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jagged stump
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Use different weapons

analog pond
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ah, the problem is how can i see my playtime and achivements then

verbal pewter
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i just use the one with the bonus every time

restive briar
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Go through steam from now on

verbal pewter
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that gun sucks

restive briar
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Your hours won’t sync, but everything else will

jagged stump
restive briar
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Ask in the tech support channel

opaque scroll
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What aspect did u use?

jagged stump
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All of them are amazing

analog pond
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welp time to 100% a game and then only have 7 inutes of playtime

verbal pewter
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i only put one blood in the first aspect

analog pond
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the thing is the game works without even communicating with steam, doesnt that make it extremely piratable

restive briar
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Every game is incredibly piratable

analog pond
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thats clearly not intended

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welp thx for the help

upbeat trench
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broo dang it dude

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i was so close to hitless on first boss

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;-;

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i lost 4 hit points

cloud cedar
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I am easily beating anything with the shield super fast. But I get knocked out by ||bull & spear-man|| every time :/

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Any tips?

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jagged stump
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When charging the shield bash it blocks everything

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And focus on asterius

upbeat trench
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any way to find eurdaisdioasjdioasbd or smth faster

jagged stump
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The fight gets 10x harder when you get to Theseus's second phase

opaque scroll
# cloud cedar Any tips?

Focus Asterius but be careful for his spin attack, only take pot shots when he’s not spinning. When Aster dies u only have Theseus and u just need to get behind him and spam attacks.

cloud cedar
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By default gameplay I was just hitting whenever I had the chance. Though that always had both of them low in the end

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So I guess that dumb?

cloud cedar
jagged stump
jagged stump
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And yes indeed

opaque scroll
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Well just focus him.

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And Asterius is the bull guy, Theseus is the shield

cloud cedar
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Do I have to keep the minotaur above a certain threshhold or also just slap him whenever?

jagged stump
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Theseus is an absolute joke when fighting him alone

cloud cedar
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Yeah but is it wise to avoid having both of them at 30% at the same time?

jagged stump
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Yes

upbeat spoke
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ignore Theseus completely until Asterius is dead basically

jagged stump
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Don't trigger his 2nd phase

cloud cedar
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Got it. Kill Cow avoid spearidiot

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thanks guys

upbeat trench
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bro

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i diidnt find the mans

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i am at boss again

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she not anywhere

sharp abyss
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how to use the aspect of zeus on the shield it seems pretty cool

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like it could probably do well with dionysus's boons but idk how to use it

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upbeat trench
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how do i find her faster

jagged stump
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You're not guarantee d to see them

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I think it's a 50/50

opaque scroll
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^

jagged stump
upbeat trench
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im final level rn

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if i get to hades ima die tho cuz i dont wanna beat the game

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and id die anyways

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cuz im quite low

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ye just died

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upbeat trench
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yo

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question

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so i just found the person

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in asphodel

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upbeat trench
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she offered me free stuff before i could gift

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what do i accept

opaque scroll
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SHow me ur boons.

upbeat trench
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uhh it doesnt let me cuz im in the dialouge bos

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box

opaque scroll
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Really?

upbeat trench
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should i just random pick

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cuz like

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i aint tryna win this round

opaque scroll
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What boons do u have?

upbeat trench
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i just wanna get acron

opaque scroll
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how many?

upbeat trench
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divine dash and uhh

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2

cobalt bay
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If you aren’t trying to win then what does it matter

upbeat trench
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boons

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upbeat trench
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why cant i gift

cobalt bay
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I pick the 2 rarity upgrade if I have few boons but I like them all. Rarity on next few booms if I have empty slots and I’m fishing for something specific to come up soon.

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upbeat trench
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are u sure cuz i waited

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it only showed talk

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upbeat trench
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uhh i think

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lemme send sc

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stubborn

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i sent u a dm

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is one of thoes nectar

cobalt bay
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Not sure if you can gift on first encounter

upbeat trench
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oh

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do i needa do 2 encounters

cobalt bay
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Giving a gift to someone you haven’t met seems weird haha

upbeat trench
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alr so

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i found her again

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should i be able to gift now

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tysm

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i got acron now

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how many keepsakes can u use at once

modern briar
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wdym

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you can only equip one at a time and one per zone

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so 4 keepsakes for the whole run

upbeat trench
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how do they work tho is confuses me

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so

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like

faint umbra
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you equip a keepsake before going out for the run, and you can switch it between regions. the keepsake you choose will then affect the next region and you will not be able to choose the same keepsake again for the run

upbeat trench
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oh so like

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a keepsake only works once per run?

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i cant reuse the same keepsake for all 4 floors

modern briar
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Not all of them

jagged stump
modern briar
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The god keepsakes work like that

jagged stump
upbeat trench
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oh alr

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should i just reuse evergreen acorn for all 4 floors

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ppl say its rly good

jagged stump
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But if you switch it once you can't switch back to it

modern briar
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Do you have the contractor upgrade

upbeat trench
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alr

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uhh na

modern briar
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Then yes

jagged stump
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Go for the god keepsake first

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After you get them all

upbeat trench
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isint the acorn keepsake good tho 💀

upbeat spoke
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a lot of them are good

jagged stump
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Yeah but god keepsakes are way better in the first region

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You shouldn't really die to the furies

faint umbra
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when you get the ability to switch keepsakes, its better to save the acorn for later floors and use god keepsakes in the first two or three floors to make a build

upbeat trench
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ok

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oh is ee

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i see

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to get the boons

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btw

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ima prob do a shield build cuz ppl say they are good

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and shield fun to use

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so like

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who should i gift to

jagged stump
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Ares on special is fun

raw coral
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Everything kinda works on shield, I'm preferential to Poseidon

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Go all in on the knockback lol

faint umbra
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you should gift everyone shadesmile

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fill out your keepsake cabinet, then start building relationships

raw coral
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alma is right, just play the game as you would enjoy it most and you'll figure what works for you

upbeat trench
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what about aspects

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cuz i wanna deal good dps too

pallid cypress
jagged stump
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Ye

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And maybe on chaos

upbeat trench
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what aspect do i pick for shield

jagged stump
pallid cypress
upbeat trench
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ok also

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do i needa unlock all weapons to use aspects

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cuz i have titan blood but it doesnt let me use it

pallid cypress
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dunno

jagged stump
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Yeah

pallid cypress
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ig so then

jagged stump
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Need to unlock all weapons first

upbeat trench
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should i use my keys for that

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i havent got any mirror upgrades or anything

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but is it still worth

faint umbra
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can always get more keys

jagged stump
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Weapons > mirror ngl

faint umbra
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youll probably run out of stuff to use them for first tbh

upbeat trench
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i just used 15 keys to unlock until thick skin

pallid cypress
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tbh keep playing and unlock everything as u go bouldy

upbeat trench
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ok

jagged stump
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Oh yeah

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Unlock thick skin first

upbeat trench
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should i just dump all into thick skin

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and also put like 20 darkness just to get another use of magic

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cuz thats very cheap

opaque scroll
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U mean Stygian?

upbeat trench
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ye

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cuz that ligit 20 darkness

jagged stump
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Yeah

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Nice for burst damage

upbeat trench
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yo

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dms

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i sent u smth

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now what do i get

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cuz idfk now

upbeat trench
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yo

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should i go for aspect of beowulf

opaque scroll
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It’s rly good.

upbeat trench
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||can i unlock it before killing hades||

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upbeat trench
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oh

opaque scroll
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U need to have all the aspects for shield.

upbeat trench
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oh

opaque scroll
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And then something else but I don’t remember. I just unloaded it by accident.

upbeat trench
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question

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should i get the ares keepsake and then do the ares shield build

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pretty sure that ones rly good

pallid cypress
upbeat trench
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my badddd

pallid cypress
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upbeat trench
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k

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i just give ares a nectar for that right

pallid cypress
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ye

upbeat trench
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alr

pallid cypress
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like any other god

upbeat trench
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then i just use the keepsake

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and then im just very overpowered

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right

pallid cypress
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ig so haha

upbeat trench
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cuz like

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that build is super good right

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cant u just do like upwards of 200 dmg a hit

pallid cypress
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idk the ares shield build ur talking about

cloud cedar
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if I have a room with hammer (tier 2) and the chaos life gate thingy and step into tere. Do I loose the hammer?

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Like if I jump down there

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cloud cedar
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For the rest of the run or can it reappear?

opaque scroll
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Or do u mean that u pick up the hammer and then lose it when u go in?

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Bcz then u don’t lose it.

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upbeat spoke
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the game will try to guide you to two hammers per run, if you really try to avoid them you can but most of the time you'll have two

upbeat trench
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why are the bosses getting harder

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the more times u beat em

silent bane
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You're becoming stronger too

opaque scroll
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Yep.

upbeat trench
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dude

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how do i get a freaking ades so i can gift

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i litterialy am floor 4 and didint get his blessing

opaque scroll
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Damn.

upbeat trench
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i also am still doing base shield dmgh

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dmg

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no dmg upgrades

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like bro

opaque scroll
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Just bad rng tbh.

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Pick other gods

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Try Aphro

upbeat trench
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YOO

opaque scroll
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or Arti

upbeat trench
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i found his blessing

opaque scroll
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Huh?

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NICE

upbeat trench
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yoo lets go

opaque scroll
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Remember to give nectar

upbeat trench
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yes

opaque scroll
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Gud.

upbeat trench
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ngl

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if i get lucky i could kill hades this run

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i havent used a revive

polar isle
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||i got the true ending croyiong i don't want this game to be over||

upbeat trench
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i dont have a chance bro

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sadly

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cuz like

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dude

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90 hp

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and 2 revies

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BRO i might have a chance

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so far hes almost half and i havent needed a revive yet

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nvm lol mabey not

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cuz ||i forgot he revives||

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yoo i did it

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lets goo

serene knoll
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What’s the best keepsake for fighting ||Hades||

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Is it acorn?

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I think I might beat him this run

upbeat trench
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||i just killed hades||

serene knoll
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Entering the final area with bow and 1000000 damage

upbeat trench
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at the end like 1/4 of his health i had to turn on god mode just cuz i didint get any good dmg items

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lol

serene knoll
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I have twin shot and point blank shot

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And hunter dash

upbeat trench
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ye but i just wanted to get to the point in the game where u get pact of punishment

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💀

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my sir here is the thing

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my bull rush still did 40 dmgh

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and my normal attack did 25

serene knoll
polar isle
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||THESEUS AND ASTERIUS ON EXTREME MEASURES IS INSAAAAAANE||

slate pecan
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man why tf are all my pics i send Crunchy

polar isle
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personally id go for athena

viscid notch
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If you like gambling take the Anvil

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If not take Athena grab her Call or an attack swap if offered

slate pecan
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nawww
well
maybe
i dont have flurry shot n i really like that
but i do need a call

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if i get athena i can also get aphrodite so

viscid notch
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You could

slate pecan
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gonna roll the dice here n go for the boons

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no call zagsad

viscid notch
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It’s alright you don’t have the best means of charging it

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And it’ll have no poms

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Attack swap from either Aphro or Athena is what you’re really after

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But it’s low odds

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Which is why I suggested the anvil

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Since your second hammer is inconsequential

eternal warren
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Drunken strike isn’t really ideal on the bow without flurry yeah

viscid notch
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Even with Flurry it’s not good really

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Id rather have nothing and take Shackle instead

opaque scroll
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Imagine ||Hades||

slate pecan
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bwahh almost had him
those damn lasers

opaque scroll
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F

slate pecan
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aight time to upgrade shield
any particular aspect yall recommend

opaque scroll
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Nah, Chaos

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I say chaos

slate pecan
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kay

eternal warren
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I hate chaos personally (and love zeus)

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it'll depend on your preference

slate pecan
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oh god....chaos gate or hammer

polar isle
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chaos imo

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chaos is fun

slate pecan
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too late

polar isle
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whats you choose

slate pecan
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is charged shot any good
oh i chose hammer

opaque scroll
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Idk

viscid notch
slate pecan
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cant believe i lost all my lives before ||styx||. god

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managed to restore one w kiss of styx but blaaaaaah

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now i have to choose between keeping acorn or switching to tooth

upbeat trench
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yo guys

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question

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so reptty much

slate pecan
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heading into ||hades|| with one revive on me but i got stubborn roots AYYYYYY

slate pecan
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question how do you meet ||orpheus||

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also second escape lets goooo

eternal warren
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Check the House Contractor

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||Court Musician Sentence, costs 1 diamond||

rare crest
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tips on aspect of Beowulf?

opaque scroll
sweet brook
rare crest
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where do i got then

sweet brook
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i mean you can just spoiler mark it here

opaque scroll
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^

slate pecan
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third clear lets go

sweet brook
slate pecan
eternal warren
pallid cypress
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if u got it just now it wont appear right away, gotta do an escape/attempt in order for game to progress most of the times

slate pecan
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ive had both those for quite a while now unfortunately
perhaps i am just cursed

eternal warren
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no idea then, sorry!

slate pecan
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its ok ty for ur suggestionszaggrin

slate pecan
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is there a way to farm nectars specifically

opaque scroll
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Fated Authority ig?

opal tiger
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my lyre's playing good now but prophecy's not done

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do I have to talk to orpheus to clear it?

opaque scroll
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Love lyre quest

stiff bison
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:) finally done with ||returning with persephone to the underworld||

stiff bison
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\o/

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stiff bison
opaque scroll
stiff bison
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:D

upbeat trench
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where is achilies

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bro just dipped

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upbeat trench
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where does he go

opaque scroll
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U ain’t finding him for now, go on a run.

gray haven
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Hidden aspects are spoilers here btw.

upbeat trench
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yo

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is ||gods legacy better than gods pride||

gray haven
upbeat trench
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can anyone here help me out with a beowulf build

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idfk what to get

opaque scroll
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Then put some cc on your special.

upbeat trench
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k what keepsakes

opaque scroll
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U like dps or burst dmg?

upbeat trench
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well what is usually more good for a shield build

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if either way probably dps

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upbeat trench
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dmg

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what boons do i want

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??

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upbeat trench
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for the build

opaque scroll
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Oh, my b.

gray haven
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Hidden aspects still spoilers here btw. tizomg

opaque scroll
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Call: Artie, Dio, Pos, Ares and Demeter

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Any others?

gray haven
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@upbeat trench either start Poseidon Cast > Deadly Strike > Mirage Shot (bugged to do 100% damage instead of 30% on hidden shield) and avoid any other boons that unlock Duo Boons with those two until you have Mirage Shot OR start Lady Aphrodite Cast > ||Snow Burst|| with Privileged Status.

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Lots of poms on your Cast.

opaque scroll
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OH YEAH!!!

gray haven
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Look for Grasp and Shot from Master Chaos, and check every Well of Charon for more bloodstones and Cast damage.

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Best hammer is Charged Shot.

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Those are the two strongest hidden shield builds.

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Mind you, I could go into more detail for optimization, but that's the gist of it.

upbeat trench
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ok im tryna write this down

gray haven
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You'll want Fiery Presence since the goal is to just one-shot all the enemies.

upbeat trench
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so i first go for posideon cat and deadly strike

gray haven
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Yep.

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Then look for Mirage Shot from those two.

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And basically avoid taking any other core boons until you have Mirage Shot.

upbeat trench
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should i stack sudden rush and charged shot

gray haven
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Sure, if you can find both.

upbeat trench
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ok

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do i also go for auto reload

gray haven
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No, you want Infernal Soul.

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Waiting for your Cast to regen will take too long.

upbeat trench
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what about stygian soul from chaos

gray haven
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Hidden shield will pop out the bloodstones right away after use, so you can pick them up right away again.

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Stygian Soul is a mirror talent, not a Chaos boon.

upbeat trench
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isint it a chaos boon

real totem
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Hi there! If I could add something, maybe at some point add an Athena boon? They're helpful if you can't easily dodge attacks.

gray haven
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Nope. Soul is a boon from them, though, with whatever curse before it. That one's just max HP.

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Grasp is +1 bloodstone, and Shot is +% Cast damage. Those are the two you want.

real totem
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Sorry to interrupt.

gray haven
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Strike (+% Attack dmg) and Favor (+% rarity) are good, too.

upbeat trench
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are thoes boons

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also

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if i get 3 sec and auto reload is that still not enough

gray haven
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Yes, they're Chaos boons.

upbeat trench
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cuz i hate picking them up

gray haven
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Yeah, it's pretty bad. You'll definitely want Infernal Soul.

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You'll see when you play that it's way faster.

upbeat trench
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k

viscid notch
upbeat trench
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here may i sent u a screenshot of my mirror

real totem
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But I do think she's useful if found.

gray haven
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Chaos boon names basically always follow the pattern "[curse name] [boon name]".

upbeat trench
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one last question

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so ima relist everything and tell me if i missed something

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i first need a hammer with charged shot and hopefully sudden rush

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then i go for posidens cast

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and for boons i want deadly strike from artemis and from chaos strike and favor

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is that all

gray haven
upbeat trench
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or is there anything else

viscid notch
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Strike and Favor are good second picks

gray haven
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i first need a hammer with charged shot and hopefully sudden rush
then i go for posidens cast
Can't really control what hammers you get too much. First priority is picking up the Cast boon.

viscid notch
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Shot = +% Cast damage
Grasp = +1 Bloodstone

real totem
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True, the cast makes or breaks the build

upbeat trench
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wait

gray haven
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You'll notice there are some other decent Attack hammers if you don't get the optimal ones.

upbeat trench
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can i just use the stygian soul and get grasp

viscid notch
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Stygian Soul is not used with Flood Flare on the Hidden Shield

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You use Infernal

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Either way it doesnt affect the odds of getting Grasp

gray haven
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You'll do 33% of the damage that you do with 3 bloodstones, and you'll need to wait 3 seconds for that bloodstone to regenerate instead of picking up your 3 bloodstones within like 1 second.

upbeat trench
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so then let me list

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i first go for charged shot sudden rush and posideon cast

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then go for deadly strike and grasp and shot from chaos

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correct?

gray haven
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Pretty much.

upbeat trench
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this means i want gods legacy mirror right

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cuz i need thoes duo boons

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and also family favriote

gray haven
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It's one Duo Boon, but yeah that's a good idea.

upbeat trench
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and family favriote is a good idea too right

viscid notch
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Yes

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The two gods you're using wont reliably give you curses to apply

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Pstatus is used with the other build Nyaanyaa mentioned

upbeat trench
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what is the name of posideons cast

viscid notch
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Flood Flare

upbeat trench
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k ima use codex to give me it and test it to see if i like this build

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if i dont i will prob just find a dif build for me but this one seems like it would be my favriote

gray haven
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Well, it's probably the strongest build in the game. tizomg

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Btw if you're on pad, I recommend swapping your Cast button to L1/LB when playing hidden shield.

upbeat trench
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im pc

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keyboard

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btw

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how do u give hammers with codex

gray haven
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Idk never used codex mod. When I want to test something, I just do it in a run.

viscid notch
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It's probably better to do it in a run, the build is progressive and it'll give you a better of idea of how it feels early on without hammer, and with low poms, and how it scales at the end of the run and instaphases bosses. Codex mod is also jank with Flood Flare specifically

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The hammer is in like the items tab of whatever it's called

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The one that has poms hearts obols darkness diamonds etc

upbeat trench
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dang

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this is very good rn

gray haven
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Codex mod has always been jank as far back as I remember. Plenty of myths that popped up because somebody tested something with codex mod and it bugged some interactions. tizomg

upbeat trench
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doing a hundreds of dmg

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tysm

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im not one shotting everything but i think its cuz i forgot to chance fiery presence

gray haven
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Aspect is probably not maxed yet either, I assume. So that's missing more damage.

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You can probably comfortably play with High Confidence for another +25% global damage btw.

upbeat trench
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na i maxed the aspect

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ok ye

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btw

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after adding mirage shot the other two still work right

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cuz i still have

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here lemme send sc

gray haven
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Deadly Strike and Flood Flare still work, yeah.

upbeat trench
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im not sure how to tell if mirage shot is working

viscid notch
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It's hard to miss to be fair lol

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You should be one shotting most enemies assuming your cast is pommed up a little bit

upbeat trench
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ok

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also

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well its mainly i was seeing some dudes do like

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5k dmg

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and im getting like

upbeat trench
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800 dms

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dmg

viscid notch
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It takes a lot of knowledge and experience and a fair bit of luck to truly take a Flood Flare build to the next level

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800 is very good

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5K is an outlier

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And it's definitely not one stone lol

viscid notch
upbeat trench
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idk how but sometimes i do some insane dmg

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like i just did 2k

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ohh becase of crits

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thats y my dmg is varying

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btw

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i think battle rage is also very good for this buil

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build

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it says whenver u slay a foe ur next attack deals 200% dmg

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which seems good when u are trying to 1 shot everything

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viscid notch
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In this case it's not beneficial because your Bullrush/Charged Shot is what's doing the damage, since you're dash striking to start it your Brage would be wasted on the dash-strike, which usually hits nothing.

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Situationally procs when your dash strike kills something, likely a small enemy then you bullrush/cshot on a big enemy and have the boost but it's a rare occurance

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I'd take Urge to Kill from or Blood Frenzy from Ares over Battle Rage

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Blood Frenzy also umpommable

wicked turtle
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How can I progress with certain gods as I am stuck at the locked heart with them?

opaque scroll
wicked turtle
slow garnet
#

So I got the game today and died twice already

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Any tips to get more resources?

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Or more exactly what to prioritize

final dune
#

if you want more darkness, use the weapon with the dark stuff around it in the courtyard

slow garnet
#

About that, I only bought the bow so far, it was cheapest

final dune
#

bow is good

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but you gotta practice with it

slow garnet
#

How do I aim with it when there are 5 enemies on the screen?

final dune
#

if you want a weapon thats very defensively useful and such shield is good

final dune
slow garnet
#

I got a keyboard

final dune
#

just point it

slow garnet
#

So I charge it or spam shots?

final dune
#

so your bow

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pretty hard to use to be hoenst

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because to maximise damage

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you have to shoot it when the flash happens while you're charging

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which is iirc a 150 ms window

slow garnet
#

That took me 5 minutes to pull off

final dune
#

?

unreal remnant
#

Yeah it's pretty tricky to get the hang of.

slow garnet
#

The powershot

final dune
#

yeah

unreal remnant
#

But eventually you'll be able to pull it off effortlessly.

#

Just practice

final dune
#

i wouldn't recommend the bow in that case for a bit if you just wanna gather resources

#

as i said shield is very useful

slow garnet
#

Will try it 1 run

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If not to my liking will gather 3 keys for next weapon

final dune
#

if you use shield, don't bother often with the special, it's unwieldy

final dune
#

FINALLY

slow garnet
#

So God Mode only gives me damage resist by 2% per death?

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Doesnt sound that good

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But will take anything that helps

final dune
#

it goes up to 80%

slow garnet
#

So thats a whole lot of dying

sweet brook
#

I mean

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On average it takes about 50 attempts to get a single clear

#

And by that point it'll be maxed out

#

Also the game is all about dying anyways lol

#

Don't expect to not die

slow garnet
#

So I have to do Megaera boss over again?

sweet brook
#

Yeah

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Part of the genre of the game

#

You start over from the start and keep going again

final dune
sweet brook
#

There are external upgrades that make it easier such as the mirror

sweet brook
#

And 50 isn't like unreasonable tbh

#

People take longer, people take shorter

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Like I took 23 and some take more than like 70 or something

final dune
#

heard some people take like 6

compact tiger
#

First save, 76 attempts. Second save, 12 attempts.

final dune
#

apparently i didnt even have any ps/ff

sweet brook
#

But also like some people are just naturally talented lmao

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Or like transfered skills from other games

sweet brook
#

Took me 4 attempts on the other save

final dune
#

i mean idk how id fare with what amounts to like ||ri2 or 3||

#

||i also could never ever win without beam, carries me every time||

compact tiger
#

||crystal beam?||

flint charm
#

i nearly beat elysium boss 1st try the other day

#

human dude isn't a threat really, so i just focused minos

sweet brook
#

Well the rest of the mirror helps with speed tbh, you realistically only need DDs and another dash to clear

#

Yeah dark foresight is amazing but you can get away with a lot of stuff early game if you have a lot of talent

compact tiger
sweet brook
#

Well it's objectively worse but you do you lol

flint charm
#

does movement speed effect bull rush? 🤔

sweet brook
#

Shouldn't

final dune
#

isnt the only reason youd ever do that ||gilg||

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or memes

sweet brook
compact tiger
# final dune whY??

I don't panic dodge everywhere. I time my dodges to avoid damage and position myself well. I can typically make it to ||Elysium|| without getting touched.

sweet brook
#

You don't need 50% dodge chance if you have an extra dash for 100% dodge chance

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And the damage is whatever tbh it's a small window

final dune
#

2 seconds isn't it

sweet brook
#

Idk

compact tiger
sweet brook
#

||low heat|| moment

final dune
#

on ||fo2||?

compact tiger
#

||16 heat runs currently|| but thanks

final dune
#

so you intentionally put yourself in harm's way

compact tiger
#

Yes siiiirrr

final dune
sweet brook
final dune
#

yeah

#

that's pretty low

sweet brook
#

Like not to bash on you or anything, but it's an objectively low number lol

#

||32 is even considered mid heat lol, we just consider it high heat because a lot of people struggle with it||

restive briar
#

In other words, git gud

gray haven
compact tiger
final dune
#

||i mean 32 is exactly the middle ||

gray haven
#

And you'll learn what the enemies do, what the different boons are, etc.

final dune
#

im not an expert or anyhting

compact tiger
final dune
#

everything is advice

#

unless you've specifically put like a disclaimer on

gray haven
#

Nothing wrong with playing with Ruthless Reflex.

final dune
#

someone will see you doing that thing and say "well it worked for them"

compact tiger
gray haven
#

I'd say telling @compact tiger to not talk about using Ruthless Reflex is more of an issue.

restive briar
#

How do you check to see how many attempts it took to clear once

compact tiger
gray haven
#

There's no "quality requirement" for giving others advice here either.

opaque scroll
gray haven
#

Gotta scroll through all your runs up to your very first clear to see how many attempts it took you.

#

Unfortunately.

restive briar
#

Gotchu

gray haven
#

Which can take forever if you have a lot of runs. tizomg

final dune
restive briar
#

I see it a lot

gray haven
#

Lady Aphrodite.

opaque scroll
compact tiger
#

Mewmew is a big Aphro fan lol, I actually have a note about you @gray haven "Lady Aphrodite Zealot"

final dune
gray haven
restive briar
#

I wanna do a poll

compact tiger
restive briar
#

See which gods are the most popular

#

I feel like Athena would be the least popular

final dune
#

why

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ddash

restive briar
#

Not mechanically

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Lore wise and story wise

final dune
#

people love her cause she gives them ddash

compact tiger
restive briar
gray haven
#

It is Lady Aphrodite.

restive briar
#

But you just said it’s tizo

gray haven
#

That is also Lady Aphrodite.

compact tiger
final dune
#

it's john fitzgerald kennedy]

gray haven
#

Lady Aphrodite is Lady Aphrodite. Lady Aphrodite is the real person, Ti'zo is the character she plays.

restive briar
#

Wait

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The actors name is lady Aphrodite ?

compact tiger
#

Mewmew, you're confusing them

final dune
#

goes by a lot of nicknames

gray haven
#

She plays herself in Hades.

cedar holly
restive briar
#

It says Courtney Vinyes plays Aphrodite

final dune
#

false

gray haven
#

Vineys.

restive briar
#

Yes

gray haven
#

That's one of Lady Aphrodite's characters.

restive briar
#

I’m being gaslighted

final dune
#

you know wht they say

#

gaslight gatekeep girlboss

#

the 10 commandments

gray haven
#

Everything I said is true.

restive briar
#

So Courtney Vineys’s nickname is Lady Aphrodite

gray haven
#

No. Courtney is a character that Lady Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, plays.

#

I don't know what's so difficult to understand.

restive briar
#

Gotchu

#

Now it makes sens e

#

Does supergiant pay lady Aphrodite or is it just a boon she’s offering

gray haven
#

m her high priestess, so you can trust me. She confirmed to me that it's true.

gray haven
restive briar
#

Sometimes when you type “I’m” the “I’” drops

gray haven
#

Not sometimes.

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Every time.

restive briar
gray haven
#

If you weren't, you wouldn't need to ask.

restive briar
#

I’m sure lady Aphrodite would like to keep her affairs private

eternal warren
#

So Dusa is also Lady Aphrodite?

gray haven
#

Yes.

restive briar
#

According to her high priestess

slow garnet
#

So Megaera is kicking my ass

opaque scroll
slow garnet
#

She has AoE attacks with bigger range than my sword

#

So I guess the bow can outrange her?

final dune
#

for those attacks you just run away

#

if im thinking of the right thing

slow garnet
#

No the ones where next to her

#

Not the spawned circles

final dune
#

the circle where meg is the center rigth

slow garnet
#

Will have to get to her again

#

So what do I aim for when choosing rooms?

#

From what I seen gold coins aint being kept post death

gray haven
#

You'll want to empty-dash to evade her melee attacks.

#

Empty dashes are fully invincible.

#

Meaning, no attack or anything mid-dash.

slow garnet
#

How do I do empty dashes?

opaque scroll
gray haven
#

You just dash without doing an attack or anything.

#

Like... just press Dash.

slow garnet
#

Ah so my usual dash

gray haven
#

Yeah.

#

If you do a Dash-Strike or Cast or anything during the dash, you lose the invincibility.

#

Getting some distance from Meg when she readies her whip for her AOE attack can also help. And then she takes a bit to recover after her attack, so you can get some hits in.

slow garnet
#

I seen the charged bow attacks one shot most small mobs, how much does it do on meg?

#

I mean I have damage numbers off

gray haven
#

Definitely not enough to one-shot her phases unless you get a very lucky speedrun build in Tartarus.

slow garnet
#

I did beat her only once with the lifesteal boon

gray haven
#

Well, you'll get better at fighting her with more practice, and you'll get a lot stronger with mirror upgrades and stuff.

#

Soon enough, you'll be beating her pretty consistently.

slow garnet
#

Plus I got to 30% damage resist with god mode

gray haven
#

Tbh right now, there's not really much to do except play the game and try out different boons and what they do, learn enemy behavior, unlock weapons and mirror talents, stuff like that.

#

If you have some god keepsakes already, you can check my newbie build guide that's pinned here to get you started with like a solid core for your builds from which you can try out stuff.

wise igloo
#

Yeah don't worry about boons being a newbie

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Or builds

#

Just play the game and learn the enemies,all that'll come

#

And don't feel too discouraged if you die a lot. It's the only way to get better

slate pecan
#

||is there an option to STEAL from charons shop???? lmfaooo||

opaque scroll
sweet brook
#

||wdym, it's just free money||

#

||just take it||

opaque scroll
neon whale
#

Ok

slate pecan
#

||i could never steal from him hes my BUDDY||

#

also yeah ive cleared like 3 times so it may take a while to show up

#

22% what

#

also AAAAGH almost had another clear but died at the last moment ffs

serene knoll
#

||for the pact of punishment, what conditions should I pick||

#

I’m running Hera bow

restive briar
#

what are you clear times

#

your*

serene knoll
#

Slow

#

I just ||murdered hades|| for the first time yesterday

final dune
serene knoll
#

Ok

#

Thanks

restive briar
#

I personally started with ||the last pact which reduces your max time||

eternal warren
#

For that one ||pausing the game when making decisions helps with not wasting any time||

final dune
#

avoid ||calisthenics program (max health), jury summons (more enemies), forced overtime (faster enemies), heightened security (trap damage), approval process (less boon choices), routine inspection (deactivates mirror) until you're doing like >16 at least||

#

||js might be fine||

restive briar
#

There's ||a fated list achievement that requires you to win with each and every one. I forced myself to do it and it was a fun challenge||

restive briar
#

lol ofc

eternal warren
#

A little bit in ||hard labour or lasting consequences|| is usually small enough you don't really notice it

slate finch
#

everything else is accurate tho

restive briar
#

that one was by far the hardest for me

final dune
#

yeah

restive briar
#

also ||heat|| is spoiler

final dune
#

i wouldn't do it too quickly, maybe after you've gotten schelemeus the great's first grand prize if you'd like to get used to it quickly

serene knoll
#

Just got a lvl 4 heroic crush shot by the time I reached hydra with Hera bow

#

It just melted

#

Heads were one shot

slow garnet
#

Why is the first H in Chthonic pronounced as A?

#

For example Chthonic Gods

upbeat spoke
#

I thought it's just silent

#

so it's more like C'thonic

eternal warren
#

it's not really an A sound, it's just impossible to pronounce 'Ch' without some kind of vowel sound

slow garnet
#

so I hate the Doom Crystal

#

game sudenly turns into Touhou

final dune
#

it's wholly possible to pronounce /cθ/

#

and the reason ancient greek-derived words use ch for what in English is k is because h in that language indicated aspiration

#

so it would have been pronounced the same as the c in car

#

which is an aspirated velar stop

#

the same reason the voiceless dental fricative is written th or the voiceless labiodental fricative ph

#

those aspirated stops over time fricated

#

and in Latin k wasn't really a thing as a letter so c was used to represent it

#

the reason ch also represents the affricate is because old french originally used it to represent the voiceless palatal plosive

#

which then I guess like assimilated or something to the affricate

#

granted this could all be wrong

#

but I'm certain cthonic can be pronounced

slate pecan
#

||finally got the sentencing for orpheus to appear ayyy||

#

got another clear also weeee

slow garnet
#

found the singing Nymph

#

not feeling like going away

final dune
slow garnet
#

I dont like the Elysium warriors

#

they feel like special forces

gray haven
#

That's kind of the point. They're the greatest warriors who earned their place in paradise.

slow garnet
#

I stepped into a skull room, place was filled with those guys and I had just a bow

#

And they also respawn if I cant kill their spirit form fast

#

Hmm, the bow did help me against first 2 bosses but not a crowd

slate pecan
#

which aspect do yall recommend for the spear

opaque scroll
slate pecan
#

havent unlocked that yet, how do i do that? zagpls

compact tiger
slate pecan
#

neat!

opaque scroll
pallid cypress
dark fog
#

I made it out of Elysium for the first time!! Woop woop

opaque scroll
slow garnet
#

this game keeps kicking my ass, any tips?

viscid notch
# slow garnet this game keeps kicking my ass, any tips?

Just keep practicing and pay attention to enemy patterns, maybe look into builds because those help a lot. Remember that dashing gives you full iframes but when you dash strike you lose those iframes so empty dash when you want to dodge attacks. Aside from that it's expected that you die a lot as you learn the game, how many attempts do you have and did you finish a run yet?

slow garnet
#

9 attempts, and no, I got Elysium furthest

#

A room of enemies ganged up on me while I was using the bow

viscid notch
#

You're still very new. People can take upwards of 50-100 attempts to get their first win.

slow garnet
#

Armored enemies are a bother in general

#

More so shield enemies

slate pecan
#

9 attempts? dont worry lol, it took me like 30
hades is fast paced but oddly enough patience is the most important thing

#

getting to Elysium in 9 attempts is actually pretty impressive

slow garnet
#

I got faster than that, I got 9 attempts total

slate pecan
#

nice

slow garnet
#

Maybe 6 or 7 attempts

#

I am sure I did with the bow

#

Also had good luck with boons, had zeus' intervention

hexed rampart
#

This is stupid genuinely but Im || on the last ambrosia for thanatos to date him || and i saw him in tartarus but i wanna get him one last time so is there any silly rituals I can do to summon him or something (even tho it's random)

faint umbra
#

I don’t know any silly rituals but I wish you good luck 🤞

hexed rampart
#

Thank you kind person

#

I'm struggling

#

I've litterally got || mort and the butterfly || enabled like what pls appear

pallid cypress
#

its completely random

hexed rampart
#

Yeah dw ik that I just mean for random sakes to see if anything would atleast help

hushed skiff
#

am i wrong for liking stygius

#

early game

hexed rampart
#

Nahh its good || I use aspect of nemesis since I use like a special and a quick dash attack after it rlly helps and in the temple of the styx the special can help keep vermin away ||

hexed rampart
#

||I'VE ROMANCED THANATOS I'VE DONE IT AFTER ALL THIS TIME||

opaque scroll
hexed rampart
#

IT TOOK ME SO LONG TRYING STUPID RITUALS AND TRYING TO ENCOUNTER HIM BUT I DID IT

neon whale
#

Yaya

#

Only point of the game, tbh /hj

#

||i just got his first encounter like 4 runs ago and now i just need nectar/ambrosia||

slow garnet
#

wait, isnt Nyx Zagreus' caring mother? I mean by Zagreus' pov Persephone never even bothered to check on him

#

thats a point

final dune
#

||also she like thought he was dead||

#

wouldnt the whole thing here be a spoiler then

slow garnet
#

sorry, Elysium makes me swear

#

any way to get through the difficulty spike known as forced harder enemies?

slow garnet
#

yes mirror

opaque scroll
#

I meant what’s on it?

#

Sry.

slow garnet
#

one moment

#

added some stuff now

opaque scroll
#

Switch ur defensive ones to offended ones.

#

And switch Cthonic Vit for Dark Gen.

upbeat spoke
#

tbh I would just focus on getting darkness for another defiance

opaque scroll
upbeat spoke
#

for a new player?

eternal warren
#

SD can help for getting a bit further in an area if you keep burning your DD before the boss but in the long term DD is just better imo

opaque scroll
upbeat spoke
#

if he's getting stuck in Elysium I'd say DD and/or max hp would help him a lot

opaque scroll
upbeat spoke
#

hm

#

true I guess

viscid notch
#

You will die to bosses with SD

#

DDs are the go-to

opaque scroll
eternal warren
#

Haelian released a new mirror guide today

opaque scroll
eternal warren
viscid notch
opaque scroll
viscid notch
#

Or just use Death Defiances and get better at rooms and leave your keepsake slot open for other stuff

#

It's pretty straight-forward

opaque scroll
#

I could arguably say get better at Bosses.

viscid notch
# opaque scroll SD lasts longer though.

How does SD last longer? It’s a smaller hp pool meaning you’ll last way less in bossfights, and bossfights are tricky unlike rooms. Sure SD refills every chamber but the majority of chambers you wont use it if you play reasonably well. Getting better at bosses takes a lot more time and practice than rooms. With SD you’ll have much smaller wiggle room in bosses and will get punished and lose more often. You can play however you like, but at the end of the day some options are better than others, and the mirror is no different, I might have seen one or two players get their first win with Stubborn Defiance in my 2 years on this server.

opaque scroll
#

One isn’t necessarily better than the other.

gray haven
#

I second what MiKE said. If you don't have a second DD yet, SD can be better. But if you don't have a second DD yet, your top priority on the mirror should be getting that, Greater Reflex, and Chthonic Vitality.

viscid notch
#

The context of ||high heat|| and newer players are very different. For a newer player, DDs will be overall more consistent and you’ll have more success using them, which does in fact make them better for a newer player.

gray haven
#

The fact that SD worked out for you doesn't make it equal.

opaque scroll
viscid notch
#

It’s not really about meta

opaque scroll
viscid notch
#

Okay well that’s an outlier case

opaque scroll
#

Yeah.

viscid notch
#

But when someone asks about mirror advice in the new player channel, it’s a better idea to recommend DDs because the majority of players have more success with them

opaque scroll
#

I’m just saying DD > SD isn’t an absolute.

opaque scroll
gray haven
#

I am not convinced that SD actually was the more effective option for you. I understand that you think that's the case, and it's not impossible, but I think it's very unlikely and that your apparent success with SD was simply due to other factors.

viscid notch
#

Good build/ lucky encounters etc..

opaque scroll
viscid notch
#

I think you’re missing the context, at ||32 heat|| you should use Stubborn Defiance

#

It is better at that point because you’ll have no healing ideally

opaque scroll
#

Yeah,but I used it to get there.

final dune
#

||32 lc4||?

opaque scroll
viscid notch
#

Well then good on you, but for most people it doesn’t go that way. Early on you use DDs and when you have no healing you use SD and get used to it there, by then you’ll have a better understanding of game fundamentals and bosses etc. Anyway, this conversation isn’t going anywhere so best dropping it and moving on

final dune
#

also why do we always get to these discussions in the new player channel

final dune
#

I do not care about this conversatiom

opaque scroll
#

Welp nope that actually concludes it pretty well.

gray haven
#

Nothing wrong with some discussion between vets and somewhat newer players to explain why something is the go-to recommendation/became the meta.

opaque scroll
#

Ye.

gray haven
#

If you don't care for it, don't read it. But others can read it and maybe get a better perspective on things.

void fern
gray haven
#

Just kind of the natural flow of conversation, yeah.

slate pecan
#

what even happens if you try to gift hades lmao

final dune
#

try it

slate pecan
#

||zagreus trying to be nice and hades being like gtfo my FACE!!!||

dark fog
#

Did I miss something? Why is there a Mirror Guide?
I'm almost maxed out on everything.... am I missing something?!

dark fog
#

.... "Click my skills"..... I'm sorry, I haven't played ANY GAMES on consoles or PC in 15 years....
I know what it means but how/where do I do that on the PS

final dune
#

oh

#

on playstation

dark fog
#

I'm such a noob 😛

final dune
#

you select a skill and then go left and press whatever a is on playstatioln

dark fog
#

....

#

I can go LEFT?!

#

no wonder I feel like I miss something

final dune
#

there's like

dark fog
#

this is fun ❤️

final dune
#

a little arrow thing on the left

dark fog
#

I'm a very casual gamer so I don't really mind.... But seeing as I can't get past BLOODY HADES I'll have to probably check

#

ohhhhhh that opens up a LOT of new possiblities!

#

thank you so much!

final dune
#

np

dark fog
#

I'm way too distracted by the beautiful design and the great script, the mythological accuracy and the fact that the whole game is synchronised..

#

well, I'll try again tomorrow!

#

see what I missed out on

#

synchronised as in voiced over

#

the German term for a voice actor is "synchronsprecher", so I may have misstyped that, thinking it would be a good substitute

gray haven
#

@dark fog final boss is spoilers in this channel btw, so you might wanna spoiler-tag that. squirtnya

rocky hornet
#

Idk if this belongs here but what are the best of the first 3 aspects to use for the weapons?
I know Chiron the best for coronacht but I'm not sure about the others.
Also sorry if I'm interrupting.

sweet brook
#

There's an aspect guide pinned here

#

Also Chiron isn't the best for bow lol it's hera

#

At this stage of the game anyways

final dune
#

chiron is so fun tho

rocky hornet
#

Yeah, I know, right? I just beat the big bad with dionysus/aphrodite, and I didn't dodge nearly as much as I should have.

#

Sorry.

modern briar
#

tbh the other two spear aspects are just

#

not good bouldy

#

They can work don’t get me wrong

sweet brook
#

nem, achilles, zeus, hera, demeter, eris or hestia (with levels)

#

probably

#

idk why i didn't say that earlier

final dune
#

i like poseidon more it is fun

sweet brook
#

frankly doesnt matter tbh they'll all do fine lmao

final dune
#

if you wanna stay winning like a real big shot you do HESTIA 💪 💪 💪 💪 💪 💪

gray haven
gray haven
#

Chiron is very easy to play, just requires some levels to do decent damage.

#

Lv.1 Chiron is pretty sad. tizozzz

slow garnet
#

and if I thought Elysium was hard, their boss fight is nigh cheating

#

I got to the boss fight and got my butt handed to me

#

on a gold platter

#

fight soon tuned into touhou

#

They really want me to hate Theseus

#

They combined shield users and bow users into one

#

Also how is that guy a legend? He looks like a discount

raw coral
#

Well, he is legend for felling his now bff (beefy freaking friend)

#

But yea, that fight is a good wall, you'll get over it soon enough!