#h1-builds-and-combat

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willow fossil
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better late than never

ornate prawn
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i've been doing zag spear merciful end builds

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my time tends to be around 15 minutes

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lowest i've gotten it is 12 minutes

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any advice? better zag spear builds?

mighty ermine
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lightning strike flurry jab would probably be a good balance of consistent and fast for zag spear

slim lynx
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if i have refreshing nectar and yarn do i get 4 uses or does the yarn just immediately expire on the first use?

willow fossil
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uhm, interesting question

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not a clue honestly

slim lynx
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only one way to find out

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ok so it's 4 uses, neat

willow fossil
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noiceee

static karma
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Arthur I have only one level in and it’s great

slim lynx
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how does spread fire interact with hestia?

dry ember
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it doesn't do anything for Hestia, it also doesn't hurt except taking up hammer slot

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you can reload manually

slim lynx
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it would be nice if it actually was a giant burst that does 260 base damage or something

dry ember
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I wish haha

woven crater
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Aspect of nemesis, dash strike focus, poseidon attack and artemis dash, choosing keepsake before asphodel after using artemis keepsake - is it probably best to just keep on building poseidon and take his keepsake here?

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Also this dash strike knocks foes halfway across rooms. Still not sold on whether or not that's good in asphodel

dry ember
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yeah pos on nemesis is a bit awkward, if you can, I would recommend selling/swap out for something else.

woven crater
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Definitely taking an artemis swap if I ever see one offered

daring turtle
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Good against most enemies except medusas and witches/spreaders, since if you knock them way over the lava, it just makes them safer

woven crater
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Just happened to get an epic poseidon attack in Tartarus after getting dash strike bonus from Artemis, so I figured I'd lean into the dps until it stopped being good

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Chaos has now also buffed my dash attack twice, and I've got double edge, so pretty much any dash attack will erase anything it touches

dry ember
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yeah that's good even if Poseidon att is bit awkward

woven crater
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The biggest reason for a swap is that it has the potential to turn on heart rend with a swap into artemis, I feel like

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Heroic arty attack with heart rend... now THAT is what nemesis dreams of

woven crater
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Lost to asterius because somehow I still don't know how to effectively fight him with a weapon that likes to get so up close

willow fossil
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regular asterius?

uncut haven
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is it better to grab weapon upgrade over boon?

woven crater
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Em3 asterius

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And that’s really situational

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Depends on how you’re using your weapon and what upgrades what help, as well as what you could gain from the boon

uncut haven
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spear. and the other option is athena

woven crater
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What other boons do you have?

uncut haven
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umm (been drinking so thinking is hard) 2 posiden, 1 athena and crush shot, which im still sad its nerfed. they are all low level with the though process that getting 1 of each first for guaranteed upgrades. just testing theory

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i can grab a screen shot too if you want!

woven crater
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Screenshot definitely helps!

uncut haven
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hmm wont let me screen shot here?

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improt image***

woven crater
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Just put it in the victory boasting chat and I’ll respond here, then

uncut haven
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got you

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its there

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again im just trying to get better, and analyze to i guess learn to min max stuff

willow fossil
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is the boon someone you need?

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there are a lot of factors here

uncut haven
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well again, I havnt walked though so I dont know what the boon is yet

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im just chillin trying to debate which door to go through lol

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also I hastily made a bad call to rush using my reroll lol rip

woven crater
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Athena could give you a swap onto one of your primary boons, which could potentially be good, and she could also give aid which you don’t have yet

uncut haven
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it got me holy shield so im not too upset

woven crater
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And athena’s aid is pretty good

uncut haven
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yeah fair, I mean are spear upgrades worth wile though?

woven crater
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There’s a few boons that make deflect better, but they probably won’t help much since you’re only doing that when you get hit

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Other than that, she can make you take less damage or restore a death defiance right now

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And I think that’s all you can currently get from her pool

uncut haven
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ah ok. yeah I think ill do that, as spear seem idk kind of weak to begin with

woven crater
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Daedalus can be very good

uncut haven
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wat that? not familiar with it

woven crater
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The hammer

willow fossil
uncut haven
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oh

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aight. imma continue and report back lol

woven crater
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You can get a longer range on your attack, replace your spin attack with a faster jab attack, make your attack do three adjacent hits at once, make your dash attack hit three times, make your spin attack charge faster or get bigger... a lot of helpful things

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It can also make your special do more damage to armor, adds crit chance on recall, make it explode

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And there are a few others

uncut haven
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ye I somewhat remember

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yo this game is so different from beta... lol

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also athena game me epic call so im cool with that

woven crater
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Oh I missed special charge, special chain, and sturdy spin attack

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Yeah that’s pretty solid

uncut haven
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I think I like god of war call best

woven crater
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A lot of decisions in this game are knowing what’s available that you want to get

uncut haven
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spicy af

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tfw you only take damage from lava rip

willow fossil
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hey, we have a boon menu in the codex now

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make sure you study that

uncut haven
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huh? what that

woven crater
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I think that needs to be unlocked, still?

willow fossil
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oh lmfao they added after i started playing, didnt know you had to unlock it mb

woven crater
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Same here, but maybe you actually don’t and I’m misremembering for the same reason

uncut haven
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also. i really want zeus but I already have a few in poseidon 😦

woven crater
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At least Zeus is in your pool

mighty ermine
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it is something you purchase from the house contractor

willow fossil
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ah

woven crater
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Alright I did think so

uncut haven
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prob more efficient to stick with same dudes. get higher tier and duos yeah?

willow fossil
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it depends

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are their duos good for your build?

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gotta keep all that in mind

woven crater
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You’re already eligible for the duo between the two, so which you take for that doesn’t really matter

mighty ermine
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your pool is normally limited to four gods naturally anyways, so you don't get spread too thin most of the time anyway

uncut haven
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is there not duos for all peeps??

willow fossil
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yes

woven crater
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Yeah, there are now

willow fossil
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but not all duos will benefit your build

uncut haven
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was going to be surprised if there wasnt... like wtf

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ohhh

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well I have water dude and athena

willow fossil
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theres no "rule of thumb" in most roguelites

uncut haven
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good or no

willow fossil
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their duo is meh

uncut haven
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i see

willow fossil
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unshakable mettle

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is not bad

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but

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isnt great

woven crater
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I don’t recall if there was one for every pair in the blood price update, though I don’t believe there was and I think 1.0 added the last few

uncut haven
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so... zeus athena?

willow fossil
uncut haven
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you might be right. i never got far

woven crater
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Maybe blood price added the rest then and the only thing that changed were a few effects if any

willow fossil
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kk

uncut haven
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im just not confident in my decision making hahaa

woven crater
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Certainly they didn’t all exist during the Nighty Night update when I started

willow fossil
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theres no "rule of thumb" in most roguelites

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you have to adapt to your current situation

uncut haven
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yeah but im sure someone out there did the math haha

willow fossil
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indeed

woven crater
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Slay the Spire taught me that better than anything else, personally

willow fossil
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facts

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anyway takku, you can use the wiki in the meantime to aid you

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there are boon list and the boon required and stuff

uncut haven
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thanks!! just thought it would be fun to have feed back and chat!

willow fossil
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thats what the channel is for

uncut haven
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also i still need to purchase slay the spire

willow fossil
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great game

uncut haven
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its on my list

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poe update just dropped so ive been on that grind

woven crater
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I learned a lot of this game with the wiki open in voice chat with a friend who started alongside me, which was a really fun way to learn the game and think about builds

willow fossil
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ive read most pages of the wiki as well lmfao

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just for fun tho

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i love this game

uncut haven
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ive only learned through playing

woven crater
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StS is one of the strongest roguelikes I’ve ever played. Not sure where I compare it against Hades, but it excels in its own design just as Hades excels at what it does

willow fossil
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thats the main way to learn

uncut haven
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i bombed when I was at pax though hahaha

willow fossil
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they are very different games despite being the same genre thats for sure

mighty ermine
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i believe SGG has cited StS as an inspiration for their own design of hades which is pretty cool

uncut haven
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i think they did

woven crater
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Oh that’s awesome, I’d be interested to see if more was said on that

willow fossil
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same

mighty ermine
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was probably in one of the noclip docs covering the game iirc

uncut haven
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oh wait. hmmm hades im pretty sure come out before sts

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someone fact check me

mighty ermine
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it did not takku lol

woven crater
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StS is definitely a bit older than Hades early access

uncut haven
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ok

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just didnt know much about sts then

woven crater
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Though it’s late 2017 vs early 2018 for earliest Hades early access builds on epic, I believe

uncut haven
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ahh got ya

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thx

woven crater
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No wait that’s late 2018/early 2018

uncut haven
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missed the drop on sts then

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i know I have a buddy who was all over it, but I never followed the game

mighty ermine
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here's a good message from greg about them drawing inspiration from StS @woven crater @willow fossil #ask-supergiant message

woven crater
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I also forgot about StS’s own early access timeline there

willow fossil
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very interesting

uncut haven
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ah @#%$(*&% ok 1 more reason to play sts

woven crater
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Oh, the line was in the pact of punishment, alright!! That makes so much sense, I think I’ve thought about the similarities there before

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It’s a nice intersection of the modular difficulty in their previous titles along with the push to keep rising by small increments of individual changes that together add a lot of challenge

mighty ermine
willow fossil
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just a fair warning

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sts is hard

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like very hard

woven crater
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No surprise that both also have my favorite rogue like difficulty systems there

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Oh yeah

willow fossil
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isnt really a skill based

woven crater
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I’m an A20 player and it took hundreds of hours to get there, most runs are still losses

willow fossil
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but knowledge

mighty ermine
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there's definitely skill to be developed in StS with how to employ that knowledge in various scenarios though

woven crater
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Yeah, I appreciate StS for being a game that gets really difficult and demanding of intellectual skill and knowledge, while not taking mechanical skill at all

uncut haven
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dood. mega gorgon or whatever some how ended up way off in the corner of the lava so I couldnt deal with the stun and took so much damage...

woven crater
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I find it easier to do high ascensions than high heat since I don’t make mechanical errors under pressure

uncut haven
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you know what game surprised me that I kind of liked. book of demons. cute artwork. decent gameplay

mighty ermine
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opposite for me just from playing much more hades compared to StS lol. i've only gotten to A20 with ironclad, and yet i have many aspects at 50+ in hades

willow fossil
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stuff like that

mighty ermine
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right

willow fossil
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like isnt an action game

woven crater
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There’s really just so much of experience factoring into runs

dry ember
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Dude be flexing on A20 50+ heat I'm here playing with A4 32 lul

willow fossil
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LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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IM A6

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i felt that fox

mighty ermine
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lol

uncut haven
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idk what a20 is

willow fossil
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ascension 20

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is the difficulty mode

uncut haven
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oh

willow fossil
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like making the game harder

uncut haven
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rip

woven crater
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A20 heart kills are much more approachable for me than succeeding at 32 heat because I’ve got much more skill developed for one than the other

mighty ermine
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ascension 20, basically endgame progression analogous to heat

uncut haven
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im pre all this ascension gameplay lol

willow fossil
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yeah thats the main difference

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sts is all about knowledge

dry ember
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StS is hard.

willow fossil
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hades you need a bit more than that

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i agree fox

dry ember
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Hades you can learn even kinda yolo through things

willow fossil
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yep

dry ember
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Ain't nothing in StS

mighty ermine
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meanwhile A20 heart kill terrifies me more than finishing the rest of the aspects at 50+ heat

willow fossil
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^

woven crater
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StS is incredibly hard and making the correct decisions in StS just. Doesn’t exist

willow fossil
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thats definitely not ez

woven crater
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You just do things that seem like they’ll help you do the things you need to do immediately

mighty ermine
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hades def allows for a lot of improv, being a real time action game

dry ember
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I love roguelite because it's challenging though

willow fossil
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all i know is talk to the hand is op

mighty ermine
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outside of things like TD3 limiting you as you climb heat

stiff igloo
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will chiron poseidon work

willow fossil
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yes

dry ember
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I mean if you think about it, a game that can be done in half an hour (Hades) or 2 hours maybe (StS) is very short

woven crater
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And you can probably sail along in hades with more builds under par, although there’s absolutely a point where that stops being true... so actually it has that in common with StS

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And yes, it works

mighty ermine
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i got carried to A20 by demon form not gonna lie

dry ember
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And yet the hours in accumulated in roguelites dwarf any other games.

uncut haven
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yall saying roguelike. lowkey I prefer roguelite....

tame bison
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I have A20 on everything in StS. Played way too much 😛

dry ember
stiff igloo
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the most pog champ thing is seeing someone do a fress file speed run

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its litterly AS WEAK as you can be

woven crater
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Demon form is definitely one of the stronger scaling cards in the game

uncut haven
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doood. you see the fresh file no damage?

mighty ermine
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well, those also gun for the strongest duo in the game

dry ember
mighty ermine
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which balances out the inherent weakness

dry ember
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To each their own ig

gray lintel
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for the sword, dash nova + double nova + 30% increased special speed is funny

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boing boing boing

uncut haven
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hermes: dodge or faster attack?

mighty ermine
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depends

gray lintel
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it depends, do you use attacks and what's the rarity ablobshrug

dry ember
mighty ermine
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hermes attack speed does not apply to dash-strikes, keep in mind

woven crater
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That special would be hilarious with the old snap nova

dry ember
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But idk what that is lol

uncut haven
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oh good call. I mean I dont intend on keeping my attack boon

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oh yeah id love 3x dash for sure

gray lintel
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i had artemis special with call build on crit, and athena call

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so I'd pop the call and then boing bambam boing bambam boing bambam

uncut haven
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guess dodge it is

woven crater
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Dodge is pretty generally good

uncut haven
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yee

dry ember
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Yeah it's a boon you settle for but don't feel bad.

woven crater
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Rogue lite decision making: “Well, it depends.”

mighty ermine
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or go for specifically on memey zag fist plume builds

woven crater
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I still haven’t done one of those dodge fist runs but I should sometime

gray lintel
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quick lazy maths: at 300 health with 3 death defiances at 50% each that's 750 health. 16% dodge increases that to 882 health. that's like... 130 extra health or about two centaur hearts. thonk

mighty ermine
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it's pretty silly; not sustainable at high heat but fun

woven crater
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I’d either try it in my h24 attempts or just drop down to my next highest bounty to experience it

uncut haven
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omg i love that I can kind of sit, do other things, and think about my choices

gray lintel
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but yeah I got the dash nova and double nova from a yolo smith purchase in the 4th area and was like

dry ember
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Oh I have a 50 heat save file at Hades (EM4) I tried for 2 hours and couldn't beat this single fight.

gray lintel
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"yeah i was an attack build but I'm a special build now I guess lmao"

dry ember
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Tail if you want to give it a shot

uncut haven
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like even before I joined discord I would go watch snl youtube videos between my choices hahah

woven crater
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I couldn’t beat em4 at 10 heat, y’all terrify me

dry ember
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I mean I didn't even get to phase 2 lol

woven crater
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Yeah but that you’d even attempt it at all

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At 50

mighty ermine
uncut haven
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oh wait. this is actually new. the jewels or whatever. should I be going for them? i actually dont know

woven crater
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Gems are a permanent resource that buy things from the house contractor

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Quite a few of the things you can get at first with them are quite useful

uncut haven
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ah. better than exclamation mark yeah?

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i prefer permanent currency

dry ember
woven crater
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They don’t help you during the run, but they make later runs better in various ways
Exclamation mark is totally better though if you value NPC interactions

willow fossil
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dad just sent me home

dry ember
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Dem fist btw

uncut haven
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also does your username have anything to do with being a lux main?

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have to ask

woven crater
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Completely coincidental

uncut haven
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okay good. would have been very sad

woven crater
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Yeah no it’s just a name I chose that I liked the sound of

dry ember
mighty ermine
uncut haven
willow fossil
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hes built different

woven crater
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Very strong attack

slim lynx
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different builds different boons

woven crater
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Does a lot of things

mighty ermine
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zeus offered a trade and fox said actually i keep both now

willow fossil
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he gulped one of the strikes c:

slim lynx
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there's no character named "lux" in hades

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exchanges are for nerds, just gimme both

willow fossil
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lux is lucifer in idk language

woven crater
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Instant no-effort privileged status

uncut haven
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also im sad im close too hydra and just wasted my first death defiance 😦

willow fossil
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it happens

woven crater
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Oh if you make that connection yeah I’m a Lucifer main by some specific definitions

willow fossil
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no it actually does

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i just forgot the language

uncut haven
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wait actually?

willow fossil
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all i know is lux and lucifer are related

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yes

uncut haven
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someone wiki that s#^t

woven crater
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Probably because Lucifer means light-bringer and Lux means light

uncut haven
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im honestly curious now

willow fossil
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lux means light in latin i believe and lucifer is the lightbringer

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welp

woven crater
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It’d be Latin, yeah

uncut haven
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ohhhh

dry ember
uncut haven
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yeah that checks out

mighty ermine
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i know i just have to give you a hard time

dry ember
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Lul

willow fossil
woven crater
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My alt username is LuckyLux, which also fits
I can just call out my luck and it happens as I say it will, somehow

dry ember
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Imagine Curse of Agony and Divine Strike in one

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And Merciful End

willow fossil
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coming soon in an update?!

woven crater
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No effort run

mighty ermine
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please no more merciful end buffs

woven crater
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That’s just press x to win

uncut haven
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oh lux is literally the measurement of light

woven crater
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Wasn’t divine dash a valid merciful end prereq at one point in early access?

mighty ermine
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what fox really wants though is old spread fire

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yeah

slim lynx
dry ember
dry ember
slim lynx
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was old spread fire literally a burst of a few shots

dry ember
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More armor, essentially

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Old old sf is even more bursted I heard, but never had the chance to use.

mighty ermine
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it was extremely broken

woven crater
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Divine dash not being a valid prereq for deflect-based duos is a bit unfortunate

dry ember
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It used to be

slim lynx
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what was it like

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can someone like send me a video

woven crater
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But the three-boon win button for fists was ridiculous, so it’s fair

woven crater
dry ember
# slim lynx can someone like send me a video

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Routed run, but still

slim lynx
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malphon + curse of agony + divine flourish + divine dash + merciful end + epic greatest reflex

mighty ermine
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basically it was a spread of five projectiles at once in front, instead of one

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you can already start to imagine why it would be broken

woven crater
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Did they all get hestia buffed

mighty ermine
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i don't think so but zag rail's extra ammo is all you needed

limber cloak
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what are yall talking about

mighty ermine
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it also didn't decrease your ammo cap

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and had longer range

dry ember
willow fossil
limber cloak
dry ember
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No I mean routed.

woven crater
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Ah, wow
I should’ve used more rail in the nighty night update

mighty ermine
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routed is a subcategory of seeded

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he means routed

willow fossil
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what does routed means

limber cloak
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im guessing it used to be a hammer?

dry ember
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It still is

limber cloak
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Huh, which one

mighty ermine
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still is but not nearly as overpowered

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short range shotgun blast for rail

dry ember
mighty ermine
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lol

limber cloak
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oh

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Lmao

woven crater
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Oh wait I DO remember using the cone of death!

limber cloak
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Yeah i hate the shotgun one now lol

slim lynx
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larger range
50 base damage
doesn't reduce ammo

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yikes

uncut haven
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ummmmmmmm. bro what

mighty ermine
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deadly strike making it so any of the five projectiles in the blast can crit

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whew

willow fossil
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im 4 coins short a boon

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charon pls

uncut haven
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i beat hydra then randomly dashed into the lave and hit tab menu. couldnt get out and died???

willow fossil
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F

uncut haven
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like im just tilted af

mighty ermine
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lol

slim lynx
uncut haven
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borderline wanna uninstall.... jk leggo again

limber cloak
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was gonna fish

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but then i accidentally stood in lava while fishing

cloud vault
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Ah yes, the stand in lava to fish thing

limber cloak
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and the game didnt block me from fishing, as it should have

cloud vault
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Happened to me too once

uncut haven
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dude i have high faith in next run

limber cloak
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ruined an amazing merciful end run

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i had like 150 health and was down to ~9 after it

uncut haven
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just no crush cast. its garbo

limber cloak
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barely survived asphodel and lost a dd to hydra

cloud vault
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It just made me angry tho, still won

slim lynx
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spread fire is actually stupidly powerful lmao

limber cloak
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yeah same

limber cloak
mighty ermine
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speaking of early access changes

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crush shot used to be shatter shot and was also broken

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similarly to spread fire

uncut haven
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dude. you dont know. OG aphro cast was god tier

woven crater
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You may actually be able to pull that run file out if you really want to save it

uncut haven
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you run that with max cast charge and ezpz

woven crater
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You’d need to redo hydra though

dry ember
limber cloak
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speaking of saves

gray lintel
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aw yeeeee eris with rockets and triple bomb

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it's doom time

dry ember
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Yeehaw partner

uncut haven
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yeeeehawww

limber cloak
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is there any way i can make the save system in the game better? I usually have unexpected power cuts every now and then, and it hurts to lose an entire run because of it

mighty ermine
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🤠

limber cloak
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or is it just built into the game and i cant do anything about it

mighty ermine
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yeah i see your yeehaws

woven crater
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The game creates temp saves at the start of every room, and doesn’t save over them until you enter the next one

limber cloak
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oh

woven crater
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So if your game crashes, you can still replace your current save with the temp one

limber cloak
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ill check that out

uncut haven
dry ember
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Yes, even mid run power cut scenario can be recovered.

limber cloak
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okay, gotcha

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thanks!

woven crater
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Game crashed in Styx once and that’s when I learned

mighty ermine
uncut haven
mighty ermine
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lmao lux undid it too don't worry

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just a lone cowboy

uncut haven
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but its just funny

woven crater
#

Yeah adding my own reaction was hilarious

uncut haven
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low wanna share/stream my next run tho?

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no I mean I dont know all the emotes

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and clicked one my mistake

willow fossil
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can anyone explain what routed means?

woven crater
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A bit less convenient since there’s nothing for that natively in here (impossible to moderate voice chats/streaming)

uncut haven
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oh right

woven crater
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I just remembered that cluster bomb got slightly buffed too

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I think it used to be sequential

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And now it’s all 5 simultaneously

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Which is less commitment, especially for rocket bombs

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Unless I’m just misremembering

uncut haven
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sword is buffed. i can rock this

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fk it i know this is for hades and stuff, but whats yall favorite candy?

woven crater
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Warheads

uncut haven
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wait. what?

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is this the 90s?

woven crater
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I just really like sour candy still

dry ember
uncut haven
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too much?

dry ember
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@willow fossil anyway, here
Seeded means RNG manipulation for first landing room. Routed means RNG manipulation for beyond that, usually an entire run.

woven crater
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As far as actual builds go, is there any cast for aspect of Hera that competes with trippy shot?

dry ember
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Crush Shot

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Flood Shot

uncut haven
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boo crush shot. idk again just miss old shotgun

woven crater
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I figured the embed on those just made them worse than the maxed Hera 5 second drop, unless cast regen is more viable regardless

mighty ermine
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crush shot is usually considered the best for hera, alongside phalanx with parting shot

woven crater
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I’ll have to properly try that then

uncut haven
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i just ran crush shot and it was bad tho... like

woven crater
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Often hard to find a good build that isn’t Aphrodite, Artemis, or some combination thereof isn’t it

uncut haven
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wait. crush shot is Aphrodite

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oh

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nvm

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imma go master chaos over aphro

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leggo

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check vicorty

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i need input

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both solid

dry ember
#

What

woven crater
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Very very dependent on what else you’re doing
Also Imgur links and such should still work in here

uncut haven
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victory boasting

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oh?

gray lintel
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Aphrodite: crazy high base damage and weak is more useful than you think
Ares: DOOOOOOM(also I feel like blade rifts got buffed at some point)
Artemis: crits are nice
Athena: deflect is like the strongest defensive ability
Demeter: beam memes and chill is nice
Dionysus: nice meta buffs and hangover deeps
Hermes: yeahokaybestgod
Poseidon: really good outside bosses, weird with bosses, meta king
Zeus: LIGHTNING BOLT

uncut haven
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ok, still learing the ways of this discord sorry

dry ember
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Yeah just paste to imgur and paste link here

woven crater
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Bonus damage against undamaged foes just isn’t as good as a nearly as high attack bonus if attack is your primary damage source

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Health is nice, meanwhile

uncut haven
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well next time ill hit that. but in the mean time mind checking victory boasting and commenting here?

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instant damage or slightly avarage damage

dry ember
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Weapon?

uncut haven
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sword

mighty ermine
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It's just preferable not to spam victory boasting with those images too much

uncut haven
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i think avarage damage is better

mighty ermine
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Since the channel does state victory screens only

dry ember
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Excruciating Strike

woven crater
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Epic [insert drawback] strike is just quite good if attack is what you’re using

willow fossil
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takku try uploading the pictures to imgur, then posting the link here

dry ember
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Easy pick tbh

woven crater
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Undamaged foes is only a slightly higher number, and it turns off against anything that takes more than one hit - totally useless against bosses

uncut haven
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well. thats what i was introduced to. so im trying not to spam, but SOMEONE (haha just messing) told me to post there

willow fossil
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that was a one time thing

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but multiple turn into spam

woven crater
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Yeah I just forgot how you can still use Imgur links in here

willow fossil
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^

uncut haven
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ye. well wasnt sure imgur was an option. so I know to d that thing now. so thank you!

willow fossil
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no probs!

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ok jk

uncut haven
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yay. glad everyone is really solid. i mean im not looking to spam but im just looking for help with decisions which idk, its more desire to minmax if that makes sense.

dry ember
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It was joke lol

uncut haven
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but throwing imgur here is fine yes?

dry ember
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You are fine so far

uncut haven
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i know

dry ember
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Yeah it's fine. As long as you don't ask for every single options that comes up.

uncut haven
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oh I can throw that "so far" out of balance if you want ahahahah jk

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no just a few

woven crater
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Discussions about decisions like these are the best way to learn a game’s decision making progress, and I always learn new things from them too

uncut haven
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wait. hmmm ok this thing which you guys see the photo says noting about being blind with the next boon options. wat?

dry ember
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Like the shrouded punishment?

uncut haven
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oh im "that drunk" i didnt take the boon

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hah

willow fossil
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lol

uncut haven
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*making noise and pretending to use jedi mind tricks to assume your roommate didnt wake up

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yup thats a thing

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holy poop. epic ares dash!

gray lintel
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beyblaaaade

uncut haven
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rip it

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wait.

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that has 2 meanings

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whelp tilted lost all my death defiance to alecto....

limber cloak
#

whats a build i should do with chiron

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ive already done arty on special

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i was thinking maybe zeus on special? not sure how that would work out

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or dio special too

woven crater
#

Demeter on special with chill explosions?

uncut haven
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im currently at 12 hp

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idk about this

willow fossil
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dad sent me home again

uncut haven
#

aight. im done with this game. freaking idk cant control into lava for some reason

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do I continue with poe or do a run of dead cells?

limber cloak
coarse moss
limber cloak
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oh yeah i had that in mind

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ill keep it on the list, trying out demeter special now

flat garden
#

how do y'all build around lucifer

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because i have no idea

coarse moss
flat garden
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not relying on attack for dps sounds super weird to me

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and i don't know how to utilise the special properly

coarse moss
#

try spam special on skelly see they explode without you touching them. really need that triple bomb hammer though

proven osprey
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Zeus attack

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More Zeus

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Artemis Athena Aphrodite good on special

woven crater
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I use Zeus attack on Lucifer sometimes, I’ve also used Demeter attack with chill explosions and the super soaker Poseidon attack with sea storm

slim lynx
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they automatically detonate if there's more than 3

woven crater
#

But Zeus is the easiest to make good by far

slim lynx
#

if they detonate close to each other is causes basically a chain reaction

proven osprey
#

Divine dash good because your attack does not destroy projectiles

woven crater
#

Zeus special also works well since the bolt makes it automatically detonate if it’s near an enemy

half crater
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super soaker or you’re a coward

woven crater
#

Super soaker best build

half crater
#

yusyus

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super inconsistent tho

proven osprey
#

Pink boyo good too

cloud vault
limber cloak
#

gotha

coarse moss
flat garden
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interesting

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thanks for all the suggestions

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i'm too used to my main build which relies on fast paced close quarters combat (poseidon sword + crush shot + exit wounds) so long range stuff kinda weirds me out when i play them

vale imp
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Oh that build is dope, I tried it out randomly a couple of days ago and it slayed

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especially with the Demeter boon that Chills when you cast

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Snow Burst is what i mean

viral star
#

you know, one thing that antos has over battie is that at high heat you can slap your emergency kill alecto button

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also calling your dads for help

willow fossil
#

Screw alecto

oak raptor
#

alright

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spear time

copper crest
#

gl

oak raptor
#

what build to do rooHmm

copper crest
#

how does one build Talos?

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spam special? or cast build? im really not sure about this aspect

oak raptor
#

if you want a funny build, poseidon special is great

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bc its just

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pull push pull push pull push

copper crest
#

pinballing?

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lol

oak raptor
copper crest
#

everything is a jojo reference

flat garden
#

i like ares cast with talos

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shoot rifts, dash away from enemy, pull them towards you into the rifts

arctic leaf
#

I’ve had success with a heavy cutter build and a quick attack dot build. Both can work. Focus on one and just go from there. Just started my heat two run with talos and picked up Demeter attack straight away. So I’ll be putting folks in deep freeze.

sinful stratus
#

running beowulf right now with passion flare and empowered flight, any suggestion on a build path from there

arctic leaf
#

Heart rend crit build?

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Maybe with a touch of charm?

#

Am I correct that hades can be charmed but for a reduced amount of time? So it’s more like an interrupt against him?

sinful stratus
#

i think he does a lil chuckle too when he gets charmed lol

#

but will try that out, thanks!

arctic leaf
#

I play without sound. Wouldn’t know. Hope it works for you! Good luck?

jagged flicker
#

Today I finally escaped from Hades and wanted to know if at a higher level it becomes necessary to enter the run with a build in mind or if you can still beat Hades with any combination of boons/weapon.

half crater
#

one you start piling on heat the difficulty of the game does increase dramatically, and it’s generally advised that you start looking into builds to some degree (depending on how much heat you plan to use)

mental blaze
#

i mean people do boonless runs so yeah you can do it with any combination
you dont need to have a build in mind but it does help to think about what would go best with your weapon when you see it

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like "ok i have aspect of poseidon so im gonna try and find artemis so i can get exit wounds"

proven osprey
#

and then at super high heat having a build is only but a sweet dream

half crater
#

that said, you can absolutely make anything work up to 32 (and even beyond) it’s just that some things are a lot more difficult than others

mental blaze
#

you dont have to be like level 9000 I Know Exactly What Boons I Want At All Times

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and even if you do you're still at the mercy of rng so don't worry too much abt it

half crater
#

^

jagged flicker
#

thanks, my game knowledge and mechanics are lacking but this was very helpful

proven osprey
#

I feel like my game knowledge is garbage

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after 400 hours in

arctic leaf
#

I’m just now learning enough to start checking the codex. 5 escapes in.

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And things change through the process too.

half crater
arctic leaf
#

Running talos and grabbed Demeter attack outside my window. Thought I’d like to give cold fusion a shot. Put Zeus on special then got a chaos gate that increased special damage and a hammer that increased special damage.

proven osprey
arctic leaf
#

So now, I’m thinking it’s time to lean into that cutter.

half crater
#

eventually you will have enough game knowledge to know the optimal weapon:

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zag sword

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you’re not wrong tho

slim lynx
#

are talos yo-yo builds actually strong

half crater
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um

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no

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they are not

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but they are hilarious

slim lynx
#

it's definitely not very good against armored enemies

proven osprey
#

by yo yo you mean

#

only special?

arctic leaf
#

It can be good for mobs using terrain damage, but I always struggle when it’s boss time and you can’t gain that damage anymore.

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I had a really nice sea storm eris build with jolted and rupture. Destroyed every room in seconds. Then got to Hades and it was barely scratching him.

proven osprey
#

Strange

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Eris is strong against Hades too

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it's just that it's a melee weapon, mb you were scared or something and played from afar

vale imp
#

isn't eris the gun

arctic leaf
#

Yeah but you gotta be close for the buff.

#

I assume that’s what he means.

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Also assumed it’s a him. Silly me.

proven osprey
#

I mean that Eris deals the most damage at close range since the dash is key, especially with tidal/sea storm

arctic leaf
#

I’m sure that part of my lose was user error. It wasn’t my cleanest fight. I’m not as good with the rail. Haven’t had a ton of practice.

proven osprey
arctic leaf
#

Dash was irrelevant.

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I had all of that on my attack.

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And with rupture and jolted I kept PS bonus.

proven osprey
#

wait is that the legendary tempest strike

arctic leaf
#

I don’t think I had that one.

proven osprey
#

Then how did you get the rupture without dash or attack? Special?

arctic leaf
#

Put Poseidon on my attack.

proven osprey
#

oh

arctic leaf
#

Adds knock back to the bullets.

proven osprey
#

so that's tempest strike

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It's poseidon's attack name

arctic leaf
#

Oh. Not sure if all the names.

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But yeah. I guess I just played it wrong.

proven osprey
#

Yeah it's fun but a really low damage one, especially against bosses where you need sea storm + wave pounding

arctic leaf
#

I did keep my distance but towards the end, ended up out of range a lot.

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Agreed. I know Poseidon can be good but I’m not good with it yet.

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I also barely brought the build together before the fight. Pretty sure I got jolted in Styx.

proven osprey
#

tbh tempest strike is quite hated lol

arctic leaf
#

Now you tell me!

slim lynx
#

tempest strike on only good on rail

arctic leaf
#

It was on rail.

slim lynx
#

maybe bow?

arctic leaf
#

Apparently I’m just not very good.

proven osprey
#

tempest strike is a meme for super soaker

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it's like

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never the best option

#

arguably the worst

arctic leaf
#

Well then I don’t feel so bad

sturdy dagger
#

What keepsake should I start with if I'm doing a Guan Yu run?

proven osprey
#

yeah you don't have to feel bad, it's really low damage

slim lynx
#

depends on what build you're going for

arctic leaf
#

Got hades down to his last phase, but couldn’t seal the deal.

proven osprey
slim lynx
#

spearpoint or acorn are good options (((obviously)))

#

athena is great if you're building around quick skin

arctic leaf
#

I have been using harpy feather for the heals, but hating myself for doing it.

sturdy dagger
mental blaze
#

(not to sound like an sjw but triple parentheses can mean Bad Stuff)

proven osprey
#

there

mental blaze
#

oh yeah divine strike guan yu is amazing

proven osprey
#

Build around the first hammer you get. If it’s not a good one, Zeus is a great way to deal damage (attack, call + jolted).

Best hammer : Charged skewer (by far), Quick spin, Massive spin, Serrated Point (good damage, risky).
Breaching skewer becomes a really good hammer when paired with charged skewer.

Classic charged skewer build : Heartbreak strike, Deadly Flourish to get Heart Rend. The other way around is fine too even though a bit less powerful.

Spin builds : Divine strike, Deadly strike, Frost strike, Heartbreak strike are good.

Divine strike and Deadly strike can lead to Deadly Reversal which is good. Divine strike is safer, you can play around your spin to stay safe while dealing damage.

Frost strike is a strong option since it’s safe, even more with Killing Freeze.

Optimal dps rotation : Special > Dash strike > Dash strike. Cast is important in tartarus and later on for boiling blood (especially against elites)

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some guiding lines for GY

sturdy dagger
slim lynx
#

i like how even if you're not doing a cast build at all using cast can still be important because of boiling/abyssal blood

#

seriously it's so good, you pop a bloodstone and then they immediately take 50% more damage

proven osprey
#

Yeah

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It fits in the dps rotation even

#

just have to cancel it with a dash or whatever

#

because cast animation is slow

slim lynx
#

wait so you can cancel the cast animation but the cast still goes through with it?

proven osprey
#

yeah

#

the thing is casting is making Zag go backwards

arctic leaf
#

Apparently? Not at a point where I’m even considering those things.

proven osprey
#

can be annoying

sturdy dagger
#

got a divine strike in the first chamber!

arctic leaf
#

Nice

proven osprey
arctic leaf
#

Sooo. Lightning is cast damage right?

#

And the only ways to increase it are poms and chaos? But it has to be “cast” damage right?

#

Is there a good rule of thumb for which is which?

proven osprey
#

wdym lightning is cast damage?

arctic leaf
#

I have frost strike.

coarse moss
#

"cast" is when you throw bloodstone

arctic leaf
#

Okay. Hear me out.

#

And forget frost strike.

#

I have thunder flourish with talos.

#

When I attack there are two numbers

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White number is physical damage from the cutter

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Yellow number is from the lightning

proven osprey
#

Yup

half crater
#

lightning is not cast damage unless you’re specifically talking about Electric Shot (Zeus’ cast)

slim lynx
#

"Cast damage" only comes from casts

proven osprey
#

You'll get damage by pomming it, increasing rarity or chaos boon basically

half crater
#

things that increase cast damage will not increase damage from lightning strike/thunder flourish/zeus’ aid etc.

proven osprey
#

also benefits from boiling blood

arctic leaf
#

Increase my “special” damage would increase the damage from lightning?

slim lynx
#

if you hit an enemy with anything but your cast it doesn't classify as cast damage in any way whatsoever

half crater
#

that would increase your base special damage

slim lynx
#

special damage is not the same thing as lightning damage

#

this also goes for other sorts of damage, such as hangover or rupture

#

crits are technically an exception though i guess

arctic leaf
#

Okay, but wouldn’t increasing “cast” damage impact the bolt on my special and the jolted effect?

half crater
#

lightning is basically impossible to increase the damage of outside of certain T2 zeus boons (like double strike) and universal damage buffs (like the eris buff)

proven osprey
#

nah cast is cast

slim lynx
arctic leaf
#

Hmmmm. Okay. Good to know.

slim lynx
#

this also means that if you have sea storm and hit an enemy with flood shot, only the flood shot will deal more damage and not the thunder bolt

arctic leaf
#

Well dang.

coarse moss
#

when you test weapons on skelly, the moves you can do are split into 3 usually. Attack, Special, and Cast

slim lynx
#

attack/dash-attack/special/cast

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some weapons have extra moves like fists

spice iris
#

Does anyone have speedrunningtips for fists of talos

arctic leaf
#

Yeah. I understand that. You also forgot dash special

spice iris
#

My best time is 18 min so far >_< i suck

coarse moss
#

so thunder flourish has nothing to do with 'cast damage"

spice iris
#

I just do special snd then attack dash

arctic leaf
#

Yeah. I understand now. I knew the lightning damage didn’t count as the special. But thought there was another way to increase it.

half crater
#

that’s it that’s the extent of my talos pro strats

spice iris
#

LOOL ty ty

half crater
#

also if you don’t know about dashing to bypass the attack sequence cooldown that’s also a thing

arctic leaf
#

Basically hit dash after everything.

slim lynx
#

i think you can't really bypass the attack sequence cooldown

#

i know what you mean though

spice iris
#

I always like attack dash

slim lynx
#

just dash-strike every 3 hits or so

spice iris
#

I play on the switch and I feel like Im srsly just mashing the dash button LOOL

arctic leaf
#

I attack, swing four times, and dash attack, sing four times.

spice iris
#

I dash strike with divine dash usually

#

Divine dash is so good

slim lynx
#

you don't really need divine dash if you already have divine strike on fists

arctic leaf
#

Eventually, but I think it’s a transition. Divine dash is easier to learn to manipulate that divine strike. Of course having a rapid fire attack helps tremendously.

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If you want to train yourself to mash attack to deflect, then fists and sword are probably the best ones to train with though.

honest wing
#

I'm doing a doom attack athena special build and everything is dying so fast idk if merciful end is even working properly

oak raptor
#

HOW DID I MANGE

#

TO GET ALL THESE ZEUS BOONS

#

BUT NOT THE LEGENDARY

proven osprey
#

not god's legacy no legendary

oak raptor
proven osprey
#

woops

#

flies away

oak raptor
#

got this with it though

#

prob my fastest kill on them

proven osprey
#

ngl

#

the bouldy summon made me laugh

oak raptor
#

im just using it to farm darkness a bit honestly

serene zealot
#

Wow, impressive

slim lynx
#

shady 😩 👌

serene zealot
#

Surprised you didn't use your call at the end though, could have knocked a second or two off lol

oak raptor
#

sadly ||dad|| didnt go as well and i didnt get my sub 20 min run on rail i was going for

#

im so used to using than at the start to knock them down to half its just habit

serene zealot
#

ah

oak raptor
#

i----

#

zag just |||died of boredom|| off that run

serene zealot
#

Relatable

proven osprey
#

||spoilers are allowed here folks||

oak raptor
#

habit

proven osprey
#

||it's ok dw||

oak raptor
#

hmm

#

what spear build do i wanna try

#

i did festive fog achilles last run with it

slim lynx
#

explosive special spam build on zag

serene zealot
#

I did one with demeter attack on hades with blade rifts plus a lot more upgrades for it the other day, that was fun

#

I'd mark a boss with the spin while they were stunned or inbetween attacks, then dash attack and cheese a ton of health.

oak raptor
mellow geyser
#

Poseidon Cast or Demeter Cast for bow with aspect of Hera?

mental blaze
#

why tf would you use demeter cast on aspect of hera

mellow geyser
#

I never used demeter cast

oak raptor
#

it replaces your normal cast

#

with a stationary ice beam turret

serene zealot
#

Demeter cast on Hera is to be avoided at all costs

oak raptor
#

also

#

get artemis
but get posedon boons for mirage shot

fervent falcon
serene zealot
#

Or Poseidon cast and demeter duo

fervent falcon
#

positively sugoii

slim lynx
oak raptor
serene zealot
#

If you actually beat Hades with it, I want to see what you used

mellow geyser
#

rip I didn't get a Poseidon cast

oak raptor
#

this run is alredy scuffed

#

run saved, got the crutch athena dash

#

alright hammer time

#

if i dont getexplosive special

#

its a suicide

mellow geyser
#

Is Triple Shot good? (hammer upgrade for the bow)

oak raptor
#

its good if you shotgun a target with it

#

like, land all 3 by being right in their face

gusty rapids
#

triple shot is very good yeah

#

probably my favorite hammer for hidden bow, and second only to twin as my favorite hammer for other bows

mellow geyser
#

If you only hit the target with an arrow do you do the same amount of damage?

gusty rapids
#

each of the 3 arrows does the same amount of damage as your normal shot would

mellow geyser
#

oh that's good

#

I though they would do less

gusty rapids
#

does not reduce any arrow’s damage

serene zealot
#

Yeah, triple shot is good

proven osprey
#

each arrow deals 100% of its damage

mellow geyser
#

Dionysus cast + Hera bow = ?

serene zealot
#

Great burst damage

#

If you're using infernal, it does take a while to drop the cast, so keep that in mind

slim lynx
#

.

oak raptor
mellow geyser
#

Yea I won like 2/3 times with ice win combo

serene zealot
#

Yeah, dio cast has great upgrades

mellow geyser
#

I am overusing it Dionysus cast

slim lynx
oak raptor
#

i had a scint feast ice wine build the other day

mellow geyser
#

I never seem to get any Athena boons

fervent falcon
#

dion cast has strong burst but if i'm ever going for burst i take athena cast with hera or hidden aspect for bow

tame bison
#

I never seem to get any spear builds that don’t suck. Besides GY

mellow geyser
#

Spear is very fun tho

fervent falcon
#

achilles is really strong @tame bison with just about any build

mellow geyser
#

Fated authority or fated persuasion?

serene zealot
#

Whichever you find more useful, I personally use persuasion

gusty rapids
#

i think persuasion is generally better

coarse moss
#

persuasion

fervent falcon
#

i prefer authority

#

who needs a different set of boons when you can just have even more boons

#

or less boons, it's your choice

#

best part about fated authority

woven crater
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Persuasion is better for narrower builds

gusty rapids
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once you start making builds it just becomes so much more useful to be able to roll for specific boons

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especially since you can force gods in your pool with keepsakes anyways

serene zealot
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^

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Rerolling for a better chaos boon or well item if you need one too

woven crater
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It also helps more than authority when fishing for a duo or legendary

serene zealot
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Wish you could reroll hammers though

woven crater
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Agreed, but at the same time that’d be so incredibly powerful

serene zealot
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True

woven crater
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That’s what anvil exists for, honestly

mental blaze
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maybe it costs multiple persuasion d20s even the first time?

daring mango
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Im too scared to take anvil honestly lol

woven crater
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Not that anvil is commonly useful

daring mango
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like some random hammers could really messed up my build

woven crater
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Once I used anvil to save me from cursed slash that I no longer wanted

coarse moss
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wear god keepsake, get eurydice's bottom food, and fated persuasion = duo!

turbid needle
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I was going to upgrade my weapons because I just started to be able too and I upgraded nothing but the first rail aspect because the other aspects looked terrible. was that smart?

serene zealot
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I'm tempted to do runs just to grab enough anvils to fill out the codex for it, I almost never want it otherwise.

serene zealot
woven crater
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The second rail is significantly better than the first once you’re able to consistently make use of it

daring mango
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imo anything goes I managed fine with common weapons with low heat

serene zealot
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Zag rail isn't bad tbh

turbid needle
daring mango
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though what I did was max all the zag aspects first which is not really the ideal way to do things

turbid needle
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gtg

serene zealot
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True, but at least you've got some upgrades while you get more titan blood

gusty rapids
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hestia and eris are extremely good aspects

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i find them to be much better than zag rail

neon berry
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I would reccomend the second upgrade for rail gun

serene zealot
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I can't use eris or hestia for the life of me, but yes, they're good

neon berry
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you could also wait and grind until you get the secret upgrade for the rail its really good

serene zealot
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Chiron and Hera on the bow are great, Achilles spear is good, and Zeus shield is different but fun. The rest I haven't tried enough to talk about.

daring mango
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chaos I think is best for shield

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for sword my favorite is the second aspect the critical chance one

serene zealot
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Doesn't that one need upgrades to get really good?

gusty rapids
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chaos shield needs a high level to shine yea

gusty rapids
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similar to chiron in that respect

serene zealot
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Chiron is still decent at lower levels

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Gets better with the +4 special hammer

sinful stratus
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i actually preferred lucifer over the other three when i unlocked i but when i saw hestia's potential i basically discarded lucifer

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am yet to use eris regularly too

daring mango
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Im usually not that good when it comes to percentage runs unless its a cast run

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takes me longer to beat hades when I try to do big hits run but maybe Im just building wrong

serene zealot
daring mango
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Im guessing is to build your attack percentage really high and reload a lot

sinful stratus
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tons of reload

daring mango
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so artemis or aphrodite attack boon

sinful stratus
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i treat it like how you would use a sniper, reload every shot

serene zealot
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Sounds tedious but kk

daring mango
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maybe I should try hestia with pierced butterfly

sinful stratus
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ik that's why i always couple it with artemis to maximize dmg

serene zealot
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I'll give it a go next time the rail has dark thirst

sinful stratus
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good luck! shadesmile

coarse moss
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always reload, yes. but if you just wait for that its slow. hestia speedrunner used poseidon keepsake for tidal dash. during reloading you can hit tidal dash twice and use special so no downtime

daring mango
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ohhhh so thats how

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usually I dont bother reloading when Im in Elysium since there are just too many enemies lol

serene zealot
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Could also get PS with your dash then, that'd help the damage

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Any good casts with it?

daring mango
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does aspect of hades work with curse damage?

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like does it increase the damage dealt by doom and such

sterile nebula
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I got a win with hestia + lvl 2 sisyphus trinket

coarse moss
# serene zealot Any good casts with it?

not sure about cast but here, very inspiring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mGM2VP70n4

Tartarus: 0:33
Asphodel: 5:33
Elysium: 8:54
Styx: 14:14

Great build overall, although Artemis duo is better than Athena since it's way easier to proc.

Sloppy gameplay at the beginning, but awesome Tartarus which carried the rest of the run.
Great Asphodel, should have bought that Ixion, I tried to high-roll a bit too much.
Good Elysium, only ...

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serene zealot
sterile nebula
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if you're okay with not getting the auxiliary effects from the +% boons, you can just lock in a +50%/+75%/+100% bonus to attack and focus on getting passive boons

daring mango
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oh rip

serene zealot
coarse moss
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😊 👌

neon berry
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so I was just playing the laser build and loved it is there anything similar

daring mango
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what kind of laser build? what was your attack boon

neon berry
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it was demiter tracker and stack

daring mango
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or was it a special focused one?

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ohhHHHHHH the demeter

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sorry I was thinking ||lucifer aspect of rail||

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have you unlocked the hidden aspects yet?

neon berry
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not all but I know of each

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you are reccomending the final aspect of rail right

daring mango
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oh ok well I think in terms of how it plays out the laser build is the only one

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yea

neon berry
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well time to grind with my least favorite wepon

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it is time

daring mango
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goodluck on your journeydusa

serene zealot
woven crater
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About to erase em3 with 7 bloodstone aspect of Poseidon flood shot and exit wounds

strong hinge
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excuse me seven

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what kind of chaos boonery?

woven crater
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Chaos boon, Artemis legendary, +1 for a few rooms from the well

serene zealot
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Nice

strong hinge
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huh, I didn't know artemis' legendary did that. dope!

neon berry
serene zealot
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ah, rip

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I can understand that one being not as fun

neon berry
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but I think I will have a lot of fun with the secret aspect for the rail

spiral badge
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Zeus on rail attack is usually the go-to facerolling build

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If you were looking for a boon suggestion to ease things

neon berry
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Thanks

final pewter
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saw someone mention demeter lasre.. Demeter laser + tracking is just OP AF. If you can also get the applying chill and literally any other debuff to apply with your attacks it's just an auto win vs hades

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*other debuff as in if you have the 2 debuf = more damage

split echo
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What’s the most powerful cast for Poseidon aspect?

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I tried Artemis’ cast and it went well. I was lucky to get the +60% cast speed boon

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Also two cast buff from Chaos

cloud vault
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Electric Shot is pretty nice

split echo
cloud vault
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It's okay for bosses when you stack up Zeus boons but the main draw is how well it removes rooms.

split echo
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I can see how it’s good when there are multiple enemies

cloud vault
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It also goes well with Artemis in your build for Lightning Rod maybe Exit Wounds for bosses

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Otherwise Phalanx Shot, Crush Shot are always good. Flood Shot is strong when you stack up on Poseidon boons.

serene zealot
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Ok, first time with the demeter aspect on fists, hammer is offering either Colossus Knuckle or Rush Kick. Which would y'all take?

proven osprey
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Not rush kick

dry ember
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Neither tbh what's the third option?

proven osprey
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^

serene zealot
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Explosive Upper

proven osprey
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that's

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the best hammer

dry ember
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Yeah lol

serene zealot
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I never remember to use dash upper so eh

proven osprey
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try to use it

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it's just amazing

dry ember
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Time to learn

serene zealot
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alright, sure

dry ember
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Hard to use Dem fist if you can't dash upper tbh

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Normal upper end lag can kill you.

serene zealot
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And now I get Dio/Athena duo from the shop, dang

stiff wigeon
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Random question. Would people here be interested in comical videos about character builds?

dry ember
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Yeah dude, meme vids on broken roguelite builds are usually quite popular, but it needs some heavy editing

proven osprey
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It would distract me from

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yeah it would be nice

dry ember
strong hinge
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f r o m

stiff wigeon
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Cool. I have been planning it out and writing some possible jokes. Would likely be short videos, explaining character builds an unorthodox way. May also take requests and include other games like Diablo.

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Dead Cells would be another good one, but I haven't played in a while. Been all-in on Hades, lately.

dry ember
stiff wigeon
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From the nothingness after the word "from"

unkempt scroll
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Somebody talking about a car called chiron, and my mind goes "target-seeking bow?" 🙄

rare kindle
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Chiron was a centaur first

unkempt scroll
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I don't study centaurs

proven osprey
dry ember
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Wdym you lost inspiration

proven osprey
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to end the sentence

dry ember
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It takes less to type the thing which you left out than to type "I lost inspiration"

proven osprey
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wat

dry ember
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From what, Astaos? From what?

rare kindle
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I’ll finish his sentence for him

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It would distract him from fighting titans

dry ember
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No don't bail him out. The bot needs to answer.

proven osprey
proven osprey
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but nothing fun in the end

dry ember
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:(

proven osprey
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So I posted the message because too lazy to delete it

dry ember
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That sounds oddly sad ngl

proven osprey
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out of a certain rage indeed

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the rage to be unable to end it

rare kindle
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That sounds so ominous

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Are you doing ok, astaos?

proven osprey
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Yeah sure!

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GY best aspect

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Heart rend