#h1-builds-and-combat
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I'm up to 16 heat that I'm consistently fighting through, and winning about 40% of runs, but I have a ways to go.
I'll keep that in mind. I'd check what I have it set to right now, but I'd have to turn my game back on and I'm still annoyed about that run that went stupidly well until the final fight lol.
You’ll have better runs eventually
Nemesis feels pretty good once you get this rhythm going
It takes practice and precision and it’s not that intuitive
Sword is hard but it’s not quite as bad as people say it is I think
It’s hard yea
Well it’s definitely not great but it’s underrated due to its difficulty
My 50 heat with Nemesis was pretty comfy
I stopped playing for several months, because I got really busy with life so couldn't play it, but then saw a streamer I watch trying it out for the first time and just made me want to play again, and then I've played three runs since, one with a bow, one with a shield, and one with the sword, only the shield one was a win, because athena's deflect on special with zeus aspect is pretty powerful.
I don't think I used any death defies that run, it felt really good, but you know, shield is also really good on its own lol.
Define powerful
I would throw the shield and it would stun lock enemies and deflect any projectiles so it was basically a death barrier lol
ME?
Merciful End
Usually it’s Athena Attack and Ares Special but the other way around can work
Special has good pom scaling and not as reliant on rarity as the attack is
Oh yeah, I think it also got brought up to level like, 4 with poms so It really sort of just tore enemies apart.
Third place is not even remotely close either
Otherwise shield damage is pretty rough over all.
It works well in the beginning but falls off later on without good boon builds. And, at least, for me, I get too reckless and rely too much on the shield's speed and try and squeeze too many hits out and sort of just get whittled away by enemies who attack fast and ultimately end up losing from that.
Are you saying every shield is this way?
Well in this instance, Athena on the Special alone without Merciful End is pretty subpar so that’s expected, good builds are not as RNG as people think, some things are, but there is a consistent threshold that you can get literally every single run
Zeus shield requires two boons to be extremely strong
Beowulf requires one to be great and a few more to be insane
Zag requires one hammer and a boon/shackle
And Chaos is either Zeus but worse or Zag but worse
I think I tried Beowulf, but it's too slow for me, because I don't like to go slow, which is completely down to preference. And as for builds, I mean like, I could maybe try and get consistently good builds for everything, but I do like the added strategy of trying to work my way through whatever I can get, I typically avoid any of the gods or goddesses keepsakes and just sort of go with what I get. I typically don't really care for trying to build a strategy either, but it feels like, every time I try and use sword it's just a slog through the entire run from start to finish.
Yeah I don’t like to go slow either
I guess I'm pretty casual of a player in the whole scheme of things lol.
You kinda need something to get going on every weapon for it to feel pretty good atleast
And again, unless you have some incredible talent and experience it’s gonna be painful to wing it with whatever you can get
And most people don’t do that, literally only Retrash does
Yea some weapons are better for that, like Hestia Nemesis Zag bow Rama can wing it a lot better than like Beowulf which really needs an early cast and poms in it
Since they can work with whatever big % attack etc
I mean, like, the way I see it, is if I prepare myself to get the best win chances, prioritizing build over gameplay I can't train my reactions and learn the best strategies in terms of gameplay against enemies or the best strategy against each enemy to find the best way to deal with them. If I learn how to do that, no matter what the build will be, I will be the best prepared I can be to win regardless.
If I want to eventually try as close to a boonless run I can get, I will need to learn how to best adapt against each of the enemies and the best strategies for each of the weapons before I can manage that.
If your problem is “game is too easy when I have a good build”, the solution of “make the game harder” is probably better than “don’t get a good build” 
I mean I agree with that I think
High heat is gonna make enemies tougher, if you’re used to enemies doing double damage and having 100 hp total at best and so on you’re gonna have 0 issues at lower heats etc
If you’re out of your comfort zone in terms of Heat even the best of builds wont save you
Builds are also a part of using weapons optimally
Pushing heat with good builds will teach you much more than playing casually while disregarding optimal decisions
if you can do 16 heat then 0 heat boonless aint really that difficult
Very true
tbh nothing but shackle is about as good or better than some builds 
I like playing with minimal stuff
Makes you quite aware of everything you’re buying and such, and forces you to work with very little yet strong cores/supports etc
kinda can make you realize how few boons you actually need. a lot can just add to bloat really
Yeah, that's true, I think before I go for optimal builds I would rather just try to play the game boonless. That way I can learn the best ins and outs of the weapons without any of the side effects, learning to get the most out of the weapon itself, maybe prioritizing learning the ins and outs of the aspects over anything else.
idk about that. a lot of weapons play the same boonless or not and other aspects are tied to boon synergy
like rail attack is pretty much designed to go with zeus/dio attack because of its high hit rate and low damage
while theres cast aspects like hera and beo
Yeah most weapons really don’t work boonless
Boonless Eris is honestly just bad
straight up
Same with Beo
Hera
Achilles
slapping an aphro attack on hestia rail isnt much different from shackle hestia except you have some damage resistance and a different damage curve
Yeah
But for some weapons, they really need boons to actually function
That’s why people don’t play boonless much
Because the ranking of aspects starts to look like a smash brawl tier list with Hestia as Meta Knight
Boonless doesn’t teach you “the best ins and outs of the weapons”, not even remotely
Yeah, but it might be a fun challenge.
Ok but that’s not what you said
Boonless is a kinda interesting challenge (specifically on Hestia)
But it’s a terrible way to “learn the best ins and outs of the weapons”
Your words
Anyway, it's almost 2 in the morning, so I'm gonna head off for the night probably, have to work tomorrow earlier than usual.
Zeus with doom, merciful end, stacking doom and other effects that happen per special attack can be so overpowered man
The shield keeps hitting and effects keep adding up
I'm playing with zeus shield to unlock beowulf but I doubt beowulf can get me faster times than this amazing thing
Beowulf is faster
ooo
Atleast it’s a lot easier to go fast with Beowulf
Community has more sub6 Beowulf runs than all the other aspects combined
something I'm worried about with beowulf is that enemies might just be out of the range or too laterally spaced out to kill them in low rushes
oh gooddamn
chaos lazy ass is just not giving me beowulf it's so annoying, I have guan yu unlocked and 5 titian blood invested, but even after like 6 gates haven't gotten it
https://youtu.be/bWyRwXCF52A here is my shameless plug 
I’ll post this everytime I get the chance
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Goddamn that IGT is less than half of my best IGT (15min latest Zeus shield run)
Beowulf gud
are you playing with the shield? i believe they need to comment on it first
Yep shield
Did 2 completions with shield
Yea when you talk to them they should comment about it
Taking all chaos I got
Might have a lot of dialogue clogging it up
Say real quick question about beo what flare is better for speed?
Yeah he was busy talking bout nyx and arrival of persephone in the dialogues I got
Flood
Is it because of its aoe?
Aoe and Mirage prereq
And good pom scaling
You need Mirage shot
It’s massive damage
I’ll keep it in mind
Trippy Flare and Passion flare are after Flood but you’ll have consistency problems and it’s just lots of rng
I don’t think I’ve gotten mirage shot yet so I wanna try and grab it next time I go beo
Flood is consistent
Mirage shot is bugged on Beowulf, it does 100% instead of 30%
OH
Bugged on flares to be specific
That’s certainly a lot more damage
Yup
Yeah so for keepsakes for the run it would be
Poseidon boon, then arty, then either acorn or sigil for the last 2?
No
Well items are very important
So Hourglass in Elysium
Check every well
Even better if you can roll them
Ah I see
I haven’t used hourglass all that much I needta level it up
Just keep looking for Prometheus stone’s and whatever is the one that boost’s cast damage for beo runs yeah?
Yes, Braids / Stones and Ixions are your top priority
But you usually just buy out everything
Eris Bangles / Cyclops Jerky
It’s just damage, Beowulf attack is no joke
Moreso with Charged shot
And healing transitions into High confidence so it’s worth having a bit of those
Any Well past chamber 29 is gonna last til the end of the run assuming it’s a 2 sack
So that’s when you can consider rolling them
Because at some point you’re mostly getting more damage for the dad fight
Everything else is melting either way when 1 flare is doing 700+
Can watch a good example run
To see the decision making etc
I’ll try and look for one in the morning probs
Leaderboards should help, gl, the speedrunning community is also really helpful to guide you through this stuff, link is pinned in #self-promotion if you’re interested
Waht's the best way to run a Chiron bow to climb heat
Aphro attack + Artemis/Dio special
Then get the duo boons
You can also do Poseidon special + any Zeus core boon for sea storm
Cool
So I should start with Aphro?
I would start with the special
But what if I don't get Aphro later?
Force her in aspho
ye
And is Aphro-Dio better or Aphro-Ares? Assuming I only get one
Aphro ares kinda ass
aphro-arte?
Idk just get both 
Well yeah Heart Rend is just godlike
what cast is good for hera bow?
what casts are stygian soul good with?
can you get greatest reflex on gilgamesh
Yeah
You can potentially have 8 dashes
amazing
Thats a lot of big cooldown dashes 
does it increase the cooldown for it?
Gilga dashes are shorter and bigger cooldown by default
Compared to normal dashes
ahh
so much more dash but slightly longer cooldown
welp time to grind out hermes boons ig
@balmy drift just from a quick look at what you had in that run, your pact should just use EM2 and FO1/2 and the rest can be turned off assuming you’re going for anyheat igt, EM2 makes the Lernie arena smaller which allows you to go through it quickly, FO makes enemies spawn quicker and also attack faster which in this case benefits Eris due to Jolted, as for your mirror, you want Fiery Presence, Rockets cant backstab, and first hit is very important for hitting breakpoints such as one shotting witches/brimstones and even thugs if you have the hammer, up next you want High confidence, if you’re not as confident in your play that’s fine but it’s something you want to transition to eventually, Pstatus isn’t that good on Eris, FF is a good damage boost with full uptime and since Eris doesn’t really revolve around curses pstatus is too much of a hassle, Dark Foresight over Olympian Favor all the time, Dark foresight is simply way too strong, and Eris is needy in terms of boons anyway, Olympian Favor doesn’t do much, you also want to swap Legacy to Pride, Eris doesn’t shoot for any duo boons, potentially Zeus Legendary but Epic boons are still stronger, especially Hermes, and you wont consistently get a lot of Zeus anyway, Fated Persuasion is correct
As for build I wouldnt take Divine Dash, Tidal dash is the top for speed on Eris without a contender, Blade dash is okay sometimes, the rest looks okay, I don’t like Crush shot but it’s fine, also do check this guide made by SS and the community, https://youtu.be/_bxwSsTPubI and join the speedrunning Discord pinned in #self-promotion if you’re interested in learning more and getting better as I am no Eris player
Community Discord: https://discord.gg/zN7cc8Z
My Twitch channel: https://twitch.tv/ss5d
Text version of this guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16aaLsNytmQFv9JCJN4huTzGqQAREDGezD_fkQe5b4Ms/edit
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Leaderboard Categories
1:36 Getting Started
4:04 Builds: Sword
5:22 Builds: Spear
6:16 Builds: Shield
7:09 Builds: Bo...
sorry to be off topic but i'll ask my question here since it is active right now
where exactly is the general channel?
i couldnt find it
For Hades?
for the whole discord i mean
thank you so much, i get overwhelmed in these type of big servers
Wow, such a thorough summary.
All these abbreviations are pretty overwhelming haha, guess I'll have to study them. Funny how I didn't even know you could change the mirror things until like my 100th run lol!
Thank you for all this, I'll give the Discord and YouTube video a look.
Yea takes a while to get used to it
Watching vods by top runners or asking for a vod review in said discord server also helps a lot
@balmy drift Here is a guide to Eris by former WR holder Lili, https://www.hades-guides.ovh/index.php/eris-rail-guide/, it’s more specific to the aspect as opposed to my more generalized advice
Mute all the channels that aren't important for you. Makes navigation a lot easier. 
thats a great tip, thank you 
basic bewulf build?
Flood Flare, Deadly Strike, Mirage Shot
Prioritize bloodstones or cast damage from wells and chaos
Is it real that you can get 4 options for boons?
Not without mods
speedrunners use cheats to get that
ok i need help
with the achievement to get a uhhh
the butterfly to 30% damage bonus
Use Hestia
hm
Shouldnt be that bad
Hestia is very safe you can no-hit rooms very reliably with it
And just don’t use any heat
Which gods ultimate is the best? Which I should take
do you mean call
Yeah
Zeus Poseidon Athena Dionysus are the top 4
Zeus is only for melee weapon. How about artemida?
Really? When I was playing with zeus call I can't deal damage
Bow
Simply get close to the enemies when you use the call
Also bow is generally not very far away anyway
Usually you stay within a dash distance of the enemies
Thanks for advice
He is actually extremely predictable
Him and Megaera are the most predictable bosses imo
And Theseus
Tisiphone is also up there
Ok
charon most predictable
Honestly no
I forget if "Ambiguity bonus" does anything.
it doesnt
Emotional buff
it increases the odds of winning the run
honestly charon is one of the harder bosses in the game, on base. with extreme measures, well, i think there hades takes the cake
The whole gimmick of Charon is that people don’t fight him often enough to learn his moveset
Once you do learn it it’s very easy
Hades spear with Artemida talents OP?
Artemis Special is pretty good on Hades spear with Explosive Launcher + Charged Skewer

Using it on the attack and memeing with some spins is fun too

Pins on #h1-story-discussion
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Best hammers for beowulf?
Charged Shot is the strongest by quite a bit, followed by Breaching Rush Sudden Rush Ferocious not in a specific order
Other decent picks are Unyielding Defense
And maybe Dashing Wallop
The rest doesnt do anything
What makes charged shot good? You'd have to dash to get your casts back anyway, so why not make use of the normal bull rush for that?
High base dmg/and range makes you so enemies cant keeo escaping
Or you get this
also less risky since you're not charging head first right into danger
Bullrush is safer than cshot tho
iframes are king, especially later on in the run
The only thing iframes aren't really king on is with vermin...
Which is basically " don't stand in the green goop"
What vermin? Tiny or beeeeg one
the big dudes that spray goop everywhere
i always find myself having to dash out of danger whenever i have bull rush, and the casts dont drop down fast enough before i have to dash away
Bullrush = block before and have iframes during all the rush itself
Cshot = can take dmg as soon you drop the shield
idk about ifames if I one shot everything
lmfao
Charged Shot has a much quicker release
that too
Also yeah its beo so mostly you kil thing before thing can kil u
makes sense i guess tho
https://streamable.com/gt6dfv see iframed everything 
oh i've seen that
i guess you can't really do that with charged shot huh
or at least more difficult
you can
6 casts tho lmao
yeah in that clip its not about cshot its about the casts 
what the heck
3.7k burst damage or something lmao
a little more than that 
yea that sure is a build
trippy flare is big damage but it takes a while to get the cast back tho
thats why you use stygian soul
SomeNoobDying didn't have that lol
Extra casts from chaos/charon wells/fully loaded
That build was chaos artemis tho
But using charon keepsake for 14 encounters extra casts is great
Or braids 
what is trippy flare? lol
I just finished my first ever escape, (in 18 total attempts)
dionysus cast for beowulf shield
beowulf? is that the bottom titan blood thing? i just got the game yesterday lol
yes
That's, as your namesake
the video is hilarious
"Meg, Help!" incoherent yelling "Heroes Vanquished"
Is also for hera aspect of the bow
what else is in there, it looks like Poseidon splash as well
In Mike video? Thats flood flare
i think all the god's casts turns into flares for beowulf and hera
ah
cast builds are just strong lol
The tunnel with the satyr sack is random after you've passed 7 chambers, right? I'm seeing someone say there's a high chance of it being in the first tunnel to the left, and a low chance of it being in a boss tunnel. I'm... Pretty sure that's not true? Idk I haven't looked at the code or anything like that
That’s not true at all
2-sack is about 52% chance
There’s no tunnels that have different sack odds
Thank u I was so confused abt what they were saying LOL
Taking boss chambers first is much better btw
They’re faster, generally easier, and have better rewards
agreed!! I hate the regular final chamber with the three waves of enemies, it's worse imo
Any suggestions on what to build with bow of hera? obviously casts but
i'm struggling to beat hades
it's probably tied to a lot of skill issue
Crush shot is miles better than anything else
Remember to take chaos over basically everything
And roll aggressively for cast damage/bloodstones
And also roll Hermes aggressively for quick reload
Also try bone hourglass in Elysium to stack up well items (remember to buy items from the interbiome before you take it off)
Don’t take hourglass into Styx though, it’s unnecessary
is there a pin somewhere on like.. how to properly prioritize door choices?
I feel like i'm.. feeling around in the dark sometimes
More or less a flowchart of door "tiers' but... it seems to be completely independently tied to build
the game's simple but very complicated with the amount of variables.
Yeah it depends on way too many factors
If you have specific questions I can answer them
aaand once again get hades down to like 10-20% before he gets me x.x
i need to work on getting to him without dying more lol
Could thick skin help? 
Lmao yeah use think skin
what hammers are good for hestia?
The usual Clockets are always good, Hazard Piercing Ricochet Triple Targeting are all decent picks too
Hestia has a ton of good hammers
Hey guys, I'm sitting on 15 titan blood, enough to max out one of the second tier aspects. Which are the best ones?
The best aspects in the game?
Hestia, Eris, Zeus
Beowulf and Rama too but those are hidden aspects
I meant out of the second ones, but that's good to know, thanks
Looks like I can get Eris
Why does it matter if it’s a second or third one
Don’t they basically take the same amount of blood
It’s like 14 vs 15 isn’t it?
15 vs 16
Holy crap i didn't think I'd enjoy this full ares Cast/Call build lol
went for full timer, pull spin time, radius seeking Cast/call build
That was my fastest Heroes arena ever haha
What aspect?
Oh 
so i just hit them for 10 seconds, full gauge, and cast, then full bar call and single phased both heroes... then did it again
Wait until you see cast damage on an aspect that increases your cast damage
Ya i can only imagine if i had gotten this build with Hera and some chaos influence lol
might run it back with Hera bow
Attack or cast
Yeah that will be interesting
If you do raging rush and then cast 4 times, every cast gets the full +150% damage for its full duration
That’s why it’s by far the best hunting blades and crystal clarity aspect in the game
Ya i think i will probably end up running it back for this lol
now that i finally remembered to give Ares nectar
whats a good spear build, aspect of zagreus
Am I limiting myself by using the sword? I like using it but I don’t even know if it’s the best weapon to use in this game
it's one of the worst
what weapons do you have unlocked?
any aspects?
are you using the standing attack or the dash-strikes?
So far I have the bow, shield, and spear unlocked, I can unlock these fist looking weapons
prioritize unlocking them all, and play with different weapons
that gets you more bounties (titan blood)
bow is easy once you get the powershot timing down
If you haven’t even unlocked every weapon, play literally whatever and just work on your fundamentals
Learn the enemies and their matters
Don’t even worry about optimal
I see, thanks for the advice
aspect of zeus shield, explosive return or empowering flight
Iirc usually a special build with the hammer that lets you charge up the spear throw
Can do funny things with spin sometimes
See I only have 15 hp. W/o buffs. You have to be good at dodging with this one
Gy at lvl 1 is pretty rough in first place
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Nyaanyaa GY guide anyways
What are aspects? 
you'll find out once you unlock all the weapons
Say qq for champions, to like, reliably hit both of them with meg I move up yeah?
Press the up key (or up on the DPad) and then immediately summon
Right at the start of the fight
I thought it would be really good with zeus because the special constantly hits
even if it did it wouldnt be that good because most of your damage is coming from your special
If you had CShot it could be pretty good (if it worked that way)
rocket
Any1 can reccomend a good aspect of talos build?
Ares attack, Athena special and dash, the duo boon merciful end
Ok, but regarding ares and athene. How does doom stack?
Is it best with doom on special and athene on attack? Or do doom stack with the attacks?
do exactly what rmacinty said
You use Ares on attack because you eventually proc it with Divine Dash
You need Athena on Special to qualify for Merciful End, though
Ok, havent quite figured out all the mechanics yet. But you qualify for merciful end either way as I see it.
But ill try that build. Didnt get lucky with boons this time, so have it reversed this run :/
You want Ares on what you are attacking with the most
Usually it is attack, not special
Thanks
Oh i think i found a new favorite combo
Hestia + Targeting special
- Artemis Atk
Stage 3 in Tartarus already hit a 1k crit lol
ended up a bunk run anyways, died too many times due to skill issue lol
Anyone got some good Varatha builds? I keep getting my butt kicked with the Spear by Redacted more often so than other weapons
Achilles with like, a cast build works nicely
What cast build can I go for?
Last I tried I went for hunting blades
There are other cast duos that work well tho iirc
Hmm... would an Ares cast build work?
hunting blades is the duo boon that you want on his cast so yes
Understood, thank you guys!
for guan yu I like to go with:
Attack either Dio or artemis
special Demeter
cast Poseidon
Dash athena
Call doesnt really matter but zues has the best
also i like to put Olympians legacy and get a whole bunvh of duos
That’s very different from the GY build that I’d suggest
For special you definitely want Aphrodite since it does more damage and also weak is very helpful to mitigate the reduced hp
Cast isn’t really important so I would not worry about it too much. Poseidon and Athena are probably the best options. But really don’t worry about it because it’s not nearly as important
Zeus call is probably the best boon to get after you get heartbreak flourish
Since now you can shoot for Smoldering Air
Which will greatly increase your damage and safety
Remember that you have invincibility for a very short time when you use a call
is vengeful mood worth it?
and yes
Nah
ok
It can be good but it’s never worth really shooting for
alright
But if you happen to have a few revenge boons and it shows up (which is very rare), then definitely take it
thank you, what do you prefer, Gods legacy or the higher epic chances one.
ok
Like trying to get mirage shot for beo as an example
One big reason Pride is so good is because of Hermes. His default odds for epic boons is 3%. With God’s Pride, the number becomes 23%
Exactly
Flood Flare Beo uses God’s Legacy
Since you desperately need mirage shot and you also don’t care too much about Hermes or Flood Flare rarity
Getting those at a higher rarity is nice but not necessary
But most players running Merciful End builds choose to use God’s Pride because the rarity of your doom attack is extremely important, and epic Hermes boons are also very very good
got it
what is a build
i can't just buttonmash them into oblivion?????
pick the shiny colours
Does Curse of Longing interact with Merciful End?
(Doom hits Weak enemies repeatedly + Deflect attacks immediately apply doom)
If you utilise one, you don’t utilise the other
How so?
Setting off doom doesn’t allow the successive hits to occur
Confirmed?
It’s not really an interaction that needs to be confirmed lol
But yeah ig
It’s just how they work
if th eenemy is Weak, the doom will be continously affecting them...
it repeatedly strikes them, i figured with Merciful end it would make that cycle faster
Curse of longing only works if you don’t keep hitting an enemy with a doom attack
Applying doom 3 times to an enemy will deal more damage in the same time
Vs applying it once with CoL
That's not the interaction i'm talking about though
No, this does not work
That’s what rmacinty is saying lmao
It literally actually does not work that way
Oh i believe you was jsut trying to make sure i understood lol
Merciful end can’t be utilised if you leave the enemy alone
Curse of longing can only be utilised if you leave the enemy alone
And I’m sure you can guess which is gonna be more damage
Struggling to escape with Hestia
I've tried a plethora of boons but the one that seems to work the best so far is Artemis atk as a primary damage source but
idk
It’s not that good
Artemis attack cant hit breakpoints consistently and when it crits it’s overkill
Take an Aphro attack
Much better
It’s good to dash strike everytime because it can scale better through Chaos and possibly Hunter dash, and learn to cancel your reload animations
I can already animation cancel the reload pretty well, and dash striking i'm still workign on, i end up missing a lot of the attacks if i'm strafing
If you’re on kbm turn off aim at cursor
does taht just target the nearest enemy then?
Yes
what are some aspects that I must try
All of them.
i just realized that dionysus boons give poison and not some sort of confused/blinded effect
oh and btw is there any use for aphrodite boons in more offensive playstyles (i.e. dash-strike and pray to god)
yes
aphrodite gives the best % damage bonuses in the game, she's super useful for getting the biggest numbers possible
plus weak is great
the only builds i've tried with aphrodite is beowulf with ares duo and hestia, not even sure if those were good combos lol
try any strong slow attack with aphro
rama, hestia, arthur
aphrodite pairs great with herself so you don't really need duos
curse of longing is pretty trash
if you want an aphro duo its either smouldering air or heartrend
Hestia 
gilgamesh 
Heartbreak Strike is great on Hestia. But CoL sucks, and you really don’t want doom attack on Beo
so would stacking aphrodite damage be better than relying on random crits with artemis? whenever i want big damage hits i generally go with artemis because of the crits instead of just raw damage
Depends on the attack
If it's something slow like hestia or Arthur then aphro is better
beeg lightning
If it's fast but still has a high base damage like spread fire or flurry jab then Artemis is usually better
i see
i forgot to screenshot
i'll try out an arthur or hestia run next time with aprho
im assuming aprho cast for hestia right
what cast then? because i thought aphro cast also did a lot of damage
Breakpoints are very important
Doesnt matter
Why would you focus on cast for hestia
Just dont pick something that disables boiling blood
isn't it a cast build or am i thinking of a different weapon
Hestia??
Thats hera
ah
No hestia is rail
Happens more often than you think
yeah aphro attack makes sense on hestia rail
But yeah Aphrodite is way better than Artemis for things like Hestia because you want to 1-shot enemies. 200 damage might not be enough and 600 damage is completely overkill. Better to do 300 damage every shot
makes sense
That’s what people mean when they talk about breakpoints
since everything i love is apparently crap, what is an example of a good boon
When you crit for 1k on an enemy that has 5 armor left 
Wdym
Everything you love is crap
everything
every time i say “oh i like this boon” people say ew you suck that boon’s ass
when in doubt, can't go wrong with pressure points with artemis
Give me an example
peer pressure
Lol
tidal strike
Lol
yeah see
😔
which boon is peer pressure
Hangiver inflicts to nearby enemies
ah
But at different pom lvls than yours
Uhh that's a really broad question it depends on the aspect
It’s easy to name bad boons because they’re always bad
peer pressure doesn't sound too bad if you're using something like fists, if you have dionysus attack
But lots of boons are situationally good
Nah it hurts you
okay nvm then lmao
Tl;dr new stacks override older stacks of hangover
If your main hangover is higher, peer pressure will make that enemies take less dmg
oh that's wack
Peer pressure is wack in general
Exactly. It’s very rare that it does anything but if it does, it will hurt you
If the only stacks from hangover are from peer pressure it does like x8 dmg iirc lol
Yeah that’s a weird bug
back to the main point tho lol
most of the boons are fine, some are just conditional, but some are also just nonhelpful in general
Tempest strike is sad
Tempest Strike is a genuine candidate for worst boon in the entire game
Peer Pressure hurts you but at least it doesn’t waste your entire attack boon slot 
Purging pool food
i feel like if you want to use tempest strike, the one place it could work on would be with hestia rail, only because it has a pretty good damage boost but might as well pick aphrodite at that point
Tempest strike is one of the lowests % boosts
i thought it was decently high rip
why
i love tempest strike
it’s so fun
you're just knocking away the enemy you want to kill
Lvl 5 tempest strike is like lvl 2 aphro attack
oh fun
yeah and doing extra damage
it’s insane in styx
Read this
because small room
Any knockback is insane in styx
just use tidal dash then
Tidal dash/flood shot being biggest examples
harder to aim where you want to send the enemy
then put it on your cast
Tempest strike just does no damage
that’s why i like it so much
cast has more coverage than a single hit and deals more damage
It has the lowest % increase in the entire game, and also knocks enemies away which is basically always a downside. You’re often better without a boon at all LMAO
idk man grab shield and tempest strike, throw on pressure points for and you do like 1500 damage every time you blink
Um actually Artemis has the lowest % in the game Mr pancake 
?????
LMAO
Thanks bro imma get me a sub 5
LMAO
Yeah
The busted mirror talent that greatly increases how many boons and poms you get
Green side of that one
Nah that's Olympian favor
You should use it 
No that’s Olympian Favor, the other side that’s extremely bad compared to the ludicrous power of DF (this is not a joke to be clear)
oh lol i think i use olympian favor lol
THIS IS WHY I PUT IT IN MY NAME
lmfao
😩
So I can hopefully help one person swap to Dark Foresight
Because Dark Foresight is absurd
bouta change my nickname so it says to use a useless mirror talent
Pancake leader cultist of dark foresight
Fated persuasion
Wait no
Authority
Do authority
Dark regeneration

Bananas | USE DARK REGENERATION
The difference between Persuasion and Authority is microscopic compared to the difference between OF and DF
Golden touch
i like authority
gold touch is good
How
i dont remember any of these names lmao
only if you want bounties
Damn what you said earlier was actually true
it’s money?
Did you watch a speedrun and then pick the exact opposite talents of them?
Like 5 money
the alternative is ass lol
Lololol
no its not lol
This may shock you, but 100 gold is also money
Yeah it’s actually very good
an extra 100 gold means you can buy at least 2 boons by the time you reach tart midshop most of the time
You use most of your money at the start of a run
Let me guess, you also use Ruthless Reflex on every weapon because literally nobody needs an extra dash?
tart gold is extremely useful to actually getting the build you want
lmao
i mean they probably use gilgamesh so probably yeah
None of those choices are nearly as important as Dark Foresight but they still matter a lot
Playing without Dark Foresight is massively handicapping your builds
Proof?????
nah i left this conversation when it started turning into exactly what these stupid convos always become
i mean you're free to use whatever you want
A discussion of what’s good and what isn’t?
exactly
You can use whatever you want
But I’m pretty sure you literally asked why certain things weren’t good
money = fun and tempest strike best boon in game lol i am god here
except for Aphrodite boons
I don’t know how to tell you this but 100 gold is money
if you use aphrodite boons i will annex your country
golden touch gets you more money
LMAO
Aphrodite boons are very good????????
Her attack and special have the highest % increase in the whole game
But to get money i cant spend it 
She also has Smoldering Air
Deadly Strike is really good
Skip all shops and save your money until Styx will get you more money with golden touch yeah, but then you'll have like no boon, poms, or health
styx upgraded boon and poms are scammy
What’s better: buying boons in Tartarus and Asphodel so you can have a good build faster, or buying the entire Styx shop and ending the Hades fight with 400 gold you never spent?
i know Artemis has better boons like Flourish but for the simple man who has never heard of a special in his life it's good
We just discussed this actually
Heartbreak Strike is extremely good
idk which side is which so now you’re catch me saying things i don’t agree with
Huh
Starting the run with gold >>>> Having a ton of gold at the end of the run that you can’t spend because you refused to buy anything so you could get more golden touch value
oh man i love Drunken Dash
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/841266682072530956/968246204427300924/Hades_ihLrZWumJb.png This is what your mirror should look like
👆
Thick Skin pretty good though
10/10 would recommend
i take too much damage to actually use High Confidence correctly lmao
fr tho read this #h1-for-new-players message
Yeah Hc is only for speedruns
as long as you win the run hc is free
Oh you wrote a mirror guide too?
It's very brief
I had a mirror guide from a bit ago but idk how good it is compared to yours
stubborn defiance is kinda mid in some builds
Mine is shorter than yours for sure
Mine was a lot of effort it took me 10 minutes

It gets the point across I havent seen yours idk
Mine took me less. I wrote it for someone on another server who was learning Hades
yeah funny joke mirror i get it wow so cool
The joke is that every single option is bad
yeah
stubborn defiance have very niche uses
Yeah obviously
say, if you’re bad at the game
well, as far as i know, stubborn defiance is only good in high heat runs, i don't think there are whole weapon builds centered arount stubborn defiance
I use it way more than DDs
and die in every level
in high heat, every room is a death sentence and SD is an infinite health pool
Don't need sd just don't get hit 😤
based
Also LC4
yeah
SD gives you both the ability to add more heat and the leniency to get hit many times in bad rooms
you're joking but this is literally the hollow knight community's stance on survivablity charms (thorns is pretty bad tho)
just dont forget with one youre using 
Based
Thorns isn’t survivability, it actually makes you take more damage since it steals your i-frames 
dont need either if you dont get hit smh
i've never played hollow knight, but don't you have a relatively low health pool, so the idea of "just don't get hit lmao" is actually pretty valid?
Yeah kinda true
I mean, you will get hit
Unless you’re doing hitless
But it’s better to do more damage than to focus on defense
you will get hit, and when you do, just don't
You will I wont
ur hp pool is pretty low if you run into hl5 fo2 hs em4 dad
The damaging charms are way too good in that game to give up
basically all charms are rated on whether you can use them in the final boss rush
Yes because everyone who ranks charms is not dying to overworld enemies and only needs charms for pantheons
by the time you get there you have double the health and probably triple depending on how many times you threw yourself into the wolves in previous boss rushes
I never beat hollow knight
I never knew that
git 😤 gud 😤
Since when is 9 triple 5
9 is triple of 3, and 5 is pretty close to 3
i'm talking about the lifeblood you get for ||binding||
anyways back to hades
Well you’re not gonna have that permanently, it goes away very quickly lmao
But anyway
@lucid oar skill issue, can’t even beat hollow knight 😂
Mistral dash 😍
Bablo 6:08 zagrail 🥶
Which dash boons do you like?
Bablo being bablo 
Or do you mean Hermes boons
Bruh my phone autocorrects bablo to BABLO
Because the Hermes boons that affect your dash are indeed extremely good
like hermes and also like drunken dash
Why drunken dash?
poison
That’s not really a reason
Nice 2 damage
really good for taking out some of the bigger tartarus enemies
isn't there that one boon that's like "if 3 or more are inflicted with hangover you deal more damage"
Yes
hangover dash could help with that
That's exactly what it's bad for
Have you ever tried Tidal Dash? It does like 50 damage instead of 2 from Drunken Dash
Or you could put hangover on somehting that suits hangover and use tidal dash
And get exclusive access 
what kind of build would that be on?
for a guy that dash-strikes enemies into oblivion its pretty awesome
Actually, almost everyone does that
Why not blade dash then
I don't, should I be doing that?
or artemis dash if your main argument is "dash strikes"
No, use only specials
Especially on an aspect like “a kill ees”
Ok that's what I've been doing
Or Zag shield
Nice 👍
Wmicletsgo
Hey man, use what you like
lmfao
But if you like doing big damage, then I have some advice for you
yeah i've heard of specials
beowulf 
specials don't inherently deal more damage, it's just a different type of attack that hits slower
maybe i should map special to a trigger because i can't stand face buttons
i have special on right trigger
do most people here use controller
Kbm gang
Any recommendations for builds to go for with demeter on attack or special?
kbm gang
theres a couple kbm cultists
Couple 😔
Demeter boons or Demeter fists?
L
Boons
Oh
i'm assuming boons if it's going on attack or special
demeter kinda eehmeter 
Frost Strike is nice for hitless Hestia I guess
Flourish is good on Chiron
But generally Demeter is just a worse Aphrodite
p much
if you're using demeter boons you're either going for Rare Crop or the legendary boon
Snow burst
Rare Crop is overrated
rare crop kinda overrated
killing freeze 
Snow Burst and Killing Freeze are the good boons
Oh and Rav Will. Rav Will can be good with rarity
is that the one that's about not having any casts and dealing more damage
Yea
and taking less
Rare crop is underrated by speedrunners tbh
That may be true
Overrated by newer players definitely
cant sell with uc so kinda
in heat
But the difference between a 160 damage and 200 damage flood flare is pretty huge
Nourished soul honestly goated
In fact it’s 40 damage
Okie thanks for the suggestions, it's not for anything too serious in game, just needing to do a few runs to collect the remaining duo boons I'm missing. What about attack on Arthur as the % multiplier is fairly good?
aphro
i mean if you need to get duos for the prophecies, you could just stick it on like any weapon you're comfy with, put on 0 heat, and just run right through
I'm aware, I'm looking for demeter duo boons tho
Yeah that's true, idk I was just wondering if demeter was actually used on builds aside from funny crystal cast
arthur or hestia could work, as demeter has a pretty significant damage multiplier (i think)
we discussed it a bit earlier with aphrodite, so im assuming it'd have a similar effect with aphrodite
but no one really uses demeter, since it's just a worse aphrodite and applying weak and taking less damage adds up over time
I used to do artic blast chiron
One time i tried that with Eris and it was pain too
Arctic blast Chiron is pretty good
It adds almost as much as sea storm
You don’t have access to all the cool Poseidon and Zeus boons though
Oh yeah good point
Might try it on a rail to rack up hits for blast
Something something winter soldier
% on rail is 
Spread fire my beloved
hestia
Luci damage ramping
Right, % on non-Hestia non-SF rail is 
Sometimes I forget that Hestia and Eris are the same weapon 
Oh yeah this sucks lmao
Told you 
Thankfully just got the duo boon I needed in Asphodel so don't need to see this run through any further aha
just remember to end your run by getting whipped by meg not pressing give up 
hypnos has some things to say about those deaths
friendship ended with stygian blade
now eternal spear is homie
That’s not really a build
yes it is and you cant argue
It’s literally not
You can do whatever you want with you boons
Builds are about boons
but if you cant die, health
Merciful End is a build
??????
I didn’t say it was bad, I said it wasn’t a build
high health is a build
i want to believe its a build though
You can have hunting blades with 15 hp or 1,500 hp
isnt a build technically the stats of your character?
No
im pretty sure it is
if you can find hard evidence proving me wrong ill admit you're right, because i dont want to argure with you
???????
im tired
im not
How the hell do I find “hard evidence”
That’s an insane thing to say
Obviously it comes down to a person’s definition of the word
i believe that the amount of health you have contributes to your build
ok