#h1-builds-and-combat

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balmy star
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ah

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epilogue time boyos

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lets get it

lime jolt
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Oh ok

solid sable
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mmm yes juicy 20 fps

idle carbon
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not arguably thanthink

solid sable
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whats new with lernie on em2?

balmy star
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go see for yourself shadesmile

solid sable
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all i seee is just more magma

lime jolt
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Exactly

balmy star
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yeah

lime jolt
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Annoying af

solid sable
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and the head can teleport

lime jolt
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But pretty free heat without anything else

balmy star
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oh i actually never noticed that myself

lime jolt
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No it can’t

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What

balmy star
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wait

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LOL

idle carbon
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it actually kinda does

balmy star
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wh

lime jolt
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Hmm

solid sable
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oh bruh i got spitting lernie

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annoyign

idle carbon
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can't call it teleporting but

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he moves around /smooth/

balmy star
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i sense some level of cap within that statement

solid sable
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which

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i cant tell if lernie is teleporting im on 20fps

cunning urchin
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Lernie can't teleport.

balmy star
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probably your 20fps shadegrief

cunning urchin
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Some normally very slow enemies move way faster if you have very high FPS.

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So, that's not necessarily better lol.

balmy star
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w demeter fist, do you start w zeus ks or arty?

idle carbon
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20 fps be pretty low tho

cunning urchin
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"Thanks for the information. We believe it's possible that very low-speed enemies may have their movement affected by framerate (for a specific reason related to how the engine works). If you have evidence that framerate affects more than just these types of cases, we would be interested in seeing it."
That was their response when somebody from the speedrun server told the devs about it.

idle carbon
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does that mean

solid sable
idle carbon
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I'm playing on hard mode with vsync on

solid sable
idle carbon
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nvm

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it's the other way around

solid sable
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the visual effects are well

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slow

cunning urchin
solid sable
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is 600 dmg with special lv3 boon good

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eris

lime jolt
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Do you have rocket?

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And which special boon ?

solid sable
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rockt yea

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deadly flourish

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lv2*

lime jolt
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Oh wow

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Nice

solid sable
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AAAA A15FPS

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1.4k crit

lime jolt
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Wait till you get cluster

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Boom boom

cursive nest
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biggest dmg i had was 2966 in one hit, basic attack

solid sable
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f

lime jolt
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Oof

cursive nest
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cluster is nuts

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excal @solid sable

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final attack in sequence deals 200 base

solid sable
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oh, excal

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i hit 2k once

idle carbon
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cluster rockets is peak eris

cursive nest
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i can share the img i saved lmao, had 3 attack dmg up boons from chaos

solid sable
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arte attack?

cursive nest
solid sable
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dang

idle carbon
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I had this a long time ago but it's not one hit

cursive nest
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still big numbers are sick to see

split relic
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W T F

split relic
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Wut hammers do I take for demeter?

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I got choice between breaching cross, rolling knuckle, and heavy knuckle

turbid needle
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Breaching Cross is the best of those three.

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Otherwise you want something to improve your Special.

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I like Explosive Upper the most, there's legitimate schools of thought for Kinetic Launcher being better.

split relic
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Ok

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What special should I take?

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Ik I should take athena dasj

turbid needle
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Artemis or Aphrodite.

split relic
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If I wanna do me?

turbid needle
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For Merciful End you have to take Divine Flourish.

split relic
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Ok

turbid needle
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ME was nerfed before 1.0 to no longer spawn off Divine Dash, only Divine Strike or Divine Flourish.

split relic
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So I got ares attack

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So try and find special now?

honest wing
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athena special and athena dash

split relic
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Ok

real orchid
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Athena special first so you have chances for me

split relic
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Well I didn't get athena in tartarus sadge

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I'll probs start keepsake for it

real orchid
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Athena keepsake for aspho is pretty much the standard

split relic
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Ok

real orchid
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If you get really lucky sometimes you can get ME+dash all in tartarus and pick artemis or zeus keepsake but thats rare

split relic
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Y dash again fo her?

real orchid
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The dash triggers me

split relic
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Ahhh

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So like how attack triggers doom?

real orchid
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So you hold attack and spam dash back and forth on top of enemies

split relic
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Ok

real orchid
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Attack applies doom, dash triggers the damage

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Also special

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Anything that deflects

honest wing
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but you need the special to get ME, but your combat strategy is just attack and dash

runic cedar
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Doom boons are probably my top fav boon tbh

split relic
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Ok

real orchid
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Yeah you will pretty much ignore your special the entire rest of the game unless you replace with artemis

split relic
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Also does doom only trigger once

honest wing
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wait how would curse of vengeance and holy shield together with merciful end and vengeful mood be

split relic
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Or can u infinity stack it

honest wing
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there is a boon that let's you stack it

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called dire misfortune, it's an ares tier 2 boon

real orchid
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I just got my first sub 10 with me like half an hour ago it was mad fun

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You can stack it with dire

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Yeah ^

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You want that and impending doom

split relic
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Dam

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HECK

real orchid
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Impending doom is highest priority once you get me+dash though

split relic
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I got dash and flourish in the same athena boon

real orchid
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Flourish first

honest wing
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take flourish

split relic
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Ye

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Also the exits for my room were

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Charon

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Eurydice

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Pom

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Chaos

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And erebus

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All in one room

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No me at end of asphodel

real orchid
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Its okay, most of the time i get it in elysium

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What is your pool looking like

split relic
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?

real orchid
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Eurydice would help if you picked her from refreshing nectar i guess im late tho

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What gods do you have boons from

split relic
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I lost 2 dd in lernie yay

real orchid
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F

split relic
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I got ares athena and arty

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Nvm I died

real orchid
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One fun fact i learned that helps with forcing ME is as soon as you get any athena boon (preferably flourish) get to four unique gods as fast as possible (obviously take any ares or athena as priority though)

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Cause then you have higher chance of getting athena/ares rooms since you will only be offered boons from those four gods for the rest of the run

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(Hermes doesnt count)

honest wing
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yes

opal lodge
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vengeance boons are activated in the order that you obtain them

honest wing
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ooooh

opal lodge
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so ME + vengeful mood would only work if you obtained curse of vengeance before holy shield

slim lynx
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they don't just go off at once?

turbid needle
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Well, with Divine Dash you could still very easily trigger those Dooms all the same.

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Wouldn't be quite as cheesy with the proper order, I suppose.

slim lynx
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i could see merciful end in a vengeance build for maximum damage

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making the most of what you have dusa

honest wing
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do I take merciful end or divine dash if I have the attack and special

valid dagger
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Merciful End first

honest wing
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lost all three DDs by asphodel this is what I get for taking high confidence in a build where I'm not really confident

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should I sell divine flrousih

valid dagger
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Did you get Divine Dash

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If not then I would keep it so you have a better chance for Divine Dash at your next Athena boon, if you sell it now it'll probably get offered again, I usually dont sell Flourish at all

boreal prism
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so, what's good on secret shield, anyway

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as a cast, i mean

valid dagger
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-Poseidon Flare + Artemis --> Mirage
-Dio Flare + Zeus --> Sci
-Aphro flare + Demeter --> Rav will + Snow Burst, depending on your run/heat you might be able to grab Zeus Call + Smoldering Air

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With Dio use Stygian, and try to get Chaos casts, they are more crucial with Stygian, Chaos casts are just good so getting them with all the builds I mentioned is great anyway, they just dont rely on it as much since you have Infernal and can get away with it

boreal prism
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alright I'm gonna try the dio build then

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thinking of building curse of nausea because that's the only dio duo I'm missing

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the synergy isn't super strong but the heat is low

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but that's tomorrow me's problem

solid sable
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I already beat the sisters on em1

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and i have no option to give ambrosia

light pine
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|| Has she been in Zag's room twice? ||

valid prism
solid sable
light pine
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Ah, she has to have been there and I think that's just random

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And this isn't the channel for that so

turbid needle
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forgive me if this is a common build but I usually don't care too much about these things

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but I did a Chiron + Dionysus on special build and that was almost too easy

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should probably keep piling on the special damage for that, it was fast too

boreal prism
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Chiron is good, yeah

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And dio on special makes the hangover stacks go up fast

slim lynx
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is heartbreak flourish on gilga worthwhile?

boreal prism
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I just ran heartbreak flourish on gilga

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It's good and if you get synergies it becomes great

slim lynx
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specifically for the weak

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since it makes the enemy deal 30% less damage now you have zero reason not to use maim

boreal prism
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Yepp

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And you can use that one boon to deal extra damage to weak enemies and you're basically encouraged to maim

slim lynx
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gilga + rending claws + heartbreak flourish + sweet surrender

boreal prism
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Gilga + rending claws + deadly strike + heartbreak flourish + heart rend

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You crit your maimed weakened enemies? Big big damage

slim lynx
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just the raw damage increase seems fun enough

boreal prism
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And then you can get hunters mark and then your maim itself can crit

jovial fulcrum
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that was the strangest Asphodel I've ever had.
Sell common Zooz attack
Take rose to get rare aphro attack
take ambrosia at Eurydice to get epic aphro attack
buy zooz in end shop and get offered a trade for Heroic attack

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is this what stonks feels like

boreal prism
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Lmao. Uno reverse card

jovial fulcrum
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f
lost a sweet hera run to a blue screen

unique shale
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If I'm to do a fresh file finish, what should I focus on? Other than not getting hit? thanthink

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Is the God pool for the first run always the same?

cunning urchin
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It is. First run, get Divine Flourish > Curse of Agony > Merciful End > Divine Dash.

unique shale
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Thanks! shadesmile

slim lynx
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pressure points stonks

unique shale
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Arty appears in the first run? shadeohboy

solid sable
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FFFFF

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i lost a good run

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sea storm + lv7 tidal dash + lv4 jolt

proud jackal
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I'm a bit confused about the Rama bow. I tried it twice - the first time I tried to use the shared suffering mechanic as much as posible, by getting it on most of the enemies then doing big shots. That run didn't go well at all though. Then I tried again, but Dionysis on Special and just spammed special to stack hangover - that run went waayy better. So, is the shared suffering on Rama actually good and it just didn't click with me or is spamming the special just better?

jovial fulcrum
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its really good

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at max its 60%

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You also really have to focus on Dash Strikes with Rama.

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Any bow really, but with Rama the faster charge time of dash strikes is especially important

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Rama also really really wants Hammers. It's good without hammers, but there's a handful of hammers that put it over the top

proven osprey
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The shared suffering is the real strength of the aspect

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It's harder to play than spamming special though

proud jackal
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Thanks! I have just unlocked it, no more Titan Blood invested, so maybe that's why it felt underwhelming. I kinda suck at Dash-Striking, but I'll try that. Twin shot seems like a decent hammer? In my bad run I had sniper shot (which I could never get of because tge charge up was so long that the enemies closed the gap in the meantime) and the better Power shot - but even with that, I found the Power shot harder to execute than on the normal bow

valid prism
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Spamming the special equals having the rail with a delta chamber + bouncing fire hammer so it's fine with boons that work by applying effects or stacking effects

proven osprey
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Twin shot triple shot / you want deadly strike and hunter dash

valid prism
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On higher temperature tho, people will use the full ability of Rama

proven osprey
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temperature PES_Blush

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🥵

hollow wraith
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Need a cool spear build for 16 heat. I could probably beat it with crystal beam but want something new. I tried hunting blades but it was a little underwhelming

valid dagger
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Zeus flurry

valid prism
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? Unless you use Achilles aspect, cast builds are not optimal on spear

magic rivet
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Charged Skewer and Guan Yu

hollow wraith
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does the hangover slow boon stack with chill, that would be pretty op 70% slower enemies

turbid needle
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it stacks w chill iirc

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you can make them pretty slow

hollow wraith
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noice

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Damnit tried for two runs to find the poseidon demeter duo boon and didn't get it. It's last one I need for the prophecy

strange lark
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you need poseidon cast and dem attack

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just in case you didnt know

hollow wraith
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that's what I tried but no luck

honest wing
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not only dem attack any other dem core boon works

chrome girder
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Dash then attack

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?

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It speeds up the charge?

jovial fulcrum
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Dash, then attack while you're dashing still.

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it makes the charge on the significantly faster

lost swan
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so i finally unlocked the hidden aspect of the fists but lik... trying them out.. i dont get it? how is this aspect useful? it's like areas boons but worse

lost swan
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ok good to know

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sticking to demeter fists then

clever barn
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yup

mild raft
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that's it

lost swan
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rip

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and i was so excited to get the hidden aspect...

dusky drum
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lol yea gilga kinda garbage

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ME builds are fun with it tho for the extra dashes

hearty elbow
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Sea storm splash dash also nice.

idle carbon
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maim needs a slight boost for gilga to be viable

strange lark
idle carbon
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boost as in

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it shouldn't increase the damage you take that much

strange lark
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oh

idle carbon
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imo

strange lark
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yeah

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thats why i dont use maim

proven osprey
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it should be something like +10%

idle carbon
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I mean beo is 10% and beo is much safer

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50% on gilga is kinda overkill

proven osprey
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that's why I'm memeing

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yeah it makes no sense

turbid needle
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hi

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what is the best build of rail gun aspect of lucifer

hearty elbow
strange lark
turbid needle
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special or normal

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or full zeus build

strange lark
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normal

turbid needle
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do u know anything about seeded runs

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or how to doit

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Attack laser runs with Artemis or Aphrodite are super fun but honestly not top tier.

strange lark
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seeds technically dont exist

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because you cant set seeds

turbid needle
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I got it to work a few times on 32 Heat but generally speaking it's not worth it unless you want the meme.

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haha

idle carbon
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use zeus special on lucifer

turbid needle
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I absolutely want the meme, I want my Prothean Particle Rifle and Tactical Cloak (Hades' Aid), but it takes a LOT to line up correctly.

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Wait, really?

idle carbon
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bombs explode by themselves

turbid needle
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i am playing after some days so i am warming up for 32 heat run

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any idea for that

idle carbon
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when enemies get near them

turbid needle
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Reeaaallllyyyyy? Hm.

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I see how, that's just an interesting paradigm change.

strange lark
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yeah they do

idle carbon
turbid needle
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Yeah, the lightning bolt summoned on the pulse would detonate the ball.

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if u dash through them by athena dash they denote

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Well, that always happens.

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But normally triggering them requires just that extra bit of effort.

idle carbon
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triple bomb zeus special lucifer is very fun

turbid needle
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Not scaling the Hellfire itself without a % boon, though.

turbid needle
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once*

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i will try a full zeus build lets see the outcome

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see u after run

honest wing
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I have never tried zeus special on lucy rail

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I'll try it

jovial fulcrum
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lucifer confounds me

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mobbing is nearly effortless with it, and then i get to a boss and get destroyed

idle carbon
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I did 40 luci with zeus special aphro atk from what I remember

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it works

dusky drum
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lol the only reason i can see taking a high % attack on luci is if you get the damage ramp hammer

idle carbon
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yea I had that too

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I think ... lemme see

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yep I did

jovial fulcrum
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does the damage not ramp naturally? i thought it did

idle carbon
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ramps x2 faster with the hammer

jovial fulcrum
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i c

misty sun
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What's a good build for the bow, as I've been wanting to try it out?

lime jolt
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just normal zag bow?

dusky drum
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which one

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generally attack is good with aphrodite or artemis, special is good with some sort of status and or zeus/ares

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dash can be athena or artemis

dusky drum
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and hammers are better with triple/twin + point blank unless its chiron

lime jolt
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this might be helpfulsquirtyay

misty sun
dusky drum
# misty sun Either Zag or Chiron(as that's all the blood I have atm)

ahh ok for zag you can go either aphrodite or artemis attack, choice comes down to do you want more crits or fewer but more powerful crits. special is good with ares or zeus and if youre running aphrodite on attack you can get an easy ps(privileged status) setup. dash can be athena or artemis and good hammers would be twin/triple + pointblank

for chiron attack can be set for more so a status like aphrodite or demeter and special can work with posiedon(try to get sea storm), ares(dire misfortune + impending doom), dionysus(curse of nausea, low tolerance, splitting headache are all good duos), demeter can be decent with arctic blast, a heart rend setup with arte on special can also be really good. dash again can be either athena or artemis, and hammers would be relentless + concentrated volley (or whatever the + damage per consecutive shot hammer is i forget the name)

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those are all the good builds ive done with it :3

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tbh chiron has more variety compared to zag and i like chiron more than zag bow

misty sun
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So, Poseidon is offeringegebdary catch as my 1st boon.
What/How?

lime jolt
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It’s scripted

misty sun
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What's the trigger, then?

lime jolt
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Iirc the fishing rod

static karma
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I have a choice between triple shot, point blank shot, and flurry shot in first chamber, aphro start. Which is best?

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For zag bow

proven osprey
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flurry is good dps and easy to use

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triple is a bit risky, shotgun style

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point blank is decent too I'd say

static karma
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if there was a situation where triple, point blank, and an irrelevant special hammer was the choice, which is better, triple or point blank

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just in case flurry isn't in the choices for one time

proven osprey
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Triple is better on paper but it requires good gameplay

hearty elbow
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Triple isn't that much riskier than Point Blank honestly

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Triple also gives you some random AoE

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I mean it's riskier for me but I'm a greedlord and my lizard brain demands shotguns

toxic river
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mirage shot or epic razor shoals

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i'm using the artemis cast

turbid needle
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whats ur main dmg source

split relic
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What hammer do I take on demeter?

opal lodge
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S tier is breaching cross

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A++ is explosive upper

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kinetic launcher, long knuckle both A tier depending on personal pref

split relic
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Ok

opal lodge
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everything else doesnt matter

hearty elbow
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At some arbitrary high heat threshold I put Long Knuckle at S+

opal vortex
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.

opal vortex
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Sometimes this game is so frustrating... I use ares and athena keepsake and take every opportunity to get ME and I still don't get it by styx, AND no athena/ares is offered in styx? Dafaq

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Still got my fastest time by far just by trying to "go fast" though. Is 15 minutes decent?

turbid needle
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Yeah, 15 minutes is quite fast.

opal vortex
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Nice

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Not sure what was so great about my build. Like I said I just made an effort to "go fast"

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Can bouldy be given ambrosia?

vagrant maple
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the way this game rolls for duos is it first checks to see if you get a duo boon in a given slot, then chooses a random duo you are eligible for if so

lime jolt
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Might want to switch to battie for speedrunning

vagrant maple
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so if you want to increase your odds of getting ME, try to avoid getting the requirements for other duos involving ares/athena if possible

opal vortex
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I find that hard to aim...

vagrant maple
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bouldy cannot be gifted ambrosia

opal vortex
lime jolt
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Satan made a good video about aiming megs

opal vortex
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I am not exactly looking to speedrun, but it would be nice to use FO2+ comfortably. I usually don't even have FO1 turned on...

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I'll watch that video though, thanks!

cunning urchin
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FO2 is just a lot of practice.

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The difference between FO1 and FO2 for speedruns is minor.

opal vortex
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It's funny how taking damage is just nbd for speedrunners. lol

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Sometimes I feel that way during dad fight if I am wiping the floor with him but before that I still try to take no dmg as much as possible

cunning urchin
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Depends. Taking damage disables High Confidence.

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Hitstun when taking damage also just slows you down every time.

opal vortex
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fair enough

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I'll never be good enough to purposefully take damage for the sake of going fast unless it's during dad fight and that's ok with me

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if Meg does less dmg (2500) why is she faster?

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Than does 3500, right?

turbid needle
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Meg hits much faster.

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Than puts the big circle on the field and it takes several seconds for it to go off.

opal vortex
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So it's faster for speedrunning if those couple seconds actually makes a difference in your run then?

vagrant maple
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usually than damage is just overkill, so the extra time it takes isn't worth it -- usually meg is used to strip the armor of minibosses, which it already does enough damage to do. Delaying that armor strip basically means any attacks you put in while waiting get wasted

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and it is sufficient damage vs bosses that by the time than would go off, meg + your build should phase a boss as well

opal vortex
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I don't know if I am at the point where I am that good for it to actually make a difference. It's not like I am instantly melting the bosses after their armor is taken away anyway. I appreciate the info though and I'll at least give it another try

vagrant maple
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it definitely isn't a massive time save

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probably ~10-15s over a run

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so not a huge deal

opal vortex
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Maybe if I played with a controller I'd be good enough Q.Q

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ME isn't worth it on Hades spear, is it?

lime jolt
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It is

opal vortex
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ok!

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what the heck is an ambiguity bonus (bouldy)

lime jolt
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Nothing bouldy

cunning urchin
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If you're looking for a specific Duo Boon.

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Assuming you want ME, for a normal boon reward:

all priority slots filled + requirements for 2 Duo Boons = 37% chance to get ME

any priority slots open + requirements only for ME = 39% chance to get ME

all priority slots filled + requirements only for ME = 53% chance to get ME

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Unlocking multiple Duo Boons or legendaries is good if they all give you something you want and bad if you're looking for something specific.

frail schooner
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what weapon is the worst ME weapon?

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maybe rama

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or hera bow

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actually if you load phalanx shot into hera bow does it instantly go off

opal lodge
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yeah

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arthur is pretty bad for it

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rama you can put it on special and use divine dash to proc

frail schooner
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arthur dash strikes are pretty fast

opal vortex
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I just tried to "go fast" with eris and got 16:30. Kinda weird that I got 15:00 with Hades spear when everyone says Eris is the best. Maybe I suck with ranged weapons. But it's still a lot better than me playing "normal" and getting 25-35 minutes

opal lodge
frail schooner
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no

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theyre faster than some other weapons

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ithink

lime jolt
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Excuse me

opal vortex
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is there anywhere I can see the frequency of how often a weapon aspect is chosen? Just to get a general sense of which is "best"?

cunning urchin
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Not exactly. There's a weapon index on the high heat leaderboard.

idle carbon
opal vortex
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where's the high heat leaderboard

idle carbon
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second pin in high heat strategies

solid sable
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any good guan yu builds

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and beowulf

solid sable
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smh that needs to be pinned

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btw

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how many times to bea tdad

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to get sigil

lime jolt
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Nah the mods have said that they don’t want to have a specific way to play the game, and that makes sense

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They have said that i can direct people to the link whenever it is appropriate, so thats cool

honest wing
#

does the zag aspect on shield make charged shot do more damage

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if you get the hammer

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coz ik it doesn't affect the regular bull rush

split relic
#

What do I want for eris?

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In ways of hammers and boons?

split relic
#

Pengy

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Can u link that long explanation for the weapons?

lime jolt
#

Where?

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Just scroll up a bit

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I put it for kaly to see for beo and GY builds

split relic
#

Oh mb

solid sable
#

does anyone know how to do routed runs

honest wing
#

got natural artemis and poseidon in tartarus in an eris run

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what do I take for asphodel now? pom blossom?

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or hades call

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coz my pom blossom is level 1

limber cloak
solid sable
limber cloak
#

theyre difficult to do

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i should warn you

honest wing
#

took epic +3 dashes instead of common rush delivery

limber cloak
#

you'll have to downpatch to an older version of the game

limber cloak
solid sable
#

Thanks

honest wing
limber cloak
#

yeah

limber cloak
#

theres no route for the current version except for the max heat one

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iirc

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satan has a readme and save file of his former WR nemesis route on speedrun.com/hades, in the resources section

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if you wanna go through that

honest wing
#

just the line "satan has a readme", out of context, beautiful

solid sable
honest wing
#

Lmaooooo

solid sable
#

just killed the sneak within 4 seconds of entering the chamber

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2-shotting lernie heads monkaW

boreal prism
#

+3 dashes and tidal dash turns you into a monster

limber cloak
#

@solid sable are you running the route?

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or just normal play

boreal prism
#

Em2 becomes a breez

solid sable
solid sable
#

wot da hek

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i beat dad

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but i come bacckc after dying to naturla causes

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and hes not in his chair

#

what??

hollow wraith
#

damn the poseidon demeter duo boon is actualy pretty powerful (in addition to the other 2 duo boons I found right at end in styx). Clunky but I was doing loads of damage to em4 hades, shame I only had one revive by time I reached him, I had him so close to beat.

proven osprey
#

Happens Kaly

solid sable
proven osprey
#

Might be then yeah

solid sable
#

how many runs for sigil

#

?

real remnant
#

hi all

#

any interesting, non standard yet competitive speed run builds?

#

I'm tired of doing zeus/poseidon with gun and spear

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and ares/athena with sword/fists

valid dagger
#

Tried Dionysis Flare with Beowulf maybe? It's the standard for speedruning Beowulf tho, not out of the ordinary

solid sable
slim lynx
#

are flurry jab + serrated point good together?

vagrant maple
#

Better than serrated on its own. Worse than flurry on its own I would say

slim lynx
#

ok but is it worth having both?

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i could probably check this out right now since i can just install codex menu and give myself both hammers but ... i can't be bothered to 😔

vagrant maple
#

If you already have serrated, flurry is good to grab

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If you have flurry, you dont really need any more hammers

slim lynx
#

i imagine it would feel really janky to use

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you can't cancel dash-strike with serrated

vagrant maple
#

Yeah it feels mostly just like a slightly better version of serrated. Doesn't really feel like flurry

vagrant maple
slim lynx
#

how exactly does lightning phalanx work better than just lightning shot?

#

is it simply for the higher base damage?

vagrant maple
#

it does way more damage

strange lark
#

lightning phalanx just does more damage

vagrant maple
#

after a bunch of poms athena cast does almost twice as much damage as zeus cast

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because it has higher base + better pom scaling

jovial fulcrum
#

why does my computer suck so much pepehands
second time in two days I've lost a run to crashes

vagrant maple
#

zeus cast is also viable though -- it was the meta until athena cast took over, and can put down great times

valid dagger
strange lark
jovial fulcrum
vagrant maple
#

after the dio flare nerf pos flare is about as good (maybe even better!) for speedruns I think

strange lark
#

also how do you know that it is your computer?

jovial fulcrum
#

my pc throws page in unpaged errors sometimes and i just dunno why

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because its a blue screen crash

strange lark
#

oh

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ok

jovial fulcrum
#

I got new ram during the holidays, since bad ram is usually the cause of the error i get, but it hasn't helped

strange lark
#

maybe your pc is just old

jovial fulcrum
#

It was a decent posiden build too

opal vortex
#

does taking added dash-strike damage from chaos reduce or eliminate the chance you can get it again on the same run?

strange lark
jovial fulcrum
#

mfw 3 years is old for a pc pepehands

jovial fulcrum
#

Yeah, Chaos doesnt care

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I once got two Chaos Defiances in one run

slim lynx
#

this also applies to other chaos boons

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most prominently being grasp/shot i believe

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some cast builds i see always have like 2 or 3 of one or the other lol

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if only i was that lucky though 😔

strange lark
slim lynx
#

i tend to avoid using bone hourglass since it means that i have to find a well or it's utterly useless

jovial fulcrum
#

i usually only grab hourglass if there's something in the between biome well that I want

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if you're just taking a raw hourglass in, you're asking for trouble i think

strange lark
#

yeah

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you should not take the hourglass when you start a run

jovial fulcrum
#

lol yeah, that too

vagrant maple
#

often on beowulf I will take bone hourglass in elysium

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then you get to buy things from the mid biome well -> almost always a well in elysium -> then another in the pre styx midbiome well

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then you can switch to a different keepsake if you need one of them

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if you have a roll, that's 4 total looks at cast items, which will almost always give something juicy

limber cloak
#

i once had like 3 braids and 2 stones with beo in elysium

#

it was insane

vagrant maple
#

yeah it can get pretty out of control

strange lark
#

people tend to underestimate the power of the well of charon

vagrant maple
#

it's really really good for cast weapons

#

hourglass is fringe at most if you aren't using your cast much

proven osprey
#

hourglass cringe

limber cloak
#

hourglass with jerky in mid-biome well with eris 👌

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then you get cluster rockets first elysium chamber

vagrant maple
#

yeah there are some exceptions like that

#

cluster rockets + jerky is v nice

#

especially with artemis on special

opal vortex
hollow wraith
#

does the chaos shot upgrade affect crystal beam damage

vagrant maple
#

yes

hollow wraith
#

cool

peak fiber
#

What boons work well with the aspect of rama?

strange lark
#

ares special, zeus special, aphro special combined with artemis attack, and dio special

peak fiber
#

Ah ok

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And what about hera?

strange lark
#

aphro attack and artemis cast

#

or you can just do aphro cast

peak fiber
#

Oh ok fhanks

strange lark
#

athena cast works well also

peak fiber
#

Huh

solid sable
#

Breh

#

im this close

#

to maxing out megaera affinity

#

doing suicide runs just for this

#

and she wont show up in the damn lounge

strange lark
#

you have to kill meg

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for her to show up in the lounge

split relic
#

Ye

jovial fulcrum
#

Gosh, I dunno why I even bother trying with sword besides Nem.
I can't seems to do well with the other three, no matter what I try to do

slim lynx
#

zag sword is a meme

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arthur apparently works well on a backstab build, and guess what kind of build poseidon sword works best in

jovial fulcrum
#

yeah i got rekt with a posiden run right before i posted that

honest wing
#

if you don't get exit wounds pos sword just isn't fun

jovial fulcrum
#

yeah it flurry cast you need to make it fun

cunning urchin
#

You can kill most things with your Cast alone, the dislodge only actually matters for bosses.

balmy portal
#

pos sword is fun with a duo'ed up trippy shot 😛

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never get close. Kill everything.

#

duo it with demeter for frost stacking damage shenanigans

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or zeus for zappyzaps

#

...I particularly like demeter for duoing with trippy shot because then I get to ignore terrain entirely

split relic
#

Which hammer do I want

#

I got a choice between rush kick

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Flying cutter

#

And heavy knuckle

#

For demeter

cunning urchin
#

Hmm. Rush Kick or Flying Cutter are both quite alright.

split relic
#

Maybe rush since I don't wanna have to charge it during fights?

#

Ooh but double dmg

cunning urchin
#

Flying Cutter charges very fast, and you don't need to charge it from up close.

split relic
#

Ok

#

I c

#

It's like a charged beo radius

cunning urchin
#

Heavy Knuckle does good damage and helps % Attack boons a lot, which are otherwise worse than the flat Attack boons, but you build your Gigacutter more slowly.

balmy portal
#

I'd personally avoid heavy knuckle for demeter

cunning urchin
#

Worse in DPS than the flat Attack boons, that is.

balmy portal
#

but it's not bad, just doesn't work as well with gigacutter

cunning urchin
#

Because the flat ones all do much better damage to crowds.

split relic
#

I'm angy

strange lark
#

oh no

split relic
#

I got ME

#

But no divine dash

strange lark
#

on what weapon

split relic
#

Went into styx at 11 mins

#

Got a 4 sack

#

Would've been 15 or less

strange lark
#

same

split relic
#

But I ended up with 16:12

strange lark
#

went into styx at 8 min

#

got a 4 sack

split relic
#

Faster than my best run tho

#

Just tnot much

#

I was on deketer

#

Demeter*

split relic
#

Any nice chiron builds?

#

I got it to lvl 4

valid dagger
split relic
#

Ok

valid dagger
#

You also have Aphro Attack Dionysis Special --> Low Tolerance and
Poseidon Special and try to get Sea Storm

jovial fulcrum
#

Zeus Special is also a bit of a sleeper. No specific duo to go with it, but its just generically good

#

Aphro/Dio for Low Tol Chiron is my personal favorite though

uneven jacinth
#

new player dont spoil but any good build with varatha?

#

I have aspect of achilles unlocked

jovial fulcrum
#

Achilles does good with cast builds.

#

and Achilles really like flurry jab

uneven jacinth
#

Oof I always forget to cast and keep spamming lol

#

should I unlock the Hades aspect when I have enough?

jovial fulcrum
#

If you just like spamming attack, probably

split relic
#

Well I'm in love

#

Chiron is SO COOL

#

At least I can kill things

#

I didn't think it would much to bosses but wow

uneven jacinth
jovial fulcrum
#

spin when things are spawning

#

attacks when things are not

uneven jacinth
#

oof ok lol

jovial fulcrum
#

you can also get Explosive Launcher w/ Hades Spear and spam that

uneven jacinth
#

wtf how

jovial fulcrum
#

Explosive Launcher removes the recall option from the special, so you can just throw over and over

opal lodge
#

spin> specials

#

its good

jovial fulcrum
#

150% more damage is v good yeah

opal lodge
#

and then you can pick up charged skewer

#

and it does boatloads of damage

uneven jacinth
#

hmm ok

#

how do I get the last aspect tho

jovial fulcrum
#

Explosive + Charged
Build your own GY, but without the hp debuff

uneven jacinth
#

didnt get you

#

whats GY and wheres a hp debuff

jovial fulcrum
#

GY is an aspect you get later for Spear, but its kind of spoilery

uneven jacinth
#

oh ok dont go into it then

#

how do I farm titan blood pls lol

real crest
#

just beat game a lot with best weapon

fervent elbow
#

Stockpile gold, go to Styx and hope Charon he'll have titan blood

uneven jacinth
#

me when Im in fire place thing

jovial fulcrum
#

Eventually you unlock the option to play with modifiers, which allows you to get boss lot again

steep oasis
#

Hey quick question regarding aspect of zeus and empowering flight

#

Does the blitz disc allow me to constantly have +80%? Provided it constantly hits ofc

#

Or is it a one time thing?

opal vortex
#

Isn't the spear one of the most difficult weapons to get fast clears on?

#

https://imgur.com/2r4iTl9 I have no idea how I got 15 minutes on the first run I tried to go fast which happened to be spear, but now I seem to be stuck at 16:30

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This was zag fist. Had +44% to dash-strike dmg from chaos too

opal vortex
opal vortex
#

Does "marked" count for activating privileged status?

valid dagger
#

Artemis Mark?

lime jolt
#

yes but its stupid

opal vortex
#

it was the only thing letting me activate privileged status on that last run so I guess I am thankful for it

#

Just didn't get the gods I needed...

opal vortex
#

Does mirage shot increase damage done with Hera loaded shot?

lime jolt
#

yep

boreal prism
#

Why would it be stupid that artemis's status effect activates privileged status

#

Pretty much every negative effect does

lime jolt
#

No it’s stupid for activating it

#

I never said that it didn’t

#

Its stupid to use it for activating PS

opal vortex
#

How is it bad to activate PS?

boreal prism
#

Oh I see what you mean

#

If you're using PS you would rather be using a more reliable effect combination

slim lynx
#

lightning strike also works apparently since that's how i got my 10:53 with it but deadly strike is probs better, i just wasn't able to get it that run

near schooner
#

I have athena cast, empowered by the athena/zeus duo. If I swap out that cast for Poseidon, does the duo still apply?

cunning urchin
#

No.

boreal prism
#

I wish stuff worked like that, that would be cool

#

Anyway what's good with lightning rod? I have trouble imagining a build where it's any good

#

Arte cast or somethin??

cunning urchin
#

Lightning Rod is never the core of your build, but it's always a good pick in any Cast build.

slim lynx
#

it's nice but you probably shouldn't ever prioritize it

#

i could be giving it less credit where it's due but it doesn't add a lot of damage

boreal prism
#

Ah I see..

dusky drum
#

(then you decide to take it but forget you got greater recall ;w;)

boreal prism
#

But let's say hypothetically I had a prophecy that involved getting lightning rod... what would I do then

dusky drum
#

id say do a non lodging cast

#

and once it drops just dont pick it up

#

thats really about it

#

its nice damage but not something to really focus a run around

boreal prism
#

Alright thanx

cunning urchin
hearty elbow
cunning urchin
#

And it can also apply Jolted itself.

hearty elbow
#

I took Athena into Asphodel that attempt and died anyway so yeah.

cunning urchin
#

#1 thing to get more DPS in a lot of runs is to just add more damage sources to your natural rotation.

#

And Lightning Rod does that in Cast builds.

#

And then of course there's global damage modifiers and Cast modifiers. But global damage mods also all apply to Lightning Rod.

cunning urchin
hearty elbow
#

Lightning Rod is also a bad smoldering air on Eris. It hits so often.

cunning urchin
#

But it's . . .

#

It's not a Lady Aphrodite boon. zfiestAngry

hearty elbow
#

I think it's less terrible than it sounds. I just die so fast when I'm trying to fight dad directly on Eris lol. You're never able to just outrange him, and you don't have iframes

#

Unless you stop attacking but then what are you doing lol

cunning urchin
stone escarp
#

is it just me or is em4 not that bad

#

like, I know some people really can't stop b*tching about how they can't see, but is it really that bad??

#

like, if you're intimately familiar with the fight you don't need to see to dodge

#

the dash button is a god of its own

#

oh I came here during a discussion that was already about em4 and I didn't notice haha

cunning urchin
#

ledgerdamayn and myself were talking about EM4 in a high heat context.

stone escarp
#

oh yeah on high heat it's not worth it

cunning urchin
#

If it's just EM4 and nothing else, it's fine.

stone escarp
#

I did FO2 EM4 DC2 HL5 CP2 once

cunning urchin
#

EM4 FO2 is another story. And then add other pacts on top of that . . .

stone escarp
#

for the "max hades crystal meme" attempt yeahhhhh

#

it was a close call by like 1 i-frame

uneven jacinth
#

what is em4

stone escarp
#

take the final boss and make it extremely hard(^2)

cunning urchin
#

Extreme Measures 4.

worldly aspen
#

hey guys apologies if this isnt the right place for this kind of question, but i am trying to get better at the final boss fight and i feel like i just cannot progress to the next heat level

#

most of my weapons are at 3/4 heat and i always get stuck at hades and cant get further

#

and im not rly sure how to improve ;-;

valid prism
#

Ok, tell us what your average run looks like: Keepsake? Build plan? Pact you use?

worldly aspen
#

for sure! so when i go into hades i always have the lucky tooth regardless of what keepsake i take at the beginning, but i usually like the feather duster or skull earring to start with. tbh I don't really go in with a plan for my build, I just take what looks interesting...but my last run I used the nemesis blade and had an ares/poseidon/athena build. for pact i went with hard labor, jury summons, and calisthenics program all first rank. those are the ones ill usually go for, sometimes ill take convenience fee

#

usually when i have plans for a build its rly only limited to aiming for athena/poseidon dash, curse of agony or deathly strike for attack, and phalanx shot for cast

magic rivet
#

It's better to take acorn for Hades

#

Also calisthenics is usually bad to take

worldly aspen
#

ok, i’ll try acorn next time

#

would i just take an extra rank in hard labor or jury summons then?

tacit glade
#

Arthur aspect + Artemis boons is literally some of the most insane stuff I’ve seen in awhile

worldly aspen
#

ooo

#

i feel like i don’t rly understand arthur aspect to be able to use it properly

tacit glade
worldly aspen
#

LOL

#

true

opal vortex
worldly aspen
#

like my last run tonight i went in with three death defiance and lucky tooth and i still lost

#

and i can’t tell if it’s bc i’m being sloppy or what bc i feel like i am pretty familiar with his fight patterns

opal vortex
#

EM2 and TD2 gives you like 6 heat and doesn't increase Hades fight difficulty

#

but honestly I'd put FO1 on to make clearing rooms faster

worldly aspen
#

gives as in it will let me increase my heat levels?

#

or it’s 6 heat combined?

#

and true, i don’t use tight deadline as much as i probably should lol given how forgiving TD1 is

#

thanks for the advice though! that is helpful

opal vortex
#

I've been working my way up the heat 1 at a time too. But after heat 5 or 6 it becomes easier to just do heat 9 instead of heat 7 IMO

cunning urchin
#

I learned how do max TD relatively early and then just did all my bounties with FO2 TD2, back when TD worked a bit differently and 2 was max.

opal vortex
#

FO, EM2, TD2 is very comfortable for me

worldly aspen
#

haha i have only tried EM2 once and it was kind of a nightmare

cunning urchin
#

I'd say you should be able to do TD2 very comfortably in every run.

worldly aspen
#

i can handle EM1 okay though

opal vortex
#

EM2 lernie aint that bad. Just kick his butt ASAP

worldly aspen
#

okay, i guess i’ll just have to practice more and get used to it

opal vortex
#

dont even worry about taking dmg. Even losing a DD isn't the end of the world

cunning urchin
#

But there are players who don't enjoy that and do all their bounties and later 32 Heat without TD. That's perfectly fine, too. The pact is very flexible, and you can make a whole lot of playstyles and builds work.

worldly aspen
#

okay!

opal vortex
#

Losing all 3 DD can still be saved if you find patty in Elysium

worldly aspen
#

i do like TD ive done TD1 and even TD2 without much issue as long as i don’t dilly dally lol

#

i just want enough heat to go through an erebus gate shadegrief

opal vortex
#

You can pause it to decide which rooms to go in

cunning urchin
#

Ultimately, the most important thing for going up in Heat is just practice.

#

Perseverance and sometimes a bit of luck.

worldly aspen
#

yeah, that is what i’ve come to learn haha

#

i do like that the game is at least forgiving with builds like it’s hard to have a bad build

#

but at the same time my instinct is to want to go in with some kind of strategy when you don’t necessarily have to have one to do well

#

all of the advice has been really helpful though! i’ll give it a try and see if i have any luck

#

i’m intrigued by using acorn with hades ill have to try it

cunning urchin
#

Strategy can do a lot. I think when I was still most competitive in high heat, the reason I was keeping up with top players who were better in execution was just having better strategies for my builds and stuff.

#

I like to dive deep into build theory and figure out cheap strategies that can carry you.

slim lynx
#

leave it to her to tell convince you that aphrodite is the superior goddess

cunning urchin
#

Nowadays, all the top players have an excellent understanding of builds and the meta is very developed, so it's much easier to pick up strong builds just from looking at like the top 10 runs of any aspect on the speedrun leaderboard, for example.

#

One look at their victory screen and what keepsakes they used in Tartarus and Asphodel can tell you a lot.

cunning urchin
#

And the gap grows larger when you add HL.

#

100 HP from Lucky Tooth isn't much when his sweep does 80.

#

But Acorn can tank 5 of them.

worldly aspen
#

that’s true, i think i just don’t trust myself enough to let those 5 hits stretch out

#

but i think that will come with practice

opal vortex
#

"stretch out"?

#

You literally can get hit more times with acorn. Trust us. I used tooth at first too. It's a trap for beginners

cunning urchin
#

Even if you lose your Acorn early in the fight, you still negated all of that damage.

worldly aspen
#

okay

worldly aspen
cunning urchin
#

Lucky Tooth is great when normal or miniboss encounters are dangerous. But for boss fights, Acorn wins.

opal vortex
#

omg I just realized plume adds a bunch of damage if you have rushed delivery LOL

cunning urchin
#

EM4 changes that.

opal vortex
#

What do you need for EM4?

worldly aspen
#

lol

#

i haven’t even unlocked em4 yet

opal vortex
#

I've never tried it

#

I've seen a video though.... looks pretty nuts

worldly aspen
#

lol, i’m just gonna focus on getting good at em2 for now

opal vortex
#

it was actually only a couple seconds and it was kinda spoiler-y so I didn't rewatch it but I hope they had FO2 on because he was fast as heeelllll

cunning urchin
cunning urchin
worldly aspen
#

haha

#

tbh i think it will just have to come with time shadegrief

#

i see the ppl in here who have rly amazing clear times and rly nutty builds but i’m sure a lot of them have ben playing for ages or even in early access

opal vortex
#

If you never get past heat 5 it's nbd anyway my dude

cunning urchin
#

There's also selection bias.

worldly aspen
#

true

opal vortex
#

I still have not played Dead Cells... Salt & Sanctuary... Factorio... Plenty of games to play once I am done with Hades.

cunning urchin
#

People post their best runs, and you mostly only see the ones that were successful, anyway.

#

I can die in Tartarus or Asphodel 50 times, then beat 50 Heat one time, and all you'll see is the victory screen.

#

But you don't see the 50 runs that went absolutely nowhere. dusa

opal vortex
#

I have not died in Tart or Asphodel in a looong time

#

Actually I think once I made it out of Tart I never died in asphodel

#

But obviously I'd die if I tried 50 heat lol

worldly aspen
#

lol i can only@imagine playing 50 hear

#

heat

#

i take one step into the first chamber and a numskull comes to gun me down

cunning urchin
#

Sub 10 minutes victory screens don't show you they reset everytime their time was bad coming out of Tartarus and were going at it for 6 hours until they finally got it.

#

Or like, first hammer sucks? Just step on a trap and keep doing that until you get the hammer you want in Tartarus.

worldly aspen
#

weew that takes a lot of dedication

opal vortex
#

It would be really nice if there was a faster way to reset

cunning urchin
#

I expect speedrunners will get around to using mods for that, eventually.

opal vortex
#

although if you have the higher trap dmg heat on I guess it would be fairly fast

#

Heightened security or whatever

cunning urchin
#

Yeah, but you only use that at high heat.

#

For speedruns, anyway.

opal vortex
#

Can you do high heat with god mode on?

#

I was just wondering how people confirm they don't have it on

#

I've never tried it

cunning urchin
#

God Mode has its own icon in the boon menu.

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High heat leaderboard requires a video, anyway.

opal vortex
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I wish you could toggle it on/off just to try it out without making a new file. Oh well

turbid needle
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you can

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godmode is something you can turn on and off in the menu

opal vortex
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and it won't taint my save file somehow? lol

turbid needle
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wym taint

opal vortex
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I don't know. Lock me out of anything?

turbid needle
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I dont think so

cunning urchin
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It won't lock you out of anything.

opal vortex
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or brand it as god mode

turbid needle
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no

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the run using godmode is a godmode run

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thats it

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no one will have to know

cunning urchin
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Runs with gode mode on are tracked separately for the permanent record from your other runs, something like that.

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And the streaks are counted separately. I don't know the details, never used it.

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Just what I picked up from discussions.

opal vortex
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hm, ok

valid prism
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God mode is just a setting to enable from the menu if you are on a normal save. If you activate it during a run you will see the resistance bonus appear with a line and an icon as if it's a boon on your build

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Technically you can max the god mode (80% resist), doing a 50 heat run, and just before the end of Hades you remove the god mode to pretend on the victory screen

opal vortex
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lol

valid prism
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But it's petty and for most of the runners here, it won't happen because of the videoproof

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Or the fact that god mode can't be used on hell mode

opal vortex
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fair enough

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What does patty offer if you're using stubborn defiance? I'm still not at the point where I think it's better than DD, but I can see where it might be better if you're dying in non-boss and mini-boss rooms a lot

turbid needle
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it heals you to full when you die which is huge

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or almost full

opal vortex
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for how long?

turbid needle
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15 rooms

valid prism
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15 rooms

opal vortex
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nice

proven osprey
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+50% on the hp threshold upon death

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Base is 30 so you'll be back at 80%

cunning urchin
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15 encounters, not 15 rooms.

turbid needle
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true

proven osprey
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You can also buy some more from wells to reach 100%

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Or get last stand from Athena

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Maximum value gaming

honest wing
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I got splitting bolt in tartarus

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lost the run

proven osprey
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classic

cunning urchin
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ledgerdamayn talked about exactly that earlier lol.

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Said Splitting Bolt in Tartarus is a curse.

honest wing
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oh wow

proven osprey
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Once I died with mirage shot tartarus

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But it was guan yu so linkShrug

cunning urchin
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Mirage Shot on its own is kinda poor.

proven osprey
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But yesterday I died with a level 3 Phalanx shot in asphodel. Bonus cast from Chaos, bought one more at a well. Arthur 50, the pain.

cunning urchin
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You can get better Cast damage curses from Master Chaos.

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It's when you already have bonuses like that that Mirage Shot really shines.

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But if it's your only bonus, +30% and ×1.3 are effectively the same.

solid sable
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hey, does anyone have any tips to lower my times?

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22 minutes avg per run seems really lame

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for max mirror max aspect max meg support

valid dagger
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There is a lot to cover so I suggest you watch this guide, https://youtu.be/z3Mmoo4oTKU @solid sable

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

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

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cunning urchin
neon nova
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does attack dmg buff,affect dash-attacks?

cunning urchin
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If it's a boon, yes. If it's a hammer, probably not, but sometimes yes. Best to check the wiki for hammers or just test it out yourself.

slim lynx
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sometimes i get irrationally annoyed at people doing cast builds on non-cast weapons. like i mean if it works, it works but you couldn't have picked beowulf for this or something?

proven osprey
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Beginners feat. Crystal Beam

jovial fulcrum
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Crystal Meme arthur is too strong for Spammy's brain

cunning urchin
misty sun
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What would be a good build for an Eris gun?

fervent elbow
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Zeus attack, Artemis/Aphrodite special, Poseidon dash

misty sun
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Why Poseidon dash?

cunning urchin
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Because it does the most damage, and all that damage is amplified by Eris's global damage buff.

misty sun
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Couple things:
What does that guide mean by "reroll boons/doors", the "sigil" that they recommend for Elysium/Styx, and how do you summon Meg?

proven osprey
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I think you're not far enough in the game

boreal prism
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Yeah all of those things are things you unlock later

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Ok crystal cast on lucifer asp is cool and fun and I'm allowed to do it

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I ran it with the aphrodite demeter duo so that I could shoot both sides of theseus at the same time

patent raven
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Theoretical max on Strong Drink is what, 38%? Or 40%?

strange lark
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seven possible fountains per run

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wait how much does heroic strong drink give?

cunning urchin
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You can't get Heroic before Eurydice, so that's 5x6% + 2x5%. That's 40% max.

opal vortex
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Boy do I really suck with Hera

patent raven
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Just wondering. I got 32% on my last clear on an early Rare Crop.

opal vortex
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But I keep using it because I need charged volley for my fated list...

cunning urchin
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You'll get better with it eventually.

opal vortex
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I doubt it

cunning urchin
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If you really just want the prophecy and don't care for playing the aspect, you could just keep resetting until you get it in Tartarus.

opal vortex
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The constant dash-strike + loading cast is just too many inputs for my fingers to do consistantly

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consistently

cunning urchin
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Execution is a matter of practice.

opal vortex
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Everyone has their limits. lmfao

cunning urchin
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I have Cast set to LB when I play Hera.

opal vortex
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I use kb+m

strange lark
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set cast to right click

cunning urchin
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How many hours do you have in Hades? I doubt you're even close to your limits. squirtnya

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The sky is the limit~! dusa

opal vortex
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I have it set to r click

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100 runs. Don't know my actual number of hours because I let the game run sometimes

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I'm not complaining exactly. I am fine with being bad with it

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It's just funny to me how much more difficult it is than the other weapons

cunning urchin
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And how many of those were with Hera?

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I think that's just generally bow. Eventually you get the rhythm for it.

opal vortex
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about 14 maybe?

cunning urchin
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Took me quite awhile, too.

strange lark
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when i was at 100 runs i was not very good

opal vortex
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shrug

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does loading all your casts even do more damage than loading one?

strange lark
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yeah

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all of them fire at once

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insane damage

opal vortex
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and mirage shot increases your dmg too?

strange lark
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yeah

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mirage shot works with every cast in the game

opal vortex
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with 14 runs with Hera and winning almost all of them you'd think I would have gotten offered charged volley by now...

jovial fulcrum
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you can also get Ravenous Will which further incentives loading all your casts at once

cunning urchin
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Epic Ravenous Will > Mirage Shot.

opal vortex
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Why is the speed record for rail using 32 heat instead of like...6 or 9?

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Oh wait, that's you! lmfao

strange lark
opal vortex
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Yeah I didn't realize this was a posting for the last 7 days. My bad

cursive nest
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Is Lucifer Aspect good at all?

boreal prism
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I love lucifer

cursive nest
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Boons? Builds?

boreal prism
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(Don't quote me on that)

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Go for a damaging aspect on special, like aphro or arte

dusky drum
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dio/zeus/dem on attack work

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and aphro/arte can too if you get the damage ramping hammer

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special is there for yea high damage or duo reqs

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pos on attack with sea storm is also a trip

boreal prism
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You can invest in special hammers and go deep into detonating bombs, or build into attack and then it plays a bit like bow I think

cursive nest
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It stacks Boon effects really quickly with the laser right?

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So like, Demeter attack with the 10stack blast or Ares Doom attack stacks on extra hits?

boreal prism
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Yep, laser good for stacking effects i feel

dusky drum
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rail is just good for that :3

boreal prism
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Poseidon atk is fun with knockback boons.... if you have an enemy against a wall you see "wall smash" pop up over and over

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Or cornered

dusky drum
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and if you get sea storm 👀

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its just a lot of numbers

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albeit not big, but still a lot of numbers and that makes me happy

boreal prism
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Privileged status on lucifer... ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

quaint crystal
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any recommendations with the shield? its my least used with only 1 clear

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never really got into a rhythm with it compared to the others

boreal prism
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Get good at blocking with it, maybe?

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That's important skill for shield

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What's your playstyle?

quaint crystal
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fairly aggressive try to kill the enemies as quick as possible

boreal prism
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Hmm

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Try doing only held attacks