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yes
but even without aspect
you just gotta slap zeus attack to it
and it should feel good
ive never gotten past hydra with rail
what is your goal right now?
the final boss or just pushing heat?
so basically if you want to use rail, put on thunder signet and pray?
yep, basically
yeah im trying for beating the final boss
though for all i know theres a further final boss
because there are two areas that i havent discovered yet
for first clears i think a lot of people like shield/bow/spear for their relative safety
i like bow with fists as a close second
though i would prefer aspect of chiron be something else
bow imo is the best first clear weapon since you can take fights slowly
chiron... scales great with blood investment
its bad early
i just dont like that it 1/3s the amount of shots
lv 1 chiron sucks hard
do the shots get more powerful and/or numerous?
more shots
oh nice
at max level its only one less from normal bow
ye
8 i think
the best first clear weapon imo is hera bow with dio cast
just plug in one level in there and go wild
is ambirosa for 500 darkness worth it? Seems like not to me minotaur and the champion are very difficult to me, but it's the current deal at wretched broker.
i have nowhere near enough titans blood to do that atm but ill do it once i get around to it
ambrosia is not worth the darkness
by the time you need ambrosia you can easily beat heroes
is there any way to get boss rewards again with the same weapon?
yes, but you need to escape at least once
the final boss' reward is ||titan blood||
after you beat the final boss you unlock ||heat, which basically gives you handicap while resetting the rewards||
hmm
is persephone's garden counted as a brand new area or just part of the house of hades?
also
does ||hades' second nectar gift unlock once you've beaten him?||
wdym
playing without thinking about it
oh
and have it unlocked and go "huh, neat"
rn im dumping all my nectar into achilles because hes a nice guy, will that pay off in any way
how so
are those whats in the secret stash slots in the display case?
neat
I see most people using ||Meg's battie or Than's thing but I think it's still worthwhile to collect them all so you can see what fits your playstyle||
i was planning on achilles then skelly so that works out well
also nobody answered this
conclusively anyways
oh also
what does 4th bow aspect do
||Not sure how that's different, it's part of the house IMO, some NPCS stand there after it's unlocked||
||You can check the wiki, it's a wide shot bow based off the Hindu god Rama||
i was asking because there are two areas that i have yet to visit that are listed on the fated list of minor prophecies and i am pretty sure one of them is the above world but idk what the other one is
All the hidden aspects have some sort of special moveset.
oh
||The garden is not one of those, it's just part of the house||
||Are you talking about the Persephone's garden on the surface or the garden to the east of the Hades house btw?||
Interesting I thought it only opened after you beat the final boss, at least that's how it opened for me.
i only know its persephones garden because im familiar with the mythology
||Are you able to go there? I was only able to go there after beating the boss many times and a certain event happened||
no its blocked off
anyway bow 4/best weapon in the game works like this:
||your special is 4 shots, shot in straight line that would bounce to other enemy, tagging them.
now if you attack, each tagged enemy will take damage equal to 60% of the damage your attack dealt||
but from what i can see, its obvious what it is
kk, it's just a space and can't even be embellished afaik unless I havent gotten to that point yet.
oh so its like the networking mutation in dead cells
||the fun part: its dash attack deals 120 damage
tagged enemy can take damage from multiple hits of one attack
and if you hit a tagged enemy that enemy takes damage from the hit and the attack||
k
||Free damage on marked foes when you attack any other foe||
||the 'other foe' can already be marked and the damage adds up||
||you tag all 5.
you hit one, that skull takes 120 damage (attack) + 72 (debuff)
other skulls take 72
and then the arrow goes through, and a second skull takes the attack
the first skull takes 72 again, the second takes 72 + 120||
etc
I don't play it a lot so I am not very adept at it. I am big fan of the || twin fists, I've probably only played it like 20 runs in a row||
lately ive kinda just been using whatever has dark thirst so i havent been able to use bow or fists much
those are what i prefer
do note that normal bow only deals 50 damage on dash attack
bow 4 deals ||120||
not a lot of attacks deal that much
i dont use bow dash attack because its weird
I only dash attack
charges way faster
dash attack is significantly faster
its way more noticable on the hidden bow
i see
what are some good keepsakes btw?
like ik lucky tooth
but otherwise whats good
people usually go
god pick -> god pick -> acorn -> acorn
oh yeah forgot about acorn
||I am a casual player like my nickname says but most people go god->god-> acorn I think. I go god->god-> pom blossom-> acorn||
i presume that third one is ||persephone's||?
that's correct, I forgot that part.
Idk if it's that good but I just switch to it to get some levels once I have the boons I want.
what do you get for giving hades nectars?
I love hourglass for the third region
i havent really leveled up acorn, at 3 stars whats the amount of hits you can take
||It gets locked for a long time until you win a few times iirc, then you get a keepsake, don't want to spoil too much||
5 hits.
Yes it's very helpful
like, acorn, tooth, and patroclus' thing would be borderline op
5 hits is more than 100 damage
...on the final boss, not really sure on the heroes
i usually do pretty ok with heroes
maybe 1 defiance once and a while when i dont have a great build
is there a boon meta?
or does it depend on weapon and playstyle
or perhaps both
i do like that one
but other than that its mostly weapon dependent, though generally its zeus for fast attacks, artemis+aphro for slower attacks
like the artemis/aphro duo or separately
also i usually gravitate towards a poseidon/zeus build and get their duo a lot of the time and its a lot of damage output
i dont see aphro super often
what does their duo do?
i havent gotten very many duos
basically just poseidon/zeus and athena/something i forgot
i definitely do not
i have like the first 2/3s purple ones and otherwise its like 2 ups each whichever one i like more
whats the best hammer for bow would you say?
to me it seems like charged special and the power shot upgrade one are p good
double shot, power shot, charged special yeah
i dont like double shot much because the reduced range really gets me
flurry shot
flurry shot is very broken
it's so good
double shot works just as well on zag bow i think, you just gotta get used to the new range
most enemies bumrush you anyway
yep flurry is continous fire
double shot my fav bow hammer
anyways i was gonna ask how hera aspect worked with double shot
it doesn't
k
that'd be way too broken
i suppose so
i had a fun build a while back that had artemis cast and attack with hera bow and i had that one boon that makes crits more likely on your crit effects
i think that one had flurry shot
the special was ares i think
or maybe dionysus
i'm a big fan of ares on bow special
that was the second build to get me to ||hades|| second phase
indeed
mhm that very surprising surprise
i was very surprised by it
perhaps even startled
the first build that got me to the second phase of that boss was a fists build
it had poseidon attack, dash, and special, it had zeus cast, it had poseidon/zeus duo, it had the dash attack + fists hammer, it had long knuckle, and it was with aspect of talos
i was 2/3 of the way through second phase but then i died and it was a bummer
are there more than two phases?
that would be annoying if so
def not doing that then
what do you think of that fists build?
oh i forgot to mention it had greatest reflex too
forgot what call tho
poseidon attack on fists is a weird choice
lmao isn't the point of fists to stay close
i did it because i had the poseidon/zeus duo and no opportunity to get zeus attack
I guess it'd be alright with sea storm
also i was basically just spamming dash attack and then using special when stuff got far away
oh yeah main discuss reminded me, i had aphro call
do you need to spend blood on spear hidden aspect before you can get any other hidden aspects?
so i got to the final boss and i got hit by one of the casts, the one which ||makes the edges of your screen colourful||. how do i not get that effect, and what does it actually do?
nope, just have to unlock it @kirbox
ok
it ||increases the damage you take||
and who do you talk to for bow hidden aspect?
||that's boiling blood, it makes you take double damage from his attacks. it happens because you got hit directly by one of the skulls|| @cosmo
||you just need to wait for it to go away||
artemis
ok
need to be using the bow
i would figure
so i need to level up acorn and arrowhead, and i need to get more titan blood from the trader unless i somehow beat ||hades|| before i get hidden bow aspect
what does fists hidden aspect do btw?
||turns you into a very aggressive furry||
that is not a helpful description
fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
||it turns the fists into massive paws, as they're the Aspect of Gilgamesh and inspired by his friend the beast man Enkidu. The attack swings slower and deals more damage, and the dash-special deals an effect called Maim which is basically like super-charged Doom, but also while you're waiting for it to hit, the enemy deals +50% damage||
|| Special moveset again, extra dashes, has a new 'maim' bonus in special||
why is it not aspect of enkidu then
Yea that one was more descripitive but I think the ||extra dashes are also significant||
||yeah i really like greatest reflex when i get it||
having it built in sounds fun
is trippy flare a different thing than trippy shot?
its the exact same
why is it named differently then
wait no it deals a bit more damage
Trippy Flare is on Hera bow and ||hidden aspect shield||. Mechanically they're the same, both leave festive fog.
||beo|| things, the casts that you shot are really different like aphro or arte's
hera does not change the cast
only where its casted from
It's just that for Trippy Flare you don't have to throw the cast
that sounds a lot more convenient
as soon as you shoot it, it bursts into fog.
neat
Does anyone know when/how I can meet ||Patroclus||?
its the exclamation point room in ||elysium||
if you havent yet, its just bad rng
it might be at a certain point in the area ig
its too bad he isnt in the 4th area tho
that would be way more useful
do you only unlock ||demeter|| after encountering the final boss?
No, ||only by reaching the arena for it at least once||
||You don't need to actually defeat them, just reach them||
yeah thats what i meant
oooh okay thank you!
I really want to ||reunite Achilles and Patroclus|| 
i dont actually know if you can do that or not
I hope I can D:
i wonder if you can ever ||reunite orpheus and eurydice or if the first time just left too much of a scar||
I want to make all the characters happy
well I'm gonna play Hades and give all my nectar to Achilles and Orpheus
see ya
cya
im giving all my nectars to achilles because
i still have people i need to get the keepsakes from 
oof
i got the reward from the prophecy list tho so its fine
I love achilles
same
ok i’m going into the ||theseus|| fight with full health and 3 death defies
wish me luck
good luck!
congrats!
Great work!
😢 ||hades was on his second phase and at half health||
what's the best way to farm nectar?
How can I get ||orpheus|| to ||sing|| again???
He started after I ||beat Hades||
You can still ||interact with the characters after beating the game||?
But there might have been a different event that triggered it, that happened at the same time
Ah I see
Yes
huh interesting
I've been avoiding beating the game so I can give my fav characters max amounts of Nectar
Ya, no need to worry about that
Does anyone know if its possible to ||reunite Orpheus and Eurydice|| and also ||Achilles and Patroclus||?
yes
yay!
@spiral quiver videos like the one you posted go into #self-promotion ty 
I have almost 30h in maybe 5 or 6 days. I'm really enjoying the game. But I'm already in my 50th (if not there almost) attempt, and only reached Hades twice, and only beaten the first part. Any tips? Should I just try to go for a revenge like build? My goals in the game right now is maxing out the mirror and then the character interactions. I've been avoiding activating god mode, because I fear if I do, I'll just keep it on. But the temptation is growing...
Thanks for the help.
If you find the game too difficult I would say maybe try god mode. Some main all applicable tips may be if you havent: farm darkness up to upgrade your mirror perks as much as possible. Make sure to give nectar to everyone to get all keepsakes unlocked. Get familiar with your favourite weapon and put some titans blood into it for better damages.
I wouldnt recommend following builds just yet because I find that just blindly following a build without really understanding its mechanics is not beneficial to your growth and learning as a player
That being said if you see a build you like you can definitely try for it. Just keep in mind it may be hard since you have no idea what gods will be coming up
But you can manipulate it with the keepsakes
I have all the keep sakes, except the last 2 (I don't want to spoil those that don't know).
Kind of a noob question. I was wondering if there was a respectful and preferred method for sending questions to SGG. I have a question for one of the staff, though I know they're busy, and wish to find them during a more convenient moment.
Supergiant Games is an independent game developer in San Francisco, California. We created the games Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
is this what you mean?
Awesome sauce. thank you
I swear I have given a bottle of Nectar initially in the game to Dionysus and Chaos but both their keeepsakes aren't available for me?🙄
They returned me a gift for sure and I remember it but they were not available when I looked! Why is that?
Check the codex, do they have a heart filled up?
How much stuff is there to do ||after u defeat hades outside in the cold, please tell me there is a lot.|| This is the first time I've been starstruck about an indie game in a long time. Like 5+ years, and the first anime style game since like... shining force exa
Tons. I'm 90 hours into this game, and it's still going
bear in mind, my company allows my coworkers and I to play games on our laptops when things get slow, so I've been playing between 6-10 hours per day for the past two weeks. and there's still content
Hades is definitely not an anime style game what the heck
how can i open War-God's Bloodlust prophecy?
Open? You mean... how do you get it? Just keep gifting nectar to Ares
Check the codex, do they have a heart filled up?
@harsh leaf
No they just filled with a ribbon, what does that mean?
The same shows for Dionysus and Ares and Hypnos . Their hearts are filled with Ribbon 🎀 thats it, why is that?
It means they gave you a gift that time
Did you "Give Up" that run where you gifted Chaos? If you Give Up from the pause menu, you lose all progress
No I haven't given up anytime @daring delta
maby u missremembered
There got me some meaning when there is only a ribbon and not full heart
So another bottle of Nectar to same gods you mean
Or may be these God's are hard to please 😂
in the first impression
dud if the first heart isn't filled it means u didnt give them any nector
Are you CERTAIN you're missing their keepsakes? Share a screenshot, to be sure
If you've given them nectar once you should have their keepsake as well as the first heart, the one with a ribbon filled
Check codex and your keepsake-atorium. If you have 0 hearts and No keepsake from them, the likeliest explanation is that they haven't recieved nectar
||except for hades||
Whats the maximum amount of Nectar I can give someone?
Orpheus and Achilles must be sick of all the nectar I've been giving them
@harsh leaf I'm pretty sure they are given Nectar and they offered something back.
I'll share the screen shot in few min now
Screenshot the codex page too for good measure
Yes in middle of a run now, I shall do that in few min @harsh leaf
quick question about a choice I have right now, does it make any sense to pick Parting Shot (cast does backstab damage) when I have Ares cast (the blade rift)?
like, how would that work?
Parting Shot, I think, boosts all backstab damage so you can still take it
makes sense
I did and apparently it determines backstab damage from the position of the blade rift itself
so it does backstab as long as the blade rift is behind the enemy, at least that what it looks like to me... makes sense but I wasnt sure...
i gave him 6 nectar already
@harsh leaf here you go, I got the screen shots but couldn't attach it here for some reason so posting my tweet with pics
I swear I gave Nectar to all these 3 , Hypnos , Ares and Chaos and they offered something back but not available in Keepsake!
Is this some bug ?
have you tried giving them another nectar
If you gave them a nectar, but then chose the "Give Up" option in a run, it wouldnt count
Alternatively: your memory isnt as good as you think it is 😛
dud u cant give up in house of hades
I haven't given up at all , I'm positive about it.
Just run over to Hypnos and give him some nectar now then
or u quit befor it saved
I usually put my Nintendo Switch on sleep and continue where I left but that's it. Never have I ever given up the run.
if it does turn out to be a bug, 3 nectar isn't that much to lose in the long run
Ah, Switch? That version is behind on patches so who knows what's going on
Still, try it now to see if it sticks this time
ahha theres the problom
I can confirm, it went away when I have given a Nectar to Dionysus , it came up with an heart now but rest of these NPC are an example of what I am trying to say.
guys i have big brain shower thought a while ago and i share it how
||dusa no drink ambrosia u give her because she cant open bottle because the no has arms||
I will check once in #h1-tech-support
||she has arms, even comments on having a body, she just doesnt use it||
had
has
she sayes she used to have a body?
when i go through doors and pick up stuff, theres a lag time where pressing e does nothing, is that the game loading so lead times seem shorter or what
There is a bit of time right after you kill all enemies and the doors open
Or when you pick up a boon and the doors open
It's normal
especially noticeable in styx
zag would say something like "not yet"
ah okay i was just worried it was my computer pooping itself
Just turn on the FPS counter, Hades isnt a super demanding game
its the same but its easyer to notic in styx
You'll be able to check if something is going wrong
wonder if there's a way to run it at 144fps
would you play 35sek/h at an internet caffe to play minecraft att 144fps
my friend sayed that we should do that
i sayed hes dumb
35 sek is like 4 dolars
sounds fun
idk what the pandemic situation is like where you're at, but I'd totally do that with a friend when it gets better here
whe u can play hades allday
im in sweden.
Swedish government: Vad är ett virus?
ye im an ignorant american so idk what's going on there
So what are some weapons that significantly benefit from dio's hangover abilities?
hidden bow with bad influence
Don't have hidden bow yet
sword with drunken flourish+bad influence
it's p good on regular bow special too
anything that hits a lot of enemies or hits repeatedly
Okay. I was using Zeus' shield for the special, and it seemed to be useful.
omg
i jsut thought of amasing strat for everyting
use zeus shild
use special
sit in corner while blocking
boom u beat the game
Cheese af, I like it 😆
I perfected the final boss like that lol
if you want a free win, get Zeus (god) on the zeus shield special
What do you mean
why
Guys I just got merciful end with the spear, ares special, athena attack, dash and merciful. I'm hitting people with my attack that deflects but it's not applying doom, what am I doing wrong? Aren't my deflect attacks supposed to be applying it?
why not artimus or like general good boon
because it's like +50 aoe dmg every time it hits
zeus is realy good but needs setup
and it hits fast
like u want jolted
melts everything
higher voltage i think its called
and maby even legendary
if u could plant out to get an epic boon replaces by a reroec one then u are sick
if u wanted like heroec zeus special
u get like aphro epic special first
and u replace it
Tbh, I am not sure if zeus shield w/ doom special is better than zeus shield w/ dionysus special.
My current run has doom (with a bunch of doom benefits), so it's wrecking house. It's the first run where Theseus barely did a thing to me
Zeus aspect special works well with both +% and +raw dmg because of its high hitrate
doom on that sounds amazing with stacking doom
I also have the boon that lets doom deal more damage, but it takes a little longer
because u cat get stacks of doom
that's perfect for stacking doom
deflect will cause doom to proc/damage to occur
wouldn't fists / gud secret aspect be broken with doom stacking
Yea, this is a pretty good run. Would Dio be able to do something just as powerful with this?
it won't apply it though
why not?
you still need to apply doom with ares attack
yes?
thats what i mean
u get attack and stack
and u have fists or gus secret aspect
and u do big damabe by stacking?
I feel like dio is still one of those gods I don't really know how to exploit yet.
What does that duo do?
u do ticks of 100+ damage
Wait... how?
its when 2 gods r like lets work togeather
aphro and dio is
hangover stacks 8 insted of 5 times
and chiron has homing atack with 7 spacial arows
so basicaly 8
and u can do big damage
Ohh... That seems powerful
@analog radish very cute but that'd work better in #off-topic-discussion
for future reference
ok
Hi guys, what’s the best beginner friendly weapon? I just cleared hydra with the bow but I heard that the shield is the best, but I feel like it’s really inefficient am I doing something wrong?
I think it took a while for me to actually realize that the bull rush blocked attacks while charging. Do you use that to block?
So.... This was my first time fighting the ||tiny vermin||, and holy crap that was tough!
shild
I didn’t realize that! But also I got way too relied on the spread shot of the bow and I really feel like the shield doesn’t have good aoe
What are some good boons to go with the shield?
so u dont have to avoit attacks
do u know what an aspect is
chaos aspect with aris spacial
if no chaos aspect aris special is still good on shild
There is a pinned guide in this channel. It seemed to work well for me.
i know right
Okay I’ll give a try! Thank you
1 health left on ||Hades|| fight. I had some DD, but that's besides the point :p
did u win?
Sure did!
How many levels are there to each aspect of a weapon?
depends on your playstyle
I think it's better to just play what you like, I like a certain aspect and feel most comfortable with it.
some find sword the best others hate it, it's a very personal choice
I don't play roguelites or speedrunnable games so maybe this is a good metric? https://www.speedrun.com/hades#Any_Heat
I like the gloves most, is that hidden aspect any good?
it's interesting for sure
I have almost exclusively played gloves for the past 20 runs (I am a casual player and clear in like 20-30 mins) I feel like another aspect of the gloves suits me better than the hidden || For me Talos > Gilgamesh, I want to really get better with Gilgamesh as I really like it visually and thematically, but will probably try once I unlock those silly achievement statues that are based on heat||
I reeeaally like Talos
yey another talos lover, welcome!
trying probably
since you might find the hidden better and might wanna max that then
I am on level 3 of Talos
honestly try everything before you max something
even just one blood to feel how you and the weapon interact
yall think this game is going to be on sale on xmas?
(except chiron)
Askin for a friend lmao
Ok, that also sounds more fun, but at the same time I don't want to miss out/waste blood if maxing a weapon is better for clearing at higher ||heat||
probably the bundle definitively lol
(the bundle is so worth it for darren korb's genius alone........)
I think it was on sale during autumn sale, like 20% off?
how much is it rn?
Should be same discount for Christmas
20,99€
Still a great price for what you get
Seems fair for a game that is so good and made by a small company
so -4€?
yeah
Ye something like that
Def. gonna get it for a friend
give or take a few cents
Best gift tbh
i like the game and the whole greek mithology stuff
Yup, they did a great job with it
i really wanna get the game for a friend who has developed a crush on the game character design alone
but i'm scared cause she really isnt gamer at all
I mean the game is really good looking
Hmm, god mode?
probably
so yeah
i'd have to buy here a mouse too
Or controller?
i believe that on controller it has like auto aim
I prefer controller every day all day hahaha
Does PC not have aim-assist?
some weapons seem to be easier
semi
There is an option called aim assist for me on Switch lite.
whats yall fav. weapon
spear def. my fav
MALPHON hahaha
talos is my favorite behind achilles spear
||Aspect of Talos as I said before, I still haven't put too much thought into what my second most favorite would be||
whats the current patchnote version
hi guys, i cant figure out how aspect of eris of adamant rail works.. i shot my special blast and i stay in the area of explosion. but the damages are the same. i am trying it with the zombie in the house
1.37 or sumtin
You have to ||Stand in the blast area and you should see yourself 'flashing' ||
was there ever a poll on what weapon/aspect is the fave? it would really interest me but i know how little players actually participate in those polls
Sorry I updated, I misread your question.
stand in the blast area and after that your damage will be boosted (cast, attack and all that)
👀
yo you shouldn't be talkin about that here
pretty brave lmao
Yes this is a supergiants games official discord iirc
hey dio's beautiful thighs, what was your fave weapon/aspect again?
chiron now baybee
i told small developers and such
bow
oh right
i do not see that...
Also on the topic of aspects I have very poor mechanics and the easiest ones for me (even easier than the favorite aspect I mentioned) are || Aspect of Arthur and Eris ||
after which levle would you say is it really worth getting better with chiron baybee?
aspect level?
||No red particles? Could you maybe screenshot?||
where did yall buy the game from?
steam
yeah i don't think it's worth it unless it's maxed
alright thx :)
for maximum brrrr
I play on a switch so obviously switch store 
it's also on epic if that's more your thing
ahhh my bad.. i didnt select it in the weapon screen
oh that happens
Just killed Hades for the first time. Letsss goooo!!!
And based on the speed run website it looks like a lot of the fastest runs (1.0) were using ||Eris, so is that considered the easiest best. The last time I played it got lucky with boons I had some crazy damage and was a cakewalk||
It's there if you have a controller plugged in. I am not sure about mouse and keyboard
and many more deaths
Oh interesting I had no idea.
idk why but it always seemed like when you chose rail as your weapon that less enemies spawn
i did a few control runs and it was always less by like 20% ;-,
What are control runs?
idk if it was just lucky seed generation but every single time
like i took notes of all the enemies that spawned
You didn't accidentally add ||jury summons||, right?
That could be it
i tried sword, wrote those down, spear etc etc and rail was always less
no why would i when going for control runs?
it was always 0 ||heat||
Is that what a control run is?
Sorry I am not aware of the term what do people usually use it to refer to?
well control runs are just runs that you put up as examples
For other people to see?
for me to compare to
Oh ok, so a baseline?
yes
so yeah that was very weird and i hope it was just seed-luck that gave me the numbers but it would make sense why eris would be the fastest for literally every single speedrunner if they get less enemies to spawn and have an almost constant damage boost
What if seeds were based on base damage
then it would make sense right?
|| It has the lowest damage iirc and just a high speed||
exactly it would make sense but special does good damage to balance it out, no?
Event output would make up for it (speed + base) but I am just suggesting it could've been a bug/oversight.
So what causes ||hidden aspects|| to trigger? I have two, but I am not sure if it is just a random occurrence or if I actually have to do something to get it to happen
pinned comment in #h1-story-discussion if you mean that?
||put at least 5 titan blood into the weapon of your choice, go up to certain people while equipping them||
or listen to dysphere
so... does it matter the aspect? Because I definitely haven't upgraded a specific aspect 5 times yet
Vague, I know, but who you have to talk to changes based on weapon
am i the only one that think adamant rail is overpowered?

But you can guess based on other aspects
Yea, I found that out.
if compared to other melee weapons
rail is weird(ly good) but not op, it just means you personally click on it extremely well since there are more than enough of people who really dislike rail
@leaden whale Thank you. This is amazing! I'm about 40 hours in and seems like i still have tons to do.
@harsh leaf I'll be honest, i guess i called it anime style because Hades reminds me of Shining Force EXA (originally a Japanese game, but later got an NA release) for the story building, combat, quality of dialogue, etc. Even though that's kind of where the similarities end. So i apologize for calling it an Anime style game lol. I guess i stayed up too late playing Hades so perhaps that clouded my judgement at the time
rail still kinda is the meta
i am just noticing that i keep so many dmgs with melee weapons...
hey, been playing the game for a while ( 10 hours ) and I was wondering, does the things you buy with the contractor, do they change the game a lot? or I can focus on the later on the game?
Only the work orders change gameplay and story stuff
So if you want to ignore cosmetics, go ahead
I strongly suggest you buy the Fountain upgrades
Most of the things in the first tab affect gameplay
oh I see, yeah it makes sense, thanks! 😄
3 wins in a row! :D
nice job
Thank you. I think it used to be a 1:5 win loss ratio, so that's massive improvement.
I feel like my build is an absolute beef bus right now
370hp, 34.8% dodge chance, heal 2% hp on special kill, shards drop from enemies in 2.5 seconds after being embedded, and are also ||returned instantly thanks to hermes||
after approximately 8474929289283938 years ||i have finally altered Achilles' contract|| 
except now hes perpetually missing, and so are ||pat's|| chambers
theyre having one heck of a reunion, i say
what does the heart with a keyhole means? just appeared one in hades part of the codex
it means you cant give that character anymore nectar until you progress their story or complete their quest. keep talking to them
np!
in the mirror, can i have like, both the green and red ones at the same time? or is it just the one i highlighted
you can only have the one you highlighted
oh, ok, thanks again!
||https://xd.adobe.com/view/b90bd0e4-4ae8-400b-709d-3305de01e6b3-cf3a/?fullscreen|| Someone here linked me this. This is about weapon aspects.
How do i play the lyre nicely? I keep practicing but its not workinghh
Practice more
You get better at it by ||just interacting with it enough times over a bunch of runs||
You get better at it by ||just interacting with it enough times over a bunch of runs||
Ngl, just started a run with zag shield and Divine Strike has been amazing on it so far!
u need 200 plays approx.
I finally beat || the hades boss || am I still considered a new player?
Probably yes due to what happens after
i love the shield, the weapon i find the easiest to get consistent completes with
Mate no one gatekeeps being a new player :D This channel exists mostly so people can discuss stuff with minimal spoilers.
If you don't mind spoilers, #h1-builds-and-combat is a good place to hang out.
Inasmuch as you have the larger part of the game left, sure. But also what FoxHope said
you can call yourself midgame i guess
I like the shield and the spear so far
Still can’t get past the first boss tho
I’m hesitant to try out the bow tho
its fine if some wep dont fit ur playstyle, spear is like my least fav wep,
my first time beating the first boss was with the bow
give it a shot
protip for bow is to dash strike as much as you can
Hmmm I’ll try that
Reg. House contractor upgrades - themes ||Where are they applied? I bought something with 10 diamonds and I see no discernible difference||
Ah ok ty
i am so charmed by the fact that the keepsakes have their own little SFX when u apply them
eurydices keepsake has a little musical 'ahh' and i just think thats neat
Ho guys i cant figure out how not take soooo many dmgs with melee weapons. Any suggestions?
learn to time ur dashes
athena shield dash boon
Is there a limit to how much death defiance I can accumulate during a run? ||Thinking of Athena||
Athena only has two boons that replenish it
But there are a bunch of other sources (||chaos||, charon's well, ||patty||) that can refill your DD slots
I wondered about this because the max I've seen with ||tooth and max mirror was 4, but apparently you can stack death defiance with stubborn defiance, so I wondered if I could just use Athena to get above the limit of 4||
If you mean how many you can have at once, I think 5 is the answer
Yes, as a hard limit.
Unless Chaos gives more than one defiance boon
But the chances of that are super low
So I'd say 5 is the hard cap
Athena doesn't work the same with DD vs SD
Not as you think
She'll replenish it if the slot is empty
It's more effective using her to replenish with DD but you mostly would take it for the benefits with SD
Like the "More health recovered from defiance" is more useful with SD than with DD
But the "Replenish a use" is wasted on SD
So you can stack a defiance with SD since it replaces the lost slot, and then SD replenishes in the next room. But you can't stack it on DD, since it simply replaces the lost slot.
Dunno if im making sense
It is not. This is why you suicide in an athena room if you have SD.
So you lose your SD, get an athena defiance, then replenish SD next room. And you now have an extra defiance on top of the SD
So the limit with SD is one from ||tooth and Athena each||? And for DD it's ||3+tooth keepsake+chaos=5?||
well, you can theoretically get more than one DD from chaos
you gotta be stupid lucky tho lol
ive seen someone with two chaos DDs on this server
I'm watching a vid right now with ||tooth+2 Athena DD+ regular SD||
and you can actually get both athena’s on SD
or maybe it was on reddit
i dont remember
Last Stand and Deathless Stand can both give you DDs, yeah.
Dunno how to spoiler tag on mobile :(
||like this||
Oh can't post screenshots anyway
It's the ||50 heat Rama run by haelian, timestamp 28m 55s||
I've played for around a week so I consider myself a new player, but it's good to get an understanding of the mechanics
yeah it can definitely happen
it’s funny when you get like 4 DDs and then use none of them as well lol
Seen it happen lol
Unfortunately I play om EGS so I couldn't snap as creencap
Damn what are the odds of that though?
what happens when you give max nectar to someone
Curious about that as well. I think some characters are a romance option and some give you a side quest? Idk...
I use sharex to take screenshots even though I play through steam lol
iirc, you can take screenshots in game in hades using F11
From what I can tell, Dusa, Thanatos and Meg are your romance options, although Dusa’s route stays platonic
*cough spoiler
Hello Supergiant and fellow Hades players!!!! somewhat new player here but i finally defeated final boss for the first time yesterday!
good job
also spoiler tag name of final boss
some people dont know yet
@remote ingot
sorry thank you
how do i get back to ||elysium because after i died i went back to tartarus and i don't know how to get back to it
||
do i have to ||fight meg and the hydra again?||
||yes, each run you have to get back up through each area||
thank you!
What weapon do you guys recommend for beginners? I'm tied between the spear and the fists, and I can't tell which one will work out better in the long run
Shield, probably
whichever one you feel most comfortable with
Lets you block indefinitely while you figure things out
Spear tends to have a longer range than the other melees while fists are fastest and good at stunlocking
I'm also pretty new and I went for the spear since it was just my favorite to play, but I find the damage tends to be kinda low if you try to build into Attack, whereas you can get some pretty crazy runs with Special
I haven't used fists much but they were surprisingly powerful and got me a win on my first try with them
So i'd say go with whichever one is more comfy, or try out the other weapons too!
Yeah I used the bow 4 runs in a row yesterday and my hand cramped lmao
idk if im just using it wrong but its tough
The trick to using bow is to never attack
ONLY use dash attacks
yeah to get you some distance and the faster charge attack right?
Faster charge makes a world of difference
it could be the combo, or the dash attacks, it tends to require a bit of control over where you're lunging
a tip for spear and sword, you can dash while using the Spin Attack and Slam Attack
You can also buffer a Sword special before a dash, and have it come out where you end up after dashing
dashing spin attack is one of my favorite things in this game
i have like 15 runs and still can't beat hades
which weapon should i use ? which build should i go? i just wanna beat him once so i can sleep restless tonight
Um, every weapon is good
Like a good cheesy way to beat him?
Get used to dash-striking tho
let's say i like fits. Which build should i go ?
What I do is get the dash boon from Ares, the blade run or whatever. And just nyoom around.
Athena/Zeus attack r good on fists
divine dash helps a lot if you struggle with dodging
my first win was with shield at 16 attempts
also i fulled charons hearth but the last one can't be unlocked
and i mostly built into special but basically used everything
the block really helps against final boss
since i find his spin attack hard to dodge sometimes
my favorite dash is athenas cuz i play egro so i like having the delfect
To unlock the last one you need to befriend a certain character for each weapon, I think?
lol til bow has faster charge on dash attack what
Did you just never dash attack?
nooo cause I barely use bow lol
Like ||Artemis ||told me how to unlock the last thing on the ||bow. Achilles ||told me the last thing for the ||spear.||
@worldly bear It's not related to your relationship with the character. It's related to ||Titan's blood across weapons and invested into that particular weapon||
You can read specifics in the pinned message in #h1-story-discussion
Oh ok cool
i should try using different weapons soon
is it a bad idea to ||turn my ambrosia into titan's blood||? have a few wins under my belt but want to unlock some stuff
do you have any need for the ||ambrosia|| rn?
if you really dont need it then there's no need to maticulously hold on to it, you will get ||ambrosia|| with the upgraded weapon aspects faster anyways
ok thanks!
sure thing :)
hey guys
Guys one question, do god keepsakes affect what boons you find in styx?
how can I unlock the four aspect of each weapon?
Technically it should
thank you!
No prob 
Uhhh only indirectly though
Keepsakes dont count shops when they try to force a god to appear
But if you DO choose a god with their keepsake, that obviously means it's possible to appaer in shops
What would be a reason to take Zag bow over other bow aspects?
you want to play an attack build
High crit rates
want something different
Chiron is getting boring
It's still a decent aspect
Just pick something you like or if you are too bored pick the one with the bonus every run?
You're right. I just did a zag bow run and it had some insane damage! Unfortunately, I got sloppy in Styx and I died. 😫
Oh yeah, it was a blast!
What's a good strategy for zag shield? I got trashed in my last run with it
pulverizing blow and dashing wallop are your best friends
can someone explain to me what Stubborn Defiance does?
it says one revive per chamber but it doesnt seem to work
what is a chamber exactly
heya
did u upgrade it?
you have to upgrade it once
You know nothing, John Snow!
sorry. had to. pardon the intrusion

there should be a diagonal square next to it
if it isnt checked in, it isnt upgraded

yeah im so new that i havent even gotten out of Elysium yet
unless you havent reached there and just want to learn the enemies
how do you use the titan blood? I have two of it now
im on like my 4th or 5th run or something
unlock all weapons, then aspects will be unlocked
titan blood can upgrade those aspects
and i just got all weapons lol
do the boon equipment make sure that god is the only one that appears?
only for the first boon
so its a good way to guarantee the core (usually 2 gods, one tart one asph) of a build
what's the purpose of being able to "select" a boon on the boon screen?
like highlight it
to show the full information, for screenshotting purposes
ah
what do you mean by this?
whats tart and asph?
gotcha
im still not sure what that comment means
like i understand what a core of a build is
i dont understand what the one tart one asph part means
one god item for each realm
so you can get a good boon from both
and make a build around them
got it
How do you get duo boons? I get boons from different gods all the time and never get the option for duo. Am I missing something?
there are specific requirements, its in codex
pick two gods and focus on them
you have a higher chance to get duo boons when they have less boons in the pool
what are duo boons?
What part of the codex tells you?
Like is there a specific boon section? Or is it under gods
the upgrade of the codex index that you only get after chosing a duo boon once in your game
gods -> boon collection -> the very last ones
Ahhhh. So I gotta get a duo boon to learn about duo boons. Got it. Is it just a chance thing?
just look up the wiki honestly
yeah
sometimes its just nice to have a chat 🙂
most require you to have one boon of both gods in your main attack boon spaces (like cast, special, call etc)
It is. I've been avoiding the wiki cause I don't wanna spoil too much of the game.
the wiki wont spoil anything on the duo boon page, just what they do and their requirements
a very persistent one is the zeus/artemis duo, just get one important boon (on one of the main attack boon spaces) of both of them and it shall be there almost instantly
also duo boons are pretty rare if you havent fully unlocked mirror
I haven't. Is mirror something I should rush to finish?
not really
only once you go duo-boon hunting for the prophecy
then you will definitively need the mirror upgrade for better chances of getting duo/legendary
Ahh. The farthest I've gotten is unlocking all the weapons and made it to minotaur.
it is helpful once you start climbing in difficulty; eg only after ur first few clears
minotaur mini boss fight or ||minotaur-theseus||?
The second one
nice :)
I was so pumped. I had a doom shield build.
Not there yet. Looking forward to saying hey to them
:D
Personally I think Alecto is the hardest of the three
alecto is the hardest imo, i love tisiphone
tisiphone is really easy if you have athena's deflect on anything
The murder one wrecked my shop when I faced them
She can be tricky if you dont know what's coming
I hate Alecto
once you go against her 3 times you really see how to completely dodge her
But once you figure her out, she only does two things and stays mostly still
the return of the thighs hello!
hello marmy
agreed
I hate how everything goes red when she does her thing
Alright. Third time's a charm. I think she spooked me too much and threw me off lol.
especially considering ||the room she teleports you to is very small|| and mostly hinders her abilities
but not yours muhahaha
Alecto is a bit harder, but I'm kinda sad it took me like forty hours to even see that she has something called a "rage meter"
for what it's worth, the wiki has spoiler warnings
I still dont know what it does
Thank you! Will check.
so don't quote me on it
once she reaches max rage she will spawn 3 huge sawblades that are non-deflectable
It usually doesnt fill up until her health is low enough that it goes "permanent rage!" and I still dont know what it changes
Oh I thought that was just a phase change thing. So you can trigger it beforehand?
those three sawblades do good damage forbeing in tartarus ;_;
phase change sawblades are much smaller
Is there anything to the lounge upgrades do? Besides aesthetics?
And disco ball
bats make you see the entire house of hades and fishtank show you the count of riverbabies you've fished up
Also the "shortcut"
disco ball can be used?
(no)

