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essentially playing aspectless
Okay but funky shields go wheee
their* shield 
whoops
Make you think it’s good like demeter
the aspect or the shield itself
But then it isn’t
The shield
the shield as a whole?
Why anyone would pick it over anything else
well it can block attacks from the front if you charge bull rush
the bull rush gives you iframes
and its actually quite good
No i mean the aspect itself
Uh
The special attack
wait i thought we were discussing chaos shield not aspect of chaos
Bow is overall good
So the shields are just zues and thats about it
Tho if you go high heat then hera is the one thag fall offs the hardest
Shields are everything but chaos aspect
everything but chaos is amazing… chaos is just 
Aspectless
Aspect of charged shot
What about the spears
Uhh
What pointless and what not
All of them are hammer reliant
are you saying that none of the shield aspects are good except zeus?
Everything but guan-yu
because that isn't really true
Except achilles can also go the cast builds route
imo
Spear is: hammer or suffer
achilles and guan yu are probably the only good spear aspects, idek what zag aspect does for it lol
increased special damage
Zag aspect improves special
+25% special dmg and distance
special range, speed and damage iirc
ah
From what I understand the rails are only second one and last one for the beam attack
that's just like
in other words: garbage
very worse achilles aspect lol
Then the gloves only demetre
You can either go lite hades spear or lite achilles depending on the hammers
hestia is really good as well
Then the bows almost all relevant
eris and hestia are best, luci and zag rail are pretty good
Demeter and gilgamesh are good
zag rail is the worst of them all
all the bows are pretty good as well
Luci is good yeah, just outclassed by a lot because eris and hesty exists
also my homie just glossed over shield saying zeus was the only viable one as if beo isn't busted
Best to worst: Arthur, nemesis, pos, zag
Everything but chaos aspect is great
bruh lmao arthur
Put pos on top cuz it makes you not play sword
yeah but they said that shield was just zeus
true lmao
+50% cast damage i think right
And dislodge when using special
yep
And dislodge as special
Which is like only useful for bosses but still
Just don’t get exit wounds pilled
Exit wounds is a scam
i like exit wounds with pos sword because i'm usually running artemis cast and exit wounds can lead to legendary artemis
won't pom it but i like taking it lol
Artemis cast 
Arte cast?
by brother in christ i am not good at aiming
Am asking not giving an opinion
Just shoot point blank
Specially if you go phalanx lol
fair
You have a big deflect hitbox
Is: Pos cast pos sword then grab dem and arte duos large brain?🧠
oh yeah when i used pos sword i used to try and get mirage shot lmao
I barely force mirage outside of beo
And eris cuz it is basically bound to appear
How can you guys get past playing the rail with rockets and another hammer upgrade then go back to any other weapon
Casts fun
I find myself turning off the game after every other rockets run
Or huge powershots
Unless i choose rockets again lol
Or simply charged shot, is clean
wait im not understanding the situation here
Rockets with 5 spread upgrades are the chunkiest damage
you only play the rail if you get rockets? am i reading that right?
No am saying i can’t go back playing any other weapon when i finish a rocket run
ah
Huh
because beo is more fun lmao
Clockets just hit right when it happens
Tho is also fun some hazard bomb runs every once in a while
Trippy flare ln beo can even more stupid than that
And it didn’t take much effort only maintaining the cast boon with the upgrade flower I don’t know whats it’s name
Beowulf with trippy flare is winning
With 3 cast damage from chaos
pomegranates
Wheb you get everything going your way
Otherwise is just sad
Everything goes my way
Whats beo?
Ok cheat engine
Hidden aspect of the shield
hidden aspect of shield
If you have played hera bow is like that but broken
straight up nukes rooms
Oh
mirage shot on beowulf does +100% bonus damage instead of 30% and it is very fun
But when you have that you won’t get the 150% from the spear anymore
And poms on trippy flare beo do double of what they say
oh this does more damage than the spear
Fr? Why it does that
no clue
it’s broken
Cuz yeah
will it be fixed? absolutely not because supergiant games has taken the bethesda route and it is now a feature and we love them for that
So yeah mirage is just a x2 dmg multiplier
Unless you are playing thunder flare
...for whatever reason
lmao
I did 40 heat Hera with all the burst damage casts and here's the review nobody asked for
Crush shot: meta for a reason
Trippy Flare: like Dio Beo, needs chaos luck to get going but good when it does. Fog stun is handy on FO2.
Flood Shot: AoE good but can be sad when low rarity, also excess casts run away. Higher chances for Mirage but my winning run didn't have it
Phalanx Shot: like Flood but trades AoE for more damage, personally I found it better, plus SD refill access. Same runaway problems, esp with faster speed than Flood.
Electric Shot: surprisingly pretty okay, though bounces don't always hit enemies. Needs Static in later regions for damage.
True shot: also sad when no rarity, but excess casts will home in so the damage is less wasted, and less runaway issues (still exists though). Technically opens up Mirage and Mark, but without another crit source, Mark can be hard to get going.
But crystals tho
But my sanity
Crystal Clarity is already ranged so Hera or not doesn't make a difference, and my sanity can't take 40 heat Cold Embrace 
Like I could get the Duo and then roll for rod and not pick up the casts

Is the Orpheus keepsake any good?
Extra damage to distant foes
not good
they banned it from speedrunning
I thought le Plume was best. Who needs to actually aim for a specific build when you're fast as frick? 
(I am of course joking)
plume with zag fists would rack up a lot of dodge %
I'm not surprised the Yu-Gi-Oh reference is based
Pot of greed is my favourite keepsake
Hey man, do you know how hard it is for me to read that and not ask what it does? Unfair, bro
Time to make it to the surface with Guan Yu! How do I play Guan Yu, and how should I be building
Basically ever heard of super soaker for lucifer?
Bet it all on special

Literally just special spam?
Save up some titan blood cos it's pretty excruciating at low level
Guan Yu guide: #h1-discussion message
My man Orphy why must your item be bad 
Tbf a bunch of items are bad
feather duster moment
Ty fam!
honestly i feel like feather duster is worse than distant memory
having used neither
You can see duster in action but not distant memery
true
it's capped at one wrap per room I've heard which is also a scam
Maybe right at the very edge? Idk
well you could run away while the casts are popping
idk im just trying to think of a potential use for it lol
The thing with distant memery is that Earring exists
With SD you're in the range most of the time
Distant Memory range isn't unreasonable per se, it's just not good enough regardless.
has anyone got any good tips/builds for beating EM4 hades
the one time this channel is dead 😭
well i'm here i just dont have good advice lol
the only thing i can think of is just learn the attack pattern and that's about it lmao
I received basically the same advice for EM4 Hades lol.
I was told there are no tricks and that you must git gud.
i forgot what weapon i used to beat it lmao
i think i used fists and got it on my second try or something idk
i heard chiron can work well with it, hestia probably works
beo maybe
beo is the best weapon for em4 yeah
I've been trying to get good enough at it that I can add other sources of heat to it.
Are scintillating feast and ice wine compatable
yeah
its fun at low heat
Beo is so based
beo is decent
beo is just the only thing i'm remotely decent at lol
I just think it's cool. I don't know what is considered the best or anything.
Guan Yu is lame because I'm bad at it, not because it's not a good weapon. 
I just realized I don't know why I was saying "For instance"
guan yu is very good
we can all agree that chaos aspect is lame tho lmao
chaos is the best shield aspect
huge catch
I figured as much
huge catch is so good on first 10 runs
Rush kick
anyone know if the attack distance hammer on spear changes the dash attack?
It doesn’t
that was the impression i got but couldn't really tell
alright
episode 2 of "40 heat Hera cast reviews that nobody asked for":
Cold Embrace: pretty neat, but needs luck in Tartarus to get other offensive boons to tide you till the Duo, especially if you get early Flurry Shot that makes the crystal spawn behind the enemies and not hit what you're aiming for.
Hunting Blades: can get fumbly when aiming since you want the casts to spawn in front of the enemies. Inconsistent against fast enemies like Aspho bombers and FO2 dad
Blizzard Shot: less runaway issues than Flood or Phalanx, but still needs good aiming to maximize damage
I'm sorry but I stopped reading when I saw "neat" near "Cold embrace"
I really tried that thing
Probably quite cool with hera though
now thinking about it, Demeter really likes messing with casts
she has 2 Duos that change her own cast, and 3 other Duos that change others' casts
With Zeus she needs his T2, leaving Athena the only easy to get duo
I tried it with Hera too. I think I spent 3 minutes fighting Asterius as a mini boss
If you're on flurry that also means you lose boiling blood
what cast build do you like with the shield?
I didn't really try making the cast my main damage source which probably improved my experience 
also crystal beam start means I don't have boiling blood regardless
is curse of drowning disabled on Hera
yeah
I think I said it's neat just because it feels like cold embrace Actually Works Now
I really like the aspect of chiron bow but thats my personal bias
Idk which combination is the most efficient
The first thing you have to understand about the Bow in order for it to not feel clunky is Dash strikes and Powershots, if you hold your attack button for a brief moment, there is a quick flash, which is your cue to release the attack button to let out a Powershot, which does more damage, it also has a different sound which you can use to know whether you were successful or not, with enough time and practice this will be 100% instinct and you wont even think about it nor need the sound or the flash, the other basic thing is dash-striking, dash-strikes are important for the bow because it makes the attack charge faster, therefore getting to that Powershot window quicker, which means you can let out more arrows compared to doing standing strikes only, the "giveaway" is that Powershots deal a bit less damage, however they have better scaling options through Chaos and Hunter Dash, since they benefit from Attack (strike) buffs and Dash-strike (lunge) buffs, standing attacks only benefit from Attack buffs. To make sure that you're dash striking you can look at the way Zag is holding the bow, if it's vertical then it's a dash strike, if it's horizontal then it's not, there is also quite a noticeable difference in terms of charging speed of the attack so it should be obvious which is which, these are things you have to familiarize yourself with in order to play bow well, it's sort of like a rhythm which you get used to eventually.
put aphrodite on the attack, she has the largest % modifier so she's one of the best options.
not sure what exactly do to for special, but i think you want to pick up a god's boon that gives it bonus flat damage like dionysus or zeus
for chiron bow definitly use dionysus on the special and pom the crap out of it
special is usually not really worth using
true
can be useful to put ares on it for dooming everything or even athena for big deflect in a pinch
only on chiron and rama
if you get charged volley special can become a big source of damage
then you'd want aphro arty or even demeter on it
indeed
for zag bow if you aren't good with the rhythm of the dstrike sequence look for flurry shot
tysm for this !! my problem is how clunky it feels which is why i use fists its so much smoother
but imma learn bow
any good build for the fist of gilgamesh
i'm fairly certain gilgamesh is considered one of the more not-so-great aspects in this game lol
ME always works well, change the mirror upgrade for +1 dash to the other one
ME best for gilgy
since you have three dashes and global damage via ruthless reflex
issue with that is if you don't get ME build going you're kinda out of luck
Tidal dash + Razor Shoals and Thunder dash + Static Discharge is good too
Gilga can hold down dash to multidash
whats the best asepect for bow and how do i utilize it
honestly all the bow aspects are good in their own regard
my playstyle is dashingg around spamming charged attacks
zag bow gives extra crit chance, chiron bow can have insane dps as long as it has a good level on it, hera bow can dish out huge chunks
i heard the bow special is bad tho?
chiron is the only bow where the special is good
oh lmao
when you land an attack, your next specials for a short period of time will home into the target
i have 4 titan blood will chiron be good enough if i invest all of the bloods into it
i dont think so
all the little arrows too?
wdym little arrows
indeed
or just like 2 orb 3
all the arrows from the special home in
ah
but well
oh but the max shots are reduced
chiron bow is pretty bad until it gets to level 4-5
yep gotta upgrade it to be good
idk how great it is at lvl 3 but 4 is decent enough, 5 is max
should i save until then because rn i make it to minotaur every time and just end yp dying shortly after
with 4 titan blood i think it'll only go to lvl 2
as long as you have the titan blood
how do i get titan blood fast
max out a good aspect then keep beating the game while upping the heat one at a time
the simple way is to just keep finishing runs and it'll eventually stack up
the other way is to trade ambrosia for titan blood.
when you beat elysium, you get a thing called "ambrosia". it's pretty useless until later in the game, and by the time it's useful, ideally you'll be better at the game and have more ambrosia.
the ambrosia can be traded for titan blood in the lounge back at the house
i think i get one titan blood everytime i beat a fury with a nrw weapon
but you can't get more by upping the heat until you beat the final boss as well
what do yall reccomend i do rnm
what is the heat why am i upping it i dont know what this means
with 4 titan blood you'll have 5 special arrows which isn't terrible tbh
lvl 2 chiron still kinda sucks but it's not the worst in the world, esp considering that lvl 0 zag bow's special is just useless
yeah
nothing else to do in the game other than do runs lol
okay thank you guys!!!
start with dionysus and get the special
awesome server very helpful
then in asphodel take aphrodite on attack if you don't have it already
oh yeah starting keepsakes are important lol
how do u choose who to start with
keepsakes chief
who
have you been giving nectar to people
ya
next to your sword in the courtyard there should be like a giant box
interact with that and you can choose a keepsake
oh ya
if you have dionysus', take his
damn i have everyone except him
there should also be a contractor upgrade where you can change keepsakes between biomes
I'll go find him
yes i got that upgrade
artemis on special isn't too bad
i just use the lucky tooth fir more lives cuz i suck
use lucky tooth for elysium
aphrodite attack right?
Artimes special?
take her special, once you get to asphodel take aphrodite and get her attack
yeah
i'm pretty sure that's what people do for an alternative lol
OKAY im ready to succeed
the duo between artemis and aphrodite makes you deal more critical damage and since you're hitting the same target multiple times with your special, it'll deal more damage
i take the artemis special right?
yes
OKOK thank you
np
on second thought it might be better for you to go to sleep lol
lmao okay buddy
just 1 more
is daedelus good for bow
oh yeah
there's a few good hammers for bow
one of them gives you more special arrows
bow has some of the best hammers
the one that turns the attack into 3 is really good right
another one makes the special arrows deal +3 more damage per hit
i heard this is good but i never understood why lol
i did that and used it like a shotgun
that's the dream for chiron
its fun
it can triple your damage at the cost of being less safe
Triple damage at point blank range is quite good isn't it?
yes its a shotgun
If you don't want to take the risk it's more aoe anyway
well my issue with it is like the bow is meant to be more ranged so you can deal more damage with the perfect shot but now you have to get up close to their face and try not to get slapped before you can loose the shot
okay relentless volley or tripleshot
relentless
true
because chiron
relentless is good on chiron
chiron's specialty is boss damage
that's pretty good luck getting relentless on underleveled chiron lol
It's more about knowing the ennemies patterns to land a perfect shot. Range gives you safety but in the end game knowledge will reward you
now it's like max chiron
this game is so amazing man i love it
i just got ilit on gamepass yesterday
i love how even tho the main cycle is the same it feels so different every run
true, i think part of my disdain for triple shot is that i've tried it with rama and rama just charges too slow to get a perfect shot in before you get slapped
It's excellent on Rama put it's far from easy to pull it off
twin rama gang
supergiant is a coward for not letting us combine the two
True
yeah i had a run where i got both twin and triple for options and i was thinking "well triple shot is hard to pull off but i heard it's good" so i picked it and got promptly slapped going forward lmao
Yeah that's gonna happen
the special isnt homing am i doing smth wrong
the targetting thingy goes away after a bit
if you spam the special right after landing an attack, you should get 3 specials off before it goes away
so i hit with normal attack and instantly press special
okay maybe i did it wrong thanks
oh you probably have to wait until your attack actually lands sometimes lol
if they're a bit far and you spam special right after you shoot there's a decent chance you'll use your special before the atk lands
LMFAO i probably did that
wait its still not working
maybe i dont have the bow equipped idk
hit B and look at what aspect you have
whatever button shows your boons
if you have chiron equipped you should have a bow icon somewhere of some degree of rarity
that's just the sidebar that's always there
if you look at your boon info it should also show your hammer
yes I see that
did i really forget to equip the weapon 💀💀
and when you hover over every icon none of them say "aspect of chiron"?
honestly if that's the case
no 😭😭😭😭
pause and hit "give up" and take the exact route you did if you can remember
oh lmao
just hit give up and upgrade chiron again, equip the keepsake
tbh no
you got a good hammer
was it at the very start?
hitting "give up" saves the seed and relentless volley on your underleveled chiron would be extremely good
OK imma stop here its 3 am lmfao
just remember what you did until you get the hammer
because the hammer is all that matters tbh
thamks for the help bananas!!!
gn
any good build for lucifer
zeus attack, big +%/arty special
lucifer's strongest hammer by a mile is triple bomb
get jolted as well, divine dash helps a lot because lucifer's attack can't destroy projectiles or stutter enemies
What is considered to be the best defensive build to run with in Hades, in your opinions?
There are a lot of builds with no clear best, but shields come to mind first
Mainly Zeus and Beowulf
They can output really good damage while having a bullrush to block/iframe everything
You can pair Zeus Shield with Merciful End, preferably Ares on the Special, or you can run Thunder Flourish and look for more Zeus, for Beowulf you can go for the classic Flood Flare + Artemis Attack -> Mirage Shot or Passion Flare + Snow Burst + Pstatus
These builds wont simply make you win, and other weapons such as Hestia, Guan Yu, Arthur, Eris etc can be plenty safe if you play them well enough
I see. I'll definitely try this out. I recently unlocked Beowulf so that's good. Thanks for the quick and helpful response 
Aspect of safety, Guan Yu
Main build is going to the courtyard and swapping to another weapon 
You can start with Zeus and take his Special, and look for a lot of Zeus and maybe external damage sources aside from your Special, such as a big call like Zeus or Dio
The other way to play it is to totally ignore your Special and look for Charged Shot (hammer) and get a strong % attack boon
Aphro ideally, Artemis works but it's a bit underwhelming without Chaos
For this build Cshot is still really good but not needed, other options would be Explosive Return, Breaching Rush, Sudden Rush, Ferocious Guard followed by Pulv blow and probably the other Special hammers like Empowering Flight etc, avoid Dread Flight because it's pain
special only Rama has entered the chat
that's a different issue lmao
when going for certain builds on an aspect would it be fine to use the gods keepsake to force a chance of the boon or would it better using a keepsake with more utility, and just hoping the god is in the pool
That's almost always the strat
God keepsakes for tart and aspho and utility/defensive keepsakes for ely and styx
Outside of certain builds, usually the first 2 regions use gods to get the build, then third and forth uses something defensive to survive the boss fights
ohh ok
yeah ive been missing out on that, i usually use the god keepsakes then forget to switch them for something more useful
If you're good at bossing, Elysium can be another god, and last 2 regions can also take offensive keepsakes
General offensive/defensive items can even be taken in Aspho if the build gets together in Tartarus
i usually lose 1 death defiance on theseus and asterius so i need to work on improving in that fight
yeah that makes sense
I have a couple hundred hours and still forget to switch keepsakes sometimes 
i remember reading about people with a ton of time in the game never noticing you could get additional mirror upgrades with keys
its kinda easy to miss so i dont blame them but its funny lmao
Or the green side
yeah
The mirror UI really needs to prevent you from leaving until you show you know where the green skills are
I played for what felt like a long long time before realising that there was the green side for the mirror
do the devs make updates like this outside of just bug fixes and stuff
not anymore
oh
there is a whole document of bugs that gets passed around every so often
bug fixes don't happen any more
right?
The Evergreen Acorn will probably take care of that.
Not if it affects the balance.
Pretty sure they only patch critical bugs at this point, like game crashes and stuff.
also on rama is it really worth it to powershot considering how long it takes to charge up even on dash strike
yep
Aphrodite’s isn’t that amazing on Chiron
Look for Artemis Dionysus or Poseidon on your Special
It's better than Deadly Flourish on its own. But Heartbreak Strike + Deadly Flourish and Heart Rend will do a lot more damage.
Also benefits more from Chaos boons, items, etc.
Heartbreak Flourish with Unhealthy Fixation is pretty amazing though, like you can virtually perma-charm Hades with that and Relentless Volley.
Less DPS, of course, but also very safe.
does charm time stack?
And your Special still benefits a lot from Chaos boons etc., just benefits less than with crits.
No, but your Charm success rate per Volley is very high.
ah true
I'd say if you're going for Heartbreak Flourish, you'd want Privileged Status to benefit from that and help with damage.
Special aside, Chiron builds god gauge very fast, so make sure you pick up a good Call.
And Chiron really really sucks in Satyr tunnels, so wanna pick up AOE for that. Flood Shot or Tidal Dash with Breaking Wave ideally, maybe Smair with Zeus'Aid, something like that.
What really matters for all % special boons is getting epic swift flourish and conc+relentless volley
There's also a big gap between common Heartbreak Flourish and Epic Heartbreak Flourish if you want to go that route. I'd pick up an epic Flourish when starting Eternal Rose but otherwise just take Strike and go for Heart Rend, Low Tolerance, etc.
The epic Rush Delivery Clockets of Chiron runs.
Which hammers am I looking for on gilgamesh?
currently playing beowulf without a cast on it because i sold the mirror to get the chaos theme and i dont have enough to get a single reroll
and i gotta say
i should've just taken the shackle at the start lmao
ok what on earth is wrong with you
lmao
i thought it would be fun
and honestly it kinda is
fun in the sense that it's funny
thats what i thought about putting an art of war on my rots
Why’d you sell your mirror for the chaos theme 
debating whether or not to actually commit to no cast beo run and just take the shackle lmao
currently in asphodel with aphrodite keepsake and this idea sounds like a great idea
idk
because chaos theme
finish a contract
I got it too but without the selling mirror part 
i would've gotten it too if i didn't spend it on the resource director
call is always great
call best
esp on luci bc it attacks fast
special is kinda ok too since super soaker without forced ddash has a hard time setting off bombs
so bombs can zap kinda
early call will lower chances of getting Hyper sprint
Huh?
Oh wait it opens the one boon that gives call % ever x seconds
Call is the best one that unlocks double strike
And double strike is insane for soaker
It also opens Second wind
Smair at home
whats the best fists aspect
Demeter
Demeter (or gilgamesh)
The special turns into a nuke
especially with certain hammers
Explosive upper is an actual nuke lol
is there a keepsake for guaranteed hammer?
Nope
Hammers generally don't make or break a build it's just meant for an improvement
yeah thats called modded
cskewer moment
should i use my titan blood on upgrading chiron or buy the demeter fists
depends on your goals
are you trying to win with every weapon once?
well i still havent beating the final boss so
bow >>> fists for first clear
upgrade chiron and keep running it back until you win
How much blood you have/chiron lvl?
chiron level 2 i have 1 blood but do i use my ambrosia to trade for it?
If you do would that make it lvl 3?
lemme chfck
levels are good on chiron but low level you can make do
triple bomb moment
dio really just needs lvl2 to be good enough
ok tbf luci isnt that bad without triple but its not fun
Flurry jab/Dedge looking at you
I think it sucks tbh
no i would need one more
hate it
Charged shot on high heat zag shield too 
40>95 ngl
If you have 2 ambrosia then you could if you want
Or that
start with dio special
then if you don't have it, aphro in asphodel for attack
aim for their duo boon low tolerance, it's good
how do u get duo boons
once you have the prerequisite boons they can show up from either of the two gods
just from their regular boon offerings
oh thank you!!!
i really like the gun omg
i just beat meg without taking any damage
good evening !
any1 knows any decent build for hera's bow ? ( besides arty cast build )
Is dio cast broken on hera like it is on beowulf?
Generally most of them require core boons like attack, special, cast, dash or call from 2 different gods, then each individual one might have a little change in it’s prerequisites like it needs specifically posiedon cast or demeter cast or something that can provoke doom from ares
it gets mirage bug but not pom scaling i think
Yeah
@narrow moss
oh and snow Burst good
What hammers are best for rail? Ik delta and rocket ones are useful but unsure outside of that
for zag rail- spread fire is the best, you use artemis attack with it
for eris- rocket is the best, and with cluster it becomes amazing. any special focused hammers are always good
for hestia- anything that buffs your special (like clockets or hazard bomb). ricochet fire can also be good
for lucifer- triple bomb is by far the best hammer as the special becomes useable
sadly rocket > cluster
I like cluster too because buffing is trivial but rocket ultimately is way faster for tartarus and asphodel
I think it’s rockets then cluster, because despite cluster giving you slightly better odds of getting rockets, taking rockets makes you both more likely to get to the 2nd hammer and will likely make you reach said 2nd hammer faster
i love rocket anyway
such a fun hammer
first time i tried it i really wanted to combo it with hazard
then i learned you cant
so sad
imagine hocket
hocket would be balanced if you couldn't use at close range without instant dashing to avoid self damage
i mean thats already clockets though
except there is no self damage
its just pure bliss
ah cool
I have flurry jab already, should I grab serrated point, breaching skewer or extending jab? Using aspect of achilles
I think it’s extending jab since I don’t think flurry jab and serrated work together
yeah not serrated
extended probably
same issue as flurry slash where it messes the iframes
I think you're supposed to standing strike with flurry so extended actually comes into play
it forces you to do a flurry attack after the dash strike
you still do dash strikes
yeah of course
You know long knuckle for fist? Imagine arthur had that. Imagine arthur with MORE damage and range
Are aphrodite and artemis flourish interchangable on eris?
how do u install the codex mod its being weird 4 me
yeah both are good
arty preferred though since she benefits more from eris global +%
Hades Modding server is pinned in #self-promotion. Best place to look for help with mods. 
For Eurydice what reward do you normally choose? What is normally best?
Depends on what you already have or don't have.
Yeah I know if you have some good ones it depends but there is probably one you default to no?
I default to the one that increase rarity
You default to nectar most of the times yeah
Guranteed rare + epic and legendary/duo change gud
generally never take the increase rarity one
increased rarity is generally the same as a pom most of the time, the only ones that it really changes are hermes boons i think
I just said it also boosts duos/legendary chances 
Also it working on hermes is still huge/chaos too
oh i meant the one where it increases the rarity of 2 of your current boons
i probably should have clarified a lot more lol
the increased rarity nectar is very useful
ah that makes sense
yep although some boons scale really hard on rarity and not level
I'd say if you only have two boons and both like rarity or you got strong hermes boons ambrosia is a valid pick over pom and nectar
and of course on AP2 ambrosia is the goat for locking out replacements via heroics
yeah ambrosia can be really good if you dont have many boons
and have something in your build already that wod benefit a lot from a rarity boost
Guys, what's the highest damage weapons/aspects? Aside from Coronacht.
Beowulf is up there
And probably the most consistently high damage output weapon compared to some of the other options
Eris is up there, too.
If I want to Hangover stack with gun, is Dio attack/Aphro special the way to go?
probably but honestly don't know
Aphro special works ye
I like aphro dash for that too
Cuz special still takes a while to land u less you have rocket
what is according to you guys the most fun build to use?
Trippy flare + beowulf shield
If I did Aphro dash, could I do Ares special and go for Ares/Dio duo as well?
Or is it not worth to try to go for too much at once?
i wouldn't do it
Do they need to be good?
Super Soaker
I still would like aphro or a % special cuz it feels like a waste
Can always pickup curse of vengeance so you also dont open curse of longing
Gilgamesh merciful end
i would go dio special for that
basically
If you have the aphrodite attack and the dionysus special (it’s really any boons from aphrodite or dionysus aside from trippy cast) then it’ll open up a special boon option
That lets you stack hangover on weak (the debuff from aphrodite) opponents up to 8 times rather than the usual 5
Plus if it’s aphrodite attack and dionysus special then you’ll be weakening them right before you hit them with your special
so it also does massive dammage
Hammer-wise you’ll want relentless and concentrated volley (relentless over concentrated at your level I think)
is piercing volley also okay?
I don’t like it on chiron because apparently it decreases your special range
ok
eh I think it's fine
helps with aoe which chiron sorely lacks
also very good in elysium
ok
If you don’t get any volleys as options twin shot or triple shot (or flurry shot I think?) are your best other options
ok
yep as long as it doesn't mess with your ability to actually use the special
eg chain shot, explosive shot to an extent
alr
Then if you see them take ares
ok
And pick up the boon that provokes doom when you get hit
ok
since that unlocks dio+ares duo which makes hangover tick every .35 seconds rather than every .5 seconds
Picking up artemis cast could help here but you’d be spreading yourself very thin in terms of your chances to find the duo boons
So I wouldn’t recommend it
If you have concentrated volley and happen to see a purple swift flourish on hermes take it
if it’s lower than purple than it’s irrelevant though
Really?
sure purple + concentrated is super op but improving chiron's frame data by a lot is always worth it
I'd take rare swift flourish at a very high priority
chiron has issues and one of them is clunky and slow damage cycle
slow as in how responsive you are, not dps
swift flourish is huge for fixing that
also it's just a straight up multiplicative dps buff so yeah
I think with even common swift flourish you can sneak in 4 specials in the time frame which can be nice against bosses
So I am also newer, but I've done about 40 runs now and still not managed to down the last boss. I have tried several weapons and I prefer the shield, so far as I can tell.
aphrodite atk, zeus call, smair spam probably
That'll do it.
Which weapon cares the least about which boons you have on it?
uh... hestia...? i guess?
as long as theres a % attack its kinda fine
but i mean it still wants splash dash good special hammers and arty/aphro special
If you just wanna clear the game you basically need shackle and that's it
so all you need then is shackle and splash dash
Does Charon get stronger in later stages or does his fight stay the same no matter where you engage it?
Same
Technically he gets easier the more you go along because you'll have more boons and whatnot
That's not a case of Charon changing but you becoming the escape artist you were destined to be before the narrator finally kills you again.
Who is the narrator btw?
I believe it's intentional by the devs that the narrator is homer
Ooh interesting
your mom 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
lmao
but yeah there's a house decoration of a poet bust and it's modeled after depictions of homer
homer simpson??
and if you interact with it zag bugs the old man (narrator) until he gets annoyed
I think my mom should lay off the smokes, then 
yes
aight
oh wait, actually?
thats cool
me and homer share a lot in common actually
we both like donuts
a hangover build would be funny
"and you're drunk, and you're drunk... EVERYBODY'S DRUNK!"
I just did a hangover build with Demeter fists. Fun stuff.
K, the simplest answer is probably just that I need to "git gud," but I have all the basic Mirror upgrades and the rest of my Darkness is now going to the Rare/Epic Increased chance. For going for a first Hades kill, is one weapon preferred over another? I'm still leaning towards the Shield, and I can get to the 3rd boss fight usually without losing a life, but I invariably will die once there and then twice on the last one.
Do you have Skelly's keepsake? 
I do, Tier 3.
I have zero Special Aspects unlocked for any of the weapons; it seems Titan's Blood is in short supply.
aegis shield is broken
Blood is a lot easier to come by when you get to clearing runs.
I am a fan of shields, and tanky builds in general, but.
Are you killing Asterius first in Elysium?
Usually, yes, and I hide behind pillars to mitigate being hit by the spear-toss-and-return.
I tend to rely probably too heavily on dash-strikes, but I try to mix it up with specials, throws, and calls (if I have one).
Dash strikes end your i-frames from the dash if you were not already aware
...That is a significant thing of note.
Does an attack count as a block or only when I charge the shield-charge?
Only when you charge the shield charge. Well-timed attacks can break projectiles tho.
tbh i tried the chiron build and its strong but i really dont enjoy the playstyle
anyone got suggestions? i play mainly sword and rail
First: do you have any of the secret aspects
splitting bolt or purple zues aid for lightning eris
Splitting
MOTHER FU-
I personally prefer hidden sword
I prefer bow
I barely see anyone use the hidden sword even though it’s really good.
I grinded through like 16 heat levels with it easily
eh it's okay
good at low heat, gets bad at high heat
i think imma get bow and sword
but i hate how u have to ge tthe spear first
like ugh
hidden spear is the easiest one to get tho so it's not too terrible
huh
pls help how get tian blood
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it was deleted fast enough idk who did it sorry for the ping
deleted fast likely because of your ping :) pinging the moderators whenever you see a scam or something fishy is always the right choice!
Anyways, what's the meta these days y'all
what weapon should I be sinking my time into
still a big Rama bow fan even if it's not the fastest per se
Well, what's your goal?

uhhh... having fun, maybe clearing 16 heat, as a treat
Rama will be great for that.
rama is still second on the unmodded speedrun dot com leaderboard 
I was always a Beowulf enjoyer
Very pact resistant aspect, so you can choose any pact you like. Only thing you'd want to avoid on Rama is RI3+ because playing it with only a single dash is a pain.
Since you won't get distance to charge Power Shots.
Thunder Flourish start still the fastest for it, pretty sure, if you wanna be a little speedy with it.
i use RI at 8 heat
RI4?
Yeah, and you can still get fast times by ignoring everything except the special, since it’s the only way to play that trashpect
r!pasta rama
Eh, Rama handles RI and AP a lot better than majority of aspects since you only need one boon to have a build... or just Shackle even. So it's not really a big deal if people wanna try those pacts.
yeah but thats ocaml
banana man
doom is just, you hit them and 1 second later it deals extra damage
your boon impending doom makes it deal damage in 1.5 seconds but with 60% more damage which is pretty decent
although with chiron bow ares on your special isnt great to begin with lol
it's not bad but there are better things to get
someone here was able to get doom to hit for 600+ damage each time which isn't bad at all
since doom takes time to actually proc it's usually paired with the duo boon merciful end (athena-ares) where as soon as they are hit with deflect damage the doom hits immediately
dire misfortune
I'm having flashbacks to path of exile, where the words "more" and "increased" mean completely different things
more doom hits= more damage
i think that's the same thing here?
like
say doom base damage is 100
impending doom would make it do 160 damage
and whatever you pom will make it deal more damage
just pom whatever increases the most pretty much lol
pull out the calculator
oh also
regarding the butterfly keepsake
it's not great because to actually get good value out of it you need to equip it at the start or maybe even asphodel but you'll lose control of your build
well you dont have control of your build because you're starting off with a random god
which depending on the weapon can be bad
for chiron bow, you typically want to get something for your special
true
ares isn't great until you get dire misfortune, but you're not guaranteed that at all
typically you'd want dionysus or artemis so you start with either of their keepsakes
butterfly isn't great anyways because most damage increases including it are additive rather than multiplicative
and then in asphodel you take aphrodite's for the attack and try to get the duo boon
not again
its like im back in 'nam

on top of this if you get good boons for your attack and special the butterfly isn't gonna do much
honestly dw about whether something is additive or multiplicative because it really doesn't matter
I mean... artemis I guess? maybe? that's a very large stretch
for low heat stuff at least
ik I was playing it up for the joke
well it's like
if you were to start with butterfly instead of dio/arte you're more likely to deal more damage with dio/arte than butterfly by the end
unless you get really lucky
and get dio/arte start with aphrodite somewhere in tartarus
but also at the same time there's better keepsakes than butterfly
the purse, hourglass, acorn, skelly
I swear it isn't 4 iq
ah yes my casts will do more critical damage
oh arte dio duo increases crit rate forgot about that
might as well get curse of vengeance and get dio/ares duo
someone mod a run for that lmao
start with concentrated volley and mod the next 4 rooms to give exactly what you want
and then pray for duos
or whatever idk how the mod works
i dont really like hangover that much cuz the damage isnt blatantly obvious
it can be
like I know its there and its effective but the DOT effect is just kinda weird
oh we forgot to mention the privileged status part of the build lol
I've hit everything unmodded in one run
yeah damage and most other things are additive, some things are multiplicative
hangover just makes certain builds more safe because it allows you to hit them less and you can run off to a different enemy while the other one eventually dies
delta
then poseidon dash to abuse iframes
targeting system is interesting because it's one of very few sources of "true" global +%
aka affecting companions as well
not sure if there's anything else other than sweet surrender but yeah targeting is an excellent option for that reason, delta is just too good though
Maim
if high heat? delta. if casually? delta. if speedrunning? targeting system
deltas arguably better than targeting for speedrunning too fwiw
iframes go brrr
but extra 30% global damage :(
eris has 75% built in, likely 25% from family favorites... other potential sources like billowing, hades call, RD, etc, 30% starts to look kinda small compared to high damage uptime
25% from high confidence staying up due to i frames 
true
fair deal tbh
Deal
I just fought Hades himself for the first time. I didn’t do to bad, I got him about half health, which isn’t too bad considering I was half health going into the right and only had one death defiance.
that's a good start
Has anything about the balance or the meta changed since the update where they un-nerfed eris back to 75%?
well at least in speedrunning we realized eris isnt actually the greatest thing since sliced bread
the fastest aspects are generally considered to be achilles, beowulf, hera, eris, hestia
We also have rama sneaking a second spot rn? Was first for a while
Hera surprises me, the rest i get
still not generally considered a fast aspect
we just have one (1) really good runner at it
its probably underrated
Hera gud
