished hard for just holding down attack
You excuse me?
What, so if you get hit with a Spear's spin attack, you can't do anything about it?
just
stop firing
and dash
or
if youre a gamer
you can gain i frames by dash reloading
I had trouble with luci until I figured out I should hold the attack and just tap dash
I mean typically you still get I-frames if you dash attack with any other aspect, but
Why?
lucifer cant dash attack
If it deals faster damage for the duration of your dash, I'm p sure that's a Dash Attack
You never get i-frames during a dash attack, the attack cancels the i-frames iirc
instead you get the ability to ramp up during your dash
its not a dash attack
the ramp stays the sane
I need to talk to Skelly some more
Like, ramping up your damage consumes more ammo, right?
Scale attack/special, don't get knockback on attack
Attack can kind of have fast attack speed due to the spin
For other aspects, you get iframes for the portion of the dash where you're not dash-attacking. As soon as the attack starts, you lose your iframes. Lucifer you never stop attacking, so you never get the iframes
oof
does dashing spin attack give you iframes
Yes
hype
hrm, I have two 75% gold buffs, 20 gold dropped, it increased to 50, which means it's additive, nice
Does hestia go well with spreadfire?
Nope.
The Empowered Shot isn't affected by Spread Fire at all.
Best hammers for Hestia are Piercing Fire, Ricochet Fire, and Explosive Fire probably in that order. I also like Targeting System.
Targeting system goes well with every rail aspect
It does.
Targeting system is the one that makes bullets curve to the target, right?
Does that even work with hestia-empowered shots?
I never notived a difference
No, that's Seeking Fire.
Nvm then
Foes targeted by your **Special **move slower and take +30% damage.
That one's Targeting System.
If you apply two dooms that deal different damage which one gets used for the damage
Like if I have special doom that deals x damage and attack doom that deals y damage
and I hit an enemy with both attack and special how much damage do they take
Doom doesn't overwrite itself.
So they'll just take damage from the first Doom you applied.
doom doesnt stack
although there is one boon that amplifies it with extra doom applications
which is good
alright so it's better to stick with one doom boon rather than get one for both attack and special
from looking at the numbers on the wiki the attack boon seems like the better option
since their damage is similar and attack is better for some reason at heroic
Yea very true
LV8 BY chamber 25?
gonna be invincible
this man fiending poms
well yeah by chamber 25 (23 actual chambers) that means you'd have a ton of RNG luck to pom that exact thing
My first boon was cast, I didn't pick up my second boon for ages
and get a lot of poms on the way
Wait can that upgrade 1 boon multiple times?
of course
my highest level on an ability is level 21
This is interesting
with arthur, boon attack
I just never took anything else
and the styx chambers each count
that's 33 chambers if you clear them all -- that's 8 levels right there
Looking to understand how to use the triple-$weapon builds... I'm using Lucifer now and am trying out the triple beam, but all it seems to do is just miss 2 of the three beams at all times. Same goes for the spear
black out, scintillating feast and +1 cast at tartarus lets go
yo around what heat is it that just going for as much health as possible start to not work
cuz when i prioritize health over most other stuff i can comfortably win all the runs ive been doing so far, and have been gradually increasing the heat for bounties
depending on your heat setup
on 16 i think it could still work, but 32 not so much
shotgun bow works well on rama and zag
hm alrighty cool thanks
How about Lucifer? It doesn't seem to multiply x3 when using close range, and 90%+ of the time it's just missing with the latter two beams
not sure, i never ran lucifer
Kinda what I figured; just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something non-obvious
If you really hate crowds Triple Beam and Lightning Strike will delete just about everything.
Any thoughts on which aspects are best to spend my now copious titan blood on?
Some benefit more than others from upgrading.
depends. what weapons you like?
I usually like spear and bow
Was thinking of finishing upgrading Achilles, Chiron and Guan Yu
But Rama is nice too
Doesn't seem like it needs the upgrades as much though
chiron doesnt perform well until it's maxed up but when it does oh boy
guan yu defintiely needs the upgrades
Just did a Chiron Bow run (I have it at lv 3)
rama upgrades will be good at high heat, but right now at lvl 1 it should be ok
Relentless volley and piercing volley for hammers
Then Aphrodite attack, Artemis special, Dionysus dash and cast
And all of their duos
Plus some other crit/damage related boons
Fun stuff
Just stack weak and hangover on enemies then melt them with crits 
I need some ideas for Chiron that aren't Artemis/Aphrodite though


