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just installed the game on PC after playing it on mobile
so much better
5th attempt and I'm already at elysium lolol
There really isn’t a single weapon/aspect where it’s a good idea to be a stationary anything tbh
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
dash strike, look for flurry jab (or serrated point, the less cool younger brother)
remember that achilles boosts your next 4 attacks and casts
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
im just starting the game, any beginner tips with no spoilers pls?
also can someone explain to me the main genre of the game, and any similiar games i should compare it with
such as maybe diablo?
#h1-for-new-players pinned comments of this chat
The main genre is roguelike! A game that is repeated over and over basically, and every run you keep part of what you find to progress the meta stuff that makes you stonger till you finally reach the end of the run. Still, Hades deviates a bit from the usual roguelike.
I'm not very familiar with roguelikes, but I believe Binding of Isaac is one, for example
damn, i thought it was more of a souls-like because some people told me that
im more of a souls enjoyer
Hi
hi
i forgot i had this game lol
then i remembered
and its good
which gods give which keepsakes?
also which weapon is typically better?
All of them give you keepsakes
Whatever you feel comfortable with
Yw
which do u prefer?
Stygius, it's easier for me to escape with it
it is, to some people
lololol
aspects
Sure
is that one good?
Acorn or skelly's tooth if you wanna make it out safe
you can trade a few stuff for it or get it after beating the furies or hades
Eurydice
oh k
Gift her nectar
bet ty
Yw
sure, if you want to try it
what does it do tho?
Alr
All of the weapons can do well, but the shield and rail are probably safer for someone starting out
I think the bow is also pretty good to be honest
The acorn makes you not take damage for a few hits in boss fights
Bow is aight yeah
I just killed the first boss and it took me to the stairs and i can choose anotherkeepsake
i used the tooth
but i wanna keep using it
does it reset?
or do i actually need to choose another 1
do u know?
If you used the revive provided by tooth then no point in keeping it
Unless you wanna lvl it up ig
it has 3 stars
hydra be dead
oh noo
the bull
scary
how did i beat that-
BULL BRO?!
aw dang
the bull and that dude
killed the bull
then the spear dude
killed mne
he was almost dead tho
yeh
Spear dude can be annoying if you don't know how to fight him
Theseus, my other bull bro
how u fight him lolol
Also he exposes his back to you after every spear throw
ye i noticed that part
And then there's the evade the god part
You can just dash back and forth for that
The last floor? The Temple of Styx?
ye
You gotta go into the tunnels and find a satyr sack to feed Cerberus
It never appears in the first room you go into, but there's a 56% change it will appear in the next
And so on
k
the one with the minus hp?
Those are different things
oh k
And don't appear in Styx
You pick a downside for like 3-4 rooms then gain a buff
Ah, good old Chaos
oh
Can be +attack%/hp/coins gained/ etc.
is it worth?
Yea
bet ty
More often than not yeah
But they don't appear in Styx
Bull bros....
I'm trying to learn the aquisition requirements for duo-boons and this infographic is throwing me for a loop, whats up with the greyed out icons? https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/hades_gamepedia_en/images/d/d5/AresUpgradeDuo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20201224184957
this is very confusing but the colored boons are the requirements you need for the duo
its better to look at the boon codex in game
I should be paid everytime I am forced to look at the wiki's boon charts
If you don't have the codex upgrade yet there's also this https://cpecific.github.io/hades-wiki/
as someone who nearly knows the requirements by heart, I have no clue what this chart is saying lol.
in fact I think I now know less than before I looked at it
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
Curse of drowning means you have to have poseidon cast
oh wait
it's cast not dash
Y'know at least they are slightly more readable than the non duo boon charts lmao
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
one is blue one is red and one has a border
incompatible with beo cast?
it is silly though because there are captions below each of the ones they decided needed clerification
and the beowolf thing is like in the way
off center
yeah like the graphic itself makes sense but is way too complicated for no reason
also it helps its in 240p
😄
Color coded?
Pos = blue, ares = red
aspect of guan yu better than achilles?
Not really but still really good
Lvl 1 gy moment
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
So the dmg stays the same no matter the level
Guan yu is pretty fun
the spear throw or the spin?
So you apply the great teachings of hypnos and "just don't get hit"
Throw
The spin is way more situational
Mostly used when enemies are spawning
If you want to build around it you want quick spin
into massive spin
idk what i'd build around it tbh
like i feel like its just a different weapon now
idk what would boost it
#h1-discussion message hidden spear guide be upon you
That's a general theme with the hidden aspects
Yea, you lose life to use the spear, but it heals
You'll have to do both sooner or later
Orpheus is cool
Whichever you desire
alr
ig
orpheus it is
oh
are the diamond shooter things
useful
idek what they supposed to do
Diamond shooter things?
the red
OH! The cast
That's useful if you make a cast build
oh
Or even just to use in general
It's just another attack
oh alr
Basically
ty
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
If you are facing the attack yeah
And if you can't block it just bullrush out of the way
"It's worth noting that the shield is capable of blocking anything (including attacks from bosses), except for traps and AoE attacks."
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
i did bad against the bosses
idk why tho
i tried to run away and do spinn
tips for the heroes? I accidentally made it into elysium with a meme build and this is my second time ever using the sword...
Not used to being this far without a ranged attack
I have Aphrodite’s greater call so I can use that to nuke them if I live long enough and I have divine dash
the pillars are your friend with theseus’s spear, dodge to the side or through asterius’s attacks and focus him down, when it’s just theseus the best time to hit him is after the spear throw and while he does the god call at 50% as he doesn’t use the shield while that’s going
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
and just pray he doesn’t call demeter
Re: last point
You can also just take a boon from the god you hate that he calls to prevent him from doing so
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
Cursed slash is very weak due to the attack pattern on sword
ah okay thanks
Sword attack pattern is dash strike, dash strike, special, repeat, and cursed slash only affects normal attacks
beat hades first time! pog!
Noice
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"
more so the first one
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
you more or less wanna be doing something like this
throw the shield out, dash strike backwards, then bull rush back with a recall
and repeat that
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
there are a lot of ways to influence what you need, but also a mix of just posting the runs that really were lucky
I kinda just post whatever run for example
are the 700 coin boons always gonna be legendary?
No,
They just have rarity increased
Meaning, you're more likely to get a Rare boon
Or are only offered Rare boon or up
Something like thay
epic hyper sprint and greatest reflex
damn idk what to choose..
wait thats like 3+ for greatest reflex
just take purple dashes
Purple dash go brrrr
i got like 5 dashes now LMAO
Hyper sprint is mainly taken for the further option of rush delivery and i guess youre in styx so no more hermes
ic
There's only so much Hermes you can take
Splash dash runs are fun
you mean in terms of staying alive?
being able to beat rooms really fast
I heard a full clear should take 30 mins?
which is crazy to me lol
ah, well honestly it's not something I'm super good at either
full clear?
the world record is 4:30
in game time
yeah but like normal runs
around 30 mins sounds about right for first few wins
^
especially if you are doing it on your own
I'd expect faster if you have someone telling you what to build during the run
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
Personally, i've picked a weapon i really like playing and can kinda map out how I want a room to go optimally
Even without a great build, maximizing the weapon + core boon takes a lot of practice
at a certain point it's pretty minimal luck to get the build you want, just depends how far along in the mirror you are tbh
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?
no
👍 bow is very solid
although the trap of chiron is easy to fall into
i crossed like 3 gates and still didnt get the satyr
i thought it was guaranteed on the third one?
cant clear with the gyan yu at all
rip
guess its cause im unable to get any of the hammer boons that were mentioned in the guide though
prob wanna try other aspects then, but also yeah spear is rough in that regard
Beloved Charged Skewer
Can always go for flat damage
the thing is i just try to run away and do spin attacks
is beowulf the best aspect for aegis?
In general yeah, zeus is also good
i didnt like zeus one much
Isnt really worth it. The hps is very low and you dont do much damage without the right hammers
Zeus is fun. Electric circular saw
Explody electric circular saw
Does the game have a true ending? Where everything is exhausted?
there's the credits then an epilogue yeah
but also this game has a lot of dialogue so you won't exhaust much of it even if you get the epilogue
Will there come to a point where there’s no reason to ||collect gems, darkness, keys, blood, etc?||
keys run out of use the fastest
once you unlock the whole mirror/weapons
then you can just trade them for other resources
but yeah you can eventually max out everything in short
there are some upgrades that makes picking up certain stuff over others better
Thanks!
I have divine strike and curse of pain, does this mean I'll get merciful end eventually?
It means you have a chance to get it, its not guaranteed
Are there mods that let you guarentee which boons you get
been having an amazing run and I wanna try these again
i cant use the throwables once i put them in the shield somehow
i cant send an embed to explain either
the cast throws
if i hold special to throw the shield and try to throw cast during the animation, its like i casted myself or smth
and then theres cast icons above my health number
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)
but why cant i retrieve the casts if use it in any other way?
Because that's how the shield works. It eats casts and releases them while you Rush
so only meant to use for rush? like if i use the cast during any other animation i cant retrieve the casts anymore
Yeah
Basically you load the shield, blow things up with the rush, collect the stones and repeat
can i load the shield during the rush itself? like not why charging, because thats a bit rough to input
You can load at any point
If on controller helps to rebind cast to somewhere like a shoulder button
:(
any tips for beating ||hades||
there is but its hard to use and i guarantee that with some build advice you can make something way better than what u think rn is good
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
alr thanks
is there a way to undo an aspect 😭 i use the spear & accidentally unlocked hades’ aspect when i barely use the spin attack
Are you still in the courtyard/was the aspect just unlocked
yes
(this reverts the save before blood was used)
omg that worked!! ❤️ thank u sm!!
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
kbm is fine
im trying to get max hearts on skelly but its locked and i ant talk to him anymore
where do i check it?
check what?
WHAT
i am NOT getting all that blood again
whats cerberus one
you can check everyone's favors in their respective wikis
the keepsake's message changes and also gets a little chibi portrait on the side
thats cool ig
max relationships are also necessary for things like Dio's favor and reach the Epilogue
dios favor?
dionysus's favor is have max relationship with a certain amount of people
wtf
that takes like 200 hours
i have most f the keepsakes but iv only been giving my nectar to skelly and cerberus
shoul've worked on gifting everyone
just pet cerberus 20 times and its still locked
does he already have the lock on his affinity gauge?
yeah
are you sure you petted him 20 times?
you might need more
keep petting him until it unlocks
i mean alr
is there any fast way to get blood bc i killed hades off pure luck so i can only kill the first 3 bosses
Pact of punishment is the fastest way tbh
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
whats that
The challenge conditions you can apply before beginning your run
oh im already doing that
Other than that you can trade with the wretched broker in Lounge
He sometimes offers a titan blood for 15 keys, check him after every run
i got 67 keys so hopefully
Charon likes it
he brutally murdered me
but why is he harder to kill than the heroes i thought i was buying a sack for 300 lol then he murdered me
seems like it
wait
if i get max hearts
do i get someone to fight with me?
or sum bc the scrolls say companion
more or less
huh
the companions allow you to summon the (previous) owner of that companion
mostly, the character will just deliver an attack and go
Skelly and Dusa are the only exception
whats skelly do
Skelly will stay and take damage in your place
he'll leave once he is either killed or after you finish a chamber and move to the next
skellys a g but i am NOT getting 10 more titan blood
Dusa will stay and attack frequently the same way other gorgons do. After a while, she leaves
then no Skelly companion for you
bruh
do you?
how many years you got on the game
oh dam
and work on the wiki
respect
not much on the gameplay side of things, but still read it anyway
are the wikis not fully updated tho
well, yeah
but still have most information
we're mostly lacking on Hades 2 information right now
you will have it soon enough game releases in a month
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
been dealing with physical descriptions recently too
do you get paid for that bc i would never
I think it caps at 80
imma test that
it deffo caps at 80
Is taking 50 minutes to reach redacted (and dying) on the 18th attempt normal
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
Everyone has their pace
4 non-Zagreus aspects of weapons for skellys
mf
i just got 5 titan blood and found out it does nothing
what
skellys favor
kill him with Zag's sword at max level
i am
Zag's sword. Stygian Blade. Full of Titan Blood. Use it to kill him
i went to read his wiki and it says get 4 NON zag aspect upgrades
wait a minute
wait do i have to get EVRY aspect on the blade max
"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."
no, just Zag's
I didn't recall you needing 4 non Zag aspects before he gave you the quest
only the killing with Zag's sword part
is there a guide or a certain build i should go for with aspect of arthur?
how does defying death work?
yeah but what does it use up
its a mirror upgrade, the red side gives up to 3 defiances per run
the green side gives you one defiance for each room but it gives you only 30% of your hp back
There's an icon on top of your hp showing how many revives you have left
I see it in the mirror but it doesn't seem to do that every game
its like random or something
maybe you accidentally switched to the other side that you dont have bought ?
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
what
you need to get the dialogue from him first afaik
wait it doesn't use both sides at once? well now I know why
Pls read 
it doesnt let me talk to him
Go do a run, die and see what he says next
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
And as always if you have all pre reqs and he doesn't talk anyways just do more runs
by the way if you want to know what side mirror upgrades to pick, there is a guide in pinned messages of this channel
How many aspects you have unlocked overall
sure I'll check it out
like 6
Have you gone out, kill some enemies, died or beat dad and then see what Skelly says?
Then is time for more runs
yeah
i cant talk to him
Repeatedly?
yep
no i just got back from a run and like 20 runs before that i maxxed the sword out and killed him
You need to get the prophecy for it first pretty sure
what the hell is the prophecy
yeah
The thing of killing him with zag sword is a prophecy
That skelly gives you
Is not something you can just go and do
how do i get it
Skelly's gotta say he wants Zag to release him of his contract
Have 4 non zag aspects unlocked and just keep talking to him until he does
Unlocked
Then go to this
Dialogue is somewhat rng
I DID THAT
Even if you have everything they aren't guaranteed to mention it
casp lock
KEEP DOING IT
il just keep killing myself
That works
wait
Remember, the "Give up" option doesn't count
do i need ALL 4 on zags sword
No
then idfk whats wrong
Bad luck
You can't even have all 4 four non-zag aspects on sword
what are some ways to trigger conversations or be able to gift hades?
Hades is a special case
Especially in the gifting department
Better check his wiki to understand
Yea
anyone have any tips to beat the skull snake boss thingy 😭
i got him to 1hp and died
Learn to dash away when he does the slam and forward thrust
Otherwise yeah, it’s a tough one
alright ty, are there any weapons u would recommend to use in general btw? i kinda like the spear and the bow
the ones u like
My favorite is the shield and rail
My favourites are spear and vanilla ice cream default sword
Rail esp is safest for the hydra because of the range
i just started hades 1 yesterday and hades 2 just released LMAO
wait the shield is kinda fun
best weapon
i was not expecting this weapon to have so much momentum
i was expecting it to be slow asf
Started Hades like 3 days ago and i've cleared it 5 times lmao
wait what
how is that possible
you are lying dead ass
A combination of a LOT of free time and some really stupid luck with upgrades
By "it" I should mean the final boss
which technically isn't the end of the game
yep
This is the stratagy I used ||if you're really good at clearing levels fast try and give nectar to Hermes, he gives you a keepsake that's basically a free ~20% dodge chance||
knowing my luck it wouldnt proc a single time
His keepsake is based on clearing rooms fast
But also realistically speaking is kinda bad 
Is it safe to hug my dad with achilles flurry
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?
I don’t mind if it takes a while I just want him dead
Also do I do damage when I Q to my spear? Can’t remember if I do or it’s just the initial throw
YESS i beat the hydras
the pink ball things on the third floor are the death of me.
who knew butterflies can be my greatest enemy.
This is purely a cosmetic and does not upgrade anything for you.
There's no use in upgrading this until you've got absolutely everything else you want upgraded first.
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?
I had 3 death defiances
Did you not break the pots from range?
I did but there were a lot of them and redacted is fast
How can I use ||titans blood|| if the answer is a spoiler dont worry about it
Select weapon, then interact with the weapon again to pop open its menu. Keep in mind that the different aspects are individual weapons, so the bonuses don't like overlap with each other
Im not getting an interaction menu
I guess you might need to keep unlocking weapons
Oh do I need all of them?
Yep!
LAST SLIVER OF HEALTH NOOOO
my 20th run
I was nearly a sub 20 first completion run :(
if I was alive for literally one more second I would've gotten it
if I didn't die to that stupid witch room in asphodel I would've gotten it
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 ||
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
If he wins nothing happens, if you win you get a centaur heart
Get the duo with Artemis, crystal clarity
yep I do that
And pom glacial glare as much as possible when you get it
alr thanks
Other than that make sure to have 100% uptime on raging rush
Should I practice using the achilles rush instead of dashing? Low dps/not rushing often definitely contributed to my death
use both
do I take damage in the rush
dem cast is bound to lead to low dps tbh
i would go for ares cast into hunting blades or athena cast into lightning phalanx
or trippyshot into ice wine
Yeah those are much stronger and consistent
Is ares or demeter with the tracking boon best for people with skill issue
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?
Hello can someone help me. I am nor sire which is better? Ares bleeding or Artemis crit chance boost. One replaces the other
This is my first rogue like
Why start athena?
what aspect and attack is it?
if you just started its the sword
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
yeah thats a good swap
Minimize damage taken right at the start
I don’t take much damage in Tartarus at this point so ig I could swap her out
But asphodel without divine dash is spooky
yeah you generally just want to get your build going as early as possible to you can pom the core parts of it
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
buy hades on sale on saturday
hades 2 comes out on Monday
Hades 2 is fresh into Early Access, so you still have a while before the full 1.0 release!
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.
You need to talk with the gods after Persephone mentions inviting them over for a feast
But how do i get her to trigger that conversation?
||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||
Exhaust her dialogue
Talk with her after a run
Repeatedly
Right....
She'll eventually say what you need
Darn. That's going to take a while.
Or maybe I've done it so many times, it'll happen soon.
Also I was able to give her Ambrosia, so hopefully that'll get us somewhere.
beat him on my 21st run
I'm gonna cry
so close to sub 20 runs
but at least he's done 🙏
13 hours total gameplay
What do I save my diamonds, ambrosias, and titans bloods for?
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
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
Is there anyone specific I should give ambrosia to or just the npc I like the most?
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
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?
No idea
Rng manipulation
The shades are killed cuz they move at random and can mess up your manip
And checking boons in the codex cycles through rng quick
You are watching a routed run
Seeded here often refers just to the first boon (pressing give up to keep the seed)
Cuz you can breathe and it'd change the rng (mostly joking)
how does that affect rng
Every action counts, right?
what keepsakes should i focus on ranking up?
Lucky tooth, acorn and the god ones
tysm
the rank up chambers reset when you die?
What do you mean rank up chambers?
Boons and upgrades reset when you die or complete a run
No use yeah
are you talking about the mirror upgrades? they are worth buying
Is a post credits thing
Oh one more thing, are there any benefits to giving "bouldy" nectar?
Yes
He'll give you a bouldy boon, which has a random effect
Sometimes it will help you, sometimes it will make no difference. But it's always worth it
Yay
1st keepsake worth getting imo is skellies tooth
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.
“Build up bad habits” how
getting used to crutching on the Q I guess
special and then special again to launch yourself at your spear
Yeah
I
hmm
I kind of always mixed up my gameplay so I’m unsure
I know having played so long on zag bow I can barely play Hera here 400hrs in
But aspect to aspect is different from weapon to weapon in my experience
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
Unless you do a spear special build which are viable on any nonachilles spear
Flurey jab Spear can break up the specialing a bit more often than twice and flurry zag spear doesn’t really care about specialling inbetween hnless it has explosive launcher
Pro typer here
rail: special, hold attack button and dash
shield and bow play similiarly aside from zeus
so
yeah muscle memory is definitely a big issue between weapk s 
Sorry for rambling but feel free to play Achilles as much as you want. I would personally recommend swapping weapons often person just so that you have tht diversity in what you’re doing
alr
you’ll keep your interest in given weapons longer if it’s not the only thing you’re doing repeatedly
whats the best early on boon
that's going to depend on your aspect/weapon and the build you're shooting for on it
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
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)
flat damage was in no partiuclar order
what you want from there really depends on what you took first
and some weapons/aspects have multiple effective ways to build them
thanks
how do i see my bonds with people after I give them nectar?
if its the same as hades 1 then probably after you get a book or some sort of tracker thing from odessyeus? or maybe its not up yet....
in hades 1 you check in through achilles' booklet. havent seen any in hades 2 yet (just bought it like minutes ago)
is hades 2 out in only a few countries?
It's out in EA, on Steam. As far as I'm aware, it's available anywhere
I'm on the EU store, and it's out there.
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 🥶
Already did first clear without god mode
i certainly cant do that lol
im too bad
Two boons will carry your whole run
Demeter cast
Athena’s divine dash
I wouldn’t necessarily say it does anything in that sense
Dem cast is something I wouldn’t recommend crutching on now since you’ll be missing out on the skill development of anything else
They were decent support but they barely helped on first clear since I didn’t get good boons for them tbh
Got used to Achilles spear on that run
I said “wouldn’t rely crutching them” as in the aforementioned “run carrying”
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…
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
Haelian is a good one, I think
He also often talks of Jawless Paul (is that his name? I forgot), but he's also good
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”
ok thank u
Every time I switch to a new weapon or weapon aspect, it tells you which button does what.
(also reminder that this is the hades 1 channels, these kinds of questions should go in #h2-discussion 😉 )
Thank you for the reminder I don’t use Discord at all(no friends) and just got it for the Hades 2 game
no worries! welcome 
I mean
eh
Afaik his aspect guide is based off his personal enjoyment and function rather than pure function
and
I can’t remember any other specific guides more just gimic runs
Someone correct me if I’m wrong since I’m not a huge Haelian viewer
Most of his guides are based of personal preference
live hera speedrun guide with shadow presence reaction
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
Yeah I watched the video specifically because someone told me “but Haelian put Chiron in S tier”
Then quoted that directly to them
Is there somewhere a complete guide? Its so exhausting to look up every single question that comes to my mind haha.
Has spoilers for the story if you’re concerned about that
thanks mate
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."
What is ment by Tartarus and Asphodel?
I play the game i a diffrent languauge so i am struggling sometimes haha
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
it doesnt immediately force it on the first door
it just makes it so that the first god you see on a door (other than hermes) would be athena
it will keep forcing until you take it
but it will stop working after u tkae a boon from that god (buying in shop doesnt count)
so if you keep it on for multiple biomes itll only work until you take one
ah ok, so I already picked up an athena boon so thats why
if you picked up an athena boon before using the keepsake it will still force them
so if you got an athena in tartarus and used the pendant into asphodel itll still force athena
wait whaaaaaa
i thought if i had 2 gods and i picked the second one i would lose the forced god
no
underneath the keepsake you'll see a charge of 1
which shows that you haven't used it yet
granted in asphodel, if you dont choose the god you forced you're probably gonna miss it in aspho lmao
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).
Yeah you need 1,2,3,4,5
Gotcha, thanks!
Oh whoops. thanks for letting me know
Hi!
@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
lucifer guide?
Zeus on attack, Poseidon on dash, % on special
Same as eris
And aim hard for a Triple Bomb on a hammer
Triple is sorta the only good hammer
It’s just not that helpful when your main damage is Zeus from room clear(which doesn’t scale with attack) and special damage
The thing is the scaling isn’t enough to make you want to use a +% based strike
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
However
Concentrated beam is a good luci hammer sheerly due to the fact that it increases your odds at finding triple bomb that much. More
eternal chamber has the same effect on your odds and will function better though
*this effect on your triple bomb odds is purely due to the fact that both of them lock each other out btw
what other hammer should i go for?
If you already have triple bomb, triple beam, targetting system and eternal chamber are all good options
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
Deep pockets is more potent because obols are most valuable asap tbh
Good build sooner is better than later
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
Use them early to make your entire run smoother
Shops have more going for them than just timeskips 
is there something i need to do to get out of the temple of styx
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
You need to find a bag at the end of one of the tunnels (it’s a random tunnel and cannot be the first one you go thru)
bet
anything else?
Side hustle is exactly as common as it needs to be tbh
That’s all
oh bet
Hand off the bag to your boi
first time ive killed bull bros and now this lel
Watch out for poison
I am in my early 20s escape attempts and my full clears take 30ish mins in game time, is this okay?
~
clears done -> speed completed isn’t a hard set metric
first room never has the bag nvm I can't read
Oh wait earlh 20 escape attempts
and you have full clears 
Clearing at all in first 20 attempts is
You’re doing just fine regardless of time taken
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
ok thanks 🙏
Eventually you want to be consistently at least under 20 minutes but
You don’t need to rush it
I’m at like 250 clears and my avg time is about 15minutes? Best time of 9:49 or smthing
Although I never did get into speedrunning as much as I’d’ve liked
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
I got to avg 15 minutes like way before that btw I just stopped going for speed and started going for ||heat|| instead
So it’s not like oh 15 minutes is impossible and takes years
If you’re focused and put the time in you’ll get there eventually (and probably far before I did)
hold on that number just hit me
how many hours in your total gameplay is 250 clears
that is a lot of clears
sheesh
Hades is like my second most played game behind destiny 2
why poseidon ? i almost always prefer athenas
Pos dash is the damage dash
Damn I'm only like 130 above you lmao
it has good aoe, great damage and great pom scaling
Pos dash also breaks the thingirs
Pos dash makes half of styx rooms trivial
the only thing you need to watch out for is openning duos you may not want with it
But that’s the same as any other dash
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
they mightve forgot that they already popped SD lol
I’m almost at 400 yeah
Also who is running DDs on 50
Or just actually resetting it
Cursed slash Arthur lmao
whats behind the doors cerberus was gaurding

im scared
You’ll know in a second
pls tell
Don’t remind me
life or death lol
Depends
wdym
Just go tbh
who behind tha doors bro
It’s better if you see
alr-
you'll find out :)
rip
Would you rather get told a surprise party us being thrown for you
Or be surprised?

When you do find out, do mind the spoilers here for others sake lmao
It was probably intentional then
unless they had more than 30% hp when they stood in the magma
Yeah resetting in magma like that is always intentional unless you forgot you already used it lmao
ohh I see
yeah he was on 21/200+, reset to 80/200
broooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i killed him
then he came back
:C
i died nooooo
depression fr
🫡
never gonna get that far again-
Dang 200 hp in asphodel?
yeah
What were they cooking
320 at the end
its the dude that made the hades build guide website
oh
am watching his achilles gameplay
he's not I think
it was linked in the article to show the zeus build in action
Oh
yeah 320 max hp at 50 heat is cooking smthing
Actually
I’m checking and most of my 32-40s are in the 300’s 💀
I actually found one with 466
what do i do with ambrosia
hold onto it for your favorite homie down the line
alr
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
anyone got a discord voice chat they play the game in?
I wasted a death defiance on lernie because no merciful end = no dps 🙏 please
the heroes are going to kick me into next week
you can only force gods with a keepsake once, so keeping it on between biomes is a waste of a keepsake
dang
the rarity boost is pretty negligible
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
was praying for a merciful end that never happened
if you can get explosive upper
i guess maybe
take any atk at this point, ideally zeus or dio
