#h1-builds-and-combat

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valid dagger
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No matter the weapon

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A hammer is not a run killer

acoustic vale
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Why?

valid dagger
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Why not? It's an upgrade, potentially a big one

acoustic vale
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I'd rather avoid risking cursed slash on 32 heat ngl

valid dagger
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Take the other options?

plain river
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What would force you to take it?

acoustic vale
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I've found most sword hammers are just bad ngl

plain river
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thats just sword

valid dagger
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Sword hammers can be bad but the chances of you being locked into a bad one are practically very very low at 32 heat

plain river
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But I can see why you might think that

valid dagger
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And sword has double edge which is amazing

acoustic vale
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I've not memorized the list of hammers so I was kinda assuming the others had the same ratio of bad hammers as sword

plain river
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what group of 3 can you roll that would only have bad options

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No, sword is the outlier

valid dagger
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Flurry Slash, Cursed Slash and Dash Nova

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That's 3 harmful sword hammers on 1 screen

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But this is also Tartarus

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So just reset

acoustic vale
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I see, good to know

dreamy prism
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you only want to avoid hammers when AP2 moment (or AP1 on sword)

plain river
dreamy prism
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and even on AP2 you shouldn't really avoid hammers, just don't take them preferentially because they're unlikely to help you unless you're desperate

plain river
proper furnace
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I mean at low heat flurry + cursed wont be a jokr bouldy

dreamy prism
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flurry + cursed + epic swift strike is funny

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and bad

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but funny

plain river
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Plus demeter attack to keep them in your range 🧠

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Hoarding slash is too little of an increase to ever be worth picking up unless you have a stupid amount of obols

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like

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325786542247800321.7^38 obols

tight basin
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at least it doesn't hurt your build like other hammer upgrades

upbeat condor
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any guan yu builds worth trying?

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never found spear any good but wanna get teh bounty for the 2 ambrosia

dreamy prism
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then slap athena on dash and maybe attack

upbeat condor
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then waht on special?

dreamy prism
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sorry misspoke

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aphro special

upbeat condor
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👌

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how bout dio on attack?

dreamy prism
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yeah that's good too

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athena demeter zeus dio are all good on attack for the spin

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if you don't get charged skewer you'll want to special -> dash strike -> dash strike for extra damage

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if you get quick spin you can use it offensively, otherwise use it on spawning/phasing/unthreatening enemies for a quick heal

upbeat condor
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if i get charged skewer then what?

dreamy prism
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you can still dash strike but you should mostly special for dps

dreamy prism
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oh get something on special asap

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any +% will do, aphro best

upbeat condor
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was gonna try pposeidon and rupture

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👌

dreamy prism
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meh poseidon bad on special

upbeat condor
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oh ok

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might get his call then

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and hope for aphro

dreamy prism
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general rule of thumb is that poseidon attack and special are bad

upbeat condor
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i think its okay

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for sea storm duo

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like mayme on gun or chiron

plain river
dreamy prism
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sadly

upbeat condor
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then wahts a good duo bon or legendary for fast fire rate like chiron or gun?

dreamy prism
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uhhh

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dio has good stuff like low tolerance for chiron

proper furnace
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On chiron depends, pos special is legit and yes you want sea storm, artemis wants heart rend, dio low tol/CoN

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Rail doesnt care about duos

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But cant go wrong with Smair

rare topaz
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I back up Poseidon Special + Zeus Dash/Aid + Sea Storm + Static Discharge

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Artemis is really fun for Support Fire

proper furnace
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For chiron?

rare topaz
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Yes

proper furnace
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It doesnt proc on every arrow

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Iirc

rare topaz
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Idk if it does or not but I still enjoyed it

dreamy prism
proper furnace
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Is a buff no?

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You get to use its iframes more

dreamy prism
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dammit you're right

plain river
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Zeus attack + artemis for pressure point/hunters mark/ support fire is fun

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On adamant rail

plain river
proper furnace
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I want the special before support normally but yes is fun

proper furnace
plain river
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aphro special, get heart rend up in there

proper furnace
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From what artemis core (this is rail right)

plain river
proper furnace
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At the cost of doing no dmg dusa

plain river
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this is rail, it’d be cast then
😎🔫

proper furnace
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Now your next pom isnt gonna have jolted/dash cuz you took cast dusa

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I barely take casts on eris

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Tho phalanx for LP sounds fun

proper furnace
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You really want to pom static discharge/tidal dash normally

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So i mostly avoid boons that can be pommed that arent really helpful

plain river
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Just remembered my drunk strike eris run it was bonkers

proper furnace
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Try resetting for drunken strike and do some memes with mom's pom

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Lvl 15 drunken strike funny

proper furnace
plain river
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it wasn’t that high but it was pretty high level epic drunk strike plus curse of nausea and low tolerance

proper furnace
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Thats the common way to build ye

plain river
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Lucifer best rail

proper furnace
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Funny rail but not my fault eris and hestia exists

cunning urchin
plain river
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Really? It feels really lack lustre whenever I use it

proper furnace
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A few poms helps/having Hunter's mark

sterile fiber
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if I proc Ruthless Reflex and Eris do I get 125% global damage

lucid oar
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Math says yeah

proper furnace
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Ye, for 2 secs you get red hyper delivery

sterile fiber
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stonks

cunning urchin
random relic
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aphro is 80%, poseidon is 70%

proper furnace
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How good is pos rarity/pom scaling?

random relic
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rarity same as everything else, pom scaling isnt bad iirc

plain river
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If I have lambent plume and then ditch it for another trinket what happens

dreamy prism
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lose your buffs

strange lark
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You lose the buff from the plume

dreamy prism
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aka don't use plume or butterfly lol

strange lark
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Nah bro butterfly goated

dreamy prism
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my mind has been changed

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thank you for showing me the light

strange lark
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😃 👍

dreamy prism
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🤣👍

plain river
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Flash fire, concentrated beam or greater inferno?

lucid oar
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Flash fire

graceful seal
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It's time to beat yo ass hades

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that snow is crazy tho

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💯

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I lost

plain river
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200% aphro rocket on eris 😎

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Delta chamber, explosive fire or piercing fire

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  • why?
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I’ll just take delta chamber I guess

proper furnace
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def delta lol

sterile fiber
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Delta Eris lets you keep iframes when dash attacking

nocturne ether
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How much better does the rails attack with eris aspect get on max upgrade cause rn I'm on level 2 or 3, even with boons like Zeus attack and Artemis support arrow the atk still feels like chip damage even with that enhanced atk from special

tight basin
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Bonus Damage
(+15% / +30% / +45% / +60% / +75%)

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iirc others have said that clockets is the way to go for eris with a large special% modifier

nocturne ether
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Also for that % modifier would something like deadly flourish work?

dreamy prism
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you can't ever count on getting two hammers you want, better to build safe by just spamming zeus and all his scaling shenanigans

tight basin
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fair

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but it is something to look out for

cunning urchin
gloomy canyon
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Does achilles spear boost mirage shots damage as well?

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Or is it just the first cast that gets the buff

cunning urchin
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Mirage Shot gets all the bonus damage you have.

tepid lichen
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is there a helltaker mod for hades
where instead of Gods there are Hell girls

valid dagger
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Not to my knowledge

thick valve
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whats a good strategy for beowulf shield?

valid dagger
# thick valve whats a good strategy for beowulf shield?

Start with Poseidon and take Flood flare, pom it as much as you can, look for Artemis and try to get attack, if not offered take her Special, this opens up Mirage shot which is bugged on Beo and does 100% instead of 30% so it’s a staple for all high damage builds, after that scale from wells and chaos and potentially Hermes

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Make sure you don’t open up other Duos until you have Mirage

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Charged Shot is your top hammer

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Followed by Sudden Ferocious Breaching

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Note that even if you find Artemis in Tartarus you should still force her in Asphodel because you need Mirage asap

thick valve
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tytyty

valid dagger
# thick valve tytyty

A different build can start with Passion Flare from Aphrodite, less reliant on Mirage Shot due to Passion Flare’s big base damage, you can pair it with Pstatus on the mirror and look for Snow burst from Demeter

clever phoenix
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you didn't mention dio beo

valid dagger
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Dio Beo is a very inconsistent build and most people wont pilot it well, it's mostly just a fun big damage build but Flood and Passion are clearly superior

steep elm
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just run it with stygian and get casts from everyone

plain river
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Stygian is very cool

steep elm
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I've grown to like it a lot more but if chaos doesn't help you out it can be rough

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I had a really fun hera run with dio cast

dreamy prism
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other source of scaling is that extra boss damage poseidon boon

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forgot the name

lucid oar
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Wave pounding

dreamy prism
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kinda op boon tbh

plain river
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Pos cast+Rupture+sea storm+ jolted + demeter/pos duo to make your cast give more status effects than privledged status needs 🧠

plain river
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is triple bomb a good substitute for cluster bomb when you have rockets

valid dagger
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It can be if you pilot it well enough

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For most people it’s just awkward

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It takes a lot of practice to use it well

plain river
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Triple shot, pointblank shot or flurry shot? Zag bow with aphro attack

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I think it really boils down to triple shot or flurry shot but I’m not used to non-chiron/rama bows

valid dagger
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Usually Triple is the pick there

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Flurry and Point Blank are very good for the second hammer

plain river
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How does one effectively use and build chaos shield?

strange lark
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Switch aspects

plain river
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I don’t like it compared to the other shields but I’m trying to complete runs with every aspect on every weapon

plain river
strange lark
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Cshot aphro attack

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Spam that

plain river
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Anything to throw on special for duos?

proper wharf
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Flat dmg is quite nice on the shields at lower heat

plain river
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I just launched into a run with it and I have explosive return, empowering flight and sudden rush as hammer options

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I want to go sudden rush but I’m not sure

proper wharf
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Iirc explosive return can be used and then try to get close to high health targets to hit them with as many shields as possible

plain river
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Does explosive return get provoked by every shield return?

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On chaos

proper wharf
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Don't think so

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That might risk making it good

plain river
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so sudden rush it is? Or explosive return?

proper wharf
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Either could be good

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Probably depends on what you're building towards

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If you have a good % attack then sudden rush, otherwise exp return

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That's what I'd go with anyway

plain river
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Purplr abyssal strike

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Chaos is the only boons I need

unreal tree
strange lark
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Angel go to sleep

cunning urchin
plain river
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Is pom scaling tied to boon rarity?

lucid oar
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No

cunning urchin
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Common Lv.1 is essentially the base value. Any rarity and level bonuses are based on that and just added on top.

hallow geyser
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Tips for using Beowulf

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It turns out I am bad at it

lucid oar
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Rebind cast to bumper

valid dagger
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Dash strike to start the bullrush/shot

lucid oar
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Dash attack before bull rushing

valid dagger
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No standing attacks

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Load casts mid rush

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Learn breakpoints

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Only load the proper amount needed

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For each enemy

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What build are you trying to do

hallow geyser
hallow geyser
hallow geyser
dreamy prism
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just get explosive return and dashing flight

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and then uhhhh time out in elysium

hallow geyser
lucid oar
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He means no standing attacks

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The rush is always the same

dreamy prism
hallow geyser
hallow geyser
valid dagger
hallow geyser
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But yh I have learnt never stand strike on any weapon any aspect

lucid oar
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You have to attack before you cast

dreamy prism
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yeah but flares are op and dstrike lets you discharge flares sooner

valid dagger
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Afterwards

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Because if not I wouldnt recommend Flood

hallow geyser
hallow geyser
valid dagger
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Sort of

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You have to attack and hold to start a bullrush

lucid oar
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Kind of? It’s more so that bull rushing just makes you attack first anyway

dreamy prism
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what do y'all mean kind of

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they're like the exact same in that respect

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I never thought of that

lucid oar
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The game doesn’t know you want to bull rush when you initially press attack

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So it does one

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So yeah it is the same

dreamy prism
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but the game doesn't know you want to spin either

hallow geyser
dreamy prism
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aphro flare is good

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good aka best if you don't get mirage

hallow geyser
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I thought that Aphrodite is mainly used with Hera not Beowulf

clever phoenix
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both works with it

hallow geyser
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So why is aphro better

dreamy prism
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just the most damage of the flares

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that's all

hallow geyser
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Also won't it be hard to get mirage shot without flood shot

valid dagger
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Just stick to Flood

dreamy prism
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very so don't rely on it

valid dagger
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Getting Mirage is easy

dreamy prism
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yeah mirage is close to the easiest duo to force

valid dagger
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And it’s more damage

dreamy prism
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since second god of arty can go on everything but dash

valid dagger
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Just don’t open up other duos

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And keep pomming your cast

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Watch some vods

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Of good beo players

dreamy prism
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and if you don't get mirage the aspect still functions which is really nice

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unlike crap like ME fists

valid dagger
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Well yea, filling your god pool early helps with seeing Mirage gods

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So you’ll easily get it, sometimes late but better than never

dreamy prism
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I wonder if pride is good for lower heat beo

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aka newer player beo

valid dagger
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I would not

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I’d argue the opposite

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Pride is good for when you know what you’re doing and you’re highrolling for Hermes and Chaos

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When you’re new all you want is Mirage

dreamy prism
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yeah figured

valid dagger
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Pride is also good if you’re just playing classic High heat beo with Passion Flare Snow burst

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Because you don’t care about Mirage

dreamy prism
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man I remember my first 50 attempt getting passion mirage c2 ely

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that was wild

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imagine choking that

hallow geyser
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Sooo, I shall stick to flood shot and use god's legacy?

valid dagger
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Yea that’s fine

hallow geyser
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Btw what are builds do you recommend using legacy with it

valid dagger
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I pretty much only use it only Beo when lookin for Mirage

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Pride on everything else

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You can use it on Zeus shield with ME

steep elm
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I feel like I haven't had too much issue getting dues with gods pride and the epics are way too good to pass up on imo

short sapphire
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Got 3 epic eclipse boons and epic oceans bounty in one run, 1.5k darkness from dad lol

hallow geyser
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Wtf

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How

proper furnace
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@hallow geyser about the cast build
Is memeing that fully loaded for whatever reason refuses to appear on cast builds for most people

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But it always appears on non cast builds

hallow geyser
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Ah

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Understood it now

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ME in my case

crimson void
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best weapon?

hallow geyser
hallow geyser
hallow geyser
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Maybe Beowulf shield

crimson void
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why?

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i cant even kill hydra with shield

feral night
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it's very strong, fast, and easy

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and safe

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beowulf shield specifically, not any of the other shields

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but all of the weapons are viable until you start pushing for things like sub7 speedrun times and 50 heat

crimson void
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with canon i almost killed|| hades|| at first encounter

feral night
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canon?

crimson void
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exagrifo?

feral night
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ah, the rail

crimson void
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adamant rail

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yeees

feral night
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yes rail is very good

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the hestia and eris aspects are the best

feral night
crimson void
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ok

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how do i unlock the beowulf aspect?

feral night
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are you a new player, have you unlocked aspects yet?

crimson void
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yes

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i have ||zeus, caos and zagreo|| aspect

valid dagger
proper furnace
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Instead of having 2 out of 3 you need 2 of 2 on Beo for example

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While you also my want other boons first from artemis/may not see her at all

hallow geyser
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I was lucky that run

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I have completed the requirements in asphodel so it was easy

short sapphire
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i have had a bunch of runs recently where i dont get oceans bounty OR eclipse

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so i get unlucky too

dreamy prism
random relic
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eris tbh

steep elm
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eris or chiron

granite anchor
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Hey does higher heat equal more darkness after a boss?

tight basin
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nope

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rewards are always the same, the only thing you get from higher heats is pain and bragging rights

plain river
tight basin
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bounties cap at 20 but up until then yeah

acoustic vale
steep elm
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lol

unreal tree
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Based

gilded pewter
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I agree

rigid sage
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Arthur without a doubt

tepid lichen
random relic
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chaos shield is pretty good

plain river
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Gilgamesh+pos dash= good, yes?

valid dagger
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Yes

dreamy prism
plain river
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I thought I read somewhere that peer pressure was glitched, is it?

unreal tree
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Bug doczagluv

random relic
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someone just accidentally left an 8* in the code???

proper furnace
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not exactly

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iirc some non zag sources (mostly traps) have some dmg multiplier to them or smth like that

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so by peer pressure being the only dmg source ig is not counted as zag dmg source so it gets the multiplier

dreamy prism
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huh

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is that why you can't stack stygian shards to one shot bosses

proper furnace
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if bosses didnt have their shield per phase they prob get 1 shotted

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rama has a way to skip Lernie tho

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well not skip but bypass the shield and do huge dmg

feral night
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does the shared suffering still hit when there's a shield?

proper furnace
# feral night does the shared suffering still hit when there's a shield?

Im not bothering explaining so
https://youtu.be/zx4S1W8NWkk

Skip the final Lernie phase using Rama Bow.

Unlike direct attacks on the boss, the Shared Suffering effect from Rama bow is not capped, so you can kill the boss without triggering phase 3.

Boons are typical for a routed speedrun:
Perfect Shot
Artemis Attack
Aphrodite Special
Heart Rend
Clean Kill (Level 2)
4x Dash Strike Damage from Chaos (117...

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dreamy prism
random relic
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wtf

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thats um

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hm

plain river
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Oh

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Did you crit on the shared suffering?

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so he just died?

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Also

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Is that pc gameplay? That looks so annoying to play

dreamy prism
plain river
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Lol what

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Maybe I’m just a switch player

true pollen
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Fiery presence or shadow presence

dreamy prism
cunning urchin
random relic
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second best aspect ngl

true pollen
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Ima have my first finished run with stygius Mirror builds?

dreamy prism
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at this point I'm just putting all my 50s in profile picture

random relic
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i wonder which one will be the last

cunning urchin
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Do all your 51s in your pfp. celina8Salt

dreamy prism
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lucifer, zag shield then idk

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guan yu?

random relic
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zeus shield?

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rama?

cunning urchin
random relic
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lmao

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guan yu seems terrible for high heat

dreamy prism
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zeus shield is a train wreck for me

random relic
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but maybe im wrong

dreamy prism
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I tried ME 40 and got clapped hard

cunning urchin
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No, you're correct.

random relic
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lightning flourish + zeus boons

dreamy prism
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I tried that too like a month ago on 32

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almost got clapped

random relic
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youre much better than you were a month ago

dreamy prism
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I guess

cunning urchin
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Yeah, don't worry about Merciful End.

random relic
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anyway yeah zeus shield is hard but its pretty resistant to pact

proven osprey
dreamy prism
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I'll give zeus special a whirl on 40 then

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guan yu can rank RI1 I'm sure

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RI2 maybe but 25hp sus

random relic
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youd get one shot by literally everything lmao

valid dagger
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Guan Yu is tough but probably at the top end of high heat Spear

random relic
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with sd youd be at like 7 hp the whole time lol

valid dagger
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Hell yea

random relic
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oh damn

valid dagger
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At 45+

random relic
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whys that?

dreamy prism
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healing I assume

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also almost benefitting from JS

random relic
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oh i always forget gy has healing lmao

valid dagger
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Although you have low hp the aspect is pretty safe with a Special boon and the hammer and that is all you need to beat the whole thing

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The healing is not usable, it’s not the reason

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Atleast not reliably

random relic
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hmmm i suppose

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so what, is ap2 just kinda free on it?

dreamy prism
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styx tho

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big boy healing, who needs patty

valid dagger
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In Styx yea you can heal up but it can waste your time

dreamy prism
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knowing my luck I'm gonna get obliterated in aspho a few runs in a row then AP2 into cskewer + quick spin and ddash

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hm yeah guan yu isn't the fastest

random relic
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so is achilles just not as good because it needs more for a good build and is harder to get at high heat?

valid dagger
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Guan yu usually doesn’t check second hammer on Ap2

dreamy prism
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serrated moment

valid dagger
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Because serrated exists, and there isn’t an amazing second hammer that you really want

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Like Breaching is good

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But not needed

dreamy prism
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let me look at pact

cunning urchin
dreamy prism
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bet

valid dagger
proven osprey
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You do have less room for mistakes tbf

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And spamming special from a distance won't always cut it

valid dagger
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Yeye

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I remember my first Guan yu attempts

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At 50

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I think I died like 20 times in Tartarus

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Once it gets going it feels pretty gud

proper furnace
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From Pseudo (speedrun-modding server)

cerulean musk
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If i sell Athena special after getting merciful end, will my divine dash still trigger doom?

plain river
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Yes

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Your deflect abilities trigger doom, not specifically the special

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its just that athena attack or special are prerequisites to pick up the duo

cerulean musk
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Thanks

plain river
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piercing, ricochet, or explosive fire?

lucid oar
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Aspect?

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First or second hammer?

plain river
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first hammer

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on eris

valid dagger
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They're all pretty awful

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You'll probably take Explosive or Piercing

plain river
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kinda feeling explosive, yeah

proper wharf
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If you get explosive and take flat dmg on attack, does every victim of the explosion proc the flat dmg, or just the target aimed at?

plain river
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depends on the flat damage I think

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think doom and dio would

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but zeus attack kind of already does that by itsself anyways

unreal tree
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Reset

valid dagger
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The correct choice

cunning urchin
valid dagger
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Explosive slows them down

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It does not stun

cunning urchin
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Slowed enemies attack less. dusa

valid dagger
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Practically it's not noticeable

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Atleast not enough to make any significant impact on your overall dps

floral drift
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What are the best boons for aspect of Achilles varatha?

plain river
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Aphrodite special and artemis attack + heart rend duo boon worked well for me but something else probably works better

floral drift
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What about Daedalus hammers?

plain river
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Flurry jab is one of the recommended ones I think?

strange lark
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yeah

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good guide

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for achille

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s

floral drift
acoustic vale
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Imagine if Arthur had access to long knuckle. Obviously what it needs is even more range right?

hallow geyser
valid dagger
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You use it as a duo opener not something you shoot for

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Artemis Attack is stronger with either of those builds

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And overall it’s better to just start Tidal dash

hallow geyser
turbid needle
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does anyone have a build for lucifer or suggestions on how to play the weapon. can't deal with it.

plain river
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Or… grab pos attack, zeus whatever, sea storm, water gun, much splooshing

west yacht
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what's better at high heat chaos or zeus aspect?

plain river
#

I’d never take chaos over zeus

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Ever

#

personal preference but also just zeus is better so

west yacht
#

oke thanks

ocean oar
#

Any god recommendations for zagreus fists? im thinking zeus might work nicely

plain river
#

Ares attack + athena special + merciless end comes to mind

proper furnace
#

Zeus works well ye

proper wharf
ocean oar
#

cool im gonna try all of them as all sound fun, thanks people

void dagger
#

Hey folks

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For those of you who like to play with the Chiron bow, which Special do you prefer?

#

I have decided to go with Aphrodite on Attacks since it doesn't benefit from multiple applications but for the special I'm not so sure.

#

Both Dionysus and Demeter sound great with the 40% status curse effect whereas Artemis has a ton of crit which does 300% damage instead of 100%.

proper furnace
#

Dio works well, artemis works well, poseidon is nice (but sea storm helps a lot here)

#

On artemis you dont use priv status

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Swap to the alt skill

void dagger
#

What about Demeter on the Special?

#

1-tap nearly completely slowed bosses is really easy to play with from my experience

#

But the other boons don't offer much

#

Also, what Keepsake do you start with ?

valid dagger
valid dagger
void dagger
#

Alright

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The issue with Artemis is that it's hard to get a second status curse effect

#

What Keepsakes do you pick?

valid dagger
#

Don't run pstatus

#

Family Favorite is stronger in such a build

void dagger
#

I'm still inexperienced but, from what I see it's a good idea to pick Aphrodite or Dionysus as a first Keepsake to guarantee one of their buffs, right ?

valid dagger
void dagger
#

Well RNG can always screw you over but I guess picking either one leads to more consistency.

valid dagger
#

That is true but it's not likely in the scenario in question here

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It's a literal priority boon

#

You're very likely to get it

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And if not you can roll once

void dagger
#

I see

valid dagger
#

And back to the pstatus thing, it forces you to go out of your way to get curses to proc it, it's not worth it on a lot of builds, Family Favorite is an unconditional substantial boost that you can get consistently every run

void dagger
#

I can almost always get status curse effects with re-rolling

valid dagger
#

Sure, but it's not always worth doing that

#

And sometimes it's a pain to apply them

void dagger
#

What Keepsakes would you recommend picking at each stage ?

#

Sure

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That's true

valid dagger
#

For Chiron specifically?

void dagger
#

yes

valid dagger
#

Start with Dio then take Aphro in Asphodel, Acorn for Elysium and Styx

void dagger
#

Over Spiked Collar ?

west yacht
#

what are the most viable aspects for high heat?

void dagger
#

I'm still relatively bad at the game so I get hit pretty often.

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30h playtime, 80% of that with Chiron and having beaten heat 8

#

avoiding 5 hits is better than 50hp?

proper furnace
#

5 hits from heroes/dad is gonna be a lot more hp than 50

valid dagger
#

Yes

valid dagger
west yacht
void dagger
#

Most people consider high heat something over 30

#

From what I've read on Reddit

valid dagger
# west yacht as high as possible

That doesn't really help, when people here refer to High heat they are usually talking about 32 or more, up until 40-45 heat everything is quite viable, not equally

#

Each weapon usually has 1 or 2 that are superior to the rest at that point

void dagger
#

Sure but the 50hp is actually 50+3x25=125hp

void dagger
#

I never proc death defiance prior to daddy

valid dagger
# west yacht which ones then

It would probably be something like Nemesis, Zeus Shield, Beowulf, Rama, Zag Bow, Demeter Fists, Achilles, Guan Yu, Eris Hestia

west yacht
#

tenkiu

valid dagger
#

Again, not to say that the rest is bad, those are just regarded as the top end, usually around the 45-50+ mark

valid dagger
#

Tooth also a very nice option, and can get usage in rooms if they're difficult enough

void dagger
#

Alright, I'll try it out and see how it goes!

#

Thanks for the help 🙂

valid dagger
#

glhf

turbid needle
plain river
#

Lucifer is so fun though what

#

Just drink the sea storm water gun juice

proper furnace
#

And suffer when sea storm doesnt appear

random relic
# west yacht what's better at high heat chaos or zeus aspect?

absolutely chaos. chaos is by far the best shield aspect and dont let anyone tell you otherwise. chaos has no downsides, while zeus does have a downside, and its that your special moves slower. being able to actually deal damage with your special is completely irrelevant if its slow and impossible to use, but having more specials is clearly better. what even is a "blitz disc" anyway? what a terrible name. "bonus shields" is the stuff im after. just think how much cooler it is to be able to throw 6 shields at once like captain america compared to just lazily sliding your shield along the ground. and dont even get me started on the design of the shields. the aspect of chaos' design on the shield is clearly surperior, because it is one big eye, while zeus has two small eyes. who doesnt like big eyes? not me! and also, chaos (the character) is just objectively cooler and more egg than zeus, who is neither cool nor egg. this is why the aspect of zeus on aegis, the shield of chaos, is clearly worse than the aspect of chaos on aegis, the shield of chaos. i mean, the aspect is even named after the original owner of the shield! it clearly gets bonus points for that. beowulf is even worse. its way too slow and doesnt deal any damage whatsoever. i tested the dps of beowulf vs chaos shield on skelly and determined that chaos shield was actually way faster and was clearly easier to use. and realistically, the size of beowulfs cast makes it almost impossible to use. its so small that youd never see any real use of it. chaos shield on the other hand is so versatile with its shield throwing ability that goes much farther. the special on beowulf is absolute trash in comparison, and thats something you should really consider when choosing which aspect is better. the best cast, normally (slicing shot) is somehow terrible on beo and i dont even want to try any of the other casts for fear of how bad they are. zagreus is just boring. who thought adding more damage would be more fun?

plain river
#

Hmm

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I’m sensing bias based on your name

#

also calling zeus shield impossible to use bouldy

chilly garnet
#

I do enjoy the chaos shield mechanic, I just wish it were stronger. Maybe if it came with something like built-in sudden rush or charged shot

And Chaos talking to you occasionally while using chaos shield is S rank flavor

random relic
plain river
#

I’d say it’s a very, very subjective and incorrect piece of info

random relic
#

incorrect? im not sure where you are getting your information from

strange lark
plain river
#

And zag shield being boring and not adding anything cool to the weapon

cunning urchin
plain river
#

Maybe it’d be stronger if it was just stronger bouldy

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Homing chaos shields

cunning urchin
#

For reference, that's how it behaved in Early Access when it was #1 on the tier lists.

random relic
#

ok i added more information to the paragraph

plain river
#

beautiful

random relic
#

im glad i can educate misinformed people

cunning urchin
#

Since that's what it did for a while in Early Access.

random relic
#

well i mean it doesnt do that anymore

cunning urchin
#

Exactly.

proper furnace
#

wait it gave dmg resistance?

#

huh

cunning urchin
#

See? That's why you should change it. dusa

random relic
#

i dont get it

#

besides im like on the cusp of the 2k character limit lol

#

at 1997

hallow geyser
#

+Zeus is much better than chaos

#

Chaos feels like you don't have an aspect

strange lark
#

me when the

#

joke

random relic
#

i didnt mention it earlier but beowulf has another downside and its that you cant get a damage boost from boiling blood like you can with other aspects

hallow geyser
#

With all aspects boiling blood isn't used that much

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Like nearly only sword

#

That isn't really a downside

proper furnace
#

I use it on every weapon

valid dagger
#

You should actually use it on every weapon

#

Almost every weapon has something that can scale pretty well off of it

cunning urchin
hallow geyser
hallow geyser
# proper furnace I use it on every weapon

I use it but mostly on bosses where I can have a chance with no crowds, use it like not so often in normal encounters because I feel like I kinda ruin my attack sequence

#

Depending on the enemies and the situation

strange lark
#

its good on beo

proper furnace
#

I think abyssal is better

hallow geyser
#

Both are as useless

strange lark
#

oh damn really

random relic
#

nah boiling blood is very useful, especially when you can cancel it into something else

proven osprey
#

Don't worry it's memeing

dreamy prism
#

no it's not I just used beowulf at 0 heat and lost in tartarus

#

this would never happen with chaos shield

hallow geyser
#

Because like Beowulf is really different that you will die when you use it at the beginning

#

But not 0 heat tbh

strange lark
#

i die in tartarus all the time

#

because i reset

dreamy prism
#

semirelated but why is the modded quick reset thing so hard to do

#

I swear it takes me 10 seconds of pressing the key combo

strange lark
#

keys will ghost you if they are pressed at the same time and are close together

random relic
valid dagger
#

It's not active by default

cunning urchin
lucid oar
#

I just mash every button on my controller

cunning urchin
#

Bruh.

frosty canyon
#

whats the best build for arthur?

feral night
#

aphrodite attack, shadow slash and/or breaching slash, either hyper sprint+rush delivery or swift strike

frosty canyon
#

ok ty

umbral kernel
#

What should you be using on the aspect of lucifer exa?

umbral kernel
#

Also would like to know if there's a site of some sort for these things, or is my best bet just asking here?

cunning urchin
ocean oar
cunning urchin
#

Good understanding of meta builds and some off-meta ones.

plain river
#

Merciless end is good on any malphon aspect yes?

proper furnace
#

ye

plain river
#

Which hammers = good on gilgamesh

dreamy prism
plain river
#

and as secondary hammers which ones are good?

lucid oar
#

Rush kick I think

plain river
#

And I am at a loss as to what to build, merciless end comes to mind but I also want weaken so I don’t die upon getting hit

dreamy prism
#

ME works on gilga since it has built in +1 dash

#

I'd say it's the best ME fist if you get it, if you don't get it then dem wins due to beefy athena specials

#

your other option is aphro attack

plain river
#

so doom strike deflect flourish?

dreamy prism
#

and ddash of course

#

it's a highroll build by definition and if you don't get ME you're kinda screwed on gilga

proper furnace
#

but is gilga dashes so might as well be 1 bouldy

dreamy prism
#

wait

#

you RR on gilga right

proper furnace
#

yup

dreamy prism
#

so it's effectively +1

proper furnace
#

ye ye

plain river
#

Ruthless reflex it is then?

proper furnace
#

yup

dreamy prism
#

always

lucid oar
#

+1 but you also get common rd

proper furnace
#

and dodge chance

dreamy prism
#

but RD sucks

plain river
#

Priviledged status or the other one

proper furnace
#

fam fav

lucid oar
#

Rd epic

dreamy prism
#

on ME the build is so stupidly highroll you should FF up

#

unless you wanted to roll for blinding flash lol

plain river
#

Is what you get from rerolls seeded?

cunning urchin
#

Yes.

plain river
#

On my way to kill the most annoying spear user without doom strike because I can’t bloody find it

#

I’ve found it… but its common

proper furnace
#

better than no doom

#

force dem for rare crop

plain river
#

Everything is dying really fast regardless

#

With the little caviot that this is 1 heat because darkness run but

plain river
#

Hehe chamber 4 and I already have aphro attack, purple artemis flourish and relentless volley on chiron

#

So +90% damage

#

ended up getting rare crop on my special right before furies so it wasn't at peak efficiency but my luck this run is through the roof

#

strolling up to lernie with a level 8 artemis flourish on chiron

dreamy prism
#

tbh poms on arty special for chiron are obviously good but also kinda meh

plain river
#

yeah level 8 red arte flourish being +151% damage is kinda underwhelming

#

although

#

with concentrated and relentless volley

#

everything is dying either way

dreamy prism
#

damn

#

got heart rend?

short sapphire
#

Zeus shield with Athena special + ares attack + merciful end

plain river
#

Why is rush delivery good? It seems like it wouldn’t be

#

like

strange lark
#

more movespeed more damage

#

hyper sprint 100% movespeed

#

common rd 50% damage based on movespeed

plain river
#

For half a second

strange lark
#

thats good

#

like

#

on all weapons

dreamy prism
#

trust me it's active way more than it seems

#

it's completely broken

plain river
#

I guess it just sounds lacklustre then

strange lark
#

its pretty decent

proper furnace
#

And makes ichors an amazing thing to buy

strange lark
#

movespeed may or may not be multiplicative

#

so buying ichors and other movespeed items might be good

clever phoenix
#

also sturdy effect is also very good

#

30% damage reduction + uninterrupable attacks is nothing to scoff at

dreamy prism
#

sturdy sucks because I accidentally sturdy myself while trying to kill myself with elysium eggs

clever phoenix
#

what

random relic
#

to reset sd

clever phoenix
#

ah

#

well killing yourself slower isn't a bad thing in runs

#

right

#

or no

random relic
#

no, its bad if youre trying to reset sd

#

but in no other situation is it bad

plain river
#

killing yourself in elysium?

random relic
#

yeah

#

its pretty normal lol

dreamy prism
random relic
#

lmao

tight basin
#

if you're using lc4, your only way to "regen" health without any aspect gimmicks is by sd

#

guan yu and draining cutter also allows for health regen iirc tho

dreamy prism
#

I think are the only health sources otherwise

tight basin
#

oh right i forgot about actual run related things lmao i was only thinking weapons

dreamy prism
#

I actually randomly picked up stubborn roots early in my lucifer 50 attempt

#

it's less impressive than I thought it would be

random relic
#

indeed

#

probably makes up like 1 hit in bosses

#

so not terrible but certainly not game breaking

tight basin
#

you might as well grab it if the other 2 options aren't great lol

dreamy prism
#

yeah

#

I sold it near the end of styx which was unironically nice

tight basin
#

what are some tips for going faster on chiron? in my last run i nearly timed out on the furies and finished elysium as soon as the time hit 0
i ended up going into hades with 2:40 remaining but since i had to go faster in the rooms before i had used most of my DD's already and promptly died on the 2nd phase

#

feels bad throwing the run with low tolerance, sweet nectar, and curse of nausea

plain river
#

just copy what I put in victory boasting earlier today 1:1

dreamy prism
#

aphro attack dio special is one of the ways to speed up chiron

plain river
#

very easy and not luck dependent at all, definitely

tight basin
plain river
#

yup aphro attack and dio special sounds about right for chiron

#

max level I assume?

dreamy prism
#

were you using 2-3 specials per mark usually?

tight basin
#

granted i wasn't able to get PS running until asphodel so that's why my tartarus was slow but i did have curse of nausea for the furies fight

dreamy prism
#

with dio special you want to do 1-2

tight basin
#

got faster special from hermes so i could slip in a 4th occasionally

#

ah

dreamy prism
#

since hangover will do the dirty work

#

wanna spread stacks to every enemy asap

tight basin
#

i didn't get a lot of poms tho and only had lvl 2 special for most of the run

#

would 2 shots still be able to clear most enemies?

dreamy prism
#

yep that's the issue, dio chiron needs poms

tight basin
#

great i got slapped by no pom rng

dreamy prism
#

lol yep

#

just get a feel for when to 1 special and when to 2 special

#

assume you were marking via dstrike always

tight basin
#

mostly yeah

#

so i just need to learn my break points

dreamy prism
#

yep

#

you shouldn't expect to get PS running before aspho so that's not the issue

tight basin
#

learn break points and get better rng with poms

dreamy prism
#

any good hammers?

tight basin
#

not really

plain river
#

piercing shortens special distance doesn't it

dreamy prism
#

slightly

#

I still like it but some people swear against it

tight basin
#

point blank, forgot the second one i got
bought the anvil hoping to get something useful then got slapped by exploding shot and piercing

#

and lost point blank from that lol

dreamy prism
#

if you're unethical like me you can save scum anvil

#

not on modded tho that corrupts your save sometimes

tight basin
#

i thought about it lmao

plain river
#

save scumming can corrupt your save who knew

tight basin
#

then i figured "whatever piercing isn't that bad" and then i realized that exploding shot is really bad

dreamy prism
#

on unmodded it never gives issues

#

something about speedrun mod causes problems though

tight basin
dreamy prism
#

eh I'm actually somewhat partial to exploding chiron

#

it gives some aoe which is always appreciated on the single most aoe lacking aspect in the game

tight basin
#

well i dont think it's bad the issue was that the hades fight was next so i didn't have any time to get used to it

dreamy prism
#

oh yeah exploding isn't the best vs dad

#

one trick with dio chiron is avoid/purge/take unpommable boons

#

dio chiron doesn't need much and scales mostly from low tolerance/curse of nausea/poms so that helps you with more levels

tight basin
#

true

dreamy prism
#

your pact wasn't interfering, correct?

#

nothing nasty like JS

tight basin
#

benefit packages probably hurt a bit

#

wait not that one

#

middle management

#

mini boss buff thingy

dreamy prism
#

meh

#

chiron doesn't have issues with MM really

#

in fact EM4 is valid for chiron 32+

#

bosses and minibosses are its specialty

tight basin
#

i dont know the meg placement for the tartarus explody miniboss

#

so that took a lot of time

dreamy prism
#

you pray and press summon at an arbitrary point in time

#

idk MM meg either

tight basin
#

the mini boss in styx with the giant satyr and big boi crystal sucked because they dodged meg

#

lost a dd there

dreamy prism
#

rip

#

chiron has a lot of issues with styx

tight basin
#

yeah

dreamy prism
#

tight spaces wreck havoc on wide arrow spread

tight basin
#

i had tidal dash but no breaking wave because i didn't see poseidon at all lmao

dreamy prism
#

well tidal dash better than nothing, excellent on chiron imo

tight basin
#

yeah it was good

dreamy prism
#

man now I'm tempted to try 50ing chiron

tight basin
#

lmao do it

dreamy prism
#

I'll probably try it for a few runs then remember why I don't play chiron anymore

tight basin
#

fair

#

i'm trying to work up my way to 32 heat bow so i'd have more than 1 weapon at 32 heat but chiron is going poorly lol

lucid oar
#

Chiron sucks

#

That’s why

tight basin
#

might give hera a go instead of chiron even tho i like chiron more

tight basin
#

the easy way out

dreamy prism
#

hera's not kind at high heat from what I understand

lucid oar
#

It’s fine at 32

tight basin
#

it isn't but i think it'll be more well rounded for me

lucid oar
#

At 45+ it starts to feel awful

dreamy prism
#

yeah true since no need for the bad pacts

#

like RI DC JS

lucid oar
#

Yeah

dreamy prism
#

tbh just run gun

#

eris 32 is a big joke

#

no thinking required just hold down button

tight basin
#

i've never played eris lmao i'm still working on bounties with the rail and hestia is just the most mindless so i've been doing that

dreamy prism
#

why not 32 hestia then

#

it's not brainless but it's easy mode

lucid oar
#

Eris with delta chamber might be the easiest 32 heat weapon there is

tight basin
#

well i know that hestia is one of the easier ones so i'm not gonna do that

#

i already got an easy one with beo so i want a harder one

#

so bow

dreamy prism
#

lmao already cheesed too much with beo?

#

nice

#

arthur 32 is really fun tbh since it's low enough heat that arthur's strengths can shine

lucid oar
#

Rama 32 was fun

#

It’s a hard one to get used to

tight basin
#

i've only beat 32 heat with beo twice but that's only because i dont crank it up that high that often i just try to go fast with beo instead

dreamy prism
#

try 40 beo, it's a good learning experience

#

at high heat most aspects start to take on JS and beo is a great introduction to the marvels of JS3

tight basin
dreamy prism
#

let's see how this goes

lucid oar
#

I really don’t like triple shot either lmao

#

Twin gang 😤

dreamy prism
#

twin gaming tbh

tight basin
dreamy prism
#

yo same

#

loved DC JS

tight basin
#

granted DC wasnt too big of a deal because i was using a lot of fists back then but JS hurt a bit but i was still pretty consistent

dreamy prism
#

oh my god I just tried to beat chamber 1 with arthur and attack at cursor off

#

what is this trainwreck how do console players use arthur

tight basin
#

press and pray

dreamy prism
#

taking the wrong aspect makes you see some really weird stuff

tight basin
#

lmao amazing

lucid oar
#

I’d recommend divine strike

dreamy prism
#

huh really

lucid oar
#

Unmodded record starts with it

dreamy prism
#

bet

dreamy prism
#

bruh rarity is so important on arthur

#

@lucid oar what do I do after that

cunning urchin
#

Win.

dreamy prism
#

bet

lucid oar
#

Just hit things and they’ll die idk

dreamy prism
#

citation needed

#

I just hit something and it didn't die

#

also how stupid is it to run abyssal

lucid oar
#

Do the lightning rod ap1 td3 highroll

dreamy prism
#

oh you know me and my love of highrolling

lucid oar
#

True

cunning urchin
#

I think Abyssal Blood is very underrated. But you'll notice missing the +50% boss damage on Excalibur.

lucid oar
#

Abyssal blood is insanely good on beowulf

dreamy prism
#

I think it's interchangeable honestly

cunning urchin
#

My preferred Excalibur strategy is Crush Shot start.

dreamy prism
#

oh man am I an arthur apologist now

#

this aspect is so fun even at 50

cunning urchin
dreamy prism
#

nvm lernie just ended my career

#

5min entering lernie was cool though

cunning urchin
#

I can't enjoy Excalibur when I turn on FO2.

dreamy prism
#

idk tbh

#

I can't relate to FO2 ruining arthur

cunning urchin
#

I just don't enjoy it.

shell sleet
shell sleet
plain river
#

On a scale from 1 to 10 how 4iq is doom attack on lucifer

random relic
#

doesnt sound particularly appesling

strange lark
#

10

random relic
#

its like -9iq

#

way worse than lightning strike and theres no good way to proc ME lmfao

lucid oar
#

1 if You aren’t seeding for dire misfortune

#

2 if you are

cunning urchin
#

Curse of Agony + Dire Misfortune + Infinity Chamber = infinite Doom damage

random relic
#

+impending doom to make sure you get extra dire misfortune stacks

lucid oar
#

Infinite doom damage = never procs doom = enemy doesn’t die shadegrief

strange lark
#
  • curse of longing
lucid oar
#

Curse of longing is kinda like epic rd

#

In a way

#

For one hit

random relic
#

still havent got curse of longing lol

plain river
#

Didn’t end up going for it, ended up with zeus attack, I’ve tried to dodge athena so hard and it finally cornered me with athena in a room with no exits

strange lark
#

athena special is good

plain river
#

Hmm

#

I’ve ended up with the option of purple deadly flourish or purple true shot and I’m not sure which I want

lucid oar
#

Luci?

plain river
#

lucifer

lucid oar
#

Flourish

random relic
#

yeah

strange lark
#

take the third option

plain river
#

common arte aid

lucid oar
#

Support fire is CRACKED no cap

#

Get support fire if you can

plain river
strange lark
#

🗿

plain river
#

hmm, common electric shot, common zeus call, lightning rod or reroll 🤔

lucid oar
#

Rod

strange lark
#

rod

plain river
#

Should I force anyone for fourth god?

strange lark
#

if you dont have a dash yet get poseidon

cunning urchin
plain river
#

Purp athena dash

strange lark
#

poseidon for heroic replacement bouldy

plain river
cunning urchin
#

rmacinty is a LIAR. squirtooh

plain river
cunning urchin
#

No.

lucid oar
strange lark
cunning urchin
plain river
#

alright

lucid oar
#

How does it feel that my new pb doesn’t have aphro

cunning urchin
plain river
#

Oh god

#

Wow

#

High roll hermes

#

Purple greater haste, purple greatest reflex, or purple flurry cast? Greater haste right?

strange lark
#

reflex

lucid oar
#

Dashes

strange lark
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haste is ass

plain river
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so no go for rush delivery with it?

lucid oar
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TTTDOMEBNOH or smth

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Dashes are op

strange lark
cunning urchin
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rare+ Greatest Reflex > Hyper Sprint > common Greatest Reflex > anything else

lucid oar
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40% maximum rush delivery isn’t anything to shout about

valid dagger
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It can scale

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Still would almost never take it over dashes

cunning urchin
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It's nice enough, but something you settle for when you can't get Greatest Reflex or Hyper Sprint.

plain river
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greatest reflex it is then… just remembered I have athena dash so might as well grab more dashes

cunning urchin
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Greatest Reflex > Divine Dash

lucid oar
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:pogofgreed:

plain river
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this run is so high roll

strange lark
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best way to play hades the video game

lucid oar
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Speedrunners went from ultimate highroll to scraping the low roll barrel

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“Beowulf needs trippy flare to sub 6”

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“Lmao just use the shackle the whole way”

strange lark
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beo needs thunder flare and more zeus boons to sub 6

plain river
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Got my hypersprint anyhow

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from a seperate boon*

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I might as well have exclusive access with how much purple I’m seeing

hallow geyser
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Depends on the weapon tbh

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Sth like sword or fists u would take any extra dash

strange lark
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whats a y dash

plain river
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not zeus dash on sword

hallow geyser
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Sth like Beowulf it is kinda useless to take dash that you can even use ruthless reflex

hallow geyser
strange lark
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you should always use the extra dash on beo

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i only use ruthless reflex at 50 heat

hallow geyser
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I use it tbh because I can't handle one dash