#h1-builds-and-combat
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i've been doing zag spear merciful end builds
my time tends to be around 15 minutes
lowest i've gotten it is 12 minutes
any advice? better zag spear builds?
lightning strike flurry jab would probably be a good balance of consistent and fast for zag spear
if i have refreshing nectar and yarn do i get 4 uses or does the yarn just immediately expire on the first use?
noiceee
Arthur I have only one level in and it’s great
how does spread fire interact with hestia?
it doesn't do anything for Hestia, it also doesn't hurt except taking up hammer slot
you can reload manually
it would be nice if it actually was a giant burst that does 260 base damage or something
I wish haha
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?
Also this dash strike knocks foes halfway across rooms. Still not sold on whether or not that's good in asphodel
yeah pos on nemesis is a bit awkward, if you can, I would recommend selling/swap out for something else.
Definitely taking an artemis swap if I ever see one offered
Good against most enemies except medusas and witches/spreaders, since if you knock them way over the lava, it just makes them safer
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
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
yeah that's good even if Poseidon att is bit awkward
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
Heroic arty attack with heart rend... now THAT is what nemesis dreams of
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
regular asterius?
is it better to grab weapon upgrade over boon?
Em3 asterius
And that’s really situational
Depends on how you’re using your weapon and what upgrades what help, as well as what you could gain from the boon
You can see the heat I was using in #h1-victory-boasting, it’s the same as the last run I did
spear. and the other option is athena
What other boons do you have?
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
i can grab a screen shot too if you want!
Screenshot definitely helps!
Just put it in the victory boasting chat and I’ll respond here, then
got you
its there
again im just trying to get better, and analyze to i guess learn to min max stuff
it all depends
is the boon someone you need?
there are a lot of factors here
well again, I havnt walked though so I dont know what the boon is yet
im just chillin trying to debate which door to go through lol
also I hastily made a bad call to rush using my reroll lol rip
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
it got me holy shield so im not too upset
And athena’s aid is pretty good
yeah fair, I mean are spear upgrades worth wile though?
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
Other than that, she can make you take less damage or restore a death defiance right now
And I think that’s all you can currently get from her pool
ah ok. yeah I think ill do that, as spear seem idk kind of weak to begin with
Daedalus can be very good
wat that? not familiar with it
The hammer
yes but you usually have an idea of what to expect from a god
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
It can also make your special do more damage to armor, adds crit chance on recall, make it explode
And there are a few others
ye I somewhat remember
yo this game is so different from beta... lol
also athena game me epic call so im cool with that
Oh I missed special charge, special chain, and sturdy spin attack
Yeah that’s pretty solid
I think I like god of war call best
A lot of decisions in this game are knowing what’s available that you want to get
huh? what that
I think that needs to be unlocked, still?
oh lmfao they added after i started playing, didnt know you had to unlock it mb
Same here, but maybe you actually don’t and I’m misremembering for the same reason
also. i really want zeus but I already have a few in poseidon 😦
At least Zeus is in your pool
it is something you purchase from the house contractor
ah
Alright I did think so
prob more efficient to stick with same dudes. get higher tier and duos yeah?
You’re already eligible for the duo between the two, so which you take for that doesn’t really matter
your pool is normally limited to four gods naturally anyways, so you don't get spread too thin most of the time anyway
is there not duos for all peeps??
yes
Yeah, there are now
but not all duos will benefit your build
was going to be surprised if there wasnt... like wtf
ohhh
well I have water dude and athena
theres no "rule of thumb" in most roguelites
good or no
their duo is meh
i see
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
so... zeus athena?
pretty sure all gods had duos before 1.0 released
you might be right. i never got far
Maybe blood price added the rest then and the only thing that changed were a few effects if any
kk
im just not confident in my decision making hahaa
Certainly they didn’t all exist during the Nighty Night update when I started
theres no "rule of thumb" in most roguelites
you have to adapt to your current situation
yeah but im sure someone out there did the math haha
indeed
Slay the Spire taught me that better than anything else, personally
facts
anyway takku, you can use the wiki in the meantime to aid you
there are boon list and the boon required and stuff
thanks!! just thought it would be fun to have feed back and chat!
thats what the channel is for
also i still need to purchase slay the spire
great game
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
ive only learned through playing
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
thats the main way to learn
i bombed when I was at pax though hahaha
they are very different games despite being the same genre thats for sure
i believe SGG has cited StS as an inspiration for their own design of hades which is pretty cool
i think they did
Oh that’s awesome, I’d be interested to see if more was said on that
same
was probably in one of the noclip docs covering the game iirc
it did not takku lol
StS is definitely a bit older than Hades early access
Though it’s late 2017 vs early 2018 for earliest Hades early access builds on epic, I believe
No wait that’s late 2018/early 2018
missed the drop on sts then
i know I have a buddy who was all over it, but I never followed the game
here's a good message from greg about them drawing inspiration from StS @woven crater @willow fossil #ask-supergiant message
I also forgot about StS’s own early access timeline there
very interesting
ah @#%$(*&% ok 1 more reason to play sts
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
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
another one from Ed regarding making runs feel varied but still "buildable" to an extent! #ask-supergiant message
No surprise that both also have my favorite rogue like difficulty systems there
Oh yeah
isnt really a skill based
I’m an A20 player and it took hundreds of hours to get there, most runs are still losses
but knowledge
there's definitely skill to be developed in StS with how to employ that knowledge in various scenarios though
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
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...
I find it easier to do high ascensions than high heat since I don’t make mechanical errors under pressure
you know what game surprised me that I kind of liked. book of demons. cute artwork. decent gameplay
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
well by skill i meant like no fast sense or reaction
stuff like that
right
like isnt an action game
There’s really just so much of experience factoring into runs
Dude be flexing on A20 50+ heat I'm here playing with A4 32 lul
lol
idk what a20 is
oh
like making the game harder
rip
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
ascension 20, basically endgame progression analogous to heat
im pre all this ascension gameplay lol
StS is hard.
Hades you can learn even kinda yolo through things
yep
Ain't nothing in StS
meanwhile A20 heart kill terrifies me more than finishing the rest of the aspects at 50+ heat
^
StS is incredibly hard and making the correct decisions in StS just. Doesn’t exist
thats definitely not ez
You just do things that seem like they’ll help you do the things you need to do immediately
hades def allows for a lot of improv, being a real time action game
I love roguelite because it's challenging though
all i know is talk to the hand is op
outside of things like TD3 limiting you as you climb heat
will chiron poseidon work
yes
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
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
And yes, it works
i got carried to A20 by demon form not gonna lie
And yet the hours in accumulated in roguelites dwarf any other games.
yall saying roguelike. lowkey I prefer roguelite....
I have A20 on everything in StS. Played way too much 😛
I call everything roguelite nowadays.
the most pog champ thing is seeing someone do a fress file speed run
its litterly AS WEAK as you can be
Demon form is definitely one of the stronger scaling cards in the game
doood. you see the fresh file no damage?
well, those also gun for the strongest duo in the game
Huh that's the most resident sleeper part of speedrun for me.
which balances out the inherent weakness
To each their own ig
for the sword, dash nova + double nova + 30% increased special speed is funny
boing boing boing
hermes: dodge or faster attack?
depends
it depends, do you use attacks and what's the rarity 
I kept hearing about the legend of T-posing special sword wayyy back in EA
hermes attack speed does not apply to dash-strikes, keep in mind
That special would be hilarious with the old snap nova
But idk what that is lol
oh good call. I mean I dont intend on keeping my attack boon
oh yeah id love 3x dash for sure
i had artemis special with call build on crit, and athena call
so I'd pop the call and then boing bambam boing bambam boing bambam
guess dodge it is
Dodge is pretty generally good
yee
Yeah it's a boon you settle for but don't feel bad.
Rogue lite decision making: “Well, it depends.”
or go for specifically on memey zag fist plume builds
I still haven’t done one of those dodge fist runs but I should sometime
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. 
it's pretty silly; not sustainable at high heat but fun
I’d either try it in my h24 attempts or just drop down to my next highest bounty to experience it
omg i love that I can kind of sit, do other things, and think about my choices
but yeah I got the dash nova and double nova from a yolo smith purchase in the 4th area and was like
Oh I have a 50 heat save file at Hades (EM4) I tried for 2 hours and couldn't beat this single fight.
"yeah i was an attack build but I'm a special build now I guess lmao"
Tail if you want to give it a shot
like even before I joined discord I would go watch snl youtube videos between my choices hahah
I couldn’t beat em4 at 10 heat, y’all terrify me
I mean I didn't even get to phase 2 lol
lol is it a terrible build or what
oh wait. this is actually new. the jewels or whatever. should I be going for them? i actually dont know
Gems are a permanent resource that buy things from the house contractor
Quite a few of the things you can get at first with them are quite useful
Nah it's decent. Level 3 Heroic Lightning Strike with Rare Heartbreak Strike. Just that HP is very limited.
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
dad just sent me home
Dem fist btw
Completely coincidental
okay good. would have been very sad
Yeah no it’s just a name I chose that I liked the sound of
Why Lux is cute. I like her, and Artemis, and Dusa, and Meg
fox how'd you get two strikes
oh wait. is lux in Hades? sorry i play league of legends and absolutely despise people who play her.
hes built different
Very strong attack
different builds different boons
Does a lot of things
zeus offered a trade and fox said actually i keep both now
he gulped one of the strikes c:
lux is lucifer in idk language
Instant no-effort privileged status
also im sad im close too hydra and just wasted my first death defiance 😦
it happens
Oh if you make that connection yeah I’m a Lucifer main by some specific definitions
wait actually?
someone wiki that s#^t
Probably because Lucifer means light-bringer and Lux means light
im honestly curious now
It’d be Latin, yeah
ohhhh
Flourish bruh
yeah that checks out
i know i just have to give you a hard time
Lul
nah you just gulped one of the strikes
My alt username is LuckyLux, which also fits
I can just call out my luck and it happens as I say it will, somehow
coming soon in an update?!
No effort run
please no more merciful end buffs
That’s just press x to win
oh lux is literally the measurement of light
Wasn’t divine dash a valid merciful end prereq at one point in early access?
on rail + flurry fire + swift strike 😩 👌
What's that? +50 damage and Divine Dash now available?
You know me too well
was old spread fire literally a burst of a few shots
More armor, essentially
Old old sf is even more bursted I heard, but never had the chance to use.
it was extremely broken
Divine dash not being a valid prereq for deflect-based duos is a bit unfortunate
It used to be
But the three-boon win button for fists was ridiculous, so it’s fair
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FAQ:
Q. Why do you start off the same as in other videos?
A. Hades has a seed system that allows you to retry the ...
Routed run, but still
malphon + curse of agony + divine flourish + divine dash + merciful end + epic greatest reflex
basically it was a spread of five projectiles at once in front, instead of one
you can already start to imagine why it would be broken
Did they all get hestia buffed
i don't think so but zag rail's extra ammo is all you needed
what are yall talking about
SPREADFIRE BRO
by routed you mean seeded?
what that
No I mean routed.
Ah, wow
I should’ve used more rail in the nighty night update
what does routed means
im guessing it used to be a hammer?
It still is
Huh, which one
Spreadfire
lol
Oh wait I DO remember using the cone of death!
Yeah i hate the shotgun one now lol
ummmmmmmm. bro what
i beat hydra then randomly dashed into the lave and hit tab menu. couldnt get out and died???
F
like im just tilted af
lol
this is why we simp for the huntress
borderline wanna uninstall.... jk leggo again
lmao something similar happened to me yesterday
was gonna fish
but then i accidentally stood in lava while fishing
Ah yes, the stand in lava to fish thing
and the game didnt block me from fishing, as it should have
Happened to me too once
dude i have high faith in next run
ruined an amazing merciful end run
i had like 150 health and was down to ~9 after it
just no crush cast. its garbo
barely survived asphodel and lost a dd to hydra
It just made me angry tho, still won
spread fire is actually stupidly powerful lmao
yeah same
i agree tbh, the first time i tried hera someone advised me to take crush cast and i had so much pain
speaking of early access changes
crush shot used to be shatter shot and was also broken
similarly to spread fire
dude. you dont know. OG aphro cast was god tier
You may actually be able to pull that run file out if you really want to save it
you run that with max cast charge and ezpz
You’d need to redo hydra though
Seeded means RNG manipulation for first landing room. Routed means RNG manipulation for beyond that, usually an entire run.
speaking of saves
Yeehaw partner
yeeeehawww
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
🤠
or is it just built into the game and i cant do anything about it
yeah i see your yeehaws
The game creates temp saves at the start of every room, and doesn’t save over them until you enter the next one
You can recover your save. Check #h1-tech-fixes and #h1-tech-support
oh
So if your game crashes, you can still replace your current save with the temp one
ill check that out
i have no idea what this reaction is and i dont know how to cancle it hahahah
Yes, even mid run power cut scenario can be recovered.
Game crashed in Styx once and that’s when I learned
you can click on the reaction again to undo it lol
wait. someone else joined me so me removing it doesnt do anything. im literally belly laughing at this
but its just funny
Yeah adding my own reaction was hilarious
low wanna share/stream my next run tho?
no I mean I dont know all the emotes
and clicked one my mistake
can anyone explain what routed means?
A bit less convenient since there’s nothing for that natively in here (impossible to moderate voice chats/streaming)
oh right
I just remembered that cluster bomb got slightly buffed too
I think it used to be sequential
And now it’s all 5 simultaneously
Which is less commitment, especially for rocket bombs
Unless I’m just misremembering
sword is buffed. i can rock this
fk it i know this is for hades and stuff, but whats yall favorite candy?
Warheads
I just really like sour candy still
I already pinged you I thought?
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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.
As far as actual builds go, is there any cast for aspect of Hera that competes with trippy shot?
boo crush shot. idk again just miss old shotgun
I figured the embed on those just made them worse than the maxed Hera 5 second drop, unless cast regen is more viable regardless
crush shot is usually considered the best for hera, alongside phalanx with parting shot
I’ll have to properly try that then
i just ran crush shot and it was bad tho... like
Often hard to find a good build that isn’t Aphrodite, Artemis, or some combination thereof isn’t it
wait. crush shot is Aphrodite
oh
nvm
imma go master chaos over aphro
leggo
check vicorty
i need input
both solid
What
Very very dependent on what else you’re doing
Also Imgur links and such should still work in here
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
ok, still learing the ways of this discord sorry
Bonus damage against undamaged foes just isn’t as good as a nearly as high attack bonus if attack is your primary damage source
Health is nice, meanwhile
well next time ill hit that. but in the mean time mind checking victory boasting and commenting here?
instant damage or slightly avarage damage
Weapon?
sword
It's just preferable not to spam victory boasting with those images too much
i think avarage damage is better
Since the channel does state victory screens only
Excruciating Strike
Epic [insert drawback] strike is just quite good if attack is what you’re using
takku try uploading the pictures to imgur, then posting the link here
Easy pick tbh
Undamaged foes is only a slightly higher number, and it turns off against anything that takes more than one hit - totally useless against bosses
well. thats what i was introduced to. so im trying not to spam, but SOMEONE (haha just messing) told me to post there
Yeah I just forgot how you can still use Imgur links in here
^
ye. well wasnt sure imgur was an option. so I know to d that thing now. so thank you!
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.
It was joke lol
but throwing imgur here is fine yes?
You are fine so far
i know
Yeah it's fine. As long as you don't ask for every single options that comes up.
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
wait. hmmm ok this thing which you guys see the photo says noting about being blind with the next boon options. wat?
Like the shrouded punishment?
lol
*making noise and pretending to use jedi mind tricks to assume your roommate didnt wake up
yup thats a thing
holy poop. epic ares dash!
beyblaaaade
rip it
wait.
that has 2 meanings
whelp tilted lost all my death defiance to alecto....
whats a build i should do with chiron
ive already done arty on special
i was thinking maybe zeus on special? not sure how that would work out
or dio special too
Demeter on special with chill explosions?
dad sent me home again
aight. im done with this game. freaking idk cant control into lava for some reason
do I continue with poe or do a run of dead cells?
ooh ill try that, thanks
Dire misfortune on special
triple bomb hammer, artemis on special. attack isnt super important but i guess chill or hangover works
not relying on attack for dps sounds super weird to me
and i don't know how to utilise the special properly
try spam special on skelly see they explode without you touching them. really need that triple bomb hammer though
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
they automatically detonate if there's more than 3
But Zeus is the easiest to make good by far
if they detonate close to each other is causes basically a chain reaction
Divine dash good because your attack does not destroy projectiles
Zeus special also works well since the bolt makes it automatically detonate if it’s near an enemy
super soaker or you’re a coward
Super soaker best build
Pink boyo good too
Aphro attack and Dio or Ares special is very effective too if you're bored of Artemis
gotha
special explode for 100 damage, and it pulses20, so usually 120 damage. not many weapon chunk that much per attack... and with triple bomb you're dealing this at crazy rate, hitting entire room
interesting
thanks for all the suggestions
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
Oh that build is dope, I tried it out randomly a couple of days ago and it slayed
especially with the Demeter boon that Chills when you cast
Snow Burst is what i mean
you know, one thing that antos has over battie is that at high heat you can slap your emergency kill alecto button
also calling your dads for help
Screw alecto
gl
what build to do 
how does one build Talos?
spam special? or cast build? im really not sure about this aspect
if you want a funny build, poseidon special is great
bc its just
pull push pull push pull push
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i like ares cast with talos
shoot rifts, dash away from enemy, pull them towards you into the rifts
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.
running beowulf right now with passion flare and empowered flight, any suggestion on a build path from there
Heart rend crit build?
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?
yep that's what i know
i think he does a lil chuckle too when he gets charmed lol
but will try that out, thanks!
I play without sound. Wouldn’t know. Hope it works for you! Good luck?
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.
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)
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
like "ok i have aspect of poseidon so im gonna try and find artemis so i can get exit wounds"
and then at super high heat having a build is only but a sweet dream
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
you dont have to be like level 9000 I Know Exactly What Boons I Want At All Times
and even if you do you're still at the mercy of rng so don't worry too much abt it
^
thanks, my game knowledge and mechanics are lacking but this was very helpful
I’m just now learning enough to start checking the codex. 5 escapes in.
And things change through the process too.
you keep playing GY smh
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.
Near death state is stimulating
So now, I’m thinking it’s time to lean into that cutter.
eventually you will have enough game knowledge to know the optimal weapon:
zag sword
you’re not wrong tho
are talos yo-yo builds actually strong
it's definitely not very good against armored enemies
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.
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.
Strange
Eris is strong against Hades too
it's just that it's a melee weapon, mb you were scared or something and played from afar
isn't eris the gun
Yeah but you gotta be close for the buff.
I assume that’s what he means.
Also assumed it’s a him. Silly me.
I mean that Eris deals the most damage at close range since the dash is key, especially with tidal/sea storm
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.
it's fine, good guess too 
Dash was irrelevant.
I had all of that on my attack.
And with rupture and jolted I kept PS bonus.
wait is that the legendary tempest strike
I don’t think I had that one.
Then how did you get the rupture without dash or attack? Special?
Put Poseidon on my attack.
oh
Adds knock back to the bullets.
Yeah it's fun but a really low damage one, especially against bosses where you need sea storm + wave pounding
I did keep my distance but towards the end, ended up out of range a lot.
Agreed. I know Poseidon can be good but I’m not good with it yet.
I also barely brought the build together before the fight. Pretty sure I got jolted in Styx.
tbh tempest strike is quite hated lol
Now you tell me!
tempest strike on only good on rail
It was on rail.
maybe bow?
Apparently I’m just not very good.
tempest strike is a meme for super soaker
it's like
never the best option
arguably the worst
Well then I don’t feel so bad
What keepsake should I start with if I'm doing a Guan Yu run?
yeah you don't have to feel bad, it's really low damage
depends on what build you're going for
Got hades down to his last phase, but couldn’t seal the deal.
You'll be fine with Aphrodite, Artemis or Athena
spearpoint or acorn are good options (((obviously)))
athena is great if you're building around quick skin
I have been using harpy feather for the heals, but hating myself for doing it.
if the frost fair blade reflects then Athena may be a really good option
(not to sound like an sjw but triple parentheses can mean Bad Stuff)
there
oh yeah divine strike guan yu is amazing
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)
some guiding lines for GY
I always take Acorn on Hades since with the heat most of my weapons are at he's the only one who can kill me these days
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
Yeah
It fits in the dps rotation even
just have to cancel it with a dash or whatever
because cast animation is slow
wait so you can cancel the cast animation but the cast still goes through with it?
Apparently? Not at a point where I’m even considering those things.
can be annoying
got a divine strike in the first chamber!
Nice
divine dash is also a good starting boon btw
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?
wdym lightning is cast damage?
I have frost strike.
"cast" is when you throw bloodstone
Okay. Hear me out.
And forget frost strike.
I have thunder flourish with talos.
When I attack there are two numbers
White number is physical damage from the cutter
Yellow number is from the lightning
Yup
lightning is not cast damage unless you’re specifically talking about Electric Shot (Zeus’ cast)
"Cast damage" only comes from casts
You'll get damage by pomming it, increasing rarity or chaos boon basically
things that increase cast damage will not increase damage from lightning strike/thunder flourish/zeus’ aid etc.
also benefits from boiling blood
Increase my “special” damage would increase the damage from lightning?
if you hit an enemy with anything but your cast it doesn't classify as cast damage in any way whatsoever
it will not
that would increase your base special damage
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
Okay, but wouldn’t increasing “cast” damage impact the bolt on my special and the jolted effect?
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)
nah cast is cast
no, it only impacts damage dealt by the cast itself
Hmmmm. Okay. Good to know.
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
Well dang.
when you test weapons on skelly, the moves you can do are split into 3 usually. Attack, Special, and Cast
Does anyone have speedrunningtips for fists of talos
Yeah. I understand that. You also forgot dash special
My best time is 18 min so far >_< i suck
so thunder flourish has nothing to do with 'cast damage"
I just do special snd then attack dash
Yeah. I understand now. I knew the lightning damage didn’t count as the special. But thought there was another way to increase it.
you can cancel the special animation early with a dash and still get the buff
that’s it that’s the extent of my talos pro strats
LOOL ty ty
also if you don’t know about dashing to bypass the attack sequence cooldown that’s also a thing
Basically hit dash after everything.
i think you can't really bypass the attack sequence cooldown
i know what you mean though
I always like attack dash
just dash-strike every 3 hits or so
I play on the switch and I feel like Im srsly just mashing the dash button LOOL
I attack, swing four times, and dash attack, sing four times.
you don't really need divine dash if you already have divine strike on fists
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.
If you want to train yourself to mash attack to deflect, then fists and sword are probably the best ones to train with though.
I'm doing a doom attack athena special build and everything is dying so fast idk if merciful end is even working properly
not god's legacy no legendary
Wow, impressive
shady 😩 👌
Surprised you didn't use your call at the end though, could have knocked a second or two off lol
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
ah
Relatable
||spoilers are allowed here folks||
habit
||it's ok dw||
explosive special spam build on zag
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.
this sounds fun. gave me a reason to max the zag aspect too

Poseidon Cast or Demeter Cast for bow with aspect of Hera?
why tf would you use demeter cast on aspect of hera
I never used demeter cast
Demeter cast on Hera is to be avoided at all costs
an exagryph run that actually does damage
Or Poseidon cast and demeter duo
positively sugoii
brb gonna make a demeter hera cast build
If you actually beat Hades with it, I want to see what you used
rip I didn't get a Poseidon cast
this run is alredy scuffed
run saved, got the crutch athena dash
alright hammer time
if i dont getexplosive special
its a suicide
Is Triple Shot good? (hammer upgrade for the bow)
its good if you shotgun a target with it
like, land all 3 by being right in their face
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
If you only hit the target with an arrow do you do the same amount of damage?
each of the 3 arrows does the same amount of damage as your normal shot would
does not reduce any arrow’s damage
Yeah, triple shot is good
each arrow deals 100% of its damage
Dionysus cast + Hera bow = ?
Great burst damage
If you're using infernal, it does take a while to drop the cast, so keep that in mind
.
Yea I won like 2/3 times with ice win combo
Yeah, dio cast has great upgrades
I am overusing it Dionysus cast
don't forget about zeus
I never seem to get any Athena boons
dion cast has strong burst but if i'm ever going for burst i take athena cast with hera or hidden aspect for bow
I never seem to get any spear builds that don’t suck. Besides GY
Spear is very fun tho
achilles is really strong @tame bison with just about any build
Fated authority or fated persuasion?
Whichever you find more useful, I personally use persuasion
i think persuasion is generally better
persuasion
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
Persuasion is better for narrower builds
once you start making builds it just becomes so much more useful to be able to roll for specific boons
especially since you can force gods in your pool with keepsakes anyways
It also helps more than authority when fishing for a duo or legendary
Wish you could reroll hammers though
Agreed, but at the same time that’d be so incredibly powerful
True
That’s what anvil exists for, honestly
maybe it costs multiple persuasion d20s even the first time?
Im too scared to take anvil honestly lol
Not that anvil is commonly useful
like some random hammers could really messed up my build
Once I used anvil to save me from cursed slash that I no longer wanted
wear god keepsake, get eurydice's bottom food, and fated persuasion = duo!
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?
I'm tempted to do runs just to grab enough anvils to fill out the codex for it, I almost never want it otherwise.
If you enjoy the rail, it can be, yeah
The second rail is significantly better than the first once you’re able to consistently make use of it
imo anything goes I managed fine with common weapons with low heat
Zag rail isn't bad tbh
yeah the rail is powerful but late game it isn't very good and the opposite is said for the bow.
though what I did was max all the zag aspects first which is not really the ideal way to do things
gtg
True, but at least you've got some upgrades while you get more titan blood
hestia and eris are extremely good aspects
i find them to be much better than zag rail
I would reccomend the second upgrade for rail gun
I can't use eris or hestia for the life of me, but yes, they're good
you could also wait and grind until you get the secret upgrade for the rail its really good
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.
chaos I think is best for shield
for sword my favorite is the second aspect the critical chance one
Doesn't that one need upgrades to get really good?
chaos shield needs a high level to shine yea
Nemesis I think
similar to chiron in that respect
i actually preferred lucifer over the other three when i unlocked i but when i saw hestia's potential i basically discarded lucifer
am yet to use eris regularly too
Im usually not that good when it comes to percentage runs unless its a cast run
takes me longer to beat hades when I try to do big hits run but maybe Im just building wrong
What's the trick to using hestia? I can't seem to use it well
Im guessing is to build your attack percentage really high and reload a lot
tons of reload
so artemis or aphrodite attack boon
i treat it like how you would use a sniper, reload every shot
Sounds tedious but kk
maybe I should try hestia with pierced butterfly
ik that's why i always couple it with artemis to maximize dmg
I'll give it a go next time the rail has dark thirst
good luck! 
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
ohhhh so thats how
usually I dont bother reloading when Im in Elysium since there are just too many enemies lol
Could also get PS with your dash then, that'd help the damage
Any good casts with it?
does aspect of hades work with curse damage?
like does it increase the damage dealt by doom and such
I got a win with hestia + lvl 2 sisyphus trinket
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 ...
Don't think so? The wiki says just attack and special, which is the same as the ingame text so idk
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
oh rip
Wow, that does give me a good idea of what to do. Thanks!
😊 👌
so I was just playing the laser build and loved it is there anything similar
what kind of laser build? what was your attack boon
it was demiter tracker and stack
or was it a special focused one?
ohhHHHHHH the demeter
sorry I was thinking ||lucifer aspect of rail||
have you unlocked the hidden aspects yet?
oh ok well I think in terms of how it plays out the laser build is the only one
yea
goodluck on your journey
which weapon?
About to erase em3 with 7 bloodstone aspect of Poseidon flood shot and exit wounds
Chaos boon, Artemis legendary, +1 for a few rooms from the well
Nice
huh, I didn't know artemis' legendary did that. dope!
rail gun
but I think I will have a lot of fun with the secret aspect for the rail
Zeus on rail attack is usually the go-to facerolling build
If you were looking for a boon suggestion to ease things
Thanks
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
*other debuff as in if you have the 2 debuf = more damage
What’s the most powerful cast for Poseidon aspect?
I tried Artemis’ cast and it went well. I was lucky to get the +60% cast speed boon
Also two cast buff from Chaos
Electric Shot is pretty nice
Is it great for boss too, or is it just a good AOE?
It's okay for bosses when you stack up Zeus boons but the main draw is how well it removes rooms.
I can see how it’s good when there are multiple enemies
It also goes well with Artemis in your build for Lightning Rod maybe Exit Wounds for bosses
Otherwise Phalanx Shot, Crush Shot are always good. Flood Shot is strong when you stack up on Poseidon boons.
Ok, first time with the demeter aspect on fists, hammer is offering either Colossus Knuckle or Rush Kick. Which would y'all take?
Not rush kick
Neither tbh what's the third option?
^
Explosive Upper
Yeah lol
I never remember to use dash upper so eh
Time to learn
alright, sure
And now I get Dio/Athena duo from the shop, dang
Random question. Would people here be interested in comical videos about character builds?
Yeah dude, meme vids on broken roguelite builds are usually quite popular, but it needs some heavy editing
From what?
f r o m
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.
Dead Cells would be another good one, but I haven't played in a while. Been all-in on Hades, lately.
From what???
From the nothingness after the word "from"
Somebody talking about a car called chiron, and my mind goes "target-seeking bow?" 🙄
Chiron was a centaur first
I don't study centaurs
I lost inspiration
Wdym you lost inspiration
to end the sentence
It takes less to type the thing which you left out than to type "I lost inspiration"
wat
From what, Astaos? From what?
No don't bail him out. The bot needs to answer.
Well I don't know I had a bunch of idea like "my misery as a reset gamer" or something like that
lmao
but nothing fun in the end
:(
So I posted the message because too lazy to delete it
That sounds oddly sad ngl
Yeah sure!
What I've done this looks like #h1-high-heat-strategies
GY best aspect
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