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novel swift
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Has spoilers if you're afraid of that

undone shale
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just installed the game on PC after playing it on mobile

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so much better

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5th attempt and I'm already at elysium lolol

somber frigate
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There really isn’t a single weapon/aspect where it’s a good idea to be a stationary anything tbh

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achilles in particular is a bit more aggresive about being up in enemies faces than the rest of the spears though, since it removes the good spear special hammers and replaces it with a movement -> damage buff

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dash strike, look for flurry jab (or serrated point, the less cool younger brother)

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remember that achilles boosts your next 4 attacks and casts

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So some easy ways to build it are artemis strike (get crit on your +50-150% strikes) and then slicing shot from ares for big damage with hunting blades, or instead opt for lightning strike from zeus & phalanx shot from athena

lunar marsh
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im just starting the game, any beginner tips with no spoilers pls?

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also can someone explain to me the main genre of the game, and any similiar games i should compare it with

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such as maybe diablo?

zenith stirrup
zenith stirrup
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I'm not very familiar with roguelikes, but I believe Binding of Isaac is one, for example

lunar marsh
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damn, i thought it was more of a souls-like because some people told me that

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im more of a souls enjoyer

blazing sand
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Hi

bold adder
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hi

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i forgot i had this game lol

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then i remembered

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and its good

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which gods give which keepsakes?

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also which weapon is typically better?

brazen delta
bold adder
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alr

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and the weapon?

brazen delta
bold adder
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alr bet

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ty

brazen delta
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Yw

bold adder
brazen delta
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Stygius, it's easier for me to escape with it

bold adder
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ah cool

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i was thinking the sword was good lol

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the only one ive upgraded

brazen delta
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it is, to some people

bold adder
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lololol

brazen delta
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Loll

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have fun man

bold adder
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so for the blood upgrade thingy

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which upgrades do i focus on?

brazen delta
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aspects

bold adder
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the aspect of zergeus

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or whatever

brazen delta
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Sure

bold adder
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is that one good?

brazen delta
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Yeah

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Whatever you like

bold adder
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alr

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ty

brazen delta
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Yw man!!

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^_^

bold adder
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how do u get more blood btw?

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also which keepsake should i use

brazen delta
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Acorn or skelly's tooth if you wanna make it out safe

bold adder
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bet

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how do i get acorn>

brazen delta
brazen delta
bold adder
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oh k

brazen delta
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Gift her nectar

bold adder
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bet ty

brazen delta
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Yw

bold adder
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is it worth??

brazen delta
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sure, if you want to try it

bold adder
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what does it do tho?

brazen delta
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I forgot, sorry

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Lol

bold adder
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oh alr

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np

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ill skip for now lol

brazen delta
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Alr

hollow hull
severe bone
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I think the bow is also pretty good to be honest

zenith stirrup
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The acorn makes you not take damage for a few hits in boss fights

hollow hull
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Bow is aight yeah

bold adder
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i used the tooth

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but i wanna keep using it

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does it reset?

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or do i actually need to choose another 1

bold adder
dusty vault
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Unless you wanna lvl it up ig

bold adder
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hydra be dead

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oh noo

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the bull

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scary

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how did i beat that-

zenith stirrup
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BULL BRO?!

bold adder
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aw dang

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the bull and that dude

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killed the bull

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then the spear dude

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killed mne

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he was almost dead tho

bold adder
lunar dagger
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Spear dude can be annoying if you don't know how to fight him

zenith stirrup
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Theseus, my other bull bro

bold adder
lunar dagger
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Hide behind pillars to dodge spears

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Dash through spin attacks

bold adder
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he had like 8% hp left

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oh

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smort

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i did that mostly

lunar dagger
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Also he exposes his back to you after every spear throw

bold adder
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ye i noticed that part

zenith stirrup
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And then there's the evade the god part

dusty vault
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You can just dash back and forth for that

bold adder
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ye

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whats the last floor?

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or does it not end?

zenith stirrup
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The last floor? The Temple of Styx?

bold adder
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ye

zenith stirrup
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You gotta go into the tunnels and find a satyr sack to feed Cerberus

bold adder
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oh

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cool

zenith stirrup
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It never appears in the first room you go into, but there's a 56% change it will appear in the next

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And so on

bold adder
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k

zenith stirrup
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?

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What?

bold adder
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the hole thing

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nvm

dusty vault
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Those are different things

bold adder
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oh k

dusty vault
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And don't appear in Styx

bold adder
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oh col

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cool

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what do they even do?

dusty vault
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You pick a downside for like 3-4 rooms then gain a buff

zenith stirrup
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Ah, good old Chaos

bold adder
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oh

dusty vault
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Can be +attack%/hp/coins gained/ etc.

bold adder
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is it worth?

zenith stirrup
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Yea

bold adder
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bet ty

dusty vault
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More often than not yeah

zenith stirrup
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But they don't appear in Styx

bold adder
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awesome

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alr

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round 2

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gonna kill spear dude and bull this time

zenith stirrup
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Bull bros....

bold adder
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fr

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i feel like deflecting is one of the most important blessings lol

bold adder
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hydra and fury dead now

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bouta decapitate the bull bros

real wedge
faint umbra
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this is very confusing but the colored boons are the requirements you need for the duo

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its better to look at the boon codex in game

dusty vault
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I should be paid everytime I am forced to look at the wiki's boon charts

upbeat spoke
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in fact I think I now know less than before I looked at it

real wedge
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lol I thought as much but im specifically trying to get curse of drowning and poseidons blue dash icon is highlighted - but then scrolling down it says in text that the requirement is "one of each" and does not list poseidons dash lol

upbeat spoke
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Curse of drowning means you have to have poseidon cast

real wedge
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oh wait

upbeat spoke
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it's cast not dash

real wedge
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im a fool!

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i see now

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ty!

dusty vault
upbeat spoke
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looking at it, someone explain to me why curse of drowning, hunting blades and feezing vortex all use different type of cast icon even though they all have the "same" requirement of one specific cast

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one is blue one is red and one has a border

upbeat spoke
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ah

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I'm blind

real wedge
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it is silly though because there are captions below each of the ones they decided needed clerification

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and the beowolf thing is like in the way

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off center

upbeat spoke
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yeah like the graphic itself makes sense but is way too complicated for no reason

real wedge
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also it helps its in 240p

upbeat spoke
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😄

dusty vault
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Pos = blue, ares = red

desert totem
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aspect of guan yu better than achilles?

dusty vault
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Not really but still really good

desert totem
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why i have 30 hp

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💀

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damn not even the spiked collar gives that much HP

dusty vault
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Lvl 1 gy moment

desert totem
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spiked collar gave me 15 HP

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🫡

dusty vault
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See the thing is that its special is good (is basically exploding launcher built in) and ypu only need charged skewer to have a good bow

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So the dmg stays the same no matter the level

novel swift
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Guan yu is pretty fun

dusty vault
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So you apply the great teachings of hypnos and "just don't get hit"

dusty vault
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The spin is way more situational

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Mostly used when enemies are spawning

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If you want to build around it you want quick spin

novel swift
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into massive spin

desert totem
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idk what i'd build around it tbh

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like i feel like its just a different weapon now

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idk what would boost it

dusty vault
dusty vault
desert totem
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charged skewer and quick spin OP

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ic

desert totem
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oh the spin attack heals

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thats crazy good

zenith stirrup
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Yea, you lose life to use the spear, but it heals

bold adder
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hey

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should i free orpheus or get 1 more diamond and get the admin door unlocked?

zenith stirrup
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You'll have to do both sooner or later

dusty vault
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Orpheus is cool

bold adder
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so which?

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i can do orpheus rn

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but not door

zenith stirrup
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Whichever you desire

bold adder
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alr

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ig

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orpheus it is

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oh

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are the diamond shooter things

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useful

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idek what they supposed to do

zenith stirrup
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Diamond shooter things?

bold adder
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the red

zenith stirrup
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OH! The cast

bold adder
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right mouse click

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ye

zenith stirrup
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That's useful if you make a cast build

bold adder
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oh

zenith stirrup
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Or even just to use in general

bold adder
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alr

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like

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what would i use it for

zenith stirrup
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It's just another attack

bold adder
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oh alr

zenith stirrup
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Basically

bold adder
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ty

slender flint
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can you legit block everything with the shield
||minotaur charge|| and medusa balls included? I assume not aoe like hydra slams and those annoying spike trap pot creatures

dusty vault
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If you are facing the attack yeah

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And if you can't block it just bullrush out of the way

zenith stirrup
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"It's worth noting that the shield is capable of blocking anything (including attacks from bosses), except for traps and AoE attacks."

slender flint
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Is there a way to see which floors I've cleared on which weapons? I need more titan blood but forgot which weapons I haven't beat megara with

dusty vault
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Before first escape no

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Can always keep track of it yourself

desert totem
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idk why tho

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i tried to run away and do spinn

slender flint
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tips for the heroes? I accidentally made it into elysium with a meme build and this is my second time ever using the sword...

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Not used to being this far without a ranged attack

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I have Aphrodite’s greater call so I can use that to nuke them if I live long enough and I have divine dash

sacred chasm
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if you’re feeling silly you can bait him into spinning, dodge through the spin, smack him in the back to bait another spin, and rinse/repeat

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and just pray he doesn’t call demeter

dusty vault
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Re: last point
You can also just take a boon from the god you hate that he calls to prevent him from doing so

slender flint
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should I pick cursed slash if I have never used it before? ik it's really good but idk how it is in boss fights

novel swift
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Cursed slash is very weak due to the attack pattern on sword

slender flint
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ah okay thanks

novel swift
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Sword attack pattern is dash strike, dash strike, special, repeat, and cursed slash only affects normal attacks

real wedge
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beat hades first time! pog!

zenith stirrup
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Noice

slender flint
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I got aspect of zeus, tips on how to use it? Have gotten mixed messages on "toss it and head in for the melee" vs "toss it and hide behind the shield"

sweet brook
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more so the first one

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the second one isn't very fast but can work for clearing, but it's like the slowest way you can clear with zeus shield lmao

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you more or less wanna be doing something like this

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throw the shield out, dash strike backwards, then bull rush back with a recall

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and repeat that

slender flint
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do people get lucky with boons and only post those lucky runs or is there that big of a skill difference between new and experienced players
takes me 200 years just to get out of asphodel

dusty vault
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there are a lot of ways to influence what you need, but also a mix of just posting the runs that really were lucky

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I kinda just post whatever run for example

desert totem
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are the 700 coin boons always gonna be legendary?

zenith stirrup
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No,

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They just have rarity increased

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Meaning, you're more likely to get a Rare boon

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Or are only offered Rare boon or up

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Something like thay

desert totem
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epic hyper sprint and greatest reflex

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damn idk what to choose..

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wait thats like 3+ for greatest reflex

dusty vault
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just take purple dashes

zenith stirrup
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Purple dash go brrrr

desert totem
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i got like 5 dashes now LMAO

polar finch
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Hyper sprint is mainly taken for the further option of rush delivery and i guess youre in styx so no more hermes

desert totem
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ic

zenith stirrup
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There's only so much Hermes you can take

desert totem
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i just dash 5 times with the tidal dash lmao

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this is kinda fun

zenith stirrup
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Splash dash runs are fun

hollow hull
slender flint
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being able to beat rooms really fast

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I heard a full clear should take 30 mins?

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which is crazy to me lol

hollow hull
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ah, well honestly it's not something I'm super good at either

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full clear?

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the world record is 4:30

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in game time

slender flint
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yeah but like normal runs

dusty vault
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around 30 mins sounds about right for first few wins

hollow hull
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^

dusty vault
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especially if you are doing it on your own

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I'd expect faster if you have someone telling you what to build during the run

polar finch
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When you know what boons to go for and how to narrow down boon rng along with a maxed mirror you can very consistently get busted builds

hollow hull
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Personally, i've picked a weapon i really like playing and can kinda map out how I want a room to go optimally

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Even without a great build, maximizing the weapon + core boon takes a lot of practice

sweet brook
desert totem
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damn the last hit with the gyan yu extends if i dash

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thats kind acool

gusty scroll
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boiling blood lets me deal X amount of bonus damage to targets hit with my cast. If I have 3 stacks of cast on a single enemy, is the X amount of bonus damage multiplied by 3?

somber frigate
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although the trap of chiron is easy to fall into

desert totem
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i crossed like 3 gates and still didnt get the satyr

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i thought it was guaranteed on the third one?

dusty vault
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nope

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is random from 2 to 5 tunnels

desert totem
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cant clear with the gyan yu at all

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rip

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guess its cause im unable to get any of the hammer boons that were mentioned in the guide though

dusty vault
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prob wanna try other aspects then, but also yeah spear is rough in that regard

cedar delta
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Beloved Charged Skewer

desert totem
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the thing is i just try to run away and do spin attacks

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is beowulf the best aspect for aegis?

dusty vault
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In general yeah, zeus is also good

desert totem
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i didnt like zeus one much

polar finch
cedar delta
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Zeus is fun. Electric circular saw

polar finch
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Explody electric circular saw

dull edge
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easiest build to beat the game

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pls

boreal stag
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Does the game have a true ending? Where everything is exhausted?

dusty vault
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there's the credits then an epilogue yeah

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but also this game has a lot of dialogue so you won't exhaust much of it even if you get the epilogue

boreal stag
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Will there come to a point where there’s no reason to ||collect gems, darkness, keys, blood, etc?||

dusty vault
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keys run out of use the fastest

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once you unlock the whole mirror/weapons

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then you can just trade them for other resources

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but yeah you can eventually max out everything in short

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there are some upgrades that makes picking up certain stuff over others better

slender flint
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I have divine strike and curse of pain, does this mean I'll get merciful end eventually?

polar finch
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It means you have a chance to get it, its not guaranteed

slender flint
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Are there mods that let you guarentee which boons you get
been having an amazing run and I wanna try these again

desert totem
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i cant use the throwables once i put them in the shield somehow

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i cant send an embed to explain either

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the cast throws

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if i hold special to throw the shield and try to throw cast during the animation, its like i casted myself or smth

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and then theres cast icons above my health number

cedar delta
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Oh, you must be playing Wulfbeo. The stonebloods are used to charge the shield, and you release the charges with Rush Bull (the alternate attack)

desert totem
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but why cant i retrieve the casts if use it in any other way?

cedar delta
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Because that's how the shield works. It eats casts and releases them while you Rush

desert totem
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so only meant to use for rush? like if i use the cast during any other animation i cant retrieve the casts anymore

polar finch
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Yeah

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Basically you load the shield, blow things up with the rush, collect the stones and repeat

desert totem
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can i load the shield during the rush itself? like not why charging, because thats a bit rough to input

polar finch
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You can load at any point

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If on controller helps to rebind cast to somewhere like a shoulder button

slender flint
final dune
slender flint
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divine strike, curse of pain, divine dash, ares cast, ares call, flury of strikes for achilles spear, +40% movement speed from hermes, merciful end, forgot what else

serene plank
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is there a way to undo an aspect 😭 i use the spear & accidentally unlocked hades’ aspect when i barely use the spin attack

dusty vault
serene plank
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yes

dusty vault
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Start the run and press give up

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Just don't go into zag's room by accident

dusty vault
serene plank
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omg that worked!! ❤️ thank u sm!!

rancid gulch
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Hello! I'm not sure if this question could be set to;0 but I've been playing Hades since last year, I completed it a few months ago but I bought a controller so I can play better

although I'm still not used to the default layout, plus my fingers hurt :'D who can help me make a different layout

final dune
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kbm is fine

gilded palm
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im trying to get max hearts on skelly but its locked and i ant talk to him anymore

zenith stirrup
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you gotta do his favor

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kill him with zag sword at max level

gilded palm
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where do i check it?

zenith stirrup
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check what?

gilded palm
zenith stirrup
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yea, that's what he asks you to do, so you do it

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and then the lock will be gone

gilded palm
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i am NOT getting all that blood again

zenith stirrup
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too bad

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no Skelly companion for you then

gilded palm
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whats cerberus one

zenith stirrup
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pets

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20 pets

gilded palm
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oh

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easy

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what happens when you get all the hearts

zenith stirrup
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you can check everyone's favors in their respective wikis

zenith stirrup
gilded palm
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thats cool ig

zenith stirrup
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max relationships are also necessary for things like Dio's favor and reach the Epilogue

gilded palm
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dios favor?

zenith stirrup
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dionysus's favor is have max relationship with a certain amount of people

gilded palm
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wtf

zenith stirrup
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?

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why are you surprised?

gilded palm
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that takes like 200 hours

zenith stirrup
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depends on how often you gift nectar

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and how easily you get it too

gilded palm
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i have most f the keepsakes but iv only been giving my nectar to skelly and cerberus

zenith stirrup
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shoul've worked on gifting everyone

gilded palm
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just pet cerberus 20 times and its still locked

zenith stirrup
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does he already have the lock on his affinity gauge?

gilded palm
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yeah

zenith stirrup
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are you sure you petted him 20 times?

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you might need more

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keep petting him until it unlocks

gilded palm
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i mean alr

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is there any fast way to get blood bc i killed hades off pure luck so i can only kill the first 3 bosses

lunar dagger
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Pact of punishment is the fastest way tbh

zenith stirrup
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you can trade Ambrosia for it, or use the Pact of Punishment and up until Heat 20 every heat level will reward you. So, if you repeatedly kill the Furies with the Pact at different levels and weapons, you get it

gilded palm
lunar dagger
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The challenge conditions you can apply before beginning your run

gilded palm
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oh im already doing that

lunar dagger
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Other than that you can trade with the wretched broker in Lounge

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He sometimes offers a titan blood for 15 keys, check him after every run

gilded palm
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i got 67 keys so hopefully

gilded palm
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i accedently stole from charon

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am ded

zenith stirrup
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Charon likes it

gilded palm
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he brutally murdered me

zenith stirrup
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he has a reputation to uphold

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but still enjoys the fight

gilded palm
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but why is he harder to kill than the heroes i thought i was buying a sack for 300 lol then he murdered me

zenith stirrup
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He's a superboss

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Of course he's hard to defeat

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He's stronger than Hades even

gilded palm
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seems like it

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wait

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if i get max hearts

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do i get someone to fight with me?

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or sum bc the scrolls say companion

zenith stirrup
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more or less

gilded palm
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huh

zenith stirrup
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the companions allow you to summon the (previous) owner of that companion

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mostly, the character will just deliver an attack and go

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Skelly and Dusa are the only exception

gilded palm
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whats skelly do

zenith stirrup
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Skelly will stay and take damage in your place

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he'll leave once he is either killed or after you finish a chamber and move to the next

gilded palm
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skellys a g but i am NOT getting 10 more titan blood

zenith stirrup
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Dusa will stay and attack frequently the same way other gorgons do. After a while, she leaves

zenith stirrup
gilded palm
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so i have to get the starter sword aspect zagress max lvl

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and kill him

zenith stirrup
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yes

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he even has dialogue asking for it

gilded palm
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bruh

zenith stirrup
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what's wrong?

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you eventually have enough blood to max every weapon anyways

gilded palm
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do you?

zenith stirrup
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yeah

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we already went over how to get blood

gilded palm
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how many years you got on the game

zenith stirrup
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zero

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I don't play

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but watch tons of content of the game

gilded palm
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oh dam

zenith stirrup
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and work on the wiki

gilded palm
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respect

zenith stirrup
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not much on the gameplay side of things, but still read it anyway

gilded palm
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are the wikis not fully updated tho

zenith stirrup
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well, yeah

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but still have most information

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we're mostly lacking on Hades 2 information right now

gilded palm
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you will have it soon enough game releases in a month

zenith stirrup
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not to mention the major lack of info on the wiki when I started working on it was on the Story and Trivia, so something easy for me to lend a hand

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been dealing with physical descriptions recently too

gilded palm
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do you get paid for that bc i would never

zenith stirrup
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nope

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but it pained me to see the wiki so lacking for a long while

gilded palm
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yk god mode

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can that get up to 100%

zenith stirrup
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I think it caps at 80

gilded palm
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imma test that

jovial ferry
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it deffo caps at 80

slender flint
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Is taking 50 minutes to reach redacted (and dying) on the 18th attempt normal

zenith stirrup
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there's a title for if your run lasts longer than 60 minutes, so I'd say it isn't out of the ordinary for things like that to happen

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Everyone has their pace

gilded palm
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mf

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i just got 5 titan blood and found out it does nothing

zenith stirrup
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what

gilded palm
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skellys favor

zenith stirrup
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kill him with Zag's sword at max level

gilded palm
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i am

zenith stirrup
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Zag's sword. Stygian Blade. Full of Titan Blood. Use it to kill him

gilded palm
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i went to read his wiki and it says get 4 NON zag aspect upgrades

zenith stirrup
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wait a minute

gilded palm
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wait do i have to get EVRY aspect on the blade max

zenith stirrup
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"Skelly's favor is directly requested by him the next time he is encountered and his affinity gauge is as complete as it can be. He won't give you the quest until you've unlocked 4 non-Zagreus aspects of weapons. After you've done that, on your next run he should offer the new quest.

He will request that Zagreus kill him with the Stygian Blade, but using its Level 5 Zagreus Aspect (which costs a total of 5 Titan Blood), claiming it will set him free of his “contract.”

Once this has been done, Zagreus will be able to gift him Ambrosia the next time he encounters Skelly in the courtyard.

Completing Skelly's favor also completes the Eternal Rest prophecy."

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no, just Zag's

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I didn't recall you needing 4 non Zag aspects before he gave you the quest

gilded palm
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im gonna kms

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well

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il go do that

zenith stirrup
desert totem
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is there a guide or a certain build i should go for with aspect of arthur?

lost flame
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how does defying death work?

dusty vault
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Is a revive

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If you die you recover 50% hp

lost flame
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yeah but what does it use up

kindred saddle
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its a mirror upgrade, the red side gives up to 3 defiances per run

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the green side gives you one defiance for each room but it gives you only 30% of your hp back

dusty vault
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There's an icon on top of your hp showing how many revives you have left

lost flame
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I see it in the mirror but it doesn't seem to do that every game

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its like random or something

kindred saddle
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maybe you accidentally switched to the other side that you dont have bought ?

gilded palm
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just watched a yt vid on the skelly companion and it just showed i need 5 titan blood in zag aspect on sword and i have that with 6 hearts unlocked and i killed him nothing happens

gilded palm
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what

kindred saddle
lost flame
dusty vault
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Pls read bouldy

gilded palm
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it doesnt let me talk to him

zenith stirrup
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Go do a run, die and see what he says next

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It literally says that after all requirements are met, you need to go die in a run, and he'll speak to you about the favor next time

dusty vault
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And as always if you have all pre reqs and he doesn't talk anyways just do more runs

kindred saddle
gilded palm
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bruh i even maxed out every aspect on the sword

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still nothing

dusty vault
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How many aspects you have unlocked overall

gilded palm
zenith stirrup
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Have you gone out, kill some enemies, died or beat dad and then see what Skelly says?

zenith stirrup
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Repeatedly?

gilded palm
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yep

dusty vault
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Can only talk once per run

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And if you mean he isn't there, swap your weapon

gilded palm
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no i just got back from a run and like 20 runs before that i maxxed the sword out and killed him

dusty vault
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You need to get the prophecy for it first pretty sure

gilded palm
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what the hell is the prophecy

zenith stirrup
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The Fated List of Minor Prophecies

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Don't you know it?

gilded palm
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yeah

dusty vault
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The thing of killing him with zag sword is a prophecy

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That skelly gives you

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Is not something you can just go and do

gilded palm
zenith stirrup
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Skelly's gotta say he wants Zag to release him of his contract

dusty vault
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Have 4 non zag aspects unlocked and just keep talking to him until he does

gilded palm
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maxed out?

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or just unlocked

dusty vault
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Unlocked

gilded palm
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tf

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i have 6 non zG

dusty vault
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Dialogue is somewhat rng

gilded palm
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I DID THAT

dusty vault
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Even if you have everything they aren't guaranteed to mention it

gilded palm
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casp lock

zenith stirrup
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KEEP DOING IT

gilded palm
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il just keep killing myself

dusty vault
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That works

gilded palm
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wait

zenith stirrup
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Remember, the "Give up" option doesn't count

gilded palm
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do i need ALL 4 on zags sword

dusty vault
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No

gilded palm
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then idfk whats wrong

dusty vault
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Bad luck

zenith stirrup
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You can't even have all 4 four non-zag aspects on sword

gilded palm
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oh yeah

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mb

desert totem
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what are some ways to trigger conversations or be able to gift hades?

zenith stirrup
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Hades is a special case

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Especially in the gifting department

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Better check his wiki to understand

desert totem
zenith stirrup
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Yea

zealous sparrow
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anyone have any tips to beat the skull snake boss thingy 😭

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i got him to 1hp and died

hollow hull
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Otherwise yeah, it’s a tough one

zealous sparrow
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alright ty, are there any weapons u would recommend to use in general btw? i kinda like the spear and the bow

final dune
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the ones u like

hollow hull
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My favorite is the shield and rail

ruby anchor
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My favourites are spear and vanilla ice cream default sword

hollow hull
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Rail esp is safest for the hydra because of the range

zealous sparrow
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which one is the rail?

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im gonna assume i dont have that one unlocked yet

hollow hull
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Ah yeah

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It’s the last one you unlock

zealous sparrow
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ah okay

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tysm guys 🙏

marsh sphinx
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Hades 2 released

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but i haven’t even completed Hades 1

zealous sparrow
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i just started hades 1 yesterday and hades 2 just released LMAO

marsh sphinx
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i last played Hades in october 2023

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never really sat down and played it since

zealous sparrow
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wait the shield is kinda fun

hollow hull
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best weapon

zealous sparrow
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i was not expecting this weapon to have so much momentum

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i was expecting it to be slow asf

ruby anchor
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Started Hades like 3 days ago and i've cleared it 5 times lmao

marsh sphinx
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how is that possible

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you are lying dead ass

ruby anchor
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A combination of a LOT of free time and some really stupid luck with upgrades

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By "it" I should mean the final boss

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which technically isn't the end of the game

marsh sphinx
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ive only cleared like 4 levels

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i went up 4 times

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if you know what i mean

ruby anchor
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yep

ruby anchor
zealous sparrow
dusty vault
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His keepsake is based on clearing rooms fast

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But also realistically speaking is kinda bad bouldy

slender flint
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Is it safe to hug my dad with achilles flurry

slender flint
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I have demeters cast with achilles spear, do I play it extremely carefully and use casts to chip at redacteds health while running away the whole time?

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I don’t mind if it takes a while I just want him dead

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Also do I do damage when I Q to my spear? Can’t remember if I do or it’s just the initial throw

zealous sparrow
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YESS i beat the hydras

last pollen
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the pink ball things on the third floor are the death of me.

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who knew butterflies can be my greatest enemy.

desert totem
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does the chamber rank ups have any benefits?

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i got to delta warden i think

celest burrow
slender flint
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I made it to redacted's ||second phase|| but I got cooked because I couldn't dodge all the pots and the waves, even though I was playing as safe as possible and only damaging with achilles Q in dire situations and the crystals otherwise, constantly kiting him around the arena and casting the crystals whenever they were avaliable. Used the pillars for cover during his beam attack. Tips?

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I had 3 death defiances

cedar delta
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Did you not break the pots from range?

slender flint
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I did but there were a lot of them and redacted is fast

junior kindle
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How can I use ||titans blood|| if the answer is a spoiler dont worry about it

cedar delta
junior kindle
cedar delta
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I guess you might need to keep unlocking weapons

junior kindle
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Oh do I need all of them?

cedar delta
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Yep!

slender flint
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LAST SLIVER OF HEALTH NOOOO

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my 20th run

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I was nearly a sub 20 first completion run :(

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if I was alive for literally one more second I would've gotten it

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if I didn't die to that stupid witch room in asphodel I would've gotten it

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is the fight with than supposed ||to be a contest? I try way too hard to kill everything because I thought if he gets more kills than me, he kills me, and I lose a lot of unnecessary health ||

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What boons are recommended for a demeter cast run? Am using achilles spear primarily as adclear and a quick getaway because I'm not comfortable fighting the heroes and redacted in melee yet, also taking divine dash (obvs) and artemis keepsake in the higher levels to get her greater call

sweet brook
sweet brook
slender flint
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yep I do that

sweet brook
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And pom glacial glare as much as possible when you get it

slender flint
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alr thanks

sweet brook
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Other than that make sure to have 100% uptime on raging rush

slender flint
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Should I practice using the achilles rush instead of dashing? Low dps/not rushing often definitely contributed to my death

hollow hull
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use both

slender flint
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do I take damage in the rush

hollow hull
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dem cast is bound to lead to low dps tbh

sweet brook
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2x dash strikes -> raging rush -> repeat

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Also that

hollow hull
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i would go for ares cast into hunting blades or athena cast into lightning phalanx

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or trippyshot into ice wine

sweet brook
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Yeah those are much stronger and consistent

slender flint
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Is ares or demeter with the tracking boon best for people with skill issue

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Tartarus: Athena for divine dash
Asphodel: Demeter/Ares if I haven’t seen them already
Elysium: Artemis for thé call
Styx: one of the previous if not already obtained
Redacted: skelly’s keepsake (I don’t have eurydice)
Is this the way to go?

exotic tide
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Hello can someone help me. I am nor sire which is better? Ares bleeding or Artemis crit chance boost. One replaces the other

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This is my first rogue like

hollow hull
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if you just started its the sword

exotic tide
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I am currently using Artemis bow, with the double shot perk.
The boon o currently have is curse or agony by ares and I can replace it with deadly strike which gives me crit chance and 44% bonus damage

hollow hull
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yeah thats a good swap

slender flint
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I don’t take much damage in Tartarus at this point so ig I could swap her out

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But asphodel without divine dash is spooky

hollow hull
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yeah you generally just want to get your build going as early as possible to you can pom the core parts of it

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so keepsake path is usually like
tart: primary build god
aspho: secondary build god, athena for safety, or tooth
ely: hourglass for aggression + cast builds, acorn for safety
styx: acorn, dad call

undone shale
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buy hades on sale on saturday
hades 2 comes out on Monday

cedar delta
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Hades 2 is fresh into Early Access, so you still have a while before the full 1.0 release!

marble fractal
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Hey Hi everyone. I'm trying to beat Hades, and by "beat" I mean get through the story. I have ||defeated Hades enough times to meet Persephone, and bring her to the Underworld.|| However I can't seem to finish ||The Queens Plan||. Can someone explain what your supposed to do, because I can't get a clear answer. I've ||curried favor with 6 gods, but can't seem to trigger the event||. I just to complete the story dang it.

zenith stirrup
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You need to talk with the gods after Persephone mentions inviting them over for a feast

marble fractal
zenith stirrup
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||from there on out is trying to find all gods in runs and invite them all to the feast. All invites sent, the event should happen||

zenith stirrup
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Talk with her after a run

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Repeatedly

marble fractal
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Right....

zenith stirrup
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She'll eventually say what you need

marble fractal
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Darn. That's going to take a while.

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Or maybe I've done it so many times, it'll happen soon.

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Also I was able to give her Ambrosia, so hopefully that'll get us somewhere.

slender flint
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beat him on my 21st run

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I'm gonna cry

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so close to sub 20 runs

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but at least he's done 🙏

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13 hours total gameplay

slender flint
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What do I save my diamonds, ambrosias, and titans bloods for?

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I've used diamonds on house contractor stuff (holding onto 2 for administrative access which I heard is good) and will use titan blood on unlocking the aspects before investing in a specific weapon but I'm at a loss for what to do after that

zenith stirrup
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Ambrosia is for maxing affinities. Titan Blood is just weapons and a few House Contractor decor. Diamonds is House Contractor stuff only, notably Administrative Chamber related stuff

slender flint
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Is there anyone specific I should give ambrosia to or just the npc I like the most?

zenith stirrup
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Well, six specific characters will give you a Chthonic Companion if you gift them Ambrosia. Otherwise it's just gift it to whoever you want

slender flint
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I am watching a seeded speedrun and this dude heads into sisyphus's room, kills all the shades, pops open his codex and looks at poseidon's boons opening and closing it rapidly, before continuing
What is the purpose of this?

zenith stirrup
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No idea

dusty vault
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Rng manipulation

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The shades are killed cuz they move at random and can mess up your manip

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And checking boons in the codex cycles through rng quick

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You are watching a routed run

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Seeded here often refers just to the first boon (pressing give up to keep the seed)

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Cuz you can breathe and it'd change the rng (mostly joking)

slender flint
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how does that affect rng

dusty vault
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Most actions change the rng

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Voicelines, destroying obstacles, checking the codex

zenith stirrup
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Every action counts, right?

dusty vault
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Idk the specifics

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But codex/casting is the most common I believe

zealous sparrow
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what keepsakes should i focus on ranking up?

zenith stirrup
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Lucky tooth, acorn and the god ones

zealous sparrow
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tysm

desert totem
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the rank up chambers reset when you die?

safe hinge
hollow hull
desert totem
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the hades house

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where you spend like 10 keys and 2000 darkness

dusty vault
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Those are purely cosmetic

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And no, it just keeps increasing

desert totem
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oh

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leveling them up doesnt matter at all then?

dusty vault
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No use yeah

obtuse spindle
dusty vault
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Is a post credits thing

marble fractal
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Oh one more thing, are there any benefits to giving "bouldy" nectar?

zenith stirrup
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Yes

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He'll give you a bouldy boon, which has a random effect

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Sometimes it will help you, sometimes it will make no difference. But it's always worth it

marble fractal
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Yay

latent moss
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1st keepsake worth getting imo is skellies tooth

slender flint
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What do I do after first clear? In terms of fun I want to go back to ol reliable achilles spear and beat up redacted again but I am worried this is going to build bad habits for when I go to other weapons. None of the others have made it past elysium yet.

somber frigate
slender flint
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getting used to crutching on the Q I guess

somber frigate
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Is Q special?

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Not a mkb player here

slender flint
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special and then special again to launch yourself at your spear

somber frigate
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Yeah

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I

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hmm

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I kind of always mixed up my gameplay so I’m unsure

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I know having played so long on zag bow I can barely play Hera here 400hrs in

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But aspect to aspect is different from weapon to weapon in my experience

cedar delta
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I like how this assumes a lot of weapons don't play only one way: Zagbow dash-striking, Nemesis dash-striking*2 + specialing ad nauseum, Beowulf and Hera spam shooting cast, etc

somber frigate
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fist, spear, sword: dash strike twice special repeat

somber frigate
somber frigate
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Pro typer here

somber frigate
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shield and bow play similiarly aside from zeus

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so

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yeah muscle memory is definitely a big issue between weapk s zaggrin

somber frigate
slender flint
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alr

somber frigate
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you’ll keep your interest in given weapons longer if it’s not the only thing you’re doing repeatedly

hollow spire
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whats the best early on boon

somber frigate
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lighting strike is going to work a lot more effectively on rail where it shoots way fast for low damage compared to bow where your shoots are more spaced out for higher damage

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general formula of: if it hits slow but heavy, use +% gods (aphro is typically the highest, then dem and athena, then arte, forget pos)
if it's faster but less damage per hit, use flat damage (dionysus, ares, zeus)

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flat damage was in no partiuclar order

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what you want from there really depends on what you took first

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and some weapons/aspects have multiple effective ways to build them

hollow spire
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thanks

floral yacht
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how do i see my bonds with people after I give them nectar?

normal cove
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in hades 1 you check in through achilles' booklet. havent seen any in hades 2 yet (just bought it like minutes ago)

echo owl
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is hades 2 out in only a few countries?

zenith stirrup
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It's out in EA, on Steam. As far as I'm aware, it's available anywhere

indigo shadow
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I'm on the EU store, and it's out there.

wooden shadow
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new to hades ouo

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i bought it whilst it was on sale and booting it now

leaden whale
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hades is really fun

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cant wait to try out 2

slender flint
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Is turning on god mode and then turning it off when you can pull off no hitters a good way to learn the movesets? As a warframe and destiny player I play this game for the power fantasy and the lore, and these bosses are killing my vibe but I do want to play the game legit 🥶

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Already did first clear without god mode

leaden whale
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im too bad

slender flint
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Two boons will carry your whole run
Demeter cast
Athena’s divine dash

somber frigate
somber frigate
slender flint
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They were decent support but they barely helped on first clear since I didn’t get good boons for them tbh

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Got used to Achilles spear on that run

somber frigate
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I said “wouldn’t rely crutching them” as in the aforementioned “run carrying”

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I also just have a hard time recommending dem cast at all. It’s fine if you need to focus way harder on dodging and don’t care about the time it takes you to clear, but beyond that…

stray dove
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Hi guys, do you have good content creator making guides to advise ? In some communities the biggest one(s) are very good (Zizaran from poe <3) but in others such as league you rather have something more specific
So I wanted to understand how it is for Hades ! Ty

zenith stirrup
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Haelian is a good one, I think

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He also often talks of Jawless Paul (is that his name? I forgot), but he's also good

mystic socket
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Anyone bring up yet that there wasn’t any prompts on what buttons to use for attacks and mana casting when first playing? I don’t know if that’s just a bug that happened with my game or hasn’t been put in yet. I played the first game but getting back in the controls again and even for new players it was a little weird to figure out what does what again. I just remember from the first one it told you on the first run, “this did attack” “this is special” “this did casting”

stray dove
boreal stag
fringe yacht
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(also reminder that this is the hades 1 channels, these kinds of questions should go in #h2-discussion 😉 )

mystic socket
fringe yacht
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no worries! welcome shadesmile

somber frigate
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eh

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Afaik his aspect guide is based off his personal enjoyment and function rather than pure function

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and

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I can’t remember any other specific guides more just gimic runs

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Someone correct me if I’m wrong since I’m not a huge Haelian viewer

novel swift
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Most of his guides are based of personal preference

final dune
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live hera speedrun guide with shadow presence reaction

novel swift
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My favorite of all time is when he put Chiron in S tier but admitted to it being awful for high heat and speed runs

somber frigate
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Then quoted that directly to them

inner ridge
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Is there somewhere a complete guide? Its so exhausting to look up every single question that comes to my mind haha.

inner ridge
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thanks mate

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Can someone explain the following sentence to me ? "Nearly all my build suggestions will tell you to start with a particular god (“Get Zeus on attack”) or class of god (“Get a god with a percentage-based attack boost”), so you’ll want to use the god keepsakes in Tartarus and probably Asphodel."

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What is ment by Tartarus and Asphodel?

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I play the game i a diffrent languauge so i am struggling sometimes haha

final dune
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tartarus is first biome

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asphodel second

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elysium third

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styx fourth

inner ridge
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ah okay

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ahhh

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it makes so much sense now haha

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thank you 🙂

gusty scroll
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does the owl pendant only work for the very start of the game? I just beat asphodel and swapped to it but none of the doors had athenas icon

final dune
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it just makes it so that the first god you see on a door (other than hermes) would be athena

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it will keep forcing until you take it

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but it will stop working after u tkae a boon from that god (buying in shop doesnt count)

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so if you keep it on for multiple biomes itll only work until you take one

gusty scroll
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ah ok, so I already picked up an athena boon so thats why

final dune
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if you picked up an athena boon before using the keepsake it will still force them

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so if you got an athena in tartarus and used the pendant into asphodel itll still force athena

kindred saddle
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i thought if i had 2 gods and i picked the second one i would lose the forced god

final dune
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no

kindred saddle
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damnnn

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i really am a new player

sweet brook
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underneath the keepsake you'll see a charge of 1

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which shows that you haven't used it yet

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granted in asphodel, if you dont choose the god you forced you're probably gonna miss it in aspho lmao

analog prairie
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How do you activate the centaur card? I have 5 other cards activated already, is it that you need one of each with a cost of 1,2,3,4,5 vs any 5 cards (IE I do not have one active with cost of 4 and two with cost of 1 out of the 5 I have active).

analog prairie
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Gotcha, thanks!

polar finch
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Also wrong channel

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This is for the first game

analog prairie
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Oh whoops. thanks for letting me know

mellow cradle
#

Hi!

mellow cradle
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@somber frigate rq could you post the link to the pinned comment you were talking about? The client I'm on is buggy and doesn't show pins for some reason

somber frigate
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Here

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It’s a lot better than what I have typed up

desert totem
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lucifer guide?

hollow hull
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Same as eris

cedar delta
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And aim hard for a Triple Bomb on a hammer

desert totem
#

what about hammers

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oh

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ic

hollow hull
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Triple is sorta the only good hammer

desert totem
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i just got it in second chamber damn

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so no concentrated beam?

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is it bad?

hollow hull
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It’s just not that helpful when your main damage is Zeus from room clear(which doesn’t scale with attack) and special damage

somber frigate
#

so lightnibg strike wins out due to the added boost to every hit, the added aoe to your strike, the potential for static discharge usage, and the odds that chain lightning hits one of your bombs causing them to explode

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However

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Concentrated beam is a good luci hammer sheerly due to the fact that it increases your odds at finding triple bomb that much. More

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eternal chamber has the same effect on your odds and will function better though

somber frigate
desert totem
#

what other hammer should i go for?

somber frigate
mellow cradle
# somber frigate Here

ty
Personally I don't use shops (deep pockets) as often, mostly because money imo is more valuable in styx than lower levels (which is why I like golden touch)
Also as far as I'm aware shops are just encounter skips and i really would rather earn money than spend it
Unless I find discount card :P

somber frigate
sweet brook
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Good build sooner is better than later

somber frigate
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If you aren’t saving your money for an out of run resource there is no good reason to not spend them asap to get your build into place

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Use them early to make your entire run smoother

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Shops have more going for them than just timeskips bouldy

bold adder
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is there something i need to do to get out of the temple of styx

mellow cradle
#

I can see that perspective
Reason why I take gold over deep is that side hustle is not as common as I'd like it to be

somber frigate
somber frigate
somber frigate
bold adder
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oh bet

somber frigate
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Hand off the bag to your boi

bold adder
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first time ive killed bull bros and now this lel

somber frigate
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Watch out for poison

slender flint
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I am in my early 20s escape attempts and my full clears take 30ish mins in game time, is this okay?

somber frigate
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clears done -> speed completed isn’t a hard set metric

slender flint
somber frigate
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Oh wait earlh 20 escape attempts

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and you have full clears tizomg

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Clearing at all in first 20 attempts is

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You’re doing just fine regardless of time taken

slender flint
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wasn't first 20 😔 got him on the 21st and just now on the 23rd or 24th
proud of what I've done though cause this is my first roguelike

somber frigate
#

Still

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You’re fine

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I read it as first 20 clears

slender flint
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ok thanks 🙏

somber frigate
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Eventually you want to be consistently at least under 20 minutes but

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You don’t need to rush it

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I’m at like 250 clears and my avg time is about 15minutes? Best time of 9:49 or smthing

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Although I never did get into speedrunning as much as I’d’ve liked

slender flint
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I've been focusing on getting those first 10 clears but after that I think I'll chill out and run some meme builds/prophecies

somber frigate
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I got to avg 15 minutes like way before that btw I just stopped going for speed and started going for ||heat|| instead

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So it’s not like oh 15 minutes is impossible and takes years

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If you’re focused and put the time in you’ll get there eventually (and probably far before I did)

slender flint
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hold on that number just hit me
how many hours in your total gameplay is 250 clears

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that is a lot of clears

somber frigate
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uh

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400

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hours

slender flint
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sheesh

somber frigate
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Hades is like my second most played game behind destiny 2

desert totem
somber frigate
sweet brook
somber frigate
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it has good aoe, great damage and great pom scaling

sweet brook
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Pos dash also breaks the thingirs

somber frigate
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Pos dash makes half of styx rooms trivial

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the only thing you need to watch out for is openning duos you may not want with it

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But that’s the same as any other dash

slender flint
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Just watch a theorycrafter on 50 heat lose a death defiance standing in lava *after *beating the room
so the lava never gets any easier huh

somber frigate
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yeah

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If anythijg

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5* the damage is 5* the damage

sweet brook
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they mightve forgot that they already popped SD lol

hollow hull
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I’m almost at 400 yeah

somber frigate
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Also who is running DDs on 50

hollow hull
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Uh

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Maybe GY

sweet brook
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Or just actually resetting it

sweet brook
bold adder
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whats behind the doors cerberus was gaurding

somber frigate
bold adder
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im scared

slender flint
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not dd

somber frigate
bold adder
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pls tell

somber frigate
bold adder
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life or death lol

somber frigate
bold adder
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wdym

hollow hull
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Just go tbh

bold adder
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who behind tha doors bro

hollow hull
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It’s better if you see

bold adder
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alr-

slender flint
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you'll find out :)

bold adder
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rip

somber frigate
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Would you rather get told a surprise party us being thrown for you

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Or be surprised?

sweet brook
somber frigate
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unless they had more than 30% hp when they stood in the magma

sweet brook
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Yeah resetting in magma like that is always intentional unless you forgot you already used it lmao

slender flint
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ohh I see
yeah he was on 21/200+, reset to 80/200

bold adder
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broooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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i killed him

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then he came back

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:C

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i died nooooo

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depression fr

slender flint
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🫡

bold adder
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never gonna get that far again-

somber frigate
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yeah

somber frigate
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What were they cooking

slender flint
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320 at the end

somber frigate
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unless this was the aforementioned arthur player

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Then it’s more plausible

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its the dude that made the hades build guide website

somber frigate
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oh

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am watching his achilles gameplay

somber frigate
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Didn’t know he was a content creator

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I just know him by the article which

slender flint
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he's not I think
it was linked in the article to show the zeus build in action

somber frigate
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Oh

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yeah 320 max hp at 50 heat is cooking smthing

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Actually

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I’m checking and most of my 32-40s are in the 300’s 💀

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I actually found one with 466

hollow hull
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RI2 as well

bold adder
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what do i do with ambrosia

slender flint
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hold onto it for your favorite homie down the line

bold adder
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alr

slender flint
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Is there any point to hanging onto the same god keepsake between layers? Didn't get ares attack in tartarus so I went to asphodel and yet my first boon (from a miniboss) is dionysus... I have the ares keepsake equipped from the start of tartarus

deep spear
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anyone got a discord voice chat they play the game in?

slender flint
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the heroes are going to kick me into next week

sweet brook
slender flint
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dang

sweet brook
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the rarity boost is pretty negligible

slender flint
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can I salvage my run
am running demeter fists + no attack (was saving this one for ares but now I'm in elysium lmao) + athena special + ares cast, this is my second time on fists because I died in tartarus on my first time

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was praying for a merciful end that never happened

sweet brook
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if you can get explosive upper

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i guess maybe

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take any atk at this point, ideally zeus or dio

coarse lily