#h1-builds-and-combat

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valid dagger
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Yea it’s slower

dreamy prism
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eg every level of TD should drop guaranteed sack chamber

long escarp
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Remember to dash strike always

valid dagger
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Make sure you’re dash striking

unreal tree
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^

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was about to type before I realized yall were doing the same bouldy

dreamy prism
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I tried to time standing rama attacks on dad during 32

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it kinda worked

valid dagger
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🇧🇴

long escarp
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Zeus: Special and call
Poseidon: Cast and call
Athena: Dash and call
Aphrodite: Attack
Artemis: Attack or dash
Ares: Special
Dionysus: Special and call
Demeter: Special

dreamy prism
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but yeah otherwise standing rama trash tier

unreal tree
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why the heck does it auto complete bo into 🇧🇴 instead of bouldy

long escarp
dreamy prism
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lol no it wasn't good

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only worked because FO1

unreal tree
valid dagger
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Pretty sus gif

long escarp
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Dash strikes are maybe a little bit too good in Hades as a whole. But also they’re a lot more interactive since movement is inherently more interesting gameplay imo, so it might actually end up being beneficial to the game

valid dagger
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Yea that’s true

dreamy prism
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their natural skill ceiling wrt iframes is nice I think

long escarp
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Like on one hand, it feels a bit weird that the best way to play basically every weapon is to use dash strikes as much as possible, but on the other hand it actually leads to fast-paced gameplay that makes more use of positioning and stuff. So I can’t complain

dreamy prism
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they're too damn snappy smh

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I feel like any fist hammer for non dash special is trash for that reason

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those exist right

vast ledge
dreamy prism
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oh and same for all those sword hammers especially cruel thrust 🤮

long escarp
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Dash strike -> dash strike -> special

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That’s the combo

dreamy prism
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the exception is arthur

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for that the ideal combo is special -> special -> special

long escarp
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That’s a joke right

vast ledge
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Am I still dash strike with sword if I got 2 hammer on special?

dreamy prism
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for legal reasons that's a joke

long escarp
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Yes

long escarp
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Do you actually just spam special on Arthur and that’s it?

valid dagger
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Special is never gonna be your source of damage on sword

dreamy prism
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oh god no lmao

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always standing attack combo

long escarp
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Ok good, had me scared for a second

valid dagger
dreamy prism
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special is op but I don't think you can make it work as damage

long escarp
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Arthur special is so slow that you can dash twice before it lands bouldy

dreamy prism
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lmao

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I figured out how to make it viable

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arthur ME, ares special athena dash

long escarp
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You can’t get dash nova on Arthur can you?

valid dagger
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cease

dreamy prism
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you can

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it sucks really bad

long escarp
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Really? How does that even work

vast ledge
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With Arthur I try to get as many dmg reduction as possible. Then I take bracelet at Styx and dual Hades from the front. Didn’t even need to dodge anything.

long escarp
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Triple dash special?

dreamy prism
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it just dashes forward and drops special there

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it also has that teleporting bug

valid dagger
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I don’t think you can dash before it if you get Dash Nova

long escarp
vast ledge
valid dagger
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But also I never played this garbage

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🗿

dreamy prism
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lol dash nova tech op

long escarp
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Bracer is quite bad

dreamy prism
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tbh I used to use bracer on arthur

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not because it was good but because it was funny

valid dagger
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Just get Weak on the attack and place your aura

long escarp
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Also damage reduction is multiplicative

valid dagger
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What more reduction do you need

dreamy prism
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abyssal + weak + bronze skin/aphro damage reduction + greater consecration + sturdy + bracer is just hilarious

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extremely overkill obviously

long escarp
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God mode at home

dreamy prism
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lmao

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also is ruthless reflex good on arthur

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I remember experimenting with it

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not at 32+ though

vast ledge
long escarp
dreamy prism
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yeah it's weird to see him tickle you when we're so used to him dealing ridiculous dps esp on hell mode

long escarp
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RR is for Gilga and shields only pretty much

dreamy prism
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just arthur vibes

dreamy prism
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my friend said RR is like required for 50 heat EM4 + highrolling +dashes

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on beo that is

long escarp
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Your friend is clueless bouldy

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“Required” is such a strong word

valid dagger
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Lmfao

dreamy prism
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or what he said was he wouldn't have survived without it

long escarp
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I did 50-53 on Beo just fine with GR

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RR is good though

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But I’m not used to it so I don’t use it

dreamy prism
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I guess if I keep dying to EM4 it's a highroll option

valid dagger
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RR on Beo is good but also you don’t need dashes to go with it

long escarp
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Yeah that too

valid dagger
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1 is enough

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And yea it’s nowhere near required

long escarp
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That’s the reason that it works

valid dagger
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I did 55 without

dreamy prism
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cool

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+50% global on beo sounds broken though tbh

long escarp
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If you need more dashes for it to be okay then you just shouldn’t use it

valid dagger
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It’s pretty nice but I started hating it

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I barely proc it in the hades fight

dreamy prism
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hm interesting

valid dagger
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And in rooms I end up chasing things

long escarp
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I have a lot of trouble just getting around rooms without a second dash

valid dagger
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Especially Aspho

dreamy prism
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it's same proccing as lightning reflexes right?

long escarp
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And I rarely find myself dodging attacks with dash in Hades fight since I just can block

valid dagger
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But it’s good I did 53 54 55 with it bouldy 🗿

dreamy prism
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I guess less so since with one dash you just near miss less

valid dagger
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Yea

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That’s my thing

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I just bullrush

long escarp
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Yeah

dreamy prism
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makes sense

valid dagger
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And use my dash for mobility more so than iframes

long escarp
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It’s just easier

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Exactly

dreamy prism
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that reminds me am I alone in loving lightning reflexes

long escarp
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Probably

valid dagger
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It’s cool if you get Jolted

dreamy prism
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for non zeus builds getting that + jolted is so nice

valid dagger
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Free damage

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But it’s a side pick mostly

vast ledge
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Isn’t RR pretty good with Hestia gun?

valid dagger
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Nah

long escarp
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Definitely not

valid dagger
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Hestia likes dashes

long escarp
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For a multitude of reasons

valid dagger
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For cancelling reloads and it’s also damage

dreamy prism
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like if zeus is otherwise useless for me I sometimes even reroll for lightning reflexes

valid dagger
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And also it’s very hard to dodge things with Rr

dreamy prism
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it just procs so much

valid dagger
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1 dash isn’t a lot of iframes against tougher things like EM4 etc

long escarp
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Also Hestia doesn’t really benefit that much from global damage

dreamy prism
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since aphro attack

long escarp
dreamy prism
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and infrequent calls unless smoldering

long escarp
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It’s nowhere near good enough to warrant a roll

dreamy prism
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lol yeah you're right

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man I love it so much though

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it's like a whole extra dash boon

long escarp
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Even if that roll was 100% guaranteed to give me LR, I’d still literally never ever roll for it in any situation

valid dagger
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It barely matters

long escarp
valid dagger
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And it’s not a lot of damage anyway

long escarp
dreamy prism
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yeah maybe

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oh well time to stop taking it as much

vast ledge
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Maybe at high heat I’ll need more dash but I’m still at 2 heat with guns (it doesn’t get dark thirst often) and I never need 2nd dash with Hestia since everything is miles away from me.

long escarp
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?

valid dagger
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I mean you can make RR work on anything

long escarp
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You need the second dash to keep everything miles away from you

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That’s the point

dreamy prism
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the "skill floor" hestia play I was stuck at for a while doesn't need two dashes

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without FO that is

long escarp
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Also if everything is so far away then why are you even using RR if you’re not getting any benefit out of it

valid dagger
dreamy prism
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since it has a very safe playstyle for lower heat

valid dagger
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RR bossing is very very rough and it’s not an exaggeration

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On non shields

dreamy prism
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facts

valid dagger
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Moreso at high heat obviously but still I think you’ll end up taking lots of hits

long escarp
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RR Hestia is incredibly bad (compared to GR). That’s my solid opinion on it. It’s a super bad choice at any heat.

dreamy prism
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but yeah for lower heat you can get away with not even canceling reload animation so I can see why RR seems appealing

long escarp
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Very big downside with incredibly minimal upside

vast ledge
dreamy prism
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oh dear

valid dagger
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I mean that should be every hestia run

long escarp
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Yeah that’s just Hestia

valid dagger
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with or without the rr buff

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You should one shot because you’re looking for a big attack anyway

vast ledge
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Ah, so it’s additive buff?

long escarp
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Yes

valid dagger
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And you have multiple scaling options

long escarp
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It sucks on Hestia

dreamy prism
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this is why RR should be +25% crit chance

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bam perfect scaling

long escarp
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For so many reasons, it’s very bad on Hestia

valid dagger
dapper surge
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That was my first bow run with any heat at all

dreamy prism
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chiron success?

dapper surge
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Yeah

dreamy prism
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nice, enjoy

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chiron is free bounties in early game

dapper surge
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It still felt pretty awkward but at least the boss fights were easy

dreamy prism
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yep that's its specialty

dapper surge
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Highest heat I've gotten is 10 with beowolf

long escarp
vast ledge
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I still have to learn a lot of how stuff stacks. It’s still my first week playing this.

dreamy prism
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too strong, nerf +ambiguity

long escarp
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Some things work better with additive damage than others

dreamy prism
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aka anything whose damage isn't already a big chunky +X%

long escarp
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Heartbreak strike works very bad with additive damage, deadly strike works well with additive damage, cast boons work very well with additive damage

dreamy prism
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I remember hearing about how sweet surrender was really op

long escarp
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It’s not “really op”

dreamy prism
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picked it up in hestia run and saw nothing

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then stopped taking it

long escarp
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Can be pretty good in some situations though

dreamy prism
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poor naive me

long escarp
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Definitely not broken though

dreamy prism
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oh yeah no

long escarp
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Did you hear that on Reddit?

dreamy prism
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yep

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obviously now it's a boon I'm actively hunting for on beo passion

long escarp
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Reddit is the hub of “random opinions that random person pulled out of their ass and presented as a fact”

dreamy prism
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facts

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you ask someone why they think something and invariably the answer is "I got my first completion last night with it"

long escarp
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Literally true

dreamy prism
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"olympian favor carried my run trust me bro"

long escarp
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And then I can provide a detailed argument as to why it’s bad, and now suddenly I’m telling them how to play and I’m being elitist 🗿

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Because for some people, “I like X boon” is the same as “X boon is really good”, which naturally creates some issues bouldy

dreamy prism
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I get it's a game and you're supposed to have fun but if all you're doing is throwing run after run trying to replicate that epic fully loaded meme beams shouldn't you be trying something else

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one of the worst offenders of that is FF vs PS

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so many people say "I get PS is actively hurting me but I like the sound it makes 🥺"

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like ok

long escarp
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It’s fine to play whatever you want, but don’t say “this thing is super good” and then get frustrated when I say that it’s actually not good. Just say you like it because that’s an opinion and not something I can prove or disprove lmao

vast ledge
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What is FF and PS?

dreamy prism
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family favorites, privileged status

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most reddit users swear by PS to their detriment

dapper surge
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Sorry for asking this in the middle of the conversation but I just unlocked the option to get the aspect of Rama (the final bow aspect) is it any good?

dreamy prism
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very

dapper surge
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Oh

long escarp
dreamy prism
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top 5 aspects? idk

vast ledge
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I still don’t know if I should pick FF or PS for each weapons. Actually I didn’t even have enough darkness to fully upgrade it yet.

dapper surge
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From the description it doesn't really sound that great but I trust you all

long escarp
dreamy prism
long escarp
dreamy prism
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which kinda just leaves chiron and passion beo

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that's sad

long escarp
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PStat is good when it’s good but beside those specific situations, just use FF

vast ledge
dreamy prism
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hm I guess but you're not really forcing hangover/doom

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maybe if I pick up aphro attack and next chamber is dio I'll give up and flip on PS

long escarp
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Just take FF because it’s more consistent

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Those statuses won’t always be active

dreamy prism
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even then at high heat there's usually something messing with your build

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you really really don't want UC to cost you PS which regularly happens

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so yeah I run PS exclusively on dio/demeter/ares chiron and passion beo

dapper surge
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So if you don't mind me asking, why is Rama so good?

long escarp
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Huge damage with great crowd control

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Watch some Rama high heat vods (or the anyheat wr by Ocaml) and you’ll see what I mean

vast ledge
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Which weapons do I take backstab and which one do I take increase damage to undamaged foes?

dapper surge
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I kinda suck but once you get the final aspect of the sword (it'll take time) I feel like that would be the best for both

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Could totally be wrong though

valid dagger
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Eh

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Its mostly gonna be Shadow Presence on Arthur unless you’re speedrunning

valid dagger
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When enemies become tougher due to heat and you start to fail to hit those breakpoints you can opt for backstabs instead

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Also some weapons don’t really have a strong first hit

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Like Achilles

vast ledge
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I thought it was something like backstab for melee first hit for range.

valid dagger
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Nah doesn’t have to do with that

vast ledge
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About Rama special + lightning boon. Does the lightning damage proc with all 3 arrows or just the first one?

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I put lightning on normal bow before and shot it point blank but only 1 lightning applies.

proper furnace
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I think it still runs into the cooldown with rama special

shell sleet
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I think even with the hammer that gives 7 special arrows it's still only 1 but I could be wrong on that

valid dagger
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Ty

feral night
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does family favorite still apply if you purged the god's boon

valid dagger
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No

feral night
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can someone tell me why dash at cursor is bad

ocean turret
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OP Fist build 1.Aspect of talos 2.slothful flourish 3.Deadly flourish 4. Urge to kill (nail of talos is optional)

drowsy wind
shell sleet
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yes dash at cursor is horrible

feral night
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according to the people i've talked to, idk why, it seems a lot better

shell sleet
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dont use it

feral night
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why tho?

tight basin
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your cursor is generally aimed at enemies, and if you need to dash away, your left hand is responsible for general movement

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making your right hand do more work just isn't preferable

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i mean i guess for some weapons it doesn't matter too much like the melee ones, but for ranged ones, keeping your distance and firing fast makes it hard when every time you dash you have to reset your aim

valid dagger
tight basin
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like for hestia, the idea is to basically shoot, reload, dash. since you generally dont want to dash towards them, you'll have to move your cursor over, dash, then aim again. without dash at cursor, you can dash to the side while keeping your target in line

proper furnace
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At least on speedrun context you want to dash toward enemies

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Cuz tidal dash/clockets

tight basin
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fair

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although if you aren't speedrunning and are doing high heat it's definitely not great imo

proper furnace
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Oh im not saying to use dash at cursor dusa just about the "dash towards/away from enemies"

tight basin
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oh lol

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point still relatively stands tho

whole osprey
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also some attacks dont auto aim well

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like rail speical u need to aim even with auto aim on

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aiming + dash both with cursor is not 2 things u want to do at the same time bouldy

long escarp
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How is that related to dash at cursor?

whole osprey
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wouldnt aiming at ur cursor and dashing to ur cursor be very

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bad

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sounds like a lot of fast mouse movement

long escarp
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Yes

jovial onyx
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whats the best mirror build?

tawny grove
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mirror guide by mike

jovial onyx
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whats the best cast for hera bow

strange lark
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crush shot

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from aphro

jovial onyx
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ty

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how about the attack

strange lark
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doesnt really matter just get a good % damage boon thats not tempest strike

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arti is probably the best

spiral totem
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Finally got all aspects on the weapons. For Lucifer, is there a particular build or power up that makes the special a bit more useful? My first run with it, I wasn't too happy with the special

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Also curious if Zeus is still melts health. Watching Haelian right now and my god is that just unfair lol

jovial onyx
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any zeus shield builds?

cunning urchin
hushed fox
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I am wondering what you guys think is the best shield aspect? I'm torn between Chaos and Beowulf thanthink

valid dagger
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Hard to say

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But Chaos is definitely the worst shield

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It's just hard to rank the other 3 because it varies in terms of consistency / high heat / speedruns / skill ceiling / modded unmodded etc

hushed fox
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What do you dislike about the chaos aspect?

valid dagger
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Chaos Shield's Special is very weak and you also cant do anything while it's in the air

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And that's the only gimmick of the aspect

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Zeus Shield does that miles miles better

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And if you get Cshot then it's just Bad Zag Shield

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In terms of DPS the weapon probably has some of the lowest numbers in the game

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The only advantage it has is that it's a shield, and bullrushing blocking is pretty good which makes it appealing to newer players

hushed fox
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Fair enough i guess
My Zeus aspect isn't max level yet, so i guess i'll still have to give it its fair shot

proper furnace
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Zeus doesnt really need high lvl to be good

unreal tree
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Zeus is bad

strange lark
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youre bad

unreal tree
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I agree

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Couldn't even streak all aspects at 50

strange lark
acoustic vale
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Chaos way better

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So good that it's banned from most speedruns, that's why you don't see it

lucid oar
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True

sterile fiber
acoustic vale
valid dagger
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Ty

long escarp
dreamy prism
valid dagger
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Hestia

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Way ahead

dreamy prism
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was joke

worn bluff
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For an Achilles spear build focusing on hunting blades what abilities synergize well?

proper furnace
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Cant go wrong with adding poseidon for mirage shot

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Be sure to look for charon wells/Chaos for extra casts-cast dmg

worn bluff
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What does mirage shot do?

proper furnace
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Casts shoots an extra cast with lower dmg

worn bluff
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Oh damn

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That's cool

proper furnace
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(around 30% of normal one)

worn bluff
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How do you get it?

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Is it legendary?

proper furnace
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Artemis-poseidon duo boon

worn bluff
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Perfect

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Also does swift strikes affect the spear hammer which makes you strike a ton

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Flurry Jab

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I think

proper furnace
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Idk there are better things to look on hermes tho

worn bluff
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Such as?

valid dagger
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Dashes

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Or hyper sprint + rush delivery

worn bluff
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What do those do

proper furnace
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+dashes is well extra dashes

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Hyper sprint is +100% move speed after dashing + sturdy (30% dmg reduction and no stun)

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Rush delivery is bonus dmg based on your move speed

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Common rd + hyper sprint would be a 50% dmg increase after dashing and epic rd is 100% dmg boost

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It also affects all sources of dmg from zag

worn bluff
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Oh cool

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That seems useful

valid dagger
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And you can scale it with more movement speed too

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Through ichors or third hermes

worn bluff
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Also what does Demeter contribute? I just got her so idk much about what she does

proper furnace
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Snow burst/rav will ig

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Killing freeze is nice

valid dagger
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Her cores are not bad on some things

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If they are Epic they’re big % boosts and chill is a decent effect, if you have nothing better you can just pick that

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Mostly her attack and special I’m referring to

worn bluff
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Nice

dreamy prism
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chill can help keep FO in check

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and she's op with cast builds

worn bluff
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How so?

dreamy prism
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mainly snow burst and ravenous will

proper furnace
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Her cast can also be great on achilles but is far less consistent than slicing for me

dreamy prism
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she's strong enough to be worth forcing in asphodel for a lot of builds

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or maybe just beo and hera idk

valid dagger
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Mostly Beo and Hera

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I don’t think I’d force her for anything else

dreamy prism
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trippy shot for ice wine lol

worn bluff
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Back to my original thing, so on hunting blades builds I should try for Artemis, Ares, Poseidon, chaos, and what final Olympian

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Dionysus?

valid dagger
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It’s not like you have control over all of these

worn bluff
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Right but this is what I'm trying to aim for

valid dagger
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If you look for a specific god pool of 4 or 5 you’ll barely hit it

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Well your last god is Zeus probably

limber scroll
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is it just me or is lucifer rail kinda clunky to use

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i literally failed the 9 min tight deadline with it which is ridiculous bc i usually have huge amounts of time overflow

valid dagger
limber scroll
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idk i just find it hard to explode the special and pay attention to enemy movements at the same time it's weird

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eris feels so much better

valid dagger
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Usually you want Zeus on Attack yea and ideally Triple Bomb for the hammer so your Special can help with the bossing and rooms

limber scroll
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oo i see, thanks for the tips

valid dagger
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Are you on kbm

limber scroll
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what's that

valid dagger
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If so make sure Aim at Cursor is turned off when playing rails

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Keyboard and mouse

limber scroll
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oh nah controller

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wait you aim with cursor on kbm? that sounds hard

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i much prefer auto aim lmao

valid dagger
strange lark
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we turn aim at cursor off on rail

valid dagger
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But for rail it's just way worse than auto aim

lucid oar
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Jolted is also pretty key

random relic
valid dagger
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auto aim

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does almost all of the aiming for you

random relic
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ah ok

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sounds awful

valid dagger
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It's not

worn bluff
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It's pretty good actually

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I've found it very useful

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Especially with casts

gusty rapids
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ye this games auto aim is pretty good

feral night
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when they say auto they ain't lying

proven osprey
robust cradle
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does bull rush count for attck dmg buffs

valid dagger
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Yes

strange lark
cedar jewel
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how do chaos boon affecting future boon rarity stack?

random relic
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i think its additive

dreamy prism
cedar jewel
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word

spiral totem
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I feel bamboozled right now

strange lark
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Why

spiral totem
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Cause I didn't get that memo and never took aim at cursor off

feral night
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yeah on rail aim at cursor off is necessary

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complete autoaim, no need to use the dpad at all

lucid oar
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@proper wharf

For reference purposes:
It was brought up during VOD review there isn't a reference list of unpommable non legendary non duo boons available from each god/goddess. Here it is:

Aphrodite
Life Affirmation
Broken Resolve
Blown Kiss (requires Crush Shot)

Ares
Blood Frenzy
Engulfing Vortex (requires Slicing Shot, Blade Dash, or Ares' Aid)
Dire Misfortune (requires Curse of Agony or Curse of Pain)

Artemis
none 😦

Athena
Sure Footing
Deathless Stand
Last Stand

Demeter

Rare Crop
Nourished Soul
Ravenous Will
Arctic Blast (requires Frost Strike, Frost Flourish, Mistral Dash, Demeter's Aid or Snow Burst)
Killing Freeze (requires Frost Strike, Frost Flourish, Mistral Dash, Demeter's Aid or Snow Burst)

Dionysus

Premium Vintage
Strong Drink
After Party

Poseidon
Ocean's Bounty
Sunken Treasure

Zeus
none 😦

valid dagger
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nvm

lucid oar
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F

proper wharf
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Talking of builds... don't know if it's effective, but I did find quite an amusing one by accident.
Running Lucifer with Poseidon just to get the Fates reward for collecting duo/leg boons.
Was pretty weak with rail in prior runs up to this point and fully expecting to die in elysium or early styx.
But once I got the bonus splash count and barrier damage, it effectively turned the attack into one of those anti-protestor water cannons.
In the tiny rooms in Styx, one squeeze of the trigger and everything just died.

proper furnace
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Super soaker is a known build yeah

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More of a meme tho

tawny grove
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super soaker bad but its a meme

proper wharf
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Good to know. I guess as it's ineffective vs bosses? And / or too weak early on?

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Today I got Rama with double shot plus explosive shot which seemed pretty good

proper furnace
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You want sea storm and a bunch of zeus boons to really get dmg

autumn mirage
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Hi everyone. I'm new here. I've been playing hades for a week now. So far I managed to beat hades with every weapon but I can't seem to get it done with the rail. I don't even get to hades. Can't make it past Theseus and the minotaur. I can't seem to find a build that does decent damage. Any ideas?

feral night
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put zeus on attack

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add jolted

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add aphrodite special and zeus call, go for the duo boon smoldering air

unreal tree
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and posideon's dash

feral night
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and that

unreal tree
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thats the main thing

feral night
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that should get you a pretty easy win

whole osprey
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or

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hestia the most based rail

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👀

autumn mirage
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Thank y'all. I'll try that 😁

rough dagger
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I am still a noob, but this is perhaps the best "build" (I am not sure if this is a build, but was very fun) I have had so far (Chiron Bow) 😄

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Oh I can't add pictures...

valid dagger
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You can post it somewhere else and link it here, Discord will embed it

rough dagger
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Outside of discord?

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I could just write it in text since I don't have a place to upload?

valid dagger
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You can upload it to another discord server then copy media link and paste it here

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Or use external websites such as imgur

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Either works

rough dagger
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If it is ok with just writing it in text? I think I will do that

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My first ever Chiron Bow run:

Heroic Drunken Flourish lvl5, Heroic Drunken Strike lvl 3, Thunder Dash, Epic Double Strike lvl3, Epic Static Discharge lvl4, Legendary Splitting Bolt

valid dagger
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That's pretty gud

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The attack is very bad tho

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You lose damage from your Flourish due to how Hangover works

rough dagger
# valid dagger You lose damage from your Flourish due to how Hangover works

I was guessing it worked like that, I got Drunken Strike first, and tried to get rid of it by selling or a attack replacement when I got Flourish. But I had so many other bills by that point. But with that run I don't think I could complain by RNG... The dash alone would have been enough to win that as a no heat run easily

valid dagger
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Yea that dash is pretty big

proper furnace
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You cant get replaces if the boon is heroic

valid dagger
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The Hangover thing isnt big here

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Because you use your attack then shoot a volley anyway

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So your enemy is gonna have 5 stacks from your Special

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Which is what you want

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But you can for example look for Aphro's Attack to open up Low Tolerance which lets you stack 8 times

rough dagger
valid dagger
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I meant the stacks thing isnt that important here with this specific build

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On other builds it can be a much bigger dps loss

rough dagger
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You think I should just have gotten any other boon from Dio than the attack one if you don't get the special boon?

proper furnace
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I like the cast cuz legendary funny

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Also once you get the last mirror skill is way easier to start with the boon you want

rough dagger
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I have gotten it once

valid dagger
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In general a good rule of thumb is to only have 1 source of Hangover in your build

rough dagger
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But I don't know if it is worth 2k for the second upgrade yet or if I should save to buy it

rough dagger
valid dagger
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Dash isnt worth having hangover on

rough dagger
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So basically only hangover on special or on nothing on chiron bow. Got it 👌

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But I am guessing a pure Zues build is viable on Chiron as well? If you get jolted and other having as much lightning as possible (dash/special etc) just seems super strong

proper furnace
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Zeus doesnt work quite as well as you think on special

valid dagger
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It's not that good due to internal cooldowns

rough dagger
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Huh I had no idea

valid dagger
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Better to start with Tempest Flourish then look for Sea Storm

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And then Shoals Jolted

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Double Strike etc

rough dagger
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I have gotten Sea storm once on Spear (Achilles) and that was sick

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But I noticed that it was doing insane damage, but due to me being very unfamiliar with that play style, I took damage pretty often

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Since that build moved so much around and I was not the most precise to controll the direction good enough I often took damage from traps, and struggled to dodge Hades attacks while damaging him

shell sleet
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@feral night thats not the point, the modpack is made for speedrunning and not heat, it wont have features that are heat specific

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if there was a patty on/off button then it would bring into question on/off button for other free rooms

feral night
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i never said it should

unreal tree
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But AP removal is heat specific?

dreamy prism
upper sparrow
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any good bow builds for beating the douche and the bull? i get closer and ccloser everytime

dreamy prism
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this build lets you tag them and run away while hangover does damage

upper sparrow
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ah ok thank ya i'll have to try and remember that when i pick it up again

umbral nova
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Any suggestions for best weapon aspects to beat Hades without Olympus boons? So far I've gotten pretty close with Chiron and Lucifer but I have no idea if those are the best ones to be using.

lucid oar
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Hestia, zag bow or nemesis

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It’s aspects that have innate crit, or strong attack hammers

valid dagger
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rama

lucid oar
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Yeah ramas good too

umbral nova
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Ooh, I've been meaning to play more Nemesis.

lucid oar
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With double edge it’s quite good

unreal tree
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Zag shield with charged shot

umbral nova
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One of my first attempts I didn't realize how important it was to pick Fated Authority over Fated Persuasion.

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I ended up reaching Hades with a Side Hustle and apparently he thought that was too much help.

valid dagger
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Authority is quite nice for Boonless yea

umbral nova
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I know I'm just indulging my father in being a sore loser here.

valid dagger
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Just make sure you dont reroll minibosses

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Except in Styx maybe

lucid oar
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Zag shield Pulv blow is also decent enough

boreal phoenix
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Is zag blade and hoarding strike best for booneless run?

umbral nova
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I think there's no voiceline for beating Hades boonless, just reaching him boonless, but I'm not sure about that.

boreal phoenix
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:/

lucid oar
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Double edge will always be better

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Unless you hypothetically have like

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20000 gold

boreal phoenix
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Chaos boons

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They be pog

umbral nova
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Oooh

valid dagger
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100% olympian free

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or something

lucid oar
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Most gold recorded in a run is about 9000 by Haelian

boreal phoenix
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That sounds about right

remote rock
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Can anyone recomen a fun build based off mainly Zeus?

errant narwhal
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have you tried going for his legendary boon on the rail, as well as picking up static discharge?

proper furnace
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Can also do zeus special on zeus shield

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Or picking up his call and an aphro core boon for smoldering air

long escarp
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Smair is very nice on any weapon that starts with a Zeus or Aphrodite boon (Zeus shield, Rama, Hestia, etc)

tight cobalt
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Just got to third phase of boss guy for the first time, I have never felt such genuine fear

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Of all builds, I’m surprised I got it with Zag Rail

long escarp
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How about getting to phase 1 part 3 and seeing 2 butterfly balls spawn shadefear

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Terror

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Horror

dapper surge
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I made a hestia build that did 723 damage per reload backstab

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Heartbreak strike, sweet surrender, flayed ambush, divine dash, blinding flash

valid dagger
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Nice

dapper surge
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I tried it on the hard hades fight afterwards and got my ass kicked, fun fight

long escarp
turbid needle
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how good are zeus twin fists in high heat?

dreamy prism
turbid needle
valid dagger
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They are good until around 45 ish then they become tougher and the builds become not as good

tawny grove
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yeah

valid prism
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Fists are very difficult past 40 Heat

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Or when you start to mess with the mirror or AP

valid dagger
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You can still do ME very easily

dreamy prism
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ew ME

long escarp
# turbid needle how good are zeus twin fists in high heat?

Basically:
For AP0/1 RI0: Merciful End > Zeus
For AP2 or RI1+: Dionysus > Zeus

This is because Dionysus needs a lot less to be good than Zeus does. Even though Zeus is better if it has jolted, you can’t rely on that and it’s best to just get drunken strike and get some poms on it.

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That’s my understanding of it at least. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong on this squirtyay

turbid needle
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ah thanks

long escarp
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But for ~32 heat, Zeus is probably still fine. It’s just when time becomes a real issue (due to JS and CP) that ME pulls way ahead

valid prism
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Dio needs basically poms if you can spam the hangover while Zeus wants jolted and legendary ideally

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So Dio works better on its own if you find some poms early, but mid or endgame Zeus is better if boons are gathered

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Both are indeed beaten if you have ME, Ares atk and Athena dash on fists

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RNG speaking, dio is easier to build but you still can be unlucky and have not enough poms on the way

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Especially at high heat shadegrief

midnight rampart
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what is best weapon ?

valid prism
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Best weapon is very subjective, as long as you're comfy and can clear with it 👀

midnight rampart
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hmm oke

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ye i need more boons of ares but he dont show up a lot yet XD

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i use fists

valid prism
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Fists are good but it's difficult to have the dodging on point against foes

midnight rampart
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hmm ye i use Poseidon his dodge that work good

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and ares his cast works good when sword spin around and then you pummel them at same time

midnight rampart
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ye im liking sword even more XD

sterile fiber
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You can also play special centric with high heat fists

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Explosive upper + %dmg special

umbral nova
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I picked up the Nemesis sword on a recommendation from here on what would be a good weapon to go boonless and it eventually worked out!

Hording Slash plus Double Edge really did a lot of work!

valid dagger
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Eris sword?

umbral nova
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Funny thing, for some weird reason Chaos never showed on the run I actually won, so the only one who gave me their blessing was Bouldy

dreamy prism
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nemesis I assume you mean

umbral nova
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Yes! Thank you

valid dagger
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Nemesis with Dedge is very nice

dreamy prism
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as a small tip I'd stay away from hoarding

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it does much less than you think

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although maybe it's okay for boonless? idk

umbral nova
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Yeah, I had like 3000 bucks at the end

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I agree though

long escarp
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Better to buy boons and poms and make your build better than to hoard gold for hoarding slash

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Like by far

glass echo
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that was his mission though: to go boonless

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Did it once to pick up the hoarding slash prophecy. Tempted to try it again to get the Hades dialogue for not using any Olympian boon (just cuz)

long escarp
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Oh

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Well I cannot read

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Hestia is still way better for boonless obviously, but hoarding slash might actually be decent. Not sure though

glass echo
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hoarding slash is bearable when combined with the shackle

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wait...

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does shackle work with hoarding slash?

long escarp
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Why not

glass echo
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Like that's what I did and I wasn't paying attention to the numbers

long escarp
glass echo
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my mind's just off on a tangent, nvm

dreamy prism
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I'm pretty sure hoarding slash adds a constant amount of damage at the end

long escarp
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Yeah

dreamy prism
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hence why it's so bad

long escarp
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Also I don’t think it applies to dash strikes

dreamy prism
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bruh

long escarp
dreamy prism
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why does sword get screwed by this so much

long escarp
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I don’t know

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It’s very unfortunate

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Sword has all these incredibly garbage hammers and then has one that just more than doubles your dash strike damage. Great hammer balancing SG squirtyay

strange lark
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Hoarding slash can more than double your dash strike damage with enough gold

long escarp
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Oh it does apply to dash strikes?

strange lark
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It doesn't?

long escarp
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I thought it didn’t

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But I don’t know

strange lark
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This is turning into one of those moments

long escarp
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I know cursed slash doesn’t apply to dash strikes

night gyro
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hoarding slash is what got me my fastest time and I exclusively dash strike

dreamy prism
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would be fun if it did

night gyro
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I'd be surprised if it didnt add dash strike damage

long escarp
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I would not at all

dreamy prism
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wiki says it does apply to dstrikes

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that's nice

long escarp
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Hmm alright

dreamy prism
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so if you have 2k extra you deal +100 damage

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that actually sounds decent

long escarp
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Yet somehow it’s not decent bouldy

night gyro
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it's a good take if you get it immediately

dreamy prism
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yeah then you have to switch to golden touch

long escarp
feral night
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sgg are cowards for not making hoarding slash add to base damage

long escarp
dreamy prism
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facts

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nemesis dedge would actually be viable since crit synergy

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that would be multiplicative with crit, arty attack, and dedge +% wouldn't it

long escarp
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Hoarding slash was a mistake

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I don’t think there’s a way to fix that design tbh

dreamy prism
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so you think should just be removed

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agreed on that, there's too much hammer clutter for sword

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same with shield special imo

long escarp
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Absolutely

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Shield hammers are so imbalanced because half of them are for your special which sucks and half of them are for your bull rush which is OP

proper furnace
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Revert the nerf of charged flight dusa

long escarp
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Literally triple the special damage for Zag shield. And remove chaos and replace it with something more interesting

dreamy prism
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I like the sound it makes

strange lark
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Minotaur rush zagluv

dreamy prism
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what if the shields traveled together then separated on first impact

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so you don't need to point blank it

proper furnace
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@dreamy prism zag shield buff doesnt apply to bullrush

dreamy prism
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oh interesting

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so cshot isn't as bad as I thought

proper furnace
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If zag shield applied to the rush/cshot it would be funny

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95 base dmg dusa

turbid needle
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Avoided aegis a lot but it's pretty fun. Not a shield person was all lol

dapper surge
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I don't really get the hate for crush shot

long escarp
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No range

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It’s very bad for non-cast builds because it makes it way harder to get boiling blood

dapper surge
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Fair but it does a lot of damage

long escarp
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Not enough to really be helpful if I pick it up in like mid Elysium on Hestia or something

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It just makes my build worse

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It’s amazing on Hera

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But for other cast aspects, there are better options

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Poseidon is better with Phalanx shot, Achilles is better with hunting blades or trippy flare or phalanx shot

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Beo uses passion flare for high heat but that’s a different boon

strange lark
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crush shot talos zagluv

rain ingot
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can someone explain to me casting

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because i find it a total waste of time rn

dreamy prism
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the bigger the enemy the more worth boiling them is

tight basin
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could also use it for a last burst of damage to finish an enemy off, casting is pretty fast

proper furnace
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Can also just slap a boon on it to open up a duo

random relic
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can also use it for styx shredder

acoustic vale
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I've been doing runs with Hestia. I don't like it, but I see the appeal. I did enjoy when I got that rocket for the special and it had Artemis boon. Big damage when crit

long escarp
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Btw sniping every single enemy and boss for 700 damage from across the screen is the appeal

acoustic vale
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Somehow that never seemed to play out for me

long escarp
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Is your aspect max level?

brittle valve
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Hi do you have a good build for high dps with Déméter fist ?thanks

proven osprey
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You'll achieve the highest DPS with Merciful End, the duo boon from Ares and Athena

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Curse of agony > Divine Flourish > seek ME and divine dash. Along that, pom the attack

brittle valve
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Ok thanks you for your help!

tight basin
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pom-ing the special isn't too terrible either if you dont have a choice, every so often you'll be able to do a large chunk of damage

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explosive upper is a nice addition but not necessary

marsh radish
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which gods boon should i choose on gilgamesh

proper furnace
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You can play merciful end as usual

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Or do tidal dash and support boons on that

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B.wave/shoals/lightning reflex/etc

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Also use ruthless reflex on the mirror

tight basin
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the playstyle/gods between gilgamesh and normal fists are pretty much identical except for the fact that gilgamesh is slower and the upper can get you killed more easily

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and also more dashes i guess so that's cool

feral night
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you don't dash strike as much with gilga

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which is the main playstyle difference imo

strange lark
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What yes you do

feral night
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y'all are dash striking for 20 base damage?

tight basin
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why wouldn't you dash strike with gilga if you're given more strikes

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oh is it that low

strange lark
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Or tidal dash

valid dagger
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It’s low but it’s not your damage

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Doom is

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And dash strikes are quicker

feral night
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yeah aside from me builds

tight basin
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well i've given up on gilga for fists and just sticking to demeter so it's whatever for me lmao

strange lark
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Good

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Don't play gilga

feral night
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only play gilga 😈

tight basin
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gilga was the first hidden aspect i unlocked and maxed, found it fun but very inconsistent

strange lark
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I find it unfun and very inconsistent bouldy

tight basin
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well it's just the idea of more dashes that was appealing

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and also since back then i never changed the mirror i had like 4 dashes

feral night
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maim is easy if you don't get hit bouldy

tight basin
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so being able to dash across the room was fun but not practical

tight basin
strange lark
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Just don't use maim

feral night
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it is very bad

tight basin
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yeah lmao

languid rampart
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Should i trade an ambrosia for a titans blood so i can upgrade hera to lvl 3

feral night
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not yet

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ambrosia is useful, and hera levels don't do much

languid rampart
feral night
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ambrosia is a more powerful nectar, you'll be able to gift it to people

languid rampart
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Should i aim for that

feral night
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yeah, they're pretty useful

languid rampart
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Which should i get first

night gyro
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most people use meg's, than's is also powerful

languid rampart
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I might try meg

quasi knoll
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Heyo, is there a good build around the achilles spear?

feral night
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many

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you can use it to empower your casts, so hunting blades, crystal clarity, and ice wine builds can be great

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or you can use it to empower your attack, so builds with flurry jab, deadly strike, and tidal dash can be great

strange lark
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typical achilles builds are a mix of both

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usually start poseidon dash and look for artemis or zeus attack

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and flurry jab

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then you just get any high damage cast

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ares cast is the best i think

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with hunting blades

quasi knoll
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Ty

proper furnace
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If you go the zeus attack route you can pick up phalanx shot

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Tho you want quick reload

sinful lily
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anyone got a good begginer bow guide

long escarp
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Dash strike power shot

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Artemis or Aphrodite on your attack

sinful lily
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dash strike is just a power shot yeah?

dreamy prism
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they're separate things

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dash strike is you start charging a shot right after you dash

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they charge 500x faster than if you just stand and start charging

sinful lily
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oh ok i though it was just an empowered next shot

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good to know

dreamy prism
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yep, both kinds have their power shot

sinful lily
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what about when you hammer it to autoshoot no charge

dreamy prism
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I believe that makes them all deal as much damage as when you hold charge longer than power shot window

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not perfectly sure though

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for zag bow beginners it's a really op hammer

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I ended up being so bad at zag bow that I had to rely on it for 32 heat

shell sleet
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flurry shot hard on kbm

long escarp
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Huge mistake to play KBM

shell sleet
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borderline masochistic to play kbm

valid dagger
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Switch to controller for Hera

languid rampart
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anyone know the best cast boon for hera

lucid oar
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Crush shot

worn bluff
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Anyone got an easy build for Talos fists?

valid dagger
# worn bluff Anyone got an easy build for Talos fists?

Start Ares, take Attack, look for Athena, take her Special -> get Merciful End (their Duo) then get Athena's Dash to insta-proc doom and Impending Doom from Ares because Doom procs instantly it pretty much has no downside

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Dont open up any Duos at all before getting Merciful End and for Hermes look for Hyper Sprint + Rush Delivery or +Dashes

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That's the essentials for the build

worn bluff
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Aight ty

proper furnace
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@fading nymph trippy doesnt open splitting

fading nymph
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Oh you right

proper furnace
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As it requires you to inflict hangover in 1st place

fading nymph
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Yeah

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Still prob trippy bc if it was crush would have been a 5 god pool

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And no other aphro

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And it looks like there’s some confetti on the icon

hazy slate
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swap maybe?

proper furnace
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I just wanted to know to see if say rip for no mirage shot or not lmao

untold gazelle
#

What is the best exagryph aspect without lucifers?

valid dagger
untold gazelle
valid dagger
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Yes

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When you throw your Special you can see the circle where it’s meant to land

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You just have to in there

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And you get a buff

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For 4 secs

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It’s a global damage buff so it applies to everything

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With Rocket Bomb (hammer) you don’t see that Special circle anymore because the rocket is instantaneous but the blast is very big and forgiving so it’s considered the strongest first hammer for Eris

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Because you can hug an enemy and Special and you get a buff instantly

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And easy way into clockets

languid rampart
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anyone know the best mirror of night upgrades

dreamy prism
languid rampart
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Is the red or yellow better for eacg

dreamy prism
# languid rampart Is the red or yellow better for eacg

imo

  • shadow/fiery aspect/heat dependent
  • cthonic vitality
  • death/stubborn heat dependent
  • greater reflex
  • boiling
  • infernal/stygian aspect/build dependent
  • deep pockets
  • thick skin
  • family favorite
  • dark foresight
  • pride/legacy build dependent
  • persuasion
tawny grove
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(but usually firey, but usually pride)

tight basin
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isnt privileged status also build dependent?

dreamy prism
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the only builds that should actually use it off the top of my head are dio chiron and aphro beo

tight basin
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i'm assuming aphro attack dio special on chiron but what about beo

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aphro cast and which attack?

dreamy prism
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aphro cast, demeter snow burst/attack/dash/call/whatever

tight basin
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cool thanks

tawny grove
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what about hera

tight basin
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prob same idea if i were to guess

opaque dove
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@sterile fiber

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I have never come across anything as dangerous as that explosive shot (300+% attack)

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was that just pure luck??

sterile fiber
opaque dove
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I've just never seen that upgrade I suppose

sterile fiber
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You can't see it if your 1st hammer is Flurry or Chain Shot and I forgot whether it's not available for some aspects (wiki doesn't say so though)

proper wharf
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One of my best runs was Rama double shot + explosive shot. Idk if this is considered useful at high level

proven osprey
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Explosive on Rama is debatable

valid dagger
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It can be quite annoying

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It's really slow

proven osprey
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It's a different style

valid dagger
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Yea

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Usually your ideal second hammer on Rama is Perfect Shot or Point-Blank Shot

proper wharf
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I used to hate explosive shot but it worked on this build by basically treating it as a melee weapon, peppering as many as possible with special first, then dash to behind > short charge and release.
It may be at higher heat this would be too risky. (This would've been around 10 heat iirc)

proper furnace
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It gets worse with forced overtime

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Or benefit pacakes perk cuz speeder

sterile fiber
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benefit pancakes

midnight rampart
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at what point builds get important ?

valid dagger
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Like if you want to finish a run within 7 minutes igt then your build matters quite abit

midnight rampart
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haha well i did die but on my way to 3th boss

valid dagger
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Having strong builds and learning more about your damage sources and how to make good decisions can be interesting, and obviously you're just simply gonna have less problems in rooms and bosses overall because good builds mean good damage and good damage means you spend a lot less time in rooms because most things will die relatively quickly so therefore you end up getting more wins, more titan blood, more weapons, more builds etc bouldy

midnight rampart
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oke

valid dagger
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But yea builds can range anywhere from a general setup to follow like 2-3 boons + a duo and some poms to very optimized decisions that go more into filling your god pool early, keeping pommable boons to a minimum, how to get the most out of builds etc

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If you have anything specific in mind you can ask and someone here could suggest a build for it, since this is still just a vague general idea for now

midnight rampart
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ye oke i like ares boons the most until now

valid dagger
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Yea all of the gods have strong synergies with certain weapons

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And on some other weapons they're mostly gonna be give supporting boons that you dont care too much about etc

midnight rampart
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ye im using blade now and his spell trow a blade so looks fun

valid dagger
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For the sword you can build around his Attack, a common build known as Merciful End that multiple weapons use, you can start with his Attack and pom it throughout the run then look for Athena's Special to unlock their Duo boon Merciful End and then look for the actual Duo from either god and Divine Dash + Impending Doom, very safe build but has consistency issues especially if you dont have a full mirror yet

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His cast can be good, used a lot on Achilles Spear because of the big buff, on other weapons not so much but it can work, you can pair it up with Hunting Blades to make it more accurate

midnight rampart
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uhhh oke

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ye dont know most things XD

valid dagger
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If you're still early into your playthrough it might be hard to force builds and such because no full mirror and keepsakes yet

midnight rampart
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ye im kinda in start of 3th area but did die so have to get there again

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did kill that women and other 1

dreamy prism
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tbh I'm weird and love explosive shot especially on zag bow

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it's nice to not have to line stuff up perfectly to damage multiple enemies

proper furnace
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Nah is not that weird on zag

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In rama is kinda bouldy

dreamy prism
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hm is triple + explosive the way to biggest damage buff on rama

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I guess that would be kinda funny

valid prism
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Horribly slow

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But that reminds me Astaos cleared 50 heat zag bow with triple explosive

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The combo becomes stupidly strong when the 15% crit applies

dreamy prism
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of course all bow hammers end up being far inferior to the best one, sniper shot

proper furnace
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How to get a power shot on explosive rama

  1. Get athena call
whole osprey
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i like explosive shot on rama with only triple

proper furnace
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I dont like it at all

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Tho i think one of ly 40 rama got explosive from anvil lol

dreamy prism
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trash at rama gang

proper furnace
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Average at rama gang

languid rampart
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anyone have an aspect tier list

worn bluff
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Idk how accurate this is but it's the only one I've seen

valid dagger
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It's over a year old

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I wouldnt go by tier lists, they're usually inaccurate and cant cover everything anyway

languid rampart
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Trying to find a more recent one

languid rampart
valid dagger
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Are you trying to do anything specific

languid rampart
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Not rly

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My main is hera rn

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Just trying to unlock more but dont knoe in ehat order

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Shoukd i unlock in the order of hidden aspects?

valid dagger
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If you're just looking for somewhat the strongest overall, although there is some level reliance in some of them
Nemesis for the Sword, Arthur is strong early on and for casual play if you have it revealed
All of the Bows are honestly so good, Hera is a good choice, easy to use and functions well at low investment
For Spear I'd look into Achilles, it's very versatile and can dish out a lot of damage
Fists: Demeter is strongest
Rail: Eris or Hestia usually considered the strongest, take your pick, Hestia more level reliant
Shields: Zeus and Beowulf are considered the strongest

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It doesn't cover everything obviously

languid rampart
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Should i just get the hidden aspects

valid dagger
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Well yea you should try to reveal them

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But it can be a lot of dialogue and story progression so might take a while

languid rampart
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Alr ty

vast ledge
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Does Artemis dash effect dash upper as well or just dash strike?

valid dagger
languid rampart
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Whats are some good boons to combo with hera and artemis cast

lucid oar
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Hunters mark, pressure points

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Fully loaded

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Exit wounds

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Mirage shot

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Snow burst

dreamy prism
random relic
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wait i thought it was world splitter

dreamy prism
random relic
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what does that even do?

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what is a "thrust"

errant narwhal
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its the third attack of the sword combo if im not mistaken

whole osprey
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its the end move of the base combo

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the base sword combo is garbo

random relic
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oh thats really awful lmao

worn solar
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its awful btw

random relic
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it looked way too good to have never heard about it so i assumed it was awful

worn solar
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its really awkward using the combo while dashing

untold gazelle
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is poseidon aspect good?

shell sleet
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its decent

untold gazelle
shell sleet
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im no sword expert but i think nemesis is considered to be better

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i know its better for speedrunning

desert depot
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Casually prob Poseidon

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For speed running nem has highrolls that make it nuts

slim ice
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How to gut gud at spear

tame mulch
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id say spam triangle

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im a playstation player

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I just spam special

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get artemis boon

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for crit

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and boom
damage

tawny grove
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which spear

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im assuming achillies

tame mulch
dreamy prism
tame mulch
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new players : Guess I cant play spear

hazy slate
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Yeah not a lotta zag aspects are very good

dreamy prism
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once you unlock aspects you should ditch zag spear asap because it sucks

tame mulch
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poor me

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shoudve bought archilles aspect

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I now have a rare zagreus aspect of varatha'

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and I hate myself for it

dreamy prism
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but if you really wanna use it then exploding launcher, flurry jab, and serrated point are your best bet

tame mulch
tawny grove
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i was asking god lmao

dreamy prism
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also guan yu is kinda cracked when maxed and massively overhated by casual community imo

valid dagger
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The penalty is kinda big

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But it’s unironically the safest of the spears

real ledge
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Are there anything new at the bottom of weapon select room?

slim ice
gusty rapids
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GY is just pretty horrendous at lv1

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1 hit and gg

strange lark
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That's what I call

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Skill issue

proven osprey
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^

feral night
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as long as you get the right hammer for zag rail and zag shield ofc

hazy slate
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yeah fair

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its just that there are better options i feel compared to those I should try zag rail more tbh its been a while

proper furnace
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Sf rail is fun

whole osprey
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nah

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hestia >

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😡

proper furnace
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Im not saying better dusa

whole osprey
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nah

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no

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hestia >

proper furnace
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Both are fun

whole osprey
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nah

proper furnace
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Hestia is way more accesible tho

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So many hammers

whole osprey
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hestia rail is only rail bouldy

dreamy prism
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have you ever tried privileged status super soaker build?? you just need

  1. bottom tier attack boon that actively hinders you
  2. god that's largely useless in core slot except highrolling onto call
  3. their duo at a reasonable point in time so you actually do damage
  4. hammer that actively slashes your dps by removing ramp up before getting duo
  5. a myriad of your gods' boons that let you deal actual damage to bosses
  6. both your gods' legendaries
  7. both your gods' tier 2 status effects

this build is so op that it's definitely way better than hestia

untold gazelle
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is demeter worth it?

dreamy prism
untold gazelle
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aspect sry mb

dreamy prism
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it's by far the best fists aspect

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it needs to be leveled up though

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but if you like fists you should learn it almost exclusively tbh

untold gazelle
dreamy prism
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yeah

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except unlike chaos shield it's actually good relative to its other aspects

untold gazelle
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whats her max lvl bonus special?

dreamy prism
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+5 specials for 6 total

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you'll want aphrodite, artemis, demeter, or athena on special for that reason

proper furnace
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Only like dash is weird

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And thunder flare ig

random relic
dreamy prism
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but I'm also super biased against his cast because it seems to make boiling inconsistent

strange lark
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his cast is pretty good in tart

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and then does nothing for the rest of the run