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Itās on the spear actually lol, and itās my second fav weapon
Donāt apologise for asking questions lol
Nope
Itās a rogue lite, there are no checkpoints
skips maybE?
So get used to fighting Meg, youāll see her a lot
Nope
ugh
no short cuts and i have to beat those things everytime
Itās part of the genre
yeah i understand
i actually like the system
just wish that after major progression
it unlocks a checkpoint or something
but whatever
thats just me ranting š
Then it wouldnāt be a roguelite lol
thanks for the help š
Dw after you play a bunch they become second nature
i see
i have only like an hour of playtime š
so i still got a long way ahead of me
You got a longggggg way to go yeah
oh sorry, i forgot, the nectar thingy
what does it do
does it reward me with a keepsake?
Give it to people
oh there is a story?
Yes
Well nectar specifically progresses relationships
With characetrs
Which tie into the story
And add more narratives
very cool
Very cool indeed
Codex tracks relationship progression im pretty sure
And the rest is mostly key moments and amount of escapes
But thereās no percentage thing that tells you
Because escaping isnāt the end of the story
Not even close
wow
does the amount of escapes change anything
Yes
Oh like that no
Thereās nothing like that
But how many successful escapes youāve done is directly related to where you are in the story
escapeS?
The credits are after 10 escapes, but really thatās like 15% of the game
Yes plural
isnt it like escaping once and boom im out of underworld sipping wine in olympus
I canāt tell you that
makes sense
are there multiple endings then?
If youāre familiar with the mythos you can warrant a guess
Nah
Thereās a credit and an epilogue, and thatās it
Though the epilogue takes a while
i mean all i read was some like percy jackson books when i was young š
I somehow havenāt read Percy Jackson, so idk how much it might help
credit as in like first ending? i dont understand
Credits as in the main storyline is finished
oh
And they roll the credits
thats 15% of the game??
Thereās more postgame than pregame gameplay wise
And story wise too in a way
Any more questions?
I see
Thanks
And sorry for the many questions š
Again, donāt apologise for not knowing stuff you couldnāt have known. I like hades, and I like talking about it.
Hope you have some fun! Maybe weāll talk again. In the meantime GOOD NIGHT.
You beat the game obviously 
spoiler
died right after
i have a question
if i see a trial of gods
and a normal god
depends
you cant get duo boons from trials but because they give more boons it can be more worth it
i can?
so if your build is focused on duo boons, and you need it from the singular god, take that probably, unless you dont meet the conditions for it
build? focused on duo boons?
i dont focus on any boons
i just take whatever
does taking certain boons together do some kind of synergy?
like rn i have artemis or artemis and poseidon
artemis and poseidion is harder and makes one god mad at me
so artemis is the better choice?
yeah and they can also work well with the aspects of weapons, like for the fists, the aspect of talos(when you use your special, it works well with knockback things because you would keep slamming them into the wall and then pulling them back to repeat
whatever god you wont choose will always get mad with their dialogue and affect the fight with what their certain powers are, zeus has lighning, aphrodite charms you making you unable to move or do anything for i think 1s and so on for the other gods, you cant get hermes from them tho
hermes is useless no
no
that guy never gave me something "good"
hes amazing
yeah
he has a boon called rush delivery, and it increases your damage based on whatever % increase of speed you have
he has more specific things, the dashes are always a good option, side hustle isnt too bad especially if you get it early, and the others depend on how youre playing with what build you have
ah i see
maybe i havent gone too far to see how good he is
is artemis good?
i think she is? she always gives me crazy buffs
depends on the weapon, on things that are slower but more damage, you can get critical hits for like 2000 damage and more but it does depend heavily on the weapon
for the damage
i see
sure take ur time
idk who is my favourite god honestly
maybe poseidon
or athena
the deflect and knockback save me alot
wait maybe not im pretty sure these are fine right now
athena is pretty good because her core boons(attack, special, cast, dash) have good damage/%dmg increase even at lower raritys
posideon has lower end % i think but his dash is the best in the game
like 100%
yes
that
she always gives great buffs
you good, a bunch of others i still need to learn too
aphrodite also has great % increase for her stuff and her debuff is pretty good too

doesnt feel impactful
30% less damage is pretty good, like that can be like 200 damage saved in runs
probably more actually, assuming you get it early
weak is extremely strong
oh
maybe
30% is like what
2-3 damage everytime?
could stack
right
if weak saved 300 damage over an entire run, you would take 700 total instead of 1000
and theres a set of 2 duo boons that let you get big crits, you get dionysus and aphrodite duo(allows for more stacks of hangover if they are also affected by weak) and dionysus and artemis duo(enemies affected by hangover have a 1.5% higher chance of crit per stack of hangover they have) its like a lot of crit chance
i see
i didnt know that
well good to know there are synergies
im guessing zeus and poseidon dont get along
aint no way my friend decided that telling me that clash royale added a 67 emote to clash was worth an entire text over
sorry
its fine š
some bs he comes up with sometimes istg
wait its actually real wtf
sorry for the questions as well
30% is the same reduction as Bracer at epic no?
idk what that is im sorry š
Itās literally not
Very high amojnt
You live 40% longer against weakened enemies
he realized already
why did the first boss change :/
it will cycle through 3 now, Megara, the one youre used to, same attacks as normal nothing changed, alecto, pretty similar attacks but has a new feature and sawblades, and then tisiphone, who has pretty different attacks and arena shrinks every 1/3 of hp lost
idk if its an order that in cycles through or not
Well, it would be boring if you fought the same first boss every single time
god damn it i hate having to choose between 2 really good duo boons in the same select
ill probably do the one that affects the higher level thing tho
Which two
Whatās your build?
||gilgamesh ||hangover kinda
What call?
w common zeus call
yeah if it was closer in levels id think about it more but im morefocused on hangover so probably still that unless zeus was higher levelled
and also now i have 2 useless duos to sell at end of stage, parting shot and whatever slows projectiles
dude why do i not use athena dash more this is amazing
Arguably best dash imo
and tdash obv
Probably second to Poseidon, but itās my fav
i think i put athena above bc i suck at managing where everything goes with tdash, but like the damage is so much better on it especially in styx
so like idk
should ||styx || be censored?
Like, my favourite build is ME so divine dash goes hard
Doesnāt need to be, itās before the final boss
yeah i saw that on that one website with all that info on like every build ever
Ik which one youāre talking about
yeah i just dont know what its called
also does athena dash give more i frames because of it deflecting or what bc i feel like im deflecting certain melee attacks but not too sure
oh wait does the athena boon that decreases trap damage decrease the 400% from that one ||condition ||so it would be 90% of 400 of would it just subtract 90% off so its 310% more
Iām unsure how it interacts
and im not risking it this run so i guess ill never know
god damn final boss dead when i was 1hp to i think actually all of his attacks real hp 30 tho
go after 1 and then the other, not at the same time if thats what youre doing
normally i go after minotaur first, and just leave theseus to do whatever tf he wants
but i do too little damage
what kind of boons did you have, like the core ones that affect attack, special, cast, dash, and call even tho its not a core boon
and what weapon
spear
+2 active dashes from hermes
poseidon dash
and 60% attack?
something like that
what did you have affecting your attack and special, and if you remember, what hammers did you have, just what they did is fine if you cant remeber the names(i cant either ngl)
because those are pretty good so far, so it could be how youre going against minotaur, or the other boons you had
i had the hammer that made my range like
longer
special i had hangover
and area of effect
i dont use special much on the boss because i feel it hinders my progress if you know what i mean
poseidon's call
i had a pretty good build but i guess im bad
Itās an alright build
oh good morning
That boss (tbh the entire region) is the biggest step up in difficulty across the entire game imo
Mornin
yeah the hammer i think is what could be the part that made it annoying
hmm?
100%
i never died except to the bosses
oh
well
i dont use charged attacks so its my only option i guess
Really?
Those kinda suck tbh
yeah they just make u tank alot
except if u get that one
that makes it charge less and recover faster
that one is useable actually
Theyāre not considered very good to use consistently
exactly
does depend on the other options there a lot tho, like the one that lets you have like 3 spears out per attack
consistently is the word
idk what its called
had it the previous try
Serrated point
but how does that benefit me when i should abuse my spear's range
but i saw it shred em3 asterius and theseus
triple damage for less range is good because asterius' hitbox is pretty big
Tbh serrated point isnāt the best
also depending on the attack you need to dash through or away from enemies
Mostly cuz flurry jab exists
i kinda just kite
Now THIS. THIS IS A HELL OF A DRUG.
what does it do
spear is my least used weapon, im going off of 20s of a video and the very little time i have with it, im trying my best man
its faster attacks i think
Removes your spin, and it instead makes you attack WAY faster
š
Itās the best spear hammer imo
And to the opinion of most people too
woah whats ur fav weapon then
i mean i hate the spin attachs
give me any bfuf and remove them and ill take it
You can also just hold attack instead of spamming the button
oh that doesnt sound so appealing anymore
or idk
fists fs, love them, just completed a run a second ago actually, very fun build, dionysus on attack and with low tolerance to stack more hangover that does way too much damage ngl
can
You donāt have to
i hate fists i thought i'd love them but i just hate anything that puts me in my place to charge
i like just spamming my dash key
thats kinda what i do on bosses
makes me feel like im bad at the game but it works so
learning how to use dashes better will help greatly with that fight too, i started off dashing and still catch myself doing it sometimes but during asterius and theseus its better to time the dash strikes or dashes so you have them to dodge their attacks
i mean i dodge their attacks
Awww cmon whatās wrong with them fists are my main
fr?
no not you i believe you
Yeah I main Demeter fists
not enough mobility š«ø
Theyāre just as mobile as like every other weapon no?
yeah his attacks are really annoying, i dont like how the sign that shows when archers/theseus are gonna hit you, i think its dumb that the projectile doesnt hit you when it dissapears but a second after, also use the cover in the arena to block the shots, works really well
it uses charged attacks
Wdym
hidden aspect even gives more mobility than all other weapons
yeah i agree
the fists dont like
hit instantly
u have to keep hitting
idk i tried them once
You press attack and they attack I donāt understand
Unless youāre doing the entire combo
yeah but if u dont whats the point
fists are fast enough to where the like barely any wind up animation shouldnt affect if you hit an enemy or not
The combo doesnāt do the most damage, plus you should be dash striking anyways
but spear is better in that case no?
yeah its basically dash striking with the occasional dash upper mixed in especially for 3/4 aspects
Spear hardly has a combo, and it also has a pause
so fists have a combo?
crazy that im a fists main and cant answer that
one second im choking
not really a combo, just 5 hits in front of you
i guess if you add dash strikes its an inf combo as long as the enemy has inf health
After those 5 hits you have to pause
well
might try them later
but my 2 favs so far are bow and spear
shield is soooooo bad
shield is best for speedrunning
its pretty good, all the weapons are, just depends on how you want to play
i think
I hate the shield
i fw it but not heavily enough to play it a lot
just had a sword guy while in erebus tweak tf out
WAIT WHAT
How many attempts?!
The average is 35-40, and that felt much faster
how do you check if you got a diamond (hydra) with one specific weapon, can't remember wich one i miss lol
aspect of zeus goated tho, its so cheesy
if you have the ||pact of punishment|| unlocked it will show the highest ||heat|| youve beaten with that weapon, which means youve gotten the rewards from all the previous ones too, youd just have to check it with all weapons
i heard shield slander and came running
I š«¶ SHIELD
Oh i completely acknowledge its probably the best weapon in the game
Holds the speed record, and was the first weapon to clear 64 ||heat|| unmodded
Great safety, damage and everything
I just hate it
I just despise using it
The only build I could tolerate was effing pulverizing blow aspect of Zagreus
i understand
....
swearing is banned here?
i just said the s word š
okay well good to know
Indeed
anyways, yeah. i have a friend who plays with bow
and is really good bc he's been playing a lot longer than me + hades is my first game
so when i unlocked bow i was hyped bc he glazed it. and i HATED it
Were you dash striking
i can't play with bow or spear even gun
(WOW you hate range)
to be fair, i was still early in the game when i unlocked it. i'll have to try it again
The number one leading cause of bow dissatisfaction in new players is not dash striking enough
when i started out i couldn't move properly half the time bc i didn't know how to use the controls š shield saved me bc i could stand there while getting attacked and then release, dealing damage and taking none
i still love it
noted
i also hate spear and gun idk why
shield, fists, sword are good for me
oh and the shield upgrade that turns ur bull rush into a piercing shot?
literally broken. u take 0 damage and deal insane amounts
i beat ||hades (as in the boss fight)|| on my first try with it. that upgrade counts as an attack and i had a ton of attack boons
on base it gives 80 damage. i was dealing so much damage
Thatās a spoiler
And yeah Iām aware of charged shot, itās great
But itās just not the most fun for me
Itās lowkey worth the glaze but it sucks if you play it wrong
yeah its pretty fun, more fun than how other games do ranged characters in the same genre of games, like with the perfect shot kinda stuff
o right, so sorry
when i started hades i sucked so bad bc i had never played video games before. i was basically panic spamming buttons and that was it. shield worked wonderfully for me. i will try bow again soon
3 attempts
Really
Yup
Didnāt you say you did 13 attempts on the first day?
Oh
I meant total runs
Or rather total attempts
To beat it for the first time
Oh my bad then
Yeah i beat it in 13 then
3 for the 2 guys
Like 9 for the second boss (idk how)
Thatās like a third of the average, good job!
And 1 for first boss
Thankss
I had a rly good build tho
I was carried
Had an extra dash and super high dash strike and special damage
I also learned how to dodge the minotaur well so
I feel hades bosses
Rely on ur movement
Rather than dodging the boss
I kited so well that i didnt think about their moveset
it took me 59 attempts lol
Iāve seen from 9 to 70s
I must have had a rly good build then
Nah you just seem to have gotten used to the game faster
I dont think so
Second boss took me like what
5-6 tries
and its easy
Even with good builds youāre probably one of, what, 5 Iāve met whoāve done it faster than 15
If that
Wow okay
That makes me happy š
Still faster than average
Be proud! Itās quite impressive.
Wait
I have to beat them every time???????????
Ugh
So if i die at final boss
I have to start from point zero
That's crazy
Idk like
Oh u have escaped underworld
Now its time for you to go to the big house of hades
He literally ||straight up dies||
Itās a roguelite
Hmm?
Then idk what you expect lol
I dont expect im just you know
Ranting? š
Disappointed?
Not really
Just thinking of all the runs i have to go through again
To reach this point
Well after 10 wins you reach the credits for the game
wait wait
10 wins?
And then youāve completed the tutorial
wait wait wait
Yes. Why?
You have to beat them. 10 times
Yes why?
Well
Well, credits IS 10 wins
U said u did it in 26 attempts?
But itās not easy
Won 10 times?
I did my first win then
Not the credits
Oh
I think you misinterpreted my words
I didnt get my first win
I only beat elysium's boss in 13 attempts
OH
How many runs did you take to win? Have you won yet?
I havent won yet
3 what?
3 attempts to beat those guys
Im currently in the 13th attempt
Like actually in it
I reached
The temple of styx? is the name?
Yes
Youāre on track to get a win in sub 20
Why is everything more expensive
So thatās still above average
Theyāre higher quality
I have 8 coins xD
Oof
Whatās your build rn?
Do i go ares or aphrodite or power up or coins (buffed enmies) or health (buffed enemies)
I sent it in dms
i heard, but idk if its true that going for either both miniboss chambers in styx has a higher chance at getting the satyr sack(used to get past cerberus) than going for 2 non miniboss ones but idk if its true
its also never on the first chamber and most likely on the 2nd chamber at around 50% chance there, its less likely to get it the more chambers you have to do before it, and i believe having to go through all 6 chambers is like a 2% chance or something
Is there a good way to avoid the chariot's attacks in elysium? I always struggle to dodge their attacks and it's so frustrating having to take like 20 damage every time I see them 
um
i dont wanna be that guy
but spam dodge?
i never got hit by them i think
I will spam harder next time 
small ones you can lead them into walls to make them self explode
for big ones is kinda run around the walls till they stop
if they are unarmored you can just attack them freely, if they are armored you def wanna wait till they chill/have enough dps to burst the armor first
The worst variant is ||the one summoned by hades during his first phase
||
and the prices are outrageous š /j
good idea
Oh yeah for those the "get armor shredding" applies even more
||zag canāt survive outside of the underworld||
Who do I give my first|| nectar|| too?
You donāt need to censor that dw, and i recommend to your favourite Olympian
hm. well there are a lot of great options. cerberus and ||skelly (if u don't know who this is dwai)|| give good stuff for early play throughs. ik i was reliant on good boy's gift when i was playing lol.
if u want to know what cerberus's thing is it's a ||old spiked collar. adds to ur health bar. like 25 at first i think and then with upgrades is like 50 so u can start runs with double health||
as for ||skelly, he gives u a tooth. it gives u one extra death defiance||
but yeah, giving to a god is good too, especially if u already have ideas for builds and stuff
but if ur kinda just playing "mess around and find out" like i did at first, having health is what's imp
up to you, happy. nectar gifting!
How do I gift the Olympians?
||Unless escaping is hell is..Just the tutorial for the game...?||
When you find their boons
Cus would love to give it to ares
My boy gets misrepresented a LOT
you can give them nectar before you pick it up once per run
Thanks for the info!!
ok so like yes and no? Hades is a roguelite if you catch my drift ||so itās more like escaping is the first time of many that youāll do||
And I saw somewhere that for a weapon a certain god is generally good
Is there a list for smthg like that?
fyi || most god's keepsakes just give u the ability to summon them. no other benefits.|| based on how u play, u may use it a lot or not. i do not use my god's keepsakes. maybe i should start doing it more but as of now, nope
ohhh that's different
I see
Itās more like certain gods have good builds with different weapons rather than weapons being good for gods
u can't get them via nectar
Yeah I pinged u accidentally mb
have u defeated the first boss yet?
That isnāt correct
oh im so sorry. what did i mess up?
Nah
I just started and stopped after him getting to know his real mom cutscene
they also give you increased rarity chance for every boon you take from that god while theyāre equipped, and the forcing them to summon is worth so much more than that
Oh nice
ah i see. well u will find out abt upgrades after u beat that first boss i think
oh yes, i completely forgot abt this part sorry
Alr I'll play a bit more and ask later ig
Thanks tho!
ofc! have fun :D
putting a god into your god pool guarantees theyāre going to be a part of your build since the god pool can easily just lock them out if you arenāt using god keepsakes to get your build together
i kinda do just mess around most of the time so i haven't used the god keepsakes much
before youāve taken boons from 4 regular olympian gods (aka anyone but Hermes and Chaos) the game will randomly generate the boons from any of the gods available (aside from Hermes and Chaos since they generate seperately). Then once youāve taken boons from those 4, it narrows down the gods you can find to just those 4.
also bc all the other ones seem a lot more useful in my head
but i should start planning more. maybe try ares bc i won with his doom effect
well
Theyāre pretty much the most useful keepsakes in game for tartarus (and asphodel)
hm will keep in mind then
spear sword or bow
I use spear right now but on my next run I try sword
sounds good. exprimenting is good
- dash a lot but with caution, it gives you a short time of invincibility but it can also send it towards meg
- obtain greater reflex on your mirror if you can for two dashes
- look for telegraphing of attacks, such as charging of the whip, and the circles on the ground
- your special often can strike down the volley from meg
- place a boon in your attack/special slot for a reliable damage source to shorten the fight
Ok thx for info
i have smth to add but it depends on what weapon ur using at the moment
Stygian blade
oh then just stick to those tips for now yeah
When you are at the mirror of Knight, and you swap the talents from red to green, does the game punish you for that?
Iām more interested in faded persuasion than faded authority
nope those are just the alt versions to allow for more diversity there is no punishment for swapping from purple to green
The game doesnāt punish you except for the fact you need to upgrade the other ones too
Which isnāt a punishment really
I use the green side of the mirror a fair bit
The green makes me feel like they make the game easierā¦
a lot of them are better than the purple yeah
Just got hades for the first time after looking at it for ages, it feels amazing and im loving the accuracy to source material (especially the coin in skelly's mouth), does anyone have any info/tips i should know?
play
thats my tip to you
i learned by playing
there is no tutorial
like the number or like, what it signifies? also please spoiler ||heat||
||i just beat hades so i wanted to understand what's considered the challenge? i remember seeing the number 32 alot||
||the max heat is 64, the game has an ingame statue for beating 32 heat and is for the majority of players considered the highest they'll go, a total of 6 players that i can think atm have beaten max heat whether that be done playing with the SRC modpack or done unmodded||
i see thanks
Feeling really overwhelmed by this game. If I get lucky with the fists I can make it to the final boss, I got to him one time. I canāt get to him with any other weapons, and now Iām realizing that thereās all the green options for the mirror and I have no idea what works best. And I havenāt used tighten blood on any of my weapons yet Iām just not sure where to go, Iām getting good, particularly with the fist, but it still feels like Iām trying to boil the ocean Here
fists are great, it could be a lot of things that are restricting you from beating the final boss, could you tell me what kind of build you typically go for?
Also about the mirror, the 1st option could go either way, the next 3 are mostly the purple side(apart from a few certain things either later in the game or for certain builds) and then the next few are probably also purple, its definitely a lot, but it gets less confusing later
What stuff should I equip in the mirror?
I have 6 unlocked
And besides death defiance
Everything is maxed
And haven't touched the alt stuff
u should max death defiance imo
Yeah but itās expensive as hell so itāll take a bit
true
u should unlock more mirror stuff
oo that vid is in my watch later might as well watch now lol
Tysm!
Np
Finally beat the first boss
And ofc entirety of tartarus was a tutorial
So my suspicion ended being right...
Congrats!
I did
Now I'm collecting keys for the 20 one
I have 6 weapons atm (idk if we get more)
6 isnāt that much
She beat the hell out of me 6 times
Oh have you gotten aspects yet?
Well the most problematic thing for me was the movement system
I'm a pc player and this was trippy asl
Once you master Hadesā movements, youāre almost invincible
Unlocked the Achilles one for spear and upgraded the basic on for the same
Thing is, thatās easier said that done
True
AMAZING choice
Love Aspect of Achilles
I recommend continuing to upgrade the aspect over the base spear
And u can just chose not to do it and basic attack
Oh alr
It also increase cast damage
I haven't been using casts much tbh
Maybe cus it's the shift key atm for me
Should prolly change that
Casts are rlly fun if you know how to use them
I'll try to do it more
yippee!! unlocking those weapons must have been fun. which one do u like most?
congrats!!!
Spear but the gauntlets with the range upgrade are very close
i'm not quite clear on what's better to take from eurydice. ambrosia delight or pom porridge, how do you all decide?
it depends, if you already have your main core of your build, one of the first 2 options(because you cant guarentee what you get from the next few boons for the rarity upgrade, if the stuff you have isnt the main part, or you have too much to guarentee youll upgrade at least 1 thing you want, id go with the next 3 boons higher rarity, someone else probably has a better shorter reason but this is mine
my question being out of the first tywo options what's better?
depends on what youre trying to upgrade, if you have an artemis boon youre trying to upgrade, the rarity one, artemis doesnt get a good enough buff to use a pom on it like ever(except maybe pressure points, idk tho) id guess most of the time the pom one tho, you upgrade more things(i think) and the bonus from poms isnt available on all things so it will narrow the upgrade choices to just the few things that youre probably trying to upgrade
generally refreshing nectar
the rarity boost will help for better hermes, duo/legendary odds, chaos.
oh yeah forgot about that part too
poms/+2 rarity are generally taken in certain late game context
man i odn't even touch chaos
still trying to beat the game for the first time
made it to the final boss twice, but wasn't close when i got there....only weapon i can do it with is fists. feel like i'm doing somrthing wrong, i'm investing in mirror upgrades like crazy (haven't done the green ones yet)\
no idea how to build out and which to make green vs. purple in the mirror...to say nothing of wepon upgrades which i haven't touched.
short version for builds (boons wise)
low, fast dmg weapons like fists prefer boons like zeus attack which add an extra effect to each hit.
higher but slower dmg weapons prefer boons like aphrodite that add % to the attack.
do you have the codex upgrade for the boon list yet?
re: mirror there's a pinned guide (use the text one) for it
Yeah sure, I think itās a lack of defense. I usually go for the divine Dash first, I also like status effects overtime. Iāve also pumped a lot of darkness into the extra damage for when enemies are afflicted by two or more status, but Iām not sure thatās paying off. Iām not so confident that works very well with lightning because you still need to get the jolted status, and Iām not quite sure how that affect compounds with doom because doom is just a one time hit so thereās not a very big window for the added damage bonus for two or more status elements. Typically Iāve been going for some Athena power ups, and then poison from wine and some sort of second status ailment
Iāve made it to the final boss twice, but with One or little death defiance remaining.
Iāve invested no tight in blood so far, and Iām not quite sure what my second best weapon is, possibly shield or spear
I also have not experimented with the green side of the mirror at all. Iām saving up my darkness so I can unlock faded persuasion and get more favorable boons
I also think my style might be too offensive. Maybe Iām trying to go too fast. But a rush down is the only thing that can get me through,
Do you know how the dash iframes work?
Also for something like fists you can just do zeus attack start then use athena's keepsake in asphodel for her dash
(in general, using god keepsakes in the first two regions is super strong)
I always use keepsakes for the first two, usually Athena then Dionysus or Ares
I have no idea what the frames are that you are referencing
Dashing makes you fully invincible for its duration. But doing any sort of attack/other moves will remove the iframes of the dash
So if you need to dodge an attack you must not be attacking during the dash
OK thatās interesting, because Dash strike with fists is my primary police style with that build
Is the double status ailment bonus buff worth it? How does that factory in with lightning and doom?
priv status isn't worth it lol
inconsistent 40% compared to consistent 25% on the other side of the mirror
Whatās the other side? Also, you are always invincible from everything while dashing as long as the animation is not interrupted by something else?
yeah
the other side is family favorites
you get 5% more damage for each unique god you have, not including chaos
generally over the run, you get 4 different gods and hermes so that's 25%
OK good to know, I have all the abilities unlocked on the mirror, I just havenāt invested in all of them yet. Iāve done pretty well with the purple ones as far as darkness investments, but what else should I look into? Iāve barely played it all with the green
there's a mirror guide pinned here iirc
so you can check that out and read through everything
I will check that out
What about weapon upgrades for the fist? I have five tighten blood, I have not beaten the first boss with the bow yet, Iām not quite sure how to use that weapon at all Iāll get to that later. Should I be investing tight this early? This are definitely my favorite lesson, but if I only get six tighten blood for the whole game, I might be more conservative in how I spend it
Sorry for typos Iām dictating and multitasking
Titan*
you get a lot more later once you clear a run lmao
so just upgrade what you feel like upgrading
demeter aspect is by far the best aspect for fists if you want to invest in that
more gimmicky than useful
Trying to find the pinned mirror guide in text form but I donāt see it
@viscid notch is that text mirror guide still available? I canāt find it in the pins
there's one in #h1-high-heat-strategies
its the first pin
Thanks all
Link wasnāt working for me at first
The mirror guide looks good, the only place Iām unsure is Godās pride versus Godās legacy. I would assume Godās legacy is if you were looking for very specific things
The butterfly keepsake, is there a cap to how much it can stack? Is the damage buff lost when you switch keepsakes?
no and yes
the thing is, duos odds are generally quite good already and with planning getting them without legacy is not an issue
god's pride effect for hermes more than anything is so worth
(stuff like yarn of ariadne/refreshing nectar/chaos's favor boon all increases duo odds by +10%)
(and in general butterfly is less worth cuz it also kills the consistency of using other keepsakes/the weapons that are better at no hitting benefit a lot less from the buff)
I feel like i keep button mashing, i have a decent amount of time in the game. 18 runs, and have cleared elysium once, but i feel like i keep button mashing, cuz it works better than any other metod, but i can't really stop, any tips?
Like how to get better at tactically attacking/combos
it took me a bit to stop mashing dash and attack too, i had to keep checking myself to stop doing it, idk what will help you but id say just keep paying attention to yourself and if youre spamming or not, also what weapon are you using because that can help with knowing what to do
how do i use titan blood?
Unlock all weapons, then die in a run for the house of Hades to update
then youāll unlock the feature
oh im missing 1 of them, thank you
I'm on my 26th run and I haven't been able to give Zeus nectar for 10 runs, I finally started using my nectar around my 20th run but Zeus refuses to show up or when he does it's in the store where I can't gift him. have I softlocked myself out of getting Zeus boons?
Equip the Zeus keepsake
It guarantees you see him
that's the problem, I don't have his keepsake yet
You havenāt given him a single nectar?
not yet cause he doesn't show up anymore
everytime I've seen him "recently" he's been in the store where you can't gift it to him
Hmm. Try not starting with a god keepsake and just doing runs
I'll give it another try but I've attempted without any keepsakes and I even got the reroll everything mod to see if I could at least summon him but he just doesn't showup
I donāt remember a way to soft lock a god out
So Meg door didn't show titan blood this time and showed me darkness
And I lost this time
So.. does it change every time?
Or it changed cus instead of going thru charons shop
I went for the other door?
Cus it showed titan blood every time before this and I went for shop before
okay so
once u beat her once with a weapon
u collect the blood and after u always will collect darkness
to get more blood, beat her with another weapon
or for later game || use pact of punishment to increase heat ||
but yeah, one blood per weapon
Oh alr
Oh..
Now that dialogue makes sense
It was confusing for me for no reason
I accidentally sold one my titan bloods...
Can I get enough to upgrade all weapons to max still?
Yeah
All resource are infinite through other methods
(trading at the lounge/fishing/charon at last shop)
In fact, even with all sources of blood obtained, you still need fishing or trading to max all
So the chaos gates, whatās the point of them? Just to make things more challenging and fun?
makes you work more for better rewards basically, get a downside for a bit but a permanent upside for the rest of the run
Escaped successfully multiple times. Can't believe I am saying this. Hades is indeed king of rougelikes.
nice, what weapon did you use for them
Yes it is
Finally beat it!!!!
Daedalus upgrade that converts the last weapon to automatic combined with seeking from Artemis
Aspect of Zeus and Eris Rail mostly
Underneath my keepsake, when I have it equipped, there is a number one and a yellow circular arrow, what does that mean?
What Keepsake are you using?
Artemis
It means that the next boon you receive is guaranteed from Artemis and then stops
Ahhhh ok
And what about when that number is not there at all?
It's time is up surely
You received your boon from Artemis now all it does is give the extra 10% for a rare boon
Any time a keepsake has one of those, itās to indicate uses left/ whether or not itās still active
Two have a timer
oh yeah i forgot about those 2
Itās there until you take a boon from Artemis, because itāll keep forcing her more if you avoid her, then go away when youāve taken a boon from her
||how do I get the 2 hidden infernal arms?||
Unlock the other 4
Then just do a few runs with all of them (canāt remember if itās based around unlocking them or using them, but you should try them out anyway)
Iirc itās either at least one run with each weapon or just unlocking them all
Is just a run after you unlock the first 4 for the 5th, then another after 5th for 6th
Aight thanks
What are some of the best bang for your buck defense or damage medication boons/upgrades?
Iām getting better at the game but so far Iāve only beaten it one time with one weapon. I think itās because I am unintentionally building class cannons every time
Iām curious where your investment go the furthest as far as survivability traits
You canāt go wrong with Divine dash
Dmg reduction wise is often weak (aphro) or sturdy (hermes's hyper sprint/some hammers)
Both offer 30% dmg reduction, with aphro having the only boon that increases this amount additively. (Broken resolve)
Greater dodge/second wind from hermes both work nicely (dodge chance is additive)
And quick recovery is surprisingly decent at high rarity?
Other stuff are really meh
Hyper sprint also has the giant benefit of opening rush delivery which can add a lot of dmg
Can you get more titan blood besides 6 from megaera before the asphodel boss?
Only through the broker at the lounge (you would have to trade up resources all the way to ambrosia for 1 blood or wait for the occasional 15 keys for 1 blood trade)
There are some prophecies that grant blood but can't do them with just the first 2 biomes
How do I get more blood
- beating the first boss for the first time with a weapon will net you one blood.
- final boss drops another + after that you unlock the best way to farm blood.
other sources:
trading for it at the lounge: - 1 ambrosia for 1 T.blood is always there.
- 15 keys for 1 blood which is super good
- list of minor prophecies.
- Charon may sell one blood for 1200 gold at the last area shop
Then I'll keep this for now ig
There was 200 gemstone trade that's why I asked
Thanks btw
I don't wanna farm for the stuff that the architect has
Like the fountain upgrades and such
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When I buy them, I'm like a couple keys away from unlocking stuff and I just do it...
But, yeah I'll go posiden keepsake for increasing rewards for it ig
But haven't seen them on charons shop yet
@dusty vault are you saying Aphroditeās boons are worth it?
I rarely use them, and charm is almost never inflicted
Aphrodite has the highest % of the boon givers so for high base dmg weapons yeah she's worth it
Also weak ā charm
Weak is afflicted with her standard boons and make those enemies do 30% less dmg
Charm is the effect from her call/legendary
Combining Weak and Hyper Sprint is 51% damage reduction
You are thus taking less then half the damage
so how many times do i have to beat the final boss
already beat em once with twin fists
10
ok cool not bad
explain...
You can reach the epilogue, speedrun the game, or do smt else thatās a spoiler
You can max out relations, upgrade every keepsake, beat the game blindfolded, beat it on your first time on a fresh file, speedrun that
Thereās a lot of things you can choose to do
So yeah, the amount of times you want to beat the game is up to you
Also censor that name itās a spoiler
oh ok
For future reference itās || message | (finish the second | )
how do i reach the epilouge tho
????
oh ok
btw is || giligamesh ||
||Max our relations with a bunch of olympians|| then progress more with the story
Also need to be censored
which is it then
everything
For example, I hate using that build
i personally love lifesteal
but i die alot
when using it
cuz low hp
and big boss do big dmg
is lifesteal smt i need to censor too ;-;
Iād say the hidden aspect of shield
Nah
mannn thats so boring tho but fair
fist is deffo more fun
Definitely agreed, Iām also a fists main
which infernal arm is the best
Oh no, Iām talking about the shield build
I use the fists
Merciful End is my fav build
Goated choice
like put up ur hands type shi
Statistically the shield has accomplished the most, but really all of them are really really close
I donāt need weapons, catch these hands
which daedalus hammer upgrade is ur fav
Breaching cross EASILY
ngl i wish they gave lifesteal to fists
i dont use spear ngl
They do? Itās kinda eh but thereās a hammer that if you kill with a special it heals
or is that a bow
Thatās a fists hammer
Aspect of Demeter is my recommendation
special
is smt i never use
on any of my weapons
i jst dash strike
Well thatās concerning for some weapons
but it takes so long to charge
12 strikes is so much
why not the final one
You can phase Lernie if you build it right
it legit gives them a status effect no
Less damaged less attack speed worse dash strikes
Why use it
with like ur dash strike or smt
cuz status
u just put on doom
You can do that with aspect of Demeter
really?
Just get doom on your strike
how to charge the cutter quicker
its just free dmg-
dont go for talos ngl
just use the base fist
Punch
There is no damage benefit if base fists over Demeter, and theyāre talking about Demeter btw
Not talos
ohhhh
You can just get a call with a status effect
i personally
just get exposed
on athena
The super cutter SHREDS so itās worth
That also works
Good call
Just aight
Very average
Zeus and Dio have amazing calls
the crit be so funny tho
dio really?
The crit do be funny
Yup
Sorry I gtg for a lil bit, ping me with any questions and Iāll answer them
is the throw fist good
how do i obtain || gilgamesh||
||Reveal the Aspect of Gilgamesh by meeting the following requirements:
Reveal the Aspect of Guan Yu (does not need to be unlocked with Titan Blood}
Have a total of 5 Titan Blood or more invested into Fist aspects
If you have not previously received the following dialogue from Asterius (in his chamber before the fight with Theseus), fight him with the Fists equipped until you do:||
why do i need to get the spear
version
Just cuz
bbecause
You need to unlock it first before every other one
Throw fist? Talos? That one hammer?
srsly???
thats so ass
i dont even like spear ;-;
Which one? The ranged special?
yers
Doom attack, Athena special
Or vice versa, but you donāt want that
Then grab Athena dash and impending doom and youāre set
Mostly Athena dash
frick
i thought it was athena dash with ares special
Itās struck for a reason
what is rarest bon
Respectfully, ew. I shudder to imagine that
Either bad news or greater recall
I think I have gotten bad news once
Well, thereās also the chaos legendary that gives you a death defiance
If you count that
what charecters
are romancable
Canāt remember
Spoilers
just tell me then
||Thanatos||