#h1-builds-and-combat

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novel plaza
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But since it’s after every hit

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That racks up

zealous spoke
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Yeah

novel plaza
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So an Artemis main build with support fire, and Aphrodite to fill in the gaps? Or would Zeus attack get the job done better?

zealous spoke
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Maybe

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Wait

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Hrm

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I'd say

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Dio attack
Arty cast/call
Aphro special

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Then get support fire and pressure points from arty as support boons

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And try to get splitting headache

strange lark
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Zeus attack with jolted is way better

zealous spoke
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Splitting headache would let you have an aphro special with better crit chance

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And if you can get low tolerance, even better

strange lark
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Aphro special and a call for smoldering air is very good

long escarp
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Support fire is mid

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Definitely don’t prioritize it

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If it shows up, it’s probably about as good as pressure points

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Support fire is one of the most overrated boons in the game tbh

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Actually I think it’s is the most overrated. Can’t think of a boon that’s more overrated

strange lark
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Support Fire isn't so great? Are you kidding me? When was the last time you saw a boon with such an ability and damage with artemis? Support Fire puts the game in another level, and we will be blessed if we ever see a boon with its power and enhancement of the game again. Merciful End breaks records. Mirage Shot breaks records. Suppot Fire breaks the rules. You can keep your statistics. I prefer the magic.

long escarp
novel plaza
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Okay, I’ll try running this build and see how it goes

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Aphrodite special/call, Artemis Cast, and either Zeus or Dionysus call

zealous spoke
long escarp
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It doesn’t hurt

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It also does very little most of the time

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And when it does something, it’s still nowhere near as good as people think it is

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I didn’t say to avoid it

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But definitely don’t use Artemis keepsake to force it

frosty verge
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I heard that keepstakes only work once per attempt, i.e. they only force the gods once, is that true?
what if i sell the first and only boon i got from the god after tart, does the keepstake still work?

long escarp
novel plaza
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Okay

long escarp
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What’s the aspect?

novel plaza
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Demeter

long escarp
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Yeah I’d start with Zeus attack

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Look for jolted and tidal dash

valid dagger
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The keepsake has a small 1 under it which indicates the uses left

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Once you get the boon it’s used and that’s it

long escarp
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Artemis and Aphrodite are the best special boons but prioritize special after you get jolted and tidal

valid dagger
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You only get rarity bonus

novel plaza
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Okay

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So start with the Thunder Signet?

long escarp
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Or you can run merciful end

long escarp
frosty verge
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how do people even do crush shot Hera bows runs? Give up at first instance when theres no crush shot at start?

long escarp
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Rerolls

valid dagger
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Roll once

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If it’s not there then just reset tbh

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But you can roll again if you just wanna go for it

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There’s a very good chance that you’ll see Crush shot

novel plaza
long escarp
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Yeah

valid dagger
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You can also go for Divine Dash

frosty verge
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I kept getting the hades loading screen, its annoying tbh

long escarp
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Wym

frosty verge
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the one where hades speaks to you

long escarp
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That’s not a loading screen

novel plaza
long escarp
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And I’m pretty sure it happens every third run

valid dagger
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Divine Dash is pretty safe and unlocks DD refills if you see her again later

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Good option

long escarp
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Yeah divine dash is good too

frosty verge
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couldnt stand the few seconds loading time

long escarp
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If you give up, you just replay the exact same seed

valid dagger
long escarp
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Meaning if hades showed up, he’ll show up every time on that seed

valid dagger
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And he’ll say the same thing

novel plaza
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Dang, I started a new run and didn’t get the Zeus attack

valid dagger
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And you’ll be offered the same things in the first chamber

long escarp
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Usually yes, sometimes he’ll change it up for no reason

novel plaza
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Should I take Thunder Dash?

long escarp
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I wouldn’t recommend it

novel plaza
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I guess I’ll take the cast then

long escarp
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The cast is the best non-attack core but I’d just reset

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Vorimed = reset

valid dagger
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You don’t have rerolls yet?

novel plaza
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I have the chamber refill

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Let me check

long escarp
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Swap it to the other reroll

valid dagger
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Swap to the other side of that

long escarp
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Rerolling boons is way way better

novel plaza
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Alright

frosty verge
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so reset means go die?

valid dagger
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The green side will help you aim for builds much more consistently

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And rerolling wells/poms/purging wells is also very handy sometimes

long escarp
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I’d rather have fated persuasion with 0 rolls (can only get them from keys) than authority with 10 bouldy

valid dagger
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Dying changes the seed

high trench
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I swear, Heart Rend feels like the second hardest duo to get

long escarp
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No?

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It has two prereqs both of which can be core boons

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What makes it so hard to get

novel plaza
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Alright, I rebuilt my mirror

long escarp
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Easier to get than ME, DR, and Vengeful Mood at the very least

high trench
strange lark
novel plaza
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Would Explosive Upper or Dash upper be better?

strange lark
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Huh?

novel plaza
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For my build

strange lark
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Explosive

novel plaza
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Okay

strange lark
novel plaza
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I somehow confused Flying cutter for dash upper

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So explosive or flying, is the answer the same?

strange lark
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Bruh

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Yes

novel plaza
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Sorry about that

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It’s been a day

strange lark
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Lol

valid dagger
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Explosive is quite strong on Demeter fists

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Make sure you get used to dash uppering only

novel plaza
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Okay

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I am playing on switch so I have to do a weird thing with my thumbs but I dash all the time anyways

strange lark
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Big dash uppers are very nice

novel plaza
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Yeah

long escarp
novel plaza
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Should I go for Epic Pressure Points or Rare Deadly Flourish to replace Heatbreak Flourish?

tawny grove
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pressure points imo

novel plaza
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Okay

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I do have Low Tolerance so Weak is important

novel plaza
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I GOT HIM BOYS

novel plaza
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What are some good Shield of Chaos builds?

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Basic aspect

long escarp
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Zag shield?

timid void
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what would be a good build for spear?

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rn i am going for is stacking chaos boons, trying to get athena and hermes boons.

cunning urchin
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That has some decent spear builds you can try.

timid void
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thanks!

dense basin
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Got a question - I'm trying to make Arthur build which is tanky and deals crit dmg. From my testing when I take Aphro attack and Athena dash it's a win game, but anyway after adding Artemis somehow I can get art-aphro duo, but RNJesus don't want me to get Athena-Art duo. Is there a way to consistently get athena-artemis duo in such combination of three gods?

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Maybe instead of aphro start it's better to go athena?

cunning urchin
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Divine Dash doesn't unlock Deadly Reversal. You'll need Divine Strike or Divine Flourish.

dense basin
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Oh I see

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That makes sense, but then I need to rethink the approach

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Because with aphro attack and divine dash arthur aspect is so tanky

valid dagger
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I mean you dont need any of those Duos tbh

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But I would go for one of them only

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Getting 2 duos is kind of hard sometimes

dense basin
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I know I don't need them - just aphro attack and athena dash makes build complete

valid dagger
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Sort of yea

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You can do Artemis attack and Athena Special + Dash and look for DR for more crit chance since Arthur swings are slow

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Should be pretty good uptime on DR so you have a lot more effective crit chance

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Can hit those nice numbers comfortably

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Chaos + hammers for extra juice and you're set

dense basin
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With shadow strikes I crited for 4k dmg

cunning urchin
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I'd suggest Heartbreak Strike + Zeus' Aid and getting Smair over any of those.

valid dagger
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Yea that's probably the nicest build

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Can also get Phalanx + Lightning Phalanx

dense basin
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Yeap, getting athena special did the trick

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I love that Unhealthy Fixation is easy to get - quite practical on swords bouldy

cunning urchin
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Unhealthy Fixation is great. courte5AphroHeart courte5Beegsmile

turbid needle
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Is there like a good build for The Rama aspect bow?
I'm not really used to this type of playstyle

lone jetty
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Heartbreak Strike, and whichever of Dio, Ares, Zeus, or Demeter on special. Ideal hammers are Twin + Perfect or Triple + Point-Blank. Tag a group with 1-2 specials, then dash-strike to build the beefiest charge you can against the biggest, slowest target or ideally a few in a line because the attack pierces

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Everything dies. It’s great

narrow igloo
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isnt it the minimum

lone jetty
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I dunno I’ve had some bad builds

narrow igloo
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Same

proper furnace
narrow igloo
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my first sets of builds didnt do very well

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i didnt understand how it all worked

lone jetty
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That’s normal. You’re supposed to experiment as you learn the ropes

narrow igloo
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Yeah I have definitely done so

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Man I still find new duo boons even now

valid dagger
lone jetty
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^

lucid oar
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Deadly strike is also really good with the secondary attack hammers

brisk pilot
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what should i use with the beowolf shield

lucid oar
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Flood flare and mirage shot

long escarp
cunning urchin
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Crush Shot.

long escarp
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Mmm idk

narrow igloo
long escarp
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Not really though

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What if an elysium enemy doesn’t die in 3

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Now you have to wait 10 seconds to kill anything

proper furnace
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Just get epic QR

cunning urchin
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It's obviously best on Hera, but Crush Shot still just works on anything.

lone jetty
long escarp
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I mean it can definitely work out

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I did 40 heat Zag sword with drunken sword, it was pretty good

last dirge
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What about on bosses. Unless you can phase a boss with your casts, they're gonna get stuck for a while

cunning urchin
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You still have a weapon.

proper furnace
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is like 5 seconds?

cunning urchin
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Yeah, just get Quick Recovery.

burnt kelp
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What are some good hangover builds on fists? I've been running ME for too long so I want to switch things up a bit.

long escarp
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I don’t suggest using hangover on fists

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Try lightning strike

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Much better

burnt kelp
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any dashes or specials that would work well with it?

long escarp
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Tidal dash

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And heavily prioritize static discharge

burnt kelp
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alright

long escarp
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Well… ok fair

mild raft
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When in doubt simply don’t play the aspect

turbid needle
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what to seek for when going for hunting blades build?

cunning urchin
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Hunting Blades. courte5Wut

turbid needle
mild raft
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Mirage shot pretty much

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And chaos boons for extra casts and cast damage, Hermes legendaries, quick reload

turbid needle
valid dagger
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Ares T2s and Legendary are nice addition

cunning urchin
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Engulfing Vortex, Black Metal, Vicious Cycle, anything that adds Cast damage, anything that gives bloodstones.

mild raft
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Arty and Poseidon

turbid needle
mild raft
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You want Arty anyways for hunting blades

turbid needle
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ty all you guys

cunning urchin
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m not a guy though.

mild raft
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The typical build is Artemis attack -> slicing shot -> tidal dash -> Hunting Blades -> Mirage shot

turbid needle
cunning urchin
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I wouldn't prioritize looking for Mirage Shot. If you happen to run into Poseidon, sure.

turbid needle
mild raft
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Splash dash kinda really good yea

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It’s definitely cherry on top kinda material tho

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Not really necessary for the build but definitely helps

turbid needle
valid dagger
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You should adjust that mirror

turbid needle
valid dagger
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Also tempest strike is almost always bad bouldy bouldy

cunning urchin
mild raft
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Idk man it has supersoaker world record

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So like it’s gotta be good right

valid dagger
turbid needle
cunning urchin
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Bow wants Heartbreak Strike or Deadly Strike.

valid dagger
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Tempest strike is low%

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And enemies far = cant reach enemies

cunning urchin
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Tempest Strike has the worst % damage in the game and absolutely terrible pom and rarity scaling.

turbid needle
valid dagger
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Well yea this is chiron

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With a good special

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Your attack was just for tagging stuff

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It’s still really annoying

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And you had no pstatus there so that’s kinda sad

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FF is the go-to unless your build involves 2 curses

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And Dark Foresight is way too good

mild raft
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Pstat can be good with Chiron

turbid needle
mild raft
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Can be*

valid dagger
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Yea

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I only use it on Drunk low tolerance chiron

cunning urchin
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Epic Tempest Strike Lv.7 does as much damage as epic Heartbreak Strike Lv.1.

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That's how bad it is.

valid dagger
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For Sea Storm / Heartrend it’s hard to get going sometimes

turbid needle
mild raft
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Yea Poseidon attack has the same base damage as Artemis attack but you don’t get the added crit chance

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The rest of his cores are good tho

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Don’t know why they decided to butcher his attack lol

turbid needle
cunning urchin
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Well, it balances out Tidal Dash and Poseidon's Aid quite nicely, I would say.

mild raft
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You say that but I can just take splash dash all the same

cunning urchin
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What?

mild raft
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Poseidon attack being bad doesn’t change splash dash being good

cunning urchin
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Yeah?

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No one said it does.

mild raft
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Then I don’t really see how it balances out anything

cunning urchin
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It balances out his boon pool.

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Bruh.

mild raft
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I feel like the large difference in quality between the boons isn’t what I would call balanced

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Idk that’s just my opinion tho

pulsar sedge
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Are they any really good builds for Chaos Shield i dunno if i like it or not yet

lone jetty
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I like Zeus or Dio on special. Dio you want a lot of Poms on Drunken Flourish and you look for Aphrodite, Ares, or Artemis and any of their duos with Dionysus. Zeus wants more Zeus for Static Discharge, Double Strike, Splitting Bolt. Look for Aphrodite and a call for Smoldering Air. Explosive Return and Charged Shot are both excellent hammers.

pulsar sedge
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and i can only get 2 hammers in a single run right excluding styx

valid dagger
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Yea

lone jetty
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Max 2 hammers, but the anvil can turn 1 hammer into 2 different ones so you’ll effectively have 3 but that’s a gamble

shell sleet
gilded pewter
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what do I go for if I pick Dio cast for Beo?

valid dagger
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Look for a Poseidon core (Special or Dash) and Artemis Attack and aim for Mirage shot

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Make sure you have Stygian Soul on your mirror and try to get atleast +1 extra cast

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For Hermes you can do Auto-reload -> Bad News or the usual Hyper Sprint + Rush Delivery

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Pom your cast as much as possible

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Charged Shot is your ideal hammer

gilded pewter
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I imagine exclusive access is also a very nice thing to have if I just casually get it

valid dagger
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Yea it's nice to have if it's early on

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And taking it also removes it from the Duo pool therefore it highers your chances of seeing Mirage

cunning urchin
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Exclusive Access is nice to have but not a priority to look for.

valid dagger
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Yup

mild raft
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Idk man purple Hermes and chaos boons kinda good tho

long escarp
long escarp
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@gloomy cairn there are definitely some boons and hammers that are objectively faster than others

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So in a speedrun context, there are definitely some builds to go for

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For heat it’s more subjective, you have a meta but you also have very good players who seem to ignore that meta and still post incredible results (like Retrash)

gloomy cairn
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so basically it's context specific

long escarp
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Yeah

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But there are definitely builds that are better than others

gloomy cairn
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but essentially if you are going for a specific build you'll want to show clearly how well you were able to acquire all the little necessary pieces

long escarp
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What do you mean “show clearly”

gloomy cairn
long escarp
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Wym flag

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Like boons to aim for?

proper furnace
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The pin that shows the 5 boons in the victory screen

gloomy cairn
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right the pins

long escarp
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Wait is that what you mean?

gloomy cairn
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yup

long escarp
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Oh I totally misunderstood

gloomy cairn
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no worries

long escarp
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Yeah no pin whatever you want to

proper furnace
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Most people that know the meta wont need the pins anyways

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You either know the name or the boon icon

long escarp
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I usually pin:
Aspect
Main attack/cast boon
Secondary dps/support/chaos boon
Hammer 1
Hammer 2/chaos boon

But it doesn’t matter what boons you choose to pin

gloomy cairn
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cool

proper furnace
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I pin whatever funny boons i got

gloomy cairn
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i was just curious if there was some kind of convention that people generally used

long escarp
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Nah

gloomy cairn
proper furnace
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Like a lot of extra casts on trippy flare dusa

gloomy cairn
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cool cool

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yeah its funny two out of my three wins have been total accidents

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thought i was farming like two thirds of the run

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then boom

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@long escarp @proper furnace thanks for giving me the lowdown 😄

cunning urchin
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@gloomy cairn the most important thing is that you pin boons from Lady Aphrodite.

gloomy cairn
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@cunning urchin obv

astral lantern
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bruh i just did a zag bow run and did almost 2000 damage

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rip no rush delivery

long escarp
strange lark
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Hades has a couple of bugs

brisk pilot
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oh oh god so basically you have double effect of boons with cast?

long escarp
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Wym

brisk pilot
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nvm

long escarp
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Btw aoeui have any new bugs been discovered in the last few months that I should add? I haven’t updated it in a while

strange lark
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Not that I know of

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Can't really think of anything rn I should probably go to bed

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There's a bug with thunder flourish dealing random amounts of damage

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You can get details from speedcord

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I think

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And there's a bug with Zeus shield special

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I think it's when the special deals damage your block like stops working for a sec

strange lark
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Hades block mechanics are pretty funny

long escarp
sonic cradle
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oh !! i didnt know that thunder dash was bugged like that

valid dagger
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yup

sonic cradle
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to be honest my strat was so spammy that i wouldnt have noticed

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i also had a really big thunder AoE so i prolly just couldnt have seen it with how much i was dashing

worn solar
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its more noticable on mnk

sonic cradle
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mnk?

cunning urchin
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Monk.

long escarp
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Keyboard and mouse

cunning urchin
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Nah, that makes no sense.

long escarp
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Mouse and keyboard

cunning urchin
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And doesn't begin with an N.

worn solar
long escarp
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Manic Noble Knights

worn solar
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mouse 'n keyboard

long escarp
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My Nose Kills

sonic cradle
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i do be using mnk

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money n kisses :)

lucid oar
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Megaera’s nasty kinks

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shadefear evaded the filter

sonic cradle
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meeting new komrades

valid dagger
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casual hades gamers in their natural habitat

cunning urchin
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Your nose dashes into Hades spins, I don't see it killing anything anytime soon.

sonic cradle
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i dash away from the hades spins because i am afraid

finite yoke
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would ares special be good on chaos sheild?

cunning urchin
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Yeah.

finite yoke
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coudl I combine curse of longing and merciful end to good effect, or do those two not synergize at all?

worn solar
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0 synergy

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ME just removes the doom effect, CoL will do nothing

valid dagger
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Yea also ME is strong as is and inconsistent enough, shooting for other Duos with ME will be rough

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Especially with the limited core slots left

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Impending Doom and Hermes are some of the best ways to scale ME

proper furnace
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@tiny summit tl;dr hangover builds really want poms on it as the scaling is always linear past the first pom

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also swap olympian favor to dark foresight

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you will see more boons/poms/gold/heart/hammers

tiny summit
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I see, i honestly never thought about adjusting my mirror depending on my runs, i only ever did that for the cast option

proper furnace
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dark foresight is a lot better than olympian favor all the time

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rarity will barely matter if you cant see boons in the first place dusa

tiny summit
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fair enough

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I guess olympian favor only affects normal rarity boons?

lucid oar
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Dark foresight means more gold laurels which means less reason to skip chaos which means less chance of seeing favour boons which means less rarity shadesmile

proper furnace
tiny summit
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I see, sometimes i get normal rarity boons so i already thought, damn... i wish this wasn't the literal worst rarity in the game...

proper furnace
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most things really dont matter on common

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just pom it a few times to equal it or get another scaling source

tiny summit
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Thanks for the tip

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I'll upgrade dark foresight then

tawny grove
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whats the difference between gods pride and olympians favor?

long escarp
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Olympian Favor is 40% chance for an otherwise common boon to be a rare boon.
God’s Pride is a 20% chance for an otherwise common boon to be an epic boon.
God’s Legacy increases the odds of legendary and duo boons to show up by 10% (from 10% to 20%, or from 1% to 11% for Hermes legendaries)

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  1. If all priority slots (i.e., Attack, Special, Cast, and Dash) are empty, fill all three slots with priority boons,
    (2) if an exchange is possible, 10% chance to add an exchange to one free slot,
    (3) if 2 fails and there are free priority slots, add one priority boon to one slot,
    (4) 50% chance to add a tier 2 status curse (Jolted, Marked, Rupture, Exposed) to one slot if boon requirements are met,
    (5) roll for legendary/duo for each remaining slot,
    (6) roll for epic for each remaining slot,
    (7) roll for rare for each remaining slot,
    (8) fill all remaining slots with common,
    (9) fill all remaining slots with whatever is available.
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That’s how boon priority works

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Credit to Nyaa (I think) for that explanation (the part with the steps)

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Steps 6 and 7 are the only parts that are impacted by pride/favor (respectively)

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And god’s legacy impacts step 5

cunning urchin
cunning urchin
long escarp
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Yeah I wrote that

cunning urchin
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Very sure Favor and Pride simply add +40% and +20% to the respective roll, so your explanation isn't quite correct.

long escarp
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Wait what did I say then

cunning urchin
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Olympian Favor is 40% chance for an otherwise common boon to be a rare boon.
If this was true, it would necessarily apply in step 8.

long escarp
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Oh yeah I phrased that poorly

shy thicket
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Does concentrated knuckle have a cap on stacks?

lucid oar
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Yeah it’s when the fist attack combo ends

proper furnace
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It also resets on dash strike

lucid oar
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That’s my post lol

sterile fiber
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lol yeah

pulsar sedge
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i cant quite get the hang of Aspect of Guan Yu i dunno if i am just not doing something right any good builds for it or just tips for using it.

pulsar sedge
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thank you

long escarp
pulsar sedge
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mmm i see

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i got as far as Theseus and Asterius with it

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i think i could do it but i am not sure

whole thunder
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what's a good build for rama

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im lookin to do ginormous amounts of damage

long escarp
# whole thunder what's a good build for rama

Attack: Artemis or Aphrodite
Special: Ares, Zeus, Dionysus, or Demeter
Cast: Doesn’t matter (use for boiling blood or if you get something like flood then you can use it for Styx shredder + AOE)
Dash: Artemis, Athena, or Poseidon
Call: Doesn’t matter (Zeus, Dionysus, Athena are my favorites though)

Hammers: Twin Shot = Triple Shot > Perfect Shot = Point-Blank Shot > Everything else

proper furnace
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Strike/lunge from Chaos good

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And jerkies(i think thats what they are called) from Charon wells

cunning urchin
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something like flood

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So... Flood Shot.

long escarp
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One of my favorite things about Rama is how many great options you have for your special which means that every single god individually has a boon that you’re excited to see

long escarp
whole thunder
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thanks :D

long escarp
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Phalanx shot can help with safety and bossing

cunning urchin
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My point is there's no alternative that's "like flood" lol.

long escarp
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Don’t prioritize getting a cast but don’t avoid it either, a good cast can help

cunning urchin
#

Of course.

long escarp
#

That isn’t the way I meant it though

cunning urchin
#

Everything I say is true.

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But it's what you said.

feral night
#

athena call with rama is so much fun

astral lantern
#

has anyone ever gotten bad news vicious cycle mirage shot hunting blades and fully loaded in a blade rifts build

long escarp
#

Yes

narrow geode
#

That sounds like a fun build

long escarp
#

On Achilles I hope

quartz fractal
#

that sounds almost impossible w/out mods to weed out rng

#

and by the time youd get everything ur like 2 chambers away from styx or in it

long escarp
#

What? No it’s absolutely not???

#

I’ve done it a few times

#

Usually I don’t get the very last piece until Styx but that’s really not relevant

#

It’s not like the build is completely useless until I get fully loaded or vicious cycle bouldy

quartz fractal
#

i have really bad luck

#

i dont remember getting over like 3-4 duos/legendaries without exclusive access

long escarp
#

Do you have rerolls on the mirror? And god’s legacy?

quartz fractal
#

maxed mirror

novel plaza
#

I have a question, how good is the Hermes Plume?

#

I once tried to cheese a run by putting it on in Styx, but the effect didn't seem to work

worn solar
novel plaza
#

Alright

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What’s your favorite trinket?

worn solar
#

well the meta is god keepsakes in tart/aspho then either acorn for the last two regions or hourglass/sigil for speedrunning

novel plaza
#

Makes sense

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I usually did god for Tart and Aspho, then a third for Elysium and then Skelly tooth for Styx

long escarp
#

Some speedruns use it in Asphodel to increase their odds of getting hyper delivery because it allows you to get rush delivery first

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You only use it when you don’t need any other keepsakes but that still does happen

#

As long as you know when to use it and when not to, it could be considered a great keepsake since there are situations where it is probably optimal

shell sleet
valid dagger
#

bouldy pls

shell sleet
#

oh and i almost forgot harpy duster (or whatever its called)

unreal tree
#

Harpy feather duster

gusty rapids
#

pierced butterfly p cool

#

I like hearing guh dongs

unreal tree
#

Especially in ch33 with a chaos nearby

worn solar
#

who needs chaos when you have hourglass residentzag

unreal tree
#

Wtf spearpoint is good

long escarp
#

When is it good?

#

When is spearpoint the best option

valid dagger
#

When you have a big hp pool and you're going into EM4 on some weapons

unreal tree
#

Ive seen a lot of people take it in styx

long escarp
#

How? When are you ever gonna get hit twice within 1.5 seconds on EM4 (beside phase 1 summons)

unreal tree
#

Makes poison trvial

valid dagger
#

Also yea styx poison

valid dagger
long escarp
unreal tree
#

Its much better for melee weps imo

unreal tree
#

They're very underestimated

long escarp
valid dagger
#

what

#

they do very low damage?

long escarp
#

Relative to Hades attacks, yes

#

Beside skullcrusher

valid dagger
#

Yet skullcrusher is the only one that cant brick your run, any idea why? bouldy

long escarp
# unreal tree Lasers,spins, shockwaves

If you get hit by the first spin without spearpoint, you definitely have enough time to dash away from the second. Also even if spearpoint helps with it, you still just took 100 damage

long escarp
#

I just strongly disagree with the idea that spearpoint is ever worth using over tooth or acorn

unreal tree
#

Try rama butterflies/sneak without spearpoint

long escarp
#

Hades hits way too hard for that

unreal tree
#

0 chance of not losing an sd in phase 1

valid dagger
#

Well the point is if you take a sneak or butterfly ball hit you're totally safe for a brief moment afterwards

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as opposed to tanking another 2-3 sneak projectiles or tanking 20 butterflies

unreal tree
#

Thats enough time for a powershot

valid dagger
#

it is if you're aware of it

#

the moment you take a small hit go for a powershot

#

it's quite valuable

#

it also helps you get rid of said sneak or bball you dont have to powershot hades

long escarp
#

I just have trouble believing that’s worth a keepsake slot over acorn since acorn has the ability to save you over 500hp in the fight

valid dagger
#

it also has the ability to be literally worthless

long escarp
#

So does spearpoint? In fact is is completely worthless for phases 2 and 3

#

All it does is save you like 40hp and maybe a bit of time

#

At best

#

All acorn has to do to greatly outclass that is block a single attack from Hades. Even if you lose the other 4 to butterflies

worn solar
long escarp
#

Did you have splitting bolt

worn solar
long escarp
#

Angel and I have the working theory that splitting bolt can cause block to not work

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And by Angel and I, I mean Angel bouldy

worn solar
long escarp
#

But yeah that seems to be it

#

It’s the most noticeable against attacks like that because a few frames of your block being down are less likely to be noticed against slower attacks

long escarp
#

Yeah it lines up

#

So my theory is: when splitting bolt activates, your block is disabled for like a very small frame window every time. That seems to be the common factor for all these clips

worn solar
long escarp
#

Oh

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Hmm

#

Then I do not know

unreal tree
#

The laser stuff is zeus shield only though

burnt kelp
#

Does lightning strike work well with demeter fists?

long escarp
#

Yes

#

It’s optimal

#

At least for non-ME fists

mild raft
#

@brisk pilot btw thunder flare is hella funky on Beowulf, the actual damage doesn’t come from a cast just a lightning bolt so cast bonuses do nothing

#

Like braids from wells, chaos cast damage boons, mirage shot

#

Thunder flare however has a weird bug where double strike makes it hit a lot more than two times so that’s basically what mirage shot is for thunder flare

proper furnace
#

Also it sometimes backstab

valid dagger
shell sleet
#

I should play thunder flare someday

#

maybe at like 11 heat em4

analog inlet
#

Hello, little question:
Does Sisyphus' keepsake stacks with chaos' boons where you gain bonus special/normal/cast damage?

#

apologies if it's not in the right channel

fading nymph
#

yes

pulsar sedge
#

yup

fading nymph
#

as long as the core is not filled it works

analog inlet
#

gotcha! many thanks 😁

fading nymph
#

so it also works with hunter dash

analog inlet
#

thanks you both and have a good day (and good hades runs)

pulsar sedge
#

thanks you too

#

i didnt help much but ill take the thanks

fading nymph
#

If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine

short lintel
#

do i need to censor in this channel?

cunning urchin
#

Swearing is not allowed, of course.

high trench
wild owl
high trench
#

The Furies say it also.

wild owl
#

Actually, I’ve only heard Meg say it

#

I could just have forgor but still

pulsar sedge
#

Is Electric shot good on hera it feels nice but i dunno if the best

lone jetty
#

It’s not super. Crush Shot is the best on Hera, or Trippy Flare with Stygian Soul and extra casts from Chaos or the Well

pulsar sedge
#

I thought that Crush shot would be best but i didnt even think about Trippy Flare

lone jetty
#

It takes some luck to get more casts but if you do it’s pretty fun.

pulsar sedge
#

i got the casts that i wanted for these last few runs but i know how lucky that was so i am just very pleased

astral lantern
#

What’s so good about crush shot

long escarp
#

For Hera?

#

Good AOE, optimal damage, stays close when you miss

#

It’s so many leagues ahead of second place for Hera

#

I find it very hard to justify using any other cast

astral lantern
#

I just don’t see that many boost for it

#

I feel like trippy better

#

U got bad news and icy wine

long escarp
#

Trippy is way way worse

#

It’s not remotely close

#

It relies on chaos so heavily

#

Trippy Hera actually really sucks imo

astral lantern
#

Dang really

long escarp
#

And ice wine is also very bad for trippy Hera

#

Makes your cast slower

#

Trippy Beo isn’t good either but at least it has the pom bug

lucid oar
#

Trippy beo isn’t good thanthink

astral lantern
#

wat is then

#

has my whole life been a lie

#

this entire time i thought trippy was good

lucid oar
#

I think it’s very good

long escarp
#

Good how

long escarp
long escarp
lucid oar
#

If you want extremely high burst damage

#

It has a 5:24, I don’t think that makes it bad

long escarp
#

I mean it’s not exactly bad for speed, more just that it’s worse than flood. So if it’s worse than flood then why ever use it

#

Especially since it’s also way less consistent

lucid oar
#

It’s a lot of fun

long escarp
#

That’s not the point

#

Trippy Beo is my favorite build in the game for casual runs

#

Still, it’s not good

lucid oar
#

Not top tier =/= not good

long escarp
#

I mean sure

#

I guess that’s fair

tawny grove
#

yeah

#

it’s pretty weird to call anything that isn’t the best possible option bad

long escarp
#

That’s not exactly what I meant

#

It’s bad in the sense that it’s outclassed so if your goal is winning then it’s just the wrong choice

#

It’s not bad in the sense that you’ll actually do especially badly with it

fading nymph
#

Trippy Beo is good when you get it running

last dirge
#

Why would you just take the best stuff in a roguelike

#

You can win casually with anything

#

You can push low heat with anything

#

Like up to 16 even

fading nymph
#

You can do 32 with anything really

last dirge
#

So in terms of what has the best dps or is most practical, sure you can argue just go flood flare

#

Even as a suggested starting build that's fine

#

But I've made awful stuff like Zeus cast work

#

Its shield too lol

#

Winning is generally pretty easy unless its higher heat

cunning elm
#

Can someone confirm that Bad News and Crystal Beam work together well? Not sure what "first-shot damage" really means here

#

I'm on a Hermes boon selection screen rn

#

I think it does (and the other options are meh anyway) so I'll pick it but someone lemme know if that's wrong

valid dagger
#

So yea it’ll work for everything not just your casts as long as you don’t have casts lodged in

#

With crystal clarity it’ll be always active pretty much

cunning elm
#

I saw a mention of that somewhere but don't know what that means either -- is it bugged like that in all situations no matter what?

valid dagger
#

Yes

cunning elm
#

lmaohno

valid dagger
#

Again, if the enemy has no cast lodged into them

cunning elm
#

Right

valid dagger
#

That’s the only requirement

cunning elm
#

Achiles spear for beams and phalanx shot is 👌😩 too fun

#

Also, the most underrated moment in the game is when you win while stunned by an urn

#

Zagreus swaying for days until you interrupt him

pulsar sedge
#

so Hera has very quickly become my fav weapon aspect bc DAMN ITS SO CRAZY

long escarp
#

In what way

pulsar sedge
#

I like that i can get so much damage off with crush shot and if i have curse of agony then its even more i think my last run i could kill the hydra heads in one shot but i dont have proof so you just have to take my word for it i really like the damag

long escarp
#

I don’t need proof, I’ve played Hera

#

Have you ever played Beowulf?

pulsar sedge
#

no havent unlocked it yet

long escarp
#

Beo is like better Hera tbh

pulsar sedge
#

i have heard its really good and i cant wait to unlock, but i must ask what is its ability

long escarp
#

Your casts come out with your bull rush

pulsar sedge
#

OOOh

#

mmmm

long escarp
#

And your bull rush does 50 base damage, 100 with casts in it

pulsar sedge
#

interesting

pulsar sedge
#

oooooh

past mist
#

thoughts on the Artemis ares duo boon?

pulsar sedge
#

Eh

long escarp
#

Hunting Blades?

past mist
#

the chasing ares cast

#

yeah

long escarp
#

It’s good for Achilles

pulsar sedge
#

if you dont have black metal then its a bit lacking

long escarp
#

The boon itself is amazing, the build it goes with it less amazing but still can be good

long escarp
#

You mean engulfing vortex?

strange lark
pulsar sedge
past mist
#

my first hades clear was hunting strikes and the hermes cast succession thing

pulsar sedge
#

HAHAHA

proper furnace
#

Black metal ron

past mist
#

oh yeah the one that sucks in

#

that's pretty good

#

with the duo

strange lark
#

Ares legendary also really good bouldy

long escarp
#

Engulfing is very helpful when you don’t have hunting blades and moderately helpful when you do

past mist
#

what's y'alls favorite duo boons?

long escarp
#

Mirage Shot, Smoldering Air, Merciful End

proper furnace
shell sleet
shell sleet
#

weird

long escarp
#

He holds it to the right, you may notice

#

Still weird though, I agree

shell sleet
#

so that would be zag's right side correct?

long escarp
#

Think so

lucid oar
#

I think hera is better than Beowulf unmodded

long escarp
#

You’re talking just about speed

past mist
long escarp
#

Also Hera is harder to play imo

past mist
#

I assume dash

lucid oar
#

Yeah dash

long escarp
pulsar sedge
#

Uhh hello majima fan

past mist
#

ah ok

past mist
#

yakuza and hades both attract gay people

lucid oar
#

Heras just good

#

Pew pew pew

long escarp
#

Not for heat bouldy

lucid oar
#

Casts come out so quickly

#

Zagreus the bow minus crit chance?

long escarp
#

Yep

proper furnace
#

Bad zag bow residentzag

strange lark
valid dagger
long escarp
#

Cold Embrace

#

Vengeful Mood

proper furnace
#

Curse of longing

strange lark
#

Cod

long escarp
#

🐟

past mist
#

theoretically what's the most duo boons you could have in one run

#

I'm kinda new to this game so there's a lot I don't really get

long escarp
#

I think I’ve had more

strange lark
#

Wait what

long escarp
#

But I’d have to go digging through old switch photos residentzag

lucid oar
#

28

past mist
# lucid oar 28

nah you can't have hunting strikes and cold embrace at the same time

#

I don't think

lucid oar
#

I think the bigger problem is getting at least 50 prerequisites

past mist
#

that's easy

#

just get enough room reward rerolls and keepsakes

unreal tree
long escarp
lucid oar
#

26 is the max I think

#

You can’t get cod and mirage

strange lark
#

Max duos route when

past mist
long escarp
#

No

#

You keep the boon

lucid oar
#

Or hunting blades freezing vortex

long escarp
#

Doesn’t do anything, but you keep the boon

past mist
lucid oar
#

Or crystal clarity cold embrace

lucid oar
long escarp
strange lark
#

It does

past mist
#

nvm

lucid oar
#

:croven:

past mist
#

I thought it would work as the duo boon doesn't specify casted ones

long escarp
#

It does actually

lucid oar
#

It doesn’t

long escarp
#

Oh

lucid oar
#

:croven:

past mist
#

yeah I was wrong

lucid oar
#

It does lmao

strange lark
#

It doesnt

long escarp
#

Oh ok

past mist
#

it says it in the description

#

"your cast"

#

mistake on my part

lucid oar
#

Bad news says it in the description

#

🤔

strange lark
long escarp
unreal tree
long escarp
#

Spaghetti code bad news

shell sleet
#

cant speak for controller

lucid oar
#

It’s only harder to play because you’ve played more beo

#

Hera took way fewer attempts for me to sub 7

shell sleet
#

no its just really difficult to aim hera quickly on kbm

#

whereas beo is W I D E

lucid oar
#

Yeah on controller I mean

past mist
#

whats that?

pulsar sedge
#

Time i pressume

past mist
#

ah

long escarp
#

But I feel like I remember people saying that Beo and Eris are the best beginner speedrun aspects and then Achilles and Hera take a lot more practice

strange lark
#

Achilles is just a bunch of resets

shell sleet
#

can confirm achilles is a lot harder than beo

lucid oar
#

Beo took a while to click for me

#

Achilles imo is easier

shell sleet
#

in like 10 finished runs my achilles pb is 7:4x

lucid oar
#

Just hard on the wrists

shell sleet
#

i got beo sub 7 in like 5 finished runs

lucid oar
#

And thumbs

shell sleet
#

or something

lucid oar
#

Hestia is the hardest

long escarp
#

Really? Achilles especially is notoriously difficult I thought

lucid oar
#

Just hold attack while dashing around

#

Idk

#

Special to go to a new enemy

#

Cast the bosses

long escarp
#

Maybe it’s easy for like sub7

#

But I’d imagine it would get quite difficult when you’re trying to go lower

lucid oar
#

That’s just Achilles being bad tbh bouldy

long escarp
#

As in it requires more skill. Obviously Achilles is capable

#

You think so?

lucid oar
#

So reliant on Hermes

#

Compared to beo, hera, eris

#

Hestia is too but otherwise you don’t need as much of a build alongside it

strange lark
#

Hesita besita

shell sleet
#

you either get purp dashes or any HS first hermes

#

or reset

strange lark
#

My eris pb has no hermes

shell sleet
lucid oar
#

Eris is so clockets reliant

proper furnace
lucid oar
#

Gods legacy lookin ahh build

proper furnace
#

Fair bouldy

shell sleet
#

i dont reset second hammer (but i doubt many people would since at that point you just play out elysium and hope for the skips)

proper furnace
#

A player

#

They have sub 5 mins Achilles run on modded

past mist
#

oh i thought it was an in game thing

proper furnace
somber relic
#

The Smoldering Air duo boon is pretty funny. Can basically charm bosses into oblivion

long escarp
#

It’s so so busted

#

I mean

#

Not with aphro aid

#

But with good calls it definitely is

proper furnace
#

Poseidon aid + rip current + SA zagluv

long escarp
#

Zeus, Poseidon, Dionysus all work very well

past mist
#

does anyone pick some keepsakes specifically to make a duo boon, just curious

proper furnace
#

Most builds use keepsakes in tart-aspho so yeah

#

Easy example is beo
Poseidon start-artemis in aspho to unlock mirage shot

past mist
proper furnace
#

Artemis SA is sad

strange lark
#

Then you can get a lot of duos

past mist
long escarp
strange lark
#

Trippy, flood, passion

past mist
#

do yall think

proper furnace
#

On beo basically any cast that is not thunder flare

lucid oar
#

Flood flare

#

Or slicing shot

#

Flare

past mist
#

mirage shot hunting strikes could work pretty well

#

or mirage shot engulfing vortex

strange lark
#

Hunting blades on beo pretty pogger

proper furnace
#

You cant get hunting blades on slicing flare

strange lark
#

Not with that attitude

long escarp
#

Slicing Flare with Vicious Cycle 🧠

#

for those who don’t know, vicious cycle doesn’t even work on slicing flare

#

You can get it

#

But it does nothing

lucid oar
#

Yes it does, all you gotta do is pray

long escarp
shell sleet
valid dagger
#

lmao

pulsar sedge
#

😭

past mist
#

how do i upload pictures

pulsar sedge
#

upload it to another server and get the link but i am not sure if pictures are allowed here

cunning urchin
#

Image links are perfectly fine.

past mist
#

i feel like poseidons call is so op

#

especially with that one boon that makes it last longer and suck people in

frosty verge
#

Does doom damage scale based on how hard the weapon hits?

lucid oar
#

It does not

frosty verge
#

Hmm so like a doom dmg from bow special would do the same amount as a spear special?

#

Assuming same rarity and level

lucid oar
#

Yes

lime summit
#

hey can someone help me with the weapon aspects? i dont know how im able to access them. i killed hades today and i wanted to go into the weapon aspects phase, but i cant access them. theres no reveal button when i go over to the shield when ive seen that there is supposed to be the button

lone jetty
#

Have you unlocked all the weapons?

lime summit
#

yes

lone jetty
#

So you should be able to interact with the pedestal where a weapon was. Like hit Interact to equip it, then Interact again

lime summit
#

yeah its still not letting me, nothing is showing up

#

am i supposed to complete the prophecy for the shield first?

lone jetty
#

Have you talked to Skelly? He says something about the weapons when you’re able to use different aspects.

lime summit
#

is skelly the dummy in the weapon room?

lone jetty
#

Yes

lime summit
#

i spoke to him and he didnt say anything about the weapons

lone jetty
#

K… I’m stumped. The answer to most things in this game is to do more runs and always talk to everyone in the house when you’re back. You should get access to the different aspects eventually

lime summit
#

alright, i'll try everything i can, thank you for trying to help

#

i did one more run and died early and its working now

#

mightve been because this was my 30th, im not sure

lone jetty
#

Nice. Enjoy trying out the aspects

pulsar sedge
#

can someone help me out, i dont think i get rama.

long escarp
pulsar sedge
#

Ooh i see

#

ill have to do another run

#

see it in action properly getting it

long escarp
#

Attack: Aphrodite or Artemis
Special: Ares, Zeus, Dionysus, Demeter
Cast: Not important
Dash: Artemis or Athena (Poseidon is fine too)

Hammers: Twin = Triple > Perfect = Point-Blank > Everything else
Note: Triple becomes worse with chain shot, avoid this combo

strange lark
#

Dem is decent on special, it's a lot better if you get killing freeze

long escarp
#

Yeah dem is a tier below the other 3

astral lantern
#

How long those Achilles buff last for

proper furnace
#

Next 4 attacks or casts

astral lantern
#

Wait

#

Isn’t it bad on rifts considering how fast and how much they attack

fading nymph
#

It applys for the whole rift

#

one rift=one usage

astral lantern
#

Oh

#

Ok

proper furnace
#

Yeah meme beams/rifts are great on Achilles

astral lantern
#

Beams vs rift which is better

proper furnace
#

I like rifts better, more consistent

#

Tho beams can get more powerful

fading nymph
#

rifts better

steel scroll
#

Guys I’m pretty new to the game (Defeated hades once,) what’s the best weapon as I’ve been using the shield al the way through?

long escarp
#

Shield, Bow, Rail > Sword, Spear, Fists

#

Also interesting that you zagluv’d your own message but ok bouldy

steel scroll
#

It was an accident lol

shell sleet
past mist
#

smoldering air + lv 7 heroic poseidons aid = EZ

astral lantern
#

I think all weapons are good just depends on how u use them

long escarp
#

Eh

#

Some are better than others

fading nymph
#

All weapons are good casually

frosty verge
#

Have seen something along the lines of 4 God pool. What does forcing a 5th God mean? Does it mean accepting any of the 5th God's base boons (atk special cast etc), or non base boons are fine and won't trigger the 4 God pool rule?

valid dagger
#

Forcing a fifth means using the keepsake to force them to show up

frosty verge
#

So as long as they show up, even if we do not pick that route, the 4 god rule would been activated the some god would be out of the pool?

#

Or do we have to pick a boon from the 5th god, core or otherwise

proper furnace
#

If you get a boon they get added to the pool

valid dagger
#

You have to get a boon from them yea

#

If you choose another door then they’re not in your pool

#

Selling the only boon you have from a god also doesn’t remove them from your pool

random helm
#

Came across this article, was wondering how y'all think it aligns with current state of the game. I'm just starting heat runs and hoping to get faster at clearing rooms

long escarp
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Game Rant articles are never a good place for builds tbh

random helm
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Google fu for "best Hades builds" lead me there. But which is why I'm cross checking here too

proper furnace
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Pancake look at the recommended build for guan yu/Hades spear

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Is so ron

long escarp
pulsar sedge
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generally big article publishers rarely have good takes

long escarp
proper furnace
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Also no mention of passion flare on beo

long escarp
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Instead they suggest Phalanx Flare bouldy

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Passion flare but small and no weak

proper furnace
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Lmao the eris one

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"it boost your attack by 75%"

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I mean not wrong but not true

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And "combine with artemis"

random helm
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So the sentiment is their suggestions aren't the greatest. I don't see a pin here of a good guide, is there somewhere with better builds you can point me towards?

long escarp
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There are a ton of speedrun guides

proper furnace
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Can probably just do discord search "x weapon guide"

long escarp
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What’s your goal (a certain heat, maybe with a certain weapon)? I can help you find a build perfect for it

lone jetty
proper furnace
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At least is not "tempest strike sea storm arthur" tier

random helm
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Pretty adaptable to weapons, goal I guess is to complete a heat 16 run for Skelly's 2nd prize

valid dagger
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Use thegamer builds

long escarp
random helm
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I favour the spear and shield, but regularly rotate the weapon based on what offers the materials bonus. Just starting to unlock aspects, only hidden one I have is Guan Yu so far

long escarp
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Achilles has some fun cast builds

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Hidden shield is incredible but you said you don’t have it yet

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Zeus shield is also great but it can be hard to play

cunning urchin
random helm
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@cunning urchin 🤷‍♂️ I wasn't in the loop lol

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@long escarp thank you

cunning urchin
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Hence why m telling you lol.

shell sleet
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also they dont really list builds but just list 10 aspects for some reason bouldy

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and then kinda just say "ideal gods" by apparently picking a random 3 out of the 8 and not explaining which boons to take

long escarp
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Yep lmao

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Very strange

feral night
lucid oar
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That ones actually pretty good

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Not as good as flurry/triple/twin, but still pretty nice

valid dagger
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Explosive is cool yea

fading nymph
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Well

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It could be IGN

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BESTLOS

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The first two are good the rest not really

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Except Zeus attack Eris

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They forgot splash dash on that tho

long escarp
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They acted like Zeus or Artemis were interchangeable

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For Eris

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Which is crazy

fading nymph
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Yeah

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The Zeus part specifically

long escarp
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Did they describe Talos as zany bouldy

fading nymph
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Also not mentioning twin and flurry for Hera thanthink

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This zany amount of damage is further assisted by any boons or upgrades

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Oh my

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Small amount of damage you never really try to scale

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“zanny”

lucid oar
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That guide is so bad

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Oh yeah here’s an aspect and if you get the ideal boons on it it’s far from meta

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OP

fading nymph
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They got 2/10

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Better than the gamer bouldy

quartz fractal
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searching up for op builds kills the fun in my eyes

long escarp
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?

quartz fractal
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esp if you playing the story

long escarp
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Using a good build does not kill the fun

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It makes the game more fun

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That said, no article with “op builds” will have good builds

quartz fractal
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i mean if you got like 100 hours in the game i can see that but searching for them right off the bat

long escarp
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Yeah true it’s worth experimenting

valid dagger
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I experimented a lot